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>> CLERK: WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION FOR BUDGET WORKSHOP.
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>> CLERK: MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA.
WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE THE MEETING FROM YESTERDAY THAT WAS RECESSED AT 5:25 JUST TO CLOSE UP SOME REMAINING COMMENTS FROM OUR COLLEAGUE CLAYTON PERRY.
SO I'LL TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I'LL BEGIN WITH OUR A SESSION AGENDA REGULARLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 14TH.
WHERE WE WERE, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR HEALTH.
GOING BACK AND TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, AND I UNFORTUNATELY OVERLOOKED IT.
WE DID SOME ADDING UP ON THE HEALTH PROGRAMS AND WHAT THE FEDERAL MATCHES WERE AND WHAT THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS WERE FUNDING, AND THE HEAD START, COSA, PARENT CHILD INCORPORATED HEAD START AND PH EP BIOTERRORRISM, THE GRANT BASICALLY STAYED THE SAME FROM '19 TO '20, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THE CITY MATCH WENT UP FROM 75,000 TO OVER 100,000.
WHAT -- WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY THERE? WHY ARE WE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THOSE PROGRAMS?
>> DR. BRIDGER: SO, MEL, THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR -- THE HEAD START AND PCI -- AND EARLY HEAD START.
DID WE HAVE TO PUT IN MORE OF A MATCH?
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN'T INCREASE THE -- BRAWBL -- [AUDIBLE]
>> DR. BRIDGER: I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE, COUNCILMAN.
THE MATCH, THE FEDERAL MATCH, IS THE SAME DOLLARS BUT WE'RE PUTTING MORE DOLLARS INTO IT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND SO I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT.
IT'S ABOUT -- YEAH, GOING FROM 75,000 UP TO 100,000, SO... A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THE CITY.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE CHANGING THE PROGRAM OR ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PERSON, BECAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY REFLECTED IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, DR. BRIDGER, AGAIN ON THE HEALTH SIDE -- OKAY.
>> PERRY: ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THERE WERE FOUR OF THEM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
OVERALL TEEN BIRTH RATE, PERCENTAGE OF REPEAT TEEN BIRTHS, SALMA NEL LASIS RATE AND PERCENTAGE OF ROUTINE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS COMPLETED.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE -- WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM, SHOULDN'T THE -- SHOULDN'T THE TARGETS BE GOING DOWN? BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SHOWING
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HERE, AND I GUESS IT'S HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS BASICALLY STAYING THE SAME OR GOING UP, AND I'M -- TO ME, WE SHOULD HAVE A TREND LINE THAT GOES DOWN INSTEAD OF STAYING THE SAME OR GOING UP.
>> DR. BRIDGER: SO I'M GOING TO ADDRESS EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.
>> DR. BRIDGER: FOR THE TEEN BIRTH RATE, THE TARGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS 23.9.
THE DATA HAS NOT COME IN FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR YET, SO WE'RE USING LAST FISCAL YEAR'S DATA, WHICH SHOWS THAT IT'S 26.1.
SO FOR THIS 2020 YEAR, WE KEPT IT AT 3.9 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE -- 23.9.
IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T MAKE 23.9 BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOWER IT BELOW THAT ANYWAY THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE DATA SAYS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT TARGET.
>> DR. BRIDGER: FOR REPEAT TEEN BIRTHS, THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER NEEDLE TO MOVE, AND SO WE WANT TO BE REALLY SURE THAT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE MOVING IN IS A TREND RATHER THAN JUST A ONE-YEAR BLIP.
SO THAT'S WHY IT STAYED THE SAME.
IT'S STILL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF ABOUT 30%, SO THAT'S A VERY SOLID PLACE TO BE.
OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO NOT HAVE ANY REPEAT TEEN BIRTHS, BUT THAT'S BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL RATE.
ON THE SALMONELLA ITEM, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2018, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS AT A RATE OF 33.
AND WE SET A REALLY AGGRESSIVE RATE OF 13, AND WE CAME PRETTY CLOSE ON THAT 15.2.
SO THIS YEAR, WE LEFT IT AT 15.2, JUST TO SEE, AGAIN -- BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE THINGS TAKE A WHILE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO SEE IF THIS ONE YEAR IS A BLIP OR IF IT'S THE START OF A TREND.
>> DR. BRIDGER: AND THEN THE ROUTINE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, I THINK THAT ONE IS OKAY.
THAT ONE DID GO UP -- WE DID RAISE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS -- YEAH, ALL MY QUESTIONS ON HEALTH.
AND BACK TO MELODY'S AREA, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR OVERALL NUMBER OF DELEGATE AGENCIES.
>> PERRY: IN 2019, WE HAD -- WELL, FOR 2020, WE'RE SHOWING ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE...
SIX NEW PROGRAMS FOR A TOTAL OF AROUND $724,000.
AND, AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING EFFICIENCIES AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HOLD THE BUDGET, BUT HERE WE'RE GROWING THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WHAT ARE THE -- HOW DID -- BECAUSE IT'S A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM, THIS IS ONLY ONE FLECTED ONE -- REFLECTED ONE YEAR FOR THESE SIX AGENCIES, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> SO LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE -- YEP.
LAST YEAR WHEN WE PRESENTED FROM THE RFP, WE HAD SIX AGENCIES -- WELL, IT WAS ACTUALLY $724 -- $724,000 FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES.
WE HAD A NUMBER SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AND THEN WERE DISQUALIFIED.
THESE WERE SERVICES THAT WERE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL THAT WE NEEDED TO REPROCURE, SO WE ISSUED A SECOND RFP IN THE FALL, AND I THINK -- IN DECEMBER, CAME BACK TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE THOSE SIX ADDITIONAL AGENCIES AND $724,000.SO IT BROUGHT US TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALLOCATED ORIGINALLY, BUT WE HAD TO DO THAT THROUGH TWO RFPS THIS LAST YEAR.
>> PERRY: AND THE INCREASES FOR THIS 2020, I'M SHOWING 895,000 ON FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES, CHILD SAFE, L AUSTIN, HAVEN FOR HOPE AND PROJECT QUEST.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT.
>> WOOSLEY: SO HAVEN FOR HOPE, THAT INCLUDES THE INCREASED FUNDING, THE $500,000 FROM THE NEW REVENUE SOURCE.
ELLA AUSTIN, WE HAD ALLOCATED $45,000 LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND THEN IN THE MIDYEAR BUDGET ALLOCATED AN ADDITIONAL 45,000.
SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT TWICE AGAIN THIS YEAR, IT WAS ALLOCATED IN ONE -- AT ONE TIME, $90,000.
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ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT WAS THE SAME.IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCREASED WITH THE SECOND RFP, BUT NOT THIS YEAR.
IT'S SHOWING FROM '19 TO '20 IS $50,000 INCREASE.
THAT'S THE SECOND RFP SHOWING.
THE $50,000 THAT WE ALLOCATED FOR THE SECOND RFP.
SO IT'S AN INCREASE OF $50,000 FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET, SO YOU ALL ADOPTED THE BUDGET LAST SEPTEMBER, THEN WE WENT THROUGH A SECOND RFP PROCESS, AND SO THAT 50,000 DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE ADOPTED NUMBER.
AND PROJECT QUEST, SHOWING A $300,000 INCREASE.
>> VILLAGOMEZ: THAT'S CORRECT.
WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO SERVE 100 MORE PARTICIPANTS.
AND WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO SERVE DISAGGREGATE DATA, CONDUCT MORE OF A LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BEING ABLE TO TRACK A LOT MORE DATA.
>> PERRY: SO THIS MONEY IS JUST GOING TO TRACKING?
>> NO, ALSO 100 MORE PARTICIPANTS.
100 MORE PARTICIPANTS AT 300,000.
I -- AND IT KIND OF GOES TO MY CRITICISM ON THIS BIG BUDGET BOOK.
WE GOT THIS HUGE BOOK AND, YOU KNOW -- AND I DIDN'T REALLY CATCH, MARIA, IN HERE, THE JUSTIFICATION FOR INCREASES.
I MEAN, IT'S GOT DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH AGENCY BUT IT DOESN'T -- AND IT SHOWS AN INCREASE, BUT WHY ARE WE GETTING AN INCREASE? AND THAT'S CONSISTENT THROUGH HERE.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE SOMEBODY TO, YOU KNOW, HONE IN ON THESE AS TO, OKAY, HERE'S AN INCREASE, BUT WHY IS THERE AN INCREASE? WHAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT INCREASE? SO -- AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT FOR ANY OF THESE AGENCIES HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE ARE FOR.
AND SO GOING BACK TO THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THERE'S ONE OF THEM FOR HAVEN FOR HOPE.
AND IT WAS CONFUSING TO ME, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT IS, BUT IT WAS PERCENT OF HAVEN FOR HOPE CLIENTS MAINTAINING PERMANENT HOUSING AFTER 12 MONTHS.
SHOULDN'T WE BE TARGETING -- SHOULDN'T WE BE GETTING THOSE FOLKS BACK INTO THE ECONOMY FASTER THAN 12 MONTHS? I MEAN, TO ME, WE'RE TRACKING UPSIDE DOWN HERE.
>> SO THIS MEASURE IS RELATED TO ONCE THEY LEAVE THE CAMPUS.
SO HAVEN HAVEN FOR HOPE WORKS WITH THE CLIENTS AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE PLACED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, THEY TRACK THEM, FOLLOW THEM FOR AT LEAST 12 ADDITIONAL MONTHS.
SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY -- IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REENTERED THE HOMELESS SYSTEM.
SO THIS ISN'T THE HOME -- THE LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS WITHIN --
WELL, I WAS CONFUSED ON THAT AND I JUST SAID THAT JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
THE OTHER ONES, NUMBER OF CLIENTS RECEIVING UTILITY ASSISTANCE, NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED.
YOU KNOW, THE TREND -- THE TRENDS ARE GOING UP, BUT, AGAIN, WITH THE FUNDING THAT THESE PROGRAMS THERE GETTING, SHOULDN'T THOSE TREND LINES BE GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION?
>> WELL, THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THAT IS NOT GENERAL FUND THAT FUNDS THAT ASSISTANCE.
AND SO WE DISTRIBUTE AS MANY AS WE CAN GET FROM THEM.
AND -- WITH THE DEMAND, SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT UTILITY DISCONNECTS.
>> BUT THOSE ARE CREDITS THAT WE GET FROM CPS.
WELL, IT'S STILL COMING FROM THE RATE PAYERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
>> PERRY: SO WHETHER IT'S CITY FUNDS OR CPS FUNDS, WE'RE ALL PAYING FOR THAT.
BUT TO ME, STILL, THE TREND SHOULD BE GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO HELP PEOPLE, AND IT JUST SEEMS THAT --
>> PERRY: WE'RE TRACKING THINGS THE WRONG DIRECTION.
>> WOOSLEY: WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER -- AND, YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ALSO.
THE NUMBER OF CPS RATE PAYERS HAS INCREASED, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE IT.
SO YOU WOULD SEE NATURALLY MORE CLIENTS FROM AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RATE PAYERS.
>> PERRY: WELL, AGAIN, ALL THESE INDICATORS ON HERE ARE GREAT, BUT SOME OF THEM JUST DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
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>> PERRY: WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PUTTING AGAINST THOSE TO REFLECT THE GOOD WORK THAT PREEP L ARE DOING -- PEOPLE ARE DOING AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TO THESE FOLKS.
SO, YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> PERRY: IF WE COULD TO -- SO THAT I THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THEM AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
>> PERRY: SO THAT'S ALL OF MY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
YES, I'M SURE AT THIS POINT -- AT THIS POINT, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND DR. BRIDGER, THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS STUFF TOGETHER AND JUST MY OVERALL COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES IN THE BUDGET, THIS PROGRAM IS GROWING VERSUS FINDING EFFICIENCIES ACROSS THE PROGRAM TO TRY TO ABSORB INCREASES THAT WERE -- THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE BUDGET HERE, SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THAT.
SO WITH THAT, SIR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS SECTION.
[1. 19-5979 Staff presentation of the FY 2020 Proposed Budget focusing on, but not limited to, the following City Departments or Initiatives: [Erik Walsh, City Manager; Justina Tate, Director, Management and Budget]]
ADJOURN YESTERDAY'S MEETING THAT WE JUST RECONVENED AFTER THE RECESS.WE'LL NOW RECONVENE THE MEETING FROM WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14TH.
I'LL START, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO ERIK WALSH TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN VIAGRAN WHO WANTS TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY.
>> VIAGRAN: I JUST WANTED FOR ALL OF US TO RECOGNIZE JUST FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY THAT WE HAD SOME -- I THINK IT'S MOMENT TO STOP AND RECOGNIZE AND PAUSE WE HAD SOME PHENOMENAL WOMEN PRESENT TO US, MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, JUSTINA TATE, AND MORE AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT WOMEN ON DECK FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
>> WALSH: SO LET ME JUST SAIR THAT THIS MORNING WE HAD OUR QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE TOP 300 SUPERVISORS, MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVES, AND I MADE SURE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM INCLUDING ALL THE OTHER EXECUTIVES THAT STILL NEED TO COME BEFORE YOU KNOW THAT YESTERDAY'S PRESENTATION SET A PRETTY HIGH BAR FOR US IN THE WORK SESSIONS AND THEY DID DO A GREAT JOB YESTERDAY.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GREAT, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
JUST ANOTHER DAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO TODAY'S OUR SECOND WORK SESSION DAY, AND AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BOTH BETO AND LORI HOUSTON WILL BE PRESENTING WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FY '20 BUDGET AND THEN WE HAVE BRIDGET WHITE PRESENTING OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUDGET, WHICH AS SHE SPENDS TIME TALKING ABOUT THE 13 REGIONAL AREAS THAT WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF RESOURCES ON AND DEVELOPING AND FINALIZING PLANS, THOSE 13 AREAS ARE KEY TO US FROM A HOUSING
[A. Neighborhood and Housing Services - Affordable Housing]
STANDPOINT, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION.AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START WITH BETO FIRST.
>> GOOD MORNING -- GOOD AFTERNOON, VERONICA SO TO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I'M VERY PROUD THAT EVERY PRESENTATION YOU'LL GET TO SEE TODAY HAS THIS PICTURE THAT FEATURES A CLIENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
JUST SO YOU KNOW WHO WE SERVE, THAT'S JENNY AND MANUEL ROSALES WHO PURCHASED A NEW HOME THROUGH OUR HOME BUYER INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
THEY HAD BEEN LIVING IN A 900 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT AND NOW THEY HAVE A HOME WHERE THEY CAN CELEBRATE MILESTONES IN THEIR FAMILIES' LIVES LIKE BIRTHDAYS FOR THEIR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, THEIR 11-YEAR-OLD AND THEIR ONE-YEAR-OLD.
AND SO WHAT WE DO TBH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS HELP FAMILIES HAVE A BETTER LIFE BY FOCUSING ON OUR SERVICES IN THE HOUSING THAT WE DO.
SO WE'RE HERE TO SERVE AND WE SERVE THESE FAMILIES THROUGH OUR PRODUCTS AND OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN, THE ROSALESS, THE FAMILIES YOU'LL SEE IN THE VARIOUS PICTURES WOULDN'T BE HELPED WITHOUT OUR TREMENDOUS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THE STAFF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
ALL FOCUSED ON OUR MISSION TO CREATE STABLE AND DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE DO THAT THROUGH VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL AREAS, VARIOUS BUSINESS LINES WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU NEW COUNCILMEMBERS, I VISITED WITH AND SHARED WITH YOU THE MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, AND SO I'LL SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE'RE CALLING YEAR 1 OF OUR 10-YEAR HOUSING PLAN.
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AND LORI HOUSTON WILL BUILD ON THAT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT 10-YEAR PLAN AS WELL.SO WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, THE COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATION.
THERE ARE 80 POSITIONS THAT HELP DELIVER VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND I WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM AND LORI WILL EXPAND ON THAT.
SO WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT INTERNALLY UNDER THAT, WE HAVE OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION, WHICH HELPS THE FAMILIES LIKE THE ROSALESES THROUGH OUR HOME BUYER INCENTIVE PROGRAM, OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS, OUR UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO DO OTHER SERVICES FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES, WHO ARE FACING EVICTION THROUGH OUR FAIR HOUSING PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S A SERVICE THAT MOVED TO OUR DEPARTMENT THIS FISCAL YEAR.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS FOCUSED ON POLICY.
AND SO THEY WORK ON STUFF LIKE HOW DO WE USE THIS RISK MITIGATION MONEY? WHAT'S THE POLICY? HOW DO WE ADMINISTER A PROGRAM? SO THEY WORKED ON THAT POLICY, NOW WE HAVE A PROGRAM, HAS SERVED 197 FAMILIES, BUT THEY ALSO LOOK AT POLICY LIKE HOW SHOULD THE CITY SELECT THE RECIPIENTS FOR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR HOUSING TAX CREDITS, WHICH WE KNOW ARE A BIG PART OF HOW WE PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS I GO THROUGH THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
NEXT YEAR WE WANT TO BUILD ON THIS YEAR 1 OF THE 10-YEAR PLAN.
AND WE PROPOSE TO DO THAT BY MAINTAINING THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR AND BUILDING UPON THAT.
