* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] AT 6:01 PM [Community Development Commission on June 4, 2026.] UH, VICTOR, CAN YOU PLEASE BEGIN OUR ROLL CALL CHAIR RUBIN. HERE. COMMISSIONER DAVIS. HERE? YES. COMMISSIONER ZEKI? HERE. HERE. COMMISSIONER LEWIS? HERE. COMMISSIONER BLACK. HERE. COMMISSIONER WALTON? HERE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. COMMISSIONER BARTOS. COMMISSIONER JONES. HERE. COMMISSIONER WATTS? HERE. COMMISSIONER JEFFERSON? HERE. COMMISSIONER GL? HERE. COMMISSIONER GLOBIN? HERE. COMMISSIONER MENDEZ. COMMISSIONER MILLS. I SEE COMMISSIONER AND PUBLIC QUORUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS JOINING US THIS EVENING? NO. WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YOUR MONTHLY MINUTES FROM THE MAY 7TH MEETING. ARE THERE ANY EDITS OR, OR CHANGES TO BE MADE? SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES PLEASE. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU MINUTES. CARRIE, IF WE CAN NOW, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE OUR, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REPORT, THE BRIEFING ON THE UPDATE ON THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED FY 26 27 US DEPARTMENT OF ING AND DEVELOPMENT CONSOLIDATED PLAN, BUDGET. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION MEMBERS, SHA WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE TO ON TODAY. JUST A QUICK UPDATE REGARDING THE STATUS AND THE REMAINING, UH, DATES FOR OUR FY 26 27 HUD CONSOLIDATED PLAN BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO REPORT THAT WE DID HAVE PRELIMINARY ADOPTION. SO NOW WITH PRELIMINARY ADOPTION STARTED THE PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH IS NO LESS THAN 30 DAYS. SO, UH, ON JUNE 10TH COMING UP, WE WILL HOLD THAT PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH FINAL ADOPTION ON JUNE 24TH. UH, THAT COMPLETES THE UPDATE. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. BY THE TIME YOU GUYS COME BACK IN AUGUST, WE'LL JUST PROVIDE ANOTHER BRIEF UPDATE BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT WE DO HAVE OUR, UH, PLANNING TO SUBMIT TO HUD ON AUGUST THE 14TH. 14TH. THE, THE DATE DUE TO HUD IS THE 16TH AND I BELIEVE THE 14TH IS A FRIDAY. SO WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND GET THAT IN WITH THE PRELIMINARY, UH, OUR FISCAL YEAR STARTING OCTOBER ONE. SO JUST, JUST A QUICK UPDATE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. COMMISSIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. SHANNON. SHAYNA, COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE PLEASE ON THE STRATEGIES TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION RATE, UM, AMONG NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK ON FUNDED NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY, REPUBLICAN IMPROVEMENTS FOR NONPROFIT FACILITIES? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JUSTICE W SHARE AS NOT HERE TODAY. I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS A PLAN THAT WE INTEND TO IMPLEMENT TO INCREASE THE TION AMONG THE NONPROFITS OR ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE ALLOWED DISCUSSION LAST MONTH AS TO WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE THE, THE, THE POSITION RATE SO THAT THOSE SMALL ENTITIES MAY ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE FOLD. SO WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU IS A PROPOSED PLAN THAT WE INTEND TO USE WHILE WE ARE OUT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER THE LIST OF THE, THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO GET THE DRAFT NOFA, THE 48 IN THE SECOND AND THE 43 IN THE FIRST TO SEE WHO THEY ARE. WE GOT THE NAME, THE CONTRACT, THE INFO. SO WE IN INTEND TO SURVEY THEM WHILE WE, WHILE THE, THE COMMISSIONERS HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CHALLENGES DID THEY ENCOUNTER, WHY IS IT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT BUT CHOSE NOT TO APPLY. WE USED TO USE THAT INFO TO INFORM WHAT WE'LL BE ENGAGING IN COME NEXT, NEXT YEAR. SO WHEN THE COMMISSION HAS COME BACK IN, IN AUGUST, WE PLAN TO HOST A IN SESSION MEETING DEBRIEFING WITH THE, AND IT IS THAT WOULD'VE CHOSEN TO RESPOND TO WHAT WE'RE SERVING THEM FOR. SO WE GET IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS [00:05:01] AND THAT WILL HELP US TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE PROCESS. WE LIKE TO, TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT IS ONGOING, THAT IS CONTINUOUS OUTREACH EFFORT IS WHAT WE THINK WILL HELP US TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF PARTICIPANTS. SO THE DOCUMENT WAS SUBMITTED TO ALL OF YOU FOR REVIEW. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY PERSON, WE CAN DISCUSS IT. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK IN ORDER, WE'LL HAVE A PLAN, PLACE TO MEET, TO DISCUSS, TO ENGAGE, TO COLLABORATE, TO CONNECT, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BE DONE. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL REPORT BY THE COMMISSION. WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT TO WE AN OFFER. THAT'S THE PLAN FOR TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUSTICE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, SO VERY GOOD. IIII THOUGHT Y'ALL DID A VERY NICE JOB. THAT'S EXCITING. I'LL, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT, WHEN WE COME BACK IN AUGUST, WHAT YOU FOUND OUT SORT OF IN A TANGENTIAL ISSUE. UM, AND, AND SO WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO DEBATE IT NOW, BUT I I DO BRING IT UP. ONE OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONCERNS I HAD WAS THE, THE FLYER THAT WENT OUT WHEN WE WERE, UM, POSTING AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AT THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD. YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T THINK THE FLYER REALLY DID A, A, A GREAT JOB OF KIND OF CAPTURING WHAT OUR, OUR, UH, MESSAGE WAS TO, TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE IN. AND SO, AGAIN, NOT THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS IT NOW, BUT IT KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THIS A BIT THAT WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY HOPEFULLY FOR US TO HAVE INPUT ON THE DESIGN OF THE FLYER FOR NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BUCK. YES. AND WE DO REVISIT THE FIRE EVERY YEAR AND WOULD LOVE YOUR INPUT AS FAR AS WE DO. BUT STAFF IS VERY RECEPTIVE TO, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS OF HOW TO GET THE, THE MESSAGE OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. MM-HMM . SO AS WE GET CLOSER, I THINK THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO JUMP IN. NO, THAT'S FINE. THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THAT IS THE, THE CITIZEN ION COMMITTEE CHAIR BY COMMISSIONER MILLS. THEY START THE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. THAT'S AN A STANDING MEETING FOR THE COMMITTEE. THEY'LL MEET IN SEPTEMBER, IN OCTOBER AND IN NOVEMBER THEY'LL BRING THE FINDINGS TO THE, TO THIS BOARD TO APPROVE. SO YES, THERE'S PRINCIPAL OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INPUT INTO THE FLYER AND THE NEEDS AND THE APPROACHES THAT IS PART OF THAT PLAN THAT WE USE. SO I WOULD INVITE YOU TO COME TO THOSE MEETINGS 'CAUSE THEY, THEY DO GET DISCUSSED THEN. SO THAT WOULD BE, GRAHAM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE OR JUST COME EITHER WAY. HI, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. I THINK IT IS TIME, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE DON'T GET MORE PARTICIPATION IN IT. AND I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME DATA ON WHY, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS ARE LOW IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE COME AND START THE PROCESS AND DON'T FINISH IT. I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY ON THE RIGHT PATH AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR MANY YEARS AND TO ACTUALLY SEE US TRYING TO SOLVE IT IN A NEW WAY, I THINK IS GREAT. SO I APPLAUD YOU ALL ON THAT AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY THE GROUP TODAY? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. WE'LL KEEP MOVING. UM, I DID OFFICIALLY WANT TO WELCOME BACK AND AS PART OF MY CHAIR BOARD COMMISSIONER TAYLOR JEFFERSON, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY AND TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE COMMISSION, UM, THANK SMARTS AND YOUR ENERGY AND, AND I WAS JUST EXCITED TO SEE THAT. SO WELCOME BACK. IF YOU DON'T MIND, COMMISSIONER JEFFERSON, GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO EVERYONE SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE NEW, UM, WILL GET THE CHANCE TO KNOW YOU. YEAH, BECAUSE MY NAME IS TAYLOR JEFFERSON, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT AND I'M, UM, FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED HAMILTON PARK. AND SO, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, BACK IN HAMILTON PARK NOW FOR, UM, ABOUT 10 YEARS, UM, WITH MY NONPROFIT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I DO LIKE ON THAT END. BUT, UM, IN MY NORMAL NINE TO FIVE, I WORK IN, UH, PEDIATRIC RESEARCH AT UT SOUTHWESTERN. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK ON THE BOARD AND EXCITED TO GET TO WORK WITH EVERYONE. WELL, WELCOME. WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU. AND IT'S, UM, WOULD LOVE TO APPOINT YOU TO THE FINANCE AND THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEES AS DESIRED. IF THAT STILL WORKS OUT, WE WILL PLAN ON YOU JOINING THOSE COMMITTEES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN, JUST ENCOURAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WILL EMPHASIZE THAT MOST OF THE WORK HAPPENS IN COMMITTEES AND SO ATTENDING THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND, UM, JOINING THEM AND, AND [00:10:01] RAISING YOUR VOICE THERE IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THINGS DONE. SO JUST ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN ALL OF THOSE. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR BARTOS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR YOUR VICE CHAIR FORD? NO. AND APOLOGIES 'CAUSE I TRIED TO, UM, UNMUTE MYSELF EARLIER AND I DIDN'T, I WASN'T SURE IF MY WIFI IS KIND OF COMING IN OR OUT, BUT NO, JUST THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND, UM, UH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO REFLECT ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND TO LOOK FORWARD UNTIL, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING THE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE COMMENT ON THE FLYER AND WHATNOT. AND I THINK IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE IT GETS US KIND OF REENERGIZED AND REENGAGED FOR THE YEAR TO COME. SO, UM, NOTHING ELSE ON MY PART. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORTS. CHAIR DAVIS. THANK YOU. CHAIR RUBIN. THE, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, MET ON TUESDAY, UH, MAY THE 26TH. UH, WE DID HAVE A QUORUM. WE STARTED AT 5:30 PM UM, WE HAD A BRIEFING BY, UH, CHAN WILLIAMS, UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UH, TIME EXPENDITURE OF FORM, UH, FUNDS. UH, WE RECEIVED THE CITY COUNCIL UPDATE. UH, WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT THE EXPENDITURE GOALS AND CURRENT STATUS OF, UH, THE CITY HAD, UH, BEEN ABLE TO SPEND 10.1 MILLION, UH, TO 10, UH, 0.2 MILLION FOR THE GOAL OF 17 MILLION. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON, ON PROJECT STATUS AND PROJECTIONS, UH, SPENDING AND OVERALL MOMENTUM OR PICKING UP, UM, UH, THE STAFF THINKS THAT IT'S DUE TO, UH, THE SUMMER MONTHS AND THE WE, UH, WEATHER IMPROVEMENT. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT WORK GOING FORWARD. WE WERE ALSO, UH, DISTRIBUTED, UM, TWO TRACKED DOCUMENTS. UH, ONE WAS THE YEAR TO DATE SUMMARY, UH, THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. THE OTHER ONE WAS THE MONTH TO MONTH SPREADSHEET, UH, SUBMITTED TO HOOD, REFLECTING STAFF OBJECTIONS VERSUS ACTUAL MONTHLY EXPENDITURES. UH, THERE WERE NO FORMAL QUESTIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD RECEIVED. UH, WE DID WANT TO REMAIN AVAILABLE, UH, SINCE WE HAD A VERY, VERY QUICK MEETING, UH, REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. UH, WE HAD A VERY GREAT, UH, MEETING. WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME AS WE END THE YEAR TO THANK THE STAFF, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. UH, AND THEN TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. UH, THEN THE MEETING ADJOIN CHAIR RUBIN, THAT'S OUR WORK. THANK YOU. I DO THINK YOU GET THE PRIZE IN EFFICIENCY IN RUNNING MEETINGS. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, SO THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS JOINED US AT THIS POINT? NO, I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS HERE ONLINE. WE STILL HAVE ONE LAST MEETING FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. SO IF THEY WANT TO SET A TIME NOW OR LATER IS FINE, BUT IDEALLY IT WOULD BE THE LAST, THE WEEK OF THE 22ND. THE, YEAH. 25TH OR THE 23RD THAT WEEK WOULD BE GOOD TIME. WOULD BE A GOOD WEEK TO HAVE THE LAST MEETING FOR THE, THAT'S THE WEEK OF THE 21ST. YEAH. SO EVENING THAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU. YEAH. I'M, I'M, I'M AVAILABLE MONDAY ON TUESDAY 22ND OR 23RD OF JUNE THIRD. FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, WE'RE SETTING THE JUNE FINANCE COMMITTEE. JUNE. YEAH. JUNE 23RD. 23RD. JUNE 23RD AT FIVE 30. YEAH. JUNE 23RD AT 5:30 PM THANK YOU CHAIR DAVIS. WE MAY BE, UH, FOLLOWING IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS OF ANOTHER SHORT MEETING. HOPEFULLY. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU ALL, UM, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE PUT IN TO STOP AND TO COMMISSIONERS. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE AND MAKING THE TIME AND EFFORT TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. COMMISSIONER BUCK. ALL IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU ALL. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 4TH IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED [00:15:01] AT 6:16 PM HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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