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Houston Housing Authority Board of Commissioners met March 18.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Chairman Proler’s opening comments:

Welcome to the March 2025 Board of Commissioners meeting at the Houston Housing Authority. Before I call the meeting to order, I would like the minutes to reflect the number of viewers who are viewing on television. Since we are a live broadcast, I'd like the minutes to reflect the number of views.

LIVE STREAM STATISTICS

February 18, 2025: ● Live Stream Views 51 ● Average view duration 23:31 ● Peak concurrent viewers 19 March 18, 2025: ● Live Stream Views 118 ● Average view duration 31:47 ● Peak concurrent viewers 40

I. CALL TO ORDER

A Meeting of the Board of Commissioners (“Board”) of the Houston Housing Authority (“HHA”) was held on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the Houston Housing Authority Central Office, 2640 Fountain View Drive, Houston, Texas 77057. The meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m.

II. ROLL CALL

Present:

• Joseph “Jody” Proler, Chairman

• Alton Smith, Vice Chairman

• Cynthia Aceves-Lewis, Commissioner arrives @ 3:03 p.m.

• Stephanie A.G. Ballard, Commissioner

• Eric G. Carter, Commissioner

• Kenneth C. Li, Commissioner

• Jamie Bryant, Secretary

Absent: Kristy Kirkendoll, Commissioner

III. INTRODUCTION OF THE INTERPRETERS

Chairman Proler offered the use of interpreters to be available to Spanish, Mandarin and Vietnamese speakers who may need assistance for public comments only.

Chairman Proler: We are going to change the order of our meeting greetings from what we've done in the past and we are going to move and go to public comments later on. But for right now, I'm going to turn it over to our President and CEO, Jamie Bryant for his comments.

IV. CEO OPERATIONAL UPDATES

Secretary Bryant: Welcome everybody. We have had a lot going on in the last month. I thought I'd take this opportunity publicly to give some operational updates on what's been going on here at the Houston Housing Authority. When I was appointed here, one of the things I told the board, was that I was going to go on a listening tour, and so I've spent the last five to six weeks going around and talking to, not only our leaders and team members here, but with various members of the public, constituents and, those that are in our stakeholder groups. It's been exciting because as much as there have been issues that everyone is aware of that need to be dealt with and we're making progress on all those fronts, I've also had a lot of great members in the community and team members that are working on some really incredible things in the community. Different things that we're going to be rolling out over the course of the next month, you'll start hearing about. Things with our mobility grants, our JobsPlus program, and some of the service and community work we're going to be doing with our CNI grant in the Third Ward. So I'm really excited about some of those things, and please be looking for some of those as well. I also told our voucher program that I would do a reminder for anyone who's here in the audience or also watching the live stream, that our voucher department is updating their wait list. This is not new a application. This is updating the wait list for anybody who's been on it. We have to make sure all of the information is up to date and put into our new system. So please, if you're on the voucher wait list for the Houston Housing Authority, be on the lookout for an e-mail or correspondence from our team. Check your spam. You never know where these things are going to go. But if you have not updated your contact information with us in quite some time, please do so. You can do so by calling. You can come by. You can do it online or to log in, and because we don't have accurate information for you, e-mail addresses, and things of that nature, we won't be able to contact you. So, we want to make sure we have the most accurate list possible as we work through the next couple of months. So just want to make sure we got that out there. Thank you, chairman.

Chairman Proler: Jamie, I think it goes without saying that the Board is very happy you're here. It's been a busy 30 days, and there are more to come. With that, we will turn it over to our Board liaison, who will open it up for public comments before we do. Please let the record show Commissioner Aceves-Lewis arrived at 3:03 p.m.

V. PUBLIC COMMENTS

Gladys House-El: While you were on you're listening tour, you skipped Freedman’s Town so can you put us on your tour and come and meet with us? The new business resolutions and the one that proposed the acquisition of new properties and adding more projects. Is it wise when the Houston Housing Authority has a poor record of maintaining its present housing inventory? I know you cannot respond now, but I'd like to get a response in writing. And lastly, you have my written concerns, and the last time I appeared before this board, I never got a response from anyone. Then I followed up with a written request. I understand that you don't respond during the public session, but at least give me the respect of giving a written response in the very near future. I would appreciate that. Also, I just need to know when the families at Allen Parkway Village will return. And it's been going on now for years that the family's been displaced, and they've been lied to, and they want to know when they will be able to return to their homes. The last lie was mid December of last year. When will there be an Independent housing and inspection entity to inspect the HHA’s properties because they're in deplorable conditions. When you come to meet with us, I'm going to show you. Third, when will the residents of the Houston Housing Authority be given landscape contracts? They're doing it free now anyway because the Houston Housing Authority is not fulfilling its contract with its clients. It's about mowing the grass, and it's just really deplorable the conditions of the housing and the grass and all of that. When will there be a committee in place inclusive of the residents of Freedman’s Town and a grassroots organization so that we can properly educate you on things? Thank you very much. 4

Marquis Barnes: I was terminated last month by Jamie Bryant for unethical reasons, and I asked what it as. It was pretty much saying I hung out with a contractor who really was no longer a contractor here. You know, they had already been discussed like a year ago, which is like double jeopardy, but he said this is Texas and in real estate, you still can do what you want to do. The real reason why I was let go was because, on February 17th, I went to HR to file a grievance and request FMLA papers. I was told the same thing by the person who worked at the front to come back to watch the video that I was previously told to watch on conflict resolution. When I came back the next day, no one was there. When I came in that Wednesday, I was let go. As soon as I walked through the door, they called me to the security guard desk, and I was told pretty much that I was no longer needed. The grievance was really about the REID department employees. I went there because I had an issue with one of their employees for stealing time, and I had to verify her time; this was Alex. When I went to Jay about it, I was told she's special, you can't treat her like the same and she was pretty much left alone. I've gone to HR a couple of times about this. Anytime I went to HR, all my meetings were recorded, so I got real-time. What else is crazy is that the person who was my witness, Jackee Carney, is now suspended for whatever reason she was there to verify that I asked that question. A list of things that is unethical is the Chairman’s relationship with Mr. Cukierman. I'm aware that you were the one that brought him in here years ago. I think it's unethical if any people are contractors at your bank. Austin Crotts losing the files for all the AC paperwork. Again, check into the REID department on people stealing time. Austin is accepting bids that are bogus. Contractors had to do work, then they had backdated without the lawyers and other people knowing. I don't have that much time, but I'll talk to you all later. Just to give you a heads up, per Austin, Jennine, Ms. Darr, y'all are next on the chopping block. I’ve got a long list. This book is filled with it. You'll be hearing from me again.

Chairman Proler: Let me also just make one comment, Mr. Barnes. For the record and for anybody who needs to know, Mr. Cukierman is no longer a contractor in the Houston Housing Authority, effective today.

Cynthia Ware: Good afternoon. I would like to welcome Mr. Bryant as the new Housing Authority President. I hope your leadership brings real accountability, ensuring that the Housing Authority listens to resident concerns and that property management companies prioritize residents’ well-being over profit and are held to a clear code of ethics and standards. I'm very grateful for my apartment at 2100 Memorial. I love it, and I love the neighborhood. However, in the nine months I've lived there, the property management has made no effort to create a safe and welcoming environment. Our concerns are mostly ignored or dismissed by the property manager and Columbia Residential. A tenant liaison is desperately needed here at the housing authority since, currently, there's nowhere for tenants to turn to have their concerns addressed. It's obvious that Columbia Residential did not screen its staff for interpersonal skills or experience working in a senior community. Communication has been abysmal and concerns are either curtly dismissed or outright ignored. The property manager behaves more like a warden at a correctional facility than someone responsible for supporting senior residents. For example, on September 4th, I received an erroneous lease violation, a duplicate of another resident’s violation. Despite repeated requests for substantiation and removal, I was ignored for three months. It wasn't until I spoke at City Hall on December 2nd, 3 months later, that these violations were finally rescinded. Meanwhile, some residents who have used abusive language, threatening language and repeatedly damaged properties have received no violations. At this point, the property manager’s continued dismissiveness and corporate refusal to respond to those discriminatory and retaliatory emails to corporate go unanswered. Executive phone numbers are not in their directory, and the main lines and customer service e-mails go unanswered. I've contacted the Housing Authority months ago but nothing changed. The call boxes have never been activated. The elevators frequently go down. A month ago, a resident died while attempting to use the stairwell to reach urgent care. This is a tragic and preventable example of tenant neglect. I believe a tenant liaison department is necessary to ensure residents have someone to advocate for them. Additionally, property management companies should be required to hire qualified staff with experience and interpersonal skills, especially in senior communities. I'll close with, I am desperate to talk to somebody about creating this department, and I'm looking for somebody who will contact me about this. Thank you.

