Austin Housing: Public Hearings & Approvals
- The Austin Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) swiftly approved its four-item agenda during a brief meeting.
- Two formal public hearings were conducted as part of the agenda, though no public speakers provided input.
- All items, including a procedural "cleanup" item, received unanimous approval from the AHFC board.
Full Transcript
Austin Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) Transcript – 2/9/2023
Title: ATXN-1 (24hr) Channel: 1 - ATXN-1 Recorded On: 2/9/2023 6:00:00 AM Original Air Date: 2/9/2023 Transcript Generated by SnapStream ==================================
Please note that the following transcript is for reference purposes and does not constitute the official record of actions taken during the meeting. For the official record of actions of the meeting, please refer to the Approved Minutes.
[2:02:00 PM] WE ARE NOW GOING TO TAKE UP [Consent] THE AUSTIN HOUSING AND FINANCE MEETING. SO I WILL RECESS THE MEETING, OPEN UP THE AUSTIN HOUSING AND FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO, WE DO NOT. WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, JAMIE MAY, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR YOUR, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. YOU HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA. UH, THE FIRST IS A, UH, SISTER ITEM TO AGEN ITEM A AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25 ON YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA. THIS IS A, UH, CLEANUP ITEM FOR A, A TITLE. UM, ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND THREE ARE BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, SO THEY WERE, THEY'RE NOT OF ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT. AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT. BUT WE WOULD ASK THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY TAKEN UP AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO OUR FIRST MOTION NEEDS TO BE FOR ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH THREE. THE PUBLIC HEARINGS MUST BE HELD, UM, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THEM ON CONSENT. OKAY. SO ONLY THE FIRST CAN BE ON CONSENT. OKAY. SO I NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. , CAN I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH AND NOW I ALL FOLLOW ALL FOUR ON CONSENT. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOUR ITEMS ON A HFC MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. UM, ANY OPPOSITION? NO OPPOSITION THAT IS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED. WE HAVE MAYOR WATSON JOINING US REMOTE. WE HAVE DIRECTOR KELLY FUENTEZ, CADRE, ELLIS POOL, VELA VELAZQUEZ, AND RYAN ALTAR. ON THE DIAS ABSENT ARE, UM, DIRECTORS, ALLISON AL ALTER AND NATASHA HARPER. MADISON. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL OUR BUSINESS. OH, DO YOU VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE A H F C AGENDA? OKAY. SO NOTED. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THAT MEETING.