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AT 2:04 PM AND I'LL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CHAIR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING TODAY.
UM, WE GOT, UH, ON THE AGENDA, UM, UH, ONE MAJOR ITEM, BUT WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH, UM, UH, WE GOT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR.
AND THEN, UH, DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THE LAST? YEAH.
UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LAST MINUTES? UM, THE MEETING THAT, UH, TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY 26TH.
UM, NEXT ITEM, UH, IS GOING TO BE, UH, THE, UH, REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF A RECOMMENDED TARGETED AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REV REVITALIZATION, UH, TO DEPLOY FUNDING TO BE ANNUALLY TRANSFERRED FROM THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY, TIFF DISTRICT FOR HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION AND DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING HOME REPAIR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND HOME BUYER ASSISTANT PROGRAMS. AND CUMULATIVE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $2,958,169 AT NET PRESENT VALUE, OR APPROXIMATELY 10,507,900 $6,996, UH, AND TOTAL DOLLARS PURSUANT TO THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY, TIFFS PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN AND INCRE, UH, INCREMENT ALLOCATION POLICY.
WE HAVE SUE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, DISTRICT MANAGER, UH, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PRESENTING, AS WELL AS THOR, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.
AND CAN EVERYONE SEE THE PRESENTATION? SO, UM, OH, THERE WE GO.
SO, UM, WE HAVE JUST A KIND OF VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT.
THAT IS KIND OF THE FOUNDATION FOR WHY WE'RE HERE.
'CAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT LAST TIME.
WE'LL KIND OF JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE DALLAS HOUSING POLICY 2033 THAT WE WERE BRIEFED ON PREVIOUSLY, AND THEN GO INTO OUR SPECIFIC STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UH, JUST TO RECAP, IN 2022, THE DISTRICT WAS AMENDED.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS, INCLUDING CREATION OF A NEW BUDGET CATEGORY AIMED AT HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION, HOME REPAIR, DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION PROGRAMS. SO THAT, UM, PROVIDED BASICALLY A STRUCTURE FOR, UM, FUNDING FOR THAT.
UM, IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING RELATED, AND THAT WAS KIND OF A RESPONSE TO, UM, DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE RAPID PACE OF DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE DECK PART COMING IN.
SO THE AMENDED TIP BUDGET, UM, HAS A LINE ITEM FOR, UM, THOSE USES.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10.5 MILLION WE HAVE IN THE PLAN AND ALLOCATION POLICY.
UM, SOME GENERAL TRANSFER PERCENTAGES FOR THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY SUBDISTRICT, AND THE BISHOP ARTS SUBDISTRICT.
THESE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ANNUALLY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.
BUT WE DID SORT OF BENCHMARK THOSE TRANSFERS AND THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD TRANSFER THAT AMOUNT OF INCREMENT ANNUALLY UP TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IN THE PLAN.
SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF DETERMINE THE BEST APPROACH FOR USING THESE FUNDS.
UM, THE TIF BOARD WAS BRIEFED A COUPLE TIMES ON THE HOUSING POLICIES THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED AS WELL AS, UM, IN FEBRUARY WHEN, UH, THERE WERE SPECIFIC, UM, EQUITY STRATEGY TARGET AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
UM, BASED ON LAST YEAR'S COLLECTIONS, WE'VE ALREADY SET ASIDE ABOUT 1.1 MILLION, UM, FOR THIS PURPOSE.
UM, AND THEN THIS YEAR OUR COLLECTION IS TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THOSE SETA ASIDES, UM, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED ANNUALLY TO THE, UM, HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. AND SO TODAY WE'RE REALLY HERE PRIMARILY TO TALK ABOUT A RECOMMENDED GEOGRAPHY.
UM, WE'VE DONE SOME ANALYSIS BASED ON, UM, THE TARGET AREAS IDENTIFIED BY, UM, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S, UM, POLICY PROCESS.
