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City of Charleston Community Development 10/28/2021
A
B
C
C
B
B
All
right,
thank
you.
Okay,
the
move
for
the
minutes.
Both
minutes
have
been
deferred.
That's
february,
25th
and
september
9th
have
been
deferred
so
we'll
move
on
down
to
new
business,
okay,
new
business.
The
first
may
have
a
presentation
of
the
annual
report
on
homelessness.
An
action
action
may
or
may
not
be
taken.
D
Yes,
sir,
thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
your
dedication
to
all
that
we
do
here
in
the
city.
We
appreciate
it
as
staff
and
what
we
have
today.
First
I'd
like
to
introduce
our
two
team
members
who
really
lead
the
efforts
relative
to
homelessness
for
the
city
of
charleston,
christopher
jordan,
who
you
see
on
the
screen
here
is
our
homelessness.
Our
community
liaison
homelessness
coordinator
chris,
is
leaving
us
after
tomorrow.
D
So
we
are,
we've
been
interviewing
over
the
last
two
weeks.
He
has
done
a
phenomenal
job
while
he
has
been
at
the
city
of
charleston,
so
we
will
certainly
miss
christopher
and
he'll
miss
us,
but
anyway
he
is
heading
back
to
canada,
which
is
really
his
home
you'll
hear
from
chris
in
a
few
moments
and
talia
rice,
who
is
one
of
my
newer
team
members,
is
also
on
the
call
she's
small
but
she's
mighty.
D
D
So
without
further
ado,
christopher
has
worked
really
hard
on
bringing
this
report
to
bear
part
of
what
we
said
we
would
provide
evidence
of
is
the
success
and
or
failure
of
hiring
to
leah,
because
this
was
a
newly
created
position
and,
as
you
all
will
see,
she
has
worked
hard.
Christopher
has
worked
hard
next
to
her,
and
what
the
report
will
bear
out
for
all
of
us
is
what
the
need
look
like,
what
the
need
looks
like
and
what
else
we
need
to
do
to
make
the
impact
that
is
well
overdue.
D
E
Thanks
everybody
for
allowing
me
to
speak
to
you
all
today
and
to
give
you
this
report
on
what
has
been
a
very
active
year
within
our
outreach
programming.
So
this
program
came
to
bear
just
over
a
year
ago,
july
of
2020
after
several
conversations
related
to
what
was
amounting
to
sort
of
increased
frustrations
along
the
king
street
corridor
with
regard
to
issues
related
to
homelessness
and
so
building
off
of
the
models
that
exist
in
many
communities
across
the
nation,
including
several
in
our
region.
E
Even
we
put
together
this
pilot
project
to
hire
again
a
an
outreach
worker
to
provide
direct
services
to
folks
out
into
the
community,
and
we
have
been
capturing
data
since
then
to
see
what
the
impact
has
been
and,
as
I
will
do
momentarily.
We
found
some
very
interesting
sort
of
data
that
sort
of
emerged
over
the
course
of
this
past
year.
E
So,
from
july
of
2020
to
july
of
2021,
the
first
year
of
this
program,
talia
was
successfully
able
to
engage
345,
unique
individuals
in
our
community.
What
I
find
interesting
to
point
out
is
that
the
2020
pit
count
has
highlighted
that
there
are
323
individuals
experiencing
homelessness
in
charleston
county.
E
We
quickly
found
that
she
was
getting
pulled
to
all
corners
of
the
city
and
actually,
the
vast
majority
of
interactions
that
she
had
this
past
year
took
place
off
of
that
corridor.
We
had
102
individuals
in
west
ashley
alone,
so
just
to
give
you
an
idea
of
how
she's
really
been
sort
of
pulled
to
all
corners
of
the
city,
which
has
been
quite
the
challenge.
E
The
success
is
that
of
those
345
individuals.
212
were
successfully
linked
to
care
a
lot
of
the
time
that
was
the
navigation
center,
but
also
again,
the
department
of
health,
health
and
several
other
agencies
were
also
ones
that
we
regularly
partner
with
and
we're
able
to
link.
Folks,
too,
I
think
something
that's
interesting
to
to
point
out
and
sort
of
bears
to.
The
importance
of
this
program
is
that
less
than
50
of
the
individuals
that
were
that
talia
contacted
had
been
connected
to
any
service
prior
to
her
point
of
engagement.
E
E
I
guess
a
success
in
its
own
rate
is
that
since
we
started
this
program,
we've
seen
a
few
other
positions
created
180
place,
slash.
