Agenda — original pdf

Agenda

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) October 12, 2021 – 6:30pm Austin City Hall, Board and Commission- Room 1101 301 West 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701 Some members of the Community Development Commission may be participating by video conference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Amit Motwani, Chair Public Sector Appointee Karen Paup, Vice Chair Private Sector Appointee Bertha Delgado East Austin Joe Deshotel Public Sector Appointee Fisayo Fadelu Public Sector Appointee Cheryl Thompson St. John’s Miriam Garcia North Austin Vacant Dove Springs Kendra Garrett Private Sector Appointee Julia Woods South Austin Eloise Sepeda Public Sector Appointee Heidi Sloan Public Sector Appointee Shakita Hawthorne Rosewood-Zaragosa/Blackland Jose Noe Elias Montopolis Michael Tolliver Colony Park 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 AGENDA CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each items not to address be allowed a posted on the agenda. three-minute allotment their concerns regarding 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the September 14, 2021, Community Development Commission meeting minutes. 2. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG) a) Briefing and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health) 3. NEW BUSINESS a) Tenant’s Rights presentation (Mincho Jacob and Shoshana Krieger, Building and Strengthening Tenant Action - BASTA) b) Presentation on South Central Waterfront (Greg Dutton, Housing and Planning Department) c) Discussion and possible action on expanded use of Equity Tool (Commissioner Elias) d) Discussion and possible action on Prop A (Commissioner Garrett) e) Discussion and possible action on IH-35 Expansion (Commissioner Deshotel) f) Discussion and possible action on 2022 CDC regular meeting schedule 4. WORKING GROUP AND COMMITTEE REPORTS a) Update from the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) Community Advisory Committee (Commissioner Elias) b) Update from the Joint Sustainability Commission (Commissioner Fadelu) 5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT 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 512-974-1606 at least 2 days prior to the meeting date. TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Community Development Commission, please contact Jesse Gutierriez at 512-974-1606. CDC Commissioners may contact CTM for email/technology assistance: 512-974-4357.