AND THEN LAST TIME WE DID HEAR FROM THE TIP BOARD THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TIP DISTRICT ITSELF WAS INCLUDED IN THE GEOGRAPHY, IF THERE WERE INCOME QUALIFYING HOUSEHOLDS THAT COULD BENEFIT.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER AREAS WHERE WE THOUGHT THERE COULD BE, UM, HOUSING
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NEEDS, UM, BASED ON THE, UM, SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS.SO JUST A QUICK RECAP LAST TIME, UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING POLICY AND ITS, UM, VARIOUS COMPONENTS INCLUDING, UM, THE EQUITY STRATEGIC TARGET AREAS THAT WERE DEVELOPED.
AND SO THAT REALLY PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR US TO, UM, COME UP WITH SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY TIF FUNDS FOR THESE STABILIZATION PROGRAMS. SO, UM, OUR RECOMMENDED GEOGRAPHY HERE, UM, IS SHOWN AND INCLUDES THE TIP DISTRICT AS WELL AS MOST OF WHAT WAS TARGET AREA TWO, BUT IS NOT A TARGET AREA B, THEY'VE RENAMED IT.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME OTHER PORTIONS OF, UM, NORTH OAK CLIFF WHERE THERE COULD BE, UM, HOUSEHOLDS IN NEED.
WE WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED THE, UM, WEST OAK CLIFF AREA PLANNED AREA, UM, BECAUSE THERE WERE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT ADOPTED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, UM, ABOUT HOUSING STABILIZATION.
AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, THIS MAP LAYERS OUR RECOMMENDED TARGET AREA WITH THESE OTHER GEOGRAPHIES.
IN BLUE, WE HAVE THE, UM, OAK CLIFF GATEWAY TIP DISTRICT BOUNDARY.
THE, UM, WEST OAK OAKLAND AREA PLAN AREA THERE IS ON THE WEST SIDE IN THAT HATCH PATTERN, SORT OF A PINKISH PURPLISH HASH PATTERN.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE GREEN AREA IS THE, UM, THE EQUITY STRATEGIC AREA, UM, FORMERLY AREA TWO.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR RECOMMENDED GEOGRAPHY COVERS MOST OF THAT TARGET AREA AS WELL.
UM, SO NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THOR AND HE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE THE FUNDING FOR.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING THEN IS THE PROPOSAL IS TO USE TIFF DESIGNATED FUNDS OUTSIDE OF THE TIFF BOUNDARY IN THESE AREAS.
SO, UM, HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SPEND TIF DOLLARS OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY ON.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE ELIGIBLE USES.
THOR ERICKSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
UM, BASED UPON THE CRITERIA OF HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION AND PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO OFFER, WE HAVE OUR DALLAS HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR DHA.
AND THIS OFFERS A, UH, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOME BUYER ACCOUNT PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE VERSIONS OF THIS, UH, PROGRAM BASED UPON THE FUNDING AND WHAT IT CAN DO.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, A BORROW, BORROW, MEET HOUSEHOLD INCOME NEEDS TO BE 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
UH, ANY TIME WE WILL GET NEW FIGURES FROM HUD, THEY'RE USUALLY RELEASED IN MAY.
UH, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE NEW AREA MOVING INCOMES WILL BE FOR THE CITY.
UM, IT DOES HAVE A LEAN ON IT AND, UH, REQUIRE US TO SAY LIVING IN THAT HOME.
UM, A LOT OF OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT, SINGLE FAMILY NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WHERE THEY RECEIVE NOFA FUNDS FROM US, THEY ALSO HAVE TO OFFER HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO MEET THAT CRITERIA.
UH, THE HOME BUYER DOES NEED TO BUY A HOUSE THAT COSTS $318,000 OR LESS.
THAT'S A FIGURE ALSO SET BY HUD ANNUALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE, UH, A HOME LIMIT THAT A PERSON THAT 80% MIKE CAN AFFORD.
UH, TYPICALLY OUR HOME BUYERS DON'T MAKE EXACTLY 80%.
