Nov 02, 2020 Culture and Neighborhood Services Committee on 2020-11-02 2:00 PM

WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, TAKE UP ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 5TH MINUTES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[Public Comment]

AND THERE WAS ONE SPECIFIC TO, UH, I THINK CLERK, YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS ONE SPECIFIC TO ITEM THREE.

UM, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND JUST TAKE UP ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS RIGHT NOW.

ROSE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE YET? THINK, TRY TO REACH HER.

ROSE, CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY, WELL, LET'S CATCH UP WITH HER ON ITEM THREE, SINCE THAT'S THE ONE SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT.

SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH,

[2. 20-6403 Briefing and Possible Action on the Proposed Renters Commission Survey and Focus Group Feedback. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department Director]]

A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED RENTER'S COMMISSION SURVEY AND FOCUS GROUP.

UM, THAT'S, UH, LORI HOUSTON AND, AND VERO SOTO.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

UM, THIS ITEM IS A BRIEFING ON THE SURVEY AND FOCUS GROUPS FOR THE PROPOSED RENTER'S COMMISSION THAT WAS INITIATED THROUGH A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST THAT WAS LED BY YOU.

UM, STAFF IS GONNA GO OVER THE SURVEY AND THE SURVEY RESULTS AND THEN GO OVER THE TIMELINE.

AND HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM IS IAN BENAVIDEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES.

IAN.

THANK YOU, LORI, AND GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

AS LORI STATED, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, ITEM IS IN RESPONSE TO A C C R THAT WAS ISSUED IN JUNE OF 2019.

UH, THIS WAS, UH, INITIATED WITH THE PROPOSED GOALS TO INCREASE RENTER REPRESENTATION ON CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND TO ELEVATE RENTERS ISSUES IN CITYWIDE DISCUSSION.

UH, THERE WAS SOME NOTED RENTERS ISSUES IN THE C C R THAT 46% OF HOUSING UNITS IN SAN ANTONIO ARE OCCUPIED BY MEN.

RENTERS WITH THE MEDIAN RENT IN SAN ANTONIO HAS INCREASED BY 18% SINCE 2010.

THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR RENTERS IS 33,000, UH, WHICH IS MUCH LOWERED COMPARED TO HOME OWNERSHIP AND EVICTIONS FILING HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN BEAR COUNTY SINCE 2010.

SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, UM, STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER WITH COUNCIL INPUT AND REVIEW AN ESSAY SPEAK UP SURVEY.

THE GOALS OF THE SURVEY WERE TO GAUGE, UH, THE PERCEPTION OF RENTER ENGAGEMENT AND CITY PROGRAMS AND POLICIES TO GATHER INPUT ON WHAT THE PROPOSED COMMISSION COULD LOOK LIKE, AND ALSO TO IDENTIFY FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS, UM, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A AFTER WE GO OVER THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND HOW THOSE FOCUS GROUPS WERE.

UM, WERE DONE.

THE SURVEY WENT LIVE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, AND IT WAS EXTENDED THROUGH COUNCIL REQUEST, UM, UNTIL OCTOBER 29TH, WHICH WAS THE END OF LAST WEEK.

WE RECEIVED 3,660 RESPONSES, UM, WHICH IS VERY GOOD, UH, COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER SURVEYS AND AS THEY SPEAK UP INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE DONE.

OUR OUTREACH FOR THIS SURVEY, UH, WAS MULTIFOLD.

WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CLIENTS.

WE, UM, SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE SURVEY THROUGH OUR COSTA TEXT PLATFORM.

WE'VE CONDUCTED EMAIL DISTRIBUTION LISTS THAT INCLUDE, UH, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE COPS METRO.

WE'VE BRIEFED AND PROVIDED INFORMATION TO EACH COUNCIL OFFICE.

WE'VE SHARED THIS INFORMATION THROUGH SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES.

WE PUSH IT OUT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, AND WE PROVIDED FLYERS WITH QR CODES TO THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK.

SO, OF THOSE 3,600 AND SURVEY RESPONDENTS, UH, 45% WERE

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RENTERS.

IF YOU RECALL FROM THE ORIGINAL T C R, THAT LINES UP PRETTY WELL WITH 40, 46% OF HOUSING UNITS BEING RENTERS, 10% IDENTIFIED AS PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS, AND 45% WERE EITHER OTHER, WHICH WAS BOTH PROPERTY, UH, OWNERS AND RENTERS AND OTHER CATEGORIES, INCLUDING HOMEOWNERS, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, PEOPLE WHO ARE COUCH SURFING, AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE IDENTIFIED ON THE SURVEY.

RENTERS RECEIVED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAN NON RENTERS.

WE REALLY WANTED TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE RENTER, UM, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

AND THEN SOME RESPONDENTS HAS IDENTIFIED, OR, AS I SAID EARLIER, IDENTIFIED AS BOTH RENTERS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS.

THE, HERE'S THE RESPONSES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS, RESPONDENTS CHOSE NOT TO GIVE THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICT.

WE DID PROVIDE A TOOL TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT, UM, BUT MANY DID NOT.

THE HIGHEST REPORTING COUNCIL DISTRICTS WERE FIRST COUNCIL, DISTRICT ONE, FOLLOWED BY 8, 9, 7, AND THEN 10.

HERE ARE THE RESPONSES BY ETHNICITY, WE HAD THE LEAD CATEGORY, WHICH WAS WHITE AT 43% HISPANIC AT 38%.

UM, OTHER SELF-DESCRIBED AT 7%, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AT 6% AND MULTIRACIAL AT 4%, FOLLOWED BY, UH, PRETTY LOW RESPONSES FOR THE OTHER RACES, INCLUDING NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN.

NEXT SLIDE, I, THE RESPONSES BY AGE AND GENDER LIKELY TO IDENTIFY AS FEMALE, UH, ON THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, UM, AS WHERE PROPERTY MANAGERS AND OWNERS ARE SPLIT PRETTY SEASONALLY BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE.

AND THE PROPERTY MANAGERS AND OWNERS ALSO SKEWED, UH, TO BE SLIGHTLY OLDER THAN THE RENTERS.

AND THE RENTERS FOR THE MOST PART, UM, IDENTIFIED MOSTLY AT 35 AND BELOW.

NEXT SLIDE, INCOME LEVEL.

SO RENTERS WERE MORE LIKELY TO REPORT ANNUAL INCOMES BELOW 43017% OF RENTERS STATED THAT THEY MADE LESS THAN 31, BUT THE MAJORITY OF BOTH RENTERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS WAS ABOVE 71,000, WHICH IS THE AREA OF MEDIAN INCOME FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.

SO AFTER WE GOT SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, WE DID ASK QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO RENTAL HOUSING AND POLICY.

WE ASKED, HOW FAMILIAR ARE YOU WITH CITY POLICIES ABOUT RENTERS AND RENTAL HOUSING ISSUES? THE MAJORITY OF THESE FROM RENTERS WERE THAT THEY WERE NOT FAMILIAR AS OPPOSED TO, UM, PROPERTY MANAGERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH WERE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SELECT.

VERY FAMILIAR OR SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THOSE POLICIES.

WHEN WE ASKED THAT THEIR IMPACT THAT CITY PROGRAMS AND POLICIES HAVE HAD ON THEIR NEEDS, UM, THE, THE RESPONSES BETWEEN VERY POSITIVE AND VERY NEGATIVE WERE SOMEWHAT BALANCED BETWEEN THAT SPECTRUM AND THE NEGATIVE SPECTRUM, WITH NO IMPACT ACTUALLY BEING THE SECOND HIGHEST.

BUT THE HIGHEST RESPONSE WAS ACTUALLY FROM NO OPINION OR NEUTRAL, UM, FOR RENTERS.

SO THEY DID NOT HAVE AN OPINION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE POLICIES HAVE IMPACTED THEIR NEEDS.

WE ALSO ASKED SPECIFIC TO RENTERS WHETHER OR NOT RENTERS WERE SUFFICIENTLY REPRESENTED ON BOARDS AND COMMISSION.

WE DID HAVE A MAJORITY BETWEEN YES AND NO SIGNAL, BUT THE RENTER IS ACTUALLY SURE.

WE ALSO ASKED IF RENTERS ISSUED WERE ISSUED, GIVING ENOUGH CONSIDERATION, RESPONSE WAS UNSURE, FOLLOWED BY YES BY NO.

AND THEN YES, NEXT SLIDE.

WE ALSO ASKED WHETHER OR NOT A RENTER'S COMMISSION SHOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATION FROM SOLELY RENTERS, FROM PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS, OR FROM A MIXTURE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVICE PROVIDERS OR, UM, HOUSING PROVIDERS.

32 SAID THAT THEY PREFERRED A RENTERS ONLY COMMISSION WHILE 68 IDENTIFIED OTHER GROUPS, INCLUDING 7% AS PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS ONLY WITH 61% OF ALL RESPONDENTS SAYING THAT THEY WANTED SOME KIND OF MIXTURE BETWEEN PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS OR OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS ON SITE.

AND THE, UM, THE PREFERRED, I MEAN, SORRY, FOR THE PREFERRED OF A MIXTURE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT INCLUDED NEARLY, UH, OVER HALF OF ALL RENTER RESPONSES.

OVERWHELMINGLY PREFERRED AND ALL RENTERS COMPRISED COMMISSION, ALTHOUGH THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, SOME RENTERS THAT MAY CURRENTLY ALSO BE PROPERTY OWNERS OR HAVE PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE BEING PROPERTY OWNERS, WHERE THE PROPERTY MANAGERS REALLY WANTED HALF RENTERS AND HALF LANDLORDS, OR SOME KIND OF MIXTURE.

THROUGH THE SURVEY PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY RENTERS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS WHO WOULD WANNA TAKE PART IN FOCUS GROUPS.

UH, THROUGH THE FOCUS GROUPS, WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE GROUP OF DIVERSE RENTERS AND, AND A GROUP OF DIVERSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION MORE IN DEPTH THAN JUST A SURVEY RESULT.

WE DEFINITELY FOUND SOME AREAS OF ALIGNMENT, BUT ALSO SOME AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT.

THE MAIN ONE BEING THAT THE RENTERS FOCUS GROUP, UH,

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THE AREAS OF OVERLAP WERE IN RENTER'S RIGHTS, EDUCATION, FIRST TIME PROPERTY MANAGER TRAINING, AND FIRST TIME RENTER TRAINING.

THESE WERE BROUGHT UP INDEPENDENTLY IN EACH GROUP AND WERE A LARGE AREA OF EMPHASIS.

THE RENTERS, UM, SAID THAT IF THEY, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM, PROPERTY MANAGER OR PROPERTY OWNER INPUT, THEY WOULD PREFER THAT BE IN THE, THE SHAPE OF, OF WORK GROUPS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

AND THAT WAS IN ORDER TO MAKE A SAFE SPACE FOR RENTER RESOLUTION.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS SAID THEY WERE A LITTLE UNCLEAR AS FOR THE RE THE, THE REASON FOR THE CREATION OF THE COMMISSION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND THEY FELT THAT THERE WAS A REDUNDANCY BETWEEN OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSION COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING HOUSING COMMISSION, ZONING COMMISSION, AND PLANNING COMMISSION.

SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OUT THROUGH OUR CONVERSATION, UM, IS THAT THE RENTERS COMMISSION REALLY WANTED, THE RENTERS FOCUS GROUP REALLY WANTED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE, THE PROPOSED COMMISSION TO HAVE A CLEAR PATH FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, AND THAT THEY ALSO REALLY NEEDED LEGAL REVIEW TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ISSUES THAT THEY'LL BE WEIGHING IN ON OR PROPOSING, UM, WERE LEGAL AND THERE WAS NO, UH, WASTED EFFORT.

UM, SOME EXAMPLES THAT CAME UP WERE RENT CONTROL, UM, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED, OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME BARRIERS IN TEXAS BEYOND JUST PROPOSING LOCAL LEGISLATION.

SO, OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS PROCESS, UM, THAT RENTERS PROVIDED 45% OF THE RESPONSES FOLLOWING, AGAIN, THAT RENTER SPECIFIC OUTREACH THAT WE CONDUCTED, WHICH ALIGNS VERY CLOSELY, UH, WITH THE C C R.

OUR RESPONSES WERE HIGHEST FROM OUTER LINE DISTRICTS, INCLUDING COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN THROUGH 10.

THE RESPONDENTS DID REFLECT DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT OVERALL, FROM THE TAKEAWAYS, WE DID SEE THAT RESPONDENTS REPORTED A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CITY POLICIES AND THEIR IMPACTS AND RENTAL REPRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION ON ISSUES.

AND THAT WAS REALLY EMPHASIZED, AGAIN, THROUGH THOSE FOCUS GROUPS THAT REALLY STRESSED THE NEED FOR BOTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF BOTH LANDLORDS AND RENTERS.

AND THEN THE MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS IN THE SURVEY PREFER TO MIX THE BACKGROUNDS FOR THE COMMISSION, UH, BEYOND JUST RENTERS.

SO HERE'S OUR, HERE'S OUR PROPOSED TIMELINE.

UM, AS I STATED EARLIER, THE SURVEY CLOSED LATE LAST WEEK.

UM, SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A FORMAL, UM, RECOMMENDATION YET.

BUT AS WE BRIEF YOU AND GET ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THIS, FROM YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMBINE THAT WITH OUR SURVEY, WE PLAN TO RE RE RETURN IN, UH, DECEMBER OR JANUARY WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UH, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

THANK YOU, IAN.

UM, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, THE EXTENSION OF, OF THE, UH, SURVEY FOR AN EXTRA TWO WEEKS, WEEKS.

I THINK IT, IT, UH, IT HELPED OUT QUITE A BIT.

UH, I'M GONNA GO, UH, START IN, IN, IN ASCENDING ORDER.

I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UM, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU, ANNE.

UM, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE, UH, SURVEY, UM, WHAT WERE ALL OF THE REVENUES OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA? UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE AREAS THAT DON'T NORMALLY SEE THE SURVEY, DO WE USE, UM, LOCAL NEWSPAPER OUTLETS OR COMMUNITY, UH, NEXTDOOR APPS? I DIDN'T SEE.

SO WE DID USE SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING NEXTDOOR, UH, BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA.

UM, WE DID COORDINATE WITH SOME GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY AND, UH, HAVE THEM ASSIST US IN GETTING THE WORD OUT.

WE DID GO TO THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD FOOD BANK AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REACT WITH RESIDENTS THAT MAY OTHERWISE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, UM, OR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.

AND THEN WE ALSO SHARED IT WITH OUR SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY.

UM, AND SO THOSE WERE SHARED, UM, VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON.

STILL GET TO YOUR, UM, THE BARRIER THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED IS THAT THE MAIL GOES TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO WE KNOW A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, ARE RENTERS THAT ARE IN THE HOMES, DON'T NORMALLY SEE LIKE THE MAIL IF IT COMES INTO THE, THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNER.

HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY OF THOSE ACTUAL HOMEOWNERS OR PROPERTY RENTERS IN THOSE HOMES, OR DID WE JUST PUT IT OUT THERE AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE GOT THE FEEDBACK FROM? WE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY TARGET SMALL LANDLORDS, ALTHOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK TO DO.

THE, THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

SO THAT MAY

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UM, WE DID ALSO DO ESSAY TEXTS.

SO IF ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, WERE SIGNED UP FOR THAT, THEY WOULD GET THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF WHO THE PROPERTY MANAGER WAS OR PROPERTY OWNER WAS.

UM, AND I'M JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OUR DISTRICTS DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THEY WERE REPRESENTED, UM, AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD BE IN A POPULATION THAT HAS A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF RENTERS.

AND SO I'M CONCERNED, UM, THAT THEY DIDN'T GET THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE, UM, THAT IS NEEDED TO TRULY HAVE THE VOICES THAT WE NEED REPRESENTED IN THIS, IN THIS, UM, COMMISSION.

SO, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTREACH, UM, BEFORE THIS GOES.

ANY, ANY FURTHER? UM, THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE, BUT THANK YOU, IAN.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

AND I'LL, I'LL ALSO JUST, UH, REALLY QUICKLY SAY THAT THE, THE HIGHEST RESPONSE CATEGORY FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT WAS NO, NO ANSWER.

UM, SO IF WE DO ADDITIONAL OUTREACH, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO, TO KIND OF HONE IN ON THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER GERRAN.

SHE'S HAVING SOME TROUBLE REACHING YOU.

CAN YOU PASS HER BY AND COME BACK TO HER, I THINK IS WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

OR NOT THEY ARE, UM, PUBLIC HOUSING, UM, HABITAT.

ALRIGHT.

COUNCILMAN KIRCH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, I THINK THAT, UH, AS, AS WE CONSIDER TRYING TO DO ANY MORE OUTREACH, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION BECAUSE NOT, UH, ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL FOR RENTERS AND ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.

UH, PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN INCLUDE FOR PEOPLE TO CHECK OFF AS THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.

ARE THEY SENIORS? ARE THEY VETERANS? ARE THEY DISABLED? ARE THEY ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY? ARE THEY SINGLE PARENTS? UH, YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE A VOUCHER? UH, ARE THEY A FAMILY? ARE THEY L G B T Q, ARE THEY PET OWNERS? ALL OF THOSE HAVE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HOW THEY GET ALONG AS A TENANT, UH, WITH THEIR PROPERTY OWNER.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IF WE DEAL WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT OWNERS, MULTI-FAMILY, LIKE A DUPLEX OR A FOURPLEX, OR ARE THEY APARTMENT BUILDING OWNERS? MAYBE APARTMENT BUILDINGS UP TO 30 OR 40 UNITS, OR MAJOR APARTMENT COMPLEX OWNERS WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'VE GOT TWO OR 300 UNITS IN THERE.

AND OF COURSE, MOBILE HOME PROPERTY OWNERS, BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE HAS A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF HOW THEY DEAL WITH RENTERS AND HOW RENTERS PER PERCEIVE THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY'RE IN.