SO I'LL LET LORI TALK ABOUT THOSE ENHANCEMENTS, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE METRICS AND THE FAMILIES WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASSIST THIS YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP 81 FAMILIES WITH OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS. NEXT YEAR, MAINTAINING THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING, WE WILL, AGAIN, HELP 81 FAMILIES THROUGH OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHAT THIS BUDGET SHOWS.
IT SHOWS THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO SERVE 530 FAMILIES WITH A NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT WHITE ROOF THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME.
AND SO WE'RE MAINTAINING WHAT WE BUILT THIS YEAR, AND THIS YEAR, AGAIN, WE HAD NEW MONEY ALLOCATED FOCUSED ON HOUSING, HOUSING POLICY, HOUSING PRODUCTION.
AND SO THE BUDGET PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 INCLUDES $32.6 MILLION AND A LARGE PORTION OF THIS, 80% OF THIS, IS FOCUSED ON HOUSING PROGRAMS, HOUSING PRODUCTION, HOUSING POLICY.
AND OUR FUNDING SOURCES ARE NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND BUT A LOT OF GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, JUST LAST WEEK YOU APPROVED THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WHERE WE USE A LOT OF THAT FUNDING TO PAY FOR BOTH THE STAFFING AS WELL AS THE SERVICES FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE TIF PROGRAM UNDER US, AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, AND FOR -- PORTION OF THE 2022 BOND WITH PROPOSITION 6 WHICH IS A HOUSING BOND.
AND YOU HAVE SEEN VARIOUS PROJECTS COME FORWARD.
I DO WANT TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT.
WE WORKED WITH OVER 300 REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, RECOGNIZED IN OUR SYSTEM, AND WHO RECEIVE CONSTANT COMMUNICATION NOT JUST FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, INCLUDING WHEN THERE'S ZONING AND PLANNING CASES.
WE GRADUATED 65 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS, ONE OF THEM IS SITTING UP ON THE COUNCIL DAIS WITH YOU, DR. ROCHA HAVRDA GRADUATEDDED, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
WE HAVE HOSTED HOME OWNERSHIP WORKSHOPS, PARTICIPATEDDED IN 131 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD DAY WE COHOSTED THIS SPRING.
WE ENGAGE REGULARLY AND TAKE ALL INPUT IN OUR PROCESS WITH THE PUBLIC, WE WANT THAT CONSTANT FEEDBACK AND THE TRANSPARENCY.
AND NOT JUST NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALL OF OUR UNITS, ALL OF OUR BUSINESS LINES DO THAT.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.
SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT HELPS US TO FINANCE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAPPEN.
AND WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS A UNIT THAT HAS NINE CITY INITIATED TIRZ DISTRICT, THAT'S TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE AND 11 THAT ARE DEVELOPER INITIATED.
THE 11 TEND TO BE SUBDIVISIONS WITH ALL THE FUNDING RAISED FOCUSED ON THOSE -- MANY OF THOSE INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
FOR THE NINE CITY INITIATED, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT LORI HOUSTON WILL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE SOME OF THE TIR AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE OVER $21 MILLION THAT IS NOT EAR MARKED FOR ANY PROJECT AVAILABLE TO ENHANCE OUR WORK.
AND SO THE WAY THIS WORK, THE TAX BASE IS FROZEN THE YEAR A
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TIRZ IS CREATED, EVERY TIRZ EXPIRES AFTER A CERTAIN TIME, SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS FOREVER.AND EVERY TAXING ENTITY THAT PARTICIPATES CONTINUING TO RECEIVE THAT SAME BASE VALUE.
AS INVESTMENTS ARE MADE IN THAT TIRZ, IF THE TAX VALUE INCREASES, THAT INCREMENTAL INCREASE IS WHAT GOES INTO THE TIRZ FUND FOR THAT DISTRICT.
AND THAT MONEY GENERALLY IS USED FOR PROJECTS ONLY IN THAT TIRZ AREA; HOWEVER, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME OF THAT INCREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND IT CAN BE USED IN THE TIRZ OR OUTSIDE AND LORI WILL ELABORATE ON THAT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF IN OUR DEPARTMENT FOCUSED ON OUR GRANTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF RULES THAT COME WITH THIS FEDERAL MONEY FROM HUD, SO WE MONITOR OVER 50 PROJECTS THAT REPRESENT OVER $27 MILLION IN GRANTS.
THIS YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ADMINISTERED $18.6 MILLION WORTH OF PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESSED HOUSING.
SO THESE PROGRAMS HELP OUR GAP FINANCING FOR RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND SOON YOU'LL SEE AN ITEM THAT LEVELS US EVALUATE THOSE PROGRAMS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE DO AN RFA PROCESS, WE TAKE A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT AS WE SHAPE HOW WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO AWARD THIS MONEY.
IT FUNDS OUR REHAB PROGRAMS. I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE.
IT ALSO FUNDS OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, SO THAT THE ROSALES FAMILY OR FAMILIES LIKE THEM CAN ENJOY THEIR HOME.
WE ALSO HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT GET FUNDED WITH THE GRANTS THAT FUND AFTER-SCHOOL AND FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS HOMELESS SERVICES AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOUSING.
AGAIN, THIS UNIT HAS FACILITATED 16 PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING THESE GRANTS.
SO -- MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE ALL THIS INTERNAL COORDINATION IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY THAT TOUCH HOUSING.
SO WE HAVE OUR FAIR HOUSING PROGRAM, THEY ARE NOW ADMINISTERING THE RIZ MITIGATION POLICY AND HAVE ASSISTED OVER 100 -- HAVE ASSISTED TO DATE 197 FAMILIES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE ASSISTED OVER 2,000 FAMILIES THAT NEEDED COUNSELING AS THEY WERE FACING EVICTION, THAT NEEDED HELP AS THEY TRIED TO AVOID FORECLOSURE, OR THAT NEEDED HELP BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE BEING ABUSED OR DISCRIMINATED AND HAD FAIR HOUSING ISSUES AND QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IF THEY WERE BEING ASKED TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE NOW THEY HAD TOO MANY KIDS.
WE HAVE THE HOUSING POLICY WORK AS WELL.
I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR TWO SIGNIFICANT AWARDS.
ONE IS THE GRANTED SOLUTIONS THAT WERE GRANT FUNDED BY THE FORD FOUNDATION THAT IS HELPING US WITH OUR ANTIDISPLACEMENT EFFORT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, BUT WE ALSO GOT SELECTED FOR THE LOCAL HOUSING SOLUTIONS INITIATIVE, ALONG WITH ATLANTA, MINNEAPOLIS AND PHILADELPHIA, AND THE LEADERS IN THESE CITIES WORKING ON HOUSING ISSUES ARE GOING TO COME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT AND ADDRESS OTHER CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING AND HOUSING SERVICES.
I MENTIONED OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION.
AND THESE FOLKS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
WE HAVE OVER 1,000 UNITS THAT WE CAN COUNT ON THIS YEAR THAT THE FUNDING THAT YOU ALLOCATED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR HELPED, AND WE HOPE TO BUILD ON THAT NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED FOR THE HOUSING BOND TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE TWO PROPERTIES CLOSE JUST LAST MONTH THAT WILL PROVIDE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
WE HAVE MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN REHABBED FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB -- AWARD-WINNING UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
SO OUR DEPARTMENT HAS DELIVERED AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO WHEN WE DELIVER IS WE EMBED EQUITY INTO OUR DNA.
SO MRS. SPRINGS AND HER MOTHER WHO LIVE ON STERLING IN DISTRICT 2 BENEFITED FROM THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
AND WHAT WE DID WHEN WE LOOKED AT HOW TO APPLY THE EQUITY METRIC TO OUR WORK IN THAT EQUITY LENS IS LOOK AT WHERE WE HAD THIS INVESTMENT IN THE PAST, WHERE WE HAD THE NEED FOR THE TARGETED INVESTMENT AND APPLY IT WITH HOW WE DISTRIBUTED FUNDS.
AND SO YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE ARE ACTUAL FISCAL YEAR '19 NUMBERS TO DATE, ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.
WE'RE ONLINE TO COMPLETE 530 BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT AS OF TODAY, HERE'S THE DISTRIBUTION OF WHERE WE HAVE APPLIED THE EQUITY METRIC FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
AND WE APPLY THIS METRIC FOR OTHER HOUSING PRODUCTION PROGRAMS AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN DISTRICT 5 WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A HISTORY OF DISINVESTMENT AND RED LINING,
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WE HAVE THE MOST RECIPIENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM.SO THIS IS HOW WE APPLY THE EQUITY METRICS.
SO MRS. SPRING AND HER MOTHER, MRS. EMMA JONES, WHO HAVE BEEN AT THEIR HOUSE IN DISTRICT 2 FOR 50 YEARS CAN CONTINUE TO BE IN THAT HOME, CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY THIS PRESERVED HOUSE AND CONTINUE TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY HOPE TO BE IN AS LONG AS THEY ARE ABLE.
THAT'S WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES.
WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT HELP FAMILIES, WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT PRESERVE OUR HOUSING STOCK.
AND SO THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, WILL BUILD ON WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WILL UNDERTAKE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
SO INITIATIVES FOR 2020 INCLUDE CONTINUATION OF THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE, THE ANTIDISPLACEMENT EFFORT THAT I MENTIONED.
WE WILL UPDATE OUR POLICY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGISTRATION.
THAT HAS BECOME A VERY HOT ISSUE LATELY AS WE SEE DISPLACEMENT ISSUES IN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVING CHANGE.
AND, OF COURSE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, STRENGTHENING WHAT WE DO WITH OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS AND ALSO MANY OF OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS WHO ARE A CRITICAL PART OF THE DELIVERY OF HOUSING SERVICES.
THEY PRODUCE HOUSING, THEY HAVE TARGETS FOR HOW THEY WANT TO UTILIZE THEIR MONEY.
WE'RE ALL COUNTING WHAT WE DO TOGETHER, AND SO ALL THE PROGRAMS AND TOOLS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ENHANCED WITH THE PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. LORI HOUSTON.
>> HOUSTON: GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WILL BE PRESENTING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING PLAN AND OUR STRATEGY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
THIS PRESENTATION ALSO INCLUDES A STATUS REPORT ON THE HOUSING TARGETS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT WAS ENDORSED BY COUNCIL LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2019, WE HAD AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET OF 26.1 MILLION.
VER RON NO SOTO WENT OVER SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT RESULTED FROM THAT FUNDING, BUT BOTTOM LINE, THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET HELPED US FINANCE 413 NEW HOUSING UNITS, HELPED REHAB AND PRESERVE -- I'M SORRY, HELPED US FINANCE 578 NEW HOUSING UNITS, HELPED US REHAB AND PRESERVE 413 HOMES, PROVIDED 165 FAMILIES DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, SO THEY CAN PURCHASE A NEW HOME, AND HELPED 200 FAMILIES IN NEED OF RELOCATION, RENTAL OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
AND ALSO FACILITATED A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM WITH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEPARTMENTS THAT HELPED YIELD AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 -- 5,000 UNITS.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS A SYSTEM THAT'S COORDINATED WITH THE CITY'S INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, LOOKING AT OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ALSO WORKING WITH OUR TIF UNIT WHICH IS AN INTERNAL DIVISION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN EXTERNALLY, WE HAVE SOME STRONG PARTNERS TO INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND, OF COURSE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WITH FINALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER IS THE COMMUNITY AND THEN OUR NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY, WHO WE NEED TO HELP BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
HOW DO YOU BUILD CAPACITIES IN THE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MISSION IS TO HELP SERVE THOSE WHO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN FINALLY A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM IS BUILT ON POLICIES THAT ADDRESS HOW WE WORK TOGETHER.
SO WE NEED A HOUSING POLICY WITH A HOUSING THOSHTD AND A HOUSING TRUST AS OUR PARTNER, THAT DEFINES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IS THE SAME.
DEFINES OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS IT PERTAINS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND LOOKS AT THE TARGETS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THOSE TARGETS AND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THOSE TARGETS.
AND SO THAT IS A COORDINATING HOUSING SYSTEM AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON STRENGTHENING THIS FISCAL YEAR 2020.
NOW, ONE OF THE BEST TOOLS THAT WERE CREATED WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ENDORSED LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THAT IS THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
IN THAT IT IDENTIFIES TARGETS FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS, SO WE NEED APPROXIMATELY 18,700 HOUSING UNITS IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THE POLICY FRAMEWORK DIVIDED THOSE TARGETS BY OWNER OCCUPIED AND RENTAL OCCUPIED.
SO WE NEED 6300 NEW HOUSING UNITS FOR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, AND THAT MEANS 2800 NEW UNITS BETWEEN 80 AND 100% AMI IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SOMEBODY MAKING BETWEEN 80 AND
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100% AMI IS MAKING BETWEEN 57,000 TO 87,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.THE 3500 UNITS FOR 60 TO 80% AMI ARE ALSO NEEDED BY THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND THAT'S A FAMILY OF FOUR WHOSE INCOME IS 43,000 TO 57,000.
THE FRAMEWORK POLICY ALSO IDENTIFIED TARGETS FOR RENTER OCCUPIED UNITS.
SO 1,071 UNITS FOR THOSE MAKING 70% AMI OR BELOW.
THAT'S A PERSON MAKING $15,000 ANNUALLY OR A FAMILY OF FOUR MAKING $21,000 ANNUALLY.
SO WE NEED AT LEAST 1700 UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
9500 UNITS BETWEEN 30 AND 60% AMI, AND THAT'S SOMEONE MAKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN $21,043,000 ANNUALLY.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S A FAMILY OF FOUR, AND THEN 1,165 UNITS FOR THOSE BETWEEN 60 AND 80% AMI.
NOW, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, AND WE ARE ON TARGET TO MEET THOSE GOALS.
AND SO FOR OUR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS NEEDED, WE NEEDED 6300.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE BLUE GRAPH, YOU HAVE THE 60 TO 80% AMI.
WE NEEDED 2700 OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
WE HAVE 703 PROJECTS OR UNITS IN THE PIPELINE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOU'RE IN THE PIPELINE? THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A UNIT THAT'S GOING TO COME ONLINE THIS FISCAL YEAR OR BEYOND.
AND SO BASED ON THE PROBABILITIES OR THE UNIT-- PROJECTS OR THE UNITS WE HAVE IN OUR PIPELINE WE'RE AT 20% OF THAT 10-YEAR GOAL AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN YEAR 1.
FOR 80 TO 100% AMI, THAT'S A FAMILY OF FOUR BETWEEN 57 TO 85,000, WE NEEDED 3500.
WE HAVE 766 UNITS IN OUR PIPELINE, SO WE'RE AT 28% OF OUR 10-YEAR GOAL.
THE ACTUAL POLICY ALSO DIVIDEDDED THOSE TARGETS BY DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, PRODUCTION AND REHAB AND WE'RE ON TARGET TO MEET THOSE GOALS AS WELL.
WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FUNDING.
WE'VE HELPED 165 FAMILIES THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO RIGHT AT 10%.
OUR PRODUCTION GOAL OF 2300, WE HAVE 844 UNITS IN THE PIPELINE, AND WE'RE AT 36% OF THAT GOAL.
AND THEN OUR REHAB GOAL OF 2300 UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE HAVE 460 UNITS IN THE PIPELINE, SO WE'RE AT 20% OF THAT GOAL.
SO GOOD NEWS, WE'RE ON TARGET FOR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS.
BUT WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TARGETED ON WHERE THOSE UNITS CAN GO AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON IN MY PRESENTATION.
THE NEXT ONE IS OUR RENTAL OCCUPIED UNITS.
SO WE NEEDED 12,400 RENTAL OCCUPIED.
SO FOR THE 30% AMI OR BELOW, SO THAT'S SOMEONE AT 21,000 ANNUALLY FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, OR 15,000 INDIVIDUALLY, WE HAVE 152 UNITS IN OUR PIPELINE.
SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 9% OF OUR GOAL.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WITH REGARDS TO THAT METRIC.
AND THEN THE 30 TO 50% GOAL, WHICH WAS 21,000 TO 36,000 ANNUALLY FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, WE NEEDED 6300.
WE'RE AT 541 UNITS IN OUR PIPELINE.
NOW, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH UP BECAUSE IN 2018, LATER IN THAT YEAR, THE FEDS CHANGED THE ROOLS -- RULES FOR THE 4% TAX CREDIT AND THEY'RE ALLOWING PROJECTS TO INCOME AVERAGE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS TO GET THE 4% TAX CREDITED PROJECT, WHICH PROVIDES YOU A 4% TAX CREDIT ANNUALLY ON YOUR PROJECT COST EVERY YEAR FOR 10 YEARS YOU HAD TO HAVE ALL OF YOUR UNITS BELOW 60% AMI.
AND SO FOR PROJECTS TO PERFORM, A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS WERE MAKING ALL THE UNITS BETWEEN 50 TO 60% AMI.
NOW WITH INCOME AVERAGING, A DEVELOPER CAN COME IN AND DO SOME BETWEEN 60 AND 80% AMI, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET SOME BELOW THAT 50% AMI, WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE THE NEED.
