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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION FOR OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAN DEVAL HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA.
THE TIME IS 2:09 PM UH, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, RECONVENE, UH, THE MEETING FROM YESTERDAY THAT WAS RECESSED, UH, AT 5 25, UH, JUST TO CLOSE UP SOME REMAINING COMMENTS FROM OUR COLLEAGUE, CLAYTON PERRY.
UH, SO I'LL TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMAN PERRY AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR A SESSION AGENDA REGULARLY SCHEDULED FOR, UH, TODAY, AUGUST 15TH.
UH, LET'S SEE, WHERE WERE WE? WE WERE, UH, I I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR HEALTH.
IS JENNIFER HERE TODAY? OKAY, SURE.
UM, 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, FEDERAL MATCHES WERE AND WHAT THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS WERE FUNDING AND OUTTA THE HEADSTART CSOSA PARENT CHILD INCORPORATED, HEADSTART AND P H E P BIOTERRORISM, UM, THE GRANT BASICALLY STAYED THE SAME FROM 19 TO 20.
UH, LITTLE OVER A MILLION, MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THE CITY MATCH WENT UP FROM 75,000 TO OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY THERE? WHY ARE WE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THOSE PROGRAMS? SO, MEL, THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR, THE HEAD START AND EARLY P C I AND EARLY HEAD START.
DID WE HAVE TO PUT IN MORE OF A MATCH? UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN'T INCREASE IT.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK TO GOOD GRIEF.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
YEAH, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MATCH, THE FEDERAL MATCH IS THE SAME DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE PUTTING MORE DOLLARS INTO IT OUT OF OUR, OUT OF OUR, UH, GENERAL FUNDS.
IT'S ABOUT, UH, YEAH, GOING FROM 75,000 UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND, SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THE CITY AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE CHANGING THE PROGRAM OR ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PERSON 'CAUSE IT WOULDN'T REALLY REFLECTED IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU.
UM, AND, UM, ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, DR.
BRIDGER, I, UM, AGAIN, ON THE HEALTH SIDE,
ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THERE WERE FOUR OF 'EM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
OVERALL TEEN BIRTH RATE, PERCENTAGE OF REPEAT TEEN BIRTHS, UH, SALMON ANALYSIS RATE, AND PERCENTAGE OF ROUTINE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS COMPLETED.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE PROGRAM, WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM, UM, SHOULDN'T THE, SHOULDN'T THE TARGETS BE GOING DOWN? BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE, AND I GUESS IT'S HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE
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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.SO I'M GONNA ADDRESS EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.
FOR THE TEEN BIRTH RATE, UM, 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 23.9 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA, IT, IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T MAKE 23.9, BUT WE'RE GONNA 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.
FOR REPEAT TEEN BIRTHS, UM, THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER NEEDLE TO MOVE AND SO WE WANNA BE REALLY SURE THAT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE MOVING IN IS, UM, A TREND RATHER THAN JUST A ONE YEAR BLIP.
SO THAT'S WHY IT STAYED THE SAME.
THAT'S STILL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF ABOUT 30%.
UM, SO THAT'S A, 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, UM, RATE ON THE SALMONELLA ITEM.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2018, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS AT A RATE OF 33.
AND, UM, WE SET A REALLY AGGRESSIVE RATE OF 13 AND WE CAME PRETTY CLOSE ON THAT 15.2.
UM, 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.
AND THEN THE ROUTINE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, I THINK THAT ONE IS, OKAY.
WE DID RAISE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTION.
YEAH, ALL MY QUESTIONS ON HEALTH.
AND BACK TO, UM, MELODY'S AREA, IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR OVERALL NUMBER OF, OF, UM, DELEGATE AGENCIES.
AND AGAIN, I'M, 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, AND, UH, UM, WHAT ARE THE, HOW DID, BECAUSE IT'S A TWO YEAR PROGRAM, THIS IS ONLY REFLECTED ONE YEAR FOR THESE SIX AGENCIES.
HOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? SO, LAST YEAR WHEN WE, OR YEAH, IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN WE PRESENTED FROM THE R F P, WE HAD SIX AGENCIES.
UM, WELL, IT WAS ACTUALLY 700 AND, UM, $24 THAT WAS NOT ALLOCATED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF AGENCIES THAT HAD SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AND THEN WERE DISQUALIFIED.
AND SO, UM, THESE WERE SERVICES THAT WERE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL THAT WE NEEDED TO, UH, RECURE.
AND SO WE ISSUED A SECOND R F P, UM, IN THE FALL, AND I THINK AROUND IN DECEMBER, CAME BACK TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE THOSE SIX ADDITIONAL AGENCIES AND $724,000.
SO IT, 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.
AND THE INCREASES FOR THIS 2020, I'M SHOWING 895,000, UH, ON, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
CHILD SAFE, ELLA, AUSTIN HAVEN FOR HOPE AND PROJECT QUEST.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT? SO, HAVEN FOR HOPE, THAT INCLUDES THE INCREASED FUNDING IN THE $500,000 FROM THE NEW REVENUE SOURCE.
UM, ELLA AUSTIN, WE HAD ALLOCATED $45,000 LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND THEN IN THE MID-YEAR BUDGET ALLOCATED AN ADDITIONAL 45,000.
SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT TWICE AGAIN THIS YEAR, UM, IT WAS ALLOCATED IN ONE, UM, ONE AT ONE TIME, $90,000.
UM, THAT WHAT WAS CHILD SAFE ACTUALLY I THOUGHT WAS THE SAME.
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THAT WOULD'VE BEEN INCREASED WITH THE SECOND R F P, BUT, UM, NOT THIS YEAR.IT'S, IT'S SHOWING FROM 19 TO 20 IS A $50,000 INCREASE.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SECOND R F P SHOWING THE $50,000 THAT WE ALLOCATED FOR THE SECOND R F P.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S AN INCREASE OF $50,000 FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO YOU ALL ADOPTED THE BUDGET LAST SEPTEMBER, THEN WE, UM, WENT THROUGH A SECOND R F P PROCESS AND SO THAT 50,000 DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE ADOPTED NUMBER.
AND PROJECT QUEST SHOWING A $300,000 INCREASE.
WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO SERVE A HUNDRED MORE PARTICIPANTS AND WE'D ALSO LIKE THEM TO DO SOME DISAGGREGATED REPORTING TO, FOR US TO REALLY BE ABLE TO TRACK, UM, WHO EXACTLY THEY'RE SERVING, THE IMPACT IT'S MAKING, AND ALSO CONDUCT MORE OF A LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, BEING ABLE TO TRACK A LOT MORE DATA.
SO THIS MONEY IS JUST GOING TO TRACKING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, ALSO A HUNDRED MORE PARTICIPANTS.
A HUNDRED MORE PARTICIPANTS AT, UH, 300,000.
UM, 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 AND HEAR THE JUSTIFICATION FOR INCREASES.
I MEAN, IT'S GOT DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH AGENCY, BUT IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, AND IT SHOWS AN INCREASE, BUT WHY ARE WE GETTING AN INCREASE? AND THAT'S CONSISTENT THROUGH HERE.
SO I, 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, UH, AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT FOR, FOR ANY OF THESE AGENCIES HERE AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE ARE FOR.
AND, UH, SO GOING BACK TO THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THERE'S ONE OF THEM, UH, FOR HAVEN FOR HOPE, AND I, IT WAS CONFUSING TO ME, AND I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT IS, BUT IT WAS, UH, UM, PERCENT OF HAVEN FOR HOPE CLIENTS MAINTAINING PERMANENT HOUSING AFTER 12 MONTHS.
AND THE 18 ACTUAL WAS 90% 19, TARGET WAS 91%, 19, ESTIMATE 91%.
SHOULDN'T WE BE TARGETING, SHOULDN'T WE BE GETTING THOSE FOLKS BACK INTO THE ECONOMY FASTER THAN 12 MONTHS? I MEAN, UH, TO ME WE'RE TRACKING UPSIDE DOWN HERE.
SO, SO THIS MEASURE IS RELATED TO, UM, ONCE THEY LEAVE THE CAMPUS, SO HAVEN FOR HOPE, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKS WITH THE CLIENTS AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE, UM, PLACED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, THEY TRACK THEM, FOLLOW THEM FOR AT LEAST 12 ADDITIONAL MONTHS.
SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY, IF THEY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, REENTERED THE HOMELESS SYSTEM.
OKAY, SO THIS ISN'T THE HOME, UH, THE LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS WITHIN.
WELL, I WAS, I WAS CONFUSED ON THAT.
I JUST SAID THAT JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
UM, THE OTHER ONES, UM, UH, NUMBER OF CLIENTS RECEIVING UTILITY ASSISTANCE, NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TREND, THE TRENDS ARE GOING UP, BUT AGAIN, WITH THE FUNDING THAT MM-HMM.
AND SO WE DISTRIBUTE AS MANY AS WE CAN GET FROM THEM AND, AND WITH THE DEMAND.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT UTILITY DISCONNECTIONS.
BUT THOSE ARE CREDITS THAT WE GET FROM C P S.
WELL, IT'S STILL COMING FROM THE RATE PAYERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO WHETHER IT'S CITY FUNDS OR C P S FUNDS, WE'RE ALL PAYING FOR THAT.
BUT, UH, TO ME IT STILL, THE TREND SHOULD BE GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND IT JUST SEEMS THAT WE'RE TRACKING THINGS THE WRONG DIRECTION.
WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER, AND YES, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ALSO, UM, THE NUMBER OF C P SS RATE PAYERS HAS INCREASED, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE IT.
AND SO YOU'RE, YOU WOULD SEE NATURALLY MORE CLIENTS FROM AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RATE PAYERS.
WELL, AGAIN, ALL THESE INDICATORS ON HERE ARE GREAT, BUT, UH, SOME OF 'EM JUST DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OKAY.
WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE PUTTING AGAINST THOSE TO
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REFLECT THE GOOD WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND THE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TO, UH, THESE FOLKS.SO YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IF WE COULD TO, UM, SO THAT I THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THEM AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.
YES, I'M SURE AT THIS POINT, AT THIS POINT.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BRIDGER, THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR, UH, UH, PUTTING THIS STUFF TOGETHER AND, AND, UM, 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 WE'RE, THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON, ON THE BUDGET HERE.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THAT.
SO WITH THAT, SIR, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS SECTION.
OKAY, IT'S, UH, 2:23 PM WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN, UH, YESTERDAY'S MEETING THAT WE JUST RECONVENED AFTER THE RECESS.
UH, WE'LL NOW RECONVENE THE MEETING, UH, FROM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH.
UH, I'LL DO START BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO ERIC WALSH TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN GRO, WHO WANTS TO, UM, UH, RECOGNIZE SOMEONE IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY, COUNCILMAN? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO, FOR ALL OF US TO RECOGNIZE, UH, JUST FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY THAT WE HAD SOME, I THINK IT'S A MOMENT TO STOP AND RECOGNIZE AND PAUSE THAT WE HAD SOME PHENOMENAL WOMEN PRESENT TO US.
MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, JUSTINA TATE, MELY WOOSLEY, JENNIFER HARRIET, COLLEEN BRIDGER, AND ALEX LOPEZ.
AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT WOMEN ON DECK FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
SO, SO, UH, UH, LEMME JUST SHARE THAT, UH, THIS MORNING WE HAD OUR QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE TOP 300, UM, 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, UH, YESTERDAY'S PRESENTATION SET A PRETTY HIGH BAR, UH, FOR US ON THE WORK SESSIONS.
AND THEY DID DO A GREAT JOB YESTERDAY.
UH, SO NOTED JUST ANOTHER DAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, SO THE, TODAY'S OUR SECOND WORK SESSION DAY AND AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, UM, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BOTH VETO AND LORI HOUSTON WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE F Y 20 BUDGET.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, BRIDGET WIFE, UH, PRESENTING OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, BUDGET, UM, WHICH, UH, AS SHE SPENDS TIME TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, 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 STANDPOINT, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND UH, SO WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE GONNA START WITH VETO, UM, FIRST.
VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'M VERY PROUD THAT EVERY PRESENTATION YOU'LL GET TO SEE TODAY HAS THIS PICTURE THAT FIX, UH, FEATURES A CLIENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, 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, UM, AND NOW THEY HAVE A, A HOME WHERE THEY CAN CELEBRATE MILESTONES IN THEIR FAMILY'S LIVES, LIKE BIRTHDAYS FOR THEIR 80 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, THEIR 11 YEAR OLD, AND THEIR ONE YEAR OLD.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS HELP FAMILIES HAVE A BETTER LIFE BY FOCUSING ON OUR SERVICES AND 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 ROSALES IS THE, UH, FAMILIES YOU'LL SEE IN THE VARIOUS PICTURES WOULDN'T BE HELPED WITHOUT A 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 THE NEW, NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS I VISITED WITH AND SHARED WITH YOU THE MANY DIFFERENT, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO I'LL SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE'RE CALLING YEAR ONE OF OUR 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.
AND LORI HOUSTON WILL BUILD ON THAT AND TALK ABOUT
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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 ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS. AND I WANNA 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 ROSALES THROUGH OUR HOME BUYER INCENTIVE PROGRAM, OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS OR 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 WANNA BUILD ON THIS YEAR ONE 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 WANNA TALK ABOUT THE METRICS AND THE FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST THIS YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP 81 FAMILIES WITH OWNER, 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 535 FAMILIES WITH A NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT WHITE ROOF THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME.
AND SO WE'RE MAINTAINING WHAT WE BUILD 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 GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
AND OF COURSE, OUR PROGRAM ALSO ADMINISTERS A PORTION OF THE 20 17 20 22 BOND, UH, WITH PROPOSITION SIX SIX, WHICH IS A HOUSING BOND.
AND YOU HAVE SEEN VARIOUS PROJECTS COME FORWARD.
I DO WANNA SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT.
WE WORK WITH OVER 300 REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS RECOGNIZED, UM, IN OUR SYSTEM AND WHO RECEIVE CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, NOT JUST FROM OUR DEPARTMENT BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, INCLUDING WHEN THERE ARE ZONING AND PLANNING CASES.
WE GRADUATED 65 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, UH, PARTICIPANTS, ONE OF THEM IS SITTING UP ON THE COUNCIL WITH YOU, DR.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
WE HAVE HOSTED SEVERAL HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION WORKSHOPS, PARTICIPATED IN OVER 231 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD DAY IN BED THAT WE CO-HOST THIS THIS SPRING.
AND SO WE ENGAGE REGULARLY AND TAKE INPUT IN ALL OUR PROCESSES WITH THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE WANT THAT CONSTANT FEEDBACK BECAUSE WE WANT THE TRANSPARENCY AND NOT JUST NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALL OF OUR UNITS, ALL OF OUR BUSINESS LINES DO THAT.
I WANNA 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 TTS DISTRICTS.
THAT'S TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES 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 AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT LORI HOUSTON WILL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE SOME OF THE TS AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE OVER $21 MILLION THAT IS NOT EARMARKED FOR ANY PROJECT AVAILABLE TO ENHANCE OUR WORK.
AND SO THE WAY THIS WORK, THE TAX BASE IS FROZEN THE YEAR A IS CREATED, EVERY TURS
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EXPIRES AT AFTER A CERTAIN TIME.SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS FOREVER.
AND EVERY TAXING ENTITY THAT PARTICIPATES CONTINUES TO RECEIVE THAT SAME BASE VALUE AS INVESTMENTS ARE MADE IN THATT SS, IF THE TAX VALUE INCREASES, THAT INCREMENTAL INCREASE AT WHAT IS WHAT GOES INTO THE TSS FUND FOR THAT DISTRICT.
AND THAT MONEY GENERALLY IS USED FOR PROJECTS ONLY IN THAT TSS AREA.
HOWEVER, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME OF THAT INCREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, AND IT CAN BE USED IN THE TS OR OUTSIDE.
AND LORI WILL ELABORATE ON THAT.
UM, 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 HELPS US EVALUATE THOSE PROGRAMS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE DO AN R F A PROCESS, WE TAKE A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT AS WE SHAPE HOW WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE AND HOW WE'RE GONNA AWARD THIS MONEY.
IT FUNDS OUR REHAB PROGRAMS. I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE 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 AFTERSCHOOL 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 THIS GRANTS.
