Feb 11, 2025 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2025 5:30 P.M. HULLUM CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]

MEETING TO ORDER.

TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025.

THE TIME BE 5:30 PM I WILL

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DO I HAVE A MOTION? I SECOND FIRST BY MS. RHONDA.

SECOND BY MS. DALIA MESSA.

I'M SORRY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES.

I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM.

[a. Discuss the development and implementation of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan.]

DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2025.

2029 CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

MS. SHE, SO, AS YOU KNOW, EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE TO, UM, IDENTIFY NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN SET FORTH GOALS ON HOW IT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA MEET THOSE NEEDS.

AND THEN WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WHEN WE DO OUR ACTION PLAN, EACH ONE OF THOSE WE'RE SAYING HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT GOAL OR YOU ADDRESS THE NEEDS.

SO, UM, IT IS A VERY INVOLVED DOCUMENT.

UM, I BELIEVE THE CURRENT ONE IS OVER 300 PAGES.

A LOT OF CHARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT, UM, IT INCLUDES THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN ITSELF, WHICH HAS DIFFERENT SECTIONS TO IT, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, MARKET ANALYSIS, HOUSING ANALYSIS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE A THE FIRST YEAR ACTION PLAN IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT.

THIS ALSO IS GOING TO INCLUDE OUR, UM, FAIR HOUSING PLAN WITH ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS.

AND BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT GOES INTO CREATING THIS, WE HIRE A CONSULTING FIRM TO TAKE CARE OF THAT INFORMATION FOR US.

AND TODAY WE HAVE JAMES GILLILAND.

HE IS FROM J QUAD PLANNING, AND HE IS THE CONSULTANT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE USING TO, UM, FOR THE WRITING OF THIS PLAN.

SO HE'S GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL AS WELL.

OKAY.

WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.

UM, IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO BE WORKING WITH YOU THIS YEAR FOR YOUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

UH, AS INDICATED, YOU COMPLETE THIS PROCESS ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDING.

UH, AND I'D LIKE TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AND ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROCESS, UH, ESPECIALLY IF ANYONE'S, UH, HAVE, HAVE YOU ALL BEEN THROUGH A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATIVE PLAN PROCESS? PROBABLY HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD BEFORE I GOT A LICENSE, SO, YEAH.

ALRIGHT, WELL, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF ACQUAINT YOU WITH THE PROCESS AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.

UH, AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW.

SO, UH, J QUAD PLANNING GROUP.

WE ARE BASED IN DALLAS, UH, IN THE DALLAS METROFLEX AREA.

WE ACTUALLY IN PLANO, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS SINCE 1994.

UH, WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO, UH, PROBABLY TWO THIRDS OF THE JURISDICTIONS IN TEXAS, INCLUDING THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UH, WE WORK PRIMARILY WITH CITIES, COUNTY STATES WHO ARE RECEIVING, UH, C FUNDS.

UH, IT'S A THREE PART PROCESS THAT'S DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, UH, THAT ALIGN WITH, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

UH, AND THE PROCESS TYPICALLY TAKES PLACE, UH, BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST.

BY STATUTE, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS AND SUBMIT YOUR PLAN, UH, BY AUGUST 15TH, UH, OF A EACH YEAR IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR.

IT'S ACTUALLY A FIVE YEAR PROGRESSIVE, UH, PLAN THAT, UH, COVERS THAT FIVE YEAR, UH, PERIOD.

AND IT'S BASED ON THE STATUTES THAT ARE APPROVED, UH, BY CONGRESS.

UH, THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS AS YOU SEE THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AND THE ANALYSIS AND IMPEDIMENTS.

THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS YOUR FIVE YEAR, UH, PLAN, WHICH OUTLINES ALL THE DATA REQUIREMENTS THAT HUD REQUIRES IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE ELIGIBLE AS A JURISDICTION.

THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS YOUR ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OR YOUR BUDGET, UH, FOR EACH YEAR.

AND SO, UH, AS PART OF THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN, YOU SUBMIT AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH SETS OUT YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR YOUR FIRST YEAR FUNDING THAT GOES INTO EFFECT, UH, UH, UNDER THE, UH, AUGUST 15TH, UH, APPROVED PLAN.

AND THEN THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT'S REQUIRED, UH, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY ANY IMPEDIMENTS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING IN ORDER TO NOT ONLY UTILIZE THE

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UH, THERE ARE SOME, UH, ANALYTICAL COMPONENTS, UH, AND I'LL JUST TOUCH BASE ON IT JUST BRIEFLY.

UH, THERE'S A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT LOOKS AT THE NEEDS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, THAT'S BASED ON A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF ALL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE FUNDED.

YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO FUND EVERY ACTIVITY, BUT YOU CERTAINLY CAN CONSIDER, UH, ALL, UH, PARTICULAR NEEDS AS ONES THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS IF YOU CHOOSE TO.

THERE'S A MARKET ANALYSIS THAT SUPPORTS, UH, THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WANT TO UNDERTAKE.

SO AGAIN, BASED ON YOUR MARKET, YOU IDENTIFY WHAT YOU THINK YOUR NEEDS ARE AND WHAT ACTIVITIES YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT TO TRY AND ADDRESS.

THERE'S A STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT OF IT THAT LAYS OUT THE ACTIONS THAT YOU ACTUALLY TAKE, AND THEN IT GIVES YOU THE DETAILS FOR THAT ONE YEAR, UH, ACTION PLAN, UH, THAT YOU'LL APPLY FUNDING TO DURING THIS FIRST YEAR.

UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS PROCESS BECAUSE, UH, YOU REPRESENT THE CITIZENS WHO WOULD BE THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDING.

SO GAINING YOUR INPUT IN TERMS OF, UH, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT ELIGIBLE WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY TO BE ADDRESSED, AND ALSO HOW YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT AS WELL.

SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, FUNCTION AND, UH, ALL CITIES STATES, UH, COUNTIES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT.

FIRST, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

UH, IT ALLOWS YOU TO IDENTIFY THE ACTIONS, THE ACTIVITIES, AND MATCH THAT TO THE FUNDING THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE.

UH, JUST A BRIEF NOTE AS TO HOW THIS FUNDING IS, UH, DERIVED AND, UH, GOVERNED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS APPROPRIATES ANNUALLY AN AMOUNT, UH, FOR ALL CITIES, COUNTIES, STATES, UH, THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING.

UH, AND IT'S BASED ON BOTH THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS, THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING, UH, YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, THE ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOUR JURISDICTION.

SO, UH, IT'S A BLOCK GRANT, IF YOU WILL.

SO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING FROM TRANSPORTATION TO HOUSING, TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TYPE ISSUES.

UH, AND BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, YOUR CITY COUNCIL APPROVES, UH, AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS.

THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS IS A REGULATORY DOCUMENT THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, NOT ONLY THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR ADMINISTERING AND CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT ALSO, UH, OUTLINES THE HUD REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR YOU TO APPLY FUNDING TO ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.

UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE OVERALL PROCESS ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S AN ANALYTICAL, AND YOU GOT PRETTY SMALL LETTERS, SO YOU PROBABLY NEED YOUR GLASSES LIKE I DO.

UH, BUT THE RIGHT SIDE LAYS OUT THE ANALYTICAL COMPONENTS.

SO THERE'S A HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS THAT LOOKS AT COST OF HOUSING, UH, THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WANT TO CHOOSE FROM.

THERE'S A HOUSING AND HOMELESS NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT LOOKS AT THE SPECIAL NEEDS RELATIVE TO HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS IDENTIFIES ANY ACTIONS OR ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ELIGIBLE POPULATIONS WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR HOUSING NEEDS.

AND THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE OR THE COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN, SO YOU GOT YOUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS YOUR BUDGET, YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS YOUR FIVE YEAR, UH, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'LL ADDRESS, CERTIFICATIONS WHERE YOU AGREE AS A JURISDICTION TO CARRY OUT AND IMPLEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME MONITORING REQUIREMENTS THAT ALL JURISDICTIONS HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING.

UM, THERE ARE BOTH, UH, WHAT WE WOULD CALL, UH, THE, UH, ANNUAL ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO FUND.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE

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CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT, UH, IS PRODUCED IS THE GUIDANCE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES, WHETHER THEY BE, UH, COMING FROM A COMPETITOR GRANT OR COMING FROM AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY THAT'S SUPPORTED THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

SO TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA, YOU SEE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS COVERED.

SO THAT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, NEW CONSTRUCTION, DOWN PAYMENT, GLOBAL COST ASSISTANCE, UH, AND TENANT BASE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER PROGRAMS. THERE'S A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, SECTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE, UH, HAD DISCUSSIONS OVERALL IN THE PAST, UH, ALLOCATION PERIODS.

AND THAT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM INFRASTRUCTURE TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

UH, YOU HAVE PUBLIC SERVICES, EVERYTHING FROM HOMELESSNESS TO JOB TRAINING, CHILDCARE, SENIOR SERVICES, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE COMPETITIVE GRANTS.

JUST JUST ONE NOTE HERE, UH, AGAIN, IT IS A BLOCK GRANT.

SO YOU GET TO CHOOSE, UH, AND AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU GET TO DETERMINE THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU WANT TO FUND EACH YEAR.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FUND EVERY ACTIVITY THAT'S ELIGIBLE.

YOU GET TO CHOOSE FROM THOSE, WHETHER THEY BE THESE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS THAT YOU GET THROUGH YOUR BLOCK GRANT OR WHETHER IT BE THESE COMPETITIVE GRANTS.

A UH, EXAMPLE OF A COMPETITIVE GRANT WOULD BE, UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW DESTINATIONS OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES, UH, WITHIN THE STATE, UH, THAT'S A COMPETITIVE RISK.

SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU DON'T GET AN, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATION BASED ON POPULATION AND THAT SORT OF THING.

YOU ACTUALLY COMPETE AGAINST CITIES, STATES, UH, FOR, UH, THOSE PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES.

SO THIS WHOLE PLANNING PROCESS GOVERNS BOTH, UH, THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU ARE FUNDED ANNUALLY, BUT ALSO FUNDS THESE, UH, COMPETITIVE GRANTS.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA OF THE FUNDING IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS YOUR PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR ALLOCATION.

SO YOU RECEIVED ABOUT $3.3 MILLION, UH, OVER THE PAST, UH, FIVE YEARS.

UH, SO AS I INDICATED, YOUR BUDGET YEAR, UH, STARTS OCTOBER 1ST OF EACH YEAR, AND YOUR ALLOCATION IS APPROVED ON OR BEFORE, UH, AUGUST 15TH.

UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE YEAR TO CARRY OUT THOSE .

THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT, UH, OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

UH, THE CITY, IN FACT HAS TO AGREE AND AFFIRM THAT THEY WILL AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING, UH, WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, IN RECEIVING THESE FUNDS.

SO YOU SEE UNDER, UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED, UH, PLAN YOUR CITY PLEDGES, UH, AS A JURISDICTION TO SEEK TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE BY HOOD.

AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE TIMETABLE, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS EITHER IN PART OR IN HOLD, BUT, UH, YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF CONSIDERING HOW AND WHAT COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU WANT TO ADDRESS.

SO FEBRUARY IS AN IMPORTANT MONTH IN TERMS OF DETERMINING, UH, THE DATA COMPONENTS OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS AND HELPING YOU TO, UH, DETERMINE WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE, UH, JUNE AND JULY, UH, BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

SO, UH, DURING, UH, MAY THROUGH JULY, UH, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AS A COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, BE INVOLVED IN ACTUALLY DETERMINING HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.

UH, IT DOES REQUIRE YOUR CITY COUNCIL'S, UH, REVIEW OF THE PLAN AND ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.

SO, UH, WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, YOUR CITY COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION AS TO, UH, HOW THOSE FUNDS, UH, WILL BE USED OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

UH, THE PLAN ALSO REQUIRES A 30 DAY COMMENT

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SO THAT'S SORT OF THE, THE PROCESS, UH, OVERALL.

UM, AND I'M GONNA STOP THERE AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE, BUT, UH, WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THE, THE PROCESS.

ALL OF THE, ALL OF THESE DATES ARE ON THE CDAC CALENDAR.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BETWEEN NOW AND JULY? SO THE, THE FIRST STEP WILL BE THAT THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN, WHICH IS YOUR MARKET ANALYSIS, WHICH DETERMINES, UH, WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THOSE NEEDS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM IN TERMS OF, UH, SETTING YOUR PRIORITIES, IN TERMS OF FUNDING, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES ENDS UP BEING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS PROCESS.

AND WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST IS TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING ACTIVITIES DO YOU PRIORITIZE TO, UH, TO UNDERTAKE.

WELL, DO WE TAKE THE DATA THAT YOU'RE COLLECTING TO DETERMINE YES.

ARE WE INTERACTING ON AS YOU GET INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS? I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M ASKING.

