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WE WILL NOW OPEN OUR B SESSION AT 2:14 PM ON MAY 17TH, 2023.UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE AGAIN? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MICKEY RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
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OKAY.AND WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THIS AGENDA, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH TO GET US STARTED.
UH, THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE ONE ITEM, UH, BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR PRESENTATION.
UM, IT IS A POST SOLICITATION REPORT ON THE SECOND R F P THAT WE ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 3RD, UH, OF 2023 FOR FUNDING IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION, AFFORDABLE RENTAL PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION AND RENTAL PRESERVATION, REHAB AND ACQUISITION PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR $150 MILLION HOUSING BOND APPROVED BY VOTERS LAST YEAR.
UM, AND JUST A, JUST A REMINDER, ON DECEMBER 15TH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING TO 14 PROJECTS TOTALING $43.9 MILLION.
UH, ON APRIL 20TH, UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING OF $23.2 MILLION FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, PROJECTS, THREE PROJECTS.
AND, UH, TODAY'S ITEM WILL CONSIDER, UM, UH, 14 PROJECTS, UH, TOTALING $32.1 MILLION.
COLLECTIVELY, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION FROM VERONICA THAT THE PROJECTS REPRESENT, UH, OVER $350 MILLION IN TOTAL INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, UH, IN THE, IN THE RESPECTIVE PROJECTS.
SO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS IS, UH, THAT'S INCLUDED, UM, UH, HAS DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO HELP SERVE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, UH, DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE HOUSING PARAMETERS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, TODAY, UH, VERONICA WILL WALK US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, UH, PENDING THE CONVERSATION TODAY, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO BRING THESE ITEMS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ON JUNE 8TH, VERONICA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
VERONICA GARCIA, THE DIRECTOR FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR POST SEDATION BRIEFING FOR OUR SECOND ROUND OF HOUSING BOND PROJECTS.
UH, THIS IS REALLY A, A TEAMWORK EFFORT FOR OUR CITY.
THIS MANY THANKS TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE PUBLIC WORKS DISABILITY ACCESS OFFICE PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY FINANCE, AND THEIR PROCUREMENT TEAM, OUR CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER, MARK CARMONA, AND OF COURSE, MANY MEMBERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES TEAM.
UH, LOTS OF DEPARTMENTS HELPED GET US TO THIS POINT OF PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.
ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE VIA ENLIST SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY TOO PROVIDED INPUT ON PROJECT SELECTION.
UM, AND THEN MANY THANKS TO OUR HOUSING COMMISSION AND OUR COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ALL WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL SET THE PARAMETERS AND FRAMEWORK OF WHICH WE EVALUATED ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UH, WE'RE JOINED HERE TODAY BY AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM ALL 14 PROJECTS.
ALL THE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS ARE HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SO HOUSING IS THE BIGGEST EXPENSE FOR MOST PEOPLE.
AND WHEN FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEY CAN AFFORD THEIR MONTHLY RENT OR MORTGAGE, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR ESSENTIAL ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD, EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE.
AND THEN WHEN OUR AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES ADD RESIDENT SERVICES SUCH AS JOB TRAINING, FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND CHILDCARE, THE BENEFITS TO OUR LARGER COMMUNITY ARE EVEN GREATER.
OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OUTLINES THAT WE NEED TO ADD OR PRESERVE ABOUT 28,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF INTO THAT EFFORT.
AND THE $150 MILLION HOUSING BOND, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WHICH WAS JUST APPROVED BY VOTERS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THESE HOUSING GOALS.
THIS HOUSING BOND IS SPLIT UP INTO FIVE CATEGORIES, AND WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST ROUND OF PROJECTS IN FOUR OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
AND TODAY'S POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING IS ON THE SECOND ROUND.
EVEN AFTER, UM, WE CONSIDER THE SECOND ROUND OF PROJECTS, WE WILL STILL HAVE HOUSING BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE ABOUT $10 MILLION REMAINING IN OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUCKET.
WE ARE STILL MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS ON ALL OF OUR HOME REHAB PROJECTS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME FUNDS FROM ALL FIVE CATEGORIES SET ASIDE
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AS WE BRING ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.THESE MAY BE PROJECTS SUCH AS LAND BANKING, PURSUING A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, HELPING INCENTIVIZE ADDITIONAL ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, A MOBILE HOME PARK CONVERSION AND OTHER IDEAS.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE BEING STILL CONSIDERED, AND WE WILL HAVE HOUSING BOND FUNDS REMAINING SO THAT WE CAN PURSUE THOSE STRATEGIES AND BRING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND AS ERIC MENTIONED, THE FIRST ROUND OF PROJECTS HAS BEEN APPROVED THIS PAST DECEMBER.
WE CONSIDERED RENTAL REHAB PROJECTS, NEW RENTAL CONSTRUCTION, AND NEW HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
IN TOTAL, OVER 2,500 UNITS WERE INCENTIVIZED ACROSS 14 PROJECTS.
THEN THIS PAST APRIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED THREE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS, WHICH HELP INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS REPRESENTED 288 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS AND $23 MILLION APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, BEXAR COUNTY STILL HAS TO CONSIDER THEIR $8 MILLION CONTRIBUTION, AND THAT'S EXPECTED THIS SUMMER.
AND COLLECTIVELY, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS TOGETHER WILL BRING OVER 550 UNITS AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS THE HOUSING THAT IS MOST NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN TOTAL, $450 MILLION OF TOTAL INVESTMENT IN OVER 2,800 TOTAL UNITS INCENTIVIZED THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS ALREADY.
THE GOALS FOR OUR HOUSING BOND THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW WITH EVERY ROUND ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ADOPTED PARAMETERS AND FRAMEWORK, AND WE CONTINUE TO BALANCE CREATING AND PRESERVING A LARGE QUANTITY OF AFFORDABLE UNITS ALONG WITH THESE PARAMETERS.
EVERY SINGLE PROJECT WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE ARE ANALYZING WHAT, HOW MUCH DEEP AFFORDABILITY IS IN THE PROJECT, AND WE ARE PRIORITIZING FUNDING AWARDS FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE UNITS FOR FAMILIES AT 30% A M I FOR RENTAL AND FOR NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S FOR FAMILIES AT 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
WE ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE LEVERAGING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES BEYOND OUR CITY INVESTMENTS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE ONSITE SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE.
IN THIS SECOND ROUND OF HOUSING BOND SOLICITATIONS WE HAD, WE LEASED THREE SEPARATE RFPS ACROSS RENTAL, NEW RENTAL CONSTRUCTION, RENTAL REHAB, AND NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE COMBINED OUR BOND FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH HELPED OUR DOLLARS GO EVEN FURTHER.
SO IN TOTAL, WE MADE $33.7 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING PROJECTS.
ALL OF OUR SCORING CRITERIA, WE ARE USING THE SAME ADOPTED CRITERIA THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED LAST SUMMER.
AND THOSE ARE THE SAME, UH, CRITERIA THAT WE USED IN ROUND ONE, WHICH IS AGAIN, PRIORITIZING THE DEEPEST AFFORDABILITY POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO INVOLVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE ON EACH SELECTION PANEL.
EACH NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ALSO COMPLETED A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, SO WE CAN ANALYZE THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING EACH PROJECT.
THE R F P WAS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 3RD AND CLOSED ON MARCH 20TH.
THIS IS THE SCORING MATRIX THAT IT WAS USED FOR OUR NEW RENTAL HOUSING PROJECTS, AND WE HAD $10 MILLION OF BONDS AND $1.8 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL READY AND AGAIN, THAT WERE LEVERAGING OTHER SOURCES.
NEARLY EVERY SINGLE PROJECT RECOMMENDED IS LEVERAGING LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR DOLLARS GO EVEN FURTHER IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE LARGEST CATEGORY OF POINTS THAT ANY PROJECT COULD RECEIVE WAS FOR AFFORDABILITY AND OF THE 35 POINTS THEY COULD ACHIEVE, THERE WAS A FIVE POINT SET ASIDE FOR PROJECTS THAT HAD PUBLIC HOUSING OR INCOME-BASED HOUSING IN THEM.
OUR SCORING PANEL INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, OUR DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND PLANNING.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM VIA SAN ANTONIO AS WELL.
AND THEN MANY THANKS TO LOSS IN PICASSO, OUR COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.
SHE SERVED ON ROUND ONE AND SHE CAME BACK AND HELPED US AGAIN ON ROUND TWO.
AND THEN OUR ENTIRE PANEL HAD MANY ADVISORY MEMBERS, INCLUDING OUR UNDERWRITERS TO HELP ANSWER ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE FOR THE RENTAL PRODUCTION CATEGORY.
UM, THIS WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE ROUND.
EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT WAS SUBMITTED HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST 10% OF THE UNITS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN AND BELOW.
SO THAT'S A FAMILY MAKING ABOUT $22,500 A YEAR.
SO 10% OF THE WHOLE PROJECT HAD TO SERVE THOSE FAMILIES.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF $11.8 MILLION OF FUNDING AVAILABLE AND RECEIVED 12 PROPOSALS REQUESTING $47.5 MILLION.
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ULTIMATELY SELECTED SIX PROJECTS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.THIS SCORING MATRIX SHOWS THE SCORES FOR THE SIX RECOMMENDED PROJECTS, AND WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY ALL OF THEM HAVE ONSITE RESIDENT SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE.
THEY'RE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS.
SOME OF THEM ARE READY TO BREAK, UH, READY TO START AND CLOSE AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH IF THE FUNDING IS APPROVED.
AND EACH PROJECT IS PROPOSING HIGH QUALITY BUILDING MATERIALS, UM, WITH AMENITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS.
EACH PROJECT ALSO HAD A NONPROFIT PARTNER INVOLVED, AND THEY'RE ALL LEVERAGING THEIR OWN PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES.
THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT SELECTED FOR AN AWARD, AND OUR TEAM WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM AND DOING DEBRIEFINGS WITH ALL OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL RESPONDENTS.
AS MENTIONED, WE WILL HAVE NEW FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE FALL, MOSTLY FROM OUR FEDERAL FUNDS, THAT'S C D B G AND HOME FUNDS, WHICH CAN BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR REHAB OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THESE PROJECTS COULD POTENTIALLY COME BACK IN THE FALL AND APPLY IN A FUTURE FUNDING ROUND.
THIS SUMMARY SHOWS THE PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD, AND WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON EVERY SINGLE PROJECT.
SO ALL SIX PROJECTS IN TOTAL ARE REPRESENTING 920 NEW CONSTRUCTION UNITS, AND IN TOTAL WE HAVE 118 UNITS SET ASIDE FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE SIX PROJECTS.
MOST OF THEM ARE RECOMMENDED FOR A HOUSING BOND AWARD.
AND TWO OF OUR PROJECTS, WHICH ARE DEVELOPED BY OUR NONPROFIT LOCAL, UH, COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.
THE FIRST PROJECT I WILL HIGHLIGHT, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IS, IS CATTLEMAN SQUARE LOFTS.
THIS IS A PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE BEING DEVELOPED BY ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP.