SO WITHIN THE HOUSING SYSTEM, I 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 RISK MITIGATION POLICY AND HAVE ASSISTED OVER A HUNDRED WELL HAVE ASSISTED TO DATE 197 FAMILIES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE ASSISTED OVER 2000 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, UM, ABUSED OR DISCRIMINATED AND HAD FAIR HOUSING ISSUES AND QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IF THEY WERE BEING ASKED TO, UM, MOVE OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT FOR EXAMPLE BECAUSE NOW THEY HAD TOO MANY KIDS.
WE, UM, HAVE THE HOUSING POLICY WORK AS WELL.
I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR TWO SIGNIFICANT AWARDS.
ONE IS THE GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK GRANT FUNDED BY THE FORD FOUNDATION THAT IS HELPING US WITH OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT 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 GONNA 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.
UM, WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND UNITS THAT WE CAN COUNT ON THIS YEAR THAT THE FUNDING THAT YOU ALLOCATED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR HELP.
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.
UM, WE HAD TWO PROPERTIES CLOSED JUST LAST MONTH THAT WILL PROVIDE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
WE HAVE MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN REHAB FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB THROUGH THE GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES INITIATIVE.
AND OF COURSE HER 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 D N A.
SO MRS. SPRINGS AND HER MOTHER WHO LIVE ON STERLING IN DISTRICT DISTRICT TWO BENEFITED FROM THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
AND WHAT WE DID WHEN WE LOOKED AT HOW TO APPLY THE EQUITY METRIC TO OUR WORK AND 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 FIVE 30 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 FIVE WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A HISTORY OF THIS INVESTMENT AND REDLINING, WE HAVE THE MOST RECIPIENTS FOR
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THIS PROGRAM.SO THIS IS HOW WE APPLY THE EQUITY METRIC.
SO MRS. SPRINGS AND HER MOTHER, MS. EMMA JONES, WHO HAVE BEEN AT THEIR HOUSE IN DISTRICT TWO FOR 15 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'RE 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 A FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE'LL BUILD ON WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WILL UNDERTAKE NEXT YEAR AS AS WELL.
SO INITIATIVES FOR 2020 INCLUDE CONTINUATION OF THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE, THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT 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, UM, HAVING CHANGED.
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 WANNA UTILIZE THEIR MONEY.
WE'RE ALL COUNTING WHAT WE DO TOGETHER.
AND SO ALL THE PROGRAMS AND TOOLS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE ENHANCED WITH THE PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. LAURIE HOUSTON.
OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'LL 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.
VERONICA 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 HELP 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 UNITS.
AND 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 SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, LOOKING AT OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ALSO WORKING WITH OUR TIFF UNIT, WHICH IS AN INTERNAL DIVISION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 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.
BUT FINALLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER IS THE COMMUNITY AND THEN OUR NON-PROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.
BUT WE NEED TO HELP BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
HOW DO YOU BUILD CAPACITY IN THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO 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 THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE HOUSING TRUST AS OUR PARTNER THAT DEFINES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING AS THE SAME DEFINES OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS IT PERTAINS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LOOKS AT THE TARGETS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON THOSE TARGETS AND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THOSE TARGETS.
AND SO THAT IS A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM AND THAT'S WHAT WE 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 6,300 NEW HOUSING UNITS FOR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS AND THAT MEANS 2,800 NEW UNITS BETWEEN 80 AND 120% A M I IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SOMEBODY MAKING BETWEEN 80 AND 120% A M I IS MAKING BETWEEN 57,000
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TO 87,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.THE 3,500 UNITS FOR 60 TO 80% MI 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 1,701 UNITS FOR THOSE MAKING 30% A M I OR BELOW.
SO 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.
9,500 UNITS BETWEEN 30 AND 60% A M I.
AND THAT'S SOMEONE MAKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 1040 $3,000 ANNUALLY.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S A FAMILY OF FOUR.
AND THEN 1,165 UNITS FOR THOSE BETWEEN 60 AND 80% A M I.
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 6,300.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE BLUE GRAPH YOU HAVE THE 60 TO 80% A M I.
WE NEEDED 2,700 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 PROJECTS OR THE UNITS WE HAVE IN OUR PIPELINE, WE ARE AT 20% OF THAT 10 YEAR GOAL.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN YEAR ONE FOR 80 TO 120% A M I.
BETWEEN 57 TO 85,000, WE NEEDED 3,500 OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
WE HAVE 766 UNITS IN OUR PIPELINE.
SO WE'RE AT 28% OF OUR 10 YEAR GOAL.
THE ACTUAL POLICY ALSO DIVIDED 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 GOOD NEWS, WE'RE ON TARGET FOR OUR 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% A M I 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, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THAT METRIC.
AND THEN THE 30 TO 50% GOAL, WHICH WAS 21,000 TO 36,000 ANNUALLY FOR ANNUALLY FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, WE NEEDED 6,300.
WE'RE AT 541 UNITS IN OUR PIPELINE AND THAT PUTS US AT 9%.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BELOW NOW, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH UP BECAUSE IN 2018, LATE LATER IN THAT YEAR, THE FEDS CHANGED THE RULES FOR THE 4% TAX CREDIT AND THEY'RE ALLOWING PROJECTS TO INCOME AVERAGE.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS TO GET THE 4% TAX CREDIT PROJECT, WHICH PROVIDE YOU A 4% TAX CREDIT ANNUALLY ON YOUR PROJECT COSTS EVERY YEAR FOR 10 YEARS, YOU HAD TO HAVE ALL OF YOUR UNITS BELOW 60% A M I.
AND SO FOR PROJECTS TO PERFORM, A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS WERE MAKING ALL THEIR UNITS BETWEEN 50 TO 60% A M I.
NOW WITH INCOME AVERAGING, A DEVELOPER CAN COME IN AND DO SOME BETWEEN 60 AND 80% A M I, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET SOME BELOW THAT 50% A M I, WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE THE NEED.
SO THAT INCOME AVERAGING TOOL IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT OVER THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND WHAT WE WANNA DO IS CREATE A POLICY TO WHERE ANY PROJECT THAT COMES FORWARD TO THIS COUNCIL REQUESTING A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION.
THEY SHOW HOW THEY DID SOME INCOME AVERAGING AND PROVIDED SOME UNITS BETWEEN THAT 60 TO 80% TO GET THAT DEEPER CUT OF 30 TO 50%.
WITH THAT TOOL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST AND GET BACK ON TARGET.
WE ARE RIGHT ON, WE ARE WAY ABOVE TRACK ON THAT 50 TO 60% A M I WE HAVE 3,172 UNITS.
UM, THAT WAS OUR GOAL FOR THE 10 YEAR TARGET.
WE HAVE 4,600 IN THE PIPELINE, 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% A M I OR BELOW.
SO A LOT OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPERS WERE DOING UNITS BETWEEN
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50 AND 60% A M I.AND THEN FOR THE 60 TO 80% GOAL, WE HAD 1,165 UNITS FOR OUR 10 YEAR GOAL.
UM, WE HAVE 2,800 IN THE PIPELINE.
AND SO WE ARE WELL ABOVE OUR GOAL.
NOW FOR THE RENTAL OCCUPIED REHAB PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION GOAL, UM, WE HAD 3,884 FOR OUR 10 YEAR TARGET.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 2100 IN THE PIPELINE NOW THAT 2100 LOADS SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITIES FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.
SO THEY HAVE ABOUT 1900 UNITS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS WHERE THEY'RE REHABBING EXISTING PROJECTS.
UM, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE WE'VE LOADED THAT FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.
AND THEN FOR PRODUCTION, WE'RE WAY ABOVE TARGET, WHICH WE NEEDED ABOUT 8,500 UNITS.
WE HAVE 6,000 IN OUR 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 C CHIP PROGRAM OR OTHER INCENTIVES LIKE C D B G AND HOME FUNDING.
AND THAT'S WHAT HELPED US GET THOSE 8,087 UNITS IN OUR PIPELINE
WE ALSO TOOK ALL OF THOSE UNITS AND WE MAPPED 'EM OUT WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SEE IF THOSE UNITS ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN THE AREAS WE WANNA SEE GROW.
AND SO PART OF A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM IS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALIGNING YOUR POLICIES WITH OTHER POLICIES AND SPECIFICALLY OUR POLICY FOR GROWTH.
SO THE SA UM, 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 TOOK THE VIAS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, THE THE RAPID TRANSIT NETWORKS AND ADDED A HALF MILE BUFFER ON EACH SIDE.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IS 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.
AND SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE MAPPING, WE'RE SEEING WHERE THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING AND THE MAJORITY OF IT IS HAPPENING AND WHERE WE WANT TO SEE IT.
NOW OUR NEXT EXERCISE TO DO IS WE WANNA MAP OUT WHERE ALL THE MARKET RATE IS GOING BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT 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 INCENTIVE 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, UM, 8,500 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'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
BUT THOSE 90 PROJECTS REPRESENT A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF 1.5 BILLION.
THEN WE MAPPED OUT ALL THE RESOURCES THEY RECEIVE FROM THE CITY, THE STATE, AND THE FED.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE P F C TAX EXEMPTION, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, BOTH FOUR AND 9%.
WE LOOKED AT THE TAX REBATES PROVIDED THROUGH THE CITY AND THEN OUR FEE WAIVERS AND C D B G AND HOME FUNDS.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ONE POINT, $1.1 BILLION OF INCENTIVES OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD TO MAKE THAT $1.5 BILLION INVESTMENT WORK.
AND NOW 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 THAT CAPITAL COST.
THEY HELP WITH THE OPERATING COSTS TO KEEP THOSE PROJECTS AFFORDABLE FOR 10 YEARS.
SO THOSE 30% A M I 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 FOUR AND 9% DO JUST THAT.
SO THEY PROVIDE THOSE OPERATING DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO KEEP THOSE PRICES DOWN.
NOW FOR THE CCHI, 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 AT TO THE TUNE OF $126,000 PER UNIT VERSUS A 17,000 PER UNIT THAT THE SEA CHIP 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 TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
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NOW OUR FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET FOR HOUSING WAS 26.1 MILLION.THAT HAD 13 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN C D B G AND HOME FUNDING.
WE HAD GENERAL FUND OF 9.6 MILLION.
AND THEN OUR HOUSING PARTNER, WHICH WAS A 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 THAT WE HAVE IN OUR INVENTORY.
THAT 34.4 MILLION INCLUDES $13.6 MILLION IN GRANTS.
IT HAS HOUSING PARTNERS TO THE TWO 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 A LISC THAT'S COMING IN AT 2.75 MILLION AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER $150,000 FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE TOUR GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 6.2 MILLION.
SO PER CHAPTER THREE 11 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE T FUNDINGS CAN BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF A TOURS.
UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A MAJOR TOOL USED BY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE, THE US TO HELP FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN FINALLY, OUR GENERAL FUND NOW, SO OF THAT $34.4 MILLION, UM, 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 VERA SOTA 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 OF THE $34.4 MILLION BUDGET, 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, UM, 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 AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY THAT'S BUILT ON THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
WE TAKE THAT POLICY, IT INCORPORATES THE TARGETS THAT WE IDENTIFIED EARLIER 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.
UM, CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT WE WILL BE INCLUDING A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO WE'LL BE HIRING A STAFF PERSON WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO OVERSEE THE HOUSING PLAN AS WELL AS OUR HOMELESS INITIATIVES.
UM, 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, HELP THEM WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ISSUES, HELP THEM WITH ANY INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEEDED BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PROVIDERS OR DEVELOPERS TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY GOING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CITY SYSTEM.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST ASSESSMENT AND WORKING WITH THEM.
UM, THAT ASSESSMENT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK PHASE AND WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS ON ITS ADOPTION IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN FURTHER REFINE WHAT A ONE-STOP HOUSING CENTER CONCEPT IS.
THIS WAS ANOTHER TOOL IDENTIFIED IN THE FRAMEWORK POLICY.
UM, WE WANNA 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 WITH 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 FUTURE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO AS VEL MENTIONED, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PHASE ONE OF OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT AND HAVE IT PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO THIS BODY THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THAT ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY WILL INCORPORATE TOOLS LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES.
HOWEVER, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT, UM, EARLY ON.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THAT ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY READY FOR ADOPTION, WE CAN IMPLEMENT THOSE TOOLS.
SO A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ALLOWS, UM, AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THE OFFICE OF URBAN RENEWAL, SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THEY COULD PURCHASE A HOME AND REHAB IT FOR A FAMILY BETWEEN 60 AND 120% A M I SELL THE IMPROVEMENT BACK TO THAT FAMILY, BUT
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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.
UM, THE SAME WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES.
UM, RIGHT NOW, IF WE WERE TO GO AHEAD AND DO AN IMPROVEMENT ON A HOME THAT WAS WITHIN A DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE, UM, IF THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THAT POLICY, WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS THAT THAT IMPROVEMENT ISN'T TAXED.
AND SO IT IT, IT'S FROZEN AT THAT PRE IMPROVEMENT VALUE AND 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 IS 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 NEIGHBORHOOD WHO'S NOT IMPROVING THEIR HOME, BUT THEIR TAXES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS RAPIDLY CHANGING.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE CHARTER AMENDMENT.
UM, JAMIE DAMRON DOES A GREAT JOB RUNNING OUR PROP SIX PROGRAM.
SO IN 2017 THE VOTERS APPROVED $20 MILLION.
UM, WE WILL BE USING ALL OF THAT MONEY TO HELP, UM, DEVELOP MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO BROADEN THOSE POWERS.
THOSE POWERS ARE VERY LIMITED.
SO WE'LL BE STARTING THAT PROCESS THIS FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.
UM, WE NEED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONTINUE THE REHAB PROGRAMS LIKE THE AWARD-WINNING UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
THEY'VE RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE TEXAS, UM, SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS THIS YEAR.
UM, OUR LET'S PAINT PROGRAM, OUR GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES, OUR MINOR REPAIR REHAB PROGRAMS, AND OUR REHAB AROMA PROGRAM THAT'S RUN BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
UM, WE NEED TO CONTINUE THOSE GREAT HOME, GREAT PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO, UM, DEVELOP OTHER STRATEGIES.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THEY'RE GONNA CONTRIBUTE $150,000 TO THIS EFFORT TO DEVELOP REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR AMAZON CASCIANO AND LINCOLN HEIGHTS.
THESE ARE THE PUBLIC HOUSING, UM, UM, PROJECTS OVER ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE.
UM, 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 UM, CENTERS? DO WE NEED DAYCARES? DO WE NEED UM, 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 GONNA BE FOCUSING THIS PROGRAM IN DISTRICTS TWO, THREE, AND FIVE.
UM, BUT 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 'CAUSE WE NEVER WANT TO DISTURB THE CHARACTER OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PARTNER WITH OUR NON-PROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY.
AND AS WE ACQUIRE A LOT, WE'LL PARTNER WITH A HOUSING DEVELOPER.
LISC HAS OFFERED TO CONTRIBUTE $2.5 MILLION IN A REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
SO THEY WILL FUND THAT LOAN FOR THAT DEVELOPER.
THAT DEVELOPER WILL SELL THE LOAN, THE HOME TO A FAMILY BETWEEN 60 AND 120, 20% A M I LET'S SCHOOL 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, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING THOSE HOMES THAT ARE VACANT AND BRINGING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
UM, ALSO LOOKING AT THOSE LOTS THAT ARE EMPTY AND BRINGING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
AND WE WANNA FOCUS IN DISTRICTS TWO, THREE, AND FIVE ON THIS INITIATIVE.
HOWEVER, WHERE WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL HOMES, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY WHO DOES HAVE AN INVENTORY, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
ANOTHER ONE THAT THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS OUR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT POLICY.
WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD BARRIERS HOUSING COMMITTEE.
UM, THEY ARE LOOKING AT U D C CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO ALLOW FOR E D USE TO BE BUILT IN THE BACK OF HOMES.
UM, SO THEY CAN BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR SOMEONE CAN AGE IN PLACE.
I'M GONNA GET OLD ONE DAY, MAYBE I CAN'T AFFORD MY HOUSE PAYMENT AND I'M ON A FIXED INCOME.