SO I'D LIKE TO FORWARD THESE TO ION AND ASK HIM TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER INCLUDING SOME OF THESE AS OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY THEMSELVES IF THEY CHOOSE TO, TO HELP US UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GETTING A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND INDIVIDUAL, UH, TENANTS WHO WANNA HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, UH, IN A FUTURE RENTAL CONDITION.

UH, A RENTAL COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WITH OWNERS, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE OWN A HOME, SOME PEOPLE OWN MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE HOMES, AND WE TALKED ABOUT LARGE APARTMENTS AND, AND DUPLEX AND COMP AND COMPLEX OWNERS.

WE ALSO NEED TO INCLUDE OUR PEOPLE TALKING WITH US WHO ARE, UH, MANAGERS OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

ARE THEY PART OF MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS? ALL OF THOSE HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON LOOKING AT TENORS TENANTS AS WELL.

SO I, I'M GONNA SEND THOSE TO YOU AND, AND HOPE THAT IF WE CONTINUE THE PROCESS, THAT WE HELP PEOPLE SELF-IDENTIFY THEMSELVES SO WE'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT MAY MAKES UP THE, THE RENTAL COMMUNITY AND A PROPERTY OWNER COMMUNITY IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU, UH, CHAIR.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

UH, AND, AND WE DO HAVE MORE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK TO COMPILE FOR YOU.

AGAIN, THE SURVEY CLOSED A LITTLE LATE LAST WEEK, SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING A LOT OF THAT.

BUT WE DO HAVE PROPERTY TYPE, SINGLE FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN THE SIZE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE A PROPERTY OWNER OR MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE AGE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT, UH, SOME MAY BE, UH, ELDERLY.

AND THEN WE ALSO ASK THEM WHETHER

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SO WE WILL, WE'LL BREAK THAT DOWN MORE, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, IAN.

IN FACT, I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT I, I, UH, WE DID PROVIDE SOME SPACE IN THAT SURVEY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU.

GOOD WORK.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VI, ARE YOU BACK ON? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE SURVEY.

COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SORRY, MY PHONE.

ANYWAY.

UM, SO IAN, HOW MANY, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF RENTERS THAT WE HAVE IN DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH SIX CITYWIDE, OR FOR THE SURVEY CITYWIDE? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP AND GET BACK WITH YOU.

UM, I THINK THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND THE C C R, UH, WAS ABOUT 46%.

UM, I AM NOT SURE WHICH ONES AT, UH, THE HIGHEST OR LOWEST, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

I ONLY WANNA KNOW, I, BECAUSE I WANNA KNOW IN COMPARISON AND IN PROPORTION TO THEIR SURVEY RESPONSES, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAJORITY SAID NO RESPONSE.

UM, SO I, THAT'S WHERE I DO, WE KNOW WHERE THE NO RESPONSE, IF THEY CAME FROM A CERTAIN AREA, IF THEY WERE ONLINE OR IF THEY WERE FROM, UM, A CERTAIN OTHER ZIP CODE.

DO WE KNOW? I I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO IDENTIFY AN ADDRESS, FOR INSTANCE, TO BE ABLE TO MAP IT.

UM, BUT I CAN SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT, THAT THEY PROVIDED IN THE SURVEY THAT COULD GIVE US A CLUE.

UM, BUT IT MAY BE, IT MAY NOT BE THERE.

AND DID WE, IN THE SURVEY ANYWHERE ASK HOW MUCH THEY PAY OR GIVE A RANGE IN HOW MUCH THEY PAY FOR RENT? WE DIDN'T ASK THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT WE DID ASK THEIR INCOME.

SO THAT WOULD BE ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD ADDITIONAL QUESTION THAT, UH, IF WE DO ADDITIONAL OUTREACH, WE COULD ASK, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE DATED TO SEE IF THEY WERE IN PUBLIC HOUSING OR NOT, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW, ARE THEY PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME OR ARE THEY NOT? AND IF WE'RE FOCUSED ON THIS RENTER'S COMMISSION, HOW MUCH ARE THEY PAYING IN RENT RIGHT NOW TOO? UM, AND YOUR FOCUS GROUPS, DO YOU, CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH A LIST OF WHO WAS PART OF THE FOCUS GROUP? MY QUESTION IS, ARE THESE RENTERS FROM THE, THAT RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY OR THEY WERE PEOPLE THAT YOU, YOU INVITED? SO IT'S A, IT IS A MIXTURE.

UM, BUT BOTH OF THEM WERE FROM RESPONDENTS OF THE SURVEY.

UH, AND I CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU A LIST OF BOTH, BOTH GROUPS.

THEM TO, UM, MAYBE DISCUSS ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ON THOSE AGENDAS REGULARLY, UH, OR MAYBE NEW ITEMS. AND THEN FOR THE PROPERTY MANAGERS AND OWNERS, I THINK THEY, THEY SAW THAT AS A REDUNDANCY OF A POTENTIAL RENTER'S COMMISSION.

I'D LIKE TO SEE A LIST OF BOTH GROUPS, JUST SO WE KNOW HOW IT WAS COVERED, BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO SEE, UM, WHO WAS PARTICIPATING, IF IT'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, OR DO WE HAVE NEW PERSPECTIVE AND NEW IDEAS A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION IN THESE FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL.

AND THEN, UM, TO, UH, THE SMALL LANDLORDS.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE REPRESENTATION AND VOICE OF THE SMALL LANDLORDS A PART OF, WE'VE LOST YOU COUNCILWOMAN, WE'VE LOST YOUR AUDIO.

OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T UNMUTE MYSELF.

UM, SLIDES NUMBER 11 AND 12.

UM, I THINK THE MAIN THING IS THEY'RE JUST, SO OUR RENTERS OFFICIALLY REPRESENTED ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

UM, HAVE, DID WE GET ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR, THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? DID THAT MAYBE PLAY OUT IN THE RENTER'S COMMISSION CONVERSATION? WE, IN THE FOCUS GROUP, I SHOULD SAY, IN THE FOCUS GROUP, FOCUS GROUP, WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER BOARD AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN HOUSING.

UM, AND I, I, UH, MENTIONED A COUPLE OF 'EM, UM, HOUSING COMMISSION PLANNING, COMMISSION, ZONING COMMISSION.

UM, AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, UM, WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THE REAL DISTINCTION, I THINK, BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS IS THAT, UM, THE RENTER'S FOCUS GROUP FELT THAT THOSE, THOSE, UM, COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES WERE VERY FOCUSED ON A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF IT.

AND THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR

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SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE DIVERGENT, UM, OPINIONS ON THAT.

DID WE GET ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHY, AND THIS WAS THE SURVEY RESPONSE, BUT IN THE SURVEY'S RESPONSE, COULD THEY GIVE ANY COMMENT OR OTHER TO SAY WHY THEY FELT THAT THE CITY'S POLICIES HAD NO IMPACT OR A SOMEWHAT NEGATIVE IMPACT? WE, WE DID GET SOME RESPONSES, UM, BUT IT, IT WASN'T REQUIRED.

SO IT, WHEN WE COMPILE THE REPORT WITH ALL THE, OR THE, UH, THE OTHER DATA THAT WE'RE STILL KIND OF PUTTING TOGETHER, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO LIST THOSE OUT UNDERNEATH THAT QUESTION SO THAT THOSE ARE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE.

GREAT.

AND THEN I GUESS MY FINAL, UH, MY FINAL COMMENT WOULD BE YES, IF WE, IF THE, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE MIXTURE OF THE RENTERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, PLANT OWNERS, UM, THE, I WOULD SAY THE, UM, MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPER, AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO DO WITH EVEN FAIR HOUSING OR, UM, UH, THOSE THAT ARE HELPING WITH, UH, WORKFORCE HOUSING OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

UH, AND SMALL AND SMALL, UH, S SMALL LANDLORDS THAT SMALL PROPERTY LANDLORDS, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO, TO SEE AS PART OF THIS.

IT HAS TO BE, UM, A MIXTURE BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE ONE OR THE OTHER.

THEY HAVE TO BE, UH, COLLABORATION.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GERRAN.

AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT FOR, UM, UH, TEXAS HOUSERS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET, YOU GET THAT FOR, UH, YOUR DISTRICT AND ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT THAT FOR THE, FOR THEIR DISTRICT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.

IF, IF YOU WANT OTHER, UH, DISTRICT INFORMATION, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.

WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

UH, THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, BACK TO SLIDE 15, I THINK, UH, AMANDA, YOU'LL HAVE TO CONTROL IT.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT 45% OF THE RESPONSES AND SEVEN THROUGH 10.

UM, HOW DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF COUNTS ON APARTMENTS, LET'S SAY SEVEN THROUGH 10 VERSUS, UH, THE REST OF THE DISTRICTS? AND JUST TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THE MAGNITUDE IS.

DO WE, DO WE REALLY HAVE THEM MAJORITY OF APARTMENTS IN SEVEN THROUGH 10, OR IS THAT JUST A FUNCTION OF, OF RESPONSES AND NOT GETTING IT FROM THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS? I MEAN, DO WE, WHAT'S THE CONCENTRATION? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, UH, DISBURSEMENT OF APARTMENTS ACROSS TOWN? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA? DO WE HAVE A MAP SHOWING ANY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO I THINK, UH, TO COUNCILMAN AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN VEO POINT, THAT'S DATA THAT WE CAN GET.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, TEXAS HOUSERS MAY HAVE ALREADY KIND OF PUBLISHED SOME OF THAT AS TO WHAT THE PERCENTAGES OF RENTAL HOUSING IS IN EACH DISTRICT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, DO THAT WORK FOR YOU AS WELL.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE KEY TAKEAWAYS ARE 45% OF RESPONSES IDENTIFIED AS RENTERS.

UM, NOT THAT 45 RESPONSES CAME FROM COUNCIL DISTRICTS WANT, UH, SEVEN THROUGH 10.

IT WAS JUST THE MAJORITY WERE FROM, FROM SEVEN THROUGH 10.

SO I CAN WORK TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT WAS FROM THOSE DISTRICTS TOO.

AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, IAN, UH, THAT, AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE, WE CAN PROVIDE ALL OF THAT, UH, RIGHT AWAY.

IN FACT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND JUST SEND ALL THIS INFORMATION OVER TO YOU GUYS.

THAT DOES REPRESENT THOSE RENTERS AS WELL? UM, I WILL GET A LIST OF ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS WE SENT OUT TO, UM, BUT WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO AS MANY RANCHER ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS GROUPS AS POSSIBLE.

THE, AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF, OF THE, ONE OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN, IN MY MIND IS THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.

ISN'T THERE ALSO AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE FOUND LAST TIME WE WERE DEALING WITH THIS FOR INDIVIDUAL, UH, RENTERS, LIKE HOME RENTERS? I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN SULLIVAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT ALSO WAS, ISN'T THERE AN ORGANIZATION

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SO I, I'LL LOOK UP THE LIST RIGHT NOW AND SEE IF I CAN FIND, IF THAT MAY LINE UP WITH WHO YOU'RE THINKING OF.

UH, APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO, BACK TO THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS, WE, OF COURSE, THERE'S MORE RENTER RESPONDENTS ON THAT SURVEY THAN THERE ARE, UM, OR OTHER WAY AROUND.

THERE'S MORE APARTMENT OWNERS, OR NO, THERE'S FEWER APARTMENT OWNERS VERSUS APARTMENT RENTERS RESPONDING TO THE, THE SURVEY.

AND I CERTAINLY WOULD EXPECT THAT.

BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALSO IN THAT NUMBER IS THOSE APARTMENTS THAT DID RESPOND, THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS, UH, HOW MANY APARTMENTS DID THEY REPRESENT? IN OTHER WORDS, DID ONE, UH, OWNER REPRESENT 300 APARTMENTS, JUST THAT ONE OWNER OR ONE APARTMENT? I, I'D LIKE TO GET THE NUMBERS OF THAT TOGETHER ALSO, JUST TO SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF, OF, UM, THE NUMBER OF OWNERS AND HOW MANY APARTMENTS THEY ACTUALLY OWN THAT THEY'RE RESPONDING FOR.

SEE WHAT I MEAN, IAN? I DO.

ME MAKE THAT COMMENT OVER AND OVER AND OVER, IAN, SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, THAT COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, UH, THANK YOU.

I THINK IF, UH, I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SCALE, WE DID ASK THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE A A SMALL PROPERTY LANDLORD OR A LARGE, UH, BUT WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON, ON THE EXACT NUMBER.

UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT OWN THOUSANDS OF UNITS.

DID WE PUT PARAMETERS ON WHAT A SMALL VERSUS LARGE IS? I THINK WE, I WE DID, BUT I THINK FOR LARGE WAS JUST MORE THAN, SO IT WOULD BE HARD TO TELL WHERE THAT CALF WAS, BUT, UM, WE CAN SEE IF ANY INDIVIDUALS LEFT SOME CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE CAN DIG FURTHER.

YEAH, I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE, THE OWNERS, HOW MANY APARTMENTS ARE UNDERNEATH THOSE OWNERS THAT RESPONDED TO ON THIS.

SO, SO THAT WAS, UH, UM, ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS JUST SHOWING THE MAGNITUDES BETWEEN THE TWO NUMBERS.

UM, AND I GUESS IT GOES BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTIONS ON THIS IS, WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER COMMISSION? WHY CAN'T WE JUST COMBINE THIS WITH OUR EXISTING COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE ON HOUSING, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OVERALL ON HOUSING AND MAKE THIS A, YOU KNOW, PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OR UNDER, AS A SUBCOMMITTEE UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT COMMISSION.

AND LEMME TELL YOU WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT, IS BECAUSE BACK IN JULY, WE HAD A TOTAL NUMBER OF, UH, LET ME GET BACK TO IT HERE.

WE HAD A, UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF 88 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.

AND IN THAT 88 NUMBER, THERE WERE, THERE'S 800, THERE WAS 878 TOTAL SPOTS.

AND OUT OF THAT HAD 106 VACANCIES.

SO THAT'S BACK IN JULY.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE ALREADY HAD ADDED MORE, THREE MORE, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING SOME ME, SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY VACANCIES WE HAVE NOW, BUT WE, WE'VE ALREADY ADDED THREE SINCE JULY.

AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS RIGHT NOW, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES, BUT WE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE BATTLING THAT, UH, PROBLEM ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND FILLING THOSE PO POSITIONS.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADD TO THAT NUMBER.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT FILLING THE CURRENT POSITIONS WE HAVE.

UM, SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ADVOCATE OR CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE.

IN FACT, YOU SAW THAT ON THE SURVEY ALSO FROM THE ACTUAL RENTERS, UH, THE OWNERS WHERE THEY SAY, HEY, LET'S JUST COMBINE IT WITH OUR CURRENT BOARD STRUCTURE AND NOT SET UP ANOTHER ENTIRE, UH, BOARD OR COMMISSION ON THAT AND HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, I I, IT COULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN RENTERS AND OWNERS OR, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT PROPORTION OR WHATEVER, BUT I, I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ONLY RENTERS, UH, BEING ON ANY, ANY COMMISSION THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL STORY AND YOU DON'T GET BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY WHEN THERE'S, WHEN THERE'S ISSUES OUT THERE.

SO, UM, I STILL HAVE A BIG CONCERN ABOUT THAT, BUT I WOULD RATHER SEE IT JUST COMBINED WITH OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE AND, UH, WORK CHANGES IN A CURRENT STRUCTURE INSTEAD OF CREATING ANOTHER WHOLE BORDER COMMISSION.

UM, LET'S SEE.

I THINK, UH, I THINK THAT WAS IT.

Y'ALL, Y'ALL HEARD

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UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ALL THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS.

UH, THE OPINIONS FROM EACH GROUP, UH, MIGHT VARY, BUT, BUT THEY WERE ALL APPRECIATED.

UH, ORIGINALLY WE WANTED TO HOST A LARGER TOWN HALL STYLE, UH, MEETING, UH, PUBLIC INPUT.

UH, BUT OF COURSE THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE BECAUSE, UH, OF WHAT OCCURRED WITH THE, THE PANDEMIC.

UM, AND, UH, I DO WANNA THANK, UH, WANNA THANK, UH, N H S D AND G P A FOR ADMINISTER ADMINISTRATING THE, THE SURVEY.

UH, THIS POLICY REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED WELL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, BUT, UH, THE PANDEMIC HAS ONLY ILLUSTRATED THE NEED TO FORMALIZE A PLAT PLATFORM FOR RENTERS WHO MAKE UP NEARLY HALF OF OUR HOUSED POPULATION HAVE BEEN VOCAL IN SUPPORTING A RENTERS ONLY COMMISSION, BECAUSE THERE ALREADY SEEMS TO BE AN IMBALANCE IN POLICY AND REPRESENTATION, WHICH FAVORS LANDLORDS.

UH, THAT IS WHY I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE FOCUS GROUP FEEDBACK FROM MOM AND POP LANDLORDS, WHICH INDICATES THEY WANT ANY NEED TO BE BETTER EDUCATED ABOUT RENTER'S RIGHTS.

UH, IN ADDITION TO RENTER'S ONLY MODEL, MY OFFICE DRAFTED SEVERAL OTHER MODELS BASED ON EXISTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHICH STILL PROVIDES AGENCY TO RENTERS WHILE PROVIDING ACCESS TO SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWPOINTS LIKE THOSE MOM AND POP LANDLORDS AND NON-PROFIT HOUSING, EX NONPROFIT HOUSING EXPERTS.

THE SURVEY RESULTS ALSO INDICATED THAT OVER HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS FEEL UNEDUCATED ABOUT RENTAL POLICIES, WHICH IS CON CONCERNING GIVEN ALL OF THE EVICTION AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

I UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST A BRIEFING AND THAT A RECOMMENDATION IS PENDING, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE INTENT OF THIS POLICY IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR, FOR FAMILIES, UH, FOR RENTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

IF, IF THE MEAN, IF THAT MEANS THAT ALL PARTIES NEED TO BE MORE EDUCATED, AND SO BE IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN, STAFF.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THESE RENTERS ISSUES.

MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, BRIEFING ON, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY.

