* 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] GOOD EVENING [Community Development Commission on August 6, 2026.] EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MONTHLY MEETING ON AUGUST 6TH AT 6:00 PM VICTOR, IF WE CAN, CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN OUR ROLL CALL CHAIR RUBIN. HERE. COMMISSIONER DAVIS. HERE. COMMISSIONER SUKI. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LEWIS? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER WALTON. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER BARTOS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES. COMMISSIONER WATTS. HERE. COMMISSIONER JEFFERSON. COMMISSIONER BACH? HERE. COMMISSIONER GLOBIN. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MENDEZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MILLS. HERE. HERE. AND YOU HAVE A COURT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB YOU DID ON THE MINUTES. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THEM. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR EDITS TO THE MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 6TH MEETING? SEEING NONE. I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MONTHLY MINUTES, PLEASE. I MAKE A MOTION. I SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO MINUTES ARE APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RICH. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT? UH, NO. WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS ONLINE OR IN PERSON. OKAY. THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REPORTS, PLEASE. UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND EVERYONE WELCOME BACK TO RECESS. I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD BREAK. UM, JUST, UH, WE HAVE THREE, UH, BRIEFING ITEMS ON TONIGHT. ONE IS, UH, THE UPDATE ON THE TIMELY EXPENDITURE OF CDBG FUNDS. WE'RE GONNA JUST A BRIEF UPDATE OF THE STATUS OF THE FY 26 27, UH, HU CONSOLIDATED PLAN BUDGET. AND THEN WE WILL TURN IT OVER FOR A BRIEFING ITEM, UH, TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY. UM, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT REGARDING THE CDBG TIMELINES TESTED. WE WILL RECALL WE DID NOT MEET THE TEST LAST YEAR AND ALL YEAR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID MEET THE COMPLIANCE TEST THIS YEAR. WE DID PROVIDE A REPORT TO SHOW THAT THE CITY, AS OF JULY 31ST, WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE. THE THRESHOLD IS 1.5 AS OF JULY 31ST, WE WERE AT 1.47, WHICH IS ABOUT $300,000 UNDER THE THRESHOLD. GOOD JOB. I WANNA SAY MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY THANKS TO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. EVERYONE WORKED SO HARD TO, TO GET US THERE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED. SO, UH, THANKS TO EVERYONE AND THE COMMISSION. WE DID MEET THE S YAY FOR THAT. AND, AND REGARDING OUR FY 26 27 BUDGET, UM, THAT BUDGET IS JUNE TO HUD NO LATER THAN AUGUST 16TH. AND BECAUSE THAT IS A WEEKEND, UH, JUSTICE AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY TO GET THAT SUBMITTED TO HUD ON THE FRIDAY, WHICH IS AUGUST 14TH. AND THINGS ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG AND WE EXPECT TO, UH, GET THAT SUBMITTED TO HUD AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, UH, AT NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT? I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ALL AND CONGRATULATE STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD AND GETTING THERE. IT WAS AN AMBITIOUS GOAL AND YOU GUYS DID IT, SO CONGRATULATIONS. YES, I JUST ECHO THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S PULLING A RABBIT OUT OF A HAT. I MEAN, THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING THAT YOU DID THAT, SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. I HAD FAITH IN US. WITH THAT, I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO, UM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR JAMES ARMSTRONG, OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, AND HE AND HIS TEAM WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. HAN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. UH, JAMES ARMSTRONG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. TODAY WE HAVE TWO OF OUR, UM, COORDINATORS, UH, DON MCNULTY AND JENNIFER LEMON, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU AN UPDATE ON THE HOME IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM. UH, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, JENNIFER WILL, WILL GO OVER THIS. WE OUTSOURCE THIS PROGRAM TO, UH, OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE ALSO WITH US TODAY, UM, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA. AND SO, UH, I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JENNIFER TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU JAMES. UH, HI. MY NAME IS JENNIFER FLEMING. I AM A PROJECT COORDINATOR IN DEVELOPMENT IN THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. UM, I'M [00:05:01] HERE TODAY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE HOME IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM, WHERE IT'S BEEN WHERE OUR SUBRECIPIENT SUBRECIPIENT PARTNER OF UA STANDS TODAY. AND WHAT'S AHEAD? UM, AGAIN, WE'LL BE, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, I'M SORRY. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY. UH, HIP WAS CREATED IN 2018 AND IN MARCH, 2024, WE AMENDED IT TO CONSOLIDATE SEVERAL HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, MAJOR SYSTEMS REPAIR, EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR, AND THE DALLAS TOMORROW FUND UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. OUR LAST APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED IN AUGUST OF 2024, AND STARTING IN MARCH OF 2025, WE BEGAN WORKING TO OUTSOURCE HIP OPERATIONS WITH A SUBRECIPIENT PARTNER. UH, COUNCIL APPROVED OUR AGREEMENT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA ON NOVEMBER 12TH, 2025 AND DOA EXECUTED THIS CONTRACT FEBRUARY 13TH, 2026. IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO TWO YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS. A TOTAL CONTRACT FUNDING IS JUST OVER $13 MILLION, 7.7 MILLION IN CDBG FUNDS AND 5.33 MILLION IN TIF FUNDS. ABOUT 90% GOES DIRECTLY TO HOME REPAIR SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS WITH ROUGHLY 10% FOR, UH, FOR ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS UNDER OUR 12.5% CAP. UH, AT THE TIME AT OF HANDOFF, UH, WE HAD A PIPELINE OF 20 CDBG FUNDED CASES AND 60 TIF FUNDED CASES UNDER REVIEW. AT THE TIME THERE WERE 25 CASES, UM, PRE-CONSTRUCTION WERE 11 AND UNDER CONTRACT WAS NINE. AT THIS TIME, WE HAD THE CAPACITY TO GO UP TO 185 CDBG FUNDED CASES AND UP TO 140 TIF CASES, WHICH BROUGHT US TO A TOTAL OF 250 CDBG FUNDED AND 200 TO FUNDED. UH, VOA RECEIVED NINE MAJOR REPAIR CASES WITH EXECUTED CONTRACTS. WE ADVANCED A LUMP SUM WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EXECUTION, AND VOA HAD 45 DAYS TO GET PROGRAM DOCUMENTS SIGNED WITH A SUB, WITH A SUBSTANTIAL EXPENDITURE BENCHMARK BY SEPTEMBER, 2026. TODAY, ALL NINE HAVE EXECUTED AGREEMENTS. ONE IS UNDER CON, UH, ONE UNDER IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, FOUR NEARING COMPLETION, ONE COMPLETE AND THREE AWAITING A START DATE. BASED ON OUR CONTRACTOR AVAILABILITY, WE ARE ON TRACK TOWARD THAT SIX MONTH BENCHMARK WITH THE MAJORITY OF THESE CASES ACTIVELY MOVING. UM, AND SO A BROADER PIPELINE, 60 CASES IN VARIOUS STAGES WERE HANDED OFF FROM THE CITY. OF THOSE FOUR WERE COMPLETE, TWO ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ONE UNDER CONTRACT 11 IN THE BIDDING PROCESS, FIVE IN INSPECTION, AND 13 IN ELIGIBILITY REVIEW. THERE ARE 36 ACTIVE CASES OF THESE FOUR HAVE CANCELED OR WITHDRAWN, AND 12 ARE NON-RESPONSIVE AND PENDING CANCELLATION VOA AND OUR STAFF ARE DOING OUTREACH BEFORE ANY CASE IS FORMALLY CLOSED. IN JULY, WE ALSO TRANSFERRED AN ADDITIONAL 40 CASES TO VOA FOR ELIGIBILITY REVIEW. THESE CASES, UH, WERE NEVER STARTED BY THE CITY STAFF EXPENDITURES. VOA HAS INVOICED FOR MARCH AND APRIL, 2026. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, MAY AND JUNE INVOICES ARE EXPECTED BY THE END OF AUGUST, BY SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE PROJECTING 32,000 IN ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 220,000 IN CDBG SPENT FROM THE LUMP SUM DRAW AND ADDITIONAL CDBG AND TIFF EXPENDITURES OF $295,103 AND $97,783 RESPECTIVELY. UH, WE COMPLETED A 30 60 AND 90 DAY EVALUATION WITH V-O-A-V-O-A HAS ADDRESSED, UH, OPERATIONAL ISSUES. UH, WE IDENTIFIED AND CONTINUES TO RESOLVE THEM AS THEY ARISE. WE HAVE REAL OVERSIGHT BUILT IN, INCLUDING WEEKLY CHECK-INS BETWEEN BOA AND CITY STAFF AND ADDITIONAL PHONE CALLS OR MEETINGS IF NECESSARY. UM, INSPECTORS ARE REVIEWING WORK, WRITE-UPS AND FINAL INSPECTIONS AND A RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY ON EVERY COMPLETED CASE TIMELINE. AND NEXT STEPS, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TRANSFERRING UNWORKED CASES INTO VOA SYSTEM UNTIL THE 2026 APPLICATION PERIOD, PERIOD OPENS. VOA BEGINS MARKETING AND RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT THIS AUGUST, THE NEXT APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS OCTOBER, 2026. UH, WE'RE ALSO CLOSING OUT INVOICES THROUGH JULY BY SEPTEMBER, CORRECTING ANY EXPENSE ISSUES ALONG THE WAY. [00:10:01] AND ONE THING OUR TEAM IS WATCHING CLOSELY ARE OUR DROPOUT RATES. MANY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN IN THE PIPELINE FOR TWO PLUS YEARS, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS DURING THIS TRANSITION. THANK YOU. WE ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT IN FOR BEING HERE. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS. , COMMISSIONER BACH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE AS MY SOPHOMORE YEAR OF, OF, I JUST BEGAN A SOPHOMORE YEAR HERE ON THE COMMITTEE. WHEN YOU SAY HOME REPAIR, WHAT ARE THE TYPE OF SERVICES AVAILABLE DURING THAT HOME REPAIR PROCESS? YES. SO FOR OUR MAJOR HOME RE UH, REPAIR PROGRAMS, WE HAVE HVAC, UH, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ROOFING, AND A DA MODIFICATIONS. AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, WHEN SOMEONE FALLS IN THE NON-RESPONSIVE OR THEY DON'T GET BACK TO THE, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T RESPOND? DO THEY JUST DON'T QUAL THEY DON'T WANT TO RESPOND OR, SO I'M NOT ASKING THAT WELL, BUT WHY ARE THEY NON-RESPONSIVE? HELLO? UM, YEAH, SO, UM, UM, MULTITUDE OF REASONS. I KNOW A LOT. LIKE WE SAID, BEING IN THE PIPELINE FOR TWO PLUS YEARS, JUST TIMELINESS. SOME PEOPLE MOVE SOME, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE ELDERLY, UM, RESIDENTS WHO PASS AWAY OR, UM, ARE NOT PRIVY TO, LIKE THE EMAILS, THE PHONE CALLS. SO WE DO MAKE AT LEAST THREE ATTEMPTS TO EMAIL, CALL AND DO A ACTUAL KNOCK ON THE DOOR TO SHOW UP TO SOME OF THESE HOUSES. AND IF THE ALL, UM, ATTEMPTS ARE UNRESPONSIVE, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE SEND OUT AN OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT, UM, WE'LL BE CANCELING THEIR APPLICATION. THANK YOU. SO, UH, CAN I JUMP IN? OKAY. UM, SO, SO HOW DOES A PERSON, UH, EVEN AVAIL THEM OF YOUR SERVICES? AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE IS, UH, WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION? I MEAN, HOW, HOW DO THEY EVEN KNOW OR GO ABOUT DOING, GETTING INTO THE PIPELINE? AND I, I'LL GIVE A SECOND HAND OFF TO THE OA. JUST, UM, AS JENNIFER NOTED THAT, UM, WITH TAKING ON THE SUB-RECIPIENT, THEY ARE GONNA DO SPECIFIC MARKETING, UM, TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW. WE, BEFORE WHEN IT WAS INTERNAL, UM, OUR COORDINATOR, WE HAVE RESTRUCTURING. SO IT USED TO BE COORDINATORS, OUR FRONTLINE STAFF WOULD BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE HAD FLYERS, WE HAD MEDIA MEDIA DAYS, AND I WANNA PASS IT OFF TO BOA TO KIND OF GO OVER THEIR MARKETING PLAN. , HELLO. HI, I'M LORI LITTLE, I'M WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, TEXAS, AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY, BUT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO EVERY SINGLE CITY COUNCIL MEETS DISTRICT, READ TWICE TO FIND OUT DO THEY WANT A MEETING IN THEIR DISTRICT TO EXPLAIN HOW, FILL OUT A . EXCUSE ME. LORI, COULD YOU BRING THE MIC TO ME PLEASE? OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, WE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, SET, MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING. UH, KATRINA BARNHILL IS OUR MANAGER OVER THIS PROGRAM. SHE AND ONE OF OUR OTHER CASE MANAGERS. WE HAVE TWO LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH PROGRAM BETWEEN US. ONE OF THOSE, UM, THEY HAVE CREATED A VIDEO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE IN SPANISH WHEN WE OPEN UP THE ROUND. WE HAVEN'T YET. YOU HEARD, UM, JENNIFER SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OCTOBER DATE. SO WHEN IT OFFICIALLY GOES LIVE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY, THEY'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO US. WE WILL HAVE A LINK ON HOW TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND, AND A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. UH, WE ALSO ARE HAVE THREE OR FOUR, UH, SITES THAT ARE MORE NOT CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED, A LITTLE MORE NEUTRAL, A COUPLE IN THE SOUTH AND A COUPLE IN THE NORTH AND LEFT. I'M DIVIDING BY 30. AND THOSE ARE JUST COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING TO MAKE CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE AWARE. UM, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT, AND THIS, UM, JENNIFER'S WORKING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET APPROVAL TO HAVE FLYERS ABOUT THE PROGRAM AT ALL THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS FOR BUDGET, BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EYES WILL BE ON IT AT THAT TIME. SO WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST MARKETING MEETING. I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY A BIG ISSUE WITH PEOPLE NOT KNOWING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE MINUTE PEOPLE HEARD VOA WAS TAKING OVER, WE PROBABLY GET THREE, FIVE CALLS A DAY FROM PEOPLE. WHEN IS IT GONNA BE OPEN? WHEN IS IT GONNA BE OPEN? SO WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, A BOA TEXAS KIND OF A BANK OF 200 PLUS PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM. AND THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME. I THINK, JENNIFER, YOU SAID WE MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED OF PEOPLE AS [00:15:01] WELL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN A FUND. SO OUR BIG CHALLENGE WILL BE LIKE SELECTING THOSE RIGHT. AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY FOR EVERYBODY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION WHERE I WAS GOING. THIS MONEY'S NOT LEFT ON THE TABLE. YOU'RE OVERSUBSCRIBED AND YOU MORE THAN ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, NEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, I WAS UNAWARE THAT YOU WOULD BE PART OF THIS EVENING'S PANEL. SO CONSEQUENTLY, THE BULK OF MY QUESTIONS WERE GONNA BE DIRECTED TO CITY STAFF. SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO ON THE ONSET IS CURATE MY QUESTIONS, UH, TO CITY STAFF AND RESERVE TIME FOR A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING TO DELVE MORE DEEPLY INTO THE MATERIALS THAT ARE IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WHICH MATCH VERY