IF I COULD BUILD AN A D U IN MY BACKYARD AND MOVE BACK THERE AND THEN RENT MY HOUSE IN FRONT, THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO AGE IN MY MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE POLICY DOESN'T ALLOW THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE ARE LEANING ON THIS COMMITTEE TO HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE U D C CHANGES.
WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO DEVELOP DESIGN GUIDELINES AND THEN WE WANNA CREATE AN INCENTIVE POLICY.
WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD MAKE A HOUSING OWNER DEVELOP AN A D U IN THEIR BACKYARD AND LEASE IT TO SOMEONE ON A FIXED INCOME? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE INCENTIVES LOOK LIKE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS FULL YEAR TO WORK ON WHAT THAT POLICY LOOKS LIKE AND PRESENT IT TO THE HOUSING COM COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL LED BY COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ.
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THEN ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL AND LISC IS GOING TO BE BUILDING 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, TO HELP THEM WITH THAT INITIATIVE.
AND THEN FINALLY INCREASE OUR OWNER AND 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% A M I, UM, LEVERAGE OUR CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
WE HAVE FOUR CITY OWNED PROPERTIES THAT WE'LL BE DOING AN R F P ASKING DEVELOPERS TO RESPOND TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
UH, WE WANT TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS IN AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERSERVED.
AND THEN PARTNER WITH OUR FAITH, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE PROPERTY THAT IS EITHER SURPLUS OR UNDERUTILIZED.
SO WE, WE ALL HAVE SEEN THOSE CHURCHES THAT MIGHT HAVE A SOFTBALL FIELD THAT'S NOT BEING USED.
UM, 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 P F C SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DID WITH THE ST.
JOHN'S SEMINARY PROJECT WHERE THERE WAS A LAND LEASE THAT PROVIDED, PROVIDES A CHURCH $155,000 ANNUALLY, THEY CAN GO BACK IN THEIR MISSION.
AND SO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES WITH CHURCHES AND HELPING 'EM WITH THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.
AND 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, C C D O AND OTHERS, WE HAD 6,300 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 A AUTHORITIES CAPITAL PLAN ON THE REHAB IN THAT PROGRAM.
BUT WITH JUST OUR MONEY ALONE THAT WE'RE INCREASING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO ANOTHER 1000 UNITS, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY TARGETING THOSE 30 TO 50% AMIS AND BELOW 30.
UM, NONE OF THIS CAN BE DONE ALONE.
I JUST WANNA STRESS THIS COORDINATED SYSTEM.
UM, AND WE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CONTINUING TO MEET TO UNDERSTAND YOUR NEEDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WORKING WITH THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WORKING WITH OUR TOURS BOARDS, UM, 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 TWO WILL BE FOR THAT USER THAT'S LOOKING FOR HOUSING AND THEY CAN CLICK ON A PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE CITY THROUGH RESOURCES AND LOOK AT THE OCCUPANCY.
HOW DO THEY, WHAT, WHAT IS THE SCHOOL? WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THAT HOUSING UNIT IN? AND LOOK TO SEE HOW THEY CAN CONTACT THAT PROPERTY MANAGER FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO BRIDGETTE WHITE WHO WILL DO THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BRIDGER WHITE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO MY PRESENTATION.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS 23 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THREE AREAS, CITYWIDE PLANNING, REGIONAL PLANNING, AND REZONINGS.
THE DEPARTMENT RETAINS 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 OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY'S GROWTH POLICY EFFORTS.
WE WORK 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 M P O AND THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED FISCAL 2020 BUDGET TOTALS APPROXIMATELY $5.38 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 300 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 PROJECTS THAT DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PURSUE THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY ADOPTED THREE SA TOMORROW CONFERENCE, THREE SA TOMORROW PLANS IN 2016 CONSISTING OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN, THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
THESE ESSAY TOMORROW PLANS AIM TO PROACTIVELY
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ADDRESS THE FORECASTED GROWTH OF 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE IN BEXAR COUNTY BY 2040.IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN USES THE REGIONAL CENTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN AS CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH MENTIONED, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY 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 TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE UPDATED, UPDATED CITY'S CONFERENCE OF PLANNING PROGRAM RESULTS IN THE CREATION OF NEW SUB AREA PLANS THAT FOLLOW THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, USING CONSISTENT METHODS AND LANGUAGE TO CREATE ONE COMPLETE CITYWIDE FUTURE 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 SUB AREA 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 THE SA QUARTERS.
PHASE ONE BEGAN IN 2017, AND TO DATE, TWO REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, THE BROOKS AREA AND THE MIDTOWN AREA HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE UTS AREA U T S A 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 ONE INCLUDED THE UPDATE OF THE LAND USE CATEGORIES IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENTS OF THE SUB AREA PLANS SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL OTHER PLAN COMPONENTS.
THE NEW CONFERENCE OF PLAN LAND USE CATEGORIES WERE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND INCLUDE 18 CATEGORIES.
12 REVISED FROM THE PREVIOUS U D C CATEGORIES IN SIX NEW MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
PHASE TWO BEGAN IN LATE 2018 AND INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOUR REGIONAL CENTER PLANS IN TWO COMMUNITY AREAS.
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 IN THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND AN INITIAL ALL RESIDENCE MEETING.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT MANAGERS, MANAGERS ENGAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESS GROUPS, AND INSTITUTIONS IN EACH PLANNING AREA.
PHASE THREE WILL BE INITIATED ONCE THE CONSULTANT CONTRACT IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WITH PROPOSALS DUE THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 16TH.
PHASE THREE INCLUDES THE FINAL SET OF REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, ROLLING OAKS AREA, STONE OAKS AREA, GREATER AIRPORT AREA, FORT SAM HOUSTON AREA INTO COMMUNITY AREA PLANS.
AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE TRY TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER INITIATIVES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE GREATER AIRPORT AREA REGIONAL CENTER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS THE AIRPORT IS WITHIN THAT REGIONAL CENTER.
THE REMAINING PHASES FOUR AND FIVE ARE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUB AREA 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 ESSAY TOMORROW RELATED PROJECT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN.
THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS A MAJOR DISTRICT SEVEN IN T INITIATIVE AND WILL RESULT IN THE FIRST SA TOMORROW QUARTER PLAN.
KEY QUARTER PLAN ELEMENTS INCLUDE LAND USE AND DESIGN, MULTIMODAL AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION, THE DESIGN OF BANDERA ROAD AND AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
THIS PLAN IS BEING CONDUCTED IN CONCERT WITH A LARGER LONG RANGE PLANNING EFFORT BEING CONDUCTED BY TXDOT TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONG THAT ROAD.
THEY HAVE CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF STUDIES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT IT HASN'T HAD, THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE BENEFIT OF INPUT FROM THE CITY THROUGH A FORMAL COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS.
THROUGHOUT OUR PROCESS, T STOCK WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE'S COMMUNITY CONSENSUS, AND WE'LL 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 IM IMPLEMENT NEW AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HELP MOVE PEOPLE AS WELL AS AUTOMOBILES.
ONCE THE CITY HAS ADOPTED THIS CORRIDOR PLAN WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TXDOT TO ENSURE COORDINATION WITH THE PLAN AND SUPPORT THEIR WORK MOVING FORWARD IN THE COMPLETION OF THEIR ROADWAY DESIGNS.
IN ADDITION TO TXDOT, WE ARE COORDINATED WITH OTHER CITY, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND ALSO
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THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY.ANTICIPATED COMPLETION FOR THIS QUARTER PLAN IS SUMMER OF 2021.
AND FINALLY, THROUGHOUT OUR PLANNING PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE WITH EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
CURRENT EQUITY EFFORTS INCLUDE TRANSLATION OF THE SUB AREA PLANS INTO SPANISH AND EXPANDED NOTIFICATION TO INCLUDE TENANTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AS OPPOSED TO JUST PROPERTY OWNERS.
MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE ON OTHER PLANNING INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF EQUITY SUCH AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOTED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S FISCAL 2020 BUDGET, AND WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIDGET, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE AS WELL AS, UH, LORI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AS WELL, UH, TO, UH, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING OVER TODAY, UH, THAT I THINK EVERYONE HAS TAKEN AN INTEREST IN.
IT'S ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ALREADY FOR THE LAST, UH, YEAR AND A HALF BY OUR CITY STAFF.
OUR ORGANIZATIONS NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT HAVE BEEN LEANING INTO THE HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY, UH, ISSUES OF THE CITY.
UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW HOUSING COMMISSION ESTABLISHED THAT HAS ALSO BEEN HARD AT WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO, UH, THE WORK OF THE HOUSING TASK FORCE AND THE, AND THE MEASURES THAT WE WANNA SEE MOVED, UH, BY THEM.
I JUST WANNA ACCOUNT FOR A FEW, UH, LAURA, YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THEM.
THE, UH, REDUCING BARRIERS, UH, COMMITTEE IS UNDERWAY AND THEIR GOAL IS HOPEFULLY TO REDUCE WHAT HAS BECOME TIME AND COST BURDENS THAT RAISE THE, UH, COST OF LIVING FOR EVERYONE WHO EVENTUALLY RESIDES IN THOSE UNITS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE, UH, LATELY IN THE, UH, NUMBER OF UNITS, AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, IN A LONG TIME, I THINK, AND PROBABLY TO THE ENVY OF SOME CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, AND IN ADDITION, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ERIC, UH, AND, AND LORI AND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR REALLY LEANING INTO, UH, THE, THE CONCEPT OF A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
WE HAVE 35, 40 SOME ODD ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, GOVERNING BODIES THAT ALL CONTRIBUTE IN SOME WAY TO THE HOUSING ECOSYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, AND WE CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE WE, WE PRODUCED A LOT OF EFFICIENT 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 THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, UH, ERIC, YOU DID ANNOUNCE RECENTLY THAT, UH, WE ARE SEEKING, UH, 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 GONNA BE A MOVE THAT IS HIGHLY APPLAUDED.
UM, 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, UH, JOIN US IN NOVEMBER.
WE KNOW THERE'S A, 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.
UH, MOST URBAN CITIES OUR SIZE ARE DEALING WITH A CRISIS THAT'S AT A OF A MUCH GREATER MAGNITUDE, BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL OUR DESTINY HERE.
SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON HOUSING, UH, LORI, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT, UM, AND, AND THE FIRST ONE REALLY IS GOING TO SLIDE 18.
UM, SO LEMME GET ON THAT PAGE MYSELF.
I MEAN, THIS IS A VERY SHORT SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS, UH, FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT MAY CHANGE.
UH, BUT I DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE CCHI VERSUS THE AFFORDABILITY PIPELINE.
WE'VE JUST NOW ADDED AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA INTO THE C CHIP PROGRAM.
IT WASN'T STARTED AS AN AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM, BUT, BUT WE'VE ADDED AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA NOW.
HOW MANY, UM, PROJECTS ARE UTILIZING THE NEW VERSION OF CCHI P TODAY? UM, THE, I OF THE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUR IN THE PIPELINE.
ALL FOUR HAVE SOME LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY IN IT.
THEY'RE NEW AS A RESULT OF THE, THE SEED, THE NEW CCHI.
'CAUSE IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT NOTHING WAS HAPPENING WITH THE NEW PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR CCHI PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE, AND ALL FOUR HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT.
AND, UM, BUT I DO WANNA STRESS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT AREN'T USING THE C CHIP.
AND BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WE'RE USING THE CCHI IS BECAUSE OF THE AS OF RIGHT TOOL FOR THAT FEE WAIVER.
WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW IS WE BROKE THAT OUT.
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YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM MM-HMM.AND, AND I DID WANT TO BRING UP, BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE OBVIOUSLY IN THE PER UNIT, UH, SUBSIDY MM-HMM.
UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S WHO'S LOOKING AT THAT IS NOT SHOCKED BECAUSE WHAT'S NOT APPLICABLE IN THE TOP LINE THERE, OR EXCUSE ME, IN THE BOTTOM LINE, ARE FEDERAL FUNDS MM-HMM.
UH, AND, AND ACTUALLY ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE HISTORY OF CCHI P, WHICH SHOW THAT THE, THE COST PER UNIT WAS MUCH GREATER IN TERMS OF THE CITY INCENTIVES THAT WERE BEING UTILIZED IN MANY CASES FOR THE CCHI.
UM, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WATCHING, UM, THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES HERE UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS, IS CERTAINLY, IT'S NOT CHEAP, UH, BUT THERE'S NOT, UH, AS HUGE AS, UH, DISCREPANCY IN TERMS OF THE CITY INCENTIVES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED, UM, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO THE NEED THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE OR THAT'S PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK ALSO ABOUT, UH, YOU MADE A NOTE OF THE OWNER OCCUPIED RE REHAB, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, ARE WE ALSO, ARE WE, UM, ARE WE STILL, UH, WORKING WITH THE 30% LEVEL A M I FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION? IT'S 80%.
THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB IS THE 80%.
DO WE DO ALL RANGES IN THE, SO FOR THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, TYPICALLY SOMEONE IN THAT 30% A M I CATEGORY WOULDN'T OWN A HOME.
UM, AND SO THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO THE 60 TO 80% A M I CATEGORY.
RARELY HAVE WE EVER, I DUNNO HAVE OKAY.
WE, WE WILL CONFIRM, BUT IT'S, THE THRESHOLD IS REALLY UP TO 80% FOR THAT OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
NOW, 30% A M I, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT RENTAL COMPONENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR RESOURCES FOR C D B G AND HOME, THEY HELP WITH THAT 30% A M I OR BELOW NOW ALSO.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU NEED OTHER SERVICES AND THAT'S WHY THE LOW INCOME HAVE HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS AND OTHERS HELP WITH THAT.
UM, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM.
HAS, WE'VE HAD 200, UM, FAMILIES THAT HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO OR HAVE UTILIZED THE RISK MITIGATION TOOL THIS YEAR? YES.
WE HAD ANTICIPATED WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ABOUT 200 FAMILIES WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION.
WE DID DIVIDE IT TO BE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS DISPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
SO WE PAY FOR, UH, THREE MONTHS RENT STORAGE, UH, THE RELOCATION COSTS, THE MOVING COSTS.
AND SO 197 FAMILIES, AND WE'VE ONLY HAD THE POLICY, UM, ABOUT FIVE MONTHS NOW.
UH, ONE OF THE THING, ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN IS WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE THOSE YES.
UH, MAKE IT TIMELY FOR THOSE FAMILIES TO GET INVOLVED, UH, TO GET THE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE, THE RISK MITIGATION FUND.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT AND, AND WE'RE TWEAKING CONSTANTLY TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT.
SO WE HAVE MADE REFINEMENTS TO OUR PROCESS THROUGH PROCESSING FISCAL, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT, UM, REASSESSING HOW WE'RE UTILIZING IT.
DID WE GET THE RIGHT DIVISION BETWEEN DISPLACEMENT AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE? ARE WE TARGETING THE RIGHT FOLKS? DID WE NEED TO CREATE A DIFFERENT CATEGORY? SO THAT ASSESSMENT IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, SO WE CAN IMPROVE UPON THE SERVICES.
I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU GUYS DO, UM, MUSICAL CHAIRS.
I DID, TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE, YOU, YOU HAD WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ASK CORRECT.
SO WE ARE STILL INVOLVED IN THE YES.
AND, AND, AND IF YOU CAN, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT 50% A M I OR BELOW.
TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK AT TARGET.
AND I DO WANNA ADD, THOUGH, I DID CLARIFY OF THE 81 OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM, SOME OF THOSE COULD BE 30% A M I FAMILIES IF THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME OR THEY'RE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXTRACT THAT FOR YOU.
AND ALSO ON EXTRACTING THE SLIDE 18, WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP THAT UP ANYMORE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE GAP IS NOT SO WIDE SO WE CAN SHOW THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THOSE INCENTIVES ARE COMING FROM.
UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THE $1.7 BILLION AND THINK IT'S, THINK IT'S ALWAYS, IT, IT'S ALL COMING FROM CITY INCENTIVES AND IT'S NOT.
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NO.THE MAJORITY OF IT, ABOUT 300 MILLION IS COMING FROM TAX EXEMPTIONS.
ANOTHER 300 MILLION ARE COMING FROM THE BONDS THAT ARE ISSUED THROUGH THE P F C AND ANOTHER 300 MILLION ARE COMING FROM THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
THE FOUR 9%, THE REST ARE COMING THROUGH OTHER SOURCES LIKE C D B G FUNDING, HOME FUNDING SAWS, AND CITY FEE WAIVERS.
