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[Community Development Commission on October 9, 2025.]
GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MONTHLY MEETING ON OCTOBER 9TH AT 6:00 PM VICTOR, IF WE CAN, CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN OUR ROLL CALL? RUBEN, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? CHAIR RUBEN HERE.
CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER? IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR.
IS THAT BETTER? COMMISSIONER MENDEZ? COMMISSIONER MILLS HERE.
DID YOU, DID VICTOR? WERE YOU ABLE TO CALL COMMISSIONER? IS IT BACH? OH, HERE.
SO THE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE, BUT THEY WON'T BE PARTICIPATING IN VOTING.
OH, WE'RE VERY GLAD YOU'RE HERE,
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS JOINING US THIS EVENING? NO, THERE'S NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS ONLINE.
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE SEPTEMBER 4TH MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES VIA EMAIL.
THERE WAS A MODIFICATION TO THE SPELLING OF THE VOGEL ALCOVE.
OTHER THAN THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS?
NOW, IF YOU COULD TURN TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REPORT.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSION, UH, SHANNON WILLIAMS, UH, BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, GRANTS DIVISION.
NICE TO SEE EVERYONE THIS EVENING.
UH, WE HAVE TWO BRIEFING UPDATES FOR THE COMMISSION TONIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE IS REGARDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, TIMELY EXPENDITURE, UM, UH, FUNDS.
SO WE'RE GONNA JUST FOR WE HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, AND TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THE HUD'S TIMELY EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR CDBG FUNDS.
WE'RE GONNA SHARE THE UPDATE OF WHERE THE CITY OF DALLAS IS CURRENTLY, AND TALK, SHARE SOME NEXT STEPS.
SO, HUD REQUIRES THAT THE CITY OF, UH, CITY BG FUNDS BE SPENT IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND THAT TIMELINESS IS TESTED, UH, ANNUALLY.
THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF UNSPENT FUNDS TO NO MORE THAN 1.5 TIMES THE GRANTEES ANNUAL GRANT ALLOCATION.
FAILURE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT COULD DU RESULT IN THE REDUCTION OF OUR NEXT YEAR'S ANNUAL GRANT.
THE REQUIREMENT IS TESTED EACH YEAR ON AUGUST THE SECOND.
THE TEST IS MADE UP OF TWO PARTS.
ONE IS BASED ON THE ACTUAL GRANT FUNDS ALONE, AND THEN ONE IS ADJUSTED TO INCLUDE THE GRANT PLUS ANY PROGRAM INCOME THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE PROJECTED TO RECEIVE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.
ON SLIDE FOUR, THE CITY DID NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT ON AUGUST THE SECOND OF 2025, WE DID PROVIDE AND INFORMED THE CITY COUNCIL, AND YOU GUYS WERE INCLUDED ON OUR DISTRIBUTION, WHERE WE INFORMED THE COUNCIL ON A MEMO DATED SEPTEMBER 26TH.
FOR BOTH OF THE TESTS, THE CITY'S RATIO WAS AT 1.86, OR WE ARE, WE WERE $4,732,000 GREATER THAN THE MINIMUM BALANCE THAT HUD WOULD ALLOW.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT THE CITY DID NOT
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MEET THAT TIMELY EXPENDITURE STANDARD.THE NEXT SLIDE JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A VISUAL OF JUST WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THE DARK BLUE BAR SHOWS SQUARE THE HUD THRESHOLD, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FOR 2025, UH, THE, THE LIGHT BLUE SHOWS THE, UM, THE GRANT AMOUNT.
IT SAYS THE CITY'S LETTER OF CREDIT BALANCE.
THAT IS ACTUALLY THE GRANT AMOUNT.
AND THEN THE SECOND BAR IS THE AMOUNT THAT INCLUDES ANY PROGRAM INCOME THAT WE WOULD HAVE PROJECTED.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE ARE THE BOTH OF THE BLUE AND THE GRAY BAR IS OVER THE DARK BAR, WHICH MEANS WE EXCEEDED HUDSON'S THRESHOLD FOR AUGUST OF 2025, AND THEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF AUGUST 20, 20, 24.
SO WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE HAVE HEARD RECEIVED NOTICE FROM HUD AS OUTLINED IN THE SEPTEMBER 26TH MEMO, AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN EXPENDITURE FORECAST.
AND THIS EXPENDITURE FORECAST SHOWS THAT OUR PLANS TO MEET THE TEST FOR AUGUST 2ND OF TOWARDS 26TH UPDATES WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
WE WILL BE COMING TO THIS COMMITTEE COMMISSION ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
UM, SO THAT MEANS THE COM, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THIS COMMISSION, UM, THAT WILL BE UP TO THE CHAIR WHERE WE WOULD MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THEN COME TO THE REPORT OUT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON OUR SUBMISSION TO HUD.
AND ONCE WE SUBMIT THE HUD, THE PLAN IS APPROVED BY HUD, WE WILL UPDATE HUD ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
ALL DEPARTMENTS NOW ARE SUBMITTING THEIR PLANS, LOOKING AT THEIR EXPENDITURE, THEIR BUDGETS TO SEE HOW THEY CAN ACCELERATE EXPENDITURES.
AND WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING ELIGIBLE ONE-TIME PROJECTS THAT CAN BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE, THE NEXT NINE MONTHS TO FURTHER MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THIS TIMELY EXPENDITURE TEST.
UH, THAT IS TO BE DONE ON AUGUST 2ND, 2026.
SO AS DEPARTMENTS, IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET THAT YOU WOULD, THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE, UH, PROJECTS.
AND AS DEPARTMENTS SUBMIT THEM, THERE'S A EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO FIX A ROOF AT A REC CENTER, HUD SAYS IT HAS TO BE IN A PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
IT SERVES THE LOWER MODERATE INCOME.
SO WE NEED TO PASS ALL THOSE THRESHOLDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO BE USED FOR THAT TEST.
SO, AS I SAID, WE ARE, UH, DEVELOPING THAT PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED TO HU AND WE WILL BE REPORTING TO THE COMMITTEE ON A MONTHLY BASIS AS WELL TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE JUST TO REPORT OUR STATUS AND PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLIANCE FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THE NEXT PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE IS REGARDING THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
SHANNON, IF YOU CAN PAUSE FOR ONE SECOND.
I JUST WANNA SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT REPORT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK I'LL HOLD MINE TILL THE END.
CHAIR, COMMISSIONER GLOBIN IS, IS BEING ABOVE THE, THE THRESHOLD CONSIDERED A, A STRIKE TO US? AND, AND IF SO, HOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? SO, AS TO THE QUESTION, IT IS AN AREA OF NON-COMPLIANCE.
HUD HAS PROCESS, UH, TO ALLOW, BECAUSE THOSE THINGS DO HAPPEN.
I WILL SAY, FOR THE MOST PART, UM, WE ARE STILL WRAPPING BACK UP FROM COVID.
UH, WE RECEIVED THE CITY, UH, RECEIVED NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS IN COVID DOLLARS.
AND THOSE FUNDS WERE LESS RESTRICTED CDBG, THE HUD DOLLARS.
UH, A LOT OF THE RULES FOR NON HUD DOLLARS WERE RELAXED TO GET THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
UM, AND THOSE BEEN TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, WERE STILL SPENDING ON THAT.
BUT THE RESULT OF THAT, THOSE TWO, THREE YEARS DURING COVID OF ALL THE MONEY COMING IN, IT JUST KIND OF CREATED A BACKLOG.
AND SOME OF OUR PROJECTS UNDER OUR CDBG HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SLOWER RAMPING UP.
UM, SO THAT'S KINDA WHERE WE ARE.
UM, HUG WAS AWARE EVEN LAST YEAR WHEN WE MISSED THE TEST, UH, SEVERAL GRANTEES AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE BEHIND STILL DIGGING OUT FROM, UH, THE REVAMPING AND GETTING BACK TO THE HUD DOLLARS, UH, POST COVID.