CLOSELY THE PRESENTATION OF DECEMBER OF 2025, OF WHICH, UM, I THINK THE ONLY PERSON WHO, UM, IS ON BOTH PRESENTATIONS IS MR. ARMSTRONG. SO WHAT I WOULD, UH, REQUEST IS THAT WE MEET AGAIN AT A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING THAT YOU BE PRESENT SO THAT I CAN, AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN ASK SOME, I WOULD SAY DEEPER DIVE, MORE GRANULAR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS PROGRAM, STARTING WITH THE, PERHAPS EVEN ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE FIRST OUTSOURCING, UM, WHAT WAS DONE AFTER THAT FIRST OUTSOURCING, UM, LEADING UP TO CURRENT QUALITY CONTROL PROCESSES WITH THE CURRENT, UM, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA SUB RECIPIENT. SO WITH THAT PREFACE, UM, LET ME JUST ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. SO, UM, I AM REFERRING TO PAGE FIVE OF THE PRESENTATION. SO WITH RESPECT TO DIRECT THE DIRECT DELIVERY LINES, UH, UNDER CBGG FUNDS, NOT ANY OF THE TIFF FUNDS, UM, THAT TOTAL THAT I'VE GOT IS A HAIR UNDER $7 MILLION. I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER IF YOU NEED IT. WILL YOU BE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE DOLLARS? UH, AND, AND THAT ISN'T AN EXACT MATCH OF THE PRESENTATION A YEAR AGO. DO YOU HAVE MORE RECENT NUMBERS OTHER THAN THE WHAT WAS PRESENTED A YEAR AGO? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, THAT, UH, QUESTION. UM, I, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, WE ARE MORE THAN CONFIDENT THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, UH, WILL NOT ONLY CREATE EFFICIENCY AROUND THE PROGRAM, BUT EFFICIENCY AROUND, UM, OUR SPEND DOWN OF CDBG MONEY. OKAY. UH, THE REASON WHY THOSE DOLLARS AMOUNTS ARE THE SAME IS BECAUSE OUR, I'M SORRY, IT'S BACKGROUND. IT, IT IS BACKGROUND, UM, BUT ALSO, UH, THERE HAS NOT BEEN MOVEMENT FROM NOW TILL OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH BOA WITH REGARD TO HOME REPAIR. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE, THE, THE MIRROR OF THE, OF THE NUMBERS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE ARE AT THE EIGHT MONTH MARK FOR THIS CONTRACT. SO, UH, AT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN EIGHT, SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS IS MY RECOLLECTION BECAUSE I'M COUNTING FROM DECEMBER OF 2025. SO THE CONTRACT WAS, UH, SIGNED IN FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY, YES MA'AM. SO WE, INSTEAD OF, UM, THE EIGHT MONTH, WE ARE SAY AT THE FOUR MONTHS, SO WE ARE 25% THROUGH THE FIRST TWO YEAR TERM. UM, THAT, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. UM, BUT THERE, THERE IS, UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY TO RAMP UP A, TO GO FROM THE CITY BEING A SERVICE PROVIDER TO RAMPING UP OUR, OUR PARTNER, UM, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA. ABSOLUTELY. AND I DO UNDERSTAND, UH, FROM A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF MY SUBJECT MATTER AREAS IN A PAST CAREER, UM, THE RAMP UP PERIOD DOES, YOU KNOW, TAKE EFFORT AND TIME AND MANPOWER AND RESOURCES. SO I WOULD BE PROBABLY INTERESTED TO HEAR, UH, WHEN YOU COME BACK, HOW THAT IS, UH, MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE TWO YEARS IS NOT VERY LONG. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CB UM, UNDER YOUR OLD PRESENTATION, [00:20:01] THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SOURCE ITEMS THAT ON YOUR NEW PRESENTATION LIST AS TBD, WHAT HAS CHANGED? I CAN GIVE YOU NUMBERS. COULD, COULD YOU TELL ME COMMISSIONER THE YES PAGE WE'RE REFERRING TO? YES. UM, IT'S, UH, IN THE CURRENT ONE IT'S CD 25 TBD, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ONES IN THE OLD PROGRAM, UH, OLD PRESENTATION AND THE SUB NUMBERS ARE 9 0 3 L AND 9 0 2 L. I'M GONNA HAVE, PULLING FROM OTHER PROGRAM. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE NEW OR FOUND MONEY WE'RE UPDATE? WE, SO THE TBD IS PART OF, UM, BUDGET. WE'RE UPDATING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY FIRST. SO I DO KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CHANGES AT LIKE TWO DAYS AGO WE MET WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT EITHER 25 OR 24 CD 24 IS SPENT FIRST, OR SORRY, THE OLDEST MONEY IS SPENT FIRST AND THEN UPDATING TO USE THIS 20 CD 25. OKAY. I WAS JUST HOPING THERE WAS NEW OR FOUND MONEY, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT. NO, MA'AM. OKAY. SO, UM, THERE IS ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHANGE IN PROGRAMS IS THE CLOSEOUT OF CASES. CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT A CLOSEOUT OF A CASE MEANS? SO, UM, COMPLETE ON CONTRACTS, CONSTRUCTION AND ALL WAIVERS BEING SIGNED FROM BOTH THE HOMEOWNER AND THE, UH, CONTRACTOR THAT HAS SIGNED ON FOR THE WORK WOULD BE A COMPLETE CLOSEOUT. DOES CLOSEOUT OF A CASE MEAN YOU'VE RUN OUT OF MONEY? NO. DOES IT, DOES IT MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM END? NO. OKAY. SO, UM, LET ME ASK A QUESTION ABOUT AN ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE LAB REPORT FROM MARK GOODMAN THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE READ BECAUSE THOR IS MENTIONED IN IT AND, UM, I ALWAYS LOOK FOR ARTICLES WHERE