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[Housing and Homelessness Solutions on December 12, 2023.]
THE TIME IS 9:06.I'M CALLING THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
FIRST BRIEFING ITEM TODAY IS A BRIEFING ITEM B, CITIZENS HOMELESS COMMISSION.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, CHRISTINE CROSSLEY, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
I'M ALSO AWARE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE, I THINK, A PLANNED MEETING FOR THE HOPE REPORT LATER ON.
AND SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO SEEK FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE FEEDBACK LATER AS WELL.
AND THEN OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS REPRESENTATIVE IS ALSO HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT WE'LL JUST SPEED THROUGH THIS.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AS I SAID WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION IS, ITS PURPOSE FUNCTION, MEMBERSHIP, UM, AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND NEXT STEPS.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE EARLY UM, ADVISORY BODY, UH, OF STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH PAST AND PRESENT EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS, WHICH THERE NEED TO BE TWO OF AT LEAST, UM, MAKING SURE THAT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGN WITH CITY SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENHANCING ALL OF OUR SERVICES.
OF COURSE, THEY ALSO HAVE TO TIE BACK TO THE FOUR TRACK STRATEGY DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
UM, SO GUIDING PRINCIPLES HERE.
THIS IS A LOT OF TEXT, BUT JUST I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TO COME BACK AND SAY THAT THE GROUP IS, IS THERE BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL CITIZENS OF DALLAS. SO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE VARIED VIEWPOINTS FROM EACH OF THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS COME INTO PLAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE.
UM, SEEKING TO INFORM THEMSELVES ON BEST PRACTICES, WE DO A LOT OF BRIEFINGS AROUND WHAT'S UP AND COMING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE SYSTEM AND WHY, OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTATIVE OF A DIVERSE POPULATION AND COMMUNITY WIDE COOPERATION.
SO THE NEXT PAGE YOU CAN SEE THE MEMBERSHIP.
AND SO THIS IS FOR EVERY DISTRICT THAT HAS AN APPOINTEE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S AN ASTERISK NEXT TO DISTRICT EIGHT, BECAUSE DAVID KING IS THE CHAIR, WHICH IS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
THIS WAS DONE BY VOTE, DECIDED BY THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES.
AND THEN THEY EACH ELECTED GROUP HEADS.
UM, OBJECTIVES WERE CONTINUED.
PROVISION OF ADVISEMENT OF STAFF AND COUNSEL ON ITEMS PRESENTED BEFORE THEM, WHICH THEN GO TO COUNCIL COMMITTEE WHICH IS HERE, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS AND THEN THE FULL COUNCIL.
UM, ASSESSING GAPS AND NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE FORMATION OF THE CHC SUBCOMMITTEES, WHICH WAS DONE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND THESE ARE PULLED FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS EVERY YEAR.
UM, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION OF VOTES REGARDING COUNCIL ITEMS. UM ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST CHC RETREAT, WHICH WE DID LAST YEAR WITH A PANEL OF THOUGHT OF OF LEADERS FROM THE AREA, UH, PROVIDERS AND THEN ESTABLISHING OF THE FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES LISTED ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.
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SUBCOMMITTEES AND STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE POPULATION.UH, FOCUSING ON POLITICAL SOLUTIONS FOR HISTORIC OBSTACLES TO RESPONSE IMPROVEMENT TO SYSTEM RESPONSE IMPROVEMENT. UM, INCREASE IN DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO, WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH WITH THIS, SO I'M JUST GOING TO DO A COUPLE MORE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS NOT MISSING ANYTHING.
CONTINUED INCREASING USE OF PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND PUBLIC FORUMS. WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THIS.
A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH THE RETREATS, WHICH ANOTHER ONE IS BEING PLANNED REALLY JUST TO SERVE AS A ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE COMMISSION.
WE'VE HAD SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, AS SUBJECT MATTERS COME UP, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ARE INVITED TO SPEAK BEFORE THE CHC, UM, WHICH ALSO WE TALK ABOUT CONSISTENT PRESENTATION OF COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, CONTINUED FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS FACILITY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH THAT UM, NEEDS AND GAPS ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY AND PROMOTION OF THOSE POLICIES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, UM, I THINK THERE'S ALSO BEEN A MOVEMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ABOUT WANTING TO PARTNER WITH THE LARGER MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, AND THAT'S A STATED WISH.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH IT'S BEEN EXPLORED YET, BUT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE HORIZON.
UH, PRESENTED THE AMENDED RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH HER TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE AMENDMENTS WILL COME FORWARD LATER ON.
SO HANDING IT BACK OVER TO YOU CHAIR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, START TO MY LEFT, ZARIN, QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT CART BEFORE THE HORSE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE HOPE REPORT YET, BUT IT DOES CALL FOR, UH, ELIMINATING THIS COMMISSION. UH, I BELIEVE, AND THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP.
AND I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE THE DESIRE WAS TO, UM, HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS, BUT IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A FOCUSED TASK, WHICH IS GREAT.
DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEM OFF OF THAT, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES COLLIN COUNTY.
UH, BUT I, I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THIS COMMISSION.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT AS WE ACROSS THIS YEAR MOVE TOWARD LOOKING AT OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS, TEMPORARY HOUSING OPTIONS, SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS, UH, AS WELL AS EXPLORING ENFORCEMENT, HOW SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN AN INHUMANE WAY AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION FOR THEMSELVES, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET TO HELPING THEM MORE AS A CITY? AND I THINK HAVING THIS DEDICATED COMMISSION MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US EXPLORE SOME OF THAT.
