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I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER, UM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2022.
[a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the City of Baytown Community Development Block Grant funding for the 2022-2023 program year.]
TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN 20 22, 20 23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD SIGN THE LIST IN FRONT OF THE ROOM IF THEY NOT HAVE ALREADY DONE SO.
TODAY'S HEARING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING INPUT WITH REGARD TO THE 20 22, 20 23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PRO, UM, PROGRAM BUDGET.
EVERYONE DESIRING TO PRESENT INFORMATION AT TODAY'S HEARING WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I WOULD, HOWEVER, LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EACH SPEAKER TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS NOT AN ADVERSARIAL TYPE PROCEEDING.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, SUCH QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ME.
AND WITH THE AID OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR, I'LL SHALL ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
I WILL NOW LIKE TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM LOVE NETWORK OF BAYTOWN TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
I'M WITH LOVE NETWORK OF BAYTOWN, AND, UH, THE FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE OVER THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
UM, SO LOVE NETWORK TOOK OVER THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR FROM BAYTOWN RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER, AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF RIDERS ON THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
WE NOW HAVE OVER A HUNDRED RIDERS, UM, ON THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
AND SO THIS PROGRAM WORKS WITH VERY LOW INCOME PEOPLE WHO, UM, ARE EITHER ELDERLY AND DISABLED, WHO ARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, AND THEY CAN GET A RIDE.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY NEED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, THEY WOULD NEED, UM, TO, TO SIGN UP WITH OUR PROGRAM.
THEY GET, UH, VETTED AND APPROVED, UH, WITH THE HOUSTON, UM, SORRY, HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT.
UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, UM, DO THE RIDES PROGRAM.
UH, WE GIVE MONEY TO DOING, UH, THE, I'M SORRY, THE BUS VOUCHERS.
THEY HAVE BUS VOUCHERS AND THEY ALSO HAVE TAXI FUNDS.
UH, THE BUS VOUCHER IS A VOUCHER FOR THREE MONTHS.
UH, THEY CAN GET IT QUARTERLY, AND SO THEY CAN HAVE UNLIMITED BUS TRIPS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, SO THAT CAN GO TO GROCERY STORE, THEY CAN GO PAY THEIR BILLS, UTILITY BILLS, RENT, WHATEVER.
UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO RECEIVE TAXI FUNDS.
UM, WE WOULD GIVE A, A CLIENT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THEN THE CITY PROVIDES THE OTHER HUNDRED.
AND SO THOSE TAXI RIDES ARE FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS ONLY, AND THOSE CAN BE USED, UM, FOR EVEN OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN.
SO SAY THEY NEEDED TO GO TO LBJ OR THEY NEEDED TO GO TO MD ANDERSON, THEN THEY CAN USE THE TAXI TO GET TO THOSE APPOINTMENTS RATHER THAN USING THE BUS SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T GO OUT THERE.
UM, SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE FOR MEDICALLY DISABLED, UM, VERY LOW INCOME OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS.
IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WE PROVIDE A TAXI SERVICE THAT CAN GET A PERSON OUT OF THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION.
WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, BAYTOWN PD, UM, TO BE ABLE TO VET THE CLIENT AND KNOW THAT THAT IS A, UM, UH, SPECIAL VICTIM AND WE WOULD PROVIDE A TAXI SERVICE FOR THAT PERSON TO ESCAPE THAT SITUATION.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU'D LIKE ME TO PRESENT ON THAT.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO ASK THEM NOW.
THERE WAS A LITTLE SHY THIS EVENING.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE OVER A HUNDRED, UH, PARTICIPANTS THAT USE THIS PROGRAM.
DO YOU KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER? I BELIEVE THE LAST COUNT WAS 104.
UM, AS FAR AS THE LAST QUARTER, I KNOW THAT WE'VE SIGNED UP LIKE A FEW MORE WITHIN THIS PAST QUARTER.
UM, SO, BUT I CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU GUYS.
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DO YOU HAVE LIKE AN APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF HOW MANY YOU SIGNED UP OVER THIS PAST YEAR? THE PAST YEAR IT WAS OVER 20, I BELIEVE, WHEN WE RECEIVED THE PROGRAM FROM BAYTOWN RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER, IT WAS IN THE EIGHTIES, AND NOW WE'RE OVER A HUNDRED, SO.YEAH, SO THAT ALL SOUNDS GREAT.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF, UH, OF ALLOCATION LAST YEAR, AND IT SAYS THAT ONLY ABOUT 22% OF LAST YEAR'S FUNDS WAS USED.
UM, AND ZERO HAS BEEN REIMBURSED SO FAR FOR THIS YEAR AS OF THE TIME THE BOOKS WERE MADE.
UH, SO WE, WE HAVE ANOTHER REIMBURSEMENT TO BE A, TO BE, UH, SUBMITTED, I GUESS, UM, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE, WHAT TIMING IT WAS FOR THE 20%, SO I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK AND SEE ON THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE, UH, WE DO HAVE ROOM FOR MORE CLIENTS, SO WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR THOSE.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE STARTED GOING TO, UM, ELDERLY FACILITIES, SENIOR PROGRAMS, UM, AND HAVING A BOOTH OR SPREADING INFORMATION THAT WAY MORE PEOPLE CAN JOIN THE PROGRAM.
YEAH, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE SPACE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN.
UM, WE, WE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS LAST WEEK AND WE HEARD FROM, UM, HEARTS AND HANDS ABOUT THEIR SENIOR DOORSTEP BLESSING PROGRAM.
UM, I, HAVE Y'ALL BEEN ABLE TO COORDINATE OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE OPEN TO MAYBE COORDINATING WITH SOME OTHER OF THE NON-PROFITS? I KNOW LAT, YOU'RE AWESOME.
SO JUST ON THE RECORD, TO BE TRANSPARENT, LATTICE AND I ARE FRIENDS, UM, OUT OF WORK, SO
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GO FIRST.
UM, BUT HAVE YOU, ARE YOU OPEN TO, UM, COORDINATING WITH HEARTS AND HANDS OR MEALS ABSOLUTELY.
ON WHEELS, THINGS LIKE THAT? YEAH.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM HELPS PEOPLE GET TO GROCERY STORES, SO I'M SURE WE COULD ALLOW FOR HAVING LIKE A TAXI RIDE OR A BUS PASS, GO TO A FOOD PANTRY.
UM, THE DOORSTEP, BLESSINGS, I BELIEVE IT'S VOLUNTEERS GOING TO THE CLIENT, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S TO LIKE, UH, SENIOR APARTMENTS AND, UM, LETTING THEM PICK UP THE FOOD THERE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A HYBRID PROGRAM TO WHERE EITHER THEY'RE DROPPING THINGS OFF AT THEIR DOORSTEP OR THEY'RE SETTING UP A PANTRY IN THEIR COMMUNITY ROOM.
AND HAVING THE PEOPLE COME DOWN AND SHOP.
YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY PARTNER WITH THEM AND HAVE LIKE A BOOTH OR, OR TABLE SET UP.
THAT WAY WE CAN SIGN UP PEOPLE ON THE SPOT.
DO, UH, HAVE Y'ALL FIGURED OUT WHY THERE'S A DOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, ONLY 22% OF THE BUDGET WAS USED LAST YEAR? I MEAN, IS IS IT DROPPED OFF IN KIDS OR, WELL, THIS IS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, SO IT'S ELDERLY UNSTABLE.
THIS IS NOT FOR THE ONE EIGHT, IT SAYS FOR THE, UH, NEW, UH, NEW SCHOOL.
WE'RE ON THE TRANSPORTATION TAB NUMBER EIGHT.
DOES THE NAME LISA WEBBER RING A BELL? DOES SHE WORK FOR YOU? LISA WEBER? MM-HMM
IS SHE THE MANAGER FOR THE BANK? THE, UM, TEXAS FIRST BANK? NO, I THINK SHE WORKS FOR LOVE NETWORK, DOESN'T SHE? NO.
