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ATX Housing Finance Backs Property Offers

Thursday, December 8, 2016 Austin Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) Board of Directors AHFC Meeting
  • The Austin Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) authorized making offers on specific properties.
  • This decision followed an earlier City Council action regarding "aid properties."
  • The proposal to make these property offers passed with a 7-2 vote.

Full Transcript

Austin Housing Finance Corporation Meeting Transcript – 12/8/2016 Title: ATXN 24/7 Recording Channel: 6 - ATXN Recorded On: 12/8/2016 6:00:00 AM Original Air Date: 12/8/2016 Transcript Generated by SnapStream ================================== [4:47 PM] >> The next item let's call the Austin housing finance corporation. I'm gonna recess the regular meeting here at 4:47. I'm going to call us into the meeting of the Austin housing finance corporation board of directors. Today is the eighth of December. It is 4:47. We're in the council chambers. We have two items on the agenda. The first one is approving the minutes. >> Yes, that is correct. And the second item is the companion piece to the item the city council passed earlier today and they are both available for consent. >> Mayor Adler: And it's the companion piece to making the bids on the aid properties that we approved earlier today. First take a vote, is there a motion to approve the minutes? Ms. Pool moves. Ms. Garza seconds. Any discussion? Those in favor raise your hand. Those opposed. Unanimous on the dais with the mayor pro tem, Casar and Ms. Gallo off. The second item is the companion piece for the aid making that offer. Is there a motion to make those offers consistent with what we did earlier? Ms. Pool. Is there a second to that? Mr. Renteria. Any discussion? Those in favor please raise your hand. Those opposed. Mr. Zimmerman voting no. Troxclair voting no. The others on the dais voting aye. With Mr. Casar and mayor pro tem off. So the vote was seven in favor. It passes. Is that all the business we have? >> That's all the business we have. >> Mayor Adler: Okay. Sorry you were sitting here so long. >> That's okay. >> Mayor Adler: But thank you. >> Thank you. >> Mayor Adler: Let's go ahead now and go to the Austin energy piece. I adjourn the meeting of the Austin housing and finance corporation board of directors and pull us back from recess into our regular meeting here on December 8 of the city council. It is 4:49. We're still in city council chambers. This pulls up item number 57. [4: