[00:00:29]
[a. Consider approving the Community Development Advisory Committee meeting minutes from March 4, 2025.]
MOTION CARRIES.I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE EIGHT,
[a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the City of Baytown Community Development Block Grant funding for the 2025-2026 program year.]
WHICH IS PUBLIC HEARING.I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN 20 25, 20 26 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
ALL PERSONS TO DESIRING SHIRT TO SPEAK, EXCUSE ME, SHOULD SIGN THE LIST IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM IF THEY NOT HAVE ALREADY DONE SO.
TODAY'S HEARING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING IN PER, WITH REGARD TO THE 20 25, 20 26 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 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 SHALL BE DIRECTED TO ME.
AND WITH THE AID OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR, MS. SHARON, I SHALL ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM BIGTIME SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TAB SIX TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION YOU SHARING.
JUST GIVE US ONE SECOND BECAUSE STEPHANIE'S GONNA PULL HIM UP ON ZOOM WHENEVER WE ASK QUESTIONS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEAK LOUD SO THAT THE CAM THE SPEAKER'S IN THE CEILING CAN PICK IT UP.
KEVIN, CAN YOU HEAR? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN HEAR YOU.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I, AT ONE POINT YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST GO AHEAD AND STOP ME.
I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME AT THE END.
UM, I'M GONNA START WITH A QUICK INTRODUCTION OF MYSELF, UH, AND OUR ORGANIZATION.
MY NAME IS DEVIN VANDER, AND I'M THE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING MANAGER AT ACCESSIBLE SPACE INCORPORATED.
UH, I'M ALSO GONNA GO AHEAD NOW WITH MY PRESENTATION AND GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.
CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT? YES, SIR.
ACCESSIBLE SPACE INCORPORATED IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, UM, FOR VERY LOCAL ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, SENIORS, UH, AND US VETERANS.
WE PROVIDE HOUSING AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, AND WE ARE IN 31 STATES NOW, UH, AND WE OWN 140 OF THESE SUBSIDIZED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING NINE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
ACCESSIBLE SPACE INCORPORATED STARTED IN 1978 IN MINNEAPOLIS.
UM, AND OUR MISSION IS HOUSING WITH CARE.
UH, WE BELIEVE IN HOUSING FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT ARE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME FOR SENIORS AND, UH, US VETERANS, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESSIBLE, UH, AND DIGNIFIED LIVING JUST LIKE WE DO, UH, AT THE ROLLING BROOK APARTMENTS THERE IN BAYTOWN.
UH, ROLLING BROOK APARTMENTS OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 1999.
UH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 24 ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE UNITS AT THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE HERE, UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED WHO WE SERVE AND OUR, UH, OUR POPULATION.
UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THESE UNITS ARE SUBSIDIZED BY, UH, THE HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO HUD, UH, AND IT'S 50% OF THE GROSS ADJUSTED MONTHLY INCOME IS WHAT WE CHARGE FOR RENT FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.
UH, AND OUR RENT ALSO INCLUDES HEAT, WATER, UH, AND SEWAGE, UH, THEN SNOW, UH, REMOVAL IF NEED BE.
UM, AS YOU'LL LEARN, UM, OUR APARTMENT COMMUNITY IS IN DIRE NEED OF SOME FOUNDATION, UM, AND A NEW ELEVATOR.
AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU SOME IMAGES HERE OF THE FOUNDATION.
[00:05:01]
THE CURRENT FOUNDATION IS CAUSING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ISSUES AT OUR BUILDING, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THESE IMAGES.UH, AND CURRENTLY THE ELEVATOR HAS SOME OBSOLETE PARTS.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO OUR CONTRACT WITH, UH, THE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND OUR CONTRACT, OUR, UH, RESERVE FOR REPLACEMENT BUDGET IS NOT VERY LARGE, AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO, TO REPLACE THE FOUNDATION OURSELVES OR PAY FOR A BIG TICKET ITEM LIKE THE MODERNIZATION OF THE ELEVATOR.
UH, WHICH AGAIN IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY AND APPLYING FOR THESE QUESTION NEEDED.
UM, OUR PROJECT RENTAL, A SYSTEM CONTRACT OR PR, REQUIRES US TO KEEP A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER UNIT IN OUR RESERVE FOR REPLACEMENT ACCOUNT.
SO THE R FOR R, UM, THEREFORE, WE, WE ARE PRETTY LIMITED.
UM, OUR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES ARE NOT VERY LARGE, SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ECONOMIES OF SCALE IS ONE WAY TO PUT THAT.
UH, AND, AND THEREFORE WE, WE REALLY, UH, STRUGGLE SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE THESE BIG NEEDS, ESPECIALLY ON OUR OLDER BUILDINGS, SUCH AS THE FOUNDATION.
UH, THE ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION MODERNIZATION, EXCUSE ME, UH, AT ROLLING BROOK APARTMENTS.
UM, WE ARE OFFERING $20,000, UH, AS A POTENTIAL MATCH TO THIS PROJECT, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
UM, AGAIN, WE WERE SEEING CRACKS AND SHEET ROCK, UM, ISSUES AND VOIDS IN THE FOUNDATION, WHICH HAS REALLY AFFECTED THE UNITS.
HERE'S SOME, UM, IMAGES OF THE UNITS, UH, AND THE INSIDE OF THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE CRACKS IN THE FLOORING.
UH, AND AGAIN, THE CEILING, UH, IT'S AFFECTED A NUMBER OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE'VE EVEN HAD TO RELOCATE ONE OF OUR VERY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, UM, DUE TO THE SLOPING FLOORS.
I MEAN, WE, WE'VE HAD THAT INDIVIDUAL AT A ANOTHER ACCESSIBLE, I WANNA SAY, HOTEL NEARBY FOR, FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
UM, AND ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELEVATOR, AND WE'VE HAD TO MAKE A NUMBER OF, OF BANDAID REPAIRS, UH, AND TO REALLY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ISSUE, WE HAVE TO MODERNIZE IT ONCE AND FOR ALL, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A HEFTY SUM OF MONEY.
SO, AGAIN, WITH OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS, UH, THAT AREN'T AMBULATORY, YOU KNOW, THEY RELY HEAVILY ON KEEPING THIS BUILDING SAFE AND SECURE.
AND A MODERNIZED ELEVATOR WOULD, WOULD REALLY HELP THAT FOR NOW IN THE LONG RUN.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, NEW AND ACCESSIBLE AFFORDABLE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES SUCH AS ROLLING BOOK ARE NO LONGER BEING BUILT, UM, AS FREQUENTLY AS THEY ONCE WERE, DUE TO A LOT OF CHANGES, UH, AT HUD AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE PROGRAM, UH, THAT FUNDED THIS PROJECT INITIALLY, WHICH IS CALLED THE SECTION EIGHT 11 APARTMENT COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
UH, THUS MAINTAINING THIS 26-YEAR-OLD PROPERTY FOR NOW IN THE FUTURE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
UH, BROOK IS SUCH A VALUABLE PART OF THE COMMUNITY IN BAYTOWN.
IT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO REMAIN, UH, OUT OF NURSING HOMES, UH, AND THEN WHILE LIVING IN A DIGNIFIED, INDEPENDENT APARTMENT COMMUNITY THAT, THAT SUITS THEIR NEEDS.
IT'S NEAR BUS LINES AND OTHER AMENITIES.
THEREFORE, ALLOWING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND AND LIVE IN A PLACE THAT ALLOWS THEM, UH, THAT DIGNITY THAT I KEEP TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING JUST ALLOWS A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS TO GET TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AS WELL TO GET TO HOSPITALS, UM, AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE.
SO, AGAIN, IT IS SUCH A UNIQUE APARTMENT COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST NOT DEVELOPING LIKE WE ONCE WERE FOR, FOR MANY REASONS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THIS IS FUNDING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND FUNDING THAT'LL GO A LONG WAY TO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THESE RESIDENTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING THIS BUILDING TO, UH, BE MAINTAINED AND, AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A WONDERFUL SERVICE THAT IT DOES FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, WE ALSO, ALONG THE HISTORY WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE BAY AREA REHAB CENTER, UH, WHO HAS PARTNERED WITH US ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS. AND ONE OF OUR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, VIRGINIA UPCHURCH CHASE, UM, IS FROM THE AREA, UH, AND IS NEAR TO OUR HEARTS.
AND, UM, AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THE, THE NINE BUILDINGS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WE OWN AND MANAGE.
UM, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST GOT THIS PROJECT FUNDED WAY BACK WHEN, YOU KNOW, IN 1996, I BELIEVE, IS WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, AND THEN 1999 WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT WE HAVE OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF CDBG AND HOME AND HGF AND, AND OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
AND WE'RE WELL AWARE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT TAKES TO THESE PROJECTS DONE AND, AND DO THEM ON TIME AND AND EFFICIENTLY.
UM, SO I'LL CONTINUE WITH THE SLIDE A LITTLE BIT HERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS NOW, IF YOU HAVE SOME FOR ME.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU.
WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR ANOTHER PRESENTATION THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE EXACT SAME THING.
[00:10:01]
YOU OVER THE OTHER APPLICANT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.UM, I SUPPOSE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE OTHER APPLICANT, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE COME TO THE CITY FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING REQUEST.
UM, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON, ON BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE 26 YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK FOR ANY MONEY.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO, AGAIN, NOT ONLY HAVE THE RESIDENTS THAT CURRENTLY LIVE THERE, BUT ARE FUTURE RESIDENTS.
AND AGAIN, THIS BUILDING IS VERY UNIQUE.
IT'S ONE OF THE FEW OF ITS KIND IN THE CITY THAT PROVIDES THIS RENTAL SUBSIDY, UH, FOR VERY LOW AND EXTREMELY LOW WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
SO AN ELEVATOR AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATION EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, AND THEN TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, USE THAT SUBSIDY FROM HUD, WE ENGAGE IN 40 YEAR CONTRACTS WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THIS FRONTAL SUBSIDY.
SO KEEPING THIS BUILDING GOING AND WELL MAINTAINED IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, OR AND MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS OR TRAUMATIC DRAINAGE CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT SUBY DOWN THE ROAD, ASSUMING THE BUILDING IS WELL MAINTAINED.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD PICK US.
AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, AS FAR AS RELOCATION IS CONCERNED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OR THE RE RENOVATION OR THE REMODELING PERIOD? YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND TYPICALLY WE FIND HOTELS THAT ARE FULLY ACCESSIBLE.
RIGHT? UM, I PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET OF THAT RELOCATION COST THAT WE'VE ESTIMATED FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS.
WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THESE, LIKE I SAID, MONTANA, MINNESOTA, CALIFORNIA, UH, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND SO THESE ELEVATOR PROJECTS USUALLY LAST TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
UM, I THINK THE FOUNDATION IS ONE TO TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND NOT EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO RELOCATE, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.
WE GIVE THEM THE OPTION, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON SECOND FLOOR THAT REQUIRE THE USE OF THE ELEVATOR, BUT SOME MIGHT NOT CHOOSE TO RELOCATE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, AND THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
SO THERE WERE NO BID DOCUMENTS PROVIDED FOR THE ELEVATOR REPAIR, LIKE THERE WERE FOR THE FOUNDATION REPAIR.
AND SO BEING IS HOW THAT'S THE HIGHEST DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW YOU JUST KIND OF PROVIDED A, A ONE PAGER, WHICH IS PRICING, BUT NO ACTUAL ESTIMATES? YES.
I HAVE SOME ESTIMATES FOR YOU.
I'M SORRY THAT YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THOSE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND 'EM AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE.
AND AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST ESTIMATES AND BASED OFF PREVIOUS PROJECTS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HARD BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT AGAIN, ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE RELATIVELY THE SAME SIZE.
UM, AND FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, THAT'S TYPICALLY THE NUMBER THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH.
SO, CDBG IS DONE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
DO YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO COVER THE COST OF THESE UPFRONT BEFORE YOU GET REIMBURSED BY THE GRANT? YES, WE DO.
UH, ACCESSIBLE SPACE INCORPORATED, WHICH IS THE MAIN ORGANIZATION, UH, WILL TYPICALLY SPONSOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS AND THEN GET REIMBURSED, UM, BY THE NON-PROFIT AFFILIATE, WHICH IS ROLLING BROOK APARTMENTS.
SO WHEN THAT MONEY WOULD COME IN, WE WOULD HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PAYING THAT UP FRONT.
UH, YEAH, THE, THE, UH, THE ELEVATOR, IT'S, IT'S, UH, WHEN YOU INSTALL 'EM, ARE THEY ON THE OUTER OUTER OR THE INTER INNER PART OF THE, OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING? INNER PART.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, UH, YOU CATCH IT, THE CENTER TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE AS MUCH, UH, PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, FOUR APARTMENTS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU GOT FOUR.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU TRYING TO SPECIFICALLY LOCATED FOR THE RESIDENCE, IS THIS CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED AND I CAN PROVIDE A FLOOR PLAN IF THAT WOULD HELP AS WELL.
IT STATES ON ONE OF YOUR, UM, ANSWERS THAT YOU RECEIVED A, A LETTER FROM HUD REGARDING THE FOUNDATION THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, UH, ONCE AND FOR ALL.
SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU THAT IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER ON THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN PROVIDE TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
UM, BUT I, AGAIN, I'M NOT POSITIVE ON, ON WHAT THAT TIMELINE WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND QUICKLY.
'CAUSE ON THAT FOUNDATION, WHAT WARRANTY ARE, ARE Y'ALL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS A WARRANTY ON IT? UH, YES.
WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS A WARRANTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, THEY ARE FUNCTIONING NOW, CORRECT? IT'S JUST A UPDATE TO THE ELEVATORS,
[00:15:01]
BUT THEY ARE FUNCTIONING CURRENTLY? THEY ARE CURRENTLY FUNCTIONING, YES.UH, AND SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTRY AND OUR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES IS THAT THESE ELEVATORS LAST FOR 20, 25 YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE.
UH, AND SOME OF THESE ELEVATORS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE BUILT NOW WITH OBSOLETE PARTS.
