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ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WAITING, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
SO OUR, OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION IS INTACT AS SOON AS WE GET OUR QUORUM, WHICH I THINK WE FINALLY HAVE.
ARE WE, UH, ARE WE, WE'RE GOOD.
TIME IS 2:03 PM ON APRIL 12TH, 2023.
WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL B.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
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ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER THIS, SO, UH, WE'LL GET ON WITH IT.
UH, ERIC WALSH, OUR CITY MANAGER WILL GET US STARTED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL, ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
IT'S A POSTS SOLICITATION BRIEFING ON THE SECOND ROUND OF HOUSING BOND.
UM, OUR, UH, SOLICITATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, VERONICA WILL WALK US THROUGH THE SOLICITATION.
UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE THIS FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND VERONICA GARCIA, THE DIRECTOR FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO TODAY'S ITEM IS A POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING FOR OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THIS ITEM IS ALSO JUST A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUR CITY PARTNERSHIP.
TODAY I'M HAPPY TO ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE.
UM, WE HAVE MELODY WOOSLEY FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
WE HAVE ROBERT RENA AND LAURA MONTANEZ FROM
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THE COUNTY.AND WE HAVE KATIE VELA REPRESENTING SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.
SO TOGETHER WE ALL WORK VERY CLOSELY ON THIS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING R F P.
WE ALSO HAVE TODAY WITH US, OUR PROJECT PARTNERS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING AWARDS, AND THAT INCLUDES SAM MINISTRIES AND HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION.
SO OUR VOTERS APPROVE THIS PAST MAY $150 MILLION FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, AND THAT IS SPREAD ACROSS FIVE FUNDING CATEGORIES.
SO TODAY'S BRIEFING FOCUSES ON THE $25 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR OUR PERMANENT ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES CATEGORY.
AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY TO IMPLEMENT OUR HOUSING BOND IN THIS PAST DECEMBER.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE $44 MILLION FROM BOTH BOND AND FEDERAL FUNDING ACROSS 14 PROJECTS COMBINED.
THIS FUNDING WILL HELP PRODUCE OR PRESERVE OVER 2,400 RENTAL UNITS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE 71 AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
COMBINED, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS REPRESENT ABOUT A 33% OF THEM SET ASIDE FOR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
SO TODAY'S ITEM WILL FOCUS ON THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FRAMEWORK.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS SAFE, DECENT, AND STABLE HOUSING.
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMBINES THE AFFORDABILITY ALONG WITH ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE WITH MUCH NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
BY LINKING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WITH THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WE CAN LEAD TO BETTER OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS.
THIS ALSO HELPS REDUCE THE COSTS THAT WE USE FOR CITY SERVICES AND THE RESOURCES WE NEED TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES.
THIS MODEL IS KNOWN AS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THIS OFFERS PERMANENT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, ALONG WITH SERVICES REALLY TARGETED AT HELPING OUR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.
THIS MODEL IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH TWO OF OUR EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
P S H OFFERS HOUSING WITHOUT A DESIGNATED LENGTH OF STAY AND WITHOUT ANY BARRIERS TO ENTRY.
THE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED IN A TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH.
THEY'RE RECOVERY BASED AND THEY ARE INDIVIDUALIZED PER PERSON THERE.
WHILE THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE HOUSING, THE GOAL ULTIMATELY IS TO HELP THEM LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND HOPEFULLY TRANSITION TO OTHER HOUSING.
AND EVERY YEAR, BASED ON THIS MODEL, WE CAN EXPECT ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20% OF THE RESIDENTS TO TURN OVER AND FIND OTHER HOUSING THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.
INDIVIDUALS ARE PLACED INTO THE HOUSING THROUGH OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.
THIS TARGETS AND HELPS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS ALSO WHO ARE DESIGNATED WITH A DISABLING CONDITION.
SO THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK WE FOLLOWED IN THE APPROACH WE USED WHEN WE ISSUED THIS R F P.
UM, THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS EASILY OUR MOST DIFFICULT HOUSING TO BUILD.
UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF USING A P S H MODEL AND THE INVESTMENT THAT IS NEEDED TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY.
THE CITY LOOK TO OUR PARTNERS TO HELP.
SO N H S D AND D H S PARTNERED WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SOUTH, UH, SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS TO ISSUE THIS JOINT.
R F P AND THE R F P PRIORITIZED NOT JUST AFFORDABLE UNITS, BUT ALSO THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT WOULD BE OFFERED TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO WE PRIORITIZED PROJECTS THAT HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE UNITS SET ASIDE FOR THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION.
WE LOOKED AT THE PARTNERS THAT WOULD DELIVER TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, UTILIZING THE COORDINATE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.
AND WE ALSO PRIORITIZED PROJECTS THAT HAD THE DEVELOPER OR THE NONPROFIT PARTNER WHO HAD PREVIOUS P S H EXPERIENCE.
SO THAT WAS THE CRITERIA WE USED.
AND WITH THE JOINT FUNDING WE MADE AVAILABLE UP TO $43 MILLION.
SO BY LEVERAGING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER, INCLUDING UTILIZING OUR LOCAL BONDING FUNDS, WHICH WERE ABOUT $23 MILLION, ALONG WITH OUR CITY ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL HOME ART FUNDING AND BEX COUNTY'S RESOURCES, WE HAVE UP TO $43 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THIS SOLICITATION.
SO OUR CITY FUNDING OF THIS POT REPRESENTS ABOUT $33.8 MILLION, AND THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTING ABOUT $9 MILLION.
WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING ABOUT THE SOLICITATION IS THAT THE FUNDING IS FLEXIBLE AND WE CAN USE IT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE CAN ALSO USE IT TO CONSTRUCT THE COMMON SPACES WHICH ARE NEEDED TO DELIVER THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AS WELL AS WE ARE ABLE TO FUND THE OPERATIONALS FOR RUNNING THE PROJECTS.
SO WITH THIS APPROACH, THE FUNDS ARE USED FOR BOTH CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR TWO FULL YEARS WITH EACH OF THESE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS.
IN ADDITION, ALL OF THE REQUIRE
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ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO CONTINUING OFFERING ALL OF THOSE ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR NO LESS THAN 20 YEARS.AND MANY OF COMMITTED TO CONTINUE DOING SO FOR 40 YEARS.
WITH THE R F P, WE UTILIZED THE, UM, SCORING COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, INCLUDING LORI HOUSTON, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND MARK CARMONA, OUR CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER.
WE ALSO HAD IAN BENAVIDES, WHO IS OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WHO REALLY LED THE WHOLE EFFORT ON THIS ENTIRE P S H SOLICITATION PROCESS.
WE ALSO HAD MELODY WOOSLEY AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BEXAR COUNTY ALL REPRESENTING THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD CAMMIE HORN REPRESENTING VIA, AND WE HAD MANY THANKS TO THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE, INCLUDING KATIE VELA, WHO REPRESENTS OUR SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.
AND KAYLA MIRANDA, WHO IS OUR CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE MEMBER REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE.
THE SOLICITATION WAS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 28TH, AND RESPONSES WERE DUE, UM, IN LATE JANUARY.
WE BRIEFED THE HOUSING COMMISSION ON MARCH 22ND WITH THESE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AFTER TODAY'S B SESSION, WE PROPOSE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE AWARDS.
AND AS I MENTIONED, BEXAR COUNTY IS A FUNDING PARTNER WITH THE SOLICITATION, AND THEY WILL BE GOING TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO CONSIDER THEIR FUNDING ALLOCATION NEXT MONTH.
THE COMMITTEE UTILIZED THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED SCORING CRITERIA.
YOU CAN SEE WE PRIORITIZED MOST OF THE POINTS.
40 POINTS WERE FOCUSED ON THE TYPE OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE DELIVERING ALONG WITH THE HOUSING.
IN ADDITION, WE SET ASIDE 15 POINTS BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE PARTNERS HAD.
WE HAD 10 POINTS SET ASIDE BASED ON HOW MUCH FUNDING A PROJECT WAS REQUESTING IN COMPARISON TO WHAT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THEY WOULD BE LEVERAGING AS LONG AS THEY'RE, ALONG WITH THEIR PROJECT READINESS.
WE HAD 15 POINTS TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN PRIORITIES FOR THE PROJECT, AND THEN ANOTHER 15 POINTS BASED ON THE AMENITIES AND THE SERVICES THAT WOULD BE OFFERED.
AND THEN FIVE POINTS WERE SET ASIDE FOR OUR VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE PROGRAM.
IN TOTAL, WE HAD ALMOST $43 MILLION TO AWARD BY COMBINING ALL OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES.
AND WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSALS REQUESTING ALMOST $70 MILLION.
THREE OF THE PROJECTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR, UH, COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
ONE OF THE PROJECT WAS DETERMINED TO BE NON-RESPONSIVE BECAUSE IT DID NOT MEET THE P S H CRITERIA.
INSTEAD, IT WAS CATEGORIES MORE AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
UM, THE COMMITTEE DID, UH, REALLY LIKE THE PROJECT AND SUPPORT THE PROJECT, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT DEVELOPER AND RESPONDENT TO SEE WHAT OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS WE HAVE.
AND WE WERE BRINGING THAT RECOMMENDATION BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AT A FUTURE DATE.
UH, THE LAST PROJECT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR WARD, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT WAS, UH, MORE OF A RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT.
SO WE CONNECTED THEM WITH OUR OPEN HOUSING REHAB R F P.
THIS IS THE, UH, SCORING BREAKDOWN FOR THE FOUR RESPONSIVE PROJECTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE TOP THREE ARE ALL RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD.
ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING, DELIVERING THIS TYPE OF SERVICE.
THEY ARE, UM, NAMES YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE, SAM MINISTRIES AND, AND HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION, ALL WITH REPUTATIONS IN DELIVERING UM, SERVICES TO THIS TARGETED POPULATION.
THEY ALL ARE HAVE PROJECTS THAT MEET THE SCORING CRITERIA VERY WELL, OFFERING A MULTITUDE OF PERMANENT ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ALONG WITH THE HOUSING.
SO THE THREE AWARDS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED ARE, UM, INCLUDES TWO PROJECTS THAT WILL RECEIVE CITY FUNDS, AND THE THIRD PROJECT THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED SOLELY BY THE COUNTY.
SO THE HUDSON APARTMENTS IS AN EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT WITH 60 UNITS.
IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR A TOTAL OF $4.25 MILLION, ALL FROM COUNTY FUNDING SOURCES.
THE COMMONS AT ASAKIA TRAILS IS 200 UNITS.
UH, RE WE'RE RECOMMENDING $15 MILLION FROM BOTH CITY AND COUNTY RESOURCES.
AND THEN TOWN TWIN VILLAGES, 41 TINY HOMES.
PLUS IT HAS EXISTING HOMES ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE ARE INCLUDING FUNDS FOR A FUTURE THIRD PHASE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PROJECT.
SO ALTOGETHER, WE ARE RECOMMENDING $12 MILLION ALL FROM CITY FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THE TOTAL OF ALL THE AWARDS COMBINED IS $31.25 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 23 MILLION TOTAL FROM THE CITY.
