Jan 28, 2025 Special Called Housing and Homelessness Solutions

[Special Called Housing and Homelessness Solutions on January 28, 2025.]

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GOOD MORNING. IT IS JANUARY 28TH. THE TIME IS 9:04.

AND I'M CALLING THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER. WELCOME BACK.

HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT BRIEFING ITEMS TODAY AND WE WILL BE STARTING WITH ITEM A STEWPOT ACQUISITION.

OH, LET'S APPROVE THE MINUTES. IT'S A NEW YEAR.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM A.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU ALL TODAY? GOOD. I MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE ROUGH. YESTERDAY WAS OUR BIG EVENT, SO JUST RECOVERING.

SO STARTING THIS MONTH, THE STEWPOT WILL COMMEMORATE 50 YEARS OF IMPACT IN SERVING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP OR HOMELESSNESS AS A MINISTRY OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF DALLAS. WE ARE OBSERVING THIS MILESTONE STARTING THIS YEAR, JUST YESTERDAY WITH OUR ANNUAL EVENT KICKING IT OFF AS WELL AS AT THE GALLERIA WE'VE HAD A WALL UP IN THE GALLERIA FOR THE WHOLE MONTH, AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE IN EVENTS, EMBRACING AND SUPPORTING THOSE IN NEED. AND OUR THEME, 50 YEARS OF LOVING OUR NEIGHBORS, WILL HIGHLIGHT THE LONG TRADITION OF LOVE IN ACTION.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US AT SOME THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

FROM ITS INCEPTION, THE STEWPOT HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY EFFORT DRIVEN BY PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE WE HAVE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THIS LEGACY OF HOSPITALITY AND HOPE BY CONTINUING TO SERVE THOSE IN NEED.

SINCE WE BEGAN IN 1975, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, WE'VE FED PEOPLE IN THE STREETS OF DALLAS, AND WE'VE SERVED MORE THAN 8.7 MILLION MEALS WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM DONORS.

WE NOW PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING PROGRAMS THAT STABILIZE, HOUSE AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF DALLAS NEIGHBORS.

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN FOR TOURS BEFORE AT THE STEWPOT.

SINCE 75, WE'VE HELPED PEOPLE RECOVER OVER 112,000 VITAL ID DOCUMENTS FOR THEM TO ACCESS SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT.

WE'VE FUNDED 233 FOUR YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLLEGE OR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SINCE 1991 WITH OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM.

AND WE'VE HELPED PEOPLE PROVIDE HOUSING FOR 320 PEOPLE SINCE ITS RAPID REHOUSING BEGAN IN 2021.

THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR GOVERNMENT FUNDING.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN OUR ACQUISITION OF CITY SQUARE , SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE SLIDES AND I'LL SHARE ABOUT THAT.

SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THIS IS OUR LEADERSHIP.

REVEREND AMOS IS OUR SENIOR PASTOR AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. DANNY BUFORD IS OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, AND JANA IS OUR DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY AND ENGAGEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST TO KIND OF A REVIEW OF OUR PROGRAMS, WE DO STREET OUTREACH.

WE HAVE HOMELESS SERVICES, WHICH ENTAILS MOSTLY OUR ID SERVICES AND HELPING FOLKS GET CONNECTED TO RESOURCES.

WE DO HOUSING. WE HAVE RAPID REHOUSING AS WELL AS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT.

AGAIN, WE'VE STARTED THAT EVER SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

MEAL SERVICE AT THE BRIDGE. WE STARTED DOING THAT IN 2008.

WE DO THREE MEALS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, 1000 MEALS A DAY, AS WELL AS FOOD RECOVERY AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

AND NOW WE'LL BE DOING THE FOOD PANTRY. WE HAVE ARTS AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMING SO THAT IT HELPS THE WHOLE PERSON.

WE HAVE OUR ART PROGRAM, MUSIC WITH THE STREET CHOIR THAT'S A COLLABORATION.

WE HELP START THE STREET CHOIR GARDENING, AND WE ALSO HAVE A WRITERS WORKSHOP AND A STREET PAPER.

WE HAVE OUR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAM, WHICH ARE FOR HOUSED INDIVIDUALS, 180% OF POVERTY.

AND THAT'S BEEN GOING SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. NEXT SLIDE.

SO AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN DOING ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING SINCE THE VERY FIRST WHEN THE HOUSING BOARD AND THE COLLABORATIVE STARTED DOING THAT.

SO WE WERE ONE OF THE LARGEST VITAL DOCUMENT ASSISTANCE GROUPS THAT SUPPORTS THE CONTINUUM.

AND YOU HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER PROGRAMS. SO GO AHEAD.

SO WE'VE GROWN ABOUT TRIPLE IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

AND OUR BUDGET, OUR NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED, NUMBER OF STAFF AND MUCH OF THAT GROWTH WAS FROM THE FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM,

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NEXT SLIDE. SO WHEN CITY SQUARE , UNFORTUNATELY WAS CEASING OPERATIONS AND COMMUNICATED TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IN MAY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS THEY CALLED US AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER NONPROFITS.

AND SO WE DECIDED TO APPLY BECAUSE OF THE MISSION ALIGNMENT, THE CITY SQUARE HAS BEEN SERVING THOSE IN POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR 50 YEARS.

SIMILAR TARGET POPULATION THE FINANCIAL STABILITY, STABILITY THAT THE STEWPOT HAS ENJOYED FOR THE LAST FOR A LONG TIME.

THE LOCATION, IT'S 1.2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG IMPACT.

WE DID HAVE TO CONVINCE THE CHURCH, THE CONGREGATION, THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US TO DO BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE WERE OUT OF SPACE, THE CONGREGATION LIKES HAVING A CLOSE HANDLE ON HELPING THOSE IN NEED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

SO THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT WE THAT THAT MISSION IS CONTINUED AND THAT WE CAN THAT THE CHURCH IS ABLE TO ACCESS AND SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH. AND SO THAT WILL CONTINUE AS WE MOVE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT CITY SQUARE LOOKS LIKE THESE WERE JUST FOR AS I PRESENTED TO A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS AND FUNDING SOURCES.

NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN NEXT SLIDE. COURTYARD. SO IT IS A BIGGER SPACE AND IT WILL HELP US GREATLY.

THE ACQUISITION COST WAS 7 MILLION BECAUSE WE GOT NOTICE IN JULY THAT WE WOULD BE THE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ALLOW TO HAVE THE CAMPUS WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THE 7 MILLION BY DECEMBER AS THEY WERE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.

SO WE QUICKLY STARTED FUNDRAISING. THAT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW.

SO WE DID PURCHASE AND IT WAS AT 7 MILLION, BUT WE HAD TO FINANCE SOME OF IT.

SO I'M STILL RAISING MONEY, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY OF Y'ALL'S SUPPORT THROUGH FUNDING OR THROUGH CONNECTIONS AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW NOBODY WANTS A BANK LOAN TOO LONG.

SO THESE ARE THE OTHER COSTS FOR JUST MOVING TO UPGRADE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A SECURITY SYSTEM OR CAMERA SYSTEM, AND THEIR BADGE ACCESS WAS SOLELY OUT OF DATE.

AND SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD TO START PAYING FOR THAT.

SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE CONTINUING TO RAISE BEYOND THE 7 MILLION TO DO SOME PROGRAM UPFIT, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR BUILDING NOW, WE HAVE A LARGE DAY ROOM, WHICH THERE'S NOT REALLY THAT KIND OF SPACE OVER AT CITY SQUARE .

SO WE'RE HAVING TO OUTFIT THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND ALSO OUR PARKLAND MEDICAL AND DENTAL.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE MOVING WITH US. AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME CONSTRUCTION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THAT AS WELL AS METRO CARE WILL BE MOVING AS WELL.

AND THEN OUR ART PROGRAM. SO THERE IS SOME PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO TAKE PLACE.

AND WE'RE WORKING THAT ALL OUT. OUR GOAL IS TO FINISH THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN BY THE SUMMER.

I'M, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

NO, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE ON THE CAMPAIGN IN JUST A MINUTE.

SO THE TWO PROGRAMS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO OPERATE.

WE STARTED TRANSITIONING IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.

WE WERE WORKING ALONGSIDE THE CITY SQUARE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD HOW THE NEIGHBOR RESOURCE CENTER AND THE FOOD PANTRY WERE OPERATING.

AND SO THE FOOD PANTRY, AS YOU MAY KNOW, SERVES ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE A YEAR OVER IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

AND WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. WE HIRED FOUR OF THE STAFF FROM THE NEIGHBOR RESOURCE CENTER AND FOUR FROM THE FOOD PANTRY, TWO FROM FACILITIES AND TWO FROM DEVELOPMENT.

SO THOSE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BECOME PART OF OUR STAFF.

WE DID THAT. THEY STARTED JANUARY 6TH. BUT WE WERE TRANSITIONING, LEARNING HOW TO OPERATE.

AND WE CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN DECEMBER, EVEN WHEN CITY SQUARE WAS NO LONGER.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS WHAT OUR IMPACT WAS IN 2023.

I HAVEN'T PUT DOWN OUR 2024 NUMBERS YET, BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANT.

AND THEN WITH THEIR 14,000, WE WILL ADD THAT TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY BY THE END OF 2025, ABOUT 20 OR 2 5,000 IS WHAT WE'LL BE IMPACTING ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS TO SHOW WHAT OUR PRIVATE FUNDRAISING HAS BEEN THROUGH THE YEARS.

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YESTERDAY WAS GREAT. WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO GRANT REVENUE.

THE BLUE IS THE PRIVATE FUNDING. THE ORANGE IS OUR SOUP'S ON AND THE GREEN IS OUR GOVERNMENT FUNDING WE DIDN'T START RECEIVING UNTIL 2020.

BEFORE THAT WE NEVER HAD FUNDING FROM GOVERNMENT SOURCES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND STABILIZE OUR PRIVATE FUNDRAISING, AS WELL AS ALL SOURCES AND CONTINUE TO LOOK TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF THE OTHER SOURCES THAT WE DO INCLUDING THE CITY AND COUNTY AND ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION. I THINK MOST OF Y'ALL ARE AWARE I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THERE MEETING THIS MORNING WITHOUT ME AND WITHOUT SARAH.

CONTINUE. OUR BUDGET DID GO UP. SO LAST YEAR WE ADDED ABOUT, IN 2024 WE ADDED ABOUT A MILLION TO OUR BUDGET TO CATCH UP WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMATIC GROWTH.

WE WERE DOING MORE STABILIZATION IN DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, ANOTHER VOLUNTEER SERVICES PERSON, AN ACCOUNTING POSITION. SO WE WERE ALREADY TRYING TO STABILIZE OUR EXPENSES AND OUR FUNDRAISING AND ALL OF THAT WITH THE CITY SQUARE ADDITION IT'S ANOTHER ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A MILLION.

SO OUR BUDGET IS NOW 12.5 MILLION. AND WE ARE WORKING NOT ONLY TO RAISE CAPITAL TO FINISH PAYING OFF THE CAMPUS, BUT OBVIOUSLY TO PAY FOR OPERATING AND TO STABILIZE OUR RESERVES.

SO IT'S OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN. SO WE THINK IT'S A GREAT YEAR TO CONTINUE TO FUNDRAISE AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR CONNECTIONS AND RESOURCES. NEXT SLIDE. SO, AS I SAID FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PURCHASED THE CITY SQUARE CAMPUS ON DECEMBER 16TH. WE'RE VERY SAD THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER IN OPERATION, BUT THANKFUL THAT THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE OTHER PROGRAMS OFF TO OTHER NONPROFITS.

SO THOSE CONTINUED, AND THE TWO PROGRAMS AND THE CAMPUS FOR US.

SO WE DID SECURE THE CAMPUS. WE HAD ALREADY RAISED ABOUT 3 MILLION, 2 MILLION OF THAT IN CASH.

SO WE USED THAT AND THEN FUNDED THE REST THE THE 5 MILLION THROUGH A BANK LOAN.

AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO OUR CAPITAL FUNDRAISING.

NEXT SLIDE. SO HIGH LEVEL UPDATES. AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF DATE, BUT I DID THIS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, THE HOMELESS COMMISSION LAST WEEK. BUT WE'VE MET, YOU KNOW, HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS.

WE HAVE A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS, BRAD CECIL AND ASSOCIATES.

THEY WERE ALREADY CONSULTANTS ON OUR DIRECT MAIL WITH US.

WE DID ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE, PURCHASED THE CAMPUS PERMITS FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS, HIRED THOSE 13 STAFF, BEGAN RUNNING THE FOOD PANTRY. NEXT SLIDE. CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE PLANNING PROCESS, GETTING RFPS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND WE'RE ALREADY MOVING PEOPLE OVER. WE SHOULD BE FINISHED MOVING EVERYONE EXCEPT MAYBE PARKLAND BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO FINISH MOVING EVERYBODY BY THE END OF MARCH.

WE'VE BEEN DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS IN SOUTH DALLAS.

I'VE WORKED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS, INCLUDING IN SOUTH DALLAS, OAK CLIFF, WEST DALLAS, LOVE FIELD, AND SO I HAVE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ENTERING THE COMMUNITY IN THE RIGHT WAY AND TALKING WITH LEADERS, NOT JUST THOSE WITH TITLES, BUT THOSE THE GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS AND THE, YOU KNOW, GRANDFATHERS, ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE SOUTH DALLAS COMMUNITY.

SO AND DR. FROSWA' BOOKER IS ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS ASSISTING US WITH THAT.

NEXT SLIDE. I'VE PRETTY MUCH TOLD YOU ALL THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING.

AND WE WILL BE AT THE POINT IN TIME HOMELESS COUNT THURSDAY NIGHT.

HOPE SOME OF YOU ARE AS WELL. AND LIKE I SAID, FIRST QUARTER NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE THIS IS AGAIN I HAVEN'T UPDATED IT ON FRIDAY.

WE GOT A $500,000 GIFT FROM THE CROWLEY FOUNDATION.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION. ABOUT TWO AND A HALF OF THAT IS IN CASH IN HAND.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 3 MILLION OUTSTANDING SOLICITATIONS.

WE'VE GOT A PIPELINE OF PROPOSALS, AS YOU CAN SEE.

SO THAT LEFT TO RAISE IS TOWARDS THE 10 MILLION.

WHAT I REALLY NEED TO DO IS FINISH OUT THE 7 MILLION THAT WE PAID FOR THE CAMPUS.

GO AHEAD. SO OUR NEEDS IS HELP WITH FUNDING. SO AGAIN, IF YOU CAN HELP US WITH INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH ANYONE,

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YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR TRANSITION INTO SOUTH DALLAS OR AS WE ARE MOVING FROM DOWNTOWN, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE GETTING FOLKS FROM DOWNTOWN THROUGH THE CONNECTOR THAT DOES GO TO THE CITY SQUARE CAMPUS.

WE WERE ONE OF THE ONES THAT HELPED START THE CONNECTOR WITH AUSTIN STREET AND CITY SQUARE .

AND WE HELP FUND THAT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, BUT WE DO RIGHT NOW HAVE INCREASED COSTS BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING TWO CAMPUSES, SECURITY AT BOTH CAMPUSES AND OPERATING COSTS AT BOTH CAMPUSES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

I THINK I'M ALMOST DONE. NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

AS I SAID YOU KNOW WE PUT IN 7 MILLION. WE'RE GETTING 1.3.