YEAH, SO, SO EVERY ACTIVITY THAT IS ELIGIBLE, UH, WILL PROVIDE DATA SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW WHERE YOUR COMMUNITY CURRENTLY STANDS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS, THE COST OF HOUSING UNITS, UH, SPECIAL NEEDS, LIKE SENIORS, UH, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND SO FORTH.

SO THE AIM WILL BE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DATA FOR YOU TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO HOUSING NEEDS, UH, AND SO FORTH.

SO EVERYTHING THAT'S CONCEIVABLY ELIGIBLE TO BE CONSIDERED.

SO WE GIVE YOU OUR FEEDBACK ON IT, AND THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THIS.

THERE'S GONNA BE SURVEYS THAT THEY PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO Y'ALL TO WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY KIND OF RATE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, WHAT YOU THINK IS A PRIORITY, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEN THEY TAKE ALL THAT, I KNOW HOW WE'RE GETTING THIS INFORMATION.

SO THEY DO SURVEYS.

AND SO CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, LIKE ANYTHING WITH CDBG IS A HUGE PART OF THIS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE BAYTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY'RE GONNA TALK TO THE LOCAL NONPROFITS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SUBMIT, UH, HAVE THESE SURVEYS OUT.

WE'LL PROBABLY PUT 'EM ON OUR WEBSITE, PUT 'EM ON FACEBOOK, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE CAN THEN SUBMIT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY THINK ARE THOSE.

SO THEN WE WILL PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN A DOCUMENT AND BE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US.

HOW DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO THIS? I HAVE A COMMENT ON SURVEYS.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH SURVEYS IS MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT ARE NOT GONNA FILL OUT A SURVEY.

SO, UH, MY, MY QUESTION THEN IS HOW DO YOU GET THAT INFORMATION? SO WITH THE SURVEYS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT WE'LL DO IS MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE SURVEYS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, BOTH YOUR SESSIONS, BUT ALSO, UH, SESSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT THOSE SURVEYS, UH, EACH TIME THAT YOU HAVE AN ACTIVITY.

SO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

YEAH.

BUT THEY'RE NOT, YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF RESPONSE TO SURVEYS IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

I DON'T THINK YOU GET A LOT OF VOICE FROM PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THE MOST SERVICES.

YEAH.

BUT THE, THE AIM IS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.

IT'S A, IT IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS.

BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'LL BE DOING, DOING THROUGH THE CITY IS THAT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, AT EACH MEETING THAT IS HOSTED BY THE CITY, YOU'LL HAVE QR CODES UP ON THE SCREEN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR TELEPHONE TO PULL UP THE SURVEY.

IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO, AND THE AIM IS TO GET PEOPLE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY ON THE SPOT, BECAUSE IF WE JUST SIMPLY SAY, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY,

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IT'LL BE AN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UH, UM, PAKISTANI, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

THEY, YEAH.

IT, IT JUST DEPENDS ON, UM, WHAT TARGET GROUPS THE CITY WANTS TO, TO TARGET.

WE GENERALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE THE SURVEY INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

UH, YOUR PRIMARY ONES BE SPANISH, UH, ENGLISH, UH, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, YOU, YOU COULD HAVE SOME SPECIAL POPULATIONS THAT REALLY CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE TO TRY AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY AS POSSIBLE.

AND GENERALLY YOU WANT THEM TO DO IT DOING DURING EACH ACTIVITY OUTREACH ACTIVITY.

BECAUSE ONCE PEOPLE WALK OUT OF THE ROOM, UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO YES, SIR.

AND OF COURSE, WE WELCOME PART OF THE, UH, ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS TO, UH, GIVE THE CITY AND, AND US AS THE CONSULTANTS, ANY REGULATIONS THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF WAYS THAT, UM, BEST MEANS THAT THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, AS YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE STATE THIS DAY'S FACING THAT HOUSING SHORTAGE, AS MORE PEOPLE ARE RELOCATING TO TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY THE STATE, THERE'S A SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUE.

THE DEMAND IS HIGH, BUT THE SUPPLY IS LOW.

TEXAS LEGISLATION IS CURRENTLY IN SESSION DEBATING ON HOW, ON MANY RATES ON HOW TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES IN ADDITION TO HOW TO BUILD MORE HOUSES.

OKAY.