AND SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT WE HAVE TO GO IN AND, AND PROVIDE A BANDAID TO THESE PROBLEMS. SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A DIFFERENT PART, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT AT SOME POINT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN PERMANENTLY AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE THING.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT.
UM, AND AGAIN, I'VE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE NOW BEFORE IT BECOMES A REAL SAFETY ISSUE.
UM, AND GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS TO, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS OR THE FOLKS THAT THAT USE THAT ELEVATOR.
UH, ANOTHER QUESTION, UH, AS FAR AS FOUNDATION, UH, YEAH.
YOU, YOU'RE GONNA REPLACE THE FOUNDATION UNDERNEATH THE ELEVATORS, PLUS THERE'S GONNA BE SOME FOUNDATION WORK DONE TO THE APARTMENTS ALL THE WAY AROUND.
IS THAT, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? I'M NOT POSITIVE ABOUT THE ELEVATOR.
I, AGAIN, I CAN PROVIDE SOME SPECS FOR YOU ON THAT REGARDING THE FOUNDATION, BUT IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S STARTING TO AFFECT SOME OF THOSE UNITS, ESPECIALLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE THAT FOUNDATION REPAIR WOULD GO.
WELL, WHAT I SAW IN THE PICTURE THAT YOU, UH, JUST SHOWED US, YOU WERE JUST SHOWING THE OUTER RIM.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION.
IS THAT WHERE, WHERE AN ELEVATOR WOULD GO OR THERE'S ONE THERE THAT WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU FIX THE FOUND, ARE YOU GONNA FIX THE FOUNDATION OF THE APARTMENT, THEN YOU GOTTA FIX THE FOUNDATION OF THE ELEVATOR, RIGHT? THE FRAME? I WOULD ASSUME.
AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU AND PROVIDE YOU A BETTER ANSWER.
UM, THIS IS JUST BASED ON THE SPECS THAT I RECEIVED WHEN WE DID GET A HARD BID ON THE FOUNDATION.
UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO GO IN AND LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY, IF THAT WOULD HELP.
DOES THE ELEVATOR, UH, DOES IT FIT 2, 3, 4 PEOPLE OR HOW DOES, OR IN A WHEELCHAIR AND HOW, HOW BIG IS IT? THE ELEVATOR? I'M SORRY, I CAN'T, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IS THE ELEVATOR, HOW BIG IS THE ELEVATOR? HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT FIT IN THERE WHEN THEY'RE GETTING TO, TO THEIR FLOORS? IS IT A CAPACITY? CAPACITY? I'D SAY BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, FIVE AND SEVEN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S WIDE ENOUGH FOR SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR TO GET IN AND OUT.
UM, AGAIN, I, IF, IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I COULD SEND YOU SOME SPECS THAT YOU COULD, YOU COULD LOOK AT.
UM, AND AGAIN, A FLOOR PLAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THOSE THINGS MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
I HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND, AND ALSO FOR THE ACCOMMODATION.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES, SO THANK YOU.
I WILL NOW CALL BAY AREA REHAB CENTER.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BAY AREA REHABILITATION CENTER, AND I'M HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER PROGRAM.
THE BAYTOWN OPPORTUNITY CENTER PROGRAM HAS PROUDLY SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 70 YEARS, PROVIDING VITAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
IN 1996, BAY AREA MERGED WITH BAY AREA REHABILITATION CENTER TO EXPAND ITS REACH AND STRENGTHEN ITS COMMITMENT IN TO SUPPORTING THE DISABLED COMMUNITY.
OUR PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR PARTICIPANTS BY OFFERING A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WITH THAT COMBINES REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION.
OVER TIME, WE HAVE EVOLVED TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES, INCORPORATING EMPLOYMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND PERSONALIZED SUPPORTS THAT ADDRESS EACH INDIVIDUAL'S PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES.
WE RECOGNIZE THE BARRIERS MANY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY FACE, PARTICULARLY IN TRANSPORTATION.
TO HAVE OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES.
WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO AND
[00:20:01]
FROM OUR PROGRAM TO COMMUNITY TRAINING SITES, AND WHEN NEEDED TO EVEN EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS.ONCE THE PARTICIPANT HAS GAINED EMPLOYMENT, AS OF AS, AS THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN WITH DISABILITIES IN BAYTOWN AREA HAS GROWN, SO TOO HAS OUR NEED FOR OUR SERVICES.
IN MY 15 YEARS WITH THE PROGRAM, WE HAVE EXPANDED FROM SERVING 50 CLIENTS ANNUALLY.
THAT'S AN UNDUPLICATED NUMBER TO CURRENTLY OVER TWO 50 ANNUALLY.
WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN OVER 65 INDIVIDUALS SUCCESSFULLY GAINING EMPLOYMENT.
IN ADDITION TO VOCATIONAL SERVICES, WE OFFER SPECIALIZED SUPPORTS SUCH AS SPEECH THERAPY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND OCCUPATIONAL THEORY THERAPY.
WE ALSO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS IN SECURING AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE Y'ALL, BAY AREA REHABILITATION DID PARTNER WITH THEM IN THE BEGINNING TO START ROLLING BROOK.
SO I KNOW THAT WHEN HE MENTIONED THAT.
SO WE, WE JUST HELP INDIVIDUALS FIND, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY PUT 'EM AT ROLLING BROOK, AND THERE'S NO CURRENT AFFILIATION.
THE BOARD MEMBER THAT HE MENTIONED, MS. VIRGINIA, SHE DID SHARE ON OUR BOARD AS WELL AS THEIRS.
SHE'S NO LONGER ON OUR BOARD DUE TO HEALTH REASONS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT.
UM, HER HUSBAND WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, UM, A FACILITY IN THE LAPORTE REGION.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT CONNECTION COMES FROM.
OUR PIECE IS, UH, SERVICES COMPLAINTS.
AT THE BAYTOWN OPPORTUNITY CENTER, WE ARE COMMITTED TO MEETING INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY ARE EMPOWERING THEM TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL.
I BROUGHT ONE OF MY, UH, PARTICIPANTS TODAY WITH ME, JT HERNANDEZ, AND HE'S GONNA SPEAK FOR A MINUTE AND WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS JT AND I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST READING THIS.
AND IF I MISS A FEW WORDS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
UH, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER SINCE 2007.
WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED, MY SKILL SET WAS LIMITED.
I KNEW A FEW THINGS, BUT THERE WAS STILL SO MUCH TO LEARN.
OVER TIME, THROUGH THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER PROVIDED AT THE BAYTOWN OPPORTUNITY CENTER, I DEVELOPED IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT HAVE PREPARED ME FOR REAL LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT.
ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE SKILLS I GAINED THROUGH THE, THAT I GAINED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE INCREDIBLE STAFF OF THE OC WAS OPT, OPT FOR, FORGIVE ME FOR OPTIMISM.
UH, I LEARNED THAT I'M NOT LIMITED IN THE ABILITIES.
UH, I ALSO DEVELOPED A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND DEEP EMPATHY FOR THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN I AM TODAY.
I CONSIDER MYSELF A TEAM LEAD AT THE CENTER.
I'M PROUD, I'M PROUD TO ASSIST OTHERS IN THE PROGRAM WITH VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
AND I ENJOY HELPING THEM GROW IN EMPATHY AND BECOME MORE OPTIMISTIC, UH, ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE THE BAYTOWN OPPORTUNITY CENTER.
I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE A PART OF IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO THE $50,000 EXACTLY.
HOW IS IT GOING TO BE USED? WE HAVE SEEN AN INFLUX, INFLUX OF CLIENTS WITH DI UH, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY COME FROM OUR SERVICES.
THEY'RE LEAVING THE SCHOOLS AND THERE'S NOT A TRANSITION PIECE FOR THEM.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR COSTS.
SO THOSE MONIES WOULD BE USED FOR, UH, TRAINING, MATERIAL ASSESSMENTS, TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM TRAINING SITES AND OR JOBS AND ANYTHING ELSE NEEDED FOR THAT PARTICULAR CLIENT.
WE ESTIMATED THAT AMOUNT AT ABOUT, FOR 20 CLIENTS, ABOUT 2,500.
UM, AND WE SAY A YEAR, UM, MANY CLIENTS COME 20 DAYS A A MONTH.
MANY CLIENTS, SOME CLIENTS COME 10 DAYS A MONTH.
SO IT'S, IT'S ON THE CLIENT'S NEEDS.
AND HOW WILL YOU MEASURE THE PROGRAM'S OUTCOMES? WE MEASURE THE OUTCOMES BY, WE MEASURE THE OUTCOMES.
WE DO AN ASSESSMENT UPON ARRIVAL, AND THEN PERIODICALLY, WHICH IS PROBABLY EVERY 90 DAYS, UM, WE REASSESS A CLIENT TO SEE WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE, TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE DEVELOPING AT, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN CHANGE.
WE TREAT EVERYBODY AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
[00:25:01]
STYLE IS NOT THE SAME AS JOHNNY'S LEARNING STYLE.SO AT LEAST 70% OF THE PARTICIPANTS WE ANTICIPATE WILL GAIN SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT AND A CAREER ADVANCEMENT.
AFTER ONE YEAR, 80% OF THE PARTICIPANTS WILL DEMONSTRATE IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND LIFE SKILLS.
AND, UM, OTHERS WILL SAY THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRAM.
AND WE DO THAT BY, UM, A SATISFACTION SURVEY THAT WE GIVE THE FAMILIES AND THE CLIENTS.
SO YOU, UH, YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN WAS TALKING ABOUT HE HELPING SOMEONE ELSE THAT YES.
IS THAT WITH THE, WITH SOME KIND OF WORK SKILLS? OR IS IS IT JUST, UH, ENCOURAGEMENT OR, UH, I WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO OUR PROGRAM IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO RESPECTIVE PERSON.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DISABILITY.
SO WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO OUR PROGRAM THAT HAVE G-TUBES, THAT ARE DIAPERED, THAT NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR MOTOR SKILLS.
JT MAY BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THAT AREA.
WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT COME AND THEY JUST WANT TO, THEY NEED LIFE SKILLS.
AND SO HE MAY HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY WITH LEARNING TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH.
IT'S THOSE LITTLE AND THOSE SOFT SKILLS THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES REALLY HAVE.
THE, THE INTEGRITY, YOU KNOW, HAVING INTEGRITY ON THE JOB.
SO WE TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND THEY KEEP JOURNALS ALONG THE WAY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED IN THE PROGRAM.
ON, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS, YOU KNOW, YOUR TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION AND SO FORTH, SO ON TRANSPORTATION, IS THAT JUST FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO YOUR FACILITY OR IS THAT LIKE A BUS PASS BECAUSE THEY NEED THE ASSISTANCE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT OR WHATEVER? IS IT JUST TO YOUR FACILITY? IT'S, NO, THE TRANSPORTATION IS STRICTLY FOR OUR CLIENT.
SO IF OUR CLIENT NEEDS TO GO TO THE MARKET, WE TAKE OUR CLIENT TO THE MARKET.
IF OUR CLIENT NEEDS TO GO TO THE DOCTOR, WE TAKE OUR CLIENT TO THE DOCTOR.
WE DON'T DO IT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.
IT'S STRICTLY, OUR TRANSPORTATION IS STRICTLY CLIENT BASED.
AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR VANS, THEY'RE WRAPPED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO YEAH, WE PICK UP, DROP OFF IF SOMEONE WE'VE TAKEN TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS IF NEEDED.
BECAUSE MOST OF OUR CLIENTS, I CAN HONESTLY SAY ABOUT 95% OF OUR CLIENTS FALL BELOW THAT POVERTY LINE.
AND TRANSPORTATION IS A BIG THING FOR OUR CLIENTS.
UM, A LOT OF OUR PARENTS OR SINGLE PARENTS, SO WE HELP THEM OUT WHEN THERE'S A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, IF MOM CAN'T GET TO IT, CASE MANAGER WILL GO WITH THEM.
SO IT IS, THE TRANSPORTATION IS STRICTLY FOR OUR CLIENTS, NOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
DO YOU WORK, DO YOU GUYS WORK DIRECTLY WITH ANY, UH, EMPLOYERS? UH, UH, WELL, CURRENTLY OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW IS JOHNNY CARINO.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I LOVE PIZZA OVER THERE.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS WHEN THEY GO TO TRAINING SITES, THEY GET THOSE SKILLS NEEDED TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT.
AND ON OUR SITE, WE PROVIDE JOB SKILLS TRAINING.
WE USED TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PARKS.
SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, BRING SOME OF THAT BACK HOME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DO, THEY DO SERVICE AROUND OUR, OUR FACILITY THAT THEY WOULD DO AT THE PARKS.
AND WE DO PAY OUR CLIENTS TO WORK FOR US.
JT IS A PAID, UH, PARTICIPANT IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO WHEN YOU SAY Y'ALL, Y'ALL WORKED WITH PARKS PREVIOUSLY MM-HMM
UM, WHAT, WHAT, HOW, HOW WAS THAT RELATIONSHIP? WHAT, WHAT WAS SOME THINGS THAT PARKS WAS DOING? UH, PARKS AND RECS, WHAT WE WOULD DO WOULD, WE WOULD CLEAN THE LOCAL PARKS IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND YOU GUYS WOULD PROVIDE YES.
JUST TO HELP? YES, WE WOULD PROVIDE THE SERVICE, OUR CLIENTS.
SO WE USE THE REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PARKS MM-HMM
TO CONTINUE TO PAY OUR CLIENTS.
AND WHEN THAT SERVICE ENDED, WE CONTINUED TO DO THAT BY HAVING THEM ON, ON IT.
IT'S A HARDSHIP, BUT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE DID NOT WANT THE CLIENTS TO LOSE THAT.
SO THEY CLEAN UP AROUND OUR FACILITY AND HELP OUT THE OTHER STAFF, WE HAVE A OUTPATIENT PROGRAM, SO THEY'LL HELP TAKE OUT THE TRASH THERE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND EVERYTHING WE DO IS TRAINING.
