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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THE TIME IS 3 04:00 P.M. ON JANUARY 22, 2024.
WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ON THE CCRS THAT ARE IN OUR QUEUE. BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, ITEM NUMBER 1, THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 20, 2023. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE.
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 20, 2023. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. WE'VE GOT A VISUAL FROM -- YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CCRS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE.
THERE'S SEVEN OF THEM. ERIK, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
I GUESS YOU WILL CALL UP THE PRESENTATIONS. >> WALSH: MARIA WILL START US OFF AND EACH MEMBER WILL COVER THE SLIDES OF THE CCR THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR. >> VILLAGÓMEZ: MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST CCR WE WANT TO BRIEF YOU ON IS SUBMITTED BY COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ.
IT WAS SUBMITTED BACK IN APRIL OF 2023. AND THE REQUEST WAS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AND MEANSFUL FUND AN EXPERT GUIDED MASS SHOOTING AND RESPONSE PLAN FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS. IT FURTHER SPECIFIED THAT THE INITIATIVE MUST ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND IT ALSO CITED THAT WE SHOULD BE USING THE SA FORWARD PLAN TO INFORM THE PROPOSED PREVENTION CRISIS RESPONSE AND DAMAGE REDUCTION PLANS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE METRO HEALTH AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTNERED WITH OTHER STAY-AT-HOME HOLDERS IN OUR -- STAKEHOLDERS AND DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS PARTICULAR PLAN BUILDS UPON THE SA FORWARD PLAN AND IT INCORPORATES PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE ISSUES SPECIFICALLY PRIORITIZING GUN VIOLENCE WITH THE GOALS OF PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE INVOLVING ADULTS AND YOUTH, IMPROVING ACCESS TO SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AS WELL AS REDUCING REPEATED VIOLENCE BY PERPETRATORS.
THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY WAS PRESENTED TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2023. THE PLAN IS COMPLETED. THE STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PRESENT TO GO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL AT A B SESSION ON WEDNESDAY THE SPECIFIC PLAN AS WELL AS THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
MANY OF THE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CCR ARE ADDRESSED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRIEF CITY COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY TO BE ABLE TO LAY OUT THOSE STRATEGIES AND HIGHLIGHT HOW THIS PARTICULAR PLAN WILL BE INCORPORATING THE REQUESTS BY THE CCR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CCR ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CITY SPECIFICALLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN WORKING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF PREVENTION IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, SO THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT STARTED THAT PROCESS LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED WAYS IN WHICH THEY HAVE ENHANCED, THE WAY THAT THEY COORDINATE WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHEN IT COMES TO TABLE-TOP EXERCISES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A THREAT AND ALSO IMPORTANTLY TO RESPOND TO A THREAT.
ONE OF THE INNOVATIVE ISSUES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH IS THE USE OF AN APP CALLED LIFE SPOT, WHICH IS A SAFETY AND SECURITY APPLICATION THAT IS ASSIGNED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS, IN THIS CASE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHEN THERE IS
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THREAT OF AN ABSOLUTE AT A SCHOOL. THIS NOTIFICATION GOES IMMEDIATELY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL ISDS TO RESPOND. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EFFORTS WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED WITH IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING METRO HEALTH STRATEGIC PLAN ON WEDNESDAY TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED WITHIN THE CCR. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ALEX LOPEZ FOR THE NEXT CCR. THANK YOU.>> LOPEZ: GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ITEM WE WILL BE -- I'LL BE SHARING PERTAINS TO ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY CITY CONSTRUCTION. AND SO WE'VE HAD PAST EFFORTS, PAST PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO SMALL BUSINESSES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE -- IN 2022 WE HAD THE COVID-19 IMPACT GRANT PROGRAM WHICH DISTRIBUTED OVER $15 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS TO 524 SMALL BUSINESSES.
OF THOSE, 135 RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 JUST BECAUSE OF THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND THAT THEY WERE BEING IMPACTED BY CONSTRUCTION.
LAST YEAR WE HAD ANOTHER PROGRAM WHERE WE DISTRIBUTED 2.45 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS AS WELL, AND THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR CONSTRUCTION-IMPACTED SMALL BUSINESSES. WE HAD 91 GRANTS THAT WE AWARDED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. AND THEN SPECIFICALLY THE CCR DISCUSSED -- BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW WAS FILED IN JULY OF MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ AND MARC WHYTE AND IT WAS A REQUEST FOR CREATION OF A GRANT FUND TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION. THE CCR SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR US TO GO AND SEEK INPUT ON THE CREATION OF THE PROGRAM WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED 1.4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL ARPA DOLLARS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE FOR THIS PROGRAM. AS FAR AS THE PROCESS TO DATE, STAFF HAS ALREADY STARTED GATHERING INPUT FROM SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH AGAIN WAS PART OF WHAT THE CCR CALLED FOR. FIRST THERE WAS A SURVEY THAT WAS ISSUED TO BUSINESSES IN CONSTRUCTION CORRIDORS TO SPECIFICALLY GET THEIR FEEDBACK. AND WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT CRITERIA WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AS FAR AS THE CORRIDORS, THE PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD BE INCLUDING, THE TIME FRAME, AND THE ELIGIBILITY AS FAR AS THE BUSINESSES.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING DIFFERENTLY THERE AS WELL.
WE ALSO COORDINATED WITH LYFT FUND TO DO A SURVEY OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ACTUALLY GOT PREVIOUS GRANT DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR CONSTRUCTION SO WE COULD SEE HOW THEY USED IT AND IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER FEEDBACK THAT WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE AS WELL. WE DID ALSO GET INPUT FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION DURING THEIR DECEMBER MEETING. THEY SPECIFICALLY HAD THIS TOPIC ON THEIR AGENDA. AND LASTLY, THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS IN THE PROCESSES OF WORK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. SO ANY FINDINGS, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO THIS PROGRAM DESIGN WE PLAN TO DO SO. WE'VE ALREADY COORDINATED WITH KEVIN AND HIS TEAM.
OUR PLAN IS TO COME BACK AT THE B SESSION ON FEBRUARY 28TH TO PRESENT THE FULL COUNCIL WITH WHAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE -- WHAT WE'LL BE PROPOSING AT THAT TIME. I BELIEVE I'M TURNING IT OVER TO ROD.
>> SANCHEZ: I'VE GOT THE NEXT THREE. THIS NEXT ONE WAS A CCR SUBMITTED BY COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO BACK IN AUGUST OF 2023.
THIS ONE IS FOCUSING OUR NON-SERVICE ALLEYS. CCR LOOKS AT A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION, TRASH AND DEBRIS AND RUTTING IN THE ALLEYS AND SHE ASKED US TO LOOK AT RESTORES THOSE USING PERMANENTABLY SURFACES. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THESE AND WE HAVE A THREE-YEAR PLAN IN THE BUDGET SESSION. I'VE ATTENDED SEVERAL OF YOUR BUDGET WORK SESSION MEETINGS AND TALKED ABOUT THIS IN GREAT DEPTH.