WE'LL

[3. 20-6476 Briefing on the Neighborhood Association & Community Organization Registration Policy. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]

GREAT, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

AND BEFORE I PASS THIS ON TO BARBARA AND TO TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY REGISTRATION POLICY, I WANT TO PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW THAT WE PRESENTED THE POLICY AT THE FEBRUARY 10TH COUNCIL COMMITTEE, AND AT THAT COMMITTEE WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS AND NEXT STEPS TO SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT SO WE COULD COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE WITH UPDATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, AND WE WANTED TO INITIATE THAT PROCESS, UM, SOON, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF, UM, REMINDER AND UPDATE OF THAT PROCESS, TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES, AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER THE NEXT STEPS.

BUT WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME BEFORE WE GO TO CITY COUNCIL WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO REALLY, IT'S JUST A REMINDER AND A CONTINUATION OF THE FEBRUARY, 2020 PRESENTATION THAT WE MADE, BARBARA.

THANK YOU, LORI.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF REGI, UH, REGISTRY WAS CREATED AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL FOR NOTIFICATION OF ZONING AND PERMITTING REQUESTS BY CHAPTER 35, 4 0 8 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PER THE U D C, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS AND REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN 200 FEET OF ANY PROPERTY SITE THAT IS PURSUING A ZONING CHANGE OR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT THAT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

THE REGISTRY IS UTILIZED BY D S D TO IDENTIFY THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MUST NOTIFY, THAT THEY MUST NOTIFY.

WE ALSO USE IT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP A VERY ROBUST UPTODATE LIST AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS TO REGISTER AND UPDATE AND THEN RE REMOVE ANY, UM, ASSOCIATIONS OFF OUR LIST SHOULD THEY NOT COMPLY WITH THE THE POLICY.

UM, THE NUMBER NEXT SLIDE.

EXCUSE ME.

SO TO DATE, THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HOAS IS AT 402, AND WE HAVE 45 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REGISTERED.

LIST OF OFFICERS ADOPTED BYLAWS, AND OTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS MEMBERSHIP SIZE, MEETING, LOCATION, AND TIME.

THE U D C ALSO ESTABLISHES REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDES OUR DEPARTMENT A DETAILED LIST OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION AND ASSOCIATION MUST SUBMIT TO RISK REGISTER.

THOSE DOCUMENTS INCLUDE A MAP OF THE ASSOCIATION'S BOUNDARIES, A

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NEXT SLIDE, THOUGH.

THE U D C PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON WHAT IS REQUIRED AND WHO MUST BE NOTIFIED.

OUR DEPARTMENT UTILIZES AN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, WHICH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION GUIDANCE.

THIS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2011, AND INCLUDES THE U D C REQUIREMENTS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

THE POLICY ALSO PROVIDES STAFF GUIDANCE ON ITEMS SUCH AS BOUNDARIES AND GEOGRAPHIC SIZE, HOUSING UNIT REQUIREMENTS, ANNUAL REGISTRATION UPDATES, REMOVAL FROM THE REGISTRY AND, AND GRIEVANCES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

A REGISTRATION LIST OF THIS MAGNITUDE DOES NOT GET DEVELOPED WITHOUT SOME ISSUES.

MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, OFFICIALS AND ASSOCIATIONS HAVE SHARED A VARIETY OF ISSUES PLAGUING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGISTRATION WHILE CHAPTER 35 4 0 8 OF THE U D C DOES NOT SPEAK TO ISSUES OF OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES.

THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE, EXCUSE ME, CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY DOES ALLOW FOR OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES BASED ON THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CONSENTING TO BOUNDARY OVERLAP.

AS A RESULT OF THIS REQUIREMENT, THERE'S USUALLY ONLY ONE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PER GEOGRAPHIC AREA BECAUSE THE ASSOCIATIONS CANNOT AGREE TO THE OVERLAP.

THEREFORE, THE ONLY REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECEIVES NOTIFICATIONS WHILE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS HAVE NO MECHANISM TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS TAILORED TO THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, AREA OF INTEREST.

THIS CREATES A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE REGISTRY.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 16 REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

OUT OF THE 402 ASSOCIATIONS REGISTERED WHO HAVE CONSENTED TO SHARING BOUNDARIES.

STATE LAW REQUIRES THE CITY TO NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF ZONING CASES, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, COMMUNITY PLANS, AND PERIMETER PLANS.

IF MORE THAN 20% OF PROPERTY OWNERS OPPOSE THE COUNCIL, THAT A COUNCIL SUPER MAJORITY VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR THE REZONING ACTION.

THIS IS A STATE REQUIREMENT.

RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP TO RECEIVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, CONSTANT CONTACT LIST TO GET INFORMATION ON ZONING AND PLANNING CASES.

HOWEVER, IT IS NOT AS TARGETED AS A MAILOUT.

THE NEXT ISSUE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION PERTAINS TO ELECTED OFFICERS OF AN ASSOCIATION NOT LIVING WITHIN GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF A REGISTERED NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION.

OUR INTERNAL POLICY REQUIRES AT LEAST 51% OF THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERSHIP TO RESIDE OR OWN PROPERTY WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.

BUT OUR POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTED OFFICES.

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFYING THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AS THE OFFICIAL ASSOCIATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND AS A RESULT, SOME COMMISSIONERS MAY GIVE MORE WEIGHT TO THEIR COMMENT THAN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AT PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THE REGISTRY WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE AN ENDORSEMENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR ITS POSITION.

A CHANGE THAT I T S D IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS DEVELOPING A IMPROVED WEB-BASED APPLICATION FOR REGISTERING AND UPDATING AN ASSOCIATION'S INFORMATION.

THIS WILL BE A USER-FRIENDLY APPLICATION THAT WILL ALLOW ASSOCIATIONS TO START THEIR REGISTRATION APPLICATION AND SUBMIT THEIR REGISTRATION ONLINE.

OTHER CHANGES UNDERWAY INCLUDE COORDINATING WITH D S D AND I T S D TO CREATE A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM TO ALLOW ANYONE TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND CHANGING THE NAME OF THE REGISTRY TO ALLOW USERS TO UNDERSTAND IT AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL.

AND A SURVEY WILL BE SENT OUT ON DECEMBER 4TH TO ALLOW ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD NOT PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT.

SO, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER OUR ORIGINAL TIMELINE.

SO OUR ORIGINAL TIMELINE KICKED OFF WITH THE, UM, COUNCIL COMMITTEE BRIEFING IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE COMPLETED PRESENTATIONS TO, EXCUSE ME, BRIEFINGS TO THE DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE AND HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH.

ALL MEETINGS THAT WERE SCHEDULED IN MID MID-MARCH WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION WERE COUNSEL DUE TO COVID 19.

AND THIS ALSO INCLUDED OUR IN-PERSON COMMUNITY INPUT SESSION SCHEDULED FOR LATE MARCH AND EARLY APRIL.

WE DID PLAN ON COMING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FEEDBACK, UH, RECEIVED AND DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN LATE APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME.

OUR NEW TIMELINE HAS US RESUMING THIS PROCESS THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16TH WITH BRIEFINGS WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION.

OUR COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY ON DECEMBER 1ST, SECOND, AND THIRD,

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WE PLAN ON RETURNING TO THE COMMITTEE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME TO PROVIDE, UM, UP AN UPDATE ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE REGULATORY BODIES COMMITTEE INPUT SESSIONS AND SURVEY, AND ALSO PROVIDE, UM, PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THESE ARE THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL BE ASKING STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND WE WELCOME COUNSEL FEEDBACK AS WELL IF YOU ARE A CALL.

UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I PROPOSED TO THE, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE, HOW, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE THE REGISTRY? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES? SHOULD ONLY ONE ASSOCIATION BE ALLOWED TO REPRESENT THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA? SHOULD THERE BE RESIDENT REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? MEANING SHOULD THEY, YOU KNOW, LIVE WITHIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHAT TYPES OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND REG, WHAT, WHAT TYPES OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND REGULATORY AGENCIES OR OTHER PROGRAMS SHOULD BE PROVIDED? NEXT SLIDE, NEXT STEPS.

AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO MEET WITH THE REGULATORY BODIES TO BRIEF THEM ON THE INTENT OF THE REGISTRY AND GIVE THEIR THOUGHT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, REGISTER, REGISTRATION, UM, POLICY.

WE WILL HOST THREE VIRTUAL, UM, SESSIONS TO GATHER THE FEEDBACK.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE UNDERSTAND HOW CRITICAL IT WOULD BE TO ENGAGE AS MANY NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS IN THIS PROCESS.

AND WE'LL WORK WITH G P A TO ENSURE WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION PLAN.

GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF, YOU KNOW, THIS VIRTUAL WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, WE'LL ENSURE THAT, UM, WE ALSO COORDINATE WITH THE, THE COUNCIL OFFICES, OTHER PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE ISSUES ACCESSING THE MEETING VIRTUALLY AND PROVIDE THE SURVEY.

AGAIN, WE CAN HOST SMALLER FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK TO US, MAYBE NOT UTILIZING THE SURVEY TOOLS.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE VERY FLEXIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE.

UM, AN EXPANDED NOTIFICATION SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED, AS I MENTIONED, WITH D S D AND I P S D TO ENSURE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RECEIVE, UM, THE NOTIFICATIONS CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE WILL FOLLOW UP IN JANUARY, UM, TIMEFRAME WITH FEEDBACK, WITH THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY.

AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE AT, AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL COMMENTS, I THINK WE HAD, UH, UH, IT, WAS IT ROSE HILL? YES, SIR.

ROSE HILL ON STANDBY.

ROSE HILL.

CAN YOU HEAR US? MS. HILL? TRACY, I THINK MAYBE HAVE TO TAKE HER OFF MUTE.

MS. HILL, CAN YOU HEAR US? IS OFF MUTE.

MS. HILL, ARE YOU THERE? I'LL PROMPT HER THROUGH A LITTLE EMAIL.

STAND BY CHAIR.

OKAY, I'M SORRY.

OKAY, WE'LL GIVE HER ANOTHER MINUTE.

MS. HILL, ARE YOU THERE? I JUST SENT YOU AN EMAIL.

YOU'RE, IF YOU'LL TAKE YOURSELF OFF MUTE.

I JUST SENT HER AN EMAIL HERE, ROSE.

OKAY, I'M SORRY.

WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, MS. CONNELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE ON.

UH, SHE CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS IN WRITING TO US AND WE'LL GET IT TO, TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ALRIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA START WITH, THANK YOU, SIR.

GARY, PLEASE.

GREAT, THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, FIRST QUESTION, AND IT GOES BACK, WE GOT 402 REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOODS OUT THERE, CORRECT? I, I THINK I REMEMBER THAT NUMBER OFF

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THE SLIDE.

SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS TO BEGIN WITH? WHY ARE, WHY ARE WE GOING BACK REVIEWING OUR, OUR POLICIES? WE'RE GOING BACK TO REVIEW OUR POLICIES BECAUSE THERE'S, BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE, UM, EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ABOUT, WELL, THE NEW, THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE WANTING TO BE REGISTERED, UH, ON THE, ON THE LIST HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT BEING BLOCKED BY THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ALLOWED TO GET THE FEEDBACK AND INPUT.

UM, WE INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THIS THREE YEARS AGO, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

WE DID PEER CITY REVIEW, REVIEW OF RESEARCH OF OTHER CITIES.

THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT A LOT OF CITIES FACE OF WHO'S GONNA BE ON THE LIST VERSUS WHO'S NOT.

SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO REALLY HAVE A, A VERY TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION, AN INCLUSIVE CONVERSATION, UM, TO HOPEFULLY COME TO A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOT A POLICY THAT, UH, EXCUSE ME, A REGISTRATION THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE AND, AND, UH, IT, IT'S BALANCED IN THAT WAY.

SO IT REALLY, THAT'S THE CONCERNS WE'RE HEARING.

SO SPECIFICALLY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE REACHED OUT WITH THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR POLICY AND WHO WERE THEY? SO RIGHT NOW, UH, GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT HILL UNITED HAVE BEEN THE PROMINENT ONES WHO HAVE REACHED OUT.

IF THERE ARE TWO OF 'EM, THEY HAVE TO AGREE ON SHARED BOUNDARIES, AND IF THEY CAN'T, YOU STICK WITH WHO, WHO THEY HAVE UNTIL THEY CAN.

BY THE PAST WE'VE HAD TWO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, SO DISTRICT TWO THAT HAVE REACHED OUT.

SO OUT OF 402, WE'RE LOOKING AT TOTALLY CHANGING OUR POLICIES BECAUSE OF THREE, MAYBE FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN ONE DISTRICT.

UM, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS LORI HOUSTON.

I WANNA ADD SOMETHING.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO A REVIEW OF THIS POLICY ANYWAY, AND AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT EARLY ON, WE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE.

IT MAY NOT BE AMENDMENTS, BUT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS HELPS US IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS.

SO ONE BEING, UM, IMPROVING OUR WEB-BASED APPLICATION PROCESS.

WE'VE HEARD AND TALKING TO A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO HELP THEM ARCHIVE THEIR BYLAWS, UM, SO OTHERS CAN LOOK AT 'EM AS A RESOURCE.

UM, IMPROVING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAPPING.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THIS ONE ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT WE'RE TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL POLICY AS A WHOLE.

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE, THE ACTUAL REGISTRY? WE WANNA KNOW HOW PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS USE THE REGISTRY.

ARE THEY JUST USING IT TO SEE WHO'S REPRESENTING THAT ORGANIZATION OR ARE THEY LIKE TO USE IT TO EXPAND AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT AREA? AND THEN THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.

THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.

SO IF YOU ARE NOT A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHAT YOU ARE NOT GETTING IS THE MAILED NOTIFICATION FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF ANY ZONING OR PLANNING ISSUE HAPPENING.

IT'S WITHIN 200 FEET, YOUR PROPERTY, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO REGISTER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

SO AS YOU SEE ON OUR LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, 'CAUSE WE DISCOVERED THAT IN THE PROCESS WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CREATE AN OPT-IN NOTIFICATION PROCESS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT YOU CAN GET CATERED, YOU KNOW, NOTIFICATIONS TO YOUR PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE LEARNED JUST BY DOING OUR REVIEW.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS JUST BEST PRACTICE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOUR POLICY IS WORKING AND HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE IT.

NOW THERE IS AN ISSUE ABOUT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT ONE AREA COULD BE REPRESENTED BY MORE THAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THIS REVIEW AS AS WELL.

BUT, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE.

UM, AND THEY MAY NOT NEED TO BE IN THE FORM OF AMENDMENTS, IT COULD JUST BE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST NINE MONTHS.

AND SO THIS EXPERIENCE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST NINE MONTHS IS GONNA PROBABLY FEED INTO HOW WE DO ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.

OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

UM, I, THE WAY, THE WAY THIS, I THINK THE PRIMARILY, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HAVING MORE THAN ONE REPRESENTATION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT, YOU KNOW, MY PARTICULAR COMMENTS ON THAT IS I THINK THAT CAUSES CONFUSION.

IT CAUSES INTERNAL, UH, ISSUES WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I I, I WOULD LIKE TO REFRAIN FROM THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UH, I LIKE THE, I LIKE THE THING WHERE

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UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HAD THIS IN A FEW CASES NOW, UH, WHERE THERE'S COMPETING INTERESTS OUT THERE BETWEEN, UH, TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN A SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, AND I KNOW IT GETS UGLY THERE, THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY CAN'T AGREE ON, ON THE, ON THE PATH FORWARD.

UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS, IF YOU WILL, IF WE OPEN THAT UP FOR OTHER AREAS.

I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WORKS WELL IN MY DISTRICT, AND THERE IS A PROCESS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCES OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS GO THROUGH WITH, UH, WITH THEIR OWN, UH, OWN RULES ON HOW THEY OPERATE, YOU KNOW, THEIR BYLAWS AND, AND THEIR ELECTIONS.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS DOING, THE OFFICERS, YOU VOTE 'EM OUT AND YOU PUT SOMEBODY ELSE IN THERE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU AGREE WITH.

SO THAT, THAT HAPPENED IN ONE OF MY LARGEST AREAS HERE IN DISTRICT 10, WHERE THE BOARD DID SOME THINGS THAT THE, THAT THE GENERAL POPULACE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DIDN'T LIKE.

AND NEXT ELECTION, THE WHOLE BOARD GOT REPLACED.

SO IT, IT WORKS, OUR CURRENT POLICIES WORK, AND I, I THINK THIS WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS ON GOING DOWN A PATH AND OPENING IT UP FOR MULTIPLE ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN A, A CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I, I'VE SAID THAT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, VERO, WHERE, UH, I'VE GOT CONCERNS ABOUT THIS AND I'M, I'M GONNA STICK WITH THAT.

I STILL HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS COULD REALLY DIVIDE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DIVIDE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY.

AND, AND I DON'T THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ALLOW THAT WE GOT CURRENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

AND TO YOUR POINT, LLOYD, YES, THERE CAN PROBABLY BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS MADE WITH COMMUNICATION AND, AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION IF THEY WANT.

MY GOODNESS, LET'S DON'T GO DOWN THAT, THAT OTHER, OTHER ROAD.

SO THAT, THAT'S MY MAIN THING IS, HEY, FOLLOW THE BYLAWS, YOU HOLD YOUR ELECTIONS, ABIDE BY THE ELECTIONS AND KEEP, KEEP, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR.

UH, MR. CHAIR, IF, IF I COULD, THIS IS , I'D LIKE TO ASSESS TO WHAT LORI SHARED.

THERE'S A VERY, UH, PRACTICAL WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.

UM, THE U D C STILL NAMES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS THE ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE REGISTRY, BUT SINCE OUR DEPARTMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES WAS CREATED, THAT IS THE TASK THAT FALLS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO PART OF THE, THE WORK WE WERE GONNA DO WAS WHEN THE U D C WAS UPDATED REFLECT WHO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE OF THE REGISTRY IS NOW.

SO IT'S A VERY PRACTICAL, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND WE WERE GONNA TAKE IT THROUGH D S C U D C PROCESS TO JUST REFLECT, UM, WHO IS NOW, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TASK OF MAINTAINING THE REGISTRY.