THEY DID RECEIVE A FUNDING AWARD IN ROUND ONE OF $2 MILLION.
AND DUE TO RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND RISING INTEREST RATES, THE PROJECT NEEDS ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ABLE TO CLOSE.
THIS SUMMER, WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL BOND AWARD OF $1 MILLION, AND WE ARE, UM, RECOMMENDING THAT THE, AN EXISTING AWARD FOR A SEPARATE PROJECT IN DISTRICT EIGHT, BABCOCK NORTH, WHICH IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT REHAB, THAT THAT FUNDING BE REALLOCATED TO CATTLEMAN SQUARE LOFTS.
THE DEVELOPER IS STILL COMMITTED TO COMPLETING THE REHAB AT BABCOCK NORTH AND BY TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT, THAT ENSURES THAT WE WILL HAVE, UM, THIS PROJECT, THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CAN CLOSE THIS SUMMER.
AND AGAIN, THE DEVELOPER IS STILL COMMITTED TO THE BABCOCK NORTH REHAB, WHICH THEY WILL BE DOING WITH THEIR OWN FUNDING.
IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT IS RECOMMENDED FOR A $350,000 INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND, FORGIVABLE LOAN.
THE INNER CITY'S INCENTIVE FUND IS SET ASIDE TO HELP WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WITHIN THE NEAR INNER CITY.
AND THIS PROJECT MEETS THAT CRITERIA VERY WELL.
SO COMBINE THE TOTAL RECOMMENDED AWARD FOR KELMAN SQUARE LOFTS IS $2.35 MILLION.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE.
IT WILL IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HOUSING TRUST P F C.
IT'S UTILIZING 4% TAX CREDITS AND IT IS AN INFIELD TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT LOCATED LESS THAN A 10TH OF A MILE FROM VIAS NEW TRANSIT HUB.
THE PROJECT ALSO HAS AN EXISTING HISTORIC STRUCTURE ON SITE, WHICH WILL BE REHABBED AS PART OF THE PROJECT, AND IT INCLUDES 15% OF THE WHOLE PROJECT SET ASIDE FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
THE NEXT PROJECT THAT'S RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IS ELLISON APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT FOUR.
THIS IS BEING DEVELOPED BY LINCOLN AVENUE CAPITAL AND IT'S OUR LARGEST NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT 308 UNITS, 47 OF WHICH ARE SET ASIDE FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AIRED INCOME.
THIS PROJECT IS ALSO A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HOUSING TRUST P F C, AND IT'LL ALSO BE LEVERAGING 4% TAX CREDITS.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON A 10 ACRE PROPERTY AND IT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER, AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDING AFTERSCHOOL EDUCATION FREE OF CHARGE TO THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE.
THE NEXT PROJECT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS CULEBRA ROAD APARTMENTS.
THIS, UM, IS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT FIVE AND IS RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $1.75 MILLION.
THIS IS ANOTHER HOUSING TRUST P F C PARTNERSHIP AND LEVERAGING 4% TAX CREDITS.
THE PROJECT, UM, WILL BE UTILIZING, UH, THEY HAVE 199 UNITS, 21 OF WHICH ARE SET ASIDE FOR OUR LOWEST INCOME FAMILIES, AND THEY WILL HAVE LOTS OF AMENITIES ON SITE AND SEVERAL
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SUSTAINABILITY IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, LIGHTING, APPLIANCES, ET CETERA.THIS PROJECT IS READY TO BREAK GROUND, UM, IS READY TO CLOSE THIS SUMMER IF THE FUNDING IS APPROVED.
THE NEXT PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IS MEMORIAL APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
THIS IS PROPOSED BY SAN ANTONIO ALTERNATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION AND RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $1.5 MILLION.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR CHODO PARTNERS, OUR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS INFIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN EXISTING OF AN EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE RENOVATED INTO A COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE AND A BUSINESS CENTER.
IN ADDITION, ALL THE UNITS ON THE GROUND FLOOR, WHICH IS 15 UNITS, WILL MEET UNIVERSAL DESIGN STANDARDS AND, UH, MANY OF THEM WILL BE A D A MEET, A D A ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS.
THE PROJECT ALSO PROPOSES INCLUDING ALL ELECTRIC HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT AND MANY OTHER EFFICIENCY UPGRADES AND NATIVE LANDSCAPING, WHICH WILL REUSE WATER COLLECTION FROM THE SITE.
THIS PROJECT, IF FUNDS ARE APPROVED, WOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE AND START CONSTRUCTION, UM, AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN OUR FINAL PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR AN OH TWO MORE.
THE NEXT PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IS CLOUD HAVEN APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT 10.
THIS IS PROPOSED BY N R P GROUP AND RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $3 MILLION.
THIS IS A 9% TAX CREDIT PROJECT, SO IT'S 65 UNITS AND THE COMMUNITY IS, UM, HAS ALL, EVERY SINGLE UNIT AND ALL OF THE AMENITIES WILL HAVE ALL WALKABLE 80 A ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS.
ANOTHER THING TO NOTE IS 75% OF THE UNITS WILL BE MULTI BEDROOM FLOOR PLANS, WHICH ARE GREATLY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE PROJECT ALSO MEETS NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD SILVER CERTIFICATION, AND WE'LL HAVE, UM, ALL EV CHARGING ON SITE AS WELL.
THE NEXT PROJECT FOR CONSIDERATION IS LEGACY SENIOR RESIDENCES IN DISTRICT THREE.
THIS IS PROPOSED BY CORNERSTONE HOUSING GROUP.
IT'S ANOTHER HOUSING TRUST P F C PARTNERSHIP, ALSO UTILIZING 4% TAX CREDITS.
THIS PROJECT IS HOUSING EXCLUSIVELY FOR INDEPENDENT OLDER ADULTS.
THEY HAVE A 24 HOUR ON-CALL MAINTENANCE STAFF, SECURED ENTRY, AND A LARGE SOCIAL ROOM.
AND AGAIN, THIS PROJECT IS ENTIRELY MADE UP OF ONE IN TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND WILL BE READY TO CLOSE AS EARLY AS AUGUST.
THE NEXT CATEGORY THAT WE RELEASED SOLICITATION FOR IS OUR RENTAL REHAB CATEGORY, AND WE HAD $17 MILLION OF BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE.
AGAIN, THIS, UH, CATEGORY LOOKED AT HOW AFFORDABLE, HOW AFFORDABLE A PROJECT IS, AND WE, UM, SINCE WE ONLY HAVE BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THIS CATEGORY, WE APPLIED SMALL BUSINESS LOCAL PREFERENCE AND VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE POINTS TO THE SOLICITATION.
OUR SCORING PANEL INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, OUR DEPARTMENT, AND SINCE THIS IS ALL REHAB PROJECTS, WE ALSO INCLUDED THE DISABILITY ACCESS OFFICE OFFICE OF HISTORIC RESERVATION ALONG WITH PLANNING WE MANY THANKS TO OUR TWO COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HELPED US SCORE, INCLUDING AMELIA GUZMAN FROM DISTRICT THREE AND PETER AND NORE FROM DISTRICT FOUR.
THEY ALSO HELPED US IN ROUND ONE.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY CAME BACK AND SPENT TIME WITH US AGAIN TO HELP SCORE ROUND TWO FOR RENTAL REHAB.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT HAD AT LEAST 10% OF THE UNITS SET ASIDE FOR FAMILIES MAKING 30% OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME WE RECEIVED OF TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSALS REQUESTING $18 MILLION.
AND THE COMMITTEE, UM, FELT ALL FIVE PROJECTS MET THE HOUSING BOND PARAMETERS VERY WELL, AND ALL FIVE ARE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD.
THIS IS THE SCORING MATRIX FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED.
YOU CAN SEE EVERY SINGLE PROJECTS HAS A NON-PROFIT PARTNER INVOLVED.
ALL OF THEM ARE OFFERING ONSITE RESIDENT SERVICES AND ALL OF THEM RECEIVED SOME LEVEL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE POINTS IN THE SCORING.
THIS IS THE DETAILED UNIT MIX FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
AGAIN, WE ONLY HAD HOUSING BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THIS ROUND AND ACROSS ALL FIVE PROJECTS.
THEY WILL HELP REHAB 1,130 UNITS, INCLUDING 305 UNITS SET ASIDE FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AIR MEDIAN INCOME.
AND A TOTAL OF OF THOSE ELEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF THEM ARE INCOME-BASED OR PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS.
THE FIRST PROJECT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR AN AWARD IS VISTA VERDE APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
THIS IS OWNED BY PROSPERA HOUSING AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $4.25 MILLION.
THEY'LL ALSO BE LEVERAGING OUR 4% TAX CREDITS, AND NEARLY THE ENTIRE PROJECT HAS HOUSING VOUCHERS
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ON SITE PROJECT-BASED HOUSING VOUCHERS.SO THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE DO IN FACT MAKE WELL BELOW 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND IT IS THE FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHER THAT IS HELPING MAKE UP THOSE DIFFERENCE IN RENTS.
THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED FOR, UM, A FULL REHAB, ADDING HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND ENERGY EFFICIENCIES, INCLUDING NEW APPLIANCES, HVAC UPGRADES, AND OTHER STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TO THE PROJECT.
IN ADDITION, THE GREEN SPACES WILL BE RENOVATED AND THE PROJECT INCLUDES, UM, STUDIO ONE BEDROOM AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS.
AND SINCE THEY'RE LEVERAGING THE, UH, 4% TAX CREDITS, THIS WOULD NOT START CONSTRUCTION UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
THE NEXT PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION IS VICTORIA PLAZA APARTMENTS IN, IN DISTRICT ONE.
THIS IS A PROJECT OWNED BY OPPORTUNITY HOME AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $2.5 MILLION.
THIS HIGH-RISE PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX IS FOR OLD, EXCLUSIVELY FOR OLDER ADULTS IN DISABLED COMMUNITY.
THIS WAS BUILT IN 1959 AND RISES NINE STORIES LOCATED NEAR HEMISPHERE.
THE SUBSTANTIAL REHAB PROJECT HAS ALREADY STARTED, AND THE BOND FUNDS WILL HELP ADD AN ENERGY EFFICIENT, A NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT ROOF, WHICH WILL HELP DEFLECT HEAT FROM THE BUILDING.
IN ADDITION, THE NEW ROOF WILL FEATURE SOLAR PANELS TO HELP OFFSET THE ELECTRICITY USE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, OUR BOND FUNDS WILL ALSO HELP ADD A STORMWATER CAPTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL UTILIZE THE RAINWATER TO IRRIGATE THE LANDSCAPING.
SO AGAIN, THIS ENTIRE PROJECT IS, UM, PUBLIC HOUSING INCOME BASED UNITS, ALL OF THEM AND THE RENOVATIONS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY.
SO ONCE, IF COUNCIL APPROVES THE BOND FUNDS, THE NEW ROOF AND THE REMAINING IMPROVEMENTS CAN START AS EARLY AS JUNE.
THE NEXT PROJECT FOR CONSIDERATION IS ANOTHER PROJECT OWNED BY OPPORTUNITY HOME.