WELL WE GOT 1.3 MILLION BACK TO HELP US WITH THE FUNDING FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE TWO PROGRAMS AND SOME OF THE CAMPUS COSTS.

BUT OUR COSTS HAVE DEFINITELY GONE UP. LAST SLIDE, I THINK IS THE NEXT ONE.

SO WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO BEING A PARTNER IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WITH OTHER PARTNERS IN HELPING WITH HOMELESSNESS, BUT ALSO POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND SOLUTIONS FOR KEEPING FOLKS MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR STEWPOT'S COMMITMENT, NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS AND AND FOR TOMORROW.

I'M GOING TO START TO MY RIGHT. I KNOW THAT CHAIR WEST HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE REVEREND RECENTLY, SO I WILL START WITH YOU, SIR. YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING BRENDA ANC CHAIR MORENO IS CORRECT.

I REALIZED RECENTLY THAT PASTOR AMOS IS A IS A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT ONE AND HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO LUNCH WITH HIM AND HEAR ABOUT THE GREAT WORK AND PARTNERSHIP THE CHURCH HAS WITH YOU.

OF COURSE. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE THE STEWPOT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER FOR THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS WITH STREET OUTREACH. OF COURSE, YOU MENTIONED THE MEAL PREP WITH THE BRIDGE AND OF COURSE, WITH OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER PARTICIPATION, WHICH WE CANNOT DO ALONE.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS OUT THERE.

SO AS YOU YOU GAVE US A CALL TO ACTION TO HELP YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

AND I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT PERSONALLY.

BUT I JUST HOPE THAT THE MANY VERY GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS WE HAVE IN THE CITY WHO ARE HOPEFULLY LISTENING TODAY WILL HEAR THIS CALL TO ACTION AND REALIZE THAT WE NEED YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH YOUR CITY SQUARE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD AND MEETING THAT $7 MILLION GOAL THAT YOU HAVE IS SO IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S MY CALL TO ACTION FOR A VERY GENEROUS DALLAS COMMUNITY TO LISTEN TO YOU AND TO REACH OUT TO YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I ENJOY THE PRESENTATION YOU MADE TO THE NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER LAST WEEK.

AND WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE VOLUNTEER WHO'S BEEN WITH YOU THAT YOU HAD ALONG WITH YOU SINCE 1975? THAT WAS BUDDY JORDAN, AND HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS FOR OUR EVENT YESTERDAY.

SO AMAZING RIGHT? YEAH. REALLY INCREDIBLE. SO YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK IN SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO TAKE CITY SQUARE THAT HAD DONE GREAT WORK AND BRING THE GOODNESS OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND KEEP IT ALIVE.

ABSORBING STAFF, I MEAN THAT THAT'S VERY MEANINGFUL.

I WAS HOPING TO SEE MY FRIEND JANA SHAFER TODAY, BUT I GUESS SHE'S OUT RAISING MONEY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A DAUNTING TASK. SO I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION OR A COUPLE.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BUILDING 300, IT'S GOT YOUR MEDICAL FACILITY, BUT IT ALSO MENTIONED HOUSING.

AND FORGIVE ME IF I MISSED IT, BUT TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE HOUSING ASPECT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

RIGHT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE HAVE OUR RAPID REHOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND SO BUILDING 300 THEIR OFFICES.

AND WHEN CLIENTS COME AND THEY NEED TO MEET ON CAMPUS, THAT WILL BE THE BUILDING THEY COME TO.

AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CASE WORKERS, THEY GO OUT TO THE CLIENTS AND SEE THEM AT ONCE THEY'VE GOTTEN THEM HOUSED AT THEIR APARTMENTS.

SO SOMETIMES THEY COME TO CAMPUS AND THAT WILL BE THE BUILDING THEY GO TO TO SEE OUR CASE WORKERS.

OR THE CASE MANAGERS WILL GO TO THEM AT THEIR PLACE.

AND THESE IS THIS ALSO LANDLORD RECRUITMENT? YES.

SO WE LIKE HOUSING FORWARD WE DO ALSO WORK WITH A LOT OF LANDLORDS AND HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS.

AND WE'VE NOT ONLY HAD THOSE PRIOR TO HOUSING FORWARD'S RELATIONSHIPS BUT ALSO HELPED HOUSING FORWARD .

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SO AND HOW LONG HAS THE STEWPOT BEEN DOING THAT KIND OF HOUSING PROGRAM? SO 2021 IS WHEN WE STARTED. OKAY. SO 2020. PART OF THE WHOLE RAPID REHOUSING.

YEAH. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS HOUSING FORWARD .

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PART OF PART OF THAT 92% SUCCESS RATE NUMBER, WHERE AFTER A YEAR WE'RE FINDING ONLY 8% HAVE GONE BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS.

ARE YOU PART OF THAT NUMBER OR DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN? NO, WE WERE ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE RIGHT THERE WITH HOUSING FORWARD.

WE'RE PART OF THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION. AND OUR OUR SUCCESS RATE ON OUR HOUSING IS IS VERY STRONG.

SO OKAY. AND PART OF THAT 92% SO I SEE. SO YOU'RE ADJACENT TO THE HICKORY CROSSING.

CORRECT. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY KIND OF CONTACT OR INVOLVEMENT. SO CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS DOING THE CASE MANAGEMENT.

AND THERE'S A HOUSING CORP THAT OWNS THAT. AND THEN CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS MANAGING THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE CASE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE CLIENTS.

SO THAT WASN'T PART OF OUR ACQUISITION. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CHAIR GRACEY. NO QUESTIONS.

JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE MOVE. I THINK IT'S A SMART MOVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THOSE RESOURCES ARE FOR SOUTH DALLAS, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE SOUTHERN DALLAS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FIRST, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IS I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME AND MY TEAM THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I KNOW THAT I SAY THIS OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE WALLS OF OUR PROVIDERS IS AMAZING THINGS, BUT SOMETIMES THE PERIMETERS GET SOME QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS AND ISSUES.

AND SO YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF STEPPING UP AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HAD THAT MY BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS HAVE HAD. AND I HOPE AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO REACH OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITY LEADERS IN SOUTH DALLAS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ARE WORKED OUT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO 508 PARK AVENUE AND THE ONCOR PROJECT AS YOU GUYS EXIT THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION.

SO ONCOR PARK, WHICH IS 508, IS A CHURCH PROPERTY AS WELL.

AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. THAT IS ARTS, MUSIC, WORSHIP COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

THAT'S REALLY SEPARATE FROM STEWPOT. SO THE CHURCH WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THE HISTORIC BUILDING THAT'S THERE.

AND THEY HOPE IN THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE THAT FINISHED.

AND SO HOW'S THE CAPITAL PROGRAM GOING FOR 508 PARK.

THEY'RE CONTINUING TO FUNDRAISE TO MEET THE INCREASED EXPENSES THAT WE'VE SEEN ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE PAST.

AND SO I'M NOT PART OF THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. I AM ON THE BOARD, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK TO MEET THOSE GOALS.

SO I KNOW IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE UNFAIR TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, BUT MAYBE SOMEONE CAN COME BACK TO US AS THERE'S MULTIPLE CAMPAIGNS GOING ON. HOW ARE WE? HOW ARE THEY COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER? AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS ARE ACTUALLY MATERIALIZING SO THAT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON COME TO FRUITION? SO FOR ACTUALLY, BOTH CAMPAIGNS, BRAD CECIL AND ASSOCIATES IS THE CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT.

AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE CITY SQUARE OPPORTUNITY AND THE SHORT RUN THAT WE HAD WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED STRONGLY ON THAT.

NOT THAT THEY HAVEN'T CONTINUED FOR 508, BUT THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE MORE ARTS INTERESTS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MORE SOCIAL SERVICE INTERESTS.

AND SO THE FUNDING COMMUNITY HAS, HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR ACQUISITION OF CITY SQUARE , BECAUSE THEY ALSO DID NOT WANT CITY SQUARE CAMPUS TO BECOME JUST ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT.

THEY WANTED IT WANTED IT TO STAY A NONPROFIT, AND I MET WITH ADAM BAZALDUA, COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM PRIOR, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND TOURED AND TALKED WITH HIM.

AND HE WAS AT OUR LUNCHEON YESTERDAY SITTING NEXT TO ME.

AND SO HE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE. AND THE FUNDING COMMUNITY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE.

BUT YOUR FUNDING SOURCES FOR THAT KIND OF PROPERTY ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE MISSION AND FOCUS IS FOR 508.

SO WE ARE SEEING FOLKS ON, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TARGETS FOR EACH THAT ARE DIFFERENT.

SO WE ANTICIPATE CONTINUING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE GARDEN. SO THE GARDEN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A GARDEN AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.

WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY PLANS TO CHANGE THAT. AND THE CHURCH WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SECURITY AROUND IT.

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AND IT'S GOING TO BE A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN YOU ALL AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE CITY OF DALLAS AS PROGRAMING EXITS THE STEWPOT, THIS AREA WILL STILL BE FAMILIAR TO FOLKS THAT HAVE EITHER MOVED OUT OF DALLAS AND OR AND ARE RELOCATING BACK TO DALLAS OR ARE IN TRANSITIONING. HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE AND GET MESSAGING ACROSS TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THIS LOCATION IS CLOSED AND YOUR NEW LOCATION SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE LOITERING, WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE HANGING OUT IN A BUILDING THAT IS NOT OFFERING SERVICES.

RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED PUTTING UP SIGNAGE AND WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING AS SERVICES ARE MOVING OVER, WHO NEEDS TO GO OVER TO THE OTHER CAMPUS TO 1610.

WE ARE CALLING IT 1610 CAMPUS NOW, NOT CITY SQUARE , BUT THAT IS OUR NEW CAMPUS.

AND AS WE MOVE ALL OF OUR SERVICES, WE WILL PUT UP ALL SIGNAGE SAYING WHERE FOLKS NEED TO GO FOR SERVICES.

AND THERE IS THE CONNECTOR THAT CAN GET PEOPLE OVER THERE.

IT WILL BE A GRADUAL PROCESS, I'M SURE, BUT WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING WITH CLIENTS AND MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THINGS AS WE'RE MOVING OVER.

THIS IS FOR CITY MANAGEMENT, ALINA, AS THERE'S GOING TO BE FEWER EYES ON THE GROUND AROUND THIS CAMPUS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY TEAM IS LOOKING AT THIS AREA TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT BECOME AN AREA THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE JUST HANGING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES AND THAT WE ARE REDIRECTING THEM TO ALL OUR PROVIDERS THAT ARE THERE TO ASSIST FOLKS.

LAST COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ARE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LOCATION.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS RECENTLY HAD A TRANSACTION WITH MILL CREEK TO BRING IN SOME APARTMENTS THAT ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE DELIVERED THIS YEAR.

SO A LOT OF GREAT DENSITY AND PROJECTS ACROSS FROM THE STEWPOT THERE.

ARE YOU GUYS PUTTING THIS ON THE MARKET? ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO SIT ON IT AND REDEVELOP IT AT SOME POINT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY? OUR PROPERTY. THE CURRENT PROPERTY THAT WILL BE A CONGREGATIONAL DECISION, BUT AND THE BOARD OF THE SESSION, THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH.

WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL PROBABLY BE BUT AGAIN, THAT'S IN DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.

AND AS SOON AS WE ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BUILDING, THEN THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER THEIR PLAN IS GOING TO BE.

AND ARE THEY OR YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CURRENT ZONING IS FOR THAT PROPERTY? WE ARE. OKAY. AND FOR STAFF AGAIN, I CHALLENGE US TO SEE WHAT THE TAX ABATEMENT IS WITH IT BEING A NONPROFIT AND PART OF A CHURCH. WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY FOR A REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE? IT'S PRETTY MUCH AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE THAT WOULD ALSO, HOPEFULLY, IF DONE RIGHT, WILL BRING SOME NEW ENERGY TO THIS PART OF DALLAS BUT ALSO HELP YOU GUYS IN BEING ABLE TO HELP HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF MORE PEOPLE. AND SO, AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SMOOTH TRANSITION. AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO CHAIR.

YOU'RE DONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I APPRECIATE IT. AND LET ME KNOW.

REACH OUT IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY INTRODUCTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE.

SO THANK YOU. OH, AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S BEEN RESCHEDULED TO THIS THURSDAY, JANUARY 30TH. SO WE'RE STILL SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.

THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B.

GOOD MORNING, HONORED CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THIS ITEM PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE STREET HOME PROGRAM AND DELVES INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION PROCESS. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, YOU HAVE SUPPORTED THE EVOLUTION OF OUR HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM AS WE ALIGN RESOURCES TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE AT UNPRECEDENTED RATES, INCREASE OUR FEDERAL FUNDING AND MOST RECENTLY FOCUSED OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ON TACKLING VISIBLE HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE.

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EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE COME FURTHER THAN WE EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. TODAY WE WILL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE WORK THAT BROUGHT US HERE.

OUR OVERALL IMPACT. WHAT'S NEXT? THE STREET TO HOME INITIATIVE AND NEXT STEPS.

THIS IS TRULY A COHESIVE EFFORT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE BEST COLLECTIVE IMPACT POSSIBLE IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE CONTINUED ALIGNMENT OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDS AND COLLECTIVE EFFORTS. NOW, I WILL HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO DIRECTOR CROSSLEY AND CEO OF HOUSING FORWARD, SARAH KAHN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALINA. GOOD MORNING, CHRISTINE CROSSLEY, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.

AND WITH THAT, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WHAT SEEMS LIKE MANY YEARS AGO, WE SAT IN THESE SEATS PROPOSING A RADICAL CHANGE TO OUR HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM CALLED THE DALLAS REAL TIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE.

THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, WITH ITS UNPRECEDENTED COMMITMENT OF ROUGHLY $72 MILLION, JUMPSTARTED OUR SYSTEM INTO A NEW, FULLY ALIGNED DIRECTION, BRINGING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR PERMANENT HOUSING TO OVER 2700 INDIVIDUALS IN UNDER TWO YEARS. THROUGH THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL, WE NOT ONLY EXCEEDED OUR ORIGINAL GOAL, WE PARLAYED THE INITIAL FUNDING, EXCUSE ME, AND SUCCESS INTO NEW GOALS AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

SO HERE WE ARE DOING A HIGH LEVEL WALKTHROUGH OF THE BEGINNING OF ALL OF THIS WITH THE DALLAS REAL TIME RAPID REHOUSING FROM WHICH WE MOVED INTO A SYSTEMS OVERVIEW CALLED THE REAL TIME REHOUSING. AND THEN FROM THERE WE HAVE MOVED TO THE STREET TO HOME INITIATIVE.

AND THROUGH THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR FIRST TWO GOALS WERE BASED ON NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS HOUSED.

FOR THE FIRST PROGRAM, WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO HOUSE 2700 INDIVIDUALS BY THE END OF 2023.

AND WE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK AND HOUSED 2700 IN OCTOBER.

AND THEN FOR REAL TIME REHOUSING, WE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HOUSE 6000 PEOPLE BY 2025.

WE DID IT BY JANUARY OF 2024. AND AT THAT POINT, THE DECISION WAS MADE.

INSTEAD OF DOING NUMBERS, LET'S SWITCH TO PERCENTAGE OF REDUCTION.