Lauren Felder: I have a hematological blood disorder. It made my body get a bunch of blood clots, and I ended up in the ICU for 10 days, fighting for my life. When you have that experience, you come back from it differently, and you don't leave things unsaid. So, I wanted to tell each and every one of you on the board. Thank you for the work that you do, it is truly appreciated. My husband just passed away. He had stage 4 cancer, non-small cell lung cancer with an inoperable tumor. When we went into the ER, the doctors at Methodist gave him six months to live. He did radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, and he lived for four years. So, I just wanted to tell y'all, if you have anybody that's going through that battle to not give up. By the grace of God in incredible physicians, he fought it, and we had extra time. I wrote letters to the team of physicians who worked with us and with 17 hospitalizations during this medical journey. And I wrote a thank you letter to these doctors who were like family. I wrote it also to their loved ones. I was thinking about the job that you do as the board, and it's normally a hard job, but now I would guess what’s going on in Washington; it's extra hard. I know that y’all don’t walk out of here, and leave it at the door. You wouldn't be doing the job that you're doing on the board if you were those kinds of people that you could leave it at the door. So, if you would do me a favor when you go home tonight, thank your loved ones for me. I'm representing all of the other homeless and unhoused, as the appropriate term, but I certainly don't feel unhoused. I feel homeless. But all of us out here are grateful to you and to them, you know? For the kids that you don't spend time with or you miss their games or you're late for a recital or, you know, the date night with your wife or just when you're sitting there at the dinner table and you're not present because you're thinking about here or us or something that you can do. Please go home and thank your loved ones for us, um. My husband just passed. I'm 62, he was 67. I'm supposed to get Social Security survivor benefits. It's at a percentage because I'm not retirement age, which is supposed to be 71%. Social Security froze our bank account which doesn't have anything in it but just the regular benefit. Now we can't get back in, and they actually took money out of it, and now I have to file an appeal, and that is directly because of DOGE and Elon Musk and the elected vice president and Trump. So, changes are coming everywhere.

Chairman Proler: Before we go to the minutes, Jamie, do you have something you want to say?

Secretary Bryant: I'm remiss in making this announcement in my operational update, and so I'm sorry about that, but we've been doing a lot the last couple of weeks. I'm excited to announce that Mr. Joel North is our new Senior Vice President who will be overseeing our real estate investment development teams as well as asset management and public housing. Joel comes to us with decades of experience and community service, affordable housing, and the private and public sector, where he was the Deputy Director of Housing for the City of Houston for a while, so we're just extremely grateful and thankful to have Joel on the team.

VI. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

a. HHA Board Meeting Minutes: February 18, 2025

On motion by Commissioner Smith and seconded by Commissioner Li, the Board unanimously approved the February 18, 2025, Meeting Minutes.

VII. PUBLIC HEARING

a. Public Hearing for the Development of ALLORA MED CENTER

Chairman Proler stated that the Allora Med Center Public Hearing is now open for public comments. Donna Dixon stated no one signed up to speak.

Chairman Proler closed the Public Hearing with no comments being made.

VIII. NEW BUSINESS

a. Resolution No. 3876: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the President & CEO or designee to execute a contract for Master Planning Services with LRK for the Near Northside/Irvinton Village Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant.

b. Resolution No. 3877: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the President & CEO or designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) for Planning Coordination Services for the Near Northside/Irvinton Village Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant.

Secretary Bryant: Lynn Henson, Choice Neighborhood Director, will present resolutions 3876 and 3877, which both focus on the Irvinton Village Choice Neighborhood planning grant that we received from HUD and the work we're endeavoring to do in that community.

Lynn Henson: Good afternoon. Resolution 3876 requests the board to authorize the President & CEO to execute a contract with LRK for an amount not to exceed $375,000 for master planning services for the Near Northside and Irvinton Village.

To provide you with some background on this resolution, I'll remind you that the Board approved the grant agreement for this grant back in October of 2024. Since that time, HHA issued an RFP for Master Planning services and those services will provide all the work that will be conducted in Irvinton Village and Near Northside in order to complete the transformation plan and submit that to HUD. Those services include items such as neighborhood conditions report, analysis of needs, extensive stakeholder engagement, and stakeholder engagement is very important to this process, developmental strategies, and plans. Development strategies and plans center around the three HUD goals: People, Housing, and Neighborhoods. Identification of the early action project is required by HUD and is important to the development process and the completion of the draft outline and the submission of the transformation plan. An evaluation committee was put together in order to review all of the submitted proposals for this item, and LRK received the highest points. LRK has been working with Choice Neighborhoods since 2010. They have been very active with the Choice Neighborhood program all the way back to when the HUD had its Hope 6 program which started in 1994. LRK has extensive experience with community engagement strategies, and not only does it work with design, but it also has implemented mixed-income housing as well as mixed-use plans. I'd like to stop now, take a pause, and see if there are any comments or questions.

Secretary Bryant: I would like to add a little to this so everybody understands there is a second resolution that ties into this as well. For the public here, and the Board is aware, we received a $500,000 planning and grant, but earlier last year, we received a $50 million CNI grant for Cuney Homes in the Third Ward. The idea behind this is that if we can do this by utilizing the HUD grant and matching funds from HHA, we could push forward a similar plan that, sometime in the future, we would be able to go to HUD and apply for a similar implementation grant of $50 million to help redevelop Irvinton Village and the Near Northside neighborhoods and leverage that. So this is the reason we are doing this. This is the plan behind it. For the second resolution, Lynn, go ahead and talk about LISC and their separate role in this as well as our partner in the grant applications, and you can open it up for questions for the commissioners.

Lynn Henson: Resolution 3877 is to approve LISC for the local support corporation here in Houston for planning coordination services. That's for a three-year grant period in an amount not to exceed $327,000. HHA partnered with LISC and Avenue CDC for the planning grant that was submitted to HUD for this process. With that grant, HUD approved the grant with LISC as a planning coordinator. LISC is one of the nation's largest community development support organizations in the country. LISC has also worked on HUD and Choice neighborhood projects in other cities. Avenue CDC is their sub-consultant and has experience in the Near Northside that dates back to 1991. The MOU identifies LISC as the lead planning coordinator with Avenue CDC, who will be the lead People partner in this work and is required to conduct relevant household assessments, which is vital to this process. That resident assessment will feed into the strategies that will also be an important part of the strategies around Housing, People, and Neighborhoods. I’ll pause there for any questions or comments.

Chairman Proler: I just had one question. Are there any procurement procedures that we go through? If so, did we follow them? Is it documented that the procurement procedures to retain LISC and LRK are followed?

Lynn Henson: Yes. For LRK, we solicited an RFP, which was issued in December 2024 and closed at the beginning of this year. LRK scored the most points in that process.

Commissioner Smith: I have one basic question. Six months ago, I went on a tour of the planning neighborhood and Cuney Homes, and they explained the process. Will these concepts be the same?

Lynn Henson: The process will be the same, but the Housing strategies, the Neighborhood strategies, and the People strategies will be specific to Irvinton Village and the Near Northside. You will see some similarities, but you'll see some differences as they relate directly to the Near Northside.

Chairman Proler: It may be helpful if you make a brief presentation on the update on the Cuney Homes CNI grant at the next board meeting or at some scheduled meeting. I think the board and the community have made some real progress in the last 30 days.

Secretary Bryant: I want to bring one thing to the commissioners’ attention. Lynn put something in front of you. Additional reporting is the budget that outlines the $500,000 in HUD funding, about $100,000 in HHA matching funding, and the $400,000 in contributions that will complete this planning process over the next year. As well as, on the back page to answer some of the questions about which entity does what as far as planning. A description of what LRK will be doing and what LISC will be doing.

Chairman Proler: What is the time spent for the portion of the 500,000 for the Housing Authority? Is it for this calendar year?

Lynn Henson: It is for a 2-3 year project, so that amount would be spread across the 2 years. Chairman Proler: And is it something we budgeted for this year?

Lynn Henson: I will let the finance department speak to how that will be budgeted.

Secretary Bryant: The answer is yes. The next step, Chairman, is to provide a scheduled time to draw down these funds. As we've talked about, and it was mentioned earlier, if we start to see issues coming out of DC with changes from HUD, we will bring them back to the board and re-address them if we need to slow down for any reason.

Commissioner Aceves-Lewis: You said that there was a $500,000 grant received from HUD. Was there an expectation that the Housing Authority should match that, or was there an expectation that the $500,000 would cover both parts of the planning?

Lynn Henson: HUD expects the Housing Authority to match and exceed the $500,000 that they have provided for the grant.

Commissioner Aceves-Lewis: OK, so spending about a million seems appropriate. Would HUD agree that that's fair?

Lynn Henson: That's correct.

Chairman Proler: Are there any other questions? I see none. I'm going to ask for a motion to approve Resolutions 3876 and 3877 as submitted.

On motion by Commissioner Smith and seconded by Commissioner Ballard; The Board unanimously approved Resolution No. 3876 and 3877.

c. Resolution No. 3878: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the President & CEO or designee to execute any and all documents or take any other action that is necessary to execute a Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract for New Hope Gray located at 2610 Gray Street, Houston, Texas 77003.

Secretary Bryant: Kenneth Coles, VP of Voucher Operations, will present this resolution regarding one of our well-known and extraordinary partners, New Hope Housing, and a project that we've been working on with them. They would like the board’s support as they start to finalize their project.

Kenny Coles: It is my pleasure to present Resolution 3878. We are asking for the board's approval to execute a Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract for New Hope Gray located at 2610 Gray Street, Houston, Texas 77003.

Based on questions asked during board prep, let me try to describe what’s going on here. HHA’s projected to be out shortfall in the calendar year 2025. The reason that we are projected to be out in 2025 is because of actions that were taken place in 2024 to mitigate some of this spending. The President extended one of those actions which was not to have any new projects coming to the table at this time. This particular project is actually not a new project. This is a hold-over project from over the last several years, and this is just a step in that process to the next step. Those 67 project-based vouchers would be utilized as part of the replacement housing for Clayton Homes and Staff recommends approval for this resolution.

Secretary Bryant: New Hope Grey is just inside the Third Ward near Yellowstone Academy, but it's within the two-mile radius of Clayton Homes. For those who don't remember, Clayton Homes was taken by TXDOT, and we are required to replace all of that housing through multiple projects.

Chairman Proler: Let the minutes reflect that.

On motion by Commissioner Li and seconded by Commissioner Ballard; the Board unanimously approved Resolution No. 3878.

IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION

Chairman Proler suspended the Public Session on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 3:35 p.m. to convene an Executive Session to discuss personnel, legal, and real estate issues in accordance with Sections 551.074, 551.071, and 551.072, respectively, of the Texas Government Code.

X. RECONVENE PUBLIC SESSION

Chairman Proler reconvened the Public Session at 5:03 p.m.

OLD BUSINESS

d. Resolution No. 3874: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the President & CEO or authorized representative of the Houston Housing Authority to facilitate the acquisition of The Henry at Jones Road, located at or about approximately 11925 Jones Rd., Houston, Texas 77070, and the execution of all required documents therefor.

e. Resolution No. 3875: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the President & CEO or an authorized representative of the Houston Housing Authority to facilitate the acquisition of The Henry at Woodland Hills, located at or about approximately 14807 Woodland Hills Dr., Humble, Texas 77396, and the execution of all required documents therefor.

Chairman Proler: We have a number of resolutions and we're going to move around quite quickly in order to get these completed. Resolutions 38781 and 3880 are replacing 3874 and 3875. This is for the Consideration and/or to take action to authorize the President, CEO or authorized representative of the Houston Housing Authority that facilitated the acquisition of The Henry Jones Road and The Henry at Woodland Hills located at approximately 11925 Jones Rd. and 14807 Woodland Hills Drive in Houston and in Humble, TX and the execution of all required documents therefor.

So, with that, I'd like to entertain a motion to vote Resolutions 3874 and 3875 down as a result of old business.

Jennine Hovell-Cox: We need a motion to vote.

Chairman Proler: I need a motion to vote.

Commissioner Smith motioned.

Chairman Proler: All in favor say aye.

Unknown: You need a second.

Chairman Proler: Can I get a second?

Commissioner Li seconded the motion.

Chairman Proler asked for a motion to approve Resolution Nos. 3879 and 3880.

Jennine Hovell-Cox: No, no.

Chairman Proler: I’m sorry. I need a motion to vote down Resolutions 3874 and 3875.

Commissioner Aceves-Lewis motioned, and Commissioner Ballard seconded. The Board unanimously approved to vote down Resolution Nos. 3874 and 3875.

1 Chairman Proler stated Resolution 3878 but meant 3879 as Resolution 3878 deals with a Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract for New Hope Gray and not the acquisition of The Henry at Jones Road, located at or about approximately 11925 Jones Rd., Houston, Texas 77070.

f. Resolution No. 3879: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the President & CEO or authorized representative of the Houston Housing Authority to facilitate the acquisition of The Henry at Jones Road, located at or about approximately 11925 Jones Rd., Houston, Texas 77070, and the execution of all required documents therefor.

g. Resolution No. 3880: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the President & CEO or an authorized representative of the Houston Housing Authority to facilitate the acquisition of The Henry at Woodland Hills, located at or about approximately 14807 Woodland Hills Dr., Humble, Texas 77396, and the execution of all required documents therefor.

Chairman Proler: I will entertain a motion to approve Resolutions 3879 and 3880 in place of the resolutions that we just voted down.

On motion by Commissioner Smith and seconded by Commissioner Ballard. The Board unanimously approved Resolution No. 3880.

h. Resolution No. 3881: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the Houston Housing Authority (the “Authority”) by and through its President & Chief Executive Officer or his authorized designee to facilitate the construction, financing, and operation of the workforce housing apartment complex to be located at 10201 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77025 and to-be-known as “Allora Medical Center” (the “Project”) and the execution of all required documents therefor.

Chairman Proler asked for a motion to adopt Resolution No. 3881.

On motion by Commissioner Li and seconded by Commissioner Carter. The Board unanimously approved Resolution No. 3881.

i. Resolution No. 3882: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the Houston Housing Authority to facilitate the acquisition of The Place at Barker Cypress located at or about 1800 Barker Cypress Rd., Houston, Texas 77084, and the execution of all required documents therefor.

Chairman Proler asked for a motion to adopt Resolution No. 3882.

On motion by Commissioner Smith and seconded by Commissioner Li. The board unanimously approved Resolution No. 3882.

j. Resolution No. 3883: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the update of the previously approved loan amount and lender in Resolution No. 3848 for the Standard in the Heights re-finance to reflect a principal loan amount not to exceed $48,000,000 from Walker & Dunlop, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and/or Fannie Mae, and their respective successors and/or assigns, as their interests may appear.

Chairman Proler asked for a motion to adopt Resolution No. 3883.

On motion by Commissioner Li and seconded by Commissioner Ballard. The board unanimously approved Resolution No. 3883.

k. Resolution No. 3884: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the Houston Housing Authority to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Pillar Residential Development, LLC, for the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing multifamily apartment complex with approximately 250-units known as Idlewilde Apartments located at or about 9915 FM 1960, Houston, Texas 77070.

l. Resolution No. 3885: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the Houston Housing Authority to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Pillar Residential Development, LLC, for the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing multifamily apartment complex with approximately 250-units known as Lafayette Village, located at or about 4822 East Sam Houston Parkway N, Houston, Texas 77015.

m. Resolution No. 3886: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the Houston Housing Authority to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Pillar Residential Development, LLC, for the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing multifamily apartment complex with approximately 252-units known as Lancaster Apartments located at or about 20100 Park Row Blvd., Katy, Texas 77449.

n. Resolution No. 3887: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the Houston Housing Authority to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Pillar Residential Development, LLC, for the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing multifamily apartment complex with approximately 252-units known as Regency Park, located at or about 10600 Southdown Trace Trail, Houston, Texas 77034.

o. Resolution No. 3888: Consideration and/or take action to authorize the Houston Housing Authority to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Pillar Residential Development, LLC, for the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing multifamily apartment complex with approximately 240-units known as Sugar Creek Apartments, located at or about 11501 West Road, Houston, Texas 77065.

Chairman Proler asked for a motion to vote on Resolution Nos. 3884, 3885, 3886, 3887, and 3888 in seriatim.

Commissioner Smith motioned. Commissioner Li seconded the motion.

Chairman Proler asked for a motion to adopt Resolution Nos. 3884, 3885, 3886, 3887, and 3888;

On motion by Commissioner Li and seconded by Commissioner Aceves-Lewis, the board unanimously approved Resolution Nos. 3884, 3885, 3886, 3887, and 3888.

p. Resolution No. 3889: Consideration and/or to take action to authorize the President & CEO or designee to take all actions necessary to sell a 13.08-acre tract of land formally known as Forest Green public housing community to E-Street Capital, LLC.

Chairman Proler asked for a motion to adopt Resolution No. 3889.

On motion by Commissioner Smith and seconded by Commissioner Ballard. The board unanimously approved Resolution No. 3889.

Chairman Proler: I would like to make one comment. Upon execution of the sale, please notify HUD’s local office. This is a hot topic with them so they'll be very happy to know that this has been disposed of.

Commissioner Aceves-Lewis: And our insurance premiums should go down

XI. ADJOURNMENT

Chairman Proler this concludes the items on today’s agenda and asked for a motion to adjourn. On motion by Commissioner Carter and seconded by Commissioner Li.

Chairman Proler declared the meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m.

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