* 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. [00:00:02] 17. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL HER ROLE CHAIRWOMAN CASTRO. PRESENT. THANK VICE-CHAIR DELGADO PRESENT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CHAMBERS PRESENT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ESPARZA. PRESENT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR . PRESENT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RAMIREZ. PRESENT. THANK YOU. DIRECTORS SIDES. PLEASURE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A FORUM. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RAMIREZ, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN? FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. JUSTICE. FOR, AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILED THE PRESIDENCY REPORT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? MOTION MOVE. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR . THANK YOU, DELGADO. IT HAS BEEN MOVED. AND SECONDED. SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RAMIREZ AND VICE CHAIR DELGADO. MAY WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT? UM, SURE. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE MC UM, PARADE AND EVENTS. UM, SAW THE PICTURES. I, IT WAS GREAT. I KNOW IT MAYBE, UH, DIDN'T, UH, MEET THE GOLFER ATTENDANCE, BUT IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL TO FOLKS WHO DID ATTEND ON THE CITY SIDE. WERE WORKING ON ATTENDANCE NEXT YEAR, AND IT WAS VERY, UH, THE CITY MANAGER WANTED TO, TO PASS ALONG THINGS FOR, UM, SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND THEN WE HAVE IMPORTANT ITEMS, UM, THIS EVENING. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MEGAN, DID YOU HAVE OTHER UPDATES? JUST THAT I AM GOING BLANK. WE JUST MOVED THE DATE, BUT THE GROUND, THE DEMOLITION EVENT IS FEBRUARY 6TH. 10. I, SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY MICHELLE'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD, BECOMING A DEMOLITION PROJECT MANAGER EXPERT. AND, UM, WE'LL BE DEMOING THE OLD ORANGE LIBRARY, WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IN ACTUALLY BECOMING A PROJECT. SO IT'S SUPER EXCITING AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT THERE TO SEE. HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME PRESS OUT THERE AND SOME EXCITEMENT BUILDING AROUND THE NEXT HOT HABITAT PROJECT, WHICH IS ALWAYS, UM, REALLY HEART. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND DOWN. SEEING NONE. UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN CASTRO? YES. VICE-CHAIR DELGADO? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CHAMBERS? YES. DIRECTOR AS FAR IS THAT? YES. DIRECTOR ? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RAMIREZ? YES. DIRECTORS? YES. PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY INVESTMENT COMPANY MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2023. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED. AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR CHAMBERS AND DIRECTOR MEL . IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND. THIS ONE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN CASTRO? YES. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR DELGADO? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CHAMBERS? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ESPARZA? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RAMIREZ? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SIDES. I'LL ABSTAIN BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE, BUT YOU DID RECEIVE THE MINUTES. OH, I TO REVIEW THEM? I DID. OKAY. SO YOU CAN VOTE AS LONG AS I PROVIDE YOU WITH THE MINUTES PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND YOU REVIEWED THEM, YOU CAN VOTE. YES. YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 1 3 1 EAST WARDLOW ROAD FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE OF 5,475,000 USING PLHA FUNDS AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO INITIATE AND COMPLETE THE ACQUISITION OF THIS [00:05:01] PROPERTY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? MOTION. THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RAMIREZ AND DIRECTOR SIDES. PLEASE PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS AGENDA. ITEM VO REAL ESTATE PROJECT COORDINATOR WILL BE FROM TODAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS ITEM IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1131 EAST WARD LOW ROAD FOR A PURCHASE PRICE OF $5,475,000 USING PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION FUNDS AND SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023, THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY INVESTMENT COMPANY AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT TO NEGOTIATE EXCLUSIVELY WITH WEST HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION FOR AN AWARD OF UP TO $7 MILLION IN PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION FUNDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE RENTING HOUSING AT 1131 EAST WARD LOWER ROAD, UH, SITE ACQUISITION AND PLHA EXPENDITURE DEADLINES, THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. TERMINATION DATE, UH, WEST HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION IS CURRENTLY IN ESCROW WITH THE SELLER OF THE PROPERTY. THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WILL TERMINATE ON APRIL 5TH, 2024 WITH NO EXTENSIONS AVAILABLE. THE PLHA EXPENDITURE DEADLINE, PLHA FUNDS FROM THE 2019 ALLOCATION MUST BE SPENT BY MARCH 1ST, 2024 OR $2.9 MILLION IN FUNDING WILL HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO THE STATE. THESE 2019 FUNDS WERE PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO THE ARMORY ARTS COLLECTIVE PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN DELAYED AND WILL NOT CLOSE ON TIME TO MEET OUR EXPENDITURE DEADLINE. THIS DEADLINE CANNOT BE EXTENDED TO INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS OF FUTURE FUNDING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE L-B-C-I-C PURCHASE THE SITE THEN PURSUE AN EXEMPT EXCESS SURPLUS LAND DECLARATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. L-P-C-I-C ACQUISITION ALSO PROVIDES A PATHWAY TO EXPEND THE 2019 PLHA FUNDS BY THE STATUTORY DEADLINE AND AVOID HAVING TO RETURN THE FUNDS TO A CD. THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY AT 1131 EAST OR ROAD USING $5,475,000 AND PLHA THE END OF THE REPORT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WOULD THE DEVELOPER LIKE TO PRESENT OR SAY SOMETHING? WE DID NOT INVITE THE DEVELOPER 'CAUSE THIS ITEM IS JUST FOR SITE OPPOSITION BY THE L-B-C-I-C. OKAY. DOES THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS? QUESTION. IS THIS A SITE THAT'S GONNA BE THAT HIGH RISE? IT IT WAS PROPOSED AS A SEVEN STORY UNIT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ENTITLEMENTS. IT WILL LIKELY BE SMALLER . YES. CAN WE ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. UH, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND. WHERE, WHERE IS IT THAT THEY ARE THAT THE DIRECTORS ARE AROUND TO ASK QUESTIONS? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO ASK. IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE? YES. YEAH, I AM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. VICE CHAIR DELGADO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY. IS THIS FOR SALE OR FOR RENTAL? UH, IT IS TO, TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. NO, I UNDERSTAND. BUT FOR, FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR SALE OF, OR DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS ITEM IS SIMPLY FOR L-V-C-I-C ACQUISITION OF THE SITE. THAT'S ALL THIS IS FOR. THERE IS A PROPOSED DEVELOPER AND A PROPOSED PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE FOR RENTAL A HUNDRED UNITS, BUT THEY HAVE DOCUMENT ENTITLEMENTS. THE FINAL NUMBER SHAPED ALL THAT IS STILL UND SECOND BECAUSE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTION? THE DEADLINE HERE IS, IS MARCH 1ST? YES. FOR THE FUNDS TO GET THE FUNDS? YES. IS THAT GONNA BE ENOUGH TIME? IT'S GONNA BE VERY CLOSE. WE WILL MAKE THAT DEADLINE THOUGH BACK. SO YEAH, WE WILL MAKE THAT DEADLINE. I THINK MEGAN AND STAFF FOUND A REALLY ELEGANT SOLUTION THAT IS GONNA SOLVE THE DEVELOPER'S PROBLEM AND THE CITY'S PROBLEM, UM, AND GIVE US ACTUALLY GREATER CONTROL OF THE PROJECT. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PAST DISCUSSION ABOUT CONCERNS, UM, ON THE PROJECT, BUT IT'S A HIGH RESOURCE AREA. IT MEETS ALL OF OUR GOALS IN TERMS OF HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ALL COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. [00:10:01] SO, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PROJECT TEAM TO IZE THE PROJECT AND ADJUST THE PROJECT DESIGN. BUT I THINK BY BEING GONNA BE ON OUR PROPERTY, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE US MORE CONTROL IN THE PROCESS. UM, FACILITATE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT. IS IS THERE A COMMITMENT TO A DEVELOPER ALREADY OR COULD THAT CHANGE? YEAH, SO LET ME SEE. SO WE HAVE AWARDED FUNDS TO THE DEVELOPER OR PROPOSED PROJECT, UM, EXACTLY WHAT THAT PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE. THAT'S THAT WE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITH THEM. AND THAT DURING THAT TIME IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS AND THEIR FUNDING, UM, POTENTIAL FUNDING, UH, OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AND ANALYZE THAT. AND THEY APPLY FOR THINGS AND WE SEE HOW IT GOES ON ANOTHER PATH. THEY GO THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS WITH PLANNING AND PLANNING, UM, AND THE PLANNING, UM, STAFF DICTATE HOW THE PROJECT WILL LOOK AND THE APPROPRIATE SIZING AND ALL OF THAT. UM, RIGHT NOW THOUGH, TO BE CLEAR, TAKING A STEP BACK, ALL WE'RE DOING IS ENSURING THAT WE SOLIDIFY OUR, OUR OWNERSHIP OF A PROPERTY IN A HIGH RESOURCE AREA. RIGHT. UM, THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. WE'VE COMMITTED TO HUD, WE PUT IT IN OUR ACTION PLANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN HIGH RESOURCE AREAS. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WE CANNOT DO. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR A SITE THAT HAS TO CLOSE ESCROW IN THIS SPRING, WE STAFF, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IT HAPPENS TO COINCIDE BEAUTIFULLY WITH A, A DEADLINE WE HAVE WITH HCP TO COMMIT SOME P-H-P-L-H-A FUNDS. UM, WE HAD A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS. THIS ONE, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S THE BILL THE BEST. UM, MANY CITIES ARE IN THE SAME SPOT AS US, BUT WE BELIEVE WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB, UM, AT MAKING SURE THIS GETS DONE, UM, FOR THE STATE IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND THEY, THEY'RE FINDING WORK AWAY AROUND AND ALL THEY'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR US TO DO IS DRAW DOWN THE FUNDS AND HAVE 'EM COMMITTED. THEY'LL LIKELY BE THE ONLY CITY THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO SPEND THE FUNDS. WE'RE NOT DOING A A TRICK HERE. WE ACTUALLY ARE SPENDING THEM AND WE'RE PROCEEDING. WE HAVE A COM UH, AGREEMENT WITH A DEVELOPER AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AN ACTUAL PROJECT. UM, THE DEADLINE IS SOON. UH, WE, THIS IS THE ROUND THAT WE WORK IN ALWAYS GOING TOWARDS THE DEADLINE AND TRYING TO MEET CLOSE ON TIME. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE'LL MEET THIS ONE AS WELL. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE NOT REMOVING THE 7 MILLION THAT STILL WAIT, WE'RE NOT TAKING, WE'RE NOT REMOVING. SO THAT WE COMMITTED 7 MILLION AND WE PLAN FOR THIS 5.7 TO BE PART OF THAT. SO THEN THAT LEAVES 1.3 MILLION ON THE TABLE, WHICH IS THEY PROPOSED, THEY ASKED FOR 7 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT THAT ONLY INCLUDED ACQUISITION. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE'RE THE ONES ACQUIRING VERSUS GIVING THE MONEY TO THEM TO APPLY. SO WE CAN'T FUND THAT. WELL, WE COULD, BUT WE TRIED TO COMMIT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WE NEED TO AND AMOUNT A DOLLAR MORE SO THAT WE CAN FUND OTHER PROJECTS. SO, UM, THEIR AGREEMENT WITH US IS FOR THE $7 MILLION, THERE ARE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, UH, TWICE A YEAR WE, WE DO AND THEY COULD APPLY FOR MORE MONEY AND FUTURE . DIFFERENT FUNDS HAVE DIFFERENT STRINGS ATTACHED TO THEM, BUT WE WOULD'VE TO EVALUATE THAT AGAINST THE PARENTS OF OTHER PROJECTS. SO THE EA FOR 7 MILLION, IT'S 7 MILLION. THERE'S NOT A WAY FOR IT TO, YOU KNOW, EXCEED THE 7 MILLION, BUT THEY COULD ALWAYS APPLY FOR OTHER, OTHER FUNDING IN THE FUTURE. UM, AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UM, 2.9 OF THIS MONEY, IT'S GONNA COME BACK, RIGHT? OR CAN I NOT READ THAT? NO, IT'S, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS ITEM, THEN 2.9 MILLION GETS RETURNED TO THE STATE AND WE LOSE THAT FOREVER. WE DON'T GET TO USE IT. OH, I SEE. SO IT'S NOT THAT THE DEVELOPER AFTER RECEIVE THE 7 MILLION, THEY GET TO PAY THE CITY 2.0 NO, NO, NO. WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF HAVING AN ACTUAL PROJECT, WHICH THE BOARD WILL GET TO VOTE ON AGAIN DOWN THE ROAD, THEN THERE'LL BE A SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE LOAN AMOUNT ATTACHED, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION COSTS. AND THIS IS FOR RENTAL UNITS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE PROPOSED PROJECT, YES. OKAY. QUESTION? YES. SO THE PROPOSED PROJECT, SO WE'RE APPROVING THE FUNDS, THE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WEST HOLLYWOOD FOLKS COULD SAY, EH, WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE AND PLAY. SOMEONE ELSE CAN COME AND PROPOSE ON THE SAME SITE FOR UNDER THAT AMOUNT. [00:15:01] AFTER THIS, IF YOU APPROVE IT, WE OWN THE SITE. SO WE'LL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE TERM OF THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT. AND IF WEST HOLLYWOOD DOES NOT PERFORM, THE AGREEMENT HAPPENS, YOU COULD FIND SOMEONE ELSE. WE THEN WOULD DO AN RF, UM, RFP AND PUT THE, THE SITE OUT FOR PROPOSALS AND SEEK A NEW DEVELOPER. GOT CONVERSELY, WEST HOLLYWOOD COULD SAY WE CAN'T MAKE THIS DEAL WORK AND THEY WALK AWAY. BUT EITHER WAY, WE OWN THIS LAND IN AN OPPORTUNITY AREA, WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION AND MANY DEVELOPERS WOULD LOVE TO DEVELOP THIS SITE. JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THE DEVELOPER DECIDES, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE LINE TO CHARGE MARKET RATE, IS THERE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, CLAUSE THAT PROTECTS THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, INDEFINITELY, UM, ? ABSOLUTELY. SO WHEN WE CLOSE ESCROW ON THE SITE, THERE WILL BE A COVENANT ON THE LAND, UH, MAKING IT AFFORDABLE FOR 55 YEARS. THAT'S WHAT STAFF WOULD DESIRE. BUT EVEN IF WE DIDN'T, OUR FUNDING SOURCE DICTATES THAT THE LAND HAS TO BE THEN RESTRICTED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THERE'S REALLY NO OPTION WITH THE SOURCE THAT'S USED TO PURCHASE THE LAND FOR IT TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN AFFORDABLE RENTAL. IT WON'T, IT WON'T BE FOR SALE HOUSING. I THINK ONE THING THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IS THAT IN PURCHASING THE SITE, NOT ONLY ARE YOU, UH, NOT GIVING MONEY BACK TO THE STATE, BUT YOU'RE ENSURING THAT THAT SITE IS USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. RIGHT? 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T OWN IT, SOMEBODY ELSE COULD PURCHASE THE SITE AND DEVELOP WHATEVER IT'S THAT THEY WANT TO DEVELOP. BUT BY THE L-B-C-I-C OWNING IT, IT WILL BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH AS CHRISTOPHER AND MEGAN HAVE SAID, IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WELL RESOURCED AREAS, IS SPREAD IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT IT ISN'T ONLY FOUND IN, UH, LOWER INCOME MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THE TREND THAT SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWED IN MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING ALL AROUND WHICH WE'RE KEEPING MONEY THAT WE WOULD BE GIVING BACK TO THE STATE AND WE'RE ENSURING THAT THAT SIDE REMAINS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE RESULT. NO, I, I THINK JUST THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE HAVE, MOST OF THE PROJECTS ARE FOR SALE. SO I THINK THIS IS RIGHT THAT WE DO LIKE A RENTAL, SO TO SPEAK. WELL, IT'S A MIX. I MEAN, MOST OF OUR PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY RENTAL, BUT WE BROUGHT YOU SEVERAL HABITAT OWNERSHIP PROJECTS, UM, RECENTLY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF YOUR MOST RECENT PROJECTS. BUT MOST OF OUR, OUR MONIES SUPPORT RENTAL HOUSING PROJECTS, . IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? MAD SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN CASTRO? YES. VICE CHAIR OTTO? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CHAMBERS? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ESPARZA? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR REJO? YES. DIRECTOR RAMIREZ? YES. DIRECTOR SCIENCE? YES, PLEASE SPEAK. NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR FY 2022 THROUGH 2023. CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT. PAPER SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, ESG FUNDS AND CITYWIDE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? I MOVE. THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY THE DIRECTOR CHAMBERS AND VICE CHAIR DELGADO. PLEASE PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. SURE. NIKKI , UM, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER WILL BE PRESENTING AS WELL AS, UH, KATE ASSISTING HER, WHO USUALLY ONLY SEE BEHIND THE SCREEN THE TECHNOLOGY. SO SHE CAME UP TO SEE Y'ALL TODAY. WELL, THAT PERSON EXISTS. MM-HMM, . IT'S NOT JUST A PICTURE ON THE SCREEN. VIRTUAL PURPOSE. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS, THIS PRESENTATION SUMMARIZES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2022. 2023. CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT. LONG BEACH IS DESIGNATED AS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY WITH THREE FUNDING PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS. GRANT IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE THREE FUNDING PROGRAMS [00:20:01] IS GUIDED BY THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL ACTION PLANS. THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION PLANS ARE EVALUATED VIA THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT OR PAPER. THE PAPER WE ARE SUMMARIZING TODAY DESCRIBES THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. IN ADDITION, THE CAPER ALSO PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH A REVIEW OF CU FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN AND OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ACTION PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS WE LOOK TO DEVELOP OUR NEXT ACTION PLAN. THE CAPER IS A USEFUL TOOL IN EVALUATING PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND SPENDING. AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE CAPER ASSESSES PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN GOALS. THOSE GOALS ARE ASSIST IN THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME AND SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSEHOLDS, SUPPORT ACTIVITIES TO END HOMELESSNESS, SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT ASSIST WITH BASIC NEEDS, ELIMINATE LIGHT AND OR STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS. EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, PROMOTE FAIR HOUSING CHOICE AND PLANNING AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. ALRIGHT, SO THE CAPER ITSELF IS A VERY LONG DOCUMENT. THIS YEAR'S CAPER IS ABOUT 81 PAGES. UM, THAT GOES INTO REALLY GREAT DETAIL ABOUT ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE UNDERTOOK IN FY 2223. HOWEVER, UM, WE ALSO CREATED A CAPER ACCOMPLISHMENT SUMMARY TO JUST GIVE YOU A CONCISE REVIEW OF ALL OF OUR OUTCOMES FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. SO IN YOUR HANDOUTS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. UM, SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG AS WE COVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. UM, AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PROGRAMS, WE'RE JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW FOR YOU TODAY. UM, BUT AS YOU'LL SEE, THERE ARE OUTCOMES FOR EVERY ACTIVITY, UM, FROM FY 2223 IN THIS SUMMARY. UM, SO IF YOU FLOAT TO PAGE TWO, YOU'LL SEE THE CDBG PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, SHOWN HERE. SO, JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS. THE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WAS VERY BUSY IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. THEY REPLACED OVER 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALKS AND CONSTRUCTED 62 CURB RAMPS. UM, THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SUPPORTED NEARLY A THOUSAND SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH THINGS LIKE WORKSHOPS AND ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT. UH, WE ALSO ROLLED OUT SOME NEW PROGRAMS IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, LIKE THE HOME IMPROVEMENT ROOF GRANT PROGRAM, UH, WHICH BEGAN PROCESSING 63 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS. AND WE BEGAN PROPERTY INSPECTIONS OF 39 PROPERTIES, OR LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS WHO NEED NEW GROUPS. ANOTHER NEW PROGRAM WE LAUNCHED IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDED NINE MATCHING GRANTS TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN CDBG AREAS TO HOST SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROJECTS. AND, UM, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CHAIRWOMAN CASTRO FOR ALL OF HER HELP AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE REVIEW AND SELECTION OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM APPLICANTS. UM, SO FLIPPING TO THE NEXT PAGE, THESE ARE, UH, THESE ARE OUR HOME AND OTHER HOUSING FUND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM, SO SEVERAL HOME AND NON-FUNDED, UH, NON-HOME FUNDED PROJECTS WERE UNDERWAY IN FY 2223, WHICH WILL PROVIDE 592 FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, UM, IN THE CITY. AND THROUGH THE L-B-C-I-C, WE AWARDED $32 MILLION IN LOANS TO HOUSING DEVELOPERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. UM, JUST UNDER 4,000 RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP RESTRICTED UNITS UNDERWENT ANNUAL, UH, MONITORING COMPLIANCE REVIEWS AS WELL. UM, AND LASTLY, 21ST TIME HOME BUYER GRANTS WERE AWARDED, UH, TOTALING $400,000 IN ASSISTANCE. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, THESE ARE OUR ESG ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO A TOTAL OF 1,340 PEOPLE WERE ASSISTED ACROSS OUR ESG FUNDED PROGRAMS. UH, THOSE FUNDED PROGRAMS ARE RAPID REHOUSING, EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND STREET OUTREACH. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF, UM, FOLKS ASSISTED UNDER THOSE PROGRAMS ON THAT PAGE. UH, TURNING TO PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE, UM, OUR LEVERAGED ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAVE ALSO BEEN REALLY BUSY IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, LEVERAGING OTHER PROGRAMS AND THEIR FUNDING SOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN GOALS. SO A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. UM, WE APPLIED FOR SEVERAL GRANTS LAST FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING A $10 MILLION HUD GRANT FOR PATHWAYS TO REMOVING OBSTACLES TO HOUSING OR PRO HOUSING FOR SHORT. UM, WHICH IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE PRO HOUSING DESIGNATION THAT WE ALSO RECEIVED LAST YEAR. UM, THE PRO HOUSING DESIGNATION COMES FROM HCD AND IT HELPS US BE MORE COMPETITIVE [00:25:01] FOR STATE GRANTS, WHEREAS THE PRO HOUSING GRANT IS A GRANT FOR $10 MILLION. UH, REALLY CREATIVE WITH THE NAME CHOICES . UM, WE WERE ALSO AWARDED $5 MILLION IN FUNDS UNDER THE PLHA GRANT FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO LAUNCHED, UM, SOME NEW WEBPAGES FOR TENANT AND LANDLORD RESOURCES TO HELP INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO CURRENT INFORMATION RELATED TO TENANT AND LANDLORD RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO OUR NEXT ACTION PLAN CYCLE, THE CAPER FORMS PLANNING PROCESSES IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS. IT HELPS US EVALUATE PAST PROGRAM OUTCOMES. IT HELPS US ASSESS SPENDING OF EACH ACTIVITY VERSUS THE IMPACT THOSE ACTIVITIES HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND TOWARDS OUR GOAL AND OBJECTIVES. WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING NEW AND BETTER WAYS TO GATHER AND INCORPORATE COMMUNITY INTEREST, SUCH AS OFFERING MORE IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, PROVIDING A SURVEY, ONGOING TABLING OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE ABOUT CURRENT RESOURCES AND TO COLLECT INPUT DURING THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PHASE OF ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT. AND THROUGH ENHANCED MARKETING MATERIALS, THE BROCHURES AND BOOKLETS HIGHLIGHTING OUR PROGRAMS. WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECEIVE THE FILE, THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23, CONSOLIDATE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT, SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND THE OPERATIONS DIVISION TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? YES. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LOVE THIS BROCHURE OR THE SUMMARY. IT'S, IT'S GREAT, VERY READABLE. MAKES, MAKES THE INFORMATION ALWAYS CLEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME IN THE CDPG PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST A TIMING ISSUE, BUT IT STUCK OUT TO ME 'CAUSE WE'RE SITTING AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND IT SEEMS LIKE FROM HOME IMPROVEMENT ROOF GRANTS AND THE COMMERCIAL FACADE PROGRAM THAT THE APPLICATIONS ARE IN PROCESS. YES. IS IT, DID, DID IT LAUNCH LATER IN THE YEAR OR ARE THERE CHALLENGES IN FINDING PEOPLE OR, SO LET US . UM, SO EVEN THE BEST PROGRAMS, IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THE APPLICATION OF THAT MONEY OUT THE DOOR. UM, ON THE ONE HAND, HUD WANTS US TO SPEND THIS MONEY AND HELP, UH, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, I SWEAR THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT ANY MORE DIFFICULT IN TERMS OF THE PAPERWORK AND LABOR COMPLIANCE. SO WE HAD SOME SPECIFIC CHALLENGES ON, ON BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SIMILAR, BUT I GUESS THEY'RE ON SCALE. SO ON THE GROUP PROGRAM, IT DID TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T VIOLATING OUR OWN PROCUREMENT RULES HERE IN THE CITY AS WELL AS FEDERAL STANDARDS IN TERMS OF, UM, LABOR COMPLIANCE. SO LABOR COMPLIANCE DOESN'T USUALLY APPLY ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT YOU HAVE TO PAPER THAT UP. AND THEN LABOR COMPLIANCE DOES APPLY ON THE CITY SIDE, BUT THESE ARE NOT, THE CITY IS REIMBURSING, THEY'RE NOT HIRING THE CONTRACTOR, BUT WE HAVE TO GET THAT CORRECT. AND WE HAVE THE PLEASE OUR LABOR COMPLIANCE TEAM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR LEGAL TEAM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE TEAM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WE HAD TO GET THEM ALL, UM, IN LINE. AND WE THOUGHT IT'D TAKE A MONTH OR TWO AND IT TOOK LIKE A YEAR. SO, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH. AND THEN ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BECAUSE IT'S A LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY AND IT'S NOT FAMILY, THE LABOR COMPLIANCE WHILE WELL INTENTIONED HAS DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED THAT PROGRAM. BUT THERE'S A TON OF WORK THAT'S GONE ON ON THE STAFF SIDE. WE'RE STILL PROUD OF THE WORK AND ALL OF THE GOOD IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO FIND BACK IN THE COMING MONTHS, BUT WE WOULD NOT HAVE INTENTIONALLY SET UP THE PROGRAM TO HAVE A YEAR LONG DELAY. BUT THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED. WE'LL JUST ADD TO THAT WHILE