AND WE, WE'VE GOT SOME PROGRAMS THAT, UH, ARE SOMEWHAT, UH, DELAYED AS WELL, GOING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION, THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE THESE DOLLARS FLOATING AROUND TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO, THE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED, IT'S JUST THAT THE PROJECTS OR
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PROGRAMS HAVE NOT BEEN DONE.AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING NOW KIND OF GOING BACK AND REASSESSING THOSE PROJECTS.
IS IT TIME TO, WE ARE, UH, THERE'S A REPROGRAMMING PROCESS THAT'S COMING UP AND WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA GO LINE BY LINE FOR THESE PROJECTS, UH, THAT STILL HAVE UNSPENT FUNDS.
UH, IS THERE A DELAY OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPURPOSE THOSE DOLLARS FOR SOME SHOVEL READY ITEMS? SO WE, THAT'S PART OF OUR PROCESS.
ONCE WE SUBMIT TO HUD THE NEXT QUARTER, WE'RE SCRAPING THROUGH THE PROJECTS TO SEE VIABLE VIABILITY.
AND IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO REPURPOSE AND MOVE TO A FAST MOVING, BECAUSE WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF NEEDING THE AUGUST 2ND, 26TH TIME, NOT, AND, AND I KNOW THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE, ARE, ARE THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE STAFF'S JOB.
YOU DON'T NEED THE COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE UNALLOCATED DOLLARS THAT ARE PART OF THE GRANT IN ONE OF THE, THE FOUR POTS OF MONEY THAT THE COLLECTIVE WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, PROGRAMS TO, TO FUND? OR IS EV EVERY DOLLAR IS ALREADY ALLOCATED.
DOLLAR FUNDS ARE BUDGETED, ASSIGNED SOMEWHERE.
ONCE WE ARE, ONCE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'RE COMING, WE, THAT THE FUNDS ARE COMING.
SO FOR OUR FUNDS, WERE BUDGETED.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING NOW IS FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE IDENTIFIED SAVINGS OR, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE HAS CHANGED OR OTHER THINGS HAVE COME UP TO CAUSE THEM TO DELAYS.
SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH A REPROGRAM.
THAT'S WHAT THE REPROGRAMMING IS.
WE TALK ABOUT VIABILITY AND WE WILL BRING THOSE PROJECTS AND THOSE IDEAS.
WE'LL BE TALKING TO A COMMITTEE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
WE'LL AT LEAST DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO GET FEEDBACK AND INFORM YOU AND KEEP YOU UP TO SPEED WHERE WE ARE.
AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE, BUT I THINK EVEN IN YEARS WHEN WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE, THERE'S STILL REPROGRAMMING THAT HAPPENS, RIGHT? IT'S JUST EXACERBATED BY THAT.
IN ADDITION TO YOUR QUESTION, WHENEVER WE SUBMIT AN MAXIMUM PLAN TO HER, ADD HELPS US, YOU GOING TO GET $30 MILLION.
THE BOOK THAT A PLAN, YOU HAVE TO ALLOCATE ALL THAT FUNDS THE PROJECT.
THAT'S PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
NOW THE PERSON IS SOME OF THE HUDSON PROJECTS
I AM SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE ONLINE ARE UNABLE TO HEAR JUSTICE SPEAK DUE TO A TECHNICAL ISSUE.
UM, HE IS COMING ACROSS AS GARBLED.
IF HE COULD MOVE CLOSER TO THE MIC AND REPEAT, PERHAPS ALL OF US ONLINE CAN HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
I WAS TRYING TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER ROBERT'S QUESTION.
WHEN WE SUBMIT THE ACTION PLAN TO HER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THAT ACTION PLAN MUST INCLUDE ALL THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED, PROCEED ASSIGNED TO A PROJECT.
IF WE GET $30 MILLION OR $30 MILLION OF BE ASSIGNED TO A PARTICULAR PROJECT, THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG WILL THOSE PROJECTS TAKE TO GET COMPLETED FOR CDBG, THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO USE IN SIX YEARS.
SO OFTENTIMES THE DEPARTMENTS WANTS TO COLLECT SOME OF THE FUNDING THEY GOT IF IT IS A BIG PROJECT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT IS FULLY COMPLETED.
AND BY THE TIME ALL THAT WORK IS DONE, HARD STATE HARD TEST IS ON ANNUAL BASIS.
SO WHAT HUNDRED 10 IS, IS CORRECT.
AND HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD, WE WANT TO DO MORE TIME IN HOW THESE FUNDS ARE BEING BEING SPENT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GLOBE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SHANNON.
NO, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY WHAT I HEARD IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT THERE AREN'T ANY FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOCATED.
BUT THEY'VE ALL BEEN BUDGETED.
SO IN OUR SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, WE WILL HAVE, ALL OF OUR FUNDS ARE BUDGETED, BUT WE DO HAVE, WHERE A PROJECT CLOSED IN 20 22, 23, THERE WAS A REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM.
YOU WILL SEE IN THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT THAT THERE'S $2 MILLION THAT WE ARE BUDGETING.
BECAUSE IN THAT ONE TIME, THAT PROJECT CLOSED, IT WAS A PROGRAM AND THEY HAD TO RETURN ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY HAD AT THEIR BANK.
THIS WAS A SELF-STANDING PROGRAM THAT HAD BEEN STARTED WAY BACK IN THE EIGHTIES.
AND IT HAD BEEN REVOLVING THAT PROGRAM CLOSED BECAUSE A REVOLVING LOAN IS RECEIVED.
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THE MONEY, I THINK THEY GAVE THEM MAYBE $5 MILLION WAY BACK WHEN.AND THAT PROGRAM WAS SELF-SUSTAINING OVER TIME.
WHEN THAT AGENCY CLOSED, THEY RETURN THAT MONEY TO HUT TO, TO THE CITY.
AT THAT POINT, IT WAS CONSIDERED PROGRAM INCOME.
AND YOU SEE THAT TEST IS BASED ON THE GRANT THAT HUT GIVES US, PLUS ANY PROGRAM INCOME.
AND THEN REGULATION SAYS IF YOU HAVE PROGRAM INCOME ON HAND, YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT FIRST.
SO WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT MONEY, WE STARTED, EVERY DOLLAR WE GET IS BUDGETED.
BUT WHEN YOU GET THIS UNANTICIPATED REVENUE, WE HAD TO SPEND THAT MONEY FIRST, THAT FREED UP THE ENTITLEMENT THAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED, RIGHT? SO YES, WE DID END UP WITH THAT LINE OF CREDIT, AND YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT, UH, PRESENTATION WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
THAT PROGRAM INCOME WAS ONETIME REVENUE.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT, UH, THE COMING WEEKS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, PROJECTS, SETTLE ONETIME REV WITH THIS ONE TIME REVENUE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA FUND ANYTHING THAT'S ONGOING BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE TIME MONEY FROM THAT CLOSED PROJECT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT TOO OFTEN.
BUT, UH, SO IN THAT CASE, THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM, A CLOSED PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE HAD YEARS AGO.
SO IN THAT CASE, WE HAVE MONEY THAT HAS NO, NO HOME, NO ALLOCATION, BUT IT'S NOT MONEY THAT HUD GAVE US, IT WAS GENERATED FROM ANOTHER PROGRAM.
SO YES, WHEN WE, SO IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NOW ADDRESS THAT.
SO, UM, CHAN, IS THAT, UH, PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING A BIT AGO, UM, LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS? OR IS IT ANOTHER NAMED, UH, BENEFICIARY? I'M SORRY.
I HEARD, WAS IT SOMETHING OF TEXAS? I DIDN'T HEAR THE, WAS THE, UM, EXAMPLE THAT YOU WERE GIVING IN YOUR DISCUSSION POINT JUST A BIT AGO.
UH, LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS, OR WAS IT ANOTHER ENTITY THAT YOU'LL BE NAMING IN THIS PRESENTATION? BECAUSE I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US ON THE COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFICS OF WAY AND, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS MONEY IS, UM, BEING, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE FALLING OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
YOU KNOW, PLEASE GIVE US SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
IT IS NOT, IT WAS NOT A NONPROFIT.