I MENTIONED. SO, UM, LET ME JUST ASK A A, A STARTER QUESTION ON THIS ONE. WERE ANY CBDG FUNDS PART OF THE FUNDING FOR THE, UM, THINGS THAT ARE MENTIONED AND THE SHORTCOMINGS MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE? YOU'RE, THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. YOU'RE ASKING. IS CDB JUNK B IF CDBG MONEY WAS USED FOR THE 10TH STREET YES. UM, HOME REPAIR PROGRAM? YES. I WAS GONNA PREFACE IT, BUT I JUST, BEFORE I WAS GONNA, IF YOU WERE GONNA SAY NO, I WASN'T GONNA MENTION IT ANYMORE, UH, I'M GONNA, UM, CAN, CAN I GET THAT? UM, WE CAN DEFER TO ANOTHER COMMISSION MEETING? YES MA'AM. IF THAT WOULD BE BETTER, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AROUND THAT PROGRAM. UM, BUT UH, I CAN GET THAT TO YOU, UH, YES. EXPEDITIOUSLY AND I HAVE TO, WELL, NO, I WOULD PREFER TO WAIT UNTIL WE ARE IN A PUBLIC FORUM. YES, MA'AM. THAT WAY ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS CAN HEAR AND ASK QUESTIONS. AND I AM, YOU KNOW, I'M AWARE THAT MUCH OF THE PROGRAM'S FUNDING FOR THE 10TH STREET PROJECT WAS NOT ONLY TIF, BUT BUT ALSO AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. THAT IS CORRECT, YES. THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. NOW, NOW, UM, AS YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, I, I AM, UH, FAIRLY NEW STILL. UM, I WAS NOT AROUND DURING THAT PROGRAM, BUT UH, TO MY RECOLLECTION IT WAS ARPA FUNDED, UH, IT WAS AN ARPA FUNDED PROGRAM, BUT I WILL VERIFY THAT. ALRIGHT THEN. YES, MA'AM. AND IT MAY BE BEST THAT, UM, THOR COME TO THAT PARTICULAR COMMISSION MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WE MIGHT HAVE. YES, MA'AM. AND IT MAY ALSO BE THAT, UM, C-D-C-D-B-G FUNDS WERE NOT USED, THEREFORE IT WOULD BE A VERY SHORT DISCUSSION. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, THEN, UM, I AM GONNA NEXT REFER TO A MEMORANDUM THAT WAS SENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSING AND HOME COMMITTEE, UM, BACK IN DECEMBER 18TH, 2025. AND ONE OF OUR FIRST QUESTIONS, UH, RELATES TO, UM, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA AND, UH, QUALITY CONTROL AND AUDIT, UM, STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO THE COMMISSION. SO, UM, THERE WAS, THE QUESTION FROM THE COMMISSION WAS, WHEN WILL VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA HAVE [00:25:01] THEIR FIRST AUDIT? AND I CAN READ YOU WHAT THE ANSWER IS AND THEN IF YOU WOULD CARE TO ELABORATE ON IT, WE WOULD ALL BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW THIS PROCESS HAS DEVELOPED SINCE THE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEGUN. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA HAVE THEIR FIRST AUDIT? AND THE RESPONSE IS THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL MEET WITH DOA BIWEEKLY AT FIRST AND THEN MONTHLY AFTER THE PROGRAM IS HANDED OFF AND FULLY OPERATIONAL, THE CITY WILL AUDIT DOA ON SITE QUARTERLY. AND TO THAT, I ALSO REFER BACK TO, I THINK ONE OF YOUR DECK PAGES THAT DISCUSSES EVALUATIONS AND PROCESS, WHICH IS PAGE 10 OF THE DECK. SO CAN YOU, UM, TELL US WHAT THE SECOND BULLET POINT MEANS? UH, HOW DID YOU FIND PROGRAM OPERATIONAL FIC DEFICIENCIES? WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR RUBRIC FOR DEFINING WHAT A DEFICIENCY IS? UM, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT AN EXAMPLE IS AND WHAT IS THE WAY THAT YOU RESOLVE THEM? YES, MA'AM. I'LL HAVE DON ANSWER THOSE DETAILED QUESTIONS. YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY WE CAN TAG TOO. SO, UM, WE DO, AS, AS THIS SLIDE ONE MENTIONS THE 30 DAY 60 AND 90 CHECK-INS. WE HAVE A RUBRIC THAT, UM, ASSESSES ANY STALL CASES, ANY, UM, ITEM, UH, PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHAT, UM, THEY WOULD NEED FOR, UH, FROM THE CITY AS A PARTNER TO PROGRESS ON AND HOW THEY, UH, PLAN TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE PITFALLS. UM, LET'S SEE, OTHER EFFICIENCIES OUTLINED, UM, THE TIMELINE THAT, THE PROJECTED TIMELINE THAT WE RECEIVED PRIOR IN FEBRUARY VERSUS WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY AT THOSE 30, 60 AND 90 DAY BENCHMARKS. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS, IT, IT'S A PRINTED OUT RUBRIC. WE PROVIDE THEM AHEAD OF TIME AND WE DISCUSS AT THOSE CHECK-IN. AND SO WHAT HAVE BEEN THE RESULTS OF YOUR DISCUSSIONS? UH, WE HAD GOOD RESULTS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE EVALUATE THEM ON OUR PIPELINE METRICS, UM, AND WHAT ARE THOSE FIVE POINT METRICS? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, APPLICATIONS ARE QUALIFIED BIDS STARTS AND COMPLETION NUMBERS. UM, ANOTHER ONE IS TIMELY COMMUNICATION WITH HOMEOWNERS AND CONTRACTORS. SO WE CHECK IN ON THAT, UM, WARRANTY FOR WORK. UM, AND ANOTHER ONE IS MONITORING READINESS. JUST MAKING SURE FILES ARE ORGANIZED AND COMPLETE HOMEOWNER FILES AND CONTRACTOR APPROVALS ARE UPLOADED SO THAT WE CAN SEE. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE EVALUATE THEM ON, AND THEN WE MAKE NOTES AND THEN MAKE SURE WE SEE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME. AND, AND, AND I'LL ADD ONE MORE THING, COMMISSIONER. UM, ONE OF THE DEFICIENCIES, UH, PRIOR TO THIS RELATIONSHIP WAS THE TIMEFRAME THAT BY THAT HOMEOWNERS HAD TO WAIT BEFORE THE ACTUAL WORK WAS COMPLETED. AND SO WE, UH, HAVE TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNER CREATED A SYSTEM THAT APPLICATIONS WILL BE TAKEN IN BATCHES. AND I'LL ALLOW THE COORDINATORS TO, TO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO THAT THE TIMEFRAME BETWEEN WHEN YOU APPLY AND WHEN THE WORK IS DONE IS NOT THE TWO YEAR THAT WAS MENTIONED PRIOR. SO THAT'S ANOTHER DEFICIENCY THAT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT WE'RE, UM, CREATING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES TO AVOID IT. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. WELL, I APPRECIATE TWO OF THE ME. I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE TWO OF THE METRICS THAT WERE RAISED BECAUSE THOSE WERE TWO AREAS OF CONCERN THAT ARE MENTIONED AT LENGTH IN THE, UM, ARTICLE IN THE LAB REPORT ABOUT THE 10TH STREET PROJECT, WHICH IS QUALITY OF CONTRACTORS AND, UM, ANY QUALITY CONTROL, UM, AN EVALUATION AND, UM, PENALTIES FOR SHODDY WORK AND DUPLICATIVE RECEIPTS FOR WORK HAVING TO BE REDONE BECAUSE IT WAS DONE BADLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTORS HAVE ADEQUATE QUALITY CONTROLS AND THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT AUDIT FUNCTION SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY BILLS TWICE. UM, I WILL REFER TO VOA, I DO KNOW AT THE START AT OUR HANDOFF, UM, ONE OF THE PROCESSES WE PUT INTO PLACE WAS A NOTIFYING ALL OF OUR CONTRACTORS THAT, UM, WE HAD ON IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE WERE SUBCONTRACTING OUT WITH VOA, THAT THEIR INFORMATION WOULD [00:30:01] BE, UH, PASSED ALONG TO VOA AND THEN THAT THEY WOULD BE VETTING THEM. AND ANY, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT ARE STILL INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH OUR PROGRAM WOULD HAVE TO SEND US NOTICE THAT THEY ARE GONNA STAY ON WITH VOA. AND THEN VOA DID THEIR VETTING PROCESS AS WELL. SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR VETTING PROCESSES VOA? SO OUR FIRST ROUND OF REPAIRS ARE GOING VERY WELL. SO WE HAVE AN, I INSPECT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A REALLY QUICK IDEA, QUALITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. VOA HAS, YOU KNOW, MINISTERED TO THOSE POPULATIONS THAT ARE VULNERABLE FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE FEEL LIKE THEY DESERVE THE SAME QUALITY AS ANY OF US WOULD DESERVE. SO WE APPROACH IT WITH THAT IN MIND. WE HAVE AN INSPECTOR WHO GOES OUT AND REVIEWS THE HOME AND REVIEWS AND WRITES UP THE WORK BID THAT IS THEN SIGNED OFF ON BY THE CITY. YES, THAT'S THE RIGHT WORK ORDER. THEN THE, WE, UM, HAVE A BID WALK WHERE MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS THAT WE HAVE VETTED, THEY HAVE INSURANCE, THEY HAVE GOOD QUALITY EXPERIENCE, WE BELIEVE FROM THEIR REVIEWS, IT'S BEEN DONE IN A TIME THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT WE THEN HAVE A CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR WHO IS ROTATING THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTIES BEING WE'VE DONE CHECKING ON THEM, CHECKING IN, SAYING, NO, WAIT A SECOND, WE'RE NOT READY FOR AN INSPECTOR 'CAUSE YOU DID THIS WRONG. AND WE'RE NOT, WE HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT BECAUSE BEFORE IT GOES TO THE CITY FOR FINAL INSPECTION, THEN WHAT WE'VE DONE ON OUR SIDE IS WE PLEDGED TO MAKE CERTAIN THOSE CONTRACTORS ARE PAID IN A TIMELY MANNER MM-HMM . BECAUSE IF WE'RE DOING, IF THEY'RE DOING QUALITY WORK, WE NEED TO BE QUALITY IN GETTING THEM PAID. MM-HMM . SO WE PLEDGE TO THEM THAT WE WILL PAY THEM WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE DATE OF SUBMISSION OF THEIR APPROVED INVOICE. AND AGAIN, OUR CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR IS LOOKING THROUGH EVERYTHING AND SAYING, YES, YES, YES, YES, IT'S BEEN SIGNED OFF BY THE CITY. YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PAID. AND WE'VE GOTTEN PEOPLE PAID BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY WHERE CONSTRUCTION LENDER, BECAUSE THIS IS A FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD BACK 10% OF THEIR PROCEEDS FOR 30 DAYS. AND WE ARE CHECKING TO MAKE CERTAIN THERE ARE NO LEADS OR NO COMPLAINTS FROM THE HOMEOWNER. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS AT THE END OF THE COMPLETION, AND WE'RE JUST GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF THESE, THE FIRST NINE HOMES HAD A WHOLE LOT OF WORK TO DO 120 DAYS WORTH OF PROBABLY REPAIRS. THE, UM, MSRP, THE ONGOING REPAIRS WILL BE MUCH EASIER. A TWO TO FOUR WEEK, UH, REPAIR TIMELINE, NOT 120 DAYS. SO THOSE WILL GO MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN SOME OF THOSE FIRST MONTH. BUT THE HOMEOWNERS GETTING THE SURVEY, OUR INSPECTOR IS GETTING A SURVEY AND OUR CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR ARE GETTING A SURVEY ON THAT CONTRACTOR AND WE'RE REPORTING THAT. SO WHEN THEY GO TO DO THE NEXT BID, IF THEY DID NOT DO, AND WE HAD TO HAVE THEM REDO THE ROOF A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON ANOTHER ROOF BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE QUALITY AND WE ARE GONNA PICK THE BEST BID. WELL, THAT'S BEEN OUR PLEDGE IS