SO FOR OUR $23 MILLION AWARDS, 13 MILLION IS 13 AND A HALF MILLION IS COMING FROM THE HOUSING BOND.
AND THE REMAINING 9.5 MILLION IS COMING FROM OUR FEDERAL HOME.
A ALLOCATION, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL CONSIDER THEIR
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$8.2 MILLION AWARD NEXT MONTH.WITH THESE AWARDS, A TOTAL OF $11.7 MILLION REMAINS AVAILABLE FROM BOTH CITY AND COUNTY FUNDING SOURCES.
SO WE WILL BE LEVERAGING THESE FUNDS WITH ANY OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS IN A FUTURE P SS H FUNDING ROUND.
THE TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR ALL THREE PROJECTS COMBINED IS ALMOST $95 MILLION.
SO OUR CITY INVESTMENT IS 23 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 24% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS.
THE PROJECT TEAMS THEMSELVES ARE LEVERAGING OTHER LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES WITH A VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING TAX CREDITS, LOANS, AND PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS.
SO REALLY A REALLY LARGE INVESTMENT COMPARED, UM, TO THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE PUTTING INTO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
SO NOW HIGHLIGHT THE THREE RECOMMENDED AWARDS.
THE FIRST ONE IS TOWN TWIN VILLAGE, DEVELOPED BY HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION.
THIS IS A PROJECT IN DISTRICT TWO.
IT IS A THREE PHASE PROJECT, WHICH IS ALREADY, THE FIRST PHASE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
AND THE FUNDING AWARD RECOMMENDATION IS $12 MILLION.
THE PHASE THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS 59 TINY HOMES, AS WELL AS 24 RVS RVS.
SO IT'S THE SITES AS WELL AS THE RVS ON THOSE SITES.
AND OUR FUNDING WILL HELP GET PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY, WHICH WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 41 TINY HOMES, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE COMMUNITY SPACES TO HELP SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS LIVING AT THE SITE.
THAT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN, THE LAUNDRY FACILITY, GATHERING SPACES, AND ALL OF THE RELATED SITE WORK.
WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING FUNDING TO COVER THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE THIRD MULTI, THE THIRD PHASE, WHICH WILL BE A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT OF ABOUT 80 UNITS.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE THE NEXT FUNDING RATE.
AND ALL OF THE UNITS, 100% OF THEM ARE RESERVED FOR OLDER ADULTS AT 50 YEARS PLUS.
AND THEY, EVERY SINGLE UNIT IN THIS PROJECT ACROSS ALL THREE PHASES ARE CONSIDERED P S H AND SET ASIDE FOR FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS MAKING 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
THE SERVICES OFFERED ON THE SITE ARE, UM, GOING TO BE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, DAILY MEALS, UM, INDIVIDUAL SERVICES INCLUDING MEDICAL CARE, DENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, ADDICTION, TREATMENT, JOB READINESS, AND JOB TRAINING, AS WELL AS RESPITE AND HOSPICE CARE FOR UNHOUSED GUESTS.
AND OUR FUNDING AWARD RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES $2.1 MILLION FOR THE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WHICH WILL FUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE PROJECT FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
AS I MENTIONED, PHASE ONE IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND IF THIS FUNDING IS APPROVED, THE SECOND PHASE CAN START CONSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH.
SO THERE'S DEFINITELY ROOM TO ADD THE THIRD PHASE IN A FUTURE, IN A FUTURE TIME.
THE SECOND PROJECT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING FOR IS THE COMMONS AT ASAKIA TRAILS, WHICH IS DEVELOPED BY SAM MINISTRIES.
THIS IS A PROJECT LEVERAGING 4% TAX CREDITS FOR A TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST OF JUST OVER $43 MILLION.
AND THE AWARD RECOMMENDATION IS $15 MILLION.
THIS IS IN DISTRICT THREE, A BRAND NEW 200 UNIT DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING BOTH EFFICIENCY AND ONE BEDROOM UNITS.
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE, UH, COMMUNITY SPACE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND WELLNESS OF 10,000 SQUARE 10,500 SQUARE FEET, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND THE RESIDENTS WILL ALSO HAVE OTHER AMENITIES AT THE CLUBHOUSE, A PLAYGROUND, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THIS IS WITHIN THE BROOKS, UM, DEVELOPMENT, THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER IN DISTRICT THREE, NEXT TO, UM, THE CURRENT BROOKS CITY BASE.
SO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SITE WILL HAVE REALLY CLOSE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT, UH, THE BROOKS CITY BASED DEVELOPMENT ALREADY OFFERS.
THE HUDSON APARTMENTS IS OUR THIRD AND FINAL PROJECT RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT, UM, BY SAM MINISTRIES AND DISTRICT ONE.
THIS PROJECT, UM, IS AN EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY UNIT.
IT'S A COMPLETE REHAB OF ALL 60 UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY 95% OCCUPIED.
THE PROPERTY IS OVER 60 YEARS OLD, AND SAM PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER DID VERY FEW IMPROVEMENTS AND WAS REALLY NON-RESPONSIVE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS REHAB PROJECT WILL BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE PROJECT AND SAM WILL HAVE A PRESENCE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES AND BE A RESPONSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNER.
LIKE EVERY OTHER OLDER PROPERTY, THE SITE WILL COME, DOES COME WITH CHALLENGES AS IT HAS SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS POINTS OF ENTRY AND ACCESS.
IN RESPONSE TO THE SECURITY CONCERNS RAISED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SAM WILL HAVE SECURITY AT THE SITE AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING A CAMERA ASSESSMENT TO SEE WHERE ADDITIONAL CAMERAS COULD BE ADDED.
SO IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING 47 P S H UNITS
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ON THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE ALSO, UM, GOING TO HAVE 13 OF THE UNITS SET ASIDE FOR RAPID REHOUSING FOR FAMILIES, WHICH IS A GREAT NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.AND THIS PROJECT, I'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT, AS WE MENTIONED, THIS WAS A JOINT SOLICITATION, UM, WITH OUR SARAH AND WHAT THEY DO, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND THE HUDSON APARTMENTS WAS ACTUALLY AWARDED IN THIS PAST FUNDING ROUND AN ADDITIONAL $579,000 THROUGH SARAH FOR CONTINUUM OF CARE SERVICES.
SO THIS IS REALLY PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP AND PART OF THAT TEAMWORK WHERE WE ARE HELPING FUND THE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
AND OUR PARTNERS ARE HELPING ALSO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT THE SERVICES THE RESIDENTS NEEDS ARE PROVIDED ON THE SITE.
THIS PROJECT, SINCE IT IS A REHAB, CAN, UM, START CONSTRUCTION THIS JUNE.
AND OUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES $684,000 FOR TWO YEARS OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
THIS PROJECT, UM, IS ADJACENT TO THE SAM MINISTRIES TRANSITIONAL LIVING AND LEARNING CENTER, WHICH CURRENTLY HOUSES 40 FAMILIES.
SO THIS WILL BE PROVIDING ANOTHER UNIT, ANOTHER, UH, APARTMENT RIGHT NEXT DOOR, REALLY SERVING THOSE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE THREE PROJECTS, ALL THREE DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THE HUDSON APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT ONE TOWN, TWIN VILLAGE AND DISTRICT TWO.
AND THEN THE COMMONS PROJECT IN DISTRICT THREE.
OH, YES, I SHOULD MENTION THAT.
UM, WHILE THE FUNDING AWARD RECOMMENDATION IS $4.25 MILLION, THERE ARE NO CITY FUNDS PROPOSED FOR THIS.
THIS IS ALL COMING FROM THE COUNTY, BUT WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING IT BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF OUR JOINT SOLICITATION WITH THE COUNTY.
SO IN SUMMARY, THESE ARE THE THREE PROJECTS.
ALL PROJECTS ARE LOCATED IN HIGH EQUITY AREAS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF PUBLIC TRANSITS.
AND TOGETHER THEY REPRESENT ALMOST $95 MILLION OF INVESTMENTS.
AND THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING A TOTAL OF 31 2 $0.25 MILLION WHEN OUR CITY FUNDING IS $23 MILLION, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FIRST TWO TOWN, TWIN VILLAGE AND THE COMMONS PROJECT.
AND THE COUNTY FUNDING WILL, AGAIN SUPPORT, FULLY SUPPORT THE HUDSON.
EACH FUNDING RECOMMENDATION AS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT INCLUDES TWO YEARS FOR THE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
SO THIS IS A HIGHLIGHT OF ALL THE THREE PROJECTS TOGETHER.
WE'LL BE ADDING 288 P S H UNITS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OUTLINES THE NEED FOR A TOTAL OF 1000 P S H UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO BY COMBINING OUR LOCAL BOND FUNDS ALONG WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDS AND THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO MEET ALMOST A THIRD OF THAT SHIP GOAL FOR P SS H OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WITH THESE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS ALONE.
AND OUR CITY INVESTMENT IS 23 MILLION, COMBINED WITH A COUNTY INVESTMENT OF 8.1 MILLION.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT YOU WITH THESE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
JUST REAL QUICK, UH, MAYOR, TWO THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY, AND YOU SAW THE CHART EARLY ON IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND STILL UNFOLDING IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC HOUSE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PIECES THAT ARE STILL MOVING, UM, AND, AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT.
WE HAVE, THIS GOES BACK TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE VERY FOCUSED, UM, AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS OF THE $150 MILLION SPEED.
AND, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON THAT, AND I WANNA THANK THE STAFF.
UM, WE'RE NOT DONE YET, BUT, BUT WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 11 MONTHS.
AND THEN SECONDLY, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL, UM, AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS AT THE BEGINNING 'CAUSE I WANTED TO WAIT TILL THE END, BUT YOU, YOU, UH, WHEN IN THE SPAN OF ABOUT A MONTH, YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED, UH, POST SOLICITATION PRESENTATIONS ON, ON HIGH LEVEL VERY IMPORTANT EFFORTS FOR OUR CITY.
AND IN BOTH CASES, THEY WERE JOINT SOLICITATIONS WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO THOSE VERY OFTEN.
UM, AND THIS HAS BEEN, UH, WE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH THE BROADBAND, UH, ITEM THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED LAST WEEK.
THE COUNTY IS GONNA EXECUTE THEIR VERSION, THEIR PORTION OF IT.
UM, AND THIS IS THE SAME THING.
UM, THEY, THEY CAME WITH THEIR ARPA DOLLARS AND THEIR ARPA HOME DOLLARS AND ADDED TO THE, OUR PS OUR P S H EFFORTS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU SAW THEM, THEY WERE PART OF THEIR SCORING, UM, AND THE EVALUATION.
AND I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY BOTH OF THOSE ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER, UH, TO, TO BETTER IMPROVE, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, ERIC, AND THANK YOU VERONICA, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP WELL, ERIC.UH, THERE'S NOT A CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT ISN'T FACING A PRETTY COMPLEX CHALLENGE WITH REGARD TO HOUSING.
AND INCREASINGLY, SAN ANTONIO IS BEING LOOKED AT AS A PLACE WHERE SOLUTIONS ARE BEING CREATED, UH, AND HELPING US TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES IN AN INCLUSIVE WAY, AN EQUITABLE WAY.