IT WAS A, UH, ACTUALLY A-C-D-F-I-A CERTIFIED.
UH, IT USED TO BE CALLED SOUTHERN DALLAS.
UM, BUT IT WAS THE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO I HAVE, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER.
GERMANE TO US, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
SO,
IT'S, IT, UM, THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY CLOSED PROBABLY IN 2020.
BUT THE PROCESS THROUGH HUD AFTER THE BUSINESS CLOSED AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE CITY'S BUSINESS PROCESS, THE HUD PROCESS IS WHAT TOOK SO LONG.
SO IT'S NOTHING IN OUR RECENT HISTORY.
IT, IT WAS NOT A PART OF THE, IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD FUNDED IT BACK IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES, NINETIES.
UM, IT OPERATED ON ITS OWN, THIS REVENUE WAS NOT EVEN PART OF THE CITY.
WE KEPT, WE DOCUMENTED IT TO HUD BECAUSE IT WAS STARTED OUT AS A HUD FUNDED PROGRAM, BUT THIS, THIS ENTITY MADE, ITS HAD ITS OWN UNDERWRITING.
IT WAS ITS OWN SEPARATE ACCOUNT ALL FOR THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT SOUTHERN DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER THE EXAMPLE YOU JUST GAVE WAS GERMANE TO OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT NON-COMPLIANCE OVER THESE PAST TWO SITES.
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ASKED WAS ALL OF OUR MONEY ALLOCATED? UM, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, BUT THERE IS THIS, UH, ONE TIME REVENUE THAT WE DON'T HAVE OFTEN, AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.AND BECAUSE HUD, WHEN IT IS BASICALLY PROGRAM INCOME, WHEN WE SET OUR BUDGETS, WHEN YOU GUYS SEE THE BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE A LINE, IT'S $200,000 IS PROJECTED, UH, UH, FOR PROGRAM INCOME.
THAT MONEY IS, WE DON'T HAVE IT, BUT THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN REVENUE COMES IN AND WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR IT.
AND HUD ENCOURAGES US TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE, BECAUSE IF YOU OVER PROJECT YOUR PROGRAM INCOME AND YOU DON'T GET IT, YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S SHORT FUNDED.
IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS NO, THIS PROGRAM HAD BEEN ACTIVE SINCE THE EIGHTIES WHEN THEY DECIDED TO NO LONGER HAVE THIS PROGRAM AT THEIR ENTITY AND IT CLOSED.
SO ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE THIS REVENUE AND TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THE HUD COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS TO CLOSE A REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM, UH, IT TOOK A WHILE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S A ONE OFF, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA SAY, OH, WE, WE BUDGET EVERY DOLLAR AND THEN HERE'S A DOLLAR THAT CAME FROM OUT OF NOWHERE.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M BEING TRANSPARENT AND IN THAT CONVERSATION.
COMMISSIONER GLOBIN, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? SADLY, I DO.
UM, I, I STILL CONSIDER MYSELF LEARNING A LOT OF THINGS HERE.
UM, YOU, YOU'VE SAID THAT ALL THE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED TO PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS, AND YOU'VE ALSO SAID THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SLOW STARTS AND THAT POTENTIALLY WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT SOME THINGS THAT CAN START MORE QUICKLY, WHICH I HEARD NEW PROGRAMS IN PROJECT.
HOW DO THOSE, HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THOSE? UM, HOW DO, DO PEOPLE MAKE APPLICATION FOR, FOR THESE DOLLARS THROUGH YOUR OFFICE AND THEN IT MAKES IT THROUGH THE PROCESS? OR DO YOU ACTIVELY GO AND LOOK FOR NEW PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS? HOW DOES SOMEBODY NEW COME TO US? SO FOR TYPICALLY WE HAVE THE PROCESS STARTS WITH THIS IS WHAT WE FUNDED THIS YEAR.
WE DO GO OUT TO DEPARTMENTS TO SAY WE'RE RECEIVING X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
WHAT PROJECTS DO WE CONTINUE? OR I WILL TELL YOU THE PARK AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE WE WERE HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH VISD FOR THEIR AFTERSCHOOL.
AND, UH, THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE FUND EVERY YEAR.
WE BRING THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PLUS THE REQUEST FROM DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND TYPICALLY BECAUSE ONCE YOU KIND OF FIGURED OUT THE RULES AND COMPLIANCE AND PROCESS IN PLACE, AND BECAUSE OUR GRANT HAS BEEN GOING DOWN, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING NEW THINGS BECOMES VERY LIMITED.
BUT WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS EVERY YEAR.
I WILL SAY THIS YEAR, UM, WE HAVE A NEW PRIVATE PART, PROGRAM CODE COMPLIANCE, WHERE WE'RE GOING IN UNDER OUR HOUSING ACTIVITY.
THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE, UM, WE BROUGHT SOMETHING IN.
BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WENT DOWN BECAUSE THE, THE GRANT WENT DOWN.
BUT WE WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY A PRO, A NEW PROJECT AND A PILOT PROJECT.
SO THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW THAT GOES.
BECAUSE CBG IS SIX YEARS, EVERY YEAR.
AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, WE TAKE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE ACTIVE AND WE TALK TO STAFF.
ARE THERE ANY SAVINGS HERE? SOMETIMES THERE'S VACANCIES, SOMETIMES PARTICULARLY LIKE DURING COVID, THOSE DOLLARS, THE COVID DOLLARS DID NOT REQUIRE ALL THE ELIGIBILITY AND THE DOCUMENTATION FOR CHILDCARE.
SO THEY, AND THERE WAS A SHORT TIME ON THAT.
SO THOSE CHILDCARE DOLLARS LASTED FOR WENT FIRST, AND THEN WE WERE HOLD THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE SIX YEARS ON HUD OR SOME OF THE OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS, THERE'S NO, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DELAYS WITH OUR HOUSING.
SO THIS TIME WHEN WE GO THROUGH, I, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME CHANGES COMING UP RELATED TO HOUSING.
THEY'RE CONTRACTING THAT WORK OUT ANY BACKLOG.
WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE STARTING FRESH WITH THE NEW CONTRACTOR.
CAN WE PUT IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE? SO THAT REVIEW IS DONE EVERY YEAR AND WE BRING THOSE PROJECTS TO THIS COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE REPROGRAMMING DOLLARS COME FROM.
TYPICALLY SAVINGS OR PROGRAMS THAT ARE NO LONGER VIABLE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE DONE.
AND SO YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU, UM, YOU, YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORY AND YOU SEE WHAT WAS FUNDED IN THE PAST AND, AND DOES IT STILL NEED TO BE FUNDED? CORRECT.
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YOU ALSO MENTIONED A CALL TO ACTION, MAYBE TO CITY DEPARTMENTS, CODE ENFORCEMENT YOU MENTIONED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.ON OUR BUS TOUR, WE WENT TO, I THINK IT WAS CALLED JA CORPS.
THE, THE LOTS, THE, THE, THE, THE WONDERFUL HOUSING COMPLEX THAT HAD SOME AFFORDABLE AND SOME NOT AFFORDABLE.
A PROGRAM LIKE THAT, THAT'S NOT GOING TO EXIST IN, UH, IN, IN THE CITY.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING MAYBE THAT HAVE BEEN WHAT IF, WHAT IF SOMEBODY NEW WANTED TO START BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT? WOULD THEY KNOW HOW TO GET TO US FOR, FOR INCLUSION? OR, OR DOES THAT HAPPEN OFF TOPIC? NO, THAT GETTING OFF THE, OH, WE'RE GETTING OFF THE COMMENT.
OF THE COMMENT EXPEND OF FUNDS, WE WE'RE KIND OF VEERING OFF.
WE'RE INTO BUDGETING, I GUESS AT THIS POINT.
WELL, I DIDN'T INTEND IT TO BE BUDGETING.
I TEND, I INTENDED TO FIND OUT HOW PROGRAMS COME TO US AND IS THERE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO REPROGRAM.
AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE OUR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE, IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR BUDGET FOR THOSE, AND THAT'S KIND OF REALLY WHERE WE DIRECTLY PROGRAMMING DOLLARS TO UNDER OUR TIMELY EXPENDITURES.
THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A ONE TIME PROJECT WHERE, UH, ONCE WE GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE SLOW SPENDING, THAT MAY BE PROBLEMATIC TO US REACHING OUR 1.5, WE'RE GONNA REPROGRAM THOSE DOLLARS.
AND WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE'LL, AND I, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE WE WILL PUT THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE THOSE ARE FASTER SPENDING ACQUISITION, THEY'RE BIG DOLLAR AMOUNTS WHERE WE PURCHASE OR WE BUY INTO OR BUY LAND FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
AND, AND THOSE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL TO HELP US MEET OUR 1.5 TESTS AND MORE LIKE, WELL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION TAKES A LONGER TIME.
IT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN BUY LAND, SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, GET PAST THE ER IN A MONTH OR SO.
BUT THE LONGER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR A GOOD DISCUSSION.
SHE, DO YOU WANNA MOVE TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION? OKAY.
SO THE NEXT, UH, PRESENTATION IS THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE UPDATE.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO OUR HOUSING AND THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
AND IT SERVES A FOLLOW UP ON THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE.
AS YOU WILL KNOW, WE HAD ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVES THAT CAME OUT, UM, FROM THE PRESIDENT REGARDING, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS.
UM, AND THERE WAS SOME PRESENTATIONS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT STILL AROUND DEI, UH, ASSISTING, UM, UH, RESIDENT NON-RESIDENTS, UH, IMMIGRANTS.
AND, UH, THOSE RELATED TO, UH, MWBE, THOSE THINGS THAT CAME OUT FROM, UH, THE, THE FEDERAL DIRECTIVES.
SO WHAT WE DID HERE AT THE CITY IS WE CEASED ALL PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAYED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UH, FEDERAL DIRECTIVES.
MANY OF THOSE PLANS AND THINGS INFORMED OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO BECAUSE THE CITY WAS CHANGING THEIR PLANS, WE NEEDED TO CHANGE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO THAT GOT US TO WHERE WE ARE.
ON AUGUST THE SIXTH, WE SUBMITTED THE FISCAL YEAR FY 25, 26 BUDGET TO HUD.
IT WAS DUE TO HUD ON AUGUST THE 16TH.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND SUBMITTED THAT BUDGET TO MAKE THAT TIMELINE AND SECURE THOSE FUNDS.
BUT WE ALSO NEEDED TO AMEND IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE OTHER CHANGES WERE COMING.
WE STARTED THE HUD PROCESS THAT REQUIRES THE CITY CAN, CAN MAKE THEIR CHANGES AND ADOPT BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, BUT THE CITY HAS ITS OWN PROCESS OF HOW WE MUST INFORM THE PUBLIC WHEN WE'RE MAKING CHANGES TO HUD PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO ON OCTOBER, THE FIRST, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WAS BRIEFED REGARDING THE WORK THAT THE TASK FORCE WAS DOING, LOOKING AT ALL CITY PLANS.
THAT BRIEFING, UH, HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 1ST, AND THEN THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP MEMO ON OCTOBER THE THIRD.
I BELIEVE VICTOR PROVIDED THOSE, THAT THOSE MEMOS
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TO YOU.WHAT IS CHANGING? UM, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.
SO IN THE REGULAR CITY BUDGET, FOUR DEPARTMENTS WERE COMBINED INTO ONE DEPARTMENT.
THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND OUR FAIR HOUSING.
ALL FOUR OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE, ARE, UH, RECEIVE HUD FUNDS.
SO THOSE WERE IMPACTFUL TO THE, OUR BUDGET.
SO THOSE FOUR DEPARTMENTS WERE JOINED INTO ONE.
WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR PLAN TO AFFECT THOSE CHANGES.
THEN WE'RE INCORPORATING THE ADJUSTMENTS, THOSE EXISTING POLICIES, POLICY PROGRAMS AND PLANS THAT THE CITY HAD THAT INFORM OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO THOSE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR PLAN.
AND THEN WE'RE REPROGRAMMING THAT UNSPENT CDBG ONE-TIME, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE HAD, WELL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE-TIME REVENUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET OUR FIVE, OUR 1.5 TESTS.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THE CITY, THE REORGANIZATION.
WE, AS YOU WILL KNOW IN YOUR BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE THE DRIVERS OF OPPOR, OF OF POVERTY, THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY.
WE'RE CHANGING THAT FRAMEWORK TO BE A LITTLE BROADER.
SO IT WILL NOW BE CALLED THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE IN OUR BUDGET.
WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT TALKS ABOUT THE MWBE, THE BUSINESS INCLUSION, UH, POLICY THAT THE CITY HAS THAT IS CHANGING TO WHAT WILL THE ACRONYM OF DRIVE? OUR CURRENT FIVE-YEAR PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO HUD IN AUGUST OF 24.
AND IT COVERS FROM 20 24, 25 THROUGH, THAT SHOULD BE 28 29.
AND THAT DOCUMENT WAS INFORMED BY MANY OF THE CITY'S EXISTING POLICIES AT THAT TIME.
WE HAD THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, THE HOUSING POLICY, AND THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY UNDER THE REVIEW TO ENSURE THAT WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
NOW, THOSE PLANS WERE BEING REVISED AND UPDATED.
SO AS THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE CHANGING, WE'RE CHANGING OUR HUT DOCUMENT.
AND BECAUSE THAT DOCUMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO HUD TO CHANGE IT, HUD CONSIDERS IT A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
THERE ARE SOME SMALLER TWEAKS THAT WE CAN DO TO OUR BUDGET, SOME SMALLER CHANGES, THOSE ARE NON SUBSTANTIAL.
BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THOSE GUIDING DOCUMENTS AND PRINCIPLES FOR THE DOCUMENT, IT IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE THEY, THEY GUIDE OUR BUDGETING, RIGHT? SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
SO THE FINANCIAL, THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT WAS INITIALLY SCHEDULED TO BE, UH, APPROVED ON AUGUST, OCTOBER 8TH, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE THE CITY IS STILL MAKING THOSE CHANGES.
AND COUNCIL HAS NOT APPROVED THOSE EXISTING POLICIES THAT ON, ON YESTERDAY OUR, UH, DOCUMENT, OUR SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT WAS DELAYED UNTIL THE CITY TAKES THOSE, MAKES THOSE CHANGES.
SO WE'RE EXPECTING THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS KEPT OPEN UNTIL DECEMBER 10TH.
BASICALLY, THAT JUST ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK REGARDING THOSE CHANGES AND WHATEVER THOSE FINAL APPROVAL IS FROM THE COUNCIL.
AND ONCE THE COUNCIL APPROVES THOSE, THOSE CHANGES, UH, FINALIZES ALL THOSE AMENDMENTS, WE'LL KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE TALKING WITH SOME OF THE, THE TASK FORCE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND GETTING FEEDBACK REGARDING THOSE CHANGES AND PLANS.
AND THEN THEY WILL PREPARE THE FINAL AMENDMENTS.
ONCE THOSE CHANGES ARE APPROVED, STAFF WILL RUN ANOTHER AD IN THE PAPER TO INFORM, UH, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR ABOUT THE CHANGES TO OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND ON DECEMBER THE 10TH, WE EXPECT FINAL ADOPTION.
SO THAT'S THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT ONE OF YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL UNDERWAY.
THE ACT, THE MOTION ON YESTERDAY JUST EXTENDED OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, WE ARE REQUIRED BY HUD TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN AFTER THAT PUBLIC HEARING FINAL ADOPTION, UH, OCCURS.