SO THAT INCOME AVERAGING TOOL IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT OVER THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE A POLICY TO WHERE ANY PROJECT THAT COMES FORWARD IN THIS COUNCIL REQUESTING A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION THEY SHOW HOW THEY DID SOME INCOME AVERAGING AND PROVIDED SOME UNITS BETWEEN 60 TO 80% TO GET THAT 30%.
WITH THAT TOOL WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST AND GET RIGHT ON TARGET.
WE'RE WAY ABOVE TRACK ON THE 50 TO 60% AMI.
THAT WAS OUR GOAL FOR THE 10-YEAR TARGET.
SO WE ARE AT 145% OF THAT GOAL.
AND THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THAT ISSUE I SPOKE TO ABOUT TO GET THAT 4% TAX CREDIT, ALL OF YOUR UNITS HAD TO BE AT 60% AMI OR BELOW, SO A LOT OF THE
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HOUSING DEVELOPERS WERE DOING DWREUN ITS BETWEEN -- UNITS BETWEEN 50 AND 60% AMI.AND THEN FOR THE 60 TO 80% GOAL, WE HAD 1,165 UNITS FOR OUR 10-YEAR GOAL.
WE HAVE 2800 IN THE PIPELINE, AND SO WE ARE WELL ABOVE OUR GOAL.
NOW, FOR THE RENTAL OCCUPIED REHAB PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION GOAL, WE HAD 3,884 FOR OUR 10-YEAR TARGET.
NOW, THAT 2100 LOADS SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITIES FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, SO THEY HAVE ABOUT 1900 UNITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS WHERE THEY'RE REHABBING EXISTING PROJECTS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE WE'VE LOADED THAT FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.
AND THEN FOR PLO JEK SHUN, WE'RE -- PROJECTION, WE'RE WAY ABOVE TARGET WHICH WE NEEDED ABOUT 8500 UNITS.
WE HAVE 6,000 IN THE PIPELINE, SO WE'RE AT 70% OF THAT TARGET.
NOW, THIS IS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OUR COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
WE HAVE PROJECTS WITH THE HOUSING TRUST, WE HAVE PROJECTS WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND THEN WE HAVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S PROGRAMS THAT HELP AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS EITHER THROUGH OUR CCHIP PROGRAM OR OTHER INCENTIVES LIKE CDBG AND HOME FUNDING.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED US GET THOSE 8,087 UNITS IN OUR PIPELINE.
WE ALSO TOOK ALL OF THOSE UNITS AND WE MAPPED THEM OUT WITHIN THE CITY, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SEE IF THOSE UNITS ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN THE AREAS WE WANT TO SEE GROW.
AND SO PART OF OUR COORDINATING HOUSING SYSTEM IS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALIGNING YOUR POLICIES WITH OTHER POLICIES AND SPECIFICALLY OUR POLICY FOR GROWTH.
SO THE SA TOMORROW REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, WE MAPPED OUT AND LOOKED TO SEE WHERE THESE HOUSING UNITS ARE FALLING WITHIN THEM.
AND THEN WE CREATED A ONE-MILE BUFFER AROUND EACH OF THOSE REGIONAL CENTER PLANS.
THEN WE ALSO LOOK VIA'S TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, THEIR RAPID TRANSIT NETWORKS AND ADDED A HALF MILE BUFFER ON EACH SIDE.
WHAT WE FOUND FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY UNITS 35% OF THAT SINGLE FAMILY INVENTORY IS FALLING WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY.
NOW, THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE MOST NEIGHBORHOODS AREN'T WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTERS, AND THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE REGIONAL CENTERS.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MULTIFAMILY, 65% OF THE MULTIFAMILY IS FALLING WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS TO SEE WHERE THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING AND THE MAJORITY OF IT IS HAPPENING IS WHERE WE WANTED TO SEE IT.
NOW OUR NEXT EXERCISE TO DO IS WE WANT TO MAP OUT WHERE ALL THE MARKET RATE IS GOING, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MARKET RATE GROWTH IS FOLLOWING WHERE WE WANT TO SEE IT GROW AND NOT CONTRIBUTING TO SPRAWL AS WELL.
SO WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON THAT NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAPPING OUR MARKET RATE HOUSING AS WELL.
NOW, WE ALSO DID AN EXERCISE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS THE CITY INCENTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING VERSUS MARKET RATE HOUSING.
AND SO WE TOOK OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIPELINE AND JUST FOCUSED ON THE RENTER OCCUPIED UNITS.
AND SO WE HAVE 90 PROJECTS THAT ARE RENTER OCCUPIED THAT TOTAL ABOUT 8500 UNITS.
NOW, IN THAT UNIT COUNT, IT DOES INCLUDE SOME MIXED INCOME, SO THERE IS SOME MARKET RATE.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT UNIT COUNT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT THOSE 90 PROJECTS REPRESENT A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF 1.5 BILLION.
THEN WE MAPPED OUT ALL OF THE RESOURCES THEY RECEIVED FROM THE CITY, THE STATE AND THE FEDS, SO THAT INCLUDES THE PFC TAX EXEMPTION, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, THE 4 AND 9%.
WE LOOKED AT THE TAX REBATES PROVIDED THROUGH THE CITY, AND THEN OUR FEE WAIVERS IN CDBG AND HOME FUNDS.
WHAT WE FOUND IS WE'RE PROVIDING $1.1 BILLION OF INCENTIVES OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD TO MAKE THAT $1.5 BILLION INVESTMENT WORK.
AND WHAT THAT IS TO SHOW IS THAT YOU NEED A LOT OF INCENTIVES TO MAKE THIS AFFORDABILITY WORK.
AND A LOT OF THESE INCENTIVES AREN'T JUST A FOCUS ON THE CAPITAL COST, THEY HELP WITH THE OPERATING COSTS TO KEEP THOSE PROJECTS AFFORDABLE FOR 10 YEARS.
SO THOSE 30% AMI UNITS, JUST FOCUSING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT, ISN'T GOING TO WORK.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OPERATING DOLLARS TO HELP THEM REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR SOMEONE MAKING $15,000 OR BELOW.
NOW, THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, THE 4 AND 9% DO JUST THAT, SO THEY PROVIDE THOSE OPERATING DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO KEEP THOSE PRICES DOWN.
NOW FOR THE CCHIP, WE HAD 52 PROJECTS THAT REPRESENT A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF 971 MILLION.
THE CITY'S INCENTIVES TO MAKE THOSE WORK TOTAL 84 MILLION, AND SO WE ARE INCENTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE TUNE OF $126,000 PER UNIT VERSES THE 17,000 PER UNIT THAT THE CCHIP PROVIDES.
AND I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE JUST TO SHOW THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIRES A LOT OF TOOLS AND IT REQUIRES A STRONG PARTNERSHIP
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TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.NOW, OUR FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET FOR HOUSING WAS 26.1 MILLION, THAT HAD $13.5 MILLION IN CDBG AND HOME FUNDING, WE HAD GENERAL FUND OF 9.6 MILLION AND THEN OUR HOUSING WHICH WAS THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST CONTRIBUTED 2 MILLION TO THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, AND THEN KIM RAPIER CONTRIBUTED ANOTHER $1 MILLION FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE PROPOSING $34.4 MILLION PLUS LEVERAGING CITY PROPERTIES WHICH TOTAL FOUR CITY PROPERTIES WE HAVE IN OUR INVENTORY.
THAT 34.4 MILLION INCLUDES $13.6 MILLION IN GRANTS, IT HAS HOUSING PARTNERS TO THE TUNE OF 4.9 MILLION, SO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, WE'RE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION FROM THIS THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVE LISK THAT'S COMING IN AT 2.75 MILLION AND THEN FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE TIRZ GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 6.2 MILLION.
SO PER CHAPTER 311 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, TIRZ FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE TIRZ.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A MAJOR TOOL USED BY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. TO HELP FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN FINALLY OUR GENERAL FUND.
NOW, SO OF THAT $34.4 MILLION, WE HAVE THE 22.8 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES BUDGET INCLUDED IN THAT, SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET THAT VERO SOTO JUST PROPOSED FOR HER DEPARTMENT, IT WAS 32.6 MILLION.
FOR OUR HOUSING BUDGET, WE'RE PROPOSING 34.4 MILLION.
THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE BUDGETS BUT THE $34.4 MILLION, 22.8 MILLION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT HOUSING BUDGET.
THE HOUSING BUDGET HAS OTHER RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET TO MAKE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION WORK.
NOW, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE HAVE SEVERAL GOALS, WE WANT TO ENHANCE OUR COORDINATED SYSTEM.
WE NEED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND TOOLS THAT FACILITATE SUSTAINABLE HOME OWNERSHIP AND INCREASE OUR HOUSING UNIT PRODUCTION, AND THEN INCREASE OWNER OCCUPIED AND RENTAL OCCUPIED HOUSING. FOR THE COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, WE DO NEED TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY THAT'S BUILT ON THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
WE TAKE THAT POLICY, INCORPORATES THE TARGETS THAT WE IDENTIFIED EARLY ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, WORKING WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE HOUSING TRUST, ASKING EACH OF THEM TO ADOPT THE SAME POLICY.
SO WE KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH CATEGORY, WE'RE OPERATING OFF OF THE SAME DEFINITIONS AND WE ARE ALL TACKLING THIS TOGETHER.
CITY MANAGER ERIK WALSH MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT WE WILL BE INCLUDING A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, SO WE WILL BE HIRING A STAFF PERSON WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO OVERSEE THE HOUSING PLAN AS WELL AS OUR HOMELESS INITIATIVES.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON CREATING PROJECT ADVOCATES AND NOT PROJECT ADMINISTRATORS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE DID IN THE CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
EVERY TIME A PROJECT CAME THROUGH OUR OFFICE, THEY WERE ASSIGNED A PROJECT ADVOCATE.
THAT PROJECT ADVOCATE HELPED THEM WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ISSUES, HELPED THEM WITH ANY INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEEDED, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PROVIDERS OR DEVELOPERS TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY GOING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.
AND SO WE WANT TO DO THAT HERE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CITY'S SYSTEM.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST ASSESSMENT AND WORKING WITH THEM.
THAT ASSESSMENT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK PHASE, AND WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS ON ITS ADOPTION/IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN FURTHER REFINE WHAT A ONE-STOP HOUSING CENTER CONCEPT WAS.
THIS WAS ANOTHER TOOL IDENTIFIED IN THE FRAMEWORK POLICY.
WE WANT TO SEE, IS IT A VIRTUAL ONE-STOP TOOL, IS IT AN ACTUAL BUILDING AND SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME BEST PRACTICE RESEARCH, DOING SOME INTERVIEWS OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND COME BACK TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION WITH A CONCEPT FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
WE NEED TO DEVELOP TOOLS THAT FACILITATE SUSTAINABLE HOME OWNERSHIP AND MEUURE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, SO AS VERO MENTIONED WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PHASE 1 OF OUR ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGY AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT AND HAVE IT PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO THIS BODY THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THAT ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGY WILL INCORPORATE TOOLS LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES, HOWEVER WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT EARLY ON, SO WHEN WE HAVE THAT ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGY READY FOR ADOPTION, WE CAN IMPLEMENT THOSE TOOLS.
SO A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ALLOWS AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THE OFFICE OF URBAN RENEWAL SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY COULD PURCHASE A HOME AND REHAB IT FOR A FAMILY BETWEEN 60 AND 120% AMI, SELL THE
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IMPROVEMENT BACK TO THAT FAMILY BUT RETAIN THE LAND, SO THAT FAMILY IS ONLY PAYING TAXES ON THAT IMPROVEMENT.AND THAT HELPS THEM GROW INTO THAT HOME AND GROW INTO THAT PAYMENT, AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE READY, THEY CAN COME BACK AND PURCHASE THE LAND.
THE SAME WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES.
RIGHT NOW IF WE WERE TO GO AHEAD AND DO AN IMPROVEMENT ON A HOME THAT WAS WITHIN A DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE, IF THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THAT POLICY, WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS THAT THAT IMPROVEMENT ISN'T TAXED.
AND SO IT'S FROZEN AT THAT PREIMPROVEMENT VALUE.
THAT HELPS ALSO WITH THAT TAX BURDEN OF THAT HOMEOWNER.
WHAT IT DOESN'T SOLVE FOR, THOUGH, IS THE NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR WHOSE HOMES ARE INCREASING BECAUSE OF THAT IMPROVEMENT.
AND SO THAT GOES TO THE NEXT STRATEGY AS WE NEED TO CREATE A LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY THAT'S COORDINATED WITH HOUSTON, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS, EL PASO, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND WE'RE TRYING TO BROADEN THE POWERS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE SO IT DOES ADDRESS THAT NEIGHBOR WHO'S NOT IMPROVING THEIR HOME BUT THEIR TAXES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS RAPIDLY CHANGING.
AND THEN FINALLY THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, JAIME DAMERON DOES A GREAT JOB OF RUNNING OUR PROP 6 PROGRAM SO IN 2017 THE VOTERS APPROOFED $20 MILLION.
WE WILL BE USING ALL OF THAT MONEY TO HELP DEVELOP MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE NEED TO BROADEN THOSE POWERS.
THOSE POWERS ARE VERY LIMITED SO WE'LL BE STARTING THAT PROCESS THIS FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.
WE NEED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONTINUE THE REHAB PROGRAMS LIKE THE AWARD-WINNING UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
THEY RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS THIS YEAR, OUR LET'S PAINT, OUR GREEN AND HEALTHY HOME, OUR MINOR REPAIR REHAB PROGRAMS AND OUR REHABARAMA THAT'S RUN BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE THOSE GREAT PROGRAMS BUT ALSO DEVELOP OTHER STRATEGIES.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING THORS AND THEY'RE GOING TO -- AUTHORITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE $150,000 TO THIS EFFORT TO DEVELOP REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR THREE PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS OVER ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE.
WE WANT TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT NOT ONLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN RELOCATE INDIVIDUALS AND REPLACE THAT HOUSING, BUT ALSO WHAT'S MISSING IN THAT AREA? DO WE NEED SENIOR CENTERS? DO WE NEED DAY CARES? DO WE NEED VETERANS HOUSING? WHAT DO WE NEED? AND SO WE DEVELOP REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ON EACH OF THOSE AREAS, HAVE A PRICE TAG SO WHEN WE DO BROADEN THE POWERS THROUGH THAT CHARTER AMENDMENT WE CAN FUND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
ALSO WE ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A SINGLE FAMILY INFILL AND REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION PILOT PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING THIS PROGRAM IN DISTRICTS 2, 3 AND 5.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS ACQUIRE VACANT OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS AND VACANT LOTS.
PURCHASE THOSE HOMES THAT ARE IN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WE WILL DEVELOP DESIGN GUIDELINES BECAUSE WE NEVER WANT TO DISTURB THE CHARACTER OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PARTNER WITH OUR NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY AND AS WE ACQUIRE A LOT, WE'LL PARTNER WITH THE HOUSING DEVELOPER, LIST HAS SNAWBLED -- FUND THAT LEAN FOR THAT DEVELOPER, LISK WILL GET PAID BACK FIRST AND THE CITY WILL GET PAID BACK SECOND.
WHAT THIS DOES IT HELPS US PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S REALLY PRESERVING THOSE HOMES THAT ARE VACANT AND BRINGING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
ALSO LOOKING AT THOSE LOTS THAT ARE EMPTY AND BRINGING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
AND WE WANT TO FOCUS IN DISTRICTZ 2, 3 AND 5 ON THIS NICHE INITIATIVE, HOWEVER WHERE WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL HOMES AND PARTNER WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY WHO DOES HAVE INVENTORY, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
POPSY WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD BARRIERS HOUSING COMMITTEE, THEY ARE LOOKING AT UDC CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO ALLOW FOR EDUS TO BE BUILT IN THE BACK OF HOMES, SO THEY CAN BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR SOMEONE CAN AGE IN PLACE.
I'M GOING TO GET OLD ONE DAY, MAYBE I CAN'T AFFORD MY HOUSE PAYMENT AND I'M ON A FIXED INCOME.
IF I COULD BUILD AN ADU IN MY BACKYARD AND MOVE BACK THERE AND RENT MY HOUSE IN FRONT, THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO AGE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE POLICY DOESN'T ALLOW THAT RIGHT NOW, AND SO WE ARE LEANING ON THIS COMMITTEE TO HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE UDC CHANGES.
WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO DEVELOP DESIGN GUIDELINES AND THEN WE WANT TO CREATE INCENTIVE POLICY.
WHAT WOULD MAKE A HOUSING OWNER DEVELOP AN EDU IN A BACKYARD ANDESE IT TO SOMEONE ON A FIXED INCOME.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE INCENTIVES LOOK LIKE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS FULL YEAR TO WORK ON WHAT THIS POLICY LOOKS LIKE AND PRESENT IT TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
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DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL LED BY COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO CITY COUNCIL.AND LISK IS GOING TO BE MILLING A MODEL UNIT WITH HOPEFULLY PRESET PLANS IN THE BACK OF THEIR OFFICE, AND SO WE CAN HAVE DEVELOPERS COME AND LOOK OR HOMEOWNERS LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THEY HAVE PRESET DRAWINGS TO HELP THEM WITH THAT INITIATIVE.