SO THE EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES DON'T GET PAID OUT OF HERE, JUST THE CLIENT SERVICES, JUST, THAT'S JUST FOR CLIENT SERVICES? NO.
FOR CLIENT SERVICES, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN AN INFLUX OF INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BASICALLY WE USED TO HAVE A TRANSITION PROGRAM WITH SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS.
AND SO NOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE TURNING 18, 19, AND 21, AND THE SCHOOLS ARE REFERRING TO US, AND THEY SOMETIMES COME WITH NO SERVICES OR NO DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO PAY.
[00:30:01]
IS THE BIG PIECE.SO WE GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO CROSBY TO PICK UP AND WE GO AS FAR AS UVALDE ON THAT END.
AND WE WAS GOING TO THE BELTWAY AND FAIRMONT TO PICK UP CLIENTS.
SO WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF WHICH WE PICK UP CLIENTS FOR BAYTOWN CLIENTS.
I WAS JUST GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE.
AND THERE'S A WAY FOR Y'ALL TO TRACK THAT AND KEEP TRACK OF THAT FOR, FOR THIS? YES.
THIS WOULD BE JUST FOR THE BAYTOWN CITY OF BAYTOWN CLIENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING OUT OF GOOSE CREEK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
HOW LONG DO THEY USUALLY STAY WITH YOU? UH, HOW LONG YOU BEEN WITH S JT
I'VE HAD PEOPLE, I'VE BEEN THERE 15 YEARS, AND THERE WERE CLIENTS THERE BEFORE ME.
SO WE HAVE OTHER FACETS TO OUR PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A HOME COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE PROGRAM WHERE THAT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE WITH MEDICAID DOLLARS.
SO OUR, OUR ORGANIZATION IS 70% MEDICAID DOLLARS IS WHAT WE RECEIVE FOR FUNDING.
SO THE AVERAGE OF THE, UH, YOUNG ADULTS ARE 2019 AND TWENTIES, 28, 19 TO 19.
OUR OLDEST IS 78, SO THAT'S OUR OLDEST.
UM, WE TAKE OUR PROGRAM AS A WHOLE, BUT JUST STAYING FOCUSED ON THIS ONE.
WE START AT 16 AND UP 16 AND 16 AND UP, BECAUSE WE DO PAY OUR CLIENTS THAT WORK ON WHAT WE CALL CONTRACTS, IF THEY GO OUT TO TRAINING SITES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DO 16 AND UP FOR, FOR GOVERNMENT PURPOSES.
ANYMORE DO YOU PROVIDE 'EM, UH, FOOD AND, UM, CLOTHING TO GO TO THESE INTERVIEWS AND GO TO THESE JOBS? WE DO NOT PROVIDE FOOD OR CLOTHING.
THE CLIENTS BRING THEIR OWN FOOD, BUT I CAN TELL YOU PROBABLY TWICE A MONTH THEY'RE EATING WINGS OR PIZZA OR SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF WILL PURCHASE.
BUT NO, WE DON'T PROVIDE CLOTHING, BUT WE GIVE THEM THE TRAINING ON WHAT YOU NEED TO WEAR.
WE DO ALL OF THAT, BUT WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY CLOTHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
JUST THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I WILL NOW CALL THE AREA HOMELESS SERVICES TASK THREE.
WHICH ONE? SHE'S GETTING RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP.
I'M BAY AREA HOMELESS SERVICES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I'VE BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERE SINCE JULY OF 2011.
AND I'M BACK ONCE AGAIN, LIKE A BAD
AND THAT'S OPERATION BRIDGE, WHICH WHICH IS OUR CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
SO, UH, I WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLE OF OUR, OF OUR PROGRAM, WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO, AND HOW WE DO IT.
I ALWAYS HAVE A BAD HABIT OF FOLLOWING PEOPLE THAT A GREAT PRESENTATION RIGHT BEFORE ME, AND THEN LEAVE ME
SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE AT BAY AREA AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO.
UH, I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOMETHING HERE.
I CAN DO, BUT THIS IS TALKING AND PRESSING BUTTON.
SO I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS TO YEARS, AND LISTEN
[00:35:01]
TO THIS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR RESIDENT ARE PARENTS SHOW UP, UNEMPLOYED OR SEVERELY UNDEREMPLOYED AND, UH, THEIR CHILDREN, THE ONES THAT THEY BRING WITH THEM, FACE INSTABILITY, UH, TRAUMA AND DISRUPTION TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SHUNTED AROUND, SHOVELED AROUND HERE AND THERE.AND THEN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT SAD STORIES OF KIDS, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE LIVING IN CARS, YOU KNOW, FOR MONTHS AT A TIME, UH, SHUTTLING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE OFFICE THAT DON'T WANT THEM.
SO THE KIDS ARE, KIDS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, SHRINKED AROUND A LOT.
AND SO WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT BAY AREA HOMELESS SERVICES, WE PROVIDE A SAFE AND CONSISTENT ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO, UH, UH, TO GET STABILIZED, WHICH WE CONSIDER STABILITY.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR FAMILY GROUPS FOR SURE.
IN THIS, IN OUR PARTICULAR SETTING, BECAUSE THE FOLKS ENTER IN UNEMPLOYED, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DISRUPTION IN, IN
UH, PARENTS ARE OUT LOOKING FOR JOBS.
PARENTS ARE OUT HUSTLING HERE AND THERE.
UH, PARENTS ARE SCROUNGING, THEY'RE MUST BE
WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A TRAUMA BASED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM, BARRIER ANIMAL SERVICES.
SO WHAT THAT REALLY, REALLY MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU DON'T THINK OF TRAUMA, UH, HOMELESSNESS BEING TRAUMA.
YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S BEING ABUSED, THAT'S TRAUMA.
YOU KNOW, GET IN A CAR WRECK AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE DISABLED FOR A WHILE, THAT'S TRAUMA.
UH, BUT TO BE REAL HONEST WITH YOU, UH, BEING UNEMPLOYED FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME IS, IS A TRAUMA ON THE FAMILY.
IT'S A TRAUMA ON THE, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
SO OUR GOALS ARE TO PROVIDE STABILITY, TO HELP FIND EMPLOYMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS, FOR PARENTS.
AND IN SOME CASES, VERY, IN MINOR INSTANCES, WE PROVIDE CHILDCARE FOR THE RESIDENT CHILDREN WHILE PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT BASED, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
PEOPLE START, COME UP TO ME SOMETIMES AND SAY, WELL, DO YOU HAVE KIDS AT THE SHELTER? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR WE HAVE VISITORS THAT COME.
AND WE, WE RECENTLY HAD A COUPLE OF NEW JUNIOR BOARD MEMBERS COME AND THEY WERE AMAZED.
THEY WENT INTO OUR SHELTER AND THEY WENT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THESE PACKING PLATES DOING IN THE, IN THE SHELTER? WELL, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT CHILDREN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT FAMILIES AND FAMILIES OF CHILDREN, RIGHT? SO CURRENTLY YESTERDAY'S CENSUS, THIS IS YESTERDAY'S CENSUS.
WE HAD 17 CHILDREN BETWEEN OUR FAMILY CENTER AND OUR WHAT? OUR EMERGENCIES SHELTER, WHICH IS OUR SHORT TERM, UH, PROJECT.
SO WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE 17 KIDS CURRENTLY AT THE SHELVING.
OUR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN ALL ARE REQUIRED TO GO TO SCHOOL.
THEY ALL ATTEND SCHOOL, OKAY? THE YOUNGER CHILDREN ARE USUALLY CARED FOR BY THEIR PARENTS, OR, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME, SOME LUCKY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A WHILE, HAVE NCI, WHICH IS THE, WHICH IS THE LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, FUNDED CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
UH, BUT WE, WE TRY TO SERVE THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING IN AND JUST NOT ABLE TO GET DOWN TO NC RIGHT AWAY.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 17 CHILDREN IN OUR SHELTER.
UH, LOOKING AT THAT, LET'S SEE, WE'VE GOT 2-YEAR-OLD.
OH, YEAH, HOW ABOUT THAT? TWO, UH, ABOUT THAT FOUR MONTH OLD.
AND WE'VE HAD CHILDREN BORN AT THE SHELTER, NOT PHYSICALLY AT THE SHELTER ITSELF, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL, MOMS AT THE SHELTER AND, UH, UH, ALL THESE KIDDOS NEEDS, NEEDS SUPPORT.
MOST PEOPLE A LOT SMARTER THAN ME HAVING A GOOD CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
HAVING ACCESS TO A GOOD CHILDCARE PROGRAM ENABLES ACCESS TO TRAINING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND COUNSELING FOR THE PARENTS.
IT REDUCES THE STRESS, ENHANCES THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE CHILDCARE, UH, PROCESS.
GETTING, YOU CAN GET INTO CHILDCARE, PICKING THE KIDS UP AFTER, AFTER CHILDCARE, MAKING SURE THEY GET BACK TO THE SHELTER SAFELY IF THEY DON'T COME BACK ON THE, ON THE, UH, CHILDCARE BUS.
UH, IF, AND, UH, IT PROMOTES FAMILY STABILITY.
THERE'S MORE POSITIVE INTERACTION WITH THE WIDOW, THOSE COMING BACK FROM CARE, TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'VE DONE, WHAT IT'S, THAT THEY'VE LEARNED, MAYBE'S THAT THEY BE, AND PROVIDES
[00:40:01]
A GOOD WHOLESOME INTERACTION BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN.A A LOT OF TIMES I'M ASKED, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THIS REALLY WORK? WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, IN 20 24, 20 25, THAT GRANT YEAR, WE HAVE A RECIPIENT COME IN WITH THREE CHILDREN.
WELL, SHE MOVED TO, YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T GET ANY JOB BECAUSE THE DAY THAT SHE GOT A JOB, SHE WAS HIRED AT IHOP OF ALL TEXAS.
THE DAY SHE GOT THE JOB, SHE WAS ALSO SECOND INTO SUBSIDIZED HOUSING IN HOUSTON.
AND SO SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE INTO SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, WHICH WAS A BIG DEAL, TO GET A BIG APARTMENT FOR HER MOM AND THREE KIDS.
AND SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON AND GET EMPLOYMENT IN HOUSTON.
BUT THE GOOD THING WAS, YOU KNOW, SHE GOT HER HOUSE NO LONGER, UH, UH, AN UNHOUSED, INDIVIDUAL UNHOUSED.
THAT'S THAT PENSION TERM, RIGHT? UH, YOU KNOW, HERE WE CALL 'EM, UH, WE USED TO CALL 'EM HOMELESS, AND NOW WE CALL 'EM UNHOUSED.
OKAY? SO THAT'S, THAT'S MUCH BETTER.
UH, AND IN EUROPE, IN EUROPE THEY CALL UNHOUSED PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE TERM FOR THE HOMELESS IN, IN EUROPE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT SOMETIMES ON TV.
YOU'LL SAY, OH, BUT HE WAS SLEEPING ROUGH.
AND THAT'S A HECK OF A LOT MORE DESCRIPTIVE TERM OF WHAT OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO.
THEY SLEEP ROUGH UNTIL THEY FIND A, A BAY AREA HOMELESS SERVICES, SERVICES PLACE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RJ IS A, IS A CLIENT THAT CAME TO US UNEMPLOYED, AND NOW HE WORKS FOR HE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HE HAD A DECENT JOB, IS, UH, IN ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF RUTH CREEK.
HE'S, UH, HE'S A PERSON WORKING FOR ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND IT'S A DECENT JOB FOR HIM AND, UH, STILL WORKING THERE.
UH, AB IS A, IS A YOUNG LADY WHO HAD A COUPLE OF KIDDOS AND SHE LEFT, UH, 'CAUSE SHE WAS EMPLOYED TO CHARLIE.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHARLIE IS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO CHARLIE IS UNTIL TODAY, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S A RESTAURANT.
SO I'M, SO THAT'S GOOD TO GET TO GET JOB.
UH, A ALSO WAS UNEMPLOYED, HAD A COUPLE OF CHILDREN, AND SHE LEFT.
AND SHE'S EMPLOYED CHEDDAR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A STEP UP FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE, FROM FAST FOOD AND
AND I GOT, I'M, I'M STILL LEARNING AND I'M, I'M LEARNING ON MY JOB.
SO I GET AFTER MY STAFF AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE TAKING THESE JOBS AND FAST FOOD WITH GOLLY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM NIGHT AND DAY TRYING TO GET 'EM BETTER JOBS.
YOU GET 'EM A JOB AS A SCHOOL TEACHER, GET 'EM A JOB AS A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, AND MY CASE MANAGER LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD THREE HEADS.
AND SHE SAID, MR. BILL, A LOT OF THESE FOLKS COME TO US.
THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH AN AWFUL LOT.
THEY'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIFE THAT PREVENT THEM GOING TO WORK AT DECENT JOBS RIGHT AWAY.
SOME OF THEM COME RIGHT OFF THE STREET.
THEY'VE STILL GOT RESIDUE OF SUBSTANCES AND NOTHING.
BUT I CAN'T PASS A DRUG TEST FOR A DECENT JOB.
LET THEM GET A JOB ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE THAT BE THEIR FIRST STEP.
IT STARTS, IT STARTS TO RESONATE WITH ME A LITTLE BIT.
SHE HAD THREE CHILDREN, THREE SMALL CHILDREN.
SHE LEFT AND, UH, WENT TO WORK FOR A GREAT PLACE.
COMMUNITY HONDA, UH, ROGER SWICK USED TO BE ON OUR BOARD, SO I WAS VERY FOND COMMUNITY.
SO SHE, HE, SHE LEFT TO GO WORK FOR ROGER AND, UH, AS THE, AS A, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON.
SHE'S NOT BACK AT THE SHELTER.
SHE'S BACK AT THE SHELTER WITH ONE OF OUR RESIDENT ADVISORS.
SHE'S MAKING $15 AN HOUR AND SHE'S HELPING OTHER CLIENTS WITH THEIR JOURNEY.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TWO RESIDENT ADVISORS WORKING FOR US THAT USED TO BE RESIDENTS, AND THEY BOTH LEFT TO GO DO OTHER JOBS.