THIS IS MID CROWN SENIOR PAVILION LOCATED IN DISTRICT TWO.
THEY'RE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $2.5 MILLION, ALSO UTILIZING OUR HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
THE PROJECT EXCLUSIVELY SERVES OLDER ADULTS, AGE 55 PLUS.
THEY HAVE ENGLISH AND SPANISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES ONSITE 24 HOURS A DAY.
AND THE REHAB WILL FOCUS ON UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FEATURES, SUCH AS REPLACING THE HVAC NEW APPLIANCES, AS WELL AS SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY HOME PROJECT.
THIS IS THE REVELO IN DISTRICT THREE, ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $2.5 MILLION, ALSO UTILIZING OUR HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
THIS PROJECT ALSO SERVES, UM, EXCLUSIVELY OLDER ADULTS AGE 55 YEARS PLUS.
AGAIN, SPANISH AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION SERVICES AVAILABLE AT ALL HOURS.
THEY HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH ACTIVITIES DAILY AND THE UNIVER AND THE REHAB FOCUSES ON BRINGING THE UNITS INTO UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND AS WELL AS ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS AND FIRE ALARM AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS REHAB COULD START AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER.
THE FINAL REHAB PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IS WESTWOOD PLAZA IN DISTRICT SIX.
THIS IS A PROJECT ALREADY OWNED BY PICO UNION HOUSING, AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $5.25 MILLION.
THEY TOO WILL BE UTILIZING HOUSING TAX CREDITS, AND THE PROPERTY INCLUDES 10.6 ACRES AND 34 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
THE REHAB WILL BE A FULL REHAB OF ALL 305 UNITS ON THE PROPERTY RENOVATIONS TO THE COMMON AREAS, INCLUDING THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE POOL, FULL MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING REPLACEMENT, FIRE PROTECTION, LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
THE, UH, PROJECT INCLUDES ALL THE WAY UP TO TWO BEDROOM UNITS.
AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE TAX CREDITS AND THE FINANCING THAT'S NEEDED, THIS PROJECT CAN START EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT ONE ALSO INVOLVED, UH, HAD THE HOUSING TRUST P F C AS A PARTNER.
OUR FINAL SOLICITATION WAS FOR NEW HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECTS.
WE HAD 9.1 0.9 MILLION OF BOND FUNDS AND 2.9 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS.
AGAIN, THE SAME SCORING CRITERIA USED IN ROUND ONE, WHERE 30 POINTS OUT OF THE 100 POINTS ARE FOR AFFORDABILITY.
SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO PURCHASE THE HOMES, THE SALES PRICE OF THE HOMES.
AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, THE PANEL EVALUATED WHAT SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES DID THE HOME HAVE, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE NOT JUST THAT THE UPFRONT COST OF PURCHASING THE HOME WAS AFFORDABLE, BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE LONG-TERM COST OF OWNING THE HOME, MAKING SURE THAT ENERGY AND WATER USAGE WAS MINIMIZED.
THE SCORING PANEL INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
OUR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY HELPED US SCORE AS DID PLANNING, AND THEN WE HAD HELP FROM LISC AND VIA, UM, LOOKING AT WHERE THE PROJECTS WERE BEING PROPOSED.
MANY THANKS TO MIA LO FROM OUR COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO AND CELINE WILLIAMS. ALSO FROM OUR BOND COMMITTEE REPRESENTING DISTRICT SIX,
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THE HOME OWNERSHIP CATEGORY, ALL THE HOMES PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT HAD TO BE FOR FAMILIES AT 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.SO THAT'S A FAMILY MAKING ABOUT $60,000 A YEAR.
SO VERY AFFORDABLE HOMES NOT A LOT OF DEVELOPERS GET CAN HELP CREATE THIS PRODUCT.
AT THESE PRICE POINTS, WE MADE $4.8 MILLION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE, AND WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS REQUESTING NEARLY $10 MILLION.
THE COMMITTEE LIKED ALL THREE PROJECTS AND IS RECOMMENDING FOR ALL OF THEM FOR SOME LEVEL OF FUNDING.
THIS IS THE SCORING MATRIX THAT WE HAVE FOR ALL THREE PROJECTS.
UH, THESE ARE DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE, UH, MOST OF THEM HAVE BUILT PROJECTS IN OUR CITY BEFORE, SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING THEY PRODUCE, AND ALL OF THE PROJECTS HAVE NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE LEVERAGING OTHER PRIVATE RESOURCES.
THE ALL IN TOTAL, ALL THREE PROJECTS WILL REPRESENT 88 NEW HOME OWNERSHIP FAMILIES FOR, UH, NEW HOME, NEW HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECTS FOR FAMILIES THAT, UM, TRULY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING THIS TYPE OF HOUSING IN OUR MARKET TODAY.
THE FIRST PROJECT THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS BUILD FOR SAN ANTONIO.
THIS IS A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SUBDIVISION PROPOSED IN DISTRICT TWO ON YUCCA STREET.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF ST.
PHILIPS COLLEGE, AND IT'S LOCATED NEAR THE AT AND T CENTER AND THE DAVIS SCOTT, Y W Y M C A.
THIS IS A ON A 5.3 ACRE SITE, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 22 NEW HOMES IN THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION.
ALL OF THE FLOOR PLANS ARE THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS, AND THE SALES PRICE FOR THESE HOMES STARTS AT $115,000.
ALL HABITAT, HUMANITY HOMES, HABITAT, FINANCES THEIR OWN HOMES.
SO THEY MAKE THESE HOMES AVAILABLE TO THE HOMEOWNERS AT 0% INTEREST RATE, WHICH IS UNHEARD OF, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN OUR MARKET.
THE NEXT PROJECT PROPOSED IS THE WEST SIDE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED BY OPPORTUNITY HOME.
THEY DID RECEIVE A FUNDING AWARD IN ROUND ONE, AND THEY CAME BACK IN ROUND TWO AND APPLIED FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO 20 MORE HOMES WILL BE ADDED WITH THIS FUNDING.
ALL OF THE HOMES HAVE LOTS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ALL TWO AND THREE BEDROOM HOMES, AND THEY CAN START, UM, THIS 20 UNIT SUBDIVISION AS EARLY AS THIS JULY OF THIS SUMMER.
AND THE RECOMMENDED AWARD IS $801,000.
THE FINAL PROJECT RECOMMENDED THE FINAL HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IS RIVERSIDE TERRACE.
RIVERSIDE TERRACE, AND IS AN EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARK IN DISTRICT THREE.
AND THE ROCK U S A IS PROPOSING AN ACQUISITION OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK AND ORDER TO CONVERT IT TO A HOME OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE.
ROCK U S A IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT, AND THEIR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNERS IN MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE AFFORDABLE ONGOING SELF-GOVERNING COOPERATIVES.
FOR THREE DECADES, THEY HAVE HELPED CREATE OVER 300 RESIDENT OWNED COMMUNITIES ACROSS 22 STATES AND, UH, REPRESENTING OVER 21,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION IS LOCATED ON MISSION ROAD, NEAR MISSION SAN JOSE AND MISSION ION.
THIS IDEA TO ACQUIRE A MOBILE HOME PARK, SET UP A COOPERATIVE AND REALLY HELP THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE HAVE MORE HOUSING STABILITY IS ONE OF OUR SHIP STRATEGIES.
IN ADDITION, THE HOMEOWNERS, ONCE THE PROJECT IS ACQUIRED, ROCK U SS A WILL THEN MEET WITH ALL OF THE HOMEOWNERS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT CREATING THE CO-OP STRUCTURE AND THE NEW OWNERSHIP ENTITY.
THEN THE FAMILIES WILL HAVE, UM, THEY WILL SET UP A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THEY'LL HAVE VOTING RIGHTS, AND THEY'LL BE REALLY ABLE TO HAVE INPUT ON FEES CHARGED, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS MADE, UH, REALLY AGAIN, CREATING HOUSING STABILITY FOR HOME, FOR MOBILE HOME OWNERS WHO A LOT OF TIMES DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER WHETHER OR NOT THE LAND UNDER THEM IS SOLD OR IF THEY'RE ASKED TO MOVE WITH VERY LITTLE NO.
SO THIS REALLY GIVES THEM LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY AND, UM, SOME CONSISTENCY IN THEIR LIVING SITUATIONS.
AFTER THE, UH, CO-OP IS ESTABLISHED, ROCK U S A WILL START WITH AN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT.
THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR OWN FUNDS TO THE TABLE TO HELP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON WHAT THE NEEDS IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE.
AND THEN ROCK U S A ALSO PROVIDES ONGOING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE HOMEOWNERS TO HELP THEM WITH THE STRUCTURE.
THE OTHER, UM, STRATEGY THAT THIS IS IN LINE WITH, WITH OUR SHIP IS A SETTING UP A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WHERE THERE IS COMMON OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND AND INDIVIDUALS OWN THE STRUCTURE ON TOP OF THE LAND.
SO WE ONLY HAD $1.5 MILLION AVAILABLE IN THIS PARTICULAR
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SOLICITATION FOR BOND FUNDS.SO WHAT OUR TEAM IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE PULL SOME FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE TO PURSUE CREATIVE SHIP STRATEGIES AND TWO SHIP STRATEGIES ARE OUTLINED WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND WE UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE BOND FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT SO WE CAN COMPLETE AND FULLY FUND THE ACQUISITION OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK.
SO IN TOTAL, THE INCENTIVE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO CONSIDER IS $3.1 MILLION, UM, WHICH WILL FUND THE FULL ACQUISITION.
AND THIS WILL ALSO COVER THE FEE WAIVERS TO HELP WITH ANY INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THAT ARE NEEDED IF THE CURRENT SITE HAS 46 UNITS THAT ARE OCCUPIED, AND WE HAVE EIGHT ADDITIONAL LOTS ON THE SITE FOR NEW MOBILE HOMEOWNERS THAT CAN BE PART OF THE CO-OP.
LI SAN ANTONIO IS A PARTNER WITH ROCK U S A, SO THEY HAVE LOCAL REPRESENTATION AND THEY WILL BE MEETING WITH THE HOMEOWNERS AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK TO START CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SETTING UP THE LEGAL STRUCTURE.
AS AGREED, EVERY SINGLE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT COMPLETED A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
THIS REALLY HELPED US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE VULNERABILITY FACTORS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY BEFORE ANY FUNDS WERE BROUGHT TO YOU ALL TODAY.
SO ALL THE PROJECTS COMPLETED THE ASSESSMENT, SIX OF THEM REQUIRED A SECONDARY SCREENING, WHICH REALLY LOOKED AT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AROUND THE SURROUNDING AREA, SUCH AS EVICTION RATES, HOME OWNERSHIP RATES, BUILDING CONDITIONS, AND FIVE OF THE SIX HAD A LOW DISPLACEMENT IMPACT SCORE.
