City of Austin Housing and Planning Committee will meet April 12

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City of Austin Housing and Planning Committee will meet April 12.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

The Housing And Planning Committee Will Meet At 3:00 Pm, Austin City Hall 301 W. Second Street Austin, TX And Some Members Of City Council May Be Participating By Videoconference

Sabino “Pio” Renteria, Chair

Ann Kitchen, Vice Chair

Natasha Harper Madison

Paige Ellis

Jose “Chito” Vela

To speak remotely, contact the committee staff liaison. Contact information is available on the committee’s home page, which is linked here:

https://www.austintexas.gov/department/city-council/council/council_committee_info_center.htm

A quorum of the City Council may be present at this meeting. Action will only be taken by the members of the committee.

The committee may go into a closed session under the Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071, of the Texas Government Code, to receive advice from legal counsel on any item on this agenda.

CALL TO ORDER

Public Communication: General

Approval of Minutes

1. Approve the minutes of the February 22, 2022 Housing and Planning Committee meeting.

Briefings

2. Briefing and discussion on upcoming spending priorities for federal housing and community development grants as part of Community Needs Assessment for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Action Plan.

Sponsors: Council Member Sabino “Pio” Renteria, and Council Member Ann Kitchen

3. Briefing and discussion on spending priorities for the HOME-ARP grant related to homelessness and housing stability.

Sponsors: Council Member Sabino “Pio” Renteria, and Council Member Ann Kitchen

4. Briefing on the Austin Community Land Trust (ACLT), implementation of a preference policy pilot program, and lottery process for home sales.

Sponsors: Council Member Sabino “Pio” Renteria, and Council Member Ann Kitchen

5. Briefing on process and status of hotel acquisition and conversion to permanent supportive housing.

Sponsors: Council Member José ‘Chito’ Vela, and Council Member Ann Kitchen

Future Items

6. Identify items to discuss at a future meeting.

ADJOURN

The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request.

For assistance, please call 512-974-2210 or TTY users route through 711.

https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=380009



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