SO, UM, I ALSO FEEL LIKE OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER OPPORTUNITIES AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS STRENGTHENING THIS, WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPANDING THE VOLUNTEER CAPACITY, EXPANDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, INCREASE THE OUTREACH AND GET TO KNOW SOME PEOPLE BETTER AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED AND JUST HAVE OUR WINGSPAN GO A LITTLE BIT FARTHER.
UH, I THINK THAT THIS THAT COULD BE AN AREA WHERE A COMMISSION LIKE THIS COULD BE HELPFUL.
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I JUST WANT TO SEE US MAKE THE BEST USE OF VOLUNTEER TIME AND REALLY TRAIN IT ON SOME AREAS, UM, AND DIRECTION THAT WE KNOW WE WANT TO GO IN.UM, I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE, CHRISTINE.
UH, AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE CHC.
I THINK IT'S BEEN HELPFUL IN THE PAST.
I KNOW IN PAST DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD WE'VE TOSSED AROUND THE IDEA OF WHETHER, UM, AND THIS THESE ARE PRE HOPE REPORT PUBLICATION DISCUSSIONS OF WHETHER THIS GROUP NEEDS TO BE MORE OF AN ADVISORY GROUP MEET AS NEEDED OR WHEN CALLED BY COUNCIL TO MEET ON SOMETHING, AS OPPOSED TO A FORMALIZED COMMISSION THAT'S MEETING REGULARLY, TAKING UP STAFF, UH ASSETS AND RESOURCES.
UM WHERE AND THAT LEADS ME TO LIKE, I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HOPE REPORT TODAY, BUT WHERE DOES THE COMMISSION'S WORK INTERSECT WITH WORK OF OTHER GROUPS? WHERE ARE WE? ARE WE DUPLICATING EFFORTS IN THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE PLAN? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
I THINK THAT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THERE ARE AREAS OF DUPLICATION, BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING THE SAME PRESENTATIONS BEFORE THIS BODY, THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP AND THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION.
IT'S THE SAME PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT.
UM, BUT AS YOU HAVE SAID, CONSISTENCY OF THAT IS, IS UP TO THIS BODY.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS UPDATE TODAY? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR THE CHAIRMAN OR YOU OR KIM.
WHAT IS WHY ARE WE BEING BRIEFED ON THE ROLES? I DON'T WE DON'T HEAR THIS ABOUT OTHER COMMISSIONS VERY OFTEN.
THE POINT OF THIS ONE IS BECAUSE THE AUDIT MEMO HAD COME OUT, AND SO WE WERE ASKED TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO JUST BRING UP A REFRESHER ON THE GENERAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT THE CHC IS DOING.
I THINK FOR ME, IT'S ALSO HELPFUL TO HAVE THIS NOW KNOWING THAT THE HOPE REPORT IS COMING.
SO IT'S INFORMATIVE MORE THAN ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT. AND I GUESS MY, MY THANK YOU MY.
AND I'M JUST ONE VOTE. BUT IN THE FUTURE, BASED ON WHEN WE REALLY GET TO TALK ABOUT THE HOPE REPORT AND DIG INTO THAT, BECAUSE I DO VALUE WHAT OUR EXPERTS ARE TELLING US AND WHETHER THIS STAYS ON AS A COMMISSION THAT IS GOING TO TAKE OUR RESOURCES FROM THE CITY AND, AND BE PART OF OUR OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS TO SUPPORT THEM OR BE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF AN AD HOC, I THINK SHOULD COME OUT OF THAT DISCUSSION OF THE HOPE REPORT.
SO I'LL WAIT TO SAVE MY QUESTIONS TILL THEN.
UH, SOLVING HOMELESSNESS FOR ME IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES.
BUT I DO ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A DEEPER STRUCTURE, MORE OF A GOAL, UH, SITUATED, UH, DIRECTION ON WHAT WE WANT THIS BOARD TO DO, HOW WE WANT THEM TO, UM, GO SIDE BY SIDE WITH US RIGHT.
AND AS A FORMER BOARD AND COMMISSIONER MYSELF, I VALUE THE THE INPUT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE SUBJECT MATTER WHEN WE'RE SPREAD IN 100 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
AND SO I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO SEE THIS ORGANIZATION STAY.
DO I WANT IT TO EVOLVE? ABSOLUTELY.
DO I WANT THEM TO HAVE A AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR MISSION AND GOALS ARE? 100%. AND SO.
I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S TOO HEAVILY ON THE PROVIDER SIDE.
AND I WOULD LIKE AND WHEN WE HAVE THAT STRONG, UH, FEEDBACK AND EXPERIENCE FROM OUR EXPERTS.
BUT SOMETIMES WE NEED EYES FROM JUST OUR ORDINARY RESIDENTS WHO ARE MAYBE NOT ENTRENCHED IN THE EVERY DAY UH SITUATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, BUT THEY ARE EYES AND EARS AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING, WHAT OUR BUSINESS
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OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING.AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE EYES AND THOSE EXPERTISE ON THAT BOARD AS WELL.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD.
RIGHT NOW, THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD IS IT'S AN ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND SO IT'S MADE UP OF APPOINTEES FROM EACH COMMISSION.
THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD.
WELL, WHAT I'M GETTING INTO IS THE SO WE HAVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS VERY VAGUE, BUT IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE PARAMETERS OR THE, UM, EXPERIENCE, WHAT WOULD THAT ENTAIL? WELL, THAT WOULD BE SOME RESEARCH.