SO MY, IS MY QUESTION IS, I, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS FEDERAL, NOT STATE DOGS, HOW DO YOU COMPACT THIS ISSUE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING? EVERYBODY WANTS, EVERYBODY CAN AGREE FEDERAL, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THERE, BUT NOBODY WANTS IT IN THEIR AREA.

SO HOW DO YOU, WHAT IS YOUR, WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, UH, ONE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE, UH, TO THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF WHAT THE HOUSING OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE.

UH, OUR JOB IS TO TRY AND MATCH THE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COMMUNITIES, UH, SO THAT, UH, WHEN YOU START TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, UH, HOUSING ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'RE GONNA FUND, THEN YOU ARE MAKING THAT ON THE BASIS OF YOUR HOUSING NEEDS LOCALLY.

SO, UH, IN OTHER WORDS, UH, PART OF THE MARKET ANALYSIS IS TO NOT JUST LOOK AT HOUSING IN GENERAL, BUT TO LOOK AT THE HOUSING NEEDS WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION.

SO, UH, THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT AND PRESENT, UH, IS DESIGNED TO, UH, OUTLINE FOR THE PUBLIC EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MARKET IS WITHIN THE IMMUNITY.

UH, AND THEN, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE SOLUTIONS KIND OF MATCH, UH, IN TEXAS, UH, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE NORMAL HOUSING NEEDS, UH, IT BECOMES IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE OTHER KINDS OF IMPACTS THAT, UH, YOU EXPERIENCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN TEXAS, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION DISASTER RECOVERY, DISASTER IMPACT.

UH, WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FLOODING AND, UH, ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES.

BUT MOST OF ALL, UH, TEXAS HAS A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING NEEDS, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF COST OF HOUSING, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING ITSELF.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY HAVING TO FOCUS ON IN THE TEXAS MARKET IS TYPES OF HOUSING.

SO, UH, ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY WILL BE ASKED TO MAKE IS, UH, NOT ONLY JUST WHAT ARE YOUR HOUSING NEEDS, BUT UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, DO YOU NEED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING? LIKE IN MOST OF THE CITIES WE WORK WITH IN TEXAS, UH, WE HAVE TO ELEVATE NEED BASED ON HOUSING TYPES.

SO THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE CONSIDERED

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RIGHT.

UH, AND ALSO, UH, EVEN FOR SENIORS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT ACCOMMODATIONS ARE MADE FOR DISABILITIES AND AND SO FORTH.

SO, UH, THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING NEEDS.

THE DATA IS INTENDED TO INFORM YOU AS A COMMUNITY, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR LOCAL JURISDICTION, UH, NEEDS IN TERMS OF HOUSING, THE TYPE OF HOUSING, UH, AND EVEN QUANTITY OF HOUSING IF YOU'LL, BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO SORT OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE WE'RE WORKING WITH COLLEEN AND SOME OTHER CITIES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT VETERANS HOUSING, UH, UH, MAY BE A, A MAJOR ISSUE.

FORT HOOD, UH, IN THE PORT ARTHUR, UH, BEAUMONT AREA, UH, MAJOR ISSUES ARE WITH DISASTER RECOVERY BECAUSE, UH, THAT IMPACTS BOTH THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING, BUT ALSO, UH, THE HOUSING TYPES AND NEEDS AND SO FORTH.

SO, WELL, THEY'VE BEEN MAYBE THREE TIMES NOW SERIOUS HURRICANE DAMAGE.

AND I NOTICED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN THE MIAMI, ALL THE NEW HOUSING WAS CENTER BLOCK, WHICH IS, AND I'M SURE THERE WAS MORE TO IT THAN JUST THAT, BUT WHAT I SAW ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CINDER BLOCK, SO I'M SURE THAT'S WHERE IT CAME, THAT'S HOW THEY BUILD IT ON.

SO THE DATA IS, IS DESIGNED TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHERE YOU STAND IN PARTICULAR AREAS OF HOUSING NEEDS.

UH, AND IT'S NOT JUST HOUSING, I MEAN IT'S ALSO TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S, UH, FOOD AND FOOD INSECURITY, HOMELESSNESS, ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.

SHE WOULD TEXT ME MY CAR THROUGH A GAS STATION, .

YEAH.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS NEEDS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.

UH, AND YOU DO GET TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHAT YOUR LOCAL PRIORITIES ARE.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THAT DECISION IS WE DON'T WANT TO DREAM TOO BIG FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ACTUALLY GET.