THEY'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 80%.
AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE A GAP ON HOW MUCH THE HOME COSTS VERSUS WHAT THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR, UH, INCOME TO PAYMENT RATIO OF NO MORE THAN 35% OF THEIR MONTHLY INCOME.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE THE GAP, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD FUND IS THE GAP.
IT WOULDN'T BE A STRAIGHT $50,000.
EVERYBODY WHO APPLIES IS BASED ON WHAT YOU QUALIFY FOR TO COVER THAT GAP AT THE SALES PRICE UP TO $50,000.
UM, THAT'S GENERALLY ABOUT THE HALF.
I CAN GO INTO MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT WE DID.
UH, THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER IS OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM WAS JUST AMENDED LAST MONTH.
UM, HIP NOW PROVIDES THREE LEVELS OF SERVICE.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT'S LAUNCHING SOON.
PEOPLE THAT HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN WITHIN THE LAST FOUR DAYS, UH, WE CAN OFFER THEM A GRANT UP TO $10,000 WILL FIX IT.
WE HAVE QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS THAT CAN COME OUT AND DO THAT REPAIR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HILL STORM DAMAGE, MY ROOF AND DOWN MY ROOF LEAKS.
UM, UH, DRIVE BY SHOOTING HAPPENED.
I GOT BULLET HOLES ALL ACROSS MY FRONT WINDOW.
SAY THAT BECAUSE I, I GET THAT CALL MORE OFTEN THAN I LIKE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WERE TRUE EMERGENCIES.
WE HAD A PHRASE IN MY PIPES PURSE, CAN YOU COME HELP ME WITH THIS? THOSE WERE THOSE TRUE EMERGENCIES THAT WE SO SOON.
THE OTHER THING WE HAVE IS OUR DALLAS TOMORROW FUND.
THIS IS AN EXISTING PROGRAM THAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE, $36 FROM EVERY CODE CITATION GOES TO FUND THE DALLAS TOMORROW FUND, WHICH EXISTS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH
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THEIR EXTERIOR CODE VIOLATIONS.UH, THIS IS NOT IN VIOLATIONS LIKE VIOLATIONS, BUT THIS IS, IF YOU'VE RECEIVED A CITATION OR VIOLATION NOTICE OF AN EXTERIOR CONDITION, UH, I CAN, I CAN HAVE A GRANT UP TO $20,000 TO MITIGATE THAT.
UM, IF IT'S, IF I CAN'T MITIGATE YOUR CODE VIOLATION FOR MORE THAN THAT, TYPICALLY YOU GOTTA FIND SOME OTHER WAYS THAT MOST OF OUR MONEY IS GONNA GO TO OUR MAJOR SYSTEMS REPAIR PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS WHERE OUR FEDERAL FUNDS WILL BE DIRECTED.
UH, THIS WILL NOW BE A FORGIVABLE LOAN UP TO $24,000 WITH A FIVE YEAR LIEN FOCUSING ON THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND LIGHT STRUCTURAL.
UH, PREVIOUSLY WE DID, UM, MAJOR SYSTEMS HOLD HOME UP TO $70,000.
THOSE JOBS ARE TIME CONSUMING, LONG HOMEOWNERS AND DISPLACED FOR A LOT OF THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO WE'RE GOING BACK DOWN TO SERVING PEOPLE'S MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING IN A QUICKER WAY.
FEW JOBS IN AND OUT, UH, SERVE MORE PEOPLE WITH OUR $3 MILLION ALLOCATION FROM HUD EVERY YEAR.
UM, WE'VE ALSO REDUCED THAT 10 YEARLING TO A FIVE YEAR LEAD WITH THE, THE LOWER ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND THAT THAT PROGRAM IS UP AND RUNNING.
WE'RE NOT TAKING APPLICATIONS.
'CAUSE LAST YEAR I TOOK IN OVER 800 APPLICATIONS ACROSS ALL S SO WE'RE WORKING ON SERVING THOSE.