AND THEN FINALLY INCREASE OUR OWNER RENTAL OCCUPIED HOUSING.
SO I MENTIONED EARLIER WE NEED TO CREATE A 4% TAX CREDIT POLICY THAT REQUIRES INCOME AVERAGING, SO WE CAN REALLY GET THAT 30 TO 50% AMI, LEVERAGE OUR CITY-OWNED PROPERTY.
WE HAVE FOUR CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES THAT WE'LL BE DOING AN RFP, ASKING DEVELOPERS TO RESPOND TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
WE WANT TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS IN AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERSERVED AND PARTNER WITH OUR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE PROPERTY THAT IS EITHER SURPLUS OR UNDERUTILIZED, SO WE ALL HAVE SEEN THOSE CHURCHES THAT MIGHT HAVE A SOFTBALL FIELD THAT'S NOT BEING USED.
WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, HELP THEM DO SOME SITE PLANNING, AND MAYBE ALIGN SOME DEVELOPMENT WITH THEIR MISSION.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT CHURCH MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BUILDING SENIOR HOUSING.
AND WE COULD BRING TOOLS LIKE THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PFC, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DID WITH THE ST. JOHNS SEMINARY PROJECT WHERE THERE WAS A LAND LEASE THAT PROVIDED -- PROVIDES THE CHURCH $155,000 ANNUALLY THEY CAN GO BACK IN THEIR MISSION.
AND SO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES WITH CHURCHES AND HELPING THEM WITH THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.
SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN FISCAL YEAR 2019? WE WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE 1,384 UNITS THAT INCLUDES HELPING 200 FAMILIES THROUGH OUR RISK MITIGATION FUND WITH JUST THAT $26.1 MILLION THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, WITH OUR ADDITIONAL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS WITH THE HOUSING TRUST, HOUSING AUTHORITY, CCDO AND OTH AUTHORITY, CCDO AND OTHERS , WE HAD 6300 UNITS.
NOW, THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WE THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO ANOTHER 6,000 UNITS.
THAT'S A LITTLE LOWER BECAUSE WE DID LOAD THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY'S FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN ON THE REHAB IN THAT PROGRAM, BUT WITH JUST OUR MONEY ALONE, WE'RE INCREASING WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO ANOTHER 1,000 UNITS IN THE COMMUNITY, TARGETING THOSE 30 TO 50% AMIS AND BELOW 30.
NONE OF THIS CAN BE DONE ALONE.
I JUST WANT TO STRESS THIS COORDINATED SYSTEM, AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AN COUNCIL, CONTINUING TO MEET TO UNDERSTAND YOUR NEEDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
WORKING WITH THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WORKING WITH OUR TIRZ BOARDS.
OUR HOUSING COMMISSION, OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS CREATING A DASHBOARD THAT PROMOTES TRANSPARENCY WHERE EVERYONE CAN GET ON THE BOARD, SEE WHERE MONEY IS BEING SPENT AND THEN PHASE 2 WILL BE FOR THAT THATTER -- THAT USER THAT'S LOOKING FOR HOUSING AND CAN CLICK ON A PLOJT THAT WAS FUND -- PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE CITY, WHAT IS THE SCHOOL, WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THAT HOUSING UNIT IN AND LOOK TO SEE HOW THEY CAN CONTACT THAT PROPERTY
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MANAGER FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES? SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO BRIDGET WHITE WHO WILL DO THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
>> WHITE: BRIDGET WHITE DIRECTOR OF.
I WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO MY PRESENTATION.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 23 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THREE LOWRS, CITY WIDE PLANNING, REGIONAL PLANNING AND REZONING.
THE DEPARTMENT REMAINS FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH IS THE ADOPTED LONG-RANGE STRATEGY AND POLICY DOCUMENT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE ALSO FOCUSED ON OVERSITE OF THE CITY'S GROWTH POLICY EFFORTS.
WE WORKED TOWARDS FOSTERING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES, AS WE PLAN FOR THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY.
THIS INCLUDES CONTINUED ACTIVE COORDINATION WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES AND REGIONAL ENTITIES SUCH AS VIA, THE MPO AND THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED FISCAL 2020 BUDGET TOTALS APPROXIMATELY $5.38 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF $260,000 FROM FISCAL YEAR 2019.
THERE ARE NO PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT ONE POSITION WAS REORGANIZED FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE REMAINDER OF MY PRESENTATION WILL THEREFORE ONLY HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE PROBABILITIES -- PROJECTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PURSUE THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW THE CITY ADOPTED 3SA TOMORROW PLANS IN 2016 CONSISTING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
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THESE SA TOMORROW PLANS AIM TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THE FORECASTED GROWTH OF 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE IN BEXAR COUNTY BY 2040.IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USES THE REGIONAL'S CENTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN AS CITY MANAGER ERIK WALSH MENTIONED AS WELL AS THE AREAS TO COMPLETE PLANNING ACROSS THE CITY IN 30 GEOGRAPHIES. THIS WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO MORE REGULARLY UPDATE THE PLANS THAT ADDRESS LAND USE AND OTHER TOPICS OF IMPORTANCE THE COMMUNITY.
THE UPDATED CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROGRAM RESULTS IN THE CREATION OF NEW SUBAREA PLANS THAT FOLLOW THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, USING CONSISTENT METHODS AND LANGUAGE TO CREATE ONE COMPLETE CITYWIDE FEATURE LAND USE MAP.
THE IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLAN CALLS FOR THE INITIATION OF SIX PLANS EVERY YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS.
THIS WILL ALLOW ALIGNMENT WITH THE 2022 BOND AS THE STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY NEEDED COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS THROUGHOUT EACH GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT ALL PLANS WILL BE COMPLETED IN EARLY FISCAL YEAR 2024.
AND AS EACH SUBAREA PLAN IS COMPLETED, REZONING STAFF WILL EMBARK ON A COMPREHENSIVE REZONING PROCESS IN ORDER TO ALIGN THE ZONING OF THE AREA WITH THE ADOPTED LAND USE PLAN.
EXAMPLES OF NEEDING TO ALIGN THE ZONING INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION, APPLICATION OF NEW ZONING DISTRICTS OR TRANSIT STATION AREAS AS IDENTIFIED IN SA FORWARD STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN.
TO DATE TWO NEW AREAS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE ULTS SAN ANTONIO AREA AND THE MEDICAL CENTER AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLANS IN SEPTEMBER.
THOSE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN AND THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY AREA.
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK IN PHASE 1 INCLUDED THE UPDATE OF THE LAND USE CATEGORIES IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENTS OF THE SUBAREA PLANS SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL OTHER PLAN COMPONENTS.
THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE CATEGORIES WERE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND INCLUDE 18 CATEGORIES, 12 REVISED FROM THE PREVIOUS UDC CATEGORIES AND SIX NEW MIX USED DISTRICTS.
PHASE 2 BEGAN IN LATE 2018 AND INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOUR REGIONAL CENTER PLANS IN TWO COMMUNITY AREAS NOTED ON THIS SLIDE.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE ENGAGING THE PLANNING TEAMS IN ONE OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS.
THE PLANNING PROCESS NOW INCLUDES AT LEAST 10 PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS AND THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND AN INITIAL ALL RESIDENCE MEETING.
ADDITIONAL THE PROJECT MANAGERS ENGAGED NEIGHBORHOOD SOASHESES, BUSINESS GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS IN EACH PLANNING AREA.
PHASE THREE WILL BE INITIATED ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
PHASE THREE INCLUDES THE FINAL SET OF REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, ROLLING OAKS AREA, STONE OAKS AREA, GREATER AIRPORT AREA, FT. SAM HOUSTON AREA AND TWO COMMUNITY AREA PLANS.
AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE TRY TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT AND COORDINATION WITH OUR INITIATIVES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE GREATER AIRPORT AREA REGIONAL CENTER HAS BEEN DWOFFED IN THE AIRPORT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN.
THE REMAINING PHASES 4 AND 5 ARE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUBAREA PLANS FOR THE REMAINING 12 COMMUNITY AREAS WITH COMPLETION OF ALL 30 AREAS WE'LL HAVE ONE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE OVER 500 SQUARE MILES OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST TODAY.
ANOTHER SA TOMORROW RELATED PROJECT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN.
THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS A MAJOR DISTRICT 7 AND TXDOT INITIATIVE AND WILL RESULT IN THE FIRST SA TOMORROW FORWARD PLAN.
KEY ELEMENTS, LAND USE AND DESIGN, MULTIMODAL, CONSIDERATION OF THE DESIGN OF BANDERA ROAD AND AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
THIS PLAN IS BEING CONDUCTED IN CONCERT WITH A LARGER LONG-RANGE PLAN TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONG THAT ROAD.
THEY HAVE CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF STUDIES ALONG THE PAST FEW YEARS BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY THROUGH A FORMAL COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS.
THROUGHOUT OUR PROCESS TXDOT WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE'S COMMUNITY CONSENSUS AND WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP FUTURE ROADWAY DESIGNS THAT ACCOMMODATE, SUPPORT OR EVEN IMPLEMENT SOME OF OUR CITY'S KEY OBJECTIVES SUCH AS LAND USE PREFERENCES AND POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENT NEW AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HELP MOVE PEOPLE AS WELL AS AUTOMOBILES.
ONCE THE CITY HAS ADOPTED THIS CORRIDOR PLAN WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TXDOT AND SUPPORT THEIR WORK MOVING FORWARD IN THE COMPLETION OF THEIR ROADWAY DESIGNS.
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COORDINATING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO THE CITIED OF LEON VALLEY.ANTICIPATED COMPLETION FOR THIS CORRIDOR PLAN IS SUMMER OF 2021.
AND FINALLY, THROUGHOUT OUR PLANNING PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WITH EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
CURRENT EQUITY EFFORTS INCLUDE TRANSLATION OF THE SUBAREA PLANS INTO SPANISH AND EXPANDED NOTIFICATION TO INCLUDE TENANTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AS OPPOSED TO JUST PROPERTY OWNERS.
MOVING FORWARD WILL IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE ON OTHER PLANNING INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF E REQUEST -- EQUITY SUCH AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS NOTED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIDGET, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE AS WELL AS LORI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AS WELL, TWO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING OVER TODAY THAT I THINK EVERYONE HAS TAKEN AN INTEREST IN.
IT'S ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY COUNCIL.
AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ALREADY FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF BY OUR CITY STAFF, OUR ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT AND FOR PROFIT THAT HAVE BEEN LEANING INTO THE HOUSING AFFORDABLE ISSUES OF THE CITY.
WE DO HAVE A NEW HOUSING COMMISSION ESTABLISHED.
IT HAS ALSO BEEN HARD AT WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE WORK OF THE HOUSING TASK FORCE AND THE MEASURES THAT WE WANT TO SEE MOVED BY THEM.
I JUST WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR A FEW, LORI, YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THEM.
THE REDUCING BARRIERS COMMITTEE IS UNDER WAY AND THEIR GOAL IS HOPEFULLY TO REDUCE WHAT HAS BECOME TIME AND COST BURDENS THAT RAISE THE COST OF LIVING FOR EVERYONE WHO EVENTUALLY RESIDES IN THOSE UNITS.
WE ALSO HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE LATELY IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, I THINK AND PROBABLY TO THE ENVY OF SOME CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND IN ADDITION, I WANT TO THANK ERIK AND LORI AND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR REALLY LEANING INTO THE CONCEPT OF A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
WE HAVE 35, 40-SOME ORGANIZATIONS, ALL CONTRIBUTE IN SOME WAY TO THE HOUSING ECOSYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND WE CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THEY ARE ALIGNED BUT WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE WE'VE PRODUCED A LOT OF INEFFICIENCIES OVER THE YEARS.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
IT'S ONE THING TO CALL OURSELVES COORDINATED, IT'S ANOTHER THING TO ACTUALLY BE IT, SO I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, ERIK, YOU DID ANNOUNCE RECENTLY THAT WE ARE SEEKING -- WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE CITY'S FIRST-EVER CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A MOVE THAT IS HIGHLY APPLAUDED.
THE WORK OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, OF WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS INVOLVED, IS GOING TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF CONVERSATION AS WE HAVE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES JOIN US IN NOVEMBER.
WE KNOW THERE'S A NATIONWIDE TASK FORCE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S WORK HAS BEEN LAUDED, HAS BEEN MODELED, HAS BEEN TAKEN TO OTHER CITIES ALMOST WITH PERFECT SPECIFICITY OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
MOST URBAN CITIES OUR SIZE ARE DEALING WITH A CRISIS THAT'S OF A MUCH GREATER MAGNITUDE BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL OUR DESTINY HERE.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON HOUSING, LORI, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT.
AND THE FIRST ONE REALLY IS GOING TO SLIDE 18.
LET ME GET ON THAT PAGE MYSELF.
I MEAN, THIS IS A VERY SHORT SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT MAY CHANGE.
BUT I DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CCHIP VERSUS THE AFFORDABILITY PIPELINE.
WE HAVE JUST NOW ADDED AFFORDABILITY INTO THE CCHIP PROGRAM.
IT WASN'T STARTED AS AN AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM BUT WE HAVE ADDED AN AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA NOW.
HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE UTILIZING THE NEW VERSION OF CCHIP TODAY?
>> I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUR IN THE PIPELINE.
ALL FOUR HAVE SOME LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY IN IT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THEY'RE NEW AS A RESULT OF THE NEW CCHIP? IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT NOTHING WAS HAPPENING WITH THE PROGRAM.
>> THERE'S FOUR CCHIP PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE AND ALL FOUR HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT.
>> BUT I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT AREN'T USING THE CCHIP.
>> BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WERE USING THE CCHIP IS BECAUSE OF THE AS OF RIGHT TOOL FOR THAT
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FEE WAIVER.WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW IS BROKE THAT OUT SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH CCHIP TO GET THAT AFFORDABILITY.
AND I DID WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE PER UNIT SUBSIDY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS LOOKING AT THAT IS NOT SHOCKED.
BECAUSE WHAT'S NOT APPLICABLE IN THE TOP LINE THERE -- EXCUSE ME, IN THE BOTTOM LINE, ARE FEDERAL FUNDS.
IF YOU TAKE OUT THE FEDERAL SUBSIDY THAT'S INVOLVED IN AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS IT'S MUCH MORE IN LINE.
AND ACTUALLY ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE HISTORY OF CCHIP WOULD SHOW THAT THE COST PER UNIT AUDIO] IN TERMS OF THE CITY INCENTIVES THAT WERE BEING UTILIZED FOR THE CCHIP.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WATCHING THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES HERE UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS CERTAINLY IT'S NOT CHEAP.
BUT THERE'S NOT, AS YOU SAID, A DISCREPANCY IN TERMS OF THE CITY INCENTIVES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED, RELATIVE TO THE NEED THAT'S AVAILABLE -- OR THAT'S PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WANTED TO ASK ALSO ABOUT YOU MADE NOTE OF THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM.
ARE WE ALSO -- ARE WE STILL WORKING WITH THE 30% LEVEL AMI FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION?
>> THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB IS THE 80%.
>> SO FOR THE OWNER OCCUPIED, TYPICALLY SOMEONE IN THAT 30% AMI TYPICALLY WOULDN'T OWN A HOME.
SO THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB IS LIMITED TO THE 60% TO 80% AMI CATEGORY.
>> WE WILL CONFIRM, BUT IT'S THE THRESHOLD IS REALLY UP TO 80% FOR THAT OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
NOW 30% AMI, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT RENTAL COMPONENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR RESOURCES FOR CDBG AND HOME.
THEY HELP WITH THAT 30% AMI OR BELOW.
NOW, ALSO BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU NEED OTHER SERVICES, AND THAT'S WHY THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS AND OTHERS HELP WITH THAT.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE HAD 200 FAMILIES THAT HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO OR HAVE UTILIZED THE RISK MITIGATION TOOL THIS YEAR?
WE HAD ANTICIPATED WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ABOUT 200 FAMILIES WITH MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION.
WE DID DIVIDE IT TO BE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS DISPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
SO WE PAY FOR THREE MONTHS' RENT, STORAGE, THE RELOCATION COST, THE MOVING COST.
AND SO 197 FAMILIES, AND WE'VE ONLY HAD THE POLICY ABOUT FIVE MONTHS NOW.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN IS WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE THOSE -- MAKE IT TIMELY FOR THOSE FAMILIES TO GET INVOLVED, TO GET THE INFORMATION BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE RISK MITIGATION FUND.
>> AND WE'RE TWEAKING CONSTANTLY.
WE HAVE MADE REFINEMENTS TO OUR PROCESS THROUGH PROCESSING FISCAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ASSESSING HOW WE'RE UTILIZING IT, DID WE GET THE RIGHT DIVISION BETWEEN DISPLACEMENT AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, DO WE NEED TO CREATE A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
ALL THAT ASSESSMENT IS UNDERWAY WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, SO WE CAN IMPROVE UPON THE SERVICES.
I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU GUYS DO MUSICAL CHAIRS.
TO CLARIFY, YOU HAD WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ASK CORRECT.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT 50% AMI OR BELOW.
>> TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK ON TARGET.
I DO WANT TO ADD, OF THE 81 OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM, SOME OF THOSE COULD BE 30% AMI FAMILIES IF THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME OR THEY'RE ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXTRACT THAT FOR YOU.
ALSO ON EXTRACTING SLIDE 18, WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP THAT UP ANYMORE.
I UNDERSTAND THE INCENTIVES ON THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE HIGHER THAN THE CCHIP.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GAP IS NOT SO WIDE SO WE CAN SHOW THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THOSE INCENTIVES ARE COMING FROM.
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THE $1.7 BILLION AND THINK IT'S ALL COMING FROM CITY
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INCENTIVES.THE MAJORITY OF IT, ABOUT $300 MILLION IS COMING FROM TAX EXEMPTIONS AND ANOTHER $300 MILLION ARE COMING FROM BONDS THAT ARE ISSUED FOR THE PFC.
AND ANOTHER $300 MILLION ARE COMING FROM THE LOW-INCOME TAX CREDITS, THE REST ARE COMING THROUGH OTHER SOURCES LIKE CDBG FUNDING, HOME FUNDING, SAWS, AND CITY FEE WAIVERS.
THERE'S TWO OTHER POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE AND MAYBE GET YOUR REACTION TO, AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR BRIDGETT.
THE TWO OVERRIDING ISSUES THAT I SEE THAT WE'VE GOT TO RECONCILE WITH OUR HOUSING SYSTEM IS HOW, NUMBER ONE, THAT WE DEFINE AFFORDABILITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, 80% TO 120% OR ARE WE GOING TO START FOCUSING OUR POLICY EFFORTS AT THE 60% AND BELOW LEVEL? THERE'S THAT, AND THEN THERE'S THE VERY REAL ISSUE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING WELL IN ALL THE CATEGORIES EXCEPT THE 50 AND BELOW, AND SPECIFICALLY THE 30 AND BELOW.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHETHER THROUGH CHARTER TOOLS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, LAND BANKING, THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE LONG RUN.
AND I JUST MAYBE WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR REACTION TO THAT.
>> SOME OF THE TOOLS WE OUTLINED, THE INCOME AVERAGING.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP, DEFINITELY.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OF THOSE CUTS FROM THAT 50% AMI.
ALSO LOOKING AT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG TOOL THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE FLEXIBILITY OF THAT FUNDING, CONTINUE TO LAND BANK.
SO WE HAVE THOSE FOUR CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES BUT WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES SO WE CAN BUILD HOUSING IN UNDERSERVED AREAS.
AND SO WE ARE RIGHT ABOUT 10% ALMOST ON TARGET WITH THOSE UNITS.
AND JUST WITH THAT INCOME AVERAGING ALONE, WE'LL BE ABOVE THAT.
AND WE HAVE ABOUT 30 OF THE 30% OF THE UNITS IN THE PIPELINE WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL.
I THINK THE NUMBER SHOULD BE HIGHER .
I THINK AFTER THIS FISCAL YEAR STAFF MAY WANT TO LOOK AT INCREASING THOSE TARGETS, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 30% AND THE 30 TO 50% AMI.
I KNOW THERE'S IMPORTANT DISCUSSION HAPPENING THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE VOICE OF THE RENTER IN THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.
LAST THING I'LL SAY IS SA 2020 OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US KEEP OUR EYES ON WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN TERMS OF IMPACT.
AND SO I WOULD CAUTION US FROM GETTING TOO HYPERFOCUSED ON UNIT NUMBERS AND NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE IMPACT WE'RE HAVING ON FAMILIES.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE TOWARDS IMPACT AND GET THAT STORY BACK, BUT THE E-MAILS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOURS ARE VERY INSTRUCTIVE.
WHEN THOSE START COMING IN IN A DIFFERENT TENOR AND TONE WE KNOW WE'RE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE.
BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORT, LORI AND YOUR STAFF.
VERO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
JUST ONE QUESTION FOR BRIDGETT.
I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF SINCE SA 2020 WAS ADOPTED IN TERMS OF DRAFTING OF THE COMMUNITY PLANS, REGIONAL PLANS, AND SO FORTH.
I THINK SOME OF THAT WAS GROWING PAINS AND US TRANSITIONING TO WHAT IS THE TOUGHER PART OF IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT IS YOUR -- WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE IN A YEAR? ARE WE GOING TO GET BACK ON TRACK ON YOUR TIMELINE?
WE ANTICIPATE ALL THE PLANS TO START ADOPTION IN THE SUMMER OF 2023.
STAFF ANTICIPATED THAT THE FIRST YEAR WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE WERE INITIATING SIX PLANS FOR THIS FIRST TIME IN A PLANNING PROCESS, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO UPDATE OUR LAND USE CATEGORIES.
SO WE WILL BE ON TRACK TO FINISH.
WE'LL GET ABOUT 18 OF THE PLANS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL BEFORE THE 2022 BOND, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN HALF.
SO Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE BUSY.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE ON IT, BRIDGETT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
I'M GOING TO START, I GUESS -- I WANT TO START WITH BRIDGETT, SO YOU CAN COME BACK UP HERE.
JUST QUICKLY A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I THINK WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY BUT I THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS SO COMPREHENSIVE AND CONNECTED WITH ALL OF THE PLANS AS WE GROW IN
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SAN ANTONIO.I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PROGRESS THAT -- THE LAST SLIDE, NO. 11, THAT YOU ARE NOW CALLING OR TARGETING BUSINESS OWNERS AND NOT JUST THE LANDOWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH ISSTREAM EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW WE HAD GROWING PAINS IN SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
HAVE YOU ALREADY EXPANDED THAT NOTIFICATION AND HOW IS IT GOING?
>> ACTUALLY, IT'S GOING VERY WELL.
WE EXPANDED THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY MEETING LAST YEAR FOR BROOKS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK HOW MANY NOTIFICATIONS HAVE GONE OUT.
SO TYPICALLY IN THE PAST ONE WOULD NOTIFY JUST THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THE RENTERS.
YOU WOULDN'T GET THOSE WITHIN A TENANT.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY MAILING TO EVERYONE ALONG THE MAIL ROUTE.
IN SOME INSTANCES WE MAY GET FOLKS OUTSIDE THAT PLANNING AREA, BUT THAT'S THE NATURE OF HOW THE MAIL ROUTE IS.
WE'RE ABLE TO MAIL A LOT MORE NOTIFICATIONS.
SO YOUR BUDGET IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL THESE EXPANDED MAILOUTS AS WELL?
>> WE HAVE WORKED WITH O AND B TRYING TO IDENTIFY.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY TRACKED HOW MANY NOTIFICATIONS WE HAVE , HOW MANY PARCELS AND PEOPLE AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OMB TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE NEED.
ALSO NOT JUST LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUT ALSO FISCAL YEAR 2021.
>> VIAGRAN: IF I COULD PUT SOMETHING FOR DISTRICT 3, ERIK, WHAT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE ARE THOSE MAILOUTS, THOSE DIRECT MAILOUTS TO THE ADDRESSES, AS WELL AS THE GIANT ORANGE DISPLACE SIGNS THAT YOU PUT OUT AS WELL.
THOSE ARE VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT 3, TO GET THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT TO PARTICIPATE .
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIDGETT.
I GUESS BOTH VERO -- LET'S HAVE LORI COME UP FIRST.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AND IT WAS A LOT TO TAKE IN TOO.
BUT IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IN SLIDE 14, WITH OWNER OCCUPIED AND RENTER OCCUPIED UNITS, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE SLIDE, IF YOU COULD BREAK DOWN THOSE SAME RANGES THAT YOU MENTIONED.
UNDERNEATH THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AMI, WHAT ARE THE RANGES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
THAT WOULD HELP FOR ME, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT PUTTING IT IN THE ACTUAL VISUAL.
>> VIAGRAN: SO THIS IS -- OH, I SEE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO KEEP IT ALL ALIGNED.
SO THE RENTAL OCCUPIED UNITS OF LESS THAN 30%.
IS THIS THE SPACE WHERE SAHA SHOULD BE WORKING THE MOST? AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THE NUMBERS.
>> SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING -- FIRST, THEY'RE DOING REHAB OF UNITS.
>> BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS FOCUSING ON THOSE PUBLIC HOUSING THAT ARE THAT 30% AMI, ALSON, CASON, LINCOLN, ROBERT E. LEE AND GRENADA TO SEE HOW WE CAN DEVELOP STRATEGIES.
WHEN IT'S TIME TO REHAB THOSE UNITS WE HAVE A STRATEGY THAT DOESN'T JUST LOOK AT HOW YOU BUILD NEW HOUSING AND LOCATE BUT ALSO LOOKS AT THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES.
SO IF THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES, SHOULD WE BE HAVING YOUTH CENTERS OR DAY CARES WITHIN THAT STRATEGY.
OR IF THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF ELDERLY, MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT SENIOR CENTERS.
DO WE NEED A LIBRARY IN THAT AREA? SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH SAHA ON HOW WE CAN REDEVELOP THESE THREE AREAS.
AND WE CAN WORK ON THE IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH OTHER TOOLS, LIKE SAHA AS WELL AS POTENTIAL BOND FUNDING THROUGH OUR CHARTER AMENDMENT OR FUTURE FEDERAL GRANTS, LIKE THE CHOICE GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED ON THE EAST SIDE.
NOW SAHA IS ALSO FOCUSING ON THEIR FUNDING THROUGH THEIR HOUSING AUTHORITY PFC.
PROCEEDS FROM THAT WILL GO TO HELP 30% AMI OR BELOW.
THEY JUST STARTED THAT PROGRAM AND SO -- BUT THE PROCEEDS ARE
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INTENDED TO GO HELP THAT 30% AMI OR BELOW.AND I KNOW -- SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIVESTING SOME OF THEIR PROPERTIES AS WELL, AND WHERE ARE WE IN THAT?
>> WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVID WITH THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING AN INVENTORY OF WHERE THEY ARE SPECIFIC TO THE LOCATIONS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EARLIER.
WE WANT TO FOCUS ON DISTRICTS 2, 3, AND 5.
>> AND LOOK AT ACQUIRING THOSE PROPERTIES.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE RETAIN THAT AFFORDABILITY LEVEL OF IT.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THOSE PROPERTIES, BUT WE WOULD GET THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON THOSE.
SO WE WOULD GET THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.
AND, ERIK, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS TOO BECAUSE I KNOW WITH THE CITY WE HAVE THIS LAND THAT WE ALSO HAVE SOLD TO OTHER -- I MEAN, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS IN MY DISTRICT.
THERE'S LAND, THERE WERE HOUSES -- NOT HOUSES ON THEM -- WE GAVE THIS LAND AWAY.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND GO TO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT TO SAY DO YOU NEED THIS? DO WE NEED TO KEEP THIS? BUT NOW WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUY PROPERTY UP AGAIN.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO CONNECT THE INCONSISTENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE WITH ALL OF THIS.
AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO NOT -- SO ALL THIS LAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS SURPLUS IS NOT REALLY SURPLUS NOW?
>> IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DISPOSING OF PROPERTY THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED VERSUS SAHA HAVING EXISTING HOUSING STRUCTURES --
>> VIAGRAN: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT BUYING SAHA
>> PURCHASING PROPERTY LIKE WE DO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOND INITIATIVE.
>> VIAGRAN: OR HOLD ON TO THE PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AT THE CITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN REDEVELOPMENT IT.
>> WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DEVELOP PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE WANT TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE AND PARTNER WITH THE HOUSING DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY.
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE PROP 6 FUNDING WHERE WE WENT OUT AND ASKED PEOPLE TO PROVIDE PROPERTY THAT WE COULD ACQUIRE.
WE ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY AND THEN WE DID AN RFP TO IDENTIFY A BUILDER TO BUILD THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE ACQUIRED AND THEN DISPOSED SO WE COULD GET THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON IT.
THAT'S NOT HELPING AND I NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION.
BECAUSE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS -- BEFORE WE DISPOSE OF ANY PROPERTY IS IT GOING TO GO TO LORI TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED IT FOR BUILDING ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
SO I REALLY LIKE THIS MAP A LOT, BECAUSE I THINK IT TELLS A VERY SIGNIFICANT STORY OF OUR CITY.
SO WHEN WE TALK -- REMIND ME AGAIN, LORI, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIPELINE.
THE PIPELINE IS WHAT IS BUILT OR NOT BUILT YET BUT GOING TO BE BUILT?
>> IT'S ANY PROJECT IN THE PIPELINE IS A PROJECT THAT HAS EITHER COME ONLINE IN 2019 OR WILL COME ONLINE IN 2019 OR BEYOND.
>> SO WE NEEDED TO SET A BASELINE AFTER THE HOUSING POLICY TARGETS WERE ISSUED.
>> VIAGRAN: SO THESE DOTS ON THIS MAP RIGHT NOW ARE ALREADY HOMES, UNITS, OR RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT CURRENTLY IN 2019.
THESE ARE ONES THAT COULD COME ONLINE OR WILL BE COMING ONLINE.
>> VIAGRAN: WE'RE STARTING WITH ALL OF THESE RIGHT HERE.
AND THE RENTAL PROPERTIES -- I GUESS THAT'S BLUE, RIGHT? AND THE OWNER REHAB IS OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, CORRECT?
SO IT'S EVERY PROJECT THAT INCLUDES -- THAT RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH UNDER ONE ROOF, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, LET'S PAINT, THE CDBG HOME.
ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN THAT PIPELINE WE WENT AHEAD AND MAPPED OUT.
>> VIAGRAN: SO TELL ME WHAT IS THE RENTAL PROPERTIES? ARE THOSE MULTI-FAMILIES OR ARE THOSE ALSO SAHA VOUCHER SINGLE-FAMILY.
>> VIAGRAN: MOSTLY ARE MULTI-FAMILY.
>> AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT 65% OF THAT RENTAL IS GOING WITHIN THESE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO SEE GROWTH.
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IMPORTANT -- AND THESE ARE ALL AFFORDABLE.>> VIAGRAN: AND WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TOO IS SOME OF MY RESIDENTS -- NO, I'LL JUST SPEAK TO THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH RENTAL PROPERTIES OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
BUT WE ALSO -- BUT WE HAVE MAJOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT LINES STRAIGHT NORTH OF THE CITY.
SO THERE'S A DISPARITY THAT EXISTS THERE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT AREA BECAUSE I SEE -- AND I'M GLAD, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY NEED THE REHAB AND THEY NEED THIS OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, BUT THE NEW RENTAL PROPERTIES -- I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NORTH OF 410 WHO WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S AVAILABLE AS WELL.
SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY, VERY TELLING MAP OF OUR CITY.
AND TELL ME WHAT IS THE MARKET RATE COST VERSUS AFFORDABLE?
THE RANGES THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS.
>> SO ANYWHERE -- FOR RENTAL, ANYWHERE FROM 30% TO 80%.
AND THEN WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOR SALE IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 60% TO 120%.
SO I CAN GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE.
SO A FAMILY OF FOUR FOR 30% AMI IS MAKING $21,000.
THAT'S UP TO $85,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
>> VIAGRAN: AND MARKET RATE WOULD CONNECT WITH THE $85,000.
THANK YOU FOR THE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY.
WE KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ALSO INCLUDE -- AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY TALKED ABOUT THIS -- YOU MENTIONED IT WITH FAIR HOUSING IN A SLIDE EARLIER.
BUT WITH A PROTECT AND PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT DURING FAIR HOUSING IS ALSO WITH WILLS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE WILLS FOR OUR AREAS, OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN THE TITLES TO FIND OUT THE TITLES OF THE HOMES AND ALSO WHAT AND HOW HOMEOWNERS CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST PREDATORY HOME BUYERS, I GUESS.
BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY RAMPANT, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF -- I KNOW 2 AND 3.
IT'S PRETTY RAMPANT RIGHT NOW.
FOR THE SLIDE NO. 25 WITH THE ACCESSORY DWELL UNIT.
SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE UDC CHANGES, THAT'S THE 2020 UDC CHANGES?
>> VIAGRAN: AND THIS WOULD BE FOR SOMETHING FOR THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO RENT, OR PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO RENT THEM IN AN AFFORDABLE CAPACITY, CORRECT?
>> VIAGRAN: WOULD WE PUT IN PARAMETERS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THEM AS STRS OR WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO USE THEM AS STRS, SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
>> THIS IS HOW WE CAN FOCUS THOSE ADUS TO BE USED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE WOULD PUT THOSE IN ANY AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER.
AND THEN I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT ONE.
AND ALSO THE ALIGNMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE MISSIONS OF THOSE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF THAT AND ALSO -- WELL, I THINK WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RENTALS AND RENTERS I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE IT IN THIS SPACE WITH PROTECT AND PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT IT'S COMING IN THIS CAPACITY AND HAVE IT WITHIN THIS CONVERSATION, NOT NECESSARILY OUTSIDE OF IT.
I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT BUT I THINK WE CAN, WITHIN THIS CONCEPT.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS IN SOME ASPECTS, IN MY DISTRICT, SOME OF MY HOMEOWNERS, LEGACY HOMEOWNERS, HAVE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND DO RENT IT AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE.
