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[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2021 5:30 P.M. HULLUM CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
AND THEN, UH,[1. MINUTES]
YOU HAVE TO GO WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE MINUTES.ITEM NUMBER ONE A IS CONSIDER APPROVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE.
CDAC, OR SOME PEOPLE REFER TO AS CDAC MEETING S FROM JUNE 22ND, 2021.
[a. Conduct a Public Hearing for PY2020 CAPER.]
A CONSOLIDATED,[2. CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER)]
UM, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT.AND NOW I, WERE NOW CALLED TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED CITY OF BAYTOWN 20 20 20 21.
CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT PAPER.
OUR PERSONS DESIRING TO SPEAK TO SIGN THE LIST IN FRONT OF THE ROOM IF THEY NOT HAVE ALREADY DONE SO.
SO I GUESS WITH THAT, UM, I WILL SUMMARIZE THE ITEM, UM, THAT IS BEFORE THE EMPLOYER CONSIDERATION.
UH, IN SUMMARY, UH, THE CAPER IS BASICALLY OUR ANNUAL, UH, REPORT.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE, THE THINGS THAT WE DID OVER THE PAST PROGRAM YEAR, SO PY 20, UM, AND DURING THAT TIME, BETWEEN OCTOBER ONE AND SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, UM, IT, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CDG, HOW THE CDBG FUNDS WERE EXTENDED.
UM, THE REPORTS THAT ARE GENERATED ON IDIS AND, UH, THE, THE MAPS OF THE PROGRAM ACTIVITY, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED INSIDE OF THE CATEGORY.
AND THE REASON WE DO THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE IT IS A STATU, WELL, MAINLY BECAUSE IT IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT, UM, BY HUD, BUT ALSO IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO MEASURE THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON, UM, WITH THE FUNDS.
SO THIS IS, THIS WILL, THIS MEETING WILL GIVE YOU A SUMMARY ON WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WAS ACHIEVED IN THE LAST PROGRAM.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE BUDGETED APPROXIMATELY ABOUT, UH, $787,000, UM, LAST YEAR TO, UH, TO SPEND ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THOSE WERE, UH, REPROGRAMMED FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
NOW, WE ACTUALLY ARE ESTIMATED AT HAVING SPENT 90% OF THAT BUDGET AT THIS TIME.
IT ISN'T, ALL THE NUMBERS ARE NOT IN JUST YET.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME THINGS FROM OUR FINANCE TEAM TO RUN, UH, ONE LAST REPORT.
UH, BUT WE FEEL VERY, VERY, UH, PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPEND, UH, PLUS 90% OF THOSE FUNDS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THAT WE EXPENDED ALL THE FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS, AND, UH, GREAT MAJORITY ARE THE FUNDS FOR THAT BUDGET YEAR, FOR THE 20 20 20 21 BUDGET.
THE THINGS THAT WE SPENT THOSE FUNDS ON.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE HOUSING, UH, RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
UH, ONE IS ON CHERRY STREET, ONE IS ON UTAH STREET, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ON VERMONT STREET.
AND, UH, ONE OF THOSE HOUSES, THE ONE ON CHERRY STREET IS ABOUT 95% DONE.
UM, UTAH STREET IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERWAY, PLUS 70% IS COMPLETED THERE.
WE HAVE NOT BROKEN GROUND ON THE VERMONT PROPERTY JUST YET.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE WITH THAT PARTICULAR PIECE IS WE HAD TO CREATE A NEW SET OF HOUSING PLANS, AND THAT REQUIRED US TO RAISE THE, THE HOME UP FOUR AND A HALF FEET.
SO THO THAT'S A NEW SET OF PLANS WE'RE USED ON CHERRY STREET.
SO, UH, VERMONT STREET IS, IS A UNIQUE MONSTER, AND WE HAVE THE PLANS UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BREAKING GROUND HERE PRETTY SOON.
IS THAT, IS THAT BECAUSE OF FLOODING, OR HERE IS, YES.
SO THE FLOOD MAP FINALLY CH OR THE FLOOD REGULATIONS CHANGED AFTER HARVEY AND, AND NOW IT JUST REQUIRES US TO BUILD THE PRODUCT UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, UM,
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IN SOME AREAS.SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE DRIVING AROUND THE STATE STREETS, IF YOU GO ALONG MISSISSIPPI, THERE'S A HOUSE THAT HAS A FINISHED FLOOR AND ABOUT 13 FEET, UM, ABOVE THE GROUND.
IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, NOT VERY ANYMORE, BUT TO OVER THOMAS ON WEST ON OLD STREET, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
OLD STREET, RIGHT UP FROM OFF OF WEST MAIN.
THAT ONE'S AT NINE OR 10 FEET.
ON THE FRONT END AND ON THE BACK END IT'S PROBABLY 14 OR 15.
I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LAND IS, BUT WOW.
I, I, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
I THOUGHT, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG HERE.
BUT, UH, SO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL, UH, WILL MAYBE CONSIDERING IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHEN WE DISCUSS BUDGET, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT THE AREAS THAT WE GENERALLY BUILD HOUSES IN PROBABLY IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY ON, UH, CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
SO WHY WOULD YOU MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN A PLACE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FROM FLOODING CORONA TO FLOODING? I MEAN, WELL, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY MORE OR LESS PRONE TO FLOODING THAN WHAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY, UH, OCCURRING.
IT'S JUST THE FLOOD MAPS HAVE CHANGED.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THAT REQUIRES US TO RAISE THE, THE HUNDRED, THE HUNDRED FLOODPLAIN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN IS EXTENDED YES.
IN, IN, IN, IN THE, INTO THE, INTO THE CITY.
OR THE 500 YEAR HAS NOW BECOME THE 100 YEAR.
THAT'S MORE LIKE THE SCENARIO.
SO, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, BECAUSE THE FLOOD MAPS HADN'T CHANGED FOR SO LONG, SO NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A OVERSHOOT, BUT THE ENGINEERS ARE MAKING THAT CALL.
SO WHO REGULATES? LIKE FLOOD MAPS? FEMA? YES.
HAVE ELEVATION CERTIFICATE BEFORE THEY CAN BUILD ON HOW HIGH IT IS IF THEY CAN GET INSURANCE OR NOT.
IF IT'S NOT BUILDING THAT ELEVATION CERTIFICATE, FEMA WILL INSURED, THEN YOU CAN GO PRIVATE TO GET INSURANCE.
