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[Community Development Commission on January 8, 2026.]
EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MONTHLY MEETING ON JANUARY 8TH AT 6:00 PM VICTOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LEAD US IN OUR LOCAL CALL CHAIR RUBIN.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS WITH US THIS EVENING? WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS ONLINE.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 4TH MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY EDITS TO BE NOTED? SEEING NONE.
I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 4TH.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING, PLEASE.
IF YOU CAN NOW, LET'S PLEASE MOVE TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REPORTS FROM THE BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
I'M SHARON WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN GRANT BUDGET AND THE BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, THE GRANTS DIVISION.
AND LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR MY THROAT.
I FEEL FINE AND IT'S THE STRANGEST THING, BUT MY VOICE IS JUST GONE.
BUT JUST IN THE WAY OF SOME BRIEF, UH, UPDATES FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, AN OVERVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT.
AS YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY FEBRUARY 1ST, UH, FOR THIS COMMISSION, MUCH OF YOUR REPORT IS INFORMED BY OUR CAPER THAT'S SUBMITTED TO HUD, UM, BY DECEMBER 30TH.
STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT REPORT.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, WE EXPECT TO SEND THAT REPORT TO YOU ON JANUARY THE 25TH.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE IT JUST EMAILED TO YOU.
VICTOR WILL SEND IT TO YOU TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, ASK ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN AT YOUR FEBRUARY 5TH MEETING, WE WILL ASK THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE YOUR REPORT AND WE WILL SUBMIT THAT REPORT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE ON YOUR BEHALF, UM, IN THE WAY OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TIMELY EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.
UM, TONIGHT'S MEETING, THE COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
WE DID HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS FOUR COMMITTEE FOR COMMISSION TONIGHT FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE WILL BE BRIEFING THE CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 26TH WITH PRELIMINARY ADOPTION TO APPROVE THAT DOCUMENT ON JANUARY THE 28TH.
AND JUST A REMINDER THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS ALSO, UH, MEETING MONTHLY TO RECEIVE UPDATES ON OUR CBG UH, SPEND PLAN FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND THAT MEETING IS JANUARY 20TH.
AND OF COURSE, ALL COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
WE DO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE WORK AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND IN THE WAY OF OUR FY 26 27 HUD BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
WE DO HAVE SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE NEW.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, WORK TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND I HAVE A LITTLE GO OVER MY, I HAVE A HANDOUT.
IN JUST A SCHEDULE OF THESE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES.
WE'LL GET A COPY OF THIS TO YOU.
UH, BUT JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT TONIGHT THIS COMMITTEE WILL VOTE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE EXTENSION REPROGRAMMING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
STARTING TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING AND THOSE MEETINGS WE'LL GO THROUGH JANUARY 22ND.
UM, ON THE JANUARY THE 20TH, THE CDC COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE BEGAN TO
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GO OVER OUR CDBG SPEND PLAN AGAIN ON THE 25TH.I JUST SHARED WITH YOU THAT YOU'LL BE EXPECTING A COPY OF YOUR ANNUAL REPORT FOR YOUR REVIEW BEFORE YOUR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5TH, THE 26TH.
UH, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE EXTENSIONS OF REPROGRAMMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE, PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF OUR EXTENSION REQUEST, AND THEN PRELIMINARY ADOPTION OF THE PROGRAMMING BUDGET AND CALLING THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 28TH IN FEBRUARY.
UM, FOLLOWING THE INPUT MEETINGS, MEETINGS WITH OUR STAKE WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, ET CETERA, THE CITY MANAGER WILL WORK WITH STAFF AND WE WILL DEVELOP THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR HUD BUDGET AT YOUR MEETING NEXT MONTH, FEBRUARY 5TH, WE WILL HAVE, UM, YOU WILL VOTE ON THAT ANNUAL REPORT.
WE WILL SUBMIT THAT REPORT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR THE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION.
THE CDC FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE SET IN A MEETING IN FEBRUARY, AGAIN FOR OUR CDBG SPEND PLAN IN MARCH.
AT YOUR MARCH MEETING ON MARCH 5TH, WE WILL PRESENT THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED, UH, HUD CONSOLIDATED PLAN BUDGET DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH.
THE COMMITTEES WILL SET MEETINGS AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET BY COMMITTEE.