WE DO ANTICIPATE A NEW APPLICATION WINDOW OPENING IN LATE FALL.
AND SO FOR A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THIS AREA, I HAVE APPLICATIONS ON FILE, UM, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE.
UH, WE ARE NOT DOING FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE ANYMORE, WHERE SOMEONE HAS TO QUEUE IN LINE AT TWO IN THE MORNING TO BE THAT FIRST PERSON IN LINE.
RATHER, WE'LL HAVE APPLICATION WINDOWS.
I CAN DO A RANDOMIZED SELECTION OR A LOTTERY FOR THE APPLICANTS WITHIN A CERTAIN JURISDICTION.
OR WHEN I HAVE A POT OF MONEY FOR A SPECIFIC AREA, I CAN PULL JUST THOSE APPLICATIONS, RANDOMIZED SELECTION AND REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS IN THAT ORDER.
SO, UM, OH, PLEASE HAVE HIS HAND UP.
ONE LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE THIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A GREAT NEED AND, UH, TYPICALLY THOR, I KNOW THAT THE, THE MONEY GETS USED UP ALL, ALL OF IT, WHICH IS FANTASTIC THAT IT GETS USED IN THIS WAY.
UM, AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR SUE AND STAFF.
HOW WILL THE TIFF AREA BE PRIORITIZED IN TERMS OF THE APPLICANT POOL, UH, OVER THE GENERAL AREA? OR WILL THAT NOT BE A CONSIDERATION? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE KIND OF WORKING ON INTERNALLY IS LIKE A TRACKING SYSTEM.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESULTS YEAR TO YEAR IN OUR TIF ANNUAL REPORT.
BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE TIF FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFYING COUNCILS WITHIN THIS APPROVED GEOGRAPHY.
UM, BEYOND THAT, I'M NOT SURE, MAYBE THOR WOULD SHARE
SO IF SOMEONE WAS IN THIS AREA, THEY'RE NOT EXCLUDED FROM THE GENERAL POSS OF MONEY OPEN AT ANYONE CITY.
UM, THEN WHAT I WOULD DO IS I TAKE THE APPLICATION WINDOW.
UH, WHEN I DO MY RANDOMIZED SELECTION FOR THE CITYWIDE POOL AND PEOPLE HAPPEN TO BE IN HERE, I'M STILL GONNA SERVE 'EM WITH FEDERAL FUNDS BECAUSE THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WHERE THEY, BUT I'LL DO RANDOMIZED SELECTION FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THIS AREA, UH, REGULARLY, UH, PROBABLY A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR, UH, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M REACHING OUT TO FOLKS AND THEY'RE, THEY GOTTA BE PROACTIVE IN GIVING BACK TO ME AND GETTING THEIR STUFF IN FOR ELIGIBILITY.
UM, I HAVE MULTIPLE POOLS OF FUNDS THAT WE, WE MANAGE THAT WAY.
UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SERVE PEOPLE WITHIN THAT AREA THAT HAVE A CERTAIN POT OF MONEY FOR THAT AREA.
UM, WHEN I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH APPLICATIONS.
MAYBE I, LET'S JUST SAY I ONLY HAD 10 APPLICATIONS FOR THIS AREA.
UH, I DON'T, BUT LET'S JUST SAY I DID.
I DID NOT NEED TO DO, UH, AN APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE SELECT GEOGRAPHY.
WE HAD MEANS TO SEND PEOPLE LETTERS AND DO OUTREACH AND HAVE SOME MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE BOUNDARIES, THE APPLICATION PROTOCOL.
WE NEEDED TO HAVE SPECIAL APPLICATION PERIODS FOR ANY OF THE, UH, AREAS AROUND TOWN WHERE I HAVE A SPECIFIC POT OF MONEY.
UH, SO THIS, THIS MONEY WOULD BE TREATED JUST LIKE I HAVE OTHERS AROUND THIS.