AND THEY BOTH CAME BACK TO WORK FOR US BECAUSE WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND THEY WANTED TO COME BACK AND HELP.
AS FAR AS THE BROADER COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, OF OUR, OF OUR PROGRAM REDUCES LONG-TERM CARE, LONG-TERM COSTS IN HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND HOUSING.
[00:45:01]
AND, UH, AND I BELIEVE IT, IT STRENGTHENS THE LOCAL WORKFORCE, WHICH IS, WE'VE SEEN, I, YOU KNOW, WE PUT PEOPLE OUT.
WE'RE EMPLOYMENT BASED PROGRAM.
WE PUT PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO WORK, UH, AND, UH, WORK IN THE LOCAL WORKFORCE.
WE, WE HELP TO BREAK THE GENERATIONAL CYCLES OF POVERTY THROUGH EARLY IN THE CONVENTION WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
CHILDREN COME AND SEE THEIR PARENTS GETTING JOBS INTO SUBSTANTIAL JOBS, JOBS, AND THEY LEARN THAT THEY CAN DO IT THEMSELVES AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FOR CHILD.
UH, I SEE CHILD CARE AS A, AS A BRIDGE PROGRAM.
WHAT CALL OPERATION BRIDGE TO SUPPORT OUR UNEMPLOYED PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
HERE'S SOMETHING I I REALLY NEED TO STRESS.
A CHILDCARE MICE IS SPENT ENTIRELY IN BAYTOWN.
UH, ALL OF OUR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE ARE LOCATED IN BAYTOWN.
THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT IS A CHOSEN PROVIDER OF OUR, OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY PICK PEOPLE UP AT THE SHELTER, HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE TRANSPORTATION.
50 PEOPLE HAVE TO BRING THEM TO THEIR BACK.
UH, THEY'RE BASED DOWN ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, OUR MONIES ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR, UH, MINE ARE EXPEND EXCLUSIVELY FOR PRE-EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITY, LIKE INTERVIEWS OR TRAINING.
AND THEY CONCLUDE ONCE WAGES ARE RECEIVED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY CHILDCARE ON THEIR OWN.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A, THE FOREVER PRO PROGRAM LIKE NCI AND SOME OF THOSE OTHERS, UM, WHICH ARE GREAT PROGRAM AND WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
UH, GET THESE PEOPLE JOBS, GET THEM WORKING, EXCUSE ME.
AND, AND ALLOW THEM TO, TO PAY THEIR OWN JOB, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S PART OF LIVING.
SO, SO THAT IS, THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FOR, FOR OPERATIONAL BRIDGE.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU, SO THE FUNDING THAT YOU RECEIVED IN THE CURRENT YEAR? YEAH, WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EXPENDITURES.
UH, WE, WE HAVE HAD SOME EXPENSES.
WE HAVE ONE CLIENT WITH THREE, I BELIEVE TWO, THREE, UH, GET A JOB AND, AND, UH, HAD CHILD HERE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD TIME.
IT WAS SMALL AMOUNT, BUT, BUT YEAH, I COULD SEE, I COULD SEE WHERE IT DOESN'T REGISTER BECAUSE IT'S ONLY SMALL AMOUNT.
MOST OF OUR EXPENDITURES OCCUR DURING THE SPRING SUMMER BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE KIDDOS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL MOST.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THE SPIKE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE'VE ALWAYS EXPENDED OUR MONEY AND WE'RE CLOSE TO, CLOSE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF OUR, OUR MONEY.
AND SO WE, WE KNOW HOW MUCH TO ASK FOR.
I WOULD LOVE TO ASK FOR A WHOLE LOT MORE.
BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE'D EX WE WOULD EXPEND IT.
AND THERE WAS A, A CONVERSATION EARLIER BEFORE WE STARTED.
I HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO EX WHEN YOU GO EXPEND YOUR MONEY.
WELL, I DON'T LIKE TO BE IN A POSITION OF HAVING TO EITHER GIVE MONEY BACK OR TO SAY, OKAY, I'VE ASKED FOR TOO MUCH MONEY.
I CAN'T SPEND ALL, BECAUSE THEN I CAN'T COME BACK HERE NEXT YEAR AND SAY I NEED MORE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME SOMEONE STAYS IN YOUR PROGRAM? IS THERE A LIMIT TO HOW LONG THEY CAN BE IN THE PROGRAM? OR, OR WHAT IS THAT AVERAGE TIMEFRAME? IN THE SHORT TERM PROGRAM, IT'S, IT AVERAGES ABOUT 37 DAYS FOR, FOR A, UH, FOR A RESIDENT TO STAY AT OUR SHORT TERM PROGRAM ON FOR THE EMERGENCY SHELTER.
UH, THE LONG TERM PROGRAM, THE FAMILY CENTER, THE HURT POOR FAMILY CENTER, WHERE MOST OF THE KIDS ARE ALREADY SAW THAT.
UH, THAT USUALLY TAKES A LOT LONGER.
THAT'S ONLY ABOUT SIX DAYS, 90 DAYS.
IT'S SOMETIMES A LOT LONGER BECAUSE DEPENDING ON THE FAMILY DYNAMICS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE PARENTS AND THEY HAVE TO STAY LONGER.
UH, WE HAVE TROUBLE MOTIVATING PARENTS TO GET WORK AND TO GET THE RIGHT TYPE OF WORK.
UH, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS A, WHO WAS A, A PETROLEUM ENGINEER, AND HE ONLY WANTED A PETROLEUM ENGINEER JOB.
AND OF COURSE HE STAYED FOR QUITE A WHILE BEFORE HE FINALLY GOT THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA FIND YOU A PORTFOLIO JOB.
UH, BUT A LOT OF PARENTS SAY, WELL, I USED TO BE A TEACHER, OR I USED TO BE A NURSE, OR I USED TO, SO I REALLY WANT TO GET BACK INTO THAT.
THEN THEY REALIZE THAT WITH THEIR BACKGROUND OR WHAT'S OTHER PROBLEM, THEY CAN'T REALLY GET INTO THAT.
SO THEY MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE.
[00:50:01]
FOR THAT.SO 90 DAYS, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT YOU FAMILIES JUST STAY A LOT LONGER.
UM, SO WHEN YOU GET FAMILIES THAT ARE RELOCATING FROM OUT OF THE STATE YEAH.
AND COME TO YOUR SHELTER RIGHT.
UM, AND WE PUT 'EM IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND 'CAUSE THEY'RE TWO OUT THREE ARE SCHOOL AGED.
SO MEANWHILE MOM AND DAD ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
IS, IS THAT CORRECT? USUALLY YES.
AND THE AFTERSCHOOL, THE MONIES THAT YOU NEED IS FOR THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, FACILITIES AROUND BAYTOWN? OR CAN IT ALSO BE THE GOOSE CREEK AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE? UH, USUALLY, USUALLY NOT.
USUALLY THE MONIES THAT WE EXPEND ARE, ARE FOR DIRECT CHILDCARE.
UH, APPROPRIATE FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT.
LIKE WHEN SCHOOL'S, SCHOOL'S ON BREAK, ON BREAK, LIKE SPRING BREAKS, OR IT IS ONLY FOR THE PARENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT BASED ACTIVITIES.
SO MAYBE THE PARENT THAT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL'S OUT, THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE OF JOB INTERVIEWS, THEY NEED A PLACE TO, TO GO WITH THEIR KIDS, OR THEY'RE IN A TRAINING PROGRAM, THEY NEED CHILDCARE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, OTHERWISE YOU PICK THEM UP FROM THE SCHOOL AND BRING 'EM BACK TO THE SHELTER.
HOW DO THEY GET BACK TRANSPORTATION? NO, WE CANNOT PROVIDE, NO.
I'M SORRY? DO THEY WALK HOME? THEY, MOST OF 'EM COME ON THE BUS.
I, YOU KNOW, I, WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A C JACIN.
I THINK SAN IS RIGHT CLOSE TO OUR, CLOSE TO OUR SHELTER.
I'M NOT AT THE SHELTER MYSELF.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I WILL FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
WELL, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE I, I WORK THERE, SO, AND I, I KNOW THE FAMILY AND THEY'RE IN MY CLASSROOM.
SO, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THEY GET HOME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE DO THE, IF THE PARENTS ARE WORKING, DO THEY COME BRING SOME TO THE SHELTER? USUALLY THE PARENTS ARE NOT WORKING, WHICH IS WHY.
BUT SEE, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING APPLES AND ORANGES.
'CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL.
THEIR PARENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT, NOT THE CHILDREN THAT WE ARE PAYING CHILDCARE FOR.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR GENERAL POPULATION CHILDREN.
HOW DO THEY GET BACK AND FORTH? DO THEY, DID THEY WALK WHERE THEY TAKE THE SCHOOL BUS? YES.
LIKE EVERY OTHER CHILD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YEAH.
WE DON'T HAVE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION.
THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
THE AREA, HOMELESS SERVICES, A VERY LIMITED ORGANIZATION.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T DO IS PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
SOMETIMES EMERGENCIES, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SLIPS AND FALLS AND NEEDS TO A RIDE TO THE, TO THE, UH, EMERGENCY ROOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, BUT NO, WE DON'T PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
UM, THE, UM, YOUR EMPLOYEES, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING OVER THE CHILDREN YES.
UH, ARE THEY EMPLOYEES OR ARE SENDING THEM OUT TO OTHER DAYCARE CENTERS OR, UH, HOW DOES THAT, DOES THAT WORK? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO, WELL, WHAT I'M ASKING IS THE, THE CHILDREN THAT ARE THERE THAT YOU'RE NEEDING TO THESE SERVICES ARE FOR, ARE, ARE THEY GOING TO, UH, CHILDCARE SERVICES? YOU'RE SENDING THEM OUT OR THEY STAY THERE? YEAH.
AND ARE THOSE FACILITIES ARE, ARE THEY'RE CREATED ANY TYPE WAY? THEY'RE THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOCAL.
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO REVEAL OR IDENTIFIABLE YOUR CHILDCARE PROVIDER IS? WELL, THE BIG ONE THAT WE USE RIGHT NOW IS A, UM, SOLID ROCK.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION.
UH, THEY, THEY COME TO THE SHELTER, PICK UP THE CASE, AND DROP AND WALK AS WELL.
SO THEY, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARISH THAT DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARAS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION.
SO WHEN A, WHEN A PARENT DOESN'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, SOLID ROCK IS USUALLY THE BEST OPTION FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH TO A LICENSE FACILITY WITH A, WITH A GOOD REPUTATION.
WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, I ALREADY LOST THE QUOTE.
OH, UH, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FUNDING FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK LAST YEAR WHEN YOU CAME, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING? UH, THAT'S NEXT.
THEY'RE DOING THE SECOND PRESENTATION.
THEY'RE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE.
YOU'RE WELL, YOU'RE WELL AHEAD OF US, MR. YOU'RE WELL AHEAD.
I I, I'M, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED, LIKE, COME HERE AND PEOPLE ARE WELL AHEAD OF ME,
[00:55:01]
BUT NO.SO WE'RE, WE'RE, YEAH, THE DEMOLITION PROJECT IS THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT.
ANY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT CHILD CARE? NO, SIR.
SWITCH PRESENTATIONS REAL QUICK.
OH, I JUST SAW MY FAVORITE BUTTER M BETTER.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY LITTLE BIT BIGGER, SO IT'S A LITTLE, YEAH.
NO, THANK, LET SEE, PUT THAT UP.
I'M GONNA CLIP IT AND SEND IT TO YOU, KIM.
UM, RHONDA, SINCE YOU MISSED THE BEGINNING, THE VIDEO SHOULD BE BACK, UH, SHOULD BE UP ON THE WEBSITE, UH, EITHER TO TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY.
THAT WAS, YOU CAN WATCH THE FOURTH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY ONE NOW? EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE MEAN TO YOU AND NEXT TUESDAY WE'RE NOT MEETING.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? NOT YOUR LL IF IT'LL BE IN THE, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN THE, UM, BUT YOU CAN ONLY MEET ONE NOW.
I DON'T HAVE, REMEMBER YOU'RE ON CAMERA ALL TIME, MA'AM.
YES, I'M SURE I'LL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, ARE WE READY? UNDERSTOOD.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SHE BRINGS A LOT OF HATS AND I, AND I'M BACK.
THIS TIME WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR DEMOLITION OF A, OF A BUILDING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE USING AS OUR CURRENT BENCH SHELTER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE PLAN ON KNOCKING THAT DOWN AND TURNING THAT INTO OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR THE SHELTER.
SO BEAR WITH ME AND I'LL GET TO MR. THIS QUESTION.
UH, WE WOULD, WE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT FULLY KNOW, WE, WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1982 IN THE AREA OF HOMELESS SERVICES.
I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG, A LOT LONGER, BUT NOT HERE.
UH, WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED IN TWO, UH, WE WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO, UH, GET GOING.
SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A, IS A COPY OF THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM, IT WAS SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OF 1982, WHERE WE PURCHASED A HOUSE AT 34 0 4 WISCONSIN STREET.
AND YOU H SEE AT THAT TIME, THE SAME SHELTERING ARMS, THE BAYTOWN.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE BUILDING THAT'S IN THE PICTURE, THAT THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE FRONT STEPS OF THAT BUILDING, WHICH WAS KIND OF OLD BACK THEN BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1930.
RIGHT? SO THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE BUILDING CURRENTLY.
GUESS WHAT LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, 42 YEARS, UH, OLDER.
IT'S JUST ABOUT, JUST ABOUT THE SAME.
SO THE REASON THAT, THAT I'M HERE REALLY, UH, IS BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO KNOCK DOWN OUR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO MAKE WAY FOR THE BRAND NEW MEN'S SHELTER, SEND MEN MEN'S SHELTER THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO BUILD.
SO WITHOUT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WE NEED SPACE FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA KNOCK DOWN THE MEN'S SHELTER, PUT THE ADMIN BUILDING ON THAT, ON THE THIRD FLOOR, FOUR WISCONSIN CENTER.
SO RIGHT NOW, OUR, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE IS OUTDATED AND IT'S SCATTERED AROUND THE FRONT, AROUND THE, UH, THE CAMPUS.
OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE WORKING IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
UH, IT'S CRAMPED, IT'S INEFFICIENT.
UH, WE HAD VOLUNTEER, UH, VOLUNTEERS COME IN AND DO SOME
[01:00:01]
REPAIRS ON THE, UH, ON THE BUILDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.UH, BACK IN 2017, WE ACTUALLY, UH, SAW THE NEED TO TEAR THAT BUILDING DOWN.
AND SO WE SAID WE'RE GONNA SET UP A FIVE YEAR PLAN AS 2017.
SO WE MISS IT BY A COUPLE YEARS, BUT PLANNING TAKES A LONG TIME.
UH, SO OUR, WE FEEL THAT THE NEW FACILITY WILL IMPROVE OUR COMPLIANCE, UH, AND OUR COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
IT'S OVER 90 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE REPLACED THE ROOF A COUPLE OF TIMES.
FORTUNATELY, IT PLACES, UH, 2017 REPLACED THE BUILDING FOR FIVE YEARS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING INTO THE FOUNDATION AND, UH, BOY, YOU KNOW, I SAW THAT FIRST PRESENTATION.
I, I SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S PRESENTATION, BUT YOU SAW THAT FIRST PRESENTATION.
YOU SEE THE FOUNDATION ON OUR, OUR MENS SHELTER, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF A FOUNDATION HERE AND BEING, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS SHOT, UH, ENTIRELY.
SO WE SPENT $15,000, UH, IN REPAIRS TO JUST THE SILL OF THE FOUNDATION, UH, BETWEEN 2017 AND 2018, JUST TO KEEP THE BUILDING UP IN THE MORNING.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO KEEP HOUSING MADE HOMELESS OR UNHOUSED OR WHATEVER THEY WANNA BE.
UH, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UH, IN 2023, WE HAD A PIPE FIRST IN AN ALMOST INACCESSIBLE LOCATION.
AND THESE, THESE OLDER HOUSES PUT A LOT OF THEIR PIPES, UH, OUTSIDE AND THEN BACK INSIDE AND INTO THE WALLS.
AND WE, TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULDN'T REPAIR IT ANYMORE, WE, WE PATCHED THAT, THAT AREA.
SO WE DECOMMISSIONED THAT SHOWER.
SO NOW WE'RE WORKING WITHOUT JUST ONE SHOWER FOR THE MEN.
AND WE REDUCED OUR SHELTER OCCUPANCY TO EIGHT MEN SO THAT WE COULD HAVE JUST THE ONE OPERATING, UH, RESTROOM ON THAT BUILDING.
THEY, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER, OTHER RESTROOMS IN AREAS.
BUT, UH, BUT THE BUILDING IS JUST A SAD STATUTE FOR SURE.
UH, THE DEMO ISSUE COST ITSELF, WE, WE ESTIMATED, WE GOT A, WE GOT A BID A COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR AROUND $11,000.
UH, I KNOW THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE GOT THE BID, UH, BUT WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BIDS.
ONE, WE HAD ONE FOR CHERRY ORIGINALLY CHERRY GONE OUT, DEMOLITION BUILT FOR, FOR BUILDINGS LIKE THIS.
UH, THEN WE HAD ANOTHER LOCAL BIDDER BUILDER THAT GAVE US, I THINK IT'S THE ONE THAT GAVE US THE, THE BID THAT'S INCLUDED IN PACKET.
AND, UH, THEY NO LONGER ACTUALLY DO BIDDING BUILT, UH, DEMOLITION BIDDING JOBS THEMSELVES.
THEY SUBCONTRACTED THAT TO ONE OF THEIR RECIPIENTS, SUBRECIPIENTS.
SO, UH, SO THAT'S WHERE THE $11,000 COMES IN.
AND IT SAYS HERE, PROJECT PHASE TWO.
WELL, PHASE ONE WAS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE, THE DEMOLITION OF OUR ADMIN BUILDING.
OUR CURRENT ADMIN BUILDING, WHICH WAS OSA WAS WAY AHEAD OF, NOW WE ASKED FOR THAT MONEY LAST YEAR.
WE GOT 5,010 OR 10,000, I'M SORRY, 10, 10,000 FROM DEMOLITION.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO GO BACK BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING, FINGERS CROSSED, GET THIS JOB DONE BY SEPTEMBER.
UH, AND SO, UH, SO THIS WILL BE A SEPARATE POT OF LANDS, WHY WE'RE GOING BACK AND ASKING MORE MONEY FOR ANOTHER DEMOLITION, FOR ANOTHER BUILDING.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
OUR OPERATIONAL IMPACT FOR, FOR, FOR THAT ADMIN BUILDING WILL HAVE SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT OPERATIONS OF OUR SHELTER.
BUT WE'RE CENTRALIZING OUR CABLE THAT WILL, THE BUILDING WILL, THAT WE BUILD, WILL CENTRALIZE OUR CASE MANAGEMENT.
NOW THE RESIDENTS CAN COME TO JUST ONE PLACE TO, FOR INTAKE AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT, UH, AS OPPOSED TO BEING SHUNTED ACROSS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CASE MANAGERS IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS.
AND WE, UH, WE WILL PROVIDE MORE SERVICES, AS YOU'LL SEE WHEN I DO, WHEN WE SEE THE
THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE.
BUILDING ON THE LEFT WILL BE THE NEW MEN'S SHELTER THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO BUILD.
BUILDING ON THE RIGHT WILL BE THE, WHERE THE CURRENT MEN'S SHELTER IS AT 3, 4, 4 WISCONSIN THAT'LL GET KNOCKED DOWN.
AND THAT BUILDING WILL BE ERECTED, AND THAT WILL BE
[01:05:01]
THE NEW ADMIN BUILDING.THE NEW BUILDINGS WILL BE ROUGHLY TWINS AND ROUGHLY 1600, 1600 SQUARE FEET PER BUILDING.
SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, OKAY, YOU'RE KNOCKING DOWN A BUILDING.
IS THAT CDBG ELIGIBLE? YES, IT'S SURE.
WE DOUBLE CHECKED AND I THINK, I'M SURE THAT Y'ALL DOUBLE CHECKED AND TRIPLE CHECKED IT.
THAT'S WHY I GAVE US SOME MONEY.
SO, I MEAN, IN CASE THERE'S ANYBODY NEW HERE.
IT WASN'T YOUR LAST YEAR AND I UNDERSTAND.
CLEAR PROPERTY WE USED FOR AN ACTIVITY, UH, THE BENEFITS OF WHICH ARE LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE, AT LEAST 51% OF WHOM ARE LOWER TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
AND WE, WE WILL SERVE ONLY A HUNDRED PERCENT LOW MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY CD BG ELIGIBLE.
UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT THE NEW FLOOR PLAN WILL BE SOMEWHAT GOOD FOR US FOR SURE.
ON THE RIGHT, UH, ON THE UPPER RIGHT IS OUR, UH, ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING AND THE RECEPTION AREA, AND IMMEDIATELY OFF THE RECEPTION AREA, A CLEAR SIGHT OF THE RECEPTION AREA IS JUNIOR WORKSTATIONS WHERE OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE DOING THEIR, UH, RESUME PREPARATION, THEIR, THEIR PRE EMPLOYMENT, THEIR PRE-EMPLOYMENT JOB PREPARATION, AND, UH, CAN WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WE WORK WITH, WITH, UH, UH, HOUSTON AREA SAFETY COUNCIL, WHERE THEY CAN GET FORKLIFT TRAINING AND WE, THEY DO THE FIRST HALF OF THEIR TRAINING ON THE COMPUTER.
UH, THOSE COMPUTERS, A COUPLE OF THOSE COMPUTERS ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED AT OUR FAMILY CENTER.
SO WHEN WE MOVE TO THE FAMILY CENTER COMPUTERS OVER HERE, WE'LL FREE UP SPACE AT OUR FAMILY CENTER FOR MORE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN OVER THERE IN THAT AREA.
UH, GOING DOWN THE HALLWAY TO, TO THE RIGHT, I THINK THE FIRST, FIRST DOORWAY IS A, UH, RESTROOM.
SWINGING IN AT THE BOTTOM IS STORAGE.
STORAGE IS, UH, STORAGE IS A, A PROBLEM FOR, FOR US BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SMALL FOOTPRINT AND YET WE HAVE A LARGE, YOU KNOW, LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
AND OUR STORAGE IS, IS STRAINED RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GONNA LOSE STORAGE WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE MEN OR THE ADMIN, THE OLD ADMIN.
SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE NEW SOURCE.
AND THEN ACROSS IS THE, UH, OUR CONFERENCE AREA, WHICH WE, WHICH IS, WE WILL PROBABLY ANNOUNCE AS THE ELSWICK FAMILY TRAINING CENTER.
SO THEY DONATED THE MONEY FOR US TO, TO FULLY FURNISH THAT, THAT ROOM.
UH, WE FURNISH THAT ROOM AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, SEE 10, 10 PERSON, UH, UH, TRAINING TABLE AREA AND MODERN NAVY EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT IS CITY YARD AND STUFF THAT GOES IN THERE FOR TRAINING MODELS.
AND IT'S SUITABLE FOR NOT ONLY STAFF MEETINGS, BUT STAFF TRAININGS AND TRAININGS OF OUR RESIDENTS IN SMALL GROUPS, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOW IN OUR, IN OUR DINING AREA, IN OUR
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE DINING AREA AND BRING IT OVER HERE TO THE, TO AN ACTUAL SPACE THAT'S MEANT FOR TRAINING.
AND WE CAN ALSO USE IT FOR, MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR SMALL GROUP MEETINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A ROOM THAT TO MEET OR COMMITTEE THAT WANTS TO MEET AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO GO.
WE'LL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
THEN ACROSS FROM THEM, OF COURSE, THERE ARE THE TWO CASE MANAGERS OFFICES THAT ARE LOCATED RIGHT ON THAT, IN THAT ONE QUARTER.
AND, UH, THE OFFICE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UH, WILL HAVE A GLASS, UH, GLASS WALL, WINDOW WALL.
AND SO THAT'S, SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE IS ON AT THE, UH, C*M AND GOINGS OUT OF THE BRICK FORD FAMILY CENTER, WHO'S COMING IN AND OUT OF THE ALLEYWAY, WHO'S GOING THROUGH THE, THE COMMON AREA.
SO IT'S A WELL DESIGNED, UH, WELL DESIGNED PLAN.
OUR ARCHITECTS, PGAL, UH, ARCHITECTS OUTTA HOUSTON, UH, DESIGNED ALL THREE BUILDINGS THAT WERE PLANNING ON BUILDING AND THEY DONATED TO PRO BONO, WHICH IS JUST AN, AN ENORMOUS COST SAVINGS FOR US.
SO WE'RE LOOKING ACTUALLY 11 COST RIGHT NOW FOR LABOR EQUIPMENT AND DEBRIS REMOVAL.
ALL THAT MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TOWARDS, TOWARDS A DEMOLITION.
AND OF COURSE, UH, SHARON AND HER STAFF ARE BEYOND ME TO MAKE SURE I SUBMIT MY QUARTERLY REPORTS ON TIME, WHICH I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH IN THE PAST AND I ADMIT, UH,
[01:10:01]
BUT SMALL AGENCY, AND I DO A LOT OF THIS MYSELF.UH, SO LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I WANNA SAY HERE.
SO AGAIN, WHOA, BACK OUR, OUR, OUR BENEFITS FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING, OUR LARGE COMPUTER TRAINING AREA, UH, TWO PROFESSIONALLY, WELL FITTED OFFICES, INCREASED SUPPLIES, UH, STORAGE AND SECURITY MONITORING FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS THROUGH THAT, UH, CEPTION AREA THAT WE SUN BILL.
UH, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT, UH, EFFORT IN HEARING ME AND PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO YOU.
MR. DID I GET TO YOUR QUESTION AGAIN OR NO? YES, SIR.
I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
BUT IT WELL, WELL, I'VE WORKED, THE REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS, I'M FROM BA, I'M FROM OLD BAYTON.
SO THAT HOUSE RIGHT THERE THAT USED TO BELONG TO THE BRUNSONS, IS THAT WHO DONATED TO THE, OR SAM, THAT'S ZAMORE HOUSE, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
THERE WAS A TERRIBLE CHRISTMAS FIRE AT THE ZAMORE HOUSE AND, UH, A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE WE, WE GOT AHOLD OF IT AND ONE OF THE CHILDREN WAS KILLED, BUT THE OTHER CENTER ON THE OTHER STREET ON, ON THE OTHER STREET WAS BUILT ON THE, ON THE SIDE OF THE, UH, BRUNSON.
YOU KNOW, ALL THIS PRE YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT FROM BAYTOWN, AND SO I, I'M HEARING ALL THIS, ALL THIS, UH, HISTORY FROM PETE FERRO AND YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, WE LOST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
UH, HE, HE FILLED ME IN ON, OKAY, WELL THIS HAPPENED AND THIS HAPPENED.
HE GOT THIS, AND, AND THEY DONATED THAT LAND.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, YOU LOST SOMEBODY'S SPECIAL TO ME WHEN HE PASSED.
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KEEP UP WITH BAY AREA HOMELESS SERVICES, BUT WHEN, WHEN HE PASSED, UH, BEFORE HE PASSED, HE RESIGNED FOR OUR BOARD.
AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF DAVID WOMACK FROM COVESTRO TOOK OVER AS PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD.
AND HE PASSED THE TWO DAYS PREVIOUS MAY 10TH LAST YEAR.
UH, SO I'VE LOST THE TWO PEOPLE THAT HIRED RANGER.
UH, BUT, UH, BUT I, YEAH, I HEARD OF ALL THIS IN ITS HISTORY.
IT'S REALLY, AND THE BRITAIN FORER FAMILY CENTER IS NAMED AFTER THE FOLKS THAT, UH, HAD THE, UH, LUMBER, LUMBER YARD AND THE, THE BANKS AND CHURCHES AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU DO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BAYTOWN HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY FOR SURE.