JUST TWO OTHER POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE AND MAYBE GET YOUR, UH, REACTION TO.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR, UM, FOR BRIDGET.
THE, THE TWO OVERRIDING ISSUES THAT I SEE THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT TO RECONCILE, UH, WITH OUR HOUSING SYSTEM IS HOW, NUMBER ONE THAT WE DEFINE AFFORDABILITY MM-HMM.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE VERY REAL, UM, ISSUE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING WELL IN ALL THE CATEGORIES EXCEPT THE 50 AND BELOW, AND SPECIFICALLY THE 30 AND BELOW MM-HMM.
UM, BUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE LONG RUN.
UM, AND I'D JUST MAYBE LIKE TO GET YOUR REACTION TO THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE TOOLS WE OUTLINED, THE INCOME AVERAGING AND THAT, THAT'S GOING TO HELP.
WE'RE GONNA GET SOME OF THOSE CUTS BELOW THAT 50% A M I.
UM, ALSO LOOKING AT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, THAT'S GOING TO BE A, A BIG TOOL THAT WE NEED TO DO 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, UM, SO WE CAN, UM, 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% UNITS IN THE PIPELINE THAT'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER.
SO IT'S JUST, I THINK THE NUMBERS SHOULD BE HIGHER.
SO I THINK AFTER THIS FISCAL YEAR, STAFF MAY WANNA LOOK AT INCREASING THOSE TARGETS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 30% AND THE 30 TO 50% A M I.
AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S IMPORTANT DISCUSSION HAPPENING THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE VOICE OF THE RENTER IN THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION.
SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, LAST THING I'LL I'LL SAY IS THAT, UM, SA 2020, OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN, 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 HYPER-FOCUSED ON UNIT NUMBERS MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DRIVE TOWARDS IMPACT AND, AND GET THAT STORY BACK.
BUT THE EMAILS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ON THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOURS ARE VERY INSTRUCTIVE WHEN THOSE START COMING IN, IN A DIFFERENT TENOR AND TONE.
UH, WE KNOW WE'RE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORT, LORI MM-HMM.
AND, AND VERO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK.
UM, JUST ONE QUESTION FOR BRIDGET.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, UH, 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.
UH, I THINK SOME OF THAT WAS GROWING PAINS AND US TRANSITIONING TO WHAT IS THE TOUGHER PART OF IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT OUR IS IS YOUR, UM, WHERE ARE WE GONNA BE IN IN A YEAR? ARE WE GONNA GET BACK ON TRACK ON YOUR TIMELINE? YES.
WE ANTICIPATE ALL THE PLANS TO BE COM 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 WITHIN A PLANNING PROCESS.
AND ALSO THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO UPDATE OUR LAND USE CATEGORIES.
SO WE'LL 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.
AND, UM, WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PERSISTENCE ON IT, BRIDGET.
UH, THANK YOU BOTH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCILMAN GRO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
I'M GONNA START, I GUESS, UM, I WANNA START WITH BRIDGET, SO YOU CAN COME BACK UP HERE.
UM, JUST QUICKLY, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I THINK WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND WE KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.
UM, BUT I REALLY DO THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS SO COMPREHENSIVE AND IMPORTANT AND INTERCONNECTED WITH ALL OF THE PLANS AS WE GROW IN SAN ANTONIO.
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TO, UH, POINT OUT, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PROGRESS AND, UM, THAT YOU ARE THE, THE LAST SLIDE, NUMBER 11 THAT YOU ARE NOW CALLING OR TARGETING BUSINESS OWNERS AND NOT JUST THE LAND OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.I KNOW WE HAD GROWING PAINS THROUGH THAT IN OUR, IN SOME OF OUR WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, SO DO YOU KNOW, UH, HOW MANY HAVE YOU ALREADY EXPANDED THAT NOTIFICATION AND IN WHAT, UH, AND HOW, HOW IS IT, HOW IS IT GOING? UM, 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, UM, A TENANT.
SO WE WE'RE BASICALLY MAILING TO EVERYONE ALONG THE MAIL ROUTE.
BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO MAIL OUT A LOT MORE NOTIFICATIONS.
AND SO YOUR BUDGET IS ALSO, IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL OF THESE EXPANDED MAIL OUTS AS WELL? WE HAVE WORKED WITH O M B TO IDENTIFY AND LOOKING AT, WE'VE ACTUALLY, UM, UH, TRACKED HOW MANY NOTIFICATIONS WE HAVE, HOW MANY PARCELS, HOW MANY PEOPLE, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH O M B TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE'LL NEED.
AND ALSO NOT JUST LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 20, BUT ALSO FISCAL YEAR 2021.
AND IF I COULD JUST PUT SOMETHING, AT LEAST FOR DISTRICT THREE, ERIC, WHAT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IS THO ARE THOSE, UM, MAILOUTS, THOSE DIRECT MAILOUTS TO THE ADDRESSES AS WELL AS THE, UM, GIANT ORANGE DISPLAY SIGNS THAT YOU PUT OUT AS WELL.
THOSE ARE VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE TO GET, UH, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT THREE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT TO, TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIDGETTE.
UH, THIS IS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AND IT WAS A LOT TO TAKE IN, UH, TO, BUT IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND, UH, THE EMBEDDING EQUITY 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, THE SALARY RANGES, UM, UNDERNEATH THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AIS, WHAT IS THIS, THE RANGES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? YES, MM-HMM.
SO IF YOU COULD, THAT WOULD HELP WITH CONTEXT FOR ME AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT PUTTING IT IN THE, UM, THE ACTUAL VISUAL.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO KEEP IT ALL ALIGNED.
AND THEN ON THAT, UH, SLIDE, IS THAT 15? YES.
S SO ONE OF THE, UH, NO, NO, NOT FOUR 15, LET'S GO TO 16 MM-HMM.
SO THE RENTAL OCCUPIED UNIT OF LESS THAN, UM, 30%.
IS THIS THE SPACE WHERE SAHA SHOULD BE WORKING THE MOST? AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE PART OF THIS, THE NUMBERS, WHAT IS THEIR PART? AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING, WELL FIRST THEY DO, THEY'RE DOING REHAB OF, UM, UNITS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, FOCUSING ON THOSE PUBLIC HOUSING THAT ARE, THAT 30% A M I LIKE AL, AMAZON, CASTIANO, LINCOLN, ALSO LOOKING AT OTHERS LIKE ROBERT E. LEE LOOKING AT RENATA, UM, TO SEE HOW WE CAN DEVELOP REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES.
SO WHEN IT'S TIME TO REHAB THOSE UNITS, WE HAVE A STRATEGY THAT DOESN'T JUST LOOK AT HOW YOU BUILD NEW HOUSING AND RELOCATE, BUT ALSO LOOKS AT THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES.
SO IF THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES, SHOULD WE BE HAVING YOUTH CENTERS, UM, OR DAYCARES, UM, 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? AND SO WE WORKING CLOSELY WITH SAHA ON HOW WE CAN REDEVELOP THESE THREE AREAS AND THEN WE CAN WORK ON THOSE 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 OVER, THAT WAS RECEIVED ON THE EAST SIDE.
NOW SAHA IS ALSO FOCUSING ON THEIR FUNDING THROUGH THEIR, THEIR HOUSING AUTHORITY.
P F C PROCEEDS FROM THAT WILL GO TO HELP 30% A M I BELOW.
THEY JUST STARTED THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO THEY, BUT THE PROCEEDS ARE INTENDED TO GO HELP THAT 30% A M
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I OR BELOW.AND I KNOW THEY'RE ALSO, SO, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIVESTING SOME OF THEIR PROPERTIES AS WELL.
AND WHERE ARE WE IN THAT, IN THAT, AND WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS, UHHUH WITH DAVID AND SCHA, WHERE THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING AN INVENTORY OF WHERE THEY ARE, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE LOCATIONS.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE WHEN TO FOCUS ON DISTRICTS TWO, THREE, AND FIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE INFIELD PART SHEET MM-HMM.
BUT WHAT WE WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE WE RETAIN THAT AFFORDABILITY LEVEL OF IT MM-HMM.
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 YES, FIRST REFUSAL.
AND, AND ERIC, I THINK I'M, I'M TRYING TO TO UNDERSTAND THIS TOO BECAUSE I KNOW AT THE CITY WE HAVE THIS LAND THAT WE ALSO HAVE SOLD TO OTHER, I MEAN, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS IN MY DISTRICT, UM, WE, THERE'S LAND, THERE WERE HOUSES ON, OR NOT HOUSES ON THEM.
THEY WERE, 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 GONNA 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 GONNA NOT, SO ALL THIS LAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AS SURPLUS IS NOT REALLY SURPLUS NOW, OR WELL, SO IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, DISPOSING OF PROPERTY THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED MM-HMM.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M UNDERSTAND.
BUT THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SO YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT BUYING SAHA LAND.
AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT PURCHASING PROPERTY LIKE WE DO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOND INITIATIVE, OR HOLD ONTO THE PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AT THE CITY TO SEE HOW WE COULD REDEVELOP IT.
AND WE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DEVELOP PROPERTY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE IT'S BEEN PRICED OUT FOR AFFORDABILITY MM-HMM.
SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE PROP SIX FUNDING, WHERE WE WENT OUT, ASKED PEOPLE TO, UM, PROVIDE PROPERTY THAT WE COULD ACQUIRE, WE ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY, THEN WE DID AN R F P TO IDENTIFY A DEVELOPER TO BUILD THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE ACQUIRED AND THEN DISPOSED SO WE COULD GET THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON IT.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S NOT HELPING.
AND IT'S, I NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, I JUST, UH, BEFORE WE DISPOSE OF ANY PROPERTY, IS IT GONNA GO TO LORI TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA NEED IT FOR BUILDING ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YES.
SO I REALLY LIKE THIS MAP A LOT 'CAUSE I THINK IT TELLS A VERY SIGNIFICANT STORY OF OUR CITY.
UM, SO WHEN WE TALK, REMIND ME AGAIN, LORI, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIPELINE MM-HMM.
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.
SO THESE DOTS ON THIS MAP RIGHT NOW ARE ALREADY HOMES, UNITS, OR RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT CURRENTLY IN 2019? NO, THESE ARE ONES THAT COULD COME ONLINE THAT HAVE COME ONLINE OR WILL BE COMING ONLINE.
BUT THIS, WE'RE JUST STARTING IN 2019.
THIS IS OUR START WITH ALL OF THESE RIGHT HERE MM-HMM.
AND THE RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE, I GUESS THAT'S BLUE.
AND THE OWNER REHAB IS OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
THE RED, SORRY, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I'M THE ONE, I'M SORRY.
SO IT'S EVERY PROJECT THAT INCLUDES, THAT RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH UNDER ONE ROOF OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
LET'S PAINT, UM, THE C D B G HOME.
ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN THAT PIPELINE WE WENT AHEAD AND MAPPED OUT.
SO TELL ME, WHAT IS THE RENTAL PROPERTIES? ARE THOSE MULTIFAMILIES OR ARE THOSE ALSO SAHA VOUCHER SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES? IT MOSTLY ARE MULTIFAMILY.
UM, AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT 65% OF THAT RENTAL IS GOING WITHIN THESE AREAS THAT WE WANNA SEE GROWTH.
WELL, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT, AND THESE ARE ALL AFFORDABLE.
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YES.AND WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TOO IS UM, I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY RESIDENTS, WELL NO, I'LL JUST SPEAK TO THIS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH RENTAL PROPERTY PROPERTIES ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO THERE'S A DISPARITY THAT EXISTS THERE MM-HMM.
AND WE HAVE A LOT, UM, OF WORK TO DO IN THAT, 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, UM, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
BUT THE NEW RENTAL PROPERTIES, I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NORTH OF FOUR 10 WHO PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE, UM, AS WELL.
SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY, VERY TELLING, UM, MAP OF OUR, OF OUR CITY MM-HMM.
AND TELL ME WHAT IS THE MARKET RATE COST VERSUS AFFORDABLE WITH REGARDS TO SALARIES? THE, THE RANGES THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS.
AND SO, UM, ANYWHERE FROM, FOR RENTAL, ANYWHERE FROM 30% TO 80%.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE FOCUSING ON, FOR SALE, IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 120%.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, SO I CAN GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S UP TO 85,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
AND MARKET RATE WOULD CONNECT WITH THE 85,000.
UM, TO SLIDE NUMBER 23, THE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY.
WE KNOW THAT 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 AND A SLIDE EARLIER, BUT WITH THE PROTECT AND PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOODS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT DURING, UM, FAIR HOUSING IS ALSO, UM, WITH WILLS MM-HMM.
UM, BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY RAMPANT, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF, UH, I KNOW TWO AND THREE, IT'S PRETTY RAMPANT RIGHT NOW FOR THE, UH, SLIDE NUMBER 25 WITH THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
SO THESE, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE U D C CHANGES, THAT'S THE 2020 U D C CHANGES? YES.
AND, UH, YOU ALSO MENTIONED IN YOUR NARRATIVE THAT THIS WOULD BE FOR SOMETHING FOR THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO RENT, UH, OR PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO RENT THEM IN AN AFFORDABLE CAPACITY.
SO WOULD WE PUT IN PARAMETERS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THEM AS ST OR WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO USE 'EM AS STS SHORT TERM RENTALS IF THEY'RE, WELL, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ON HOW WE CAN FOCUS THOSE A D ADUS TO BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO WE WOULD PUT THOSE IN ANY AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, AND THEN, OKAY, I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT ONE.
AND ALSO THE ALIGNMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE MISSIONS OF THOSE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
'CAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF THAT WITHIN THE INNER CITY AND THE CORE OF THE AREA.
AND ALSO, WELL, I THINK WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RENTALS AND RENTERS, UM, I THINK ONE, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE IT IN THIS SPACE WITH PROTECT AND PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOODS MM-HMM.
I KNOW, UH, 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, UH, IN SOME ASPECTS IN MY DISTRICT, SOME OF MY OWNER OWNERS HOMEOWNERS, UH, LEGACY HOMEOWNERS HAVE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND DO RENT IT AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE.
BUT THEN SOMETIMES WHEN THEY ASK THE RENTERS TO LEAVE, THEY DON'T LEAVE.
AND SO THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
AND WHO'S 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 IN THIS ABSOLUTELY.
AND I'LL JUST, UM, I, I THINK I JUST WANNA FOCUS MY
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QUESTIONS ON THE PROTECT AND PRESERVE, UM, PORTION OF YOUR PRESENTATION.UH, SO IF YOU COULD BRING UP THIS SLIDE.
SO HERE REGARDING SINGLE FAMILY INFILL REHAB RECONSTRUCTION PILOT, YOU HAVE HERE LIST TO CONTRIBUTE 2.5 MILLION FOR REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
SO TO WHOM WOULD THOSE LOANS BE OFFERED? IT'D BE OFFERED TO, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND FOR-PROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS.
THIS IS TO CONSTRUCT AND REHAB THOSE HOMES.
AND THEN THE, THE HOUSING DEVELOPER WOULD THEN SELL IT TO AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY BETWEEN 60 AND 120% A M I.
WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO QUALIFIES, WHO WANTS TO DO REPAIRS TO THEIR HOME, THAT PROVIDES, WE, WE HAVE THAT TOOL.
HOW MUCH IS, IS IN THAT REVOLVING LOAN FUND? THE ORDER OCCUPIED REHAB? ABOUT SEVEN.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, IT CAN BE IN A FORM OF A GRANT DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE WITH THEIR A M I MM-HMM.
UH, AND SO I GUESS I HAVE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TRYING TO RUN PILOTS IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY REGARDING INFILL MM-HMM.
UM, 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.
AND SO THE FOCUS OF MY EFFORTS TO, UH, REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN WITH SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS AND EXISTING LANDOWNERS.
SO THEY WERE PRETTY SMALL IN NATURE.
THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAD, UM, VERY TARGETED, UH, TO PEOPLE THAT DO, UH, SMALL SCALE CONSTRUCTION.
SO SINGLE FAMILY, PERHAPS SOME ADUS, PERHAPS MM-HMM.