SO PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, THROUGH THOSE, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES, WE'LL, YOU'LL HEAR THE COUNCIL PROVIDING FEEDBACK
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AND WEIGHING IN ON THOSE CHANGES TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, THE NEW DRIVE POLICY FOR HOW WE ENGAGE WITH BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY.SO THAT COMPLETES THE PREPARED COMMENTS FOR THAT.
AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTION? YES.
COULD YOU STATE THOSE FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE BEING CONSOLIDATED? PLEASE, PLEASE STATE THAT QUESTION.
THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE, THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, SPECIFICALLY THE FAIR HOUSING DIVISION IS FUNDED THROUGH, UH,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? REAL, REAL QUICKLY? THE, THE, THE TIMELINES THAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ANTICIPATING IT, SOME OF IT BASED ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S MOVEMENT.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT WE SHOULD KNOW? IF WE DON'T, IS THERE SOME DEADLINE OR SOMETHING FOR YOUR SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, NO, WE HAVE MET THE, UH, THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT IS NOT BEING IMPACTED BY THE DELAY.
THANK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER MILLS ONLINE.
UM, WELL THERE, I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE UPDATED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, UM, AT OUR NOVEMBER MEETING SINCE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND, AND MEETING DEADLINE IS NOW MOVED TO DECEMBER.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COMMISSION CAN ASK AT THIS TIME? YES.
AND WE'D LIKE TO KNOW, I PROBABLY, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WILL BE THAT WHAT WE, WHAT YOU NEED FROM US.
WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH A REPROGRAMMING AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE BUDGET CYCLE BECAUSE THERE ARE REASONS WHY MONEY IS NOT SPENT.
AND, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THAT UNSPENT MONEY, YOU KNOW, WILL GO TO, UM, PROJECTS IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARENA.
UM, I REMEMBER MY FIRST TIME AS A COMMISSION GOING COMMISSION GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE AND BEING SADDENED AND APPALLED THAT MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT ON AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SCHOOL OUT OF TIME PROGRAMS, UM, HAD NOT BEEN SPENT, UM, AND WAS REPROGRAMMED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, SINCE THAT TIME, UM, AS A RESULT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISES THAT OUR CITY IS FACING.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A MORE NUANCED UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, WHILE ALL THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEND THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US AND, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING USES AND EXCELLENT USE WHEN YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE LOSE THESE FUNDS.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED, BUT THIS DOES HAPPEN, AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS, HOW MUCH OF THIS, UH, IS BASED ON SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITHIN OUR CITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO ADEQUATELY AND APPROPRIATELY AND FULLY SPEND THIS MONEY? AND HOW MUCH OF THIS IS AS A RESULT OF EXTERNAL FACTORS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF WHICH MIGHT BE A PANDEMIC, SOME OF WHICH MIGHT BE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, SOME OF WHICH MIGHT BE OTHER EXTERNAL THINGS.
I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING A STRATEGIC LOOKING BREAKDOWN OF WHY THESE FUNDS DON'T GET SPENT, BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED IT HAPPEN YEAR
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AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.AND I THINK ALL OF US AS COMMISSION MEMBERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE SOURCE OF WHY THESE FUNDS AREN'T SPENT.
WE CAN, WE'RE THAT'S THE PLAN WHEN, UM, WE WILL BE ASKING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO SET A MEETING, AND THAT WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE WILL SIT DOWN, GO THROUGH THE WORKOUT PLAN, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT EXTENSIONS, REPROGRAMMING, AND WHAT PROJECTS THOSE ARE.
AND THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL WE ARE ABSOLUTELY PLANNING TO MEET WITH THE COMMISSION AND JUST GET INTO THAT, THAT DEEP END OF OUR WORK.
BECAUSE THE, IT COMES DOWN TO THIS, ARE THESE INABILITY TO SPEND THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THIS COMMISSION, OR ARE THEY EXTERNAL AND JUST OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE CAN CONTROL? I THINK THAT IS THE IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT WE WOULD APPRECIATE GUIDANCE ON FOR OUR NOVEMBER MEETING.
WE WILL, WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE, WHAT DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE PERPE OVER AND CONTROL AND AS IT RELATES TO TIMELY EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDS.
BECAUSE IF IT IS SOMETHING WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION, THEN WE NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN APPROPRIATELY TAKE NEXT STEPS.
AND WE CAN START THAT DEEP DIVE, UM, AS SOON AS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WANTS TO START.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY NOVEMBER MEETING, BUT IF THEY, WE CAN AT LEAST START THE PROCESS AND START THIS CONVERSATION, UM, THIS MONTH.
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO MY CHAIR REPORT, WHICH JUST TO CLARIFY, SO I'M, I'M GONNA PROPOSE WE DO HAVE THE FINANCIAL MONITORING AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND, UM, KIND OF WHAT CHANCE'S REFERRING TO IS I THINK WE SHOULD RENAME IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD ALIGN WITH CITY COUNCIL'S, UM, COMMITTEE STRUCTURE SO THAT IT FITS BETTER.
SO, UM, DO I NEED TO DO A FORMAL MOTION? DO THAT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA RENAME IT NEXT MONTH, SO I'M JUST GONNA PROPOSE THAT, GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT.
AND NEXT MONTH WE WILL, UM, TAKE THAT UP TO, UM, JUST ALIGN IN NAME TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CITY COUNCIL.
SO MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND RENAME IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND KEEP IT ASSISTANT.
SO PLEASE BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND WE'LL RAISE IT NEXT TIME.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES, UM, AND WELCOME SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE HERE VISITING TODAY AND WILL JOIN US OFFICIALLY.
VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS ON BOARD.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER BACH FROM DISTRICT 11.
AND, UM, UM, IF YOU WILL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU.
WE'RE REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
UH, MY NAME IS MATT BACH AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER BACH, GO AHEAD AND, YEP, THERE WE GO.
CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? SORRY.
UH, NO, UH, MATT BACH AND VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS COMMISSION.
I'M REPRESENTING, UH, DISTRICT 11, WHICH OF COURSE IS BILL ROTH.
UM, AND YEAH, I, I'VE ACTUALLY, MANY YEARS AGO WAS ACTUALLY OUR ORGANIZATION WAS A RECIPIENT OF SOME BLOCK GRANTS AND SO IT'S, IT'S A NICE CHANCE FOR ME TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.
AND WE ALSO ARE VERY, I'M GLAD TO SEE ANOTHER NEW COMMISSIONER FROM, UM, DISTRICT SIX.
MADAM CHAIR OMERO GONZALEZ, DISTRICT SIX, BORN AND RAISED IN DALLAS.
I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN LEDBETTER ABOUT SIXTH GRADE, SO FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT DISTRICT SIX IS WHERE I GREW UP.
AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF COUNCIL PERSON.
LAINA LED ME ON GREAT ADDITIONS AND WELCOME ALL.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO THANK COMMISSIONER JENSEN, WHO WAS PRIOR IN DISTRICT 11.
WE DIDN'T, UM, GET A, A TIME TO JUST THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.
HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT HE CONTRIBUTED AND WE WELCOME YOU ALL ON, ON BOARD.
SPEAKING OF ONBOARDING
AND COMMISSIONER GLOBEN HAS AGREED TO CHAIR THE COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER HOWARD HAD SET IT UP AND IS NO LONGER HERE.
SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND EXCITED THAT COMMISSIONER GLOBIN IS GONNA CHAIR THAT.
AND COMMISSIONERS, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HELP SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO TRY AND FIND
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A MEETING TIME AND REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT ONBOARDING AND, AND HELP ALL OF YOU AS YOU'RE COMING IN.I KNOW IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
I CERTAINLY KNOW I FELT OVERWHELMED WHEN I FIRST STARTED, BUT TO, TO REALLY HAVE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND WHOEVER CAN HELP, BUT WE REALLY WANNA TRY AND REFINE THAT SO THAT WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOWLEDGE COMING IN, BUT ALWAYS OPEN TO ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE.
AND WITH THAT, IF WE COULD ALSO MAKE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER GLOBIN SPELLS HIS NAME, HIS FIRST NAME PHILIP, WITH TWO LS.