ONCE WE DID THAT, OF COURSE, UH, A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES POPPED UP, BUT THERE'S A VERY PRACTICAL REASON WHY WE WERE DOING THIS TO UPDATE THE U D C TO REFLECT APPROPRIATELY, WHICH DEPARTMENT IS NOW, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO STATE THAT.

UM, OKAY, COUNCILMAN, WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE.

THE REGISTRY WHEN THEY WANT TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, INFORMED ABOUT EVENTS OR INFORMATION.

UH, LET ME ASK, UM, I'LL START WITH LORI, I GUESS ON THIS, UM, OR MAYBE I SHOULD JUST ASK BOB, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE REGISTRY? THE PURPOSE OF THE REGISTRY, IT'S GOT, IT'S GOT A COUPLE OF PURPOSES, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THE REGISTRY IS IT ALLOWS, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES A POINT OF CONTACT IF IT SHOULD, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FALL WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT BUFFER OF BED ZONING CASE.

IT ALLOWS THEM A POINT OF CONTACT TO NEIGHBORHOOD TO, TO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT MIGHT FALL WITHIN THAT BUFFER.

BUT ALSO THE REGISTRY SERVES AS, YOU KNOW, WE USE IT AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL, NOT ONLY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO UM, OTHER EXTERNAL PARTNERS.

UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY HAVE LOOKED TO

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SO AGAIN, IT'S A COMMUNICATION TOOL.

UM, DOES ANY ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS OR REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER ANY CITY BUSINESS? NO.

NO.

SO IT'S JUST A COMMUNICATIONS TOOL.

CORRECT.

IF, UH, LORI, MAYBE YOU KNOW THIS BETTER, IF WE ADD, IF WE ADDED A THOUSAND PEOPLE TO THAT LIST, WOULD THAT BECOME A BURDEN FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IF THERE WERE A THOUSAND MORE PEOPLE ON THAT LIST? BARBARA, I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

IF WE ADDED A THOUSAND MORE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE LIST OR JUST NEIGHBORHOODS OR ORGANIZATIONS OR PEOPLE, ONCE YOU PUT 'EM IN THE, IN THE SYSTEM, IS IT ANY MORE OF A BURDEN NOTIFYING PEOPLE? THAT'S, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN KURT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR GOAL GOAL TO GROW THE LIST TO THAT NEXT DOOR.

NEXT DOOR HAS A THOUSAND, A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE REGISTERED ON NEXTDOOR, AND WE HAVE 402.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO GROW THAT LIST THE MORE WE GET.

COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.

SO THIS IS A COMMUNICATIONS TOOL FOR THE CITY TO COMMUNICATE TO THE ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? DOES IT MATTER TO THE CITY WHAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE FOR ANY OF THOSE LOCATIONS OTHER THAN IF THEY'RE WITHIN 200 FEET OF SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE, THE NOTIFICATIONS NO.

OUTSIDE NOTIFICATION FOR D S D? YES, IT MATTERS TO THEM.

THIS IS MELISSA RAMIREZ, IF I MAY.

UH, MR. HARRIS, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT, THE ONLY, THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE WOULD, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD BE INVOLVED IN IS IF, WHEN WE'RE, IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE REGISTERED AND THERE'S OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SEND NOTICE TO THOSE ADDITIONAL, UH, REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

SO THE COST FOR NOTICES WILL POTENTIALLY GO UP ON OUR SIDE.

WHEN WE'RE SENDING OUT FOR OUR PLAN AMENDMENTS OR OUR ZONING CASES, THAT ALSO APPLIES TO, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR PERIMETER, UH, PLANS, THEIR SECTOR PLANS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO IF THEY WERE FIVE PEOPLE OR FIVE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SOMETHING WAS GONNA BE DEVELOPED, YOU WOULDN'T JUST CONTACT THE ONE THAT IS REGISTERED WITH THE BOUNDARIES.

IF THERE'S FOUR OTHERS THAT SAY, WELL, WE ARE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TOO, YOU WOULD LET THEM KNOW AS WELL, IF COUNSEL APPROVES OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES AND THERE, THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY INCLUDED ALL FOUR OF THEM.

WE WOULD BE SENDING DIS WE WOULD BE SENDING NOTICE TO ALL OF THEM.

BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF COMMUNICATION, ISN'T IT? YES, SIR.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION TOOL, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING TO DO DOESN'T SUGGEST THAT ANY ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO CHANGE ITS RULES OR ITS BOUNDARIES OR ITS ORGANIZATION OR ITS MEETINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT ANYBODY OUT THERE CHANGE WHAT THEY HAVE.

WE ARE JUST SAYING THAT IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR OTHERS TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST TO BE NOTIFIED.

RIGHT.

IS THAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE SAYING? WELL, REALLY, REALLY, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ACTUALLY ANYTHING, WE'RE JUST BRIEFING YOU ON WHAT THE REGISTRY IS, THE INTENT.

WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY REG LIKE RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, BOUNDARY OVERLAP OR ANYTHING AT THAT MOMENT, AT THE MOMENT NOW.

THE WAY THE CITY IS GOING TO REACH OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO REALLY THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ABOUT EXPANDING COMMUNICATION.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THE ARGUMENT ABOUT, UH, GETTING INVOLVED IN OTHER PEOPLE'S CROSS BOUNDARIES AND WHO WE RECOGNIZE AND WHO WE DON'T IS A FALLACY.

'CAUSE ALL WE'RE SAYING IS WHEN NOTIFY GROUPS, AND SO I SAY LET ANYBODY GET ON THAT LIST.

SO WHAT, MAYBE WE SEND TWO OR THREE EXTRA MAILINGS TO A, A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, OR, OR MAYBE WE DON'T, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATING, BEING MORE FORTHCOMING, DISCLOSING, UH, AND I THINK ALL OF THAT IS VERY RELEVANT RIGHT NOW TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUST COME DOWNTOWN TO D S D TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AS EASILY AS THEY USED TO.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO THIS IS

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SO I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I THINK MY FRIEND COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS ANTICIPATING IN THIS EFFORT.

UH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE KINGDOMS OR DISASSEMBLED KINGDOMS OR FIEFDOMS. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO OPEN UP THE PROCESS FOR MORE COMMUNICATIONS TO MORE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT'S CONCERNED, IT'S UP TO THE DEVELOPERS TO GO AND TALK WITH WHOEVER THEY WANT TO, WHOEVER THEY THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK TO ABOUT DOING DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT COULD BE AN ASSOCIATION THAT'S LISTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IT COULD BE SEVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WANNA BE NOTIFIED AND WHO MAY CALL ABOUT IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD ON THIS.

THAT'S ALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER .

THAT, UM, WHAT IS THAT CALLED? THE NEXTDOOR APP IS HUGE, AND THAT'S A BIG WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE STAYING CONNECTED.

CHAIR.

UH, BARBARA, THANK YOU.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

LONG TIME AND EVERYTHING JUST HIT A WOW WALL WHILE WE WERE, UH, BECAUSE OF COVID.

BUT THANK YOU.

AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS VERY, VERY, I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND BEING BRIEFED BECAUSE I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO THE DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE CITY AND HOW INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

'CAUSE IN MY DISTRICT, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, I HAVE, NUMBER ONE, I HAVE VERY LITTLE HOAS IN MY DISTRICT.

AND NUMBER TWO, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ONLY HAVE ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE OR THREE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE.

BUT THEN THEY SEND A LETTER SAYING THAT THEY'RE EITHER IN OPPOSITION OR IN SUPPORT, OR NO OBJECTION TO A ZONING CASE, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL.

AND IN THE PRESENTATION WE SEE ON SLIDE SEVEN, THAT REGISTRATION IMPLIES AN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OR ENDORSEMENT BY THE CITY.

JUST LIKE WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR AN H O A SENDS A LETTER IN OPPOSITION OR IN SUPPORT OF A ZONING CASE, UM, THAT IS A BIG DEAL FOR ALL OF US.

WE TAKE THOSE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, OR AN H O A THAT GIVES VOICE AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS SEE THE SAME WAY WE'VE SEEN IT IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT.

UM, MY CONCERN AND WHY I THINK WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS IS BECAUSE ONE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ANNEX OTHER ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR OTHER ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE.

AND RIGHT NOW, OR MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT IS HAPPENING AND PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT.

AND I THINK IT, WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UM, CERTAIN, UH, I'M JUST GONNA CALL 'EM POWER GRABS THAT HAPPEN IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY HERE.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING AT SOME AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS THAT AND MAYBE LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF AREA ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CAN TAKE.

BECAUSE ONE PERSON SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REDRAW OR ABSORB ANOTHER ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THREE MILES INTO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT ANY RESIDENT OR PROPERTY OWNER CONSENT.

OR MAYBE LOOK AT A PERCENTAGE OF CONSENT.

BECAUSE IF ONE PERSON CAN COME AND ABSORB OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT MAYBE THEIRS HAS FIVE, ANOTHER ONE HAS THREE, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND THEN YOU GET A BIG AREA IN WHICH YOU GET TO YOU YOURSELF, OR YOU WITH YOUR TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CAN DICTATE WHAT SHOULD BE DETERMINED AS, UM, IN, IN OPPOSITION OR IN, IN AN ENDORSEMENT.

SO I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

BECAUSE ON PAPER, IT'S BECAUSE ON PAPER IT COULD BE JUST A COMMUNICATION TOOL, BUT IN REALITY, BECAUSE WE'VE ALL WORKED ON IT, THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

AND I THINK TO LORI'S POINT TO BARBARA, A LOT HAS CHANGED.

WE SEE

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AND THAT'S ANOTHER BIG WAY THAT WE WANNA TRY AND GET PEOPLE ENGAGED INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY CONCERNS THAT I THINK WE REALLY DO NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THIS.

UM, WE NEED TO HAVE, WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AND LOOKING AT MORE THAN JUST IF YOUR, IF YOUR BOUNDARIES ARE A THREE MILE RADIUS AREA AND THERE ARE ONLY FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, YOU NEED, YOU NEED MORE PARTICIPATION THAN THAT BEFORE YOU CAN REDRAW LINES.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING EXTREMELY CRUCIAL THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

UM, BECAUSE YES, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND IN SOME CASES PEOPLE ARE NOT ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.

PEOPLE ARE KEPT IN THE DARK ON PURPOSE SO THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE.

SO THESE COMES, CAN GET CREATED.

UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE.

AND THANK YOU BARBARA, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

UH, THANK YOU MELISSA, AND ALL OF THE, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, UM, TO DEALING WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT, UM, MOVING PIECES AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, THANK YOU, LORI.

I KNOW THAT EARLIER TODAY YOU RECEIVED ALL OF OUR GREAT, UM, EMAILS ABOUT WHY WE NEED TO POSTPONE BECAUSE OF THE MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING MANY TOO MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT CAUSE A DIVISIVENESS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH STILL RECEIVING THOSE EMAILS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS FEEL LIKE THEY WEREN'T GONNA BE REPRESENTED IN THIS CONVERSATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT HEAT AND STEPPING UP TO ANSWER THOSE EMAILS.

UM, BARBARA, QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS, YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND PLUS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS REGISTERED ON NEXT DOOR.

WHICH ONES ARE COASTAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHICH ONES HAVE WE NOT REACHED OUT TO THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? WHICH ONES, OH, SORRY, REPEAT YOUR QUESTION AGAIN.

YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ON THE NEXT DOOR, WHICH OUT OF THOSE ARE THE COSA, THE 400 PLUS THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN WHICH ARE THE OTHER ONES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO? WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, SO THE 402, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL SCATTERED CITYWIDE.

UM, WE INITIALLY CONTACTED NEXT DOOR.

I MEAN, THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE THE MAP, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO DISCLOSE TOO MUCH INFORMATION, UM, TO US.

AND SO WE JUST HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOODS LETTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO GET THOSE TO REGISTER, UM, WITH OUR, UM, ON OUR LIST.

BUT IT, IT IS SPREAD OUT CITYWIDE.

I MEAN, WE COULD PROBABLY DO AN OVERLAY ON THE NEXT DOOR TO REFLECT WHAT IS WHERE THE 402 LAND VERSUS THE ONES THAT ARE ON REPRESENTED ON NEXT DOOR AND PROVIDE THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, PLEASE.

CONSTANTLY SHOWS THAT INFORMATION.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE OF THE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UM, THAT SEEM TO KEEP POPPING UP.

LIKE EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND.

AND IT HAPPENS WITH EVERY NEW ZONING CASE THAT WE SEE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEIR FORMS, AND THEN WE ATTEMPT TO PUT OUR DEVELOPMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

THEN THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY SHOULD PUT AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT'S IN SUPPORT.

IT'S A CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF DIVISIVENESS WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT.

UM, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER, HAVING A POLICY THAT'S DIVISIVE WITHIN OUR OWN CITY IS NOT GONNA HELP SOLVE THIS SITUATION.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WEBSITE AND HAS A LINK DIRECTLY TO ZONING THAT WILL SHOW YOU IN YOUR AREA, BASED ON YOUR ZIP CODE AND YOUR ADDRESS WHERE THIS ZONING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

WE HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT INTO TEXT MESSAGES.

WHY ARE WE NOT USING THAT COMMUNICATION TOOL? THAT THE, THAT COMMUNICATION TOLL IS SHARED WITH THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

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I SENT THAT INFORMATION OUT.

UM, AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S THE PERCEPTION OF IF I'M ON THIS LIST, THEN I'VE GOT SOME WEIGHT AND AUTHORITY TO, YOU KNOW, BEING HEARD VERSUS, I'M NOT ON THIS LIST.

COUNCILMAN, GO AHEAD BARBARA.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS GONNA SAY CONSTANT CONTACT HAS, HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE, BUT AGAIN, IT IS A, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU GET CONSTANT CONTACT, YOU GET THE AGENDA, YOU DON'T GET THAT EXACT NOTIFICATION, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA.

AND SO THERE'S SOME SENSITIVITY THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED LIKE, WELL, I WANT THE EXACT NOTIFICATION OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WAS SENT TO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT'S ON THE LIST.

I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO, SO BARBARA, BARBARA BROUGHT UP CONSTANT CONTACT.

THANK YOU BARBARA.

UM, AND COUNCILMAN THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.

THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN TREVINO WITH HIS C C R.

UM, WE EXPANDED THAT TO INCLUDE OUR TENTATIVE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AGENDAS.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE IN OUR TENTATIVE, UH, ZONING AGENDAS.

UH, WE HAVE 312, UM, REGISTERED, UH, RESIDENTS RECEIVING THOSE NOTIFICATIONS.

AND FOR OUR NOTIFICATIONS ON OUR BUILDING PERMITS, WE HAVE, UH, 402, UH, REGISTERED, UH, RESIDENTS.

SO THERE, THERE ARE QUITE A BIT OF PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE OTHERS, UH, BUT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE REACHING OUT AND RECEIVING, UH, THE, THAT INFORMATION.

SO YOU ARE CORRECT.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN WE, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO OUR ZONING COM UH, COUNCIL BRIEFINGS, WE IDENTIFY THE LETTERS THAT WE'VE SENT OUT FOR NOTICE, UM, WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, BUT WE ALSO WILL IDENTIFY IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT HAS SUBMITTED OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF THAT 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.

SO WE TRY TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO SHARE WITH YOU THE NUMBERS OF WHAT WAS SUBMITTED WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.

AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT, UM, THAT YOU ATTEMPT TO DO IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO GET IT DONE.

AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT WOULD ADD ON YOUR CASELOAD IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE ON TOP OF MULTIPLE, UM, OVERLAPPING NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.

I, I THINK IF, UM, THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION THAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE ASKED IS I THINK THE, THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR D S V WOULD AND FOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ANYONE ELSE THAT USES THAT REGISTRY FOR, UH, STATE LAW NOTIFICATIONS OR U D C NOTIFICATIONS WOULD BE JUST THAT THE, UH, AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD COST TO SEND OUT ADDITIONAL NOTICES SO THAT IT, DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES OVERLAP, WE COULD BE CHANGING THAT FROM, YOU KNOW, UM, 20 NOTICES TO MAYBE 45 OR MAYBE 50.

IT JUST DEPENDS REALLY ON THE CASE, THE ZONING CASE OR THE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT'S COMING BEFORE US, UH, WE WON'T HAVE THAT, THAT UNDERSTANDING UNTIL IF THERE IS A PROPOSAL AND AN APPROVAL BY COUNSEL WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD BE.

AND SO, AS FAR AS PERSONNEL TIME, UM, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE MAILOUTS, BUT AS FAR AS PERSONNEL TIME, HOW MUCH OF, OF AN ADDITIONAL CASELOAD OR WOULD THAT HAVE TO BRING IN SOMEONE ELSE THAT CAN HANDLE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL CASELOADS? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING LIKE, ESPECIALLY NOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR 2021 BUDGET WAS HARD, UM, AND, AND WE HAVE A HIRING FREEZE.

AND SO HOW DOES THAT LOOK IF WE GO FORWARD WITH NEEDING TO BRING ON ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO HANDLE GETTING THESE NOTIFICATIONS OUT IN A TIMELY AND PROPER MANNER? I THINK WE WOULD HANDLE THAT, UM, AS WE HANDLED IT WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

WE TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THEN WE DETERMINED THE NEED, DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH, UH, OVERLAPPING THERE WOULD BE.

UM, AND OF COURSE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, WE POSSIBLY, IF WE NEEDED TO BRING ON TEMPORARY STAFF AND THEN WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IF THERE IS A, A LONG-TERM NEED THERE.

BUT, UH, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU THAT FEEDBACK UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS TO COME.

AND SO, UM, QUESTION THREE YEARS AGO, WHEN THIS CONVERSATION, UH, ORIGINATED, WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK AT THAT TIME FROM THE COMMUNITY, OR THERE WAS NO TRANSPARENCY ON THAT PART? SO WHEN WE INITIATED THIS, WE DID A SURVEY AND WE HELD SMALLER FOCUS GROUPS.

AND SO WE, WHAT WE DID HERE IS, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS MIXED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF COURSE, THOSE WHO WEREN'T ON THE LIST WANTED TO, TO BE ON THE LIST.

SO THEY FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED AND NOT HAVE TO ASK FOR, UM, PERMISSION TO SHARE BOUNDARIES.

AND THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE, WERE

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ON THE LIST.

WE'RE LIKE, WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE THE CONTROL BECAUSE WE WERE REGISTERED FIRST.

BUT WHEN WE PROPOSED DIFFERENT, LIKE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SCENARIOS, LIKE, WELL, IF YOU WERE, YOU WERE ON THE, YOU KNOW, OTHER END OF THAT, THEN WHEN WOULD IT BE OKAY FOR YOU TO BE REGISTERED WITHOUT GETTING PERMISSION? AND A LOT OF THEM BROUGHT UP, WELL, I GUESS IF I WASN'T, YOU KNOW, IF I FELT LIKE I WASN'T BEING REPRESENTED, THEN I WOULD WANT THE OPTION TO BE ON THE LIST BECAUSE I'M FELT LIKE I'M NOT BEING REPRESENTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

SO IT WAS MIXED.

AND SO, UM, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT IS WE NEEDED TO DO A DEEPER DIVE OF MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INPUT, OF COURSE, UM, IN, IN, IN PERSON AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON, BECAUSE WE INITIALLY STARTED WITH THE SURVEY AND THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH FOCUS GROUPS.

SO WE, WE HEARD A VARIETY OF THINGS.

IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING CONVERSATION TO BE HAD BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IT'S HOW IT APPLIES TO, YOU KNOW, YOU IN THE MOMENT.

UM, AND SO THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHAT HAPPENED IS IF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO JUST DOESN'T HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGISTER, LIKE A REGISTRY DIDN'T EXIST AT ALL.

WELL, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS LORI HOUSTON, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A REGISTRY PER THE U D C GUIDELINES, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE, BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT REBRANDING THE REGISTRY TO BE JUST KIND OF A, A CONTACT LIST AND ALLOWING THAT TO BE OUR REGISTRY, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A REGISTRY PER THE U D C.

UM, IF WE DON'T WANNA HAVE ONE, WE'D HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

NOW, THE U D C DOESN'T DICTATE HOW IT SHOULD BE USED, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE US TO HAVE A REGISTRY.

CORRECT.

AND SO UNDER THAT U D C, IT'S FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ONLY, IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS IT FOR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL? SO OUR, OUR NOTIFICATION REQUIRES, UM, 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, UM, BY STATE LAW.

AND THEN WE'VE ADOPTED THE, UH, TO INCLUDE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

SO IT IS, IT IS A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER, ARE YOU ASKING, I'M SORRY, I, IF I'M STEPPING IN, BUT I JUST WONDER IF YOU WERE ASKING, UH, WHAT, WHAT, NOT HAVING A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, REGISTRY, HOW THAT, THAT WOULD IMPACT OTHER PROCESSES? YES, SIR.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S GETTING AT.

SO, UM, IF REGARDING OUR U D C PROCESS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING CASES OR PLAN AMENDMENTS, WE WOULD STILL BE SENDING OUR NOTICE OUT FOR THE 200 FOOT PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE WOULD NOT BE, IF, IF THERE WAS NOT A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE SENDING NOTICE TO THAT REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT IT WOULD BE INCLUDE ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FOOT.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

UM, THE LAST QUESTION THAT I'LL ASK, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROCESS, AND, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, THE H O A AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, WITH THE H O A, YOU PRETTY MUCH ARE PAYING ON A YEARLY BASIS, UM, FOR THAT H O A, IT'S ONLY ONE H O A FOR THAT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE PAYING INTO IT.

IT WORKS BETTER, UM, IN THAT ASPECT BECAUSE YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL VIOLATIONS ARE.

THEY KNOW THE ADDRESSES.

AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND WE'RE NOT SEEING IT WITHIN OUR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.

UM, OUR, OUR POLICY REALLY SPEAKS TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

WE DON'T, WE, YOU KNOW, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ARE GOVERNED BY, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN STATE, STATE I GUESS, MANDATES.

AND SO OUR POLICY CAN'T SUPERSEDE WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T SEE AS MUCH, I GUESS, ISSUES.

BUT I MEAN, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL WITH US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS? WE HAVE OUR OWN RULES.

AND WE'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR LIKE, NO, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, UM, UM, IMPOSE THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE, UM, RULES THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR THE STATE.

SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON CLARIFYING THAT A LOT BETTER IN THE POLICY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S CLEAR.

WHEN A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION LIKE READS OUR POLICY, THEY THINK, OH, NO, THEY'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UM, GOVERN US OR TELL US.

AND THAT'S NOT, DEFINITELY NOT THE CASE.

THERE WERE NO HOAS IN THE TWENTIES, THIRTIES, FORTIES.

IF I COULD ADD HOAS, UM, ARE A RELATIVELY NEW, UH, TOOL.

I THINK WE HAVE SEEN HOAS SINCE THE SIXTIES, UM, AND, AND ON.

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AND A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OLDER THAN, UM, THEY PREDATE THE CREATION OF HOAS.

UM, SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE AS WELL WITH REGARDS TO THE, OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

THANK YOU, UH, VERONICA, AND THANK YOU, BARBARA.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

UH, THANK YOU, LAURIE.

I KNOW I ASKED SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS, BUT EDUCATION IS KEY AND GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE IS, IS DEFINITELY WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU CHAIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY WANTS TO CHIME BACK IN.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.

UM, AND LORI, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THIS.

WE NEED TO REVIEW AND UPDATE OUR POLICIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND, BUT MY CONCERNS STILL LIE WITH, UM, HAVING TWO ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT THE SAME AREA.

YOU KNOW, IT IS MORE THAN JUST ONE WAY COMMUNICATION.

IN, IN WHAT I HAVE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY SENDING OUT COMMUNICATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE CITY ALSO, AND NOT JUST WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, BUT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS PROVIDE A CRITICAL ROLE IN, IN GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR RESIDENTS AND NOT JUST WITHIN THE 200 FEET.

I MEAN, I LOOK AT NEIGHBORHOODS AS, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THEIR OWN DESTINY, IF YOU WILL, ON WHAT THEY WANNA SEE THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOP INTO OR NOT DEVELOP INTO.

SO I LOOK AT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOAS AND ALL THAT.

AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ELECTED TO REPRESENT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS JUST AS WE ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

AND I TAKE THOSE, THOSE BOARDS AND THEIR DECISIONS VERY, VERY HIGHLY AND, AND VERY, I I, I LOOK AT THAT SAYING, HEY, THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB.

THEY ARE GETTING INPUT FROM ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AS TO WHAT THEY WANNA SEE OR DON'T WANNA SEE WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO YES, THE 200 FOOT CRITERIA THAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT I DO, I, I GUESS I KIND OF HOLD MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HOAS FEET TO THE FIRE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS YOUR JOB TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITIES.

AND IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION OF THE CITY GOING OUT AND DISTRIBUTING ZONING ISSUES AND WHAT HAVE YOU OUT TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT'S A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION.

AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THAT'S REALLY THEIR JOB, IS TO GO OUT AND COMMUNICATE THAT, GET THOSE INPUTS, AND GET THOSE INTO ME TO HELP ME MAKE A DECISION WHETHER I'M CON GONNA SUPPORT HIS ZONING CASE OR NOT.

SO TO ME, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE 200 FOOT CRITERIA.

IT ENCOMPASSES THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN IS.

AGAIN, THERE'S A PROCESS WITH THEIR OWN BYLAWS ON HOW THEY ELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

JUST HOW, JUST LIKE THERE'S A CITY CHARTER ON HOW WE GET ELECTED INTO THESE POSITIONS AND REPRESENT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO, UH, I, AGAIN, I WOULD SURE HATE TO SEE US FRACTURE THAT PROCESS AND, AND HAVE CONFLICTS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE SEEN.

BUT AGAIN, OUT OF 402 REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH ONLY.

SO I, I SURE HATE TO, YOU KNOW, LET'S DON'T FIX SOMETHING THAT REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE FIXED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR.

COUNCILMAN SYLVANIA, I APOLOGIZE.

AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

AND WE WILL TAKE ALL THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD TODAY AND CONTINUE TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS AND RETURN TO THIS COMMITTEE IN JANUARY WITH A RECOMMENDATION.

STAFF IS NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO A RECOMMENDATION TODAY.

WE JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE GONNA GO OUT WITH THIS PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.

AND SINCE WE'VE TAKEN SUCH A LONG PAUSE, WE FELT THAT WE NEEDED TO GO FORWARD AND DO A REMINDER.

SO THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN JANUARY.

UM, NOW, UH, I THINK WE DO HAVE ROSE HILL, UH, ON THE LINE.

UH, SO YOU KNOW, MR. ROSE HILL, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. TRUO, AND, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'M HERE LISTENING TO EVERYTHING, AND I AGREE.

I AGREE WITH MR. PERRY.

WE ARE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WORK HARD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ELECTED BY OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THERE MAY BE SOME TIMES WE, WELL, WE'RE NOT PERFECT.

WE DON'T GET PAID.

UH, WE MIGHT, UH, NOT ALWAYS AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION AS QUICKLY AS, AS FAST AS WE CAN OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE WAS SOME INSTANCES, INFORMATION

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THAT LORI AND BARBARA GAVE OUT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, MR. SHANNON IS, ANYBODY THAT GETS ON THE LIST CAN GET ANY KIND OF INFORMATION FROM ZONING PLANNING AND CITY COUNCIL.

THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

I THINK MAYBE MELISSA CAN AT, UH, ATTEST TO THAT, THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ON A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, YOU CAN STILL BE PUT ON THE LIST.

SO THAT WAS INCONSISTENT.

THE OTHER THING I WANNA BRING BACK THREE YEARS AGO WHEN MY MICHAEL WAS HERE, UH, ULTIMATELY THEIR SURVEY THAT WENT OUT, THE SURVEY, I HAVE TOOKE THAT CAME BACK FROM ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ALL 10 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS.

AND I HEAR INCONSISTENCY THERE, WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AS YOU CAN SEE IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S TERRIBLE.

IT'S DESTROYING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S BRINGING CONFUSION.

IT'S RINGING DIVISION, WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING.

IT'S DON'T INVENT THE WHEELS LEFT WITH THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO BUILD OFF OF WHAT WE HAVE AND MAKE OUR CITY BETTER, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BETTER.

BUT DON'T TRY TO CREATE MORE FRICTION, BRING MORE PROBLEMS TO THE FIRE.

'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BRING LEGAL PROBLEMS. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT NOT ONLY IS IT GONNA AFFECT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE WHOLE NICE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS SAN ANTONIO.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU NEED TO LET US, THE PRESIDENTS COME TO YOU AND TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.

AND LET US GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ON HOW WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE IT, TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER.

BECAUSE WE ARE, WHEN WE SAY WE, WHEN I SAY, UH, REGISTERED, THAT MEANS UNITY.

THAT MEANS THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE A PARTNER WITH YOU.

A LOT OF US WENT THROUGH THE CITY, SAN ANTONIO ACADEMY, OUR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, A LOT OF US WENT THROUGH THAT ARE, I REPRESENT 31 NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT TWO.

AND I COULD SAY THAT I'M PROUD THAT WE ARE OUT THERE.

YOU MIGHT NOT BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, EDUCATING ON BYLAWS, UH, DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF, WORKING WITH A DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL PERSON TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BETTER, FIND OUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT DON'T DO THIS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'RE ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS, UH, HAVING, TRYING TO HAVE TWO OR THREE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WHAT TERRY SAID IS RIGHT DO, IF THEY DON'T WANT, THEN THEY CAN MOVE US OUT.

BUT MEANWHILE, WE ARE THE ONES THAT GOT TO THE COMMUNITY BY OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I ASKED THE CITY, SAN ANTONIO, STAY OUTTA OUR BUSINESS.

LET US HANDLE OUR OWN PROBLEMS. THANK YOU MS. ROSE WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO.

CONSIDER ROSE, YOU'RE DOING, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA CREATE MAJOR, MAJOR PROBLEMS. MS. ROSEHILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A BRIEFING ON THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR STRATEGY UPDATE.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENT COMMENTS.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[4. 20-6561 Briefing on the Housing Security Pillar Strategy Update: (1) Covid-19 Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP) and discussion on proposed amendments and program evaluation; (2) Briefing and discussion by Department of Human Services on the cash assistance program. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

I'M GONNA ASK VERONICA SOTO, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO START ON THIS ITEM.

UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PROPOSED.

THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STAFF WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE AMENDMENTS AND WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN CHAIRMAN, YOU ALSO ASKED US FOR A BRIEFING ON THE CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT IS BEING, UM, MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

SO PATRICK STUCK, WE WRITING THAT PRESENTATION.

SO, VERO, YES, GOOD AFTERNOON.

M THE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND HEALTH SERVICES.

AND I'LL BE DOING THE FIRST TASK, UH, OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT IS REALLY ABOUT THE HOUSING PILLAR OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.

SO FIRST, LEMME GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH REGARDS TO THE RECIPIENTS FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UH, AS OF, UH, FRIDAY, WELL, SATURDAY MORNING, WE HAD OVER 19,600, UM, APPLICATIONS APPROVED.

THE AVERAGE A M I, UH, IS 30%.

AND FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD, THE AVERAGE ASSISTANCE IS, UM, 2,808.

UH, WE ARE NOTING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE RENTERS FOR THE MOST PART.

85.5% OF THOSE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN FOR RENTERS.

REMEMBER, OUR PROGRAM, AND IT'LL SHOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PAYS FOR EITHER RENT OR MORTGAGE.

UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH REGARDS TO HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT BY THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COVER.

SO AGAIN, AS OF SATURDAY, 55.2 MILLION HAS BEEN EXPENDED.

OVER 80% OF THAT IS FOR RENT OR MORTGAGE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE 45.6 MILLION THERE.

UM, JUST UNDER 10% OF THE FUNDING GOES TO CASH ASSISTANCE.

YOU CAN SEE ALMOST 5 MILLION THERE AND THE UTILITIES THAT WE COVER WITH C P SS, SAUCE AND INTERNET BEING PART OF THAT ASSISTANCE.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE, UM, THAT WE ARE JUST AS A REMINDER INTO THE THIRD FUNDING

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PHASE OF OUR PROGRAM.

SINCE APRIL, UH, THE PROGRAM EXPANDED TO BECOME THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BASED ON OUR INITIAL RISK MITIGATION POLICY AND PROGRAM.

SO WE HAVE A TOTAL BUDGET OF 76.6 MILLION.

AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FUNDING FOR OUR CURRENT PHASE, CURRENT PHASE THREE STARTED WITH THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER ONE.

THE FUNDING IS A COMBINATION OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS THAT DO HAVE A TIME THAT WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THEM BY.

WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THIS FUNDING BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING THERE, C D B G FUNDING, AND WE HAVE GENERAL FUND AND SAN ANTONIO HEALTH INTEREST MONEY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WHERE WE'RE AT ON SPENDING THE PHASE THREE MONEY AND HOW MUCH REMAINS.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE HAS ONE OF THE, UM, PIECES OF INFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE.

UM, WHEN WE ENTERED INTO PHASE THREE, WE DID A LOT MORE ON OUR DASHBOARD FOR THE PROGRAM.

UH, WE HAVE SHARED WITH YOU THAT YOU CAN GET REAL LIFE UPDATES AS WE PROCESS APPLICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS COME IN.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY, UM, VIEWS OF THE DATA THAT YOU CAN SEE.

SO BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE HAVE WHAT THE AVERAGE A M I IS, HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND HOW MUCH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL DISTRICT.

IN THE DASHBOARD, WE HAVE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SUCH AS AN A M I SERVED, UH, RACE AND ETHNICITY.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, ALL OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR DASHBOARD, UH, WENT LIVE WITH PHASE THREE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SHOWS HOW MUCH WE HAVE EXPENDED, UM, OVER THE LAST FIVE WEEKS.

SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OUR SPEND RATE, AND THIS IS OUR WEEKLY SPEND RATE FOR THE LAST FIVE WEEKS.

WE TRACK THAT VERY CLOSELY TO SEE HOW FAR THE MONEY WILL TAKE US.

UM, AND SO FOR THE LAST FIVE WEEKS, THE AVERAGE SPEND RATE PER WEEK IS AROUND 1.5 MILLION.

SO WHAT WE ESTIMATE, AND, AND OF COURSE THIS ACCOUNTS FOR SOME OF THE CHANGES WE MADE IN PHASE THREE.

SO WE ESTIMATE THAT IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE SPEND RATE, THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR PROGRAM RUN THROUGH MID-FEBRUARY.

UM, AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY WEEK WE MONITOR VERY CLOSELY.

SO NEXT SLIDE, UM, HAS WHAT WE SPEND THE MONEY ON.

UM, I NOTICED THAT PHASE THREE HAD SOME CHANGES.

WE DID CHANGE THE ELIGIBILITY INSTEAD OF BEING A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I AS THE THRESHOLD, WE CHANGED THAT TO 80% A M I WITH A STEERED APPROACH TO HAVE MORE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO THOSE WITH LOWER, UH, INCOME LEVELS.

SO IF ANYONE IS 50% OR LESS OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME, THEY RECEIVE THE FULL PACKAGE OF ASSISTANCE FOR MONTHS ONE AND TWO, AND FOR A THIRD MONTH THEY RECEIVE CASH ASSISTANCE OF $500 FOR FAMILIES BETWEEN 51% AND 80% ONLY.

RENT AND MORTGAGE IS PROVIDED FOR MONTH ONE AND TWO.

AND IF THEY NEED A THIRD MONTH, THEY ALSO GET CASH ASSISTANCE, BUT ONLY 250.

SO THIS IS A CHANGE FROM PHASE ONE AND TWO THAT WENT INTO EFFECT OCTOBER ONE WHEN PHASE THREE STARTED.

AND SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN SEE THE ITEMS THAT THIS COMMITTEE ASKED US TO LOOK AT.