WE HAVE OVER 3500 ALLEYS. THEY ALL HAVE ISSUES. THERE'S 412 OF THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE UTILITY SERVICES IN THEM. PUBLIC WORKS HAS ALREADY GONE OUT. WE'VE GRADED THEM, GIVEN THEM A GRADE FROM A TO F, F
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FAILING, AND 80 HAVE A FAILINGS CORE. THE PLAN IS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR TO GO OUT AND ADDRESS THOSE BY REMOVING VEGETATION, REGRADING THE ALLEYS AND USING THE PERMANENTABLY SURFACE. NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE NEXT 165. '26 WE WILL START A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM SO WE STAY ON TOP OF THESE ALLEYS SO THEY DON'T REVERT BACK TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.ALSO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR UTILITY COMPANIES TO ADDRESS THOSE ALLEYS THAT DID HAVE UTILITIES AND HAVE THE UTILITIES HELP US ADDRESS THOSE ALLEYS.
FOR THIS CCR, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE WITH THE PLAN THAT WE PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. THE NEXT CCR WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA AND THIS ONE IS ASKING US TO LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING A CODE ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. AND COUNCILWOMAN, YOUR CCR IS TIMELY BECAUSE MIKE AND I THE LAST TIME WE WORKED ON THIS WAS 2013. THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THIS REVITALIZED CODE PLAN WHERE THE BIG FOCUS WAS TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.
MORE PROACTIVE AT THE TIME WE WERE 80% PROACTIVE -- SORRY, 20% PROACTIVE, 80% REACTIVE. WE PUT THAT IN PLACE. WE INTRODUCED THE TIER SYSTEM WHERE WE FOCUSED ON TIER 1S, THE ONES WE GET WITHIN A DAY OR TWO AND WE HAVE TIER 1, 2, 3. TIER 3 WHERE MAYBE WE HAVE THE POSTS ON THE SIDEWALK AND WE DON'T GO OUT UNLESS THEY DON'T CORRECT THAT. IT'S TIMELY THAT WE DO THAT.
OUR PLAN IS PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS, MAYBE GET A THIRD PARTY FACILITATOR TO HELP US BRING THOSE FOLKS TOGETHER AND -- PUT THE SLIDE UP THERE.
WE'LL LOOK AT OUR GOALS AND STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT WE'RE HEARING TODAY FROM COUNCIL, WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TODAY, WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO DO. ALSO ONE THEY THINK WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM COUNCIL IS THESE HARDSHIP CASES. THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WOULD FIX UP THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY COULD. SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THOSE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. VACANT LOTS, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ADDRESSING THOSE VACANT LOTS.
AND ALSO EDUCATE COMMUNITY. WHAT IS A CODE VIOLATION. AND ALSO LET THEM KNOW WHAT TOOLS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM ADDRESS THOSE VIOLATIONS AND BRING THOSE LOTS INTO COMPLIANCE. AND FINALLY, IT'S TIME TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON REACTIVE VERSUS PROACTIVE CASES. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME MORE THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE REACTIVE THAN PROACTIVE.
LET'S HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD SIZE MEATY ITEM.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS WE WORK WITH THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THROUGH SEVERAL MEETINGS. AFTER WE MEET WITH FOLKS, BOUNCE THEM OFF THE COMMITTEE, COME BACK, REFINE, COME BACK BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. AND MY LAST ITEM IS CCR ABOUT TRANSIT ORIENTED DISTRICT, SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 10, 5 AND 1 ASKING US TO LOOK AT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, SINCE 2001.
HOWEVER, I CAN PROBABLY COUNT ON A COUPLE OF FINGERS A TIME IT'S BEEN USED BY ANYBODY. IT IS TIMELY THAT WE DO -- RELOOK AT THIS INITIATIVE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO INCENTIVIZE FOLKS TO DO SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT VIA IS DOING WITH THE ART PROGRAMS. WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF TAKING A LOOK AT OUR CODE AND DEVELOPING A PLAN TO INCENTIVIZE MORE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THESE LINES. WE DO RECOMMEND, WE PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FOLKS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE CORRIDORS OF THESE ART PROJECTS. ALSO WORK WITH VIA AND CITY STAFF. THERE ARE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED. EVERYTHING FROM TRANSPORTATION TO PUBLIC WORKS TO NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. WE WANT TO WORK WITH ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY BROAD, BIG TOPIC THAT INVOLVES MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
ON THIS ONE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WORK TOGETHER WITH A BUNCH OF FOLKS ON REVISING OUR CODE AND THIS PLAN, AND THIS ONE WE RECOMMEND WE WORK THROUGH COUNCIL IN A B SESSION AND BRING IDEAS TO B SESSION AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THE ENTIRE COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL WITH SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION.
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SO THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION AND I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LORIHOUSTON. >> HOUSTON: GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CAMPAIGN AND THE CULTURAL HAIR TAKEN DISTRICT. IN -- HAIR TAKEN DISTRICT. IN OCTOBER COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ SUBMITTED A CCR REQUESTING WE CREATE A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM.
HE WANT TO MAKE SURE SUCH A PAIN WOULD INCLUDE AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE STIGMA OF BEING HOMELESS AND RAISE AWARENESS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET DID INCLUDE RESOURCES TO HELP US DO THAT AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF OUR CAMPAIGN AND WE'RE PRESENTING THAT TO PCDC IN COUPLE MONTHS.
IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, OUR BUDGET INCLUDED FUNDING FOR OUR COMMUNICATION MANAGER TO HELP WITH OUR PUBLIC [INAUDIBLE] PLAIN ON HOMELESSNESS BUT TO ALSO WORK WITH OUR MAJOR PUBLIC PARTNERS AND PRIVATE PARTNERS AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS ON SUCH A CAMPAIGN. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT THE ONLY ONE PLAYING IN THIS SPACE AND WE DON'T CONTROL SHELTER. THAT IS CONTROLLED BY OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS SO WE ARE DOING THIS CAMPAIGN TOGETHER.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL ALIGN WITH COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ'S CCR AND INCLUDE VARIOUS STRATEGIES TO BUILD 'EM TAKE THINK AND AWARENESS OF HOMELESS IN SAN ANTONIO.
IT WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY DASHBOARD. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DASHBOARD LIMITED TO OUR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF HOTLINE CALLS WE GET.
THAT REALLY IS ONLY TELLING YOU ONE SMALL PART OF THE OVERALL PICTURE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CLOSE TO HOME PARTNER WHO IS OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE PROVIDER AS DESIGNATED BY HUD AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH SAMM, CORAZON, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR OTHER NON-PROFIT PARTNERS TO CREATE A DASHBOARD THAT WILL TELL US HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE HOUSED, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE BROUGHT FROM THE STREETS, HOW MUCH TOUCHES OR OUTREACH MEMBERS. COMBINED WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE HAVE ABOUT 39. SO IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REALM OF HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO. WE ALSO START WITH PROACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES THROUGH MONTHLY MEETINGS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. SO LAST YEAR WE WOULD GO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THEY ASKED US TO COME SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON HOMELESSNESS.