BUT SOMETIMES WHEN THEY ASK THE RENTERS TO LEAVE THEY DON'T LEAVE.
AND SO THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM, AND WHOSE RIGHT IS IT IN THAT CAPACITY.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM WITHIN THIS CAPACITY.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
>> GONZALES: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
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I'LL JUST -- I THINK I JUST WANT TO FOCUS MY QUESTIONS ON THE PROTECT AND PRESERVE PORTION OF YOUR PRESENTATION.>> GONZALES: SO IF YOU COULD BRING UP THE SLIDE -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO HERE REGARDING SINGLE-FAMILY REHAB, RECONSTRUCTION PILOT.
YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE $2.5 MILLION FOR REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
SO TO WHOM WOULD THOSE LOANS BE OFFERED?
>> THEY WOULD BE OFFERED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND FOR-PROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS.
>> GONZALES: BUT NOT TO INDIVIDUALS?
THIS IS TO CONSTRUCT AND REHAB THOSE HOMES.
AND THEN THE HOUSING DEVELOPER WOULD THEN SELL IT TO AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY BETWEEN 60 AND 120% AMI.
>> GONZALES: WHY NOT INDIVIDUAL?
>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO QUALIFIES WHO WANTS TO DO REPAIRS TO THEIR HOME, WE HAVE THAT TOOL.
>> GONZALES: HOW MUCH IS IN THAT REVOLVING LOAN FUND?
>> AND IT CAN BE IN THE FORM OF A GRANT, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE OR THEIR AMI.
>> GONZALES: AND SO I GUESS I HAVE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TRYING TO RUN PILOTS IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY REGARDING INFILL, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT LIKELY TO GET LARGE PROJECTS.
WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF AVAILABLE LAND AROUND THE DISTRICT.
SO THE FOCUS OF MY EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN WITH SMALL-SCALE DEVELOPERS AND EXISTING LANDOWNERS.
SO THEY WERE PRETTY SMALL IN NATURE, THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAD.
VERY TARGETED TO PEOPLE THAT DO SMALL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION.
SO SINGLE-FAMILY, PERHAPS SOME ADUS, PERHAPS SOME TINY HOMES.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR TINY HOMES, THE SHOTGUN HOMES, REVITALIZATION OF THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE.
AND MY SENSE IS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR COULD REALLY DO IT THEMSELVES IF WE JUST WAIVED ALL OF THE FEES.
SO THE PLATTING FEES, THE SAWS AND CPS FEES.
IF WE DIDN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BUILD THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF A LITTLE BITTY STRUCTURE.
AND SO MY SENSE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL.
AND, IN FACT, AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS AND FEEL VERY ENCOURAGED BY THEM, I ALSO HAVE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME REHAB HOUSING FOR A LONG TIME.
I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS EARLY ON JUST FINDING CONTRACTORS THAT COULD DO THE WORK, AND THAT'S WHY WE RAN SMALL CONTRACTOR FAIRS IN THE DISTRICT.
MY SENSE IS WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL, WE COULD JUST MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DO IT, EXISTING HOMEOWNERS TO DO IT, SMALL-SCALE DEVELOPERS TO DO IT.
AND THEN WE COULD TAKE OURSELVES OUT OF THIS.
SO WAS THERE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT JUST ALLOWING INDEPENDENT PEOPLE TO DO IT THEMSELVES AND JUST WAIVING THOSE FEES?
>> WE ALREADY DO WAIVE THOSE FEES THROUGH THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE OUR FEE WAIVER THAT PROVIDES OUR DEVELOPER FEE FEE WAIVERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD NOT BE DOING THIS.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS ACQUIRING THE LOT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO A HOUSING DEVELOPER.
THEY COULD BE FOR-PROFIT, THEY COULD BE PRIVATE, OR IT COULD BE A NONPROFIT LIKE MERSED OR HABITAT SO WE COULD BUILD CAPACITY SO THEN THE CITY IS OUT OF IT.
>> GONZALES: SO MY SENSE IS STILL THAT THEY COULD DO IT THEMSELVES.
WHAT THEY WOULD LIKELY NEED IS THE HELP WITH LISC TO DO THE REVOLVING LOAN.
BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME MOMENTUM AND SOME SUCCESS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTICULARLY DOING TINY HOMES.
WHAT WE -- WHAT I JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IN MY DISTRICT AT ALL, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE SINGLE-FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A SUBDIVISION, I THINK IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
WE DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR THAT AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT THAT'S WISE.
I HAVE OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THAT REGARDING THIS EXISTING ABILITY OF OUR CITY.
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE I LIKE IT, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S TOO MUCH WORK FOR US TO DO.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME MOVE TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER TO OVERSEE.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO DO ALL THE IMPLEMENTATION.
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FUNDING, HOW MANY OF YOUR STAFF ARE GRANT FUNDED ON YOUR TEAM? ISN'T MORE THAN HALF OF YOUR TEAM POSITIONS GRANT FUNDED?>> WE ALSO HAVE THE OFFICE OF URBAN RENEWAL SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT.
>> GONZALES: DO THEY HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE?
>> THEY HAVE A STAFF PERSON AND THEN THEY CONTRACT OUT OTHER STAFF.
AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS ALREADY.
SO WE DID THE RENEW SA INFILL.
WE FOCUSED ON -- THERE'S 43 GRANT-FUNDED POSITIONS.
BUT WE DO THIS ALREADY WITH OUR RENEW SA PROGRAM WHERE WE ACQUIRE LOTS AND PARTNER WITH A DEVELOPER.
THE CITY'S ROLE IS REALLY JUST TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS AND THEN WE GET OUT OF IT AND WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING THAT PROJECT IN LINE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE'RE PROVIDING THAT HAND-HOLDING TO MAKE SURE THEY GET PERMITS NEEDED TO HELP THEM WITH IT.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE BUILDING HOMES, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT SECTOR TO DO THEM.
>> GONZALES: IT HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF MY WORK, I BELIEVE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS NOW, TO REALLY FOCUS ON REHAB, INFILL, SINGLE-FAMILY, AND MULTI-FAMILY IN AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
BECAUSE REALLY MY ENTIRE DISTRICT WOULD QUALIFY AS AFFORDABLE.
WELL, THERE ARE A FEW HOMES NOW THAT ARE ABOVE $200,000.
BUT THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED I THINK THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS $59,000.
SO WE'RE STILL FAIRLY LOW, ALTHOUGH I THINK EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY VALUES ARE INCREASING, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE CHANGED SOME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
STILL FAIRLY LOW FOR AVERAGE PRICE OF A HOME IN THE DISTRICT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE JUST TO EXPLORE THIS ISSUE IF THIS IS REALLY THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS.
BECAUSE I THINK IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MIKE SHANNON IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT MIGHT BE AN EASIER WAY TO FACILITATE HAVING THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUILD MORE HOMES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL IN MIND, PERHAPS JUST NOT THE BEST WAY TO EXECUTE.
SO I GUESS JUST OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD REGARDING THE UNITS THAT WERE MENTIONED UNDER THE, ESPECIALLY THE 50 AND THE 30 AMI.
I DON'T RECALL IF I HEARD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IF THOSE WERE TWO BEDROOMS OR THREE BEDROOMS. IS THAT PART OF THE GOAL IS THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THEM BE TWO OR THREE BEDROOMS.
>> THROUGH THE FAIR HOUSING THERE ARE REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE SO MANY ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, AND THREE BEDROOM.
WE CAN GET THAT BROKEN OUT BUT THERE IS SOME DISTRIBUTION OF ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEDROOMS WITHIN THERE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT BECAUSE I THINK WE WOULD BE MISSING THE POINT IF MOST OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ONLY HAD ONE BEDROOM.
AND SO I THINK JUST THE LAST QUESTION REGARDING THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD THAT WAS CIRCLES THAT COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN WAS ASKING YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT.
>> NO, TWO CIRCLES NEXT TO EACH OTHER THAT WAS LIKE EMPTY CIRCLES.
IT HAD TO DO WITH A PERCENTAGE THAT WERE 50% AND 30% OF AMI.
>> GONZALES: SO EVEN HERE STILL I THINK I ALSO HAD SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE OWNER OCCUPIED AND THE RENTAL.
SO I GUESS WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS THAT WE STILL NEED -- WE NEED BOTH OWNER OCCUPIED -- OR RATHER SINGLE-FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.
AND SO THESE ARE STRAIGHT FROM THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT IDENTIFIED HOW MANY OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, WHICH ARE THE SINGLE-FAMILY, THAT WE NEED OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, AND HOW MANY RENTAL OCCUPIED UNITS, PRIMARILY MULTI-FAMILY, BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
AND SO THESE ARE THE TARGETS THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OF THESE AMI CATEGORIES WITHIN THE OWNER OCCUPIED VERSUS RENTAL OCCUPIED.
I THINK, VERO, I JUST HAD A FEW
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QUESTIONS FOR YOU REGARDING SOME OF THE WORK ABOUT THE EQUITY LENS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR REHAB.>> GONZALES: AND PARTICULARLY THE ONE ROOF PROGRAM DID SHOW THAT DISTRICT 5 HAD THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE BASED ON NEED.
AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE FUND IN THOSE PROGRAMS IS GOING TO BE BASED ON NEED.
>> SO WE'RE APPLYING THE EQUITY LENS AS WELL.
AND SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
BUT FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB WE HAVE SIMILAR NUMBERS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO 81 HOMES THIS YEAR FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
AND DISTRICT 5 HAS 16, WHICH IS THE MOST.
FOLLOWED BY DISTRICT 4, WHICH HAS 12.
SO THERE'S AN APPLICATION SO THAT THE NUMBER -- DISTRICT 10, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS ONLY TWO.
BUT WE KNOW LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, FAMILIES THAT MAKE BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME DO RESIDE IN EVERY PART OF TOWN.
WE JUST KNOW THERE'S MORE OF THEM IN THOSE THREE DISTRICTS THAT I MENTIONED.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE APPLIED THE EQUITY METRIC AS WELL.
WE SELECTED HOW MANY PER DISTRICT BASED ON THAT EQUITY LENS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THAT.
SO OUR PROGRAMS ARE ALLOCATED IN THAT WAY.
>> GONZALES: SO COULD YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME?
I CAN SEND YOU THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM AND THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
BUT WE LOOK AT WHERE THE NEED IS, WHERE THERE HAS BEEN THIS INVESTMENT, AND WE USE POVERTY AS WELL TO SHOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE UNDER 80% AMI.
AND THEN WE DISTRIBUTE IT IN THAT WAY, THE NUMBER OF ROOFS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED.
SO IT'S BASED ON NEED OF THE DISTRICT AND THEN NEED OF THE INDIVIDUAL? OR JUST THE INDIVIDUAL NEED?
>> IT'S BOTH THINGS, BUT ONLY FAMILIES THAT MEET THE INCOME THRESHOLD ARE THE ONES THAT WE HELP.
SO WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT APPLY.
WE REJECT THEIR APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY'RE OVER INCOME.
>> GONZALES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK.
YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE A RESOURCE TO YOU AS YOU'RE SORT OF MAPPING THIS OUT.
I SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE BUFFER ZONE THAT I THINK MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD.
THE POINT OF THAT IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE ARE SOME ADJACENCIES AND IT GIVES US MORE OPTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE PLACE THAT AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY.
THAT IS SOMETHING I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY DIGGING DEEP INTO WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
VERO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, IF I CAN.
I'M SORRY IF I JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE SENT OUT A MEMO REGARDING RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO POINT OUT RENTERS MAKE UP 47% OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND ACCORDING TO SOME STATISTICS WE HAD 10,000 EVICTIONS IN 2016.
IN THAT SAME YEAR THERE WERE I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS FOR US TO MAYBE LOOK AT THE RISK MITIGATION FUND AND EXISTING ALLOCATIONS, NOT AN ADDITIONAL, BUT AN EXISTING, TO REALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPONENT OF THIS AS WELL AS THE COST BENEFIT.
BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE USING THE RISK MITIGATION FOR IS TO HELP RELOCATE FOLKS.
AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PROVIDE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> SO THANK YOU FOR THE MEMO YOU SENT US.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE DOING AN ASSESSMENT TO FIGURE OUT IF HOW WE PROPOSE TO USE THAT RISK MITIGATION POLICY HIT THE RIGHT NOTES.
ARE WE HELPING THE RIGHT PEOPLE? ARE WE HELPING WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT PROGRAMS? SO YOUR MEMO WAS VERY TIMELY.
I EVEN FOLLOWED YOUR TWITTER THREAD AS WELL YESTERDAY.
SO ALL OF THAT IS TIMELY BECAUSE IT'S FEEDING INTO THIS ASSESSMENT.
AND SO WE WILL COME BACK IF WE FIND OUT THAT WE'RE NOT HITTING THE MARK WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THE NEED IS TO SAY WE NEED TO REALLOCATE THE RESOURCES AND CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT.
SO NO NEW RESOURCES, BUT REALLOCATING SO WE SERVE THOSE WITH THE MOST NEED.
NOW THAT WE HAVE DATA, NOW THAT WE HAVE CLIENTS, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE STORIES OF THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE HELPING AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
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I APPRECIATE THAT AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
BUT I WOULD POINT OUT, JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES, THAT IN GENERAL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS IT'S ABOUT $5,000 PER CASE TO HELP RELOCATE SOMEBODY.
NOW, RIGHT TO COUNSEL, IT WOULD BE A COST OF AS LITTLE AS $550 TO GIVE SOMEBODY THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REPRESENTATION.
AND JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOME KEY DATA POINTS.
YOU KNOW, HAVING A LAWYER DOES NOT ABILITY TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS IN A VERY COMPLICATED AND UNFAMILIAR LEGAL SETTING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS US, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT THE BENEFIT WOULD BE IN THOSE 10,000 EVICTIONS HAVE A STUDY HOW MUCH OF THOSE FOLKS ARE WE HELPING WITH RELOCATION ASSISTANCE THAT WE COULD BE HELPING WITH COUNSEL.
AND SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST AS WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO A SERIOUS, SERIOUS HOUSING CRISIS IN OUR CITY.
NOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF THE BIGGER PICTURE.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE, RIGHT? AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING HOUSES.
OUR FOCUS IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE WANT THEM TO STAY IN THOSE HOMES.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING POPULATION THAT IS OUT THERE THAT WE SHOULD BE PROTECTING, THAT WE SHOULD BE HELPING TO PROVIDE A BIGGER VOICE FOR.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS REQUEST WOULD BE.
SO A SMALL PILOT I THINK COULD YIELD A LOT OF GREAT DATA FOR US AND CAN HELP US TO MITIGATE THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING IN OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE, WHICH IS THE PREMISE THAT I FOUNDED THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE IN THE CITY IS THE EXISTING HOUSING.
SO PROTECTING THAT EXISTING HOUSING, PROTECTING RENTERS IN THOSE HOMES IS CRITICAL TOO.
I HOPE TO GET MORE INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO STUDY THIS DATA.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME ALSO TO JUST SIMPLY THANK ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
I KNOW THEY WORK REALLY HARD AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I'M TRULY GRATEFUL YOUR TEAM HAS TACKLED.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAN TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.
THEY CAN COMPARE IT TO OTHER CITIES.
WE CREATED THIS RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOUR ENTIRE TEAM BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFICULT THING AND IT'S ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT WHEN THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.
BUT YOU'RE IMPROVING IT EVERY YEAR.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE COUNTY NEXT WEEK, THE JUDGE CALLED ME AND SAID THEY'RE ADOPTING A ROOF PROGRAM AND THEY'RE FUNDING IT.
I BELIEVE IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE ADOPTING THE PROGRAM UNDER.
WE'RE HAPPY AND WE'LL PUSH FOR MORE OF THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
SO A PROGRAM LIKE A ROOF IS SO CRITICAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I TELL PEOPLE IT'S ONE THING I WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR IS THE GUY WHO SAID ROOFS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOUNDATIONS, BECAUSE THEY ARE.
AND, LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK -- OUTSIDE OF THE CITY WE HAD DR. LEE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO WHO PROVIDED ALL THE SCIENTIFIC DATA, ALL THE RESEARCH THAT DEMONSTRATES HOW YOU CAN BUILD A BETTER CITY, HOW YOU CAN BUILD A BETTER HOME.
AND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WE HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW THAT HIGH REFLECTANCE ROOFS, THAT'S THE TECHNICAL TERM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A WHITE ROOF, REALLY CAN HELP LOWER THE TEMPERATURES OF A HOUSE.
AND THAT HAS SO MANY BENEFITS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HOMES WHO ARE PAYING HIGH UTILITY BILLS.
AND WE'VE SEEN AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY $2,000 IN UTILITY BILL SAVINGS BECAUSE WE JUST WENT TO A SMARTER APPROACH.
IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT SHINGLE, IT'S JUST A LIGHTER COLOR SHINGLE AND WE WANT TO HELP PROMOTE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AS WE DO PROJECTS LIKE THIS, AS WE DO PILOTS, WE SHOULD BE THE ONES SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.