SO THERE WAS OF COURSE CONSIDERATION OF SHOULD WE INCREASE THE A M I BACK TO 100% INSTEAD OF 80%.

AGAIN, WE TOOK THAT, UM, AS A RECOMMENDATION TO TRY AND HELP FAMILIES WITH THE MOST NEED.

UM, THE TIERED APPROACH ALSO WAS FOCUSED ON THAT, AND THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST TO LOOK AT ARE WE ASSISTING COLLEGE STUDENTS AS WELL? AND SO THAT IS THE NEXT PHASE OF WHAT I WILL PRESENT.

SO NEXT SLIDE HAS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR AN AMENDMENT REGARDING COLLEGE STUDENTS.

UM, WE CURRENTLY DO HELP STUDENTS AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT IF THERE IS A STUDENT WHO IS NOT THE ONE WHO IS ON THE LEASE, WE HAVE REJECTED THEM BECAUSE WE DO NEED, UH, THE LEASE DOCUMENT AND THE PERSON WHO IS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM MEHA TO BE THE ONE ON THE LEASE.

SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE CAN ALLOW PARENTS TO BE ON THE LEASE IF THERE ARE STUDENTS AS WELL.

AND SO THESE STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE.

AGAIN, WE REQUIRE A LEASE TO BE SIGNED AND WE HAVE REQUIRED THAT WHOEVER'S ON THE LEASE, UM, IS A FAMILY APPLYING.

BUT FOR STUDENTS, WE ARE ASKING THAT WE DO CHANGE SO THAT MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE EVEN IF THEY'RE

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NOT THE ONES WHO HAVE SIGNED THE LEASE, SINCE WE KNOW PARENTS OFTEN SIGN THE LEASE FOR THEIR KIDS.

UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT, UM, AS IT IS WITH PHASE THREE TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT OR BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME DATA TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT FIRST, UH, WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS A PROPOSED CHANGE THAT WOULD IMPACT COLLEGE STUDENTS, UH, STILL HAVE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT THE APPLICANT IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, THAT THEY DO HAVE A HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF C OVID 19.

AND THEN FOR THE LEASE AGREEMENT, IT MUST BE THE STUDENT OR PARENT WHO SIGNED THE LEASE.

SO THIS IS THE CHANGE WE WOULD, BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOWING THE PARENTS TO BE THE ONES TO HAVE SIGNED THE LEASE, WE NEED DOCUMENTATION FROM THE STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE ENROLLED IN THE CURRENT SEMESTER.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE.

UM, AND AGAIN, KEEPING THE 80% A M I, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUESTED, UM, THAT WE LOOK AT AT THE LAST COUNCIL COMMITTEE.

AND THIS IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH REGARDS TO THE STUDENTS.

SO NOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE DATA ABOUT HOW MANY APPLICANTS CAME IN AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FOR, UH, OVER 80% A M I.

AND SO IT'S LOOKING BY MONTH SINCE WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM BACK IN APRIL.

HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE AT THAT RANGE? NOW REMEMBER, SINCE APRIL WE HAVE HAD OVER 19,600 FAMILIES RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT IT HAS VARIED, UH, BETWEEN ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 150.

SO IT IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FAMILIES THAT WERE OVER 80% OF A M I.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE KEEP THE FOCUS OF ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 80% A M I BECAUSE IT IS SO FEW THAT HAVE THE HIGHER INCOME AND STILL WE WANNA FOCUS ON THOSE WITH LOWER INCOME OR POTENTIALLY MORE VULNERABLE.

UM, ONE OTHER UPDATE IS IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH AN AUDIT.

UH, IT WAS ASKED OF THE CITY AUDITOR BY, UH, COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM, UH, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A NEW PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH MONEY GOING INTO IT AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH HIGH DEMAND.

AND SO, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, THE FINAL AUDIT WAS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE.

THE KEY THING IS THAT THERE WERE NO FINDINGS.

AND WHAT THE CITY AUDITOR LOOKED AT IS, ARE THE FUNDS BEING UTILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOTH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND THE CITY POLICY? ARE THE APPLICATIONS BEING APPROPRIATELY REVIEWED SO THAT AN APPROVAL OR A DENIAL IS DONE APPROPRIATELY? UM, UH, CITY AUDITOR WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT DENIALS AND MADE SURE THAT WE HAD PROPER DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAD, UM, WHY THE DENIAL WAS IN PLACE AND THAT IT ADHERED TO THOSE GUIDELINES IN THE CITY POLICY.

AND OF COURSE, THEY ALSO LOOKED AT IS THE ACCOUNTING OF FUNDS ACCURATE AND APPRO APPROPRIATE? THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN A PROGRAM OF THIS MAGNITUDE WHEN WE ARE SPENDING SO MUCH PER WEEK AND HELPING SO MANY FAMILIES.

SO, UM, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAM THAT WORKED ON THIS.

UM, AND THE CITY AUDITOR HAS THAT REPORT.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL AS WELL.

UM, SO I BELIEVE THE CITY AUDITOR HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, SO WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO CONSTANTLY WITH THIS EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE GO ALONG AND AS WE LEARN MORE, UH, THE DASHBOARD IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS BACK IN APRIL THAT DIDN'T EXIST IN, AS PEOPLE, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR INFORMATION, WE HAVE ENHANCED IT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAS ASKED US TO DO IS TO EVALUATE THIS PROGRAM.

UM, OF COURSE THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, IS RELATED TO THIS BECAUSE THE PROGRAM SPRANG OUT OF THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY THAT CAME THROUGH THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

IT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE OVER TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE GROUP.

AND AS THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT, THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAD LOOKED AT IT.

AND SO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK APPROVED THAT WE UNDERTAKE A SURVEY TO LOOK AT ACCESS USAGE AND OUTCOMES FOR CLIENTS THAT HAVE UTILIZED, UM, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND SO THEY WANTED US TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, UM, WHO APPLIED, AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST THOSE THAT GOT ASSISTANCE, BUT EVEN PEOPLE WHO DID NOT GET ASSISTANCE.

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THEY ALSO WANTED US TO, UM, HEAR FROM LANDLORDS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING PAYMENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

AND FROM THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE HELPED US GET THE WORD OUT, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PARTNERS WHO DID OUTREACH.

THERE'S SOME WHO CONTINUE TO DO IN-PERSON INTAKE, AND SO THEY WANNA TARGET THE SURVEY FOR THESE AUDIENCES.

UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS SURVEY.

UM, WE, I THINK HAVE ADDED IT TO THIS, UM, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.

AND IF YOU NEED, UM, OR HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

BUT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO LAUNCH THE SURVEY THIS WEEK AND THEN HAVE IT OPEN FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AND TARGET, UM, THESE APPLICANTS BOTH WHO HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND DENIED, LANDLORDS AND PARTNERS WHO HAVE HELPED US GET THE WORD OUT AND AND GET CLIENTS IN.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WAS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION WAS ALSO A NEED TO ESTABLISH A FORMAL EVALUATION PROCESS.

UH, THIS IS NOW CALLED EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

WE HAVE RESPONDED, UM, TO THE PANDEMIC AND THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, WE'LL GO BACK TO HAVING OUR RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM.

AND SO A FORMAL AND SET PROCESS FOR EVALUATING THAT PROGRAM AND MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT WE CAN SERVE THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION ON A FORMAL PROCESS TO EVALUATE BOTH THE I MERCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM NOW, BUT THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF THAT SINCE THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED AND ENGAGED WITH THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE MOVES US TO ANOTHER ITEM WITHIN OUR HOUSING PILLAR.

AND THIS IS THE TEXAS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM.

SO I BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE AWARE THAT WHEN WE UTILIZE THE ADDITIONAL CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, WE STARTED A PROGRAM TO HAVE INTERVENTIONS FOR EVICTION AT THE COURT, ESPECIALLY AS THE COURT STARTED HEARING EVICTION CASES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER IS THAT THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THIS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM, AND IT IS ADMINISTERED BETWEEN THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT.

THAT'S THE BODY THAT SETS THE RULES FOR WHICH EVICTION CASES HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED SINCE IT'S A COURT MANDATED PROCESS, PROFIT PROCESS, SORRY, IT'S THE OFFICE OF THE COURT'S ADMINISTRATION.

AND THE PARTNER FOR THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM, OR THIS PROGRAM THAT IS NOW UNDERWAY IS T D H C A.

THAT'S THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

SO LAST WEEK AT COUNCIL, UM, THE ACCEPTANCE OF $600,000 TO RUN THIS PILOT PROGRAM FROM OCTOBER THROUGH THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS MADE.

AND SO THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE, OR WE ALREADY HAVE, THIS TEXAS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM IN SAN ANTONIO IS ONE OF THE PILOT CITIES THAT IS RUNNING IT.

THIS IS, UM, A HOUSEHOLD, UM, THAT QUALIFIES FOR THE PROGRAM, HAS TO HAVE A COURT ORDER EVICTION.

SO REALLY THE REFERRALS COME FROM THE COURT AND BOTH THE LANDLORD AND THE TENANTS MUST AGREE TO PARTICIPATE.

LANDLORDS MUST AGREE TO WAIVE LATE FEES AND INTEREST TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS FOR THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE CAN COVER UP TO SIX MONTHS OF RENT.

FIVE OF THOSE CAN BE RENTS THAT IS IN ARREARS, SO PEOPLE ARE BEHIND THAT MUCH.

AND THE ADDITIONAL MONTHS CAN BE THE CURRENT OR AN UPCOMING MONTH.

SO THIS IS A LOT MORE ASSISTANCE OR OUR CURRENT EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING EVICTIONS SOMETIMES CAN BE THAT FAR BEHIND IN THEIR RENT.

ONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS FROM THIS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM IS THAT THE EVICTION FINDING REMAINS CONFIDENTIAL.

AND SO THAT MEANS THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING ON THE RECORD OF THE TENANT.

WE KNOW THAT HAVING AN EVICTION IN A PERSON'S RECORD HAS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THEM GOING FORWARD, VERY SIMILAR TO HAVING A BAD CREDIT SCORE, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM SOMETHING GOOD SO THAT THE EVICTION IS NOT A BLACK MARK ON TENANTS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THIS IS A PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING.

WE'RE ALREADY GETTING CLIENTS REFERRED TO IT AND HAVE IT ACCEPTED THE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN HELP THESE FAMILIES.

WE ANTICIPATE HELPING AROUND, UH, A HUNDRED FAMILIES WITH THIS PROGRAM.

AND OUR HOPE IS THAT IN THIS PILOT THAT WE DO SO WELL THAT WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN JANUARY OF 2021 FROM C D H C A.

SO THAT LEADS ME TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE DOING WITH OUR EVICTIONS AT THE COURT.

WE HAVE SHARED

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THIS SLIDE IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE COURT, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, AND WE TRY AND LET, UM, LANDLORDS AND TENANTS, THE DEFENDANT, THE PLAINTIFF, KNOW ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT INTERVENTION HELP PEOPLE STAY OUT.

AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND NOW WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THIS EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM AS WELL.

FOR US, TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED MEANS THAT CASES ARE DISMISSED OR WE HAVE A RESET THAT MEANS THAT IT'S A RESCHEDULED CASE SO PEOPLE DON'T GET EVICTED, UM, BE BECAUSE OF THAT HEARING AT THE COURT.

AND SO THIS IS A TABLE WE HAVE SHARED IN THE PAST WITH THE FOUR PRECINCTS, UM, SHOWN WE HAVE TWO COURTS FOR, UM, PRECINCT ONE.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS AND SHOW YOU SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING WHEN WE HAVE THE EVICTION, UH, INTERVENTIONS IN PLACE.

SO THAT REALLY IS THE END OF MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION AND THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS, UM, THE CASH ASSISTANCE ITEM.

AND PATRICK BECK WILL BE THE ONE PROVIDING THAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, PATRICK.

THANK YOU VERO, AND GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, JUST WANNA GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE HOUSING PILLAR OF THE RECOVERY PLAN.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

UH, SO THE RECOVERY PILLAR, OR THE RECOVERY PLAN HOUSING PILLAR INCLUDED $4 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDS THAT, UM, ARE PARTNERED THROUGH THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE ON TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, F I I IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT WORKS WITH FAMILIES IN POVERTY TO INVEST IN THEM AND BUILDS SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL ASSETS.

THE RECOVERY PLAN INCLUDED AN EMERGENCY CASH ASSISTANCE FUND OF $2 MILLION, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND EXPENDED AND PROVIDING $500 DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO NEARLY 4,000 FAMILIES.

AND THEN ANOTHER $2 MILLION FOR A TWO YEAR UP TOGETHER PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES CASH ASSISTANCE COUPLED WITH ONGOING SUPPORT FROM F I I AND PEER NETWORKS, UH, TO, TO HELP LIFT FOLKS OUT OF POVERTY.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND.

UM, AGAIN, IT PROVIDED $500 IN DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO, UH, ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS.

IT WAS OPEN ONLY TO SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS EARNING BELOW 150% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED FINANCIALLY BY 19.

AND MANY OF THE FOLKS REPORTED THEY HAD LOST JOB, UH, INCOME LOST HOURS, OR INCREASED HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES THAT THEY WERE USING THE FUNDS TO COVER.

UH, WANNA NOTE THAT THIS EMERGENCY FUND IS SEPARATE FROM THE EAP PROGRAM.

UM, EAP ALSO USES F I I TO PROCESS DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE.

UM, BUT THIS PROGRAM PRIORITIZED NON EAP CLIENTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE AND COMPARE ACROSS THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SAW VERY LITTLE DUPLICATION OF THE CLIENTS OR RESIDENCES ACCESSING EHA VERSUS THIS PROGRAM.

UM, THIS PROGRAM OPENED LAST, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO ON OCTOBER 19TH AND WAS CLOSED AFTER JUST THREE AND A HALF DAYS.

UM, WE MARKETED IT TO PARTICIPANTS AND CLIENTS IN D H S PROGRAMS THROUGH OUR DELEGATE AGENCY PROGRAMS, THROUGH IMMIGRANT SERVICES NETWORKS, AND THEN OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES.

UH, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS CAME FROM THE ZIP CODE 7 8 2 0 7, AND THE OTHER TOP ZIP CODES, UH, INCLUDED, UH, SOUTH OF OF BLACKLAND, THE PRES ALL AREA, THE FAR EAST SIDE, UH, THE EDGEWOOD AREA, AND THE ME TREELESS BROOKS ZIP CODE.

ALL AREAS WHEN MAPS TO THE EQUITY ATLAS WITH VERY HIGH EQUITY SCORES, UM, HALF OF THE RECIPIENTS WERE ACTUALLY EARNING UNDER 50% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, WHICH IS ABOUT 13,000 A YEAR FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.

UH, 63% OF OUR, UH, RECIPIENTS WERE HISPANIC AND 30% WERE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN.

UH, ACCORDING TO F I I, SAN ANTONIO HAS SET THE STAGE FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO JOIN IN THIS APPROACH OF DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE.

UH, OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM, UH, INCLUDE AUSTIN, WHICH RAN THEIRS JUST A, A FEW WEEKS AGO AS WELL.

EL PASO, UH, ALDI COUNTY, WHICH IS THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA SANTA FE, AND THE COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA AROUND CHICAGO.

THROUGH NONPROFIT OR DELEGATE AGENCIES AND OTHER NONPROFITS IN SAN ANTONIO.

THE PILLAR ALSO INCLUDES $2 MILLION, AS I MENTIONED, FOR WHAT WE CALL THE TWO YEAR PROGRAM, UH, UP TOGETHER.

IT'S, UH, CURRENTLY ENROLLING NOW THROUGH, UH, PRIMARILY

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IT'LL FUND A THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS RIGHT NOW TO, UM, TO PROVIDE TWO YEARS OF ONGOING ASSISTANCE.

THE CITY'S PORTION WILL FUND INITIAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT OF ABOUT $1,900.

THESE ARE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS THAT HAVE TO BE EXPENDED, AS YOU KNOW, BY DECEMBER.

AND THEN ONGOING CASH ASSISTANCE WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE, UM, FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ABOUT $5,000 OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM.

THEN OF COURSE, THAT'S COUPLED WITH, UH, PEER SUPPORT AND F I I SUPPORT TO BUILD SOCIAL, UH, NETWORKS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL AMONG THESE FAMILIES.

UM, SO THAT'S THE, THE TWO PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED HALF OF THE EXPENDITURES AND ARE SOON TO COMPLETE THE EXPENDITURES ON THE UP TOGETHER PROGRAM.

THE F I I, UH, WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM REGULARLY AND THEY KNOW THE CLOSE DEADLINE THAT WE'RE FACING WITH C R F FUNDS.

UM, SO THEY'RE EXCITED TO GET GOING ON THE UP TOGETHER PROGRAM.

UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY QUICK AND BRIEF PRESENTATION.

SO VETO AND I ARE, ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, PATRICK.

AND, UH, THANK YOU VETO FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE'LL GO AROUND NOW.

UH, LET'S START WITH, UH, COUNCILLOR GERRAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE F I I UPDATE TOO 'CAUSE WE HADN'T GOTTEN ONE IN A WHILE, SO THANKS.

UM, I, MY ONLY QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS TO THE, UM, CHANGES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR THE COLLEGE STUDENTS.

IF YOU CAN GO TO THOSE, UM, YOU CAN GO TO THOSE SLIDES PLEASE.

SO ARE WE TE TELL ME ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY AGAIN.

IT TALKS ABOUT THEIR IMPACT TO COVID, BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN? IS THIS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL NOW OR, OR WHAT, UH, NO, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UM, MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS ALSO HAVE JOBS AS THEY GO TO SCHOOL.

AND SO, RIGHT, THEY'RE FEELING SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF COVID BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE REDUCED HOURS.

UM, IF THEY HAVE A LEASE IN OUR, IN THE CURRENT SEMESTER, IT COULD BE THAT THEY HAVE THAT AS A COVID RELATED IMPACT.

UH, THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL, UH, IS A COVID RELATED IMPACT, AND SO WE WILL HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION TO THAT.