BUT THERE'S FAMILIES IN BAYTOWN THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR GENERATIONS AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT EACH AREA.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY OLD BAYTOWN, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TAKE, SO I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IN THE FUNDING THAT YOU RECEIVED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR YEP.
AND YOUR SCOPE OF SERVICES, IT DOES SAY THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO USE THE CITY'S DEMOLITION CONTRACT IF SURE.
OH, THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO USE THE CITY'S DEMOLITION CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE BEST PRICE BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE PRICING IS.
SO WITH THIS APPLICATION, YOU SUBMITTED BIDS FROM A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR.
SO IS THAT IT'S, IT'S, THE BID HAD COST.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE CITY COUNTRY TO DO THAT JOB, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
AND THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A COST YEAH.
CONTRACTOR, A COST SAVINGS FOR, FOR, FOR THE CITY, FOR CDBG.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL A THOUSAND PERCENT OFF FLORIDA.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE HAD A, WE HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY DUMPED ON US LAST YEAR, $749,000 IN PRECINCT TWO TO BUILD THESE BUILDINGS.
UH, OUR PLANS ARE SLOWLY EVOLVING FROM THE POINT WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET PLANS EVERY WEEK.
I SAY IT'S GONNA BE THIS WEEK, IT'S GONNA BE THIS WEEK.
SO WE HAVE OUR PLANS JUST ABOUT READY TO COME TO.
THERE'S A CHANCE THAT IF WE CAN GET THROUGH PERMITTING AND THAT PROCESS, WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE I'M NOT, YEAH.
UM, WE CAN START BUILDING BY ACTUALLY KNOCKING DOWN BOTH BUILDINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
WHEN I CAME TO YOU LAST YEAR, I SAID, WE HAVE A PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA BUILD A SMALL BUILDING TO HOUSE OUR, OUR STUFF FROM THE ADMIN BUILDING.
WE GOING MOVE THE ADMIN BUILDING THERE, WE GONNA THE IN THERE, PUT THEM THERE.
NOW, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT PREACHING TWO MONEY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
[01:15:01]
OKAY.'CAUSE OUR PLANS ARE, HAVE BEEN SO SLOW AND COMING, BUT THERE'S A CHANCE FOR US TO GO OUT TO BID AND ASK FOR THE WHOLE THING TO BE DONE.
BID AND DONE AT ONCE, WHICH WILL BE A COST SAVINGS FOR US BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WE WILL SPREAD IT OUT OVER TWO YEARS.
WE CAN DO IT ALL IN ONE YEAR AND IT'LL BE A COST SAVINGS.
AND FOR THE, THE, AT LEAST FOR THE CONTRACT THAT WE ALL SIGNED AND ARE UNDER RIGHT NOW, IT HAS TO BE THE CITY YEAH.
AND YOU DON'T NEED TO SUBMIT PLANS TO DEMO SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH DEMOLITION.
BUT, UH, YEAH, I, I CAN'T MAKE ANY, ANY PLANS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT THAT WOULD BE A REAL DISRUPTION FOR OUR STAFF THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THAT BUILDING.
AND WE'D HAVE A STORAGE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND THE TRUCK, ALL OF OUR MATERIAL ELEMENTS IN THAT ROOM.
UH, SO, BUT, AND, AND WE SURE AS HECK DON'T WANNA KNOCKING THING DOWN IF WE GET, IF WE HAVE A BUMP IN OUR, OF OUR PROCESS, AND WE MAY NEED THAT SPACE, BUT, UH, BUT I, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS BY DOING IT.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO MENTION THAT TO OUR BOARD FACILITIES DIRECTOR ARCHITECT.
ISN'T THAT THE ARCHITECT ALSO? AND SHE'S THE YEAH, SHE'S THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
SO JUST, IS IT JUST THE PLANNING AND PERMITTING THAT'S KEEPING THE PROJECT FROM STARTING RIGHT NOW? NO, NO.
WE, NO, WELL, IT'S PLAN PER PLANNING, PERMITTING IS THE FIRST PART.
THEN ONCE WE ALSO HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS TO THE PRECINCT TOO.
AND THEY, THEY, THEY SAID THEIR REVIEW PROCESS, WELL, I, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT OUTSIDE OF PRECINCT TOO, WE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT YEAH, RIGHT.
WELL SEE THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE, WOULD BE A DELAY PART OF THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO, WE, WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR CITY BAYTOWN AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO LEASE THE PRECINCT TWO PEOPLE.
IF THEY SAY THEIR PROCESS IS RUINED, EXPEDITED, VERY, VERY EXPEDITED.
SEE, WORKING A LOT OF THESE BIG CALLS.
SO THEN ONCE THE PRECINCT TWO GIVES US A GO AHEAD, WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BIDS.
SO THAT'S, AND I CONSIDER GETTING THE PLANS THROUGH PERMITTING AND PRECINCT TWO TO BE THE, THE BIGGEST HURDLE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH AUTOMATED.
YOU HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BIDS WITHIN 30 DAYS.
YOU HAVE TO GET BIDS WITHIN 30 DAYS.
YOU HAVE TO START THIS TWO DAYS, THAT SORT THING.
SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT THIS 10,000 THAT Y'ALL HAVE RIGHT NOW WILL BE SPENT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, WHICH IS IN LIKE FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS FOR THAT.
I'M CLARIFYING, I MEAN, DO WE HAVE THE DEMO? IS THIS FOR THE DEMO, THE 10,000 THAT YOU HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE? WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GRANT THAT'S CURRENT.
WE HAVE A GRANT THAT'S PROPOSED.
WE, WE SHOULD HAVE TO SPEND THAT BEFORE THE END OF THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 20, 25.
WE WOULD'VE DONE IT BY NOW IF I HAVE MY BROTHERS.
BUT I CAN'T FORCE ARCHITECTS TO WORK ANY FASTER IF NOTHING'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
WE'RE NOT SLOWING ANYTHING DOWN.
NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS SOMETHING WE CAN, I WAS GONNA TAKE YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
DO IT NOW LEMME SAY THAT, THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN MOST ACCOMMODATED.
EVERYBODY IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED THAT'S BEEN MOST ACCOMMODATED IN TERMS OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS, GIVING GOOD GUIDANCE AND ADVICE.
AND, UH, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR ARGUMENT PROVIDING OUR PLANS.
AND IT'S HARD TO ASK SOMEBODY WHO'S DOING SOMETHING FOR FREE TO HURRY UP AND GIVE IT.
WELL, YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM LINE PENDING THESE FUNDS.
I, I SENT AN EMAIL THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING AND I, I PUT A CC TO THE ARCHITECTURE.
I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT NOW.
[01:20:01]
THE THANK YOU SO MUCH.I WAS LIKE, HE EVEN EMAILED US, BUT WE'RE AT MEETING.
RESPOND TO EMAIL BECAUSE IT WAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE YOU GONNA PUT THE OTHER ON? I CAN'T SEE.
YOU KNOW, I'M SERVING ON THE BOND COMMITTEE.
THAT'S WHERE I WAS, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
WITH THAT I WOULD NOW CALL FUEL MISSION TLC TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE THAT'S TAB THREE EIGHT.
SORRY, I, VINCENT BROUGHT HIS ON HIS FENCE TECHNOLOGY TWO BAGS.
SO ON MY EMAIL I READ FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET ALL THIS TIME BACK BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE QUICKEST PRESENTATION
MY NAME IS KRISTA KALO AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF VIEW MISSION, TLC.
UH, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE OUR VISION AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE AGING OUT OF CPS CUSTODY.
SO OUR MISSION IS, WE'RE A NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS TEENS THAT ARE LEAVING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO PRO PROVIDE A STABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT THE GUIDANCE TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.
EACH YEAR, OVER A THOUSAND YOUTH AGE OUT OF CPS CUSTODY, MANY END UP WITHOUT A HOME, A JOB, ANY SUPPORT.
AND SADLY, THERE ARE LIMITED, UH, PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON JUST THEIR NEEDS.
AND CURRENTLY THERE'S NONE IN BAYTOWN.
THERE'S NO FACILITY IN BAYTOWN THAT HOUSES, UH, YOUTH AGENT OUT OF CPS CUSTODY.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
WE WANNA CHANGE THE NARRATIVE THAT BAYTOWN DOESN'T HAVE A TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITY FOR OUR AGED OUT YOUTH.
WE WANNA PROVIDE STABLE LIVING LIFE SKILLS, TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND JOB READINESS SUPPORT.
UH, MAHON GANDHI SAYS, YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE IN THE WORLD THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
UH, MY UNDERGRAD IS, WAS, UH, PSYCHOLOGY.
AND I DID AN INTERNSHIP AT A FOSTER CARE FACILITY FOR GIRLS.
IT WAS A GROUP HOME SETTING, AND I ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DID.
AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT ONCE THEY TURN 17, IF THEY'VE ALREADY GRADUATED, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, BYE.
AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? IT'S NO LONGER ON US.
MOST OF THEM GO AND LIVE IN EITHER A SHELTER.
IF THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THEY CAN GO BACK TO, THEN SOME DO, BUT MOST ARE DISPLACED.
UM, IT WAS BACK IN 2005, ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES THAT WAS IN THAT HOME, I STILL KEEP IN CONTACT WITH HER.
SHE'S IN THE NAVY DOING WELL FINALLY.
BUT SHE BOUNCED AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO PLACE.
I STILL HAVE THAT SAME PHONE NUMBER.
AND I TOLD I WOULD NEVER CHANGE MY NUMBER 'CAUSE I ALWAYS WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO FIND ME.
I USED TO TAKE HER TO CHURCH WITH ME.
AND IF YOU EVER CALL AND SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN YOU CAN'T CATCH ME ON THIS PHONE, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND ME HERE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CONNECTION,
[01:25:01]
MOST TIMES YOU CONNECT WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH.I DON'T HAVE A HOMELESS EXPERIENCE.
I GREW UP IN A HOME WITH A MOM AND A DAD.
AND I MOVED OUTTA MY PARENTS' HOUSE.
ALL OF MY CHILDREN ARE, UH, ADULTS TO OUR DEGREE.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION.
BUT THAT GRABBED ME TO KNOW THAT LIKE, THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT LIVES THIS LIFE.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I SAW ON TV.
SO THAT'S HOW I, UH, GAINED THE PASSION FOR, UH, THIS DEMOGRAPHIC.
SO WITH VIEW MISSION, WE'RE ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
UM, WE GOT THE 5 0 1 C3 STATUS, I WANT TO SAY, IN 2019.
I KNOW IT WAS AROUND COVID TIME THAT I STARTED.
SO, UH, YEARLY, WE, RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THE HAY CENTER AND, UH, WE HAVE A ANNUAL 5K, WHICH IS OUR ONLY FUNDRAISER.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS TO SUPPORT THE HAY CENTER BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO.
UM, AND SO WE SUPPORT THEIR GRADUATES, WHERE WE SPONSOR UP TO 20 GRADUATES TO HELP THEM, WHETHER THEY'RE MOVING IN AN APARTMENT OR MOVING IN A DORM OR GOING TO COLLEGE.
WE SUPPORT THEM IN THAT ASPECT.
UH, GIVING TUESDAY, IT, IT'S ANOTHER FUNDRAISER WHERE WE JUST KIND OF PROMOTE THIS EVEN TUESDAY AND YOU CAN GIVE TO SUPPORT, UH, THESE KIDS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A, A PRO ATTIRE DRIVE WHERE WE COLLECT PRO ATTIRE TO HELP, UH, ADOLESCENTS THAT'S GETTING READY TO AGE OUT HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROM AND GRADUATION AND THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT ANY OTHER CHILD WOULD HAVE.
UH, WE ALSO SUPPORT A CHRISTMAS DRIVE WITH THE HAY CENTER.
'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE KIDS HAVE KIDS.
SO THE HAY CENTER, UH, HAS A CHRISTMAS DRIVE WHERE THEY INVITE, UH, THE ADOLESCENTS THERE AND THEY BRING THEIR KIDS.
AND SO WE, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A FACILITY, I'M GETTING TO THAT POINT.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A FACILITY OF OUR OWN.
SO WE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SUPPORTING, UH, THE HAY CENTER.
WE ALSO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH MENTORSHIPS.
I HAVE A MENTEE THAT I, UH, SPEAK WITH, UH, TEXT DAILY.
SO WE HEARD IN THE HAY CENTER.
WHAT DOES THE ACRONYM STAND FOR? UH, THE HAY CENTER.
BUT IF YOU, LIKE, IF YOU TYPE THAT IN, IT DOESN'T COME UP.
YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY TYPE IN THE HAY CENTER.
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING, UH, TO A HUGE FACILITY.
THEY JUST BROKE GROUND A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
SO OUR PROGRAM OVERVIEW, UM, WE WANNA PROVIDE SAFE HOUSING FOR UP TO 24 MONTHS.
UH, IT IS TRANSITIONAL SO THEY DON'T LIVE THERE FOREVER.
UH, LIFE SKILLS, TRAINING, RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND SUPPORT WITH CONTINUING EDUCATION AND JOB READINESS.
OF COURSE, THE FACILITY WOULD BE LOCATED IN BAYTOWN.
UH, WE, UH, ACCORDING TO THE MINIMUM STANDARDS WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, I HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO HOUSE SEVEN RESIDENTS AT A TIME.
UH, THE ZONING IN CODE COMPLIANCE IS, IS THROUGH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I'VE ALREADY HAD THAT, UM, TRAINING.
I JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED THAT TRAINING IN MARCH.
AND, UH, THERE WAS A NEXT STEP TOWARD OPENING OUR DOOR.
SO YES, SEVEN STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS, UM, FOR FUTURE, YES, THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY THAT THE PROGRAM WILL DO A LOT OF GOOD.
IT CAN LOWER HOMELESS RATES IN BAYTOWN, IMPROVE SAFETY AND HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY.
JUST ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME RIGHT BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.
AND IF WE START EARLY, I'M CURRENTLY AN EDUCATOR, UH, NOT IN THE CLASSROOM.
I'M MORE ON THE SOCIAL SIDE NOW, AND I SEE IT EVERY DAY.