IS THAT WHO YOU'RE THINKING? SINCE I CAN'T TAKE OUT MY PHONE.
I CAN'T, I HAVE A NEIGHBOR, I THINK I, I THINK HER NAME IS LISA RIVER.
SHE'S ALWAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY PAGE ASKING FOR DONATIONS.
SO JUST ALWAYS ADVERTISING AND ALWAYS REMINDING PEOPLE.
UM, I NOTED HERE THAT, UH, AND YOU KIND OF ANSWERED IT A WHILE AGO, BUT WHERE DOES A PERSON APPLY OR GET THEIR APPLICATION? UH, UH OR DOES SOMEBODY HAS TO RECOMMEND THEM BEFORE THEY GET, YOU KNOW, SURE.
IS THERE, DOES IT GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION AND YES, YOU QUALIFY OR DOES THE PERSON PICK UP THE APPLICATION AND THEN THEY, THEY'RE LET KNOW WHETHER THEY QUALIFY OR NOT? SURE.
SO WE DO HAVE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN APPLY OR ACTUALLY GET THE APPLICATION.
ONE IS JUST GIVING US A PHONE CALL.
IF A PERSON DOES THAT, THEN ONE OF OUR, EITHER VOLUNTEERS OR STAFF WILL TALK TO THE CLIENTS, SEE WHAT ALL THE NEEDS ARE, NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION, BUT IF THEY NEED OTHER THINGS.
UM, IF THEY SAY THEIR TRANSPORTATION AND IF THEY, UM, QUALIFY AT LEAST FOR THE ELDERLY, DISABLED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THINGS, THAT'S WHEN WE START TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS.
AND WE OFFER TO SEND THEM AN APPLICATION.
IT CAN EITHER BE THROUGH EMAIL, WE CAN MAIL IT TO THEM, OR THEY CAN COME PICK IT UP.
UM, AND ONCE THEY HAVE THAT APPLICATION, THEY CAN EITHER SCAN IT TO US, UM, SEND IT TO US.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE LIBRARY AS A DROP OFF FOR ANY APPLICATION OF OUR, UM, OR THEY CAN DROP IT OFF IN OUR MAILBOX.
UM, SO YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO WHERE YOU CAN ASK FOR ANY ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
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A FORM, IT'S CALLED A CLIENT INTAKE FORM.YOU CAN GO ON THERE PUTTING YOUR INFORMATION AND THEN CHECK OFF ALL THE NEEDS.
SO SOMEONE COULD NEED FOOD, RENT, UTILITIES, AND TRANSPORTATION.
THEN ONCE THAT TRANSPORTATION IS CLICKED, IT GOES DIRECTLY TO, UM, ELISA CHERRY, WHO IS OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM, AND THEN SHE COMMUNICATES WITH THE CLIENT TO SEE WHAT, HOW WE CAN HELP HER.
SO YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE ROOM FOR MORE WRITERS MM-HMM
AND THIS KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE QUESTION, UM, THAT MISS MESSAGE JUST ASKED, BUT, AND I NOTICED IN YOUR REQUEST YOU HAVE $200 FOR ADVERTISING.
AND I KNOW SHE ASKED HOW DO THEY GET THE APPLICATION, BUT WHAT'S BEEN THE ADVERTISING THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST? I KNOW YOU SAY YOU ARE, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO SENIOR FACILITIES NOW, SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE I, I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN ORDER TO GET THE NEW WRITERS.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE WITH LOVE NETWORK? UM, I'VE BEEN WITH LOVE NETWORK SINCE JULY OF 2020, AND, UM, I BECAME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN JANUARY OF 2021.
SO WE RECENTLY TOOK OVER THIS PROGRAM IN JULY OF 2021.
I REMEMBER NOW I HAVE A COUPLE MORE.
SO IS IT EITHER THE TAXI SERVICE OR THE BUS PASS, OR CAN IT, DOES IT MATTER? CAN IT BE IT'S BOTH.
NOT ALL THE CLIENTS ACCESS BOTH SERVICES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ONLY USE THE BUS OR ONLY USE THE TAXI, BUT THEY GET BOTH SERVICES JUST IN CASE THAT'S NEEDED.
AND SO IF, UM, I'M WONDERING IF THE PERSON, BECAUSE YOU SAY IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY LOW INCOME, IT'S ELDERLY AND OR DISABLED MM-HMM
SO IF ONE OF THEM DOESN'T LIVE ALONE AND LIVES WITH SOMEONE ELSE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, LIKE IF SOMEBODY, IF SOME ELDERLY PERSON, I DON'T KNOW THAT I TOOK IN MAYBE LIVES IN A ROOM IN MY HOUSE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN VEHICLE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN VEHICLE.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THEY HAVE TO FALL WITHIN, UM, I FORGET THE, THE TERMS OF IT, BUT IT'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF HUD, UM, SHARON, DO YOU KNOW? SO 30% LMI, 30% LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, THE INCOME LIMITS FOR 30%.
SO, UM, THEY HAVE TO BE BASICALLY AT THE VERY LOW.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY JUST INCREASE THE INCOME LIMITS.
SO I THINK THAT PUTS THEM TO WHERE THEY CAN'T MAKE MORE THAN A SINGLE PERSON CAN'T MAKE MORE THAN ABOUT 18 OR $19,000 A YEAR.
SO IT WOULDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT SOMEONE MAKES IN THE HOME WHERE THEY LIVE.
UM, SO IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS LIVING WITH THEM, THEN WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD.
AND THEN THOSE LEVELS INCREASE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
SO IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE ADVERTISING ONE.
NO, SO ADVERTISING BEFORE WAS, UM, JUST HAVING IT ON OUR CLIENT INTAKE FORM.
LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU CAN CLICK ON TRANSPORTATION, FOOD, RENT, UTILITIES, ALL OF THAT.
AND SO WE WOULD JUST LOOK AT THE CLIENTS THAT WERE, ARE CLICKING ON TRANSPORTATION.
UM, NOW WE'RE DOING MORE SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING.
UM, WE'RE POSTING IT ON FACEBOOK GROUPS.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN, IN SEEING WHAT LISA WEBBER DOES.
UM, WE ARE NOW PRINTING MORE APPLICATIONS AND GOING TO THE FACILITIES AND HAVING A BOOTH THERE AND HAVING THE APPLICATIONS THERE.
SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF, UM, HIGH-END EXPENSIVE MARKETING.
WE REALLY WANNA MAKE THE MOST OF THE MONEY, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING.
WE KNOW THAT THE CLIENTELE FOR THIS AGE, UM, USES FACEBOOK MORE THAN ANYTHING.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT, UH, INSTAGRAM OR TIKTOK OR ANYTHING WE'RE GONNA BE POSTING ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR KIDS KNOW TO LOOK, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE CHECKING TO LOOK AT THEIR GRANDKIDS PICTURES AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE'RE DOING MORE OF THAT TYPE OF MARKETING, MORE TARGETED, UH, VERSUS A WIDE RANGE.
UH, WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE BAYTOWN SUN, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS COMING UP WITH THEM, UH, TALKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION INCLUDED.
AND I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT, WHEN WE MANAGED THE PROGRAM IN-HOUSE, WE WOULD CREATE FLYERS FOR THEIR BUSES.
THAT WAY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY RIDING THE BUS, WHO IS THE TARGET AUDIENCE, RIGHT.
UM, AS LONG AS THEY'RE ELDERLY AND DISABLED, BUT THEY'RE SEEING THOSE FLYERS AND THEY KNOW TO CONTACT, UM, THE CITY OR LOVE NETWORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO WITH, UM, STEP MISS STEPHANIE.