OKAY. IF I MAY, CHAIR, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
UH, KIMBERLY BIZOR TOBER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
UM, THE ACTUAL COMPOSITION IS A POLICY DECISION OF THE COUNCIL.
AND IF YOU WANTED TO COME BACK AND HAVE US LOOK AT WHAT THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS ARE AND THE CRITERIA AND FINE TUNE THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. NONE OF THAT WAS DONE AT DIRECTION OF STAFF, BUT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT COUNCIL WANTING TO HAVE A MIXTURE OF THE TYPES OF BACKGROUNDS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE UP THAT COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WHERE I THINK AND I DO BELIEVE WE NEED SOME OF OUR PROVIDERS ON HERE, BUT SOMETIMES I MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES WHO THEY'RE APPOINTING AND WHAT EXPERTISE OR EXPERIENCE THEY'RE BRINGING.
THANK YOU. UM. ANY OTHER WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AND ACTUALLY COME BACK WITH, IF IT'S JUST A MEMORANDUM THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHO THE CURRENT MEMBERS ARE AND WHAT THEIR BACKGROUNDS ARE, AND THEN AS VACANCIES COME UP, YOU'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
I KNOW CERTAINLY IS COMMUNICATING WITH FOLKS, AND IT'S A HUGE BARRIER TO OVERCOME.
AND IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE.
BUT I THINK THIS COMMISSION COULD BE MORE IMPACTFUL, UM, AND REALLY HAVE THAT AS A FOCUS AREA.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I'M THOR ERICKSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING.
I'M HERE TO BRIEF ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEM.
HOME IMPROVEMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM AMENDMENT.
I'LL GO THROUGH A QUICK BACKGROUND.
UM, RECAP OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, UM, TO DATE AND THIS YEAR, TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR PRODUCTION, HOW WE WOULD ADMINISTER A NEW PROGRAM AND GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED PROGRAM AMENDMENT FOR Y'ALL TODAY.
UM, HIPP WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS CREATED IN 2018.
IT'S HAD A FEW DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS SINCE THEN TO EXPAND TO FORGIVABLE LOANS.
UH, TO EXPAND SORT OF THE, THE WORK IT'S DONE.
AND IT'S OUR MOST WELL KNOWN PROGRAM TO DATE IN TERMS OF HOME REPAIR.
ON SLIDE FOUR, WE RECENTLY BRIEFED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK ON HOME REPAIR IN GENERAL AND HOW TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND SERVE AS AS MANY CITIZENS IN THE CITY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS.
WE'VE HEARD FROM, UM, ADVOCATE GROUPS.
WE'VE HEARD FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, RECENTLY DRAFTED A FRIDAY MEMO TO YOU ON RECAPPING SOME OF THAT WORK TO DATE.
UM, JUST TO REORIENT US, WE HAVE EIGHT CURRENT HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. HIPP HAS A MINOR, A MAJOR, A HOME RECONSTRUCTION, AND A LANDLORD SUB PROGRAM.
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WE HAVE TARGETED REPAIR PROGRAMS IN WEST DALLAS AND HISTORIC 10TH STREET.WE HAVE OUR DALLAS TOMORROW FUND, WHICH IS A PROGRAM ABOUT EXTERIOR CODE VIOLATIONS.
ON SLIDE SIX, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO AMEND HIPP, THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM, TO OFFER AN EMERGENCY REHABILITATION PROGRAM, KEEP THE DALLAS TOMORROW FUND PROGRAM, AND THEN OFFER MAJOR SYSTEMS HOME REHABILITATION.
WE PROPOSE THAT WE WOULD REMOVE THE OTHER THE PROGRAMS OF TARGETED REPAIR, SENIOR HOME REPAIR, MINOR HOME REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION GRANT AND USE THE FUNDING DEDICATED TO THEM FROM CITY COUNCIL OR FEDERAL SOURCES AND APPLY THAT TO THE MAJOR SYSTEMS. HOME REPAIR. EMERGENCY REPAIR PORTIONS OF HIPP.
THAT REQUIRES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
UM, SOMETHING LIKE FLOODED PIPES OR SOMETHING BROKEN OR A ROOF LEAK OR, UM, SOME OTHER MAJOR EVENT THAT JUST HAPPENED WHERE THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT LIFE AND SAFETY ISSUE IMMEDIATELY.
THE DALLAS TOMORROW FUND IS FUNDED THROUGH CODE CITATIONS WHEN PEOPLE PAY.
WE WOULD KEEP THAT PROGRAM AS IS.
WHEN SOMEONE GETS THEIR VIOLATION OR CITATION, WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE EXTERIOR VIOLATIONS.
THE NEW MAJOR SYSTEMS HOME REHABILITATION PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THE MECHANICAL, THE ELECTRICAL, THE PLUMBING AND SOME STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS TO THE HOME AND JUST ADDRESS 1 OR 2 MAJOR SYSTEMS UP TO A LOAN OF $24,000, WHICH ALLOWS US TO SERVE, UM, MORE HOMEOWNERS THAN WE CURRENTLY DO WITH THE CURRENT SETUP OF HIP, BUT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MORE PRESSING ISSUES THAT HOMEOWNERS FACE IN TERMS OF HOME REPAIR.
UH, THIS WOULD BE ASSISTANCE UP TO 24,000, IN THE FORM OF A FORGIVABLE LOAN.
IT WOULD WORK JUST LIKE OUR HIPP PROGRAM DOES NOW.