SO, SO LUIS BRINGS UP A REALLY GOOD QUESTION HOW I UNDERSTAND FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE, BUT ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE SURE YOUR SPECIAL, WHAT DID YOU SAY SPECIAL? UH, LECTURE SPECIAL APPLICATIONS ARE, ARE YOU GONNA BE ACCEPTING THOSE FOR JUST THIS, THE TIF AREA? I CAN, BUT THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS FROM, UH, LOOKING AT WHO'S APPLIED OVER THE LAST YEAR FOR ANY ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS. I CAN LOOK AT HOW MANY APPLICANTS I HAVE WITHIN THIS.
SAY I CAN, I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU ALL RIGHT NOW SINCE WE'VE ALREADY APPLIED WITHIN SAY, LAST YEAR AND START TO WORK ABOUT APPLICATIONS THAT APPLY.
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TRYING TO SET IT UP SO THAT THIS MAP CAN BE ADJUSTED BY THE TIF BOARD IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO TWEAK IT.AND THEN ALSO SINCE OUR TIF FUNDS ARE LOCAL MONEY, WE MAY BE ABLE TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE IN SOME WAYS THAN THE FEDERAL MONEY.
JUST DEPEND ON HOW THIS ROLLS OUT.
THE, THE MAIN THING IS ALL THE STEPS ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME ACROSS ALL FUNDING SOURCES IN TERMS OF PROVING WHO YOU ARE.
DO YOU OWN YOUR HOME OR YOU BUYING HOME? RIGHT? SO PROOF OF IDENTITY, PROOF OF INCOME FOR THE HOUSEHOLD AND PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OF THAT HOUSE, THAT THAT STAYS THE SAME.
UH, WHEN I USE FEDERAL FUNDS, I HAVE TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ON THAT HOME AND THAT CAN TAKE AN EXTRA 30 TO 45 DAYS.
BUT I DON'T USE FEDERAL FUNDS.
I CAN NOT DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T NEED TO.
AND THAT HELPS ME SERVE SOME OF, AND SO THERE, THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT WITHIN THE, IF I KNOW WHAT FUNDING SOURCE WE'RE USING, UH, MOST ALL THE STEPS ARE CONSISTENT.
SOME OF THE INTERNAL SORT OF FEDERAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE.
OTHERWISE ALL THE STEPS ARE VIRTUES LEAST.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MAKE TIF FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY WERE SPENT IN THE AREA THAT THE COUNTY APPROVED THE FUNDS.
UH, WELL THAT THERE, THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF GUARANTEE THAT THEY WERE, WOULD BE SPENT THERE AND NOT OUTSIDE THAT AREA EXCLUSIVELY.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY HEARING THAT.
THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY THE IDEA BEHIND READING THIS MAP TO THE BOARD TO GET YOUR ENDORSEMENT ON.
AND UH, WE HAVE COMPLIANCE CHECKS, RIGHT? SO THAT WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT REQUIRES TO BE IN A CERTAIN BATHROOM.
NO, I UNDERSTAND DOOR, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE MONEY GETS SPENT IN THE AREA.
UM, IN TERMS OF LIKE IN THE AREA VERSUS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA, UM, THAT'S ALL FOR YOU TO DISCUSS.
IF THERE WAS A PRIORITY BETWEEN LIKE WITHIN INSIDE THE BOUNDARY, I CAN HANDLE IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA OF IN YOUR TIF DISTRICT VERSUS OUT WITHIN THE BOUNDARY.
I THINK THE, THAT'S THE BOUNDARY I'M TALKING ABOUT WITHIN THE DISTRICT, TIF DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST THE MAP AND THE IDEAS, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ANNUAL REPORTING ON PROGRESS THAT MAY BE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
IF WE THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE RESHAPED IN SOME FORM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND.
THIS'LL BE ALL BRAND NEW, SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE DEMAND WILL BE.
UH, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, THE ELIGIBILITY AREA OVER TIME AS WE GET NUMBERS OF ACTUAL DEMAND AND YOU KNOW, HOW THE PROGRAM RESPONDS.