OFTENTIMES IT WAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHO WOULD GO TO MEETING.
THIS YEAR WE STARTED -- WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE PROFESSOR WHEN WE GO OUT.
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 AND 9 HOSTED PANEL DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE HAD ALL OF OUR PARTNERS REPRESENTED ON THAT PANEL SO WE SPOKE TO IT AS ALL OF OUR CHALLENGE, NOT JUST THE CITY'S CHALLENGE. AND THAT'S OUR APPROACH.
WE ARE MORE PROACTIVE AND WE'RE TREATING IT AS A GROUP AND PARTNERSHIP CHALLENGE VERSUS ONE ORGANIZATION'S INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE. SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO PRESENT THIS DRAFT CAMPAIGN OUTLINE TO THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE STRATEGIES ALREADY UNDERWAY, BUT THERE'S MORE THAT WE'RE BUILDING OFF ON.
THE DASHBOARD THAT I TALKED -- THAT CLOSE TO HOME IS WORKING ON WILL BE LIVE FEBRUARY 1. WE'LL BE DOING AN EMAIL COMMUNICATION TO ALL OUR PARTNERS INCLUDING MAYOR AND COUNCIL ABOUT THAT DASHBOARD.
BUT THEN WE HAVE OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE COME ONLINE. WE HAVE A SPEAKER'S BUREAU AND THEN OUR PANEL THAT WE MAKE THE ROUNDS, GO TO DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
WE HAVE OTHER STRATEGIES WE'RE BUILDING ON AND WILL BE PRESENT TO PCDC IN APRIL.
WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN OUR UPDATE TO COUNCIL, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL. THE NEXT ITEM I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE CREATION OF A CULTURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A PROGRAM. IT IS A LOCAL DESIGNATION AND IT ALLOWS FOR THE CITY AND THE PARTNERS TO PROVIDE MORE AWARENESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION REGARDING THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS AREA. THERE WAS A CCR THAT WAS SUBMITTED ON OCTOBER 19TH BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1 AND 2 AND THEY WERE ASKING US TO LOOK AT THE BLOCKS OF 1300 TO 1900 BLOCKS OF NORTH MAIN AVENUE AND LOOK AT THE SIGNIFICANCE RELATED TO THE LGBTQIA COMMUNITY. AND PER OUR PROGRAM, WE DO HAVE A PROCESS THAT STARTS WITH CONDUCTING A RENAISSANCE SURVEY THAT ALLOWS US TO CAPTURE THE STORIES. WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH ORAL HISTORY RECORDING, WE'LL DO CULTURAL MAPPING ABOUT WHAT SIGNIFICANT AREAS ARE
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RELATED TO THIS CULTURAL ISSUE AND THEN GET PUBLIC INPUT.THEN WE'LL PRODUCE A REPORT AND THAT GOES TO HGRC FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT.
WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS ONCE WE GET THAT ENDORSEMENT, WE WILL TO THAT TO PCDC FOR INPUT AND BEFORE IT'S DESIGNATED BY CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE FOUR CULTURAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS ALREADY AND THAT'S JEFFERSON HEIGHTS IN DISTRICT 2, OLD HIGHWAY 90 IN DISTRICT 6, CLAY CEMETERY IN DISTRICT 10, AND WURZBACH, THE SILK ROAD DESIGNATION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN DISTRICT 8.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A LOT. AND SO JUST AS A REMINDER, WE'RE GOING TO DO INDIVIDUAL ACTION, ANDY, JUST TO CLARIFY, IS INDIVIDUAL ACTION NEEDED ON ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR JUST ON A SELECT GROUP OF THEM?
>> SEGOVIA: ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE BEING FORWARDED ON TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE FOR ACTION, MAYOR. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF THEM, THOUGH.
>> ONES, I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION UP TOP AND THEN WE'LL GET MOTIONS FOR THOSE APPROPRIATE AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
OKAY. WELL, LET'S GET RIGHT INTO DISCUSSION.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ WAS IN THE QUEUE SO WE'LL START WITH YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. >> PELÁEZ: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M CURRENTLY IN PANAMA AND IT'S NICE TO BE WITH YOU ALL I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION, MARIA. THE CCR SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED -- I'M READING FROM IT -- AS SUCH, IT IS URGENT IN A THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND LOCAL ISD'S PARTNER TO IDENTIFY MASS SHOOTINGS AND REDUCE FATALITIES IF THANK YOU SO MUCH A SHOOTING OCCURS. SAN ANTONIO SCHOOLS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO STUDY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN PHYSICAL SECURITY, FACULTY AND STUDENT TRAINING
THE PRESENTATION IN B SESSION? >> VILLAGÓMEZ: COUNCILMAN, WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT. THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT CHIEF MCMANUS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR THE POLICE OFFICERS OR CHIEFS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ON
WEDNESDAY OR HE'S HERE THAT HE CAN ADDRESS THAT TODAY. >> PELÁEZ: SO -- AND JUST ZEROING IN ON THE WORDS PHYSICAL SECURITY, IS THAT GOING TO BE A PART OF THE
PRESENTATION? LIKE SCHOOL HARDENING? >> VILLAGÓMEZ: YES, YES,
IT IS, COUNCILMAN. >> PELÁEZ: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION ON THIS. I WILL CLOSE BY MAKING THE STATEMENT THAT THIS WAS BORNE FROM, YOU KNOW, THE REALIZATION AFTER UVALDE THAT -- AND A DEEP DIVE THAT A TEAM AND I DID AFTER UVALDE THAT TEXAS SCHOOLS ARE JUST NOT SAFE. AND THAT INCLUDES SAN ANTONIO SCHOOLS.
HAVING SPOKEN TO THE MAJORITY OF THEIR POLICE CHIEFS, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY STRUGGLE WITH IS TRYING TO KEEP THEIR SCHOOLS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, BUT HAM STRUNG BY THE LEGISLATURE.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW, IF YOU DROP YOUR KID OFF AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL ON THAT DAY THE STATE HAS ONLY ALLOTTED I THINK LESS THAN $10 FOR SECURITY.
YOUR KID ONLY GETS $10 OF SECURITY IN TEXAS. I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR LEGISLATURE SPEND MORE TIME REMOVING SCARY BOOKS FROM LIBRARIES THAN THEY DID WORRYING ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I SPEAK TO PARENTS WHO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AT THESE SCHOOLS, THE ONE THING THEY SAY IS ALMOST EVERY TIME YOU DROP A KID OFF AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL AS YOUR KID IS WALKING AWAY FROM YOUR CAR, YOU DO THINK WHAT IF THIS IS THE LAST TIME I SEE MY KID.
