Approved-Minutes_CDC_5-14-2024 — original pdf

Approved Minutes

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MAY 14, 2024 The COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION convened in a REGULAR MEETING on MAY 14, 2024, at City Hall Boards and Commissions Room 1101, 301 West 2nd Street, in Austin, Texas. Some members of the commission participated by video conference. CALL TO ORDER Chair Thompson called the meeting to order at 6:37pm with 8 members present. Commissioners Brown, Estevan Delgado and Jaso were absent. Commissioner Bertha Delgado joined the dais at 6:55pm. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Cheryl Thompson (Chair) Bertha Delgado Raul Longoria Michael Tolliver Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Jenny Achilles Jose Noe Elias (Vice Chair) Jo Anne Ortiz Gavin Porter Julia Woods Board Members/Commissioners Absent: Steven Brown Estevan Delgado Staff Members in Attendance Nefertitti Jackmon Letitia Brown Ed Blake Lisa Rodriguez Angel Zambrano 1  PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Zenobia Joseph addressed the CDC. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the April 9, 2024, Community Development Commission meeting minutes. The minutes of the meeting of, April 9, 2024, minutes were approved on Commissioner Tolliver’s motion, Commissioner Longoria’s second, on a 9-0-0 vote with Commissioners Brown, Jaso and E. Delgardo absent. BRIEFINGS 2. Briefing on new and departing Commissioners (Chair Thompson) Chair Thompson gave the briefing. 3. Briefing on Special Called Meeting May 4, 2024 (Chair Thompson) Chair Thompson gave the briefing. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4. Discussion and update on FY 25-29 Consolidated Plan Process (Chris Duran, Grants Program Manager; Housing Department) Chris Duran gave the update and responded to questions. PUBLIC HEARING 5. Conduct a public hearing to receive comment on community needs for the City's Fiscal Year 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan that will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the City's application for federal funding. Zenobia Joseph addressed the board with questions and concerns regarding the 2025- 2029 Consolidated Plan. 6. Conduct a public hearing to receive comment on the City’s revised Citizen Participation Plan as part of the Fiscal Year 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan process that secures federal funding for the City from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. On Commissioner Longoria’s motion, Commissioner Bertha Delgado’s second, a motion to postpone the public hearing was approved on a 9-0-0 vote. Chair Thompson requested that the public hearing to receive comments on the City’s revised Citizen Participation Plan be placed on the June agenda. 2  DISCUSSION ITEMS 7. Presentation and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) for April 2024 (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health) Angel Zambrano gave the presentation. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Public hearing on Citizens’ Participation Plan • Presentation on anti-displacement funds and how they will be utilized • Project Connect presentation linked to the anti-displacement funds (Housing Department and Austin Transportation Plan staff) • Preservation Plan Recommendation approval (Preservation Plan Recommendation Working Group: Bertha Delgado and Estevan Delgado) • Update on construction of Rosewood Courts (Housing Authority of the City of Austin) • Presentation from Zenobia Joseph Light Rail funding ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned without objection at 8:01pm. On Commissioner Tolliver’s motion, Vice Chair Elias’s second, the May 14, 2024, CDC meeting minutes were approved unanimously on an 11-0-0 vote at the June 11, 2024, meeting. Commissioner Brown was absent. 3