UH, LAURA, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, UM, YOU SAID YOU WERE, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRIORITIZE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES SHOWN HERE ON THAT, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO THE WAY WE WOULD, WE DO PRIORITIZATION, I MEAN LIKE FOR MY SENIOR HOME REPAIR MONEY THAT I HAVE TO SERVE SENIORS, UH, WHERE WE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE THE IDEA OF SERVING PEOPLE AT 65 AND OLDER.
UH, BUT THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION ALSO WANTED US TO MAKE SURE THAT HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE 75 AND OLDER GOT PRIORITY.
BUT WE DID IS WE GAVE, UH, AN APPLICANT WHO MET THEIR CRITERIA ONE POINT AND IF THEY ALSO WERE 75, WE GAVE 'EM A SECOND POINT.
AND THAT MY SELECTION ALLOWING US TO PRIORITIZE SENIORS THAT WERE 75 QUARTER WITHIN THAT.
NOW ARE YOU ABLE SO MORE TO POINT, SO TO SPEAK, WITHIN THE BOUNDARY GEOGRAPHY? YEAH.
IS THAT THE INTENT? UM, RIGHT NOW THIS IS A LISTENING SESSION ON WHAT YOUR INTENT IS FOR HOW THE MONEY IS.
MY, MY GOAL WAS TO UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE BOUNDARY OF JUST THINGS TO OUR OKAY.
WE'VE STARTED OUT WITH JUST AN ENTIRE GEOGRAPHY, BUT IF THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, LIKE TO THE EXTENT THAT AN APPLICANT IS WITHIN THE TIP BOUNDARY, THAT THERE'S EXTRA POINTS, I GUESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT ACCOMMODATE, YEAH.
IT IS THAT SOMETHING THE BOARD'S OPEN TO THE PRIORITIZATION OF, OF THE TEST, JUST MAKING SURE, HEY SUE, YES.
CAN YOU, UH, OR THOR, UH, EITHER ONE GO BACK TO THE, TO THE UM, UH, I GUESS YOU CALL IT MITIGATION OF CODE VIOLATIONS PER, UH, PORTION OF THIS.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AGAIN? YEAH.
SO DES TOMORROW FUND, UH, WHEN SOMEONE GETS A VIOLATION OR A CITATION, UH, THEY TALK TO THEIR CODE, UH, OFFICER AND THEY, THEY TYPICALLY SAY, I CAN'T, I CAN'T.
SO THAT CODE OFFICER WOULD START A REFERRAL PROCESS OVER TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO PROCESS
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THAT.UM, I'VE TAKEN IN MORE REFERRALS THIS YEAR THAN I HAVE MONEY TO PAY.
RIGHT? BECAUSE AGAIN, THE, THE FUND ONLY TAKES $36 FROM EVERY CITATION GOING INTO THAT POOL.
THAT GENERATES ABOUT $150,000 A YEAR FOR THAT OR ABOUT 15 PEOPLE SERVED DO THAT
AND THESE ARE LOW INCOME, MODERATE OR LOW-MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE NO CODE VIOLATIONS PLACE.
THEY'RE 80% A MI OR BELOW HOMEOWNERS.
TYPICALLY IT'S A SENIOR, UH, HOMEOWNER, UH, WHO HAS SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THEIR HOME AND THEY'VE BEEN GETTING CODE VIOLATIONS, EVERYTHING FROM UH, BROKEN PORCHES TO WINDOWS TO ROOF REPAIR.
UH, WE DON'T DO TREE TRIMMING OR LAWN MOWING.
THIS IS ON THE STRUCTURE, UH, OF THE HOME ITSELF.
AND HOW MANY DID YOU SAY YOU HAD WITHIN THE LAST YEAR? IN THE LAST YEAR WE'VE DONE OVER 30.
'CAUSE I HAD A COUPLE YEARS OF, OF FUNDS, UH, WITH THIS.