THAT'S MORE MEANINGFUL. AND AT THAT POINT, WE HAD A 24% REDUCTION IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS FROM OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT.

AND WE SAID, OKAY, LET'S SAY THAT OUR NEXT GOAL FROM STREET TO HOME, FOCUSING ON VISIBLE HOMELESSNESS IS GOING TO BE A 50% REDUCTION.

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE BEEN.

AND YOU KNOW I JUST TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DRTRR AND THE RTR HERE.

YOU CAN SEE A HIGH LEVEL BREAKDOWN OF THAT INVESTMENT.

AGAIN THE INITIAL INVESTMENT THAT KICK STARTED THE WHOLE SYSTEM WAS 72 MILLION.

AND THEN FROM THERE, THE REAL TIME REHOUSING INITIATIVE WAS A SMALLER INVESTMENT FOR AN EVEN BIGGER RETURN.

YOU DON'T SEE THE CITY INVESTMENT IN THERE, BUT THAT WAS 1.36 MILLION FOR THE 16 FULL TIME, FULL TIME STAFF FOR THE OUTREACH STAFF BY QUADRANT.

AND EVEN IN THE NUMBERS IN 2023, YOU CAN START TO SEE THE SYSTEM REALLY REACT POSITIVELY WITH HOUSING PLACEMENTS TRENDING UPWARD.

UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS ARE TRENDING DOWN, AND AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE COULD SECURE THROUGH OUR HOUSING NAVIGATION TEAM TO PLACE PEOPLE MORE QUICKLY, AND 34 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING SECURED.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO SARAH TO TALK ABOUT OUR OVERALL IMPACT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS MORNING. AS CHRISTINE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN 2021, WE EXAMINED OUR RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS. AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NEWLY BECOMING HOMELESS. AND AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO MEET THAT DEMAND BY QUICKLY PROVIDING CARE AND HOUSING TO PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN HOLD AT BAY HUGE SPIKES IN HOMELESSNESS ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT AND PEOPLE OVERFLOWING FROM SHELTER ONTO OUR STREETS.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NATIONAL DATA IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP PACE WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS. WHAT HAS MADE DALLAS UNIQUE IS ARE THE TARGETED INITIATIVES THAT CHRISTINE HAS DESCRIBED, WHICH ALLOWED US TO ASSEMBLE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO MEET THAT ANNUAL NEED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THAT IS WHAT HAS SET US APART FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.

SO TARGETING INITIATIVES THAT HELP US ACCELERATE OUR PROGRESS BY INVESTING IN A WAY THAT FILLS OUR GAP IN RESOURCES AND ALLOWS US TO MEET THAT ANNUAL NEED. SO WHAT THAT RESULTED IN, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS DATA BEFORE, ALTHOUGH NOW WE HAVE THE NATIONAL 2024 DATA TO YET AGAIN

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WE'RE PART OF A SMALL GROUP OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAS SEEN REDUCTIONS BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE THIRD LARGEST DECREASE IN HOMELESSNESS NATIONALLY OF ANY OF THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OF WHICH 340 DECREASED HOMELESSNESS. SO TODAY, THAT MEANS THAT ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, THERE ARE 3700 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND WE WILL AGAIN BE DOING THE COUNT ON THURSDAY.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE TO SEE WHAT THAT MEASURE IS THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED, BECAUSE OF THAT PROGRESS, TO BE ONE OF SIX COMMUNITIES WORKING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND THEM WANTING TO LEARN FROM US ABOUT HOW WE REPLICATE THOSE RESPONSES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND WE'VE BEEN REWARDED. WE'VE BEEN REWARDED FOR THAT PROGRESS FROM HUD WITH INCREASES YEAR ON YEAR IN OUR SUSTAINABLE FEDERAL FUNDING.

SO NEXT SLIDE TO BUILD ON THAT PROGRESS STREET TO HOME IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT EFFORT.

AND I THINK IT ACKNOWLEDGES WHAT WE ALL KNOW.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO WE'VE LEFT BEHIND LIVING OUTSIDE IN UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS.

AND SO WE ARE SETTING OUR SIGHTS TO GET TO A 50% REDUCTION IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.

AND THERE'S TWO REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS INITIATIVE.

ONE IS WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, A STRENGTHENED ALLIANCE WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND AT DDI TO RESOLVE HOMELESSNESS IN PUBLIC SPACES.

AND THAT REALLY WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT WE'RE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO PRIORITIZE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF VULNERABLE FOLKS LIVING OUTSIDE. THOSE ARE ALSO LOCATIONS THAT ARE OFTEN CREATING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR LAST REPORT OUT WE'RE BRINGING INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE DIRECTLY ON SITE AT THOSE LOCATIONS, SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE TO MOVE BACK INTO HOUSING AND TO RECOVER AND STABILIZE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN CHRISTINE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AFTER WE CLOSE THE SITE AND HOW WE ENSURE THAT THOSE LOCATIONS AREN'T POPULATED AGAIN.

SO RESOLVING HOMELESSNESS IN PUBLIC SPACES IS ONE LARGE ELEMENT OF THIS.

THE SECOND LARGE ELEMENT IS WE HAVE TO ACCELERATE AND CONTINUE RAMPING UP REHOUSING OUT OF OUR EXISTING, OUT OF OUR EXISTING SHELTER SYSTEM. AND SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE IS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM.

WE HAVE AMAZING SHELTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I SEE DOCTOR WOODY BACK THERE FROM THE BRIDGE.

WE HAVE AUSTIN STREET, WE HAVE FAMILY GATEWAY.

WE HAVE SHELTERS THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THOSE SHELTERS HAVE AVAILABLE SHELTER BEDS.

AND WE DO THAT BY QUICKLY REHOUSING PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE EXISTING BEDS AND FREEING THEM UP FOR MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM.

THE SECOND IMPORTANT THING ABOUT ACCELERATING REHOUSING OUT OF SHELTER IS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WANT PERMANENT HOUSING. AND SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE QUICKLY HOUSING PEOPLE OUT OF SHELTER, WE THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO GO TO SHELTER WHEN THEY SEE SHELTER AS A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN QUICKLY GET REHOUSED.

AS THE DALLAS REAL TIME RESOURCES RAMP DOWN, THOUGH, WE ARE SEEING OUR REHOUSING PLACEMENTS SLOWING DOWN, AND IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE RAMPING THAT UP SO WE CAN KEEP THOSE SHELTER SPACES OPEN.

SO THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE MODEL AS PART OF DALLAS OR AS PART OF STREET TO HOME, KICKED OFF IN JULY THROUGH OUR STRENGTHENED ALLIANCE WITH DDI AND WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND WE TARGETED TWO ZONES DOWNTOWN, THAT THE LARGEST ENCAMPMENTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHERE WE AGAIN BROUGHT REHOUSING ASSISTANCE AND ASSISTANCE AND INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE DIRECTLY ON SITE AT THESE LOCATIONS. AND WE SUPPORTED INDIVIDUALS, MANY WHO HAD BEEN HOMELESS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, TO MOVE BACK INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE REMAINED STABLY HOUSED WITH COMPREHENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE THAT IS THEN FOLLOWED THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.

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WE DID THAT WITHIN 86 DAYS. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD PROOF POINT OF THE TYPE OF MODEL THAT WE NEED TO BRING ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS AND ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY.

AND WE LEARNED TWO REALLY IMPORTANT LESSONS DURING THAT FIRST PHASE.

THE FIRST LESSON IS THAT DOWNTOWN DALLAS, IN A DYNAMIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA LIKE THAT, WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS TO ACCESS SERVICES, WHEN WE TARGET ONE LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY, AND WE HOUSE OUT OF THAT, AND WE ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO COME BACK AND SLEEP IN THAT LOCATION IT CREATES PRESSURE IN OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE REALIZED IS WE ACTUALLY NEED TO HOUSE PEOPLE OUT OF ALL OF DOWNTOWN, AND THEN ACTIVATE A STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT SLEEP IN THAT AREA AFTER WE DO THAT. THAT'S ONE LEARNING.

THE SECOND LEARNING IS WE KNOW THAT OUR COLLEAGUES AT DPD AND OUR DOWNTOWN SECURITY TEAMS NEED TOOLS FOR WHEN SOMEONE COMES BACK INTO DOWNTOWN TO SLEEP THERE.

WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE? RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT'S A QUESTION THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS ASKED BEFORE. AND THE WAY THAT WE SOLVE FOR THAT IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SHELTER SPACE AVAILABLE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO GO TO SHELTER.

AND SO ENSURING THAT WE'RE HOUSING PEOPLE OUT OF THE BRIDGE AND AUSTIN STREET AND OTHER DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE A TOOL SO THAT IF PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK TO DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE A RESPONSE THAT WE CAN TRANSPORT PEOPLE TO SHELTER AND THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO GO THERE.

AND SO I THINK BOTH THE TARGETING OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND REHOUSING OUT OF SHELTER ARE TWO IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THIS RESPONSE.

DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER CLOSURE? YEAH. SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. CLOSURE MAINTENANCE IS SOMETHING THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR WE ARE REGULARLY DOING AND HAVE BEEN SINCE MID-SUMMER. AND WE'RE CONTINUING, AS SARAH SAID, TO CLOSE ADDITIONAL SPACES.

THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP OF THE MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDERS THAT SARAH MENTIONED.

IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN HERE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE ALL HAVE, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OUTREACH FROM OHS, THE BRIDGE, METRO RELIEF, AUSTIN STREET, I MEAN, STEWPOT IS OUT THERE TOO ALL THESE DIFFERENT OUTREACH GROUPS THAT ARE DOWN WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS NEW IS ENGAGED SO THAT THEY HAVE A PATHWAY TO SERVICE, BUT THAT THEY'RE ALSO NOT ALSO NOT STAYING IN A SITE THAT'S BEEN CLOSED. AND SO THAT'S THAT PART THAT WE TALK ABOUT HAVING THE ENFORCEMENT THAT IS REGULARLY AROUND THE AREA, CHECKING IN ON IT, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T STAYING, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THEY ARE ASKED TO MOVE ON FROM A CLOSED SPACE, THEY ARE GIVEN A PATHWAY TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE SUSTAINABLE BEING HOUSING.

AND THEN OF COURSE, DURING THAT WE ARE MOVING ON TO ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS.

BUT THE LEARNING FROM THIS HAS BEEN AND WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE A SPACE SUSTAINABLY, YOU REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE THAT ONGOING PRESENCE.

MAKING SURE THAT THE SPACE NOT ONLY STAYS CLOSED, BUT YOU'RE CATCHING NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE, WHO DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS CLOSED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING SENT TO A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH, WHICH IDEALLY WOULD BE SHELTER. BUT IF IT'S NOT, IT'S ALSO JUST SERVICES AND GETTING PEOPLE ON A PATHWAY TO HOUSING.

SO IF WE WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK THAT'S THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THIS PRESENTATION.

SARAH, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL ASK.

YES. SO STREET TO HOME IS A $30 MILLION INITIATIVE THAT WE ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR AT OUR STATE OF HOMELESS ADDRESS.

IT INCLUDES FEDERAL FUNDING, $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS FUNDING THAT WE'VE ALREADY SECURED BECAUSE OF, OBVIOUSLY, WHAT I DISCUSSED AS BEING ACKNOWLEDGED WITH NEW FEDERAL RESOURCES BECAUSE OF OUR HIGH PERFORMANCE. AND THAT IS WE HAVE PUT A COORDINATED INVESTMENT PLAN TOGETHER, ANTICIPATING THAT FEDERAL FUNDING BEING PAIRED WITH, AGAIN, $10 MILLION IN LOCAL PUBLIC FUNDING. AND THEN WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A $10 MILLION PRIVATE RAISE AS WELL.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS ASK IS? IT'S ANOTHER ONE TIME INFUSION OF FUNDING, WHICH I THINK HONESTLY BUYS US TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO ALIGN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SUSTAINABLE REVENUE TO DO THE REHOUSING WORK THAT'S REQUIRED.

YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE SOLVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS WE ARE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE CONTINUING TO FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND TO AVOID LARGE SPIKES IN HOMELESSNESS ON ANY GIVEN DAY AND PEOPLE OVERFLOWING ONTO OUR STREETS. WE HAVE TO MEET THAT DEMAND BY QUICKLY REHOUSING ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.

AND THAT COMES AT A COST. AND SO WE HAVE REALLY CRACKED THE NUT ON HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE CAN BRING INTO THE COMMUNITY EACH YEAR.

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SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY COMMITMENT, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE ORIGINAL CITY COMMITMENT TO CREATE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM THAT'S BROUGHT US HERE IN 2021 WAS 25 MILLION OUT OF ROUGHLY 72 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING.

AND AS WE DISCUSSED, THIS ASK IS MUCH SMALLER.

THE ASKS HAVE BEEN GETTING SMALLER OVER TIME.

AS SARAH SAID, AS WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ANNUALIZED NUMBERS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND SO THIS IS A $5.6 MILLION DOLLAR LIFT AGAIN IN ARPA FUNDING.

AND SO WE WANTED TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY OUT OF THE ENTIRE PICTURE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, MUCH LARGER, A $30 MILLION TO DO A 50% REDUCTION FROM 24% REDUCTION.

BUT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FUNDS SPECIFICALLY, WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD ACCOMPLISH. SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THANK YOU. FOR 5.6 MILLION YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOUSING 185 INDIVIDUALS.

NOW WE KNOW AND WE'VE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME HEARTBURN AROUND. WELL THIS THIS FUNDING ENDS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 12 TO 24 MONTHS OF RENT.

BUT FOR 50% OF OUR SYSTEM, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE BEST RESOURCE.

AND IT'S REALLY EFFECTIVE TO GIVE PEOPLE THAT 12 TO 24 MONTHS OF RENT TO STABILIZE THEM.

AND THEN THEY DON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE. SO THIS IS AN INTERACTION THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS ONGOING, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 50% OF THE POPULATION THAT DOES NOT NEED THAT.

AND SO THROUGH THIS, WE'RE PAYING FOR HOUSING, UTILITY SECURITY DEPOSITS AND ALL THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT ENSURE THAT SOMEONE NOT ONLY SURVIVES BUT THRIVES IN THAT HOUSING AND STABILIZES.

OUR RATE OF RECIDIVISM, I JUST DOUBLE CHECKED IT YESTERDAY IS STILL 8%, SO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 10 TO 15%.

RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS. AND WE ARE OUTPERFORMING THAT.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM METRICS ON THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHO STAYS HOUSED THAT 12 TO 24 MONTHS AFTER THE PROGRAM ENDS.

AND WE HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE RATE OF SUCCESS ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS WITHIN THE OVERALL TOTAL.

YOU'LL ALSO RECALL WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 185 I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO DO BACK OF THE NAPKIN MATH.

THIS IS HEARKENING BACK TO THE 28,000 THAT IT TAKES ROUGHLY PER PERSON TO HOUSE THEM.

PLUS ADMINISTRATION FROM HUD. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU REMEMBER THE COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES STUDY THAT WAS DONE ON HOMELESSNESS EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT VERSUS THE 43, ALMOST $44,000 PER PERSON THAT IT COST FOR SOMEONE TO REMAIN HOMELESS TO THE TAXPAYER. AND OF COURSE, FOR US THIS IS A ONE TIME COST.