AND HOW DOES TICK STOCK GET, GET AROUND THAT, YOU KNOW? OH, IT'S NOT A HABITABLE STRUCTURE.
THEY TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE FLOODWAY.
THEY TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE FLOODWAY, BUT EVEN THEN THEY HAVE TO CROSS, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW THIS BEFORE.
THERE WOULD WOULD'VE BEEN, YOU, UH, UH, SAY YOU'RE COMING OFF OF SIX 10, YOU'RE EXITING ONTO, UM, 2 88 SOUTH.
WELL, YOU KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT LANE RIGHT THERE WHEN THAT CENTER LANE, IT BUCKLED ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND IT CAME THEN BECAUSE OF BRAIN, IT GOT UNDERNEATH AND THEY HAD TO COME BACK.
I THOUGHT, YOU CAN'T TELL ME, THESE ENGINEERS DON'T KNOW ALL THIS THING, KNOW.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY THAT OVERLOOKED THOSE THINGS, BUT I MEAN, NOT TO GET OFF THE SUBJECT THE SAME WAY WITH THE SAM HOUSTON TOLL WAY OR THE SHIP CHANNEL IS A $300 MILLION PROBLEM.
THEY'RE THAT PROBABLY CORRECT.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT BRIDGE IS NOT LINING UP, YOU KNOW, SO, HEY, THAT'S SCARY AIN'T, AND THEN ALL THESE S OF VEHICLES EVERY DAY.
SO BACK TO LIKE VERMONT STREET, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD BE THE HOUSE UP HERE AND THEN HOUSE, AND THEN JUST AS REDEVELOPING THE CURVE, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF IT.
I MEAN, THERE IS A, THERE'S A HOUSE THAT IS ON OREGON.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO OREGON AND FLORIDA INTERSECTION.
HOW ARE YOU BUILDING THIS UP? IT JUST PLAIN OR, UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S APPEAR BE OR ON, ON BLOCK ON BIG FOOTINGS.
THOSE ARE CINDER BLOCK, RIGHT? MAIN? NO, NO.
THE ONE ON WEST, THE ONE OFF OF WEST MAIN, THAT'S A APPEARING BEAM THAT'S, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE GROUND 13 FEET.
YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT HAD, WERE KIND OF JACKED BEHIND.
THEY, THEY'RE, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THEY LOOKED LIKE A CINDER BLOCK TO ME.
NO, HE, THEY DRILLED THOSE HOLES.
I MEAN, AT THAT, AT THAT HEIGHT, YOU HAVE TO GO WITH A, A POST TYPE CONSTRUCTION.
WELL, IF IT FLOODS YOU, YOU AIN'T GONNA COME OUTTA THAT STREET.
BECAUSE IT GOES BACK DOWN INTO WEST.
BE EVERYONE'S GOING TO THAT HOUSE.
UM, SO YEAH, SO WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, WITH THREE OF THOSE, THOSE HOMES.
UH, AND THEN WE, UH, OF COURSE THE THREE, THE THREE HOMES ARE, DOES ACTUALLY MEET OUR GOAL FROM THAT PREVIOUS YEAR OR FOR THAT PROGRAM.
UM, WE ALSO ARE DOING SIX, UH, WE DID SIX DECAY SEWER LINES.
THAT'S THE PROGRAM WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A LEAKING SEWER LINE FROM THE MAIN LINE OF THE STREET TO THEIR HOME.
UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DOES A SCOPE OF THE SEWER LINE.
THEY APPLY TO OUR PROGRAM AFTER PUBLIC WORKS, PUTS THEM ON NOTICE, AND THEN THE HOUSING AND DEMOLITION INSPECTOR GOES OUT,
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RUNS THE TAPE, GETS A CALCULATION ON HOW MUCH IT COSTS, PUTS THE PROJECT OUT TO BID, AND THEN GETS THE PROJECT COMPLET.THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE AND DUKE DID THAT.
I DON'T, NO, I I, I ASKED THEM, I SAID, HEY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? YEAH.
AND, AND, AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT RIGHT THERE, WHERE THAT WHERE MY, MY TIE IN GOES INTO THE MAIN SEWER LINE.
IT FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, THE WATER BLOCKS IT RIGHT THERE, AND IT STARTS COMING OUT OF THE DRAINS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT BAD, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO HE WANTED TO SEE WHERE THAT BLOCKAGE WAS.
HE SAID, HAVE ANY BLOCKAGE FROM OUR HOME? HE SAID, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM.
BUT WHEN IT GETS OVER THERE, IT'LL BACK ALL THIS STUFF UP.
AND SO, AND, AND ANYWAY, WHEN IT RAINS, YOU KNOW, I LIVE LIKE IT PLAINS DOWN, THERE'S A LOT OF WATER COMES IN, BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN IN MY HOUSE OR MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S A LOT OF RAIN.
AND THIS IS A VERY, UH, A VERY GOOD PROGRAM FOR WHAT A CITY.
'CAUSE IT ONE, UM, HELPS THE HOMEOWNER, UH, WITH THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATION AND GETTING THE REPAIR DONE.
BUT MOST OF ALL, IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE TOO.
'CAUSE YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, SEWAGE, SEWER LINES.
IT'S LEAKING AND NEVER, THAT'S NEVER GOOD ANYWHERE.
IT GETS INTO YOUR GROUNDWATER SO ON AND RECYCLING.
IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
IS THAT WHAT THE, IS THAT WHAT THAT BIG PIN IS RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT HERE ON ERHARDT DRIVE, UH, WITH THE SCHOOLS GOING IN, THEY'RE DIGGING OUT THIS, THEY DUG OUT THIS BIG POND THERE.
SO IS THAT ALL SEWERS, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S RAIN RUNOFF, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'LL BE RUNOFF RAIN, SO THE WATER CAN GO IN IT.
I BELIEVE THE REASON I WAS SAYING THAT WAS BECAUSE I SAW THAT THEY WERE, THEY WENT AND THEY CHECKED ON DOWN THE STREETS, RIGHT ON MY SIDE OF THE STREET.
THEY DIDN'T CHECK, BUT IT WAS THE MANHOLES ON THAT SIDE.
AND THEY, THEY, THEY PUT SOME COLOR IN TO SEE WHERE THAT THING LED TO.
AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN, EUGENIA SANTANA MADE A LEFT ON CYPRESS STREET AND HEADED BACK THAT WAY.