SO IF WE CAN JUST ADD THAT TO ALL THE MATERIALS AS WELL.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.
UM, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA GET BUSIER AND SO THIS IS JUST A GOOD TIME TO KIND OF REVAMP.
I WILL TELL YOU COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE NOT HERE, THEY HAVE UPPED THE GAME ON DINNER AGAIN AND WE HAVE A DELICIOUS DINNER, SO FEEL FREE TO COME BACK TO CITY HALL.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE AND IT'S MORE ENGAGING AND, AND, AND UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU CAN'T.
BUT IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOU WHEN YOU CAN BE HERE.
UM, COMMISSIONER BARIENTOS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD IN YOUR VICE CHAIR'S REPORT? I JUST WANTED TO SAY WELCOME.
I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE WITH YOU GUYS.
I'M ACTUALLY WAITING TO BOARD, SO MY APOLOGIES IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE.
I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE LOUD OVER HERE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IT'S ONBOARDING SEASON, SO A FEW OF US ARE IN HOLDOVER STATUS, SO IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY CHECK THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE
AND THEN ALSO IT'S, UH, FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE TIME AS WELL.
SO DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND, UH, THEY'LL PAY BIG TEXT TO VISIT IF YOU HAVEN'T.
THOSE REMINDERS COME VERY QUICKLY.
I FEEL
VICTOR, HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS JOINED US AT THIS POINT IN OUR MEETING? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, BUT WE DID MISS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
CHAIR MILLS REPORT ON CITIZEN PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE ARE STRUGGLING TO HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU GO A LITTLE CLOSER? CAN YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THAT'S BETTER.
WE DID MISS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
CHAIR MILLS, UH, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE MEETING.
CHAIR MILLS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A REPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION POLICY AND PROCEDURE COMMITTEE? YES, I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I DID NOT MEAN TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
THEN, UH, I WILL MAKE THIS A VERY SHORT REPORT.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR NOTING.
I, UH, WAS JUST GOING TO BRING THAT UP AFTER ALL OF THE OTHER REPORTS, BUT, UM, LET'S BEGIN.
UH, WE HAD OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION POLICY AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE MEETING AT CITY HALL.
UM, AND IT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, UM, AT SIX 30 IN THE EVENING.
AND THE PURPOSE OF OUR MEETING WAS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO, SHAYNA TONY, UH, PRESENTED AN UPDATE ON THE MEETING OUTCOMES FOR, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD, UH, THIS, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, WE DISCUSSED OUR UPCOMING 20 25, 20 26 NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETING COMMUNICATION PLAN, UH, WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THIS COMING, UH, SERIES OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
WE, UH, REVIEWED THE INITIAL DRAFT OF OUR, UM, FLYERS THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS.
AND, UM, WE WILL BE, UM, FINISHING UP THIS REVIEW, UM, SOON.
THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, UH, WILL BE SIMILAR IN FORMAT AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
WE WILL HAVE ONE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETING THAT, UH, WILL OCCUR.
UH, IN CONJUNCTION OR AFTER OUR JANUARY, 2026 MEETING.
WE WILL HAVE ONE DAYTIME MEETING THAT WILL FOCUS ON SENIORS.
WE WILL HAVE ONE, UH, OTHER IN-PERSON NEIGHBORHOOD
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MEETING THAT WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT AND WE WILL HAVE OUR WELL RECEIVED TOWN HALL, UM, MISSION MEMBERS MAY HAVE RECEIVED EARLIER TODAY, A, UH, UH, COUPLE OF ATTACHMENTS THAT DISCUSSED METRICS FROM THIS PAST YEAR'S TOWN HALL.I AM JUST GONNA, AT THIS POINT, COMMEND COMMISSIONERS TO REVIEW THIS IN BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND, UM, THE NEXT MEETING.
AND I ASK THAT, UH, THIS BE A, UM, POINT FOR ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION AT OUR, UH, NOVEMBER MEETING.
SO, UM, WILL THERE BE A PRESENTATION SHAYNA AT THIS POINT? UH, YES.
COMMISSIONER, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VICTOR, CAN YOU PULL UP THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
UM, AS STATED, MY NAME IS SHANA TONY, I AM A PROGRAM AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER IN BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES GRANT ADMINISTRATION DIVISION.
UM, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE FFY 20 25 26 OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT OUTCOME SUMMARY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT, UH, OCCURRED THIS PAST JANUARY.
SO TO BEGIN, WE'RE GONNA FIRST REVIEW OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
WE'LL THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR, UM, ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY THAT WAS UTILIZED.
WE'LL TOUCH ON OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.
WE'LL THEN DISCUSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETING EVENTS.
WE'LL REVIEW THE SURVEY DISTRIBUTION METHODS THAT WE UTILIZE, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED NPM SCHEDULE.
WE'LL THEN GO OVER THE ATTENDANCE REPORTS, FOLLOWED BY THE SURVEY AND COMMENT RESULTS.
AND THEN WE WILL ROUND OUT WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO FOR OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE DID, UH, BE UP CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEVELOPED GOALS AND THAT WE CREATED OBJECTIVES THAT ALIGNED WITH EACH OF THOSE GOALS.
SO WHILE I WON'T TOUCH ON ALL OF THEM, UM, I WILL JUST GO OVER AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE OBJECTIVES FOR EACH OF OUR GOALS.
FOR GOAL NUMBER ONE, UM, WE WANTED TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DECISION MAKING.
AND SO TO DO THAT, THE MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, NONPROFITS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD, UH, DIVERSE REPRESENTATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
GOAL NUMBER, GOAL NUMBER TWO WAS TO BUILD TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY.
AND SO TO DO THAT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REGULARLY UPDATED CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON OUR PROJECTS, UH, PROJECT PROGRESS THROUGH ACCESSIBLE PLATFORMS AND ENSURING ONGOING COMMUNICATION FOR GOAL NUMBER THREE, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE MADE SURE TO ORGANIZE OUR MEETINGS, UM, REMEMBERING TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE DIVERSE SCHEDULES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WORK.
SO WE WANNA HAVE THOSE MEETINGS IN THE EVENINGS.
AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE TYPICALLY MORE ACTIVE DURING THE DAY, WE HAVE DAYTIME MEETINGS.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE JUST REALLY BUSY, WE CREATED THOSE VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, GOAL NUMBER FOUR, GATHERING MEANINGFUL AND ACTIONABLE PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
AND SO THE OBJECTIVE THAT RELATES TO THAT IS UTILIZING INNOVATIVE TOOLS LIKE OUR SURVEYS, COMMUNITY FORUMS, AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS TO COLLECT A BROAD RANGE OF INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
SO, OUR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE GAVE OUR RESIDENTS, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
OUTREACH EFFORTS, ACCESSIBILITY AND DIVERSITY.
UM, WE PROVIDED READING MATERIALS AND RESOURCES, LANGUAGE MAPS.
WE, UM, HAD TARGETED DISTRIBUTION, SO WE STRATEGICALLY WENT INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND DISTRIBUTED THOSE TO ELIGIBLE TARGET AREAS AND RESIDENCE.
WE HAD, UM, OUR RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN BOTH PRINT AND ONLINE MATERIAL.
AND SO WE COLLABORATE WITH, UH, VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, LIBRARY SERVICES, COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WITH EVERYONE.
ONE PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT, WELCOMING COMMUNITIES, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE OF HOME SOLUTIONS, OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND FOR HOUSING TO FACILITATE FLYER DISTRIBUTION AND EXTEND INVITATIONS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO AGAIN, YOU HEAR YOU'RE HEARING THE NAMES OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SINCE MERGED, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, UM, WE HAD NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS AND SO WE PUBLISHED OUR NOTICES AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS,
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UH, VIA THE DALLAS EXAMINER, BE IT DALLAS, THE DALLAS, UH, CHINESE TIMES, KOREATOWN NEWS, AND DALLAS VOICE.SO SOCIAL MEDIA WAS, UM, AN AMAZING TOOL THAT WE UTILIZED TO HELP US, UH, GET THAT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
UM, OUR POSTINGS ENCOURAGED AND SOLICITED THE SUBMISSION OF RESIDENT COMMENTS AT ALL OF OUR VIRTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGH THE USE OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, FACEBOOK, UM, X, FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, AND LINKEDIN.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED HERE, UH, WE REACHED OVER 2000 FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS.
