Dec 13, 2022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

I WOULD NOW CALL THIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE.

BUT I, AND UH, UM, WE MET HIS, WE MET HIS PARTNER.

I MET HIS DAUGHTERS AND HIS WIFE.

THEY WERE, THEY THEY'RE SO QUIET COMPARED TO YOU.

I DON'T GET A CHANCE FROM NO.

WAITING ON GO AHEAD BOBBY.

[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2022 5:30 P.M. BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]

UM, MEETING TO ORDER.

TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE 13TH, UM, 2022.

AND THE TIME IS 5 33.

OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS

[a. Conduct a Public Hearing for the PY2021 CAPER.]

ONE A CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE, UM, EY 2021 KEEPER.

I WILL NOT CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED CITY OF BAYTOWN 20 21, 20 22.

CONSOLIDATE PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT OR PAPER.

ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO SPEAK SHALL SIGN THE LIST IN FRONT OF THE ROOM IF THEY NOT HAVE ALREADY DONE SO.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER, SO I MIGHT GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH.

UH, MS. CATHERINE BROWN, I'LL INTRODUCE HER AGAIN LATER ON.

UM, SO WHAT IS A CAPER? SO THE CAPER IS A CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT THAT BASICALLY, UM, GIVES HUD A SUMMARY OF HOW OUR FUNDS WERE SPENT FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN AUGUST WE SUBMIT AN ACTION PLAN AND WE TELL THEM HOW WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE MONEY.

AND THEN IN DECEMBER WE SUBMIT THE CAPER, WHICH SAYS HOW WE SPENT IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE CAPER IS? NO, NO.

SO SEPTEMBER, I MEAN DECEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IT, YES, IT'S CAPERS ARE SUBMITTED 40, 45 DAYS, 90 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE PROGRAM YEAR.

SO IT CLOSES ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.

SO WE HAVE 90 DAYS TO PREPARE THIS REPORT AND SUBMIT IT TO HUD, WHICH IS WHY IT'S DUE AROUND THIS TIME.

SO IN PROGRAM YEAR 2021, WE RECEIVED $652,604 IN ENTITLEMENT FUNDS.

WE HAD, UM, AN ESTIMATED REPROGRAM FUNDS OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THAT IS MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO OUR MONEY IS NOT LIKE THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S NOT FINITE.

IT WILL ROLL.

SO ANY MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER, WE CAN BUDGET IT IN THE NEXT YEAR.

EVERY YEAR WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT'S USUALLY MORE.

UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOW BALL EITHER.

WE HAVE RATHER JUST STAY AT THAT LEVEL.

AND THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT YOU CARRY OVER? YES, MA'AM.

AND PROGRAM INCOME, WE ESTIMATED THAT WE RECEIVE ABOUT $5,000 IN PROGRAM INCOME, AND THAT IS FROM THE REPAYMENT OF DEMOLITION LIENS, AND ANY LIENS ON OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS, WHICH WOULD BE OUR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, SEWER LINE REPAIR OR HOUSING REHABILITATION.

SO IN 2021, WE HAD TWO RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED.

AND FOR SEWER LINE, WE HAD FOUR SEWER LINES THAT WERE REPLACED IN.

UM, SOME OF OUR PROPERTY OWNERS HERE IN BAYTOWN.

AND THEN FOR OUR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE PROVIDED HOME BUYER EDUCATION TO TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A HOME.

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DID PURCHASE A HOME.

SO WE NORMALLY BUDGET FOR ABOUT THREE, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY.

IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, IF THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS ELIGIBLE.

RIGHT NOW FOR OUR PROGRAM, THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE FOR A HOME IS $180,000.

BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT IS ALMOST, UM, NON-EXISTENT IN TODAY'S HOUSING MARKET.

SO PROBABLY IN THE COMING MONTHS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT REDOING OUR GUIDELINES TO WHERE WE CAN INCREASE OUR MAXIMUM SALES PRICE.

THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP MORE PEOPLE.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT 180 CAP, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND ANYTHING.

AND IT HAS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION BECAUSE IF THERE'S EVIDENCE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT, WE CAN'T PROVIDE THEM WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDS.

YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT.

SO FOR OUR SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES ABATEMENT PROGRAM, UM, GENERAL FUNDS WERE USED TO DEMOLISH 31 VACANT SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES AND WE DID CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR EIGHT PROPERTIES.

NOW MIND YOU, THERE WAS MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT DONE, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, UM, MR. COPELAND LEFT IN NOVEMBER AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN INSPECTOR UNTIL JULY, JUNE, JUNE, I BELIEVE IT WAS WHEN WE GOT ONE.

SO THE NUMBERS ARE USUALLY HIGHER, BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN

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EMPLOYEE TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

SO FOR THE PELLY NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AREA, WE, UM, ASSISTED PROPERTY OWNERS WITH BRINGING THEIR PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODE.

AND THAT'S TO WHERE IF THEY APPLIED FOR THE R PROGRAM OR THEY, UM, QUALIFIED FOR ANY KIND OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAD, THEN WE WOULD HELP THEM WITH THAT TO BRING THEIR PROPERTIES UP TO CODE.

WE DID HOST A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP DAY.

MR. DIAZ DID JOIN US FOR OUR LAST TWO.

WE'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF YOU OUT THERE.

UM, BUT WE DID HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP DAY OVER.

WE USED IT.

UM, THE SHRINER, THE SHRINER CLUB LET US USE THEIR PARKING LOT.

SO WE HAD A 30 YARD ROLL OFF, 30 FOOT 30 OFF.

I FORGOT WHAT IT'S MM-HMM .

A ROLL OFF IN THERE.

AND WE HAD CARS COME THROUGH.