AND THEN THESE PEOPLE ARE HOUSED AND WE'RE MOVING ON VERSUS THAT COMPOUNDING COST OF SOMEONE REMAINING ON THE STREET.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO SARAH TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF HOW THIS FITS INTO THE OVERALL 30 MILLION.

AND THEN WE'LL GO TO NEXT STEPS AFTER THAT. YEAH, I MEAN, ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE RAISING THE 30 MILLION IS GOING TO, I THINK FOUR MAIN ACTIVITIES. SO HOUSING NAVIGATION, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, CASE MANAGEMENT.

AND THEN AS WE DISCUSSED DURING THE LAST MEETING, SOME OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING IS ALLOWING FOR COST SHARING WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE DIRECTLY DIRECTLY OUT ON THE STREET WITH OUR OUTREACH TEAMS. AND THAT THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE THEN FOLLOWS PEOPLE AS THEY TRANSITION BACK INTO PERMANENT HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE FOUR MAJOR BUCKETS OF FUNDING.

AND SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. NEXT STEPS ON THIS.

WE HAVE THE CONTRACTS ARE ALL ARPA. AND SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE THREE OF THEM FOR THREE BUCKETS OF FUNDING.

THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION FEBRUARY 12TH, AND THEN THE NEXT TWO ARE HOME ARPA THAT HAS JUST A BIT MORE IN TERMS OF REQUIREMENTS AROUND IT. SO WE'RE TAKING MORE TIME TO WRAP OUR HANDS AROUND THAT.

AND THOSE CONTRACTS WILL COME FORWARD IN THE SPRING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HEARD FROM THIS BODY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF WELL, LET'S MAKE SURE THE ARPA CONTINUES DOING THE GOOD WORK HERE, AND LET'S FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS WITH OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

AND WE'VE HEARD THAT. AND SO THIS IS ARPA FUNDING THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT IN THIS WAY TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING.

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SO I DO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BOTH TRACKS GOING VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE DIRECTION OF THIS BODY.

SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL HAND IT BACK TO YOU, CHAIR, FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU SARAH AND HOUSING FORWARD FOR HOUSING SO MANY PEOPLE.

IT'S YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THIS SOMETIMES GETS COVERED UP BY ALL THE QUESTIONS I'M SURE WE'RE ABOUT TO PEPPER YOU WITH, BUT YOU KNOW, 14,000 PEOPLE AND THE GOALS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING MORE FUNDING BECAUSE OF WHAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SEE BURIED. THAT SAID, SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME.

WHILE WE'VE GOT THIS GOAL IN STREET TO HOME OF A 50% REDUCTION IN HOMELESSNESS, YOU MADE A REMARK ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE IN UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS. AND SO WE HELP 50%, OR WE TRY TO ATTAIN 50% WHO RECEIVE HELP AND HOUSING, BUT THEN WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE'S ANOTHER 50% THAT ARE OUT LIVING IN UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS.

AND ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU BOTH ON IS AROUND.

WE TALK ABOUT AMPING UP HOUSING SO THAT WE CAN GET THE CHURN OUT OF THE SHELTERS.

SO PEOPLE ARE GETTING INTO HOUSING TO FREE UP THOSE BEDS.

SO WHAT THAT'S TELLING ME IS BECAUSE THOSE BEDS ARE GOING TO BE OCCUPIED, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE'RE NOT STOPPING A FLOW. AND SO, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT OUR GOALS, BUT IT'S JUST IT JUST KEEPS FILLING BACK UP.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS BECAUSE OUTLYING COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO DALLAS.

I MEAN, WE KNOW IF THEY'RE CHECKED IN, IF THEY GO TO JAIL, NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE FROM, IN THE COUNTY, WHEN THEY GET OUT, THEY'RE IN DALLAS PROPER. YOU KNOW, IS THIS CONTRIBUTING? WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS THE FACT THAT AS MUCH AS WE'RE DOING, IT'S JUST THE FLOW IS NOT STOPPING.

IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO DALLAS. THE FLOW ISN'T STOPPING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THAT'S EVIDENCED IN THE SOARING RECORD HIGH INCREASES IN HOMELESSNESS WE'VE SEEN NATIONWIDE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE NATIONAL RESEARCH IS DEMONSTRATING THAT RATES OF HOMELESSNESS REALLY FOLLOW RATES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN COMMUNITIES. AND SO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IS CONTINUING TO DRIVE MORE PEOPLE INTO HOMELESSNESS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

AND SO UNTIL AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN SOLVE FOR THAT, WHICH IS MANY, MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE, WHICH IS WE GOT TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO HOUSING QUICKLY AND GET THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. AND WHAT WE'RE REALIZING IS WHEN WE DO THAT, AS CHRISTINE SHOWED, THE OUTCOMES ARE GOOD. PEOPLE ARE STABILIZING WITH THAT LEVEL OF CARE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT AT A PACE THAT KEEPS UP WITH THAT DEMAND, WHILE THE COMMUNITY SOLVES THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. YOU SAY THIS IS MANY, MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, THAT WE WILL STILL BE CONTENDING WITH THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE RECENT WEATHER AND OUR TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS THAT WE STOOD UP REALLY MAGNIFY THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE YOU KNOW, NOT AMBULATORY, WHO ARE MEDICALLY INFIRM ETCETERA.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LANDLORD OUTREACH ET CETERA.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT GROUP THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF WHEN WE BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER, NOT THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING THEM UNDER UNDERPASSES AND PARKLAND ET CETERA.

IS THERE AN ARM OF HOUSING PEOPLE THAT DEALS WITH THOSE WHO ARE MEDICALLY INFIRM, WHO ARE ON MEDICAID OR DISABILITY, WHO NEED THAT CARE? OR IS THIS JUST IS THE HOUSING PROGRAM RIGHT NOW JUST REALLY FOR THOSE WHO WE CAN STAND BACK UP AND GET BACK ON AN INDEPENDENT PATHWAY? WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT GROUP? YEAH. SO THERE'S TWO PATHWAYS, STREET TO HOME HAS TWO PATHWAYS.

AND SO IF WE USE THE, LET'S SAY, THE ZONE, ONE EXAMPLE WHERE WE HOUSED 170 PEOPLE, 80% OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE GOING INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

WE HOUSED ONE WOMAN WHO HAD SCHIZOPHRENIA. SHE HAD BEEN HOMELESS FOR OVER 15 YEARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, SHE IS SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO NEED A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF COMPREHENSIVE CARE.

AND SO WE HAVE CREATED WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, WHICH ARE THE NAVY SEALS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE TEAMS, TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE THAT ATTACHES TO SOMEONE IN THEIR HOME.

SO THESE ARE ROVING TEAMS THAT CAN FOLLOW SOMEONE FROM THE STREET BACK INTO THEIR PERMANENT HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE SORT OF ACCEPT THAT THAT PERSON VERY LIKELY WILL NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE IN PERPETUITY,

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SO THAT'S ONE TRACK. THE OTHER TRACK IS RAPID REHOUSING.

AND THAT IS FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T NEED THAT LEVEL OF CARE, WHO JUST NEED A RAPID RESPONSE WHERE 12 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE DURING THAT 12 MONTHS, WE HAVE REALLY SKILLED CASE MANAGERS WHO WE LOOK AT THAT AS A 12 MONTH PROBLEM SOLVING EXERCISE.

WHAT IS GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO LIVE STABLY? AND LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL MIGHT RECONNECT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND THEIR PATHWAY TO STABILITY IS ACTUALLY THEN MOVING INTO A FAMILY MEMBER'S HOUSE.

OTHERS ARE ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH HIGH RENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT TO BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE COSTS WITH LOW INCOMES.

AND SO ANYWAY, THERE'S THOSE TWO PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY.

I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS GROUP THAT IS EVEN IF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, HAVE WE HAD A VOLUME OF HOUSING.

YEAH. THOSE AT THE LOWER END THAT ARE ON MEDICAID, DISABILITY, ETC..

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT CALL IS GOING TO BE ANSWERED AS QUICKLY AS IT MIGHT BE FOR OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION.

SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR GROUP.

AND YOU MENTIONED THIS PARTICULAR CASE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE IF THEY'RE IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WOULDN'T THOSE SERVICES ALREADY BE THERE WITH THEM? YEP. SO THE I THINK STREET TO HOME IS REALLY DELIVERING THIS ENHANCED MODEL WHERE THESE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE TEAMS AND OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE PARTNERS ARE FIRST JOINING OUR OUTREACH TEAM SO WE CAN ENGAGE PEOPLE FROM THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT, BUT THEN THEY'RE ALSO FOLLOWING PEOPLE. SO AS PEOPLE TRANSITION BACK INTO PERMANENT HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE TEAMS THAT ARE RESPONDING TO PEOPLE'S NEEDS IN THEIR HOMES.

SO IT'S IN-HOME SUPPORT FOR FOLKS. SO WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE.

I MEAN, THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MENTAL HEALTH SITUATION WHERE IT NEEDS A CERTAIN KIND OF COUNSELING. WHAT IF SOMEONE IS, YOU KNOW, OKAY IN THAT REGARD, BUT JUST PHYSICALLY NEEDS HELP? I MEAN, I DON'T SENSE THAT A PSH IS SET UP TO BE LIKE A CONVALESCENT OR NURSING TYPE SITUATION.

WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT? YEAH, OBVIOUSLY IF SOMEONE NEEDS ASSISTED LIVING THEN IN NURSING HOME LEVEL OF CARE, YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT IS A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE THROUGH, WHICH IS SOLVE FOR, WHICH IS A CHALLENGE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE INCREASINGLY A CHALLENGE AS PEOPLE AGE RIGHT INTO INTO HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE AND OUR POPULATION AGES, FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW, THOUGH, AND WE HAVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTH CARE TEAMS THAT ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF SOMEONE REQUIRES NURSING ROOM LEVEL OF CARE, THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR HEALTH CARE PARTNERS TO PROVIDE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR GRACEY.

YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS ONE. I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND ADDRESSING.

EVERYONE BY NOW KNOWS MS. ZINA. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER TAKEN CARE OF.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS WITH THE HELP OF AUSTIN STREET THAT WAS OUT THERE.

SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. AND THE OTHER THING I WILL BE PARTICIPATING THURSDAY IN THE POINT IN TIME COUNT WITH HARMONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BECAUSE MS. ZINA IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING MY DISTRICT.

MS. ZINA WAS THE ONE THAT WE COULD SEE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS AND STUFF, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MANY THAT ARE LIVING, YOU KNOW, IN THE CREEKS, IN THE WOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS POINT IN TIME COUNT TO UNDERSTAND, NUMBER ONE, WHERE THEY ARE TO HOW WE CAN BEGIN TO BETTER SERVICE THEM IS CRITICAL IN THIS.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION I'M SETTING ALL THAT UP TO SAY.

WITH THE GREAT WORK WE'VE DONE DOWNTOWN WILL SOME OF THIS BE USED TO EXPAND NOW THAT WE KNOW WHERE SOME OF THOSE POCKETS ARE, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT THREE, AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO BEGIN EXPANDING THE WORK TO BEGIN? AND AGAIN, IN THOSE UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS MAY SOMETIMES TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET THEM HOUSED, BUT I'LL ASK IT ONE ARE WE EXPANDING TO. AND IF THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE RIGHT PROGRAM, WHAT TYPE OF WORK ARE WE DOING TO ENGAGE THEM? AND I'LL STOP THERE. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK OBVIOUSLY THIS TARGETED ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL HOUSING THAT WE'RE DOING. RIGHT. WE ALSO THE CITY HAS ALSO INVESTED IN HELPING US BRING CAPACITY TO A COORDINATED OUTREACH TEAM THAT'S COVERING ALL OF DALLAS COUNTY AND COLLIN COUNTY. AND SO WHILE WE ARE TARGETING THESE AREAS WITH HIGH CONCENTRATION THAT ARE VERY PROBLEMATIC,

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AND THAT IS A NEW WAY OF WORKING TOGETHER AS OF LAST YEAR, WHICH ALLOWS THE SAME TEAMS TO COVER THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA CONSISTENTLY SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD RAPPORT AND RELATIONSHIPS . AND THEY KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND THEY CAN START WORKING A PROCESS WITH THEM TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO CARE.

AND STREET TO HOME, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YES, HAS BEEN DOWNTOWN.

ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT, MOVING FORWARD, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT HOMELESSNESS ASPECTS AND ENCAMPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I KNOW I'VE HAD MULTIPLE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, AND REALLY THAT IS PART OF THE DATA THAT ARE ON THE GROUND TEAMS FOLD INTO THEIR LARGE KNOWLEDGE BASE BECAUSE IT'S EVER CHANGING. I MEAN, EVEN AFTER OUR LATEST INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, THAT GEOGRAPHY HAS TOTALLY CHANGED AGAIN. AND SO LOOKING AT WHERE DO WE GO NEXT? AND CONSTANTLY EVALUATING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS DONE.

OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION AND IT SEEMS A BIT WHATEVER.

BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TARGETING THOSE THAT ARE JUST LIKE IMMEDIATELY ON THE STREET.

DOES THIS PROGRAM APPLY TO THOSE THAT MAY BE CURRENTLY IN MOTELS? THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SEEM TO ME TO BE PRIMED FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET HOUSED IN THE I FORGET WHICH SIDE OF THAT HOUSE. WHICH SIDE OF THE HOUSE? WHICH SIDE THAT YOU MENTIONED.

BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WOULD BE PRIMED. SO WHAT ARE THE EFFORTS TO KIND OF REACH OUT TO SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES? I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT POINT, RIGHT? LIKE 14% OF DALLAS COUNTY IS LIVING IN POVERTY, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND TO PAY TO PAY RENT, AND A LOT OF THOSE FAMILIES END UP IN AND OUT OF HOTELS.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR SYSTEM, WE ARE REALLY SET UP TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO LITERALLY BECOME HOMELESS.

BUT WE RELY ON A LOT OF ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND IT'S THE TIGHT COORDINATION OF OUR SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING ANYONE AND GETTING THEM THE RIGHT RESOURCE THAT THEY NEED.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY THE WAY THE RESOURCE FLOWS IS DEPENDENT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT SITUATION PEOPLE ARE IN.

AND IT REQUIRES ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS AND GETTING THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR WEST. THANK YOU.

CHAIR. GREAT PRESENTATION. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE I GET TO MY QUESTIONS.

CHAIR GRACEY'S POINT, I THOUGHT, WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE ABOUT.

AND SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IS LIKE, WHAT ARE THE LAST DITCH SUPPORT SERVICES BEFORE SOMEBODY BECOMES HOMELESS.

SO AND I WOULD JUST LOVE TO I'LL GET WITH HIM IN A MINUTE OR TALKING, BUT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A BRIEFING FROM STAFF ON WHAT WHAT'S OUT THERE TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING INTO THE HOMELESS. YOU KNOW, SORT OF METRICS.

SO I ALSO LOVE YOUR REFERENCE TO THE NAVY SEALS OF ROVING HEALTHCARE.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED.

LIKE THAT FOLLOW UP ONCE PEOPLE GET INTO HOUSING, PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GO CHECK ON THEM.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT DESCRIPTION. SO MY POINTS, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SHOWN GREAT RESULTS IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR 150 SERVICE PROVIDERS, YOU KNOW, YOUR RECORD HAS BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR GOAL OF REDUCING HOMELESSNESS BY 50% BY 2026.