THAT I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS THAN ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DO IN THIS CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TELL OUR PARENTS THAT IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO COME SEE ME AT CITY HALL AND GET THROUGH SECURITY THAN IT IS TO WALK INTO ANY OF THEIR KIDS' SCHOOLS, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO THEM. THE REASON IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IS BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO WALK INTO THE OFFICES OF THE "SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS" OR ANY TV OR RADIO STATION IN TOWN THAN IT IS TO WALK INTO A
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SCHOOL. AND THOSE KIDS DON'T STOP BEING OUR CONSTITUENTS ONCE THEY PASS THROUGH THE DOORS OF THESE SCHOOL HOUSES. I DO THINK THAT GOD FORBID SHOULD THERE EVER BE A SHOOTING OF THE MAGNITUDE OF UVALDE IN SAN ANTONIO, THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE PREPARED TO TALK TO PARENTS AND TELL THEM WE TOOK ALL MEASURES NECESSARY TO PREVENT THEIR CHILDREN, OUR CONSTITUENTS, FROM SOMETHING HORRIBLE. ESPECIALLY IF WE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN HARDENING THE BUILDING CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE. I THINK OUR KIDS DESERVE MORE. THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING AT THIS AND YOU AND ERIK AND RON AND I, THE MAYOR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW THE QUESTION THAT ARISES WHENEVER I SAY THE CITY COULD PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL HARDENING CONVERSATIONS IS, WELL, HOW MUCH MONEY IS THAT GOING TO COST.SURELY WE CAN'T GIVE THEM ALL OF OUR BUDGET AND THAT'S A DISHONEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ALL OF OUR BUDGET.
I WOULD BE ASKING FOR A REASONABLE AMOUNT AND IF ANY AMOUNT IS SPENT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK. AND I HOPE THAT WE ARE NEVER IN A POSITION OF WONDERING COULD WE HAVE DONE MORE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO PREVENT THERE. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED THIS, PARTICULARLY COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA AND COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO FOR SIGNING OFF ON THIS. ROSY CASTRO, THIS IS ONE OF HER LAST CCRS SHE SIGNED ON HER WAY OUT. THANKS, MAYOR. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
>> GARCIA: THANK YOU. FROM WHAT I READ TODAY AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK PCDC IS GOING TO BE REALLY BUSY. WE'LL HAVE TO GET WITH LORI AND ROD TO SCHEDULE THOSE. I WANTED TO STARTING OFF BY SAYING SINCE COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO JUST SPOKE ABOUT IT, CCR RELATED TO THE VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION SPECIFICALLY AT SCHOOLS. COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE AND I WERE AT AN EVENT AT THE CAST SCHOOLS ON FRIDAY. AND I HAD A GROUP THAT PRESENTED TO ME, MARIA AND CHIEF, YOU ALL SHOULD GET THEIR PRESENTATION.
I'VE GOT TO START OFF BY SAYING THE FIRST THING I DID TO THE GROUP, IT'S A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOLERS, FOUR HIGH SCHOOLERS, I APOLOGIZED TO THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT A MASS SHOOTER AT THEIR SCHOOLS. AND THEY WERE PITCHING A SOLUTION FOR WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A MASS SHOOTER. AND I MEAN THEY ARE BABIES, THEY ARE TEENAGERS WITH ALL THEIR LIVES AHEAD AND THEY ARE TRYING TO SOLVE SOMETHING THAT THE ADULTS AND SO THEY HAD THIS GREAT IDEA.
THERE WAS SOME FOLKS FROM THE CHAMBER THERE AS WELL AND A NEGLIGENCE GENTLEMAN THAT SAID YOU ALL NEED TO PATENT THIS IDEA. I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY GIVE THOSE CHILDREN THE PLATFORM TO KIND OF SHARE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND DOING RESEARCH ON. THEY CREATED A WEBSITE AND THEY HAVE SOME DATA. I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED AND I'M SURE COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE HEARD SOME OTHER IDEAS AS WELL ON PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT I DO THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE ENGAGE OUR YOUTH A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. IT'S TOP OF MINDS FOR THEM.
SO AGAIN, THEY DID A GREAT JOB. JEAN RUSSELL AND THE TEAM DID INCREDIBLE. IF WE COULD GET THOSE AND SEND THEM TO CHIEF OR MARIA, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. THEY POURED THEIR HEARTS INTO IT.
THEN SPECIFICALLY ON CODE COMPLIANCE, THANK YOU ALL. CODE COMPLIANCE IS THE THIRD MOST IMPORTANT THING ACCORDING TO MY RESIDENTS DISTRICT 4 AND I KNOW THAT IT'S CITYWIDE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO HELP THIS. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S -- THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED AND SO MY OFFICE EXPRESSES CONCERNS, THEY WANT TO BE AS HELPFUL AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO ADDRESS THINGS EARLY ON. AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO CONDEMN MORE HOUSES OR INCREASE CITATIONS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I LOVE THAT IT'S A TEN-YEAR MARK RIGHT NOW SO THAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO REENVISION THE PRODUCTIVITY AS WELL AS THE REACTIVITY.
ALL THE PRIORITIES WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR OFFER ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS AND SPECIFICALLY RAMP UP SOME WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON VACANT LOTS.
EARLIER I HAD A MEETING WITH SHANNON MILLER AND HER TEAM ABOUT VACANT LOTS, FOR ANOTHER ONE COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE AND I TEAMED UP ON VACANT LOTS.
CODE OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS WORKING HARD AND I THINK WE NEED TO APPLAUD THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS. THE NEIGHBORS APPRECIATE THEM WHEN THEY SEE THEM.
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I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS YOU MENTIONED, SO THE PARTNERS WE'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVING, THE PEOPLE YOU ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO TO FORMULATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR IT TO GO TO PCDC. ALSO I WANTED TO TELL LORI, I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON THE RESPONSE SYSTEM. AND I THINK I KEEP HEARING DASHBOARDS AND GO BACK TO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, WE SHOULD HAVE A DASHBOARD OF DASHBOARDS.HE'S CROSSING HIS FINGERS OVER HERE. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO INVOLVE. I APPRECIATE THE WORD 'EM TAKE THINK WAS USED -- EMPATHY WAS USED IN THERE. WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY MONDAY OF REACHING OUT TO SEVERAL OF THE SHELTERS THAT WERE OPEN, A LOT OF THE SHELTERS THAT WERE OPEN SPECIFICALLY BY PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO PROVIDE A PLACE TO STAY.
I WAS VISITING ONE OF THE SHELTERS AND A FAMILY HAD JUST ARRIVED.
THEY HADN'T EXPECTED TO SEE CHILDREN, THEY WERE SET UP FOR ADULTS.
THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS AN ENTIRE FAMILY. SO THE NEED IS THERE AND IF THEY SEE THERE'S A WELCOMING PLACE, THEY WILL BE THERE. I WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT.
I ALSO GOT TO VISIT CORAZON ON MONDAY. THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR ALWAYS BEING READY TO STEP UP. THE CREATION OF THE GRANT FUND TO EIGHT SMALL BUSINESSES, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THIS, ACTUALLY MY CHIEF OF STAFF TIM AND I WERE DRIVING BY BROADWAY EARLIER TODAY. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET TO CPS HEADQUARTERS SO WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GOING TO HELP. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MOVING FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I APPRECIATE THAT THE FOCUS IS ON THE FEBRUARY 8TH -- OR 28TH, THAT IT'S GOING TO FULL COUNCIL. THAT WAY IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A COMMITTEE AND SOMEWHERE ELSE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CULTURAL CORRIDORS ONE ALSO COMING TO PCDC. THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAD TODAY.