AND CLEARLY, UH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO MENTIONED IT LAST WEEK, UH, WE'VE STAYED ON TRACK WITH OUR HOUSING PLAN.
IT'S ALSO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS LAID OUT IN OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, AND ONE OF THE GLARING AREAS, UH, GAP AREAS FOR US HAS BEEN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO THIS IS A CRITICAL ONE, UH, AND I WANNA THANK ALL THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE BROUGHT, UH, TOGETHER, UH, THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
UM, CERTAINLY THE, THE CITY, CITY STAFF, UM, OUR COUNTY TEAM AS WELL.
I UNDERSTAND ROBERT RAYNA, WHO'S THE, UH, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNTY IS WITH US TODAY.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED WITH THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HOMELESS, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO CONTINUUM OF CARE, WHICH SARAH REPRESENTS, IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
AND, AND THIS IS AS A, THIS IS A RESULT.
UM, AND I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO POINT BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE IDENTIFIED THE BIG CHALLENGE FIRST WITH ALL OF THIS, WHICH IS THAT WE NEEDED A COORDINATED SYSTEM.
SO NOW WE'VE GOT THE COUNTY, WE'VE GOT SARAH, WE'VE GOT THE CITY ALL WORKING TOGETHER, AND HERE'S THIS JOINT R F P AS A RESULT THAT ALLOWS US TO POOL OUR RESOURCES.
IT GETS US, UH, IN OUR 10 YEAR GOAL, ALMOST A THIRD OF THE WAY THERE WITH CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, UM, MISSING PIECES OF OUR, OUR HOUSING ECOSYSTEM.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS WORK GET UNDERWAY.
UM, QUICK QUESTION, UH, MIGHT BE FOR VERONICA.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IN TERMS OF THE CITY FUNDING, THIS IS 31, UH, SOMETHING MILLION OF THE, UH, DOLLARS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR JOINT R F P.
SO ARE THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS GOING TO COME AGAIN THROUGH A, AN ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, OR, OR HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? YES.
SO WE'LL HAVE, UM, BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY SOURCES, ABOUT $11 MILLION LEFT OVER.
SO A MILLION OF THAT IS THE COUNTY.
AND SO ABOUT 10 MILLION FOR CITY FUNDING SOURCES LEFT.
SO WE WILL ISSUE ANOTHER, UH, R F P IN THE FUTURE TO IDENTIFY MORE P S H PROJECTS.
SO WE ONLY HAD, UH, FOUR RESPONSIVE ONES THIS TIME.
THE COMMITTEE SELECTED THREE OF THEM.
SO WE ARE INTERESTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER P SS H PROJECTS THAT MAY BE COMING ONLINE.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH PARTNERS, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME FUNDING LEFT OVER TO SEE ABOUT, UH, FUTURE GROUND.
AND, AND FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WE LIVE IN A DEVELOPED AREA OF OUR STATE.
IT'S AN URBAN AREA, SO DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO IMPROVE AREAS IN, IN THE, ON THE HEELS OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST WEEK WITH REGARD TO HOW CAN WE MORE COMPREHENSIVELY LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY.
I LOOK AT AN INVESTMENT LIKE THIS, NOT JUST AS AN INVESTMENT IN RAW HOUSING, BUT IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, WELLNESS AND HEALTH.
UH, SO AS THESE PROPERTIES GET IMPROVED IN THE CASE OF HUDSON, OR THEY GET BUILT IN THE CASE OF, UM, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE OTHER ONE, UH, THESE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE UPSTREAM FROM CHALLENGES THAT IF NOT ADDRESSED, WE FACE WITH OTHER, UM, UNFORTUNATE INVESTMENTS.
SO, UH, GREAT JOB EVERYBODY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE COMMENTS FROM MY, MY COLLEAGUES.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
AND THANK YOU, UH, VERONICA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY.
AND MY APOLOGIES TO Y'ALL FOR BEING LATE.
UM, I WAS AT A GRAND OPENING OF, UH, 348, UH, UNITS IN D D FOUR AT, UH, FRONTERA CROSSING.
UM, AND WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THERE WAS A MOM THAT WAS SHARING HER STORY, HOW SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE FOR EASTER BECAUSE THEY HAD THEIR OWN GREEN SPACE IN THE AREA.
AND SO THINGS LIKE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? AND SHE WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT HOW HER HIGH SCHOOL SON HAD JUST BECAME, UH, BECOME A FRESHMAN THIS, THIS YEAR AT SOUTHWEST LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL, AND HOW HE CAN LITERALLY JUST WALK OVER THERE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE STORIES THAT WE HOPE TO HEAR ABOUT AND, AND WE NEED TO HEAR ABOUT, UM, THE, THE COMMUNITY FEATURES THAT, THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT, THAT INCLUDED WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND SUPPORT.
AND I KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO ALSO COVER THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND SUPPORT THAT WE, WE KIND OF FORGET ABOUT, RIGHT? WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY, UM, BE THE ONES THAT NEED IT.
WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR RESIDENTS FACE BECAUSE OF, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE JUST OF WHERE THEY LIVE.
UM, SOME OF THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT, THAT THEY'RE INCLUDING ARE FINANCIAL LITERACY, HEALTH AND WELLNESS SCREENINGS AFTER SCHOOL, SUMMER PROGRAMMING, UM, ANYTHING THAT EMPOWERS RESIDENTS.
AND SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS, IS ALL OF THIS ALSO GONNA BE PROVIDED IN IN THESE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THEY'RE ALL, UM, MOST OF 'EM ARE PROVIDING FOR, YOU
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KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE RESIDENT TWIN VILLAGE IS FOCUSED ON, OLDER ADULTS.SO A LOT OF THEIR SERVICES IS THE ONSITE MEDICAL CARE, THE DENTAL CARE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOSPICE CARE IF NEEDED.
AND THE, UH, OTHER UNITS ARE FOR FAMILIES.
THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS HAVE VERY UNITIZED.
SO THEY DO HAVE AN AFTERSCHOOL CARE PROGRAM.
ALL OF THEM HAVE JOB TRAINING, FOOD PANTRIES, MEALS.
SO ALL OF THOSE SUPPORTED SERVICES, UH, WAS REASONS WHY THESE PROJECTS SCORED VERY HIGHLY, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO KEEP THE RESIDENT NEEDS IN MIND.
AND THEN I ALSO WANNA MENTION ON SLIDE SIX, I, I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT A LOT OF THE ELIGIBLE USES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND REPLACEMENT RESERVES.
AND SO THE NATIONAL GOOD CITIES AND THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION RECENTLY PARTNERED TO LAUNCH A HOUSING SUPPLY ACCELERATOR.
IT'S A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN, BASICALLY TO IMPROVE LOCAL CAPACITY, IDENTIFY CRITICAL SOLUTIONS AND SPEED REFORMS THAT ENABLE COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO PRODUCE, PRESERVE, AND PROVIDE A DIVERSE RANGE OF QUALITY HOUSING.
AND, UM, I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE A PART OF THE HOUSING SUPPLY ACCELERATOR STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, AND I, I'M ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS.
UM, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT SAN ANTONIO, UH, IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED US THERE, UH, REPRESENTED.
UM, THE ACCELERATOR'S GONNA BRING TOGETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, COMMUNITY PLANNERS, BUILDERS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING POLICY ASSOCIATIONS, AND STATE FEDERAL PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A LINE IN ADVANCE SOLUTIONS THAT ACCELERATE AND, UH, INCENTIVIZE, INCENTIVIZE LOCAL APPROACHES TO LAND USE, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AND PRESERVATION.
THE REASON THAT I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S COMPLICATED TO SOLVE FOR ALL OF THIS, RIGHT? AND SO IT TAKES EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER IN WHAT THEY'RE EXPERTS IN.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST SESSIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE IS ON LABOR AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SHORTAGES, UM, IN BUILDING SUPPLIES.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SHORTAGE IN LABOR, UM, TRANSFORMERS, RIGHT? THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE HOT COMMODITY RIGHT NOW THAT EVERYBODY'S SHORT OF.
SO I'M, I'M EXCITED THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH, BUT I'M ALSO CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC IN THE FACT THAT WE MIGHT BE PUSHED BACK IN SOME OF OUR, OUR DEADLINES BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY CONTROL.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
I DO ALSO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ROBERT RAINA.
UH, THE MAYOR REFERENCED HIM EARLIER.
I'M PART OF THE ASPEN INSTITUTE'S WORKFORCE, UM, PROGRAM WITH HIM.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT HE MADE IT.
UM, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE, THE, THE BOND FOR P S H SPECIFICALLY HAS TWO ROUNDS.
COULD THE REMAINING $9.7 MILLION, WHAT DOLLARS, WHAT CAN IT BE USED FOR WITHOUT AN R F P? UM, SO IT'S WITHOUT AN R F P, THE WHOLE THING IS A SET ASIDE FOR P SS H.
AND SOME OF THAT $9 MILLION IS FROM OUR FEDERAL HALLMARK BUDGET.
SO REALLY ALL OF THE FUNDING IS P SS H FOCUS, AND ITS MEANT TO SERVE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE WILL DO, UM, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH ANOTHER ROUND, OR IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROJECT, EITHER WAY IT'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL TO USE THOSE FUNDS.
AND THEN WHEN WE TAKE, UM, UH, WHEN WE PARTICIPATE IN ANY DEVELOPMENT, ARE THE REQ THE REQUIREMENTS SEEM TO BE THE SAME FOR ALL PROJECTS, BUT ARE THERE ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS WITH, UM, THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION? I CAN GO AHEAD AND LET, UH, ROBERT FROM THE COUNTY TALK ABOUT THEIR FUNDING AND ANY STIPULATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT WANNA ADD ON IT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN.
SO OUR FUNDS ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME GENERAL TERMS AS, UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE BOTH USING HOME ART FUNDING.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS, AND THE USES FOR THAT ARE PRETTY WIDE, UM, BROAD, UM, BROAD AND WIDE RANGING.
ON TOWN TWIN VILLAGE AND, OR, UM, NO, ACTUALLY, WELL, YES.
TOWN TWIN VILLAGE, THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES THAT ARE PLANNED, UM, AND IN THE TINY HOMES, I, I FEEL LIKE WE DO CREATE A SENSE OF PRIVACY AND INDEPENDENCE.
DO WE KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT OPENED LAST WEEK.
DO, DO WE KNOW HOW THE OPENING HAS GONE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE ALREADY? SURE.
I WILL INVITE EDWARD GONZALEZ TO COME UP SINCE HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THAT WONDERFUL PROJECT MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN.
UH, SO WE DIDN'T, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT OPENED, BUT YOU'RE, THE TIMING IS, IS RIGHT AMONG US.
SO, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING IN FURNITURE TO THE TINY HOMES FOR OUR FIRST CLUSTER OF TINY HOMES.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE SELECTED HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WAS DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF COORDINATED ENTRY, BUT THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO THOSE FOLKS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE SELECTED, WE'VE SELECTED A FIRST 13 INDIVIDUALS FOR OUR FIRST CLUSTER OF TINY HOMES.
AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALL GOING TO, UM, ARE COMING FROM
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THE STREET AND COMING FROM ENCAMPMENTS.THEY ALL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS OF HOMELESSNESS EACH.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE MAKING A, A REAL BIG IMPACT ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
WE, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
UM, MY NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS FOCUSES ON SAM MINISTRIES.
UM, AND, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I USED TO WORK FOR SAM MINISTRIES, SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE TRANSITIONAL LIVING AND LEARNING CENTER, AND SO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF THE MODEL.
UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT, UM, THAT FACILITY EXISTED.
AND SO, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS, UM, ARE JUST AWESOME.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
UM, UH, AT THE AIA TRAILS, UM, DOES THE DEVELOPER HAVE SITE CONTROL ALREADY? YES, THEY DO HAVE SITE CONTROL.
UM, DOES THIS PROJECT, IS IT GONNA REQUIRE ZONING CHANGE? THERE IS NO ZONING CHANGE THERE.
AND THEN I SEE THAT THE PROJECT HAS 200 UNITS AT SPECIFIC M UH, A M I, WHAT WENT INTO THE DECISION TO COMBINE IT WITH P S H? SO 200 UNITS AND 30% OR 70 OF THEM ARE AT 30% A M I AND 130 AT 60.
SO THE 60% UNITS ARE STILL GOING TO BE P S H UNITS.
BUT USUALLY MOST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND SOME OF THEM ARE ONE BEDROOM UNITS, THEY HAVE HOUSING VOUCHERS, SO THEY CAN GET LARGER RENT SUBSIDIZED FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH HELPS SUPPORT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE PROJECT VERSUS KEEPING ALL OF THE RENTS CAPPED AT 30%.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN OPERATION RIGHT NOW WITH THAT SIMILAR MODEL? UM, THE SAN, THE HUDSON APARTMENTS WILL HAVE SOME UNITS SET ASIDE AT 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SO THEY'LL FOLLOW A SIMILAR KIND OF HOUSING VOUCHER MODEL, BUT NOT CURRENT OR, UM, WELL, I GUESS THEY ARE CURRENT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PSSH PROJECTS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW YET.
BUT I WILL TURN TO MEL AND SEE IF SHE'S AWARE OF ANY OTHERS THAT HAVE YEAH, NO, SHE'S OKAY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, DO YOU THINK IT, IT, WELL ACTUALLY, UH, THE QUESTION FOR THE HUDSON, DO YOU THINK THAT THE NEW MAKEUP OF THE A M I AND P S H WILL CAUSE ANY CURRENT TENANT TENANTS TO RELOCATE? THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY RELOCATION NEEDED, BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO INVITE NISHA BAKER UP SO SHE CAN TALK ABOUT THE FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE NOW AND THEIR PLAN OF HOW THEY PLAN TO REHAB THE UNITS, UM, AS THEY BECOME VACANT.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANKS FOR THE QUESTION COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS AS UNITS TURN OVER THROUGH NORMAL ATTRITION, UM, WHICH CAN BE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, WE ARE MOVING RESIDENTS, UM, INTO THOSE PRO, INTO THOSE UNITS SO THAT WE CAN REHAB, UM, THEIR EXISTING UNIT, SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE.
CURRENTLY, THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 30%, UM, CLIENTS SERVED BY SAM MINISTRIES, AND THE REMAINING 70% OF THE UNITS ARE, UM, OCCUPIED BY REGULAR TENANTS IN THE, IN THE RENTAL MARKET.
AND THEN I'LL JUST, UM, AND BY SAYING THANK YOU AGAIN TO, TO EVERYONE, THESE ARE GREAT PROJECTS.
UM, HOWEVER, WE NEED PROBABLY FOUR TIMES THAT AMOUNT, RIGHT? TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE, UM, FOLKS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE NEED A LOT OF HELP IN THE, UM, SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AND SPECIFICALLY ME, THE, THE WESTERN PART OF MY DISTRICT.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S CHRONIC ENCAMPMENTS, UH, FOR INSTANCE AROUND MARBACH AND FOUR 10, UM, AND IT SEEMS TO BE THAT A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS SAY THERE'S JUST NOTHING AVAILABLE IN THE AREA.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO, TO PARTNER AND, AND BE STRATEGIC ABOUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
THESE ARE ALL VERY, I THINK, IMPORTANT CON CONTRIBUTORS TO WORKING WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, BUT I, I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I, I'D SURE LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UH, SO VERONICA, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME ON THESE AND I'LL JUST LOOK AT TOWN TWIN VILLAGE TO BEGIN WITH, SINCE IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST HERE, IT'S SAYING THAT THE TENANTS WOULD BE PAYING 30% A M I WHERE ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE GETTING MONEY TO PAY ANYTHING? SURE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY COMMON QUESTION.
THESE ARE, UM, ALL OLDER ADULTS ARE TARGETED LIVE IN THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT MANY OF THEM RECEIVE, UM, MAYBE A DISABILITY CHECK OR THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME OTHER KIND.
THEY COULD BE A DISABLED VETERAN, COULD HAVE SOME OTHER KIND OF RETIREMENT CHECK COMING IN.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OFFERING THEM A UNIT AT 30%, SO THERE'S A CAP ON WHAT TOWN TWIN VILLAGE COULD CHARGE, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY'RE GONNA PAY ABOUT 30% OF THEIR INCOME.
SO IN ORDER TO PROBABLY BE QUALIFIED, YOU NEED TO GET A SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK OR A VETERAN'S RETIREMENT CHECK OR A DISABILITY CHECK.
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YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER INCOME.SO IF THEY HAVE NO INCOME, AND I HAPPY TO LET EDWARD COME UP HERE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF THEY HAVE NO INCOME, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD, THEN THEY WOULD PAY NOTHING.
SOME OF THEM HAVE A HOUSING VOUCHER, WHICH CAN HELP COVER THE COSTS OF OCCUPYING THE UNIT.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THEY GET PLACED THROUGH THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, UM, WHICH YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DISABLING CONDITION TO GO THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY.
AND SO SOME OF THEM HAVE INCOME, SOME OF THEM DON'T.
SOME OF THEM COME IN IMMEDIATELY AND, AND DON'T HAVE INCOME AND THEY PAY NOTHING.
BUT THE COST FOR THAT UNIT COULD BE SUBSIDIZED IN ANOTHER WAY.
UM, AS COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA POINTED OUT, SOME OF THE FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR RENT RESERVES, LIKE MAYBE IT TAKES THEM A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THEY'VE JUST NEVER RECEIVED THE HELP TO ACTUALLY GO AND GET THAT CHECK BEFORE.
SO THEY'LL HAVE THAT HELP TO SEE WHAT, UH, SERVICES THEY COULD GET.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS LEFT OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO VOUCHERS, THOUGH, I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS HEARING THAT MAYBE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH VOUCHERS TO GO AROUND.
SO AGAIN, HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING TO BEGIN WITH MM-HMM.
COULD THEY GET PRIORITIZED TO GET A VOUCHER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? UH, WE ARE THOSE SEPARATELY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH HUD ABOUT HOW SAN ANTONIO CAN BE THE RECIPIENT OF FUTURE PROJECT-BASED HOUSING VOUCHERS, WHICH CAN THEN REALLY HELP US WITH THESE P SS H EFFORTS.
UH, I WAS LOOKING AT, UH, AT ALL OF THESE, AND SO MANY OF THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, UNHOUSED RIGHT NOW, HOMELESS PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY, THEY HAVE PETS.
SO ARE PETS ALLOWED AT ALL OF THESE FACILITIES TO LIVE WITH THOSE PEOPLE? YES.
PETS ARE WELCOME AT ALL THREE OF THE FACILITIES.
AND THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION.
NOW ON THE COMMONS, THESE ARE, UM, LET'S SEE, ONE BEDROOM AND STUDIO UNITS, RIGHT? THE COMMONS ARE YES.
STUDIO AND ONE BEDROOMS. CORRECT? I, YEAH, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THERE TO BE ANY CHILDREN LIVING THERE.
THERE COULD BE, I SUPPOSE, ONE CHILD AND ONE ADULT SHARING ONE BEDROOM OR SOMETHING.
UH, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S THE COST FOR THE PLAYGROUND THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN THERE? IS THAT REALLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS INTENDED FOR SINGLE PEOPLE? COULD THAT MONEY BETTER BE USED, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A DOG PARK SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PETS HAVE SOMEPLACE TO TAKE THOSE PETS? SO, SURE.
UH, JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION.
I I WOULD SAY THAT THE, THEIR PROJECT CAT, UH, TARGETS A LOT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS, WHICH COULD BE SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS, DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, OLDER ADULTS.
THEY COULD HAVE A VISITOR, YOUNG GRANDCHILD PERHAPS, OR A NIECE OR NEPHEW THAT MIGHT COME TO THEM.
SO THE PLAYGROUND CAN SERVE LOTS OF NEEDS, INCLUDING NOT JUST THOSE WHO LIVE THERE, BUT MAYBE THEIR GUESTS.
UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK THE DEVELOPER ABOUT ACCOMMODATING THE, THE PET FRIENDS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
UH, AND WE SET ASIDE, I THINK IT WAS 45 MILLION TO WORK ON, UH, THIS KIND OF HOUSING, RIGHT? WAS THAT WHAT WE TOOK OUT? IT WAS 25 MILLION THROUGH THE HOUSING BOND SET ASIDE.
AND THEN WE HAVE 10 AND A HALF MILLION AVAILABLE FROM OUR HOME, A FOR, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SO WE'RE REALLY JUST COMMITTING 31, NOT EVEN 31 MILLION, WE'RE COMMITTING 23 MILLION RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE ANOTHER 22 PLUS THE OTHER 10, MAYBE 32 MILLION MORE AVAILABLE FOR THIS.
SO OF THE TOTAL THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE, WHICH IS ABOUT 44 MILLION, THIS FUNDING AWARD IS 33 MILLION, OF WHICH 23 MILLION IS CITY FUNDS.
SO OUR CITY FUNDS THAT WE WILL HAVE LEFT OVER IS ABOUT, UH, 10 MILLION, $9.7 MILLION.
WHAT DID WE DO WITH THE OTHER MONEY IF WE HAD 44 MILLION TO START WITH? WE'RE SPENDING 23.
AND YOU SAID THERE'S ONLY 10 LEFT.
WE HAD $43 MILLION TOTAL AVAILABLE.
SO ALL THESE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALMOST 30 OR 31 MILLION.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT THE HOUSING BOND ITSELF HAD 44 OR 45 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTED HOUSING.
WE HAD $25 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR P S H.
ONLY 25 45 WAS ON THE HOUSING REHAB.
AND THERE'S THE SLIDE RIGHT THERE.
WE ADDED TO THE 25 SOME OF THE ARPA HOME DOLLARS.
THAT, YEAH, I WAS CONFUSED ON, ON THE 45 THEN.
WELL THAT, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE THEN.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, VERONICA.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEVELOPMENT STAFF FOR MOVING SO QUICKLY TO GET THIS GOING.
I'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE 2022 BOND PASSED ON
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MAY 7TH, AND HERE WE ARE LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, AND YOU'RE BRINGING US, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOVEL READY PROJECTS.AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, I ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE VOTERS FOR PASSING THE 2022 BOND BECAUSE THEY APPROVED 25 MILLION OF THAT DOLLARS FOR THIS RIGHT HERE.