LIKE I, I'M CONSTANTLY CONTACTING CONTACT TODAY.
HEY, I HAVE A FAMILY AND MOM DOESN'T HAVE A JOB.
WHO'S HIRING? LIKE, I'M, I'M ALREADY WORKING IN THAT CAPACITY TO BREAK THE CYCLE
[01:30:01]
OF, UH, POVERTY.SO OUR SU SUSTAINABILITY CURRENTLY, WE HAVE MINIMUM, MINIMUM FUNDS.
UH, WE HAVE THAT ONE FUNDRAISER, SOMETIMES GIVEN TUESDAY.
WE HAVE THAT ONE FUNDRAISER A YEAR.
UH, NOW THAT I'VE GONE COMPLETED THE MINIMUM STANDARDS, UH, COURSE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, I QUALIFY TO HAVE YOUTH PLACED IN THE FACILITY BY THE STATE.
THE, THE, THERE'S A CERTAIN ALLOTMENT OF MONEY THAT'S GUARANTEED BECAUSE THEY WERE ONES TOWARDS OF THE STATE.
SO THROUGH THOSE STATE PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, CHURCHES, OTHER NONPROFITS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND UH, AGENCIES, THAT'S HOW WE PLAN TO, UH, SUSTAIN.
I WANNA SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GRANT OPERATE, AND THE ADDRESS THAT I PUT ON THE, UH, ORIGINAL APPLICATION, THERE WAS A LADY THAT HEARD WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
SHE HEARD THROUGH A FRIEND WHAT I WANTED.
AND SHE HAD, SHE MOVED OUT OF STATE AND SHE HAD A HOUSE OF POLICE.
AND THAT FRIEND CONTACTED HER AND WAS LIKE, HEY, I KNOW SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FOR A HOUSE.
AND SHE SAID, I WILL HOLD IT FOR HER.
AND, UM, WONDERFUL DEAL THAT SHE GAVE ME.
AND SHE HELD IT FOR TWO MONTHS WHILE I WAS WAITING ON THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND EVERY TIME I WOULD CALL HER, I'M LIKE, HEY, I'M WAITING TO GET IN THIS MINIMUM STANDARDS COURSE.
LIKE, AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, IT TAKES TIME.
YOU'RE DEALING, LITERALLY THEY SAID YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO AFTER SHE HELD HER, AT LEAST FROM DECEMBER TO, UH, FROM OCTOBER TO MARCH, AND THEN SHE LEASE IT.
SO, AND I JUST FINISHED THE MINIMUM STANDARDS COURSE.
SO, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE GRANT OPERATES ON A REBA REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, AND WE FULLY ANTICIPATE BEING OPEN AND OPERATIONAL SOON.
SO I'M ASKING IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER MILESTONE BASED DISBURSEMENTS.
IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.
WHAT, UM, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING TO BE DONE.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND UM, FEW OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE CAN TELL YOU, UM, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT RECEIPTS OF ALL YOUR EXPENDITURES, AND THEN IF YOU'RE WRITING CHECKS, YOU NEED TO SUBMIT A BANK STATEMENT.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO CHECK CLEARED.
WE NEED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, UH, RACE, ETHNICITY, INCOME, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BEFORE WE WOULD EVEN REIMBURSE YOU.
AND THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT.
'CAUSE KIM USED TO WORK FOR ME.
SHE'S SEEN ME REJECT REIMBURSEMENTS ALL THE TIME.
UM, IF IT DOESN'T MEET HUBS REQUIREMENTS ON WHAT WE NEED.
SO IF YOU WERE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED YOU WAS, UM, IF YOU WERE TO EXPEND THE FUNDS, BUT THEN WHAT YOU SUBMIT DOESN'T MEET THE ELIGIBILITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT, THEN YOU WOULD BE OUT OF THAT REIMBURSEMENT.
AND SO MY ANSWER TO THAT IS, I AM GOING TO DO THIS WITH YI UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA SUGGEST, UM, JOHN HAFFEY, UM, AND I HAVE IT WRITTEN, I CAN EMAIL THIS TO YOU.
I, I MADE A LIST BECAUSE THE WAY THIS IS A HOUSING ACTIVITY AND A PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY AS ONE CDBG DOESN'T DO THAT.
PSG DOES EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, WHICH IS ALSO FROM HUD.
AND THEN THERE'S, UM, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HAS A GRANT, AND I, I, I HAVEN'T, I KNOW YOU GOT EMAILED IT TO, SO, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA SEND THIS TO YOU PRIOR, BUT UM, I DID DO SOME RESEARCH ON OTHER TYPES OF FUNDING WHERE YOU CAN COMBINE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
BECAUSE WITH THIS GRANT, YOU WOULD EITHER APPLY FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE PORTION, WHICH IS THE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, OR THE HOUSING PORTION.
THERE IS NO CDBG, UM, MATRIX CODE OR NATIONAL OBJECTIVE TO WHERE IT'S COMBINED.
SO I DID START RESEARCHING BECAUSE IF YOU TO APPLY FOR JUST ONE ELEMENTS, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
WHICH OF COURSE YOU COULD ALWAYS SPLIT IT OUT.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY YET TO ACTUALLY, 'CAUSE YOU BASICALLY A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS HERE, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT.
AND SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF HELP THEM NOW OFFSET THOSE COSTS.
SO, BUT I DO HAVE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
I STARTED MAKING A LIST AND EVERYTHING FOR YOU OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT, IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.
ESPECIALLY IF, LET'S SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE, YOU KNOW, SO SOME OF THESE KIDS MIGHT BE, I'M NOT GONNA SAY LUCKY, BECAUSE WHY DID THEY LEAVE THAT HOUSE IN
[01:35:01]
RIGHT.THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK OVER THERE, BUT THEY LEFT FOR REASON.
DO THEY REALLY NEED, AND SOMETIMES IT'S, THERE'S NOBODY TO GO BACK.
BUT I DO HAVE INFORMATION THAT I CAN SEND YOU TOMORROW.
UM, UH, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU TOMORROW.
THE EMAIL THAT YOU SENT TO THE CDBG EMAIL ACTUALLY GOES TO THE THREE OF US.
THE THREE OF US GET THAT EMAIL.
BUT MY EMAIL IS SHARON ROSE AT BAYTOWN ROAD.
BUT I CAN SEND YOU THE NAME OF THOSE GRANTS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDREN AGING OUT CCP S OKAY.
I DID, I STARTED RESEARCHING THERE ONE DAY.
I, AND I FOLLOWED DOWN RABBIT HOLES TOO.
SO I'M JUST LIKE, WELL WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? SO I DID START LOOKING INTO IT BECAUSE AS IT'S WRITTEN, IT WOULD NOT WORK UNLESS WE WERE TO SEPARATE SOMETHING OUT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CAN ALWAYS DO.
BUT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY AT THIS TIME TO DO IT, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING FOR WHENEVER YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED IT ALL OFF AND YOU'VE ALREADY GOT, YOU KNOW, A RESERVE IN THE BANK TO WHERE YOU CAN PAY ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
AND THEN WE REIMBURSE YOU FOR WHATEVER YOU PAID.
THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY DO SOMETHING.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MS. SHARON.
SEVEN MINUTES BY SEVEN MINUTES.
[a. Receive the Community Development Manager's Report.]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR AND I'M HERE TODAY TO GO OVER THE INTERNAL PROGRAM REQUEST.
I DID HAND OUT A NEW SHEET TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE THAT WAS MADE.
SO, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS, UM, CHANGING AND THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO HOW IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO PROVIDE FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH CDEG BECAUSE OF THAT.
THE CITY, UM, HAS BEEN ALREADY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO IT BECAUSE IF THIS GRANT WERE TO GO AWAY, ME, STEPHANIE, MONICA, AND CODY ARE ALL GRANT FUNDED EMPLOYEES.
OUR SALARIES ARE PAID OUT OF THIS GRANT.
SO AN OPENING CAME IN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND IT WAS OFFERED TO CODY, OUR DEMO AND HOUSING INSPECTOR.
SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS, IS NOT FUND THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES ABATEMENT PROGRAMS HERE.
THAT PROGRAM ONLY PAID FOR SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES.
IT, IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY PAY FOR ANY DEMOLITIONS THAT THE CITY DID OR ANY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
IT JUST PAID 65% OF CODY'S SALARY.
UM, A SMALL PORTION OF MINE AND A SMALL PORTION OF MONICA'S.
SO WE DECIDED FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET RID OF THE POSITION, WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HIRE, WE'RE NOT GONNA REPLACE HIM AND WE'RE NOT GONNA ACTUALLY FUND THAT PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE IF RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE CDBG, THAT IS THE, THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL AND HIS SKINNY BUDGET, IT'S TO ELIMINATE IT.
I DON'T SEE IT BEING ELIMINATED.
SO IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP ALL FOUR OF US ON STAFF, IT COULD BE TO WHERE IF THEY END UP CUTTING IT DOWN A LOT, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A HARD DECISION ON WHO'S GONNA GO.
SO AS A WAY TO KIND OF GO AROUND THAT, WE WENT AHEAD, CODY WENT AHEAD AND TOOK THAT JOB AS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SO HE'S STILL GONNA BE WORKING IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT, IN THE SAME OFFICE THAT HE'S IN.
HE JUST BASICALLY THE DUDE THAT, THAT WAS NEXT TO HIM THAT LEFT, HE TOOK HIS JOB.
SO, UM, HE DID PROVIDE, UM, HOUSING, UM, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT THING.
I'M GONNA GET A MODEST RAISE, BUT, UM,
THAT EVERYTHING WAS PROGRESSING.
WHEN WE HAD A SEWER LINE PROJECT, I WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND MEASURE THE LINE AND TAKE THE PICTURES.
SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE TO, WHENEVER WE HAVE THOSE PROJECTS, I'LL BE ABLE, I'LL DO THAT.
NOW HE IS STILL GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT IF WE NEED HIM TO.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS GONNA BE IN A NEW ROLE AND HE MIGHT BE BUSY.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING OUT THERE AND DOING IT.
SO THAT IS THE CHANGE THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE FIVE LINE ITEMS INSTEAD OF SIX.
UM, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WHATEVER OF OUR SALARIES THAT CAME OUT OF SUBSTANDARD, WHICH WAS MYSELF AND
[01:40:01]
MONICA'S, IT WAS A SMALL PORTION, A SMALL, I THINK IT WAS LIKE MAYBE FIVE TO 10% EACH OF OUR SALARIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE OTHER BUDGET.WE MOVED THAT INTO THE HOUSING BUDGET.
BUT WE ALSO TOOK, 'CAUSE CODY ALSO, 35% OF HIS SALARY CAME OUTTA HOUSING.
SO THAT NUMBER, EXCUSE ME, DID GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO OUR TOTAL REQUEST IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN READ, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR, ON YOUR PAPERS.
SO THAT IS OUR CURRENT REQUEST FOR INTERNAL FUNDING.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE FUNDING FOR THE HOUSING PROGRAMS, WHICH IS, UM, RECONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATION OF TWO HOMES, UP TO FIVE SEW LINE PROJECTS AND TWO HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROJECTS.
WE TRY TO BUDGET FOR THREE HOME BUYER PROJECTS, BUT, OR ASSISTANCE GIVEN.
WE DON'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND THOSE WHO DO END UP NOT QUALIFYING IN SOME WAY OR THE HOUSE THAT THEY'RE GETTING DOESN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE TO MEET, THE HOME IS BUILT BETWEEN BEFORE 1978.
WE HAVE TO GO AND AND DO A WALKTHROUGH INSPECTION OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF RESERV BASED PAINT.
IF THERE IS, THEN IT HAS TO BE REMEDIATED OR ABATED OR THEY CAN'T USE OUR FUNDS TO BUY THOSE HOMES.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE, WE DO HAVE A MAXIMUM SALES PRICE ON OUR HOUSES OF $200,000.
THE REASON THAT WE PUT THAT THERE IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE HELPING LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BUY MORE THAN THEY CAN AFFORD BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF GETTING YOU INTO A HOUSE IS FOR THAT TO BE YOUR FOREVER HOME.
SO WE DON'T, WE PUT A CAP ON OUR SALES PRICE BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU, WHEN I WAS APPROVED FOR MY HOUSE, THEY WERE LIKE, OH, UM, HOW MUCH DO YOU WANNA SPEND? I WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANNA SPEND MORE THAN LIKE 210.
THEY WERE LIKE, WELL YOU APPROVED FOR HOW MUCH? YOU APPROVED FOR MORE.
DO YOU WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH? NO, I WANT MY PRE-APPROVAL LETTER TO SAY THIS MUCH BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I WOULD BUY MORE THAN I COULD APPROVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, SO IN A WAY TO KIND OF HELP THESE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY DON'T BUY MORE THAN THEY CAN AFFORD, WE DO PUT A CAP ON THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE.
SO HOMES NOWADAYS THOUGH, YOU CAN STILL FIND DECENT HOMES UP TO $200,000.
BETWEEN 180 AND 200 YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND A DECENT HOUSE.
BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALSO OVER INCOME.
SO WE JUST DROPPED IT DOWN TO ASSISTING TWO FAMILIES THIS YEAR IN THE HOPES THAT WE CAN, 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN HELPED ONE YET THIS YEAR.
WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, THAT WHO WAS APPROVED FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT SHE KEEPS, UM, CHANGING HER MIND ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT SHE WANTS TO BUY.
AND I THINK WE'RE, UM, COMING UP ON THE THIRD HOUSE NOW, THE THIRD ADDRESS THAT SHE'S PROVIDED US OR WHATEVER.
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS GREAT TOO.
BUT, UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST THAT FAMILY.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHERE WE DO, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENTS WITHIN THE
HBG ADMINISTRATION IS FOR THE SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR US TO DO OUR JOBS IS FOR US TO MAKE THESE BOOKS FOR YOU.
IT'S FOR US TO PUT THE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER, US TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO HUD.
IT'S EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT.