RIGHT. AND I SEE THAT AS YOU KNOW, FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE TOP CITIES IN THE IN THE COUNTRY RECOGNIZED BY HUD FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL.

I REALLY SEE YOUR PLAN HERE ON SLIDE SIX. IF WE CAN PUT IT UP AS, AS OUR AS OUR PATHWAY FORWARD.

SO YOU'VE LISTENED TO US OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND YOU KNOW, THE CALLS WE ALWAYS GET ARE THE HOMELESS FOLKS IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC SPACES. AND THAT'S THE PRESSURE WE GET, WHICH THEN CAUSES US TO BE, MYSELF INCLUDED, REACTIONARY SOMETIMES TO OTHER PROGRAMS. YOU'RE ADDRESSING THAT AS A PRIORITY ISSUE, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND THEN YOU'RE CONTINUING TO STAY ON MISSION, WHICH IS KEEPING THE SHELTER BEDS FREE BY MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF THEM INTO HOUSING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THAT AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WORKING.

WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO STAY LASER FOCUSED TO HELP YOU ON YOUR MISSION AND THE FUNDING ISSUE.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS THE FUNDING ISSUE, RIGHT? THE, THIS ARPA FUNDS THAT WE'VE STILL GOT, WHICH I WROTE DOWN AS 2.5 MILLION FOR FEBRUARY.

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3.1. 3.1. OKAY. I MEAN, DO YOU SEE THAT AS CRITICAL FOR YOU TO STAY ON TRACK IN CONTINUING THIS TWO PRONG APPROACH HERE ON SLIDE SIX? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THE AGGRESSIVE MODELING THAT WE DID LAST YEAR SHOWED THAT WE NEED $30 MILLION TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

AND ASSEMBLING THOSE RESOURCES. AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST THE CITY RESOURCES.

RIGHT. WE'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY.

AND WE'RE AGGRESSIVELY DOING A PRIVATE RAISE RIGHT NOW AS WELL TO ASSEMBLE THOSE RESOURCES.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT WILL TAKE. SO THE $30 MILLION YOU REFERENCE ON SLIDE NINE, THAT IS THAT PRETTY MUCH HELD HOSTAGE UNTIL YOU GET THE ARPA MONEY FROM THE CITY.

WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE 30 MILLION CONSIST OF? YEAH.

SO THE 30 MILLION IS 10 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH IS ALREADY HITTING THE GROUND.

SO WE'RE GETTING WE GOT THAT OKAY. YEAH. THAT WE HAVE SECURED.

WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH THE CITY OBVIOUSLY TO SECURE 5 MILLION FROM THE CITY AND WE'RE OR, YOU KNOW, MONEY FROM THE CITY AND WE'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL TO HOPEFULLY ALIGN THOSE FUNDS.

AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION IS A PRIVATE RAISE THAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO SECURING 10 MILLION IN PRIVATE DOLLARS AS WELL.

BUT THOSE PRIVATE DONORS ARE WATCHING THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE COMMIT TO OUR PART OF THE ARPA FUNDS.

RIGHT? YES. OKAY. AND THEN IS THE COUNTY PLAYING ALONG? ARE THEY PROVIDING SUPPORT OR DO WE NEED TO GO TALK TO OUR COUNTY PARTNERS? NOT A TRICK QUESTION. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, WE HAVE ALWAYS I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED THIS BEING A COORDINATED INVESTMENT, AND WE ARE STILL IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO ALIGN FUNDING TO THIS AS WELL.

I THINK DALLAS REAL TIME WAS JUST A GLOWING EXAMPLE OF THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ALL PRACTICE WORKING IN THAT WAY WHERE WE HAD FEDERAL DOLLARS, COUNTY DOLLARS, CITY DOLLARS, OTHER CITIES PITCHING IN, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND THAT IS WHAT ALLOWED US TO ALIGN AND SCALE AND GET RESULTS.

AND SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT AS A SHINING EXAMPLE, WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT THE NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS INTO THE FUTURE.

GREAT. WELL, WE'LL TALK TO OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET ON BOARD WITH THIS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK DURING THE INCLEMENT WEATHER PERIOD THAT WE HAD HERE IN DALLAS. I'M GOING TO START WITH THAT AND HELP ME COMMUNICATE, CHRISTINE, TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT EVEN DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, WE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON AND I DON'T WANT TO DISMISS ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN GETTING INDIVIDUALS HOUSED.

BUT HELP ME REACH OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO EXPERIENCED FIRES DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CAUSING DAMAGES TO BUSINESS.

I'M OUT THERE. I ACTUALLY WAS WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER.

AND I STEPPED ON A NAIL DURING MY VISIT. HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY TO GET A TETANUS SHOT.

OKAY. AND WHAT ARE WE MESSAGING TO OUR COMMUNITY SAYING WHAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN DALLAS YET THEY'RE NOT SEEING THE RESULTS. THEY'RE NOT SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT.

AND SO WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED, BUT WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU HAVE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TALKING TO RESIDENTS.

AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT. SO MANY PEOPLE UP HERE, COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE FOR ISSUES LIKE THAT DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, SHELTER. AND IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DO WANT PEOPLE TO GO INTO SHELTER.

BUT ALSO SHELTER IS A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ALL TOGETHER FOR SEVEN, TEN DAYS.

THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR THINGS BACK WHERE THEY WERE. AND AS WE'RE WORKING TO GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING THROUGH THE SHELTER, YOU STILL HAVE SOME WHO JUST ARE NOT GOING TO COME.

AND SO IN LIGHTING FIRES TO KEEP THEMSELVES WARM, WE ARE CONSTANTLY GOING OUT AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DANGEROUS. WE NEED YOU TO COME INTO SHELTER AND ACTUALLY, DURING THIS LAST INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, WE ADOPTED A NEW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE WHERE IF THAT'S HAPPENING MORE THAN ONCE, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, HAVE TO SAY, I'M SORRY. THIS IS TOO DANGEROUS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HART COME HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM, COME REMOVE THAT ENCAMPMENT. AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT COLD WEATHER SHELTER IS STILL THERE.

WE WILL OFFER IT TO YOU. BUT WE ALSO, WHILE WE DON'T LIKE TO MOVE ANY ENCAMPMENTS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER,

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I ALSO KNOW MY TEAM IS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE COMMITMENT WISE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO PEOPLE QUICKLY AND THAT WE WERE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET ALL OF THAT DONE. BUT IT ALSO, I THINK, UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF CLOSURE, MAINTENANCE.

SOME OF THOSE AREAS, WE SAID, OKAY, YOU KNOW, FIRST ROUND, WE SAID, OKAY, INCLEMENT WEATHER WISE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A WEEK, A WEEK LATER AFTER THAT, WHEN WE HAD WE HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER.

AND SO I THINK IT PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAD TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS IN WHICH WE ACTUALLY SHOULD STILL BE REMOVING AN ENCAMPMENT THAT'S MADE ITSELF TOO UNSAFE BECAUSE IT HAD SET UP DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER.

SO WE ARE TWEAKING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND LISTENING TO HOW WE KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.

THANK YOU. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL TIME REHOUSING AND THE NUMBER, THE FIGURES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED, ARE THOSE ALL UNIQUE PLACEMENTS OR ARE THEY DUPLICATED? AND WHEN THEY'RE FAMILIES AND THEY GET HOUSING AND THEN IF THEY FALL OUT AND COME BACK.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING HOUSING PLACEMENTS.

DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE? YEAH. SO THOSE ARE UNDUPLICATED PLACEMENTS.

WHEN A FAMILY IS HOUSED, THEY'RE HOUSED, AND WHEN THEY FALL BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS, WE HOMELESSNESS.

WE REPORT THEM IN OUR RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS.

BUT I'M SORRY IF A FAMILY WOULD FALL BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS AND THEN GET HOUSED AGAIN WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THEN YES, THAT WOULD SHOW UP AS TWO SEPARATE PLACEMENTS.

YEAH. OKAY. I, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS ON THE STREET TO HOME, WHETHER IT'S A RESPONSE, WHETHER IT'S STRATEGY OR ENFORCEMENT IN THE THREE ZONES DOWNTOWN.

YOU KNOW, I'M DRIVING IN THIS MORNING AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COUPLE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY.

AND SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS? WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL? IF RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS SEE INDIVIDUALS CAMPING IN ZONES THAT HAVE BEEN DECOMMISSIONED OR CLOSED, THEN THAT'S PART OF OUR CLOSURE MAINTENANCE PROTOCOL. SO THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM AND OTHER PROVIDERS AND ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WHO PERIODICALLY CHECK IN THESE AREAS WHO WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MOVED ALONG AND OFFERED SERVICE, BECAUSE THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE CLOSED TO ANY NEW CAMPING.

BUT LET ME SAY, I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS FIRST ZONE.

RIGHT. AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS HAS TO BE REHOUSING OUT OF ALL OF DOWNTOWN AT ONCE AND THEN BRINGING IN A CLOSURE MAINTENANCE STRATEGY FOR ALL OF DOWNTOWN AND ACTIVELY MANAGING THESE LOCATIONS.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE TALK TO DPD AND DOWNTOWN SECURITY, THEY NEED TOOLS FOR WHAT TO DO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER FOLKS.

AND I WILL SAY THAT IS WHY WE ARE TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT REHOUSING, BUT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO TO THE BRIDGE AND THAT WE HAVE SPACE OPEN AT THE BRIDGE.

AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS BY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HOUSING PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE EXISTING SHELTER BEDS AT A REALLY HIGH PACE, AND THAT WE'RE HOPING WILL CHANGE THE CULTURE OF PEOPLE GOING THERE AND ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO GO.

PEOPLE WANT HOUSING. WE NEED THOSE SHELTER BEDS TO BEDS TO BE AVAILABLE.

AND SO IF WE CAN MAKE THEM AVAILABLE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO WITH THE PROMISE OF HOUSING AND NAVIGATION, I THINK THAT GIVES US IT INTRODUCES A NEW TOOL BECAUSE I'M HEARING IT FROM DPD AS WELL.

LIKE, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE COME BACK? THOSE PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO GO AND WE AGREE.

SO SO YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES PEOPLE WANT PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT DON'T, THOSE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, THOSE WHO DON'T GO IN DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER.

WHAT IS THE STRATEGY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS? WELL, TO.

SORRY, I JUST TO POINT OUT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEMATIC RESPONSE, EVEN INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER AND I MEAN, STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM, THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE TEN WIND CHILL AND SOMEONE STILL DOESN'T WANT TO COME INSIDE.

IT'S STILL AN EMERGENCY SHELTER SETTING. SO YOU ARE STILL LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHO MAY FIT THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CASE STUDY THAT SARAH TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHO REALLY IS NOT GOING TO DO WELL IN THAT CONGREGATE SETTING.

AND SO THEY STILL WANT HOUSING, BUT THE SUPPORTS TO GET THERE ARE MUCH HIGHER.

SO I YOU KNOW, I DO THINK, WELL, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE LOOK AND WE ASK PEOPLE, DO YOU WANT HOUSING? AND WE'RE PROVIDING A PATHWAY. 99% ARE SAYING, YES, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S I WOULDN'T EQUATE THAT TO GOING INTO INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER. YEAH. I MEAN, I WORKED MULTIPLE SHIFTS AT INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS,

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AND A LARGE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE THAT I HAD MET WERE PEOPLE WHO I COULD TELL IN HMIS HADN'T BEEN ACCESSING SHELTER FOR A WHILE, AND I HEARD A LOT OF STORIES THAT I THINK BROUGHT TO LIFE FOR ME WHY SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT GO.

RIGHT. IT'S, I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAD SERIOUS SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WERE VERY THEY WERE VERY AFRAID TO COME INSIDE. AND IT TOOK A LOT OF SHOWING PEOPLE AROUND AND SHOWING WHERE THEY WOULD SLEEP, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DEATHLY COLD OUT. THOSE FOLKS WERE SCARED TO COME INSIDE.

I HAD ONE GENTLEMAN THAT I TALKED TO THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD HIS SEIZURE MEDICATION STOLEN, AND HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE HIS MEDICATION IN A SETTING LIKE THAT.

I HAD ANOTHER PERSON. WE HAD A PERSON WITH A BOA CONSTRICTOR AND TWO DOGS WHO MAYBE THOUGHT THEY COULDN'T GET A PLACE FOR THEIR ANIMALS.

AND SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY SOMEONE MIGHT NOT ACCESS SHELTER.

BUT IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES, WHEN WE'VE HAD A PROMISE OF OFFERING HOUSING WE'VE HAD IT'S ALLOWED US TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY.

AND PEOPLE TEND TO BE SAYING YES TO WORKING WITH US.

OKAY. AND SO JUST JUMPING OR FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR VISITING.

AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO A COUPLE OF DAYS AS WELL.

AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OUR COMMITTEE AND ALL OUR COUNCIL TO VISIT.

YOU KNOW, I WRITE MEDICATION SOMETIMES A CONCERN, BUT KNOWING THAT THERE'S, RUNNERS THAT CAN GET PRESCRIPTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS.

AND THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS AND WHETHER IT'S PETS, WHETHER IT'S BELONGINGS, MAKING SURE WE'RE BEING AS ACCOMMODATING AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE INTO SHELTERS.

AND SO JUST GOING BACK TO THE STRATEGY TO KEEP ZONES CLOSED, YOU ARE YOU ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS? AND SO WHAT IS THE ASK WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING NOW THAT WE CAN BE DOING A BETTER JOB AT.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT KEVIN AND CHRISTINE, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A COMMITMENT FROM CITY LEADERSHIP TO MAKE THIS A TOP PRIORITY, HAVE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT COORDINATING THE CLOSURE MAINTENANCE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED.

HOWEVER, WHAT IS REQUIRED IS THIS FUNDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE PRESSURE OFF DOWNTOWN.

WE'VE GOT TO BE RAMPING BACK UP HOUSING ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THE PRESSURE OFF DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE AS OUR SHELTERS FILL UP AND PEOPLE OVERFLOW OUT OF SHELTERS, THAT'S JUST GOING TO CONSTANTLY CREATE MORE PRESSURE IF WE'RE NOT HOUSING AT A PACE.

AND SO I THINK THE ASK TODAY ABOUT THE FUNDING IS WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE PRESSURE OFF OF BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO COME TO DOWNTOWN.

IT'S A DYNAMIC AREA WITH SERVICES. AND THE WAY THAT WE GIVE DPD AND DOWNTOWN SECURITY NEW TOOLS IS TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT PRESSURE UP, BUT ALSO THAT WE CAN BRING PEOPLE TO SHELTER AND THERE'S SHELTER SPACE AVAILABLE. CHRISTINE, DO YOU HAVE HISTORICAL DATA ON THE COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR THIS INITIATIVE AND THE PRIOR INITIATIVE? YES.

SO I WENT OVER THAT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING COMMITMENTS ON SLIDE THREE AND FOUR? SO FROM THOSE WHAT'S THE BALANCE OF ANYTHING.

OR HAVE ALL THOSE DOLLARS BEEN EXPENSED? SO ALL OF THE DOLLARS FOR THE CITY HAVE BEEN EXPENDED, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE MOVING INTO THIS NEW PHASE WITH THE REMAINING ARPA THAT WE HAVE.