The
continuum
of
care
now
has
a
dedicated
outreach
worker
who
is
similarly
out
in
the
field.
We've
tried
to
sort
of
split
the
the
need
in
the
community
and
they've
largely
been
focused
on
north
charleston,
because,
obviously
our
purview
is
related
to
city
limits.
E
A
couple
other
things
interesting
to
note,
just
in
general,
about
what
we
found
is
that
189
individuals
that
we
encountered
were
either
unable
or
unwilling
to
access
services
at
a
fixed
location,
so
that
had
to
do
with
either
transportation,
which
again,
if
you
talk
to
any
of
our
service
provider
partners,
is
one
of
the
main
sort
of
obstacles
that
is
consistently
raised.
Is
that
it's
hard
to
get
to
the
various
services
in
the
various
regions
of
our
city
or
oftentimes?
It's
a
matter
of
having
a
negative
experience.
E
Additionally,
there
were
53
folks
who,
accurately
or
not
believe
that
they
were
banned
from
services
we
know
in
and
in
some
of
those
cases
at
least
that
that
was
just
a
case
of
mistaken
information.
In
other
cases,
that
is
actually
the
case
and
that
they
were
were
asked
to
again
no
longer
seek
services
at
certain
agencies.
E
So
again,
we
had
a
great
success
in
making
some
of
those
linkages.
We've
had
success
in
building
on
this
program,
the
department
of
housing
and
community
development
was
able
to
co-fund
a
position
with
the
department
of
health
who
goes
out
with
talia
a
few
days
a
week
to
provide
mental
health
services
directly
out
in
the
community.
E
Similarly,
we
have
been
able
to
build
sort
of
a
it's
sort
of
a
roving
service
provider.
It
started
with
the
street
wellness
program,
which
is
a
group
of
volunteers
who
provide
primary
care
out
in
the
community
we
linked
up
with
them.
We
brought
on
the
department
of
mental
health,
we
brought
on
the
veterans
affairs
and
now
again,
every
tuesday
they
sort
of
go
out
as
a
unit.
E
One
of
the
bigger
challenges
that
we
found-
and
this
is
a
challenge
in
general
to
programs-
is
that
a
lot
of
the
programs
in
our
community
require
you
to
have
an
id
rapid,
rehousing
and
permanent.
Supportive
housing
are
probably
the
most
effective
means
of
again
advancing
somebody
from
living
on
the
streets
to
a
home
of
their
own.
E
E
Couple
things
to
highlight
that
are
really
show
some.
Some
great
challenges
in
our
community
is
that
so
we
had
345
people
that
we
encountered
in
total
of
that
number
318
were
identified
as
struggling
with
their
mental
health
in
some
way,
which
is
again
a
significant
proportion
of
the
total
number
of
that
number
186
individuals
were
open
to
receiving
mental
health
services.
E
Yet
of
that
number
zero
people
were
able
to
get
connected
to
services
again
charleston
center.
They
do
great
work.
They
do
not
have
the
capacity
currently
to
do
any
kind
of
outreach
tried
to
work
with
them
on
that,
but
they
just
don't
have
the
resources,
they
have
a
finite
amount
of
beds
and
they
are
often
full.
We've
had
really
bad
luck
of
calling
them
at
the
right
time
to
be
able
to
make
those
connections.
So
we
know
that
substance.
E
E
And
when
you
think
about
you
know,
we
live
in
a
region
that
has
like
half
a
million
people
almost
and
again
not
a
single
shelter,
so
180
place
does
have
beds.
They
have
greatly
reduced
the
amount
of
beds
that
they
have
and
their
beds
are
not
accessible
in
such
a
way
that
someone
could
just
sort
of
walk
into
there
and
find
a
place
to
stay.
E
This
also,
I
think,
really
amounts
to
some
of
the
significant
challenges
that
we're
seeing
in
terms
of
that
connectivity
to
services
because
of
the
transient
nature
of
the
population.
You
know
moving
around
the
community
with
when
there
isn't
sort
of
that
fixed
place
for
people
to
to
be
located.
It
becomes
very
challenging
to
do
this
work
and
again
talia
has
done
a
fabulous
job.
E
I
can't
speak
to
to
that
enough,
but
she
is
one
person
and
one
person
who's
being
called
literally
all
over
the
city
on
a
regular
basis
and
often
times
when
we
receive
calls
by
the
time
that
she's
able
to
make
it
there.
The
person
has
already
moved
on
and
again
being
able
to
keep
track
of.
