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I HAD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
[Community Development Commission on June 5, 2025]
COMMISSION MONTHLY MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2025 AT 6:01 PM UH, CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN OUR ROLL CALL? CHAIR RUBEN.COMMISSIONER BLACK COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER HOWARD? COMMISSIONER JENSEN.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR MAYBE, BUT I'M TRYING TO STAY.
VICTOR, DID YOU MAKE OUT WHAT CHAIR RUBEN WAS SAYING? YEAH, SHE'S HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH HER.
UM, SIGNAL, BUT YEAH, KUDOS TO CHAIR.
CAN YOU CARE THAT AS PREPARED? WE I CAN HEAR YOU.
I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 1ST, 2025 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
ARE THERE ANY KIND OF, UM, MODIFICATIONS? DID EVERYONE HAVE TIME TO RECEIVE THEM VIA EMAIL AND READ THEM AND REVIEW THEM? IF SO, I'D LIKE TO MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
UH, UP NEXT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A BRIEFING BY SHANNON WILLIAMS. IT'S FOR THE FY 20 25, 20 26 FLOOD CONSOLIDATED PLAN BUDGET TO DISCUSS THE CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
AND I, WE'LL PICK IT OVER TO SHA UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.
I AM SHA WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, GRANTS DIVISION.
AND ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, UM, FOLLOWING YOUR MAY 1ST MONTHLY MEETING, WE RECEIVED THE FINAL NUMBERS FROM HUD FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2020 5, 26 ON MAY THE 14TH.
AND WITH THAT, UM, YOU, WE INFORMED THE COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, ON THE 16TH.
AND ON THE 16TH, WE ALSO RECEIVED ONE AMENDMENT.
SO THE MEMO THAT YOU ALL WERE PROVIDED DATED MAY 16TH, KIND OF OUTLINES AND SHOWS YOU WHAT WE HAD STARTED WITH THE PRELIMINARY ADOPTION ON 4 23.
WE HAD ASSUMED LEVEL FUNDING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO MEET ALL THE HUD REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT ON THE 14TH WE RECEIVED THE NUMBERS AND THEN WE WORKED WITH, UH, THE MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENTS TO ACTUALLY BALANCE THE BUDGET AND THE MEMO, YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE END THERE WAS A NET CHANGE OF $7,000, BUT THE CDBG GRANT WAS REDUCED.
UM, HOME HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE.
ESG WENT DOWN AND HOPPER HAD AN INCREASE.
SO THE MEMO PROVIDES SOME OF, SOME DETAILS, SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THOSE CHANGES FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
SO THEN WE WENT TO COUNCIL BRIEFING ON 5 21, THE COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE ONE AMENDMENT, AND THAT AMENDMENT WAS ALSO PROVIDED AS AN ATTA ON THE ATTACHMENT TO YOUR MEMO.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS, UM, ONE AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER, UM,
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$300,000 FROM THE PROPOSED CDBG FUNDING FOR DRIVERS OF POVERTY TO A NEW PROGRAM CALLED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTIVE.AND COUNSEL DID APPROVE THAT AMENDMENT.
SO, UM, ON THE MAY 28TH, WHICH WAS OUR SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING, AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE WE, UM, THE BUDGET WAS REVISED AND WE DID HAVE THAT AMENDMENT, THERE WAS A MOTION TO EXTEND THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW ANY ADDITIONAL TIME FOR FEEDBACK AND COMMENT.
THE, AT THAT TIME, THE, UM, THE MOTION EXTENDED THE PUBLIC HEARING THROUGH THE PLANNED FINAL ADOPTION, WHICH IS JUNE 11TH.
THERE WAS ALSO A NEW AD RAN ON SUNDAY IN THE PAPER FOR THE PUBLIC ON THE 25TH, UH, TO INFORM THEM OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND THE FINAL NUMBERS.
SO GIVEN THAT WE HAD, UH, EXTENDED THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT IS ON YOUR AGENDA IN CASE THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS MEMO WAS, AND THAT'S THE UPDATE.
AND FOR NOW, WE ARE PLANNED FOR JUNE 11TH FINAL ADOPTION.
AND THAT IS MY REPORT AND STAFF, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR, YOU KNOW, JUST APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.
I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS CHAIR, RUBEN? SURE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE TAKING THIS FROM THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY CHILDCARE FUNDING TO THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM.
SO IT IS COMING FROM THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY CATEGORY, BUT IF YOU RECALL, THE BUDGET HAS THREE ACTIVITIES.
ONE IS THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR PARKS.
PARK AND REC, THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SCHOOLS AND AT THE WE CENTERS FOR AFTERSCHOOL, THERE IS A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM OF 650,000 FOR CHILDCARE AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND THEN THERE'S A DRIVER POVERTY.
I JUST THINK WE DID HEAR A WHOLE LOT ABOUT CHILDCARE AND JUST WANNA GO ON RECORD THAT I THINK THAT THAT'S A SHAME TO LOSE THE FUNDING FOR A PROGRAM.