THE ONE WE DID IN OCTOBER WAS REALLY POPULAR.

I PUT THEM TO WORK THAT DAY.

THEY WALKED ALL OVER PELLY, THEY WALKED ALL OVER WEST BAYTOWN, THEY WALKED ALL OVER MIDDLETOWN.

NICE.

THEY WERE WORKING.

AND THIS OF COURSE IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AREA.

THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE OUR LAST YEAR IN THIS, UM, FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS IN THIS AREA.

UM, WE USED TO ACTUALLY, MIDDLETOWN IS THE AREA NORTH OF THERE, WHICH WAS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AREA, UM, FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND THEN WE HAD MOVED TO WEST BAYTOWN, WHICH WAS THE STATE STREETS AND THE TREE STREETS, LIKE PINE, MAGNOLIA, CHERRY, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE TRY TO STAY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AT A TIME.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT ANY OF OUR FOCUS, UM, OF MONEY DOES HAVE TO BE IN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME CENSUS DATA TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT OUR NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE SELECT IS GONNA BE.

BARRIER HOMELESS SERVICES WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE CHILDCARE TO THREE CHILDREN THAT PROVIDE, UH, EXCUSE ME, RESIDE IN THE FAMILY SHELTER HANDS OF THE CARPENTER PROGRAM USED FUNDS TO PROVIDE MINOR REPAIRS TO FIVE ELDERLY, UM, OR DISABLED BAYTOWN RESIDENTS NEW YEAR NEW SHOES PROGRAM.

THE NUMBERS WENT UP THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR.

UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE VOUCHERS FOR 264 CHILDREN AND TEENS TO GET A NEW PAIR OF SHOES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE DID WANT THEM TO DO A MID-YEAR PROGRAM, BUT THAT DIDN'T END UP WORKING OUT WELL.

SO THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO DO THE ONE, ONE TIME IN THE YEAR.

BUT NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT TWICE A YEAR BECAUSE I KNOW MY CHILD OUTGROWS HER SHOES HALFWAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO IF WE CAN HELP SOME KIDS GET, UM, A NEW PAIR OF SHOES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT WOULD BE LOVELY.

SO IT'S USUALLY JULY, AUGUST, RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS? YES.

WE TRY TO DO IT RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, TAX FREE WEEKEND IS LIKE THE FIRST WEEKEND IN AUGUST.

KATIE, ANYTHING? I HAVE A QUESTION.

WE TRY NOT TO DO IT ON TAX FREE WEEKEND BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PARENTS TO BE CONFLICTED ON, OH MY GOD, I NEED SHOES FOR MY KID, BUT I CAN GET A REALLY GOOD DEAL ON CLOTHES.

SO WE TRY TO DO IT EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THAT, BUT DEFINITELY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.

AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE NEW YEAR NEW SHOES PROGRAM AS A PART OF OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR THIS YEAR AS WELL.

AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE SHOE PROGRAM, UM, IN AN UPCOMING AGENDA.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TIME THAT WE COULD CHANGE THE, THE UH, THE TIME FACTOR.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE SUCH A SMALL WINDOW FOR ALL THESE KIDS TO, TO GET IT RIGHT.

IT'S NOT, I MEAN WE DON'T, I MEAN WE DON'T, WE CAN'T DICTATE THAT'S DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

IS THAT ? IT'S DONE BY WHO MANAGES THE PROGRAM.

AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IN A LATER AGENDA ITEM.

I KNOW I PROBABLY ALREADY, YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION A THOUSAND TIMES.

TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ALSO ONE OF OUR BIG ONES.

WHEN WE FIRST, LAST YEAR THEY ONLY HAD 90 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.

WE'RE UP TO 119.

AND THAT'S AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH.

SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN THREE MORE PEOPLE ADDED AND WE HAVE THREE PENDING APPLICATIONS.

4,558 TRIPS WERE TAKEN ON THE HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT BUSES THAT RIDE THROUGHOUT HERE IN BAYTOWN.

AND WE HAD PARTICIPANTS USE THE RIDES PROGRAM TO TAKE THE 737 TAXI RIDES.

AND I ALREADY DID THE BAY AREA HOMELESS SERVICES ONE.

SO THIS IS JUST A MAP OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE TOP SECTION UP UNTIL LOVE NETWORK ARE THE AGENCIES THAT RECEIVED OUR FUNDING AND THEN THE HOME BUYER WAS OVER ON BOWIE STREET AND RECONSTRUCTIONS ARE ON THEIR, UM, THE SEWER LINES CODE ENFORCEMENT.

OF COURSE IT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND THE DEMOLITION, THE CODE WAS A, AND OF COURSE I TOLD YOU THE DEMOLITION WAS 31 PROGRAM, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.

UM, THAT IS WHAT FUNDS OUR REPORTING TO HUD, OUR MONITORING OF OUR SUBRECIPIENTS.

ANY TRAININGS WE USED THAT FUNDING TO ATTEND TRAININGS.

WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TO WHERE WE FOUND A FEW FREE ONES.

BUT WE DO HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE IN THE ROOM AND I WAS ABLE TO, UH, USE SOME OF THAT PROGRAM ADMIN MONEY TO GET HER TRAINED ON CDBG AND IDIS.

AND OF COURSE, ANYTIME OUR SUB-RECIPIENTS REQUIRE ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE FROM US, WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT COMPLIANCE.

AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED.

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WHAT, THERE IS A HOUSE THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED OFFERS SOUTH PEARL STREET THAT IS ADJACENT TO CARVER ELEMENTARY.

IS THAT A, A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE CDBG FUNDED ONES.