SHE, SHE OFFERS FREE ADVERTISING ON THE BUSES, AND SO WE JUST SEND HER THE IMAGES AND THEY'RE
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ABLE TO POST THEM ON ALL OF THEIR BUSES.UH, WHY DOES IT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF THE CRITERIA IS THAT YOU'RE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, I MEAN, SO WHAT IF YOU LIVE WITH YOUR SON? SO WHAT IF YOU LIVE IN A HOUSEHOLD? LIKE SAY LET'S SAY YOU LIVE WITH YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER AND THEY LIVE IN A $300,000 HOUSE.
WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH WHAT YOU DO? RIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LIMITED TO HUD, UM, REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SET THOSE LIMITATIONS.
SO IT'D BE DIFFERENT IF YOU WERE RENTING OUT A ROOM IN SOMEONE'S HOUSE BECAUSE IT'S TWO SEPARATE HOUSEHOLDS, BUT THAT'S ONE HOUSEHOLD.
SO WITH HUD, THAT IS THE ONE HOUSEHOLD.
SO YOU HAVE TO COUNT THE INCOME.
SO THAT'S A HU EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSEHOLD, BUT IF I LIVED IN, OR YOU LIVED IN MY HOUSE AND I RENTED OUT A ROOM TO YOU, YOU'RE PAYING ME RENT.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY A HOUSEHOLD, WE'RE TWO HOUSEHOLDS IN ONE, SO WE CAN COUNT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT IF YOU'RE LIVING AT YOUR SON'S HOUSE, THEY'RE ALSO KIND OF SUPPORTING YOU TOO.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE PAYING THEM STUFF AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT HOW DOES HUD KNOW THAT OR, UH, UH, YOU OR I WOULD KNOW THAT? WELL, IDEALLY PEOPLE ARE, BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPING ME, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU LET ME, YOU ALLOWED ME TO BE IN YOUR HOME AND I'M, AND YOU'RE HELPING ME OR HUD, HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT? WELL, IF YOU, IF IT'S, IF IT'S YOUR MOTHER, IF IT'S YOUR BROTHER, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE A BAYTOWN RESIDENT.
IF YOU'RE LIVING IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOME, YEAH.
THERE'S A 99.9% CHANCE THAT YOU HAVE NO UTILITY BILLS IN YOUR NAME, OR YOU HAVE NOTHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU HAVE TO PROVE TO US THAT YOU LIVE IN THERE.
SO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS, AND WE DO THIS FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, RIGHT? EVEN THE ONES WE MANAGE IN HOUSE IS I WOULD HAVE, I WOULD WRITE A STATEMENT SAYING, UH, MR. HINOJOSA LIVES IN MY HOME.
HE PROVIDES ME WITH $500 IN RENT.
SO THAT RIGHT THERE SHOWS HER TWO SEPARATE HOUSEHOLDS, OR ELSE MY MOTHER LIVES WITH ME, I TAKE CARE OF HER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD DO IT, BECAUSE I HAVE TO DO THAT WITH OUR CHILDCARE APPLICATIONS.
I HAVE TWO RECENT ONES WHERE THEY ARE LIVING WITH A FAMILY MEMBER OR THEY'RE LIVING AT SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOUSE.
SO THAT OTHER PERSON WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THEY LIVE THERE, AND THEN A UTILITY BILL SHOWING WHERE THAT IS.
THAT WAY I COULD SEE THAT IT'S IN CITY LIMITS.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE IN CITY LIMITS.
WHEN A PERSON, WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL SHOULD MIX AN APPLICATION, WHERE IS THE TIMELINE FOR APPROVAL OF THIS PROGRAM? THE TIMELINE CAN VARY, UH, DEPENDING ON DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
ONE IS, UM, DO WE HAVE ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY PROVIDED? SO WE HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE AND SAY IT, THEY, THEY PROVIDED EVERYTHING.
THEN IT COULD JUST BE A COUPLE OF DAYS, UM, GIVE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE WEEKEND, WE DO SEND THE APPLICATION TO HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT.
THEY OVER LOOK AT, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY, AND THEN, UH, WE CAN ADD THEM TO THEIR SYSTEM BECAUSE WE USE THEIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
UM, SO IT COULD BE A COUPLE OF DAYS IF THE CLIENT DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION OR IS, UM, LATE TO TURN THINGS IN, THEN IT CAN DRAG OUT A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, ON YOUR BUDGET YOU HAVE FOR COLUMN B OF OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, YOU HAVE $4,300, BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE IT LISTS EXACTLY WHAT THAT COMES FROM.
IT DOES MENTION IN YOUR APPLICATION THAT YOU HAVE MATCHING FUNDS THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY, BUT THE 4,300 AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.
UM, WE DID WRITE IN, UM, FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DONATING TO US CHURCHES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
SO, UM, FOR, FOR LIKE THE 3000 FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, THAT IS FROM FAITH FAMILY CHURCH.
UM, AND SO THE OTHER ONES ARE FROM OTHER CHURCHES THAT, UM, ARE WILLING TO DONATE TOWARDS THE PROGRAM.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THIS? NO.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO TAB NUMBER NINE.
MS. PRYOR, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
SO, HANDS OF THE CARPENTER IS ANOTHER ONE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED.
UM, WE DO A MINOR HOME REPAIRS.
SO, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS A CLIENT WILL, UH, AGAIN, DO OUR INTAKE FORM.
THEY'LL IDENTIFY THAT THEY NEED MINOR HOME REPAIR.
IF THEY'RE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THEN, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER THAT WILL GO AND ASSESS THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.
SO HE'LL GO OUT, HE'LL LOOK AT IF IT'S A WHEELCHAIR RAMP, IF IT'S ROOF PATCHING, HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST, UM, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, IS NEEDED FOR THE WORK.
UM, WE THEN SCHEDULE THE WORK, WE ORDER THE SUPPLIES.
UH, THE FUNDING GOES DIRECTLY TO SUPPLIES.
SOMETIMES WE WILL NEED, SAY A PLUMBER OR AN ELECTRICIAN TO DO SOMETHING.
SO WE, UM, ARE ASKING THAT THE FUNDING ALSO COVERS THOSE ITEMS BECAUSE OUR VOLUNTEERS AREN'T
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LICENSED FOR THE MOST PART.UM, OR THEY SAY THEY ARE AND THEN THEY'RE NOT.
UH, AND SO, WE'LL, WE, WE USE THE, THE FUNDING FOR SOME PROFESSIONAL WORK, BUT MOSTLY FOR THE MATERIALS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A WHEELCHAIR RAMP NOW COSTS ABOUT $1,300.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO WHEELCHAIR RAMPS THAT WE'LL DO THIS MONTH, AND THAT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH, UM, WE'VE SCOPED AND, UM, LOOKED AT THE PRICING FOR THE WOOD.
UM, REALLY MATERIALS HAVE GONE UP, UM, QUITE A BIT OVER THE YEARS, Y'ALL KNOW.
AND, UM, SO ANYWAY, WE WORK WITH CHURCHES.
WE WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ORGANIZE VOLUNTEERS TO DO THE PROGRAM PROJECTS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEXT TWO WHEELCHAIR RAMPS THAT WE HAVE, FAITH FAMILY CHURCH IS DOING THEIR SECOND SERVE.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE DOING THE WHEELCHAIR RAMPS.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE COMFORTABLE WITH GOING ON ROOFTOPS, SO THEY DO ROOF PATCHING.
UM, SO IT'S JUST DIFFERENT SMALL PROJECTS.
WE DON'T DO FULL INSTALLATIONS.
UM, IF THEY NEED, UH, AN AIR CONDITIONER FIXED, WE LOOK AT THAT.
UM, SO IT'S JUST MINOR HOME REPAIRS THAT A NORMAL PERSON WHO HAS SOME EXPERIENCE IN, UM, WOODWORKING OR CARPENTRY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT CAN DO THE WORK.
UM, SO WE DON'T PROMISE A WHOLE NEW HOUSE, BUT, UH, WE TRY TO MITIGATE THE COST.