THE ONE PROJECT THAT HAD A MODERATE IMPACT SCORE WAS BILLED FOR SA THIS IS THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NEW SUBDIVISION PROPOSED ON YUCCA STREET, UH, THAT HAD A MODERATE SCORE, MOSTLY BECAUSE THE BUILD DEALINGS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA HAD A LOWER AVERAGE BUILDING CONDITION THAN THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
FURTHERMORE, NONE OF THE HOUSING UNITS IN THE STUDYING AREA HAD AN AFFORDABILITY COVENANT.
SO THE HABITAT HOMES WILL COME WITH AN AFFORDABILITY COVENANT AND IT WILL HELP WITH ANY DISPLACEMENT CONCERNS IN THE AREA.
THIS MAP SHOWS ALL 14 PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE PROJECTS IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE CITY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS OF OUR CITY.
WE NEED LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES WHEN THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK FOR A NEW AFFORDABLE HOME.
AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL PROVIDE THOSE OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IN SUMMARY, THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR YOU TODAY ARE REPRESENT $32.1 MILLION OF BOND AND FEDERAL FUNDING COMBINED.
THEY REPRESENT PRODUCING OR PRESERVING OVER 2100 UNITS.
423 OF ALL THE UNITS PROPOSED ARE FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW AND 88 UNITS ARE NEW HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TOTAL INVESTMENT OF ALL 14 PROJECTS IS ALMOST $380 MILLION.
SO OUR CITY CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN OUR BOND AND FEDERAL DOLLARS IS ABOUT $15,000 PER UNIT, AND ALL OF THE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MORE THAN $160,000 PER UNIT.
SO WE ARE REALLY SERVING FAMILIES AT A VARIETY OF PRICE POINTS.
AND I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT IN ADDITION TO OUR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS, OUR 30 PERCENTS, OUR 50%, MANY OF THE HOMES THAT WE ARE INCENTIVIZING ARE FOR FAMILIES AT 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE CITY FUNDS HAVE TO ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHERS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE A HOUSING VOUCHER OFTEN MAKE SOME OF THE LOWEST INCOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO PROVIDING UNITS AT VARIOUS PRICE POINTS ALLOWS FAMILIES TO HAVE MANY OPTIONS WHEN THEY LOOK FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IT IS THE FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHER THAT EVEN IF THEY'RE MOVING INTO A UNIT THAT'S FOR MAYBE A FAMILY AT 60% AREA MEETING INCOME, THAT HOUSING VOUCHER CAN HELP COVER THE DIFFERENCE IN RENT.
SO THE FAMILY LIVING THERE IS REALLY ONLY PAYING 30% OF THEIR INCOME.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL 2100 UNITS.
THEY ALL HAVE TO ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHERS, AND THAT IS A REAL CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
WE HEAR THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN OUR DEPARTMENT AS FAMILIES WHO HAVE HOUSING VOUCHERS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY STRUGGLING TO FIND A PLACE THAT WILL ACCEPT THEM.
AND ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, UM, MUST MEET THAT REQUIREMENT WHEN WE CONSIDER ALL OF OUR ROUND ONE AWARDS AND ALL OF THE 14 PROJECTS I JUST SHARED WITH YOU TODAY.
THEN TOTAL OVERALL BOND IMPACT TO DATE WITH THESE AWARDS IS 31 PROJECTS REPRESENTING 4,888 UNITS PRODUCED OR PRESERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT INCLUDES 159 HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, ALL FOR FAMILIES MAKING LESS THAN 60%, UH, 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
THE TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND CITY INVESTMENT IS JUST OVER $800 MILLION.
AND IF THESE PROJECTS ARE APPROVED AS PROPOSED, THAT MEANS WE WOULD HAVE ALLOCATED $81 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS AND
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$18 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.OF ALL THE UNITS INCENTIVIZED OVER 950 UNITS ARE FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
AFTER TODAY'S B SESSION BRIEFING, WE WILL BE GOING TO FULL COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION OF THESE AWARDS ON JUNE 8TH.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, VERONICA.
THIS IS REALLY QUITE ASTOUNDING.
WHAT HAS ECAP UH, WHAT WHAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR AND A HALF OR SO, UH, SINCE THE APPROVAL OF THE, OR ACTUALLY JUST THE LAST YEAR SINCE THE APPROVAL OF THE BOND.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY AMAZING WORK.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.
UH, AND TO SEE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO, UH, 30% A M I OR BELOW IS REALLY, UM, INCREDIBLE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAW THE GOALS THAT WERE SET OUT BY THE BOND COMMITTEE ORIGINALLY, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE FOCUS ON THOSE UNITS THAT AREN'T NATURALLY PRODUCED BY THE MARKET, 30%, 50%, ET CETERA.
UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF US, THERE WERE A LOT OF US BACK HERE WONDERING HOW EXACTLY ARE WE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
UH, BUT THROUGH THE USE OF LEVERAGED FUNDS AND PARTNERSHIP AROUND THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT HAS ALSO LEANED IN ON THESE GOALS, KNOWING THAT IT'S IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTERESTS, IT'S, IT'S REALLY QUITE ASTOUNDING WHAT SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.
AND AGAIN, ALL THANKS TO, UH, OUR COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND OF COURSE THE SAN ANTONIO VOTERS WHO APPROVE THAT BOND.
UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, OR I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, SAY FOR A COUPLE THAT ARE MORE PROCESS ORIENTED.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, WE GET ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE MOVING THESE RFPS THROUGH AND GETTING THEM OUT ON THE STREET, AND THEN WE SAW WE, WE CELEBRATE THE PRODUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF THE HOMES.
WHEN CAN WE GET A REPORT BACK, UM, ON HOW THESE UNITS ARE DOING IN THE MARKET AND HOW THE MARKET IS PERFORMING WITH THIS KIND OF PRODUCTION AND, AND PRESERVATION GOING ON? YEAH, WE CAN, UH, MY GUESS WOULD BE ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
WE CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT IS BROKEN GROUND ALREADY, THAT WAS LOS VIDA IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT HAPPENED IN MARCH.
WE HAVE TWO MORE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN ROUND ONE, WHICH WILL BREAK GROUND THIS SUMMER.
SO, UH, WE GOT THE MONEY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND FROM ALL OF THESE AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED ALREADY, WE ARE SEEING THEM CLOSE.
WE ARE SEEING THEM BREAK GROUND, AND MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE AT LEAST A ONE YEAR TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, WE THINK IN SIX MONTHS WE CAN HAVE AN UPDATE ON HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THE NEXT ONES TO BREAK GROUND.
UM, SO WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
YEAH, AND I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT NOT JUST COMPLETION OF THE UNITS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE UNIT IS BUILT OR OR OR COMPLETED, WE WANT 'EM OCCUPIED.
SO GETTING A REPORT ON ON HOW THAT'S GOING.
UH, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST ONE YEAR TO 18 MONTHS BEFORE WE'LL HAVE SOME OCCUPANCY FIGURES.
IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT, UH, A REASONABLE REPORT BACK OKAY, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT IS ALSO HELPFUL TO GIVE VOTERS CONFIDENCE WHEN WE GO BACK OUT THERE ON A ROUND TWO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS WHEN I POSE TO MARK, WHEN WE WERE AT OUR HOMELESS, UH, PEOPLE, UH, POINT IN TIME COUNT UPDATE, AND THAT IS, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GONNA BE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FEDERALLY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UH, AND, AND COULD YOU REPEAT MARK WHAT YOU TOLD ME, WHICH IS, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER IT WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THE CITY, THE REMAINING FUNDS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SO WE CAN LEVERAGE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS BEST WE CAN.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
YEAH, SO MAYOR, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW ON HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UH, WE WERE RECENTLY THIS WEEK ON A CALL WITH HUD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR P S H STRATEGY FOR THE COMMUNITY IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THEM.
AND SO, UH, NOW THE NEXT STEP IS TO, TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO SEE HOW THERE'S A NEW NOFO THAT'S GONNA BE RELEASED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR THROUGH THE C O C, WHICH IS WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN, BUT I WANNA ALSO TRY TO FIND OUT HUDSON'S INVOLVEMENT IN I R A.
THERE'S OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT WERE ACTIVELY PURSUING RIGHT NOW.
AND I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ERIC TALKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE A TRIP TO GO VISIT SOME FOLKS, UH, AT HUD.
WE HAD A GOOD, UH, MEETING WITH HIM WHEN WE WERE AT SA TO DC.
SO I THINK MAYOR, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CONTINUING TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO PRODUCE, SO THE RESULTS PIECE OF IT IS GONNA BE HUGE ON THEIR END.
HOW'S AMERICA? ALL OF THOSE THINGS PLAY INTO WHY WE GOT THE INCREASED FUNDING AS OF TODAY.
WELL, WE KEEP HEARING FROM THEM TO US THAT THERE'S NOT A CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT'S BETTER PREPARED AND BETTER UTILIZING,
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UH, THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT BEING MADE, MADE, UH, TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES.AND THAT'S ALL TO THE BENEFIT OF, OF ALL OF OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNITY GOALS.
SO, UM, JUST AGAIN, GREAT WORK, EVERYBODY, KEEP IT UP.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF THIS EFFORT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
AND, UM, FIRST THANKS TO THE CITY STAFF AND TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO SERVED ON THE SCORING COMMITTEE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, MR. RO WAS ALREADY MENTIONED IN DISTRICT FOUR, BUT HAPPY THAT HE IS A PART OF IT.
IT REALLY TAKES TIME AND COMMITMENT FOR ALL OF YOU ALL TO COME TOGETHER AND SHARE SO MANY HOURS WITH US.
UM, EARLIER TODAY WE WERE AT A LUNCHEON AND, UM, THE, THE MAYOR REFERENCED THIS, BUT WE GOT A REPORT ON THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
AND SO WE HAVE, UM, OUR STATS THAT ARE SHOWING THAT EVICTIONS ARE GOING UP.
SO IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO CONTINUE THIS.
ONE OF THE MOST STAGGERING, UM, STATS THAT I SAW IN THERE IS THAT, UM, FOR FOSTERS 38% REPORT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE UPON EXIT.
SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, AND I'M ALSO WORKING WITH DR UH, UH, OR PEGGY, AMY FROM U T S A ON TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER AND WE CAN REALLY HELP THIS PARTICULAR, UH, GROUP.
BUT THERE'S ALSO THE UNSHELTERED CHILDREN.
AND SO THE MCKINNEY VENTO COUNT SEEMS TO BE AT AN UNDER COUNT.
LAST TIME IT WAS LIKE 7,000 146 STUDENTS OR SOMETHING.
UM, SO THEY THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S AT A GREAT UNDER COUNT, AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE FAMILIES AND HOMES, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY HELPING.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER, UH, PERCENT THAT WAS SHOCKING, WELL, PROBABLY NOT SHOCKING.
IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY, UH, IS, IS ALARMING THOUGH, UM, OR, AND, AND KNOWN IS THAT 26% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE REACHED IN THAT POINT IN TIME COUNT REPORTED THAT THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS HOUSING, FOLLOWED BY FOOD AND THEN TRANSPORTATION.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM FROM THE LUNCHEON FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND.
BUT THE PROJECTS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT TODAY OR THAT WE ARE, ARE HAVING, UH, SHOWCASE TODAY.