WHEN WE, WE DID HEAR SO MUCH COMMUNITY
WE DO THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK AND WE, WE DID HEAR CLEARLY.
UM, THANK YOU CHAIR, UM, CHAIR MILLS.
YES, I WAS, UH, GOING BACK THROUGH, UM, EMAILS, UH, FROM THIS MONTH, THIS PAST MONTH, UH, TO SEE IF WE HAD RECEIVED ANYTHING REGARDING THE AMENDMENT THAT REMOVED EVERYTHING OUT OF THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY INTO THIS VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, E UM, I WILL ADMIT THAT, UM, MAY WAS A BIT OF A LOST MONTH.
UM, AND DID WE RECEIVE ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT AMENDMENT? THE AMENDMENT WAS RECEIVED, UM, IN OUR OFFICE, UM, MAY THE SEVENTH, THERE'S A NOTE IN THE, THE, THE MAY 16TH BRIEFING THAT YOU HAVE.
THE AMENDMENT IS ATTACHED TO THAT.
OUR OFFICE RECEIVED THIS AMENDMENT ON MAY 7TH, AND WE COMMUNICATED THAT IN OUR MAY 16TH BRIEFING.
I AM, UM, AND WHO WOULD HAVE SENT THAT? SORRY, MY MOM'S BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE BETTER PART OF LAST MONTH AND SHE JUST GOT DISCHARGED TODAY.
SO WHO HAD SENT THAT MEMO? SO IT WAS POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMOS ON, I BELIEVE THE 16TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY.
AND THEN VICTOR DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSION ON THAT MONDAY.
UM, HE, THEY SENT IT OUT THEN, AND THEN IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE COUNCIL BRIEFING FROM MAY 21, AND THEN IT WAS INCLUDED WITH YOUR, YOUR PACKET FOR THIS
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MEETING.SO I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO PROCEDURALLY WHO WAS THE CITY COUNCILMAN WHO INTRODUCED THIS AMENDMENT AND WHAT THE YES NO VOTES ARE BECAUSE I AG I CONCUR WITH CHAIR RUBIN THAT, UH, THE LOSS OF FUNDING FOR CHILDCARE IS, UH, A, A MISPLACED PRIORITY.
UM, MY RESPONSE TO THAT WOULD BE THE 650,000 THAT WAS DEDICATED FOR CHILDCARE.
THOSE FUNDS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY WAS A LIST OF THOSE THINGS THAT IMPACT ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
SO IT WAS NOT JUST CHILDCARE, IT INCLUDED CHILDCARE.
SO THIS FUNDING DIDN'T TAKE ALL OF THE MONEY.
IT TOOK HALF, I WILL SAY THE, UM, DRIVERS OF POVERTY WAS A $600,000 6 0 8 BUDGET BUCKET.
THIS AMENDMENT THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSSOHN AND WAS APPROVED VIA STRAW VOTE BY THE FULL COUNCIL, REMOVES 300, REDUCES THAT BUCKET BY 300,000.
THERE IS STILL 308,000 IN THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY.
SO THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO STILL USE SOME IF CHILDCARE IS THE FOCUS, BUT THE, THE, THE BUCKET OF DRIVERS OF POVERTY WAS MEANT TO BE, TO BE FLEXIBLE, TO BE ABLE TO MEET OTHER NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AS, AS WELL AS CHILDCARE.
SO THE COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL MADE THE AMENDMENT, BUT THERE IS STILL $308,000 IN THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY BUCKET FOR PROGRAMS. AND ASIDE FROM THE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WAS PUT IN THE, UH, PAPER OF RECORD, IS THERE ANY NOTIFICATION TO POTE RECIPIENTS OF, UH, THAT PORTION OF THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY, UH, FUNDS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO CHILDCARE, UH, ARE THE BENEFICIARIES THAT WOULD BE OR HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDS NOTIFIED BY ANY OTHER MEANS BESIDES PUBLICATION IN A PAPER OF RECORD? I WOULD NOT WOULD SAY NO, BUT WE DON'T, THAT IS NOT THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD NOTIFY ANY, UM, SUB-RECIPIENT OR ELIGIBLE APPLICANT OTHER THAN JUST THE PUBLIC NOTICE.
I BELIEVE CHAIR HAS, LEMME YOU CAN SPEAK.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT AT LEAST THE 300,000 THAT REMAINS BE SPENT ON CHILDCARE AS A RECOMMENDATION AND I WOULD USE AT LEAST LANGUAGE IF THERE IS MORE.
I SECOND THAT MOTION OR DO I NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION POINT OF ORDER? WE HAVE, WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEYS.
SO THIS IS MARISSA HINES WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ITEM WAS POSTED AS A BRIEFING SO Y'ALL CAN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THERE CANNOT BE A, AN OFFICIAL VOTE.
IS A VOTE NECESSARY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? NO.