WE ALSO PARTNER WITH AGENCIES IN ACTION WHO IS A CENTER POINT, UM, I GUESS AGENCY FACILITATOR THAT, UM, ONCE WE GET THOSE THINGS FIXED FOR, SO EXAMPLE, WE HAD A PERSON WHO NEEDED, UM, AIR CONDITIONING FIXES.
THEY NEEDED A NEW REFRIGERATOR.
THEY COULD HAVE USED NEW LIGHT BULBS IN THEIR HOUSE.
WE DID THE MINIMUM WORK REQUIRED TO GET THEM TO A LEVEL THAT AGENCIES IN ACTION WOULD THEN SPEND ANOTHER $7,500 ON THEIR HOUSE TO PUT IN BRAND NEW LIGHT BULBS, GET AN ENERGY EFFICIENT REFRIGERATOR, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE TRY TO USE THE MONEY FROM THE CITY TO WORK WITH CITY, UM, RESIDENTS IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO THIS NEXT LEVEL WHERE ANOTHER AGENCY CAN PUT IN MORE MONEY INTO THEIR PROJECT.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I KNOW THAT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
YOU, UM, STATED THAT YOU FIX, UM, AIR CONDITIONERS.
HOW ABOUT REPLACING AIR CONDITIONERS? WE TYPICALLY DON'T, NOT WITH CITY FUNDING ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE DO TRY TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PER HOUSE, UM, WITH CITY FUNDING.
BUT WE CAN USE THAT MONEY AND LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDING TO HELP FIX IT.
UM, REPLACEMENT IS A WHOLE OTHER BALL GAME THAT'S, YOU KNOW, $10,000.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER FUNDER FOR THOSE KINDS OF, I, SORRY, I'M, WE'RE NOT BEING SPECIFIC.
I'M WHAT'S REFERRING TO A WINDOW UNIT.
SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL ORDER THAT AND REPLACE IT, UM, IF NEEDED.
YEAH, THOSE ARE A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS, A LITTLE MORE MANAGEABLE.
UM, SO WE DID, UH, PREFAB STAIRS FOR ONE OF OUR CLIENTS.
THEY JUST INSTALLED THEM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UM, WE FIXED A DOOR THAT WOULDN'T LOCK, UM, SO WE HAD TO SHIM IT AND FIX THE LOCK ON IT.
AND, UM, WE ORDERED HEATERS FOR ONE OF OUR CLIENTS.
THEY HAD THE OLD GAS HEATERS THAT, UM, AND THEN THEY WANTED TO GET THEIR HOME SEALED WITH AGENCIES IN ACTION, BUT AGENCIES IN ACTION WOULDN'T ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE IN WALL HEATERS.
THEY NEEDED ELECTRIC HEATERS, SO WE ORDERED THOSE FOR THEM.
SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR, THINGS THAT DIDN'T REQUIRE A WHOLE LOT OF VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIND ANY.
NOW WE GOT PLUGGED IN WITH BAYTOWN CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE, I BELIEVE IS THEIR NAME.
AND SO THEY ARE HAVING MORE VOLUNTEERS, UM, WITH FAITH FAMILY AND CEDAR BAYOU BAPTIST, AND OTHER CHURCHES.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY, UM, PROJECTS YOU WERE ABLE TO DO LAST YEAR? LAST YEAR? UM, LET'S SEE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS TO DO IT.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO SIX, SIX TOTAL OR SIX INSIDE CITY LIMITS THAT YOU APPLIED FOR REIMBURSEMENT INSIDE CITY LIMITS? WE'VE DONE A LOT MORE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS AT CDBG SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
WE, WE'VE DONE OVER 20 PROJECTS, UM, WITH HANDS OF THE CARPENTER IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, HIGHLANDS, OTHER PLACES.
UM, WE USED OTHER FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO, TO HIRE LIKE PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS TO GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS DONE.
AND, UH, HOW ARE INDIVIDUALS, UH, SIGNING UP OR QUALIFYING FOR THAT PROGRAM? OR
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IS IT JUST MAINLY REFERRAL OR HOW DO, HOW DO YOU FIND OUT THE YEAH, ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL? SO WE DO GET REFERRALS FROM LIKE, HEARTS AND HANDS AND MEALS ON WHEELS IS A BIG ONE.UM, SINCE THEY ALREADY OWN THEIR HOME.
AND, UH, WE CAN PLUG INTO THEIR CLIENT BASE, BUT WE ALSO DO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS AND LINK BACK TO OUR WEBSITE.
THEY CAN DO THE CLIENT INTAKE FORM ON OUR WEBSITE, OR THEY CAN JUST GIVE US A CALL AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OVER THE PHONE WITH THEM.
SO WE, WE TRY TO ADVERTISE LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
UM, SHARON, ALONG WITH THAT, IS THERE A, A PAGE, UH, UH, THAT HAS ALL THESE LOVE NETWORKS OF THINGS AVAILABLE? IS IT HERE IN THE CITY THAT THEY CONTACT? OR IS IT, UH, THEY HAVE TO CONTACT FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT, SO THE LOVE NETWORK IS ITS OWN AGENCY.
SO THEY HAVE A ROBUST WEBSITE AND, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.
BUT DO WE HAVE A, LIKE WHAT, WHAT THINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE? UH, THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT SHOWS, UM, THAT WE'LL REFER PEOPLE TO LOVE NETWORK IS FOR THE COVID FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE EMERGENCY RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
ALSO, WHENEVER ANYONE CALLS US, UM, I, I KNOW THEIR NUMBER BY HEART.
SO, UM, AND YOU REFER THEM TO WE ALL, WE REFER THEM, AND I LET THEM KNOW THEY DO HAVE A MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WILL DIRECT THEM TO THEIR, THEM FOR MINOR HOME REPAIRS OR TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S JUST FOR THE COVID DOLLARS THAT'LL DIRECT IT TO THEIR WEBSITE.
YEAH, WE GET A LOT FROM SHARON.
WE ALWAYS HEAR SHARON TOLD ME, AND WE ALWAYS KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM.
SO SURELY, MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU HELP PEOPLE WITH REQUIRE PERMITS.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? SOME OF THEM DO LIKE THE WHEELCHAIR RAMP.
WE TRY TO WORK WITH SHARON AND, UM, I GUESS IT'S THE ENGINEER WHO, WHAT'S EDDIE? EDDIE, I DON'T KNOW HIS TITLE.
WHENEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO A WHEELCHAIR RAMP, WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY A DA COMPLIANT.
UM, SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY PRESENT THEIR PROJECT TO US, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
BUT I MEAN, UNLESS IT'S LIKE PLUMBING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN THEY DON'T REALLY NEED A PERMIT.
IT'S VERY RARE FOR US TO HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT.
THERE'S THINGS THAT WE REFER OVER TO THE CITY JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S A DA OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING, UM, MORE CREDIBLE.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIME IF WE HAVE TO HIRE A PLUMBER OR ELECTRICIAN, THEY PULL THE PERMIT AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO, UM, AND WHAT TO DO.
FOR THE, UM, IN, IN THE BUDGET YOU PROPOSED, UH, YOU HAVE $22,500 FROM ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE.
UM, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM? YEAH, $20,000 IS FROM TEXAS STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, AND SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE MOSTLY USE THEIR FUNDING, UM, WHENEVER WE'RE DOING OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMIT PROJECTS.
BUT IF WE REACH OUR LIMIT WITH CITY, WITH A CITY RESIDENT, THEN WE ALSO INCORPORATE THEIR FUNDING INTO THAT.
UM, WE TRY TO USE THEIR MONEY FOR THE EXPERT SKILLS THINGS, I DON'T KNOW, THE TRADE SKILLS.
UM, SO PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, WE TRY TO USE THAT MONEY FOR THERE.