UH, BUT THE FUND ITSELF GENERATES ENOUGH FOR ME TO DO ABOUT 15 A YEAR.
AND HOW WILL THIS, SO ANY MONEY THAT I HAVE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES LIKE THIS CAN GO TO ALL THREE PROGRAMS, RIGHT? I CAN SET ASIDE BASED UPON THE APPLICANT AND THEIR NEED.
NOW, THE DALLAS TOMORROW FUND ONE IS NOT AN OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD.
IT'S STRICTLY THROUGH REFERRAL.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT IF THERE WAS SOME OUTREACH AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH CODE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING.
AGAIN, IT'S ONLY EXTERIOR VIOLATIONS AND A LOT OF THE TIMES WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXTERIOR VIOLATIONS, THEY ALSO HAVE INTERIOR.
SO THIS, THIS BOND DOES TOMORROW FUND ONLY ADDRESSES THE ONE THING I CAN'T MATCH, RIGHT? I CAN'T USE THIS AND THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE IT, IT JUST, THE PROGRAM ISN'T SET UP LIKE THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY.
UH, IT ONLY DOES THAT ONE PURPOSE.
AND SO IF I DID GET AN APPLICANT, I WOULD RATHER SERVE THEM THROUGH MAJOR SYSTEM PREPARED BECAUSE I COULD PROBABLY, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CODE VIOLATION.
SO YOU WERE ASKING ME ABOUT IF I HAD A SYSTEM SET UP TO ALREADY GIVE A, A PRIORITY POINT OF GEOGRAPHY, RIGHT? I I DO, I I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
UH, TYPICALLY MY SYSTEM IS SET UP TO LIKE KNOW A, A GENERAL ADDRESS, RIGHT? AND SO I GOTTA, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT MORE CLOSELY IF I WAS GONNA SAY EVERYTHING IN THE SHADE OF SYSTEM GETS AN EXTRA POINT VERSUS NOT.
IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, SIDE TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING I I CAN LOOK INTO A BIT MORE.
YEAH, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UM, WITH THOR AND, AND HIS STAFF TO LIKE DEVELOP THIS GEOGRAPHY SO THAT WE WOULD BOTH HAVE LIKE THE GIS UM, FILE SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY LIKE TRACK THIS.
UM, AND IT COULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, IS IF THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PRIORITIZATION THAT THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE, WE SEE HOW IT ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS ON NEXT YEAR OR BACK.
IT'S ALSO ALSO BASED ON APPLICANTS, RIGHT? UM, I, I'D HAVE TO SEE, I, I CAN LOOK AT THIS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY APPLICANTS DID I GET
I, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT YET.
AND THOR, I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE APPLICANT POOL.
YOU, YOU, AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING YOU STILL HAVE APPLICANTS WHO APPLIED PREVIOUSLY BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SERVED? YES, SIR.
SO THERE IS AN, THERE IS AN APPLICANT POOL ALREADY SO WE COULD KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGES COME FROM THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT YET, BUT YEAH, WE, WE ARE, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW WITH MY NEW PROGRAM.
THE DIFFERENT POOLS OF MONEY I HAVE, I'M USING THE APPLICANTS TO GO APPLY THROUGH ANY ONE OF THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS WE HAVE FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
MM-HMM
AND I, AND I JUST LOOK AT HOW THAT MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED TO, UH, TO SERVE CERTAIN
THAT BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS, IT'LL PROBABLY BE BETWEEN MAYBE SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS BEFORE WE WOULD FULLY FUND THE MAXIMUM OF 10.5 MILLION.
SO ROUGHLY A MILLION, 1,000,002 A YEAR WOULD BE TRANSFERRED PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS BASED ON OUR ESTIMATES.
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO GET INTO THE WORK, REALLY MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEMS ARE SET UP.