UM, AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SAM MINISTRIES, AND WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? H SOMETHING CC HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM AS WELL FOR STEPPING UP BECAUSE THIS IS THE SOLUTION THAT WE NEED.
YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN, UH, THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS GO DOWN.
THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T SEEN PROGRESS.
AND WE'VE BEEN BUILDING UP TO THIS POINT WHERE WE'RE REALLY GONNA START TO SEE PROGRESS RIGHT NOW ONCE WE GET THESE UNITS REHABBED OR NEW UNITS BUILT.
UM, WHAT I DO, I ONE ASK THAT I DO HAVE IS THAT WHEN YOU BRING THIS TO A VOTE, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, VERONICA, THAT IN THE PRESENTATION IS, UM, TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS THE COMPASSIONATE RESPONSE, BUT ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS SAVES TAXPAYER DOLLARS, HOW THIS REDUCES THE, THE BURDEN ON EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, A LOT OF THEM WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, UH, A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS DIAL 9 1 1 ON A REGULAR BASIS.
A LOT OF US CALL 9 1 1 ON THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND SO IT, IT USES UP A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THE NINE ONE ONE DISPATCH CALL CENTERS.
A LOT OF POLICE, UH, TIME GOING OUT TO, TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION.
THEN THEY HAVE TO TRANSPORT THEM SOMETIMES TO A HOSPITAL OR THE, OR THERE'S AN AMBULANCE AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
AND SO INSTEAD, WHEN WE GET THEM INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THERE'S A CASE MANAGER THERE MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR MEDICATION, MAKING SURE THAT THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET AND THEY HAVE A LIFE OF DIGNITY AND THEY'RE STABILIZED, THEN WE'RE GONNA REALLY REDUCE ALL OF THAT CASELOAD ON THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND IT'S GONNA SAVE US, IT'S GONNA SAVE TAX DOLLARS ON THE BACK END TOO.
AND SO THIS IS WHY WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HEARD ME SAY THE OTHER DAY, ERIC, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE WANT TO KEEP IN THE CITY'S RESERVE.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, DO WE WANT TO INCREASE THE CITY'S RESERVE OR DO WE WANT TO USE MORE MONEY TO INVEST IN THINGS LIKE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SO WE CAN SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON THE BACKEND? AND, AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION I WANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE, BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, OUR GOAL IS A THOUSAND UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THIS GETS US A THIRD OF THE WAY THERE.
SO WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THE FUNDING TO GET TO THE OTHER TWO THIRDS? BECAUSE I HEAR 11 MILLION, THAT'S NOT GONNA GET US THE OTHER TWO THIRDS.
SO WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE PLANNED TO TO KEEP MOVING WITH THIS? YEAH, SO WE, UM, THAT IS A 10 YEAR GOAL.
SO THIS BOND IS A FIVE YEAR BOND.
SO IF WE KIND OF SHRINK THE GOAL IN HALF TO 500 UNITS, WE'RE ALMOST 300 UNITS OF THE WAY THERE WITH SOME FUNDING LEFT OVER, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE, UM, TO HELP US.
AND, AND A LOT OF THIS WAS NOT DONE ALL THROUGH CITY PARTNERSHIP CITY ALONE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO SEE WHAT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THEY IDENTIFY AND SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THE GOAL.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO WORKING STILL WITH HUD TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS.
A LOT OF THE FUNDING THAT IS NEEDED FOR THESE PROJECTS IS FOR THE ONGOING OPERATIONS, SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO KEEP THE RENTS LOW, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO HOUSE AN INDIVIDUAL FOR ONE MONTH, THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, MAYBE SOMEONE WHO HAS NO RENT AT ALL, NO INCOME AT ALL.
SO GETTING THOSE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS TO REALLY HELP COVER THAT FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL WILL REALLY HELP US CONTINUE TO INCENTIVIZE MORE PROJECTS AND CREATE MORE UNITS.
UM, YEAH, AND THIS ISN'T JUST GONNA SAVE US ON OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THIS IS GONNA SAVE US ON PRIVATE PROPERTY DESTRUCTION OR, OR PUBLIC PROPERTY DESTRUCTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OFTEN, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WINTER, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, THEY'LL GO INTO A VACANT BUILDING AND THEY'LL START A FIRE TO TRY AND STAY WARM.
AND SOMETIMES THOSE BUILDINGS BURN DOWN.
WE HAD THAT HAPPEN, UH, OVER AT, UH, I'M GONNA TRY TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS, UM, WHERE POSSIBLY BUTCH CASSIDY HAD HID OUT.
RIGHT? WE HAD THAT, THAT ONE PROPERTY OVER BY THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS THAT BURNED DOWN ON A REALLY COLD NIGHT.
ERIC'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, I'M CRAZY.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BUTCH CASSIDY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU STU THAT'S WHAT YOU STUNTED ME ON.
WHAT USED TO BE A BROTHEL, AND THEN IT WAS A BROTH, AND THEN IT WAS AN ORPHANAGE OUT SOME, WHO WAS IT THAT, OKAY.
SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, IT HAPPENS.
IT'S HAPPENED SINCE I'VE GOTTEN INTO OFFICE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT OFF THAT SOMETIMES GETS DESTROYED.
UM, I WAS TALKING TO, WE, WE TOURED, UM, A, UH, A SITE UNDER A, UH, HIGHWAY RECENTLY, AND I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE TXDOT, UM,
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EMPLOYEES WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING UP SITUATIONS WHEN HOMELESS, UH, PEOPLE ARE STAY, PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS ARE STAYING UNDER THOSE BRIDGES.AND HE SAID THAT RECENTLY THERE WAS ONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL HAD STARTED A FIRE NEAR A COLUMN, AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD HAD A FIRE THERE AND IT, IT BURNED AND SOME OF THE, THE CONCRETE COLUMN AND DAMAGED THE INTEGRITY OF IT, AND IT'S GONNA COST THEM A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO REPLACE THAT.
AND SO I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO.
THIS IS THE THING THAT HELPS PEOPLE HAVE A DIGNIFIED LIFE, BUT IT ALSO IS GONNA SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, I, I SUPPORT IT.
I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.
UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THESE PROJECTS ARE SUCCESSFUL TOO.
AND I'M, I AM COMMITTING, I KNOW ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE IN DISTRICT ONE.
I'M COMMITTING TO WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THAT AND WITH SAM MINISTRIES TO PARTNER WITH BOTH OF YOU TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE SUCCESSFUL.
WE NEED THESE FIRST THREE PROJECTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL SO THAT THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES IN THIS MODEL AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
OF COURSE, ALL YOUR HARD WORK, UH, INTO, UM, CREATING MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UH, THANKS OF COURSE TO THE VOTERS THAT, UM, CREATED THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONSIDER THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS WILL HELP REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE HOPE.
THAT'S THE, THE DREAM, AN INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY CAN MAKE THAT'S, UH, A SUCCESS THAT CAN'T BE MEASURED, UM, QUANTIFIED, UH, SO MUCH.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T QUANTIFY IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IN THE REAL, UM, BENEFIT TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS HOW IT CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS' LIVES, BUT THEN THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES OR CHILDREN.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY BOOK, THAT MAKES OUR, OUR COMMUNITY THAT MUCH STRONGER.
WE'RE PROVIDING THE ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS HELP THEMSELVES.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK FOR THAT, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
OFTENTIMES THOSE INDIVIDUALS NEED THE PERMANENT, NOT JUST HOUSING, BUT THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WITH THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES BECAUSE THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE OTHERWISE A SAFETY NET THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY REALLY IS, IS IS PROVIDING THAT SAFETY NET FOR WHEN, UH, THEY HAVE THAT, THAT BLIP IN, IN THEIR, THEIR RADAR THAT THEY ARE, UM, THEY, THEY'RE SOMEBODY TO CATCH THEM.
SO, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TEACHING SKILLS AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
AND SLIDE FIVE, YOU TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZING PROJECTS WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT UNITS FOR THE CHRONICALLY HOUSELESS AND RIGHTLY SO.
BUT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE US EXPANDING INTO MORE, UH, PREVENTION OF HOUSELESSNESS MM-HMM.
UM, THERE'S GROUPS OF FOLKS WHO ARE IN HIGH RISK CATEGORIES THAT, THAT WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING AS WELL.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY HOUSELESS, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PRIORITY.
BUT JUST UNDER THAT, UM, THOSE THAT ARE, UH, IN, IN DANGER OF BECOMING UNSHELTERED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHO I BRING UP A LOT IS FOSTER CHILDREN.
THERE'S A, A, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE GROUPS, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER GROUPS THAT WE CAN HELP AND WORK WITH OUR NONPROFITS TO HELP, UH, GET OUT AND, AND, UM, IDENTIFY THOSE POPULATIONS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THEM.
UM, SO I THANK YOU THAT, THAT I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT HAS TO BE THE PRIORITY, BUT ALSO, UM, THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY KIND OF A, JUST UNDER THAT PRIORITY, MAYBE PRIORITY NUMBER TWO ARE THESE THAT ARE, UM, AT RISK IN HIGH RISK YES.
AND HIGH RISK OF, OF GETTING, OF BEING HOUSELESS.
UM, SO I I, I'LL ASK YOU WHO IS SET TO PROVIDE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR, FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS? SURE.
SO FOR THE TOWN TWIN VILLAGE PROJECT, IT WILL BE, UM, TOWN TWIN VILLAGE THAT WILL HIRE THEIR OWN CASE MANAGERS TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
SO IT'LL BE THEIR TEAM AND THEY'LL BRING IN OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE AS NEEDED BASED ON INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT NEEDS TO HELP DELIVER SOME OF THE MEDICAL CARE, THE DENTAL CARE, AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS ARE BOTH RUN BY SAM MINISTRIES WHO WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES, AND THEY TOO BRING IN PARTNERS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO HELP DELIVER, UM, THE MORE TARGETED SERVICES PARTNERS.
ARE THEY OTHER NONPROFITS? USUALLY THEY ARE, YES.
AND WITH THE CASE MANAGERS FOR TOWN, WHAT TOWN? VILLAGE TOWN.
UM, IF IT'S NOT, WHO, WHO ARE THEIR CASE MANAGERS GONNA BE? I MEAN, WHERE THEY COME FROM, WILL THEY BE TRAINED BY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SAM MINISTRIES OR, SURE.
I CAN LET, UH, EDWARD TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE HIRING PLAN FOR THE CASE MANAGERS.
SO, UM, OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE LICENSED CLINICIANS.
THEY'RE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING AN ACTIVE RECRUITMENT.
OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN IS ONE TO EVERY 14 UNITS.
SO WE HAVE ONE CARE COORDINATOR THAT'S ASSIGNED TO EVERY 14 HOUSING UNITS.
IF WE HAVE 204 OR 200, UH, FOUR UNITS ON CAMPUS, YOU COULD TELL WE'RE GONNA GROW BY OUR CASE MANAGEMENT STAFF.
THOSE ARE PROFESSIONALS IN, IN BASIC CASE MANAGEMENT AND CARE COORDINATION.