SO THAT, THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING HOW THAT TIED IN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE TO US, STORM WATER IS A, IS A BIG CITY, AND YOU TALK ABOUT ENGINEERS KNOWING AND MANAGING FLOODING.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A SIX INCH LINE THIS FAR DOWN, AND YOU NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR EIGHT INCHES THIS FAR, AND IT'S FLOWING THAT WAY.
YOU CAN'T HAVE EIGHT INCHES FLOWING IN THE SIX.
SO NOW YOU GOTTA EXPAND THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S THE, THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE CALCULATING OVER HERE, BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING IN A, A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM WHEN YOU PUT IN THE AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT THAT THE SCHOOL IS GONNA HAVE.
UM, SO YOU, YOU NEED A BIGGER PIPE.
I DO, UH, HOME BUYER'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY HAD ONE ACTUAL HOME BUYER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST, BUT WE DID HELP EIGHT PEOPLE WITH THEIR, THEIR CLASS AND THEIR, THEIR VOUCHER TO, TO TAKE THE EDUCATION COURSE.
THE, THE MISSING PART OF THIS IS WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TRACK THOSE PEOPLE THAT JUST RECEIVED THE CLASS VOUCHER.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVENTUALLY BOUGHT A HOME OUTSIDE OF OUR PROGRAM OR NOT.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT.
UM, BUT ALL IN ALL, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP ONE PERSON THAT WAS GOOD.
OUR GOAL FOR THAT YEAR IS, IS ALWAYS THREE TO, FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FUNDS IF THEY'RE LEFTOVER? YEAH.
WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE THE REPROGRAM, TOP REPROGRAM.
BUT THE, THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SHARON, THAT ALL FALLS UNDERNEATH HOUSING.
RIGHT? SO THE HOUSING HAS A BIG POT.
WE ARE JUST COUNTING THREE, FOUR HOME BUYERS, THREE RECONSTRUCTIONS, ET CETERA.
SO IF IT DOESN'T GET SPENT, IT'S STILL UNDER HOUSING.
THAT JUST MEANS WE HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND INSIDE FOR THE REHAB, FOR INSTANCE.
WELL, IF, IF IT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT'S WHAT I REALLY, REALLY, WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE QUESTION FOR ME IS THAT WE GOT IT INTO THIS POT.
AND THEN LET'S JUST SAY THAT THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT.
SO THAT MONEY CAN STILL BE FUNNELED INTO ANY OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER THIS, UNDER THE HOUSING PROGRAM.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I READ.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT GOES BACK INTO REPROGRAM.
BUT WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT IF YOU ALREADY HAD ALLOCATED THE MONEY? WELL, WE JUST SPEND IT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS PROJECT DIDN'T GET ALL THE PEOPLE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET, BUT THEN THIS PROJECT RIGHT HERE WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT MORE PEOPLE.
WHAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANNA HELP THE PEOPLE.
THEY AIN'T TRYING TO TAKE NOTHING FROM EM.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS THE SUBSTANDARD
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STRUCTURE, ABATEMENT NUMBERS.UH, THIS, THIS PROGRAM IS PARTICULARLY DRIVEN BY THE HOUSING AND DEMOLITION INSPECTOR, WHICH DURING PY 20 AND TO 21 WAS EDDIE COPELAND.
UH, HE TOOK ANOTHER POSITION AND LEFT US, BUT BEFORE HE LEFT, HE WAS A PART OF SOME SIGNIFICANT, UM, DEMOLITIONS.
UH, OF COURSE WE USED GEN GENERAL FUNDS TO DO THE DEMOLITIONS FOR THE CITY.
BUT EDDIE WAS THE, THE SPEARHEAD OF THAT.
AND HE DID 41, OR HE HELPED ASSIST WITH 41 DALICIOUS.
WELL, THEY DO ABOUT 50 TO 60 A YEAR.
SO, I MEAN, YEAH, THAT'S, I MEAN, THE BUDGET IS BIG FOR DEMOLITION.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T FIND ANYBODY OR THEY JUST, WE GET GOOD GUYS.
AND THEN, UH, SOMEBODY SEES THEIR TALENT AND SAYS, WE GOTTA, THEY GOTTA GO.
THEY GOTTA GET ON AND MOVE ON.
WE ARE, WE ARE SEEKING A, A NEW POSITION AS WE SEE.
OH, THESE COLLEGE DEGREE, UH, POSITIONS.
UH, THE HOUSING AND DEMOLITION INSPECTOR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.
UH, BUT YOU DO NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOUSING CERTIFICATION.
YOU NEED LESS CERTIFICATION, ASBESTOS CERTIFICATIONS.
SO YOU GET INTO THE NICHE OF THE FIELD.
SO IT'S NOT, YOU CAN'T WALK OFF THE STREET AND DO THE JOB.
UM, OR IF YOU DO WALK OFF THE STREET, YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT OF EDUCATION IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, THAT WE DON'T NEED YOU TO HAVE.
BUT FOR US, WE KIND OF NEED AN EXPERT, OR NOT AN EXPERT, BUT SOMEONE WITH SOME EXPERIENCE TO COME IN AND GROUND RUNNING OFF IT.
'CAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS TO THAT, WHEN YOU GET TO ASBESTOS ABATEMENT MM-HMM
HEY, BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 41 41 PROJECTS A YEAR.
UH, UH, THE NUMBER OF CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES WE'RE LOOKING AT 18.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, GENERAL FUNDS, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE SECURED TWO STRUCTURES WITH IT.
UM, CDBG, PELLY NEIGHBORHOOD, AS YOU KNOW, THE PELLY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, IT IS, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS, PARTLY DUE TO COVID, OF COURSE.
UM, PEOPLE DIDN'T WANNA COME OUTSIDE INITIALLY, UH, BUT WE WERE STILL PUTTING OUT SURVEYS INSIDE OF THE HELLY AREA.
UH, WE WERE STILL GETTING FEEDBACK.
AND NOW THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE AND THEY'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE OUTREACH THAT WE HAD, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FEMALE, UH, NOW.
SO, UM, BUT IN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME CODE COMPLIANCE THINGS INSIDE OF THE AREA.
UM, WE COLLABORATED RECENTLY HERE, UM, WITH THE UNITED WAY EMERGING LEADERS TO DO A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP.
THAT PROGRAM WASN'T AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE WANTED TO.
UM, WE DID ALMOST FEEL A FULL 40 YARD, UH, DUMPSTER.
UM, BUT WE LOOK TO HAVE BETTER PARTICIPATION FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T HIT THAT SWEET SPOT TO WHERE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GETS PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND WHAT DOESN'T.