AND I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF ON THIS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HESITATION MOVING FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THE SAME INITIATIVES THAT THAT WE'VE TRIED. I'M WANTING TO SEE AND THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR GOING OUT ON NEW ON THE RFI, ON LOOKING AT NEW STRATEGIES. I WOULD PROBABLY FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 5.6 MILLION THAT WE DID THAT ON THE BACK END, AND THAT WE FIRST MOVED FORWARD WITH THE PRIVATE DOLLARS AND ANY OTHER AND THE FEDERAL DOLLARS UNTIL THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES THEIR 10 MILLION COMMITMENT. AND WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT WE'RE JOINED BY, A NON COMMITTEE MEMBER, PAUL RIDLEY, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE HIM AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SARAH, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THOSE FOR A MOMENT. ANECDOTALLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A CAUSE OF A LOT OF HOMELESSNESS.

I DON'T HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT IS.

PERHAPS YOU DO, BUT I KNOW IT'S A MAJOR CAUSE.

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ARE WE GETTING ENOUGH BUY IN FROM THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING HOMELESSNESS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND I WOULD LOVE TO AGAIN MEET WITH YOU SEPARATELY AGAIN ABOUT THIS, TO DIG IN IN MORE DETAIL. LAST TIME I CAME TO REPORT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME NEW, EXCITING ALLIANCES THAT HAVE BEEN FORGED BETWEEN THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION AND NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE.

AND SO, SOME OF THE NEW FUNDING THAT I'VE SAID WE'VE SECURED THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS RESULTED IN US FULLY INTEGRATING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INTO OUR REHOUSING RESPONSE. THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE WHICH, AGAIN, IS JUST ROLLING OUT SINCE JULY, WHERE WE HAVE, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE NAVY SEALS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH CARE TEAMS THAT HAVE NOW JOINED OUR OUTREACH TEAMS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO PEOPLE FROM THAT FIRST POINT OF ENGAGEMENT.

BUT THE CRITICAL ELEMENT IS THAT ONCE PEOPLE TRANSITION BACK INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, THAT SUPPORT FOLLOWS PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND PROVIDES CARE IN THE COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE CAN STABILIZE AND RECOVER.

THIS IS AN EVIDENCE BASED MODEL THAT WE'VE KIND OF BORROWED FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE WE HAVE THIS LEVEL OF INTEGRATION AND PARTNERSHIP THROUGH COST SHARING AND THROUGH PRIORITIZING THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN BOTH OF OUR SYSTEMS. WELL, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE THAT DIRECTION AND ADEQUATE RESOURCES THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PROMPTED JUST BY A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I THINK IT'S MY IMPRESSION THAT MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS ARE MOST RESISTANT TO SHELTERS, AND THAT THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO ADDRESS, CERTAINLY WITH OUR NORMAL HOUSING RESOURCES, AND THAT PEOPLE WHO CAN ADDRESS THOSE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

MAKING SURE THAT APPROPRIATE MEDICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

WHATEVER. THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY COPE WITH THE MOST DIFFICULT CHRONIC CASES OF HOMELESSNESS. A SECOND QUESTION IS ON THE STREET TO HOME.

I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE IT'S FOCUSED.

BUT SINCE WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES TO ATTACK THIS ISSUE, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE EMPHASIS IS IN REHOUSING FROM THE STREET AS OPPOSED TO FROM SHELTERS. THE PEOPLE IN THE SHELTERS.

I WOULD THINK A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THEM WOULD BE OPEN TO HOUSING AND MAYBE WELL PREPARED FOR PERMANENT HOUSING, AS OPPOSED TO THOSE PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

SO ARE WE TAKING AWAY FROM HOUSING PEOPLE WHO ARE READY FOR HOUSING AND LIVING IN SHELTERS IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE STREETS.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE AND THE TARGETED FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN.

WELL, THE INITIAL FOCUS IS ON DOWNTOWN, WHERE WE'RE TARGETING ENCAMPMENTS OR LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF HOMELESSNESS IN PARTICULAR AREAS.

THAT IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE REHOUSING THAT WE'RE DOING AS A SYSTEM.

SO WHAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, THOUGH, IS DURING DALLAS REAL TIME, WE WERE HAD A LOT OF REHOUSING HAPPENING OUT OF SHELTER AND A LOT OF REHOUSING HAPPENING OFF THE STREETS. AS THE DALLAS REAL TIME FUNDING HAS NOW COME TO AN END, THAT THOSE REHOUSING PLACEMENTS ARE SLOWING DOWN, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MONEY PICKS UP WHERE THAT MONEY LEFT OFF SO WE DON'T MISS A BEAT, AND WE CONTINUE TO RAMP UP REHOUSING PLACEMENTS OUT OF SHELTER AND OFF THE STREET, INCLUDING THOSE TARGETED LOCATIONS.

SO BOTH THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. IN STREET TO HOME INCLUDES BOTH THINGS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HOUSE OUT A SHELTER TO AVOID OVERFLOW ON OUR STREETS.

AND SO PART OF, YOU KNOW, HOLDING THESE INCREASES AT BAY IS MAKING SURE THAT REHOUSING HAPPENING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OUT OF OUR FAMILY SHELTERS. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIRMAN.

GO AHEAD CHAIR. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND I JUST I RESPECTFULLY JUST DISAGREE WITH MY ANY COLLEAGUES THAT THAT THINK WE SHOULD HOLD BACK ON OUR FUNDING OF THE 5.1. I THINK WE I CANNOT IMAGINE A PRIVATE DONOR PUTTING MONEY UP WITH THE CITY'S NOT GOING TO PUT THE MONEY UP FIRST.

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I MEAN, WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HOLDING THE FEDERAL FUNDS.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I DO SUPPORT THIS ITEM COMING TO COUNCIL AND HOPE WE CAN GET THAT VOTE DONE.

SO YOU CAN KEEP DOING YOUR MISSION AND KEEP GETTING THINGS DONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

OH, SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. JUST REAL QUICK.

SO I JUST I USED TO HOLD SOME OF THESE SAME THOUGHTS THAT WERE SHARED REGARDING MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE TIE TO HOMELESSNESS.

SO WHAT WAS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, MISS CROSSLEY, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW REALLY CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IS.

ABOUT 14% OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, YEAH, IT'S 14%.

IT FLUCTUATES A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S A MUCH SMALLER PERCENTAGE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL TOTALS.

ALBEIT IT IS THE MOST VISIBLE ONE. SO I THINK IT ECHOES VERY POWERFULLY WITH THOSE WHO SEE IT, BUT IT IS NOT THE LARGER PORTION OF HOMELESSNESS.

SO THE OTHER 86% IS MORE ABOUT ECONOMICS, FAMILY HARDSHIP, ILLNESS.

YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE BASKET OF YOU KNOW, TRAUMA OR OTHER INCIDENTS OR THINGS THAT JUST KNOCK SOMEBODY DOWN TO MAKE IT AND IT'S HARDER TO GET BACK UP BUT MAY NOT BE TIED TO MENTAL ILLNESS. AND I THINK WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC FACTORS AND THE PIPELINE OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, A HUGE INDICATOR WAS WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE END OF COVID RELIEF FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THAT VERY SMALL, SHALLOW SUBSIDY WAS GONE. AND THERE ARE CITIES WHO HAVE DONE STUDIES ABOUT TARGETING PREVENTION DOLLARS.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE HIGH MEDICAL DEBT COSTS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO MAYBE HAVE A FAMILY WHO IS FREQUENTLY INCARCERATED OR YOU HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIONS DATA. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY SAY, LET'S JUST PUT OUT A BLANKET SUBSIDY AND HOPE IT WORKS.

ALTHOUGH STATISTICALLY IN THE US, YOU DO SEE THAT THAT WORKS OR IN THE, IN THE WORLD YOU SEE THAT THAT WORKS.

BUT YOU CAN ALSO DO A MUCH MORE TARGETED INTERVENTION TO KEEP PEOPLE STABLY HOUSED.

AND IT CAN BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. OKAY. I JUST MOSTLY WANT TO SAY YES.

I'M SURE THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT OF THIS IS VERY MUCH A PART OF THAT 14% OF THE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.

BUT THERE'S THIS OTHER BIGGER AUDIENCE THAT IS OR SEGMENT THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TOUCHING.

SO I JUST THAT WAS LEARNING I HAD TO GO THROUGH.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC AND COLLEAGUES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

NEXT WE'LL GO TO BRIEFING MEMO C.

AND I BELIEVE I'M BEING JOINED BY DARWIN FOR THIS ONE.

THAT'S YOUR SCREENS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THIS ONGOING ON OUR AGENDA FOR AN UPDATE I APPRECIATE IT. GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DARWIN WADE, ASSISTANT HOUSING DIRECTOR.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROPERTIES.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE 1950 FORT WORTH AVENUE PROPERTY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG EXTREMELY WELL.

BUILDING PERMITS IS MOVING ALONG. WE HOPE TO HAVE THOSE IN AN EXPEDITED FASHION.

WE'RE LOOKING TO CLOSE ON A CONSTRUCTION AND CONVEY THE PROPERTY AS SOON AS WE GET THE BUILDING PERMIT.

SO HOPEFULLY EARLY MARCH IS THE TIME FRAME THAT WE'RE LOOKING, BARRING ANY DELAYS.

NEXT WE'LL JUMP TO 4150 INDEPENDENCE DRIVE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NOFA WAS RELEASED AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 18TH.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ADEQUATE PROPOSAL. WE REJECTED ONE DUE TO FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY AND REASONABLENESS.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NEXT STEPS FOR 4150 AND HAMPTON.

HAMPTON WAS AT HHS IN SEPTEMBER AND IN DECEMBER IN CLOSED SESSION.

AND SO NEXT STEPS ARE PENDING ON THAT. AND THEN VANTAGE POINT, I THINK YOU SAID IT'S ALMOST 90%.

IT'S ALMOST 90% STABILIZED. SO THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG WITH THAT PROPERTY.

NO ISSUES THERE. SO WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH SAINT JUDE ON THAT.

AND WITH THAT WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU CHAIR WEST. THANK YOU CHAIR.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND ALSO STAFF FOR KEEPING THIS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.

I REALLY JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE INDEPENDENCE DRIVE ITEM. I MEAN, WE HAVE, AS A COUNCIL SAID THAT THIS PROPERTY IS A PRIORITY ONE FOR US TO ACTIVATE FOR OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND THE FACT THAT THE NOFAS ARE NOT COMING IN WITH A PROPER FEASIBILITY TO GET THIS DONE IS CONCERNING.

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AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. OR WE CAN DISCUSS THAT OFFLINE.

JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD COME NEXT, BECAUSE THE NOFA PROCESS WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, MAYBE WHEN WE HAVE MORE TIME IN A DIFFERENT DAY I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS? SURE.

THANK YOU. I SHARE THAT CONCERN AS WELL, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT SOME FUNDING WE THOUGHT WE HAD FOR THAT HAS BEEN PAUSED OR WITHDRAWN.

AND SO NOW IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING INTO THE AS I LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS, ALMOST ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A FOUR YEAR ORDEAL. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT.

I WILL SAY A BRIGHT SPOT IS VANTAGE. IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, FROM ACQUISITION TO REHABBING TO GETTING PEOPLE IN IT.

I THINK IT'S STILL A GREAT MYSTERY WHY THERE'S SOME AVAILABILITY LEFT.

23 ROOMS TO LEASE. HOWEVER, THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S 83% OCCUPIED.

SO LET'S HOPE IN THE NEXT MONTH THAT GAP IS CLOSED AND WE'RE AT 100% OCCUPANCY.

SO THAT'S A SUCCESS STORY. I WOULD SAY. BUT I DO REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT INDEPENDENCE.

AND I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT HAMPTON AND I'M SORRY WE LOST COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY.

BUT SO I THINK WE ALL I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS.

IT JUST BRINGS OUR POPULATION, NOT EVEN ALL OF THEM, BUT A LOT OF THEM TOGETHER.

WHO ARE THE ONES LIVING OUTSIDE? I MEAN, NOT THE SOFA SURFERS OR OTHERS.

AND IT JUST IT CONCERNS ME THAT WE HAVE A FACILITY THAT BY RIGHT BY WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR HOSPITAL, MEDICAL, ETC.

HAS 111 BEDS AND IT STARTS ME ASKING QUESTIONS OR WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE SINCE WE'RE IN THIS EMERGENCY? BASICALLY, UNTIL WE THE GEARS LOCK AND WE CATCH UP, HOW CAN WE CONCURRENTLY LOOK AT AN EMERGENCY USE BY RIGHT FOR THIS HOSPITAL WITH 111 BEDS, WHILE WE CONCURRENTLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT SELLING THE PROPERTY OR WHAT IT COULD BE, AND ALL OF THAT VISIONING WHERE THAT COULD BE LONG TERM.

BUT THE NEAR TERM COULD HELP US SOLVE OUR ISSUE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY.

SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW HABITABLE THAT PROPERTY IS? WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT BACK THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE WALLS ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY WERE REMEDIATED DURING FLOODING.

ELECTRICAL, THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM BRINGING IT UP TO CODE.

WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE BARE MINIMUM THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO MAKE THIS A USABLE SPACE? IS THAT MOVING AT ALL? HAVE WE DO WE JUST KNOW WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT? OR IS THERE SOMEONE ASSESSING THAT? WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT.

AND BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A DIRECTION FROM THIS BODY ON MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING THAT WOULD FURTHER INCLUDE THAT WOULD FURTHER TAKE UP ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT THIS POINT. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IN THE BOND PROGRAM, WE PASSED $19 MILLION.

SO THERE IS SOME MONEY TO LOOK AT THE HARDSCAPE ASPECT OF THIS PROPERTY.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT REQUIRES. BUT MR. CHAIR, I JUST I THINK WE AT LEAST OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO LOOK INTO.

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THESE ROOMS, NOT AS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, NOT DOING ANY REMODELING, THAT SORT OF THING, BUT USING IT IN WHAT THE PD SAYS, WHAT THE ZONING SAYS, WHICH IS HOSPITAL, WHICH CAN BE NURSING OR CONVALESCENT.

GIVEN THAT WE SO CLEARLY NEED THAT WHICH HAS BEEN MAGNIFIED BY WHAT WE SAW AT THE TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS.

I MEAN, I DON'T I JUST I THINK WE'RE IN THIS A BIT OF A CRISIS WITH SOME OF THE REALLY MEDICALLY INFIRM.

AND WE'VE GOT THIS PROPERTY SITTING THERE WITH 111 ROOMS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING MYSELF, GOING BACK TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER AND SEEING A SECTION THAT WAS DEDICATED JUST FOR THIS TYPE OF POPULATION THAT EITHER NEEDED MEDICATION, WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO MOVE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

AND SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS I'VE ASKED FOR AN EVALUATION ASSESSMENT OF HAMPTON.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE RECEIVED THAT. AND THIS IS FOR ZONING, MAYBE.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY PER FLOOR.

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AND THEN AS DOLLARS BECOME AVAILABLE IF THE PROJECT IS SUCCESSFUL CONTINUING GOING UP TO LEVEL TWO, I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT QUESTION ANSWERED FOR YOU. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, QUOTES AND ESTIMATES ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE BUILDING TO A HABITABLE STANDARD.

SO DO YOU NEED ANY DIRECTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH THAT? BASED ON THE ESTIMATES AND THE AMOUNT TO BE SPENT, WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND ASK, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE AMOUNTS THAT I DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.