SO THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF, OF A SPECIFIC PERSON.
NOW, IN TERMS OF FORMAL SUPPORTS, I WANNA MENTION THIS.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, WE'RE NOT EXPERTS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
WE'RE NOT EXPERTS IN ADDICTION SERVICES.
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ARE PARTNERING WITH EXPERTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.SO FOR EXAMPLE, EVERYONE ON CAMPUS IS GONNA HAVE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S SCHIZOPHRENIA OR SOMEBODY'S DEALING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, SOMEBODY'S DEALING WITH ALCOHOL ABUSE, SOMEBODY'S DEALING WITH DEPRESSION.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO PROVIDE THAT EXPERT SERVICE.
MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO GONNA, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE EXAMPLE, AND THERE'S A MYRIAD OF SERVICES.
THEY'RE, MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO GONNA HAVE SEVERE DENTAL ISSUES AS THEY COME OFF THE STREET.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH, UH, SA CHRISTIAN DENTAL.
THEY'RE EXPERTS IN THAT, IN THAT POPULATION.
THEY'RE ALSO EXPERTS IN, IN BEING ABLE TO TRIAGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE ARE NOT GONNA BE HIRING DENTISTS AND, AND, UH, THOSE TYPE OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PROFESSIONALS, ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, THAT, THAT DO THAT WORK.
UM, THAT'S THE, I I'M REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR.
AND IS THAT THE SAME KIND OF MODEL THAT SAM, HOW SAM WORKS? IS IT, UM, WELL, WHAT I'M REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR ABOUT IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE SPECIALIZED TO EACH, UH, UNIT EACH, EACH, UM, INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT ARE, UH, IN THOSE UNITS.
AND SO IT'S NOT KIND OF A, WE'RE GONNA DO ALL OF THIS FOR ALL, ALL OF THESE UNITS.
IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE, THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO IS THAT THE SAME MODEL? FOR SURE.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE RESPONDENTS IS OFFERING INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE.
SO WE HAD A, UM, WE TALKED LAST, UH, GOSH, WAS IT LAST WEEK? I GUESS SO ABOUT, UM, UM, ABOUT THE CHRONICALLY HOUSELESS.
AND I MENTIONED THAT, THIS IS MY STATISTIC, I'M MAKING IT UP.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY, LIKE 90% WE, WE ARE HELPING, BUT THERE'S THIS 10% THAT WILL NOT, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WILL NOT, UM, DON'T WANNA SEEK THAT HELP.
AND SO, I, I WONDER IF THIS IS IT.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T, THIS IS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE NOW.
UM, AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT EDWARD MENTIONED, THOSE ARE THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THE, THE HARDER TO REACH.
SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HEAR THAT.
UM, IT, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE AT LEAST TRYING TO HELP THAT 100%.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT OFFER P SS H IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE ARE INCENTIVIZING PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE SERVICES ONSITE.
WHICH FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS, JUST GETTING TO THE SERVICES CAN BE ANOTHER BARRIER, CAN BE ANOTHER CHALLENGE.
SO REALLY TO MEET THOSE TRULY, UM, VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS MM-HMM.
IT DOES SEEM, I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD THAT THESE ARE MORE, UH, THERE'S A LOW BARRIER TO ENTRY FOR THESE YES.
UM, UH, THE 11 MILLION, DID YOU SAY WHAT THE, THE CURRENT PLAN IS FOR THE REMAINING 11 MILLION? YES.
WE'LL BE ISSUING ANOTHER SOLICITATION.
UM, MAYBE THIS FALL TO SEE, UH, WHAT OTHER P S H PROJECTS, UM, ARE COMING ON, GETTING IN THE PIPELINE AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN FUND.
UM, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
I DO WANNA MAKE A QUICK POINT.
I WENT TO SPEAK WITH THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL YESTERDAY AND, UH, THEY GAVE ME SOME NUMBERS THAT WERE STAGGERING TO ME.
UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET CRITICAL AND ME INCLUDED OF, UH, DELEGATE AGENCIES AND THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE HELPING, UM, THAT, THAT WILL BE HELPING WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEY MENTIONED TO ME THAT THEY'RE A $6 BILLION INDUSTRY.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE A WHOLE OTHER INDUSTRY IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, COMMUNITY THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF HOW EXPANSIVE, UM, 68,000 EMPLOYEES.
AND THEY DO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY, UH, AS EDWARD MENTIONED, IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING, RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT, UH, MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.
WE'RE NOT, UM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS.
AND, UH, THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING THAT WORK AND SUPPLEMENTING WHAT, WHAT WE AS A CITY ARE ABLE TO DO.
AND, UH, SO THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT, ARE REALLY KEY TO THE SUCCESS I THINK OF THIS IN SO MANY PROGRAMS. BUT, UM, BUT I AM GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED.
A LOT OF THE NONPROFITS ARE INVOLVED, UH, IN, IN THIS WORK AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER KIO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
THANK YOU VERONICA, IAN TEAM, THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FOLKS WHO REVIEWED THE APPLICATIONS.
THERE'S SO MANY THANKS THAT NEED TO GO AROUND WITH THIS PROCESS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, MY CONSTITUENTS AND I VALUE IS THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS AND THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE STAKEHOLDERS COMING TOGETHER TO DETERMINE, UH, WHICH PROJECTS WE NEED TO SUPPORT WITH THIS FIRST ROUND, UM, WITH THAT, RIGHT? WHAT I THINK IS GREAT ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS THAT IT'S A, UM, A BIPARTISAN ISSUE, RIGHT? FROM THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO BARACK OBAMA.
BOTH HAVE CHAMPIONED INVESTING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HAS VAST SUPPORT FROM THE VA.
UM, SO, SO MANY, UM, AGENCIES ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE INVEST IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, WE REDUCE AND IN WE REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS, NOT ONLY ON THE STREET, BUT WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT SERVICES, UM, WHETHER IT'S FOR SUBSTANCE USE, UM, WHETHER IT'S ALCOHOL, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THEY'RE
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MORE INCLINED TO ACCEPT THOSE SERVICES.UM, I, I'M OFTEN REMINDED, I REMEMBER WITH THE COLD SNAP, RIGHT? THERE WAS INDIVIDUALS I WAS TRYING TO CONNECT TO SERVICES AND, AND SOME WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAD THEIR DIFFERENT REASONS WHY THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED.
UM, BUT ONE INDIVIDUAL SHARED THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNAL LIVING WASN'T FOR HIM, RIGHT? HE, HE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE, AND HE UNDERSTOOD THAT A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS DO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND HE SAID, IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, RIGHT? BUT I FEEL SAFE WHEN I KNOW WHICH WALLS ARE AROUND ME AND THESE TWO WALLS, I KNOW WHAT'S AROUND ME, RIGHT? SO I, I THINK MOVING TOWARDS ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THEIR OWN UNITS TO GET CONNECTED TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED, UM, WILL HELP MOVE US AS A CITY, UM, IN A, IN A, IN A, IN A BETTER DIRECTION.
WE KNOW WE HAVE PLENTY MORE WORK AHEAD.
UM, I, I'M ALWAYS REMINDED NOW OF THE, THE WORK IN DC WHERE KATIE, UM, AND FOLKS SHARED THAT WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE OF UNHOUSED FAMILIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT.
AND HOW THAT'S UNIQUE, UH, IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES.
SO WITH THE SECOND ROUND, RIGHT, MY HOPE IS THAT WE LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT ARE PROVIDING, AND I KNOW THE SAMS PROJECT IS PROVIDING THREE BEDROOMS, TWO BEDROOMS, AND FAMILY HOUSING MM-HMM.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO THEIR OWN RENTAL APARTMENT AND PURCHASE THEIR OWN HOME, RIGHT? UM, SO ENSURING THAT WE'RE PUTTING ALL THOSE, UM, CONNECTING ALL THE DOTS AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE STREAMLINING COMMUNITY TO LIVE THAT AMERICAN DREAM, UH, IF THEY WISH TO RIDE OF OWNING A HOME.
UM, BUT I, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, DR.
ROJA GARCIA, BECAUSE THE P C D C COMMITTEE, UM, KNOCKED SO MANY THINGS OUT, RIGHT? AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING WITH THIS SHIP, UM, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD LEADERSHIP WHO AGENDAS GOOD ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING IT FORWARD.
SO, SO THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UM, AND CITY STAFF FOR ENSURING THAT WE'RE EXECUTING THE PLAN AND WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED.
UM, THE SLEEVES ARE ALWAYS ROLLED UP, UM, AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE, UM, AND FOR ME WHEN I SPEAK TO THE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS IN MY COMMUNITY IS THE, THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND OR, UH, SUBSTANCE USE, UH, SERVICES.
SO I, I, I THINK SEEING AND RELYING AND PULLING IN THE NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT.
BUT I THINK AS A COUNCIL, CONTINUING TO SEE WHERE, WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UM, FOR SAM'S MINISTRY, SARAH, UH, WHATEVER THE NONPROFIT MAY BE, TO CONTINUE EXECUTING, UM, THE TASK AND GETTING MORE FOLKS, UH, UNDER A ROOF.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE MANY QUESTIONS.
REALLY EXCITED, UM, TO SEE THESE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD.
GRATEFUL TO THE TEAM, UH, AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER S THANK YOU.
I, UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UH, KA HARVARD FOR MENTIONING THE, THE NON-PROFIT INDUSTRY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY, IS WE, UH, OPENED UP THE, UH, TO NON-PROFITS, THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING, UH, POINTS FOR BEING LOCALLY OWNED.
UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE REAL JOBS, AND THOSE ARE SAN ANTONIANS AND THAT MONEY STAYS HERE, RIGHT? AND, UM, THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY THAT IS THE NONPROFIT, UH, WORLD, UH, THEY'RE, THEY BUY SERVICES AND THEY, THEY'RE C P S ENERGY, UH, CUSTOMERS AND SAWS CUSTOMERS.
AND SO WE ARE, UM, I I I'M ENCOURAGED THAT FOR PURPOSES OF, OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE MAY ACTUALLY SEE SOME NONPROFITS STEP UP TO DO, UM, SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK EVEN, RIGHT? SOME, UH, UH, GOODWILL INDUSTRIES HAS A WHOLE DIVISION THAT DOES CONTRACTING FOR, UH, WITH REGARDS TO, UM, LANDSCAPING.
UM, AND SO I, I, I THINK THERE'S SOME COOL OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
MY ONE REQUEST IS THAT AT SOME POINT WE BRING IN, UM, THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT RANDY HERRICK OVER AT VELOCITY.
AND, UH, WAS IT THE TEXAS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY FUND? THEY JUST ACQUIRED A LUMBER COMPANY, UM, THAT THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER THEIR FOUNDATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY AT THIS LUMBER COMPANY GOT LAID OFF, BUT ALSO SO THAT, UM, THEY CAN COMPETE ON PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
UM, THAT MONEY GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE TEXAS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION.
UM, AND SO I, I THINK THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE HERE, UM, IF, IF WE WERE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, RIGHT? UM, THE OTHER THING IS, AND, AND THIS IS A QUESTION MAYBE FOR ANDY, UM, IS I IMAGINE ANDY, THAT LIKE IN ANY OTHER MULTI-FAMILY SITUATION, THERE MAY HAVE TO BE THE UNFORTUNATE, UM, REALITY OF AN EVICTION, RIGHT? UM, OF AN EVICTION.