UH, IT WOULD OFFER A FIVE YEAR LOAN OR A LIEN ON THAT HOME AS WELL.
UM, THOSE PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO COMPETE WITH THEMSELVES AS THERE'S THE SAME CONTRACTORS FOR ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO BY STREAMLINING THESE PROGRAMS, WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE GREATER EFFICIENCY AND GREATER PRODUCTION NUMBERS AND ALLOW US TO GROW OUR CONTRACTOR POOL BY OFFERING SOME MORE TRADES TO COME IN THAT CAN FOCUS ON THOSE MAJOR SYSTEMS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FUNDING REMAINING FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE JUST RECEIVED OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.
UH, LAST COUNCIL 1.5 MILLION AND SENIOR HOME REPAIR WAS AUTHORIZED TO THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THE DALLAS TOMORROW FUND IS A RENEWAL RENEWING SOURCE EVERY YEAR.
IT GENERATES ABOUT $160,000 A YEAR FOR US TO CONTINUE EXTERIOR VIOLATIONS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ARPA FUNDS THAT SHOULD BE COMMITTED WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
SO THOSE PROGRAMS WOULD CONTINUE TO COMMIT THOSE FUNDS TO THOSE CURRENT PROGRAMS. AND THOSE ARE ONE TIME SOURCES.
SLIDE TEN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AGAINST ALL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE NOT STOPPED THAT. WE'VE CONTINUED TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AND CONTINUE TO SERVE HOMEOWNERS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL, UM, UH, IF, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT WAS TO MOVE FORWARD.
NEXT SLIDE. LAST YEAR, WE TOOK IN AROUND 800 APPLICATIONS ACROSS SENIOR HOME REPAIR AND HIP OUR PROPOSALS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE JUST TO PROCESS THOSE APPLICATIONS RATHER THAN OPENING UP ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLICATIONS.
TO START, WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECENTLY APPLIED WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM, UH, GET UPDATED INFORMATION AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THEM WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM GOES INTO EFFECT.
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SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS TO THOSE GEOGRAPHIES AS NEEDED.AND THEN IN ORDER TO RUN THE EMERGENCY PORTION OF THIS, WE WOULD POST A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS TO CONTRACTORS TO PRE-QUALIFY THEM, TO GET THEM ON A LIST, TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY DISASTER QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THEM PRE PROCURED IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
AND I DIDN'T MEAN DISASTER, I JUST MEANT EMERGENCY.
MY BAD. SO THE CHANGES TO THE HIP PROGRAM WILL ALLEVIATE BURDEN OF RESIDENTS HAVING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH PROGRAM THEY MIGHT APPLY FOR BECAUSE THEY CAN JUST APPLY AND WE CAN HELP THEM BETTER WITH THE NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE ASPECT THAT WE HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE ALL FUNDING SOURCES, CURRENT AND FUTURE, TO THE THREE PROGRAMS WE OFFER.
UM, EMERGENCY AND DALLAS TOMORROW FUND WILL BE PRIMARILY NONFEDERAL SOURCES, AND THE MAJOR SYSTEMS WOULD BE OUR FEDERAL SOURCES, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO APPLY RESOURCES AS NEEDED.
UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND AWARENESS OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT WILL BE MORE CONSISTENT, EASY TO UNDERSTAND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS WILL STREAMLINE OUR INTERNAL OPERATIONS AND PROCESSES BY HAVING ONE SET OF PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS FOR HOME REPAIR WITHOUT HAVING EIGHT DIFFERENT SETS OF RULES TO FOLLOW.
THE NEXT SLIDE I HAVE AN UPDATE.
UM. WE HAVE A CORRECTION TO THE NEXT STEP.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD ACTUALLY BE TO REQUIRE THIS CHANGE WOULD REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE ACTION PLAN, BECAUSE IN OUR ACTION PLAN, IT LISTS WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO WITH HIPP. SO THIS WOULD REQUIRE US TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 24TH AND HAVE A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND THEN BRING THE ITEM BACK TO CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 27TH FOR APPROVAL AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I'LL START TO MY RIGHT NOW, CHAIRMAN WEST.
I JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND SO I JUST, I KNOW WE HAD KIND OF A PREVIEW OF THIS BEFORE, AND, AND I JUST SAY THE SAME THING AGAIN, THE MORE EFFICIENT WE CAN BE AS A GOVERNMENT, UM, I THINK THE BETTER WE CAN SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
UM, AND MY SLIDE IS NOT NUMBERED.
IT SAYS HOME REPAIR PRODUCTION, AND IT HAS A CHART.
YET THE CHART IS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON ONE YEAR.
AND SO IF YOU WILL ADD A COLUMN SO THAT WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT EXPENDED AGAINST THESE PROGRAMS, LIKE WHAT, WHAT IT TOOK TO GET TO THAT COMPLETED PRODUCTION SO THAT WE CAN GAUGE THE RETURN A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO TRACK.
YEAH. THANK YOU. IN THE JANUARY BRIEFING WE'LL HAVE A MEMO.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE YOU ON IN JANUARY.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I HOPE GOING FORWARD THAT'S THE PRACTICE.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SEEING THE PRODUCTION IS GREAT.
I MEAN, WHAT I LOOK AT HERE IS I SEE A DECLINE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, SO I JUST THAT THAT WOULD BE A PIECE OF THE EQUATION THAT, THAT WOULD HELP GIVE US THE PICTURE THAT WE NEED.