IT WAS A MARATHON OVER HERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. I'M GOING TO REQUEST A DASHBOARD FOR THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THE DASHBOARD OF DASHBOARDS HAS COME UP WITH PUBLIC MEETINGS BECAUSE I COUNT THREE AT THIS POINT. DIFFERENT DATES.
COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 3 ON SMALL BUSINESS, AND I NOTED THAT WE SAID THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED -- OR SET ASIDE 1.4 MILLION RIGHT NOW FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CONSTRUCTION IN THEIR AREA.
THAT'S WHAT THAT FUNDING IS SET FOR. AND THIS REQUEST IS FOR CREATING ANOTHER FUND OR MAYBE TAKING THE FUND THAT EXISTS AND EXPANDING IT.
AND HAVE WE HAD ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT COME ABOUT? WOULD THAT BE A GENERAL FUND EFFORT THAT WE WOULD MAKE IN THE NEXT BUDGET SESSION OR
WHAT? >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ACTIVATING THESE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ALREADY. THE OTHER CONVERSATION THAT I FAILED TO MENTION DURING THE BRIEFING WAS WE ARE PLANNING TO ENGAGE WITH OUR UTILITIES. BECAUSE THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING REFERENCED IN THE CCR, TO SEE HOW THEY CAN BE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS BOTH FROM AN ASSISTANCE PERHAPS
BUT ALSO FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE. >> COURAGE: UH-HUH.
BUT WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT BUDGET THAT WOULD COME INTO PLAY AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL FINANCING THAT MIGHT BE MADE AVAILABLE.
>> WALSH: NO, SIR. >> COURAGE: OKAY. HOW ABOUT AT OUR MID-YEAR BUDGET AND IF WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH TALKING ABOUT?
JUST SAY YES AND -- >> WALSH: I'M NOT GOING TO SAY YES BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THERE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER.
IF WE GO INTO FEBRUARY THROUGH B SESSION, WE'LL PROBABLY ROLL OUT THE PROGRAM IN MAY. I THINK YOU RAISE A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS.
WE IDENTIFIED THOSE ARPA FUNDS LAST SUMMER. WE'RE STILL NOT USING LOCAL DOLLARS. AND I THINK IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 28TH CONVERSATION, IT'S GREAT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THIS 1.4, WHAT ARE WE DOING GOING FORWARD. AND ALEX JUST MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH THE TELECOMS AND THE UTILITIES ABOUT SOME SORT OF CONTRIBUTION, IF THIS IS GOING TO BECOME A REGULAR ANNUAL PROGRAM SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY.
AND THAT'S WORK WE NEED TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND FEBRUARY 28TH.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. >> COURAGE: YEAH, I CAN
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SEE THE TELECOMS WHO TRADITIONALLY WANT TO MAKE CHANGES THIS THEIR SERVICES ALONG NEW STREETS THAT GET WORKED ON DOWNTOWN, THINGS LIKE THAT.THEY HAVE TO UPGRADE THEIR STUFF, ANASAZI -- AND SAWS TOO.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT ITEM 6 TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PRESENTATION COME TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY TOO. LIKE WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESS OR TO BE DOING WITH THEIR NORTH-SOUTH AND EAST-WEST ROUTE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHATEVER IS DEVELOPED IN THE WAY OF SUGGESTIONS THAT MAY GO TO THE B SESSION COME BEFORE THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND THEN I SEE WE'RE LOOKING AT MARCH AND APRIL FOR THE HOMELESS PRESENTATIONS.
AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP, AND I KNOW THAT EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THAT. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY WITH EDUCATION. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT AND TALKING TO THE HOMELESS OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY? AND AS YOU HEARD, I'VE DONE SOMETHING IN MY DISTRICT AND I KNOW DISTRICT 10 HAS.
I WOULD IMAGINE ALMOST EVERY OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS HAD SOME KIND OF MEETING IN THEIR DISTRICT ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, BUT I'M WONDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING COLLECTIVELY RATHER THAN WHAT ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT IS DOING.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AS MANY AS I CAN ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S ABOUT IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA.
>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I JUST HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT REALLY ALL OF THEM AND I'M GOING TO DIRECTION. THERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF PROGRESS TOWARDS A LOT OF THESE TOPICS, NOT ALL OF THEM. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT -- I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A DIFFERENT CCR PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE CCRS TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO MAYBE TALK IT OUT MORE.
I'M NOT TERRIBLY CCR HAPPY, BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP.
I THINK I JUST HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE'RE MAYBE BEING SOMEWHAT REDUNDANT IN SOME OF THESE. SOME IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ADDING ON TO AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. MY BIGGER ISSUE REALLY IS WHAT -- IN THESE INSTANCES, HOW IS A CCR DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE AND HOW CAN WE ADD AND ENHANCE AS OPPOSED TO -- NONE OF THESE ARE NOVEL IDEAS, RIGHT? I'M JUST -- MAYBE THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT I HAVE KIND OF A CRITICISM ABOUT IT. I THINK WE SHOULD BE TALKING MORE ABOUT IDEAS THAT ARE MOVING US FORWARD, THAT MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER. AND I THINK WE RELY ON CCRS TO BRING AN IDEA THAT'S ALREADY FOR THE MOST PART BEING DONE BY CITY STAFF. MORE IDEAS MR. -- ABOUT COMMUNITY, ACCELERATING INTO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. GOING BACK TO THE ITEM 2, THE ISD CCR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER GAVITO'S COMMENTS.
I -- COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ'S COMMENTS. YOU DID MENTION PUBLIC, BUT THERE ARE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. EVERY SCHOOL HAS THIS ISSUE.
I SEND MY KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL AND EVERY DAY I'M CONCERNED, EVERY DAY I TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT AND IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR STATE FUNDING.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE MAIN FUNDING MECHANISM TO HELP. I KNOW THERE'S SOME OBESITY IN ANSWER THERE. THE THIRD, I GUESS, THIS IS THE ONE I'M PROBABLY MOST CRITICAL OF. A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEMBERS WENT TO MEET WITH A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON BROADWAY AND THEY WEREN'T THAT PUMPED ABOUT THIS IDEA. OF COURSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SAY NO TO MONEY, BUT THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNICATION. TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE, SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO COME AND BEFORE THE PROBLEMS ARISE AND THEN WE NEED THIS MONEY TO MAKE IT UP. SPECIFICALLY THEY TALKED ABOUT BROADWAY AND I'M SURE THERE ARE REASONS, BUT THEY SAID WHY DID YOU HAVE TO CLOSE BOTH LANES AT ONE TIME. THERE'S PROBABLY A REASON BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE
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GOING TO BE AFFECTED I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SEEING THEIR BUSINESSES GO DOWNHILL AND THEN TRYING TO GIVE THEM SOME MONEY BECAUSE IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH. I HAVE THAT CONCERN. THAT CAME STRAIGHT FROM BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WERE DEALING WITH IT. THE ALLEYWAYS I THINK ALSO IS A GREAT IDEA. I WONDER IS THIS A ONE-TIME SHOT? I KNOW IT'S OVER THREE YEARS, BUT IS IT ONE TIME OR IT'S GOING INTO THE REGULARROTATION OF MAINTENANCE? >> WALSH: THIS WILL BE AN ALLOCATION THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THROUGH THE BUDGET. ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE THREE PHASES OF THIS YEAR ADDRESSING ALL THE DS AND FS, NEXT YEAR ALL THE CS, EVERYTHING ELSE AND THEN MAINTAINING IT. IT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THAT FUNCTION. >> HAVRDA: AUDIO] THAT'S GOOD. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT ONE. THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THAT. MPO AND VIA NEED TO BE INVOLVED WHEN THAT CONVERSATION. WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION IN NPO ABOUT THE STATE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AS FAR AS TRANSIT AND WE BROUGHT UP TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT, SOME OF THE -- THE PLANS TO DO THAT, I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU MIND GOING TO THAT SLIDE. LORI, YOU LISTED SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO. I MEAN ESSENTIALLY IT'S WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, RIGHT, THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY TO HELP WITH THE HOUSELESS POPULATION.