UM, AND MY SENSE IS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR COULD REALLY DO IT THEMSELVES IF WE JUST WAIVED ALL OF THE FEES.
THE, UM, SAWS AND C P SS FEES MM-HMM.
IF WE DIDN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BUILD THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF A LITTLE BITTY STRUCTURE.
UH, AND SO MY SENSE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL.
UH, 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 MM-HMM.
I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL MM-HMM.
UH, 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 MM-HMM.
SO I GUESS MY SENSE IS THAT 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.
UM, 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, WE ALREADY DO WAIVE THOSE FEES FOR THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM.
AND SO WE DO HAVE A FEE WAIVER THAT PROVIDES A DEVELOPER FEE WAIVERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND, UM, SO THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
THIS IS 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, SO THEY COULD BE PRIVATE OR IT COULD BE A NON-PROFIT LIKE MERCED OR HABITAT OR ANOTHER NON-PROFIT.
SO THEN THE CITY IS OUT OF IT.
UH, 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 ALONE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME MOMENTUM AND SOME SUCCESS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTICULARLY DOING, UH, TINY HOMES.
WE'VE DONE SOME, SOME CONTAINERS, UM, SOME, UH, WHAT WE HAVEN'T, WHAT I JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IN MY DISTRICT AT ALL, UH, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MM-HMM.
AND, UH, AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT THAT'S WISE.
I DON'T, I HAVE OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THAT REGARDING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR CITY.
UM, BUT I, 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, UH, HIRE AN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER TO OVERSEE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO DO ALL THE IMPLEMENTATION.
AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE FUNDING, IN FACT, VE AREN'T, ISN'T A LOT OF HOW MANY OF YOUR STAFF
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ARE GRANT FUNDED, UM, ON YOUR TEAM? I MEAN, ISN'T MORE THAN HALF OF YOUR TEAM POSITIONS GRANT FUNDED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE OFFICE OF URBAN RENEWAL, SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT, THAT'S AN ARM OF THE CITY, DON'T DO THEY HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE, MAYBE TWO.UM, THEY HAVE A STAFF PERSON AND THEY CONTRACT OUT OTHER STAFF, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS ALREADY.
SO WE DID THE RENEWS A INFILL, UM, WE FOCUSED ON, THERE'S 43 GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS, 43 GRANT FUNDED.
AND HOW MANY POSITIONS TOTAL? THERE'S 88.
AND SO, SO, BUT WE DO THIS ALREADY WITH A RENEWSA PROGRAM WHERE WE ACQUIRE LOTS AND THEN WE PARTNER WITH A DEVELOPER.
SO 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 HANDHOLDING TO MAKE SURE THEY GET PERMITS THEY NEEDED TO HELP THEM WITH IT.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE BUILDING HOMES.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE NONPROFIT SECTOR TO DO THEM.
WELL, I, I MEAN, I, THAT HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF MY WORK, I BELIEVE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS NOW AT SIX TO REALLY FOCUS ON, UH, REHAB, INFILL, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY AND, UH, MULTIFAMILY IN MM-HMM.
BECAUSE REALLY MY ENTIRE DISTRICT WOULD QUALIFY AS AN AFFORDABLE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, WELL, THERE ARE A FEW NOW HOMES 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 MM-HMM.
UM, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY VALUES ARE INCREASING.
SO THERE MIGHT HAVE CHANGED SOME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT, UM, STILL FAIRLY LOW FOR AVERAGE, UM, PRICE OF A HOME IN THE DISTRICT.
SO, UM, I, I WOULD, UH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CON CONTINUE JUST TO EXPLORE THIS ISSUE OF THIS IS REALLY THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS.
BECAUSE I THINK IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MIKE SHANNON IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, THAT MIGHT BE A EASIER WAY TO FACILITATE HAVING THE PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, BUILD MORE HOMES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I WHAT I THINK WE ARE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL IN MIND, PERHAPS JUST NOT THE BEST WAY TO EXECUTE.
SO, UM, I GUESS JUST OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE UNITS, UH, THAT WERE MENTIONED UNDER THE, ESPECIALLY THE 50 AND TH THE 30 OF A M I, UH, I DON'T RECALL IF I HEARD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IF THERE'S ARE TWO BEDROOMS OR THREE BEDROOMS. IS THAT PART OF THE GOAL? IS THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THEM BE TWO OR THREE BEDROOMS? MM-HMM.
WE CAN, WE CAN GET THAT BROKEN OUT, BUT THERE IS SOME, SOME DISTRIBUTION OF ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEDROOMS WITHIN THERE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT.
'CAUSE UM, I THINK WE'D BE MISSING THE POINT MM-HMM.
UH, AND SO I THINK JUST THE LAST QUESTION, UH, REGARDING THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD, THAT WAS CIRCLES THAT COUNCILMAN BRAN WAS MM-HMM.
IT WAS LIKE TWO CIRCLES NEXT TO EACH OTHER, UM, THAT WERE LIKE, UH, EMPTY CIRCLES,
SO EVEN HERE STILL, UM, I, I, I THINK I ALSO HAD SOME, UH, CONCERN ABOUT THE, UH, OWNER OCCUPIED IN THE RENTAL.
SO I GUESS WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS THAT, UM, WE STILL NEED, WE NEED BOTH OWNER OCCUPIED OR RATHER SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY 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 10 YEARS, AND HOW MANY RENTAL OCCUPIED UNITS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY MULTIFAMILY, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT LIMITED TO, UM, OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND SO THESE ARE THE TARGETS THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OF THESE A M I CATEGORIES WITHIN THE OWNER OCCUPIED VERSUS RENTAL OCCUPIED.
AND SO, UM, I THINK VATO, I THINK I JUST HAD, UH, A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU, UM, REGARDING SOME OF THE WORK THAT,
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UM, RE UH, ABOUT THE EQUITY LENS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF, OF, UM, FUNDS FOR REHAB.UH, AND PARTICULARLY THE, UH, THE ONE ROOF PROGRAM DID SHOW THAT DISTRICT FIVE HAD THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE BASED ON NEED.
UM, AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE FUND IN THOSE PROGRAMS IS GONNA BE BASED ON NEED.
SO WE'RE APPLYING THE EQUITY, UH, LENS AS WELL.
AND SO THE SLIDE JUST SHOWED 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 UNDER O THIS YEAR FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
AND DISTRICT FIVE HAS 16, WHICH IS THE MOST, FOLLOWED BY DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH HAS 12, AND THEN DISTRICT THREE HAS 11.
SO THERE'S AN APPLICATION SO THAT, UM, THE NUMBER DISTRICT 10, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS ONLY TWO.
UH, 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, 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.
I'M, SO, SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE MORE TIME? SURE.
I CAN SEND YOU THE, THE BREAKDOWN FOR BOTH THE UNDERWENT 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 GONNA HAVE A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE UNDER 80% A M I AND THEN WE DISTRIBUTE IT IN THAT WAY.
THE, THE NUMBER OF ROOFS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, ALLOCATED OR REHAB.
SO, UM, NOT NECESSARILY, SO IT'S BASED ON NEED OF THE DISTRICT AND THEN NEED OF THE INDIVIDUAL, OR JUST THE INDIVIDUAL NEED IT, IT'S BOTH THINGS.
UM, BUT ONLY FAMILIES THAT MEET THE INCOME THRESHOLD OR THE ONES THAT WE HELP.
SO WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT APPLY.
WE REJECT THEIR APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY'RE OVER INCOME.
UM, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, YEAH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK, LORI.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY WANT TO, TO BE A RESOURCE TO YOU AS YOU'RE, YOU'RE SORT OF MAPPING THIS OUT.
I SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE, THE BUFFER ZONE, UH, THAT I THINK MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD.
THE POINT, THE POINT OF THAT IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE ARE SOME ADJACENCIES AND THAT GIVES US MORE OPTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE PLACE THAT AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU ON.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO REALLY DIGGING DEEP INTO, UH, WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
UM, VERO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, QUESTION FOR YOU.
IF I, IF I CAN, I'M SORRY IF I JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT WE SENT OUT A MEMO REGARDING, UH, RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, RENTERS MAKE UP 47% OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, ACCORDING TO, UH, SOME STATISTICS, WE HAD 10,000 EVICTIONS IN 2016.
IN THAT SAME YEAR, THERE WAS 16,000 EVICTION FILINGS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS FOR US TO, TO, UH, MAYBE LOOK AT THE RISK MITIGATION FUND AN EXISTING ALLOCATION.
IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL, BUT AN EXISTING, UH, TO REALLY LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPONENT OF THIS MM-HMM.
RIGHT? 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, UH, 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? AND SO YOUR MEMO WAS VERY TIMELY.
I EVEN FOLLOWED YOUR TWITTER THREAD, UH, AS WELL, UM, YESTERDAY.
AND SO ALL OF THAT, UM, IS TIMELY 'CAUSE IT'S FEEDING INTO THIS ASSESSMENT.
AND SO WE WILL COME BACK IF WE FIND OUT THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT HITTING THE MARK, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THE NEED IS TO SAY WE NEED TO REALLOCATE THE RESOURCES AND CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT.
SO NO NEW RESOURCES, BUT REALLOCATING SO THAT 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.
SO THANK YOU VERO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
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I WANNA WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.BUT I, I WOULD, I WOULD POINT OUT JUST FOR, FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UH, IN, IN, IN GENERAL, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS THAT IT'S ABOUT $5,000 PER CASE TO HELP RELOCATE SOMEBODY NOW WITH, UH, RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
UH, IT, IT WOULD BE A COST OF AS LITTLE AS $550, UH, TO GIVE, GIVE SOMEBODY THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATION AND, UH, JUST WANNA POINT OUT SOME, SOME KEY, UH, DATA POINTS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LAWYER DOES NOT CHANGE THE MERITS OF YOUR CASES.
IT JUST, UH, JUST YOUR ABILITY TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS, UH, IN A VERY COMPLICATED AND UNFAMILIAR LEGAL SETTING.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS US, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT, WHAT THE BENEFIT WOULD BE, UH, IN THOSE 10,000 EVICTIONS, UM, HAVE A STUDY, HOW MUCH OF THOSE FOLKS ARE WE HELPING WITH RELOCATION ASSISTANCE THAT WE COULD BE HELPING WITH, UH, COUNSEL.
AND, UH, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO, TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THIS REQUEST AS WE'RE, UH, TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO, TO A SERIOUS, SERIOUS HOUSING CRISIS IN OUR CITY.
NOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THE BIGGER PICTURE.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE? RIGHT? AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING HOUSES.
WE ARE, OUR, 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, UH, HELPING TO, UH, PROVIDE A BIGGER VOICE FOR.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS REQUEST WOULD BE.
SO A SMALL PILOT, I THINK COULD, COULD YIELD, UH, A LOT OF GREAT DATA FOR US AND, AND CAN HELP US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE, UH, THE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING IN, IN OUR CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE, UH, WHICH IS THE PREMISE THAT I FOUNDED THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, 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.
AND, UH, YOU, I, I HOPE TO, TO, UH, GET MORE INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO, TO STUDY THIS DATA.
UM, I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME ALSO TO JUST SIMPLY THANK, UH, ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, VERO, UH, YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
I KNOW THEY WORK REALLY HARD AND IT'S, IT JUST, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'M TRULY GRATEFUL THAT YOUR TEAM HAS TACKLED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
AND SO IT, 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.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA THANK YOUR ENTIRE TEAM BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFICULT THING.
UH, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT WHEN THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.
UH, BUT YOU'RE IMPROVING IT EVERY YEAR.
UH, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TO SAY THAT, UH, THE COUNTY NEXT WEEK, UH, THE JUDGE CALLED ME AND SAID THAT THEY'RE ADOPTING, UH, A ROOF PROGRAM.
UH, AND THEY'RE FUNDING, FUNDING THAT, I BELIEVE IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADOPTING THE PROGRAM UNDER AND HOW MUCH OVER FIVE YEARS? OVER FIVE, YES.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY AND WE'LL, WE'LL PUSH FOR MORE OF THAT.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO, 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, LIKE A ROOF IS, IS, IS SO CRITICAL.
AND, AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, I TELL PEOPLE THIS'S, ONE THING I WANNA BE KNOWN FOR IS THE GUY WHO, WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, ROOFS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOUNDATIONS 'CAUSE THEY ARE.
UM, AND, AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, WE HAD DR.
HASAM RASH ALI, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO, WHO PROVIDED ALL THE SCIENTIFIC DATA, ALL THE RESEARCH THAT, 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 A HIGH REFLECTANCE ROOF, THAT'S THE TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC TERM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A WHITE ROOF, UM, IT REALLY CAN HELP, UH, LOWER THE TEMPERATURES OF A HOUSE.
AND THAT HAS SO MANY BENEFITS, UM, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO, WHO LIVE IN THEIR HO HOMES, WHO, UH, ARE PAYING HIGH UTILITY BILLS.
AND, UH, WE'VE SEEN AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY $2,000 IN, IN UTILITY BILL SAVINGS BECAUSE WE JUST WENT THROUGH TO A SMARTER APPROACH.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT SHINGLE, IT'S JUST A LIGHTER COLOR SHINGLE.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO HELP PROMOTE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK AS WE DO PROJECTS LIKE THIS, AS WE DO PILOTS, UH, WE SHOULD BE THE ONES SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.
UH, AND SO I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT, UH, AS
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WE PURSUE MORE OF THIS, I, I ALSO WANNA PURSUE US, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, OUR, OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE, OUR, OUR, OUR PERMITS FOR ROOFS AND NEW PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE.LIGHTER COLOR ROOFS, MORE PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEMS LIKE THIS HEAT MITIGATION PROGRAMS OR, OR, UM, BUILDING SYSTEMS LIKE THIS THAT CAN REALLY HELP US, UH, IN THE LONG RUN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M VERY PROUD AND I WANNA LAST, I WANNA THANK KIM RAPIER FOR THE $1 MILLION DONATION.
UH, THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS GIFT, AND WE'RE CER CERTAINLY GRATEFUL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT MAP, WE'RE HELPING WHERE THE NEED IS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FAVORITES.
IT'S, IT'S GOING OUT THERE AND PROTECTING HOUSING.
SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN VERO, FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, AGAIN, LORI, I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE CONVERSATIONS, UH, ON THE PROGRAMS YOU'RE WORKING ON.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMAN VINEO, COUNCILWOMAN JADA, ANDREW SULLIVAN HAS THE FLOOR.
SO MY QUESTION IS FOR LORI, MS. HOUSTON? YES.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE VACANT OCCUPY UNITS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE, ARE WE DOING THE BCAT SEARCHES FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS? ARE THESE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN JUST LEFT TO, UM, TAX REASONS AND FAMILIES HAVE JUST VACATED THOSE HOMES? EXACTLY.
HOW, HOW ARE WE COMING ABOUT ACQUIRING THOSE VACANT HOMES? ARE WE ACTUALLY CONTACTING THE HOMEOWNERS, WE'RE GONNA BUY THOSE FROM THE HOMEOWNERS, OR WHAT IS THAT PROCESS LIKE? THERE'S A, THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS TO DO IT, BUT WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, 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 THEN IF IT'S REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY THAT PROPERTY OWNER, SOME OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S SO CHALLENGING IS BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A, 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, UM, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB IS REALLY TO DO 20 THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED TIMES THAT IN TERMS OF PROPERTIES AND WE'RE JUST HOPING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ACQUIRE 20 SO WE CAN SEE HOW THIS PILOT WORKS.
UM, ALSO FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DISTRICT TWO, SOME REASON HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE KIND OF SPLIT.
AND SO, AND WE HAVE TWO TO THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT IS A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD AS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? HOW MANY CAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE, ARE THERE ANY LIMITS TO THAT? UM, OR DO WE JUST CONTINUOUSLY REGISTER? BECAUSE FOR ME, UNITY WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIND A, 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 OR CURRENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE FIRST ASSOCIATION IS NOT CONSENTING TO THE OVERLAPPING BOUNDARY.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO UPDATE IN THE, UH, REGISTRATION PROCESS.
UM, THERE'S A PORTION OF IT IN THE U D C CODE, SO FIT INTO THE 2020 U D C CODE AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
BUT I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD A VERY INTERESTING MEETING, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND.