UM, WE HAD OVER 1800 CONTENT ENGAGEMENT POSTS ON OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, 347 CONTENT ENGAGEMENTS ON OUR TWITTER ACCOUNT.
WE HAD 397 VIEWS BETWEEN TWO OF OUR VIDEOS THAT WERE PUBLISHED.
SO WE HAD OUR CONSOLIDATED PLANNING VIDEO IN ADDITION TO A PODCAST VIDEO, AND WE RECEIVED 48 LIKES ON OUR LINKEDIN ACCOUNT.
SO FOR OUR BMS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 213 VIEWS.
WE RECEIVED 287 VIEWS ON OUR, UM, YOUTUBE CONSOLIDATED PLAN VIDEO 110 VIEWS ON THE PODCAST, MOVING ALONG TO OUR ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES FOR THOSE HIGH IMPACT, UM, ZIP CODES.
AND SO THE GOAL OF THIS WAS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY AT LEAST 10% IN THOSE HIGH IMPACT ZIP CODE AREAS AND ENHANCE OUR RESIDENT SURVEY PARTICIPATION BY 10% IN THOSE SAME AREAS.
SO THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS VISITED IN EACH OF THOSE ZIP CODES WHERE CITY STAFF DISTRIBUTED OUR PUBLIC MEETING FLYERS, ALONG WITH THE NUMBER OF SURVEY PARTICIPANTS PER ZIP CODE.
UM, NOTABLY 75% OF ALL OF OUR SURVEY PARTICIPANTS CAME FROM THE IDENTIFIED HIGH IMPACT ZIP CODES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 21 LISTED HERE.
UM, AND THEY INCLUDED THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE, UM, SOUTH OAK CLIFF, ALL THE WAY TO OUR VICTORY MEADOWS AREA.
SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE VISITED LOCATIONS IN ALL, UH, QUADRANT QUADRANTS OF THE CITY.
HERE THESE, UM, THIS, THESE, UH, MAPS JUST DEPICT THE LOCATIONS THAT, UH, WE, THAT WE COMPLETED OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN.
SO WE UTILIZED BUSINESSES, LIBRARIES, PARKS, INTEGRATION FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO THOSE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS LISTED.
SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE PARTICULAR ZIP CODES, BUT I'LL JUST TOUCH ON A COUPLE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WE VISITED THE 7 5 2 0 3.
NEXT SLIDE, 7 5 2 1 5, WHICH IS OUR SOUTH, UH, DALLAS AREA, 7 5 2 2 7, OUR PLEASANT GROVE AREA.
UM, 7, 5 2, 3, 2, OUR OAK CLIFF AREA, AND THEN EVEN SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT ARE GOING, UM, MUCH MORE NORTH.
SO FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULE, UM, WE HAD SIX NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS HELD.
THE FIRST WAS HELD, UM, IN PERSON ON JANUARY 13TH AT WILLIE B. JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER.
THE NEXT WAS A HYBRID MEETING THAT OCCURRED IN THE EVENING OF JANUARY 13TH.
OUR VIRTUAL MEETING OCCURRED ON JANUARY 14TH.
UM, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL MEETING OCCURRED ON JANUARY 16TH.
AND THEN WE HAD AN EVENING, UM, IN-PERSON MEETING THAT OCCURRED AT JC ZERO OSA RECREATION CENTER.
AND THEN WE ROUNDED OUT WITH OUR TELEPHONE TOWN HALL, WHICH WAS VIRTUAL ON JANUARY 23RD FOR OUR SURVEYS.
UM, AND INPUT SOLICITATION SURVEY WAS DEVELOPED, UH, BOTH ONLINE AND IN PAPER FORMAT TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD.
SO THAT TIME SPAN FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2025 TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025, OUR ATTENDANCE SUPPORT.
AND SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, VIEW THE CHART LISTED SHOWING A COMPARISON OF OUR ATTENDEES FROM THE FY 20 24 25 FISCAL YEAR TO THE FFY 20 25, 20, UH, 26.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A VERY LARGE INCREASE.
UH, WE RECEIVED 5,207 INDIVIDUALS IN TOTAL, UM, ATTENDANCE FOR THE PAST, UH, PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS.
FOR OUR, UM, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, OUR CONTINUED CARE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS OUR HOPPER MEETINGS, YOU'LL SEE THAT FOR FY UH, 20 24, 25, WE HAD 60 ATTENDEES AT OUR COC MEETING.
AND FOR THE MOST RECENT MEETINGS, WE HAD 71 INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE FOR OUR HOPWA MEETING.
WE HAD, UM, 62 ATTENDEES IN THE 20 24, 25 FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND 54 INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE FOR OUR, UM, MOST RECENT MEETING.
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THANK YOU.SO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR, UM, COMBINED SURVEY TOTALS, WE RECEIVED 381 COMMENTS, UM, IN ADDITION TO 821 SURVEYS.
SO OVERALL, WE RECEIVED 1,202, UM, REMARKS ON OUR, ON OUR SURVEY.
SO AGAIN, BECAUSE WE LIKE TO COMPARE, UM, HOW MUCH WE'VE PROGRESSED, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN FY 20 24 25, OUR COMBINED RESULTS ONLY SHOWED 596.
SO WE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN FY 20 25, 26, GETTING OVER 1,202, UM, COMBINED SURVEY TOTALS.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE NEWER COMMISSIONERS, I'D JUST LIKE TO TOUCH ON THE TYPES OF SURVEY QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WE LISTED JUST SO YOU CAN BE FAMILIAR AND HELP YOU, UH, BETTER ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATIONS TO COME AS IT RELATES TO OUR SERVICE.
SO FOR QUESTION NUMBER ONE, THE CITY ALLOCATES GRANT FUNDS TO ADDRESS HUMAN AND SOCIAL SERVICE NEEDS, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, AFTERSCHOOL CARE, AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR ADULTS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THAT 35% OF PARTICIPANTS BELIEVE THAT AFTERSCHOOL AND OUT SCHOOL PROGRAMS, UM, WAS ESSENTIALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT NEED.
NEXT SLIDE, AND AGAIN, WE JUST HAVE A COMPARISON.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN FFY 20 24, 25, WE HAD, UM, A COMBINED TOTAL OF 402 INDIVIDUALS RESPONDING TO THIS QUESTION VERSUS 793 IN THE MOST RECENT, UH, MEETING, STILL SHOWING THAT, UM, INDIVIDUALS FELT THAT THE AFTERSCHOOL OUTTA SCHOOL PROGRAM WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT NEED.
WHICH HOUSING PROGRAMS DO YOU BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD SUPPORT THE MOST TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY AND SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HIGH QUALITY HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS OF DALLAS? SO AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART TO THE RIGHT, 63% OF PARTICIPANTS BELIEVE ALL OF THE, UM, LISTED AREAS WERE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LARGE INCREASE BECAUSE WE HAD A LARGER NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR.
QUESTION NUMBER THREE, THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE ALLOCATING GRANT FUNDS FOR PROJECTS AIMED AT ENHANCING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN ELIGIBLE AREAS, SPECIFICALLY RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY CONCENTRATED AREAS OF POVERTY OR RECAPS.
THESE PROJECTS MAY INCLUDE REPAIRING SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, ENHANCING ACCESSIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AND PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF NONPROFIT FACILITIES.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU, IF YOU REVIEW THE PIE CHART OVER 67%, UM, OF INDIVIDUALS STRONG LI AGREE TO THAT STATEMENT.
AND SO I GATHER AT THIS POINT, YOU GUYS GET THE POINT THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP, UM, SHOWING THAT COMPARISON.