UM, SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD WORK STUDY JOBS AT SCHOOL SITES, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE SOME SCHOOLS, UM, ARE NOT HAVING AS MANY WORK STUDY JOBS.

AND SO WE WOULD LOOK AT THOSE AS COVID RELATED IMPACTS AS WELL.

UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE WOULD BE REQUESTING.

WITH THEIR, THEIR RENT MAINLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY SIGNED A TWO YEAR LEASE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOB AND THEY CAN'T PAY THE RENT.

AND THIS ISN'T, WELL, I WOULD HOPE THIS IS NOT COLLEGE, UM, APARTMENTS.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY COLLEGE APARTMENTS? LIKE UT SS A HOUSING? NO, IT WOULD NOT BE.

SO THERE THERE ARE, THIS WOULD NOT BE LIKE ON CAMPUS STUDENT HOUSING.

AND SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FOR THE DORMS THAT ARE ON CAMPUS.

IT'S, IT'S FOR YEAH, I, I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT FOR THE DORMS, BUT, UM, SO TELL ME WHERE THEN, OKAY, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, HOW ARE THESE STUDENTS ALSO NOT GETTING ABLE TO BE A PART OF OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? RIGHT NOW? CURRENTLY THEY ALREADY ARE.

'CAUSE OF THE LEASE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE CURRENTLY THEY ARE ABLE TO APPLY.

THE CHALLENGE IS A LOT OF THEM AREN'T THE ONES WHO SIGNED THE LEASE.

IT'S THEIR PARENTS.

AND CURRENTLY OUR PROGRAM SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT SIGNED THE LEASE IF WE'RE GONNA BE HELPING YOU.

AND SO, AND SO WHAT IS, UH, UH, SO TELL ME ABOUT THE, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE, UM, RENT RATE THAT THEY'RE PAYING? WE DON'T HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE DON'T, WE ARE NOT TRACKING STUDENTS.

WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE DO, WE HAVE BEEN HELPING QUITE A FEW STUDENTS WITH,

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AND SO WE'VE HELPED A LOT OF THOSE, BUT WE'RE NOT TRACKING.

IF YOU'RE STUDENT HOUSING, THAT'S A CHANGE WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING IN THE SYSTEM.

BUT THE ONES THAT WE CAN'T HELP ARE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, SIGNED A TWO YEAR LEASE.

THEIR MOM OR DAD MAY HAVE SIGNED IT FOR THEM, BUT THE, THE STUDENT WAS MAKING THE RENT PAYMENT AND THEY LOST THEIR JOB, AND SO THEY COULDN'T MAKE THAT RENT PAYMENT, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A JOB AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S NO SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING BACK HOME.

AND SO THAT IT'S, BUT WE ARE REQUIRING THEM TO INCOME, QUALIFY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

AND THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE'VE WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT YOUR PARENTS CAN BE THE ONE THAT SIGNED THE LEASE.

UM, RIGHT NOW IT HAD TO BE, THE TENANT HAD TO BE THE ONE THAT SIGNED THE LEASE.

AND HOW MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE THE, HOW MANY APPLICANTS HAVE THE PARENT ON THE LEASE THAT WE KNOW OF? WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

WE'VE JUST HEARD OF SOME, SOME ISSUES IN TALKING TO OTHER STUDENTS AND TALKING TO THE UNIVERSITIES.

UM, WE'VE HEARD THAT, THAT THAT IS THE, THE ISSUE.

SO, SO WHAT ARE THE UNIVERSITIES DOING ABOUT THIS? UNIVERSITIES DON'T HAVE, WHAT ARE THE UNIVERSITIES, WHAT ARE THE UNIVERSITIES DOING TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS THAT ARE FIGHTING THEMSELVES IN THIS SITUATION? THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP THE STUDENTS THAT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON CAMPUS, BUT THEY, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO HELP HELP THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER STUDENTS.

THE, UM, ACTUAL LANDLORDS ARE NOT WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITIES.

AND SO THE PROGRAM, THE BEST PROGRAM IS THE ONE THAT WE HAVE.

AND THE UNIVERSITIES DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO FUND A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.

YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE REALLY FUNDING EITHER.

UM, BUT WE WE'RE WORKING ON IT, UH, AS WELL.

SO I THINK MY CONCERN IS, UM, I, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THIS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PARENT BEING ON A LEASE, UM, TOO, THAT'S MY CONCERN ON THIS RECOMMENDED EXPANSION.

UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE, UH, THE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BREAKDOWN AS WELL OF WHERE ALL OF THESE STUDENTS' APARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE TOO, UH, PER COUNCIL DISTRICT.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO, TO SEE THAT IF THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE, UM, MAYBE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, UM, NEAR, UH, FACT MAYBE WE'LL HAVE, UH, A LOT IN THE, UH, U T S A AREA OUT THERE.

UM, I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT BECAUSE THOSE APARTMENTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SAY, APARTMENTS SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THAT'S MY CONCERN.

UM, THEY MAY BE FOUNDED OR UNFOUNDED, BUT THAT IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH, UM, PARENTS THAT ARE ON THE LEASE WITH THE STUDENTS, THAT AREA RIGHT THERE AND EXPANDING IT.

SO, UM, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE, ARE FAMILIES OF FOUR THAT CAN'T MAKE THEIR RENT RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP WITH THAT EXPANSION THAT I WOULD HAVE A POINT OF PAUSE ON THAT.

BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MY COLLEAGUES, UH, CONVERSATION AND INPUT.

BUT THAT, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCILMAN PER PERRY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE CHANGES THAT Y'ALL ARE PROPOSING ON THAT.

UM, VERO, UM, LOOKS, LOOKS GOOD TO ME, UM, ON THE, UH, YEAH, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT EITHER ONE OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, THANK YOU VETO AND THANK YOU, PATRICK.

THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE WITH THE F I I, UM, WITH THE INITIAL PAYMENT OF THE 1900, IS THAT GONNA BE BROKEN UP OR IS THAT A LUMP PAYMENT? UM, HOW WOULD A FAMILY QUALIFY FOR EITHER THE 19 OR THE 32? UM, HOW WOULD IT BE BROKEN UP OR DIS, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTED TO THAT FAMILY? YEAH, FOR THE, FOR THE TWO YEAR PROGRAM, THE, THE 1900 IS A KIND OF A DOWN PAYMENT.

IT'S AN INITIAL LUMP PAYMENT AT THE BEGINNING.

AND, AND PRIMARILY THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S THROUGH CARES ACT DOLLARS THAT HAVE TO BE EXPENDED QUICKLY.

UM, SO THEN AFTER THAT, UM, AS

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THEY STAY IN THE PROGRAM, AS THE FAMILIES STAY IN THE PROGRAM, THE INCENTIVE AND THE, THE CONTINUING PAYMENT WOULD THEN ADD UP TO $3,200.

AND THAT'S PAID, UH, I BELIEVE QUARTERLY OVER THE REST OF THE REMAINING TWO YEARS OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, THEY'RE ENROLLING THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH, UH, PRIMARILY THROUGH NONPROFITS, UM, CLIENTS THAT ARE ALREADY ACCESSING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AND AS WELL THROUGH THEIR EXISTING, UH, LIST OF RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO.

THEY'VE WORKED WITH, THEY'RE DOING SOME OUTREACH THERE.

AND WITH THE NONPROFITS, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL, UM, CASELOAD FOR THEM IS, IS IT REQUIRING OUR NONPROFITS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL OR TAKE UP ADDITIONAL TIME OR IS THIS PART OF NOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS AS EVERYONE IS COMING IN AND NOW THE NONPROFITS ARE JUST MAKING THE REFERRAL TO F I I, SO THEY ARE F I I DOES THE, UM, THE INTAKE AND THE, THE ELIGIBILITY SCREENING PROCESSING AND ALL OF THAT.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST A REFERRAL, UM, FROM THE NONPROFITS TO THIS PROGRAM.

AND, UM, THROUGH THE NONPROFIT, AS THEY'RE MAKING THE REFERRAL, IF THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES, UM, SAY THAT THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE EMERGENCY HOUSING, BUT THEY DON'T QUALIFY UNDER THE PHASE THREE, UM, WITH C P S AND WITH SAWS, WHO ARE THEY BEING REFERRED OUT TO AT THAT TIME? OR DOES F I I KICK IN TO, TO TO THE 250? HOW DOES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO THEY COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN F I I, FOR THE F I I PROGRAM.

THAT'S STILL, STILL OUT HERE.

UM, I KNOW THAT WHEN THE EAP FOLKS ARE, UM, WORKING WITH CLIENTS, IF THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE, THEY CAN REFER 'EM ALSO OVER TO THE D H S UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW THAT SOME FOLKS MAYBE DON'T NEED HELP WITH RENT, BUT THEY NEED HELP WITH UTILITIES.

SO THE D H SS PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE COUNTY'S UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP.

UM, RO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT.

NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.

YOU ANSWERED DID WELL.

UM, AND, AND I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS WHEN IT CAME TO HOW THE UNIVERSITIES WERE GONNA BE STEPPING UP TO ASSIST THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDING, UM, OUTSIDE HELP IF THEY'RE LIVING IN THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND SO HOW ARE WE OUTREACHING TO THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT ON CAMPUS THAT DON'T KNOW THAT THEY EVEN MAY QUALIFY? SO WE ARE NOT TRACKING THE DATA NOW, AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE'LL DO IT IS START TRACKING THE DATA.

UM, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE STUDENT GROUPS AND TO THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO OUR ATTENTION AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN ADVISE THEM, UH, ABOUT THE PROGRAM BEING EXPANDED IN, IN THIS MANNER.

UM, IT COULD BE THAT PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED AND WE HAVE DENIED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT THE, UM, THE ONES ON THE LEASE.

AND FOR US, UM, WORD OF MOUTH, UM, WITH A POPULATION LIKE THIS HAS BEEN, UM, PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO, TO GET OTHER PEOPLE TO APPLY AS WELL.

SO AS SOON AS WE LET THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE RAISED THIS ISSUE KNOW, UM, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY SHARE THE INFORMATION AS WELL AND WE'LL ASK THEM TO DO THAT AS WELL.

UM, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ALSO WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITIES AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THROUGH, UH, PERHAPS YOU KNOW, THEIR, UM, STUDENTS, UM, DEANS, UH, TO TRY AND, AND SEE IF THEY CAN ALSO HELP GET US GET THE WORD OUT.

AND WE LOOK AT THE LEASE, UM, WITH THEM, NOT NECESSARILY THE PRIMARY SIGNATORIES FROM THAT LEASE.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, AS COUNCILWOMAN THAT ARE GROUND STATE, AND A LOT OF THE, THE COLLEGE APARTMENTS ARE, UM, A LITTLE ESCALATED IN THEIR RENT.

AND SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, HOW MANY MONTHS OR HOW MUCH, UM, AVAILABILITY AND FUNDING ARE WE GONNA BE OFFERING THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN COLLEGE HOUSING? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT THERE FOR THEIR FULL YEAR, THEY MIGHT BE THERE FOR A SEMESTER OR IT'S ONLY FOR SIX MONTHS TERM LIMIT.

SO HOW ARE WE ASSISTING THOSE THAT HAVE THOSE, THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, CRITERIA AT THE DIFFERENT STUDENT HOUSING? SO IT FALLS BACK TO THE SAME, UM, MONTH OF ASSISTANCE.

SO JUST US, EVERY OTHER APPLICANT, WE HAVE THE TWO MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENT AMOUNT AND FOR THE THIRD MONTH IF THEY STILL NEED THAT ASSISTANCE, IT'S THAT CASH ASSISTANCE.

SO IT'S THE SAME AS ALL THE OTHER EAP CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE, IN ESSENCE, NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE, UM, FOR THE STUDENTS WHO DO QUALIFY.

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AND AGAIN, IT COULD BE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY HELPED STUDENTS, UH, WE JUST HAVEN'T TRACKED THAT INFORMATION AND THE STUDENTS MAY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE ASSISTANCE IF THEY WERE THE ONES PRIMARILY ON THAT LEASE.

UM, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS AND WE DIDN'T DIFFERENTIATE IF THERE WERE STUDENTS OR NOT.

UM, I, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, ANOTHER PART OF THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WE WERE LOOKING AT, AT, UM, GOING FORWARD, WE'RE PULLING OUT INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO IF WE HAVE ANY OF THE, UM, AGED OUT FOSTER YOUTH OR OUR SENIORS.

UM, AND I, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DO OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IN ASSISTANCE OR IF WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.

SO, UH, PATRICK CAN PROBABLY HELP ME WITH THIS.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

UM, THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO WORK WITH THAT POPULATION ARE AWARE OF, OF THE PROGRAM AND ARE MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS, UM, THAT THAT YOUTH WHO FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY KNOW OF THE PROGRAM.

THEY'RE MAKING THE REFERRALS TO US.

AND SO WE WILL BE TRACKING THAT.

UM, AND SO, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE HS AND THE AGENCIES THAT SERVE THOSE PARTICULAR POPULATIONS.

UH, AND YES, WE, WE WILL HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS SEPARATED OUT NOW, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS, UM, IT'S SO NEW.

UM, WE, WE HAVE LESS THAN A MONTH, WELL A MONTH NOW OF, OF INFORMATION, BUT IT WILL BE TRACKING THAT INFORMATION AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN, UM, THE PROVIDERS SO THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND GET THE WORD OUT TO THOSE POPULATIONS.

BUT YES, WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT FUNDING AND ARE WORKING WITH D H S, UM, ON GETTING THE WORD OUT AND MAKING SURE WE ASSIST.

YEAH, I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE, UM, $500 EMERGENCY FUND REPORT.

I DON'T HAVE A BROKEN BY AGE, BUT I WILL ASK FOR THAT.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

AND LIKE VERA SAID, WORKING WITH THOSE SPECIFIC PROVIDERS TO HEAVILY MARKET THE PROGRAMS AVAILABILITY.

AND THEN, UM, THE LAST QUESTION, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TRANSITIONED, UM, SOME OF THE POPULATION FROM THE HAVEN FOR HOPE INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

UM, HAVE WE SEEN ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS COME ACROSS FOR NEEDING OF THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, OR WE HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THE TRACK OF, OF THAT PROCESS YET? UH, TYPICALLY IF THEY ARE EXITED TO, UM, SAY A RAPID REHOUSING OR A TRANSITIONAL, UH, PROGRAM, THEY SHOULD RECEIVE, UM, FULL RENT COVERAGE FOR RAPID REHOUSING ALLOWS FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, AS WELL AS CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL TO OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, THIS PROGRAM WAS OFFERED AND MARKETED THROUGH ALL OF OUR HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS.

I CAN, UM, I CAN ASK HOW, HOW THAT WAS, UM, ADOPTED WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS, BUT, UM, I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT TRACKED INFORMATION.

THE, THE APPLICATION FOR F I IS INTENTIONALLY KEPT VERY BRIEF, BUT, UH, WE DID MARKET IT PRETTY HEAVILY THROUGH THE, THE HOMELESS SERVICES AGENCIES, UM, AS WELL.

AND ARE WE ON TRACK TO UTILIZE ALL OF OUR COVID-19 UM, FUNDING? YOU MEAN THE C R S MY COUNCILMAN? THIS IS LORI HOUSTON.

UM, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, AND YOU'LL BE GETTING A BRIEFING ON THAT.

UH, OUR, UM, A B SESSION ON WEDNESDAY AND STAFF WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE USE OF THE C R F FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS THAT WERE IN THE RESILIENCY PLAN.

AND WE MAY MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO JUST HELP US, UM, TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE WILL USE ALL THAT MONEY BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST, AND SO THAT'LL BE PRESENTED ON WEDNESDAY.

ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.

UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY MIND, THE GREATEST PRIORITY WE HAVE IS TO KEEP FAMILIES IN HOMES.

UH, AND SO WHEN WE START LOOKING AT COLLEGE STUDENTS, UH, IT, IT JUST BROUGHT A LOT OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS TO MY MIND.

AS I'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ARE WE PRESUMING VETO THAT EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT IS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE

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ELIGIBLE.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO TO BE ELIGIBLE.

SO THEIR CURRENT RESIDENCE, RIGHT, SO THE APARTMENT THEY LIVE IN HAS TO BE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEIR FAMILY IS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OR OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY.

IF THEY'RE LIVING HERE, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT.

AND SO THEY'RE ELIGIBLE.

UH, NOW IF A PARENT SIGNED ON THE LEASE, UH, HAVE WE DETERMINED, CAN THE PARENTS ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PAYING THE LEASE? UH, ARE THEY ELIGIBLE AS THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING? 'CAUSE REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SUBSIDIZING NOT JUST THE STUDENT, BUT WE'RE UP SUBSIDIZING THE FAMILY IF THEIR SIGNATORIES ON THAT LEASE.

SO ARE WE LOOKING TO SEE THEIR ELIGIBILITY? YES.

COUNCILMAN THE PARENT WILL HAVE TO QUALIFY AT THAT 80% A M I TO BE ABLE, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT.

WELL, I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE OF THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TWO OF MY KIDS COME BACK AND MOVE HOME WHILE THEY WERE IN SCHOOL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THE OPTION OF, OF DECLINING KNOWING THAT STUDENT HAS A, A HOUSE TO GO LIVE IN HERE IN THE CITY RATHER THAN A, AN APARTMENT, THEN I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE US SPEND THAT MONEY ON A FAMILY WHO HAS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WHEN YOU, YOU TALK WITH THE, THE PARENTS OR THE STUDENT.

UH, BUT I, I'M WONDERING IF THAT SHOULDN'T BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WORKING DILIGENTLY ON, ON FEEDBACK TO, UH, STAFF RO PATRICK.

UH, LORI, UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE FEEDBACK ON THIS COMMITTEE.

UM, I DO, I HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME QUESTIONS.

UH, I WANT, WANNA FIRST, AGAIN, I THINK WE, WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, THE RANGE FROM 80% TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I CATEGORY.

UH, AGAIN, I DO, I JUST WANNA STATE THAT I DO BELIEVE WE, WE DO NEED TO REINSTATE THAT CATEGORY.