I WOULD CONSIDER Y'ALL SPEAKING AND PROVIDING Y'ALL'S COMMENTS.
THIS VICE CHAIR, BRIAN, THIS, MY ONLY QUESTION AROUND THIS, UM, BESIDES THE COMMENTS PROPOSED EARLIER IS DO WE KNOW HOW IT'S AFFECTING
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THE CURRENT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND EXISTENCE? DO WE KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA BE REDUCED OR WHAT SECTORS ARE GONNA TO BE SHORTENED OR HOW IT'S GONNA PLAY OUT ON ACTUAL THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION SIDE? I CAN SAY I DO NOT, BUT I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SEE ANYONE FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, HAVE STAFF TO BE BACK AT YOUR AUGUST MEETING AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? FEEDBACK CHAIR RUBEN, GO AHEAD.
IF WE ACTUALLY COULD GIVE THE, BRIEF THE INFORMATION ON THAT IN A MEMO PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS IF WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING NOW AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE AUGUST, PLEASE.
I'M SO SORRY THAT I'M SPEAKING OUTTA TURN.
I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING WHEN I WHEN THAT'S OKAY.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR, YOU'RE, SO WE DID HEAR YOU, YOU'VE ASKED FOR, UH, THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A MEMO REGARDING THE IMPACT ON CHILDCARE THAT THIS NEW PROGRAM MAY HAVE OUT OF THE DRIVER'S POVERTY CATEGORY.
UM, IF THERE'S NO MORE FEEDBACK OR SORRY, I'M SORRY.
UM, YEAH AND UH, SHANNON, IF I COULD JUST ASK THAT IT ALSO INCLUDE ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE IMPACTED THAT ARE NOT, UM, CHILDCARE RELATED, JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY THANK YOU.
BENSON JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND THAT COMPLETES, UM, OUR DIVISION REPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH HAN UH, MOVING ALONG TO OUR CHAIR REPORT CHAIR RUBEN, ACTUALLY VICE CHAIR BARTOS IS GONNA TAKE A NO WORRIES.
UM, I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WELCOME COMMISSIONER JENSEN WHO'S JOINING US FROM DISTRICT 11.
SO WELCOME AND EVERYBODY GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO COMMISSIONER JENSEN.
HE'S HERE, UH, IN PERSON TODAY, SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I'M ALSO, UH, KUDOS AND THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER DAVIS WHO'S ALSO HERE IN PERSON WITH ME.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND JUST THANK THE STAFF AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN PARTICIPATING AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY BUS WORK FOR THIS YEAR.
IT'S SUCH, IT WAS, I WAS TELLING COMMISSIONER DAVIS THAT IT'S SO, I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY MINDFUL HOW YOU ALIGN THE PROJECTS THAT WE BOARD WITH WHAT WAS COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, AS SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS JOKES THAT DISTRICT SEVEN LACKS SIDEWALKS WAS SUCH A COOL EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW SIDEWALKS IS IMPACTING PEOPLE'S LIVES OUT IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND WHATNOT.
SO IT WAS, I LOVED THAT WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AND KIND OF WENT OUT AND SAW DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND OF COURSE THE PROPERTY
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AND THANK YOU, THIS STAFF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK TIME OUT OTHER SATURDAY TO, UM, TO JOIN US.
I OF COURSE WAS LATE, BUT I NEED IT AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, BEFORE I MOVE IT ALONG, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? I HAVE JOINED US SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
NO, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
OKAY, WELL IF THAT'S IT, UM, I'M GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I'D LIKE TO JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT SMART SUMMER THROUGH THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS KICKED OFF AS OF MAY 31ST.
SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR KIDDOS, IT'S ALSO FOR ADULTS.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANY KIDS WHO SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE AND OTHER FUN THINGS, SIGN THEM A SMART SUMMER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, BE SURE AND VOTE IN THIS COMING, UH, SATURDAY SELECTIONS.
EXCELLENT REMINDER CHAIR WAS, AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER BLACK.
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PLEASE GO ABOVE.DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS, UM, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
CAN UM, WE DISCUSS IN GREATER DETAIL THE MAY 22ND, 2025 HIP ACTIVITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, UM, AND 20 24, 20 25 AS IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY DISTRICTS.
CAN THAT BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THE NEXT, YOUR NEXT COMMISSION, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES.
I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE NEXT MEETING IS IN AUGUST AND WE HAVE THAT AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH STAFF AND HAVE THEM, UH, PREPARED FOR YOUR AUGUST MEETING.
IF THERE'S NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, AND I GET EMOTIONAL TO MOVED.
OKAY GUYS, WE DID IT FAST AND FURIOUS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR CONVERSATIONS.
AND I THOUGHT I HAD SKIPPED SOMETHING.
NO, WE'RE TO THE END OF EVERYTHING.
DID ANYONE SECOND THE MOTION TO I SECOND? OH, I'M SORRY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, TODAY'S MEETING, UH, TODAY'S CDC MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH IS ADJOURNED AT 6:23 PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.