DISTRICT TWO IS ALWAYS INTERESTING.
UM, 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 STILL TECHNICALLY OWNS THE HOME, HOWEVER THAT
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PERSON IS RENTING TO OWN IT.UM, HOW DOES THAT FALL? OR DO THEY QUALIFY? ARE THEY TOTALLY EXCLUDED BECAUSE THEY'RE THE RENT TO OWN? SO THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WOULD EXCLUDE THOSE PARTICULAR HOMEOWNERS.
WE DO HAVE OUR GAP FINANCING MONEY THAT CAN BE USED FOR BOTH RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP.
AND IT CAN BE USED TO REHAB RENTAL UNITS.
UNFORTUNATELY, IF IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY THAT IS IN THAT SITUATION, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO KNOW OUR TIMELINES AND TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
BUT SOMEONE WHO IS A LANDLORD CAN APPLY FOR THAT GAP FINANCING MONEY AND REHAB, UH, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT THEY ARE RENTING OUT.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE NOT AS REGULAR CLIENTS AS OUR OTHER DEVELOPERS.
UM, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT.
SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR SITUATION, WE CAN GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION AND SEE IF THEY CAN APPLY THROUGH THE GAP FINANCING.
AND THEN WHAT IS THE MARKETING STRATEGY TO ACTUALLY GET THE INFORMATION OUT ON THE OWNER TIMEFRAME FOR THE OWNER FOR YES.
TODAY WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM SINCE YOU DID APPROVE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT HAS FEDERAL MONEY.
THE APPLICATIONS WERE RELEASED EARLIER IN THE MONTH, UH, ACTUALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.
AND TODAY WE STARTED ACCEPTING THEM FOR THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM.
WE'RE GONNA ACCEPT THEM THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24TH.
AND THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS SO POPULAR THAT WE HAVE TO DO A LOTTERY TO SELECT WHO WE ASSIST.
WE HAVE A LOTTERY AND THEN ALSO ALTERNATES.
SO IN CASE SOMEONE BACKS OUT, WE HAVE A LIST OF FOLKS.
AND SO THE LOTTERY WILL BE OCTOBER ONE.
ALL OF YOU WILL BE INVITED TO SEND A STAFF MEMBER TO WITNESS THE LOTTERY IF YOU CHOOSE.
AND SO APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED TODAY.
AND OUR LOBBY IS VERY BUSY WITH THOSE APPLICANTS.
WE HAVE, UH, ADVERTISED THROUGH PRESS RELEASES.
THERE WAS A FOX STORY YESTERDAY, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL INFORMATION FAIRS THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE INVITING YOUR STAFFS TO AN INFORMATION SESSION AS WELL.
SO IF THEY GET CONSTITUENT CALLS, THEY CAN SHARE THE INFORMATION OUT.
UM, BUT WE HAVE ONE TONIGHT AND ONE THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEN YOU SEE OUR STAFF AT ALL YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, ARE WE REACHING OUT TO ANY, ANY OF THE SENIOR CENTERS? I KNOW A LOT OF OUR DISTRICT TWO SENIOR CENTERS, THEY'VE HEARD OF IT, BUT THEY HAVE NO WAY OF UNDERSTANDING HOW TO APPLY FOR IT.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT I, AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN TAKE BACK TO THEM? YES.
HELP THEM WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR THAT PROCESS? YES.
SO WE'RE DOING THIS EVENT THIS WEEKEND AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO, AGAIN, TRAINING YOUR, UH, STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN WALK SOMEONE THROUGH AN APPLICATION.
WE'RE INTAKING APPLICATIONS NOW, SO IF SOMEONE COMES IN, WE CAN WALK 'EM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, OUR STAFF IS VERY BUSY DOING THAT STARTING TODAY.
UH, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO GO OUT TO OTHER AREAS BESIDES THE ONES WE HAVE.
WE TYPICALLY PARTNER WITH COPS METRO.
WE TALKED TO THEM YESTERDAY ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THE PARISHES THAT ARE PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
WE LET ALL OUR, UH, NON-PROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS KNOW AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE WE DO PUT SIGNAGE AT, UH, SENIOR CENTERS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, ET CETERA.
AND WE'RE USING THE PARK SENIOR, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS AS THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE DOING THE INFORMATION SESSIONS.
AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE RISK MITIGATION AS FAR AS WHEN IS THE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT ARE FACING IMMEDIATE EVICTIONS? UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ASSIST.
WHAT WE'VE FOUND OUT AS OF YESTERDAY IS A LOT OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE'RE CONTACTING ARE SENDING, THEY'RE COMPLETELY OUT OF FUNDS UNTIL OCTOBER.
UM, SO WHAT IS IN PROCESS BETWEEN THAT GAP PERIOD WHERE THE FUNDING, I GUESS IS, IS AT A POINT WHERE THEY HAVE TO WAIT TO BE REFUNDED BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY ALLOCATE FUNDS? SO WE HAVE TO REALLOCATE SOME FUNDING FOR THAT.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, WE DO HAVE A VERY QUICK PROCESS THROUGH A PCARD WHERE IF IT'S A KNOWN, UM, AMOUNT, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT AWAY, SAME DAY.
UM, THERE ARE SOME THAT TAKE LONGER.
IF WE HAVE TO CUT A CHECK FOR A MORTGAGE COMPANY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THOSE TAKE A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THE VENDOR.
BUT, UM, WE'LL LOOK AT THE FUNDING AND REALLOCATE SOME.
UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS.
SO THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES IN THE CITY THAT ALSO ASSIST IN SIMILAR SPACES.
AND SO WE'RE, UH, REFERRING CLIENTS AS WELL.
IF WE CAN'T HELP WIN WITH THE RISK MITIGATION FUNDING, WE LOOK AT THE OTHER SOURCES.
WE HAVE SMALLER POTS OF MONEY, SO SOMETIMES WE SHIP PEOPLE TO OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH C D B G, AND WE HELP THEM THROUGH THAT.
SO WE CAN'T HELP THEM OUT OF OUR EXISTING RESOURCES, RISK MITIGATION OR OTHER PROGRAMS. WE SEND THEM TO THE RIGHT AGENCY THAT STILL HAS FUNDING AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THOSE FAMILIES.
AND THEN AGAIN, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, WE, WE PAY THOSE, UM, THE, THE BILLS,
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UM, AS WE CAN.I DON'T KNOW IF MIKE IS STILL HERE OR NOT.
SO CAN SOMEONE ANSWER A QUESTION? YES, THERE HE IS.
I KNOW I GET TO SEE YOU A LOT WHEN WE DEALT WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, UH, MARCH AND IT'S FASTLY APPROACHING US.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY FUNDS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH THERE THEIR FUNDING REPORT.
AND SO, UM, I WAS WONDERING, I KNOW THAT WE DID A 50,001 TIME ALLOCATION TO THEM AS OF LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT WE ARE FUNDING TO THE STATUS OF WHERE THEY ARE AS OF TO DATE FROM THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCH.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THAT NOW WE ARE GLOBALLY KNOWN FOR HAVING THE LARGEST MARCH.
UM, AND LOOKING TO ACTUALLY GIVE THEM THE SOURCE, THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO TRULY FULFILL THE MARCH AND CONTINUE IT UP TO PAR IS WHAT I'M WONDERING.
UM, I HAVE ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50,000 TO GO TOWARDS THE MARCH, BUT EVEN LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE ON PAPER TODAY, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH TO COVER BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE A 7,000 BALANCE FROM LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO TO ACTUALLY GET THEM FUNDED TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A REMAINING BALANCE FOR THE YEARS TO COME? SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT $7,000 LEFT IN THE BUDGET THAT WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO, UH, NEXT YEAR'S, UH, OR NEXT NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO IN THE F Y 20 BUDGET, THERE IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE M L K MARCH, WHICH IS WHAT WE HISTORICALLY PROVIDE.
AND THEN, UH, THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS, THROUGH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS, ADDED ANOTHER 50,000.
SO THAT'S 150,000 PLUS THE COMMISSION ITSELF RAISES FUNDS.
SO THE COMMISSION HISTORICALLY RAISES ABOUT $50,000.
SO WHEN YOU ADD ALL THAT TOGETHER, IT COMES TO ABOUT 200,000.
AND THE ACTUAL BUDGET FOR THE MARCH IS ABOUT 170, $180,000.
SO IF YOU ADD THE CITY FUNDS, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS THE 50,000 THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER NORMALLY ADDS TO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS, PLUS THE 50,000 THAT THE COMMISSION RAISES, YOU ADD 200,000.
SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET REPORT, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE THAT THEY USE INSTEAD OF USING THE THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES? YES, THERE IS.
AND WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF, UH, TO, UH, WORK ON THAT TOGETHER.
BUT THERE'S A WAY TO CONSOLIDATE IT.
AND AGAIN, THE MARCH WILL BE ON JANUARY 20TH, 2020.
THAT'S THE NEXT MARCH, JANUARY 20TH CA COUNCILWOMAN.
I'LL JUST ADD THAT, UM, THE, UM, THE NEW CHAIRPERSON OF THE MARCH, UH, I REACHED OUT TO, TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, UH, THIS MONTH TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU, UH, TO THE STAFF FOR THE EXCELLENT PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
UM, I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UH, LORI, REGARDING THE BUDGET FOR, UM, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, YOU IN SLIDE 19, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT FOUR CITY PROPERTIES, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE.
SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS FOUR PROPERTIES THAT INCLUDES THE CHERRY STREET PROPERTY, THE 1.9 ACRES THAT WE WITHHELD.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON TOP OF OUR RIVER BARGE MARINA ON NEVA STREET.
UM, BEHIND THE BEAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
WE HAVE THE ZZA MORRIS SERVICE CENTER, UM, THAT WAS VACATED LAST DECEMBER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL.
AND THE CONTINENTAL HOTELS ON COMMERCE STREET, THE FORMER, UM, OFFICE, UM, FOR THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO THOSE FOUR PROPERTIES, UM, WE'LL BE ISSUING AN R F P REQUESTING PROPOSALS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT PROPERTY AND POTENTIALLY PROVIDE SOME OF THE PROPERTY AT A DISCOUNTED RATE TO OFFSET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR UTILIZE OTHER INCENTIVES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THROUGHTS OR CCHI OR FEE WAIVER PROGRAM OR C D B G AND HOME FUNDING.
SO, UM, WOULD I HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS I CAN ASK YOU AFTERWARD, UH, UH, ABOUT THAT? WOULD WE END
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UP MANAGING THOSE PROPERTIES OR NO, IT'D WOULD BE A STRAIGHT DISPOSITION.WE WOULD LOOK TO SELL THEM SO THEY COULD BE DEVELOPED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, ANYWAY, IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO, TO DEVELOP THOSE AS A MIXED USE AS WELL, JUST SINCE THEY'RE IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
I KNOW YOU'VE TOLD ME IN THE PAST, THAT'S NOT EASY TO, TO DO.
NO, WE WOULD ACTUALLY, WE'D WANNA DO MIXED USE SPECIFICALLY ON THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL PROPERTY WITHIN THE ZONE OF CULTURAL, UM, MAKE SURE THERE'S A FIRST FLOOR RETAIL COMPONENT, THE NUEVA STREET IN DOWNTOWN, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE ZAMORA AND UM, THE CHERRY STREET, THERE MIGHT BE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED AND WE COULD WORK WITH A DEVELOPER ABOUT MAKING THAT MIXED USE, MIXED USE AND MIXED INCOME.
UM, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO, UH, SLIDE 16 AND, UM, I DON'T WANNA BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT I AM CONFUSED.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE TARGETS THAT ARE THERE CAME FROM, UH, STRAIGHT FROM THE FRAMEWORK YES.
THAT, THAT WAS SUBMITTED THAT WE ALL ADOPTED HERE.
UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN WE DEVELOPED THAT, OR WHEN THE TASK FORCE DEVELOPED THAT FRAMEWORK, THEY WERE LOOKING AT, UH, AREA MEDIAN, WELL NOT AREA MEDIAN INCOME, BUT ACTUALLY CITY, UM, MEDIAN INCOME.
SO ARE THESE TARGETS BASED ON THE CITY MEDIAN INCOME? NO, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TARGETS FOR THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME BECAUSE THAT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND HOUSING PROVIDERS ARE USING.
AND, BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THE GREATEST NEED IS AT THAT 50% A M I OR BELOW.
SO, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEE THIS SAME TABLE, UM, WITH THE CITY MEDIAN INCOME? I GUESS I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
ARE WE MEETING THE SPIRIT OR THE, OR THE LETTER OF THE GOAL SET BY THE FRAMEWORK IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY SET FOR DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS? I, I JUST LIKE TO SEE HOW THOSE CORRESPOND.
WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, BUT, UM, WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION AND THE GOAL IS TO KEEP IT WITHIN A UNIFORM A M I DEFINITION.
I JUST WANNA SEE HOW THOSE GOALS TRANSLATE AND HOW THEY'RE REPRESENTED.
'CAUSE I THINK 50% A M I, IT STILL MIGHT BE LIKE A 10,000 OR $8,000 DIFFERENCE OR OKAY.
AND THEY ACTUALLY, HUD JUST RECENTLY CHANGED THE A M I STANDARDS AS WELL.
THEY'RE, AND THOSE CAME OUT IN JUNE, SO WE CAN DO THAT EXERCISE.
AND I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME WAYS OF MAKING PROGRESS ON THE TWO FIRST CATEGORIES OF 30 AND 30 TO 50, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO TO ACCELERATE THOSE WILL BE, UH, WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UM, AND I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
UH, SOMETHING I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IS, ARE THESE GOALS JUST FOR THE CITY TO EXECUTE OR ARE THEY CITYWIDE GOALS? LET ME EXPLAIN.
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY PLAYER IN TOWN WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING? DO WE HAVE A COORDINATED STRATEGY? YES.
AND THESE GOALS INCLUDE THEIR PIPELINE.
INCLUDES THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE HOUSING TRUST, THE CITY, AND THEN ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE INCENT THROUGH THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, C D B G, AND HOME.
WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE, AND WE NEED TO DO IT IN LINE WITH OUR PARTNERS.
AND THAT'S WHY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THE HOUSING PARTNERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
SO ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER LIKE ON A, I GUESS BASICALLY WHAT, WHAT'S THE WEIGHT THAT SAHA IS CARRYING HERE? I MEAN, THEY'RE AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNED FOR, FOR THAT UNLIKE US.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SAHA, IN THAT REHAB AND PRESERVATION GOAL FOR 10 YEARS, THAT'S 3,900 UNITS.
UM, THAT 2,150 PIPELINE, 1,890 OF THOSE UNITS ARE BEING REHABBED BY SAHA.
AND SO THEY, THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS GOAL AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OTHER STRATEGIES AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET THAT GOAL OF 50% A M I OR BELOW.
UM, I READ SOMETHING IN THE PAPER RECENTLY ABOUT THEM BEING INVOLVED IN AN 80 TO 120% A M I PROJECT, AND I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I, UM, CLEARLY THE NEED IS IN ANOTHER AREA MM-HMM.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S A LONGER, UH, CONVERSATION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, LORI.
I CHIMED IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE LORI OR RIVERA.
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I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND START ASKING QUESTIONS HERE.UM, ON THE, ON THE HOUSING, WHAT WAS OUR TOTAL 19 BUDGET FOR THE HOUSING PLAN AND NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT? UM, THE HOUSING PLAN WAS 26.1 MILLION.
AND WHAT IS THE 2030 4.4 MILLION? AND IT'S THE SAME QUESTION I HAD FOR THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY, I'LL SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T CUT ANY FUNDING, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BETTER COORDINATE ANOTHER, UM, ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE IS TO BE MORE OF THOSE ADVOCATES AND NOT ADMINISTRATORS, BECAUSE IT'S MORE EFFICIENT FOR A DEVELOPER TO HAVE SOMEONE WITHIN THE CITY TEAM TO HELP THEM THROUGH THEIR PROCESSES, WHETHER THEY'RE DOING PERMITS, DOING ZONING, UM, AND SO THAT'S GOING TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT MORE EFFICIENT AND THAT'LL HELP THE DEVELOPER, UM, SPEND MORE OF THEIR MONEY ON THEIR PROJECT AND LESS THAN GOING THROUGH OUR SERVICES.