RIGHT? AND SO, UM, JUST TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE FAMILIES IN, IN HOMES, UM, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN A ROUND TABLE THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING QUARTERLY WITH SOME OF THE PROVIDERS, AND SO APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK AND, AND THANK YOU.
THERE WAS A QUESTION OF WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS? THIS IS EXACTLY WHY, BECAUSE EVICTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HOUSE THOSE THAT NEED IT.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHY A ROUND TABLE IS NEEDED, IT'S BECAUSE WE NEED TO KIT THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO TELL US WHAT THEY NEED AND HOW WE COULD SUPPORT THEM.
SO, UM, IN RENTAL PRODUCTION, THE ELLISON APARTMENTS IN D FOUR THAT ARE BEING PLANNED NEAR PAW PARK, THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST PARKS IN THE CITY IN A FAST GROWING AREA.
AND SO I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF 30% A M I UNITS IN THE CI OUT OF THE SIX RECOMMENDED PROJECTS, CATTLEMAN SQUARE, AND, UM, D FIVE, THE LOFTS, THE ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT LEVERS, UM, TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING ALONG ON A HISTORICAL SITE.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE PATIENCE ON THAT.
IT'S NEAR SEVERAL COMMUNITY ASSETS ON THE INNER WEST SIDE, AND, UM, PRESERVING THAT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS PARAMOUNT, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT VIA CAN DEVELOP A COMPLIMENTARY PROJECT AT KOPI.
SO I'M HERE, I'M HOPING THAT THAT VIA IS, IS HERE LISTENING SOMEWHERE UNDER RENTAL REHAB.
THE VICTORIA PLAZA APARTMENTS IN D ONE ARE GONNA, THAT'S GONNA COMPLIMENT SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DONE BY OPPORTUNITY HOME.
UM, AND WITH THE UNITS BEING AT 30% A M I OR BELOW, THIS IS DEFINITELY A CRITICAL INVESTMENT.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, FOR YOUR, UH, CONFIDENCE IN US IN IN THE HOUSING BOND IN WESTWOOD PLAZA IN D SIX.
OUR OFFICE HAS WORKED, UH, WITH RESIDENTS IN THE PAST ON SOME ISSUES.
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS PROJECT IS GONNA MAKE US SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN IN RIVERSIDE TERRACE AND D THREE, I UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE THAT INVOLVES A MOBILE HOME PARK, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OF THAT.
UM, TOO OFTEN I FEEL THAT RESIDENTS AT MOBILE HOME PARKS HAVE TO ENDURE SOME OF THE MOST SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS OF LIVING.
AND WHETHER IT'S CRUMBLING STREETS OR PLUMBING ISSUES OR CODE VIOLATIONS, A I 'EM JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO MOVE OUT OF A SITE.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, UM, WE WERE WITNESS TO SOME OF THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON MY STAFF AND DISTRICT FOUR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW, HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF MOBILE HOMES IN THE CITY.
AND SO IN, IN 2021, I SPOKE WITH SOME RESIDENTS WHO HAD EXPERIENCED SOME FLOODING AT THEIR MOBILE HOME PARK, UH, NEARLY ON CREEK.
AND THE PROPERTY WAS NOT IN GOOD CONDITION.
AND SO, UM, MY TEAM AND I FELT THE NEGLECT FROM THE OWNER AS WELL, SO WE COULD IMAGINE HOW THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN FEELING.
UM, AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO SHOW ANYBODY
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WHO'S WILLING TO COME ALONG, UM, A PROPERTY AT 86 11, UM, NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY FOR A FUTURE PROJECT.UM, BUT DEFINITELY SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN FOR FOR PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVE MOBILE HOMES.
AND THEN SOMETIMES, JUST BECAUSE WE GET LOST IN THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT 30% A M I FOR A FAMILY OF THREE EQUATES TO A MAXIMUM INCOME OF $20,000 A YEAR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S $15,600 60% A M I FOR A FAMILY OF THREE EQUATES TO A MAXIMUM INCOME OF $40,000 A YEAR.
AND FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S 31,000, AND ACCORDING TO RENT CAFE SAN ANTONIO'S AVERAGE RENT IS ABOUT $1,200, UM, WITH 51% OF THE APARTMENTS LISTED BETWEEN 1000 AND $1,500.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY REALLY WILL HELP, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HELP, UM, GET THE NUMBERS DOWN IN OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS PARTICIPATED, WHO HAS BEEN WILLING TO GIVE OF THEIR TIME, THEIR ENERGY, AND, UH, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, I THINK, TO MAKE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WORK.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA.
THANK YOU VERONICA, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW CITY STAFF, UH, OF COURSE OUR COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS, UH, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE MADE HOUSING, UH, AS PART OF THE CITY BOND BOND.
THIS HAS BEEN ALL KIND OF NEW TERRITORY.
SO TO SEE HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN, IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME IS REALLY EXCITING.
I, I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR OUR AFFORDABLE, UM, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE CONDITIONS AND FILL GAPS THAT WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO THRIVE, UM, AND CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY A LOT OF TIMES IN THEIR LIVES.
AND, AND NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES, BUT THEIR FAMILIES.
THERE'S NO CRYSTAL BALL, NO MAGIC WAND, NO ROADMAP.
UM, SO I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD TO KIND OF TRUST EACH OTHER AND, AND, UM, WHEN I SAY EACH OTHER, I MEAN THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO SHOW THAT AND DO THE WORK REALLY THAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE OUR HOUSING INITIATIVES WORK.
I, I THINK THIS PLAN SHOWS THAT COLLABORATION, THIS, EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS CAN AGAIN, TRANSFORM NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE FAMILIES, BUT THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES.
UH, EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS CAN POSITIVELY CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF A FAMILY.
I'M GRATEFUL TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUES TALKING ABOUT HOUSING FOSTER CHILDREN.
LIKE MARK, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, FOR A LONG TIME ON, ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR, UH, FOR CHILDREN, UM, FOSTER CHILDREN, AGING OUT OF THE, THE SYSTEM.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, I'VE LEARNED IN, IN MY WORK WITH, UM, WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
A LOT OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE DOING THAT WORK, CASA, UH, THROUGH PROJECT UTSA'S, UH, FOSTERING FUTURES.
AND AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR FAMILY AND ULTIMATELY OUR, OUR CITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO ME.
I THINK THAT THIS, THIS IS, THIS CAN BE SOMETHING THAT IS TRANSFORMATIVE FOR, FOR ALL OF OUR CITY.
AND NOT JUST THE FAMILIES IMPACTED, BUT, BUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND AGAIN, BUSINESSES.
UM, ALSO ON, ON THE, THE MOBILE HOME, THE MANUFACTURER AT HOMEOWNERS, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, UH, VERONICA, THEY HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STAKE IN, IN THE LAND THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE LIVING ON.
WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION, THE MOBILE HOME PARK OWNERS WOULD BECOME CO-OWNERS OF THE LAND, A SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY.
NONPROFIT WOULD BE SET UP FOR THEM, AND THEY'D ALL HAVE A PIECE OF OWNERSHIP.
SO COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND.
UM, IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES MADE, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS MADE, IF THE PARK WERE EVER TO BE PROPOSED FOR SALE, EVERY SINGLE HOMEOWNER THERE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE AND AGREE TO IT.
SO IT REALLY BRINGS STABILITY TO THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE.
AS COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA MENTIONED, A LOT OF THEM, IF THERE WAS A CHANGE, IF, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY KNEW BROUGHT, BOUGHT THE PARK AND PROPOSED HIGHER RENTS AND THEY COULDN'T PAY THAT, MOST OF 'EM PROBABLY COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD TO MOVE THEIR MOBILE HOME.
SO THEY OWN THE HOME, BUT IT CAN COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO RELOCATE.
AND MANY OF THEM JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES.
SO THIS REALLY, UM, BRINGS THAT STABILITY, WHAT'S EXCITING TO ME.
STABILITY, THAT'S, THAT THE, THE, THE WORD THAT'S EXCITING TO ME.
BUT LIKE, ALSO PERMANENCE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH OF A STIGMA FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOMES, AND THEY, UM, THEY'RE NOT SEEN AS HAVING KIND OF A STAKE IN WHERE THEY LIVE.
SO THIS REALLY PROVIDES THAT, UM, TO THEM.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, PEOPLE START TO SEE THOSE COMMUNITIES IN A DIFFERENT WAY WHEN THEY DO HAVE THAT PERMANENCE AND THAT STABILITY AND THAT STAKE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY LIVE IN.
THAT I WANNA JUST MENTION, OF COURSE, WESTWOOD PLAZA.
THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION IN MY DISTRICT.
AND I KNOW THAT THOSE CONDITIONS, UH, THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH AT, AT WESTWOOD PLAZA, THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY.
WE, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
BUT THIS IS A, A AGAIN, AN EXAMPLE OF BEING ABLE TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF AN INDIVIDUAL, OF A FAMILY, OF
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A NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND EVEN THE BUSINESSES AROUND IT.WESTWOOD PLAZA, Y'ALL MAY HAVE, UH, REMEMBER I TOLD THE STORY, WE WENT OUT THERE, CHIEF, I DON'T THINK THE CHIEF'S HERE, BUT WE WENT OUT THERE, UM, KIND OF A SURPRISE ATTACK AND, AND JUST TO KIND OF, UH, SHOWED UP UNANNOUNCED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON OUT THERE, BECAUSE WE GOT SO MANY CALLS ABOUT IT.
AND THIS WAS THE ONE WITH THE STORY, WITH THE, THERE WAS A BODY ROLLED UP IN A, IN A CARPET THERE IN THE PARKING LOT AND DIDN'T GET TOUCHED, DIDN'T GET NOTICED FOR, FOR DAYS.
UM, IT'S, IT, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, IT WAS UNINHABITABLE, UM, BOARDED UP WINDOWS.
PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN THE APARTMENTS WITH BOARDED UP WINDOWS.
AND TO SEE THAT THIS IS PART OF, UM, THIS PROJECT AND THE COLLABORATION OF GOING FORWARD, THERE'S A STRIP MALL RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
AND THEY WERE THERE WITH US TO WALK THE PROPERTY.
'CAUSE OF COURSE IT WAS, UM, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THEIR BUSINESSES, AND THEY WANTED TO DO THEIR PART TOO.
THEY WANTED TO PUT UP LIGHTS, BUT THEY, THEY COULDN'T GET THAT COLLABORATION FROM THE FORMER OWNERS.
SO THANK YOU TO, UM, THE, THE BUYERS OF THIS.
TELL ME AGAIN,
IF YOU'RE HERE, UM, I THINK YOU, UH, YOU GOT YOUR, YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU, BUT I, I REALLY CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE END RESULT OF, THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE, BUT IT'S OF COURSE HAPPENING ACROSS OUR CITY.
UM, SO I THINK THIS, THIS BOND, UM, THE CITY IS, HAS GOT SKIN IN THE GAME IN THESE, IN THESE, UM, IN THESE PROPERTIES.
AND IT'S, UM, WESTWOOD PLAZA IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
THE, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH.