SO WE WOULD GATHER THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU SO WE CAN GET THAT FOR OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN LET ME CHECK IN ON THE SPEED WITH WHICH THAT CAN BE DONE.

IT MAY NEED TO BE MARCH, BUT I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. WELL, I WOULD THINK IN THAT CASE, EVEN A RANGE.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT OUR OWN BUILDING SERVICES GROUP.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT OTHER PARTNERS WHO COULD PROBABLY BEGIN TO FRAME UP HOW MUCH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, JUST SO WE COULD START TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND THAT.

THE OTHER PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE HEARING THE PRESENTATION FROM THE STEWPOT, WHO IS WORKING WITH PARKLAND AND METRO CARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT WHOLE COMPONENT OF WHO WOULD OPERATE THIS.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A PARTNER, HOPEFULLY NOT EXPENDING CITY FUNDS, BUT RATHER GO OUT, FIND OUR PARTNER, AND THEN THEY WOULD FILE FOR DISABILITY OR MEDICAID OR WHATEVER.

SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO BE OUT ANY OPERATING FUNDS.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD MEAN, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO START SEEING THIS.

YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE OTHER OPTIONS AROUND POTENTIAL SALE, ETC., IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BLINDING GLIMPSE OF THE OBVIOUS THAT WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT WHAT COULD WE DO, GIVEN OUR EMERGENCY SITUATION, TO ALSO KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO JUST START EVEN JUST ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.

BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE SOME OF THOSE ROOMS. AND I LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE EVEN FLOOR BY FLOOR, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THESE FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE SUITABLE FOR THAT CATEGORY OF MEDICALLY INFIRM OR BEING ABLE TO USE A CONVALESCENT HOME OR HOSPITAL, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO GO THROUGH THAT OUTSIDE VERSUS PUTTING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND HELP STABILIZE THEM, WHICH I WOULD THINK ALSO WOULD BENEFIT HOUSING FORWARD, THE STEWPOT AND OTHERS WHO COULD TAKE THIS STABILIZED POPULATION AND GET THEM INTO HOUSING. SO WHAT I WAS HEARING TODAY AND WHY I WAS ASKING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, WAS IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE THIS ONE'S STILL A LITTLE THERE'S NOT REALLY AS MUCH OF AN ANSWER TO WHAT WE DO TO THIS CATEGORY OF PEOPLE WHO JUST REALLY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, CAN'T GET AROUND VERY WELL.

SO I'M, I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF LOOKING AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BE OCCUPIED OR GET A CO, AND THEN HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT FINDING A PARTNER OR SOMEONE TO OPERATE SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL ALSO ADD FOR SIMILAR STUDY FOR INDEPENDENCE.

I'M NOT SURE IF MAYBE THAT'S WHY. WE'RE NOT GETTING THE TYPE OF RESPONSE BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONDITION OF THAT BUILDING AT INDEPENDENCE IS. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO OUR NON-COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CHAIR PAUL RIDLEY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT THE HAMPTON PROPERTY.

WE BOUGHT THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS STAFF'S PLAN FOR THAT BUILDING, OR IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR DIRECTION, FROM WHOM? AND WHAT'S THE TIME SCHEDULE? I THINK THEY'RE WAITING FOR DIRECTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. MAY I ASK, MR. CHAIR, WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S SCHEDULE IS FOR PROVIDING THAT DIRECTION? SURE, WE'VE GONE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION THE PAST COUPLE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR STAFF TO BRING SOME, SOME INFORMATION BACK.

BUT ULTIMATELY, I THINK THE DECISION IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THIS BODY.

AND I AGREE, I THINK WE'RE ALL ANTSY TO GIVE STAFF A CLEAR DIRECTION ON WHERE WE'RE GOING.

THERE'S JUST NOT 100% CONSENSUS AT THE COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT.

OKAY, SO CURRENTLY, NO TIME FRAME FOR PROVIDING THAT DIRECTION.

IT'S NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. WELL, FIRST, SINCE CHAIR RIDLEY HAD JUST MADE THESE REMARKS THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION AROUND IT FOR A REALLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND THERE WAS, I THINK FULL COUNCIL HAD VOTED ON ALLOWING MORE TIME FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

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BUT I THINK GIVEN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ARE THE TEMPORARY HOUSING, LIKE PALLET HOMES OR TINY HOMES, THAT SORT OF THING.

THAT'S WHAT GOT ME THINKING. WE'VE GOT THIS PROPERTY SITTING THERE.

WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKING TIME TO INVESTIGATE A TINY HOME SITUATION WHILE WE ALSO HAVE THIS ENTITY THAT HAS THESE 111 ROOMS. SO IT JUST SEEMED LIKE I'LL USE CHAIR BAZALDUA WORD DISINGENUOUS TO BE PURSUING ONE THING JUST WITH BLINDERS ON, WITHOUT ALSO LOOKING AT SOMETHING WE ALREADY POSSESS.

SO I FEEL URGENCY AROUND IT, BUT MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT WE'RE PAYING FOR SECURITY RIGHT NOW FOR THIS PROPERTY.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THE FIGURE HAS BEEN GIVEN AT A MEETING, AND I JUST DON'T RECALL LIKE WHAT OUR MONTHLY OUT IS ON SECURING THE PROPERTY.

I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT FOR YOU. BUT YES, WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE MONTHLY AND ANNUALIZED SECURITY NEEDS FOR THIS PROPERTY.

I THINK IT'S HOLD ON LET ME LOOK. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT READILY AVAILABLE, IF YOU COULD JUST FOLLOW UP AND SEND THAT TO US SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE ALREADY EXPENDING ON THE PROPERTY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 35,000 PER YEAR FOR THIS PROPERTY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. WITH THAT, BEFORE WE HEAD INTO ITEM D.

OH, SORRY. COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA. THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN, I, I ACTUALLY WAS JUST WANTING TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION.

I WAS ALSO CONCERNED, AS I HEARD A COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES MENTIONING JUST TIMELINE AND WHAT TO EXPECT.

BUT WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE HAMPTON PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS FROM WHAT? FUNDING SOURCE PROPOSITION J BOND DOLLARS. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN ASKED SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITH WHAT WE HAD PASSED ON PROPOSITION S HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY LEGAL OPINION ON WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IF WE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VOTERS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE FOR ONE USE, AND WE UNILATERALLY MAKE A DECISION OTHERWISE I'M CONCERNED IF THIS OPENS US TO VULNERABLE, TO BE VULNERABLE TO LITIGATION, AND IF THIS WOULD FALL UNDER US NOT ABIDING TO THE AGREEMENT WE MADE WITH VOTERS IN 2017. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. WE HAVE HAD THAT ANSWER, AND I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE ATTORNEYS FROM THE BOND OFFICE.

NO, NO, I KNOW. THE ANSWER ABSENT OF THE PROPOSITION S, SO I'M JUST CONCERNED IF THAT HAS BEEN WORKED INTO THE OPINION ON IF THIS WOULD BE A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO LITIGATION.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL OR THE BOND OFFICE? OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. EVERYONE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING SURPRISING ABOUT IT. AND MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE HERE. THAT'S FOR A QUORUM. SO WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOUR QUESTION HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

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WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER AND TAKE UP ITEM H AND I NEXT SO WE CAN GET SOMEONE FROM HOUSING TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE. HERE.

YES. CHAIR. EXCUSE ME MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

WE DO NOT HAVE A RESPONSE FROM COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY WILL BE PREPARING SOMETHING FOR US.

YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. YOU BET.

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ITEM H IS BASICALLY THE MEMO OF THE NUMBER OF 2025, 9% LIGHT TECH APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

AND IN THE MEMO, WE HAVE NOTATED ALL OF THE ONES THAT MET OUR CRITERIA AS IT RELATES TO THE HOUSING POLICY OF FAIR HOUSING.

AND WE HAVE NOTATED EACH PROJECT. WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE.

TORO ARCHES, THAT APPLICATION WAS WITHDRAWN, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO DO OR ACT ON THAT ONE.

THE JAMES AT WHEATLAND, WE ARE RECOMMENDING SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

THE BRODERICK WE ARE RECOMMENDING SUPPORT FOR THAT AS WELL.

THE MEADOW, RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT. RESERVE AT ELAM, RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT.

OHCO SQUARE, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION.

HEROES HOUSE AT FRIENDSHIP WEST WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE DEVELOPER.

FAIR PARK LANDING, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION.

EAGLE FORD TOWNHOMES WE ARE RECOMMENDING SUPPORT FOR THAT APPLICATION AND THE 5900 STATION.

WE RECOMMENDATION OF NO SUPPORT FOR THAT APPLICATION.

AND THE LAST ONE IS THE MAGNOLIA, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING SUPPORT FOR THAT APPLICATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM CHAIR WEST? I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON ONE OF THE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IT IS HERE.

THERE WAS A WE HAD SOME LETTERS COME IN ABOUT CONCERNS ON ONE OF THE LIHTC PROJECTS BEING CHALLENGED TOWARDS FAIR HOUSING. SOME OF THE FAIR HOUSING LAWS, ESPECIALLY ON RACIAL SEGREGATION BEING PROPOSED IN A HIGH POVERTY AREA.

IT WAS THE PROJECT FAIR PARK LANDING. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING SUPPORT FOR THAT ONE.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND I'LL LET STAFF RESPOND.

AND IF THEY CAN MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY'S POSITION AND, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A EITHER A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE THAT SPEAKS TO JUST THIS AND NOT CONCENTRATING.

LIHTC AND POVERTY NEIGHBORHOODS. YES, SIR. CHAIRMAN.

SO, CYNTHIA ELLINGSON, DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE DO.

THE ONES THAT WE DID NOT RECOMMEND SUPPORT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN HIGH POVERTY AREAS.

THEY'RE ALREADY CONCENTRATED WITH LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME BALANCE IN THE CITY.

WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL POLICIES THAT SUPPORT OUR RECOMMENDATION, AND I'LL ASK THOR TO SPEAK ON THOSE.

GOOD MORNING. THOR ERICKSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. IN OUR HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM STATEMENT AND OUR HOUSING CATALOG, WE CALL OUT FOR THE MUST OVERCOME PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION AND CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY THROUGH INCENTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS DIRECTLY TIED TO US PROVIDING A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION OF SUPPORT.

YOU'LL ALSO FIND IN THE ACTUAL DALLAS HOUSING POLICY 2033 IN THE TARGET AREA AND CITYWIDE AREAS, WE HAVE A GOAL OF TO NOT CONCENTRATE POVERTY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A DISTRIBUTION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AT DIFFERENT ARMY GROUPS.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ENSURING THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR OWN POLICIES AND GUIDELINES AND THANK ALL THE ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT SPOKE UP AND SENT LETTERS. CHAIR WEST. THANK YOU.

CHAIR, I CONCUR COMPLETELY. TECH HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UNTIL RECENTLY, THE MOST PROLIFIC HOUSING PROVIDER HOUSING TOOL WE HAVE IN THE CITY. AND NOW, OF COURSE, WE'VE SEEN THE FCS AND HFCS LEAPFROG THAT IN SOME WAYS.

BUT TECH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US IN THE FUTURE.

ONE QUESTION JUST GENERALLY ABOUT THE HUD PARAMETERS AROUND TECH IS THEY ARE ALL TECH PROJECTS.

FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ALLOW FOR THE LOWER AMI ARMY.

CATEGORIES TO BE GROUPED TOGETHER WITH NO MARKET RATE UNITS IN THEM.

ISN'T THAT CORRECT? ISN'T THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES? IN MY OPINION, THAT IS CORRECT.

THEY DON'T REQUIRE MARKET RATES IN THOSE PROJECTS.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST TIME, I'M GOING TO KEEP BRINGING IT UP AS WE REVIEW FEDERAL PARAMETERS AROUND LIHTC.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR MORE MARKET RATES SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONSOLIDATING THE LOWER INCOME LEVELS IN THESE IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

I KNOW, LIKE OUR PFC AND OUR HFC'S DO A GOOD JOB OF MIXING IN MARKET RATE.

WE DON'T SEE THAT WITH LIHTC BECAUSE IT'S NOT FEDERALLY REQUIRED ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

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SO I DO HAVE A MOTION WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE. I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

OKAY. OH I JUST HAD A POINT OF INFORMATION TO CALL OUT.

I THINK MR. WADE DID I JUST DID WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A D 13 TECH PROJECT IN THIS LIST THAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR SUPPORT.

AND ALSO TO NOTE THAT, MERCIFULLY, THE NAME OF THIS PROGRAM IS BEING WORKED ON CHANGING AS WELL.

I THINK JUST ABOUT SOMETHING MORE AROUND AFFORDABLE AFFORDABILITY.

I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THE NAME IS. OKAY, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IT'S BEING LOOKED AT BECAUSE YOU WALK IN WITH A NAME LIKE THIS, AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST AUTOMATICALLY ARE A HARD NO.

AND SO THE PROGRAM NAME IS BEING CHANGED. I KNOW I'M GOING OFF THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOTE JUST FOR OPTIMISM.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT. MY QUESTION IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONSOLIDATING, SORRY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONSOLIDATING POVERTY, ARE YOU HOW BROAD IS YOUR AREA? IS IT ONLY WITHIN THE SHEETS OR DO YOU HAVE THE BLURRED LINES, AND IF SO, HOW FAR DO THEY GO? BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE QUITE A FEW LIGHTS THAT ARE.

ANYWAY, I JUST LIKE TO HEAR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.

ANYTIME WE ARE LOOKING AT LIGHTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF LIGHTS THAT ARE IN THE CENSUS TRACT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED IN, THAT'S THE FIRST MEASURE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT LIGHTS THAT ARE WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF LIGHTS THAT ARE THAT ARE WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS.

IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE ITEM THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW, THE FAIR PARK LANDING IN THE CENSUS TRACT, THERE ARE ROUGHLY 330 UNITS OF LIGHT TECH. WITHIN THE ONE MILE RADIUS, THERE ARE 1256 UNITS OF LIGHT TECH, AND WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS, THERE'S 2654 UNITS OF LIGHT TECH.

SO CLEARLY, I MEAN, IN INDIVIDUAL CASES, LIKE CLEARLY YOUR LOGIC IS COMPLETELY SOUND AND ALL THAT.

MY LAST QUESTION JUST ON THIS IS I KNOW A LOT OF OUR LIHTC LOCALLY ARE BURNING OFF, AND I KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION ON NEW ONES TAKES A WHILE TO RAMP UP.

SO ARE YOU ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT SOME MAY BE ENDING AND GOING TO, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE TECH WHILE THESE MAY BE JUST OPENING? YES, MA'AM. WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

THAT'S WHY YOU MAY FIND IN PRIOR YEARS, YOU'LL SEE A WAIVER THAT SAYS WE WILL ALLOW THIS PARTICULAR TECH BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS IN A ONE MILE RADIUS THAT WE ALLOWED TAX CREDITS THE YEAR PRIOR.

SO IF COUNCIL WAS TO APPROVE A PROJECT LIKE THAT, THERE IS A SEPARATE AUTHORIZATION TO ALLOW.

AND SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE COUNCIL IS APPROVING ANOTHER LIGHT TECH WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS WITH A PROJECT THAT RECEIVED TAX CREDITS THE YEAR PRIOR.