UM, BUT WE WERE THERE, WE PROVIDED THE SERVICE AND THERE WAS SOME, SOME NOTICEABLE CLEANUP THAT WAS THERE.
WE INCREASED THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS BUSINESSES AND THE CITY.
UH, AGAIN, THAT COMES BACK TO, UH, TO US DOING THAT OUTREACH.
UM, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THEM, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE A RESOURCE HERE.
THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COURSE, UH, THE NIP AREA THAT WE'RE DECIDING TO SERVE.
AND RECENTLY HERE WE DID A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
UM, WE HAD ABOUT 25 PARTICIPANTS OR SO AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TO TALK ABOUT.
IT WAS THE, IT WAS US COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO THE LIBRARY'S, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND EMPOWER PROGRAM.
UM, I THINK I READ ABOUT THAT IN THE PAPER, RIGHT? YES.
SO WE REACHED OUT AND THEY, THEY GAVE US INPUT ON WHAT THEY WANTED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GONNA BRING UP IN MY MANAGER'S REPORT, UM, WE KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THEM, BUT MOST OF THE CITIZENS THAT PARTICIPATED WERE EAST OF OUR, UH, BOUNDARY NORTH OF MAIN.
SO THEY'RE MORE SO FROM THAT MIDDLETON AREA.
UM, SO WE, IF THEY CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE, WE
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MAY BE BRINGING BACK A NEW BOUNDARY MAP FOR YOU ALL TO INCLUDE THAT AREA INSIDE OF THEUM, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE, THE SOUL THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE WITH MM-HMM
YOU MENTIONED THE CLEANUP EVENT YOU HAD YES, SIR.
UM, AND SO WAS THAT LIKE CITY, SOME CITY PEOPLE, AND THEN YOU TRIED TO GET AS MANY RESIDENTS AS YOU COULD INVOLVED? LIKE, UM, SO WE DID MAIL OUT.
I, THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE USUALLY SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, A DUMPSTER.
YOU CAN BRING YOUR TRASH AND YOUR EVOKE WASTE HERE FOR FREE.
SO WE SET UP THE DUMPSTERS AND YOU CAN BRING YOUR COUCH, YOU CAN BRING YOUR WASHING MACHINE, WHATEVER IT IS.
WE, WE CAN PROBABLY ACCOMMODATE IT AS LONG AS IT'S NOT CHEMICALS.
UM, AND WE, WE SET UP, WE SEND MAIL OUTS TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
UM, WE PUT IT ON OUR FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST AND THEN LET THE PEOPLE COME.
AND WE DON'T ADVERTISE IT CITYWIDE.
SO, BECAUSE IT'S MADE FOR RIGHT.
SO WE LIKE AN ADD IN THE PAINT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE ARE EVER LIKE, EVENTS WHERE LIKE, WE CAN HELP OUT.
BUT YOU, YOU BODIES AND HANDS.
I WOULD, IF I'M ABLE TO RIGHT.
I'D, I'D BE WILLING TO DO IT LONG.
WE WILL, WE WILL HAPPILY PUT YOU ON THIS
WE'LL MAKE SURE TO, AND WE WANT TO BE BETTER ABOUT THAT.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS AND HOST EVENTS, WE DEFINITELY WANNA INVITE YOU ALL.
UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT IN THE PAST WHERE, YOU KNOW, HERE AND THERE, WE, WE SEND OUT AN, BUT WITH, WITH, I FEEL LIKE WITH EVERY PROGRAM, WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, INVITING YOU.
ALSO, OF COURSE, WE HAVE, UH, SERVICE AGENCIES THAT PARTNER WITH US IN HELPING TO SERVE THE POPULATIONS.
UM, BAYTOWN EVENING, OPTIMUS HANDS OF CARPENTER, NEW YEAR, AND NEW SHOES PROGRAM.
ALL OF THEM WERE ABLE TO PRETTY MUCH DO NUMBERS.
ONE OF THE DOWNFALLS, UH, THIS YEAR THAT DID COME UP SHORT WAS THE NEW YEAR IN NEW SHOES.
AND YOU SEE, WE ONLY HELP 74 CHILDREN AND TEENS.
AND THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, USUALLY THAT NUMBER IS AROUND 300 OR SO.
UM, NOW REMEMBER WE HAD THAT BIG SWITCH IN TRANSITION FROM, FROM RACK TO LOVE NETWORK AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART WAS JUST THE, HOW THE, THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PROGRAM ON THAT DAY.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC AS WE WE HAD PLANNED FOR.
SO YEAH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE DOWN.
UH, WE AGAIN, WILL ATTEMPT TO TRY TO GET THEM BACK UP.
UM, NOT SURE, UH, HOW WE'RE GONNA ROLL THAT OUT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS FUNDED THEM TO DO SOME INTERIM, UM, STUFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
WE STILL HAVE BACKPACKS THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM THAT EVENT.
SO THERE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL EXPAND A NUMBER, JUST NOT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TIMES WHEN IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE, UH, PROMISE CENTER.
THEY WOULD, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY BACKGROUND, ANY THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY IN MISS IN THIS AREA.
THEY WOULD NOT HAVE, THEY WERE, THEY WOULD NEED MORE MM-HMM
AND NOW WE CAN'T EVEN GIVE 'EM AWAY ANYMORE.
I MEAN, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT'S TOUGH, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW I, I KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE, UH, DIDN'T CHANGE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE JOBS OR LOST JOBS OR GAIN JOBS.
I I, I DON'T, I DON'T NEED THE EXTRA HELP TO GET MY KID A BACKPACK BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S STILL NEEDS THAT'S, THAT'S DRAMATIC NUMBERS.
I MEAN, AND THERE'S STILL NEED OUT THERE.
SO, UH, WE JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO RECAPTURE THAT, THAT AUDIENCE.
IF IT MEANS GOING BACK TO THE EXPEDITION STYLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE BARBER AND WE HAD THE POPCORN MACHINE AND WE MAKE IT A FESTIVAL EVENT, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT.
BUT WE DEFINITELY WANNA RECAPTURE THE NO, I KNOW THERE HASN'T BEEN VERY MUCH ACTIVITY AT THE
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BARBER CENTER.I MEAN YEAH, PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T COME OUT AS OFTEN.
THEY, THEY'RE NOT AS, THEY STILL HADN'T, THEY'RE NOT CONFIDENT YET.
BREAK LOOSE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UH, I MEAN, I GET IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HELL, WHO WANTS TO GET COVID? YEAH,
YOU KNOW, SO THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM HELPED OUT ABOUT 90 PARTICIPANTS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD.
