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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) – HOUSING COMMITTEE Regular Meeting February 11, 2020 5:00 pm Street-Jones Building 1000 E. 11th Street, Room 400A Austin, Texas 78702 CURRENT CDC HOUSING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Karen Paup, Chair Private Sector Amit Motwani Public Sector Appointee CALL TO ORDER Raymond Young Public Sector Appointee Shavone Otero Private Sector Appointee DRAFT MINUTES Chair Paup called the meeting to order at 5:23pm with four members present. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 citizens signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. A speaker who requires a translator or interpreter will be allowed double the amount of time of a speaker who does not require a translator. The same doubled time limit (six minutes) will apply to a speaker with a disability who needs assistance in a manner that requires additional time to deliver the speaker’s message. The doubled time limits apply to speakers with special requirements during general citizen communication and to those signed up to speak on a specific agenda item. No citizens signed up to speak. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the January 14, 2020, CDC Housing Committee meeting minutes. On Commissioner Youngs’s motion, Commissioner Motwani’s second, the January 14, 2020, minutes were approved unanimously.  2. NEW BUSINESS a. Briefing and discussion on HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents and Section 8 Vouchers (Lisa Garcia, Vice President of Assisted Housing, Housing Authority City of Austin) Lisa Garcia and Mike Gerber, Housing Authority City of Austin, provided a presentation and answered questions from Commissioners about HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents and Section 8 Vouchers. b. Discussion and possible action regarding recommendations on displacement mitigation strategies (Commissioner Otero) Nefertitti Jackmon provided an update and answered questions from Commissioners about the City of Austin displacement mitigation strategies. 3. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Displacement mitigation strategies (new standing item) • Information/presentation from Constable Morales on zip code rents ADJOURN Chair Paup adjourned the meeting at 6:27pm without objection. NEXT MEETING DATE Tuesday, March 10, 2020 5:00pm, Boards and Commissions Room, City Hall, 301 West 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78701 The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice by calling 512-974-3144 at least 2 days prior to the meeting date. Commissioners may contact CTM for email/technology assistance: 512-974-4357