BETWEEN US TALKING TO THE HOMEOWNERS, OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE THERE, WHO ARE LOOKING AT MORE THAN JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING UNDER REPAIR, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE AND OUR PLEDGE IS TO GIVE THEM THE BEST REPAIR. UH, AND ALL REPAIRS THEN ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A ONE YEAR WARRANTY. AND WE ARE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. SO, SO FAR SO GOOD. YOU KNOW, WE'RE EARLY ON AND JUST GETTING SOME OF THE FIRST HOMES DONE. UH, BUT WE'VE DONE THIS PROGRAM FROM EMERGENCY REPAIRS HERE IN DALLAS MM-HMM . AND IN HOUSTON, WE KNOW SOME OF THE STUMBLING PLOTS AND WE KNOW HOW TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE AND YOU'RE HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME GOOD QUALITY CONTROL PROCESSES AND AUDIT PROCESSES IN PLACE. SO, UM, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER ASKED A QUESTION, I BELIEVE AT ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT ASKED ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE PIPELINE UNDER THE LAST PROGRAM AND WERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PIPELINE WHO HAD NOT BEEN SERVICED, WHERE WERE THEY GOING TO BE IN THIS NEW PROGRAM? DO THEY GET PRIORITY OR ARE THEY IN THIS FIRST TRANCHE? AND SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A CITY STAFF QUESTION. YES. I'LL LET DON ANSWER. UM, HOMEOWNERS AND IF I COULD HAVE NUMBERS AS WELL. YEAH. HOMEOWNERS WHO WERE UNDER CONTRACT UNDER THE OLD PROGRAM, HOMEOWNERS WHO WERE ON THE WAITING LIST TO MAY HAVE FILED AN APPLICATION. AND I, I SHE'LL SPEAK TO THOSE [00:35:01] TWO CATEGORIES OF HOMEOWNERS. THANK YOU. YES. UM, THAT WAS ON SLIDE SIX. UM, THE PIPELINE UNDER REVIEW, PRE-CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WE'RE WAITING FOR THE CONTRACT AND UNDER CONTRACT MM-HMM . UM, THE, THAT WAS ABOUT 65 FOR THE CDBG FUNDED CASES AND 60 WERE IN THE PIPELINE. NOW, WHEN WE SAY IN THE PIPELINE, THAT IS A MORE BROADER SENSE, IT CAN EITHER BE THEY WERE, UM, WAITING FOR ELIGIBILITY CONFIRMATION, EITHER WAITING FOR, UH, CONFIRMATION OF WHICH PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE GONNA, UH, PROCEED WITH OR, UH, WAITING FOR A CONTRACT, WAITING FOR A BID. UM, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES UNDER PRECON CONTRACT WERE WAITING FOR A BID. AND THEN, UM, THE NINE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZED THAT, UM, WE SPOKE TO THAT ARE BEING WORKED, UH, CURRENTLY, THAT THOSE ONES WERE SHOVEL READY, READY FOR A CONTRACTOR TO COME ON. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE NOBODY WAS LEFT BEHIND AS A RESULT OF THIS TRANSITION TO A NEW PROGRAM. CORRECT. AND LIKE WE SAID, UM, STILL REACHING OUT TO EVERYONE TO LET, MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS. OKAY. SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE MOST HEARTBREAKING THINGS ABOUT THIS LAB REPORT ARTICLE IS, UH, BARBARA JOHNSON'S SITUATION. UM, YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT ONE IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT OR IF YOU KNOW WHERE MS. JOHNSON'S SITUATION IS RIGHT NOW. YES, I'D BE DELIGHTED AND I KNOW THE RE AND IF YOU CAN GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT MS. JOHNSON'S SITUATION, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. YES, THANK, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UM, I, I'LL SAY THIS, UM, I BACKGROUND, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, UH, AT A FUTURE MEETING, BUT I'LL TELL YOU HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO RECTIFY THAT SITUATION. WE HAVE, UH, FOUND SOME FUNDING TO COMPLETE MS. JOHNSON'S HOME ALONG WITH ANOTHER HOMEOWNER IN 10TH STREET. SO, UH, WE ARE MAKING STEPS TO, UH, ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND MS. JOHNSON HAS BEEN NOTIFIED PERFECT. AND SHE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT. WELL, I'M EXCITED TOO, AND I KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT TWO COMMISSIONER WILL EQUALLY BE EXCITED, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I, UM, WOULD LIKE, CAN I JUST CLARIFY THAT IS NOT CDBG FUNDED THOUGH, OR OTHER FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND? CD BG FUNDS? I'LL HAVE TO GET WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM ON THAT. UM, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE CDBG, BUT I CAN, I DON'T RECALL, UH, ANY CDBG FUNDS IN THE PROJECT. BUT BECAUSE I, I WANNA CONFIRM, UH, TO SAY, BUT FROM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THERE WERE NO, THAT WAS NOT A CBG PROJECT. OKAY. WELL THAT WAS WHY I ASKED. THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTION WAS WHICH BUCKET WAS IT IN? THANK YOU. UM, I DO NOT THINK I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EXCELLENT ANSWERS AND, AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE TIME THAT VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA HAS TAKEN TO CRAFT, UM, WHAT SOUNDS LIKE REALLY EXCEPTIONAL AUDIT, QUALITY CONTROL AND CONTRACTOR, UM, MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. LET'S THANK, OKAY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE INTO MY CHAIR'S REPORT, WHICH I REALLY JUST WANNA WELCOME EVERYONE BACK. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOU COMING BACK. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, UM, AND FOUND SOME FRESH AIR SOMEWHERE, , IT'S HOPEFULLY HOT OUT THERE. BUT APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR. I THINK WE'VE HAD A GREAT COMMISSION AS WE REVVING UP TO DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK. APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE QUESTIONS AND THE, UM, DEDICATION. SO THANK YOU ALL THOSE OF YOU ONLINE AND ALL OF YOU HERE FOR BEING HERE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY VICE CHAIR. ANYTHING TO AVOID? THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD OTHER THAN WELCOME BACK. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME IN PERSON. UM, EVEN IF YOU HAVE FIND TRAFFIC, IT'S WORTH IT, I PROMISE. AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL NEXT TIME. GOOD, THANK YOU. AND ONE MORE NOTE, JUST CONGRATS AGAIN TO STAFF FOR THE TIME FOR GETTING EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF. UM, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT TO CHAIR DAVIS [00:40:01] FOR A COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, PLEASE. UH, YES. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR LUIN. UH, WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. UM, ON TUESDAY, JUNE THE 23RD, 2026, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, MET, WE HAD, DID HAVE A QUORUM. UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD OF, UH, AS OF MAY 31ST, 2026, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS NEEDED TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY SIX ME, CDBG FUNDS BEFORE HUNTS AUGUST TO, UH, TIMELINES THIS DEADLINE IN ORDER THAT WE REMAIN, UH, COMPLIANT. UH, AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, THE CITY SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED, REQUIRED EXTENDED THRESHOLD, UH, TO SATISFY HOOD'S, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BLOCK GRANT TIMELINES, UH, GUIDELINES. AND SO KUDOS, KUDOS TO, UH, EVERYONE WHO WORKED SO HARD, UH, TO BRING ABOUT, UH, COMPLIANCE FOR OUR CITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, UH, YOUR ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME, UH, MONTH AFTER MONTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS. UM, AND SO, UH, WE JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANKS TO THE STAFF, UM, AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS SO HARD TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE, UH, WE'RE BRINGING GOOD STEWARDS, UH, WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, GIVEN. UH, THAT'S OUR REPORT. AND AGAIN, UH, TO EVERYONE, AND I'M NOT CALLING NAMES, BUT TO EVERYONE WHO WORKS SO HARD, UH, SINCERE. THANK YOU, UH, CHAIR, THAT'S OUR REPORT. THANK YOU CHAIR DAVIS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THAT'S A YES MA'AM, A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK AND WE SURE APPRECIATE IT AND RECOGNIZE IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE LEADERSHIP. UH, HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS JOINED US ONLINE? NO, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKING ONLINE. OKAY. THEN I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS IF ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMMISSIONER MILL. UM, I HAD A QUESTION. I UNFORTUNATELY WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE 6 4 26 CDC MEETING, AND I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS WAS, UM, A PRESENTATION REGARDING STRATEGIES TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION, UM, AMONG NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. WILL THERE BE A FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION ON THAT JUSTICE? YES. COMMISSIONER MILLS STAFF DID MEET AND WE HAVE A REPORT WE HOPE TO MEET WITH THE, WITH THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE SOMETIME IN, IN SEPTEMBER. KNOWING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MEETINGS THIS MONTH FOR THE, FOR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET, WE'RE GIVING MEMBERS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT ONE 30 SOME MEMBERS, I MEAN, MEETING SCHEDULED. SO WHEN WE COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE PLAN TO MEET WITH THE, WITH WITH THAT COMMITTEE, GIVE THEM THE REPORT AND DO THE BEST REPORT. THANK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER B, JUST A QUESTION. DID WE SET THE DATE FOR THE NEXT FINANCE MEETING? WE DON'T NEED TO MEET THIS MONTH, RIGHT? WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MONTH OFF . OH, SO SO NO MEETING. OH, OKAY. NO MEETING THIS MONTH. WE VOTING ON THE BUDGET. MORE BREATHING TIME. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN? A MOTION TO ADJOURN, PLEASE. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. HAVE A VERY GOOD EVENING AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING FOR AUGUST 6TH IS ADJOURNED AT 6:44 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. * 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.