THAT'S ON PAR WITH THE NUMBERS AS USUAL.
YOU LOOK IN, YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT WE HAVE THERE WITH, UH, 743 WITH HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT BUS, AND THEN, UH, THE 4 32 TAX TAXI RIDES.
UH, EVEN WITH THE TRANSITION FROM, UH, BRAC TO LOVE NETWORK, UH, WE DID THE BEST WE COULD TO MAKE THAT PROCESS SEAMLESS FOR THE, SHARON WAS A GREAT HELP IN DOING THAT TO TRAIN, UH, LOVE NETWORK ON, ON WHAT TO DO, WHO TO REACH OUT TO, AND ALL THAT.
BECAUSE SHE'S MANAGED THE PROGRAM BEFORE.
AND FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL, IT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY SIMMONS.
SO OVERALL WITH OUR SERVICE AGENCIES, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ABOUT 230 PEOPLE WERE ASSISTED, UM, IN THOSE PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS. SO, AND OF COURSE, 230 MIGHT NOT BE A VERY HIGH NUMBER, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE REPEATED SERVICES, PARTICULARLY WITH TRANSPORTATION.
UH, HAS, UH, I MEAN, UH, THIS IS JUST MY, UH, MY OPINION OF WHAT I'VE SEEN.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO USE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY
I'M JUST SAYING THAT I, YOU KNOW, I'M FEW MORE DOWN STOPS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I'M THINKING, SEE, THE BUS IS MOVING A LOT MORE WITH, WITH PEOPLE IN THEM.
AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND I WASN'T TAKING NO SURVEY, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT JUST THE SEEING AND I'M, I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT PEOPLE WERE USING THE, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSIT SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE PART OF THAT.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, OF COURSE.
UH, THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UM, SHARON, MYSELF, AND, UH, THE FORM, THE, THE FORMER LOUISE, RIP, THE LOUISE
SO WE ARE LEAVING US FOR GREEN BELT.
SO IT'S LIKE OVER THERE BEHIND THE BUDWEISER PLANT WHERE HE'S WORKING AT.
SO IT'S WAY CLOSER TO HOME FOR HIM.
WELL, OUR NEW COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERSON WILL HAVE THAT PHONE NUMBER.
THAT'S WHAT I WONDERED THOUGH, BECAUSE HE USUALLY CALLS ODD HOURS, YOU KNOW, SO ASK HIM ABOUT HIS KID AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE, WE WE'RE DOWN PEOPLE RIGHT NOW SHARON IS OVER THERE SUFFERING.
BARNETT STILL, I LEFT HIM A VOICEMAIL, BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT BEING HERE WITHOUT HIM.
I'M, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 10, I THOUGHT, SAY SOMETHING MAY BOBBY DONE, TOOK OVER THIS THING.
BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE IS SUCCESSION THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, BUT, UH, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, OF COURSE.
UH, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE TECHNICALLY DO.
AGAIN, WE ARE BASICALLY THE ASSISTANCE TO THE SERVICE AGENCIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE OPERATE SEVERAL OF PROGRAMS OURSELVES.
WE ADMINISTER THEM DIRECTLY TO THE VOTE.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THE TAPE RECORDING.
THERE, THERE'LL BE NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.
OUR NOW CLOSEST PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED 20 20 21 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORTS.
NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE A, CONSIDER ELECTING THIS TO B OH TO
[b. Consider a recommendation for the PY2020 CAPER.]
B.CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PY 2020 CA.
AND STEPH DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE TO REPORT ON THE CAPER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT, ANYTHING,
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I TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE A.[a. Consider electing the Chairperson and Co-Chairperson for the Community Development Advisory Committee.]
CONSIDER ELECTING THE CHAIRPERSON AND COACH OR PERSON AND CULTURAL PERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE.WE DO, WE'RE AT THE END OF THE END OF THE PROGRAM YEAR.
I MEAN, WELL, WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM YEAR FOR YOU.
SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
ARE WE MISSING ONE? THE SIX DISTRICTS? UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE SEATS ON CDHC.
ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THERE WAS TWO VACANT.
WE CAME ON AND TWO THAT RESIGNED.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE FIVE SEATS.
SO PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIKE WITH Y'ALL.
AS YOU KNOW, MR. MUNOZ, HE, UH, TOOK A PRINCIPALSHIP.
SO HE'S GOING TO BE TOO BUSY TO CONTINUE.
MS. HEFFERNAN ACTUALLY MOVED OUT OF HER EXISTING DISTRICT INTO A NEW DISTRICT, AND THEN SHE'S ALSO GOING THROUGH THAT TRANSITION OF A NEW, NEW JOB.
UM, SO SHE DOESN'T THINK THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEDICATE THE TIME.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT YOU'RE DOWN, THAT YOU ARE USED TO SEEING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT SIX, WHICH HAVE AN APPOINTED POSITIONS IN A YEAR.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE APPOINTED THEIR POSITIONS THIS YEAR.
I'M DISTRICT THREE, THEN I PULLED UP A MAP TOO.
SO THEY HAVE, THOSE ARE TWO OF THE NEWER COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVING SIX MM-HMM
OR THEY JUST NOT KNOW ANY OR NOBODY'S INTEREST.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
THEY, THEY ARE AWARE THAT IT'S EMPTY.
UM, THAT WE NEED THEM TO POINT POSITIONS.
AND AT THIS POINT, IT'S LAST YEAR IT WAS OKAY BECAUSE WE STILL HAD THE OTHER POSITIONS FILLED.
BUT NOW WE'RE DOWN TO, UH, FIVE PEOPLE THAT NEEDS, IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE URGENT.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM ANYBODY? THEY'LL DO.
THEY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION ONLINE AND THEN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE IT AND FORWARD IT TO US.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED, BECAUSE A GROUP I'M IN, I SENT A MESSAGE.
I SAID, FIVE OR SIX AND YOU'RE INTERESTED.
AND NOW ONE THING THAT I DID HEAR FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS THAT THEY DID GET A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS.
SO THAT NOW WHETHER OR NOT THOSE APPLICANTS ARE IN THE PROPER DISTRICTS OKAY.
AND ARE ELIGIBLE, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHAT THE CLERK GOT THE ELIGIBILITY.
ELIGIBILITY LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT.
AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A RACIAL COMPONENT TOO, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RACIAL MAKEUP.