SO THERE ARE PARAMETERS IN PLACE FOR THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT WHEN THINGS ARE EXPIRING.

IF IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS WHERE THEY'VE RECEIVED IT OR 15 YEARS.

WE DO LOOK AT THAT AND THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE APPLICATIONS.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

THANK YOU. A GREAT QUESTION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ASKED STAFF TO, TO LOOK AT AS PROPERTIES ARE EXPIRING, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT ASKING THEM IF THEY'RE PLANNING TO RENEW BECAUSE IT COULD THEY MIGHT NOT DO SO OR THEY MIGHT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WITH THAT, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A MOTION READY.

YES, CHAIR. THANK YOU. ON ITEMS H AND I, I MOVE THAT WE I RECOMMEND THAT WE FOLLOW STAFF SUPPORT. IS THERE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM E.

WE'LL LET THE ROOM CLEAR OUT IF THERE'S FOLKS THAT ARE SKIPPING FOR NOW.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE START, I WANT TO THANK CYNTHIA AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR WORK IN PREPARING THIS.

MY TEAM IS PASSING OUT LETTERS AND EMAILS THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE PROVIDED US.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW THOSE.

TO MAKE IT CLEAR THERE IS NO ACTION ITEM BEFORE US TODAY.

THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM PROPOSED. HOWEVER I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD PLENTY OF TIME FOR OUR PARTNERS

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AND SO AT THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S MEETING, I AM GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS TO SEND ME ANY THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS. WE WILL THEN COMPILE THAT AND FORWARD IT TO STAFF SO THAT TO ALLOW THEM TO RESPOND TO THAT. AND THEN AT A FUTURE MEETING, WE WILL PROPOSE A TIME FOR A POTENTIAL VOTE.

AT THAT MEETING. WE IF WE'RE NOT WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO BE, WE POTENTIALLY WILL OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT.

WE DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKING OPPORTUNITY TODAY.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT AT A FUTURE MEETING, IF THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT WE WILL ENTERTAIN THAT.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL LET STAFF PROCEED WITH THEIR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO. SO I DO WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

IT HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON THIS POLICY, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRYING TO PUT PARAMETERS AROUND OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS VERY COUNTERACTIVE TO WHAT WE DO IN OUR WORLD EVERY DAY.

SO IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THESE POLICIES, BECAUSE IT DOES LIMIT WHAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO IN THE FUTURE.

HOWEVER, IN LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS OR SO FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AT MOST COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT WE HOLD WITH OUR PUBLIC FACILITY, CORPORATION ITEMS AND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ITEMS, WE OFFER THIS FIRST DRAFT TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WE PRESENTED IN OCTOBER, AND HAVING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT HELP ADDRESS THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR TOPICS.

SO IN THAT WE HAVE THIS FIRST DRAFT OF THREE CATEGORIES, MOSTLY ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND REVENUE USES. AND SO DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE THIS AND REVIEW IT OR ANSWER QUESTIONS? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PROCEED WITH THIS? I'M GOING TO LET COMMITTEE MEMBERS CHIME IN ON THEIR SUGGESTIONS.

CHAIR. WEST. THANK YOU. CHAIR. AND YOU KNOW, I DID SUBMIT A RESPONSE AND JUST SORT OF MY OWN RECOMMENDATIONS YESTERDAY AS WELL.

AND IN KEEPING WITH THE CHAIR'S SUGGESTIONS. AND MY SUGGESTION TODAY, AND I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, BUT IS FOR US TO HAVE STAFF SIT DOWN WITH EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, CHAIR ACTUALLY IS, IS GO OUT, WORK OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, BRING THE SUGGESTIONS BACK TO YOU.

AND THEN WE WHATEVER CANNOT BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER THE CORPORATIONS AND OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN SERVE AS THE FINAL ARBITER HERE, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THESE, ESPECIALLY THESE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS AND SOME OF THESE 17 NEW ONES WE JUST GOT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE WORKED OUT WITHOUT US GETTING IN THE WEEDS.

AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE GO THROUGH ITEM BY ITEM TODAY, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE WEEDS. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS. THANK YOU. I AGREE AS WELL, AND I THINK YOU EVEN FRAMED IT UP.

HERE'S THE FIRST DRAFT BASED ON COMMENTS BASED ON PHILOSOPHY.

BUT THEN YOU START AT THE RIGHT PLACE, WHICH IS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING AND THEN WE'RE BOXING IT IN.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN RECOGNITION THAT WE NEED TO CREATE THIS BOX.

BUT YOU SENT YOUR DRAFT AND THEN THAT ELICITED RESPONSES AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS FROM OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS.

AND SO WHAT'S MISSING IS THE PART THAT IS PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER AND FINDING OUT, YOU KNOW, KNOCKING OUT HERE'S WHERE WE ALIGN, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT PLACE TO START.

AND THEN WHERE ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND WHY ARE WE PROPOSING THIS AND YOU'RE COUNTERING WITH THIS OR WHATEVER TO WORK THROUGH IT. THIS IS NOT THE ENVIRONMENT TO DO THAT. SO IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND THE THOUGHT HAS BEEN PUT IN AT THAT INITIAL LEVEL.

AND THANK YOU, CHAIR WEST, FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL MEMO THAT REALLY DUG INTO MANY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THIS.

BUT I, TOO WOULD SAY WE SHOULD GO BACK AND ALLOW YOU ALL HOWEVER THIS IS FACILITATED.

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AND I DID APPRECIATE THE POINT THAT MISS JOLLEY OF TREK HAD RAISED ABOUT THAT IT COULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ADOPT NEW BYLAWS AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT ANY NEW REQUIREMENTS MIGHT IMPOSE ON US.

SO I THINK THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER IN THIS.

BUT THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE THAT CONVENING OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO US, AND MAYBE THERE ARE SOME OTHERS I DON'T KNOW, BUT TO DO A LITTLE MORE WORK BEFORE IT COMES TO THIS POINT.

YES. AND WE DO AGREE WITH THAT. WE HAVE PLANNED A DEVELOPER FORUM TO HEAR FROM OUR DEVELOPER PARTNERS IN MORE DETAIL ON THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS, AND I'LL ASK DARWYN TO SPEAK TO HOW HE'S MANAGING THAT FOR HIM.

AND WHEN HE'S THINKING IT WILL BE HELD. THANK YOU.

CYNTHIA. YES, WE'RE LOOKING TO HOLD A DEVELOPER FORUM SYMPOSIUM, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, TO ASCERTAIN INFORMATION FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AS IT RELATES TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND TO, AS YOU JUST STATED, TO FIND WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALIGNMENT AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO US.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CRAFTING A MICROSOFT FORMS DOCUMENT JUST TO KIND OF SEND OUT A SURVEY TO GET FEEDBACK.

AND WE'RE LOOKING TO USE THE LISTSERV TO PROVIDE THE DATES.

WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO HAVE THIS FORUM AND TO GET EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND, AND LET'S PARSE THE DATA, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

AND LET'S FIND AREAS WHEREBY WE ALIGN IF THERE'S ANY GAPS, LET'S YOU KNOW, DO NEXT STEPS AND LET'S WORK AT IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS. AND WE WILL WRAP THAT UP IN A NICE BOW AND COME BACK AND PRESENT OUR FINDINGS TO THIS COMMITTEE.

SO I LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE INVOLVING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN COMING IN TO WORK ON THIS TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT'S JUST A SMART WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

I ALSO WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF THE NEWLY ALIGNED GROUP IS, BUT THE DOVE SERVICES AND PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AT THAT FORUM AS WELL, AT LEAST SOME HIGH POINTS OF WHAT WE SAW PRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL BRIEFING WITH REGARD TO PERMITTING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UPDATE THEIR CRITIQUE, BECAUSE I STILL GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK. AND WHEN I SHARE WHAT THE NEW NUMBERS ARE PEOPLE ARE PRETTY AMAZED AT THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE.

AND SO IF WE ARE CONVENING THIS REALLY CRITICAL, IMPORTANT GROUP TO GROWING OUR TAX BASE, THEN I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION SO THAT ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE SAID, OH, I GO AND I AND I BUILD HERE AND THERE AND OUTLYING COMMUNITIES.

WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE WANT THEM IN DALLAS.

YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO IF WE CAN JUST BE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THAT TIME OF THEM BEING TOGETHER.

BUT YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND CONVENING THIS GROUP AND LISTENING TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WILL DO.

CYNTHIA AND TIM, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THIS COUNCIL, THIS COMMITTEE IS ALWAYS ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THINGS FAST TRACKED AND SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO SLOW DOWN.

BUT THANK YOU FOR JUST THE MINDSET OF BEING PROACTIVE IN MOVING FORWARD DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL, VOTES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN ON CHANGES HAVE TO BE WELL THOUGHT OUT.

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WITH THE CAUSE AND EFFECT ARE GOING TO BE.

AND SO I THINK THIS PAUSE WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ONE THE, THE EFFECTS, BUT ALSO THROUGH YOU GUYS UNDERSTANDING THE WHY. AND JUST BECAUSE OTHER HFCS AREN'T DOING WHAT DALLAS IS DOING DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE SETTING THE STANDARD OR CHANGES. AND SO YOU KNOW, BEFORE.

SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE.

AND THE EFFECT OF THAT. SO CHAIR RIDLEY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE ROLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON BYLAW CHANGES THAT AREN'T POLICY RELATED. BUT I DO SEE A BIGGER ISSUE HERE. AND THAT IS MY CONCERN OVER THE ROLE OF THESE TWO HOUSING CORPORATIONS. THEY WERE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION BY THIS COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCOMPLISHING THE

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THEY HAVE TOOLS THAT CITY STAFF DOESN'T HAVE, AND THAT'S WHY THEY WERE ESTABLISHED AT THE STATE AND THE LOCAL LEVELS.

AND I'M JUST VERY SOLICITOUS OF THAT. AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THEIR EFFORTS ON THE PART OF THE CITY TO TRY TO CONTROL THESE ENTITIES AND THEIR BOARDS WITHOUT ALLOWING THEM TO EXERCISE THE INDEPENDENCE THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED BY THE STATE LEGISLATION.

AND SO THIS CAN BE A CREEPING CONDITION WHERE THERE MAY BE THOUGHTS THAT EXPERTISE MUST PREVAIL OVER THAT OF TERRORISM. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE STRUCTURE AND THE INTENT OF THESE CORPORATIONS, WHICH THAT IS, THAT THEY BE INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED AND LED BY THEIR APPOINTEE BOARDS.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR BOARDS ARE FULLY BROUGHT INTO NOT ONLY POLICY DISCUSSIONS, BUT CHANGES TO THEIR BYLAWS AND THEIR INPUT BE PROVIDED AND GIVEN A FULL VOICE IN THAT DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL GO BACK IN ORDER AND GO BACK TO ITEM D.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO. SO THIS IS THE CHART THAT WE WERE ASKED TO COME BACK AND AND PROVIDE AFTER OUR HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS WAS PRESENTED. THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT HAD A LOT OF PAGES THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRE A LOT, YOU KNOW, TIME AND EFFORT TO DIG THROUGH AND FIND DATA AND INFORMATION POINTS THAT ARE REALLY NECESSARY IN UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO.

AND SO I WILL ASK THOR IF HE WOULD SPEAK MORE ON THE DETAILS OF THE CHART.

GOOD MORNING. THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT SHOWCASED THAT WE HAD 39,000 UNIT NEED FOR HOUSEHOLDS UNDER 50% AMI.

SO THAT IS SHOWCASED HERE IN THE RENTAL SECTION AS WELL AS THE OWNERSHIP SECTION.

THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ARE ALL FORECASTED HERE BECAUSE THOSE ARE IN ONE STATE OF PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION LEASE UP OR COMPLETED. SO YOU'LL SEE HOW MANY UNITS WE'RE FORECASTING YEARLY TO SERVE THE UNDER 50% ARMY, AS WELL AS THOSE OVER 50% ARMY. COMPARED TO THE GAP.

OUR GAP IS HUGE. OUR RESOURCES GO TO PRODUCING ABOUT 1700 UNITS ON AVERAGE A YEAR.

SO THIS IS WHERE OUR ALIGNMENT WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND GROUPS, THE HOUSING GROUPS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY NEED TO BE ALIGNED IN HOW DO WE TACKLE THE HOUSING NEEDS PART. THIS TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION OUR BUDGET THAT WE EXPECT TO BE CONSTANT THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS AND LOOKS AT THE FUNDS THROUGH BOND THAT WILL BE COMING TO US FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND HOW WE DEPLOY IT.

SO PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROVED THIS YEAR WILL START TO HAVE A SHIFT WITH MORE PRIORITIZATION TO LESS THAN 50% AMI OR MORE HOMEOWNERSHIP, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE YIELDED AND COMPLETED TO FIVE, SIX YEARS FROM NOW AS THOSE PROJECTS COMPLETE AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. WELL, THERE'S ONE THING YOU SAID THAT GAVE ME PAUSE ON THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS ELLISON, FOR DISTILLING THIS FOR US.

WE A GRID LIKE THIS MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND.

BUT YOU MENTIONED FEDERAL GRANTS AS A CONSTANT AND A FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS SEGMENT OF HOUSING.

AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT MAYBE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IT MIGHT NOT BE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, AT THE AT THE MOMENT, WE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON UNTIL WE SEE ANY SORT OF BUDGETARY CUTS OR DISCUSSIONS, WE HAVE TO ASSUME LEVEL FUNDING.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THAT YEAR BY YEAR. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO ITEM F.

I GOT IT. ITEM. ITEM F. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS RAISED DURING OUR BRIEFING ON THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN DECEMBER THAT WE FEEL WERE REALLY UNANSWERED.

AND SO THIS MEMO ADDRESSES THEM. YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOUSING TASK FORCE, SPECIFICALLY THEIR INPUT.

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SO WE HAVE SHOWCASED HOW MANY PROJECTS THERE ARE PER COUNCIL.

THE EARLIEST EXPIRATION AND THE LATEST WITHIN OUR TEN YEAR POLICY, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THOSE THAT HAVE RECENT EXPIRATIONS OR WILL BE EXPIRING THIS YEAR AS MEANS OF OUR STRATEGY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT COULD BE PRESERVED OR WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE UNITS AS PART OF OUR ACTION PLAN STRATEGY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THIS, CHAIR.

WEST, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? JUST A QUICK ONE, CHAIR.

THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE INFO.

I HAD ASKED ABOUT WHAT FEEDBACK. THE POLICY TASK FORCE HAD PROVIDED YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOU INCLUDING THAT IN HERE.

AND THAT'S IT. THANKS. THANK YOU. ITEM G.

ITEM G IS OUR STANDARD PERFORMANCE UPDATE QUARTERLY.

YOU'LL FIND A FEW NEW ADDITIONAL PAGES THAT SPEAK MORE TO THE HOUSING NEEDS AND OUR ACTION PLAN AT THE END OF THIS REPORT TO SHOWCASE THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE DOING TO PRODUCE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOMES, SPECIFICALLY, THOSE GOALS OF THE UNITS LESS THAN 50% AMI AND HOMEOWNERSHIP.

SO THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT TO START TO TRACK OUR ACTIVITY AND SHOW HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THE RECENT REPORTS THAT WE'VE BRIEFED ON.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

THE TIME IS NOW 11:21 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

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