STAFF WILL BE AT THOSE MEETINGS AND WE COULD DO SOME MORE GETTING DOWN IN THE WEEDS TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THAT FY 26 27 BUDGET.
UM, MARCH THE 25TH, WE TALK ABOUT, I SHARED WITH YOU THAT ON JANUARY 28TH, WE WILL HOLD, UM, WE'LL HAVE PRELIMINARY ADOPTION OF OUR REPROGRAMMING BUDGET.
FINAL ADOPTION OF THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 25TH.
NORMALLY, IT WOULD NOT BE THAT LONG.
REGULATION REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD.
AND BECAUSE FEBRUARY ONLY HAS 28 DAYS, WE CAN'T MEET THE 30 DAY, UH, REQUIRED, UH, COMMENT PERIOD.
AND THEN IN MARCH, OF COURSE WE HAVE SPRING BREAK AND RECESS.
SO FINAL ADOPTION FOR OUR 28TH JANUARY 28TH ITEM WILL BE MARCH THE 25TH.
AND THEN ON JANUARY 2ND, FOLLOWING YOUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH ON APRIL 2ND, THIS COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE WILL GET REPORT OUT FROM EACH OF THE COMMITTEES AND THE COMMISSION WILL VOTE ON ITS RECOMMENDATION ON THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.
AND THE LAST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS TODAY, UH, VICTOR, WE HAD, UH, VICTOR SENT OUT A REVISED EXTENSIONS REPROGRAMMING IN DECEMBER WHEN WE SUBMITTED, UH, PRESENTED THIS SPREADSHEET TO YOU OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE EITHER NEEDED EXTENSIONS OR REPROGRAMMING.
UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS BEFORE OUR FINAL CLOSE AND SUBMISSION, UH, OF OUR CAPER TO HUD.
AND THE CAPER INCLUDES ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE YEAR AND A FULL RECONCILIATION.
SO FOLLOWING THAT RECONCILIATION IN LATE DECEMBER, SOME OF THE NUMBERS SHIFTED FROM THE REPORT THAT WAS INITIALLY PROVIDED TO YOU.
UM, BASICALLY WE, UH, THE REPROGRAMMING AMOUNT WENT DOWN.
WE INITIALLY HAD UNSPENT FUNDS TO BE REPROGRAMMED FOR OTHER PURPOSES AS 2.9.
THIS REPORT, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS NOW 2.5, BUT THIS IS THE FINAL NUMBER.
THIS IS THE MONEY AMOUNT THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD TO COUNCIL.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WE'VE GIVEN THE CHAIR THE REVISED REPORT SO THAT THE AMOUNT WILL BE CORRECT IN THE RECORD.
AND WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY PREPARED RESPONSE COMMENTS.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND I DO HOPE YOU STILL FEEL GOOD AND SEE HEALTHY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ONLINE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANN.
I'LL MOVE TO MY CHAIR REPORT THEN.
AND REALLY JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WILL BEGIN TONIGHT.
IT REALLY IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE NEEDS AND THE HOW TO MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLARS FROM, FROM THESE GRANTS.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, IT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US TO PASS THE WORD ONTO RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY.
BUT REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS STAFF HAS MADE TO MAKE THESE ACCESSIBLE ONLINE, IN-PERSON HYBRID SURVEY,
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EMAIL, PHONE CALL, WEBSITE.I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS AND IT'S REALLY OUR JOB TO KEEP SPREADING THE WORD AND GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND SHARE THEIR VIEWS.
THERE ARE TWO IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND I DO THINK IT CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS TO BE SEEN AT THESE MEETINGS.
I, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT AS MUCH AS I'M ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO GO TO BE THERE MONDAY, I ACTUALLY HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT IN HOUSTON WITH MY MOM.
SO I WON'T BE AT THAT ONE, BUT I WILL BE AT THURSDAY.
BUT IF IT DOES WORK FOR YOUR SCHEDULE AND YOU CAN SHOW UP, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS.
AND I DO THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
SO AS MUCH AS YOU ALL CAN ATTEND THE MEETINGS ONLINE OR IN PERSON, I REALLY DO ENCOURAGE IT AND ENCOURAGE, UM, OTHER RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO, TO ATTEND AND TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
UH, VICE CHAIR, BARTOS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR VICE CHAIRS BOARD? I DON'T.
