The Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Board of Commissioners met on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 2:00 PM in Council Chambers, City Hall. Chair Cheniqua Johnson called the meeting to order at 2:03 PM. Six commissioners were present (Commissioner HwaJeong Kim was excused). The board approved the April 2026 meeting minutes, adopted a resolution designating development partners for a Jackson Street project, and received staff reports on Permit Ready Plans and the 2026 HRA Work Plan.
Wondering And redevelopment authority to order. Roll call, please. Bowie. Here. Coleman? Here. Joast. Here. Naker? Here. Yang, here. Chair Johnson? Here. And Commissioner Kim is excused. There are six present and one excused absent. Item number one is MIN 26-15 approval of the April 2026 HRA meeting minutes. Alrighty. Well, I hope everyone had a chance to review the minutes. Our oh so important meeting minutes. I'll take a motion from Vice Chair Jose to approve. All those in favor? Aye. All opposed. Six in favor, zero opposed. The minutes are adopted. Item number two for discussion is RES 26-752. Authorization to designate DC Commercial and JBang as development partners or another entity that is affiliated with the control affiliated with and controlled by DC Commercial and JBang developer. PIN 1929-22210112, District 6, Ward 5. Thank you so much. Exact project we were talking about. And so we did have a chance to hear from the developers last week as well, or I guess two weeks ago, yes, because it was last week, was the fifth Wednesday. But we had a chance to listen to them. We asked a few questions. Also heard from Commissioner Kim, who, while she's not here today, she did give a lot of responses and a lot of comments around and in support of the project. And so would love for those to be continued to be noted for the record. At this time, I'll take a motion from uh Commissioner Ying to approve. But is there any discussion? Commissioner Yang. Thanks, Chair Johnson. Well, I see the representatives from DC commercial on JBang here with us in the crowd today, so I want to say thank you for coming back and joining us. So I want to say thank you to you, David, and I wish you success in your project, and also thank you to the representatives from JB Vang for your important role in playing um the role of a mentor. I mean, you have clearly been in the space of being an emerging gene developer too. So it's just so great to see the ways in which you continue to really invest in other companies to grow to be at your scale too. And so I I commend you all, and again, wish you you and the entire team success on your project here. Thanks, Commissioner Yang. Any other commissioners? Well, I echo a lot of your sentiments. I think one of the things that's really unique about this project is just how that the mentorship component I think is super notable. It's something that I hope in that uh we continue to see as the years progress, especially with the full knowledge of how hard sometimes it can be to break into being a developer. Especially, you know, I think one of the questions especially is being a um ULI ready cohort alumni.