WE JUST SET UP AWARENESS THAT HOMEOWNERS IN THIS AREA KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HOW TO APPLY AND THAT THERE'S MAKING FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR
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ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FURTHER.SO FINALLY, WHERE DID WE FALL ON PRIORITIZING THE TIFF AREA FOR, OR SUE? SO I GUESS IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULD HAVE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, PROPOSED TARGETED FUNDING AREA, BUT TO HAVE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT PRIORITIZE THOSE APPLYING THAT ARE WITHIN THE TIP BOUNDARY IN SOME FASHION, WHETHER IT'S TYPICALLY WHAT, BUT ONE OR TWO POINT KIND OF ADDITION IF THAT'S COMING, HOW WE TYPICALLY DO ADD BONUS POINTS? YEAH, I'VE DONE ONE, UH, FOR EXTRA GEOGRAPHIES.
I'VE DONE A SECOND FOR A CERTAIN PAGE WHEN I HAVE A GEOGRAPHY HAND IN PAGE THING TOGETHER.
UM, IT IT, IT'S THE CLEANEST WAY TO JUST GIVE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY JUST MAKE SURE YOU'VE APPLIED TWICE FOR THAT APPLICANT POOL.
DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE POOL RIGHT NOW IN TOTAL? NOT WITHIN THIS AREA.
UM, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BOUNDARY ITSELF? NO.
UH, UH, WELL, UH, THIS IS TOM AGAIN.
UM, LEMME JUST ASK, UH, AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE CHOICES ON HOW THE RESOURCES ARE, ARE DEPLOYED THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TIFF AND THE HISTORICAL BASIS FOR A TIFF WAS TO, UM, TO GO INTO BLIGHTED AREAS AND BRING IN NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD INCREASE THE TAX BASE, UH, BROADLY.
UM, SUE, I'M WONDERING, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, WE HAVE ANY CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT, THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE CITY? UM, AS FAR AS IS THAT KIND OF TRADITIONAL TIFF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, WHETHER IT BE COMMERCIAL, RETAIL OR MULTIFAMILY? UM, AND I'LL, I'LL GO BACK TO THE TIFF BUDGET.
SO I MEAN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIFF BUDGET IS STILL ALLOCATED TOWARDS OUR TRADITIONAL USES.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL CONSIDERATION TO KIND OF OFFSET SOME OF THE HOUSING PRESSURES OF THE AREA AND IT WAS PART OF OUR JUSTIFICATION FOR EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE ORIGINAL DISTRICT AGAIN.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE ANY NEW PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE, UM, AN INCENTIVE APPLICATION UNDER REVIEW IN THE, THE BECKLEY, UH, CLARATON SUBDISTRICT.
AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDING ALREADY IN THAT SUBDISTRICT TO SUPPORT, UH, POTENTIAL PROJECT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER NEW PROJECTS IN THE OTHER SUB-DISTRICTS, BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S, THERE'S SITES THAT WE ANTICIPATE COULD BE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SITES.
UM, IN THE ORIGINAL DISTRICT WE STILL HAVE THE O FARMS SITE.
UM, AND BISHOP JEFFERSON, THERE'S A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, SITES.
IF, IF THE OAK OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CENTER WERE TO BECOME CITY SURPLUS PROPERTY, THAT COULD BE A MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT SITE.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE BUDGET CAPACITY FOR, UM, WHAT ARE MORE TRADITIONAL USES OF THE TIF DISTRICT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ASKING.
WE ARE NEEDING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS.
SO IF THERE'S UM, ANYONE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, LET'S PUT THIS UP FOR A VOTE.
UH, CAN WE GET A VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL, UM, AS PRESENTED BY STAFF OR FOR A MOTION? YEAH, THIS IS TOM.
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SEE EVERYBODY.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THAT.
I GONNA MAKE A LOT OF, UH, FOLKS, UH, LIVES BETTER AND I THINK IN, UM, IMPROVE THE AREA FOR SURE.
WHAT DO WE HAVE? UM, THAT'S IT.
NOW WE'LL CALL FOR ADJOURNMENT, UH, TWO THIRTY FIVE.