SO, UM, IT'S MOSTLY TEXAS STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THEN, UM, A COUPLE OF CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE, IS THAT A GRANT YOU'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST AS WELL? UH, I THINK WE GOT IT LAST YEAR AND, UH, PROBABLY IN 2020.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN OUR FIRST YEAR WAS.
IS THERE ANY MORE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ANSWER THE CARPENTER? NO.
SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO NEW YEAR AND NEW SHOES.
AND TAB NUMBER SEVEN, MS. PRYOR, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
SO THIS IS ONE I THINK THAT YOU ALL KNOW AND LOVE.
UM, THIS IS PROVIDING NEW SHOES TO KIDS WHO ARE, UM, LOW INCOME.
SO THEY EITHER RECEIVE SOME KIND OF, UH, GOVERNMENT BENEFIT, LIKE SNAP, UM, LOW FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, UM, MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, AND SO A CHILD CAN APPLY IF THEY'RE IN THE CITY LIMITS, THEY CAN APPLY TO RECEIVE.
NOW WITH, UM, JC PENNY BEING GONE, NO STORE IN BAYTOWN IS WILLING TO DO A VOUCHER.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THIS YEAR IS, UM, MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH
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THE CLIENT AT WE, WE DECIDE A FAMOUS FOOTWEAR, THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE US A DISCOUNT, AND WE CAN SET UP A TABLE THERE SO THAT WHEN WE DO FINALLY APPROVE A CLIENT, SO THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION, UM, ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED, WE'LL SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR THEM AT FAMOUS FOOTWEAR, AND WE'LL HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THERE WITH A CREDIT CARD, UM, SO THAT WHENEVER THE FAMILY COMES IN, THEY CAN PICK OUT THEIR SHOES, WHATEVER, UM, THEY NEED, AS LONG AS IT'S DOESN'T EXCEED THE $50, UH, AMOUNT.AND THEN WE CAN, UM, RUN THE CREDIT CARD AND THE KID, UH, CHILD CAN HAVE NEW SHOES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS NEEDED.
UM, THIS YEAR WE TRIED TO IMPLEMENT A SPRING COMPONENT AS WELL.
UM, AND WE DID PARTNER WITH GOOSE CREEK AND, UH, COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS TO TRY TO GET SOME KIDS SERVED IN THE SPRING BECAUSE KIDS GROW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST THAT DURING THE SUMMER.
AND, UH, WE GAVE 90 APPLICATIONS TO DIFFERENT COUNSELORS AND, UH, CASE MANAGERS.
SO WE ARE TALKING TO THE, THE COUNSELORS OVER THE SUMMER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE KIDS, UM, SIGNED UP THROUGH THE PROGRAM AT THE SPRING SEMESTER AND NOT JUST AT THE SUMMER.
UH, FOR THE SUMMER, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP OUR APPLICATION IN TWO WEEKS.
UM, LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THAT, IT FILLED UP WITHIN A WEEK, UH, I THINK IT WAS THREE DAYS.
AND SO, UM, WE'LL TAKE ALL OF JUNE TO LOOK AT DOCUMENTATION, CONTACT THE CLIENT, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION OR IF ANY ELSE, ANYTHING ELSE IS NEEDED.
AND IN JULY WE'LL SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS AT FAMOUS FOOTWEAR AND, UM, GET THOSE KIDS SERVED SO THAT THEY'RE READY WELL BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.
ALL, ALL THE, UH, CHILDREN THAT APPLY OR THEIR FAMILIES THAT APPLY, THEY ALL HAVE TO FIT THAT CRITERIA THAT YOU PROPOSED TO THEM.
AND I MEAN, IS THERE ANY, SOME, DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE'S SOMETIMES CHILDREN THAT DO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS DON'T GET THE MESSAGE? ABSOLUTELY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, LAST YEAR, UM, WELL, IT WASN'T THAT THEY DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE.
WE HAVE, UH, I THINK WE HAD A WAITING LIST OF OVER 300 KIDS.
UM, AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS SOME PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR THE UTILITIES WAS IN SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME.
SO THERE WERE SEVERAL FAMILIES THAT HAD APPLIED.
WE WENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION AND WE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION, AND THEY JUST COULDN'T PROVIDE THAT.
LUCKILY, WE HAD OTHER FUNDING THAT CAME THROUGH.
WE HAD A, A, A CORPORATE PARTNER THAT GAVE US $10,000.
WE HAD, UM, ANOTHER CORPORATE PARTNER, SMB CONSTRUCTORS AND ENGINEERS, THEY GAVE US 200 SHOES.
UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE OTHER FUNDING AND OTHER DONATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY, UM, TO THOSE KIDS.
IS IS THERE A LIST THAT, UH, YOU GO BY, UH, UH, AS PEOPLE APPLY, RIGHT? THEY'RE, YES.
THEY'RE PUT ON A LIST, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND THEN, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF, SAY YOU TALK TO ME AND YOU SAID, WELL, I COULDN'T FIT YOUR CRITERIA.
UH, ARE THEY PUT OFF THE LIST AND GO TO THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE FOR THE CDBG FUNDING SPECIFICALLY? YES.
SO THEY'RE, UH, WE DO EVERYTHING THROUGH GOOGLE FORMS NOW.
AND SO AS THEY COME IN, THEY'RE LISTED ON THE GOOGLE FORM, AND THEN WE JUST GO DOWN THE SHEET AND WE SERVE THE FIRST 300, AND WE COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE CLIENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTATION IS GIVEN.
AND IF NOT, THEN WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME, A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TRY TO GET THAT DOCUMENTATION.
IF THEY DON'T, THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO SERVE THEM WITH THE OTHER FUNDING, THE, THAT WE'VE RAISED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO EITHER THROUGH THE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OR WITH THE IN-KIND DONATION OF SHOES.
READY? FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE A LIMIT IN MONEY PER CHILD AND OR PER FAMILY? SO THERE'S $50 PER CHILD, AND THEN FOUR CHILDREN PER FAMILY, $50 PER SHOE, PER CHILD.
UH, IN THE, IN THE FALL AND SPRING, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.
DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FUNDING WE HAVE.
AND, UH, DO YOU GET JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, OR DO YOU JUST GET ELEMENTARY KIDS ON IN? WE DO ALL CHILDREN, UM, K THROUGH 12.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, YOU SAID THAT FOR THESE KIDS TO QUALIFY OR TO APPLY, WHICH I THINK IS BIG NEED, DO
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YOU GO THROUGH THE COUNSELORS WITH THE, WITH YOUR INFORMATION, WITH YOUR APPLICATIONS? DO YOU GO TO EVERY, ALL, ALL THE SCHOOLS, ALL 13 ELEMENTARIES PLUS JUNIOR HIGH PLUS HIGH SCHOOLS AND LEAVE THE APPLICATIONS? OR DO YOU ASK THE COUNSELORS? DO YOU ASK THEM, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIDS THAT ARE NEEDED NOW IN JULY? WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO'S, WHO MIGHT NEED THE SHOES BA BUT MAYBE WE DO BASED ON THE LAST YEARS.BUT THEN WE MIGHT GET NEW STUDENTS AND, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MOBILITY GOING AROUND.
SO HOW, UH, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU, DOES EVERY COUNSELOR GET, BECAUSE I, I THINK OUT OF THE 14, 15 SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT 13 ARE TITLE ONE, WHICH MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE FOR YEAH.
THE OTHER TWO ARE OR THREE ARE NOT.
SO DO YOU, ARE, IS IT FAIR TO EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COUNSELORS, ALL THE SCHOOLS, OR YOU, DO YOU TELL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN THEY DECIDE WHO, HOW DOES THAT WORK? RIGHT.
SO THIS SPRING WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WORKED WITH THE COUNSELORS.
WE TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, AND WE KIND OF HAD AN OPEN REGISTRATION, UH, FOR THE SPRING.