SO I WANTED TO GET INTO, UM, THE REMARKS YOU MADE AND A BULLET HERE THAT ON PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION THAT SAYS IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 25 WILL OPEN GEOGRAPHY SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AS NEEDED BASED ON FUNDING NEEDS.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY BASED OR SPECIFIC APPLICATION PROCESS? YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING TO WEST DALLAS FROM THE CURRENT TARGETED HOME REPAIR PROGRAM AND 10TH STREET.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THROUGH THIS YEAR WE WILL BE FULL WITH THOSE APPLICATIONS.
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DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, AS WELL AS THROUGH COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE CALLED FOR THOSE GEOGRAPHIES.SO WHEN I INQUIRE AND I CERTAINLY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT HOUSING NEEDS AND CONDITION OF HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY, UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF DISTRICT 13 AND SOME THAT SHIFTED IN IN REDISTRICTING.
SO REALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT D 6 AND D 13.
UM, AND TYPICALLY IT'S JUST NOT REPRESENTED.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WE GET AT THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? I DO AND IT WE REALLY RELY ON COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THESE THINGS.
SO WE WE OFTEN PUT OUT EVERYTHING THROUGH OUR, OUR CITY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS OR CITY NEWSLETTERS.
WE CALL UPON ALL OF YOU WHEN WE OPEN APPLICATIONS, UH, TO SEND IT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, IF THERE ARE NONPROFIT AGENCIES IN YOUR DISTRICTS THAT WE DON'T ALREADY REACH, AND WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ONE ON ONE ABOUT THIS AS WELL AND AS A COUNCIL, SO AS YOU CAN IDENTIFY GROUPS THAT CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD WITH US.
WE CAN MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH THEM.
WE CAN HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE COULD, UM, INVITE PEOPLE HERE.
WE DO A VARIETY OF THINGS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS.
WHENEVER WE LAUNCH NEW APPLICATIONS.
IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST EXPERIENCE.
WITH THAT SAID, THERE'S STILL WE'RE NOT REACHING EVERYONE WHO HAS NEEDS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU THOR, UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
THAT WAS MY SAME QUESTION ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY, UH, SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
THE OTHER ONE WAS, AND I SEE IT IN THERE IS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION FOR THE SENIOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
I JUST FROM AN APPLICATION PERSPECTIVE AND ALL I KNOW THERE'S SOME APPLICATIONS.
YOU SAID ABOUT 800 OUTSTANDING.
HAVE WE ALREADY DONE AN ASSESSMENT OF THOSE APPLICATION TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY AS WELL AS UH, MOST OF THEM, I'M ASSUMING MAY BE SENIORS OR WHAT? YEAH, I'M JUST CONCERNED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET IN THIS RUSH AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT GEOGRAPHY.
THERE WERE SENIORS FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY WHO APPLIED.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT MORE SENIORS WHO WOULD WANT TO APPLY OR CAN APPLY.
UH, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE HAVE A LOT OF APPLICANTS TO START FROM, AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THAT SENIOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IS WE CREATED A LOTTERY SYSTEM. SO WE DIDN'T ASK SENIORS TO STAND IN LINE FOR ONE DAY.
WE ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH.
AND THEN WHEN WE, UH, PUT THEM THROUGH A LOTTERY, WE GAVE ONE POINT.
AND WE WORKED WITH THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION ON THAT PROCESS IN ORDER TO BRING IN SOME OF THAT EQUITY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SENIOR POPULATIONS AS AN AGING SENIOR NEEDS MORE ASSISTANCE. UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT AND DO MORE ACTIVITY LIKE THAT SO THAT WE DON'T, UM, ASK PEOPLE TO STAND IN LINE EARLY MORNING AND IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
BUT WE CAN LOOK AT WAYS TO WEIGHT THE APPLICANTS, EITHER BASED ON GEOGRAPHY WHEN WE SELECT OUR TARGET AREAS OR A SENIOR POPULATION NEED OR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOME REPAIR NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO LOOK AT HOW WE SELECT APPLICATIONS FROM THAT POINT.
AND THEN I WANT TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS JUST A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT THE TRANSITION SIDE OF IT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE SIMPLICITY OF IT IN TERMS OF THE THREE PROGRAMS, NARROWING IT DOWN TO THE THREE PROGRAMS. BUT MY I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AS WE TRANSITIONED, UM, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF NONPROFITS REACH OUT AND CONCERNED ABOUT EITHER THEY DID JOBS FROM THE OLD PROGRAMS AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED PAYMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I GUESS THE GENERAL QUESTION IS, AS WE'VE TRANSITIONED TO THESE PROGRAMS, HAVE ALL OF THOSE, UH, PARTICIPANTS THAT ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THOSE PROGRAMS, HAVE THEY ALL BEEN PAID FOR THEIR SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? SO, UM, WE WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR SUB RECIPIENTS AND CONTRACTORS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND PAYMENT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT WITH.
WHEN YOU IN COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THAT.
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AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR CONTRACTORS AND SUB RECIPIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED HAVE FOLLOWED THE CONTRACT TERMS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS.UH, THOSE PROGRAMS WERE FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR SUB RECIPIENTS WHO HAVE CONTRACTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE MET ALL THOSE TERMS. OKAY. AND I'M ASSUMING, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THE BEING THE PROACTIVE EFFICIENCY AND STREAMLINING.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND A REQUEST AS WELL.