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AND SO I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT AS WE PURSUE MORE OF THIS, I ALSO WANT TO PURSUE US LOOKING AT OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE, OUR PERMITS FOR ROOFS AND NEW PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE LIGHTER-COLORED ROOFS, MORE PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEMS LIKE THIS, HEAT MITIGATION PROGRAMS OR BUILDING SYSTEMS LIKE THIS THAT CAN REALLY HELP US IN THE LONG RUN.LAST, I WANT TO THANK KIM RAPIER FOR THE ONE MILLION DOLLARS DONATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT MAP, WE'RE HELPING WITH THE NEED IS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FAVORITES.
IT'S GOING OUT THERE AND PROTECTING HOUSING.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, VERO, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AGAIN, LORI, I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE CONVERSATIONS ON THE PROGRAMS YOU'RE WORKING ON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINO.
COUNCILWOMAN JADA ANDREWS-SULLIVAN HAS THE FLOOR.
>> SULLIVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO MY QUESTION IS FOR LORI, MS. HOUSTON.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE VACANT OCCUPIED UNITS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE, ARE WE DOING THE BCADS ARE FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS THESE ARE PROPERTIES LEFT TO TAX REASONS AND FAMILIES HAVE VACATED THOSE HOMES? EXACTLY HOW ARE WE COMING BACT ACQUIRING THOSE VACANT HOMES? ARE WE ACTUALLY CONTACTING THE HOMEOWNERS? WE'RE GOING TO BUY THOSE FROM THE HOMEOWNERS? WHAT IS THAT PROCESS?
>> THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS TO DO IT BUT WE WILL BE DRIVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A VACANT BUILDING REGISTRY PROGRAM, SO WE COULD USE THAT REGISTRY AS WELL AS A SOURCE.
AND IT'S REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY THAT PROPERTY OWNER.
SOME OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S SO CHALLENGING IS BECAUSE IN TRYING TO GET A TITLE SEARCH.
TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THESE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN FAMILIES FOR YEARS AND OFTENTIMES A FAMILY MEMBER DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO OUR GOAL FOR THE VACANT BUILDING OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB IS REALLY TO DO 20 THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, 100 TIMES THAT IN TERMS OF PROPERTIES.
WE'RE JUST HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE 20 SO WE CAN SEE HOW THIS PILOT WORKS.
ALSO, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, DISTRICT 2 FOR SOME REASON HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE KIND OF SPLIT.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO TO THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT IS A REGISTERED HOW MANY CAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE? ARE THERE ANY LIMITS TO THAT OR DO WE JUST CONTINUOUSLY REGISTER? TO ME UNITY WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIND A COMMON GROUND TO WHERE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS THE PROPER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> SO THIS MIGHT TAKE A CONVERSATION OFFLINE BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
BUT WHAT WE DO IS THE FIRST ASSOCIATION THAT COMES TO REGISTER AND MEETS THE CRITERIA THAT'S IN OUR CODE, THAT THEY BRING THEIR BYLAWS, THEY BRING THEIR BOUNDARY.
THERE CAN BE OVERLAP, BUT THE FIRST ASSOCIATION THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM HAS TO CONSENT TO THE OVERLAP.
AND BECAUSE THERE'S ASSOCIATIONS IN THE AREA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THERE'S DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, THE FIRST ASSOCIATION IS NOT CONSENTING TO THE OVERLAPPING BOUNDARY, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO UPDATE IN THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
THERE'S A PORTION OF IT IN THE UDC, SO FIT INTO THE 2020 UDC AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
I KNOW YOU HAD A VERY INTERESTING MEETING THIS PAST WEEKEND.
DISTRICT 2 IS ALWAYS INTERESTING.
WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE RENT TO OWN.
SO THEY DON'T REALLY QUALIFY UNDER THE 60 TO 80 OR THE 50.
THEY'RE KIND OF CONSIDERED -- BECAUSE THE OWNER ā STILL&-ĆTECHN
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FROM?>> I WANT TO MENTION THAT TIRZ HAS A BUT-FOR CLAUSE, BUT FOR THE TIRZ BEING CREATED IN DEVELOPMENT, IT WON'T LIKELY OCCUR.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN MIDTOWN AND INNER CITY IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THESE TIRZ DOLLARS ARE HELPING THOSE PROJECTS WORK.
>> SO IT'S THIS INCREMENT WOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO THE GENERAL FUND IF THE TIRZ DIDN'T CREATE BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS MOST LIKELY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENEDTI
>> PERRY: BUT STILL, IF THE TIRZ EXPIRED, THAT MONEY WOULD THEN BE GOING INTO THE --
>> AND ALL THE TIRZ HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE.
>> PERRY: YES, WHICH WE DID EXTEND THE ONE DOWN IN BROOKS.
>> PERRY: SO I SEE THAT DRAIN ON THESE TIRZ.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHICH TIRZ YOU'RE TARGETING TO TAKE THAT MONEY FROM.
>> WE HAVE SIX OF THE EIGHT CITY INITIATED TIRZ WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.
AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEIR CHAIRS AND THEIR BOARD MEMBERS EACH.
AND SO WE HAVE INNER CITY, WE HAVE MISSION, WE HAVE HOUSTON STREET, WE HAVE MIDTOWN, AND WE HAVE THE WEST SIDE TIRZ.
AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY FIVE WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE ALSO HAVE HEMISPHERE AND NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THOSE THREE.
MAINLY THE FIVE WITHIN THE AREAS THAT WILL NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THEY HAVE AREAS OUTSIDE THOSE AREAS, OUTSIDE THOSE ZONES THAT WILL ALSO BENEFIT.
>> PERRY: WHAT IS THE BALANCE IN THOSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
>> PERRY: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE IS, AND WHAT'S THAT GOING TO LEAVE --
>> PERRY: REDUCING WHAT'S IN THE TIRZ TO PAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> PERRY: WHICH IF IT WASN'T THERE, WE'D BE GETTING THAT INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THAT REVENUE, THAT TAX REVENUE.
>> IF THE TIRZ -- THAT WOULD ONLY BE TRUE IF THE TIRZ DIDN'T EXIST.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING GENERATED FOR THE TIRZ VARIETY OF REASONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING THROUGH THIS DURING THE SUMMER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT MADE SENSE TO GO AFTER ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAD AS A GROUP AT THE END OF JUNE.
IT'S AN ELIGIBLE HOUSING -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ELIGIBLE FOR TIRZ.
ONE WAY WE LOOKED AT IT WAS THAT SOME OF THESE AREAS ARE HIGH GROWTH AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN CHANGE OVER THE YEARS, SINCE THE TIRZ HAS BEEN CREATED.
AND WE'RE LERCHLI LEVERAGING TH FUNDING AND PUTTING IT INTO OTHER AREAS OF TOWN POTENTIALLY, WHERE THERE'S A NEED.
AND THAT'S A GOOD OPTION FOR, I THINK THE COUNCIL TO HAVE.
OBVIOUSLY IT HAS -- IT'S GOT POLICY IMPLICATIONS.
CERTAINLY IT'S GOT BUDGET IMPLICATIONS.
WE SAW IT AS AN EQUITABLE WAY TO
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UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FOR A HIGH COUNCIL PRIORITY.>> PERRY: RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS, USING THAT TIRZ MONEY.
>> WE'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION.
>> PERRY: SO I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE BALANCES ARE IN THOSE TIRZ THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO TAKE THAT FROM.
AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE THEM.
AND IF THESE TIRZ BOARDS ARE GOING TO BE AMENABLE TO THAT, AND WANT TO PRESS FORWARD WITH THAT.
HAVE YOU APPROACHED ANY OF THE TIRZ?
>> PERRY: AND WHAT HAS BEEN THEIR FEEDBACK?
>> WE HAVE MET WITH SOME OF THE CHAIR PEOPLE OF THESE TIRZ AND THE MEMBERS.
AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS TO THEIR BOARDS AND HAVING ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
BUT WE WANTED TO PRESENT THIS CONCEPT TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT STEPS.
THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN WELCOME.
VEREL, YOU MADE SOME COMMENTS A WHILE AGO, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, THE REHAB PROGRAM AND LOAN PROGRAM AND ALL THAT.
YOU MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE RED LINING AND THE UNDERFUNDED AREAS IN THE CITY.
BUT THESE PROGRAMS REALLY -- I MEAN, THESE ARE ON HOUSES.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THESE PROGRAMS BEFORE FOR HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T PUT MONEY ON THE NORTH SIDE VERSUS THE SOUTH SIDE ON MONEY.
I'VE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, IS HOW MUCH OVER THE LAST FIVE OR 10 YEARS HAVE WE ACTUALLY INVESTED IN HOUSING TOTAL, FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL FUNDS, AND WHAT AREAS OF THE CITY HAS GOTTEN THOSE INVESTMENTS, AND I STILL WANT TO KNOW THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU ON YOUR COMMENTS THAT THIS HOUSING PROGRAM WAS -- IS A RESULT OF REDLINING FOR PRIVATE HOUSING, AND UNDERFUNDING.
BECAUSE TO ME, I CAN SEE THAT FOR LIKE CITY SERVICES, OR ROADS, OR DRAINAGE, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE HOUSING, I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING THAT.
>> PERRY: JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
>> AND THIS INVESTMENT, PERHAPS THE OFFICE OF EQUITY CAN SHARE ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THE OTHER ONE IS THE HOUSING SYSTEM PIPELINE.
WE'VE GOT -- LAURIE, YOU WERE SAYING THIS IS A 10-YEAR PROJECTION.
THE GOALS ON SLIDE 14 ARE WHAT WE NEED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
>> SLIDE 15 AND 16 REPRESENT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE.
THERE ARE MORE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THESE ARE TOTAL REQUIREMENTS -- THE 6,200, JUST ON SLIDE 15, THE 6,299, THAT'S FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS?
>> YES, THAT WAS THE GOAL SET OUT BY THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT COUNCIL ENDORSED, OR ACCEPTED, AND IT SAID WE NEEDED 6,300 OCCUPIED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
WE'RE IN YEAR ONE OF THAT PLAN.
WE DON'T SUSPECT TO MOVE THE GOAL POSTS ON THIS, DO WE?
>> WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE GOALS.
I WOULD IMAGINE WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THE 9% -- I'M SORRY, THE 30% OF THE AMI.
WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT INCREASING THAT GOAL.
BUT WE WANT TO GET THROUGH NEXT YEAR TO SEE HOW THE INCOME AVE AVERAGING TOOLS HELP THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US AS WE CONTINUE TO DO BETTER AND INVEST IN TARGETED AREAS, AND MAKE PROGRESS IN THESE CATEGORIES, WORKING WITH NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL BUT THE HOUSING COMMISSION, THE STAFF, AT SOME POINT WE SHOULD BE REVISITING THOSE GOALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE END GOAL IS.
AND THE ECONOMY WILL CHANGE, HOUSING PRICES WILL CHANGE OVER THE 10 YEARS, AND SO THERE WILL BE POINTS IN TIME OVER THE 10 YEARS WHERE I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT.
I GUESS THIS IS VERONICA, SORRY.
UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM, I SEE A DECREASE HERE OF ROUGHLY 19 MILLION DOWN TO 18.7 MILLION FOR
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2020.BUT I SEE AN INCREASE, WE'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL POSITION THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM.
YOU HAD 42, AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR 43.
BUT THE GRANT PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.
>> SO THERE'S 43 POSITIONS THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
I DO HAVE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND OR TIF, SO THEY HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.
THE ENTITLEMENT AMOUNT VARIES EVERY YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR WE DID GET A DECREASE IN THE HOME PROGRAM OVERALL.
BUT WE DID PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
NEXT YEAR WE HAVE TO REDO OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AND OUR IMPEDIMENTS -- ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIRED BY HUD.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IN THE FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES, AND PROGRAMMATICALLY TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN.
BUT FAIR HOUSING IS AN AREA WHERE THE STAFFING WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DONE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS CARRYING IT FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR TO ACTUALLY BRING THE STAFF ON, INSTEAD OF AN ADMIN COST, OR CONTRACTOR COST.
BUT THE AMOUNT VARIES EVERY YEAR.
WE DON'T HEAR WHAT WE WILL GET IN OUR GRANTS UNTIL AROUND MARCH EVERY YEAR.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT WENT UP A LITTLE BIT.
WHILE THE HOME PROGRAM LOST ABOUT ALMOST $400,000.
AND THEN WE HAD SLIGHT INCREASES TO THE ECGN.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU OVER TIME HOW MUCH WE HAVE GOT IN AND HOW IT VARIES.
>> PERRY: IS THIS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION GRANT FUNDED?
>> PERRY: AND OUT OF THAT 43, HOW MANY ARE ---
>> THE 43 ARE ALL GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS.
AND THEY ADMINISTER GRANTS OR DELIVER ON GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS.
AND THEN I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, VERO.
THERE'S A LID HAZARD DEMONSTRATION GRANT.
AND THE GRANT IS GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
>> PERRY: BUT OUR GENERAL FUND LIABILITY IS ALMOST DOUBLING.
IT'S GOING FROM 241,000 TO 447,000.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LIABILITY, BUT LET ME TALK ABOUT THE GRANT.
SO ACTUALLY TOMORROW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR THREE-YEAR -- IT'S A THREE-YEAR, MULTI-YEAR GRANT.
THERE'S A CONTRIBUTION THAT'S MATCHED OUT OF THE CDBG FUNDING.
LAST YEAR THE GRANT MATCH WAS 350,000, WE'RE PROPOSING 2020, 1,600.
IT WILL COME BEFORE YOU SO WE CAN RESUBMIT THIS MULTI-YEAR GRANT FOR THE GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES.
WE HAVE RECEIVED IT FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
IT'S A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM, BUT ONCE IT'S AWARDED WE HAVE IT FOR THREE YEARS.
THE WAY WE'RE DOING THE MATCHING IS WE'RE DIVIDING THE MATCH OVER THE THREE YEARS, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A 42-MONTH -- SLIGHTLY 3 1/2-YEAR GRANT.
THAT'S COMING TO YOU TOMORROW.
SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT AND ACCEPT THAT GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL FUND LIABILITY, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS MOSTLY CDBG, OR THE GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES MATCH ITSELF.
>> PERRY: IF SOMEBODY COULD COME IN AND EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
>> PERRY: WHY OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS GOING UP FROM 241,000 UP TO 447,000 ON THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
AS I READ IT, THAT'S A CITY LIABILITY MATCHING FUNDS ON THAT PROGRAM.
>> PERRY: UNLESS WE READ IT WRONG.
>> SO THERE'S NO GENERAL FUNDING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
WE'RE DECREASING IT BECAUSE WE'RE REAPPLYING FOR ANOTHER THREE-YEAR GRANT.
>> PERRY: WE CAN GET TOGETHER ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT -- ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY THING AGAIN.
WE'RE NOT GETTING A DECREASED BUDGET, WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER INCREASED BUDGET HERE FOR THIS WHOLE PROGRAM HERE.
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TIRZ FUNDS, AND WHERE THOSE TIRZ ARE BEING TARGETED AND WHO'S GOING TO BE MISSING OUT ON THOSE TIRZ FUNDS FOR OTHER EXPANSIONS, AND TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL TAX DOLLARS INTO OUR SYSTEM, VERSUS NOT GETTING THOSE TAX DOLLARS INTO THE GENERAL FUND.THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, LAURIE AND VERO.
BRIDGET, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS, YOUR BUDGET GREW RIGHT AT $2 MILLION FROM 2018 TO 2019, $2 MILLION UP TO OVER $5 MILLION.
BUT YOUR ESTIMATE IS YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE SPENDING ABOUT $4.7 MILLION.
BUT YOUR 2020 PROPOSED IS $5.4 MILLION.
SO I'M NOT GETTING ALL THIS GYRATIONS ON THE BUDGET, WHY IT'S GOING UP AND DOWN LIKE THAT.
YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN FISCAL YEAR '18 AND FISCAL YEAR '19, ALLUDING TO ABOUT $1.5 MILLION, 1.6 ROUGHLY.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE DID A CARRY FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO SOME OF THE ORIGINAL PLANS AND SOME OF THE CONSULTANT FEES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET WERE NOT ALL SPENT, SO THOSE WERE CARRIED FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE BETWEEN THE ACTUALS AND THE ESTIMATE FOR 2019, YOU SEE AN INCREASE.
BUT THE WAY I'M READING THIS, YOU ASKED FOR 5.04 MILLION FOR '19.
BUT YOUR ESTIMATED SPEND FROM 19 IS $4.7 MILLION.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SPENDING THE WHOLE BUDGET?
SO SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR MAY NOT SPEND ALL THE MONEY.
SO THEY MAY CARRY THAT FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
IN THE CASE OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE SAVINGS IN 2019.
BUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, I WOULD SEE THAT IF WE'RE KEEPING THE BUDGET AT THE SAME LEVEL, BUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS ACTUALLY OVER $300,000 MORE FOR '20, AT 5. -- ALMOST $5.4 MILLION.
SO WE DIDN'T SPEND THE 5 MILLION IN '19, BUT YET WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE THAN 5 MILLION, 5.4 MILLION IN '20.
>> COUNCILMAN, IN THE ESTIMATE, OR IN THE BUDGET WE HAD INCLUDED 350,000 FOR UDC AMENDMENTS, AND FOR THE UPCOMING 2020 BUDGET.
WE HAVE MOVED THAT MONEY AND IT'S NOW BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND IN 2020.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THE RELEASE OF THAT DOLLARS FOR 2020 -- OR 2019.
>> PERRY: BUT WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR AN INCREASE BETWEEN -- BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR AUDIO] IN '19 THE BUDGET NUMBER, AND NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR 5.38 MILLION, SO WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE.
>> MOST OF THAT IS DUE TO -- WE REORDERED A POSITION FROM FINANCE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR THAT WAS SITTING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND, AND THEY DO MOST OF THEIR WORK FOR THE PLANNING.
THAT WAS ABOUT 100,000 INCREASE.
SO THAT'S A ZERO SUM ADJUSTMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
ADDITIONALLY THERE WERE PERSONNEL INCREASES.
WE'RE SHOWING AN INCREASE OF TWO PEOPLE -- OR TWO POSITIONS, TWO AUTHORIZATIONS.
AND WHY ARE WE INCREASING THAT?
>> SO THERE'S ONE POSITION THAT WAS FUNDED OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND THAT WAS PART OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
SO WE'RE JUST MOVING THAT POSITION FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER FUND INTO THE GENERAL FUND WHERE IT BELONGS.
IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.
THE ADDITIONAL ONE POSITION IS A REORGANIZATION FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT INTO THE PLANNING.
SO THERE'S A NET INCREASE OF ZERO POSITIONS OVERALL.
BUT IF I GO BACK TO WHERE THOSE POSITIONS WERE INITIALLY, WE SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN FUNDING, RIGHT?
>> PERRY: TO MAKE IT ZERO OUT.
WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, WHERE IT'S COMING OUT OF THE BUDGET.
BECAUSE AGAIN, I KEEP GOING BACK TO IT, THIS IS ANOTHER INCREASED BUDGET HERE OF OVER $300,000 FROM '19 TO '20.
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I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING IT EVERY TIME I SEE THIS, I DON'T SEE WHERE THE EFFICIENCIES ARE BEING BUILT IN TO GET US WITHIN THE BUDGET WITH THESE EXTRAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD INTO THE BUDGET.SO JUST MY COMMENT ON THAT AGAIN.
THANKS, JUSTINA, APPRECIATE IT.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
>> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.
I GUESS I'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK WITH VERO.
AND THIS IS -- IT'S ABOUT HOUSING.
BUT A LOT OF THIS OVERLAPS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
PERSONALLY, I AM -- I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE BUDGET THAT'S COMING THROUGH HERE.
WHEN MY FRIEND TALKS ABOUT EFFICIENCIES, TO MY WAY OF THINKING, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN LESS MONEY, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT NEED OUR SERVICES THAN WE'RE EVEN ABLE TO FUND TODAY.
SO TO ME, EFFICIENCY IS BEING ABLE TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE NEEDS.
MY WAY OF THINKING IS, ALTHOUGH THE HOUSING TASK FORCE TARGETED, WHAT, 18,000 UNITS, ALMOST 19,000 TO BE DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, INCLUDING RENTAL AND RESIDENT PROPERTIES, WHETHER IT'S REHAB OR BUILT NEW, THE FACT IS, WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE THAN 19,000 FAMILIES THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM POOR QUALITY HOMES.
THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN IN MANY CASES, TOO.
TO MY WAY OF THINKING, IF WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO TACKLE THIS.
WHETHER IT COMES FROM THE CITY, OR IT COMES FROM OTHER OUTSIDE AGENCIES, OR IT COMES FROM EFFICIENCIES BY BUILDERS WHO ARE ABLE TO BUILD BETTER AND LESS EXPENSIVE PROPERTIES THAT WILL ENABLE US TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO COME FROM.
BUT TO MY WAY OF THINKING, THIS IS BARELY ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF A LOT MORE THAN 18,000 FAMILIES IN OUR CITY WHO ARE LIVING IN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING, OR CAN'T AFFORD WHERE THEY ARE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, I'D LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING REALLY MEANS IN THE SENSE OF DOLLARS AND CENTS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE LIVING IN THEM.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A FOR EXAMPLE.
RIGHT NOW, AMI FOR HUD IS ABOUT $71,000 A YEAR IN OUR GENERAL VICINITY, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> >> COURAGE: BY THE TIME THEY GET BUILT, MY GUESS IS THAT'S GOING TO BE CLOSER TO $75,000 A YEAR.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, IT WAS $61,000, OR 62.
THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME CONTINUES TO GO UP.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE FORECASTING TODAY X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO MOVE INTO THIS APARTMENT THAT'S BUILT TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE KNOW THIS APARTMENT WILL COST MORE THAN THAT TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
I KNOW WE BASE A LOT OF THESE ESTIMATES ON FAMILIES OF FOUR.
BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT DOES IT COST ONE, WHAT DOES IT COST A COUPLE, OR WHAT DOES IT COST A FAMILY OF FOUR, OR SIX, BECAUSE WE HAVE FAMILIES OF ALL KINDS OF SIZES WHO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN.
I APPRECIATED A COUPLE OF THE REMARKS THAT CAME FROM A COUPLE OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE USING HUD AMI, AND THAT MAY BE GREAT IN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE COUNTRY, BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO WHOSE REAL MEDIAN INCOME IS CLOSER TO THE MID-50S THAN IT IS TO 71.
AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE ADEQUATE RESEARCH TO REALLY DETERMINE THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WITHIN THE CITY WHERE THE BIGGEST CRISIS IS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHAT ARE THOSE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOMES.
AND NOW, WHEN YOU COMPARE BUILDING HOUSES TO THE HUD AMI,
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BUT PEOPLE MOVING IN THERE REALLY LIVING AT THE SAN ANTONIO AMI, THERE'S A REAL CONFLICT.IT DOESN'T MATCH -- WE'RE NOT REALLY HELPING AS MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT HELP AS WE CAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US AS A CITY SAY THAT WHEN WE ARE GOING TO PARTNER WITH DEVELOPERS, WE WANT THEM TO DEVELOP PROPERTY BASED ON THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE GOING TO LIVE IN THAT PROPERTY.
NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS AND WHAT THEIR INCOME IS.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT A POPULAR THING WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, OR THE BUILDERS COMMUNITY, OR EVEN IN OUR FRIENDS IN NONPROFIT SAY THAT'S CHALLENGING FOR THEM.
BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE ALTERNATIVES.
NOW, WE'VE GONE A GREAT STEP OR TWO IN A BETTER DIRECTION.
I COMMEND LAURIE AND YOU IN SAYING, WE DON'T WANT THE 80% AMI IN THESE PRODUCTS ANYMORE WITH THE HUD AMI, BECAUSE IT'S WAY, WAY TOO HIGH.
BUT IF YOU TAKE A $75,000 ANNUAL INCOME, AND WE'RE TALKING A COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE LINE AS APARTMENTS ARE BEING BUILT, AND YOU CUT THAT IN HALF, THEY'VE GOT TO BE EARNING $37,500 A MONTH TO FIT INTO THAT 50%.
BUT THEN YOU NEED TO TAKE 30% OF THAT FOR THE HOUSING.
AND 30% OF THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $950 A MONTH.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD $950 A MONTH.
SO 50% OF AMI AND 30% FOR HOUSING BASED ON HUD AMI IS JUST NOT REALLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE GREATEST NEED FOR HOUSING.
I WOULD LIKE YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO DO MORE TO WORK WITH SAHA, AND TO WORK WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE WILLING TO TARGET THAT LOWER, MORE AFFORDABLE MEDIAN INCOME RANGE, AND DEVELOPMENT.
I'M WILLING TO WAGER WITH MY FRIEND, BECAUSE HE AND I TALK ABOUT BETTING SOMETIMES ON THINGS, THAT IF WE HAD A PROPOSAL THAT SAID WE WANT TO BUILD 300 UNITS, AND THESE ARE THE PRICES WE WANT THEM TO BE BUILT AT, AND WE PUT OUT AN RFP BECAUSE, SAY, WE HAD THE MONEY, I'LL BET WE COULD GET SOME TAKERS.
BUT IF WE COULDN'T, I'D RATHER BE PROVEN WRONG, AND OKAY, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BETTER.
WE'RE KIND OF TAKING OUT OF HAND WHAT THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS TELLING US THEY CAN DO.
WELL, WHAT THEY CAN DO IS BASED ON THEIR MAKING A CERTAIN PROFIT THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE.
WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS, I THINK, OF PROFITING.
THE CITY ISN'T IN THE BUSINESS OF PROFITING.
BUT IT IS IN THE BUSINESS OF HAVING ENOUGH RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOR THE SERVICES THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY NEED.
SO I'M SORRY TO BE LECTURING, BUT I THINK I'M KIND OF CAPITALIZING ON WHAT A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID, AND THINK ABOUT THIS WHOLE HOUSING PROCESS.
BUT I NEED A LITTLE MORE EDUCATION, TOO, SO I'D LIKE MORE EDUCATION ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
SO I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU, LAURIE, OR ANYONE ELSE WHO CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, MORE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES, MORE ABOUT INCOME AVERAGING, MORE ABOUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT POLICIES, AND MORE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO GET OUT OF THE TIRZ PROGRAMS THAT EXIST TODAY.
I THINK ACCORDING TO THE BUDGET, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING ABOUT 800 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF THE TIRZ IN THE WAY OF TIFS GIVEN TO THIS SESSION, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS 6.2 MILLION.
TIRZ FUNDING, THE TOTAL $34.5 MILLION BUDGET.
>> COURAGE: I GUESS, I'VE LOOKED AT THE BOOK, AND IT JUST SHOWS APPROPRIATIONS BY FUND FOR HOUSING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES 32 MILLION, 394.
AND THEN ON PAGE, WHAT, 2 HERE, IT SAYS 32,600,000.
>> IN OPERATIONS, THAT'S WHAT IT WILL BE USED FOR.
THIS IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING PLAN.
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AND THAT FUNDING PLAN INCLUDES 6.2 MILLION OF TAX INCREMENT.>> COURAGE: HOW MUCH MONEY WILL WE HAVE IN THAT PLAN?
>> COURAGE: SO IT'S SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE HAVE -- WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE BUDGET.
>> YOU HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUDGET, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING PLAN.
>> COURAGE: WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT?
I BELIEVE I HAVE A SLIDE -- IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 16.
>> COURAGE: IS IT 16? MAYBE I WAS JUST CONFUSED AT THE WAY WE WERE COMPARING DIFFERENT SLIDES IN THIS PRESENTATION.
>> SO THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS 32.6 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
AND THEN THE HOUSING BUDGET, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, THESE ARE RESOURCES GOING INTO HOUSING, IS 34.4 MILLION.
WELL, I GUESS I WAS MIXING THE TWO.
WELL, ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE EDUCATION ON THESE ISSUES THAT I MENTIONED, SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US AS A CITY, A COMPASSIONATE CITY, TO TRY AND ADOPT STRONGER POLICIES AND DIRECTION WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, TO TRY AND MAKE THESE MORE AFFORDABLE.
AS I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT SOMEONE WOULD PAY IF THEY WERE A SINGLE PERSON GOING INTO AN --
>> COURAGE: OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR, AFTER THEY DEDUCT FROM THAT 30%, THE COST OF THEIR UTILITIES, RIGHT? WHAT ELSE DO THEY DEDUCT FROM THAT 30% UNTIL YOU GET TO YOUR ACTUAL RENT.
WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
WE'LL HAVE A BREAKDOWN BY FAMILY SIZE.
I RECOMMEND YOU SHARE IT WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, AND IT'S RELATED TO THE GRANTS.
AND SPECIFICALLY THE GRANTS FOR HOME BUYER INCENTIVES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.
BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW WE GET INFORMATION OUT TO OUR NEEDIEST EMPLOYEES.
BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT SOME DATA, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ONE-THIRD OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE USED WITH HOPE, THE FOLKS THAT USED THOSE FUNDS, THAT GOT THOSE GRANTS MAKE SIX-FIGURE SALARIES.
THEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE FIRST RESPONDERS ONE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS ALSO MAKE SIX-FIGURE SALARIES.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MARKETING TO THE RIGHT AUDIENCE.
I KNOW THEY'RE ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO E-MAILS, FOR INSTANCE, ARE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS, AND THEY CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS RUNS OUT.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE MARKET, AND TWO, IS THERE A WAITING LIST OF SOME SORT FOR THESE PROGRAMS?
>> SO THESE TWO PROGRAMS ARE GENERAL FUNDED.
AND THERE'S NO INCOME LIMITATION, BECAUSE IT'S OPEN TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
THE LIMITATIONS IN THE AREA FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BUYING A HOUSE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS ARE ELIGIBLE.
SO IT'S WHOEVER WANTS TO BUY IN THAT AREA, SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T LOOK AT THE INCOME LIMITATION.
WE DO COUNT ON A CHART TO HELP US PROMOTE THE PROGRAM.
IT'S PART OF THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION.
ANYTIME ANYONE JOINS THE CITY ORGANIZATION, THEY LEARN ABOUT THIS AS ONE OF THE BENEFITS AVAILABLE.
FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS, AGAIN, WE RELY ON A CHART TO HELP US ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM.
A LOT OF IT PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM AND WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE WORD OUT TO THOSE NEEDIEST.
MAYBE WE NEED TO DO IN THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE KNOW HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO MAY NOT HAVE REGULAR E-MAIL, DO TARGETED PRESENTATIONS.
MY PRESENT CONCERN IS, UNDER THE HOPE, WE HAVE DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 5 HAVE A FAIR SHARE.
BUT DISTRICTS 6 THROUGH 10 HAD NO HOMES.
HOWEVER, IT'S COMPLETELY, IT SEEMS OPPOSITE ON THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IN DISTRICT 2, AND IN DISTRICT 4, AND IN DISTRICT 9, THERE WERE ZERO FOLKS THAT MOVED INTO THE DISTRICT.
>> BUT REMEMBER THAT THE HOPE PROGRAM IS ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE BUY IN THE OLDER PRICE OF TOWN.
IT'S THE HOME WHO QUALIFIES THE EMPLOYEE, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THAT AREA.
FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO GET OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
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HAVE HOMES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS THAT WE WANT TO BE OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE CITY LIMITS.>> ROCHA GARCIA: GO AHEAD, SORRY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BECAUSE AT LAST COUNT WE GENERALLY CHECK TWICE A YEAR, ABOUT 40% OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND 46% OR 47% ARE POLICE OFFICERS.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT PROGRAM WAS PUT IN PLACE, TO ENCOURAGE AND MAKE AVAILABLE EXISTING EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO NEW CADETS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH BOTH ACADEMIES AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
BECAUSE FRANKLY, OUR NUMBERS HAVE CONTINUED TO DECREASE SINCE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
I TODO SEE FIVE OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE BEXAR COUNTY.
I JUST, AGAIN, AM JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING TO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT MOST NEED IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SAW, FOR INSTANCE ONE OF THE SALARY RA RANGES.
THAT KIND OF IMMEDIATELY TO ME, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO WORK ON SPECIFICALLY.
AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW THAT THERE'S -- FOR INSTANCE, GOING BACK TO THE HOPE LOAN, IT CAN BE COMBINED WITH THE HOME OWNERSHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT QUALIFIED.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER AS WELL TO SEE HOW MANY ACTUALLY QUALIFIED FOR THAT.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE ALSO A TELLING STORY OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING.
>> I WANTED TO ADD THAT OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HIP 08 AND HIP 100, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
WE'LL GIVE YOU HOW MANY QUALIFIED IN THE NEW STEP PROGRAM.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING COUNCILMAN COURAGE MENTIONED THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND TO COUNCILMAN SULLIVAN'S POINT, FOCUS ON OUR NEED IEST EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN HAS SOMETHING.
>> VIAGRAN: I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE IN A WORK SESSION MODE AND THIS IS A BRIEFING MODE, THERE IS A GREAT SHOW FROM 2003 ON PBS CALLED "RACE:THE POWER OF ILLUSION" AND HOW IT IS A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONSTRUCT, AND HOW TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMICS RACISM OF REDLINING AND FHA LOANS FROM THE PAST.
AND I THINK THAT ZAN WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION.
ONE EPISODE IN PARTICULAR IS CALLED THE HOUSE WE LIVE IN AND HOW GEOGRAPHY MAKES UP SEGREGATION EVEN TODAY.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, I'M SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, SINCE WE'RE IN WORK SESSION MODE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FOLLOW-UPS THAT CAME OUT OF YESTERDAY AS WELL AS TODAY.
WE WILL PACKAGE UP A REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL BY THE END OF THE DAY FRIDAY, ANSWERING AS MANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH ALL THE ONES FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND THAT WAY WE STAY ON TOP OF THE INFORMATION REQUESTS.
JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, OUR INTENT IS TO SEND THAT OUT BY FRIDAY CLOSE OF BUSINESS.
THE TIME IS 5:06 P.M., ON AUGUST 14TH, 2019.
THE SESSION WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO TOMORROW, AND HELD DURING THE CITY COUNCIL "A" SESSION THAT BEGINS NO EARLIER THAN 9:00 A.M.
IN THE MUNICIPAL PLAZA BUILDING.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
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