WE TRIED TO WORK WITH COUNSELORS.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE WENT TO ADMINISTRATION AND WE SAID, WHICH NINE ARE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS MOST IN NEED? SO THEY GAVE US THREE ELEMENTARIES, THREE JUNIOR HIGHS, THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO WE GAVE 10 APPLICATIONS TO EACH OF THOSE COUNSELORS.
SO ALL IN ALL 90 APPLICATIONS WENT OUT TO THE COUNSELORS.
UM, THEY KNOW THE, THEY KNOW THE STUDENTS BEST.
UM, SO THEY KNOW WHICH STUDENTS ARE COMING BACK, WHICH STUDENTS ARE LOW INCOME, UM, FREE, REDUCED LUNCH, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE LEFT IT UP TO THE EXPERTS ON THAT.
UM, THEY GAVE OUT THE APPLICATIONS.
WE RECEIVED EIGHT BACK, ONLY TWO WERE COMPLETE.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT GOING THROUGH THE COUNSELORS WAS THE BEST OPTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, THEY JUST COULDN'T GET THE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE CLIENT IF, UM, THE PARENTS DIDN'T GIVE BACK THE APPLICATION.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, KIND OF A END OF PROGRAM, UH, MEETING THAT WE'LL DO IN A FEW WEEKS ONCE SCHOOL'S OUT, AND THEN TALK ABOUT OPTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
UM, FOR THE FALL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS DO THE OPEN APPLICATION AGAIN, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN GET STUDENTS THAT WAY.
SO, UM, MAYBE TALKING WITH THE, THE ADMINISTRATION TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
UM, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THOSE QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN TO WORK WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU DIDN'T GET THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS THAT, OR, AND THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WERE DESERVING OF, OF THAT HELP.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CATCH EVERYONE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME WITH SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, EVEN LOVE NETWORK PROGRAMS, THE SAME PEOPLE WILL USE THE PROGRAMS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND WE WANNA AVOID THAT.
SO HOW CAN WE CHANGE THINGS UP? HOW CAN WE USE DIFFERENT AVENUES TO ACCESS A DIFFERENT POPULATION? SO I, I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, SO AT THE SAME TIME, YOU, YOU JUST CAN'T KEEP, UM, THESE, THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT REAPPLY IT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO, TO KEEP THEM TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE AT.
OR IF THEY, THEY APPLY, BUT SOMEONE SOMEONE ELSE APPLIES THAT'S LESS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO I MEAN, IS THAT WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE SOMETIMES? NO, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE DOING FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
SO WHATEVER AVENUE WE WE GO WITH AND THE LIST COMPILES ON GOOGLE FORMS, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S FIRST COME FIRST TIME OR WE HAVE TIMESTAMPS, THAT'S WHAT WE GO BY.
UM, WE DON'T LOOK AT WHO IS, UM, VERY LOW INCOME OR LOW INCOME.
WE JUST USE THE STANDARD OF, YOU KNOW, FREE REDUCED LUNCH.
IF THEY'RE ON, UM, SOME TYPE OF GOVERNMENT BENEFIT, THAT'S THE STANDARD THAT WE USE.
WHAT'S THE GOAL FOR FALL? LIKE, FOR FALL I BELIEVE IS 200.
I'M NOT SURE IF I LISTED THAT ON THERE, BUT FOR FALL WOULD BE 200 AND THEN A HUNDRED IN THE SPRING.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST WITH CDBG, UM, FUNDING.
FORTUNATELY WE FOUND PARTNERS THAT WILL MATCH ANY FUNDING THAT WE GET WITH CDBG.
WE HAVE A, A GREAT COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE ALL WILLING TO, TO GIVE.
SO YOU'RE ALSO RECEIVING SOME IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS? YES.
THAT'S, UM, S AND B ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS OR CONSTRUCTORS AND ENGINEERS.
LAST YEAR THEY GAVE US OVER 200 PAIRS OF SHOES,
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UM, AND DIFFERENT SIZES AND ALL.UM, IT WASN'T KIDS, IT WAS ALL CONVERSE AND YOU KNOW, THE KIDS WERE SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THOSE BRANDS WHEN WE GAVE THEM TO THEM.
UM, SO THOSE GO TO KIDS THAT MAY NOT HAVE LIKE THE FULL APPLICATION OR THEY LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
WE TRY TO, UM, LEVERAGE THOSE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T QUALIFY SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
YOU SAID $50 A PAIR OF SHOES MM-HMM
SO IT'S BASICALLY 50 PLUS TAX.
WELL, WE USE OUR NON-PROFIT, UH, NON PAY THE TAXES.
AND THEN HERE'S THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE IN NEED OF SHOES, 'CAUSE I HATE TO SAY THIS, I'VE GONE TO SCHOOL HERE IN GOOSE CREEK AS A SIXTH, SEVENTH GRADER WITH HOLES IN MY SHOES.
AND IT WASN'T THAT I CAME FROM A POOR FAMILY, I JUST CAME FROM A DRUNK AND FATHER WHO DIDN'T WANNA BUY HIS SHOES.
BUT MY POINT IS, I NEVER WORE NAME BRAND SHOES TILL I GOT A JOB AND STARTED EARNING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO ARE, ARE WE BUYING NAME BRAND SHOES OR SHOULD WE DEAL WITH WALMART INSTEAD WHERE WE CAN COVER AT A SMALLER PRICE POINT COVER LARGER NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO AT LEAST HAVE NEW PAIR OF SHOES? I KNOW THEY WON'T BE COOL.
I KNOW KIDS MAKE FUN OF IT, BUT I MEAN, HAVE YOU GUYS EVER, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT ABOUT THAT WE HAVE QUALITY VERSUS QUANTITY? CORRECT.
UM, LIKE I SAID, LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR WITH THE PROGRAM.
WE, WE KIND OF DID IT THE WAY WE, WE KNEW WAS DONE.
WE FIXED A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH IT.
WE SAW NEW CHALLENGES THAT WE NEEDED TO OVERCOME.
SO LAST YEAR WAS REALLY A HOW DOES THIS WORK? HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BETTER? UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THE PRICE, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH INFLATION THE WAY IT IS.
FAMOUS FOOTWEAR WHEN WE WENT IN THERE DOESN'T HAVE LIKE, IT HAS A RANGE OF OF SHOES SHOP THERE.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY CONSIDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT.
I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE VARIETY RIGHT.
LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER SHOE MAKERS.
I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WALMART BRAND IS CURRENTLY.
I MEAN, KMART USED TO BE FRANKLIN BRAND.
YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO HAKEEM EAN CAME OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, FRANKLIN BRAND SHOES AND THEY WERE 20 BUCKS.
AND IT WAS 21 SOMETHING AND THAT'S WHAT I WORE.
YOU KNOW, BUT THEY WERE BRAND NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
SO JUST OUT OF CONSIDERATION, SO WE CAN COVER LARGER YEAH.
WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.
WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT MAYBE THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A WALMART SHOE IS VERSUS SOMETHING ELSE.
I MEAN, KIDS ARE GONNA MAKE FUN OF ANYTHING.
WE ROAST OUR OWN KIDS, HUH? YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS? NO.
WE'RE NOW MOVE ON TO, UM, CITY OF BAYTOWN INTERNAL PROGRAM.
MS. SHARON AS TAB NUMBER TWO, I GOT A LIST OF QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A LOT GOING ON WITH MY SINUSES RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I'M HERE TO BASICALLY DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION REGARDING OUR INTERNAL REQUEST.
RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE UP THERE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GETTING NEXT YEAR, SO I JUST KEPT IT THE SAME.
AND I DO HAVE A LITTLE ASTERISK NEXT TO FUND REQUESTED AS WELL AS, UM, ON THE BOTTOM EXPLAINING THE AMOUNT REQUESTED IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE ONCE WE KNOW WHAT OUR ALLOCATION IS, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW.
WE LIKE TO TRY TO FUND EVERYTHING AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL EVERY YEAR.
UM, THE ONLY ONE THAT CHANGES ANNUALLY WOULD BE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE THAT CAN, HAS TO BE 20% OF OUR TOTAL ALLOCATION CAN GO TO PROGRAM, UH, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
SO THAT NUMBER WAS, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE EVERY YEAR.
BUT WE TRY TO DO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT ABOUT $20,000 A YEAR HOUSING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS, THAT'S FOR US TO REBUILD, UM, UP TO TWO HOMES.
IDEALLY PROVIDE UP TO THREE FAMILIES WITH DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE.
DO UP TO SIX SEWER LINE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS PAY FOR SALARY AND RELATED EXPENSES.
AND THEN FOR THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES ABATEMENT PROGRAM, THAT IS THE ONE WHERE WE PROVIDE FOR THE SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR OUR DEMOLITION AND HOUSING INSPECTOR TO GO OUT AND OVERSEE THE DEMOLITION OF VACANT SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN AND DO CODE ENFORCEMENT DUTIES, WHICH WOULD BE THE OCCUPIED STRUCTURES BECAUSE WE CAN'T DEMOLISH THE HOME IF YOU'RE STILL LIVING IN IT, UM, UNLESS YOU'RE A SQUATTER.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO GET YOU OUT THOUGH.
BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THEY ALSO DO, UH, PROJECT MANAGERS FOR ALL OF OUR HOUSING PROGRAM PROJECTS, EXCLUDING HOME BUYER'S ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE THAT JUST REQUIRES IF THE HOME IS BUILT PRIOR TO
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1978, A VISUAL LEAD INSPECTION, WHICH IS WHAT I WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH.AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PLY AREA RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT IS FOR US TO, SMALL PORTION OF THAT WILL GO TO SALARIES AND THEN THE REST OF IT GOES FOR US TO IMPLEMENT, UM, ANY PROJECTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON MAY 21ST, IF YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE WORKING, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENT.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT AT THE SHRINE CLUB OVER THERE ON THE CORNER OF WEST MAIN.
IT'S KIND OF WHERE WEST MAIN AND NORTH MAIN CONVERGE.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO 30 YARD ROLL OFF DUMPSTERS OUT THERE.
WE'RE GONNA BE WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PICKING UP TRASH FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AS WELL AS UNLOADING PEOPLE'S VEHICLES WITH, UM, TRASH.
SO THOSE ARE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO.
INSTEAD OF SPREADING OUR MONEY OUT WITHIN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS, WE TRY TO FOCUS IT IN ONE BECAUSE YOU SEE A BIGGER IMPACT THAT WAY.
SO THAT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND I ALREADY TOLD YOU CDBG ADMINISTRATION IS BASICALLY FOR US TO OVERSEE THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF ALL CDBG DOLLARS, UM, THAT WE RECEIVE IN INTERNAL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS MONITORING THE SUB-RECIPIENTS SUCH AS MS. PRYOR WHO RECEIVE FUNDING.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT TIME IS THAT? OH, YOU SAY ON MAY 21ST IS THAT MAY 21ST IS FROM EIGHT TO 12.
EIGHT, THE FLYER SAYS EIGHT TO 11.
BUT WE KNOW THAT PERSONALLY I DON'T LIKE TO GET UP UNTIL THE DOUBLE DIGITS ON THE WEEKENDS, SO PEOPLE MIGHT COME A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO, UM, I'M READY TO STAY THERE UNTIL NOON, BUT THE FLYER DOES SAY EIGHT TO 11, BUT WE KNOW PEOPLE WILL BE SHOWING UP AFTER 11.
BUT IF YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER, GET THERE AT SEVEN 30 AND WE'LL START ASSIGNING TASKS FOR PEOPLE.
KALS AND DONUTS, BUT OH, WE'RE RECORDING.
UM, YES, SO ING I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AND I DO NOT SEE, UM, MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT I DO NOT SEE OPERATION PAINTBRUSH LISTED BECAUSE OPERATION PAINTBRUSH FALLS UNDER REHABILITATION.
WE'VE KIND OF ROLLED THAT IN TOGETHER.
IT IS STILL A SEPARATE APPLICATION, BUT BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF LIKE REHABBING A HOUSE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST AN EXTERIOR REHAB, WE KIND OF DECIDED TO JUST MAKE IT UNDER THAT ONE UMBRELLA OF OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHABILITATION.
IS THAT, THAT LIKE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM THAT YOU GOT THAT THE CITY HAS? YES, MA'AM.
WITH THAT PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE UP TO 5% OF THE DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS FOR A HOME THAT'S, UH, THE SALES PRICE OF $180,000.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE USING IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE SEEM TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE HOUSING MARKET BEING OUT OF CONTROL RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY FIND A DECENT HOUSE FOR $180,000 NOWADAYS.
SO PROBABLY IN OUR DECEMBER MEETING, WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU WITH A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE OF THE, UM, HOMES.
WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT WE, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO CUT OFF THEIR NOSE TO SPITE THEIR FACE.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BUY A HOME THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD.
SO WE NEED TO SEE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHOOSING A MAXIMUM SALES PRICE THAT WILL NOT KEEP THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO AFFORD HAVING A HOUSE AND A CAR NOTE AND EAT DINNER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, AND DO THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW, A, A SEMINAR OR SOMETHING? THEY HAVE TO, UM, ATTEND A HUD APPROVED HOME BUYER EDUCATION COURSE, WHICH WE PROVIDE PART OF VOUCHERS FOR THAT.
WE PARTNER WITH THE TEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON, AND THEY CAN EITHER GO TO IN-PERSON CLASSES, UM, IN ENGLISH IT'S ONCE A MONTH IN SPANISH, IT'S TWICE A MONTH.
WE ALSO HAVE VOUCHERS FOR THEM TO DO IT ONLINE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO WORK SHIFT OR WHO WORK WEEKENDS OR WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE EIGHT HOURS ON A SATURDAY TO GO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE VOUCHERS FOR THAT AS WELL.
YOU ARE WELCOME MS. SHARON, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, HAVE WE CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW THAT THE, THE HOMES ARE, ARE, ARE BECOMING WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OUTTA REACH FOR SOME PEOPLE.
UH, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF US HELPING SOMEBODY SAY, UH, PUT $20,000 INTO A HOME, TRY TO REFURBISH WHATEVER TO MAKE, MAKE IT LOOK BETTER AND IMPROVE THE SITUATION THERE VERSUS THE FACT THAT WE DEMOLISH A WHOLE HOME, THEN PUTTING A NEW HOME? DON'T, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.
WELL, NOT AT ALL WHAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR COMMITTEE.
THE DOLLARS A WONDERFUL JOB, IN MY OPINION.
I'M JUST SAYING TO STRETCH THE DOLLARS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IF, IF SAY THAT THAT WAS THE CASE, AND YOU SAY, WELL, OKAY, BUT IF WE PUT $20,000 IN INTO THIS HOUSE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY, DO WE DO THREE A YEAR OR TWO A YEAR, MAYBE WE CAN DO FIVE A YEAR.
IS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN IN, HAS THAT EVER BEEN A CONSIDERATION? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER IS, IS THAT WHENEVER THESE PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING A HOME, I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT WHAT 90% OF A HOME BUYER NOWADAYS USES AN FHA LOAN BECAUSE WHO HAS 20% TO PUT THAT ON A HOUSE MM-HMM
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THAT ASSESSMENT, THE APPRAISAL BY THAT FHA ASSESSOR, AND THEY'RE VERY STRICT.SO THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
THEY'RE GONNA GO IN THERE AND THEY'RE GONNA SEE, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS WITH THE HOUSE AND ALL THINGS LIKE THAT.
FH A'S NOT GONNA WANNA FINANCE THAT HOME.
SO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I I UNDERSTAND THE HOME HAS TO BE LIVABLE.
HAS TO HAVE WORKING UTILITIES, A STOVE RUNNING WATER AND HAS TO BE LIVABLE.