CURRENTLY, I THINK THE RACIAL MAKEUP HAS TO BE, WE GOT A MAXIMUM OF FOUR HISPANIC, MAXIMUM OF TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN, UM, MAXIMUM OF, OF ONE ASIAN DESCENT.
AND THEN
AND THEN, SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE EXISTING BOARD IS TO SAY WHO'S, WHO'S GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS PROBABLY SEE STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALSO, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT BAYTOWN AND THIS AND THAT AND WHATEVER.
AND I'M OF THE OPINION WE GET INVOLVED.
BUT NOT, IT'S EASIER TO PRINT SOMEHOW.
AND THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE, RIGHT? THERE'S A NEED HERE.
SO I TRY TO TELL 'EM IN A NICE WAY,
BUT, BUT WE HAVE PENN WARRIORS OR FACEBOOK WARRIORS.
RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS AT THE CITY LEVEL.
EVEN IN MY HOA, WE HAVE OFFICER AGUILERA, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS HER FEMALE HISPANIC OFFICER.
SHE'S OUT OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
SHE'S HERE IN THE CITY AND EVERYTHING.
AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERY QUARTER WE DO MEETING WITH HER ONLINE, WE WERE DOING IT IN PERSON.
BUT 'CAUSE OF COVID IS ONLINE.
WE'LL HAVE 20 MILLION PEOPLE IN OUR, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF 300 HOMES, 20 MILLION PEOPLE COMPLAINING AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ELSE.
AND WE TELL 'EM, HEY, COME ON DOWN, TELL THE OFFICER, BRING THE FACTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LAY OUT YOUR CASE.
RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE THE SAME SUSPECTS EVERY QUARTER.
IT'S THREE TO FOUR PEOPLE AND IT GETS
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BORING AFTER A WHILE.THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH I CAN SAY TO MAKE EVERYBODY LAUGH.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? RIGHT.
AND THE PEOPLE SAW SAME THING HERE.
AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE CHARLES GOT TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME,
BUT IT, IT, AND IT TAKES A CERTAIN PERSONALITY AND THOSE ARE THE PERSONALITIES THAT WE WANT.
WE, WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO GET ON THE BOARD SIMPLY FOR CLOUT.
SO, UH, I GUESS THERE'S A FINE BALANCE.
WE WANT YOU TO BE INVOLVED AND ACTUALLY CARE.
AND NOT, NOT JUST BE HERE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF POEM ON THE BOARD.
IS THAT RIGHT? WE'LL GIVE HIM THE NOTES.
WHAT CLOUD? I MEAN THAT'S, I WANNA KNOW WHERE CAN I FLEX THIS YEARS THAT'S LIKE P AND Z AND BOAI BELIEVE THAT'S NOT US PLANNING AND LOANING OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT'S, I MEAN, I TOLD MY WIFE, HEY HONEY, I'M LEAVING.
I NOTICED SHE SO
HOW DO WE GET ON THAT BOARD? I HEAR STUFF PLANNING AND ALL THE TIME.
AND WHAT'S THE OTHER, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HANDLE THE CONTENTIOUS STUFF.
SO HOW DO WE GET ON TIME? HOW DO WE GET ON THAT APPLICATION? SO CAN I BE DUAL ON? YOU CAN'T LEAVE US MR. ING.
CAN I BE ON DUAL
I'LL START FROM PLANNING AND ZONING ALSO.
I THINK THEY'RE FULL THOUGH, AREN'T THEY? THEY'RE ALWAYS FULL.
ARE YOU GUYS IN CHARGE OF THOSE ALSO? IT'S IN OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S NOT.
I'M, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE WHO'S ON THE BOARD.
IT'S AN ENGLISH WHEN THEIR TERM EXPIRE.
UH, SO, UH, THIS IS UP TO YOU ALL.
IT'S A NIGHT THAT THIS IS A BUSINESS ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD.
IF YOU GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BUSINESS ITEM, YOU GUYS CAN NOMINATE, UH, A CHAIRPERSON.
UM, YOU CAN NOMINATE THE CO-CHAIR TO BE THE CHAIRPERSON.
YOU CAN RENOMINATE MR. BARNETT.
DOES HE WANT TO BE RE YEAH, THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
I I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HOLD OFF ON ITEM THREE A, ENTER MR. BARNETT IS PRESENT.
UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HOLD OFF INTO THE NEXT, UM, MEETING THAT WE ATTEND IN PERSON.
WHETHER HE WANTS, HE STILL INTERESTED IN THE SEAT OR IS NOT, I UNFAIR TO DO TO HIM.
RIGHT? YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEM THREE A, UH, ELECTING A CHAIR AND A CO-CHAIR UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
I MEAN, MY QUESTION IS IN THAT RETROSPECT, 'CAUSE HE'S, HE HAD THE MOST AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES.
SO I MEAN, IT'S ONLY FAIR, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY, I MEAN, IS HE JUST NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE HE HAD A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITHIN THE SCHEDULE OR DO YOU KNOW? NO, NO, NO.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW THAT HE WAS, HE WAS GOING TO BE AT A NOTICE IS HIS HEALTH.
LAST WEEK I SPOKE TO HIS WIFE AND I RELAYED THE MESSAGE TO HER.
WHEN I CALLED EVERYONE TODAY, I LEFT A VOICEMAIL.
SO MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE YOU, YOU SAID WE NEED TO MAKE A PLAN FOR SUCCESSION, HENCE BEING FORWARD.
THIS IS, I THINK A, YOU SAID A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT OR A TWO YEAR? TWO YEAR.
BUT THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR POSITION IS ONLY ONE YEAR.
BUT STILL A 12 MONTH COMMITMENT.
SO I MEAN, IF HE'S IN FOR IT, I'M ALL FOR NOMINATING HIM AND HIM ONLY HE BRINGS IN THAT WISDOM AND YOU KNOW, FROM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
BUT I MEAN, IF HE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, THEN WE NEED TO DECIDE ON OTHER YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S FOR THE, THE WHEN ARE WE MEETING AGAIN? I'M SORRY? HOW LONG ARE WE TAPING? WELL, WE VOTE ON THE CALENDAR NEXT.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE CALENDAR NEXT, BUT WE, UH, SO YES, AND YOU BRING UP A VALID POINT.
HE, HE DOES HAVE THE, THE EXPERIENCE AND HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO JUST, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THE REASON I MENTIONED SUCCESSION WAS BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
AT THE END OF THE, ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO SERVE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN KEEP GOING SERVING AND THAT.