OKAY. AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY FRUSTRATION IS NOT SO MUCH THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT IT'S THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WHERE I CONTINUE TO HAVE RESIDENTS WHO REACH OUT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX MONTHS, A YEAR.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF DASHBOARD THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, FROM THE APPLICATION TO THE PROCESSING OF THE DOCUMENTS TO AWARDING A CONTRACTOR TO CONSTRUCTION.
WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DURATION, BUT ALSO TO GIVE A CLEAR, UH, VISUAL FOR THE RESIDENT THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S LITTLE TO NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR AND THE RESIDENT? YOU'RE CORRECT ON THAT.
UH, WE HAVE HAD SOME DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION, AND, UM, A DASHBOARD WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, I'M NOT YET SURE IF IT WILL GO INTO THAT BIG OF DETAIL, BUT WHAT I CAN SHOW IS NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, UM, CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE, START DATES AND END DATES.
AND WE DO HAVE THAT DATA THAT WE CAN SHARE.
OKAY. ON PAGE NINE, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD, UH, EARMARKS FOR HISTORICALLY, UM, FREEDMEN'S TOWNS WITH JOPPA, FIVE MILE 10TH STREET.
UM, WHERE ARE WE IN EXPENSES? THERE. AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, UM, HISTORIC ELM THICKET, NORTH PARK POTENTIALLY BEING A BENEFACTOR IF THESE IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO EXPENSE THOSE DOLLARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS EXECUTED RIGHT NOW OR ENCUMBERED FUNDS.
UH, BUT IN THOSE GEOGRAPHIES, WE DO HAVE ALL ADDRESSES LINED UP.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AS WE START CONSTRUCTION.
UM, ONE OF THE THE MAIN ELEMENTS HERE IS THE CONTRACTORS WHO DO THAT WORK ARE THE SAME CONTRACTORS WHO WORK ON THE OTHER HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. SO WE DON'T WANT TO PUT A CONTRACTOR UNDER CONTRACT WITH 20 HOMES, UM, AT ONCE, BECAUSE THEN THERE'S A BACKLOG AT THAT, THAT STEP. SO WE WORK WITH CONTRACTORS WHEN THEY'RE READY FOR NEW ONES, EXECUTE NEW CONTRACTS AND KEEP ALL THE PROGRAMS MOVING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO BY REMOVING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND RUNNING THEM THROUGH A MORE SIMPLE PROCESS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT BACKLOG AND RECRUIT MORE CONTRACTORS TO HELP US ON THAT. THAT PINCH POINT.
OKAY. WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT ONE, THE EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR.
IF THERE IS A FIRE OR FLOODING.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THESE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, IF THEY'RE DAMAGED AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED, WHAT IS THAT TIME WINDOW LOOK LIKE FOR? IF SOMEONE'S TRYING TO TRACK THOSE DOCUMENTS DOWN OR THEY'RE DESTROYED AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET DUPLICATES OR COPIES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M WRITING RIGHT NOW IS JUST WORKING WITH, UM, HOW WHAT CAN WE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF OWNERSHIP? BECAUSE WE CAN GO TO THE COUNTY AND LOOK AT OWNERSHIP RECORDS, AND A HOMEOWNER MIGHT HAVE TO GO AND GET SOME INCOME DOCUMENTS.
BUT LUCKILY A LOT OF THAT IS DIGITAL NOW IN TERMS OF PAY STUBS AND BANK STATEMENTS.
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SO SOMEONE MIGHT NOT HAVE IT ON HAND RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM ON PROVING INCOME, PROVING OWNERSHIP.AND BECAUSE WE CAN PULL RECORDS FOR FOLKS AT THE COUNTY, WE CAN ASSIST THEM WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY.
ALL RIGHT. JUST GOING BACK TO THAT TRANSITION.
SO UNDER THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, THERE WERE HOW MANY CONTRACTS WERE, I GUESS, TERMINATED.
DURING THIS TRANSITION PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE RECENTLY TERMINATED ONE AGREEMENT WITH ONE SUB RECIPIENT.
AND. ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL SAY WHY? UM, YEAH.
THAT. NO, I'M NOT ABLE TO SAY WHY AT THIS MOMENT.
SEEK ADVICE FROM THE ATTORNEYS ON THIS.
COUNCILMAN. CYNTHIA ELLICKSON, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
I CAN SAY WHY, UM, COMPLIANCE HAS TO BE MET.
THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET SOURCE DOCUMENTS TO PROVE UP PAYMENT, ELIGIBLE PAYMENT . UNDERSTOOD.
AND UM CONTRACTS WERE NOT EXECUTED BETWEEN THE ENTITY AND THE HOME OWNER, WHICH, UH, HUD REQUIRES UNDER FEDERAL RULE.
UNDERSTOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO BRIEFING BY MEMOS.
SO JUST A POSITIVE COMMENT HERE AND THEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, IT INDICATES, UH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, GOOD COLLABORATION, WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE GAME, I THINK, IN THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM WITH, UM, NOT JUST YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO HOUSING, OUR COLLABORATIVE, HOUSING FORWARD AND ALSO CLUTCH CONSULTING.
AND I'M JUST VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
UH, THE MEMO INDICATES THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY PROJECT FUNDING HAS BEEN CUT BY 60%.
THERE'S A THERE'S SOME OF THE FUNDING IS NOT LISTED THAT'S IN THERE.
IS THAT AN OVERSIGHT OR WHAT IS WHY WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING TO THE TABLE IS JUST A STARTING NUMBER IN TERMS OF HERE IS A GRANT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CONVEY WITH THE PROPERTY. UM, BUT IF ADDITIONAL MONEY IS NEEDED THEN WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS FOR THE DEVELOPER TO COME BACK AND SAY THE FULL ASK, AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN LEVERAGE AGAINST WHAT WE CAN ADD TO THAT.
ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT PUTTING A NOFA OUT THERE THAT IS, IS, UM, LIKE IT'S WE'RE FUNDING 40% OR LESS OF THE PROJECT IS IS NOT GOING TO GET THE KIND OF RESPONSES THAT WE, WE REALLY WANT.
SO, UM, IN, IN WORKING ON THIS NOFA AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING, GETTING ADVICE FROM THE VARIOUS GROUPS, WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS, AGAIN, STARTING WITH THIS NUMBER AND THEN HAVING PEOPLE COME BACK AND SAY WHAT'S NEEDED.
IT'S JUST WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE LARGER NEED WILL BE.
THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE SOME MEETINGS WITH INTERESTED PARTIES BEFORE THE NOFA GOES LIVE THIS MONTH, THROUGH HOUSING AND THROUGH OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WORK GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU MENTIONED AND CONSORTIUM FOR CORPORATION, EXCUSE ME, FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND WE'RE ALSO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT ALL AREA STAKEHOLDERS ARE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITIES.
AND I THINK CYNTHIA MIGHT WANT TO COMMENT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
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USUALLY MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE POSTED.SO IN THIS CASE, WE NEVER POSTED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THIS PARTICULAR ACTIVITY, AND WE WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE SO THAT THEY WOULD KNOW THIS IS HOW MUCH WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S COMMON PRACTICE. YES, SIR.
OKAY. IT'S COMMON PRACTICE FOR US TO ALWAYS BE TRANSPARENT AND TELL EVERYONE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN THEY CAN ASK US OR TELL US WHAT THEY NEED, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP.
SO THE MESSAGE THAT WE WANT TO CONVEY TODAY, OR AT LEAST I WANT TO, AFTER HEARING WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IS THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT THERE THE FUNDING THAT IS DEFINITELY AVAILABLE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO THIS NOFA IT DOESN'T WE DON'T YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE FUNDING THERE TO MEET YOUR DEVELOPMENT COSTS.
WE WILL HELP YOU TRY TO FIND THAT IF WE LIKE YOUR WE WILL WORK ON WHAT? YES, YES, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
OKAY. I MEAN THIS PROJECT, EVERY TIME IT COMES UP IS LIKE RIPPING A BAND AID OFF, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND THERE'S NO ONE THAT WANTS US TO BE SUCCESSFUL MORE THAN ME AT THIS POINT.
I WANT IT DONE. UNDERSTOOD. I WANT A GOOD OPERATOR IN THERE.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I I'LL JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND SEE HOW THIS IS GOING.
YES, SIR. AND THEN LAST QUESTION IS JUST I WOULD THINK MORE FOR MISS CROSSLEY.
SO I MET WITH, UH, MATT RUDNICK OF O'HALLA HOLDINGS RECENTLY.
HE'S A GREAT, UH, PFC, PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION DEVELOPER IN DALLAS.
UM, O'HALLA DOES, AND HE TALKED ME THROUGH THE FACT THAT THEY WORK IN FORT WORTH WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OVER THERE. UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IN DALLAS BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE GOING THROUGH OUR PFC PROCESS.
UM, AND WHAT ARE YOU KNOW, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE FAMILY GATEWAY HAD, WHICH WAS TWO YEARS OF DELAYS AND IT COST THEM A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME NOT I'M NOT POINTING THIS ALL AT YOU LIKE THIS IS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS PROCUREMENT AND HEADACHES THAT COST THIS NONPROFIT PROVIDER EXTRA MONEY, WHICH WE THAT HAD TO GET THE TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR.
WHAT ARE WE DOING MOVING FORWARD TO SHEPHERD THROUGH THESE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN OUR CITY? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN FORT WORTH FOR MATT AND, UH, HIS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THEY LITERALLY HAD A TEAM COME TOGETHER IN THE CITY THAT SAID, WE WANT THIS.
AND THEY'RE DOING MORE OVER THERE NOW BECAUSE OF THAT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO EMULATE THAT MODEL? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS, IS THE PROCESS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MEMO IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH OUR AREA COLLABORATIVE AND AGENCIES AND WITH HOUSING TO HAVE A BEST PRACTICE FROM THE GET GO.
UM, WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST AND WAS KIND OF BUILT, UM, WHEN I ARRIVED WAS KIND OF A PIECEMEAL PROCESS WHERE IT WAS HERE, WE'LL DO THIS BIT, THEN WE'LL DO THIS BIT.
UM, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK AROUND WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND I THINK THIS NOFA PROCESS AND EVEN IN THE NOFA PROCESS, WORKING WITH HOUSING FORWARD AND CSH AND THE OTHER ENTITIES YOU MENTIONED, DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY FROM THE GET GO AND SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NOFA FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND DEVELOPING BEST PRACTICES SO THAT IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING AND WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AFTER THE FACT AND SAY, OH, WELL, YOU WANTED THIS, BUT IT WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL, SO LET'S DO IT NOW. THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAD THOSE DELAYS AND HAD MONEY THAT WAS BUDGETED.
WE THE FUNDING THAT WAS WAS UTILIZED EVENTUALLY WAS ALREADY BUDGETED.
IT'S JUST FUNDING THAT WASN'T NEEDED UNTIL LATER BECAUSE OF THOSE DELAYS.