MY MAIN CONCERN HERE IS WHEN I HEAR FROM COMMUNITIES IN SAN ANTONIO, WE CAN GIVE THEM THIS INFORMATION AND THEY ARE STILL UPSET BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL DEALING WITH WHATEVER THEY ARE DEALING WITH. SOMETIMES IT'S ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE STEALING POWER AND WATER FROM BUSINESS. SOMETIMES IT'S HARASSMENT OR DRUG USE. SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT HOW ARE WE
ACTUALLY CHANGING THE STIGMA OF BEING HOUSELESS? >> [INAUDIBLE] SO MANY.
WE ARE WORKING WITH CLOSE TO HOME AS WELL. THEY ARE THE ONES LEADING THE EFFORT IN CREATING THOSE VIDEOS. IF WE CAN PROVIDE ONLINE, PROVIDE TO YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS, YOU CAN SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR WE GO TO MEETINGS. SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR WAS THE PANEL APPROACH.
WE USED TO GO TO THE CITY THEMSELVES WOULD GO BY THEMSELVES.
NOW WE'RE BRINGING HAVEN OR SAMM TO UNDERSTAND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH.
THE DASHBOARD IS NEW TOO AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BRING ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER. HOW ARE WE COLLECTIVELY IMPACTING THE UNSHELTERED.
BUT THE STIGMA THING, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THROUGH IDENTIFYING A SUCCESS STORY AND EXPLAINING THEIR STORY AND THOSE THINGS WILL BE COMING OUT IN LATE SPRING.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE'LL PRESENT TO PCDC. >> HAVRDA: THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. I LOVE ME A GOOD DASHBOARD, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY IS NOT LOOKING AT THAT. IT'S USEFUL TO ME BUT I THINK THE KEY WORD IS STORY TELLING. THAT TO ME MEANS HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CHANGE THE STIGMA. THE LAST ONE IS THE LGBTQIA, I THINK IT'S LONG PAST DUE.
AMAZING, IN FULL SUPPORT OF THAT AND THANKFUL FOR THE CCR.
IS IT INDIVIDUAL OR ALL AT ONCE? >>
>> HAVRDA: YOU WANT TO TALK TOO? OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. ERIK AND THEN --
>> WALSH: JUST TWO POINTS, COUNCILWOMAN. THE -- THE PUBLIC CONCERN AROUND HOMELESSNESS GOES BACK TO WHAT CDBG TALKED ABOUT AND LORI AND YOU, IT'S MAKING SURE WE'RE -- CDBG JUST TALKED ABOUT, MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND EASY. IT'S NOT JUST COMMUNICATION. SOME NEIGHBORHOODS MAY NOT LOOK AT THE WEBSITE OR GO TO COUNCIL MEETINGS. IT REALLY FALLS UPON US MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING --E CALLS AND DOING THE OUTREACH AND CLEANUP.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF ELIMINATING THE STIGMA BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WILL COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE STIGMA. THAT ISSUE WAS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN OUR BUDGET SURVEY IN NINE OF THE TEN DISTRICTS, AND SO IT'S KIND OF BOTH SIDES OF THAT. AND THEN SECONDLY, I CAN'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. IT IS PARAMOUNT.
BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETINGS AT BROADWAY WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES. THOSE HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
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THERE'S NOTHING WE DO OUT THERE THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY ADJUSTING. IF SOMEBODY IS HAVING A SPECIAL EVENT ON THE CLOSURES, NOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THERE IS NO FINISH LINE AND WE COULD ALWAYS DO MORE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE ON BROADWAY. WE HAVE -- I THINK WE'VE CUT A NEW MOLD.IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL WHEN WE DO MURBACK AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE -- THEY ARE BUSY RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO AN AFTERNOON MEETING WITH ROD AND RAZI.
>> HAVRDA: AS FASCINATING AS THEY ARE. I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I HEAR YOU AND SPECIFICALLY ON BROADWAY. AND I THINK MARBACH AND 410 COULD BE A GOOD TEST CASE WHERE WE GO OUT BEFOREHAND AND TALK TO THEM.
ON OLD HIGHWAY 90 THEIR ONLY COMMUNICATION WAS THROUGH ME.
IF I DIDN'T CALL A MEETING, THEY DIDN'T KNOW. THEY CALLED ME ON THE PHONE AND I WOULD CALL YOU GUYS AND GET THE INFORMATION BACK.
I LOVE TO DO IT, BUT WE HAVE TO AS A CITY BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT.
MARBACH MIGHT BE A GOOD TEST RUN. >>.
>> WALSH: THAT'S THE POINT, WAS TO DO THAT OUTREACH.
SO THOSE PROJECTS THAT STARTED BEFORE, LIKE OLD HIGHWAY 90 IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT CORRIDOR THAT WOULD HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY BENEFIT FROM BETTER COMMUNICATION FROM ALL PARTIES ON THE FRONT END. AND WE DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THOSE AND WITH CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION, WHATEVER ENDS UP HAPPENING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM, THE SIGNAGE AND THE MARKETING AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORK THAT WE NOW FUND IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S OUT THERE AND FOLKS ARE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, ERIK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> PELÁEZ: I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY FLEXIBILITY ON PART OF THIS COMMITTEE. I KNOW THIS SCHOOL CCR IS GOING TO BE MADE PART OF THE PRESENTATION AT B SESSION ON THE 24TH AND THAT'S THE DAY I'M IN TRANSIT. I WONDER IF IT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK IF THERE'S ALREADY TOO MUCH WORK THAT'S GONE INTO PRESENTING ON THE 24TH AND IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT TO THE B SESSION ON THE 31ST OR FOR SOME FUTURE DATE.
AND I MEAN IF NOT, THEN NO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY FLEXIBILITY
THERE. >> WALSH: COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE A -- THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM ON THIS WEEK'S B SESSION. LET ME SUGGEST THAT WE INCLUDE OR -- UP TO THE COMMITTEE, WE COULD NOT INCLUDE IT AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING IT BACK AT ANOTHER -- WITH ANOTHER ITEM.