AND I, WE, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. BARNETT AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S WILLING TO SERVE AS CHAIR AGAIN.
UM, AND HE'S ALSO WILLING TO GO WITH WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M, SO IT'S, IT'S EITHER WAY, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO YOU ALL, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO, TO TABLE THE ITEM.
[b. Consider approving the PY2021-22 Community Development Advisory Committee’s (CDAC) Calendar.]
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ALRIGHT, TURN.IT'S GONNA BE ALMOST TOWARD THE END TURN TO YOUR REPORT.
AND MOSTLY WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS CALENDAR, UH, WHAT WE TRY TO ESTABLISH IS THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AS OUR MEETING DATE, UM, HERE STARTING IN FEBRUARY.
SO FEBRUARY 8TH BEING YOUR FIRST MEETING, MARCH 8TH, UM, BEING THE SECOND MEETING.
AND THEN MARCH 24TH, OF COURSE WE HAVE OTHER MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INTERMITTENT THERE AS WE START GETTING INTO THE BUDGET YEAR.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO DO, UH, WE HAVE TO CONDENSE IT ONCE IT GETS INTO THE MAY MONTHS.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY REVIEWING BUDGET OR REVIEWING THE, THE PRESENTATIONS AND ACTUALLY MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUDGET TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE INTERRUPT MR. SINGH'S, UH, DINNER
SO, BUT OVERALL, UH, GOING DOWN THE CALENDAR, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVE IT AS IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT.
THE FIRST ONE, CAN YOU, UM, PLEASE, UM, ELABORATE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH WHERE SAYS, UH, CBAC, MEET AND GREET AT FIVE 30.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU EVER HAD ONE BEFORE.
WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT THE CDAC IS THAT, UH, WE SHOULD DO A BETTER, UH, JOB ABOUT LEARNING EACH OTHER.
SO I WANT TO PARTICULARLY MAKE THAT MEETING, UH, ABOUT US GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP US BE IN A MORE COHESIVE VOICE IN THE SENSE, I'M NOT SURE HOW I'M GOING TO PROGRAM THAT YET.
UM, AND I MIGHT BRING IN SOME OLD, OLD HEADS FROM, UH, FROM THE PAST, UM, FOR THAT MEETING.
UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED ON THE BOARD IN THE PAST, UM, JUST SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A, A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND LIKE BRING THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND SEEING HOW THEY SEE, UH, THE ACTIVITY OF THE COMMUNITY FROM THE OUTSIDE.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR, SO THERE'S NO PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM.
I JUST WANT TO RESTRUCTURE IT TO, UH, KIND OF GET A, ALLOW OURSELVES TO, TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER MORE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT AS I'M JUST BRIEFLY SCANNING THE PAGE THAT THERE'S NO PROJECT FOR LISTED ON HERE.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE THE, UM, YOUR HOUSING MONTH EVENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY NATIONAL CD.
THAT'S, WE USUALLY DO OUR PROJECT TOUR DURING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
SO WE, WE LABELED IT AS AN EVENT BECAUSE IT COULD BE MORE THAN JUST A TOUR.
IT COULD BE A TOUR AND SOMETHING ELSE.
SO BEFORE WE GET TO PLANNING THAT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT DAY IS THERE.
FRIDAY, THE APRIL 22ND TO GO BACK, WE, DAVIS WAS SAYING ABOUT THE MEETING.
WE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATE BEFORE THAT, WE HOPE, WE HOPE THAT WE'LL HAVE NEW CDAC MEMBERS THAT ARE BEING APPOINTED IN COUNCIL BY COUNCIL IN JANUARY.
SO THAT WOULD BE THEIR FIRST MEETING.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO KIND OF GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY IN A NON-STRUCTURED BUSINESS AGENDA, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT.
THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS QUESTION.
SO THE APRIL DATE HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED YET, IS THAT RIGHT? THE APRIL FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
SO ARE, IF WE MEET THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S APRIL MORE OR LESS.
WE MEET, UM, THE SECOND TUESDAY.
THE FAIR HOUSING MONTH OF IT IS BECAUSE APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
UM, THERE'S A WEEK IN APRIL THAT'S FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
AND THEN BY APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH FOR COVID.
WE ACTUALLY, BEFORE COVID HAPPENED, WE HAD THESE BIG PLANS ON WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, WHERE WE WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK FOR, UM, TO CELEBRATE FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
BUT THEN COVID CAME AND WE WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE WERE JUST UNABLE TO GET THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANTED TO COME AND HOST EVENTS WITH US THIS YEAR.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING IN APRIL, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE, IT COULD BE ON A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR IT COULD BE FRIDAY OR IT COULD BE ON A SATURDAY.
AND IT MIGHT NOT BE A MEETING.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A INVITING YOU ALL TO EVENTS.
THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE STAFF IS GOING TO PUT ON A NUMBER OF SERIES OF EVENTS AND THEN JUST INVITE CDAC TO PARTICIPATE.
ANYBODY ELSE? AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU START AT FIVE 30
I, BECAUSE I GUESS ALL OF US DO, BUT I WORK AND I
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HAVE, I SERVE, I'M REALLY, I'M A NEW MEMBER TO THE UM, FIRE, WHATEVER, I FORGET THE NAME OF IT, THE FIRE EMERGENCY, WHATEVER, UM,AND THEY MEET AT FOUR 30 OR FOUR.
THAT'S HARD FOR SOMEBODY WHO WORKS EIGHT TO FIVE.
BUT, UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE FIVE 30, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS LATE TODAY.
SORRY, IT'S OTHER PEOPLE'S FAULT THEY WERE IN OUR WAY WHILE
WE GOTTA GET YOU THE HELICOPTER.
YOU CAN'T GET TO A, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE UH, 20 21, 22.
[4. MANAGER'S REPORT]
WE MANAGE THIS REPORT RECEIVES A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT REPORT.AS I MENTIONED INSIDE OF THE CAPER REPORT, I TOLD YOU ALL THAT WE DID HAVE A, UH, A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT AT THE NIP MEETING.
UM, THE, THE CONSTITUENTS WERE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE MAIN THINGS THAT THEY TARGETED WERE TRAFFIC AND, AND SOMEWHAT OF SAFETY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, INTRODUCED TO THEM AN INITIATIVE ABOUT DOING SOME PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WITH, UH, THE, THE DUKE FIELD PARK.
UM, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND PUT SOME IDEAS ON THE BOARD ON WHAT THEY WANT TO, UH, HAVE DONE FOR THAT PARK TO MAKE IT MORE ACTIVE FOR THEM.