MM-HMM WE DO HAVE TWO HOMES THAT HAVE RECENTLY SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS AND THEY DO APPEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE.

SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING THAT ELIGIBILITY AND HOPEFULLY, UM, GOD, WE CAN GET A BID PACKAGE OUT FOR THAT IN JANUARY.

WE'D LIKE TO GET THE INITIAL INSPECTIONS DONE ON THE PROPERTIES MAYBE NEXT WEEK IF WE, IF WE'RE ABLE.

AND THEN, UM, AFTER THAT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DOING THE ENVIRONMENTAL, PREPARING THE BID PACKAGES AND GETTING THOSE PROJECTS OUT FOR BID.

ONE IS IN MIDDLETOWN AND ONE IS ONE IS ON GRAHAM AND ONE IS ON DENBY.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NAME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DENBY IS, BUT I KNOW GRAHAM IS MIDDLETOWN AND MIDDLETOWN IS RIGHT THERE WHERE PELLE PARK IS, WHICH IS THE ONE OF OUR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AREAS.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL ASSISTING THOSE RESIDENTS OF THOSE AREAS ONCE WE MOVE ONTO TO OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DON'T LEAVE THEM IN THE PARK.

SO, BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT SOUTH FREEWAY.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A REASON IS I DON'T THINK SO.

IT DOESN'T RING A BELL BY IT.

AND SHE, IT'S SIMILAR RIGHT BY CARVER.

IT COULD BE A GLO HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, GLO IS STILL BUILDING HOUSES OUT HERE THAT I DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, IT COULD BE A GLO.

I JUST KNOW IT'S, IT'S NOT ONE OF MINE.

I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE B.

I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE, THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE PROVIDED THE CITY.

WELL, I THINK YES, BUT NOT REALLY.

THE CITY, HARRIS COUNTY RECEIVED THE FUNDING TO DO THE HOUSING AND I BELIEVE THE CITY JUST RECEIVED FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, AND THEN HARRIS COUNTY RECEIVED THE MONEY THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS HOUSING PROJECTS.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE, 'CAUSE THEY TRIED TO APPLY FOR THE RIZ, UM, I THINK IT WAS ON, NOT ON HARVEY STREET, BUT IT WAS AROUND THAT AREA.

BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL DOING STUFF OUT HERE.

AND EVEN THOUGH HARVEY WAS, UH, FIVE YEARS AGO, THINGS ARE STILL HAPPENING.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, BOBBI, IF YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE.

THERE, THERE BE NO ONE NEAR DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I WILL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED 20 21, 20 22 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND BATTERY RAISE REPORT.

ALSO, KEEPER, I'LL,

[b. Consider a recommendation for the PY2021 CAPER.]

CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EY 2021 PAPER.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY MR. OSA? SECOND BY MS. UM, RHONDA.

THANK YOU .

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

[a. Discuss the Community Development Transportation and New Year in New Shoes Programs.]

I'LL MOVE ON.

I WILL MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA ITEM TO A, DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND NEW YEAR IN NEW SHOES PROGRAM.

MS. SHARON.

SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE NEW YEAR NOUSE PROGRAM AND THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, WELL, LET ME BACKTRACK.

THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM WAS MANAGED BY CITY STAFF.

IT WAS ONE OF OUR INTERNALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS FOR GOD, PROBABLY OVER 15 YEARS.

AND THEN BACK IN 2019 FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2019, WE TRANSFERRED THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT PROGRAM OVER TO THE BAYTOWN RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER.

WELL, THEY ENDED UP DISSOLVING LAST YEAR.

SO LOVE NETWORK ENDED UP ABSORBING THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND THE NEW YEAR IN NEW SHOES PROGRAM LOVE NETWORK NOW HAS A NEW DIRECTOR AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT SOME RESTRUCTURING IN THEIR ORGANIZATION.

AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. SO WE ARE TAKING THEM BACK IN HOUSE.

WE SERVE OVER 120 ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE WITH TRANSPORTATION.

WE CAN'T CANCEL THAT.

THAT'S JUST NOT I I WANT, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MANAGE IT IN HOUSE THE WAY WE USED TO.

I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE I MANAGED IT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS PRIOR TO US TRANSFERRING IT TO BRECK AND THEN TO LOVE NETWORK.

SO MANAGEMENT FOR THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE.

WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM.

WE STILL HAVE OUR CONTACTS WITH HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT AND HARRIS COUNTY RIDES.

WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM.

THEY'RE AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.

WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE TRAINING AND THE RIDES PROGRAM TO DO THE REPORTING FOR THAT.

WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

WE CAN DO IT.

I HAVE FAITH IN KIM, WHO YOU'LL NEED FROM ME, , UM, AND I'M GONNA BE THERE TO HELP HER OUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME.

NOW THE NEW YEAR NEW SHOES PROGRAM.

THERE HE IS.

CAN WE JUST TAKE A MOMENT? APPARENTLY.

SO YOU GOTTA STOP THIS BLACK ON BLACK CRIME .

HOW Y'ALL DOING? SORRY I'M LATE.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS? ARE YOU I'M SORRY.

NO, BROWN PEOPLE ARE NEVER ON TIME.

SO, UM, THE NEW YEAR IN NEW SHOES PROGRAM, UH, THAT ONE, IT'S DONE ONCE A YEAR, MAYBE TWICE A YEAR.

WE CAN ROLL THAT INTO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR,

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WHICH WE DID PARTNER WITH THEM BACK IN 2019 TO DO THE SIGN UP FOR THE VOUCHERS AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR AS WE WERE DOING OUR BACKPACK DISTRIBUTION.