WE'RE, UM, WE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN LABOR INTENSIVE WHILE WE ARE WORKING ON FIGURING OUT LABOR COMPLIANCE ISSUES, WHICH, WHICH IS A BIG THING WHEN YOU'RE GIVING A $25,000 GRANT AND YOU WANT, UM, GOOD CONTRACTORS TO BID ON THE JOB, BUT THEY HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE STATE, UM, AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS DOCUMENTATION AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE INTERNS AND PAY FOR PREVAILING WAGE AND BE SUBJECT TO MONITORING BY PREVAILING WAGE. IT'S, IT'S A LOT AND IT'S INTENSIVE AND WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE AND TRY AND GET OUT OF IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, IF I'M BEING HONEST. BUT WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD AND WE'RE, WE'RE CHECKING ALL THE BOXES AND WE'RE DOING ALL THE THINGS, BUT ALSO SIMULTANEOUS SO THAT WE WERE ADVERTISING AND HAD A TON OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. [00:30:01] UM, BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF WORKING WITH A DESIGNER TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY WANT THE STOREFRONT TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO WITHIN $25,000, WHICH IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS AS THEY ARE. SO THAT'S A LONG PROCESS AND WE CAN'T CONTROL THE OWNER'S, UM, TIMELINE EITHER. AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TRIED TO DO WORK ON YOUR OWN HOMES, BUT THERE'S THE TIMELINE TO GET CONTRACTORS TO ACTUALLY COME OUT, CALL YOU BACK, COME OUT TO YOUR HOUSE, ACTUALLY GET BACK TO YOU SUPPLY THE ESTIMATE. AND SO WE, THERE'S BEEN A LONG LEAD TIME ON THAT, BUT WE ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU JUST SIGNED THE CON, WE FINALLY HAVE CONTRACTS FOR THE FIRST FIVE, UH, STOREFRONTS TO START WORK. AND SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT I THINK THEY'LL LOOK GREAT AND IT'LL BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND EVERY TIME WE LEARN, AND I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE FROM ME, YOUR DOC THIS MORNING, WE CAN'T, THIS THINGS CAN'T POSSIBLY BE ANY HARDER . OKAY, YEAH, WE CAN'T BE HARDER. BUT PEOPLE WONDER WHY IT TAKES SO LONG AND IT, IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED NOW BECAUSE THE KEEPER ROLLS UP TO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, THEN DO YOU THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA CATCH UP OR DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT THAT FEASIBLE AND MAYBE WE'LL BE BOTH? MM-HMM, . OKAY. SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO THESE PROGRAMS. WE ARE GONNA SEE THESE PROGRAMS OUT THROUGH THE COMING YEAR. WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO THEM, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE, LIKE ESPECIALLY ON THE ROOF SIDE, IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD TO SPEND THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY. UM, SO THAT MAY NOT BE A PROGRAM THAT WE RENEW OR WE MAY RENEW IT DIFFERENTLY. UM, THE FACADE PROGRAM, I THINK WE'RE EVALUATING AND, AND THAT PROGRAM MAY OR MAY NOT CONTINUE. IT MAY CONTINUE DIFFERENTLY. IT MAY STILL BE LV C'S MONEY, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL MONEY, BUT IT MAY BE ADMINISTERED, UH, THROUGH OUR ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT STAFF OR THE CITY RATHER THAN OUR, THAN OUR HOUSE, UM, STAFF. UH, THERE MAY BE A LOCAL MATCH REQUIRED BECAUSE 25,000 REALLY DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS WE HOPED AND EVEN IN A DISADVANTAGED LOCATION. AND WE WANT THE, SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY WITH, WITH KIND OF THE BENEFIT OF, OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO SPENDING WHAT WE ALLOCATED SEEING THESE PROGRAMS THROUGH. UM, BUT THEY MAY NOT CONTINUE FOREVER. THEY MAY, IT MAY BE REFRESHED OR ALTERED OR WHERE THE MONEY MAY, YOU KNOW, BE DIFFERENT IN FUTURE YEARS. BUT IN TERMS OF THE COMING YEAR, WE'RE COMMITTED TO IMPROVE ACHIEVING RESULTS. SO IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, WE, WE, WE, WE DON'T HIT OUR GOAL, YOU KNOW, WE WHATEVER WE PUT IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN RIGHT. ON THESE PROGRAMS, THEN DOES THAT DINGING STAFF, DOES IT, DOES IT COME BACK? WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY. SO WE'VE COME BACK TO YOU BEFORE WITH REALLOCATION. YEAH. AND WE WOULD DO THE SAME. WE WOULD MOVE THE MONEY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION. WE'RE GREAT AT, UM, REACHING AGREEMENTS WITH DEVELOPERS AND PRODUCING AMAZING PROJECTS. UM, WE'RE TRYING WITH CDBG TO ALSO DO OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING. ROOF AND FACADES AND UM, KIND OF BRIGHTS EDUCATION AND, UM, ON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT FOR HOUSING FUNCTIONS. SOMETIMES WE HIT THE MARKET. SOMETIMES WE, WE FALL SHORT A LITTLE BIT AND WHEN WE DO FALL START, WE TRY TO LEARN FROM THAT EXPERIENCE. OKAY, WE ARE GONNA GET PRETTY SOMEHOW SOME WAY WE ARE GOING TO GET LOTS OF PAIN AND TORTURE AND TEARS. BUT WE'RE, WE ARE GOING TO GET CLOSE TO SPENDING IF NOT SPENDING THE FULL . IT'S JUST TAKING US LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT AND AND ROOF. ALTHOUGH I THINK IF WE HAD TO START FROM SCRATCH, WE WOULD'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS DIFFERENT. WE DO HAVE AN UP AND RUNNING PROGRAM NOW AND WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TO MOVE FUNDS BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS HUGE. MM-HMM. . SO IF WE CAN WORK OUT THESE WRINKLES, WE'RE REALLY SERVICING THE COMMUNITY LEVEL BY PROVIDING GROUP GRANTS. YEAH, SOUNDS FAIR. WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT GOING. UM, JUST A COUPLE INTERESTING TIDBITS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ASKED SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. BUT THINGS THAT I FOUND SHOCKING AND THAT, UM, DELAY THE PROCESS TOO IS WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DONE FOR ALL OF THESE. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT TEARING DOWN A BUILDING OR BUILDING ANYTHING OR CHANGING THE USE, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE USE OF CBG MONEY'S. LIKE PENN REALLY DOES PUT A LOT OF ROADBLOCKS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS WE HAVE TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY DO A WORK WRITE UP FOR OUR ROOM PROGRAM. EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST A ROOF, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONSULTANT GO OUT AND SAY, YES, THIS ROOF NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AND OR IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UM, SO THERE'S LOTS OF STEPS AND IT, IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO SPEND, UM, $20,000. BUT WE DO, WE LOOKED AT A LOT AND LIKE CHRISTOPHER SAID, WE MIGHT NOT KEEP THE FACADE. UM, SOME GOING, IT'S NOT REALLY IN OUR CORE SERVICES, BUT THE ROOF IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE. SO WORTH THE PAIN PROBABLY. I'M SORRY, THEY'RE MAKING IT. SO IS THERE A WAY TO GENERATE A FULL CONTRACTORS [00:35:01] LIKE THERE IT IS, BUT IN ORDER TO, WE COULDN'T DO THAT THIS ROUND. SO THAT CERTAINLY WOULD PAY DIVIDENDS OF THE LONG RUN, BUT IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR TO GO THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS TO CREATE A PREQUAL LIST. UM, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE A PRE-QUAL LIST, YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY COMMITTED TO IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T THEN DEVIATE FROM THAT LIST. SO, UH, THAT WAS WHY WE DIDN'T DO A PRELAW LIST AT THIS TIME. WE WERE TRYING TO HURT. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OUT STATEMENT. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE SURE THAT THOSE WITH WITH THE DEMAND THAT THAT BENCH STAYS READY TO DO OUR PROJECTS BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT . BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT IT AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE THAT. SOME CONTRACTORS DON'T WANNA WORK WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REIMBURSE. AND, UM, MANY APPARENTLY THE THING THAT THE CONTRACTORS WANT SOME MONEY UP FRONT FOR MATERIALS AND SUCH, AND WITH OUR FUNDING SOURCES, THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY OUT BEFORE WORK IS DONE. AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WALKED AWAY NOT WANTING TO DO WORK AND THEY THINK THAT THE CITY'S GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET THE REIMBURSEMENTS OUT THE DOOR. I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE WITH OUR GROUP. I THINK IT'S PRETTY EXPEDITIOUS, BUT THERE'S STILL, UM, HISTORY THAT WE HAVE TO GET PAST THAT KIND OF CHANGED THAT PERSPECTIVE. I THINK ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WHILE, UH, PREPAY PREVAILING WAGE AND LABOR COMPLIANCE IS SOMETHING THAT BIG CONTRACTORS ARE USED TO AND OFTEN HAVE TO DO ON LARGE PROJECTS, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 2020 $5,000 ROOF REPLACEMENT, THOSE SMALLER CONTRACTORS THAT DO THAT TYPE OF WORK ARE NOT TYPICALLY PAYING FOR REGULAR WAGE. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE RESTRICTING THE POOL OF PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND OR FORCING A SMALL CONTRACTOR TO LEARN THE PROCESS OF, OF PAYING PREVAILING NEW WAGE AND REGISTERING WITH THE STATE AS, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. SO THAT ALSO THROWS IN SOME DELAYS IN THE PROCESS. YEAH, THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE . 'CAUSE IF YOU HAVE A POOL THAT IS ALREADY REGISTERED WITH DIR AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THEN THEY'RE ALREADY READY TO GO THEN IF YOU CAN GUARANTEE, OH, WE'LL GET 10 HOUSES TO YEAH. SHOULD WE PASS A MOTION ? UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT AN ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, IMPACT REPORT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE , UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, FOR, WE WANNA DO THE RIGHT THING BY THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? WHICH IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF THE, YOU KNOW, PARKING AND OTHER IMPACTS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGING SUBJECTS. I DID THAT ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ESG FUNDS. AND SO, UM, I SEE THE 29 AND THE 4 0 9 AND THE 9 0 2, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON, UM, HOW THAT PERFORMANCE IS RELATIVE TO TARGET. SO THAT'S A REALLY CONFUSING QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT IT THAT WAY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WAS PAID FOR WITH ESG DOLLARS IN TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS. ESG IS PROBABLY OUR SMALLEST SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR HOMELESSNESS. SO THE MAJORITY OF HOMELESS SERVICES ARE PAID FOR AND OTHER COUNTY SOURCES OF FUNDING. SO WE MET OUR OVERALL GOALS FOR HOMELESSNESS. IT'S HARD TO SAY, WE MAY NOT HAVE MET OUR ESG GOALS, BUT WHEN A PERSON IS HELD OUT IN THE FIELD, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THEY WERE HELPED OR NOT, NOT WHETHER THE COUNTY OR THE FEDERAL DOLLAR HELPED THAT PARTICULAR PERSON. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY, UM, MEET ALL OF OUR HG GOALS AND WE HAD TO KEEP TRACK, UM, A VERY INTRICATE WAY OF WHICH DOLLARS ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND WHICH DOLLARS ARE COUNTY DOLLARS. UM, AND, AND WE'RE JUST THE RECORD KEEPERS. UM, YOU'RE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS, HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS ALL OF OUR, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAMS, BUT IT'S A HUGE KIND OF ACCOUNTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE TASK FOR THE OPERATIONS TEAM TO KEEP TRACK OF THOSE DOLLARS. SO I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, AS TO ESG, OTHER THAN TO SAY THE CITY MET ITS OVERALL GOALS THAT THEY ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THAT IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, ASSISTED ON HOMICIDE. I REMEMBER WHEN THIS MONEY CAME IN AND IT CAME IN DURING COVID, DIDN'T IT? WE GOT EXTRA DURING COVID. OKAY. SO WE DID E-S-G-C-B-B-G [00:40:01] AND HOME EVERY YEAR BASED ON OUR POPULATION. BUT THEY, WE GOT A BUNCH OF EXTRA DURING COVID, WHICH PAID FOR A VARIETY OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS. OKAY. DO DO THESE APPROPRIATELY FIT INSIDE YOUR DEPARTMENT OR DO THEY THESE PROGRAMS APPROPRIATELY FIT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IF THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF HOMELESS? THEY ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THE ESG FELLOWS. OH, OKAY. YES. WE DO THE ACCOUNTING AND WE MANAGE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH HUD. BUT HELP DOES ALL THE, THE DIRECT SERVICES. WE DON'T REALLY DO DIRECT SERVICES HERE. OKAY. SO WHEN THIS ROLLS UP INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, THEN THESE, THIS, THESE NUMBERS, ARE THEY GONNA LOOK DEFICIT OR ARE THEY GONNA SAY, OH, THEY WE NEED OUR TARGETS. THEY NEED OUR TARGETS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE CCB BG. DO WE HAVE GOALS SET IN PLACE AND DID WE NEED THEM, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTED? UM, YES. EV EVERY ACTIVITY HAS, UM, A TARGET METRIC THAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH EVERY, UM, EVERY ACTION PLAN YEAR. I CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, WHICH WERE HIT AND WHICH WEREN'T. IT'S IN THAT BIG 81 PAGE DOCUMENT. WE DO HAVE LOTS OF TABLES THAT SHOW HERE'S THE ANNUAL GOAL HERE. HERE WAS THE TARGET FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. UM, WE'RE PLANNING ON COMING BACK, UM, DURING MARCH FOR OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. AND DURING THAT FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON DEVELOPING THE NEXT ACTION PLAN. AND THAT PRESENTATION CAN INCLUDE THE TARGETS OF WHERE WE ARE FOR THE FIVE YEARS. WE'LL PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ALSO. I'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS. SO WE USE THE TO INFORM WHERE WE SHOULD DO THE FUNDING. SO WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING WITH YOU ALL, AND THEN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE DRAFT. SO IN MARCH WE CAN COME BACK THOSE. AND THEN IT'S ALSO MAINLY ONE OF THE PAPER, IF YOU WANNA GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENT, YOU CAN SEND OUT THE, AND THEN THE, GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE GRANT PROGRAM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BUDGET MAY NOT BE REALISTIC, RIGHT? YOU'RE RUNNING INTO SO MANY ISSUES WITH GETTING CONTRACTORS TO ACTUALLY STEP INTO THE WORKS. WELL, WE'RE NOW SPENDING THE MONEY FASTER THAN, THAN BUDGETED. SO THERE WAS A LONG DELAY AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY GOING OUT THE DOOR. SO I'M NOT DID YOU MEAN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE ROOF THOUGH, RIGHT? ACTUALLY IT IS. WE WERE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT. BUT IT IS TURNING OUT TO BE ENOUGH. IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY DON'T WANT, THAT WE'RE NOT WILLING TO PAY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE ROOF REPLACED. IT'S THAT THE CONTRACTORS THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LONG TIME TO GET THEM THE MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE THIS BIG BUREAUCRACY. BUT WE DO PAY ALL OUR BILLS. POPULAR BELIEF, ALL OUR EMPLOYEES GET PAID EVERY TWO WEEKS AND MOST INVOICES ARE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS AND NEVER MORE THAN 60 DAYS. SO WE PAY RESPONSIBLY JUST LIKE ANY OTHER VENDOR. YEAH, I THINK CONTRACTORS JUST WANT TO LEAVE THE DAY OF THE JOB WITH A CHECK AND WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT. BUT, UM, BUT IT WAS A BIG RELIEF, HONESTLY, FOR ME PERSONALLY AND PROBABLY THE FACT. BUT DEFINITELY ME PERSONALLY, TO FIND OUT WE COULD DO NEW GROUPS FOR, UM, WE HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINGENCY BUILT IN THERE AND WE CAN GO OVER A BIT, BUT IT IS TURNING OUT TO BE ENOUGH. SO WE ARE RIGHT ON THAT ONE. . IS THERE ANY MORE DELIBERATION FROM THE BOARD? MAD SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL . THANK YOU. CHERYL MC CASTRO? YES. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR DELGADO? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CHAMBERS? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ESPARZA? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR ? YES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR RAMIREZ? YES. DIRECTOR SIDES? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE OF INTEREST AND WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD? ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE THERE'S NO OBJECTION. I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED. * 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.