UM, I THINK SOME SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS ASKING, BUT, BUT MORE, NOT SO MUCH ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE RENTED OUT, ALTHOUGH THAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? LIKE, WHAT SAFEGUARDS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T FALL BACK INTO THE SAME CONDITIONS? AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS, UM, I'M CURIOUS HOW THE, THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE MAINTAINS INFLUENCE OVER THE OUTCOME ONCE, UM, LIKE IF THEY COME BACK LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY, OR THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER FUNDERS BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT, THAT SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, UH, THE SUPPLEMENTAL DOLLARS TO, TO FUND THE, THE UNITS.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS THERE? SURE.
SO, UH, SINCE WE WILL HAVE CITY FUNDS IN THE PROJECT, WE'LL BE MONITORING THEM REGULARLY.
MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE, UH, TAX CREDITS AND THEY RECEIVE THOSE FROM THE STATE.
SO THE STATE ALSO HAS OVERSIGHT OF THE PROJECT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REPORTING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
UM, THEY HAVE TO CERTIFY THE INCOME LEVELS OF FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UH, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE COMPLIANCE TEAM IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT HELPS REVIEW OUR PROJECT.
THEY CHECK, UH, THAT THE PROJECT IS BEING RENTED TO FAMILIES THAT WERE AGREED TO BE RENTED TO THE INCOME LEVELS.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE LIVING CONDITIONS AND THE UPKEEP OF THE PROPERTY.
MOST OF THESE AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS ON THE RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE 30 TO 40 YEARS.
SO IT'S A LONG TIME THAT WE'LL BE WATCHING, UM, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS THERE.
AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO ADDRESS THEM.
UH, WE'D BE ABLE TO WORK WITH CODE COMPLIANCE IF ENFORCEMENT IS NEEDED.
AND THEN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS HAVE A CLAWBACK PROVISION AS WELL.
SO IF THEY, UH, PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS, IF WE FIND THAT IT'S NOT BEING RENTED AT THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AS PROMISED, WE WOULD RECAPTURE OUR OUR FUNDS.
UM, SO, UH, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CLAWBACK PROVISION? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL IF THEY'RE NOT ADHERING YES.
THEY, UH, SOMETIMES THE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS AND THE NEW OWNER DOESN'T WANNA HONOR ANY OF THE AFFORDABILITY.
AGAIN, SINCE MOST OF THESE HAVE TAX CREDITS, THAT'S USUALLY NOT THE CASE, BUT IT COULD HAPPEN.
AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, WE WOULD TAKE OUR CITY FUNDS BACK.
UH, THEY'RE STRUCTURED IN THE FORM OF FORGIVABLE LOANS.
SOME OF THESE ARE LOANS THAT PAY UPON THE SALE, SO THE ENTIRE BALANCE WOULD BE PAID OR, YOU KNOW, 20 OUTTA THE 40 YEARS WE WOULD BE, UM, ON A PRORATED BASIS.
SO MY CONCERN THERE IS IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOPHOLE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
UM, IF THERE'S A, A SALE OR MAYBE IN SOME OTHER CONDITION, UM, IT, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO DO IT.
WE'VE, WE'VE DE-INCENTIVIZE, YOU KNOW, SELLING AND, AND ALL OF THAT WITH THE CLAWBACK PROVISION.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE FOR, FOR, I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S POSSIBLE.
AND MANY OF THE PROJECTS ALSO HAVE OUR HOUSING TRUST, P F C AS A PARTNER.
SO, UH, WE HAVE, UM, OVERSIGHT THROUGH THAT AVENUE AS WELL.
I, I'M, AGAIN, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE, LORI, OF COURSE.
CATCH YOU AT A DRINKING, I'M SORRY.
UM, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, AND, AND LISTENING TO ME NOW YEARS AGO ABOUT, ABOUT FOSTER CHILDREN AND, AND BEING OPEN TO DISCUSS THAT.
UM, AND REALLY AGAIN, THIS, THE COLLABORATION HERE IS WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT AND MOVING FORWARD IN HELPING THESE FAMILIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING, NOT JUST ON, ON THIS ISSUE, BUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I THINK ALL OF US KNOW THE STRESS THAT WAS PUT ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DURING C O V I D WITH LITERALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FACING EVICTION,
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BECOMING HOMELESS IN OUR CITY, NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT.UH, N H SS D DID A, AN AMAZING JOB IN HELPING PEOPLE STAY HOUSED.
AND THEN, UH, THROUGH THE, THE SHIP AND THE MAYORS, UH, COMMISSION ON PUTTING TOGETHER AN OVERALL PLAN FOR HOUSING FOR THE CITY.
WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME STRONG PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE, UH, BUT WE KNOW WE CAN'T BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF OUR HOUSING PROBLEM EITHER.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO PRESERVE HOUSING, UH, I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TOO.
PART OF THE SHIP TARGET WAS TO TRY AND FIND OR DEVELOP HOUSING SO THAT AT LEAST HALF OF IT WAS GEARED TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE EARNING 50% OR LESS OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE LITTLE CONTROL OVER THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT IS, UH, IS EXAMINED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HUD AND THEY SAY THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME IN SAN ANTONIO OR IN OUR, IN OUR REGION, IS X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THAT'S 72, 70 $3,000 A FAMILY OR SOMETHING.
AND SO WHEN WE START LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE 50% OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GO BY WHATEVER NUMBERS THEY PUT TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE TO USE THAT AS OUR GOAL.
UH, BUT I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO REACH THAT KIND OF AFFORDABILITY.
UH, I'M COMMENDING YOU FOR THE 954 UNITS AT 30% AND A 258 AT 50%.
I'M COMMENDING UH, OPPORTUNITY HOME FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND ALL THE VOUCHERS THEY'RE WORKING ON TOO.
UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL A LONG WAY FROM REACHING THE GOAL THAT WE'VE SET.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OR BARRIERS THAT ARE KEEPING US FROM BUILDING EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE OR PRESERVING EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SURE.
SO IT, IT IS A CHALLENGE UNITS AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, THE RENT THAT'S CHARGED FOR THOSE UNITS OFTENTIMES DOESN'T EVEN COVER THE COST OF ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE UNITS.
ESPECIALLY, UH, FOR WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN HOUSING BOND PROJECTS.
WE DIDN'T JUST WANT AN AFFORDABLE PROJECT.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT HAD LOTS OF SUSTAINABILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ONSITE RESIDENT SERVICES, MANY OF THOSE HAVE ONSITE RESIDENT COORDINATORS.
SO ALL OF THAT, UM, IS, IS PART OF THE CHALLENGES.
IT'S EXPENSIVE TO UPKEEP AND OFFER THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UH, SO MAKING SURE THAT PROJECTS HAVE A BALANCE OF UNITS THAT THEY HAVE 60%, EVEN 80, 70, 80%.
WE CALL THAT INCOME AVERAGING IN A PROJECT THAT HELPS PROVIDE HIGHER RENTS THAT HELP ENSURE THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND THE UPKEEP, WHICH IS WHAT WE DEFINITELY WANNA SEE IN THE PROJECTS, THAT THEY LOOK GOOD IN THE LONG-TERM FOR THE 30, 40 YEARS THAT WE NEED THEM TO AND MORE.
UM, I THINK ALSO A CHALLENGE OF COURSE RIGHT NOW IS THE MARKET CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE UP, INTEREST RATES ARE UP BUILDING ALL TYPES OF HOUSING, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD.
SO THEY REQUIRE LARGER AND LARGER SUBSIDIES FROM THE CITY IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THE RENTS GO EVEN LOWER.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, EVEN THE UNITS THAT ARE AT THE HIGHER INCOME LEVELS, THEY CAN STILL SERVE FAMILIES AT 30% AREA MEDIA INCOME OR BELOW.
AND MANY TIMES THEY'RE DOING THAT WITH THE FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHERS.
SO WE ARE WORKING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL AS HERE WITH OUR LOCAL TEAMS, UM, TO SEE WHAT MORE WE CAN DO TO BRING MORE, UM, DOLLARS TO SAN ANTONIO TO HELP CONTINUE TO SUBSIDIZE HOUSING.
UH, AND WHAT ABOUT PRESERVATION? UH, AND, AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MAYBE APARTMENTS, BUT HOMES.
HOMES, BECAUSE THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOME YOU HAVE IS THE ONE YOU'RE LIVING IN TODAY, PROBABLY FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
AND I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT MINOR REPAIR, MAJOR REPAIR TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
IS THAT PART OF OUR SOLUTION? YES.
AND HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT? HALF OF OUR SHIP GOAL IS STRICTLY PRESERVATION NUMBERS.
AND WE HAVE, OF OUR $150 MILLION HOUSING BOND, 45 MILLION IS SET ASIDE FOR HOME PRESERVATION, SPECIFICALLY SINGLE FAMILY HOME PRESERVATION.
SO WE HAVE A COMMITMENT EVERY YEAR.
RIGHT NOW, OUR GOAL IS ABOUT 640 HOMES THAT WE'RE REHABBING THROUGH MAJOR AND MINOR REPAIR THIS YEAR.
AND NEXT YEAR THAT GOAL WILL GO UP BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE MORE HOUSING BOND DOLLARS TO HELP US REACH THAT.
SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP THE CITY DOES.
THAT'S HOW MANY WE DO IN HOUSE.
BUT WE ALSO PARTNER WITH SEVERAL NONPROFITS WHO ALSO DO THEIR OWN HOME PRESERVATION PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE PARTNERS, ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND MORE ENTITIES.
UM, BECAUSE WHILE WE HAVE A ROCK SOLID SEAM THAT CAN REHAB HOMES, IT'S A LOT OF WORK IN WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES ALSO IS A BIG EFFORT.
MANY OF THEM NEED MORE HELP BEYOND JUST THE HOME PRESERVATION.
WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE FAMILY UNIT AND WHAT SERVICES THEY NEED.
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THAT WE HAVE HELPING US WITH OUR HOME PRESERVATION GOALS, THE BETTER.I GUESS THE LAST COMMENT I'M GONNA MAKE IS, I KNOW WHEN WE PUT OUT RFPS, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, UH, YOU PUT IN THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST 10% AFFORDABILITY YES.
CAN'T WE START SAYING, WE WANNA SEE PROJECTS COME FORWARD AND TRY AND MEET A GOAL OF 20% OR 25%? WHAT I'M SAYING IS, CAN'T WE ASK AND SEE IF ANYONE CAN COME FORWARD? 'CAUSE IF YOU ASK FOR 10%, THEY'LL GIVE YOU 10.
I RAN INTO A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THROUGH THE HOUSING TRUST.
YOU KNOW, WE SAID 10% AND THEY OFFERED 10%, BUT WE SAID, WELL, NO, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER? AND THEY DID.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE US KIND OF PUSH THE ENVELOPE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
ALL I CAN SAY, ALL WE CAN DO IS PUT IT OUT THERE AND GET NO TAKERS AND REALIZE, OKAY, IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
BUT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, STRETCH THAT ENVELOPE AND TRY AND FIND MORE THAT CAN PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABILITY IN THE PROJECTS THAT, THAT WE PARTNER WITH.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MICKEY RODRIGUEZ.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WHEN THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE, I, UH, CHALLENGED STAFF QUITE A BIT, UM, FOR GOOD REASON AND NOT UNJUST, I BELIEVE.