AND THIS HAPPENS IN, YOU KNOW, LUXURY PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, MARKET RATE AND, AND NOW PROJECTS LIKE THIS, IS THIS GONNA BE LIKE A LANDLORD TENANT RELATIONSHIP? ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE SUBJECT TO HAVING TO GO TO JP COURT TO REMOVE SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE, UH, DISRUPTIVE OR, YOU KNOW, A DANGER TO OTHER, UH, TENANTS? SURE.
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PROJECTS, TENANTS WILL SIGN A LEASE.SO THEY DO HAVE A LEASE FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR, AND IT'S RENEWABLE.
AND THE ONLY REASON IT'S TURNABLE IS FOR CAUSE THAT WAS IN OUR R F P SOLICITATION.
SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IT WILL STILL MAINTAIN A, A CLIENT TENANT, BUT WITH SOME, WITH SOME REQUIREMENTS AS TO WHAT THOSE AGREEMENTS WILL HAVE.
BUT, BUT IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE AN EVICTION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE JP COURT PROCESS.
UM, THE OTHER THING TOO, AND, AND THIS THIS, UH, IS A QUESTION FOR ERIC, UH, OR MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT A SUPPLY SHORTAGE OVER AT C P S AS IT RELATES TO TRANSFORMERS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE BEING DELAYED MANY, MANY MONTHS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, DURING A HOUSING CRISIS, UH, INABILITY TO ACTUALLY BRING ELECTRICITY TO THESE HOMES IS, UM, A CRISIS IN OF ITSELF.
HAVE YOU GUYS CALCULATED THAT INTO, UH, HOW WE'RE GONNA EXECUTE ON THESE PROJECTS? SO, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD OF THE TRANSFORMER SUPPLY DELAYS AND WE ARE TELLING ALL OF OUR BOND PROJECTS, THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT THERE'S A DELAY PLAN AHEAD, AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP.
SO, SO MAYOR, IT SEEMS TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS ABOVE ANY OTHER PROJECT, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M, I, I FEEL FOR THE DEVELOPERS IN MY DISTRICT AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S BUILDING MARKET RATE AND LUXURY PRODUCT, BUT IF WE REALLY DO HAVE A SHORTAGE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, PERMANENT SUPPORT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, MAYBE THESE ARE THE ONES THAT JUMP TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE FOR PURPOSES OF GETTING THESE TRANSFORMERS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO STAND IN LINE WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS OUT AND, AND I LOVE THEM, RIGHT? THE DEVELOPERS OUT AT THE DOMINION OR THE STONE OAK, UH, UH, ANYWAY, I THINK YOU'RE PICKING UP ON WHAT I'M LAYING DOWN, UM, AND, AND MAYBE A, A CONVERSATION WITH RUDY GARZA ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, PUTTING THOSE FOLKS BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, SIR.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER APAI.
COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ.
AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS, I FEEL LIKE I ALWAYS SAY I'M SO EXCITED, BUT, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF, UM, OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND UNSHELTERED FAMILIES CONTINUES TO BE A MONUMENTAL ISSUE IN DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE ALWAYS SEE IN THE SURVEYS THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSELESSNESS AND PREVENTING HOUSELESSNESS IS, UH, OF DEEP CONCERN.
AND I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES THAT THE ISSUE OF HOUSELESSNESS IS A REFLECTION OF THE MARGINALIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN OUR SOCIETY.
IT'S A SYMPTOM OF OUR SOCIETAL FLAWS.
IT'S HEALTHCARE, IT'S STABILITY, IT'S COMMUNITY BUILDING.
AND OUR SOCIETY HAS FORCED CERTAIN PEOPLE TO THE MARGINS WITHOUT A SAFETY NET.
AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING LARGE INVESTMENTS IN ADDRESSING THE COMPLEX NEEDS OF THESE SAME COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, LACK OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND BASIC ISSUES SUCH AS NOURISHMENT AND COMPANIONSHIP.
UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD.
IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A SENSE OF HOME AND BELONGING.
UM, IT IS SAFETY AND GIVES NEW CHANCES FOR, UM, AN AUTONOMOUS AND HEALTHY LIFE.
AND I RECENTLY GOT TO TAKE A TOUR OF TOWN TWIN VILLAGE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN LAST WEEK.
UM, AND I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY A NUMBER OF THINGS.
BUT WHAT STOOD OUT WAS THE CARE THAT THE HOUSING FIRST COALITION AND ALL WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN, IN THIS PROJECT HAVE TAKEN TO CREATE A RESIDENT CENTERED AND TRAUMA INFORMED COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE GET TO PLAY A, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN LONG IN THE WORKS.
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN IT.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AS A COUNCIL IN THIS ITERATION OF COUNCIL GETS TO PLAY A ROLE IN FURTHERING OUR SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND TO SHARE UPDATES WITH RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN APPREHENSIVE OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I'M, UH, FOR MANY OF YOU, YOU'LL REMEMBER A VERY, UM, FRUSTRATING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UH, RELATING TO THE GARDEN, UH, THE GARDEN END PROJECT, UH, PROPERTY.
AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT CONVEYS NOT JUST THAT THESE WON'T BE NUISANCE PROJECTS, OR THESE WON'T BE INCONVENIENCES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE FOCUSED ON THE, IT WON'T BE BAD.
I WANT US, I WANT A COMMUN, UH, COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT SAYS, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AND THIS IS, UH, NECESSARY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND IT WILL ENHANCE, UH, OUR DISTRICTS.
AND SO I, I WANNA KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS THE PLAN AFTER THESE PROJECTS ARE DONE TO COMMUNICATE THAT, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR FUTURE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
SO WE WILL, UM, WE'LL BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION, HOW THESE ARE, UH, WHO THE HOUSING IS FOR THE KEY TO ALL OF THIS HOUSING.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE, BUT THE, LIKE,
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EVERYTHING YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE SERVICES OR WHAT ARE KEY THAT HELP THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP.BUT IT ALSO HELPS, UH, REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OTHER CITY SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE.
SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY.
AND WE'LL BE SURE TO WORK WITH BOTH OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS HERE ON HOW THEY COLLABORATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS I MENTIONED, UM, ON THE HUDSON PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING WHERE THEY'VE SPOKEN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HEARING WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.
AND SO THEY'LL BE AN ONSITE PRESENCE AND ALL OF THEM WILL FOLLOW THE SAME COMMUNICATION WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS AS WELL AS RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS ON THE PROPERTY.
AND I GUESS, UM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT SOLICITATION, UM, TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF THE GROUNDWORK.
DO, DO WE EXPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR BRAND NEW PROJECTS OR SHOVEL READY, OR THAT WILL REQUIRE, UH, A GREATER TIMELINE? OR DO WE EXPECT THAT WE'LL BE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS? SO WE'VE BEEN PRIORITIZING SHOVEL READY PROJECTS, AND BASED ON PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER FEEDBACK, WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOKED AT PROJECTS THAT COULD BE POTENTIAL REHABS, BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE COME ONLINE A LOT FASTER THAN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE HUDSON'S THE ONLY REHAB PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
UM, BUT TOWN TWIN VILLAGE IS AN EXISTING PROJECT, SO THEY'RE JUST KIND OF EXPANDING THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
UH, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE WE GET ON THE SECOND ROUND.
BUT SHOVEL READY IS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR CRITERIA.
UM, WE WANT, WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHICH WE HAVE TO USE THESE FUNDS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UTILIZED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO DELIVER THE HOUSING THAT WE NEED.
AND ESPECIALLY SINCE $25 MILLION, THE BULK OF THIS FUNDING IS FROM OUR HOUSING BOND.
UM, IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR FUNDS, HOW THEY HELPED, IF THEY CAN SEE THOSE PROJECTS IN ACTION, FOR SURE.
THEN I, I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT IF WE KNOW OF ANY EXISTING PROJECTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST, EVEN IF THEY DON'T END UP, UH, YOU KNOW, APPLYING FOR FUNDING, UM, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SPECIFIC WORKS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO SORT OF PREPARE THEM FOR THE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT SURE COULD, THAT THESE COULD BE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TOWN TWIN VILLAGE WAS THIS FEELING OF A CO, A COZY CUL-DE-SAC, UH, CREATED BY THE SHAPE OF THE WALKING PATHS AND THE HOUSES THEMSELVES, AND THERE WERE ALSO RV OPTIONS.
AND SO, UM, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE DECISION TO HAVE THESE VERY DISTINCT OPTIONS? SURE.
I THINK EDWARD, SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP JOINT SOLICITATION, AND APPARENTLY IT'S A PARTNERSHIP ON THE Q AND A
SO I'M GONNA INVITE EDWARD TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT HIS PROJECT.
SO, YEAH, SO WE DID A VERY INTENTIONAL, THAT'S BASED ON PREFERENCE FROM HOMELESS IN, UH, OR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, PRIMARILY THOSE, UH, UH, ATTENDING CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE 2000 PEOPLE, UNDUPLICATED PEOPLE THAT ARE AT, IN ANY ONE YEAR ATTENDING CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE, AND WE HAVE THAT CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.
WE DID A NUMBER OF SURVEYS NOT ONLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SURROUNDING THE VILLAGE, BUT ALSO TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE GONNA SERVE, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE HOUSING OPTIONS, WE ASKED THEM IF YOU COULD CHOOSE TO LIVE WHEREVER YOU'D LIKE, AND WE'RE ASKING THIS COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T USUALLY GET ASKED A CHOICE, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? AND THERE WAS THREE OPTIONS.
SO WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS IN, IN, IN TOWN TWIN VILLAGE, ONE OPTION ONE WAS TO LIVE IN, IN A TRAILER HOME, A TRAVEL TRAILER.
UH, OPTION TWO WAS A TINY HOME, AND OPTION THREE WAS A, A SMALL APARTMENT.
AND, UH, I'LL TELL YOU, THE TRAVEL TRAILERS ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST RANKED IN THOSE SURVEYS.
I, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE SURVEY RESULTS AND I ASKED WHY.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD CHOOSE? UM, JUST NOT KNOWING WHAT THE, WHAT THE BACKGROUND AROUND THAT WAS.
AND I ASKED THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY TOLD ME, AND I, I LEARNED THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY SAW THEMSELVES SUCCEEDING IN, LIKE IN THEIR NEXT STEP OF BEING HOUSED.
THEY FELT THAT THEY HAD FRIENDS THAT HAD MOVED OUT OF ENCAMPMENTS THAT WERE NO LONGER HOMELESS, AND THE FIRST STOP WAS A TRAILER HOME.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE OPTION AT TOWNSEND VILLAGE.
AND, UM, WE DID GET TO, I DID GET TO LEARN THAT A LITTLE BIT DURING THE TOUR.
UM, BUT THE REASON THAT I ASK THAT QUESTION IS I'M WONDERING FOR EACH OF THE OTHER, TH THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS, UM, ARE THERE OPTIONS LIKE THAT FOR THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS? YES.