I DON'T SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ONLY IMPLEMENTED ONCE, MAYBE TWICE A YEAR.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT TOO BECAUSE WE'VE HELPED 264 KIDS THIS YEAR AND I WANT TO KEEP DOING THAT.

IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN USUALLY HOVERING AROUND 300.

THAT'S A NECESSARY SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

SO I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT INTO.

SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH Y'ALL.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? ARE Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAMS? UM, REMEMBER WE, WE, UH, LOVE NETWORK.

THEY CAME TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ASK ALL YOU QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, SO NEXT ITEM.

SURELY WE CAN GET A COMMITTEE INVOLVED.

I MEAN, I'M, YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY.

I MEAN, BOBBY CAME AND WAS EMPTYING TRUCKS OUT AND PUTTING TRASH IN DUMPSTERS WITH US AND PICKING TRASH UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THIS WILL BE A CAKEWALK TWICE.

BOBBY DID THAT.

HE DO BOTH CLEANUP EVENTS LAST YEAR.

YEAH, THIS WILL BE, I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM THAT .

THIS WILL BE A CAKEWALK.

I MEAN, AND THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T MENTION, I DIDN'T REPORT THE CLEANUP THAT BOBBY CAME TO IS BECAUSE IT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER, WHICH WAS IN THE NEW YEAR.

SO NEXT YEAR , THAT'LL BE A PART OF THE REPORT.

THE ONE THAT I REPORTED ON TODAY, WE DID BACK IN APRIL.

APRIL I BELIEVE IT WAS.

WHICH I DON'T WANNA DO THINGS IN APRIL.

NO, IT WAS MAY.

IT WAS MAY, IT WAS, YEAH.

NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AGAIN.

, I THINK BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE VERY VALUABLE FOR US.

YES, THEY ARE.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO THAT YOU'VE MADE THAT DECISION.

OH, I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT GO.

UH, THAT WOULD BE INSANE.

THAT'S OVER 120 PEOPLE THAT RELY ON THAT.

THEY GO TO DIALYSIS, RIGHT? THEY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.

THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW THEY LIVE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM.

SO NO, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MANAGE IT IN HOUSE.

I HAVE FAITH IN KIM AND I HAVE FAITH IN OUR ABILITIES.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE GOOD.

GREAT.

YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? SURE.

PLEASE.

WE HAVE A NEW RECORD.

I HAVEN'T INTRODUCED HER YET.

LIKE I'M SORRY.

GO.

I WAS GONNA DO THAT AT THE END.

THE AGENDA.

SORRY.

HAD YOU COME EARLY, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, I ON GUARD ROAD .

A, DISCUSS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION.

WE, YOU KNOW THAT I GIVE YOU THAT JUST BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO LIKE, I'M, I'M ALL WAY ON THE OTHER TIME.

I KNOW.

I REMEMBER I WENT TO THE MANSION, LET YOU FORGET THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE WATCH WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE WE ARE PEOPLE WHO REPORT STUFF EVERYWHERE.

I WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE BROWN PEOPLE.

I LIVE IN BAYTOWN, I'M IN THE GHETTO LIVE.

FRANCESCA LINDER .

UM, SO YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR BAYTOWN RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER, CENTER DISSOLVED LOVE NETWORK ASSUMES THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NEW YEAR NEW SHOES PROGRAM AND THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

THEY NOW HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR.

THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME RESTRUCTURING AT THE ORGANIZATION AND THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE THOSE PROGRAMS. THOSE PROGRAMS WILL NOT GO AWAY.

SO WE ARE GONNA MANAGE IT.

WOULD LOVE TO.

WHO'S THE NEW DIRECTOR? HER NAME IS CHRIS BARRY BARNES.

I BELIEVE SHE WORKED AT UNITED WAY BACK IN THE DAY.

I'M NOT SURE.

I I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH HER.

I'VE, FIRST TIME I MET HER WAS WHEN WE MET TO DISCUSS THIS.

SO, BUT THEY ARE GONNA DO SOME, THEY BASICALLY WANNA GO BACK TO THE BASICS FOR THEM.

THEIR WHOLE FOCUS WAS ALWAYS ON CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES.

AND SHE FEELS LIKE THEY TOOK ON A LOT MORE THAN THEY CAN HANDLE.

AND THEY WERE LOSING THAT FOCUS.

SO SHE WANTS TO GO BACK TO THAT.

AND I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE, NO, I DON'T WANNA GIVE THEM MONEY BACK.

BUT SHE WAS, SHE AND I I, THAT IMPRESSED ME THAT SHE WAS WILLING TO SAY, I CAN'T DO IT.

YOU KNOW, PLEASE HELP TAKE THIS BACK.

SO SOME PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, WOULD BE LIKE, OH YEAH, LET'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ARE MAINTAINING THEIR FUNDING FOR, UM, HANDS OF A CARPENTER, WHICH DOES A DA, UM, UH, REPAIRS FOR ELDERLY COMMUNITY OR DISABLED NECESSITY.

MAN, SO MANY CAPACITY, SO MANY OF US THAT ARE GOING TO BE, THAT IT'S INCOME BASED MA'AM.

HOW MUCH YOU MAKE .

OH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, IT'S AN AGE THING.

OH, I UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, I, I SHOULDN'T EVEN OWN A HOME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAINTAIN THAT THING.

IMAGINE WHEN I'M OLDER, YOU KNOW.

SO, YEAH, I GET IT.

ALL RIGHT, BOBBY.

ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO

[b. Discuss proposed amendments to Chapter 2 “Administration,” Article IV “Boards and Commissions,” Division 5 “Community Development Advisory Committee,” Section 2-387 “Representation” of the Code of Ordinances. ]

ARTICLE FOUR OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

DIVISION FIVE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE SECTION TWO DASH 3 84.