UM, BECAUSE WITH A TOOL SUCH AS THE HOUSING BOND THAT IS COMPLEX IN A PROCESS, IT REQUIRES INTENTIONALITY.
AND WE'VE SET A STANDARD TO BE EQUITABLE IN THE WAY THAT WE ALLOCATE FUNDS, THE WAY WE UTILIZE PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
UM, AND TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND MARGINALIZATION THAT HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF IN WAYS, UM, SUCH AS LACK OF ACCESS TO HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY, UM, AS WELL AS GENTRIFICATION AND, UH, GENERATIONAL POVERTY.
AND WHEN MY CONSTITUENTS AND ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, WERE TASKED TO SHOW UP AND VOTE FOR HISTORIC HOUSING BOND, UM, THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE USED AS A TOOL, UM, TO MITIGATE THESE EFFECTS IN AREAS OF TOWN WITH HIGH NEED, SUCH AS DISTRICTS 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, WHILE CREATING AFFORDABILITY CITYWIDE AND DISTRICT TWO SHOWED UP OVERWHELMINGLY TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSITION, WHICH WAS EXCITING TO ME.
UH, BUT I RECOGNIZED OF COURSE, THAT IF WE DIDN'T RECEIVE OUR FAIR SHARE, I WOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
UH, SO WHEN THAT FIRST ROUND OF RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FORWARD, I WAS CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, DISTRICT TWO WAS BEING LEFT OUT, AND THAT IF FOLK NEEDED ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREATED THROUGH THIS SPECIFIC TOOL, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND OUT ON THE EAST SIDE, UM, WHERE THEY MAY HAVE FAMILY AND GENERATIONAL TIES.
UM, SO I WAS CRITICAL AND I CHALLENGED OUR STAFF TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE MY CONSTITUENTS COUNTED ON IT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID DO THAT.
AND WHILE YOUR EFFORTS MAYBE DIDN'T YIELD RESULTS IN SOME AREAS, I BELIEVE IT LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THAT BEING SAID, I AM EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT DO DEMONSTRATE EQUITY AND ATTENTION TO DISTRICT TWO.
UM, OVERALL DISTRICT TWO RECEIVED 16% OF TOTAL FUNDING AND 18% OF ALL UNITS, UH, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNITS IN THE CITY, WHICH IS HUGE AND TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING.
AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
UM, I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR HEARING ME, UH, AND LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS AND TREATING THEM AS VALID.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME WORRIES AS TO WHAT MY REACTION WOULD BE IF ONE OF THE CATEGORIES DIDN'T INCLUDE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT TWO.
UM, AND TO THAT POINT, THE BIGGER PICTURE IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, I, SO I, I, ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK LAWSON PICASSO AND MIA SIF WHO SERVED ON SCORING COMMITTEES, UM, AS WELL AS STEPHANIE MCGOWAN, WHO HAS ALSO SERVED ON THE BOND COMMITTEE.
UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW PROJECTS.
UH, MID CROWN PAVILION IS AN AREA WHERE WE RECEIVED SO MANY CALLS AND CONCERNS, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MUCH OVERDUE.
UM, AND I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP WITH THE BUILD FOR SA PROJECT, WHICH IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST, UH, TO RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO AND, AND SET THEIR ROOTS.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR ALL PROJECTS RECEIVING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, SUCH AS THE MID CROWN PAVILION, WHERE WILL RESIDENTS STAY WHEN IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE? AND WILL THEY RECEIVE FIRST RIGHT TO RETURN IF DISPLACED TEMPORARILY? SO ALL PROJECTS THAT HAVE RESIDENTS, SO THE REHAB PROJECTS THAT HAVE RESIDENTS ON SITE HAD TO SUBMIT A RESIDENT RELOCATION PLAN.
MOST OF THEM HAVE VACANT UNITS, AND THEY WILL BE DOING A ROLLING REHAB.
SO RESIDENT, THEY WILL REHAB THE VACANT ONES FIRST.
RESIDENTS CAN MOVE INTO A NEWLY RENOVATED UNIT, AND THE DEVELOPER WILL HELP COVER THE MOVING COSTS.
SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE IS DISPLACED OR IF THEY DO HAVE TO MOVE THAT, THOSE THOUGHTS ARE CONSIDERED.
AND, AND THIS MAY JUST BE A DISCREPANCY, BUT IN THE ONE PAGER THAT I WAS SENT THAT, UM, OUTLINES THE PROJECT AMOUNTS IN THE UNITS PER COUNCIL DISTRICT, I COUNTED 4,971 UNITS, BUT THE SLIDE ON 30, THE SLIDE 37 LISTS 4,888.
ARE THERE SOME PROJECTS IN THIS SLIDE
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THAT, OR THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THAT TALLY OR, YES, IT'S A CATTLEMAN SQUARE LOFT SINCE IT WAS AWARDED IN ROUND ONE.I'M SUPER EXCITED, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
THANK YOU VERONICA, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND TO YOUR TEAM FOR THE CONTINUED WORK IN ENSURING THAT THE BOND DOES INDEED PRODUCE WHAT COMMUNITY, UH, CREATED THE PARAMETERS.
UH, I WOULD ARGUE THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT SUPERSEDES THE EXCITEMENT OF THE SPURS GETTING THE NUMBER ONE DRAFT PICK, AND IT'S THIS PRESENTATION
A A A COUPLE OF THINGS, RIGHT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN DISTRICT FIVE AND ONE THAT WAS RECENTLY REDISTRICTED FROM DISTRICT SEVEN THAT WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
UH, BUT ONE THING THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THE ROLE OF THESE, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE FOR-PROFIT OR NON-PROFIT DEVELOPERS, THEIR ROLE IN BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND WHEN I SAY THAT, UH, MANY OF 'EM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP AND THE SAN ANTONIO ALTERNATIVE HOUSING COOPERATION, UH, COOPERATIVE, RATHER, THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENGAGED PRIOR TO ENGAGING AND APPLYING FOR ANY FUNDING.
THEY CHECKED IN WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS AFFORDABILITY FOR THEM, AND, AND THEN MOVED ON TO DESIGN.
RIGHT? UH, SO AS MENTIONED, I, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THE POTENTIAL IN CATTLEMAN SQUARE.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADVISE, UH, VIA TO, TO LEARN FROM, UM, THE ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP AND FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING ALTERNATIVE COOPERATION ON THEIR PRACTICE IN ENGAGING COMMUNITY AND BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UM, ONE PROJECT THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT THREE
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THE, THE CREATIVE MODEL, UH, THERE.
AND WHEN COUNCILMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA MENTIONED GIVING A TOUR, UH, I WAS THINKING MY HEAD AND LAUGHING IN THAT I GAVE, UH, ERIC WALSH A TOUR, AND WE WENT TO THE GENERAL MCMULLIN MOBILE HOME, UM, AREA, AND MY CAR ALMOST GOT STUCK
UH, AND, AND THEY'RE JUST, UM, REALLY POOR CONDITION.
EVERYONE DESERVES ACCESS TO, TO QUALITY, SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT, UH, THE HOUSING BOND DOLLARS ARE INDEED BEING USED TO ADDRESS CREATIVE MEASURES.
UM, WITH THE ALLOWANCE THAT'S, THAT'S LEFT OVER THE 10 MILLION, UM, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT FOR, UH, THE PLANNING PIECE OF A PROJECT TO YOU USE IT FOR THE, I'M SORRY, FOR, UH, THE PLANNING PROCESS OF A PROJECT, AND, AND I GUESS I'M ASKING BECAUSE, UH, A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE CASTANO HOMES, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HOUSING, UH, BUILDING, HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE AND A NEED AND HAVE PLEAD FOR SUPPORT TO, TO PROVIDE, UM, FUNDING TO HELP PLAN, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT.
THEY RECOGNIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY HOME IS VERY LIMITED MM-HMM.
UH, FOR OUR BOND FUNDS, THEY'RE USUALLY FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE INVESTMENT THAT'S NEEDED TO HELP WITH PLANNING FUNDS, WE DO HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
SOMETIMES C D B G IS A GOOD FUNDING SOURCE, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL, THE PROJECT AND SEE WHAT THE BEST FUNDING SOURCE TO HELP WITH THAT IS.
AND I, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THESE PROJECTS ARE, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, VERONICA, THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO, OR, OR TO ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHERS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S, UH, GOING TO BE PIVOTAL IN CHIPPING AWAY AT FOLKS THAT, UM, ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY HOUSING AND HAVE A HOUSING VOUCHER.
UH, THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE EXCITED ABOUT, BUT I WANTED TO, TO JUST, AGAIN, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THINK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HELPED SHAPE THEIR PARAMETERS.
UM, ONE OF MY, UM, I CALL HIM MY ACADEMIC GODFATHER, DR.
GONZALEZ, UH, IN SCHOOL, IN RESEARCH, IF YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE THE ROLE OF THE PEOPLE, HE WOULD DROP YOU A LETTER GRADE SO YOU COULD ANALYZE WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOUSING BOND PRODUCED, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY IN SHAPING THAT, YOU WOULD DROP YOUR LETTER GRADE.
SO I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT, I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND THE TENANTS WHO SHARED THEIR STORIES AND ADVOCATED FOR THESE PARAMETERS, AND OF COURSE, TO THE, THE VOTERS FOR ULTIMATELY APPROVING IT AND TO CITY STAFF AS WELL FOR EXECUTING, UH, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE SUITE OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST IMPRESSED ABOUT IS THE, THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DEEP AFFORDABILITY.
UM, I DO, LIKE GOING FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, MORE DEDICATION TOWARD,
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UH, HOUSING TO FOR PURCHASE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IF YOU WANNA LIFT PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY, ONE WAY YOU CAN DO THAT IS BY HELPING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD WEALTH IN THEIR FAMILY BY OWNING, OWNING THE HOME THAT THEY LIVE IN.UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, I GUESS INVESTMENT IN GOING FORWARD.
AND I JUST WANTED TO REGISTER THAT.
UM, I DID, I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE 1.6 MILLION THAT'S LEFT OVER.
UM, IF WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED, UH, WHAT IS THE INTENTION TO FOR THAT? SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.
WE DO HAVE 1.6 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS AVAILABLE, SO WE WILL BE TAKING THOSE FUNDS AND COMBINING THEM WITH THE NEW FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SAN ANTONIO IS AN ENTITLEMENT CITY FOR HUD FUNDS, SO THAT MEANS EVERY YEAR WE RECEIVE AN ALLOTMENT OF HOME AND C D B G FUNDS.
WE CAN USE THEM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS YEAR WE'RE PLANNING ON, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 7 MILLION, SO WE'LL ADD OUR 7 MILLION OF HOME AND C D B G ALONG WITH THIS 1.6 MILLION LEFTOVER AND ISSUE A SOLICITATION THIS FALL.