SO ONE OF 'EM IS A NEW, UM, MULTI-FAMILY CONSTRUCTION, SO IT'S ALL KIND OF APARTMENT STYLE LIVING, AND THE HUDSON IS AN EXISTING APARTMENT, SO IT'S REHABBING WHAT'S THERE FOR SURE.
I'M WONDERING IN THE NEXT, UH, I MEAN, BASED ON THIS, BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SHARED, I IMAGINE THAT THESE TYPES OF OPTIONS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT, AND WE'LL HAVE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE.
UM, AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT MAYBE IN FUTURE RFPS WILL, WILL GIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR, UH, PROJECTS THAT WILL CONSIDER, UH, OPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
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COMING FOR, UH, TOWARDS AN A SESSION.COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
THANK YOU VERONICA, FOR THE PRESENTATION, FOR THE UPDATES.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS WE HAVE, THE BETTER.
I THINK THE ONE THING I'D, I WOULD LIKE, UM, SAM MINISTRIES NISHA, TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT JUST PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE NORMALLY THINK OF AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN THE, THE COMMONS.
UH, AT ASAKIA, THAT'S, UH, 30%, WHICH I THINK NOW WITH THE DATA AND MEDIUM INCOME IS FOR ONE PERSON 17,000, $17,000.
A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT, 60% IS $35,000, WHICH WE KNOW IS NOT A LOT.
BUT IF YOU COULD TELL, TELL US WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THEY FACE AND WHY, WHY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? GOOD AFTERNOON, AGAIN.
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS REALLY DESIGNED AROUND LOW BARRIER TO ENTRY, SO ELIMINATING BARRIERS, UH, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE RI SOBRIETY, UM, MEDICATION MAINTENANCE, THOSE KINDS OF CONCEPTS, UM, TO GET FOLKS INTO HOUSING.
AND THEN COMBINING THAT, OF COURSE, WITH A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH, WHICH IS CENTERED AROUND STABLE HOUSING, IS THE FIRST STEP IN GETTING SOMEONE TO BE STABLE, UM, FOR THE LONG TERM.
UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS REALLY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LONG HISTORIES OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO THINK, UM, PERIODS OF MORE THAN A YEAR OR SEVERAL PERIODS OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS, UM, BUT ALSO WHO HAVE A DISABLING CONDITION, WHETHER THAT'S PHYSICAL HEALTHCARE OR MENTAL HEALTHCARE.
UH, SAME MINISTRIES HAS BEEN OPERATING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
UM, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 185 UNITS THAT EXIST CURRENTLY IN A SCATTERED SITE MODEL.
UH, OUR CASE MANAGERS VISIT THOSE CLIENTS, UH, TO EDWARDS POINT ON AN INDIVIDUAL ROUTINE.
SO WHILE HUD FUNDING REQUIRES ONLY A TWO WEEK CHECK-IN, UH, FOR CLIENTS IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS WHO VISIT THEIR CLIENTS DAILY.
UH, IN FACT, AT OUR HUDSON PROJECT WHERE WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CLIENTS CURRENTLY ON SITE, WE HAVE THREE CASE MANAGERS THAT WORK OUT OF THAT PROPERTY.
THEY OFFICE THERE EVERY DAY, AND THEY HAVE COFFEE WITH THE CLIENTS THAT THEY'RE SERVING, UM, MOST MORNINGS.
AND SO IT IS REMARKABLE TO BUILD RAPPORT THAT HELPS YOU GAIN THE INDIVIDUAL KNOWLEDGE OF CLIENTS AND THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS.
AND THEN TO TAILOR THE CONNECTION TO RESOURCES, UM, TO THAT INDIVIDUAL CLIENT.
THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, TO ACCESS TO PSYCHIATRIC CARE, TO DENTAL CARE, TO, I WANNA MAXIMIZE MY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY, MAYBE I WANNA GO TO CULINARY SCHOOL.
UM, ALL OF THOSE, UH, KINDS OF SERVICES ARE CRITICAL.
UM, AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY PIECES ABOUT THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FRAMEWORK IS, UM, SELF-DETERMINATION.
AND SO THE ABILITY TO, UM, BE AUTONOMOUS AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND HOW, HOW YOU DIRECT YOUR OWN PATH.
AND IF ANYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE SOUTH SIDE AND UNFAMILIAR WITH PRESS IN PARTICULAR, UH, IT JUST, IT, THIS HOUSE, THIS PERMANENT SUPPORTING HOUSING THERE ON PRESA REALLY WORKS BECAUSE IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THERE'S ABILITY TO CHANGE.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOBILE HOMES OR PRE-MANUFACTURED HOMES, BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS TELLING MARK CARMONA, I WAS LIKE, LET'S JUST WIDEN THAT TOOL BELT.
JUST TELL ME WHAT ELSE WE CAN ADD TO THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STEP.
I KNOW WE ONLY HAD FOUR THIS TIME, BUT I THINK NEXT TIME AROUND WE'LL SEE MORE PEOPLE AS THEY SEE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT COMES FROM THE CITY.
YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, UH, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, JUST OVERALL, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS DOING SOME MATH HERE, UH, FOR THE CITY'S PORTION.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $88,000 PER UNIT, ACCORDING TO MY CALCULATIONS.
UM, SO, UM, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT, A GOOD DEAL.
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THE TOTAL COST OF THE UNITS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADDING UP TO ABOUT $314,000 PER UNIT ON, ON THESE THREE PROJECTS.
AND WHAT IS, WHAT IS OUR, UH, WHAT IS THE MEDIAN, UH, COST PER HOUSE NOWADAYS OUT ON THE ECONOMY, UH, FOR A SINGLE HOME? YEAH, ABOUT, I THINK FOR SAN ANTONIO, ABOUT 340, 3 $50,000 FOR A HOUSE.
SO PRETTY CLOSE TO THIS, THIS AMOUNT HERE.
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I'M, I'M, IT CONCERNS ME THAT WE'RE PAYING THIS MUCH FOR A COMBINATION OF TINY HOMES MM-HMM.TO ME, UH, IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT HIGH, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE CITY'S PORTION AND THE COUNTY'S PORTION IS, IS FAIRLY LOW.
AND THE RISK IS REALLY BEING TAKEN ON BY THE, THE, UM, THE DEVELOPERS AND THE CONTRACTORS ARE THAT PUT IN THE PROPOSALS, RIGHT? YES.
SO, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT THEY'RE GONNA SIGN WITH US, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S, UH, NOT ONLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT I THINK $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING FOR THAT.
UM, WHAT IF, WHAT IF THEY CAN'T, CAN'T, UH, LIVE UP TO THAT OBLIGATION? WHAT HAPPENS? SURE.
SO THEY'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED BEYOND OUR FUNDING FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AS DESCRIBED.
SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO FUNDRAISING, CONTINUE TO SEEK GRANTS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, PRIVATE DONATIONS, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
UM, SOME OF THEM, LIKE ONE OF THE PROJECTS, SAM MINISTRIES DID RECEIVE FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT THROUGH HUD, THE COORDINATED CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING TO HAVE THEIR OPERATIONS SUPPORTED.
SO THEY SEEK A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES BEYOND CITY FUNDS TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS.
UH, UM, BUT THEY'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO THAT FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 YEARS, AND MOST OF THE PROJECTS HAVE COMMITTED TO 40 YEARS.
SO THAT WILL BE IN THE AGREEMENT.
AND THE SERVICES, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, IT'S ESTIMATED AT $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR THOSE SERVICES.
UH, FOR ONE OF THE PROJECTS, IT'S 2 MILLION AND IT'S, UH, THAT COVERS TWO YEARS OF FUNDING.
UH, UH, TWO YEARS OF SERVICES.
UM, WELL, I, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THESE GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF A FUNCTION, UM, THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED, RIGHT? THE GRANTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED.
USUALLY THEY'RE COMPETITIVELY AWARDED.
SO THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED THERE'S, AND LET'S SAY THEY, THEY DON'T GET THE GRANTS, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? I, I MEAN, OR SURE.
SO WE WOULD JUST FOLLOW WHATEVER RECOURSE WE HAVE IN THE AGREEMENT, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO HELP PARTNER WITH THEM TO SEEK THOSE FUNDING SOURCES SO THEY CONTINUE THE OPERATIONS.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS, IT IS A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION.
SO WE WOULD SEEK REMEDIES IN THE CONTRACT IF THOSE OBLIGATIONS WERE NOT FULFILLED.
BUT THIS IS ALL DONE IN A, IN A PARTNERSHIP ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE PARTNERS.
THEY'RE NON-PROFITS, SO IF THEY ARE HAVING ANY KIND OF CHALLENGES WITH SEEKING FUNDS, WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE OUT THERE.
AND AS FAR AS A CONSTRUCTION, IS THIS A CONTRACT WITH THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THIS NUMBER OF YES.
THE AGREE, THE UNITS ARE A COMMITTED OBLIGATION IN THE CONTRACT, AND WE DON'T RELEASE, CITY FUNDS ARE ALL ON A REIMBURSABLE BASIS, SO WE WOULDN'T RELEASE ANY CITY FUNDS UNTIL ALL OF THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE SECURED.
I, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF IN, IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF THEY DON'T RAISE THAT MUCH FUND, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FROM, UH, THREE THOU, $314,000 PER UNIT.
AND IF THEY CAN'T PROVIDE IT, I, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO SEE, THE CITY'S NOT GONNA COME BACK AND TRY TO BAIL 'EM OUT OR ANYTHING.
RIGHT? SO WE WORK WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS TOWN, TWIN VILLAGE HAS, UM, SO WE ARE HELPING FUND PHASE TWO.
SO PHASE ONE IS ALREADY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY.
SO THIS IS HELPING TOWARDS THAT SECOND PHASE.
UM, THE HUDSON APARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALREADY OWN THE SITE.
THEY ALREADY HAVE THE PROJECT, SO THIS IS HELPING WITH THE REHAB.
AND THEN, UM, THE COMMONS PROJECT ALSO HAS THEIR OWN, UH, THIS'S, A 4% TAX CREDIT.
SO THEY WILL BE APPLYING FOR THOSE TAX CREDITS.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE A DELAYED TIMELINE TO START CONSTRUCTION.
SO LOTS OF OPTIONS, AND WE'VE MET WITH THEM AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT WHAT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT THEY'RE SEEKING.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN MAKING SURE ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN.
UM, THAT PRETTY MUCH ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.
MY OTHER QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED ALREADY.
UM, I JUST, UH, IT CONCERNS ME ABOUT, BECAUSE THESE ARE NONPROFITS, RIGHT? YES.
AND NONPROFITS RELY ON DONATIONS, GRANTS AND THAT KIND OF THING, AND THAT'S NOT GUARANTEED FOR THE LIFE OF THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
MAYOR WILL BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UH, ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA ON, UH, APRIL 20TH.
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OKAY.[EXECUTIVE SESSION At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the Presidio Conference Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following: ]
GOOD.ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE TIME IS NOW 3 25 ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH, 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 IN THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATELY DISCUSSED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072.
AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS.
'CAUSE HE WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT YOUR MIC.
TIME IS 4:36 PM ON APRIL 12TH, 2023.
CITY COUNCILS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OUR B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.