REPRESENTATION OF THE GREATER ORDINANCES.

MS. SHARON.

SO IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BOARD, WE HAVE IT

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TO WHERE THE BOARD, THE, THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD HAS TO REFLECT THE ETHNIC OR RACIAL PROFILE OF THE CITY.

BUT IT ACTUALLY ASKS US TO DO IT BASED ON A PERCENTAGE.

SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING THERE IS WE CAN ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ONE ETHNICITY, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ANOTHER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO BY THAT SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE.

SO ONCE WE FILL THAT CAP OF THAT PERCENTAGE, WE CAN'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE LIKE THAT.

SO FOR AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR HISPANIC MEMBERS.

UM, WE CAN NOT HAVE ANY MORE HISPANIC MEMBERS.

SO THAT MEANS IF WE HAVE A VACANCY ON OUR BOARD AND ANOTHER HISPANIC PERSON, WERE TO APPLY.

SORRY, WE'RE FULL.

SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, IS I ACTUALLY ADDED THE WORDING IN THERE AND IT'S IN YOUR AGENDA ITEM.

BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA STOP DOING THAT.

LIKE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REFLECTING THAT.

BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO HINDER US FROM BEING ABLE TO GET OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH IS WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING.

BECAUSE THE EXAMPLE THAT I JUST GAVE YOU IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

I CAN'T SEE THAT.

ARE YOU ON, I'M GONNA PULL IT UP ON THE, ON THE BIG SCREEN ITEM TWO B I'M TWO.

I CAN'T SEE TWO B REPRESENTATION IN ENGLISH.

SO IT'S KIND OF TODAY HE WAS WALKING IN THIS MAIL HOME.

AS LONG AS HE DOES WHAT I TELL HIM TO DO PAGES AND ZOOM IN.

LONG AS YOU LISTENS TO ME, YOU WANT MORE? I COME EARLY.

I HAD A QUESTION.

I DON'T WHEN TO ASK THAT.

MAYBE AT THE END.

YES, WE'RE NOT RECORDING PLEASE.

WE'RE NOT RECORDING.

NO, WE ARE RECORDING.

SO ASK IT WORKOUT.

I STILL CAN'T SEE THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT I CROSSED OUT HERE IS WHAT THE ORDINANCE USED TO SAY.

UH, MINORITY GROUPS WILL AT LEAST BE REPRESENTED IN PROPORTION TO SUCH CITYWIDE PERCENTAGE REPRESENTATION.

SO THAT MEANS, AND THIS ACTUALLY DID HAPPEN.

WE HAD ANOTHER, A HISPANIC PERSON APPLY FOR THE BOARD.

I HAD TO TURN HER DOWN BECAUSE WE REACHED OUR QUOTA OF HISPANIC PEOPLE.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE END UP WITH A VACANCY.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE A VACANCY, SOMETIMES IF OTHER MEMBERS CAN'T MAKE IT, WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.

SO WE HAVE TO RESCHEDULE MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I BASICALLY ADDED, I JUST CHANGED THE WORDING TO SAY PERSON MAY NOT BE APPOINT DURATION DIVERSITY.

MM-HMM SO I'M STILL TRYING TO KEEP IT, BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT TO WHERE WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT A STRICT TIE TO IT.

SO THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY WILL MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING I WANT THAT IT SAYS THAT WE WILL MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE APPOINTED MEMBERS CLOSELY REFLECT THE RACIAL DIVERSITY OF THE CITY.

AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VACANCY AND UNLESS RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT WE NEED ANOTHER CAUCASIAN PERSON BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE.

SO, AND SHE JUST GOT APPOINTED.

UM, WE HAVE .

SO, UM, JOKE, LET'S GO.

IT REALLY IS AND I CAN EVEN SHOW YOU MY PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THAT EITHER.

ANOTHER PERSON, RIGHT.

THE MEMBER MR. NORMAN COULDN'T MAKE IT.

AND MR. BARNETT, MR. DIDN'T RESPOND.

IS THAT BILL BARNETT, IS HE STILL ON THE COMMITTEE? NO, IT'S UM, WHAT'S HIS NAME? NORMAN VINCENT.

NORMAN BARNETT DIDN'T RESPOND.

IT'S VINCENT NOR MR. VINCENT.

VINCENT NORMAN.

NORMAN BARNETT.

WITH THE PRIOR ENGAGEMENT THAT CALLED HIM AWAY.

UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T FIND IT.

I DUNNO WHAT IT'S IT'S OKAY.

JUST TELL US ABOUT IT ANYWAY.

AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE CAN ONLY HAVE UP TO TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS, FOUR HISPANIC MEMBERS, MAYBE TWO WHITE MEMBERS AND OTHER THAT'S PRE.

SO, UM, SO THAT KIND OF KEEPS US TIED UP TO WHERE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FILL SEATS IF WE HAVE THAT.

SO I'M NOT TRYING TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, ETHNICITY REQUIREMENT, BUT I AM TRYING TO MAKE IT FLEXIBLE TO WHERE IF WE HAVE NO OTHER APPLICANTS BUT THIS HISPANIC PERSON OR THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSON OR SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER OTHER THAT MIGHT FALL UNDER OTHER, IF THEY APPLY, WE CAN STILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

SO WE WERE JUST DID YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY IN MAINTAINING YOUR BOARD MEMBERSHIP? YES.

SO THIS IS WHERE HER GOOD FAITH EFFORT WILL COME IN.

I LIKE THAT CHANGE.

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I LIKE THAT IDEA.

SO THAT'S JUST WHAT THAT IS ABOUT.

BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A VACANCY FOR TWO YEARS, RIGHT.

, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND IT'S LIKE, IF YOU RECALL, WE JUST CHANGED THE GUIDELINES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO HAVE A QUORUM BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ISSUE.

SO THIS IS OUR SECOND STEP TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

I THINK I LIKE THAT.

IT'LL GO TO COUNCIL NEXT MONTH.

WE DO HAVE SOME REAPPOINTMENTS ALSO GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT MONTH.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR MANAGER, UM, REPORT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH Y'ALL ABOUT THAT.

SO IT'S AT THE END OF THE DAY TOO, WE HATE TO, FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT NOT TO BE ABLE TO YES.

AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE ARE THE COOLEST COMMITTEE.

WE HELP PEOPLE.

LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

THEY KNOW.

'CAUSE I TELL 'EM IT'S A JUST QUIT THE FIRE ONE AND ALL THAT .

ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS.

SO BOBBY, WHERE WE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING? YES.

YOU KNOW WHAT VISIBLE RESULTS COMMITTEE IS THAT SINCE, YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE YOU TOLD THOSE PEOPLE DOWN THERE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MR. TONY'S THE ONE THAT GIVES YOU THE MONEY AND ALL THAT.

EVERYBODY SAY, CAN YOU TALK BE ABOUT THE MONEY ? I'M NOT THE NO, NO, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T DO THAT.

I I I'M ON A COMMITTEE.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF US IN THE COMMITTEE THAT WE WE ALL VOTE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO SAY YAY OR NAY.

I MEAN, BUT, BUT THAT HAD NOTHING REALLY JUST TO DO WITH ME.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M A NEIGHBOR, THAT'S ALL I AM.

OH, I'VE GOT A KICK OUT OF THERE.

WHAT YOU DOING? ALRIGHT, BOBBY, HAVE THAT KNOCK ON MY DOOR.

SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

LET'S DO IT.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO

[a. Discuss and consider recommending approval of the City of Baytown Community Development Transportation Program Guidelines. ]

ITEM THREE EIGHT.

WE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AT THE CITY OF BAY ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES.

AND SHARON.

SO BEING IS HOW WE MANAGED THE PROGRAM IN THE PAST, I BASICALLY PULLED UP OUR OLD GUIDELINES, UPDATED THEM, UM, WENT ON HARRIS COUNTY TRANSITS WEBSITE, HARRIS COUNTY RIDES WEBSITE, THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IN OUR GUIDELINES WAS STILL IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY HAVE ON THEIRS.

AND THAT'S ALL THAT IS.

SO THIS IS JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO, UM, IF YOU REVIEWED THE GUIDELINES, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THEM, UM, IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THEM, IF YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL THAT WAY YOU CAN TAKE IT TO .

SO NOTHING'S CHANGED.

NO, ACTUALLY ONE THING TO CHANGE, UM, HUD CONSIDERS 62 TO BE ELDERLY, NOT 65.

INTERESTING.

WE LEARNED THAT IN ONE OF THE TRAININGS THAT KIM ATTENDED.

62 IS CONSIDERED ELDERLY, NOT 65.

SO IT CHANGED FROM 65 TO 62.

SO THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

THEY QUALIFY FOR IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, YOU HAVE TO BE ELDERLY OR DISABLED TO QUALIFY.

SO IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU'RE NOT 62 OR OLDER, THEN YOU HAVE TO BE DISABLED, UM, TO RECEIVE THE, UH, ASSISTANCE.

SO, SO ARE Y'ALL GOOD? ? AND JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, UH, PARTIAL PART, PARTLY IN, UH, EXCUSE ME IN PART, THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL.

NO, I REMEMBER.

JUST WANNA SHOUT OUT OUR PARTNER.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I REMEMBER, UM, WE LEARNED ALL ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AS WE WERE GETTING READY FOR THE MAKE PRESENTATIONS.

MM-HMM .

I WAS FINE WITH THREE MINUTES.

SO BOBBY, IF YOU DON'T GET A MOTION.

B AS THEY'RE ELECTING THE CHAIRPERSON AND CO-CHAIR PERSON FOR THE COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE CHAIR.

SO NOW I'LL CALL A MOTION.

I BELIEVE THAT WE ACCEPT, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES AS THEY ARE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. SECOND BY MS. MESSA.

[b. Consider electing the Chairperson and Co-Chairperson for the Community Development Advisory Committee.]

SO OUR, EVERY YEAR WE ELECT A NEW CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE MR. BOBBY DIAZ SERVING AS OUR CHAIRPERSON.

AND MS. RHONDA LOPEZ SERVING AS OUR CO-CHAIR.

SO, UM, NOW Y'ALL CAN DISCUSS IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM IN THAT POSITION OR IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO STEP UP.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE IN MY ROLE.

THANK YOU.

MOVE APPROVAL OF THE EXISTING MEMBERS AS CHAIR, CO-CHAIR.

YEAH, I SAY AYE.

AYE.

SECOND MOTION.

A BY MR. TONY OSA AND SECOND BY MS. RHONDA.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

YOU AYE.

ALL, ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIED YOU GUYS FOR ELECTING US.

VOTE.

CONTINUE TO MAKE Y'ALL PROUD.

THIS IS THE EASY SELECTION OF COURT.

[c. Consider approving the PY2022-23 Community Development Advisory Committee’s (CDAC) Calendar.]

NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE

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INSTEAD OF APPROVING THE PY 20 22 20 23 C DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE CALENDAR MS. SHARON.

SO THE CDAC CALENDAR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR IS ATTACHING YOUR AGENDA.

WE'LL BE PULLING IT UP.

YOU'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE FOLDER.

OH, WE'RE GONNA PULL IT UP ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR YOU.

PLANNING COMMISSIONS PLANNING OR THE COMMISSIONS RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT UNDER THE ANGEL TREE.

I, I THOUGHT I SAID I COULD.

ANGEL TREE TWO.

SO DRAFT.

ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

UM, THE COUNCIL DATE FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT SHOULD BE ON JANUARY 12TH.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING ANOTHER CDAC MEETING ON FEBRUARY 7TH.

UM, YOU KNOW THAT OUR RFP OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, THAT'S WHEN WE RELEASE THE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

WE'RE LOOKING AT RELEASING THAT APPLICATION ON FEBRUARY 20TH.

WE'LL HAVE TWO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS TO ASSIST THEM WITH YOUR APPLICATION ON MARCH 7TH AND MARCH 15TH.

THE ONLY ONE THAT Y'ALL WOULD BE ATTENDING IS THE ONE DURING OUR MEETING ON MARCH 7TH, MARCH 23RD, WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING TO COUNCIL FOR OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK AND FAIR HOUSING MONTH PROCLAMATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WOULD BE DUE ON MARCH 24TH.

SO WE'RE GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT OVER A MONTH TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.

THEN WE WILL REVIEW THEM IN APRIL.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A FAIR HOUSING MONTH EVENT.

AND APRIL 10TH THROUGH THE 14TH IS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK.

I KNOW THAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE WE GET TO TAKE A TOUR AROUND THE CITY THAT SATURDAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO DO A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENT.

UM, PROBABLY IN THE SAME LOCATION 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THAT SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN OF COURSE EVERY TUESDAY IN MAY ARE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE FIRST TWO.

TUESDAYS IN MAY ARE WHERE OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WOULD COME AND PRESENT THEIR PRO PROJECTS TO OUR BOARD.

AND Y'ALL HAVE THE CHANCE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, UM, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR PROGRAM IS ABOUT.

USUALLY THE NEXT TWO TUESDAYS ARE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.

SOMETIMES WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO WHERE WE KNOCK IT ALL OUT IN ONE MEETING.

AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

DURING THAT PERIOD WE'LL HAVE OUR ACTION PLAN PUBLIC HEARING, THEN IT'LL GO TO COUNCIL BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.

WE SUBMIT TO HUD AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

MR. SINGH.

I DID MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THESE FALL ON SPRING BREAK.

SUMMER BREAK.

WELL I LIED.

THE ONE IN JUNE WILL BE DURING THE SUMMER OBVIOUSLY.

BUT UM, I KNOW THAT THE ONES IN APRIL AND ALL THAT NOT ON SPRING BREAK.

SO SHOULD BE GOOD FOR THE SCHOOL CALENDAR SO THAT WE'RE NOT INTERRUPTING ANY OF THAT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONFLICT WITH THE SCHEDULE AS IT IS JANUARY THE 12TH? I AM NETTE.

UH, CHURCH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PRESENT FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT MISSIONARY.

NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PRESENT FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT.

THAT'S JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO COUNSEL ANYONE WHOSE TERM IS UP, UM, ON DECEMBER 31ST.

UM, WILL BE REAPPOINTED IN JANUARY OR GO FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

YES, WE'LL GO FOR REAPPOINTMENT IN JANUARY.

EVERYBODY GOOD? SO IT'S GOOD TO MEET BOBBY, CAN YOU GET A MOTION? YES.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON UH, OKAY, HOLD ON.

RECEIVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS REPORT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON, ON APPROVING, UM, THE COMMITTEE GOVERNMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE CALENDAR.

[a. Receive the Community Development Manager's Report.]

ITEM FOUR A.

MS. SHARON, I'M SORRY EVERYONE, I'M ONLY FEELING HALF MASK SO I'M GONNA SLIP OUT AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

ALRIGHT, SO WE NO LONGER HAVE A QUORUM.

UM, BUT NO, ACTUALLY WE'RE GOOD.

GOOD.

SO MANAGER'S REPORT.

UM, WE HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.

HER NAME IS KIM BECKER.

SHE IS GOING TO BE TAKING MY OLD POSITION AFTER I MOVED UP.

SHE MOVED INTO MY SLOT.

SO KIM, THIS YOURSELF.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M NOT NEW TO THE CITY, BUT I AM NEW TO THIS DIVISION AND SO FAR IT'S BEEN A HUGE CHALLENGE.

UM, A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, BUT I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

IT'S SO REWARDING TO DO

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THIS TYPE OF WORK.

I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED IT.

ENJOY WORKING WITH Y'ALL TOO.

IT'S GONNA BE FUN.

ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, SHE WAS THERE FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.

SO SHE, I MEAN SHE'S ALREADY BEEN BY FIRE.

SO SHE STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEN.

MM-HMM .

AND FOR TWO OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS.

ONE AS A VOLUNTEER AND THEN ONE ACTUALLY AS AN EMPLOYEE.

SO WE JUST FINISHED ANGEL TREE.

THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

WE, WE GAVE OUT, UH, GIFTS TO 138 CHILDREN.

SO THAT WAS NICE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WITH THE CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND THE NEW YEAR IN ISSUES PROGRAM, WE WILL HAVE TO DO A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE ACTION PLAN AS IT WAS SUBMITTED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LOVE NETWORK AS THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S CARRYING IT OUT.

IT IS A MINOR AMENDMENT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT.

SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE OCCURRING.

UM, AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH POSITION, WE HAVE HAD AN OFFER ACCEPTED AND SHE SHOULD BE STARTING ON JANUARY 3RD.

SO WE WILL BE FULLY STAFFED.

SO THAT'LL BE NICE.

UM, IT WON'T BE FOR A WHILE, , BUT, SO THAT'LL BE HAPPENING.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CARRY ME OUT THE BUILDING.