MM-HMM .

'CAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WE HAVE OVER 25 I BELIEVE, PRIORITIES.

BUT SOME OF THEM ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NEVER GONNA GET TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT.

WELL, I GUESS COUNTY, YES.

STATE, YES.

LARGE CITIES LIKE HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET THAT FUNDING.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR MONEY'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER WHENEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE DECIDING ON OUR PRIORITIES.

BECAUSE WHENEVER WE DO OUR ACTION PLAN, THIS IS HOW I'VE ALWAYS EXPLAINED IT, THE ACTION PLAN IS, THIS IS HOW MUCH YOU'RE GIVING ME.

THIS IS HOW I'M GONNA SPEND IT.

THE CAPER IS, THIS IS HOW MUCH YOU GAVE ME, THIS IS HOW I SPENT IT.

RIGHT? SO, BUT WHENEVER WE REPORT ON THE CAPER AND THE ACTION PLAN, WE PUT, WE HAVE TO SAY HOW MUCH IT SHOWS YOU A COLUMN OF WHAT WE SAID WE'RE GONNA DO IN FIVE YEARS AND WHERE WE ARE IN ACCOMPLISHING THAT.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PAPER NOW, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF ZERO SECTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST SOME PRIORITIES ON THERE THAT WE ARE JUST NEVER GOING TO DO.

SO I WOULD HATE FOR US TO HAVE THAT AGAIN BECAUSE I, I, I DON'T LIKE ZEROS ON THE THING BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT WE, WHEN ACTUALIZING WE ARE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, WELL I GUESS THAT KIND OF THINK ABOUT SAID WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.

I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD NARROW IT AND DO FEWER THINGS BETTER.

UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE CAN'T MEET ALL NEEDS.

AND I, I WOULD, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE NEED TO DO FEWER THINGS THAN JUST DO THEM BETTER, HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT THAN US SPREADING.

WELL THAT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR NIP PROGRAM, RIGHT? WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON ONE NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF DOING DIFFERENT THINGS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER BAYTOWN.

AND WE TRY TO FOCUS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN ONE, BECAUSE YOU SEE A BIGGER IMPACT WHEN YOU DO IT LIKE THAT.

YOU DO IT IN A SMALL LITTLE AREA LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

IT'S LIKE YOU CAN DO A GOOD JOB AND WITH LESS INSTEAD OF AN OKAY JOB AND MORE.

AND I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE MORE IMPACT IF WE DID THAT.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER A PLAN.

OH, I'M WITH YOU.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE OVER 25 GOALS AND NEEDS IN OUR CURRENT CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CAPER, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT

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AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE ONE YEAR PERIOD ARE A LOT OF SECTIONS THAT ARE 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0.

AND I'M LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE RIGHT.

WE ARE DOING SOMETHING.

WE'RE JUST TALKING THAT.

SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER WE ARE OUTLINING THOSE NEEDS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF IS THAT WE'RE BEING REALISTIC IN IT.

LIKE, WELL, WOULD I LOVE TO DO ENERGY EFFICIENT PROJECTS IN EVERY SINGLE HOUSE IN BAYTOWN? SURE.

DO I HAVE THE MONEY? YOU KNOW, SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVE TO BE REALISTIC IN OUR HOUSE.

'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN SOMEBODY SUBMITS AN RFP TO US, IT HAS TO MEET ONE OF OUR PRIORITY NEEDS IN THE, IN THE COMP PLAN.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO NARROW IN WHAT WE PUT IN THERE, BECAUSE THEN SOMEBODY MIGHT APPLY FOR SOMETHING REALLY GOOD THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FUND THEM.

BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANNA BE TOO, YOU CAN BE BROAD IN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AREAS THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO REALLY DO AND SIMPLY NOT HAVE OTHER AREAS IN THE PLAN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE NARROW IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING LESS.

SO YOU CAN GIVE MORE TO THAT.

WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET ALL OF YOUR INPUT.

, I PUT YOU TO WORK.

I'M UNLESS OF A BLEEDING CARD, I NEED FACTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE WAS OUR CITY LIBRARIAN, SO, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE HERE ARE THE FLIP SIDE OF ME.

AND SO WE NEED BOTH OF US IN THERE.

SO WHEN I GET HARD NOSE, THEY CAN SOFTEN ME UP.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S LIKE THE OCEAN HITTING THE STONE.

YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THIS STONE'S GETTING PRETTY OLD.

, IT'S BEEN VERY EASY.

I ALWAYS STRESS THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU DO, UH, IN TERMS OF YOUR ROLE IS TO, UM, IS TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE FUNDED SO THAT YOU ESTABLISH PRIORITIES.

BECAUSE PART OF THIS PROCESS IS IT'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

YOU DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY TODAY, UH, WHAT ACTIVITIES YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS TOMORROW.

SO MUCH OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COMES A WAY OF COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS WHERE YOU ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING, NOT JUST BASED ON YOUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT'S CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, UH, OR TYPES OF FUNDING BECOME AVAILABLE.

SO, UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE THAT, UH, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, UH, UH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT SPECIAL FUNDING SOURCES OR AMOUNTS OR ACTIVITIES WILL BE FUNDED.

UH, SO WE TRY TO WRITE THE PLAN BROADLY ENOUGH THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MATCH THE ACTIVITY THAT'S DECIDED, UM, BY HUT THAT IT WOULD FUND, UH, AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO RUSH AND GO BACK AND GENERATE DATA, UM, AT THE TIME THAT A DISASTER IMPACTS YOU AND, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO QUESTIONS.

SO, UM, NEXT STEPS WILL BE THAT, UH, YOU'LL BE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING WHAT YOU BELIEVE ARE THE PRIORITY NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THE DATA SAYS THE NEEDS ARE, SO THAT YOU CAN THEN MATCH, UH, THE NEEDS WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT YOU RECEIVE, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNSELORS FOR WHICH ACTIVITIES WILL BE YOUR PRIORITIES FOR FUNDING.

FIRST THING THEY GOTTA DO IS GATHER ALL THE DATA.

THAT'S GONNA BE THE BIG QUESTIONS.

THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS.

SO NOW I DO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND GIVING YOUR EXPERTISE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH THAT.

UM, WITH THAT, UM, MOVE ON TO THE

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

SHE, OKAY, SO WE'RE DOING A CONSOLIDATED PLAN IF FIELD.

NO.

UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, OUR RFPS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR 2025 WILL BE RELEASED THIS FRIDAY.

UM, THAT IS WHERE NONPROFITS WILL, UM, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR FUNDING

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APPLICATIONS WILL BE DUE ON MARCH 21ST.

AFTER THAT, WE WILL REVIEW ALL OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE CURRENT PRIORITY NEEDS AND GOALS OF THE CURRENT CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND, UH, MEET A NATIONAL OBJECTIVE.

AND THEN WE'LL GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

UM, USUALLY MID-APRIL, ABOUT THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE NEXT, UM, THE MAY, MAY MEETING.

'CAUSE THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS IN MAY, OF COURSE ARE WHEN THEY COME AND PRESENT TO US, BASICALLY THEY GAVE US THE APPLICATION.

I SAID, THIS IS HOW I WANNA SPEND MY MONEY.

AND THEN IN MAY THEY'RE GONNA COME AND TELL US WHY WE SHOULD GIVE THEM MONEY.

SO THAT'LL BE THAT.

UM, SEWER LINE PROJECTS.

WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT WE JUST GOT CONTRACT SIGNED, SO WE'LL BE STARTING THAT PROJECT.

IT'S ON CRESTMONT.

UM, WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THERE.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING TWO MORE PROJECTS OUT FOR BID FOR SEWER LINE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM REHAB.

WE DID, UM, I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT WE WANT TO, SINCE WE INCREASED THE AMOUNT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTIONS, WE ALSO WANTED TO CHANGE THE FLOOR PLANS.

CURRENTLY WE DO BUILD A THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATH, BUT WHO WANTS THAT? UM, A THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATH.

I CAN ATTEST TO IT WITH A CHILD.

IT WAS NOT FUN HAVING JUST ONE BATHROOM AFTER HARVEY.

UM, SO I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN WE, UM, HAD TWO AGAIN.

SO WE DO WANNA CHANGE THAT.

SO I DID SEND A COUPLE OF OPTIONS TO BAY BUSH, HUTCHINSON AND ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS THE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT WE WORK WITH.

SO I'M JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE STARTING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS ON THAT AND THEN PUTTING THE PROJECTS OUT FOR BID.

UM, LET'S SEE, REAPPOINTMENTS, WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FOUR FOR WHATEVER REASON.

WHEN THEY APPOINTED YOU TO THE BOARD.

IT WAS, UM, THE TERM ENDING THIS PAST DECEMBER.

SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE CONSIDERED A HOLDOVER, AS ARE YOU, AS ARE YOU S ARE YOU AND ERIC.

SO ON FEBRUARY 27TH IS WHEN YOU WILL GO, UM, IT'LL GO BEFORE COUNCIL FOR YOU TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE, UM, BOARD.

SO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER DECIDES TO DO SO.

I KNOW A FEW OF YOU HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TO LET THEM KNOW, SHOOT A REMINDER.

'CAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE IN THE MEETING THIS THURSDAY, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S NOT.

IT'S IN FEBRUARY 27TH.

SO IF JUST IN CASE THEY FORGET, BUT, UM, I DID PROVIDE THEM, I DID HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH YOUR MEETING ATTENDANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, I KNOW I, I THINK EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN REAPPOINTED OR WHATEVER BECAUSE I MEAN, DALIA IS NOT GOING ANYMORE.

SO I KNOW THAT .

SO, UM, SO YES, THAT IS GONNA BE HAPPENING ON FEBRUARY 27TH.

AND IF YOU ARE REAPPOINTED, RHONDA WILL PROBABLY BE AT THE MEETING.

SO SHE'LL LET YOU KNOW.

BUT , IF NOT, THEN IF YOU, FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU, YOU'RE, YOU DON'T KNOW, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT FRIDAY IF YOU WERE REAPPOINTED OR NOT.

THAT WAY YOU CAN, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THIS FUN CONTENT STUFF THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.

WE DON'T KNOW MY MAKEUP .

OKAY? WE'RE NOT.

AND THEN, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I THINK THAT THIS YEAR WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR US TO DO OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE DELAYED IN THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW, UM, THINGS ARE GONNA BE GOING WITH THE CONGRESS AND SENATE AND EVERYTHING.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU THAT 'CAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDS BEING CUT HERE AND THERE, AND SO THEREFORE I'M WONDERING HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT US.

I REALLY AM.

I KNOW UNTIL IT HAPPENS.

YEAH, I KNOW IT HAPPENS.

UM, MAY WAKE UP TOMORROW AND IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT, BUT YEAH, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL IT HAPPENS.

UNTIL IT HAPPENS.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING, UH, DAY WHEN THEY HAD FROZEN FUNDS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.

I KNOW.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING DAY BECAUSE, UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE, ALL YOUR ARE RENT FUNDED POSITIONS WE'RE THE ONLY FOUR GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS IN THE CITY.

SO THAT WAS INTERESTING CASE.

YEAH.

A LOT OF US IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FULLY FUNDED.

SO THAT MEANS A LOT, A LOT FOR THE PRINCIPALS NOT TO HAVE THE EXTRA HELP.

THE, IT'S LIKE, IT'S BAD ENOUGH AS IT IS, BUT IT'S, I CAN GO ON THE RECORD AS SAYING I DON'T SEE THEM LIKE ELIMINATING CDBG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE SO FAR REACHING.

IT'S, IT'S CRAZY.

BUT, UM, I DON'T EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE NEW YEAR THAT WE DID THIS YEAR.

I'M NOT EXPECTING, I MEAN, THIS IS THE MOST WE'VE EVER RECEIVED.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT 600, 6 0 5, 6 0 8, 6 56 21.

THAT'S WHAT OUR ALLOCATION ALWAYS WAS.

THIS YEAR IS 8 34 8 17.

THAT'S THE MOST I'VE EVER SEEN, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW BACK IN THE DAY, UM, YOU PROBABLY WERE HERE, UM, YOU WERE ALREADY WITH THE LIBRARY ON THE CITY ONE.

THEY MIGHT'VE GOTTEN LIKE A MILLION IN CD BG DOLLARS, BUT I, THIS IS 800.

I WAS LIKE, WHOA, TAKE IT.

YEAH, I WAS, I WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

SO OF COURSE WHEN I KNOW YOU'LL KNOW, THAT'S USUAL.

BUT THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

I KNEW THIS WAS GONNA BE A SHORT ONE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR Y'ALL TONIGHT.

SO IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR ANYTHING, QUESTION NOW, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ADJOIN.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOIN? I SO MOVE.

FIRST, SECOND, SECOND BY MS. QUE.

ALL IN FAVOR?

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ALL OPPOSED? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT SIX 10.