BUT THE OVERALL BUDGET IS GOING UP.
WE'VE, WE, AT THE, AT THE WORK SESSION WITH CA COUNCIL, UM, WE LOOKED AT OUR PRIORITIES.
UM, WHAT THE, UM, CONSENSUS WAS, WAS TO TRY TO KEEP OUR BUDGET WHOLE AT THE 26.1 MILLION, BUT ALSO BE MORE CREATIVE IN LOOKING AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
AND SO WE HAVE DONE JUST THAT WITH THIS BUDGET.
SO THE 26.1 MILLION, UM, THAT IS THE SAME, BUT THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE ENTITIES LIKE LISC, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE P F C, AND THEN THE $6.2 MILLION WORTH THE TSS.
UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TS A LITTLE BIT MM-HMM.
AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S LEGAL ACCORDING TO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, STATUTE OR WHATEVER.
UM, BUT LOOKING AT THAT, IF, IF I MAY INTERRUPT COUNCILMAN? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS UNEQUIVOCALLY LEGAL TO DO THAT.
AND IT'S A TOOL THAT, UM, ENTITIES USE ACROSS THE US AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IS THE CHALLENGE WE'RE HAVING IS NOT UNIQUE TO OUR CITY.
AND SPECIFICALLY THE TOOL IS TO ALLOW YOU TO USE THOSE T DOLLARS TO HELP WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IN, IN, OR IN OUTSIDE THE, BUT THET, YOU COLLECT THAT BUMP UP IN TAXES BY, BY, YOU KNOW, INCREASED BUSINESSES OR DEVELOPMENT, THAT KIND OF THING IN THOSE AREAS.
SO, UM, WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ARE WE COLLECTING ANY ADDITIONAL TAXES? IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE FUNDING IS STRUCTURED.
IF IT'S DONE THROUGH A NON-PROFIT, THEY TYPICALLY GET A 50%, UM, TAX EXEMPTION.
AND SO WE COULD GET SOME, UM, TAXES BASED ON THAT EXEMPTION, OR IF IT'S DONE THROUGH A P F C, THEY GET A COMPLETE TAX EXEMPTION.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT WORK SO WE CAN HAVE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES WITH THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL VITALITY OF THAT AREA.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE, THEY'VE GIVEN TOTAL TAX REBATE OR THEY'VE EXEMPT AN AMOUNT OF THE TAXES THEY'VE BEEN EXEMPT THROUGH, UM RIGHT.
A PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION BECAUSE THEY'RE MEETING AN A INCOME REQUIREMENT.
SO THE TURS IN YOUR PROPOSAL, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THESE TURS ARE, ARE WE, I DON'T SEE THAT MONEY COMING BACK INTO THE TURS BY SPENDING IT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE DEPLETING OUR TURS OPPORTUNITIES GOING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE WON'T BE RECOUPING THAT ADDITIONAL TAX MONEY, RIGHT? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DEPLETING THE TOURS.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE TAKING A PORTION OF TOURS INCREMENT FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT TOURS.
HOWEVER, WE'RE PRODUCING HOUSING, WE'RE HELPING LEVERAGE THAT, AND THAT'LL BRING FAMILIES TO THE AREA WHO WILL ULTIMATELY SPEND MONEY WITHIN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
SO THERE IS AN INDIRECT CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY'LL BE MAKING WITHIN THOSE TOURS? INDIRECT, YES.
BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE IN THAT TERRAS THAT WE'RE BUILDING THESE, CORRECT.
IT MIGHT BE IN THE ONE MILE BUFFER AROUND THAT AREA.
UM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PROPERTY VALUES MAY HAVE GOTTEN TOO HIGH IN THAT AREA AND YOU WANNA SPEND THAT MONEY, UM, IN AN AREA THAT MAYBE IS MORE ALONG A BUS LINE OR SOMETHING THAT HAS MORE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND
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IT.AND SO THAT'S WHY THE STATUE IS READ READS THE WAY IT IS TO ALLOW YOU TO USE THAT FUNDING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS WILL BE A DRAIN ON, ON THESE TURS OPPORTUNITIES MM-HMM.
AND THAT RATE OF SPENDING MONEY REALLY IS NEGATED BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ALREADY AND THEY'RE JUST MOVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO WE'RE, TO ME, WE'RE NOT REALLY GAINING ANYTHING OUT OF THIS TO REPLENISH THOSE TURS FUNDS.
SO THE TOURIST FUNDS ARE REALLY MONEY THAT SHOULD BE IN OUR GENERAL FUND.
RIGHTT, NO CITY COUNCIL CREATES EACH TURS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DIRECT THAT INCREMENT TO SUPPORT PROJECTS WITHIN THAT AREA.
BUT, AND WITH WITHIN THET LEGISLATION, IT DOES SAY THAT YOU CAN USET DOLLARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUTSIDE THAT ZONE, BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THATT, THAT TAX MONEY WOULD BE GOING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING GENERAL FUNDS, AGAIN, THIS $6.2 MILLION, IT'S, WE'RE WE'RE SAYING IT'S TURS AND WE'RE CATEGORIZING IT, AND THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT IT'S REALLY MONEY COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND THAT NOW WE'RE, AGAIN, I SEE THAT AS A DRAIN ON THOSE TURS AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE RECAPTURED IN THOSE FUNDS.
AND, AND HAVING SAID THAT, WHICH TURS ARE Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT TAKING IT FROM? AND I DO WANNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE TURS HAS A BUT FOR CLAUSE, AND SO, BUT FOR THE TURS BEING CREATED DEVELOPMENT MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT OCCUR.
AND SO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE SAYING WITHIN MIDTOWN AND INNER CITY, UM, IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THESE TOUR DOLLARS ARE HELPING THOSE PROJECTS WORK.
AND SO IT'S, THIS INCREMENT WOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO THE GENERAL FUND OF, THE TOURS DIDN'T CREATE, BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE TOURS.
WELL, BUT STILL, IF THE TOURS EXPIRED MM-HMM.
AND, AND ALL THE TOUR DO HAVE A TERMINATION DATE THAT'S SET BY CITY COUNCIL UNLESS EXTENDED, WHICH WE, UNLESS EXTENDED BY CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WE DID EXTEND THE ONE DOWN AT BROOKS.
UM, SO I SEE THAT DRAIN ON THESE TURS MM-HMM.
UM, AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEIR CHAIRS AND THEIR BOARD MEMBERS EACH.
AND SO WE HAVE, UM, INNER CITY, WE HAVE MISSION DRIVE-IN, WE HAVE HOUSTON STREET, WE HAVE MIDTOWN, AND WE HAVE, UM, THE WEST SIDE TURS, AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY FIVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE ALSO HAVE HEMISPHERE AND NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, OR WE'RE ALSO LOOKING, YOU KNOW, NORTHEAST CORRIDOR AND BROOKS, AND 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 ALSO WOULD BENEFIT FROM A SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE BALANCE IN THOSE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? I, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE IS AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE IN THOSE.
UH, WE ARE NOT DEPLETING ANY TERMS INCOME, WELL, NOT DEPLETING, BUT REDUCING WHAT'S IN THOSE TERMS YES.
TO PAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHICH IF IT WASN'T THERE WOULD BE GETTING THAT INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT, THAT REVENUE, THAT TAX REVENUE.
IF, IF THE, IF THE TURS, THAT WOULD ONLY BE TRUE IF THE TURS DIDN'T EXIST.
JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING GENERATED FOR THE TURS, FOR THOSE CITY INITIATED TOURS AND ARE, UH, AVAILABLE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.
WE WERE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING THROUGH THIS DURING THE SUMMER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT MADE SENSE, UH, TO GO AFTER ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT, THAT YOU HAD AS A GROUP AT THE END OF JUNE.
UM, AND IT'S AN ELIGIBLE, UH, HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE OF THE TURFS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT, ONE WAY THAT WE LOOKED AT IT WAS THAT THESE ARE, SOME OF THESE AREAS ARE HIGH GROWTH AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN CHANGE OVER THE YEARS SINCE THE TURFS HAVE BEEN CREATED.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LEVERAGING THAT FUNDING AND PUTTING IT INTO OTHER AREAS OF TOWN POTENTIALLY, UM, WHERE THERE'S A NEED.
AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD OPTION FOR I THINK THE COUNCIL TO HAVE.
OBVIOUSLY IT HAS, IT'S, IT'S A PO IT'S GOT POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND CERTAINLY IT'S GOT BUDGET IMPLICATIONS, BUT, BUT WE SAW IT AS AN EQUITABLE WAY OF BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FOR A VERY HIGH COUNCIL PRIORITY.
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WELL, I'M RIGHT NOW, UM, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.WITH USING THATT MONEY FOR THIS.
WE'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE BALANCES ARE IN THOSE TURS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO, UH, TAKE THAT FROM AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA LEAVE 'EM.
AND IF, YOU KNOW, THESE TURS BOARDS ARE GONNA BE AMENABLE TO THAT MM-HMM.
HAVE YOU APPROACHED ANY OF THE TSS? YES, WE HAVE.
AND WHAT HAS BEEN THEIR FEEDBACK? AND SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE MET WITH, UM, SOME OF THE CHAIR CHAIR PEOPLE OF THESE TOURS 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 THROUGH THOSE NEXT STEPS.
WELL, BUT THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN WELCOME.
UM, VEL, YOU, YOU MADE SOME, YOU MADE SOME COMMENTS WHILE AGO.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, THE REHAB PROGRAM, THE LOAN PROGRAM AND ALL THAT.
UH, YOU MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE RED LINING AND THE UNDER, UNDER FUNDED 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, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T PUT MONEY, YOU KNOW, ON THE NORTH SIDE VERSUS THE SOUTH SIDE ON MONEY.
AND 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.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD, I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU ON YOUR COMMENTS THAT THIS HOUSING PROGRAM WAS, IS A RESULT OF REDLINING FOR HOUSING, PRIVATE HOUSING, UM, AND UNDERFUNDING.
BECAUSE TO ME, I, I CAN, I CAN SEE THAT FOR LIKE CITY SERVICES OR ROADS OR DRAINAGE, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE HOUSING, UH, I, I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING THAT.
JUST, JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
AND IT'S, UH, THIS INVESTMENT, PERHAPS THE OFFICE OF EQUITY CAN SHARE ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY DO THAT TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS THE, UH, HOUSING PIPE, HOUSING SYSTEM PIPELINE.
UH, WE GOT, UH, LAURA, YOU WERE SAYING THIS IS A 10 YEAR PROJECTION.
IS THIS, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS SLIDE, YEAH.
THESE ARE, SO THE GOALS ON SLIDE 14 ARE WHAT WE NEED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THE, THE SLIDE 15 AND 16 REPRESENT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE.
THERE WILL BE MORE PROJECTS THAT'LL COME IN THE PIPELINE NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THESE ARE TOTAL REQUIREMENTS? THE, THE 6,200, LET'S JUST ON SLIDE 15, THE 62 99, THAT'S FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS? THAT'S, YES.
AND SO THAT WAS THE GOAL SET OUT BY THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT COUNCIL ENDORSED OR ACCEPTED.
AND IT SAID WE NEED 6,300 OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND WE'RE IN YEAR ONE OF THAT PLAN.
AND WE DON'T SUSPECT TO MOVE THE GOALPOSTS ON THIS, DO WE? WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THOSE GOALS, AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THE 9%, UM, SORRY, THE 30% TO 30 TO 50% A M I.
AND WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT INCREASING THAT GOAL, BUT WE WANNA GET THROUGH NEXT YEAR TO SEE HOW THE INCOME AVERAGING TOOLS AND OTHER TOOLS WE IMPLEMENT HELP WITH THAT.
COUNCILMAN? I THINK THAT, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A 10 YEAR, A 10 YEAR PLAN, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEHOOVE US AS WE CONTINUE TO DO BETTER AND, AND, AND INVEST IN TARGETED AREAS AND MAKE PROGRESS IN THESE CATEGORIES, UH, IN WORKING WITH NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL, BUT THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE STAFF AT, AT SOME POINT WE, WE SHOULD BE REVISITING THOSE GOALS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE FOCUSED ON, ON WHAT THE END GOAL IS AND, AND THE ECONOMY WILL CHANGE.
HOUSING PRICES WILL CHANGE OVER THE 10 YEARS.
AND SO THERE, THERE WILL BE POINTS IN TIME OVER THE 10 YEARS WHERE I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT.
UM, I GUESS THIS IS VERONICA, SORRY.
UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM, UM, I SEE A DECREASE HERE OF ROUGHLY, ROUGHLY 19 MILLION DOWN TO 18.7 MILLION FOR 2020.
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WE 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.
WHY ARE, WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? SO THERE'S 43 POSITIONS THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED IN OUR DEPARTMENT, ONLY 26 OR GENERAL FUND.
I DO HAVE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND OR TIF.
UM, THE ENTITLEMENT AMOUNT VARIES EVERY YEAR.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE DID GET A DECREASE IN THE HOME PROGRAM OVERALL, BUT WE DID, UH, 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 TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIRED BY HUD.
AND 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, THE STAFFING WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DONE THIS YEAR.
WE'RE JUST CARRYING IT, UM, FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR TO ACTUALLY BRING THIS STAFF ON INSTEAD OF AN ADMIN COST OR A CONTRACTOR COST.
BUT, BUT THE AMOUNT VARIES EVERY YEAR.
WE DON'T HEAR WHAT WE WILL GET IN OUR GRANTS, UM, UNTIL AROUND MARCH EVERY YEAR.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE C D B G ENTITLEMENT, UM, WENT UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, WHILE THE HOME PROGRAM LOST ABOUT, UH, ALMOST $400,000.
AND THEN WE HAD SLIGHT INCREASES TO E S G AND HOP WEST.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT ALWAYS APPLES TO APPLES.
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU OVER TIME, UH, HOW MUCH WE HAVE GOTTEN AND HOW IT VARIES.
SOMETIMES IT'S, SO IS THIS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION GRANT FUNDED? IT'S A GRANT FUNDED, YES.
AND OUT OF THAT 43, HOW MANY ARE THE 43 ARE ALL GRANT FUNDED SS ALL GRANT FUNDED AND THEY ADMINISTER GRANTS OR DELIVER ON GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS. OKAY.
AND THEN I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, VERO, IS, UH, UM, THERE'S A LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION DEMONSTRATION GRANT.
AND THE, THE GRANT IS GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT OUR GENERAL FUND LIABILITY IS ALMOST DOUBLING.
IT'S GOING FROM 241,000 TO 447,000.
WHY ARE WE, OKAY, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LIABILITY, BUT LET ME TALK ABOUT THE LEAD GRANT.
SO ACTUALLY TOMORROW YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, OUR THREE YEAR, IT'S A THREE YEAR MULTI-YEAR GRANT.
UM, THERE'S A CONTRIBUTION THAT'S MATCHED OUT OF THE C D P G FUNDING.
SO LAST YEAR THE GRANT MATCH WAS 350,000.
WE'RE PROPOSING 2020, UH, 1,600.
UH, IT'S GONNA COME BEFORE YOU SO THAT 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.
AND SO THE WAY WE'RE DOING THE MATCHING IS WE'RE DIVIDING THE MATCH OVER THE THREE YEARS.
IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A 42 MONTH, UM, SO SLIGHTLY THREE AND A HALF YEAR GRANT.
SO THAT'S COMING TO YOU TOMORROW.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT AND ACCEPT THAT GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CD, THE GENERAL FUND LIABILITY, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS MOSTLY C D B G OR THE GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES MATCH ITSELF.
WELL, SOMEBODY CAN COME IN AND EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.
I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, WHAT IS THE QUESTION? OH, WHY OUR, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET IS GOING UP FROM, UM, 241,000 UP TO 447,000 ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
THAT'S AS, AS I READ IT, A CITY LIABILITY MATCHING FUNDS ON THAT PROGRAM.
OH, IS IT CD MATCHING? YEAH, BUT IT'S ALL GRANT, RIGHT? UNLESS WE READ IT WRONG.
SO THERE'S NO GENERAL FUNDING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S, WE'RE DECREASING IT BECAUSE WE'RE REAPPLYING FOR ANOTHER THREE YEAR GRANT.
SO THE GRANT PROGRAM IS SENDING, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AFTER, AND WE COULD GET TOGETHER ON THAT.