OTHER THAN JUST HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I WAS REALLY HOPING I'D BE ABLE TO SEE YOU GUYS TODAY IN PERSON AND I UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, BUT YES, JUST I, I DOUBLED DOWN ON THAT SENTIMENT OF REALLY TRYING TO GET THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AND REALLY SEEING AND USING THIS, THIS NEW YEAR TO KIND OF, UH, SEE WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK, AND PUT OUR EARS OUT THERE AND FEELERS TO WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE IMPROVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
CHAIR DAVIS, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US A REPORT ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? UH, YES.
I WANNA SAY, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO, TO EVERYONE ON, UH, TUESDAY DECEMBER THE NINTH, 2025, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET AND WE UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT EXTENSION REQUEST, UH, AS WELL AS THE RE UH, PROGRAMMING OF OF FUNDS.
UM, WE DO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT, AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE, WE COULD, UH, I'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THAT.
UM, YOU HAVING YOUR NOTES? UM, THE ACTION ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION.
UH, BASED ON THE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, JUST OUTLINED BY, UH, MS. WILLIAMS, I RECOMMEND THAT THE COMMISSION TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, UH, TO APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND, UM, UH, FUNDING YEAR 20 25, 26 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TOTALING SIX, UH, 6.7 UH, MILLION, UM, FOR THEIR CURRENT APPROVED, CURRENTLY APPROVED BUDGET USES.
AND ALSO TO APPROVE THE REPROGRAMMING OF, UH, 2.5 MILLION IN TOTAL, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, UH, UH, TO, TO OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE PREFERABLY SHOVEL READY, RIGHT? UH, ONE TIME PROJECTS, UH, TO ENSURE, UH, THE CITY'S CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND LOCAL TIMELINESS REQUIREMENTS.
UH, ALSO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL, UH, PROPOSAL FOR REPROGRAMMING OF 450,000 IN COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, BLOCK GRANT CARES ACT.
UH, SO WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, TO, UH, TO APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S, UH, BEEN A MOVE.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, ANY QUESTION? SEE, THERE IS NO QUESTION.
ANY PROPOSALS? RECOMMENDATION PASSES.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO DO A REPORT FROM, UM, CHAIR BLACK.
CAN YOU GIVE US A REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSING AND HOME PROGRAMS COMMITTEE? PLEASE.
HOPE Y'ALL HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.
UH, AND I'M OFF TO A BLAZING START.
I HAD MY FIRST EAGLE LAST WEEK, SO
UH, MEETING WAS CALLED THE ORDER AT 5 34, UH, PM GOT AN UPDATE ON THE HIP PROGRAM, UH, THAT WAS DELIVERED BY JASMINE BAISLEY, GENERAL
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MANAGER AND OUR NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, MR. JAMES ARMSTRONG.UH, THE COMMITTEE DID HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UM, AND THERE WERE SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT THEY DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AFTER WE MET ON THE 18TH, UH, RELAYED TO US BY VICTOR AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO THEY DID DELIVER IT TIMELY.
I'M SURE THAT WILL HAVE MORE FOLLOW UPS THERE.
UH, THE MEAT POTATOES OF IT IS THAT THAT PROGRAM, UH, HIP, OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAM IS GONNA BE OUTSOURCED.
UH, THERE'S AN ESSAY, UH, THERE'S A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH A GROUP CALLED VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, AND THEY HAVE A, I BELIEVE IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT.
THEY ADVISE US, UM, WITH THIS GROUP HAS FUNDED AND THAT IS, UM, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THAT TOTAL CONTRACT OF 13 MILLION, UM, WILL BE CDG FUNDED.
THE REST WILL COME FROM TAX INCREMENT FUNDS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, BUT I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT GROUP.
AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ADJOURN, UM, AT 6:20 PM THAT IS MY REPORT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS I'LL ANSWER.
BUT THAT IS OUR REPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND HOME PROGRAM.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAIR? VERY GOOD.
DIXTER, HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS JOINED US THIS EVENING? NO.
THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE? ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A SECOND, PLEASE? I'LL SECOND.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
PLEASE DO MAKE SURE YOU JOIN US FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AT SEVEN IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, UM, AGAIN, REALLY THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND IF YOU CAN, WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND HOPE WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN AT SEVEN.