You
know
upwards
of
300
people
at
any.
Given
time
is
all
but
impossible,
so
it
really
speaks
to
again
the
importance
of
this
program
and
and
why
we
really
need
to
consider
expanding
it.
E
E
That's
not
what
their
their
design
is
for
and
again
like
many
communities,
we
end
up
relying
on
them
because
that's
what's
available
and
we
don't
have
an
alternative,
but
the
challenge
is
that
you
know,
even
if
we
train
police
to
you,
know
be
able
to
better
handle
these
situations.
The
the
what
it
ultimately
boils
down
to
is
a
again
that
lack
of
consistency.
I
spoke
earlier
about
how
one
of
the
most
important
parts
of
this
work
is
consistently
showing
up
to
doing
in
those
check-ins
on
a
regular
basis
to
following
somebody's
connections.
E
What
I
will
say
ultimately,
is
that
we
as
a
community-
I
know
it,
this
is
going
to
require
significant
resources,
but
the
reality
is
that
we
are
currently
spending
significant
resources
on
this
tissue.
Again.
Some
of
the
frustration
that
we're
hearing
is
from
the
various
departments
in
the
city
that
are
having
to
expend
a
lot
of
time
in
in
dealing
with
homelessness
or
the
the
issues
that
are
peripheral
to
that,
and
so
by
actually
working
to
sort
of
address
this
at
its
root
we're.
E
E
A
D
A
B
C
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
chris,
and
thank
you
to
leah,
I'm
very
sorry
that
we're
going
to
be
losing
you
back
to
your
home
country,
but
god
speed
and
I
you've
created.
I
think
what
was
not
not
an
even
identifiable
sets
of
services
in
the
short
time
that
you've
been
instrumental
into
this
chris,
so
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
you,
know,
follow
right
along
with
the
path
that
you've
definitely
put
grooves
into.
So
I
I
hear
nothing
but
good
things
about.
You
know
how
how
we're
dealing.
C
I
I
I
have
several
questions.
I
I
know
that
a
lot
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
as
a
city
is
is
sort
of
become
more
collaborative
cooperative.
However,
you
want
to
talk
about
it
across
the
region,
and
you
know
I
I
apologize
in
advance.
Everybody
gets
tired
of
me
talking
about
where
I
came
from,
but
my
region
up
in
the
dc
metro
area
was
definitely
exactly
like
this
with
all
the
different
jurisdictions.
C
You
know
literally
sharing
on
two
sides
of
a
street,
and
and
and
people
were
being
shunted
from
one
you
know
community
to
the
other,
because
they
were
in
the
wrong
place
at
the
wrong
time.
This
program
didn't
exist
here.
It
existed
over
there,
so
I
I've
I've
been
part
of
a
lot
of
that
in
my
affordable
housing
career
and
also
helping
to
start
what
was
a
much
better
funded
set
of
emergency
homeless
shelters.
You
know
that
now
are
called
hypothermia.
C
C
So
I'd
like
you
to
speak
about
that,
and
then
the
other
question
that
occurs
to
me
is,
I
know,
we're
excellent
at
cobbling
together
a
variety
of
resources.
Michael
johnson,
you
know,
especially
as
they
come
trickling
down
from
the
feds,
so
are
some
of
the
monies
that
you're
spending
now.
Are
they
going
to
disappear
at
the
end
of
you
know,
pandemic
funding
or
whatever
we're
talking
about
receiving
a
sort
of
one-time.
C
E
Great
questions
I'll
jump
in,
and
I
know
that
john
I'll
have
to
supplement
my
comments,
but
to
your
first
question
absolutely
I
am
a
broken
record.
You
talk
to
any
of
our
community
partners.
They've
heard
me
say
this
a
million
times.
Homelessness
is
not
one
municipality
or
agency
or
individual's
responsibility.
It's
really
about
us
coming
together
as
a
community
as
a
region,
this
is
so
complex
and
one
of
the
challenging
things
is.
I
think
we
really
do
a
disservice
to
this
population.
E
Obviously,
the
mayor's
commission
on
home
assistant,
affordable
housing,
is
an
effort
to
look
at
again
a
regional
approach
to
this
issue.
Again,
we
have
been
working
over
the
last
year
to
various
degrees
of
success
to
to
get
some
assistance
from
hud
technical
assistance
to
do
some
regional
strategizing
around
bringing
all
the
stakeholders
to
the
table
and
coming
up
with
a
unified
strategic
plan
that
we
can
all
collectively
work
towards.