WELL, SO THE NEW PERSON IS THE NEW PRISCILLA? YES.

PRISCILLA? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE WAS AWARE PRISCILLA HAD ACCEPTED A POSITION, UM, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

I WAS GONNA ASK YOU.

OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE ACCEPTED A POSITION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

UM, SO SHE LEFT IN JULY? NO, NO.

AUGUST.

YEAH, SHE WAS HERE FROM BACK TO SCHOOL.

FAIR.

MM-HMM .

SO YEAH, SHE LEFT IN AUGUST.

SO, UM, SO WE HAD THE POSITION POSTED, WE HAD SOME INTERVIEWS.

UM, THIS YOUNG LADY THAT IS TAKING THE POSITION IS A BAYTOWN NATIVE, NO LONGER LIVES HERE, BUT SHE IS A BAYTOWN NATIVE, STILL HAS FAMILY HERE.

SO, UM, I'M SUPER EXCITED.

AND SHE'S BILINGUAL, SO I WON'T BE THE ONLY SPANISH SPEAKER IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CREW.

SO THAT'LL BE NICE.

SO AWESOME.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I MEAN A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.

SO I CAN GET BY IF I HAVE.

I'M BILINGUAL, SO I'M MULTI.

I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

TONY, YOU CAN COME ON UP AND HELP US.

I LOVE TO .

YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, I, I'VE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE ALREADY BEEN IMPRESSED WITH YOU GUYS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AIN'T NOTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO WRONG FOR Y'ALL.

Y'ALL HIT ME RIGHT IN THE HEART WITH THIS PROGRAM IF YOU GLAD THAT I BEEN ABLE TO SERVE YOU.

SO OUR REAPPOINTMENTS FOR UM, PEOPLE WHOSE TERMS ARE EXPIRING ARE MS. RHONDA LOPEZ, MS. DALIA MEA, AND MR. NORMAN BARNETT.

OH WOW.

SO, UM, I DID SUBMIT YOUR ATTENDANCE RECORD TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE SO THAT WHEN THEY PREPARE THE COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM, THEY CAN PROVIDE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THAT INFORMATION.

BOTH OF YOU, OR ACTUALLY ALL THREE OF YOU ARE AT LARGE POSITIONS.

UM, SO, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD SAY YES OR NO.

LIKE IF MR. SINGH, YOURS IS GRIFFITH'S NOW.

GRIFFITHS NOW.

CORRECT.

SO, UM, HE WOULD BE, IF MR. SINGH WAS UP FOR REAPP APPOINTMENT, IT'D BE UP TO HIS COUNCIL MEMBER.

BUT Y'ALL ARE AT LARGE, SO, UM, SHOULD BE FINE.

BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW IN JANUARY.

WHAT'D THEY SAY? I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULD UH, CAN WE MAKE THE CASE ? THAT'S WHAT, YOU CAN COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE.

IT'S ON JANUARY 12TH.

I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THE DATE.

BUT, UM, BUT THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU THAT WE'RE THE BEST.

SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP THE OTHER ONES.

SO ARE THERE OTHER APPLICANTS FOR MY POSITION? NO.

WE HAD THE ONE HISPANIC PERSON THAT HAD APPLIED, BUT I HAD TO TELL HER NO BECAUSE WE HAD REACHED OUR CAP ON HOW MANY HISPANIC MEMBERS WE CAN HAVE.

BUT UM, THE ORDINANCE THAT WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, WE ARE GONNA TAKE THAT TO COUNCIL, UM, FOR APPROVAL.

AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, IF, LET'S SAY ONE OF THESE AT LARGE POSITIONS WERE TO COME AVAILABLE, IF THE THIRD PERSON MIGHT NOT GET REAPPOINTED, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

IF ONE, I CAN ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO HER NOW.

'CAUSE SHE HAD TOLD ME IF AN OPENING COMES AVAILABLE, PLEASE KEEP ME IN MIND.

I'D LOVE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.

SO OUR TERMS ARE TWO YEARS? YES MA'AM.

THIS IS ONLY MY FIRST TERM.

THIS IS YOUR, UM, FIRST TERM.

YES, MA'AM.

SO I, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE ALLOWED SERVE A LITTLE LONGER.

YOU ONLY HAVE 20 MORE RHONDA.

THERE, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ON SOME COMMITTEES WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

AND I THINK THAT, I THINK, I THINK ACTUALLY THE FIRST TWO YEARS ARE LIKE A HUGE LEARNING CURVE REALLY.

I'M, I'M READY TO GET GOING NOW.

SO I'M JUST,

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WELL, NO, AND KEEP IN MIND TOO THAT THERE ARE VACANT SEATS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL.

SO IF WE DO GET MORE INTEREST, THEN THAT WILL MOST LIKELY MEAN THAT WE'LL JUST HAVE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS UP TO CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THE DECISION.

YEAH, I LIKE COOKIES OR , COME TO THE MEETING IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

I MEAN, I GAVE THEM YOUR ATTENDANCE RECORD.

YOU NEVER MISSED A MEETING.

MS. DALIA, YOU STARTED IN APRIL AND YOU CAME TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

SO I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE APPOINTED.

YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO YOUR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AND LET THEM KNOW OF YOUR INTEREST AND CONTINUE SERVING MS. YOU STARTED LIKE IN MARCH, YOU, YOUR FIRST TIME WITH US WAS THE, WAS FOR THE PROJECT TOUR, REMEMBER? THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU STARTED TO SEE HER CAME ON THE TOUR WHEN WE RODE ON THE BUS, YOU CAME ON.

THAT WAS YOUR FIRST KIND OF TIME WITH US.