THERE ARE OVER 500 FAMILIES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ACCOUNTED FOR THAT, UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE LEAVING OUT.

AND AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THIS, UH, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE ESSENTIALLY CUT THAT OUT.

AND, UH, AS YOU JUST HEARD, WE DO WANNA HELP KEEP FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'LL MAKE THAT REQUEST THAT WE ANALYZE THAT, UH, THESE ARE FAMILIES, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DO THAT.

ALSO, I MADE NOTE OF HOW, UH, WE ARE REDUCING THE AWARD AMOUNTS WOULD NOT ON, WOULD, WOULD NOT WHOLLY CURE THE RENT DEBT AND WOULD ALLOW FOR FEES TO ACCRUE UNTIL THE MORATORIUM ENDS.

THEN FOLKS ARE ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME SITUATION.

LANDLORDS CAN STILL FILE FOR EVICTION DURING THE MORATORIUM, PROVIDING THE ENTIRE BACKED RENT, UH, COULD HELP STAVE OFF AN EVICTION FILING.

UM, I'M ALSO A BIT CONCERNED, UH, TO HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE MANY, UH, K THROUGH 12 COUNSELORS WHO WERE NOT AWARE OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING, UM, UH, PROGRAM FUNDS.

UH, SOME ISDS WERE, WERE USING EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR FAMILIES, BUT THEY WERE, UH, EXTREMELY LIMITED.

AND SO I, AGAIN, I WOULD ASK, CAN STAFF CIRCLE BACK WITH ALL THE, UH, OF THE ISDS TO SEE HOW THEY CAN BETTER INFORM THEIR STAFF AND STUDENTS? YES.

COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

THAT THEY'RE NOT, UH, TAKING OFF COURSE, UH, FROM SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT.

UM, ALSO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE EXPANSION.

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO EXPAND, UH, THE ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENTS.

UH, I KNOW THERE ARE BARRIERS TO SETTING UP SPECIFIC FUNDS FOR POPULATIONS LIKE STUDENTS, BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND UNIVERSITY STAFF AWARE OF THESE FUNDS? UH, I THINK WE, SIMILAR WAY THE, WE CAN CONTACT THE, THE UNIVERSITIES AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, WANT TO CALL OUT.

UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALBERT GALEZ OF U T S A AND THERE'S OTHER FOLKS LIKE THAT THAT WE ALL KNOW, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING, UH, THESE EXAMPLES.

PLUS I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT A VERY SP A SPECIFIC STUDENT.

UH, HER NAME IS ISABELLA GUTIERREZ, UH, LINAS.

AND SHE IS A, A, A ROCKSTAR BECAUSE SHE'S REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION.

A LOT OF STUDENTS HAVE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO HER, UH, AS WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT IS WE WANT, WE WANT PEOPLE TO, UM, TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES, BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO CONTINUE IN SCHOOL.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS SO, SO IMPORTANT, UH, AS PART OF HOW WE ASSIST PEOPLE IN STABILIZING THEIR LIVES AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT,

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SO, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE TRACKING THE, THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO APPLY AND OR ASSISTED.

UM, AS FOR THE DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE, UH, AGAIN, I THINK IT WAS ALREADY ASKED THAT WE'RE, WE TRACKED THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE $500 GRANTS.

UM, AND THAT REMINDS ME THAT I, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE DASHBOARD IN THE LAST TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS, SO I WOULD ASK US THAT WE BRING BACK THE, THE DASHBOARD THAT, UH, THAT WE HAD, UH, PUT TOGETHER.

AND, UH, IT'D JUST BE GREAT FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO HAVE THAT DASHBOARD IN HAND BEFORE, BEFORE THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

UM, AND WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE, UH, METRICS, UH, LINED UP FOR US TO, TO LOOK AT.

UM, AND FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF CASH GRANTS, UH, WE'LL UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS BE ELIGIBLE YOU, UM, FOR THE UP TOGETHER PROGRAM? YES.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, AND AS FOR THE $600,000 FROM THE STATE, IS, IS IT, UH, DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE OR WILL IT BE ADMINISTERED LIKE, UH, THE EMERGENCY, UH, UH, HOUSING PROGRAM IS, IS, IS THE STATE PLACING ANY ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON WHO CAN APPLY AS WELL? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR QUESTION? OR, UH, REPEAT, IS IT DIRECT IT FROM THE STATE? IS IT DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE OR WILL IT BE ADMINISTERED LIKE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM? AND IS THE STATE PLACING ANY RESTRICTIONS ON WHO CAN APPLY? IS THIS FOR THE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE ASKING? YEAH, 600,000 FROM THE STATE? YEAH.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION AS WELL.

SO, SO THE, THE, UM, IT, IT IS ALL REFERRALS BY THE COURT.

UM, SO PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE AN EVICTION ON RECORD.

UM, THE SOURCE OF FUNDING IS C S B D FUNDING FOR, FOR THE PILOT ITSELF.

UM, AND SO THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS THAT THE STATE IS ASKING FOR.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A FORM T B H C A WANTS BOTH THE LANDLORD AND THE TENANT TO SIGN OFF.

SO THE LANDLORD IS THAT REQUIREMENT THAT THE FEES BE WAIVED.

AND SO FOR THIS PILOT PROGRAM, THESE ARE FEDERAL, UM, FEDERAL FUNDS FUNNELED THROUGH THE STATE, SO THERE WOULD BE LIMITATIONS ON THAT FUNDING.

SO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE PAYMENT DOES GO TO THE LANDLORDS, UH, SIMILAR TO EHA, NOT DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENT.

UM, AND IN THE, UH, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE, ARE ASKED IN THE FORMS, THERE'S NOT A DIRECT RESIDENCY QUESTION.

UM, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PART OF THE FUNDING REQUIREMENT.

GOOD.

SO, SO, SO SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE, UM, HAVE, HAVE TO BE ASKED OF THEIR RESIDENCE STATUS AND THE, THE LANDLORD, UM, IS, IS PAID, PAID OUT REGARDLESS, AM THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT'S THE GUIDANCE THAT WE RECEIVED TO DATE FROM T D C A.

UH, AGAIN, THE AUDIT, I THINK SHOWED THE, THE GREAT WORK THE STAFF IS DOING.

UM, AND THEN, YEAH, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE EVICTION.

YOU KNOW, EVICTION IS, CAN BE A SCARLET LETTER WHEN APPLYING FOR HOUSING OR CREDIT OR A JOB, AND SO MUCH MORE IF, IF THE JUSTICE OF THE PIECE ARE, ARE SEALING EVICTION RECORDS FOR THOSE WITHIN THE STATE PROGRAM, HOW CAN WE WORK THAT IN TO, TO OUR PROGRAM TO SEAL EVEN MORE EVICTION RECORDS? SO THE, THE HOPE IS THAT THIS PILOT, UH, TURNS INTO A FULL, FULL, UH, BLOWN PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE HEAD, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, I THINK THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, WE'VE DEFINITELY STRENGTHENED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE JP COURT.

UH, AND NOW THAT THE STATE HAS COME IN, UM, WITH THE AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO SEAL EVICTION RECORDS AND STARTING THIS PILOT, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR, OUR DESIRE MOVING FORWARD.

AND, AND AFTER WE CONCLUDE THE, THE PILOT, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO SHARE, TO SHARE THAT WITH THE STATE AND WITH THE, THE JUSTICES TO SEE IF WE CAN CONTINUE THE PROGRAM OUTLINE, UM, THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED.

GREAT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

AND I DO APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK ON THIS.

UH, AGAIN, I'VE SAID THAT HOUSING IS HEALTHCARE AS THIS PANDEMIC HAS PROVEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE, THE AUDIT, UH, YOU SAID THERE WAS NO FINDINGS THAT I THINK THERE WAS SOME GOOD FINDINGS AND, AND WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ALWAYS, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

UH, 'CAUSE 'CAUSE I DID RE I WAS THE ONE THAT REQUESTED THE AUDIT.

UM, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM THE AUDIT WAS THAT, UH, WE WENT FROM 53 DAYS OF PROCESSING DOWN TO 11 DAYS.

UH, UH, THAT, THAT IS, UH, OUTSTANDING AND YOU DESERVE, UH, SOME CREDIT AND KUDOS FOR THAT BECAUSE, UM, AGAIN, AS PEOPLE ARE, ARE APPLYING, THEY, THEY'RE NEEDING THE ASSISTANCE FAIRLY QUICKLY.

AND,

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SO I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU FOR THAT.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, IT DID SHOW THAT THE, THE, THE PRIMARILY THOSE THAT ARE RECEIVING THE ASSISTANCE ARE, ARE SINGLE MOMS. AND, AND AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TO POINT THAT OUT EVERY, EVERY CHANCE WE CAN, UH, TO POINT OUT TO WHO, WHO IN OUR COMMUNITY IS RECEIVING THESE FUNDS.

AND OF COURSE, UH, IDENTIFY HOW, HOW THOSE POPULATIONS ARE OUR MOST VULNER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

'CAUSE THEY DO INCLUDE, UH, CHILDREN AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, WANT, UH, THANK YOUR STAFF FOR, FOR, UH, RESPONDING QUICKLY TO THAT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT IS GREAT TO KNOW THAT, UH, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY MORE EASILY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I, I AM CONCERNED, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT ARE FALLING BETWEEN THE CRACKS.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEARCH HOW WE CAN FIND WAYS TO, TO HELP ALL THOSE IN NEED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UM, AND, AND LET'S, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS, UH, CREATIVE WAYS WE CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER NETWORKS.

UH, LIKE WE MENTIONED WITH, WITH THESE OTHER, WITH THESE ISDS, UH, WE DID SEND OUT EMAILS TO, TO SOME COUNSELORS TO, TO HELP US CONNECT MORE BROADLY, UH, TO FAMILIES THAT THEY MIGHT SEE THAT ARE IN NEED, UM, AND CONNECT THEM TO, TO THIS HELP.

UM, SO, UH, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES STAFF NEED, UH, FROM, FROM THIS COMMITTEE TODAY? UM, UH, IN, IN, IN MOVING, MOVING SOME OF THIS, THESE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS OR, OR, OR BRIEFING ITEMS FORWARD? COUNCILMAN, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS WE'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, WHICH IS TO AMEND THE, UM, EAP TO ALLOW FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMAN ON WANTING US TO MAP OUT WHAT PROJECTS, UM, STUDENTS ARE APPLYING, YOU KNOW, FROM AND GETTING MORE DATA.

SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, MAKE THIS CHANGE SO WE CAN COLLECT THAT DATA.

GREAT.

I, I AGREE.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL, WHAT WE'LL DO TOO IS WE'LL PROVIDE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, A LOT OF THE LETTERS WE RECEIVED FROM COLLEGE STUDENTS, UH, AND ENCOURAGE THEM AS, AS, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, SEVERAL MEMBERS, UH, FOLKS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE IN ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES HERE IN TOWN, UH, TO, TO REACH OUT AND, UH, AND TALK TO THEM, TO, TO SHOW THE, THE INCREDIBLE NEED THAT'S OUT THERE AS WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP, UH, STUDENTS IN CLASS.

AND, AND IF, IF, IF, UH, IF WE ARE SUPPORTING THINGS LIKE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEPING COLLEGE STUDENTS, UH, IN, IN SCHOOL AND ON TRACK, I THINK IS, IS PART OF THAT MESSAGE.

SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

DO WE NEED A, DO WE NEED A MOTION? DO AND A VOTE? LAURIE? WE WOULD LIKE LAURIE COUNCILMAN THIS VANESSA RODRIGUEZ FROM THE CITY'S OFFICE.

THE AGENDA JUST STATES, IT'S A BRIEFING, NOT A BRIEFING OF ACTION.

NO CORRECTION.

ALL ITEMS ARE THE, AH, I SEE.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL ITEM.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A, A, A MOTION FOR THE CHAIR CHAIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF, UH, FOR, UH, COVERING STUDENTS.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HEAR A SECOND.

THAT'S REALLY SAD.

UM, BUT WE'LL, UH, OKAY.

WE'LL HAVE TO REVISIT THIS AT OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.

UH, I THINK, UH, OR UNLESS, CAN, CAN, UH, CAN, CAN THE CHAIR MAKE A SECOND? I'M ASKING, VANESSA, ARE YOU STILL ON THE CALL? CAN THE CHAIR MAKE A SECOND? YES.

UH, CHARLES, THIS IS DEME WILLIAMS, ALSO WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND YES, YOU AS A CHAIR, YOU CAN STILL VOTE AND TAKE ACTION.

RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN.

WELL, I'LL MAKE A SECOND AND THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE, TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INCLUDE STUDENTS, UH, AS PART OF OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING RELIEF PROGRAM AND START COLLECTING THAT DATA.

ALL THE, WELL, I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL.

SO, UH, I KNOW PERRY'S NOT ON THE CALL

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SO, I, I HATE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VOTE CHAIR, BUT I HAVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION.

ARE WE NOT GONNA TAKE THE FOLLOW UP FIRST AND THEN VOTE ON THIS AFTER WE GET THE FOLLOW UP? ARE WE JUST MOVING IT FORWARD? NO, I THINK LORI EXPLAINED, AND MAYBE LORI CAN EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN, IS THAT PART OF THE FOLLOW UP IS, IS MOVING THIS FORWARD SO THEY CAN START COLLECTING THAT DATA AND GET, AND GET SOME OF THAT FOLLOW UP.

SO, UM, LORI, YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO RESTATE THAT? YES.

SO AS PART OF THIS ACTION, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS, IN OUR SYSTEM, WHEN PEOPLE APPLY FOR FUNDING, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SIGNIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE A STUDENT REQUESTING STUDENT HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

I ALSO WANNA STRESS THAT TO QUALIFY FOR THIS, STUDENTS CURRENTLY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.

THE ONLY CHANGE WE'RE MAKING IS THAT THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO SCHOOL AND THEIR PARENTS ARE THE, THE ONE WHO SIGNED THE LEASE.

SO IF THE PARENT MEETS THAT INCOME QUALIFICATION AND THEY CAN SHOW THEY HAVE A HARDSHIP FOR COVID, OR THE STUDENT AND THE STUDENT HAS A HARDSHIP, THEN THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE.

RIGHT NOW, STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE, WE JUST AREN'T TRACKING ELIGIBLE.

WE JUST AREN'T TRACKING WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES, THEY HAVE A, A LEASE, A PRIVATE LANDLORD.

BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND YOUR MOM'S PAYING FOR YOUR LEASE AND SHE LIVES IN DALLAS AND MAYBE YOUR MOM LOST HER JOB OR SHE'S HAVING CHALLENGES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT HARMED EITHER AND THE STUDENT CAN STAY.

THANK YOU , WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON CHAIR.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.

AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER .

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, LORI.

SO THE PARENT HAS TO ALSO BE A PART OF THIS? NO, NO.

CURRENTLY THE WAY THE POLICY READS FOR EVERYBODY WHO APPLIES FOR THE PROGRAM.

IS THAT, AND SO YOU WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT A STUDENT WHO IS NO LONGER WITHOUT SCHOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PARENT AS WELL.

THE PARENT BEING DALLAS'S.

IF, IF THE, IF, IF THE, IF THE APPLICANT QUALIFIES BECAUSE THEIR PARENT IS THE ONE WHO SIGNED THE LEASE, BUT THAT APPLICANT IS GOING TO SCHOOL, THEN WE WILL ALLOW THE PARENT TO BE THE ONE WHO SIGNED THAT LEASE AND WILL PAY THEIR, THEIR, UM, RENT.

HOWEVER THE PARENT NEEDS TO QUALIFY INCOME QUALIFY.

AND THEN, SO WE'RE GONNA START GATHERING THE DATA, BUT WITH THIS, BUT THEN ARE WE GONNA START PAYING IT AS WELL? YES, WE WILL PAY THE, IF WE WILL PAY THE RENT, IF THERE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT COME THROUGH.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SEE AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER? WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS, AT THE VERY NEXT MEETING CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHATEVER DATA WE CAN GET ABOUT THIS.

IF YOU'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DASHBOARD PRIOR TO THESE MEETINGS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE PLOTTING OF WHERE THESE, UM, DOLLARS ARE GOING.

IF THEY ARE GOING TO STUDENTS, AND THEY MAY BE FIVE APPLICATIONS, THEY MAY BE A HUNDRED.

UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AGAIN.

WELL, UM, BECAUSE, UH, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THIS.

HAVE TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

UH, AND, AND WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WORK THROUGH THIS SO WE UNDERSTAND AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT WE'LL PROVIDE, UH, ANY AND ALL INFORMATION YOU'RE REQUESTING FOR SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

I, YOU'RE ON MUTE.

I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.

AND I'M GONNA ASK, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE NOW GONE AT TWO AND A HALF HOURS.

UH, WE'VE BEATEN OUR PREVIOUS RECORD OF TWO AND A HALF HOURS.

NO, I'M KIDDING.

UM, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL

[5. 20-6437 Briefing and Overview of the Arts Agency Funding Guidelines and discussion on timeline and next steps to update the Guidelines for the FY22-24 Funding Cycle. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Debbie Racca-Sittre, Director, Department of Arts & Culture]]

I'M SORRY, DEBBIE.

UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY TRY TO GET TO THAT.

UH, THANK, THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, UH, TO MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, STAFF, UH, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL.

MATINO, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? YES, YES, YES.

UH, THIS IS LORI HOUSTON.

I'M SORRY, I HAVE MY VIDEO OFF.

DO YOU MIND IF DEBBIE SITTER DOES INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO TODAY WAS JUST BRIEF YOU ON THE ARTS FUNDING GUIDELINES AND THE PROCESS TO

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UP THOSE, UPDATE THOSE GUIDELINES SO WE CAN INITIATE OUR ARTS FUNDING IN THE EARLY 2021 A.

ABSOLUTELY.

AGAIN, AND IF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE OKAY WITH THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST PLEASE, UH, PLEASE ACCEPT A, A BRIEFING BY DEBBIE ROCKER AND HER TEAM.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU LORI.

OKAY WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE ADJOURNED.