AND WE'LL BE SURE TO KEEP HOME OWNERSHIP IN MIND.
YEAH, IT'S NOT A CRITICISM AT ALL.
I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE GREAT WORK.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE EMPHASIS ON HOME OWNERSHIP.
THIS IS A, A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE HERE FOR YES.
FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS, AND I WAS JUST COMPARING ROUND ONE TO ROUND TWO, AND, UH, BOTH WITH 14 PROJECTS MM-HMM.
AND 38 UNITS ROUND ONE WAS, UH, 43.9 MILLION AND ROUND 2 32 0.1 MILLION OF CITY FUNDS.
UM, THAT DOESN'T COUNT WHAT THE DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS ARE PUTTING IN INTO THESE PROJECTS.
UH, SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE COST PER UNIT THAT THE CITY IS THAT IS C THE CITY IS INVESTING IN THESE UNITS? SURE.
UM, WE HAVE THE TOTAL INVESTMENT PER UNIT FROM CITY FUNDS, AND THAT'S BOND.
AND OUR FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS IS 20,497.
AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE CONTRIBUTING FOR THESE PROJECTS, IT'S ABOUT $147,000.
UM, SO THAT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT INVESTMENT BY THE CITY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, AND I NOTICED ON THE PRESENTATIONS IS, UH, TAX CREDITS MM-HMM.
SO THE TAX CREDITS DON'T COME FROM THE CITY.
THEY COME FROM THE STATE THROUGH THEIR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROCESS.
SO THE 9% TAX CREDITS ARE COMPETITIVE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO APPLY.
UH, USUALLY WE ONLY GET ONE OR TWO PROJECTS IN SAN ANTONIO A YEAR, AND THE FOUR PERCENTS ARE NON-COMPETITIVE, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO GET IN LINE FOR THE BOND ALLOCATION.
BUT LONG STORY SHORT, THEY'RE ALL COMING FROM THE STATE.
SO THERE IS NO, UH, LOCAL REDUCTION IN PROPERTY TAXES OR ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THOSE.
SO IF, IF WE, IF, LET'S SAY, IF A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER COMES IN AND BILLS, UH, MARKET VALUE HOMES OR APARTMENTS OUT THERE, UH, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT'S GONNA BE PAID TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND ALL THESE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES, IF THEY'RE PRIVATE, IS THAT GONNA, IF THEY'RE PRIVATELY OWNED, IS THAT REMAIN THE SAME? IF IT IS A P F C PROJECT? SO IF THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH A PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION, THEN THE P F C WILL OFFER A TAX EXEMPTION ON THE PROPERTY.
AND HOW MANY OF, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE IN THIS, THIS ROUND? I THINK FIVE OF THE SIX NEW RENTAL PRODUCTION ARE P F C PARTNERSHIPS.
AND FOR THE REHAB, I COUNT ONLY ONE P F C, BUT THREE OF THEM ARE OWNED BY OPPORTUNITY HOME.
SO SINCE THEY'RE A PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY PAY NO TAXES.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS WHAT, WHAT'S THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF ALL OF THESE HOMES IN ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO? WHAT IS THE CITY GONNA MISS OUT ON AS FAR AS REVENUE COMING INTO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY? OKAY.
AND ALL THESE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES THAT GET A PORTION OF EVERY DOLLAR ON PROPERTY TAXES, BUT NOT ONLY PROPERTY TAXES.
UH, C P SS HAS, UH, DEALS OUT THERE, SAWS HAS DEALS.
UM, I, I KNOW WE'RE USING SOME TURS FUNDS OUT THERE FOR, FOR HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I, I WANT A WHOLE LIST OF ALL OF THE SUBSIDIES, IF YOU WILL.
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THAT HELPS REDUCE THE COST OF THESE OF THESE APARTMENTS.'CAUSE I LOOK, I LOOK, UH, AT THAT AND LIKE SLIDE NUMBER 37, UM, THE COST PER UNIT, HOW ARE THE DEVELOPERS EVEN MAKING ANY MONEY ON THIS? HOW DO THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY OVER TIME SO THEY RECEIVE RENTS FROM THE PROJECT? SO IT'S THE RENTS THAT ARE SUBSIDIZING THE ONGOING CASHFLOW FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THE RENTS ARE HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED AS WELL, LIKE THE 30%.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT MAKING MONEY ON THE 30%.
WHERE ARE THEY MAKING THEIR MONEY AT? MANY OF THESE HAVE MIXED INCOME, SO 50%, 60%, SOME OF THEM HAVE 70% UNITS INVOLVED.
SO ALL OF THAT HELPS BRING THE COSTS OF THE OVERALL, HELPS SUBSIDIZE THE PROJECT.
UM, EVEN PROJECTS FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE AT 30% A OF I, SOME OF 'EM HAVE FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHERS, SO THEY, THE OWNER RECEIVES THE HIGHER RENT EVEN THOUGH THE FAMILY'S PAYING A ONLY WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THAT.
AND THEN AGAIN, MANY OF THESE PROJECTS DO HAVE THE, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, WHICH HELPS COVER THE COST OF BUILDING THE PROJECT.
WELL, UH, I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THAT ON THE DEFERMENT OF ANY KIND OF TAX CREDITS.
THE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THE CITY IS ACTUALLY LOSING IN, UH, SETTING UP THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WITH THE SHIP, HOW MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSES ARE WE SHORT HERE TOTAL IN THE CITY? SO WE HAVE ABOUT 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE COST BURDENED.
AND THE SHIP OUTLINES THAT WE NEED TO PRODUCE OR PRESERVE ABOUT 28,000 UNITS.
ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS NEW PRODUCTION.
SO THE REMAINDER OF THE HOMES OF COST BURDEN FAMILIES WILL BE HELPED WITH, UH, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES SUCH AS JOB TRAINING.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S, UH, BEEN A RUB OF MINE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS IS WE'RE, WE'RE INVESTING NOT ONLY IN NEW HOMES, THAT MEANS PUTTING NEW UNITS OUT THERE TO REDUCE THAT, UH, TOTAL, UH, REQUIREMENT.
WE'RE, WE'RE INVESTING IN BOTH NEW ONES AND WE'RE INVESTING IN INDIVIDUAL NEW HOMES.
THAT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE, AND WE'RE REHABBING THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY NEW UNITS AT ALL.
SO WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHARTS, UH, WE'RE SPENDING, UM, MORE THAN HALF, UM, ON THE REHAB AND THE INDIVIDUAL HOMES, AND WE ARE ON THE NEW RENTAL PROPERTIES.
SO TO ME THAT I, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE OUR GOAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN, OR SHOULD BE, GET AS MANY NEW ONES TO REDUCE THAT REQUIREMENT OF THAT 95,000, GET AS MANY NEW ONES OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT, GET THEM MORE UNITS OUT THERE, AND NOT JUST REHABBING AND NOT GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL FOR THAT.
SO I, I STILL GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, IF YOU CAN, UH, TALLY UP ALL THOSE OTHER, OTHER NUMBERS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO, UM, YEAH, STILL GOT SOME ISSUES WITH THE OVERALL PROGRAM, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN? IF NOT, UH, I'LL GIVE MY POINTS AND THEN WE CAN, UM, ADJOURN THIS PART OF THE MEETING.
UM, VERONICA, IAN, UH, THE TEAM, THE WHOLE TEAM, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
I THINK YOU HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THIS.
THIS IS OUR FIRST VENTURE INTO A HOUSING BOND.
UM, I, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED ABOUT THIS AND I THINK ONCE WE, WE CAN SAY SUCCESS WHEN WE SEE THESE PROJECTS COMPLETED, OF COURSE.
UM, THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE DEVELOPMENTS IN ALL DISTRICTS, BUT SPECIFICALLY MINE IS ARE WE TAKEN INTO CONSIDER, ARE WE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS SAWS AND C P SS REGARDING THE LIGHTING IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS? YES.
WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH MANY DEPARTMENTS ON ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM DEDICATED TO HELP WITH PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH.
SO WE'LL BE COORDINATING PRIMARILY WITH D S D, BUT DEFINITELY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT LIGHTING IS DRESSED AS LANE CLOSERS, STREET CLOSERS ARE NEEDED, THE AREAS NOTIFIED, UH, THERE WILL BE THAT COLLABORATION.
AND THE OTHER THING AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH
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OPPORTUNITY HOMES, AND THE OTHER IS BECAUSE WE HEAR THIS WITH OPPORTUNITY HOMES CURRENTLY, IS THE SECURITY FEATURES AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHETHER IT'S A REHAB OR A NEW BUILD, UM, SECURITY FOR THE RESIDENTS.I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE KNOW OUR CRIME STATS, WE KNOW PROPERTY CRIME IS GOING UP AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY, UM, UNTIL OUR DEPARTMENT GETS FULLY STAFFED, LIKE OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS FULLY STAFFED.
SO, UM, OUR, WE ARE NOT REQUIRING ANYTHING CURRENTLY WITH THIS BOND REGARDING SECURITY.
IT'S JUST ABOUT THE A M I AND THE APARTMENTS.
WE DIDN'T REQUIRE SECURITY FEATURES SPECIFICALLY IN ANY PROJECT, BUT WE DID ASK WHAT ARE THEY DOING? UM, AND MANY OF THE OPPORTUNITY HOME PROJECTS DO HAVE, UM, SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THEIR REHAB PROPOSAL.
AND, AND MAYBE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE LOOK TO OTHER BONDS IN THE FUTURE AS WE, WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHERE, WHAT INTO THE SCORING, UH, THAT SECURITY MEASURE THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD CHANGE FROM THE, THE 10% TO A, A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, BUT DEFINITELY INCENTIVIZING THOSE, UH, BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WILLING TO DO MORE THAN THE 10%, UM, IN THEIR PROJECT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT FAVORABLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS THE SENIOR APARTMENTS ARE NEEDED.
UM, AND I'M IN MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH OUR SENIORS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR OPTIONS AT THE SENIOR CENTERS.
UH, RIVERSIDE TERRACE, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE, THE MORE WE OPEN OUR TOOLBOX IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH HOW HOUSING AND HOW PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY LIVE IN THEIR MOBILE HOMES AND, AND OWN THE PROPERTY THAT THEIR MOBILE HOME IS, IS SITTING ON IS, IS INCREDIBLE.
AND I, AND I LEARNED THAT ON THE EAST COAST, IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA SELL, THEY HA LIKE AUTOMATICALLY THE STATE TELLS 'EM, GO TO THE RESIDENCE AND SEE IF THEY WANNA PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD EVER, EVER HAPPEN HERE IN TEXAS, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA A LOT.
I'M, AND I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO LIKE THAT IDEA TOO, BECAUSE I, I WAS LIKE, THEY CAN USE THAT THERE.
AND, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE AND EXPAND.
UM, THAT, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR JUST YOUR PRESENTATION.
[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: ]
THE TIME IS NOW 3:37 PM ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH, 2023.THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5, 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS 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 RELATING TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY.
TIME IS 4:09 PM ON MAY 17TH, 2023.
CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'LL BE BACK AT FIVE O'CLOCK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.