UM, 'CAUSE CURRENTLY IT'S A UNDERUTILIZED PARK AND THERE'S A REASON WHY IT'S UNDERUTILIZED.
THEY HAVE OLD PARK, UH, OLD, OLD PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
UH, IT ISN'T ACTIVATED IN THE PROPER WAY FOR THE CITIZENS THAT WANNA USE IT.
SO WE KIND OF GOT SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT.
UM, WHERE'S THAT PARKING OAK LOCATED? DUKE HILL IS RIGHT OFF OF IT FRONTS ON BARRYMORE AND IT ALSO FRONTS, UH, IT DEAD ENDS OFF OF OAK.
OKAY, SO RIGGS, IT'S UH, SO IF YOU GET ON RIGGS STREET, THAT'S ONE WITH THE TENNIS COURT.
AND THEN, WHAT WAS IT, THE HANDOFF GIS IS UP 'CAUSE IT HAD PULLED UP COUNCIL DISTRICT AND WE WANTED TO SHOW THEM, LOOKED AT PAID ATTENTION TO IT.
IT WAS LEY PARK, WHAT WAS UNDERUTILIZED AND LOOK HOW WELL THAT BECAME AND POPULAR THAT, SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT CITY COULD USE THE SAME METHODS AND POPULARITY WISE.
AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT PEOPLE WOULD USE THE PARKS, YOU KNOW, I'M SEEING WHERE THERE'S A PARK TURNER PRODUCTIVITY RIGHT HERE.
HERE YOU THAT PARK OFF OF MK, THIS PARK.
RIGHT THERE ACROSS FROM THE GREEN CENTER.
THERE'S A PORTION I'D LIKE IT.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS DUKE HILL PARK, RIGHT? THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
YEAH, THAT'S VERY, THERE IT IS UP HERE.
SO THIS IS WHERE RIGGS UH, DEAD END.
SO YOU CAN GET THERE BY GOING UP OVER AND TURNING LEFT ONTO RIGGS.
UM, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS FRONT FURNITURE ALONG BARRYMORE HERE WHERE YOU USE THE WALKING PATH TO NAVIGATE YOUR WAY THROUGH.
I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A PARK THERE.
THERE'S A, I FORGET, THERE'S A SMALL SOCCER, UM, SET UP SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH THESE TREES.
OR MAYBE IT'S THIS COURT, RIGHT? UH, THAT'S A TENNIS COURT SAY I THINK THEY CONVERTED IT TO OH, THEY DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I THINK IT'S MORE SO LIKE A SOCCER SETUP.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IDENTIFY IT IS IN NEED OF OLDER OR NEW PLAYGROUND.
THERE'S A BUILDING RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
THERE'S ONE HERE AND THEN THERE'S ONE HERE.
ONE THING, UM, SHARON OFTEN MENTIONS IS THAT THEY HAVE WHAT TYPE OF, THEY HAVE A METAL SLIDE
THAT'S WHAT WE GO DOWN THE SLIDE IN AUGUST.
SO THAT'S, IT'S BETTER THAN METAL.
THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
NOW WE'VE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT UPDATING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN FOR IT.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE STILL HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CV DOLLARS OR COVID DOLLARS
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THAT WE CAN REALLOCATE TO SUPPORT THEIR IMPROVEMENTS.IT'S READ THROUGH THE REGULATIONS ON WHAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY USE THOSE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AND WE THINK THAT WE FOUND A MATCH WOW.
SO IN FEBRUARY AT THAT, AT THAT MEETING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'LL BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSION, UM, COULD BE WHAT THE PROPOSAL FOR THAT PART IS GOING.
WE GOT THE FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE THE DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING HERE AT THE ZOO LOCATION.
YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT THAT PRETTY SOON.
AND AS MR. DIAZ SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMETIMES THOSE PARKING IMPROVEMENTS GO A LONG WAY.
'CAUSE JUST DOWN THE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PELLEY, UH, YOU HAVE PEL PARK, WHICH THAT IS ALSO A BENEFICIARY OF CDBG DOLLARS.
AND SHARON, WHAT WAS THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WE DID HERE? LIGHTING ALONG THE WALKING TRAIL TOWARD THE BACK PART BECAUSE AT NIGHT IT GETS REALLY DARK.
I MEAN, ICE ED, THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND PARKS MATCHED IT WITH THE SHADE STRUCTURE OVER IT.
AND I BELIEVE WE DID NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
SO, UH, AS YOU SEE, CAN GO, THEY CAN GO A LONG WAYS IF, IF THE TIMING MATCHES WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S, UH, THAT'S FUNNY IN THIS ALLOCATION OF MONEY TO GO INTO A PROJECT OR NOT THAT IF, LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS NOT THE PROPER TIME OR IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY DISMISS INSTEAD SAYING, WELL, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD $10 HERE, WE CAN USE IT ON THIS PARK HERE.
AND WE, WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT HAPPEN QUICK.
I MEAN THE TIMING IS, IS WORKING OUT PERFECTLY.
ONE IS IN OUR, IN IP AREA ALREADY.
UH, TWO, WE HAVE EXTRA COVID DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THREE.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY DOING RESEARCH ON MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.
LIKE THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S A, YOU HAVE THOSE PARTICIPANTS, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE GOING TO, THAT ARE GOING TO BE DIRECT PARTICIPANTS IN, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WOULD HELP US USE, USE THIS PART.
AND SO YOU GUYS WILL LIKELY HEAR ABOUT THAT IN, AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
NOT TO, NOT TO BLOW UP YOUR MEAT READING ALL THE STUFF.
UM, AT LEAST IT'LL BE SOMETHING COOL TO COOL TO TALK ABOUT.
AND THEN, UH, NEXT THING ON THE, THE MANAGER'S REPORT IS BEHIND ME.
AFTER THE MEETING, I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STUDY.
UM, THEY HAVE A, A NEIGHBORHOOD THING, UH, OR A SURVEY HERE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE CDAC TO PARTICIPATE IN.
AND THEY JUST WANT TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
UH, SO ONCE WE CLOSE THE MEETING, I WOULD VOTE THE INSTRUCTIONS AND YOU GUYS CAN GET YOUR STICKERS AND YOUR STARS AND PUT IT ON THE BOARD.
IT SHOULD TAKE FIVE TO 10 MINUTES MAX.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.
I WENT OUT, CLOSE THIS MEETING AND NOW I WORK AS FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.