I I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY THING, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING A DECREASED BUDGET.
WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER INCREASED BUDGET HERE, UH, FOR THIS, FOR THIS WHOLE PROGRAM HERE.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT USING TURS FUNDS AND WHERE THOSE TURS ARE BEING TARGETED AND WHO'S GONNA BE
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MISSING OUT ON THOSE TURS FUNDS FOR OTHER, OTHER EXPANSIONS AND, AND, UM, TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL TAX DOLLARS INTO OUR SYSTEM VERSUS NOT GETTING THOSE TAX DOLLARS INTO THE GENERAL FUND.THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH LORI AND VERO.
UM, BRIDGET, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS, YOU'RE, YOUR, 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 GONNA BE SPENDING ABOUT $4.7 MILLION, BUT YOUR 2020 PROPOSED IS $5.4 MILLION.
SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT GETTING ALL THIS GYRATIONS ON THE BUDGET WHY IT'S GOING UP AND DOWN LIKE THAT.
SO YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 18 AND FISCAL YEAR 19.
I THINK YOU'RE ALLUDING TO ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS 1.6 ROUGHLY.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE DID A CARRY FORWARD, UH, TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO SOME OF THE, 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.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, UH, BETWEEN THE ACTUALS AND THE ESTIMATE FOR 2019, YOU SEE AN INCREASE.
BUT THE WAY I'M READING THIS, YOU'RE, YOU ASK FOR 5.04 MILLION FOR 19, BUT YOUR ESTIMATED SPEND FOR 19 IS $4.7 MILLION.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SPENDING THE WHOLE BUDGET.
SO SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR MAY NOT SPEND ALL, 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, UH, OVER $300,000 MORE FOR 20 AT FIVE POINT, ALMOST $5.4 MILLION.
SO WE DIDN'T SPEND IT, WE DIDN'T SPEND THE 5 MILLION IN 19, BUT YET WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE THAN 5 MILLION AT 5.4 MILLION IN 20.
COUNCILMAN ON THE, IN THE ESTIMATE OR IN THE BUDGET, WE HAD INCLUDED 350,000 FOR U D C 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.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THE RELEASE OF THAT DOLLARS FOR 2020 OR 2019.
BUT WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR AN INCREASE BETWEEN 19 BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR 5.04 MILLION IN 19 THE BUDGET NUMBER, AND NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR 5.38 MILLION.
WHAT, WHAT IS THAT INCREASE DUE TO? CORRECT.
SO MOST OF THAT IS DUE TO, UM, WE REORGED A POSITION FROM FINANCE, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR THAT WAS SITTING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND, AND THEY DO MOST OF THEIR WORK FOR THE PLANNING.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND INCREASE.
SO THAT'S A ZERO SUM ADJUSTMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE SOME PERSONNEL INCREASES AND, AND, UH, COMPENSATION.
WE'RE SHOWING A, 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, WHERE IT BELONGS, AND 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 AND A DECREASE IN FUNDING, RIGHT? CORRECT.
TO MAKE IT ZERO OUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHERE THAT'S COMING OUTTA THE BUDGET.
UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, I, UH, I KEEP GOING BACK TO IT.
I, THIS IS ANOTHER INCREASED BUDGET HERE OF, UM, OVER $300,000 FROM 19 TO 20.
AND, UH, I, I'M GONNA KEEP SAYING IT, EVERY TIME I SEE THIS,
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I, 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, UH, JUST MY, MY COMMENT ON THAT AGAIN AND LET'S SEE.
COUNCILMAN PERRY, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
UM, I WOULD, I GUESS I'LL, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK WITH, UH, VITO.
AND THIS IS, IT'S ABOUT HOUSING, BUT A LOT OF THIS OVERLAPS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
UM, PERSONALLY, UH, I AM, UH, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE BUDGET THAT THAT'S COMING THROUGH HERE.
UH, WHEN WE, 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 THAT, THAT WE'RE EVEN ABLE TO FUND TODAY.
AND, UH, SO TO ME, EFFICIENCY IS BEING ABLE TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE NEEDS.
UH, MY WAY OF THINKING IS, ALTHOUGH THE HOUSING TASK FORCE TARGETED, UH, WHAT 18,000 UNITS, UH, ALMOST 19,000 TO BE DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, UH, INCLUDING RENTAL AND, AND, UM, AND RESIDENT PROPERTIES, UH, WHETHER IT'S REHAB OR BUILT NEW, THE FACT IS WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE THAN 19,000 FAMILIES THAT ARE SUFFERING, SUFFERING FROM POOR QUALITY HOMES THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN, IN MANY CASES TOO.
UH, AND SO 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.
NOW, WHETHER IT COMES FROM THE CITY OR IT COMES FROM OTHER OUTSIDE AGENCIES, OR IT COMES FROM EFFICIENCIES BY BUILDERS WHO ARE ABLE TO, UH, 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, 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, I'LL GIVE YOU A FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, RIGHT NOW, A M I FOR HUD IS ABOUT $71,000 A YEAR IN OUR GENERAL VICINITY.
BUT IN TWO YEARS, BY THE TIME A LOT OF THESE STRUCTURES THAT ARE ON THE PLANNING BOARD GET BUILT, MY GUESS IS THAT'S GONNA BE CLOSER TO $75,000 A YEAR.
'CAUSE UH, WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, IT WAS $61,000 OR 62.
SO IT'S GOING UP, 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 GONNA BE BUILT TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE KNOW THOSE APARTMENTS ARE GONNA REALLY COST MORE THAN THAT EVEN TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
AND I KNOW WE BASE A LOT OF THIS, UH, THESE ESTIMATES ON FAMILIES OF FOUR, BUT I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DOES IT COST ONE OR 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 A M I 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 FIFTIES 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 IS WHERE THE BIGGEST CRISIS IS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHAT ARE THOSE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOMES? AND NOW WHEN YOU COMPARE BUILDING HOUSES TO THE HUD A M I, BUT PEOPLE MOVING IN THERE WHO ARE REALLY LIVING AT THE SAN ANTONIO A M I,
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THERE'S A REAL CONFLICT.WE'RE NOT REALLY HELPING AS MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED, 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 GONNA LIVE IN THAT PROPERTY, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS AND WHAT THEIR INCOME IS.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT A POPULAR THING WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OR THE BUILDERS COMMUNITY, OR OUR, 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, IN A BETTER DIRECTION.
I COMMEND LORI AND YOU IN SAYING WE DON'T WANT THE 80% A M I IN THESE PRODUCTS ANYMORE, UH, WITH A HUD A M I BECAUSE IT'S, 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, WHEN THESE APARTMENTS ARE BEING BUILT AND YOU CUT THAT IN HALF, THEY'VE GOTTA BE EARNING $37,500 A MONTH, UH, TO FIT INTO THAT, UH, 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 A M I AND 30% FOR HOUSING BASED ON THE HUD A M I 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, I'M WILLING TO WAGER WITH MY FRIEND, 'CAUSE HE AND I TALK ABOUT BETTING SOMETIMES ON THINGS THAT IF WE HAD A PROPOSAL THAT SAID WE WANNA BUILD 300 UNITS AND THESE ARE THE PRICES WE WANT THEM TO BE BUILT AT, AND WE PUT OUT AN R F P 'CAUSE WE HAD, LET'S 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 NO, OKAY, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BETTER, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
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 WANNA MAKE.
AND WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS I THINK OF, OF PROFITING THIS CITY IS IN THE BUSINESS OF PROFITING, BUT IT IS IN THE BUSINESS OF HAVING ENOUGH RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOR THE SERVICES, UH, 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 SOME MORE EDUCATION ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
SO I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU OR LORI 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.
UH, AND AND MORE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO GET OUT OF THE TOURS PROGRAMS THAT EXIST TODAY.
I THINK ACCORDING TO THE BUDGET, WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING ABOUT 800 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF THE TURS IN THE WAY OF TIFFS GIVEN TO THIS SIX POINT SESSION.
IS THAT RIGHT? NO, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS 6.2 MILLION.
IN T FUNDING OF THE TOTAL 34 POINT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BUDGET.
'CAUSE I GUESS, UH, I'M, I'VE LOOKED AT THE BOOK AND IT JUST SHOWS APPROPRIATIONS BY FUND FOR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES 32,000,394.
AND THEN ON PAGE WHAT TWO HERE, IT SAYS, UH, 32,600,000.
SO THAT IS FOR THE ACTUAL TIFF UNIT.
UM, SO THE TIFF UNIT OPERATIONS MM-HMM.
THAT THAT'S PART OF THAT BUDGET.
NOW THIS IS SEPARATE, THIS IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING PLAN, AND THAT FUNDING PLAN INCLUDES 6.2 MILLION OF TAX INCREMENT.
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AND HOW MUCH MONEY WILL WE HAVE IN THAT PLAN? $34.4 MILLION.SO IT'S SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE BUDGET.
AND SO YOU HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUDGET, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING PLAN.
AND SO I, I BELIEVE I HAVE A SLIDE.
UM, IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 16, IS IT 16? OKAY.
MAYBE I WAS JUST CONFUSED AT THE WAY WE ARE 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 TO HOUSING IS 34.4 MILLION.
WELL, I GUESS I, I WAS MIXING IT TO BEGINNING.
UH, WELL ANYWAY, I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE EDUCATION ON THESE ISSUES THAT I'VE MENTIONED, SO I UNDERSTAND 'EM A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US AS A CITY, A COMPASSIONATE CITY MM-HMM.
AND AS I SAID, I'D LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF, OF WHAT SOMEONE WOULD PAY IF THEY WERE A SINGLE PERSON GOING INTO AN AFFORDABLE PROJECT.
WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR AFTER THEY, THEY DEDUCT FROM THAT 30% THE COST OF THEIR UTILITIES.
WHAT ELSE DO THEY DEDUCT FROM THAT 30% TILL YOU GET TO YOUR ACTUAL RENT? OKAY.
WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL HAVE A BREAKDOWN, PROBABLY FAMILY SIZE.
AND I, I, I RECOMMEND YOU SHARE IT WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS ONE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS ALSO MAKE SIX FIGURE SALARIES.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, MARKETING TO THE RIGHT AUDIENCE.
I KNOW THEY'RE ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO EMAIL, FOR INSTANCE, ARE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS SO THAT THEY COULD SIGN UP ASAP, YOU KNOW, OR BEFORE THE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, UH, BASIS RUNS OUT.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND FIRST HOW WE MARKET? AND TWO, IS THERE A WAITING LIST OF SOME SORT FOR, UM, THESE PROGRAMS? OKAY, I CAN ANSWER.
SO, UM, SO THESE TWO PROGRAMS ARE GENERAL FUNDED AND THEY'RE SMALLER.
UM, AND THERE'S NO INCOME LIMITATION BECAUSE IT'S OPEN TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
THE LIMITATION IS ON THE AREA FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BUYING A HOUSE WITHIN THE CRACK, WHICH IS THE SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL 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 HR TO HELP US PROMOTE THE PROGRAM A LOT.
IT'S PART OF THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION.
SO ANYTIME WHO ANYONE JOINS THE CITY ORGANIZATION, THEY LEARN ABOUT THIS AS ONE OF THE BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
AGAIN, WE RELY ON HR TO HELP US ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM.
UM, A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN WORD OF MOUTH ACTUALLY, BUT EVERYONE FROM ADMINISTRATORS TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.
AND WE'LL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT TO THOSE NEEDIEST.
UM, AND MAYBE WE NEED TO DO IN THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE KNOW HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO MAY NOT HAVE REGULAR EMAIL DO, UH, TARGETED PRESENTATIONS.
BECAUSE THEN MY SECOND CONCERN IS THAT UNDER THE HOPE WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FIVE HAVE HAVE A, A FAIR SHARE, BUT DISTRICT SIX THROUGH 10, UM, HAD NO HOMES.
HOWEVER, IT'S COMPLETELY, IT SEEMS OPPOSITE ON THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IN DISTRICT TWO AND IN DISTRICT FOUR AND IN DISTRICT NINE, THERE WERE ZERO FOLKS THAT, UM, MOVED INTO THE DISTRICT.
BUT REMEMBER THAT THE WHOLE PROGRAM IS ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE BUY IN THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN.
SO YOU WILL SEE IT THAT NATURAL BECAUSE IT'S ONLY, IT'S THE HOME WHO QUALIFIES THE EMPLOYEE.
UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THAT AREA FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER.
UM, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO GET OUR FIRE FIGHTERS OR POLICE OFFICERS TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE HOMES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS THAT WE WANT TO BE OUR NEIGHBORS
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IN THE CITY LIMITS.UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO I WAS JUST GONNA SAY WHAT, UH, VETO JUST SAID, IT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS 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% OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT PROGRAM WAS PUT IN PLACE TO ENCOURAGE AND MAKE, UH, UH, UM, AVAILABLE EXISTING EMPLOYEES, BUT, BUT ALSO NEW CADETS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH BOTH ACADEMIES AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
BECAUSE FRANKLY, UM, OUR, OUR NUMBERS HAVE CONTINUED TO DECREASE SINCE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
AND I DO SEE THAT FIVE OF THEM WERE PREVIOUSLY OUTSIDE IN, UM, BEAR COUNTY OR SHIRTS OR, OR SPRING BRANCH.
I JUST, AGAIN, AM AM JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING TO SOME OF THE FOLKS AT MOST NEEDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SAW, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE SALARY RANGES IS $208,500 A SALARY.
AND SO THAT KIND OF IMMEDIATELY TO ME, YOU KNOW, IS, IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO WORK ON SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A, FOR INSTANCE, GOING BACK TO THE HOPE LOAN, IT CAN BE COMBINED WITH THE HOME OWNERSHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM IF QUALIFIED.
AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER AS WELL TO SEE HOW MANY, UH, ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR THAT.
BECAUSE THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE ALSO A TELLING STORY OF, UM, OF WHERE, WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING.
COUNCILWOMAN, I WANTED TO ADD THAT OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE HIP 80 AND THE HIP ONE 20, THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
AND SO WE'LL GET YOU THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE QUALIFIED A NEW SET PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE, UH, ONLY, I THINK COUNCILMAN ENCOURAG MENTIONED THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES, AND SO I'D LOVE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND, UH, TO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, SULLIVAN, UH, SU'S POINT.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE MARKETING EFFORTS, BUT AGAIN, CONCENTRATED OUR, OUR MOST, UH, NEEDIEST EMPLOYEES, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN VRAN HAS, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL REMARKS.
I THINK JUST BECAUSE WE'RE IN WORK SESSION MODE, AND THIS IS A BRIEFING MODE TOO, I WANTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF EDUCATION INTO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THERE IS A GREAT, UM, SHOW FROM 2003 ON P B S CALLED RACE, THE POWER OF ILLUSION, AND HOW IT IS A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONSTRUCT, AND, UM, HOW TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMICS RACISM OF REDLINING AND F H A LOANS FROM THE PAST.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT XAN WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO REALLY BE A PART OF THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION.
AND ONE EPISODE IN PARTICULAR IS CALLED THE HOUSE WE LIVE IN AND HOW GEOGRAPHY EVEN MAKES UP SEGREGATION, UM, EVEN TODAY.
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING FROM 2003, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VILLA GRANT, THE TIME IS NINE NOW.
SO, COUNCILWOMAN, I'M, I'M SORRY.
JUST ONE, ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY AND, AND SINCE WE'RE IN WORK SESSION MODE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FOLLOW UPS THAT CAME OUT OF YESTERDAY AS WELL AS TODAY.
UM, WE WILL PACKAGE UP A, UH, A REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL BY THE END OF 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 THE, THE INFORMATION REQUEST.
SO JUST WANTED A REMINDER EVERYBODY, THAT OUR INTENT IS TO SEND THAT OUT BY FRIDAY, CLOSE OF BUSINESS.
THE TIME IS NINE NOW, 5:06 PM ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST THE 14TH, 2019.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SCHEDULED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER UNTIL TOMORROW, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 2019, AND WILL BE HELD DURING THE CITY COUNCIL.
A SESSION THAT BEGINS NO EARLIER THAN 9:00 AM AND THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE MUNICIPAL PLAZA BUILDING.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS TODAY'S MEETING UNTIL CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AT 6:00 PM.