THANK YOU. AND TO ADD TO THAT, UM, IN THE NOFA PROCESS WITH OUR STAFF, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS INTERNALLY TO GET PERMITS TIMELY TO WORK THROUGH ISSUES WITH OUR DEVELOPERS AND AND HAVE THOSE ADDRESSED SO THAT THE PERMITS CAN BE PULLED VERY QUICKLY.
SO WE HAVE THAT PROCESS IN PLACE AND WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS.
AND WE DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING.
WE SEE THAT IMPROVING EVERY, EVERY DAY.
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WHAT WE REALLY NEED, THANK YOU IS A SUCCESS STORY TO COME OUT OF THIS, UM, WHERE A DEVELOPER WILL GET UP HERE AND SAY, THIS HAS BEEN THE EASIEST PROCESS I'VE EVER GONE THROUGH IN ANY CITY, AND I THINK WE'LL GET MORE OF IT, MORE FOLKS INTERESTED IF WE CAN DO THAT, AS OPPOSED TO THE ALTERNATIVE WHICH WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST. THANK YOU.ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. UM, I'LL JUST ECHO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WES.
UH, UH, GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR MOVING THIS ALONG.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THIS MEMO TO COME BACK? I MEAN, JUST THANK YOU FOR ASKING, CHAIR.
AND, CHAIR, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO THAT.
I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER, WE COMMITTED TO COMING BACK ON A MONTHLY OR BI MONTHLY BASIS AS IT MADE SENSE.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
ALL RIGHT. UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, MEMO, UH E . AND THIS ONE WAS ALSO A REQUEST FROM THIS BODY TO HAVE THE GLOSSARY OF TERMS SO THAT NOT ONLY WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING, UM, AS COLLEAGUES, BUT, UH, KNOWING THAT THERE'S ALSO THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING IN WHO AT TIMES DON'T KNOW THE ACRONYMS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO OR THE EXACT PROJECTS.
AND SO THIS IS MORE FOR, UH, FOR US TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, TERMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED.
I JUST THIS IS A HUGE GLOSSARY.
I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE STAFF ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I ASSUME CITY ATTORNEY'S WORKED ON THIS, TOO.
SO I HAVEN'T EVEN READ IT ALL BECAUSE IT'S SO LONG.
HERE. STAFF ANY THOUGHTS COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? Y'ALL WORKED HARD ON IT, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL THAT'S A GOOD RESPONSE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY, UM, AND MOVING INDEPENDENCE ALONG.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT'S HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THAT AREA AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS IN NOFA PROCESS, RIGHT? THIS ONE AS WELL.
IT WILL BE. YES, IT WILL BE COMING STATUS OF IT OF THE NOFA.
SO THE MEMO THAT WE SENT OUT ON FRIDAY, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ACTUAL 1950 FIRST, WHICH THAT NOFA WOULD ACTUALLY BE ISSUED, WE HOPE, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND THAT WE WOULD COME BACK IN I THINK IT'S A FEBRUARY TIME FRAME.
I DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF ME TO WHERE WE'LL UPDATE THE NOFA WILL BE ON THE STREET FOR 60 DAYS, AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT ONE MOVING, THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO DO THE ONE FOR THE 4150 INDEPENDENCE, WHICH IS THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE NOW RECEIVED THAT WILL BE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR TOMORROW TO RECEIVE THAT 2.5 FROM DALLAS COUNTY.
UM, AND SO THE FIRST NOFA OUT THE DOOR IS THE ONE FOR 1950 THAT WE ISSUED THE MEMO ON FRIDAY.
SO THE INDEPENDENCE DRIVE WILL NOT COME OUT UNTIL AFTER THAT NOTE IS ISSUED.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WE'RE TRYING TO DO THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THAT 2.5 GETS US STARTED WITH PHASE TWO, BUT NOT PHASE THREE.
FOR A DEVELOPER, THE FULL KIND OF GAMUT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH.
SO I'M HOPING BY FEBRUARY WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THAT WAS CONFUSING, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS WITH THAT.
UM, WHAT IS OUR ACCOUNTING WITH ADDITIONAL NOFA DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE? UM, AND WHEN WILL THAT.
WHEN WILL THOSE DOLLARS BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE NEXT CYCLE? SO WE OF COURSE, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE OHS AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AROUND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE.
UH, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE COUNTY.
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YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY WHEN WE CAME TO THE COMMITTEE IN APRIL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A $10 MILLION NUMBER THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.SO THE VERY FIRST THEY WANTED TO DIVIDE THAT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
THE FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, IS THE 2.5 THAT HAS COME FOR 4150.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THE NOFA FOR CURRENTLY, AND ONCE WE GET PROPOSALS BACK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BETTER DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL GAPS IN THAT ONE AS WELL AS IN 4150.
AND IN GENERAL OUR NOFA FUNDING.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BATCH OF FUNDING AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1ST.
WITH THAT I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SPREADING THE SERVICES THROUGHOUT EVERY DISTRICT, AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE USING THAT AS A PRIORITY AS WELL, WHEN WE'RE IDENTIFYING HOW THESE FUNDS ARE BEING, UM, OR UH, YEAH, DESIGNATED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YES, WE ARE.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
WE KNOW THAT IN ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S ALREADY A PROJECT.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE COMMITTEE.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS AROUND THE HAMPTON ROAD PROJECT.
WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE ENGAGEMENT AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN EARLY SPRING.
WITH THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST.
ALL RIGHT WITH THAT? THE TIME IS NOW.
10:04 AND THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.