ON THE 31ST, COUNCIL WILL BE AT THE EOC FOR OUR ANNUAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT B SESSION, SO WE'RE KIND OF SCHEDULED OUT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
UNLESS, MAYOR, I MEAN WE DON'T HAVE AN ITEM NUMBER 2 THIS WEEK.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN OVERALL IS WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT OR JUST THIS COMPONENT OF THE SCHOOLS? >> WALSH: I THINK THE COUNCILMAN IS ASKING WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DELAY THE WHOLE ITEM.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CCR GETS A FAIR HEARING. FIRST I DIDN'T NOTICE, I DIDN'T SEE -- FIRST OF ALL, IS ALL OF THIS TOGETHER GOING TO BE TAKEN AS ONE
ACTION ITEM TODAY? >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: NO, WE'RE GOING INDIVIDUALLY
THROUGH THE ONES THAT REQUIRE ACTION. >> PELÁEZ: MY REQUEST IS GOING TO BE THAT WE PEEL OFF THE SCHOOL SECURITY, SCHOOL SHOOTING CCR AND REFER IT TO PUBLIC SAFETY JUST SO THAT IT CAN GET ITS FAIR DAY IN COURT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE CAN DO THAT. >> WALSH: THAT'S GOOD,
COUNCILMAN. >> MAKE A MOTION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION IN JUST A SECOND, COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ.
COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: AS WE TALKED ABOUT CODE COMPLIANCE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVENING AND LATE-NIGHT CODE COMPLIANCE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED.
IT'S BEEN AN AREA OF CONTENTION THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT, MAYBE SOME OF THE
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OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN AND THAT IT'S SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO IMPACT ANY PROBLEM CALLS WE HAVELIKE THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE. ON ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE CONSIDERATION OF ADDING SCHOOL HARDENING OR SOME SORT OF SCHOOL HARDENING COMPONENT TO OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN, IT IS FRUSTRATING AND PROBABLY DOWNRIGHT CRIMINAL THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN THIS SITUATION WITH VERY LITTLE SUPPORT FEDERALLY OR THROUGH THE STATE. AND ONCE AGAIN WE'RE HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.
I WILL ADMIT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. SO, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I WILL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING AN ANSWER TO COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ'S QUESTION AS WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF OUR ROLE, CAN WE PLAY A ROLE AND WHAT IS THE LEAST, WHAT IS THE MOST THAT WE CAN DO IN THAT RESPECT.
I THINK ABOUT THIS IN A VERY --A COMPREHENSIVE WAY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FEELING LIKE THEY CAN GO AND PICK UP AND GUN AND THEN WALK INTO A SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, ONE THING IS TO TRY TO PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING IN THE SCHOOL. THE OTHER THING IS TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING THE GUN OR BEING IN A STATE OF MIND WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THAT'S THEIR REMEDY TO WHATEVER IS GOING ON.
SO I WAS INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT FROM THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN STANDPOINT BECAUSE THAT ALSO INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS OF WORK WE'RE TRYING TO IMPACT, MENTAL HEALTH. BUT I HEAR THE COUNCILMAN'S FOCUS ON SCHOOL HARDENING AND I THINK IT OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY IF THERE IS A SCOPE WE CAN WORK ON, TECHNOLOGY MIGHT BE ONE PLACE THAT WE COULD LOOK TO. BECAUSE MY QUESTION WILL BE, GIVEN WHATEVER SCOPE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH, WHAT IS THE AREA THAT WE CAN PLAY.
WHAT IS THE AREA THAT SCOPE COULD HAVE ANY REMOTE IMPACT.
YOU KNOW, WHICH SCHOOL IS IT GOING TO BE IN AND IF IT'S ONLY IN ONE SCHOOL OR ONLY IN A DOZEN SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER, WHERE CAN WE HAVE THE MOST IMPACT.
BUT AGAIN, IF NOTHING ELSE, THIS WILL BE A MOMENT OF COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OF THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN AND WHO ULTIMATELY BEARS SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND WHY WE, AGAIN AT THE CITY, ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE UP FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE IMPOSED ON US BY MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT ARE WRONG AT THE LEGISLATURE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO GUNS AND SAFETY IN THIS COMMUNITY. ON ITEM NUMBER 3, ERIK, MY SENSE OF ITEM NUMBER 3 IS THE CONSTRUCTION GRANT FUND, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING THROUGH COVID EXCEPT REMOVING THE COVID ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT S THAT KIND OF -- AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT?
>> WALSH: THERE MAY BE SOME SMALLER ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT EDD IS GATHERING RIGHT NOW. I MET WITH BRENDA AND HER TEAM LAST WEEK AND THAT MAY SHAPE THE FEEDBACK THEY ARE GETTING, IT MAY SHAPE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE CORNERSTONE IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID. WE WILL NOT BE BEING LOOKING
AT HAVING TO JUSTIFY THAT COVID SALES IMPACT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.
>> WALSH: AND LOOKING STILL AT LENGTH OF TIME OR DURATION OF TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WHAT ÚCORRIDORS ARE THERE. AND THEN THE CONVERSATION
WITH THE UTILITIES AND TELECOMS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: BEFORE THE RATIONALE FOR DOING THE COVID CONSTRUCTION GRANTS WAS THAT COVID PLUS CONSTRUCTION MADE AN UNDUE IMPACT THAT IS FAR BEYOND THE PALE OF WHAT BUSINESSES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPEAKERSING SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON THEIR STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. I THINK BACK TO THE 2013 OR 2014 BLANCO ROAD PROJECT, WE CREATED A MITIGATION PLAN FOR SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES CAUGHT UP ON BLANCO ROAD ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE.
I WOULD HOPE AS WE FORMULATE WHATEVER THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND PARAMETERS FOR THIS PROGRAM THAT WE TAKE THE LESSONS FROM THAT BLANCO ROAD PROJECT -- OR BLANCO ROAD PROGRAM, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE CREATED A PROGRAM TO HELP WITH THOSE BUSINESSES AND NOBODY SUBSCRIBED. OR THERE WERE VERY FEW THAT ACTUALLY MADE USE OF THE PROGRAM. SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS
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THERE A LANE FOR US HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THE RIGHT SIZE, THE RIGHT SCOPE AND THE RIGHT ELIGIBILITY. ON ITEM NUMBER 4, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS IS SORT OF ALREADY FUNDED. THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY THAT THE THE NUANCE IN ITEM NUMBER 4, THIS IS APPROACHING THE GREEN ALLEYWAY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM NOT THROUGH THE LENS OF STREET MAINTENANCE BUT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.WE HAVE AN URBAN HEAT ISLAND ISSUE IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOALS WE'VE SET FOR REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND. FUNNING THAT IS A PRIORITY SEPARATE FROM FUNDING OF THE ALLEYWAY MAINTENANCE. AND IF WE CONSIDER THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEALING WITH URBAN HEAT ISLAND, THEN THAT OPENS UP DISCUSSION OF WHETHER WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE LIKE THE REES FUND.