YOU CAN'T A GOOD ROOF AND HAVE TO PUT SO MUCH MONEY INTO IT.
IT HAS TO MAKE YOU, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE JUST FHA REQUIREMENTS AND THEY'RE STRICTER ON THEM EVERY DAY AND DAY.
AND IF THEY HAD 20% TO PUT THAT ON A HOUSE, THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN NEED OUR PROGRAM.
BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU NOW ABOUT 90 TO 95% OF THE HOME LOANS NOW DAY I WAS, IT WAS AN FHA LOAN.
UM, THE HO THE HOME THAT IN MONT, WHERE, FORGOT HER NAME, RECEIVED HER KEYS MM-HMM
MARY CHALLENGER 54 20, LOUISE.
SO WHAT PROGRAM WAS THAT UNDER OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
IT'S THE FIRST BULLET AND THE SECOND.
AND THEN WHEN WE DID OUR TOUR, THAT HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT UP, THE REALLY TALL ONE, THE REALLY TALL ONE WAS NOT OURS WAS NOT, THAT'S RIGHT.
IT WAS ALSO AND WHAT WAS THAT PART OF? SAME THING.
THAT WAS ON THE NEXT STREET, RIGHT? YES.
ON VERMONT ONE THERE, THE TALL ONE WAS ON MISSISSIPPI AND THE SHORT, THE, THE SHORT ELEVATED HOUSE WAS ON VERMONT.
I, I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION ALSO THAT WE WERE, NO, WE COULDN'T AFFORD THAT.
THAT SOMEBODY SOMEHOW MADE A MISTAKE AND SAID, HEY, WE WENT UP, UH, ANOTHER FOUR EXTRA FOOT.
I THOUGHT WHAT? WELL, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH THE HOUSE THAT WE ARE BUILDING IN VERMONT, THE COST OF JUST HAVING THAT ELEVATED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, INCREASED, UM, THE HOW MUCH WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO PUT INTO BUILDING THAT HOME.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE ON HARD COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WE'RE GONNA EXCEED THAT WITH THAT HOUSE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN A CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY THE WORK PUTTING INTO THAT.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHY PUT IN ANY HOUSE THERE? I MEAN, WHY DON'T WE CONDEMN THAT? DOES THAT, I MEAN THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
I KNOW IF IT WAS MY HOUSE, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO EVEN TO DRIVE IT AND SAY, YOU, YOU PUT THAT BEAUTIFUL HOME THAT'S THERE.
NOW I, IF IT GETS UNDERWATER, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA BE ABLE TO DRIVE INTO IT NOR LEAVE IT.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING.
BY HOMEOWNERS, THEY'RE EMOTIONAL.
YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE LOGICAL DECISIONS AS OF, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE THE SAME DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN HOMES.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT GETS STOPPED.
SHALL WE SAY
WITH THAT, WE'RE NOW WITH THAT, WE'RE NOW CLOSING THE SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC HEARING AND WE MOVE ON TO THE
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MANAGER'S REPORT, MS. SHARON.SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS THAT WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR ALLOCATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND WITHOUT A BUDGET WE CANNOT DELIBERATE ON ANYTHING.
IF WE DON'T GET IT BY TOMORROW BEFORE WE LEAVE, THEN WE'LL BE CANCELING NEXT TUESDAY'S MEETING.
HUD HAS UNTIL THE 14TH TO NOTIFY ALL OF THEIR, UM, SUBRECIPIENTS THAT THERE IS WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE RECEIVING.
THE 14TH IS ON SATURDAY, BUT OUR AGENDA DOES HAVE TO POST ON FRIDAY BY FIVE.
I DON'T WANNA POST AN AGENDA JUST TO HAVE TO CANCEL IT.
SO IT COULD BE THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.
WE WILL DEFINITELY LET Y'ALL KNOW.
UM, IF SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL BE MEETING ON THE 24TH, WHICH MEANS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO ATTEND BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN WE DECIDE ON WHO'S GOING TO GET FUNDED AT WHAT AMOUNT.
WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, WE DO SEPARATE THINGS IN LINE ITEMS. YOU CAN DISCOUNT LINE ITEMS IF YOU WANT TO.
I KNOW I'VE LOOKED AT STUFF LIKE THAT SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA FUND THEM FOR THIS, BUT NOT THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BRING UP FOR DISCUSSION AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN ARGUE YOUR CASE TO YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF ALL OF IT RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY INTERVIEW, WE HAD AN INTERVIEW TODAY FOR MY PREVIOUS POSITION FOR THE CDBG GEN GENERALIST POSITION.
UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT POSITION FILLED.
WE STILL DON'T HAVE A DEMOLITION AND HOUSING INSPECTOR, SO, UM, I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT TO A COUPLE OF OUR SEWER LINES HERE RECENTLY AND, YOU
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KNOW, TAKE PICTURES OF SEWER LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN FILL THAT POSITION AS WELL.
THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING.
YEAH, PRISCILLA STILL COMES TO WORK EVERY DAY, SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
SO DON'T FORGET YOUR BOXING GLOVES FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE A SAY.
ALL WE CAN DO IS GIVE YOU OUR, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVING, I'M CURRENTLY RECEIVING FUNDS OR HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED FUNDS.
WE CAN LET YOU KNOW, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT AND ALSO LET YOU KNOW WHAT COULD AND COULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING ON SOME OF THEM.
SO, BUT WE ARE THERE TO ASSIST YOU.
I'M SORRY, I JUST HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW I KEEP ON ASKING EVERY MEETING, BUT WHERE IS THE STATUS ON THE HOUSE OFF OF UTAH STREET? ARE WE TWO WEEKS? I'M EXPECTING, UH, I'M EXPECTING THE CONTRACT REQUEST FOR FINAL INSPECTION.
IS IT GONNA BE SIMILAR IN FLOOR LAYOUT? LIKE IN, UM, LOUISE STREET? ALL OF OURS ARE SIMILAR.
THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT BE IS TO SWITCH TO WHERE THE BEDROOMS ARE ON ONE SIDE OF THE, THE BEDROOMS ARE ON THE OTHER.
THEY'RE ALL THE SAME FLOOR PLAN.
I MEAN, IT'D BE NICE TO GET NEW FLOOR PLANS.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO AS WELL.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA COST US SOME MONEY, SO.
WE'LL SEE HOW THE BUDGET GOES.
LET'S SEE HOW THE BUDGET GOES.
UM, FOR, UM, LET'S SAY FOR THE 80% I THINK IT WENT UP, WHICH I'LL HAVE TO SEND THAT TO YOU BY ABOUT $6,000, UM, ON ONE LEVELS.
SO IT'S, IT'S UH, AND THEY'RE GOING OFF OF THE 2019 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE NUMBER, SURVEY NUMBERS.
SO, UM, IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT 2020 LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY'S INCOME WENT DOWN.
SO I, I MEAN, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S GONNA LIKE GO DOWN NEXT YEAR AS OPPOSED TO THE WAY EVERY YEAR IT USUALLY GOES UP BY 500, A THOUSAND, BUT THIS YEAR MM-HMM
IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD, SINCE I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE, WHAT, A YEAR AND A HALF, HAVE YOU EVER HAD, UM, A SITUATION WHERE YOU COULD FUND EVERYONE? LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT? I DON'T THINK SO.
I MEAN, ONE YEAR IT WAS 6 0 8 AND THE NEXT YEAR IT WAS 6 88.
I MEAN, IT JUST, UH, IT VARIES HOW MUCH HUD GIVES US.
IT'S JUST, IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S UP AND DOWN.
WE USED TO GET LIKE A MILLION BACK IN THE DAY, SO THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
I KNOW, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
BUT Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME MR. DIAZ? UH, THERE BEING NO MORE QUESTIONS.
I NOW MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
ALL OPPOSED? AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.