2020_7_ 15_CDC Approved Meeting Minutes — original pdf

Approved Minutes

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) SPECIAL CALLED MEETING VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING July 15, 2020, 3:00 pm Members Absent: Tandera Louie (Vice Chair) Madra Mays Fisayo Fadelu CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS Board Members in Attendance: Joe Deshotel (Chair) Raymond Young Amit Motwani Heidi Sloan Shavone Otero Karen Paup Cesar Acosta Julia Woods Alberto Mejia Bertha Delgado Michael Tolliver City of Austin Staff in Attendance: Rebecca Giello (Neighborhood Housing and Community Development) Erica Leak (Neighborhood Housing and Community Development) Angel Zambrano (Austin Public Health) Angela Sommers (Neighborhood Housing and Community Development) MEETING MINUTES Please visit https://austintexas.gov/cdc for more information about the Community Development Commission. Purpose: The purpose of the board is to advise the Council in the development and implementation of programs designed to serve the poor and the community at large with an emphasis on federally funded programs. CALL TO ORDER Chair Deshotel called the meeting to order at 3:04 pm with 9 members present. Commissioner Mejia joined the dais at 3:09 pm and Commissioner Delgado joined the dais at 3:35 pm. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the June 9, 2020 Community Development Commission meeting minutes. The meeting minutes were approved unanimously on Commissioner Tolliver’s motion to approve and Commissioner Paup’s second. Commissioners Louie, Mays and Fadelu were absent. 2. OLD BUSINESS a) Presentation and discussion on the draft FY 2020-21 Action Plan (Neighborhood Housing and Community Development staff). Erica Leak, Development Officer, provided a presentation on the draft FY 2020-21 Action Plan, and Rebecca Giello, Deputy Director, answered questions about the draft FY 2020-21 Action Plan. b) Conduct a public hearing to receive public comment on the draft FY 2020-21 Action Plan. Public hearings are required by 1) the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and 2) the Texas Local Government Code Chapter 373 . No community members signed up to speak on the draft FY 2020 -21 Action Plan. c) Discussion and possible action on the draft FY 2020-21 Action Plan. The draft FY 2020-21 Action Plan was approved on Commissioner Paup’s motion to approve and Commissioner Motwani’s second on a 9-2 vote, with the understanding that more information about federal programs will be provided to the Commission at a later date. Additionally, Commissioner Motwani recommended that Action Plan priorities be altered such that programs that historically have not been able to hit their milestones or exhaust their dollar amounts be deprioritized in the following fiscal year. Commissioners Tolliver and Delgado voted nay. Commissioners Louie, Mays and Fadelu were absent. d) Discussion and possible action on the July 2019-June 2020 Community Development Commission and Housing Committee Annual Report and Goals. This item was not discussed. 3. NEW BUSINESS This item was not discussed. Discussion and possible action on Reimagining Public Safety and Police funding. 4. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG) Presentation and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health). This item was not discussed. 5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Commissioner Otero requested a presentation from Capital Metro on their anti- displacement efforts for Project Connect. ADJOURNMENT Chair Deshotel adjourned the meeting at 4:35 pm without objection. 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 La nguage Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice by calling 512-974-3162 at least 2 days prior to the meeting date. For more information on the Community Development Commission, please contact Kimberly Freeman at 512-974-3162. Commissioners may contact CTM for email/technology assistance: 512-974-4357