THAT'S THE ONLY NUANCE I WANT TO ADD, THIS IS AN OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE AND WE LOOK FORWARD HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GREEN ALLEYWAYS IN THAT MANNER. ITEM NUMBER 5, I AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD THERE OTHER THAN I HOPE WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THIS ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, PREDATORY USE OF CODE COMPLIANCE, HELPING WITH FOLKS WHO ARE SLAPPED WITH CODE COMPLIANCE, VIOLATIONS WHO REALLY DON'T HAVE MEANS OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE, HOW DO WE HELP WITH THOSE FOLKS SORT OF CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE ON HOW -- HOW HIGH THEIR GRASS IS AND WHERE THEY CAN BARELY AFFORD THEIR RENT. WHAT DO WE DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ABOUT ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO DEALING WITH SOME UNDERLYING ISSUES ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, EFFORTS. ITEM NUMBER 6, ERIK, YOU AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS WHOLE TOD DISCUSSION AND NOW THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT IT IT'S VERY TIMELY BECAUSE WE HAD ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT GIVING A COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SA TOMORROW PLAN TOWEL TOGETHER. TRANSIT -- ALTOGETHER. TRANSIT ORIENTED IS SO IMPORTANT WITH HOW WE HAVE LOOKED TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY FROM THE SA TOMORROW PLAN ON DOWN THE LINE. I STILL WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THAT B SESSION OR WHATEVER IT IS TO UPDATE FOLKS ON HOW -- WHAT PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW WE'RE UTILIZING TOD TO ADVANCE THE COMPONENTS
WITHIN SA TOMORROW. >> R: THE SA TOMORROW IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR THE
MARCH 6TH SESSION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THAT'S MORE OF A STRATEGIC PLANNING CONVERSATION AS OPPOSED TO ZONING ORDINANCES AND CODE ISSUES.
>> WALSH: RIGHT. AND IT'S JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE FOR WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INCORPORATE INTO THAT CONVERSATION A SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ABOUT DOWNTOWN. AND WE'LL -- I THINK IT'S -- WE'LL WORK WITH ROD AND CAT TO MAKE SURE THAT TOD CONCEPTS ARE WRAPPED INTO THAT AS WELL.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GREAT. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 7, WHOLEHEARTEDLY GRAY WITH THIS. I THINK IT'S NEEDED -- AGREE WITH THIS AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WHAT IS NEEDED IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE MORE BROADLY AWARE OF ALL THE ASPECTS OF OUR HOUSING/HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS ALSO TIED INTO OUR HOUSING AND HOUSING PRODUCTION STRATEGY. AND JUST GETTING FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IN BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WHERE THEY EVER UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT ARE NOW ALIGNED, HELP PEOPLE BUT ALSO GET BEHIND THE EFFORTS IN WHATEVER WAY THEY CAN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS. I KNOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS STIGMA, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WE HAVE TO DO IS BASICALLY GET SOME MORE BROAD AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN THIS COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. LASTLY, ON ITEM NUMBER 8, I DO AGREE, THERE'S HISTORIC
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AND IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY CULTURALLY IN THE AREA ON MAIN AVENUE, THE LGBTQIA COMMUNITY THAT DEALS WITH, YOU KNOW, CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE BROADER STORY OF SAN ANTONIO, SO I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.THAT'S ALL FROM ME. I THINK WE'RE READY TO TAKE SOME MOTIONS.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU KIND OF PROMPT US WHAT WE NEED? >> CLERK: ITEM 2 IS A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST BY COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ REGARDING COSA/IDS RESPONSE PROGRAMS. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO TO B SESSION
JANUARY 24TH. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO -- SO THIS CCR TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. IN LIEU OF THE B SESSION.
>> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ? ALL RIGHT.
MOTION CARRIES. NO ACTION NEEDED ON ITEM 3. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> CLERK: ITEM 3 IS B SESSION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: SO WE DON'T NEED ACTION IF IT'S GOING TO THE B SESSION. SAME WITH ITEM 4.
ITEM 5 WE DO NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO SEND IT TO PCDC.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR SENDING ITEM NUMBER 5 TO THE B SESSION. PCDC. SORRY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. DOES ITEM 6 REQUIRE ANYTHING? THAT'S GOING TO A B SESSION? I DON'T THINK SO.
>> WALSH: ITEM 6 WAS -- >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THE TOD.
>> WALSH: THAT'S GOING TO -- >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THAT'S JUST GOING TO B SESSION AND THE SA TOMORROW CONVERSATION AS WELL.
>> BUT -- I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT AT LEAST BE HEARD IN TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. >> WALSH: WE MAY HAVE TO PUSH BACK THAT B SESSION, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE TWO STOPS TO COMMITTEES IN MARCH. WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
WE'LL GO INFORMATIONAL -- >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: CAN YOU DO IT BEFORE THAT MARCH?
>> WALSH: WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: SAY
THAT IN A MOTION, JOHN. >> COURAGE: I MOVE ITEM NUMBER 6 GOES TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND IT'S PUT ON FEBRUARY SCHEDULE SO IT WILL BE ABLE TO GO ON TO THE MARCH B SESSION.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE WAS A SECOND? >> YES.
>> HAVRDA: WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT GOING TO TRANSPORTATION?
I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT BEING DELAYED. >> COURAGE: I DON'T WANT TO DELAY IT, BUT IT IS A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE AND INVOLVES INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT STREETS AND CHANGING ZONING FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS FOR VIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH ARE PART OF IT.
>> HAVRDA: I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE VIA AND ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE AS PART OF THE TASK FORCE SO I DON'T SEE THE REASON FOR THE STOP IN TRANSPORTATION.
I WANT TO TAKE TAKE MOMENT TO ASK WE INVOLVE SOMEBODY IN NPO.
>> COURAGE: THEY NEED TO HEAR IT TOO. >> WALSH: WE DIDN'T HAVE A DATE ON HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO WITH THE TASK FORCE BEFORE. SO I THINK ON THE MARCH 6B SESSION WE CAN HIT THE HIGH-LEVEL PRINCIPALS, BUT GIVE THE STAFF TIME. WE'LL INCLUDE NPO.
>> COURAGE: WE'LL HEAR IT AFTER. I'LL CHANGE THE MOTION SO IT DOES COME BEFORE COUNCIL IN B SESSION AND THEN IS REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION. >> WALSH: OKAY.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THAT'S GOOD WITH YOU? >> THAT'S FINE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THAT'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR MOVING THIS TO TRANSPORTATION ON ITS OWN TIME LINE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ? >> PELÁEZ: AYE. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER 7 IS -- I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO TO
PCDC ON ITEM NUMBER 7. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR MOVING ITEM 7 TO PCDC.
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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.AYE. COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM NUMBER 8, THIS ONE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 8 TO PCDC AS WELL. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. WE MADE IT.
IT'S 4:10 ON JANUARY 22, 2024 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANKS, EVERYBODY.
GREAT WORK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.