There's
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done.
Obviously,
but
yes,
we
should
be
constantly
working
towards
that.
E
I
do
think
that
it's
so
interesting,
because
again,
you
never
hear
me
they're
generally
advocating
for
shelter,
because
shelter
is
not
the
answer
to
homelessness
by
any
means.
However,
because
the
need
in
our
area
is
so
great,
I
start
to
think
along
the
lines
of
harm
reduction.
How
can
we
mitigate
the
harms?
How
can
we
preserve
people's
health
and
wellness
until
such
a
time?
As
you
know,
spaces
do
become
open
or
they
they
do
become
eligible
to
access.
E
We
then
expect
folks
to
to
navigate
what
are
oftentimes
extremely
complicated
processes
even
for
service
providers
to
navigate
so
just
even
having
a
place
to
lay
one's
head
at
the
end
of
the
night
can
have
a
tremendous
impact
for
that
person's
individual
health,
but
also
our
ability
as
a
community,
to
engage
with
those
folks
again,
because
people
are
transient
again
getting
sort
of
pushed
around
the
city.
You
know
when
the
the
unintended
consequence,
when
we
remove
somebody
from
a
location
is
that
in
many
cases
this
has
happened
this
year.
E
The
work
that
talia
has
done
has
to
start
over.
We
basically
have
to
start
from
scratch
because
we
lost
that
person
for
a
few
months.
We
tracked
them
down
again
now
we're
starting
from
ground
zero
all
over
again.
So
absolutely
that
is
important
in
terms
of
funding.
I'm
going
to
hand
that
over
to
gianna-
and
I'm
sure
she
has
other
things
to
add
to
that
first
question
as
well.
D
So
councilwoman
jackson,
thank
you
for
your
service
in
virginia
and
for
all
that
you
bring
to
charleston
to
answer
your
question.
Even
more
specifically,
the
mayor
has
even
been
more
recently
engaged
with
mayor
sumi
county
council
member
chair
pryor,
looking
at
efforts
that
are
being
undertaken
in
the
city
of
north
charleston
to
help
fill
the
gap,
because
this
is
a
regional
issue
looking
at
ways,
and
although
it
is
not
one
jurisdictions
issue,
the
pressure
tends
to
be
on
the
city
of
charleston
to
make
to
make
things
happen.
D
But
there
are
efforts
underway
both
with
our
faith
community
and
with
the
city
of
north
charleston
and
charleston
county,
utilizing
those
arca
funds
to
help
facilitate
some
long-term.
We
hope
impactful
areas
specifically
in
the
housing
arena
for
these
folks.
Currently,
we
are
utilizing
our
community
development
block
grant
funds
to
help
with
paying
staff.
D
Naturally,
I
have
also
asked
that
certain
positions
be
transferred
to
general
fund
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
longer
term,
more
sustained
effort.
Knowing
that
you
know
we
aren't
totally
dependent
upon
grant
funding
right
now.
We
are
mostly
that,
but
we
know
how
to
leverage
well
in
order
to
facilitate
that
action.
So
thank
you
chris
for
that
report
and
I
guess
to
sum
it
up:
we
need
more
resources
if
we
want
to
expand
and
secure
another
to
leah,
we
need
money
in
order
to
do
that.
D
So
hopefully
I
know
we
are
looking
at
the
budget
currently,
but
that
is
an
item
that
we
have
asked
support
for
and
I
would
simply
add
for
us,
as
we
think,
about
building
the
new
navigation
center,
which
I
don't
know
that
we
have
an
exact
name
for
it
or
the
charleston
hope
center.
Part
of
that
is
to
have
flex
space
available
in
that,
and
naturally
we
are
also
contemplating
building
the
long-term
permanent
rental
units
next
door
within
that
same
structure.
So
there
will
be
those
units
available.
D
B
All
right,
I
might
ask
a
quick
question.
I
don't
know
how
if
this
can
go
any
further,
but
mr
mayor,
do
we
is
any
way
that
we
can
even
check
talk
with
the
council
of
government,
since
they
do
regional
things
for
throughout
the
region
if
they
can
even
share
any
light
on
this
come
forth
to
help
us
generate
any
other
funds
anywhere
else.
F
Well,
as
gianna
just
mentioned,
I've
been
working
primarily
recently
with
the
city
of
north
charleston
and
charleston
county.
That's
not
a
bad
idea.
I
can't
say
that
I've
gone
there
to
ask
the
cog
and
and
most
everything
that
they
get
along.
These
lines
would
be
by
way
of
some
grant
application
that
they
make,
but
but
sometimes
they
they,
you
know,
they've
been
successful,
getting
some
grant
money
from
eda
and
some
other
sources.
B
Yes,
you
know,
since
this
is
a
big
problem,
regionally
yeah
they
deal
with
the
region.
Maybe
we
can
ask
them.
I
don't
know
how
to
work
out,
but
we
can
ask
to
see
what
if
that
could
be
a
one
place,
we
can
go
for
help
since
we
deal
with
that
regionally
and
I'm
on
the
board
there
too,
so
yeah,
I'm
kind
of
see
what
happened
with
ron
mitchum,
because
I
know
he
would
try
yeah.
C
A
C
E
D
B
D
Yeah,
I
was
just
going
to
say
pre-pandemic.
The
mayor
had
actually
met
with
several
of
the
businesses
on
king
street,
who
talked
about
support
granted.
The
tide
has
changed
just
slightly
some,
but
they
were
very
interested
in
being
a
part.
In
fact,
we
hosted
probably
two
years
ago
now
several
business
owners
from
king
street
at
the
current
navigation
center
at
529
meeting
street,
so
excellent
opportunity
to
re-engage
that
clientele
to
be
a
part.
Thank
you.
F
So,
mr
chairman,
I
know
we
have
three
other
things
on
the
agenda.
I'll
try
to
be
brief.
Just
for
the
record,
I
wanted
to
reiterate
my
personal
thanks
to
chris
for
his
services
here
with
us
over
the
last
couple
of
few
years.
Time
flies,
I'm
not
sure
exactly
how
long
it's
been,
but
chris
you've
been
a
great
member
of
the
team.
You've
really
helped
us
move
the
ball
down
the
field
and
brought
so
much
insight
and
and
professionalism
expertise
to
this
topic
for
our
city.
F
Talia
worked
with
him
from
time
to
time
and
to
leah.
He
was
in
my
office
just
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
giving
me
a
report
on
how
his
little
effort
is
coming
along,
and
he
said
that
that
taliah,
she
is
a
rock
star.
She
is
a
rock
star.
She
is
so
amazing
in
encountering
and
relating
and
and
dealing
with,
the
the
folks
that
we
encounter
on
the
street.
F
Next,
we've
got
to
raise
some
money
to
build
the
building
and
council
member
jackson,
we're
embarking
on
basically
a
little
capital
campaign
of
with
the
business
community
to
to
raise
an
additional
5
million,
or
so
to
supplement
our
city
contribution
in
order
to
to
build
the
permanent
navigation
center.
So
that's
going
to
be
quite
an
opportunity
to
involve
our
business
partners
and
business
community
because
we
we
really
need
a
permanent
home.
We've
been
blessed
with
the
temporary
home,
but
we
we
really
need
to
pursue
a
permanent
home,
so
I'll
I'll
I'll
be
quiet.
B
D
I
need
to
do
this,
but,
as
many
of
you
know,
the
city
of
charleston
started
the
charleston
housing
trust,
which
became
south
carolina
community
loan
fund.
That
organization
still
exists
today
they
took
off
and
literally
under
tammy
hoy
and
then
later
michelle
max
leadership
did
phenomenal
things
in
the
area
of
lending
for
affordable
housing
and
so
more
recently
they
their
ceo,
anna
left
and
moved
on,
and
so
nate
barber
was
just
recently
hired.
D
Nate
has
been
a
partner
with
the
city
under
south
state
bank,
where
he's
been
in
the
financial
business
for
many
many
years,
and
I
simply
wanted
the
cd
committee
of
city
council
to
know
put
a
face
with
a
name
recognize
him
for
who
he
is
like.
I
said,
they've
been
a
partner,
they
bring
funding
to
the
table,
which
is
crucial
to
enhance
the
availability
of
affordable
housing,
and
so,
if
we
can
native,
we
could
just
hear
from
you
briefly
please
and
then
I
know
you
can
move
on
to
the
other
business
at
hand.
G
G
I've
actually
met
the
mayor
doing
my
work
with
skate
said
over
the
years
working
here,
but
I
was
with
what
was
south
carolina
bank
and
trust,
which
is
now
south
state
bank,
as
the
cra
community
development
officer
from
03
up
until
I
retired
the
first
of
this
year
and
was
fortunate
enough
to
come
in
as
the
new
ceo
of
south
carolina
community
loan
fund
really
looking
forward
to
the
opportunity.
I
tell
you,
I
thought
long
and
hard
about
it.
G
Retirement
was
starting
to
feel
pretty
good
to
me,
but
I
thought
I
had
a
little
bit
more
to
offer
and
I'm
glad
to
be
a
part
of
this
and
it's
not
just
me.
We
have
a
team
of
folk
here
that
have
been
working
hard
throughout
the
low
country
area
and
throughout
the
state,
with
affordable
housing
issues,
community
facilities
and
new
market
tax
credits
and
other
areas
that
to
help
in
community
development.
G
So
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
being
a
part
of
this
new
effort
going
forward
and
I'm
technically
here
in
your
city,
I'm
at
the
bohemian
hotel
and
I'm
having
a
board
retreat
with
kayec,
which
is
also
involved
with
the
syndication
of
low-income
housing
tax
credits.
So
everything
that
you're
talking
about
here
fits
into
what
I
have
done
and
what
the
community
loan
fund
is
involved
with
moving
forward.
So
I
just
wanted
to
meet
you.
A
D
What
I
am
going
to
do
this
afternoon
is
basically
provide
you
information
relative
to
the
efforts
that
we
are
undertaking
that
are
outlined
in
this
report.
They
are
certainly
complementary
to
the
housing
for
a
fair
charleston
report
and
other
efforts
that
we
are
undertaking,
which
I
think
is
very
complementary,
of
course,
to
all
that
needs
to
be
done
here
in
our
community
before
I
do
that.
D
A
team
member
from
my
matt
o'jala
was
on
that
committee
as
well
and
did
a
fantastic
job,
and
so
we
want
to
share
with
you,
because
we
think
it's
important
for
you
to
know
as
a
committee
of
council
the
efforts
that
are
already
underway
that
are
actually
outlined
in
that
report,
and
so
we're
going
to
share
some
of
that
with
you
tonight
before
I
get
into
that,
though,
if
tracy.
If
you
had
comments,
I
wanted
to
defer
to
you
for
a
moment
to
bring
those
comments
to
the
committee.
I
I
I
was
honored
to
be
chair
of
the
housing
and
mobility
subcommittee,
and
I
can't
say
enough
about
my
subcommittee
and
my
co-chair
abraham
champaign
and
the
work
that
they
did
and
we're
very
proud
of
the
work
that
we
did.
We
were
certainly
disappointed
about
how
some
of
the
things
came
down
at
the
end,
but
that
doesn't
say
that
the
work
does
not
need
to
go
on,
and
so
I'm
excited
that
you
are
all
taking
up
some
of
these
recommendations.
I
The
need
is
greater
now
than
ever,
for
funding
for
affordable
housing.
I
know
gianna
spoke
referred
to
some
of
the
things
that
are
going
on
in
the
funding
world
with
the
bond
program
at
the
state
level
and
the
state
tax
credit.
What
they're
looking
at
taking
making
changes
to
next
year,
which
will
limit
some
of
the
funding.
We've
all
been
counting
on
to
implement
the
housing
that
we
have
ahead
of
us.
I
F
E
D
So
this
report
again
comes
from
the
housing
and
mobility
subcommittee
recommendations.
We
have
spoken
about
the
subcommittee
and
the
chairs
and
the
amazing
job
that
they
did
bringing
these
recommendations
forward.
Again,
I
will
remind
you
of
what
those
are
create:
new
funding
sources
to
support,
affordable
housing,
optimize
charleston,
housing's
authority's
rental
assistance,
demonstration
plan,
which
is
rad
and
other
hud
programs,
and
hopefully
we
will
hear
from
art
milligan.
I
think
art
is
with
us
tonight.
Improve
mobility
infrastructure
ensure
that
the
low
country
low
line
is
equitable
and
inclusive
name.
D
They
improve
use,
mixed-use,
workforce,
housing
ordinance.
As
many
of
you
know
several
months
ago,
I
want
to
say:
may
we
presented
an
improved
formula
where
that
fee
actually
was
increased,
and
so
we
have
addressed
that
particular
effort.
As
I
speak
of
that,
I
would
also
say
to
the
committee
that
the
planning
commission
is
also
asking
us
to
revisit
that,
but
I
wanted
you
to
be
aware.
D
As
I
indicated,
the
goal
was
to
improve
the
mixed
use:
workforce
housing
fee
in
lieu
to
foster
more
affordable
housing
and
gentrifying
neighborhoods,
and
to
prevent
displacement.
The
mu
workforce,
housing
fee
and
lieu
should
be
increased.
It
has
been
increased
at
this
point
in
time.
We
have
not
had
any
new
developments
come
under
the
new
fee
and
loop
proposal.
D
In
fact,
if
we
have
any
new
developments
coming
forth,
it
was
approved
and
updated
in
may
of
2021
created
a
tiered
escalating
fee
in
lieu
that
encourages
affordable
housing
to
be
included
on
the
sites,
and
so
that
effort
is
underway.
We
are
going
to
continue
to
evaluate
the
fee
in
lieu
the
workforce,
housing
fee
and
we
process.
Four
projects
have
been
rezoned
to
mu
since
may
of
2021,
and
it
will
be
determined
basically
whether
or
not
units
are
included,
and
I
know
I
saw
christopher
morgan
on
this
call.
D
D
A
team
of
us
have
been
looking
at
strategies
behind
this,
and
so
we,
the
actions
that
have
been
taken
to
date,
is
creating
a
gis
tool
to
document
all
vacant
parcels
in
the
city
of
charleston
and
so
kudos
to
the
planning
team.
The
gis
team,
very
talented
folk
in
the
city
of
charleston,
who
are
pulling
this
together
and
then
conducting
initial
research
on
community
land
banks,
which
me
and
my
team
have
been
doing.
D
What
we
think
will
be
appropriate
to
get
this
done
is
to
engage
a
consultant
to
evaluate
the
feasibility
and
benefits
of
the
land
bank
for
the
city
of
charleston
and,
if
deemed
worthy,
further
engage
the
consultant
to
set
up
a
community
land
bank,
because
we
are
pretty
stretched
to
staff.
We
think
it
will
be
critical
to
move
it
forward
and
the
manner
appropriate
to
look
at
a
consultant
to
do
that
and
we're
looking
at
our
cdbg
budget
to
determine
if
we
can
help
fund
that
happening
in
2022
early
2022.
D
D
In
addition,
the
city
has
to
determine
an
enforcement
mechanism
for
bringing
the
fair
housing
complaints
to
there.
The
process
of
establishing
a
fact
would
ensure
again
substantial
equivalence,
equivalency
and
enforcement
entity
of
the
city
of
charleston
a
very
important
process.
I
would
remind
us
years
ago,
prior
to
mayor
teklenberg,
we
actually
looked
at
this
as
an
option.
It
was
brought
forth
by
councilmember
gregory,
and
I
know
that
amber
and
amber
is
working
with
our
legal
team
currently
to
address
this
particular
goal
amber.
Did
you
want
to
add
anything
to
my
comments
relative
to
the
fact.
A
D
Okay,
I'm
I'm
talking
and
not
paying
attention.
Okay,
so
to
amber's
point,
it
sounds
like
the
ordinance
itself
is
in
draft
form,
so
hopefully,
within
the
next
several
months
that
will
be
brought
to
council
and
then
set
up
a
meeting
with
the
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
to
discuss
the
status
of
the
fat
program
in
relation
to
the
capacity
building,
resources
cost
and
the
application
process.
In
relation
to
that.
Typically,
faps
are
funded
by
the
department
of
housing
and
urban
development.
D
D
D
D
I
think,
every
other
month
our
design
team,
in
particular,
led
by
alan
davis,
have
been
working
on
schematics
and
how
where
appropriate
density
can
be
maximized,
and
naturally,
I
think
this
committee-
and
it's
been
stated
by
this
committee
as
well
as
our
staff,
have
been
very
interested
in
being
able
to
take
advantage
of
the
opportunities
that
the
housing
authority
has
in
relation
to
improving
the
units
under
the
rental
assistance
demonstration
project.
Are
you
on
this
zoom
meeting?
I
don't
recall
seeing
him.
D
Okay,
I
don't
hear
his
voice,
so
I'm
gonna
keep
moving,
basically
the
actions
that
we've
taken,
basically
speaking
and
meeting
with
don
cameron,
art
milligan
and
their
team
to
maximize
density.
Unfortunately,
they
are
not
doing
it
on
every
one
of
their
sites,
but
they
have
other
sites
that
they're
looking
at
and
working
with.
D
So
we're
excited
about
that
opportunity,
and-
and
I
know
that
the
housing
authority
is
also
looking
at
the
land-
the
vacant
lot,
that
is
owned
by
the
county
of
charleston.
The
mayor's
been
busy
with
this
one,
as
well
as
an
opportunity
as
well,
to
build
additional
housing.
So
again,
actions
are
being
taken
which
are
exciting
and
will
provide
that
additional
housing
that
is
so
critical.
Our
next
steps,
as
it
relates
to
rad,
is
to
continue
to
meet
regularly
to
discuss
rad
projects.
H
H
We
didn't
go
much
further
on
it
other
than
just
sort
of
having
some
preliminary
discussion,
but
I
do
think
that
that's
that's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
to
create
a
mixed,
mixed-use
community
of
student
housing,
affordable
housing,
you
name
it
and
I
just
don't
want
us
to
just
sort
of
put
that
on
the
back
burner
and
perhaps
to
start
having
mr
mayor
having
some
preliminary
discussions
with
the
citadel.
Yes,.
F
Well,
I'm
not
going
to
disagree
with
that.
I
mean
it.
The
decision
almost
solely
lies
in
the
hands
of
the
citadel.
On
that
matter,
I
must
say,
but
while
I
got
the
floor,
I
would
like
to
add
that
councilmember
gregory.
I
commend
you
talking
with
the
human
affairs
commission
on
that
matter
of
the
of
fair
housing
and
enforcement,
and
I
think
that's
a
a
promising
way
to
go
and-
and
I
think
partnering
with
them
on
on
that
and
even
other
efforts,
recommendations
of
the
commission
seemed
to
be
well
aligned.
F
I
want
to
thank
tracy
for
all
of
her
efforts
and
the
committee
and
one
example
already
is,
I
think,
benefits
coming
from
our
discussions
with
charleston
housing
authority
and-
and
I
don't
think
some
of
those
positive
outcomes
would
have
happened
without
their
study
of
that
whole
upper
east
side
area
and
the
density
that
you
undertook
with
scott
parker.
Will
we
end
up?
You
know
at
the
number
y'all
projected
no,
but
we're
going
to
end
up
with
a
bigger
number
than
we
would
have
otherwise
and
and
that's
important
already.
F
D
B
One
question,
mr
mayor:
even
when
we
are
talking
about
the
low-lying
housing
and
all
the
property
that
we
have
fenced
in,
I
think
that
was
turned
over
to
us
also,
and
we
were
talking
about
doing
surface
parking
that
we
can
charge
and
that
could
generate
some
funds.
I
don't
know
how
much
it
would
generate,
but
but
all
the
cars
that's
parking
over
to
the
with
the
the
the
club.
F
Right,
well,
all
those
parking
lots
are
on
the
d.o.t
leased
areas,
or
at
least
most
of
them
are
and
and
and
those
those
revenues
will
help
offset
our
expenses
and
they
they
per
our
lease
with
d.o.t
and
the
federal
highway
administration
like
if
we
we
have
to
put
every
dollar
back
into
our
improvements
that
we
generate
from
from
the
parking
revenue.
In
those
cases
it
can't
go
into
our
general
fund,
but
still
that's
that's
money
that
you
know
we
we
needed
to
get
from
somewhere.
A
A
We
all
know
sometimes
there's
a
challenge
with
that
and
you
all
have
stepped
up
particularly
matt
and
and
staffing,
this
and
gianna
and,
of
course,
tracy
with
your
leadership.
So
I
think
it's
important.
We
call
out
when
it's
working
well,
we've
had
some
two
good
meetings
mayor
just
to
share
with
you
paul
weeders,
talking
about
health
and
wellness
part
of
our
subcommittee
same
thing.
He
felt
very,
very
help
hopeful
and
it
was.
A
But
it's
been
very,
very
appreciative
and
encouraging
to
see
some,
not
all
of
the
departments
participate
in
a
way
that
that
councilman,
gregory
and
myself
and
amber
really
want
us
to
to
move
forward,
and
I
also
want
to
give
kudos
to
amber
too
for
corralling
some
of
the
some
of
the
work,
and
I
know
it's
been
difficult,
but
getting
us
all
on
the
same
page
amber.
So
thank
you
for
for
everything.
You've
done
up
to
this
point.
D
And
councilmember
saccharine
mayor
councilmember,
mitchell
and
everyone,
our
planning
department
will
come
before
you
in
the
month
of
november
to
talk
about
those
goals
specific
to
small
business
development,
those
areas
of
the
commission's
work
and
the
progress
that
they're
making.
So
the
goal
for
us
is
to
make
sure
that
you're
consistently
aware
of
where
those
goals
are
being
advanced
from
the
report
and
so
november.