PROCESS OF RECIPIENT REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, OF COURSE IS UH, FOR THE ELDERLY DISABLED RESIDENTS OF BAYTOWN AND NEW YEAR NEW SHOES IS THE FUNDING TO BUY A NEW PAIR OF SHOES FOR UP TO 300 CHILDREN.
UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ISN'T AREN'T THERE MORE PEOPLE IN THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM? YES, BUT THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THE, UM, THERE HAD BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF UM, NO LONGER HAVING A CONTRACT WITH HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING COME OF THAT.
SO WE DECIDED TO LOWER THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON HERE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 80 80, WE HAVE 89 RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO AND CANCEL 49 PEOPLE OR 30.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO AND CANCEL THAT.
'CAUSE WE SAID WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO 50.
BUT WE'RE BASICALLY, IF WE GET DOWN TO 50, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF STAY THERE BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WAS, IS WILL BE RENEWED FOR ANOTHER YEAR WITH HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE RENEWED.
SO WE DON'T REALLY WANNA ADD NEW PEOPLE TO THE PROGRAM.
THE ONLY WAY YOU LEAVE OUR PROGRAM IS IF YOU DIE OR YOU MOVE OUT OF DAY TOWN.
THOSE ARE THE TWO WAYS TO LEAVE.
LIKE HOTEL CALIFORNIA I GUESS, OR SOMETHING.
BUT UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE DID PUT 50 ON THERE BECAUSE IF IT GETS DOWN TO 50, THAT'S IT.
'CAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR LESS MONEY THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
ALSO LAST YEAR IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE HAVE 72,000 IN SOME CHANGE.
BUT WE KIND OF DROPPED THAT DOWN AS WELL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUNDING WAS GOING.
WE DIDN'T WANNA PROPOSE A BUDGET TO YOU THAT HAD NO TRANSPORTATION IN IT.
SO WE JUST KIND OF LOWERED THE COST.
MA'AM, MA'AM, UM, I I, WHEN I WAS READING THIS PROPOSAL SOMETIME TIME, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON BEFORE, WHICH IS A-C-D-E-G ADMINISTRATION.
YOU KNOW THAT PERSON WHO CAME TO TALK TO US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AS A CONSULTANT, DID WE HAVE TO PAY HIM OUT OF THIS MONEY OR DID WE HAVE TO NO, MARTIN GRACIOUSLY
[01:45:01]
ALLOWED US TO USE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.SO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THE CONSULTANT FOR US.
CITY GENERAL CITY GENERAL FUND, CITY GENERAL FUND IS PAYING.
SO I WAS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PAY IT OUT OF OUR BANK.
AND THAT'S A ONE TIME EXPENSE THAT'S NOT RECURRING.
SO THAT, SO
NO, NO, BUT FOR US, HOW MUCH, HOW LONG DID WE KEEP HIM STILL ON? HE STILL ON SALARY? STILL ON WITH THE SURVEY THAT I PROVIDED Y'ALL WITH LAST WEEK, THEY PROVIDED THAT WITH US TO US.
THAT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ON STAFF.
THEY'RE JUST DOING THIS ONE PROJECT.
SO THEY'RE, WE'RE PAYING THEM UNTIL THEY'RE DONE WITH THE PROJECT UP.
UP TO THE $50,000 THAT, AND IN MY MANAGER'S REPORT, I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT A MEETING THAT'S HAPPENING ON MONDAY THAT ALL OF YOU ARE GONNA BE INVITED TO.
THAT MONEY SALARY WAS COMING OUT, THAT THE MONEY TO PAY FOR A CONSULTANT WOULD COME OUT OF OUR ADMINISTRATION BUDGET.
SO WE CAN'T SPEND MORE THAN 20% OF THE MONEY THAT WE GET FROM HUD IN OUR PROGRAM ADMIN BUDGET.
SO THE CONSULTANT IS LIKE $48,000.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO WAY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE CONSULTANTS OUT OF OUR BUDGET AND THEN PAY FOR OUR SALARIES AND ALL OF THE OTHER EXPENSES THAT GOES WITH MANAGING THE PROGRAMS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, UH, NUMBER TWO, UH, SAYS THE ORGANIZATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTS OUT AND THE TRASH OFF AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTS OUT, IS THAT GOING TO THE CITY PROGRAM THAT'S DOWNTOWN OR IS THAT IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD? WE WORK IN THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT NOW, BUT THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TRIED TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
BUT IF IN ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE ARE WORKING IN WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, THEN WE WOULD HELP THEM SET ONE UP.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE SAME THING ABOUT THE TRASH OFF THEN.
WE'RE HAVING A TRASH OFF THIS WEEKEND.
THE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE WORK IN IS MIDDLETOWN, PELLY, AND WEST BAYTOWN.
I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A MAP OF THOSE AREAS.
STEPHANIE, CAN YOU SEND HER A BEHALF FOR THE PIECE? ARE YOU GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THE TRASH OFF THAN YOUR MANAGER? YES MA'AM, I AM.
IS THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THANK BEING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.
I'LL NOW CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED 20 25, 20 26 CONVENIENT DEVELOPMENT BLOCK BUDGET.
I'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS THE MANAGER REPORT, MS. CHERYL.
SO WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GETTING FROM HUD, WHICH IS WHY INSTEAD OF US DOING BUDGET DELIBERATIONS NEXT TUESDAY, I'M MOVING IT TO THE TUESDAY AFTER, TYPICALLY BY THE MIDDLE OF MAY WE WOULD HAVE OUR ALLOCATION FROM HUD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO I'M TRYING TO PUSH OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS TO WHEN WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN WE'LL GET THE FUNDING.
IF WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, WHAT WE CAN ALWAYS DO IS, IS MEET AND COME UP WITH, LET'S SAY TWO DIFFERENT REQUESTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAY WHENEVER WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE, LIKE WE CAN COME UP WITH A REDUCED ONE AND WE WILL SAY BUSINESS AS USUAL.
WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR WE CAN PUSH IT TO WHERE WE START BUDGET DELIBERATIONS IN JUNE.
THAT PUSHES OUR CALENDAR BACK THOUGH BECAUSE THIS IS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AND THIS IS THE YEAR WE DO OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE TO CONSULT FOR.
WHERE'S IT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THAT BY AUGUST 15TH? NOW WE COULD REQUEST A WAIVER FROM HUD TO WHERE WE CAN DELAY THE SUBMISSION OF THAT, WHICH WOULD THEN LET US PUSH BACK ALL OF OUR DATES.
'CAUSE AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE DO BUDGET BUDGET DELIBERATIONS ON THE 27TH.
AND THEN THE, ONCE WE DECIDE ON A BUDGET, WE PUT IT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE PUBLIC FOR 30 DAYS, WHICH WOULD START ON JUNE 6TH OR SEVENTH AND END ON JULY 6TH OR SEVENTH.
I DON'T HAVE A CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA GO, OH, THANK YOU.
LOOKING AT MY BRAIN, BUT I'M NOT SEEING IT.
SO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WOULD START ON JUNE 6TH AND IT WOULD END ON JULY 7TH.
DURING THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE WOULD HAVE OUR ACTION PLAN PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WOULD BE ON JUNE 17TH, AND THEN WE'D GO TO COUNCIL IN TWICE IN JULY.
AND THEN WE WOULD SUBMIT THE, THE PLANS TO HUD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, UM, IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE TO WHERE WE GOT THE, THE UM, NUMBERS LATER THAN SOONER.
[01:50:01]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.I DO YOU SUGGEST THAT WE COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND JUST, I WE CAN ALWAYS DO A SKINNY BUDGET.
I HATE WE CAN DO A REDUCED BUDGET AND THEN WE CAN DO A BUSINESS AS USUAL BUDGET.
BUT I WON'T PRESENT THAT TO THE PUBLIC YET.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WE CAN'T REALLY SAY HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA SPEND AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA GET.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS SIT HERE AND DECIDE ON WHO IT IS THAT WE WANNA FUND AND AT WHAT LEVEL AT A LOW AND A AND A REGULAR, LIKE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE 'EM.
BUT WE MAYBE YOU ONLY GIVE THEM 10% OF THAT.
I, WHICH THERE GONNA BE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS TO IT AS FAR AS CUTTING DOWN.
AND SO IT COULD BE TO WHERE WE MEET AND COME UP WITH A BUSINESS AS USUAL BUDGET AND A AND A A REDUCED BUDGET.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO, WE MEET AGAIN JUST TO HAMMER OUT THINGS OR JUST TO FINESSE IT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER DOING IS SUBMITTING A WAIVER TO HOOD FOR AN EXTENSION OF WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR PLAN.
UHUH MEETING IS THE, NO MA'AM.
UM, MEMORIAL DAY, SAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, SOMETHING MONDAY 19TH IS YOU, YOU MOVED AHEAD BEFORE I WAS READY.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING, IN PERSON MEETING BUDGET DELIBERATIONS WILL BE ON MAY 27TH.
THIS MONDAY OUR CONSULTANTS IS GONNA BE HOSTING A STAKEHOLDER MEETING, UH, WHERE WE INVITED AREA STAKEHOLDERS, A NONPROFIT, UH, DIRECTORS AND HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT.
UM, WE INVITED JUST ABOUT 20 OR 30 PEOPLE TO THIS MEETING.
AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA INVITE Y'ALL IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, IT WILL BE VIA ZOOM SO OUR TECHNOLOGY FRIEND HERE CAN ATTEND BECAUSE IT'LL BE THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
SO I KNOW IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS IN PERSON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT IT WILL BE VIA ZOOM TWO O'CLOCK.
SO WE'LL SEND, UH, STEPHANIE, I'LL SEND Y'ALL THE MEETING INVITE TOMORROW SO THAT Y'ALL CAN PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS.
AND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTEND THEN THAT WOULD BE LOVELY IF YOU'RE NOT THAT, THAT'S COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE.
AND ON SATURDAY WE DO HAVE OUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE SLASH NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENT IN, UM, AT THE 1200 LEE DRIVE.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU CAN'T COME, RIGHT? MM-HMM
BOBBY'S MOM IS RETIRING AFTER 30 SOMETHING YEARS.
UM, THE EVENT IS FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM IF YOU'RE GONNA COME TO VOLUNTEER, WE ASK THAT PEOPLE SHOW UP AT EIGHT 30.
I'LL BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED.
AND I CAN ALWAYS INCLUDE Y'ALL IN THAT EMAIL IF YOU'D LIKE, LIKE PLEASE.
OH, AND, UM, YOU DID NOT RESPOND TO MY EMAIL ABOUT EMAIL BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU HAD EVERYTHING I WANT.
UM, BUT IN THE FOLDERS THAT YOU HAVE HERE, I'M SORRY, I'LL DO THAT.
IT IS YOUR, YOUR COMMITTEE EMAIL IS IN THAT FOLDER.
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, YOUR TEMPORARY PASSWORD, HOW TO SET UP TWO FACTOR AUTHORIZATION AND HOW TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD SO THAT YOU WILL NOW HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR COMMITTEE EMAILS.
SO EVERYONE HAS IN THEIR FANCY FOLDERS, THESE FOLDERS ARE SP OF MINE.
SO I, I WENT AHEAD AND WE GOT WITH THAT AND WE MADE SURE WE HAD ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE WAY WE DO IT IS WE EMAIL YOUR COMMITTEE EMAIL AND WE CC YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL BECAUSE I KNOW MOST PEOPLE DON'T LOOK AT THEIR COMMITTEE EMAILS.
BUT JUST IN CASE YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT, I BELIEVE YOU DO HAVE TO LOG IN AT LEAST EVERY 90 DAYS BEFORE IT'LL, UM, MAKE YOU RESET YOUR PASSWORD.
SO THAT'LL JUST BE SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL TO DO.
BUT DID I MISS ANYTHING? OH, WE MET WITH THE, SO WE HAVE THE THREE HOUSES THAT WE WANNA BUILD AND WE FINALLY HEARD BACK FROM THE ARCHITECT AFTER I, I SENT HIM AN EMAIL TELLING HIM THAT WE NO LONGER NEED HIS SERVICES AND UH, HE EMAILED ME BACK THE SAME DAY FOR REAL
SO WE ACTUALLY, WE EMAILED AND THEN HE CAME IN YESTERDAY AND WE MET WITH HIM.
SO HE'S GONNA PUT TOGETHER A NEW FLOOR PLAN FOR US.
'CAUSE WE ARE IN THE, WE CURRENTLY DO A THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATH WITH THE LAUNDRY IN THE BATHROOM.
AND I WANT TO CHANGE IT TO A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH WITH THE LAUNDRY IN ITS OWN ROOM, UTILITY ROOM.
SO HE'S WORKING ON FLOOR, UH, LIKE PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS FOR US SO THAT WE CAN PUT THOSE PROJECTS OUT BID.
AND THAT'S EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF.
CAN Y'ALL THINK OF ANYTHING? NO.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MS. STEPHANIE.
I MEAN, WHY, BECAUSE YOU CAME WALKING BACK AND FORTH, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAD THEIR PRESENT TEACHERS.
I THOUGHT YOU KNEW THAT SHE GOT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR FOR COLLABORATION.
SHE KEPT ON WALKING BACK AND FORTH.
AT OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION, UM, DAY ON FRIDAY, STEPHANIE WAS RECOGNIZED AS SHE
[01:55:01]
WAS NOMINATED FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER FOR COLLABORATION FOR HER WORK ON THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.AND THEN WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY GOT EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO SEE WHO WAS GONNA BE THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR BASED ON OUR CORE VALUES, WHICH USED TO BE UP THERE, BUT THEY AREN'T ANYMORE.
BUT, UM, BASED ON OUR CORE VALUES, ONE OF THEM IS COLLABORATION.
SO STEPHANIE, ONE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR FOR COLLABORATION.
AND THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE.
DO Y'ALL HAVE, I APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING, LET THAT HAND BACK.
THAT, OH, CAN YOU STEP OUTSIDE WITH, UM, STEPHANIE REAL QUICK PLEASE? YES.
SO JUST VERIFY AND THEN MS. SHARON WITH THAT, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS.
UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOIN THIS MEETING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? FIRST, SECOND.
OUR OPPOSED MOTION PASSES AND NOW THERE'S.