SO I'LL LET YOU PROGRESS TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, VICTOR, FOR QUESTION NUMBER FOUR, WHICH SERVICES SHOULD THE CITY CONCENTRATE ON TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS AND CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITHOUT SHELTER IN DALLAS? UM, THE RESPONSE THAT RECEIVED OVERWHELM, OVERWHELMING SUPPORT WAS ALL OF THE ABOVE.
NEXT SLIDE FOR QUESTION NUMBER FIVE.
DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING? THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE FUNDING THE FOLLOWING SERVICES THAT HELP THEM PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE HOUSING STABILITY, HEALTH OUTCO OUTCOMES, AND OVERALL WELLBEING OF THOSE AFFECTED BY HIV OR AIDS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, HOUSING PLACEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, FACILITY BASED HOUSING, UM, AND HOUSING INFORMATION AND RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION.
OVER 50% OF PARTICIPANTS BELIEVED THAT, UM, OR STRONGLY AGREE WITH THESE STATEMENTS.
SO QUESTION NUMBER SIX, HOW DO YOU LEARN, HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETING? AND SO TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE UTILIZING OUTLETS THAT INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY WOULD BE USING OR HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, WE LISTED A NUMBER OF SOURCES RENDERING FROM NEWSPAPERS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, DOWN TO VISITING YOUR LOCAL RECREATION CENTER.
AND SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED OR THE FY 25, 26 FISCAL YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT, A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SAID THAT THEY, UM, HEARD ABOUT OUR MEETINGS VIA EMAIL.
SO FOR OUR COMMENTS, UH, SUMMARY.
AND SO A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT, UM, SPECIFICALLY DID RELATE TO THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING, BUT OF COURSE WE HAD THOSE OUTLIER QUESTIONS.
BUT, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART PROVIDED, WE HAD 13 QUESTIONS RELATED TO AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, 104 RELATED TO THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, 25 FOR OUR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR ADULTS, 24, UM, FOR HOME REPAIR, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND SO HERE IS WHERE I WILL TOUCH ON THE, UM, SECOND OBJECTIVE THAT RELATES TO EACH OF OUR GOALS.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE OUR CHECK MARKS.
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WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE DID ACCOMPLISH EACH OF OUR GOALS.SO FOR GOAL NUMBER ONE, UM, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN DECISION MAKING, UM, CREATING THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC OUTREACH STRATEGIES TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN UNDERREPRESENTED AREAS.
SO OUR TEAM, UM, PUT OUR FEET TO THE PAVEMENT AND WE VISITED THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS, WHETHER IT WAS A RECREATION CENTER OR A GROCERY STORE.
SO FOR GOAL NUMBER TWO, BUILDING TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY, WE MADE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED CLEAR AND DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
FOR GOAL NUMBER THREE, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE OFFERED, UM, TRANSLATION SERVICES AT, AT EACH OF OUR MEETINGS.
SO AT THE BEGINNING, UM, WE ASKED IF ANYONE NEEDED THOSE TRANSLATION SERVICES AND WE WOULD CONNECT THEM WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT COULD ASSIST THEM WITH THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD A DA COMPLIANT MATERIALS TO MAKE MEETINGS INCLUSIVE FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, FINALLY TO GOAL NUMBER FOUR, UM, GATHERING MEANINGFUL AND ACTIONABLE PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
UM, WE DID SO BY INCORPORATING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS AND REPORTING BACK ON HOW, UM, THAT PARTICULAR INPUT WAS USED TO SHAPE OUR FINAL DECISIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND RUN THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
IF I MAY, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, SHANNON.
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND THAT JUST MAKES ME SO EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND THE GREAT WORK.
JUST VERY EXCITED AND JUST GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AND GREAT WORK.
MADAM CHAIR, WHAT WAS THE INCREASE? IF YOU SAID THIS AND I MISSED IT, WHY WAS THERE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FROM ONE FISCAL YEAR VERSUS THE OTHER THAT WAS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF NUMBERS? GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO FOR THE FY 25, 26 NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE WERE FULLY STAFFED.
UM, IN THE PRIOR YEAR, WE ESSENTIALLY HAD SOMETHING LIKE A SKELETON PERSO, UM, AND ONLY ABOUT TWO INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR THE OFFICE PRIOR FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR, JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE MOVING PIECES WITHIN OUR OFFICE VERSUS THE MOST RECENT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS, OUR ENTIRE STAFF WAS OUT AND ABOUT AND ABLE TO HIT ALL OF THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS LISTED.
I WOULD ALSO ADD, UM, CHAIR MILLS WAS A GREAT, UM, GREAT THINKER AND CHALLENGE THE PROCESS AND HAD US MOVE FORWARD IN SOME NEW, UM, INITIATIVES.
SO I THINK IT WAS A GOOD COMBINATION AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS YEAR.
AND, AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, FELLOW COMMISSIONER FOR THAT QUESTION.
I'M SORRY I CAN ONLY SEE YOU AS A SMALL DOT ON A SCREEN
AND OUR EXTREME, OUR VERY IMPORTANT INCREASE IN OUTREACH IS IN LARGE PART DUE TO SHAYNA, TONY AND THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO WENT OUT AND MET THE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT, AT BUSINESSES, AT ASSOCIATIONS, AT, AT UH, PLACES OF WORSHIP AT ORGANIZATIONS AND SPREAD THE NEWS ABOUT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT OUTREACH WAS IN THESE TARGETED, UH, ZIP CODES AND, UH, THAT, UM, FACE-TO-FACE, VERY PERSONAL OUTREACH, REALLY PAID DIVIDENDS IN THIS LAST CYCLE.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT.
AND AGAIN, UM, SHAYNA AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THAT.
UH, JUST SINCERE THANKS FROM ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, JUST ME AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS COMMISSION QUESTION.
UM, I CONCUR WITH, UH, CHAIRPERSON RUBIN'S VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER.
UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON YOUR TEAM? YOU SAY YOU WERE FULLY STAFFED.
CAN I HAVE A LOWER STAFF MEMBER STAND?
UM, WE HAVE, UM,
AND IN THE PRIOR YEAR THERE WAS FOUR OF US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHAIR MILLS? WELL, THANK YOU.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU STAFF AND UM, THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR MEETING.
DO WE NEED TO FOR JUST, JUST BEEN, OKAY.
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VERY GOOD.AND VICTOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING US ON TASK.
SO AT THIS POINT I'LL, I'LL CONFIRM THAT THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HAVE JOINED US.
NO, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS ONLINE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WOULD ANY OF EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? HAVE YOU PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE REPRESENTING? UM, MY NAME IS VERONICA ARRADONDO AND I REPRESENT MYSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND AS RESIDENT OF DALLAS.
I'M JUST HERE TO, UM, ALSO REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY.
I, UM, AM VERY INVOLVED AND SO JUST LEARNING ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHAT ALL IS GOING ON HERE IS VERY HELPFUL.
AND ALSO BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, MY COMMUNITY, I DO WORK, UM, WITHIN MY NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO BRIDGE THAT GAP BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR INFORMATION AND THEN THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS THEIR INFORMATION.
SO WITH OUR OWN SELF-GOVERNANCE AND CITY GOVERNANCE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE A PART, UM, OF, UH, LISTENING IN.
UM, AND SO I REALLY VALUE EVERYBODY'S TIME TODAY AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED TODAY, I WILL TAKE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY AND SEE HOW WE CONTINUE THE GROWTH.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UM, THAT IS WHAT I DO, UM, MYSELF.
AND SO, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US AND PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
UM, WE HAVE AN ELECTION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, UH, COMING UP.
AND OUR FIRST STATE OF VOTE IS OCTOBER 20TH, WHICH ENDS ON HALLOWEEN ON THE 31ST, AND ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 4TH.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? WOULD I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN, PLEASE.
I OFFICIALLY ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT 7:13 PM AND JUST THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME, YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR ENERGY.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING.