MINUTES SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON HOUSING Wednesday, April 29, 1998 2:00 pm El Paso City Council Chambers Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Interim Committee on Housing was held on Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at El Paso City Council Chambers, in El Paso, Texas. MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Rodney Ellis Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Carlos Truan Senator Jeff Wentworth This meeting was a joint hearing with the Senate Interim Committee on Housing and the House Committee on Urban Affairs. These minutes reflect the Senate Interim Committee on Housing. House Urban Affairs members present: Chairman Fred Hill, Representative Lon Burnam, Representative Ron Clark, Representative Harryette Ehrhardt. House Urban Affairs members absent: Representative Kevin Bailey, Representative Domingo Garcia, Representative Terri Hodge. Other members of the legislature who attended the hearing were: Representative Norma Chavez. The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:05 pm. The following members arrived after the roll was called: none. The following business was transacted. Chairman Lucio and Chairman Hill gave opening remarks. Chairman Lucio recognized the following witnesses: Shapleigh, Eliot, representing Texas Senate District 29, gave opening remarks. Ramirez, Carlos M., representing the City of El Paso, gave opening remarks and testified on the interim charge. Cabello, Homer, representing TDHCA, testified on the interim charge. At 3:07 pm Chairman Hill assumed the chair. Perez, Barbara, representing the City of El Paso, testified on the interim charge. At 3:10 pm Chairman Lucio resumed the chair. At 3:15 pm Chairman Hill assumed the chair. Moorhead, Bee, representing Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, testified on the interim charge. At 3:25 pm Chairman Lucio resumed the chair. Romero, Jerry, representing Texas State Affordable Housing Corp., testified on the interim charge. At 4:00 pm Chairman Hill assumed the chair. Clark, Jeff, representing TDHCA, testified on the interim charge. Nier, James, representing Texas Veterans Land Board, testified on the interim charge. Keith, Laura Ayoub, representing Texas Commission on Human Rights, testified on the interim charge. Farias, Anna Maria, representing Texas Commission on Human Rights, testified on the interim charge. At 4:15 pm Chairman Lucio resumed the chair. Hanson, Nancy, representing Lower Valley Housing Corporation, testified on the interim charge. Bowling, Bobby, representing El Paso Association of Builders, testified on the interim charge. Manley, Larry Paul, representing TDHCA, testified on the interim charge. Salazar, Danny, representing El Paso Association of Builders, testified on the interim charge. Arnold, Cynthia, representing El Puente Community Development Corporation, testified on the interim charge. A brief discussion followed. Chairman Lucio closed public testimony. Chairman Lucio announced that the Senate Interim Committee on Housing will meet in Corpus Christi on May 14, 1998. There being no further business, at 5:55 pm Chairman Hill moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair ______________________ Buddy Garcia, Clerk