* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. THE TIME IS 9:09 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2020. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. UM, I THINK WE HAVE OUR AB IS A HARD ONE. WHY ARE WE THIS LARGE MOVEMENT TRICKLE TO WOMEN OF COLOR, BUT IT SHOULDN'T SILENCE ANY DAUGHTERS OR MOTHERS. WOMEN OF INDY NATIONALITY AGREED. OUR IDENTITIES AND OUR RIGHTS SHOULD BE RESPECTED EQUALLY HARD. ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEDA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ALI. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NURNBERG. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. OKAY. UM, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA TO, SO WE'LL TO START, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER [1. 20-7016 Invocation] SHIRLEY GONZALEZ TO INTRODUCE OUR INDICATOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AND I CAN SEE FATHER CHRIS, UH, WAS BEHIND A BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY. IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU THIS MORNING. FATHER, FATHER CHRIS, BY, BY TOMSKI, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN POLAND BY PARENTS ANNA AND JOHN, WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS STUDIES AND WAS ORDAINED. IN 2005, HE BEGAN SERVING AS PASTOR AT FOUR LOCAL CHURCHES AND HAS, HAS SERVED AS A TEACHER FOR 10 YEARS. IN 2015, HE MOVED TO TEXAS FOR HIS ASSIGNMENT AT ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FREDERICKSBURG. FATHER CHRIS SHOWED A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH PARISHIONERS, PARTICULARLY WITH YOUNG ADULTS AND THE STUDENTS AT THE ST. MARY'S SCHOOL. AFTER TWO YEARS, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ST. PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NEW BRAUNFELS. THE PARISHIONERS TRULY APPRECIATED HIS PERSPECTIVE AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL, BOASTING ABOUT HIS SERMONS AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEM RELATABLE. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, FATHER CHRIS WAS TRANSFERRED TO SAN ANTONIO AND IS NOW THE PASTOR OF THREE DISTRICT FIVE CATHOLIC CHURCHES, OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SANSO AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH. FATHER CHRIS IS ADVENTUROUS AND HE LOVES THE OUTDOORS WHEN GIVEN THE CHANCE HE CAN BE FOUND, HIKING, RUNNING, DIVING, FLYING AND MORE. UH, SO NO SURPRISE THAT HE'S OUTSIDE TODAY. UH, FATHER CHRIS, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU. THOSE ARE MY CHURCHES. UH, I, UH, USUALLY ATTEND SOME ASOS CHURCH, UM, BUT I HAVEN'T ATTENDED LATELY AND SO HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU IN PERSON. SO WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE CAN START WITH A, A SHORT PRAYER IN THE FATHER AND THE SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. ALMIGHTY GOD, YOU GAVE US THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD. YOU SAY IT MADE IT FRUITFUL. WE, YOU GAVE US ALSO THE GIFT OF WISDOM. WE ASK YOU THAT THROUGH THIS MEETING WE CAN BE YOUR TOOLS. 'CAUSE YOU SAID WHATEVER TWO OR THREE ARE GODARD IN YOUR NAME, YOU'LL BE WITH THEM. SO WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, FOR YOUR TRUTH, FOR PEACE. THAT WAS THE MESSAGE WHEN YOU SHOWED UP AFTER THE RESURRECTION BETWEEN THE DISCIPLES. THE FIRST WORDS THAT YOU SAID WAS, PEACE BE WITH YOU. AND WE WANNA HAVE [00:05:01] THE PEACE IN OUR HEARTS IN SAN ANTONIO, IN TEXAS, IN OUR NATION. WE WANNA FEEL SAFE, SECURE. WE WANNA HAVE THE TRUST IN OUR LEADERS. SO THAT'S WHY WE ASK YOU THAT YOU GIVE US THE WISDOM THAT WE CAN GAIN THE TRUST AND SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE, THE PEACE THROUGH CHRIST. OH LORD. AMEN. FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT, THANK, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME OVER HERE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. AND UH, I WOULD SAY GOD BLESS AND GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FATHER CHRIS. [2. 20-7017 Pledge of Allegiance] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FATHER CHRIS FOR JOINING US. ALRIGHT, TODAY, UH, WE HAVE [CONSENT AGENDA] ALL ITEMS LISTED FOR CONSENT. UM, I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW FOLKS THAT WANT TO PULL ITEMS. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND, AND ASK FOR HANDS, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GRO, UH, Z SIX MAYOR, ITEM Z SIX. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, I WAS TOLD THAT YOU HAD A COUPLE ITEMS TO PULL AS WELL. UH, YES, MAYOR 17 AND 18. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE CAN BE DONE TOGETHER. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S, UM, ALLOWED TO BE DONE TOGETHER. IF THEY CAN NEED TO BE DONE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THE QUESTIONS ARE THE SAME FOR THOSE. OKAY. OR WE CAN, UM, I'LL GET SOME STAFF GUIDANCE WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT ONE. UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS, UH, FROM THE CONSENT? UH, TINA, DO YOU HAVE? YES, MAYOR, I NEED TO READ A STATEMENT REGARDING ITEM 20 E AND F WHEN YOU'RE READY BEFORE WE VOTE ON CONSENT. OKAY, GOT IT. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER ITEMS THOUGH SO FAR? WE'VE GOT ITEM Z SIX, ITEM 17 AND 18. UM, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, ALL OTHER ITEMS WOULD REMAIN ON CONSENT. MAYOR, THIS IS COUNCILMAN PAEZ. UH, ITEM 26, THE WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY ITEM AND Z 16, PLEASE. ITEM 26 AND ITEM Z 16. YES, SIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. MAY I ALSO EMAIL THE LIST THIS MORNING FOR ITEMS INDIVIDUAL ZONING ITEMS AS WELL AS Z FIVE AND Z EIGHT WERE POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED THIS MORNING? OKAY, LET ME, UH, LET ME CHECK THAT, YOU KNOW, APOLOGIZE. UM, OKAY, I SEE IT. ITEMS Z ONE, Z TWO, Z FOUR, Z SEVEN, Z NINE, Z 11, AND Z 16 ARE ALL ALSO LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS. ANY OTHER ITEMS BEYOND THAT? OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A, A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR Z SIX ITEM, EXCUSE ME. ITEM 17, 18, 26 Z SIX Z 16. AND THOSE INDIVIDUAL ZONING ITEMS. I JUST READ Z ONE, Z TWO, Z FOUR, Z SEVEN, Z NINE, Z 11, AND Z 16 IS ZERO. THERE A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT? I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND AS NOTED BY THE CLERK, UM, ITEMS Z FIVE AND Z EIGHT WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME FOLKS LISTED FOR, UM, COMMENTS ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. LET ME GET TO THEM FIRST, BUT, UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU GUYS READ THAT STATEMENT ITEMS ITEM E OR ITEM 20? YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. REGARDING ITEM 20 E AND F, THERE'S A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD. THE TERMS FOR APPOINTEES TO THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE ACTUALLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING MAY 31ST, 2022. THE TERM FOR THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION APPOINTEE LUIS ESCANO, IS FOR THE REMAINDER OF AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING NOVEMBER 28TH, 2021. AND TERMS FOR JOHN PATRICK HERNDON, RAQUEL SAFAA AND SEAN ROD MCSHERRY ARE FOR THE REMAINDER OF AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING NOVEMBER 28TH, 2022. THANK [00:10:01] YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. AND ALSO A QUICK NOTE ITEM 19 AND 30 WERE PULLED BY STAFF, UH, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. I ALSO JUST NOTED THANK YOU. UH, WE DIDN'T DO THE MINUTES YET, SO WE'LL DO THAT AS SOON AS WE TAKE UP THE, UM, ACTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. LET ME, UM, NOW CALL ON CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN, WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. LEMME JUST MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THESE RIGHT. UM, ITEM NINE, WE HAVE MELISSA ARNELL. MS. ARNELL, IF YOU'RE CONNECTED, GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR TIME. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR BERG TO OTHER CITY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, AS STATED, MY NAME IS MELISSA ARNELL AND I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GREATER LOVE MINISTRIES INCORPORATED. WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TO CITY OFFICIALS AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO OUR DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE COUNCILWOMAN JADA ANDREW SUTHERLAND, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT PHASE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREATER LOVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT TWO, WE HAVE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY AND COUNT COUNTY OFFICIALS TO DEVELOP A TRI-PARTY FUNDING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS PART OF THE AGENDA TODAY. AGAIN, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, MS. DR. ARNELL. ALRIGHT, SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 20, SAMIR VASUKI. MR. ZUKI, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY GEORGE PECK. UH, GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE, UH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UH, THE MAYOR FOR APPOINTING ME TO THIS, UH, UH, SERVICE, UH, TO HELP WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE FOR THE FIRST TIME JOINING THE COMMISSION, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO, TO SERVE AS MUCH AS I CAN, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANKS FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU MR. ZUKI. UH, I THINK GEORGE WAS HAVING SOME TROUBLE CONNECTING TODAY. GEORGE PECK, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, UH, WILL YOU LET ME KNOW AND THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME TIME. IF NOT, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE AVAILABLE VIA CELL PHONE IF COUNSEL HAS QUESTIONS. GEORGE, ARE YOU THERE? HE'S NOT, SIR. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO, UH, JACK FINGER, WHO'S SPEAKING ON ITEMS 22 AND 23 AS WELL AS, UH, YEAH, 22 AND 23. HELLO, UH, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS JACK M FINGER. YES, A COUPLE ITEMS. I DO WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. UH, ITEM NUMBER 22, PROVING THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION'S, UH, BUSINESS PLAN. I, I THINK YOU SHOULD PULL THIS ONE AND, AND SAY NO TO IT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. THERE IF YOU, THE, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS FOR THIS, YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT THE, UH, 2020 BUSINESS PLAN TIER AND GOALS VERSUS THE ACTUALS VERSUS ITS ACTUALS CHARTS. YES. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CHART, YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT, UH, THE E D F FELL DOWN WOEFULLY. YES. AND BY AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF, OF ITS GOALS OF ONLY ABOUT FIVE OF THE 14 AS MANY AS FIVE OF THE 14 GOALS WERE, WERE, WERE, WERE NOT MET AT ALL. YES. IT ALSO IS, BUDGET ALSO SHOWS THAT IT IS TOP HEAVY. IT, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER CHART FURTHER DOWN THERE, YOU FIND OUT THAT IS BUDGET IS TOP HEAVY WITH STAFF EXPENSES VERSUS WORKFORCE EXPENSES. YEAH. AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL HIS VARIOUS STATEMENTS, I, I TRIED TO MAKE HEAD OR TAILS OUT, BUT I COULDN'T, ALL HIS STATEMENTS HAVE PRETTY MUCH AMOUNT TO A BUNCH OF GOY G**K. SO YES, I REALLY DO THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT AND SAY NO TO IT. FOR, FOR RIGHT NOW, ITEM NUMBER 23, [00:15:02] THE IDEA OF A, UH, OF A MEMORANDUM PROVING OF, OF AN AGREEMENT WITH A GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK IN THE FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH POLICY STRATEGY CONSULTING SERVICES. WELL, I LOOKED AT THAT. I LOOKED AT THAT. AND THE, AT THE, UH, MY QUESTION IS WHY DOES THIS QUOTE UNQUOTE, FOR EVERY HOME INITIATIVE, FOR EVERY HOME INITIATIVE, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE PHRASE THERE FOR EVERY HOME. IT'S ALL ONE WORD FOR EVERY HOME INITIATIVE. SOUND LIKE, WHY DOES IT SOUND LIKE ANOTHER CHICKEN IN EVERY POT? BO BOONDOGGLE QUESTION MARK. YES. YOU, YOU'LL SPEND ANOTHER $120,000 ON ANOTHER ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY THAT WILL END UP NOWHERE, EXCEPT OF COURSE WITH MORE WELFARE HOUSING. YES. I THINK THAT THAT'S ANOTHER ONE YOU NEED, NEED TO PULL AND SAY NO TO. YES. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR, FOR THIS PROPORTION OF THIS AGENDA HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. KEVIN DINDA, I BELIEVE WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE. HE IS NOT RECONNECTED TO US. UH, KEVIN DINDA ON ITEMS 27 AND 28. OKAY. ITEM 29. EMILY CHRISTIAN WEISLER, MS. WEISLER, SHE'S THERE. SHE'S ON, BUT SHE SHOULD, SHE'S UNMUTED. MS. WEISLER, WE'RE CONNECTED WITH YOU AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE YOU UNMUTED AS WELL. SO, UH, IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEED, MS. WEISLER. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM Z 10. LAURA LONGORIA. MS. LAURA LONGORIA, ITEM Z 10. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO GUSTAVO GONZALEZ. ITEM Z 10. ALRIGHT, I JUST CALL GUSTA GUSTAVO GUSTAVO DISCONNECT. OKAY, MR. GONZALEZ, ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. YES, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME THIS MORNING. UH, I'M THE, UH, OWNER ON. YES. AND SO, UH, I, I, I JUST IS ARE HERE PRESENT IN CASE ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, UH, REZONING. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. GONZALEZ. ALRIGHT. UH, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL GO NOW TO OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM SIX ON THE AGENDA. IT IS REGARDING, OH, LET ME JUST ONE SECOND. THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT MEETINGS ONLINE, UH, THAT TAKE PLACE AT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING. SO I'M EXCITED THAT THE COUNCIL AND STAFF ARE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND ENCOURAGING RESIDENT PARTICIPATION IN CITY GOVERNMENT. SO WE KNOW NOT EVERYONE CAN, UH, TAKE THE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO, TO STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND TRAVEL DOWNTOWN TO PARTICIPATE OR EVEN LISTEN IN A MEETING AS IT'S AS IT'S HAPPENING. SO THIS WILL HELP US ENSURE THAT, UH, THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE VIA WEB CAN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GROM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, AND CELEBRATE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR 2017 BOND APPROVED PROJECT ON MISSION ROAD FOR A SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF MISSION ROAD. IT'LL INCLUDE CANDY CANE, LIGHTINGS. I KNOW WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF CITY STAFF FOR THEIR WORK AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS TURN INTO A REALITY. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THE WORK START. SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. [00:20:01] COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS HERE. UH, FIRST ONE IS NUMBER 10. IT'S, UH, UH, 2017 BOND PROJECT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING VERDE ROAD, WHICH WAS A LITTLE BIT OLD TWO LANE COUNTRY ROAD AT ONE TIME, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND IT, REPLACE UTILITIES, AND, UH, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. ONE OF THESE DAYS. WE'LL GET IT ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY TO REDLAND ROAD, BUT, UH, UH, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PHASE OF THAT PROJECT. AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN PULLING THIS TOGETHER AND, UH, GETTING IT READY TO BE, UH, STARTED, WHICH SHOULD BE IN JANUARY. THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11, ANOTHER BIG ROAD PROJECT, ONE OF OUR HEAVIEST TRAVEL STREETS HERE IN, UH, DISTRICT 10, AND THAT'S THOUSAND OAKS. IT'S A PORTION, UH, BETWEEN WETMORE AND NACODOCHES WHERE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST RESURFACING A ROAD, BUT FIRST WE WENT IN AND REPLACED ALL THE UTILITIES UNDERNEATH THERE TO UPGRADE 'EM, MAKE 'EM BIGGER, TO HANDLE FUTURE EXPANSION, AND THEN COMING BACK AND REPLACING THE ROAD SURFACE. SO, UH, THOSE TWO PROJECTS I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. AND PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN PULLING THAT TOGETHER AND GETTING THOSE READY TO BE EXECUTED. ACTUALLY, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON A PORTION OF THOUSAND NOTES AND THE UTILITIES, AND THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THAT PROJECT. AND FINALLY, UH, ITEM 28 G UH, JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE MATT PROFIT A SHOUT OUT. HE'S BEEN REAPPOINTED TO THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, HE'S A LEADER IN FORBES, FOREST OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UH, HE'S DONE A FINE JOB ON THE, ON THE COMMISSION. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM CONTINUING ON THAT, THAT ORGANIZATION AND, AND POINTING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHAT THEY DO THERE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE THAT IS GOING TO START THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE HAY STREET BRIDGE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN OUR DISTRICT TOO. AND WE KNOW THAT THE HAY STREET BRIDGE HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF, OF CONVERSATION HERE IN OUR CITY COUNCIL, BUT TO KNOW THAT IT'S GETTING THE LOVE AND THE UPKEEP THAT IT NEEDS. AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE. I WANNA HIGHLIGHT NUMBER NINE, WHICH, UH, DR. ARNELL WAS ON THE LINE. AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY, WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD, I JOINED THE GREATER LOVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A PICTURE ON THE WALL OVER OUR CHOIR STAND OF A VISION THAT THE PASTOR REVEREND GILLESPIE HAD FOR A MULTICULTURAL CENTER. THAT WAS BACK IN 1994. IN 2020. WE ARE SEEING THIS COME TO FRUITION WHEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES, WHEN THEY TRULY SPEAK ABOUT EQUITY IN A DISTRICT THAT HAS NOT SEEN IT. I'D LIKE TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT NUMBER 15, WHICH IS THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. FOR A PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED ON 2 47 G STREET, TO SEE THAT OUR HOMES ARE GETTING CARE AND LOVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT IS WHAT IS NEEDED. WHEN YOU HIGHLIGHT NUMBER 20, WE LOOK AT OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT TWO IS STEPPING UP INTO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING FOR OUR DISTRICT WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF MS. WALKER TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. FINALLY, TO HIGHLIGHT NUMBER 23 ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS GONNA AID IN MAKING SURE THAT FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE NOT DISPLACED AND HAVE A FOREVER HOME. I WANNA TAKE THESE AND DISTRICT, DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK AND TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A FEW SHOUT OUTS, UM, TO FOLKS THAT ARE BEING APPOINTED TO VOLUNTEER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE, OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE, UM, A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT AS A, AS OUR CLERK'S OFFICE HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSION OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH ARE STILL NOT COMPLETELY FILLED. UH, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE, UH, FOLKS SIGN UP HERE, SOME NEW PEOPLE TO THE LIST. I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL MENTION TO KAITLYN LOMAS, UH, FROM DISTRICT FOUR IS JOINING THE, THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE THERE, AND WE SEE YOUR NAME ON MANY OTHER ROSTERS COMING FORWARD. UH, BERT, WHO HAS BEEN A, JUST A INCREDIBLE ADVOCATE OF OUR, UH, HEALTH AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES IN THE, IN THE CITY, IS NOW JOINING OUR JOINT COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS, UH, SOME RETURNING FOLKS, AND AS WELL AS A NEW MEMBER OF OUR SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, EXCUSE ME, SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD, UH, SYLVIA AND, AND CHRIS, WHO HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB [00:25:01] OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO IS JOINING, IS BEING JOINED BY CHRISTINE BURKE, A NEW MEMBER TO THE, TO THE, UH, BOARD. AND CHRISTINE, WE ARE LOOKING VERY MUCH FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE. AND THEN JUST A HOST OF FOLKS THAT, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SEEING JOIN DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. LOUIS ESCANO, UH, WHO'S BEING APPOINTED TO, UM, OUR WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP. UH, I THINK WE WERE ALL BLOWN AWAY. MY, IF MY COLLEAGUES DIDN'T KNOW ALREADY, WE WERE ALL BLOWN AWAY BY THE QUALITY OF, OF APPLICANTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE, AND THE CHOICES, UH, THAT WE MADE, UH, BE RELIED HOW DIFFICULT THAT PROCESS WAS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST AN INCREDIBLY, UH, DIVERSE AND QUALIFIED POOL OF APPLICANTS. AND SOME NEW PEOPLE JOINING THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE GONNA GIVE SOME FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO OUR PROCESS HERE. AND SAMIR, YOU HEARD FROM HIM, UH, AS ONE OF THOSE, UH, PEOPLE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE SERVICE FROM ALL THESE VOLUNTEER CITIZENS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING FORWARD, AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. UH, SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS THAT, UH, WERE READ. UH, SO WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AND RAISE YOUR HAND. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. LET ME MOVE BACKWARD REAL QUICK, UH, TO OUR MINUTES [3. 20-7018 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of August 20, 2020, August 25, 2020, September 1, 2020 and September 2, 2020.] THAT I DIDN'T CALL UP FIRST. UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 20TH, 25TH, SEPTEMBER 1ST AND SEPTEMBER 2ND DUE TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. WAS THERE A SECOND ON THOSE MINUTES? ITEM THREE, SECOND. ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA WITH A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. I THINK THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS, ITEM NUMBER NINE. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE ITEM NUMBER NINE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A TRI-PARTY PLANNING AGREEMENT. WAIT, TINA, I THINK, I THINK ITEM NINE WAS A PART OF CONSENT. SORRY TO INTERRUPT IT. IT'S ITEM 17. THAT'S FIRST. THANK YOU, JOHN. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UH, TINA. SO YEAH, [Items 17 & 18] LET'S GO TO ITEM 17. I APOLOGIZE. ITEM 17 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT NOT TO EXCEED $750,000 FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, BUREAU OF JUSTICE, ASSISTANCE FOR THE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, AND ESTABLISHING A BUDGET FOR THE GRANT. YEAH, MAYOR, THIS IS, UH, ANDY, TO ANSWER COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S QUESTION, THE TWO ITEMS 17 AND 18 CAN BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER SINCE THEY'RE BOTH GRANTS. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, LET ME GET THE CAPTION OF ITEM 18, MAYOR. YEAH, PLEASE DO. THANK YOU. ITEM 18 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $900,000 FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022. THIS GRANT REQUIRES A $265,000 CASH MATCH FROM THE GENERAL FUND. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR AND I, IS THERE A PRESENTATION? I HAVE THEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM. UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD, CHIEF. OKAY. UH, LET'S TAKE, UH, ITEM 17 FIRST. IT'S THE, UH, JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION PROGRAM GRANT. UH, FIRST SLIDE PLEASE. SO, THE, THE, THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS SIMPLY TO PREVENT CRIME AND REDUCE CITIZENISM AND ASSIST PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES. UM, IT, IT, IT, IT, THIS GRANT WILL HELP SS A P D AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS TASK FORCE TO MITIGATE THREATS. UH, AND, AND LEMME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO, WE OFTEN RECEIVE CALLS FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GONNA SHOOT UP A SCHOOL OR THEY'RE GOING TO BOMB A BUILDING OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE FOLKS HAVE SOME TYPE OF MENTAL ILLNESS. UH, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A TEAM TO EVALUATE THOSE THREATS AND TO MITIGATE THOSE THREATS AND THEN MANAGE THEM ONCE WE, WE, UH, IDENTIFY AND MITIGATE THEM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. [00:30:02] AND THIS IS, THIS IS A BRAND NEW GRANT FOR, FOR, FOR US. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE, SINCE OCTOBER OF 2019 WITHOUT A GRANT. THIS WILL ENABLE US TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS. UM, AND AS, AS IT'S, I JUST PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, IT'S TO ASSESS, MITIGATE, AND MANAGE TARGETED VIOLENCE THREATS. AND, AND I, I DESCRIBED, UH, BRIEFLY WHAT A TARGETED VIOLENT THREAT WAS, UH, AND THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UM, MOST OF THE PEOPLE, AS I MENTIONED, THEY, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE SOME DEGREE OF MENTAL ILLNESS. AND ONCE WE, THE, THE, THE MANAGEMENT PART OF THIS COMES IN AFTER WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND MITIGATED IT. AND THEN, UM, THE MANAGEMENT PART IS HANDLED BY THE, UH, CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES STAFF. UM, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN OCTOBER OF 2019, WE'VE MANAGED 257 THREATS, UH, IN THE 42 COUNTY AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR FUSION CENTER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, THESE ARE ALL THE PARTICIPANTS, UH, IN THIS I TTAG PROGRAM. IT'S THE, UH, OUR FUSION CENTER WITH S A P D, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, D P S, UH, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, AND THE, UH, UH, AND BE COUNTY THROUGH THE CENTER OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND THE COURTS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE GRANT FUND IS $750,000. THE IN-KIND MATCHES 499,000, UH, THAT IS, UH, UH, ADDRESSED WITH, UH, THE PERSONNEL THAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, EFFORT. AND, UM, WE ARE, UM, RECOMMENDING THAT THIS GRANT BE APPROVED. AND THAT'D BE THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO JUMP INTO THE NEXT ONE? WELL, WHY DON'T YOU STOP THERE, CHIEF. I JUST, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. UM, SURE. THAT ONE ARE, IS IT PERSONNEL? I, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT. SO THESE ARE ACTUAL OFFICERS, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, S A P D OFFICERS OR HOW THEY'RE, WHAT IS, UM, YES MA'AM. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THERE IS A, UH, FORENSIC SCIENCE, UH, PSYCHOLOGIST, A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER, A, UH, TWO MENTAL HEALTH PEACE OFFICERS, UH, THREE DETECTIVES, A PARAMEDIC AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COUNTY JAIL AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT. SO WE HAVE ONE FUSION, UH, UH, FUSION DETECTIVE, TWO MENTAL HEALTH DETECTIVES, AND, UH, TWO MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OFFICERS. AND THEY ARE, UM, I GUESS THEY'RE A COOPERATIVE, BUT ALL REPORT TO THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. YES, MA'AM. AND THEY MEET, WE MEET THREE TIMES. WE MEET THREE TIMES A WEEK TO DISCUSS THESE, UH, THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THIS, UH, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, UH, FROM THREAT ASSESSMENTS. UH, OKAY. AND, UM, IS THERE SOMEBODY WHO DOES, UH, UM, IT'S JUST COME UP VERY OFTEN ABOUT PREVENTION, AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE THESE ARE PREVENTION, UM, PROGRAMS. SO HOW, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OF THE PREVENTION PROGRAMS? IS THAT ALSO BEING COLLECTED BY SOMEONE? THE, THE, THE SUCCESS COUNCIL MEMBER IS IN THE NUMBER OF, OF CASES THAT WE'VE MITIGATED AND CASES THAT WE'VE MANAGED, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THREATS ARE MADE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE MEASURE THE, THE SUCCESS OF THIS, UH, BY THE NUMBER OF, WELL, IT IS KIND OF HARD TO MEASURE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU PREVENT, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO INVEST IN PREVENTION MEASURES AND, UM, PREVENT IT'S HARD TO, TO COUNT. AND SO THEREFORE, SOMETIMES WE DON'T INVEST PROPERLY IN PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE CAN'T MEASURE PREVENTION OR IT'S HARDEST MEASURE. YEAH. CUSTOMER. I THINK EVERY, EVERY INTERVENTION, UH, THAT WE MAKE, UH, WE, WE WOULD COUNT AS A SUCCESS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO, WHO, UM, MOVE TOWARD SERIOUS VIOLENT ACTS, UH, BY THEIR, BY THEIR CERTAIN THREATS THAT THEY MAKE, UH, CERTAIN CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY HAVE WITH, WITH PEOPLE. AND WE TRY TO INTERVENE WITH THEM TO PREVENT A FINAL ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND COUNCILWOMAN, GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MARIA VILLAGOMEZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. AND TO ADD TO WHAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED, THIS PARTICULAR GRANT ALLOWS TO PREVENT, UH, VIOLENT ACTS FROM HAPPENING. SO THAT IS, UH, ONE OF THE SUCCESSES OF THE PROGRAM. THIS [00:35:01] IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT S A P D GETS THIS GRANT. SO THIS WILL ENHANCE THE EFFORTS OF THE TASK FORCE TO BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE THOSE CASES WITH THE GOAL OF PREVENTING ANY VIOLENT CRIME OR ANY VIOLENT ACTS THAT MAY HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, UH, I THINK YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCILWOMAN IS RIGHT ON MENTAL HEALTH IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX, UH, THAN WHAT THIS GRANT ENCOMPASSES IN TERMS OF PREVENTION. UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, MYSELF, UH, DR. BRIDGER, WE ARE STARTING TO WORK WITH, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE STRAC, THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION. UH, WE CONTINUE, UM, TO WORK WITH THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO TRY TO, UM, APPROACH THIS MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ISSUE FROM A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. SO IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS, OUR CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE AS WE TRY TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY THOSE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THIS GRANT THAT MAY NEED ASSISTANCE, BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE ASSISTANCE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO THEM SO THEY CAN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, UH, RECOVERY IF, IF APPLICABLE. SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING MORE OF THIS, UH, PROGRAM THROUGH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. UH, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIA. CHIEF, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT, TO THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE. WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT FOR THE STEP GRANT, AS IT'S KNOWN, WE'VE HAD THIS GRANT. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE'VE HAD THIS GRANT SINCE 2002, AND IT NOT ONLY FOCUSES ON ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, BUT IT FOCUSES ON EDUCATIONAL ASPECT AS WELL. UM, IT, IT, IT ESSENTIALLY, UM, IS GEARED TOWARD DANGEROUS DRIVING OF ALL TYPES. UH, D W I SPECIFICALLY SPEEDING, DISTRACTED DRIVE, AGAIN, INTERSECTION RELATED VIOLATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR METRICS FOR THIS, UH, THE, THE PROGRAM THUS FAR IN 2020, UH, 3,700 CITATIONS, 10,000 WARNINGS. UH, YOU, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THERE, THE NUMBERS ARE QUITE HIGH. UM, AND THIS, THIS ALSO INCLUDES, UH, CHILD RESTRAINT VIOLATIONS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 24 ARRESTS AS A RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. $900,000, UH, FOR THE GRANT CASH MATCH, 2 65 AND IN KIND MATCH, UH, WHICH IS THE PERSONNEL AND THE, THE EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN CARRYING OUT THE, UH, ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. UM, 77,000 AND, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS GRANT, UH, TODAY. OKAY. SO THAT ONE'S NOT A PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT'S MORE OF AN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, OR ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S ENTIRELY AN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT THE, UH, EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OF IT IS, IS, UH, THE PREVENTION PART. OKAY. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE WHOLE CITATION, THE SCREEN WITH THE CITATIONS AND YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS AND SLIDE NINE. SLIDE NINE, PLEASE. SO, UH, OKAY. THERE'S THAT ONE. SO THAT NUMBER OF CITATIONS AND WARNINGS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING, YOU, I SUSPECT YOU HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. UM, I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, I, I SUSPECT YOU DO, DO YOU HAVE THAT I, AND NOT HANDY, BUT I SUSPECT YOU HAVE IT. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, UH, ARE, WHAT TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHICS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, RACE, PRIMARILY INCOME. I MEAN, YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE INCOME, BUT RACE, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OF THE, THESE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A BROAD, YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHIC OR ARE THEY PRIMARILY PEOPLE OF COLOR? UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UM, IN THOSE CITATIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, THOSE CAN LEAD TO SOME VERY HEFTY FINES. UM, AND, UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TARGETING, UM, PROFILING AND, AND, UM, THAT THESE GRANTS ARE NOT USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THAT, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GRANT. THIS IS A CITYWIDE PROGRAM COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S, IT'S NOT CONDUCTED IN ANY ONE SPECIFIC PART OF THE CITY. UH, IT'S, IT'S CITYWIDE. WE, WE'LL, WE'LL GET, UH, WHAT, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS WE [00:40:01] CAN PULL AND WE'LL GET THEM TO, TO YOU. UM, OKAY. I'M SURE IT'S BEEN REPORTED. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS REPORTED FAIRLY RECENTLY IN ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS. UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A, A GRANT THAT GOES TO POLICE, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A, UH, I THINK IT WAS DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION, UM, PRESENTED AS WELL, IF THERE'S A, A PROFILING OR IF THE NUMBERS LOOK PARTICULARLY SKEWED TOWARDS PEOPLE OF COLOR. SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS AND I KNOW IT WAS TED IN COMMITTEE, AND SO I MOTION TO APPROVE AND COUNCILWOMAN, IF I MAY, THIS IS MARIA AGAIN. UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO DO AN ANNUAL RACIAL PROFILING REPORT BY THE STATE, AND WE'LL, UM, HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT. THE LATEST REPORT THAT WAS DONE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR COMPLETED IN 2019, THOSE REPORTS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE. AND THOSE TRAFFIC, UH, STOPS ARE EVALUATED. UM, AS PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE, THERE WERE NO, UM, UH, RACIAL PROFILING, UM, UH, FINDINGS IN THAT PARTICULAR REPORT. CHIEF, IF YOU CARE TO ELABORATE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO LOOK AT EVERY YEAR. UM, WE'RE ALSO DOING ANALYSIS ON THE CIDER RELEASE PROGRAM THAT WE, UM, UH, PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND, AND QUARTERLY REPORTS AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE CAN ALSO, UM, I, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE IMPORTANT TO SHARE THE INFORMATION OF GEOGRAPHICALLY WE'RE THE ENFORCEMENT FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE, UH, INCLUDE THAT AS WELL. THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION AND, UH, I KNOW I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GON GONZALEZ, UH, THERE WAS A MOTION. DID I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. THERE'S A SECOND. UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLA, YOU HAVE A FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, THE, THE REASON I SUPPORT, UM, THE FIRST ITEM THAT YOU PRESENTED ON CHIEF IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE MASS SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, THE WORST OF THE WORST. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE STAND IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS AFTER THESE INCIDENTS AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HE ALWAYS SEEMED KIND OF WEIRD TO ME. I JUST NEVER CALLED ANYBODY ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE CONFLICT OR, YOU KNOW, UH, WE KNEW THAT THE GUY WAS A LITTLE BIT OFF AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE HAD ALWAYS WARNED OF THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT NOBODY EVER TOOK IT SERIOUSLY AND DID ANYTHING. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE EARLY PREVENTION OFTENTIMES, I MEAN, SORRY, EARLY, UM, CONTACT, UM, AND INTERVENTION OFTENTIMES, UH, HELPS, UH, NIP THESE INCIDENTS IN THE, IN, IN THE BUD BEFORE THEY UNFOLD INTO THE CATASTROPHES THAT, THAT THEY BECOME. AND SO, UM, UH, THAT I, I THINK THAT WE'D HAVE BLOOD ON OUR HANDS IF WE DIDN'T BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS. AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA HAVE BLOOD ON MY HANDS. UM, AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED CHIEF AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER APPLAUSE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, WE DID DISCUSS THIS AT COMMITTEE, AND I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THEN, AND I, I WAS JUST GOING TO, UH, AL ALSO ASK IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT REGARDING THE FIRST GRANT. HOW DOES THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UH, IN THAT FUNCTION THAT YOU HAVE? AND, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OFFICERS ARE INVOLVED AT THE FUSION CENTER AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, BEING AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF A, OF A CRISIS OCCURRING AND, AND BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, CALL THEM OUT? OKAY. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO THE, UH, I'LL ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST. THERE, THERE ARE NO, UM, MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OFFICERS THAT, THAT SIT IN THE FUSION CENTER. UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THE STREET. WE HAVE TWO MENTAL HEALTH UNIT DETECTIVES AND TWO MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS, UH, TASK FORCE. UM, THE, UH, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN. OH. HOW, HOW THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, UH, PLAYS A ROLE IN THE FUNCTIONS THAT YOU DESCRIBED IN THE GRANT. SO, SO THEY'RE IN, SO THEY'RE INVOLVED IN, IN THE TH RICE WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CASES THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN THEY RESPOND ON THE STREET TO, UH, INDIVIDUAL INCIDENTS THAT, UH, THAT WE GET CALLED TO. AND WE, AND, AND WHEN WE JUST, UH, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, WHEN WE, WHEN WE RECEIVE A CALL, [00:45:01] SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S MAKING A THREAT TO, UH, SHOOT UP A SCHOOL, OR AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, SET OFF A BOMB SOMEWHERE, UH, WE WILL LOCATE THAT, IDENTIFY THAT PERSON, LOCATE THAT PERSON, AND THEN SPEAK TO THEM AND ASSESS THEIR, UH, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND, YOU KNOW, IF NECESSARY, UM, WE'LL ARREST THEM. AND THAT'S WHERE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE COURTS BECOME INVOLVED, AND THAT'S WHERE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES BECOME INVOLVED, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE REPEAT, UH, INCIDENCES OF THREATS FROM, FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UH, OFTENTIMES MAKE REPEATED THREATS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 17 AND 18. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL MOTION CARRIES. MOVE [26. 20-7029 Resolution recognizing World Migratory Bird Day and local efforts to pursue the Bird City Texas Designation by Texas Parks and Wildlife. [David McCary; Assistant City Manager; Douglas Melnick, Director, Office of Sustainability]] NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 26. ITEM 26 IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO PURSUE THE BIRD CITY TEXAS DESIGNATION BY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. THIS ONE IS EXCITING. UM, AND TO TODAY, I, I MOVE THAT, UH, WE, UH, PASS A RESOLUTION IN WHICH, UH, WE WOULD COMMIT TO RECOGNIZING WORLD MIGRATORY, UH, BIRD DAY, UM, AS WELL AS OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT LOCAL GROUPS, UM, AND ALL THEIR EFFORTS TO OBTAIN, UH, A DESIGNATION FOR SAN ANTONIO AS A BIRD CITY, UM, FROM THE, UH, TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE, UH, DEPARTMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US LOVE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO IS THAT WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR, UH, MIGRATORY BIRD FLYWAY, UH, AS WELL AS THE MIGRATORY BUTTERFLIES. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL OF US CELEBRATE. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY AND I, AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO EXPERIENCE THIS BIRD JOURNEY, UM, OF HUNDREDS OF SPECIES, UH, WHETHER JUST SITTING IN OUR BACKYARDS, YOU KNOW, WALKING THROUGH OUR COMPLEXES, OUR PARKS, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, ON ALL THE, ALL THE BEAUTIFUL TRAILS. AND, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW THIS, BUT I'M A, I'M AN AMATEUR, UH, BIRDER. AND, UH, I SPENT A LONG TIME TRYING TO CAPTURE EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS, UM, AND CREATING HABITAT FOR, FOR THESE BIRDS. AND SOME OF YOU HAVE, HAVE RECEIVED GIFTS, UH, FROM ME IN THE FORM OF, UH, OF BIRD HOUSES THAT I'VE MADE FOR Y'ALL. UM, I TAKE IT REALLY SERIOUS AND, AND I FIND A, A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VALUE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ME PERSONALLY, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PRESENCE OF BIRDS AND THE RICHNESS OF BIRDS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, BIRDS ARE ALSO, UM, POLLINATORS AND, UH, WITHOUT BIRDS, YOU KNOW, SCIENTISTS HAVE CONFIRMED, AND IT'S NOT, I MEAN, IT'S NOT UP FOR DEBATE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FOOD CHAIN IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT UPON, UM, POLLINATORS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, IF WE GET THIS, UH, DESIGNATION AS A, AS A BIRD CITY COMES AT NO COST FOR ANY OF US. UM, AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S ALSO BEEN FOUND TO, UM, INCREASE ECOTOURISM, UM, IN THE WAY THAT OUR, UH, UNESCO DESIGNATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE INCREASED A CERTAIN KIND OF TOURISM THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE PAST. AND SO, UM, IT REALLY HELPS US HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT SAN ANTONIO, UH, FROM A CONSERVATION POINT OF VIEW, AND OUR AWARENESS OF, UH, PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY HERE. UM, AND I THINK THIS FALLS SQUARELY WITHIN OUR, OUR, UM, OUR EFFORTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN. AND SO, UM, LET'S ALSO NOT FORGET THAT, UH, THIS COUNCIL IS VERY ZEALOUS, UM, ABOUT PROTECTING, UH, BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, OUR GOLDEN CHEEK WARBLER POPULATION HERE. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY THAT GOLDEN CHEEK WARBLER THAT IS, UH, NEARBY, UH, CAMP BULLIS AND OUR OTHER, UH, OUR OTHER MILITARY BASES. UM, AND SO THERE IS A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARGUMENT TO BE MADE HERE. AND SO I WANNA THANK OUR BAYER COUNTY, UH, AUDUBON SOCIETY FRIENDS, AND, UM, THE, UH, IN PARTICULAR BRITT COLEMAN, UM, FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS PURSUIT TO HAVE US DESIGNATED AS A, AS A BIRD CITY. AND, UH, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, THANK KAREN MULDER. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, KAREN MULDER, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THE AUDUBON SOCIETY HELPED US PAINT, UM, A HUNDRED PLUS BIRD HOUSES AT THE BOB ROSS SENIOR CENTER. AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT AGAIN AS SOON AS WE CAN ALL GATHER. UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO, UH, XAVIER, UM, AND HIS STAFF AND OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN THIS REGARD. UM, AND LASTLY, I, I WANT [00:50:01] TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE AND CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A YOUNG MAN, UH, UH, WHO'S, UH, WHO'S AN INTERN AT MY OFFICE, UM, NAMED CHASE. I'M PUTTING ALL OF YOU ON NOTICE THAT CHASE IS ONE DAY GONNA BE RUNNING THIS CITY. UM, HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN HELPING US, UM, YOU KNOW, DIG INTO THIS AND, AND PUT OUR ARMS AROUND IT. AND SO, UH, ANY OF YOU TRY TO STEAL CHASE AWAY FROM ME. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RUMBLING IN THE PARKING LOT. HE'S AMAZING. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I SAID XAVIER. I MEANT HOMER. I MEANT HOMER. XAVIER, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR OTHER REASONS. HOMER, THIS IS YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 26. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ELIAS FOR, UH, PULLING THIS ITEM. IT IS ABSOLUTELY, UH, ESSENTIAL THAT WE CELEBRATE, UH, THIS AND WORK TOGETHER TO, TO GET THIS DESIGNATION. I HAVE TO BRING UP, UH, THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT THE MITCHELL LAKE DISTRICT THREE'S MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON CENTER IS DOING. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OUT THERE, PLEASE MAKE IT YOUR DUTY TO GET OUT THERE TO THE MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON CENTER. AS WAS MENTIONED, OUR WETLAND HABITAT IN MITCHELL LAKE IS THE LAST CRITICAL STOPOVER GROUNDS FOR THE TEXAS COAST, WHERE 98.5% OF LONG DISTANCE MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES IN THE UNITED STATES PASS THROUGH. YOU SEE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BIRDS OUT IN THAT AREA, AND IT IS SO EXCITING. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT COME OUT, WE WANT YOU TO COME OUT. AND I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN, UM, THE INCREASE OF BIRDING, ESPECIALLY ON THE RESTORED ECOSYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE MISSION REACH. I'M GONNA SAY THIS AGAIN. I PROBABLY ALREADY TOLD YOU THIS STORY, BUT I'M REPEATING IT BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN THIS LAST WEEK. AFTER THIS LAST WEEKEND, AFTER THANKSGIVING, WE SAW ANOTHER TURKEY OUT ON THE MISSION REACH, UH, RUNNING AROUND. THEY'RE A LITTLE SCARY AND A LITTLE TALL, BUT THESE ARE THE HABITATS THAT WE HAVE CREATED AND THAT THEY ARE THRIVING AND GROWING. SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS JUST PERFECT FOR US TO CON TO CONTINUE AND SUPPORT THIS. I HAVE TO GIVE, UM, KUDOS TO THE WORK THAT THE CENTER DOES. SARAH BEASLEY, THE CENTER DIRECTOR. SHE IS A FORCE AND SHE HAS PASSION, AND SHE HAS CONVICTION, AND SHE'S A GREAT, UM, DIRECTOR TO HAVE WITH THE MITCHELL, UH, LAKE CENTER. AND OF COURSE, UM, ANGEL POE, SHAYNA, DANA, KARINA, FELISE, EVERYONE THERE. AND THANKS TO THE SAN ANTONIO AUDUBON SOCIETY AND THEIR CONSERVATION INITIATIVES FOR THE MIGRATORY INITIATIVE. SO, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND I'M HAPPY TO CELEBRATE THIS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DESIGNATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR, AND I'LL, I, I DARE INTERRUPT. FORGIVE ME. THERE'S A, I I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A PRESENTATION, UH, WITH A, THE FINAL SLIDE IS BRILLIANT. AND SO, UH, IF SOMEBODY COULD ZIP THROUGH IT ONCE, WHEN, WHENEVER YOU DECIDE IS THE RIGHT TIME, MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, IF WE HAVE IT. UH, ANDY, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND DO MAYOR? WE DO MAYOR, UH, DOUG MELNICK AND JULIA MURPHY, UH, WILL DO THAT PRESENTATION IF THEY CAN PULL IT UP FOR THEM. YEAH. UH, THANK YOU DAVID. AND, AND THIS WILL BE BRIEF, BUT, UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL , CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, AND I'M PLEASED INTRODUCE THE ITEM TO YOUR CONSIDERATION. UH, I'M JOINED HERE THIS MORNING BY JULIA MURPHY, OUR, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, AND WE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHY MIGRATORY BIRDS ARE IMPORTANT, HOW THIS FITS IN WITH THE EXISTING POLICY, AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGNATION. UH, WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY BRIT COLEMAN FROM THE LOCAL AON SOCIETY CHAPTER, UH, WHO IS LEADING THIS EFFORT AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HELP FOR QUESTIONS. YES. PLEASE START THE PRESENTATION. SURE THING. IT'S JOHN, IT, IT'S JOHN, SORRY. WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A NO HUDDLE VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION. I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THE LAST SLIDE HERE, SO I, TO INTERRUPT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. WE GO TO THE LAST SLIDE. SO BASICALLY, UM, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, IS TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, WORLD MIGRATORY BIRTHDAY ANNUALLY, AND THAT, UH, THE SEA OF SAN ANTONIO SUPPORT LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AND IN THEIR EFFORTS TO LEVERAGE THIS RESOLUTION, UH, RECOGNIZING WORLD MIGRATORY BIRTHDAY TOWARDS ACQUIRING DISPERSED CITY TEXAS DESIGNATION FROM THE TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. UM, AND I KNOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT IN THAT PRESENTATION, SO IF THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS OF IT WORTH HIGHLIGHTING, COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ OR ANYONE, UH, DURING THE COURSE OF OUR DISCUSSION, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UH, THANK YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS. [00:55:01] I HAVE BEEN A RECIPIENT OF ONE OF YOUR, UH, BIRD, UM, HOUSES, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY LEARNED SOME, UH, MORE ABOUT THE BIRD AND THE HABITAT HERE IN OUR CITY. UM, WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT, UM, BIRDS, MIGRATORY BIRDS EGRETS, WE WERE, UH, IN THE FLIGHT LINE, UM, AND CAUSING, UH, UM, SOME, UH, POTENTIAL LIFE-THREATENING DAMAGE TO, UM, TO OUR, UH, MISSION, UH, AT LACKLAND. AND SO, UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE COMMUNITY HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT A PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE WERE FORCED TO DO BY THE, UM, MILITARY TO, UH, ADJUST THE PATH OF THE BIRDS, UH, BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING IN THE WAY. AND, AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COOPERATION FROM ALL OF OUR CITY. I SAW AT, UM, UH, MR. ALA ON, UH, GENERAL ALA ON THE PROGRAM SOMEWHERE. HE WAS ALSO, UH, TRYING TO, UM, TALK TO US ABOUT, UM, THE INCREDIBLE, UM, NEED TO, TO REDIRECT SOME OF THE BIRDS. UM, AND, AND IT WAS A REALLY BIG JOINT EFFORT. IT WAS MANY YEARS LONG BECAUSE OF THE LAYING OF THE EGGS. CLEARLY, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS TOPIC, UH, BUT, UM, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT BIRDS AND THE MIGRATORY PATH, AND HOW SOUTH TEXAS AND IN PARTICULAR THIS REGION IS, UM, UH, VERY FAMOUS FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS. SO, UM, I JUST, I, I ASKED JOHN TO SHARE THIS, THESE PHOTOS. UH, SPEAKING OF VERY AMATEUR, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS, UM, I, YESTERDAY, UM, I WAS GOING FOR A WALK, UH, KIND OF EARLY, WELL, SORT OF EARLY MORNING, MAYBE AROUND EIGHT 30, UH, AT MONDOR LAKE. AND I CAUGHT THESE BIRDS. UM, AND I, PERHAPS OUR AUDUBON, UM, PERSON THAT I KNOW IS ON THE LINE CAN CONFIRM IF THIS IS A BLUE HERON OR A GRAY HERON, OR WHAT TYPE OF BIRD THIS IS. BUT IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE TO SEE IT FLYING. UH, AND ALSO, UM, THE LARGENESS OF IT AND THE, UM, LOUDNESS OF IT. UH, I DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU CONFIRM FOR ME, UM, THIS, IS IT A BLUE OR GRAY OR, UH, SOME TYPE OF OTHER HERON? IT IS A BLUE HERON, A GREAT BLUE HERON, A GREAT BLUE HERON. WELL, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SITE. UH, AND SO, UM, I JUST THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS, A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTHEARTEDNESS IN OUR, UH, VERY CHALLENGING TIMES. UH, I HAVE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR, UM, THE, UH, AREA DOWN AT MITCHELL LAKE, UM, AND, UH, ALL AROUND THERE, AND IT'S INCREDIBLE. AND OUR AUDUBON SOCIETY, I, UH, I WAS SCHEDULED FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY THERE FOR ONE OF MY CHILDREN, AND THEN WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH COVID, AND THEN ALL BIRTHDAY PARTIES WERE CANCELED. BUT, UM, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS DOWN TO SEE THAT INCREDIBLE SPACE. UM, IT, IT REALLY IS A, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE COUNTRY. I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES, UM, THE WAY THAT OUR TRAIL SYSTEM CONNECTS TO, UH, THE LAKES AND CONNECTS TO THIS INCREDIBLE WILDLIFE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY THE URBAN WILDLIFE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS AND GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTNESS AND, AND, UH, SERIOUSNESS. I KNOW IT'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK, BUT, UH, IT'S ALSO, UH, BRINGS ME GREAT JOY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. AND I'M, I'M GONNA ASK JOHN TO PULL UP ANOTHER PART OF THE SLIDE DECK REAL QUICK, UH, THAT HAD, UH, THE, UH, PHOTOS OF COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. NOT TOO BAD. MANNY, NOT TOO, RIGHT? YEAH. THANKS JOHN. VERY NICE. ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. UH, THANK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMAZING THING ABOUT, ABOUT THIS ITEM IS, IS HOW IT CONNECTS US TO SO MANY OTHER, UH, THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING, UH, WITHIN PARKS AND REC AS WELL. AND, UH, I, TRUE, I, I TOO, UH, FEEL VERY, VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, ABOUT THE, THE BIRD SPECIES THAT, THAT MIGRATE THROUGH THIS AREA. THEY, UH, IN FACT, GROWING UP, UH, I REMEMBER TWICE A YEAR RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, THERE WAS THESE TWO TREES, UH, AND THEY WOULD FILL UP, THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, UH, AT A TIME WHEN THE TREES HAD NO LEAVES. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE FULL OF LEAVES. AND IT WAS REALLY, UH, THIS GROUP OF PARAKEETS, GREEN PARAKEETS THAT ALWAYS [01:00:01] HIT THOSE TWO TREES. AND, UH, IT MADE IT LOOK LIKE, LIKE THE, THE TREES HAD LEAVES, UH, WHEN IN FACT IT WAS, IT WAS A TIME THAT THE TREES DIDN'T HAVE LEAVES AND THEY WERE MIGRATING. BUT IT, IT JUST MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, HOW IT'S ALL CONNECTED. AND, UH, WE RECENTLY JUST DID A SHADE COMPETITION, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF SHADE. AND ONE OF THE CO-WINNERS, UH, WAS A BRILLIANT DESIGN THAT REALLY JUST EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR, FOR PLANTING MORE TREES. SO, UM, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT HELPS US TO RECOGNIZE, UH, HOW IT'S ALL CONNECTED. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TAKE, UH, A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE TREE PROGRAM THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, HANDLES. EVERY YEAR, UH, WE'VE EXPANDED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS, IT, IT ONLY, UH, FURTHER EXEMPLIFIES HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PLANT MORE TREES IN OUR CITY. UM, AND WE NEED TO PLANT MILLIONS MORE. UH, SO, UH, I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT TREES BECAUSE, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE BIRDS LOVE TREES, AND, UH, IT HELPS TO CREATE THE HABITATS THAT THEY NEED AS THEY MIGRATE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM I WANT TO THANK PARKS AND REC FOR, FOR, FOR DOING, FOR DOING THAT. IT HELPS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT, IT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE. IT LOWERS THE HEAT ISLAND IMPACT OF OUR CITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT HELPS TO PROVIDE, UH, THAT, THAT RESPITE FOR, FOR MIGRATING BIRDS. AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE BEES. UM, SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL, ALL OF THIS IS CONNECTED. UH, AND, UM, UH, I I, I, I HATE TO TRY TO MAKE A JOKE ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES, BUT, UH, BIRD BEES AND BUTTERFLIES AND TREES, I GUESS. THANK YOU. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. AND I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, ENTIRE STAFF WHO, WHO WORKED ON THIS, UH, BEFORE JUMPING INTO SOME COMMENTS, I, I SAW THAT WE HAD DOUG AND JULIA MURPHY ON THE LINE, AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PRESENTATION, UH, WE, WE GOT TO SEE SOME GREAT HIGHLIGHTS OF IT. BUT I'M, I'M WONDERING, MAYOR, IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND, AND SEE THE FULL PRESENTATION IT SEEMS, UM, IN ORDER. GO AHEAD. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO JULIA, UM, JOHN, YOU BRING UP THE PRESENTATION IF WANNA RUN. HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR, UM, CONSIDERING THIS ITEM TODAY. WE'RE ALSO VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF IT AND, UH, ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT SIT SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT THIS TODAY. SO ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE SOME IMAGES OF, OF SOME OF OUR GORGEOUS FEATHERED FRIENDS WHO RESIDE AND MIGRATE THROUGH BEXAR COUNTY. MANY OF THESE IMAGES HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH US BY THE AUDUBON, UM, SOCIETY AND OUR PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. MIGRATORY BIRDS ARE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND EASILY OBSERVED WILDLIFE THAT SHARE OUR COMMUNITIES AND MOST CITIZENS RECOGNIZE AND WELCOME MIGRATORY SONGBIRDS AS SYMBOLIC CARERS OF SPRING AND FALL BIRD MIGRATION. AS YOU'VE HEARD, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR COUNSELORS TELL US IS INTERCONNECTED WITH DELICATE LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND THEY ALSO SERVE TO HELP OUR INSECT PO PEST POPULATIONS SUPPORT POLLINATION AND FOSTER SEED DISPERSAL, BUT THEY ARE FACING THE CHALLENGES OF DIMINISHING MIGRATORY HABITATS IN THE AMERICAS AND INCREASED DANGERS ON THEIR MIGRATION ROOTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE KNOW THAT PROTECTING VULNERABLE SPECIES THROUGH ACTIVE CONSERVATION EFFORTS IS A FUNDAMENTAL STRATEGY FOR URBAN RESILIENCE AND NATURAL RESOURCE GENERATION. AND THANKFULLY, OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY HAVE A PROUD HISTORY OF CONSERVATION ES EFFORTS ALREADY THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON. AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CITY'S SAN UH, CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN DOES PRIORITIZE BIODIVERSITY AND HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS. AND, LET'S SEE, I'M ON SLIDE FOUR, JOHN. THERE WE GO. SAN ANTONIO'S LOCATION IS AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE POST OAK SAVANNAH, SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS, THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE, THE EDWARDS PLATEAU, AND ALL OF THESE ECO REGIONS ENABLE IMPORTANT NESTING HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS, INCLUDING TWO HIGHLY ENDANGERED SPECIES. AS [01:05:01] WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE GOLDEN CHEEKED WARBLER, WHICH YOU SEE AN IMAGE OF HERE ON YOUR SCREEN, AS WELL AS THE BLACK CAPPED RIO. ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE NORTHERN MIGRATORY FLYWAYS, THE CENTRAL FLYWAY CUTS THROUGH SAN ANTONIO PROVIDING SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ALIKE TO WITNESS AND APPRECIATE THE MANY VARIED SPECIES OF BIRDS THAT VISIT US DURING THEIR SPRING AND FALL JOURNEYS. THE CENTRAL FLYWAY, WHICH YOU SEE CUTS RIGHT THROUGH TEXAS AND ALSO CONNECTS OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF US IN CANADA AND MEXICO. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993 TO EDUCATE ABOUT AND BRING AWARENESS TO THE 350 PLUS MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES THAT TRAVEL BETWEEN THE HABITATS IN NORTH AMERICA. AND DUE TO THE STAGGERING DECLINE OF BIRD POPULATIONS IN THE LAST 50 YEARS, IT WOULD BE IMPACTFUL FOR SAN ANTONIO TO ADD ITS VOICE TO THE GLOBAL CONVERSATION SURROUNDING CELEBRATION OF AN URGENT NEED FOR MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS WAS ALSO MENTIONED EARLIER, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ENJOY A WILDLIFE ASSOCIATED RECREATION, INCLUDING BIRDWATCHING AND CONTRIBUTE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LOCAL ECONOMIES. IN ADDITION, ECOTOURISM SPURS LOCAL CONSERVATION AND BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS. AND THIS RESOLUTION WILL IN TURN ASSIST OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN ELEVATING OUR PROFILE FOR CONSERVATION BIRDWATCHING AND BIRDING TOURISM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN ADDITION TO RECOGNIZING WORLD MIGRATORY DAY, ACHIEVING TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE'S BIRD CITY DESIGNATION, UH, WILL INCLUDE CREATING AND PROTECTING BIRD FRIENDLY NATIVE HABITAT, EDUCATING AND BUILDING AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ALREADY CELEBRATE WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY AT MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON CENTER, AND WITH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE PARTNERS WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING IN THESE AREAS, BIRD CITY DESIGNATION CAN BE OBTAINED AT NO COST TO THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU SEE A LIST OF OUR, UH, LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS, UM, IN VARIOUS WAYS. AND I'LL JUST LIST THEM VERY QUICKLY. WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. WE HAVE THE ALAMO AREA, TEXAS MASTER NATURALISTS, THE BAYER OTTAWA SOCIETY, UH, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ECO CENTRO AT SAC. FRIENDS OF THE SAN ANTONIO NATURAL AREAS AT WATERS, AT INCARNATE WORD, MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON CENTER, NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, AND MANY, MANY MORE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL SEE THE BEAUTIFUL IMAGES THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN PIAS, UM, HAS TAKEN. AND ON THE LAST SLIDE, WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN, UH, IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO PURSUE BIRD CITY RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JULIA. UH, AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR LETTING US WALK THROUGH THAT. I THOUGHT YOU HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL, UH, IMAGES AND SOME VERY IMPORTANT POINTS TO, TO HIGHLIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, ALL THE PARTNERS THAT YOU LISTED ON YOUR, ON YOUR SLIDE IN PARTICULAR, BIRD CITY, TEXAS, AND THE BEAR AUDUBON SOCIETY FOR, UM, A BIRDWATCHING TRIP THAT I RECENTLY TOOK WITH FEWER THAN 10 PEOPLE IN ONE OF OUR CITY PARKS. AND IN PARTICULAR, I WANNA THANK PATSY AND TOM ENGLAND, UH, PATSY, WHO SHOWED ME HOW TO USE BINOCULARS, WHICH IS NOT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS YOU WOULD THINK. AND OF COURSE, BRITT COLEMAN, UH, A COUNCILWOMAN VRAN MENTIONED MS. SARAH BEASLEY. UH, AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT SARAH BEASLEY IS PART OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION AND, UH, UH, CLIMATE ACTION ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HER PARTICIPATION ON THAT. AND, UH, I, I DO WANNA SAY I'M PROUD OF SAN ANTONIO'S ROLE AS PART OF THAT, UH, MIGRATORY FLYAWAY, AND THAT YOU NEVER NOTICE HOW MANY BIRD SPECIES WE HAVE UNTIL YOU STOP AND LOOK. BUT THERE'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THAT JULIA MENTIONED, AND THAT IS OUR DECLINING BIRD POPULATION. SO, REALLY ADOPTING THIS IS, IS MORE THAN JUST SOMETHING NICE THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL IN HELPING US HOPEFULLY, STEM THAT DECLINE IN BIRD POPULATION. UH, SOMETHING LIKE 30% OF THE BIRD POPULATION HAS DECLINED IN NORTH AMERICA OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS. THAT'S TREMENDOUS. THAT'S, UH, 3 BILLION BIRDS OR SO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF STAFF'S WORK ON THIS. UH, APPRECIATE IT. [01:10:01] THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK, UM, WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE, UH, SOME OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES IN THE CITY WHO ARE ON THIS CALL. UH, I DO SEE GRANT ELLIS HERE, ALONG WITH JULIA AND DOUG AND, AND HOMER. UH, THE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING, UH, OUR, OUR PREDECESSORS AND OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, TWO DECADES TO PRESERVE HABITAT AND PRESERVE TREES, PROTECT WATER, IS ALL ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR ECOSYSTEM. AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S WORTH CELEBRATING THOSE LITTLE VICTORIES BECAUSE JEFF KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE SOMETIMES THEY'RE ABOUT PLAYING DEFENSE IN AUSTIN, AND EVERYBODY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. AND, UH, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND, AND A RECOGNITION LIKE THIS, I THINK IS A LONG TIME COMING. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLY FOR HIGHLIGHTING IT. UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 26. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. UM, I BELIEVE NOW WE ARE ON OUR ZONING AGENDA, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM [Z-1. 20-6726 ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700295 (Council District 1): ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700295 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “R-4 H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “R-5 H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “R-6 H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “MF-18 H AHOD” Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “MF-25 H AHOD” Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “MF-33 H AHOD” Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District,“MF-33 CD H AHOD” Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Professional Office, “NC H AHOD” Neighborhood Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “NC CD H AHOD” Neighborhood Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Designer Resale Boutique, “C-1 H AHOD” Light Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “C-2 H AHOD” Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “C-3 H AHOD” General Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “C-3NA H AHOD” General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “C-3R H AHOD” General Commercial Restrictive Alcohol Sales Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “O-1 H AHOD” Office Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “O-2 H AHOD” High Rise Office Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, "IDZ H AHOD" Infill Development Zone Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “C-2” Commercial District and “MF-25" Multi-Family District, "IDZ H AHOD" Infill Development Zone Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “C-2” Commercial District and “O-1" Office District, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Bed & Breakfast, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Professional Office, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Two Dwelling Units, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Three Dwelling Units, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Four Units, “RM-4 H AHOD” Residential Mixed Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District and “RM-4 H HS AHOD” Residential Mixed Monte Vista Historic Significant Airport Hazard Overlay District to “R-4 H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Foster Group Home, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Noncommercial Parking Lot, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Nursing Facility, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Professional Office, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Four Units, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Three Dwelling Units, “O-1 CD H AHOD” Office Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Gift Shop, “R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Two Units, “R-4 CD H HS AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Significant Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Professional Office, “R-4 S H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Specific Use Authorization for a Bed & Breakfast, “R-4 S H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Specific Use Authorization for a Childcare Daycare Center, “NC H AHOD” Neighborhood Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, ”NC CD H AHOD” Neighborhood Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Designer Resale Boutique, “C-1 H AHOD” Light Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “C-1 CD H AHOD” Light Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Transitional Home, “C-2 H AHOD” Commercial Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “MF-18 H AHOD” Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “MF-25 H AHOD” Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “MF-33 CD H AHOD” Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Professional Office, “MF-33 H AHOD” Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “IDZ H AHOD” Infill Development Zone Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “C-2” Commercial District and “O-1” Office District and “IDZ H AHOD” Infill Development Zone Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “O-1” Office District and “C-2” Commercial District, ”O-1 H AHOD” Office Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District, “O-1 CD H AHOD” Office Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Beauty Salon, "O-1.5 H AHOD" Mid-Rise Office Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District (All Overlay Districts to Remain) on 138.437 acres out of NCB 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706, 1721, 1723, 1724, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889, 2952, 2953, 3001, 3002, 3058, 3059, 3085, 3086, 3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, and 6884, generally bounded by West Mulberry Avenue to the North, US Highway 281 North to the East, East Huisache Avenue, Trail Street and West Ashby Place to the South, and San Pedro Avenue to the West. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] Z ONE. YES, MAYOR. COUNSEL. GOOD MORNING. UH, ITEM Z ONE. THIS IS A LARGE AREA REZONING FOR THE MONTE VISTA AREA TO REZONE PROPERTIES TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT USES BOUND BY WEST MULBERRY TO THE NORTH US HIGHWAY 2 81, NORTH TO THE EAST, EAST ATCH TRAIL, AND WEST ASHBY TO THE SOUTH AND SAN PEDRO ROAD TO THE WEST. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 719 NOTICES HAVE BEEN MAILED, 40 HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR AND 12 OPPOSED RIVER ROAD. TOPEN HILL, MONTE VISTA, HISTORICAL, BEACON HILL AREA, MONTE VISTA TERRACE, ALTA VISTA, DIGNITY HILL, AND THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ARE, ARE IN SUPPORT. SORRY, I WAS MUTED. UM, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z ONE. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE CONNECTED BACK WITH US. UH, LET ME CALL HIM ANYWAYS. RYAN REED. MR. REED, ARE YOU WITH US? OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER T AND THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, ARM MONTE VISTA, LARGE AREA REZONING PROJECT, UH, WAS REQUESTED BACK IN 2017, UH, IN CONCERT WITH THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND HAS BEEN A LONG TIME DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY CITY STAFF IN MY OFFICE YESTERDAY BY 4:00 PM 51 MONTE VISTA RESIDENTS, UH, HAD SUBMITTED UH, E-COM IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL. LIKEWISE, AT THE TIME OF THE APPROVAL BY THE ZONING COMMISSION, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS SUBMITTED COMMENTS FOR APPROVAL. SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT ON THE RECORD TO THANK, UH, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. THE GOAL OF THE LARGE AREA REZONING IS TO REDUCE INCOMPATIBLE USES BY SIMPLY, UH, REZONING FOR WHAT IS CURRENTLY PRESENT OR WHAT COULD FEASIBLY BE PRESENT. CITY STAFF CONDUCTED AN IN-PERSON SURVEY OF ALL PROPERTIES INVOLVED AND PROVIDED FAIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES BASED SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT, UH, WAS PRESENT ON THE GROUND. MY STAFF, UH, ALSO FOLLOWED UP WITH EACH PROPERTY AND OPPOSITION DIRECTLY TO ASSESS THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR OUR PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL. TODAY, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE WILL REZONE APPROXIMATELY 450 PROPERTIES IN THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD, SAVE FOUR PROPERTIES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED ON THIS JOURNEY. AND WE'LL CLOSE THE CLOSE WITH THIS. A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MONTE VISTA LARGE AREA REZONING WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES PROPERTIES 1 27 AND TWO 19 WEST MAGNOLIA SHALL BE LEFT OUT OF THE REZONING AND REMAIN AS MF 33 PROPERTIES, 2 29 EAST ATCH AND ONE 17 EAST MISSILE TOW AND FIVE 16 EAST MULBERRY SHALL BE REZONED AS R FOUR WITH CONDITIONAL USES FOR TWO UNITS. IN ADDITION, A MOTION TO SAVE AND ACCEPT PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 3 24 WEST MAGNOLIA 5 0 9 WEST FRENCH PLACE, 2 35 EAST LUCIA AT 1 28 WEST MISSILE TOW, SO THAT THE STAFF CAN REEVALUATE THESE IN PHASE TWO OF THIS PROJECT. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z ONE WITH AMENDMENTS AS READ. UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. [01:15:01] ANY OPPOSED? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. [Z-2. 20-6950 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700122 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-6 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "RM-4 AHOD" Residential Mixed Airport Hazard Overlay District on the East 12.5 feet of Lot 11, Lot 12 and Lot 13, Block 2, NCB 6481, located at 1526 West Mistletoe Avenue. Staff recommends Denial, with Alternate Recommendation. Zoning Commission recommends Denial.] ITEM Z TWO. ITEM Z TWO IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO RMM FOUR, LOCATED AT 1526 WEST MISSILE TOW AVENUE. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R SIX CD FOR TWO UNITS. ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL, 25. NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED JEFFERSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. UM, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 17TH. COUNCIL MEMBER TRI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. CHARLES RILEY, IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE CHANGES TO THIS PROJECT. AS I UNDERSTAND HE WILL BE AMENDING THE REQUEST TO, SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. UH, AS I UNDERSTAND HE WILL BE AMENDING THE, THE REQUEST TO A DUPLEX AND HAS CREATED A NEW SITE PLAN AS OF THIS WEEK FOR REVIEW. UH, I WILL BE GRANTING MR. RILEY ADDITIONAL TIME TO DISCUSS THESE CHANGES WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY GRANTING A CONTINUANCE I MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO JANUARY 7TH, 2021. CITY COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCILMAN, YOU SAID JANUARY, UH, SEVEN 17TH OR SEVENTH? SEVENTH. SEVENTH. UH, OKAY. I HAVE, I HAVE DECEMBER 17TH ON MY NOTES. AND, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, I BELIEVE THE JANUARY 7TH MEETING HAS, IS FOR ZONING CONSIDERATION IS MOVED TO JANUARY 21ST. UH, WELL, LET'S SEE. UH, I'M, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO JANUARY 21ST THEN. I, I, I, MY NOTES HAVE JANUARY 7TH, SO IT, IT, IT'S UP TO YOU, COUNCILMAN, EITHER DECEMBER 17TH OR JANUARY 21ST. THOSE ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS AT THE MOMENT. YEAH, LET'S, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S GO TO DECEMBER 17TH JUST IN CASE AND WE CAN ALWAYS, UH, GRANT MORE TIME IF WE GET IT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z TWO. THERE WAS ONE, THERE ARE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE. I'M, I FAILED TO CALL THEM. I BELIEVE JAN VARGA IS NOT RECONNECTED WITH US. UH, MR. VARGA. OKAY. IF NOT, UH, JACK FINGER. HE IS ON JACK FINGER. YES. YES. UM, UM, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS JACK M FINGER. YES, I, I WAS GOING TO TELL MR. TRUO THE, THE COUNCILMAN THAT THIS IS A, THE PROPOSAL FOR A FOURPLEX IS OF COURSE, A VERY BAD IDEA. I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE HAVE THE RED FLAGS OF THE, OF THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING STAFFS IS SAYING IT'S A BAD IDEA, OUT OF 25 NOTICES, ALMOST HALF OPPOSE IT. AND 27, UH, PEOPLE OUT OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT, UH, RADIUS TO SAVES A BAD IDEA. THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSES IT. THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION, UH, GROUP OPPOSES, OPPOSES IT, AND, AND THREE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO COME, COME DOWN AND, AND SPEAK TO SPEAK ON IT. UH, SO, UM, I MEAN, YEAH, IT, IT, THE REASON WAS BECAUSE IT HAS OFFERS EXCESSIVE DENSITY TO THE AREA. SO IT DOES A DUPLEX, UH, MAY MAKE IT BETTER. I, I DON'T KNOW. I IT'S STILL, IT IS STILL TWO UNITS INSIDE THIS PROPERTY, SO I, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU, YOU, UH, EVEN, UH, TO TAKE A QUITE CLOSE LOOK AT THAT ONE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PINGER. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM UH, D TWO. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED IS ITEM [Z-4. 20-6643 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700212 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "FBZD T4-2 HS AHOD" Form Based Zone District Transect 4 Historic Landmark Airport Hazard Overlay District to "D HS AHOD" Downtown Historic Landmark Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 2, Lots 4 through 9, and Lot 11, Block 6, NCB 442, 0.664 acres out of NCB 442, and 0.994 acres out of NCB 442, generally located at 624 North Alamo Street and 609 Avenue E. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval.] Z FOUR. Z FOUR IS REZONING FROM F B Z D 2 4 2 D, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 6 24 NORTH ALAMO STREET AND 6 0 9 AVENUE E. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING. COMMISSIONER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 36 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z FOUR JACK FINGER? YES. UH, YES, GO AHEAD. JACK. Y Y YES. OKAY, GOOD. YES, MR. MR. BERG, JUST ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS JACK M FINGER, UH, Z FOUR. THE, UM, THE RED FLAG WITH THIS ONE. WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL RED FLAGS. THERE'S [01:20:01] THE STAFF THAT THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. AND MAINLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU ADD THE DESIGNATION OF DEED, THE DOWNTOWN, UH, DESIGNATION AS A PROPOSED DESIGNATION, IT, THEY, THE STAFF TELL, SAYS IT WOULD ALLOW ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORING LANDS, IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS, IT'S OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THE AREA. AND ONCE AGAIN, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, IT WOULD ERODE THE INTEGRITY OF THE, AS THEY SAY, THE CALIBRATED ZONING PLAN. THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD EX WOULD DEVELOPMENT, WOULD EXCEED THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT A LOT OF, APPARENTLY A LOT OF PLANNING WENT INTO THE, THIS DESIGNATION FOR, FOR THIS AREA SOME TIME AGO. AND THIS WOULD TEND TO CRASH SINKS DOWN INTO SMITHER MARINES. SO, SO PLEASE DO NOT, UH, UH, SUPPORT THIS THING. IN FACT, YOU MIGHT MIGHT WANNA SAY NO TO THE WHOLE DARN THING THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. P. COUNCIL MEMBER . UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, THE FORM-BASED ZONING DESIGNATION AT THIS LOCATION FOR SOME TIME HAS PROVIDED ADEQUATE HEIGHT AND DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY. HOWEVER, AS OUR CITY NOW STANDS AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE TO RETHINK OUR REVITALIZATION AND GROWTH PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN AND BE OPEN TO INCREASE HEIGHTENED DENSITY. THE FORM BASED MONEY RESTRICTIONS HERE WOULD REQUIRE SO MANY VARIANCES FOR THIS PROJECT, THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE SEEING THE MERITS OF THIS PROJECT AND THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES IT WILL BRING TO OUR RESIDENTS, I WILL BE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z FOUR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UM, ALRIGHT. ITEM [Z-5. 20-6629 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700187 CD (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 HL UC-2 NCD-6" Residential Single-Family Historic Landmark Broadway Urban Corridor Mahncke Park Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District to "R-4 CD HL UC-2 NCD-6" Residential Single-Family Historic Landmark Broadway Urban Corridor Mahncke Park Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Noncommercial Parking Lot on Lot 13, Block 2, NCB 6228, located at 115 Davis Court. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from November 5, 2020)] Z FIVE, I BELIEVE WAS HEARD. I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, THAT WAS POSTPONED. MAYOR, THAT WAS POSTPONED. YES, SIR. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN WHO, UH, WAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z FIVE. I THINK HE'S STILL CONNECTED. DEREK, ELLIOT. MR. ELLIOT, ARE YOU WITH US? YES, SIR. UM, WE JUST MIGHT WANNA LET HIM KNOW SO THAT IT'S . YES, SIR. UH, MR. ELLIOT, UH, THE ITEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED, HOWEVER, YOU'RE STILL SIGNED UP AND CAN TAKE YOUR TIME IF YOU'D LIKE IT. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ISSUE, UH, WITH WHATEVER ELSE IS GOING ON, SO I APPRECIATE GUYS, YOU ALL BEING THERE FOR THAT. UM, YEAH, THE, THE ITEMS REMOVED, BUT THE, UM, THE EFFORT STILL CONTINUES SEEING, UH, THE RULES ON DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO AS WE COME BACK WITH THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE WE EXPECT THE DEVELOPER, WE EXPECT THE DEVELOPER TO WANT TO, UH, PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA LATER. UM, WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT, UM, YOU DO, UH, RESPECT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND THE NEIGHBORS, THE RESIDENTS WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE. WHEN WE ASK THAT, UH, THESE THINGS BE ENFORCED, UH, THE, THE PARKING LOT WAS PUT IN THERE ILLEGALLY. IT IS STILL THERE, AND WE'D LIKE IT TAKEN OUT. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, UM, IF WE START FROM A, A POSITION OF LET'S ENFORCE THE ZONING, UM, INSTEAD OF FORGIVING AND SANCTIONING ILLEGAL DEVELOPMENT. SO, AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY FOR NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. ELLIOTT. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM [Z-6. 20-5604 ZONING CASE Z2020-10700194 S (Council District 3): ZONING CASE Z2020-10700194 S (Council District 3): Ordinance on an Application by the City of San Antonio Planning Department amending the Zoning District Boundary from R-4 Residential Single-Family District, MF-25 Low Density Multi-Family District, MF-33 Multi-Family District, O-1 Office District, O-2 High-Rise Office District, C-2 Commercial District, C-3 General Commercial District, C-3R General Commercial Restrictive Alcohol Sales and I-1 General Industrial District including all applicable overlay districts, AHOD Airport Hazard Overlay District, MLOD-3 Martindale Army Airfield Overlay and MLR-2 Military Lighting Region 2 to R-4 Residential Single-Family District, R-5 Residential Single-Family District, O-1 Office District, C-1 Light Commercial District, C-1 S Light Commercial District with a Specific Use Authorization for a Bar And/Or Tavern Without Cover Charge 3 or More Days Per Week and C-2 Commercial District with all overlay districts remaining unchanged including AHOD Airport Hazard Overlay District, MLOD-3 Martindale Army Airfield Overlay and MLR-2 Military Lighting Region 2 as applicable on NCB 3720, Block 1, Lots 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 47, 48, 51; NCB 3721, Block 2, Lots 1, 2, and the N 15 ft of 3 EXC W 2.43 ft, Lots 4, 5 and the S 15 ft of 3 Save & EXC W 2.43 ft of 4, 5, and S 15 ft of 3, Lots 11, 12, 13 and S 3 ft of 10 EXC W 3.11 ft, Lots 14, 15, 16 and 17 EXC W 3.11 ft, Lots 18, 19, 20 and 21 EXC W 3.11 ft, Lots 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 53; NCB 3722, Block 3, Lots 14, 15, 22, 23, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, and 56; NCB 3723, Block 4, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21; NCB 10365, Block 2, Lots 17, 20 and W 55 ft of 21, Lots 22, 23 and E 55 ft of 21, Lots 24, 25 & 26; NCB 13604, Block 1, Lot 14; NCB 10920, Block 11, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; NCB 10920, Block 14, Lots 1 and 2, multiple addresses located between/on the 3100 and 3300 Blocks of Clark Avenue, 3600 and 4000 Blocks of Bremen Avenue, 3300 Block of East Southcross Boulevard, 4700 Block of Pecan Valley Drive, 9000 and 9200 Blocks of Mission Brook, 2400 Block of Mission Vista and the 8900 Block of Mission Top. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] Z SIX. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UH, THIS ZONING ITEM IS Z SIX WITH THE ZONING CASE NUMBER BEING DISPLAYED ON YOUR SCREEN. UH, THIS IS THE FIRST REZONING CASE BEING BROUGHT FORTH BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE BROOKS AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLANS. UH, ON THIS SLIDE IS THE FULL, UH, AREA THAT HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO PHASES THAT IS INFORMING THE REZONING ANALYSIS. THE DARK AREAS ON THE MAP ARE PARCELS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS. THE AREAS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN WERE IDENTIFIED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT REZONING EFFORTS ARE MANAGEABLE AND FOCUSED. AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND'S OFFICE FOR, UH, THEIR INPUT, GUIDANCE, AND SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE AREAS. UH, THE PRINCIPLE POLICY FOCUS IN THIS FIRST, UH, REZONING CASE, UH, IS PRIMARILY TO ENSURE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION, UH, BY ENSURING THAT ALL COM, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADOPTED, UH, NEW LAND USE PLAN. THIS SLIDE DISPLAYS THE HIGH LEVEL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE REZONING PROCESS. UH, AND INFORMATIONAL MAILOUT WAS SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS. TWO OPEN HOUSES OCCURRED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AND INDIVID [01:25:01] INDIVIDUALIZED LETTERS WERE MAILED TO EVERY PROPERTY OWNER WITH ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION RELATED TO THEIR SPECIFIC PROPERTY, UH, AND, UH, EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL. IN ADDITION, STAFF PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL PHONE CALLS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE INTEREST OF ITY. UH, WE HAVE MOVED THROUGH, UH, SEVERAL OF THE MAPS, UH, UH, IN THE BALANCE OF THIS POWERPOINT AND HAVE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON, UH, THE MAP EXHIBITS AND NOT THE AERIALS. HOWEVER, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE, UM, THE NUMBER OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES IN THE SCREEN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE IN FAVOR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, NEXT, AGAIN, UH, WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS ALSO IN FAVOR, THE HIGHLAND HILLS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN PECAN VALLEY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN. AND THEN THIS FINAL AREA OF, UH, 62 PROPERTY OWNERS, THE MISSION CREEK, UH, H O A, UH, IS ALSO IN FAVOR. NEXT SLIDE. UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT CULMINATE IN THE HEARING TODAY. THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING PROPOSAL AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 15TH PUBLIC HEARING. NEXT SLIDE. UH, 305 TOTAL NOTICES HAVE BEEN MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THREE IN FAVOR AND SEVEN OPPOSED. UM, THE MISSION CREEK, H O A AND THE HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE, UH, INDICATED THAT THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. NEXT SLIDE. UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, UH, STAFF, UH, IS, UH, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED, UH, REZONING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UH, RUDY, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, RUDY. UM, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN CONDUCTING THEIR OUTREACH WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SINCE EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS YOU ALL SAW, AND OF COURSE, EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. UM, FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE RESIDENTS TUNING IN IS THEIR STAFF. THE, THE STAFF PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN, AND I WANT TO THANK BOTH THE HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE MISSION CREEK, H O A MEMBERS ENGAGING WITH CITY STAFF, AND THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT SUBMITTED THEIR OFFICIAL RESPONSES. AND, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FIRST LARGE AREA REZONING IN PART OF OUR BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN. THE FIRST REGIONAL CENTER PLAN THAT WE MOVED FORWARD WITH HERE WITH OUR SA TOMORROW PLAN. SO WE ARE MOVING, UH, TO SEE THE REALIZATION OF OUR REGIONAL CENTERS AND OUR SA TOMORROW PLAN WITH THIS IN REGARDS TO PLAN AREA ONE B. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, THAT ABUT SOUTH CROSS AND PECAN VALLEY CORRIDOR DID EXPRESS SOME CONCERNS WITH THE COMMERCIAL USES AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO, AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION, MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION, AND IT IS MOTION TO APPROVE AS ITEM Z SIX TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF AN NA NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DESIGNATION TO LOT 14 BLOCK ONE N C B 1 3 6 0 4. I SECOND. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z SIX. UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. NOT OPPOSED. AYE. IN FAVOR? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. MOVING NOW TO ITEM [Z-7. 20-6675 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700031 CD (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District and "C-2 S AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with Specific Use Authorization for a Party House, Reception Hall, Meeting Facility to "C-2 CD AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with Conditional Use for Motor Vehicle Sales (Full Service) on Lot P-16 and 0.5118 acres out of NCB 11166, generally located at 9915 Roosevelt Avenue. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval, with Conditions.] Z SEVEN. Z SEVEN IS A REZONING FROM C TWO AND C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A PARTY HOUSE RECEPTION HALL, AND MEETING FACILITY TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE. GENERALLY LOCATED AT 99 15 ROOSEVELT AVENUE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. HOURS OF OPERATIONS ARE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM NO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS OR AMPLIFIED SOUND. NO FREE STANDING POLE SIGNS, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, PENANCE, WIND WAIVERS, OR FLYERS. DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING WILL BE REQUIRED. 17 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. BILL OF CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS NOT OPPOSED. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. E SEVEN JACK FINGER? YES. YES. UM, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS JACK FINGER ONCE AGAIN. I NOTICED YOUR, UH, THE, I THE PROPOSAL IS PUT UP ANOTHER USED CAR LOT HERE, ONCE AGAIN ALONG ROOSEVELT AVENUE, ROOSEVELT, AND, AND I, ACCORDING TO MY RECORDS, THE, UH, THE VIA CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED TO [01:30:01] IT THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE RECORDS SHOWED EARLIER. AND I, LIKE I SAID TO THE COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS VIA GRAND. WHO HAS THIS DISTRICT? DO WE NEED ANOTHER USED CAR LOT ALONG ROOSEVELT AVENUE? UH, PLEASE SAY NO TO ONE, AT LEAST ONE OF THESE THINGS. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, AND I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS OUR ZONING COMMISSIONER, JOY MCGEE, FOR WORKING WITH THE VIE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON THESE CONDITIONS, UH, FOR THIS CASE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY TEAM, UH, MY, UH, ZONING COORDINATOR FOR WORKING WITH THEM VERY DILIGENTLY AS WELL, AND BEING IN COMMUNICATION TO GET THEM TO THIS POINT WITH THESE CONDITIONS. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z SEVEN. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM Z EIGHT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE'LL [Z-9. 20-6725 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700199 CD (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-5 MLOD-3 MLR-1" Residential Single-Family Martindale Army Airfield Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District to "R-5 CD MLOD-3 MLR-1" Residential Single-Family Martindale Army Airfield Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District with a Conditional Use for a Transitional Home on 2.89 acres out of NCB 12886, generally located in the 1500 block of Semlinger Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] GO TO Z NINE. Z NINE IS A REZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A TRANSITIONAL HOME. GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 1500 BLOCK OF SIMLER ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 15. NOTICES MAILED FIVE IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED DEL CREST. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. OKAY. WE HAVE, UM, A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z NINE. UM, GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM IN ORDER. WE'LL START WITH CAROLYN MCDONALD. MS. MCDONALD, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY KEVIN DOWNEY. I DON'T WANNA ASK ABOUT THIS. OKAY. UH, I GUESS THERE IS A GROUP, SO, UH, CAROLYN, KEVIN, AND LISA, THEY'RE ON. YES, THIS IS DR. LISA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, YEAH. COULD, COULD YOU ALL IDENTIFY YOURSELVES? YES. MAYOR. HI, THIS IS CAROLINE MCDONALD WITH BRANDON ORTIZ. ADDRESS ONE 12 EAST PECAN SUITE 1360. OKAY. UM, AND WHO, WHO ELSE IS IN THE GROUP? YES, I HAVE, I'M SORRY. DR. LISA CLEVELAND. AND DR. KEVIN DOWNEY, UM, TO, THEY HAVE BOTH SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY, SO I BELIEVE WE ARE ALLOTTED NINE MINUTES. YEAH. UH, YOU SAID DR. CLEVELAND IS THERE WITH YOU? YES, SIR. YES. OKAY. DR. CLEVELAND. GREAT. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. Y'ALL HAVE NINE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND IT, UH, THE AV SUPPORT COULD PLEASE PUT UP OUR PRESENTATION. UM, I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING, UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TODAY. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CASE. CA OKAY. UH, VERY IMPORTANT CASE ON BEHALF OF CROSSPOINT AND UT HEALTH SCHOOL OF NURSING. UM, IT WILL ALLOW FOR AN EXPANSION OF THEIR ALREADY EXISTING CAEA PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS, UH, MOTHERS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND, UH, THEIR CHILDREN. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ALLOW FOR AV TO PLAY THE VIDEO, AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL JUMP IN AFTER THAT. WELCOME TO CASSIA. CASSIA PROVIDES ITS RESIDENTS WITH TRANSITIONAL RESIDENTIAL SERVICES LIKE EVERY OTHER CROSSPOINT RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, BUT WE ARE DIFFERENT. IN ONE IMPORTANT WAY, CASM SERVES PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN WITH OPIOID USE DISORDERS AND THEIR BABIES MAKING THIS THE ONLY CROSSPOINT PROGRAM THAT HOUSES, MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN WE'RE LOCATED IN CROSSPOINTS OLDEST FACILITY PRIOR HOUSE THAT THE AGENCY ACQUIRED IN 1867. PRIOR HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOME TO A FEMALE POPULATION FOR MANY YEARS. IT HOUSED WOMEN BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON. IN 2011, CROSSPOINTS FIRST EFFORT TO OFFER REFUGE TO WOMEN AND RECOVERY TOOK FORM IN THE RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT HOME WITH FEMALE VETERANS. ADDED LATER THEN IN 2018, CROSSPOINT BEGAN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UT HEALTH SCHOOL OF NURSING TO CREATE CASSIA CASSIA ACCOMMODATES UP TO 20 WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN AGES NEWBORN TO FIVE YEARS OLD. THIS MAKES CASIA A PLACE WHERE SOMETHING IS ALWAYS HAPPENING, WHETHER IT IS THE BASIC CLASSES IN PARENTING, NUTRITION AND WELLNESS, YOGA CLASSES, PEER SUPPORT MEETINGS, OR ENGAGING MOTHERS AND TODDLERS IN PLAY ACTIVITY. THE GROUND FLOOR CONSISTS OF A RECEPTION AREA, A CASE MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT DOUBLES [01:35:01] IS A MEETING ROOM, A LIVING ROOM, A DINING ROOM, AND A SMALL KITCHEN. THE CLIENTS AND CHILDREN LIVE IN AN INTERCONNECTED DORMITORY TYPE STYLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR WITH TWO TO FOUR BEDS PER ROOM. A SMALL SUN ROOM OFFERS A PLACE FOR MOTHER INFANT BONDING OUTSIDE CROSSPOINT ADDED A FENCED AREA WITH A GAZEBO, PICNIC TABLES AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR TODDLERS. THE SPACIOUS FRONT PORCH IS USED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND TO GIVE MOTHERS SOME SPACE FOR QUIET STUDY. WITH SCHOOL OF NURSING'S FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, CASA M FOCUSES ON BUILDING RECOVERY, EDUCATION, LIFE SKILLS, EMPLOYMENT, AND MOST PROMINENTLY REUNIFICATION OF MOTHER AND THEIR CHILD. THROUGH C P S SCHOOL OF NURSING STAFF PROVIDE PARENTING CLASSES, NUTRITION CLASSES, AND WEEKLY ACTIVITIES FOR THE MOMS. MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE ON MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT WITH SUBOXONE OR METHADONE. ANOTHER NEW ERROR FOR CROSSPOINT AND RECOVERY COACHES ARE ALSO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROGRAM DESIGN. ALL PROGRAMS STAFF ARE TRAINED AS RECOVERY COACHES. CASSIA IS ALSO THE ONLY CROSSPOINT PROGRAM TO ACCEPT SELF-REFERRALS DIRECTLY. THOUGH MANY OF OUR PROGRAM REFERRALS COME FROM TREATMENT FACILITIES, C P S CASEWORKERS AND BEXAR COUNTY SPECIALTY COURTS, INCLUDING DRUG COURT AND ESPERANZA COURT. CASSIA OFFERS ITS CLIENTS AN OPEN-ENDED LENGTH OF STAY, BUT MOST CLIENTS RECEIVE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM THESE SERVICES MODEL AFTER SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS. LIKE ALL CROSSPOINT PROGRAMS, CLIENTS UNDERGO AN ASSESSMENT PROCESS AFTER ADMISSION AND ARE ENGAGED BY OUR CASE MANAGERS. IN REGULAR PROGRAM PLANNING, CLIENTS ARE HELD TO AGREED UPON CURFEWS AND ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS, ABSTINENCE ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRAM PLANNING AND ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS COMPLIANCE WITH APPROPRIATE CLINICAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY ARE BASIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. CLIENTS UNDERGO FREQUENT BREATH TESTING FOR ALCOHOL AND RANDOM URINE TESTING FOR DRUG USE. THE CLIENTS AT CASSIA FACE HUGE CHALLENGES IN THEIR LIVES. FOREMOST, OF COURSE, IS ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A STABLE RECOVERY PLAN. BUT ALSO OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE IS ADDRESSING TRAUMA AND LEARNING THE SKILLS OF BEING A PARENT. MANY OF OUR CLIENTS ARE NOT FIRST TIME MOTHERS, BUT OFTEN THESE WOMEN HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY RAISE THEIR CHILDREN DUE TO THEIR HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE ADDICTION. THAT MEANS THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT NUTRITION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, BABY WELLNESS, AND EVEN HOW TO DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE LEARNING RECOVERY. ADD TO THIS THE HUGE CHALLENGE OF HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND EMPLOYMENT THAT SUSTAINS THEM. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY A CLIENT MIGHT EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF BEING OVERWHELMED. THE CASA PROGRAM CANNOT RESOLVE EVERY ISSUE OF OUR MOTHERS, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM A SAFE, SECURE PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE AND WORK. AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE NURTURING SKILLS THAT COME WITH A HEALTHY MOTHER CHILD BOND PROVIDES STRENGTH THAT REACHES FAR IN THEIR LIVES AND HAS A POSITIVE INTERGENERATIONAL IMPACT. WELCOME TO CASA. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE HEAR YOU. GREAT. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DR. LISA CLEVELAND. I'M AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL OF NURSING, AND WE'RE CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER. THIS WOMEN'S WELLNESS CAMPUS WILL MEET A CRITICAL NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION. THIS TRACKING RATES OF NEWBORN PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE BEGAN IN 2009. THEIR COUNTY HAS CONSISTENTLY REPORTED THE HIGHEST NUMBERS IN THE STATE. A THIRD OF ALL CASES REPRESENTING 300 TO 400 FAMILIES IMPACTED IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR. AS A RESULT, IN 2016, MY TEAM AND I ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY, PRIMARILY PARENTING WOMEN WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS TO LEARN WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THEY TOLD US REPEATEDLY, THERE'S NOWHERE WE CAN GO TO RECOVER WITH OUR CHILDREN. INSTEAD, MOTHER MOTHERS ENTERING TREATMENT ARE ROUTINELY SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN WHILE THEIR CHILDREN ARE OFTEN PLACED IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. THIS IS A TRENDING OBSERVED NATIONALLY AS WELL WITH A RECENT 10% INCREASE IN CHILDREN ENTERING THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AFTER DECADES OF STEADY DECLINE. MOST OF THESE CHILDREN ARE UNDER THE AGE OF TWO, AND THEIR REASON FOR REMOVAL IS PARENTAL SUBSTANCE USE. SO WITH FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, TWO YEARS AGO, CROSSPOINT AND THE SCHOOL OF NURSING ESTABLISHED , THE RECOVERY RESIDENCE YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO LOCATED AT DISTRICT ONE IN THE BEAUTIFUL MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND OUR FAMILIES ARE THRIVING. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE BEEN AT OUR CAPACITY OF 20 MAMAS AND BABIES SINCE OPENING. THIS PROMPTED THE STATE TO ADD $3.8 MILLION [01:40:02] TO OUR BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DOUBLE OUR CAPACITY 40 BED. WE WILL WILL ALSO EXTEND SERVICES TO WOMEN WITH ANY TYPE OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND PROVIDE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR THE CAMPUS AND A SPECIALTY NURSERY FOR NEWBORNS EXPERIENCING DRUG WITHDRAWAL. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SLIDE NUMBER FOUR. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN DENY THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, BUT ULTIMATELY BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE ZONING REQUEST THAT WILL ALLOW FOR YOU, UH, THIS PROJECT TO EXIST. UM, WE ARE IN DISTRICT TWO. WE ARE OFF OF FOUR 10 AND RIGSBY ABOUT 2.9 ACRES. UH, IT'S CURRENT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DESIGNATION OF R FIVE. AND AS WITH ALL TRANSITIONAL HOME DESIGNATIONS, WE DO NEED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THIS PROJECT TO EXIST. UM, THERE IS NO PLAN AMENDMENT REQUIRED. WE ARE ADJACENT TO THE CHURCH, THE EMMANUEL A M E CHURCH. WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AS WELL AS ZONING COMM COMMISSIONS, UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. UM, WE DID DO A TON OF NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, UH, FROM SINCE JULY OF THIS YEAR. WE DO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF DAN MARTINEZ WITH THE DEL CREST ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE EASTERN TRIANGLE GROUP. AND WE DO HAVE THE SUPPORT AFTER BLOCK WALKING OF FIVE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY. SO WE DO NEED YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST TODAY. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. DOWNEY SO HE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS THE OUTREACH AND WOMEN'S WELLNESS CAMPUS. THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS DR. KEVIN DOWNEY, PRESIDENT AND C E O OF CROSSPOINT. UM, TYLER, QUICKLY, I, DANIEL MARTINEZ SCRITCH, WHO WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND FORMER CHAIR OF ASSOCIATION. UH, WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OTHERS. PASTOR EMMA ALEXANDER AT TRU VINE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPERTY IS SUPPORTIVE. UH, WE HAVE MATCHED WITH, UH, THE DR. DOWNEY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO, UH, THAT WAS THE DURATION OF YOUR TIME. UM, ANY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM CAN YIELD TO YOU TO FINISH UP YOUR COMMENTS. UH, BUT WE DO HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE OTHER, OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE LIST. SO LET ME GO NOW TO, UH, SISTER GABRIELA LOHAN, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THE COUNCIL, MR. LOHAN? SHE DID NOT. OKAY. LEMME TURN IT OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SULLIVAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE THE FLOOR TO, UH, KEVIN, YOU CAN DO SO. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS TO, TO THIS, THIS ZONING. AND SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ANYONE THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I THINK THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FAIRWAY THAT WE DO, UM, THIS PROCESS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR BACK OVER TO DR. DOWNEY FOR A FEW MOMENTS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. OKAY. DR. DOWNEY, IF, UH, GO AHEAD AND FINISH THAT, THEN YOU SAY THAT I CAN CONTINUE OR NO? YES. KEEP GOING. DR. DOWNEY. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO WANT TO JUST VERY BRIEFLY TOUCH UPON, UH, SOME OF THE BENEFITS TO HAVING A TRANSITIONAL HOME THERE IN DISTRICT TWO. FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE SELF-REFERRAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EAST SIDE MOMS. UM, UH, ALMOST 30% SO FAR HAVE COME FROM DISTRICTS TWO AND THREE. UH, THERE ARE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE WILL BE HIRING BETWEEN CROSSPOINT AND SCHOOL OF NURSING. UP TO 20 JOBS WILL BE FILLED. THERE WILL BE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, ONE OF WHICH WE DISCUSSED IS THE CUDDLERS PROGRAM. THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES, THE DISTRICT TWO RELATED TO THE CAMPUS. AND THIS INCLUDES CONTRACT, LABOR, UH, PURCHASING OF SUPPLIES, UH, UH, FOOD, AND GOING TO LOCAL RESTAURANTS. THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS THAT WE DO IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WE'RE IN. UH, WE, OUR RESIDENTS VOLUNTEER TO DO LANDSCAPING, PAINTING, GARDEN DEVELOPMENT, ET CETERA. UH, AND FINALLY THERE WILL BE MEETING SPACE MADE AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY GROUPS. WE ALREADY DO THIS AT THE FORMER CONVENT ON YUCA. UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SERVED IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OVER [01:45:01] 60 MOMS AND OVER 40 BABIES. UM, AND NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, WE JUST FEEL WE CAN'T THROW AWAY THOSE WHO ARE BROKEN, WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE LOVE AND SUPPORT NEEDED FOR A NEW START. THEY DO HAVE IT AT CASSIA, BUT THE CAMPUS WILL PROMOTE HEALING AND STARTING ANEW AT A LARGER SCALE. UH, WHEN I FIRST MET PASTOR GARMAN AT A M E CHURCH, UH, HE HAD A VERY SIMILAR VISION. AND THROUGH THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH CROSSPOINT SCHOOL OF NURSING, HIS VISION IS COMING TO FRUITION. UM, MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE VOTE TODAY IS A VOTE EXPRESSING, UH, COMPASSION FOR THOSE VULNERABLE MOTHERS AND BABIES. AND IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. THANK YOU. SO IT IS WITH THAT, THAT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS CASE. GO AHEAD. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU TO DR. DOWNEY. THANK YOU TO, UM, BROWN AND ORTIZ. CAROLINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING, UM, DILIGENTLY WITH WITH THIS CASE. WE KNOW THAT DISTRICT TWO HAS SEEN ITS SHARE OF CONTENTIOUS ZONING WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT COMES BEFORE US BEFORE THIS NEW YEAR. UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT HAVE ARISE FROM THE CONVERSATION WITH THE TRUSTEES AT THE EMMANUEL A M E CHURCH. UM, FIVE TRUSTEES SIT ON THAT BOARD. THREE OUT OF THE, THE FIVE VOTED AGAINST THE SELLING OF THE PROPERTY TO BEGIN WITH. UM, I FOUND THAT OUT WITHIN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THIS COMMUNITY. UM, I WAS HOPING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR VOICES KNOWN, BUT YOU HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE EMAIL TRAFFIC THAT THEY HAVE SENT. WE'VE HAD OVER 45 SIGNATURES COME FROM THE CHURCH ITSELF AS A PETITION AGAINST THE, UH, ZONING OF THIS. WE'VE HAD, UH, THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH THE GOVERNMENT HILL. UM, WELL, WE HAVE THE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. SO YOU HAVE MR. DAN MARTINEZ THAT IS PART OF THE EASTERN TRIANGLE, BUT ALSO REPRESENTING DEL CREST. BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE DEL CREST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ITSELF. UM, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DEL CREST AND WORK WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF DEL CREST THAT ARE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION. UM, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE CONVERSATION, THE CONVERSATION WAS TO MEET WITH EVERYONE THAT WAS A PART OF THE DEL CREST NEIGHBORHOOD, WHETHER IT'S H E B, THE BUSINESSES, THE NEW STELLA APARTMENTS THAT MOVED THERE TO THE COPERNICUS AREA LOCATION WITH THE N R P GROUP, ALONG WITH THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE MOST IMPACTED AREA OF THE 200 SQUARE FEET. UM, I HEARD THAT WE HAVE FIVE NOTICES OF THE 200 SQUARE FEET. I HAVE YET TO SEE 'EM WITHIN ALL OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF EQUITY, AND WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AS A CITY, BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT AND YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT TWO, EQUITY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE, THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN TO. UM, JUST LAST MONTH WE HEARD THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF GOVERNMENT HILL NEEDED TO BE SAVED, AND THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO STEP UP AND MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENED. I'M ASKING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO SPEAK ABOUT EQUITY, WE DO NOT CONTRADICT WHAT WE BELIEVE. IF WE BELIEVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEN WE LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M ASKING IF THIS IS A REZONING BECAUSE WE JUST RESOLVED MONTE VISTA. SO ARE WE RELOCATING THIS, UH, TRANSITIONAL HOME INTO DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE WE NOW REZONE MONTE VISTA? OR IS THIS A TRANSITIONAL HOME? OR IS IT A CLINIC THAT IS THE THING THAT'S COME UP IN THE LAST 24 HOURS? THE MISSION IS GREAT. THE MISSION IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO, AND THAT IS SAVE, PROTECT, AND HELP LOTS. HOWEVER, THE RES THE THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE TO COME TO TODAY IS, DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT IT? AND THE ANSWER IS NO. UM, I STAND WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE PLATE AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MOVED IN, BOUGHT THEIR HOMES, RAISED THEIR CHILDREN, STAYED THERE, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE A VOICE WITHIN WHAT THEY WANNA SEE WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. DOES THIS FIT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S MASTER PLAN? HAVE WE EVEN GOTTEN THAT? I HAVEN'T SEEN A REPORT. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT DRAINAGE AND WATER ISSUES AND SEWER ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN RES, HOW IS THIS GOING TO HELP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN IT COMES TO THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THERE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NOT ADAPTABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FOR SUCH ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT. SO HOW ARE WE MOVING OTHER IN, UH, ENTITIES INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, SO THOSE ARE CONCERNS I HAVE WITH THE REZONING. I HAVE AN ISSUE BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ASKED US TO PLEASE PUT TOGETHER A WEBEX, THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OFFICE. THEY JUST WANTED TO USE THE PLATFORM. WE ALLOWED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE PROCESS THAT IS GONNA AFFECT THEIR [01:50:01] EVERYDAY LIVES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NOTES THAT COME IN FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE DALE CREST NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE LETTERS FROM MS. JOHNSON. AND MS. JOHNSON IS AN OLDER LADY THAT LIVED IN, IN, THAT LIVES IN DEL CREST. AND HER MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIGHT CASES SUCH AS THIS. SO PLEASE SAVE DEL CREST. BUT WE HEARD, PLEASE SAVE GOVERNMENT HILL. AND OUR CITY COUNCIL STEPPED UP AND DID THAT. SO I'M ASKING THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. WE DO NOT GO FORWARD IN HYPOCRISY OF HOW WE WILL REPRESENT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ESPECIALLY IN A DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN FAR LEFT BEHIND BY A CITY THAT CONTINUES TO JUST PUSH OFF THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO NOT WANT IN THEIR BACKYARDS OR WHETHER WE'RE REZONING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REZONE TO A PLACE WHERE THIS HAS TO GO INTO ANOTHER DISTRICT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXPRESS NEWS IN 2017, WE LOOK AT THE MANY SOCIAL SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN PRO PROVIDED, BUT HOWEVER WE LOOK AT THE DUMPING GROUND OF WHAT WE CALL THE MOST SEGREGATED CITY, BEING DISTRICT TWO AS ONE OF THE MOST SEGREGATED AREAS THAT HAS NOT SEEN ANY FORM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YET. STILL WE'RE GETTING TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITIES. AND HOW DOES THAT TRULY SPEAK TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA THAT HAS NOT SEEN IT? AND WE HAVE THE MEANS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO PUT IN TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITIES. AND AT LAST COUNT, THIS WOULD MAKE NUMBER EIGHT. UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOES THAT SPEAK TO UPLIFTING A COMMUNITY THAT FEELS LIKE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS NOT LISTENED TO IT. UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND YOU LOOK AT DEL CREST, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW NOW IT'S BEING REPRESENTED TO HAVE A PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO WANT TO MOVE LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND HAVE THEIR VISION TO WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE, DOES THAT INCLUDE, UM, HAVING MORE TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITIES WITHIN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS? WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN DALE CREST AND YOU LOOK AT THE PARKS WITHIN THEIR CREST, THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY LOVE, CARE, OR CONCERN IN THE LAST SIX TO 10 YEARS. THAT IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SA UH, SAN ANTONIO.GOV WEBSITE, WE AS A CITY DEFINE EQUITY AS A MEANS THAT OUR POLICYMAKING, SERVICE DELIVERY AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENT HISTORIES, CHALLENGES AND NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. RACIAL EQUITY MEANS WE ELIMINATE RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITIES SO THAT RACE CAN NO LONGER BE USED TO PREDICT SUCCESS OR, UH, INCREASE THE SUCCESS OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I HAVE MANY, MANY QUESTIONS, BUT I LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THEIR WORK, PAY THEIR TAXES, AND RELY ON THE ELECTED PERSON THEY HAVE REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK FOR THAT DISTRICT. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO DISTRICT TWO, IF YOU HAVE NOT DRIVEN DOWN ER, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE NEW N R P FELLOW APARTMENTS, THEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF WHEN I SPEAK OF DEL CREST. SO HOW CAN YOU MAKE A DECISION FOR AN AREA THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN? I VOTE RIGHT NOW IN FAVOR OF MY COMMUNITY. I VOTE IN FAVOR OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AS THE DALE CREST NEIGHBORHOOD HAS OPPOSED, I WORK AND STAND IN FAVOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS THERE. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS IN DALE CREST HAVE CONTACTED OUR OFFICE AND EXPRESSED THEIR DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THIS TYPE OF FACILITY. ONE OF THE, THE STATEMENTS IS, WHY MUST DISTRICT TWO BE THE DUMPING GROUND FOR ALL THINGS THAT DO NOT RELATE TO UPLIFTING THE DISTRICT? I AM ASKING THAT WE DENY, UH, THE ZONING OF THIS CASE, AND THIS IS HOW WE WILL START THE FOUNDATION OF KNOWING EXACTLY HOW TO DO ZONING IN THE DISTRICT TWO AREA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY, UM, DISTRICT TWO CONSTITUENTS ARE, UH, CURIOUS ABOUT MY OPINION, UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN A HARDER WORKING AND MORE PASSIONATE, UM, CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE THAN THE ONE YOU'VE GOT. AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER. UM, THE, UM, SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AT REACHING OUT TO ALL OF US AND TALKING TO US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE NEEDS OF Y'ALL'S NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, THE PRIORITIES OVER THERE. AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN, IN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, ANDREW SULLIVAN'S SINCERITY, UH, AND, AND HER DRIVE TO PROTECT HER NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, UP UNTIL YESTERDAY, UH, NIGHT, ACTUALLY UP UNTIL LAST NIGHT, I WAS GOING TO, UM, SUPPORT THE DENIAL OF, OF THIS, UH, OF THIS ITEM UNTIL I TALKED TO MY MOM. AND, UH, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO, UM, WHO KNOW HER, MY MOTHER IS THE, THE C E O OF THE BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER. AND ONE OF THEIR 19 PROGRAMS IS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. UM, [01:55:01] AND SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT OF HER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS AROUND SAN ANTONIO, UM, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN OPPOSED BY NEIGHBORHOODS. EVERY SINGLE ONE. UM, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN OPPOSED BY, UH, THE COUNCIL PERSON IN WHOSE DISTRICT, UM, THEY, UH, THEY'RE BUILT, UH, THEY'RE SPREAD OUT AROUND TOWN SECRET LOCATIONS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WOMEN. BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN OPPOSED. AND, UM, THE, UM, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE CASES IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD TO, UH, THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD TO COME IN AND, UM, VOTE, UM, CONTRARY TO, UH, WHAT IS TRADITION, RIGHT? WHICH IS ALWAYS SUPPORT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IN THEIR DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE EXPERT IN THEIR DISTRICT. UM, AND SHE SAID TO ME, NONE OF MY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECTS WOULD EVER EXIST HAD YOU GUYS STUCK TO THAT TRADITION, RIGHT? AND THAT SOMETIMES THAT TRADITION NEEDS TO BE BUCKED, UM, IN ORDER FOR, UH, THESE PROJECTS TO EXIST. AND NONE OF US, UH, HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ANYWHERE NEAR THEM, AND YET THEY NEED TO EXIST. UM, AND ONE DAY IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND ONE DAY MY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GONNA BE UPSET ABOUT IT. AND I MAY EVEN TAKE THE SAME POSITION THAT COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN IS. AND MY HOPE IS THAT YOU ALL VOTE IN FAVOR OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING NO MATTER WHERE IT'S, UH, EVEN IF IT'S INDEED. AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, I, I DARE, UH, YOU KNOW, DO THIS AT, AT THE RISK OF DRAWING YOUR HIGHER AND YOUR, YOUR CONTEMPT, BUT I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM, AND I'M TRYING TO COME FROM A GOOD PLACE HERE. UH, BUT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT, UM, YOU'RE ALSO COMING FROM A GOOD PLACE. AND, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU AND I, UM, DISAGREE. AND, UM, THAT'LL HAPPEN ONCE IN A WHILE, AND I HOPE IT'S NEVER AGAIN. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE THAT THOSE INSTANCES ARE RARE, BUT IN THIS ONE INSTANCE, UM, I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO SUPPORT THIS CROSSPOINT PROJECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FLIES. UM, OKAY. UM, I DID NOT HEAR A MOTION YET, SO LET ME TURN BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. FIRST COUNCILWOMAN HAS HAND UP. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN VIA HAND UP. YEAH. UM, OKAY. LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER , AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK, UH, FOR A MOTION AS COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AFTER THE DISCRETION. GO AHEAD. YEAH. THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY. UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN FOR, FOR SHARING THIS. I HAVE SOME BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, MAYBE THOSE ON THE, THE CALL OR SOMEBODY CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. SO THE TRANSITION HOME WITH CROSSPOINT IN DISTRICT ONE, IS THAT GOING TO CONTINUE? AND WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY? COUNCILMAN? MAYBE THE APPLICANT CAN HELP ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. YEAH. UH, CAROLINE HERE. LISA CLEVELAND. UH, CAN YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION ABOUT THE EXISTING FACILITY IN DISTRICT ONE? UM, SHOULD I UNFORTUNATELY REPEAT, I'LL REPEAT IT. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE FACILITY IN MONTE VISTA AND, UM, WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY? SURE. ANSWER THAT, THAT QUESTION IS BETTER ANSWERED BY ME. OH, GO AHEAD. YEAH, THIS IS KEVIN DOUGHTY AGAIN. UH, THAT IS A CROSSPOINT PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE OWNED SINCE 1967. UH, WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF NOT USING THAT AS A TRANSITIONAL HOME. THEY'RE ACTUALLY, SINCE COVID, WE HAVE HAD, UH, PRESSURE COMING FROM DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE CITY TO START EXPANDING SERVICES FOR HOMELESS FEMALE VETERANS, FOR WOMEN BEING RELEASED FROM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITALS, FROM JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVED WITH JUSTICE. UM, CROSSPOINT HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ON WHO WILL BE SERVED THERE, UM, BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN ZONING FOR THE NEW CAMPUS YET, BUT THE PLAN IS NOT TO GET RID OF THAT ABILITY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. AND, UM, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE PROPERTY ON, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT, SLINGER, SLINGER. UH, SO WILL YOU, WHERE IS THE ACCESS POINT GOING TO BE? IS IT GOING TO BE OFF OF, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THIS PRESENTATION. HOW MANY [02:00:01] ACRES IS IT? HOW LARGE IS THIS FACILITY GOING TO BE? WHERE'S THE ENTRANCE POINT? IS IT ON SLINGER OR IS IT GOING TO BE OFF OF THE ACCESS ROAD? SO IF SOMEBODY CAN PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH ME. J COUNCILWOMAN, THEY DID HAVE A SITE PLAN ATTACHED IN THE, UM, FOR THIS ITEM. AND, UM, I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, BUT ALSO THE APPLICANT CAN JUMP IN IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'M MISSING. THE PROPERTY IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 2.89 ACRES. UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE HAVING ACCESS, UH, OFF OF, I CAN'T SEE THIS HERE ON THIS, UH, SITE PLAN, BUT, UM, CAROLINE, DO YOU HAVE A REFERENCE WHERE THIS IS, THE ACCESS POINT IS COMING OFF OF THIS ONE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. HI. SORRY. UM, I APOLOGIZE. WE KEEP GETTING MUTED. UM, YES. UH, COUNCILMAN, I APOLOGIZE. THE, THE SITE PLAN WASN'T OUR POWERPOINT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE QUITE QUITE MADE IT THERE. UM, MELISSA'S CORRECT. WE ARE 2.89 ACRES. UM, OUR ACCESS POINT WILL BE OFF OF STINGER. WE DID WANT IT TO BE OUT TO FOUR 10, BUT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE ON-RAMP, OFF RAMP THAT'S WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY, TEXDOT WILL NOT PROVIDE US A PERMIT FOR THAT ACCESS POINT AFTER ONE OF OUR MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SPECIFICALLY THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET. UM, WE DID MOVE OUR ACCESS POINT AT THEIR REQUEST IT AT PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS FARTHER NORTH OF, OF THIS SITE, BUT WE ACTUALLY MOVED IT SOUTH, UM, TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE CHURCH'S ACCESS POINTS. UM, SO THAT, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS AT THOSE TWO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS REQUEST. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND I THINK, UM, WHAT'S BEEN VERY, UH, HELPFUL HERE IS TO HEAR THE MISSION OF CROSSPOINT AS WELL. AND, UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL . COUNCIL MEMBER . THANK YOU, SIR. AND, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SULLIVAN. I, I KNOW THIS IS A, A TOUGH ONE, BUT I, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS PROBABLY FOR, UH, UH, MS. MCDONALD, IF YOU COULD, UH, UH, HELP ME OUT HERE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UM, BEING FOR AND AGAINST. WHAT, WHAT OUTREACH DID, DID Y'ALL DO TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GOT? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION OF SUPPORT OR NON-SUPPORT OF ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES? HI, YES, COUNCILMAN PERRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. HI. YES. SO, YES, WE ACTUALLY STARTED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH IN JULY, 2020. UH, BEFORE EVEN FILING THE ZONING APPLICATION, WE REACHED OUT TO THE DEL CREST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE DEL CREST ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY GROUP. UM, WE ALSO BLOCK WALKED, UM, TO THE OWNERS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM DAN MARTINEZ, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEL CREST ASSOCIATION, THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY GROUP OF WHICH, UH, ZONING COMMISSIONER CHAIR, JOY MCGEE, THAT'S ON THE BOARD, AS WELL AS DAN MARTINEZ. WE ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN OUR 200 FOOT RADIUS. AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THOSE FIVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO THE CITY, AND IT IS ON RECORD WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE DID HAVE TWO MEETINGS WITH THE DEL CREST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, THAT WERE NOT AS PRODUCTIVE. AND SO WE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GAIN THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS, THIS SITE. THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT, BUT AGAIN, THEY, THEY DID NOT LIKE THIS SITE FOR, FOR THIS USE. SO THE ONE, ONE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, YOU WEREN'T GETTING SUPPORT ON, I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE A BUNCH OF SIGNATURES ON THAT, ON THAT LETTER THAT, UH, WAS SUBMITTED. I, I HEARD THE WORD 45, SO MY YES, I UNDERSTAND. THERE WAS A PETITION THAT WAS CIRCULATED. IT HAD, UH, 43 NAMES ON IT, BUT NO ADDRESSES. UM, I THINK THE COUNCILWOMAN STATED THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY LIVE IN DEL CREST OR IF THEY LIVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, ONE THING I DID LEAVE OUT IS THAT WE DO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT TWO, DR. LILLIAN JONES, UH, WHO USED TO LIVE [02:05:01] IN THIS AREA. OKAY. UM, WHEN WE GOT TO THIS POINT WHERE WE HAD A COMMUNITY THAT WAS AGREEING WITH IT OR THIS, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY LIVE IN THAT AREA OR NOT, UM, WAS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL MEETINGS HELD WITH THE, THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WAS, WAS ONE EVER SCHEDULED WITH EVERYBODY TOGETHER SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT? UH, YES, SIR. WE ACTUALLY LAST WEEK, UM, CON MADE CONTACT WITH THE DISTRICT TWO OFFICE AND THEY SET UP A MEETING WITH THE DEL CREST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THIS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH. AND TWO DAYS LATER, THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO MEET WITH THEM, PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION, AND I THINK EVEN A COMMENT WAS LEFT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT THEY DON'T WANT ANY ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WITH US, SO AND SO THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK WITH THE DEVELOPERS. BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. UM, SO I'M TRYING TO GET A GRASP OF, YOU'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASSOCIATIONS OUT THERE. WHAT ARE THE SIZES OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE FOR IT VERSUS AGAINST? I KNOW WE GOT THE LETTER WITH 43 SIGNATURES ON IT FROM, FROM THIS OTHER GROUP, BUT WHAT, WHAT, GIVE ME A MAGNITUDE AND SIZES OF THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. SURE. AND I, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK ON THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE. I, I DO NOT LIVE IN THAT AREA, SO I CAN ONLY GO OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND WHAT IS PROVIDED TO ME. MR. DAN MARTINEZ WITH THE DEL CREST NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, DID REPRESENT THAT HE HAS OVER A THOUSAND MEMBERS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HOMES RATHER, UM, THE DEL CREST AREA, I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY WEBSITE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING SINCE I THINK FEBRUARY BEFORE WE CAME AROUND. SO I, I CAN'T ATTEST TO HOW MANY MEMBERS THAT THEY HAVE. THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY GROUP ENCOMPASSES NOT JUST DISTRICT TWO, BUT PARTS OF DISTRICT THREE AS WELL. SO THEY HAVE SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS, AND THEIR BOARD DID INDICATE THEIR SUPPORT. SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT I'VE BEEN PROVIDED AND WHAT IS PROVIDED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. SO TWO OF THE THREE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, UH, I MEAN, IS IT FAIR TO SAY TWO OF THE THREE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, SO YEAH, I'M, I'M A BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD CAN SAY THEY DON'T WANNA MEET, ESPECIALLY IF, UH, WHO CALLED THE MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WAS THAT YOURSELVES ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OR WHO CALLED THAT MEETING? IT WAS, IT WAS THE DISTRICT TWO OFFICE. OKAY. YEAH, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF STRANGE THAT A DISTRICT, UH, COUNCIL PERSON WOULD CALL A MEETING AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS NO. I, I, THAT, THAT KIND OF FLOORS ME. BUT, UH, UM, THAT BEING SAID, ALRIGHT, UM, I, I, I JUST WANTED TO GET A FEEL FOR THE MAGNITUDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE IN SUPPORT VERSUS NOT SUPPORT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID NO TO A MEETING TO SIT DOWN AND, UM, COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE OR, OR DISCUSS THE, DISCUSS THE SITUATION. SO, UM, OKAY. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. UH, I THINK THAT YOU MADE SOME REALLY, UM, PASSIONATE POINTS AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS, UH, A CHAMPION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OF STAFF AND IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW, BY THE WAY, THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL REVIEW. UM, ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW, THEY, UM, MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS CLOSE OPIOID SUPPORT. WHERE IS THAT? WHAT IS THE CLOSEST SUPPORT SYSTEM TO, TO THIS? HOW MANY MILES AWAY IS IT? HOW IS THAT IMPORTANT? SO HOW IS THAT RELATIVE? YES, COUNCILMAN, I THINK, UH, THE APPLICANT'S GONNA HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THAT IS A SERVICE THAT'S PROVIDED TO, UM, CROSSPOINT. CAROLINE, ARE YOU THERE? COUNCIL? YES. SORRY. COUNCILWOMAN ROA GARCIA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION PLEASE? SO THAT DR. CLEVELAND AND DR. DOWNEY CAN HEAR YOU. SURE. UM, YOU ALL MENTIONED, AND IN ONE OF THE SLIDES, IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST SLIDES THAT [02:10:01] THERE IS CLOSE, UM, OPIOID SUPPORT, UH, A CLOSED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT. HOW CLOSE IS THAT IN MILES? AND, AND I GUESS LIKE, I, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT AN EXPERT. WE, NONE OF US ARE, UM, IN THIS, SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE THAT PROXIMITY? WHAT IS THE AVERAGE, UM, I, I GUESS IN MILES THAT SOMETHING'S SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED. I, I'M TRYING TO ESTABLISH LIKE WHAT DOES IT NEED OR, OR WHAT WAS THAT BULLET POINT, I GUESS ALLUDING TO, DR. DOWNEY, ARE YOU THERE? I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE BLOCKED HIM. I APOLOGIZE. COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. UM, SO, SO THAT'S, THAT IS HUGE TO ME BECAUSE THEN I WAS GONNA ASK CITY STAFF, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN MENTIONED THAT THERE'S BEEN EIGHT TRANSITIONAL COMMUNITIES AND DISTRICT TWO. UM, I'M WONDERING, DO WE HAVE A MAP OF THE TRANSITIONAL, UM, COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY? UM, AND THEN ALSO WHEN SHE MENTIONED THE EIGHT, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S IN TOTAL IN DISTRICT TWO. UM, BUT I THINK I RECALL HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A COUNCILWOMAN SAYING THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THERE HAD BEEN FOUR TRANSITIONAL COMMUNITIES COMING TO D TWO I. I, I MIGHT BE MIXING THOSE NUMBERS UP. COUNCILMAN, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? WELL, UM, WE GOT CROSSPOINT, UH, WHEN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN IVY TAYLOR WAS MET ON, ON COUNCIL. SO THAT WAS THE LAST ONE THAT CAME INTO THE DISTRICT. YOU HAVE THE HELEY MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE DAVID COY, UM, YOU HAVE, UH, HOLD ON, LET ME GET THE LIST. I APOLOGIZE. YOU HAVE CROSS POINT DAVE COY, HELEY MURPHY IN BETWEEN, UH, LIVING CENTER, THE OXFORD HOUSE, NEWLY EMPOWERED WOMEN FOUNDATION MINISTRY, SELENA CENTER FOR USE, THE CMA, CRYSTAL METH AND ALCOHOL. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. UM, MELISSA, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING, DO WE HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS THAT, OR, OR MAYBE IT'S MIKE SHANNON THAT SENT US, DO WE HAVE A MIC THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE TRANSITIONAL FACILITIES AND HOW THEY'RE SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE CITY? COUNCILMAN? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT. MIKE, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE YOU WERE GONNA ADD? I SAW YOU WERE GONNA JUMP IN. SORRY. NO, THAT, THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. CAN YOU, WHEN YOU MAKE THAT MAP UP, CAN YOU DESIGNATE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY, UM, SPECIALIZE IN? SO, SO THIS IS IN PARTICULAR O OPIOID, I THINK IS WHAT I'M HEARING. WOULD THAT BE FAIR TO SAY OR NO? WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THOSE AND THEN DETERMINE BASED OFF OF, UH, THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHAT SCOPE OF WORK THEY'RE PROVIDING. UM, AND THEN, UM, IF NEEDED, WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE APPLICANTS ON THOSE. OKAY. AND THEN, MELISSA, MY NEXT QUESTION FOR YOU IS, UM, IS THERE A REASON THAT WE, UH, HAVE TO TAKE THIS VOTE UP TODAY? I IS, IS I, I, IS THERE DEADLINE FOR A GRANT APPLICATION THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? I, I WOULD BELIEVE THAT QUESTION NEEDS TO BE DIRECTED TO THE APPLICANT COUNCILMAN? UM, I'M NOT, I, I ANTICIPATE THEY DO HAVE DEADLINES, BUT I AM NOT AWARE OF THEM. CAROLINE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. YES, DR. DOWNEY? YES. IF THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED, UH, I WAS COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED. I, I HAD NO, NO SOUND WHATSOEVER. SO, CAROLINE, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE QUESTION WAS SO I CAN ANSWER IT? SURE. I BELIEVE IT. UH, IS THERE A PRESSING TIMELINE FOR THE VOTE TODAY? UH, DR. YES. ROCHA GARCIA. OH, THAT'S A DR. CLEVELAND, UH, QUESTION. YES. WE HAVE, UM, A CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, AND IT, IT'S TYPICAL OF THE STATE. THE CONTRACT WAS ISSUED LATE, IT WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR. IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT. AND SO THIS IS $3.8 MILLION WE HAVE BEEN, UM, AWARDED FROM THE STATE FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS. AND THOSE NEED TO BE SENT AND THAT, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. IT, IT NEEDS TO, YEAH, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE, WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AND BE PROVIDING SERVICES BY THE SPRING. OKAY. AND THEN, SO THE INSTRUCTION HAS NOT EVEN BEGUN YET. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, SAY, UH, DR. DOWNEY, I BELIEVE YOU'RE BACK ON THE LINE, AND MY, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ORIGINALLY WAS, [02:15:01] UH, WAS DIRECTED TOWARD YOU. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE? UM, THERE WAS A BULLET IN THE PRESENTATION THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW CLOSE, UM, THE CLOSEST OPIOID SUPPORT IS TO THIS FACILITY. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSE IT IS OR WHAT FACILITY THAT IS IN TERMS OF MILES AND, UH, AND, AND WHY IS IT SO RELATIVE? WELL, AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO, UH, A QUESTION FOR DR. CLEVELAND BECAUSE SHE HAS HELPED WITH THE RESIDENTS GET TO THEIR MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT. AND I CAN ONLY SAY THAT IT, IT, THE PROXIMITY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO ON A REGULAR BASIS. BUT DR. CLEVELAND, CAN YOU SPEAK TO, UH, THE CURRENT PROXIMITY AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES, I CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WITH OUR PROGRAM, WE DO NOT DICTATE TO, UM, WOMEN WHERE THEY MUST GO FOR THEIR TREATMENT. WE ARE JUST, WE REQUIRE THAT THEY'RE ENGAGING IN TREATMENT. AND THERE ARE MANY METHADONE CLINICS WE PARTNER WITH, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CENTER, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO INCLUDE ALPHA HOME CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND THEN SOME OTHER, UM, LOCAL CLINICS IN THE AREA. AND IN TERMS OF LICENSED CLINICAL CARE, ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES WITH THE WOMEN'S WELLNESS CAMPUS IS WE DO NOT HAVE THE SPACE NOR THE LICENSURE AT CA TO PROVIDE LICENSED CARE ON SITE. BUT WHEN WE DO THE WOMEN'S WELLNESS CAMPUS, WE WILL GET IT LICENSED AND HAVE LICENSED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELORS ON SITE AS, AS WELL AS PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. SO THE SCHOOL OF NURSING CLINICAL PRACTICE, WE'LL OFFER PRIMARY CARE SERVICES FOR THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON THE CAMPUS. UM, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR MANY OF THESE WOMEN, THEIR HEALTHCARE HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND SO THERE, THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR THAT. SURE. AND HOW CLOSE IS IT, DR. CLEVELAND? YES. CAN, SORRY, DR. ROCHA GARCIA, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT QUESTION? YES. HOW CLOSE IS THE, UM, I GUESS THE NEAREST HEALTHCARE FACILITY? I, THAT I DO NOT KNOW. OKAY. UM, SO WHAT'S, SO WITH THE BULLET ON PROXIMITY, I, I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT BULLET OR WHAT HEALTHCARE ACCESS THAT BULLET WAS REFERRING TO IN YOUR PRESENTATION. SORRY, I WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, DR. ROTO GARCIA? SURE. I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING THE BULLET IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT REFERENCED PROXIMITY, PROXIMITY TO WHAT? HEALTHCARE? UH, I, I GUESS I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, AND MAYBE IT'D BE MATTER IF I, I'VE HAD A MAP, RIGHT. AND, AND SEE HOW CLOSE IT IS, ET CETERA. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING THERE. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS, ET CETERA. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HEALTHCARE FACILITY GIVES ACCESS TO OPIOID SUPPORT AND HOW CLOSE THAT IS AND, AND WHY IT WAS RELEVANT THAN THAT BULLET SPECIFICALLY. I DON'T. OKAY. UM, I, I THINK I MIGHT BE DISCONNECTED FROM THEM AGAIN, AS FAR AS I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE SLIDES AND I, I THINK THE PROXIMITY, I JUST, I, I, I, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK TO IT, AND I, I DON'T HAVE CONNECTION WITH THEM RIGHT NOW. OKAY. NO PROBLEM, CAROLINE. THEN I, UM, OKAY, THEN, THEN I'LL HAVE TO HOLD FOR NOW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER TINO? NO. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY IS A, A, A DIFFICULT, UH, CASE FOR A LOT OF US. AND IT WAS MENTIONED, UH, THAT, UH, THERE, THERE WAS A LOCATION IN, IN MONTE VISTA. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO CROSSPOINT LOCATIONS IN DISTRICT ONE, UM, ONE ON ON MAINE, AND ONE ON ON AUGUSTA. AND, UH, I SUPPORT THE MISSION OF, OF CROSSPOINTS, AND I SUPPORT THOSE FACILITIES. UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MY COMMUNITY DOES AS WELL. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO TRULY MODEL WHAT WE CAN IN BEING A TRUE HOUSING FIRST CITY. AND THAT MEANS OFFERING SHELTER AND BRIDGING TRUST THROUGH A SENSE OF SECURITY THAT ALLOWS FOLKS, UH, THAT, THAT NEED THE SUPPORT FOR THEIR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, TO HELP FEEL THAT, THAT, THAT THIS IS, UH, SINCERELY IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. UH, SO I, [02:20:01] I WILL, I WILL FEEL LIKE, UH, THIS, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M, I WILL HAVE TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I SUPPORT CROSSPOINTS MISSION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TINO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO I, UH, MY, MY FIRST INTRODUCTION, UH, TO CROSSPOINT AND LISA CLEVELAND, UM, WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. UH, ALONG WITH THEN TJ MAYS, WHO WAS WORKING OVER AT THE COUNTY, UH, AND BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT SAN ANTONIO HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BABIES BORN ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS. UM, AND I WAS VERY SHOCKED TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS SORT OF EARLY ON IN THE OPIOID CRISIS. UM, AND SAN ANTONIO DIDN'T SEEM TO BE KIND OF ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT. IT WAS EARLY ON IN THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY WHEN HE WAS, UM, DECLARED, UH, OPIOIDS A, A, A, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, AND WAS, UM, PARTIALLY MONEY OUT TO COMMUNITIES, UM, AND BE, BECAUSE OF A LOT OF REASONS. SAN ANTONIO WAS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THOSE THAT FUND, I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF $12 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED TO HELP PEOPLE ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS. UH, BUT WHAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF WAS THE VERY HIGH NUMBER OF BABIES BORN ADDICTED. UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BABIES WHO DIE, UH, UM, DUE TO SSIDS. UH, AND AT THAT TIME, UH, I HAD A GRANDCHILD DIE DUE TO SSIDS, TOTALLY UNRELATED TO OPIOIDS. BUT ALL THOSE THINGS REALLY STRUCK ME. I, MYSELF, UH, BEING A NEW MOTHER. AND SO I MADE SOME CONNECTIONS WITH LISA CLEVELAND. AND, UH, AT THE TIME, DR. BRIDGER HAD JUST COME ON. AND WE ALL KNOW HOW INSTRUMENTAL DR. BRIDGER HAS BEEN IN HELPING OUR COMMUNITY DEAL WITH, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND WOMEN ISSUES, UH, AND ACES SCORES. UH, AND I BELIEVE OUR CITY REALLY HAS BEEN A MODEL, UH, FOR HOW WE ADDRESS ISSUES OF ADDICTION, UH, AND SUPPORT WOMEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO, UM, WHEN I SAW THIS COME TO US, I WAS VERY GRATEFUL, UM, BECAUSE AT THE TIME, THERE WERE ABOUT 300 BABIES BORN, ADDICTED, UH, IN THE CITY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS TODAY, BUT I SUSPECT IT'S SIMILAR. UM, AND VERY EARLY IN MY TENURE, I TOO, WAS OPPOSED TO HAVING TRANSITIONAL HOMES IN MY OUTRIGHT, UH, PRACTICALLY KICKED SOMEBODY OUT OF MY OFFICE FOR DARING TO BRING ME ANOTHER TRANSITIONAL FACILITY. UM, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE HOW WRONG I WAS BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE NEED THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND THE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN WE SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. UM, I HAVE CHANGED MY, UH, UM, MY THOUGHT ON THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. 100%. I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF MEDICALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. I MYSELF CHAMPIONED A, UH, THROUGH MY OFFICE AND THE WORK OF DOCTORS HERNANDEZ IN MY OFFICE, A NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT I SAID I WOULD NEVER SUPPORT. UH, WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND, AND NOW THERE ARE, UM, NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ALL OVER THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT SAMANTHA DID, UH, WITH THE COUNTY. UM, AND, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, NOBODY SAYS THAT THEY WANT THESE KIND OF PROJECTS IN THEIR DISTRICT. UH, BUT I HAVE FOUND IT TO BE, UM, AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, UM, UH, HUMBLING, UM, PROGRAM, AND THAT I KNOW I REALLY WANNA SUPPORT IT. UM, THERE ARE OXFORD HOUSES AND MAGDALENA HOUSES AND MIA HOUSES ALL OVER OUR CITY, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE DISCREET, UH, AND INTENDED TO BE SECRET. UM, AND WHILE I KNOW THERE IS THE MAP, I'VE SEEN ONE BEFORE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT I KNOW THEY EXIST. UH, SO I'M SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE ONE IN A FURTHER PRESENTATION. AND THEN PERHAPS, UM, AS WE CONTINUE THESE DISCUSSIONS, UH, I WOULD ASK THE, UM, PUBLIC, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS FOR OPIOID ADDICTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHERE DO THEY STAND? UM, I HAVE FULL RESPECT FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND, UH, UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT SITUATION. UM, THAT [02:25:01] ONE CAN BE PUT IN, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN OUR TENURE WHEN WE HAVE THESE CONTROVERSIAL CASES. BUT IT DID PASS UNANIMOUSLY IN ZONING. IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN PLANNING. UM, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE GET SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL, UH, AS I MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE ZONING AGENDA BEFORE US. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z NINE. UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION CONTINUES. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YEAH, JUST ONE, ONE FURTHER QUESTION. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAIN. UM, CAROLINE, CAN SOMEONE OUTLINE, OKAY. THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY WE'RE PUTTING IT IN THIS DISTRICT. CAN YOU GO THROUGH EXACTLY WHY WE'RE PUTTING IT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE? YOU ANSWER THIS ONE. UH, IF I COULD COUNCILMAN PERRY. THE, WE ENDED UP IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT WE DIDN'T START IN DISTRICT TWO. LISA CLEVELAND AND I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR PROPERTY FOR A WOMEN'S WELLNESS CAMPUS FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. WE'VE LOOKED AT SITES IN DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, AND EIGHT. SO A NUMBER OF YOU WOULD'VE BEEN IMPACTED. UH, EACH SITE THAT WE HAVE FOUND HAS COME INTO PROBLEMS WITH THERE NOT BEING ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE CAMPUS, OR, UH, TRANSPORTATION. VARIOUS ISSUES HAVE KNOCKED US OUT OF EACH PLACE. UM, AND WHEN WE GOT TO DISTRICT TWO AND MET WITH, UH, PASTOR GARMIN AT EMANUEL A M E, AND THAT PROPERTY WAS NOT EVEN FOR SALE, BUT AFTER HE HEARD OUR MISSION, HE STOPPED. AND HE SAID, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS COMPORTS EXACTLY WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR OVER A YEAR AT EMMANUEL, A E TO START SERVING WOMEN WHO HAVE, UH, EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ADDICTION AND TRAUMA. AND HE SAID, WE NEVER COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT UNTIL I JUST NOW MET WITH YOU. SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP IN DISTRICT TWO AND ENDED UP IN DEL CREST. SO, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THEN THAT, UH, LOOKING ACROSS THE CITY, IT'S TOUGH TO FIND A, A LARGE ENOUGH PROPERTY FOR THIS TYPE OF FACILITY. AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY, IF YOU DID FIND THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COST WOULD BE PRETTY PROHIBITIVE, UH, WITH THE SIZE THAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR, UM, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, UH, CAN YOU GIVE US ANY FEEL FOR IF, WAS IT, UM, HALF THE COST OR THIRD THE COST, OR THREE QUARTERS OF COST OF THESE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT? WELL, THE, UH, IT, IT'S KINDA AN APPLES TO ORANGES THING A LITTLE BIT. IT WAS, IT WAS DEFINITELY THE LAST HERE. AND I THINK PART OF THAT WAS THE CHURCH WAS WILLING TO SELL IT AT A PRICE WE COULD AFFORD. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, I MEAN, WE LOOKED AT THE OLD NICKS HOSPITAL, WE LOOKED AT, UH, A PLACE RIGHT DOWN ACROSS FROM U T S A, WE LOOKED AT A PLACE, ANOTHER PLACE IN MONTE VISTA. YES. UH, YOUR ASSUMPTION IS CORRECT THAT THE PRICE WAS LESS. I, I CAN'T TELL YOU, UH, WE DIDN'T GET FAR ENOUGH IN THE DISCUSSION TO TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MUCH LEFT. FAIR ENOUGH. GREAT. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST NEED TO CLEAR UP, UH, YOU KNOW, I, WE HAD TOLD THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE THAT I WOULD ABSTAIN, UH, A MOTION, UH, TO DENY THIS ITEM. SO, UH, TO BE CLEAR, UM, I SU SUPPORT THE MISSION ACROSS POINT, AND WE'LL BE SUPPORTING A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES, I'M ALSO, UH, VERY CONFLICTED. WE LOVE TO SEE THE COUNCIL MEMBER TAKE THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND BRING WHAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY IF THEY FEEL THAT IT MAY BE LOSING. ITS, UH, ITS CHARACTER WITH, UH, WITH A CHANGE THAT'S, THAT'S COMING IN PARTICULAR, I, I BELIEVE DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO, AND MAYBE IT'S TWO THAT HAS SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ZONING CASES. UH, IT'S, UH, I WAS JUST TALKING TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES [02:30:01] ABOUT HOW DISTRICT TWO HAS BEEN CHANGING SO QUICKLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT MAYBE IT WAS EVER SINCE THE, THE PROMISE ZONE. AND THEN THE PEARL CAME BY. UH, AND THERE'S, I, I BELIEVE SOME LEVEL OF INVESTMENT GOING INTO THAT COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE APPROVED THE RED BERRY MANSION, UH, PROJECT NOT TOO LONG AGO. THERE'S A, THERE'S A TOURS, UH, OVER THERE. THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING. IT'S NOT EASY TO GO THROUGH THAT LEVEL OF, OF CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, POPPING UP, UH, LEFT AND RIGHT. SO, UM, I JUST WANNA TELL THE, THE COUNCILWOMAN THAT I, I APPRECIATE ALL OF HER EFFORTS IN TRYING TO, UH, TO MOVE HER, HER DISTRICT FORWARD IN WITH THE VISION THAT, THAT SHE HAS FOR IT. UH, I, UH, I DID RECEIVE, I, I MUST MENTION, AND I THINK ALL OF YOU RECEIVED IT, BUT, UH, A MULTIPLE LETTERS, UH, AND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CASE. BUT ONE OF THEM DID COME FROM ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO GRANTED, DOES NOT LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO OR WITHIN 300 FEET OF, OF THIS FACILITY. UH, BUT HE IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONSTITUENT, UH, TO ME. AND THAT'S THE ARCHBISHOP, UH, GUSTAVO. AND, UH, SO I, I AM FEELING EXTREMELY CONFLICTED ABOUT WHERE, WHERE TO LAND ON THIS. BUT I DO WANT TO ASK, UH, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. I, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, IF, IF I COULD, ONCE THE FACILITY IS, IF THE FACILITY IS CONSTRUCTED, WHAT LEVEL OF, OF DISTURBANCE OR INTERACTION WOULD WE SEE WITH THE SURROUNDING, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD? IF I COULD, FIRST OF ALL, LEVEL OF DISTURBANCE. CAN YOU HEAR US? I'D HAVE TO SAY NEXT TO, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. UH, WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE IN WITH SOME OF YOUR OTHER FACILITIES? DO YOU HAVE, UH, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS FROM, FROM RESIDENTS? MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE FOR THE FACILITY IN D ONE? HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT? COUNCILMAN, IF WE MAY, DR. DOWNEY IS HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. THE, UH, AND I THINK I HEARD THE QUESTION, AND I, I SO APOLOGIZE. I, I LOVE TALKING, BUT I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH TECHNOLOGY HERE TODAY. UH, IF YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DISTURBANCES, UH, AT THE CURRENT FACILITIES, UH, THE ONE THAT WE HAVE IN MONTE VISTA, WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1967. UH, THE NEIGHBORS THAT SURROUND US ARE IMPORTANT TO US. WE INTERACT WITH THEM. WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEM. UH, KATHY LOT WHO OWNS LA FONDA ON MAIN IS TWO DOORS AWAY. HE IS A TREMENDOUS SUPPORTIVE OF CROSSPOINT, UH, CLINT DUBBO, UH, DUBO, WHO IS THE HEADMASTER AT SAN ANTONIO ACADEMY, UH, ADJACENT TO US IS A SUPPORTER. HE SAID HE HAS NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH US. UH, BILLY MAKER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KEYSTONE SCHOOL, WHICH IS DOWN THE STREET FROM US, UH, HE AND HIS BOARD HAVE STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH US. THERE'S A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES ALONG MAIN STREET, INCLUDING TRAVIS TILE, WHO, WHEN I WENT AND SPOKE WITH HER, SHE SAID, SHE SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A TRANSITIONAL HOME. UH, AND THE OTHER DISTRICT ONE PROPERTY IS IN MADISON SQUARE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THE RILEY LAW FIRM. AND THE PARTNERS HAVE ALL STATED THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH US. UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1983. UH, WE HAVE HAD CADILLACS LOST CONSTRUCTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE. NO PROBLEMS FROM THEM. SO I THINK I CAN VERY CLEARLY STATE THAT THE NEIGHBORS WHO KNOW US NOT ONLY TOLERATE US, BUT THEY HAVE EMBRACED, UH, WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO WITH, UM, WITH THE CLIENTS WE SERVE. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANNA STATE THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO, MAYBE IT WAS LAST YEAR, WE HAD A NEW TRANSITIONAL FACILITY, OR AN EXTENSION OF A CURRENT FACILITY OPEN UP IN DISTRICT SEVEN. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS FACILITY WAS TO HELP WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF, OF SEX TRAFFICKING. AND I WILL TELL YOU, I WAS HONORED TO SPEAK AT THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT EVENT, ALONG WITH, UH, SEVERAL [02:35:01] OTHER SPEAKERS AND, AND CONGRESSMEN WILL HURD. UH, WE WERE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS. AND I, I'M WONDERING IF THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT THESE WOMEN ARE, ARE ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE COMING TO THE REALIZATION AS A SOCIETY THAT THAT IS NOT A MORAL FAILURE. UH, THAT THAT IS A HEALTH CRISIS, A HEALTH PROBLEM THAT'S HAPPENING, AND CERTAINLY NO FAULT OF, OF THE BABIES THAT, THAT THEY HAVE BORN, UH, STAFF. CAN YOU, OR, OR MAYBE IF SOMEONE FROM, FROM CROSSPOINT, CAN YOU TELL ME, WILL THIS BE THE FIRST FACILITY THAT ALLOWS WOMEN TO STAY WITH THEIR BABIES WHILE THEY ARE RECOVERING? IS THAT THE FIRST ONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? SAN YES, BUT DR. CLEVELAND, WOULD YOU RESPOND TO THAT, PLEASE? I WOULD. I, I, I WILL, I WOULD LOVE TO RESPOND TO THAT. WHAT WE KNOW IS NATIONALLY, 70% OF WOMEN WITH SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS HAVE YOUNG, DEPENDENT CHILDREN, BUT ONLY ABOUT 3% OF RECOVERY HOUSING NATIONWIDE ALLOWS FOR CHILDREN TO ENTER INTO RECOVERY WITH THEIR, THEIR MOTHERS. SO IT, THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE PROGRAM. WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO REALLY SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON SAN ANTONIO IS NOT ONLY THAT WE WILL BE A RECOVERY, UM, HOME FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE A PRIMARY CARE CLINIC ON SITE STAFFED BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS AS WELL AS A SPECIALTY CLINIC. AND SO, THIS CLINIC OR SPECIALTY NURSERY, I'M SORRY, THIS NURSERY IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF NEWBORNS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING WITHDRAWAL AT BIRTH. UM, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HAS AGREED TO PARTNER WITH US ON THIS, ON THIS NURSERY. THIS IS VERY NOVEL. WE ONLY KNOW OF TWO IN THE NATION. UM, ONE IS IN HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, AND THE OTHER IS IN WASHINGTON STATE. SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW THE MODEL OF CARE THAT BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS POPULATION. SO ARE YOU SAYING WE COULD BRING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO SAN ANTONIO IF THIS FACILITY IS BUILT AND, AND BASICALLY TD OURSELVES AS A MODEL OF THIS TYPE OF COMPASSIONATE SERVICE THAT KEEPS WOMEN AND MOTHERS AND BABIES TOGETHER? ABSOLUTELY. I BELIEVE THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND ILLA BOTH, UM, HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION. SO I, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN, IF THIS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND I'LL, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OPPOSE THIS TO THE COUNCILWOMAN AS WELL. HOW CAN WE USE THIS AS SOMETHING, UM, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AS, AS PROPOSED, IT IS INCREDIBLE. ALL THE PARTNERS YOU, YOU'VE ALIGNED. BUT HOW CAN WE DO THIS TO BRING SOMETHING GREAT BACK TO DISTRICT TWO? IF, IF THAT IS THE CONCERN, IF, IF THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THAT DISTRICT TWO HAS BEEN BEEN NEGLECTED, WHAT ELSE COULD WE, I GUESS THE, THE MEDIA ATTENTION COULD BE GREAT, UH, FOR US, UH, ESTABLISHING US AS A, AS A LEADER. I JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IF THIS GOES FORWARD, THAT DISTRICT TWO GETS THAT CREDIT FOR BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOME WHERE, WHERE THIS INNOVATIVE CARE IS IS HAPPENING. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR, FOR NOW. UM, THANK YOU. UH, WELL, I'LL JUST SAY ONE LAST THING IS, UM, WE DO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A, A MULTIPLE OXFORD HOUSES IN, IN DISTRICT SEVEN. AND, AND THEY ARE KIND OF VERY PRIVATE. NOBODY, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORS ARE, ARE, ARE FULLY AWARE THAT, THAT THEY'RE THERE. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AS WE SEE THIS PROJECT WORK, I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHERE ELSE WE CAN ESTABLISH THESE. AND I, AND I SEE YOU DIDN'T LOOK FOR PROPERTY IN DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT I, I WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN, IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND HELP IT HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. OKAY. THERE WAS A BIT OF CONFUSION, UH, FOR THE RECORD KEEPING PURPOSES AT THE BEGINNING. SO I'M GONNA ASK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN TO RESTATE HER MOTION, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM UP. UH, SINCE THE DISCUSSION HAS, HAS ENDED, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN THERE, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY SOME OF THE MISLEADING INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN, UM, RECENTLY. DAN MARTINEZ IS PART OF THE EASTERN TRIANGLE. HE IS NOT PART OF DALE CREST. UM, HE WAS VOTED OUT OF DALE CREST, UM, PRIOR YEARS. SO THE DALE CREST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS THE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN, UM, ALL OF THE INFORMATION, SO THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THIS. UM, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THE MEMBERSHIP, MR. DAN MARTINEZ HAS THREE MEMBERS, NOT OVER A THOUSAND. THEY ONLY HAVE THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE IN DEL CREST. SO WE [02:40:01] WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL DO HAVE THE PROPER INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL CARE. DR. ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA DISTRICT TWO HAS NO MEDICAL CARE. WE HAVE NO MEDICAL FACILITIES, WHICH IS WHAT I'M CONTINUING TO PUSH FOR WHEN IT COMES TO, IS THIS A TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL FACILITY OR A MEDICAL CLINIC. WE'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT STORIES JUST IN THE PRESENTATION, GIVEN THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO LIVE THERE, NOT THOSE WHO ARE JUST PASSING THROUGH AND NOT THOSE WHO JUST WANT NATIONAL RECOGNITION, WANT TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAS TO LIVE THERE, AND I VOTE TO DENY. I DO NOT VOTE TO DENY THE MISSION, BUT I DO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS REZONING REQUEST BASED ON THE OPPOSITION OF WHAT WE STAND BY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SECOND. I, I, I'M SORRY. UM, WHO IS THE SECOND? MELISSA? C SIX. MELISSA. OKAY. I'M SORRY. THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND FOR DENIAL, UH, OF ITEM Z NINE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I, I THINK THE COUNCILWOMAN IS CORRECT THAT THERE, THERE IS SOME MISINFORMATION AND SOME THAT I AM CONFUSED ABOUT AS WELL. SO BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE THE, THE VOTE, I, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS VOTE THAT THE CHURCH TOOK TO SELL THE PROPERTY. UM, THE COUNCILWOMAN DID TELL US THAT ONLY, UM, THAT I GUESS NOT A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTED FOR THAT. SO I, I ASKED HER, DOES THAT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY ENTITLED TO MAKE THAT SALE OR EVEN ESTABLISH THIS FACILITY HERE? SO I WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT, WHETHER FROM THE COUNCILWOMAN OR, OR FROM THE APPLICANT. ARE WE GETTING OURSELVES INTO A LEGAL MESS BY APPROVING THIS? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I, I WASN'T SURE IF CAROLINE OR, OR DR. DOWNEY WAS STILL ON THE LINE, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO OUR DISTRICT OFFICE FROM THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHURCH, THREE OF THE FIVE SAID THAT THERE WAS A VOTE TAKEN, UM, ON THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE LAND AND THAT VOTE WAS DENIED. UM, THAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN GIVEN. AND SO, UM, I WILL DIGRESS OR REFER TO ANDY, UM, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO TAKE UP, UM, OFF, OFF THE RECORD. SO, UM, ANDY, IF YOU CAN, YOU'RE MUTE. CAN I, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS KEVIN DOWNEY. CAN I SPEAK TO THAT? YES, GO AHEAD, DR. DOWNEY. OH, OKAY. I I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS STILL MUTED. UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE COUNCILWOMAN GOT THE INFORMATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE MEETING WHERE THE TRUSTEES FROM EMANUEL, A M E MET, UH, THEY GAVE, HAD ME, THIS WAS IN SEPTEMBER BY THE WAY. THEY HAD ME GIVE A PRESENTATION AND THEN THEY, UH, IT WAS A, A ZOOM MEETING, AND THEN THEY TOOK ME OFF OF THE ZOOM. THEY HAD A DISCUSSION, THEY ALL CAME BACK ON, UH, AND THEY HAD VOTED BEHIND THE SCENES AND PRESENTED TO ME THAT, UH, THEY DID HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE AND TO GO AHEAD AND SELL THE PROPERTY. AND THEN I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PRESIDING ELDER, UH, REVEREND DR. UH, RAYMOND BRYANT THAT CAME FROM THE CONGREGATION. THEY DID A, A CONGREGATIONAL VOTE. AND THIS, THIS LETTER WAS SUBMITTED TO THE ZONING COMMISSION. 88% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT FOR THE CONGREGATIONAL VOTE VOTED IN FAVOR. SO IT WASN'T UNANIMOUS, BUT WE DO HAVE OFFICIAL PAPERWORK SHOWING THAT, UH, THE PROTOCOL WAS FOLLOWED, UH, WHEN THE CHURCH MADE THE VOTE TO SELL THE PROPERTY. MAY, MAY I SPEAK TO THE, THE PARENT CONFUSION ABOUT THE, THE CLINIC ? GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. WOULD YOU LIKE, UH, THE ANSWER FROM, UM, I THINK IT WAS, UH, DR. KENNEDY OR DR. CAROLYN? DR. WELL, I WAS, I WAS MUTE FOR ANDY TO CHIME IN, BUT HE'S, I DON'T KNOW IF HE, SORRY, I WAS MUTE. SOMEBODY MUTED ME. I'M SORRY. UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, IT ONLY BECOMES A LEGAL ISSUE. AND IF REALLY IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, [02:45:01] IF THE TRANSACTION WAS CLOSED, IN OTHER WORDS, HAS THE PROPERTY BEEN SOLD, UH, AND THAT TRANSACTION CLOSED, THEN REALLY THERE'S NO LEGAL ISSUE, UH, THAT I CAN SEE. BUT THAT'S REALLY A QUESTION I THINK FOR THE APPLICANT. MAY, MAY I RESPOND TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE CLINIC ON CAMPUS? GO AHEAD. SO, IT'S BEEN OUR PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND I APOLOGIZE IF THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THIS, BUT THE, THE CLINIC, THE PRIMARY CARE CLINIC ON THE CAMPUS WOULD BE THERE TO SERVE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE CAMPUS. AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. UM, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SECURITY OF THESE YOUNG FAMILIES, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE THE BEST IDEA TO HAVE PEOPLE ENTERING THE, THE CAMPUS ROUTINE HEALTHCARE. BUT WITH THAT SAID, I'M WONDERING IF THE COUNCIL WOMAN HAS CONSIDERED REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOL OF NURSING. WE HAVE A VERY THRIVING CLINICAL PRACTICE. WE ARE NOW PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE. UM, AND OUR FOCUS IS VERY MUCH ON COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND PRIMARY CARE. I'D BE HAPPY TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH, UM, DEAN OF CLINICAL PRACTICE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. OKAY. UM, THAT IS THE DURATION OF OUR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR, UM, AND THE FIRST WAS FROM THE HOME DISTRICT TO DENY, UH, ITEM Z NINE. SO WE ARE GONNA TAKE THE TWO MOTIONS UP INDIVIDUALLY. UM, SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL TAKE UP THE MOTION TO DENY ITEM Z NINE. SO LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, UM, GIVEN THE DISCUSSION, WHAT YOUR VOTE WILL DO, A VOTE, UH, TO APPROVE THE DENIAL IS TO DENY THE ITEM A VOTE AGAINST IS TO PROCEED TO THE SECOND MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DENIAL OF ITEM Z NINE, PLEASE, UH, VOTE. VOTE. OKAY. UM, ANY OPPOSED TO DENIAL OF ITEM Z NINE? PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ABSTAIN? AYE. OKAY. UM, MOTION FAILS. WE'LL GO NOW TO THE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GON, I'M SO SORRY, I ABSTAIN AS WELL. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU CALL AN ABSTENTION YET. OH, OKAY. I'M, I'M SORRY. LET, LET, LET'S, UM, LET ME CALL THAT AGAIN, THOSE AGAINST DENIAL OF ITEM Z NINE. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. DID YOU GET A COUNT CANDY? THE CLERK, I THINK GOT THE COUNT. MAYOR. OKAY. I'M, I'M SORRY. . MADAM CLERK, YOU GOT A COUNT THERE? UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE PERRY WAS. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WERE YOU AGAINST THE DENIAL? YES, I HAD MY HAND. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO ABSTAIN. TWO. UM, A'S FOR DENIAL AND THE MAJORITY IS THE NAYS. OKAY. LEMME, I'M FOR, ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY, ONE SECOND. I'M GONNA TAKE A ROLL CALL HERE JUST TO BE, JUST TO MAKE SURE. ALRIGHT. UM, DISTRICT ONE DENIED ABSTENTION FROM DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO ON THE DENIAL OF ITEM Z NINE. YES. DISTRICT THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND MAY, DISTRICT FOUR. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. I ABSTAIN. DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ MAY, DISTRICT SIX. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA AYE. DISTRICT SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL ABSTAIN. DISTRICT EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER BLI? NO. DISTRICT NINE COUNCIL MEMBER . I GOT YOU MUTED. JOHN, COULD YOU, UH, UNMUTE MAY AND DISTRICT 10 COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AYE. AND I WILL VOTE NAY. [02:50:01] MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU TALLY THAT? YES. MAYOR, THAT'S THREE RECUSE TWO A AND SIX NAYYY. OKAY. NOW WE'LL PROCEED TO THE SECOND MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL DO THE SAME. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO? YES. ANDREW SULLIVAN. AYE. AYE. ROJA GARCIA? I ABSTAIN. GONZALEZ. AYE. . NAYYY. SANDOVAL AYE. LIA AYE. COURAGE. AYE. PERRY AYE. AND MAYOR NURNBERG. AYE. MOTION CARRIES, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR, UM, FOR GOING THROUGH THAT AND YOUR PATIENCE ON THAT. UM, ITEM IN THE PROCESS. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM Z. UM, [Z-11. 20-6716 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700224 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "MF-33 AHOD" Multi-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District and "C-3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District on 7.532 acres out of NCB 10879, generally located in the 8000 block of Challenger Drive. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] 11. 11? YES, SIR. UH, D 11 IS A REZONING FROM MF 33 TO C THREE TO C THREE, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 8,000 BLOCK OF CHALLENGER DRIVE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 10. NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED AMENDMENT TO C THREE. NA. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT AND FOR BROOKS FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE ON THIS CASE. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO GO AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED BY THE APPLICANT. OKAY. THERE WAS A MOTION, UM, WAS THERE A SECOND? I THOUGHT I ROSA GARCIA. OKAY, GREAT. THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 11. DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [Z-16. 20-6718 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700060 CD S ERZD (Council District 8): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-3 MLOD-1 MLR-1 AHOD ERZD" General Commercial Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District to "C-2 CD S MLOD-1 MLR-1 AHOD ERZD" Commercial Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District with a Specific Use Authorization for Motor Vehicle Sales on Lot 1, Block 4, NCB 14848, located at 15031 Tradesman Drive. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval, with Conditions. (Part 1 of 2)] Z 1616 C C2 CDS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES LOCATED AT 15 0 3 1 TRADESMAN DRIVE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, NO OUTDOOR STORAGE OR WASHING OF VEHICLES. 11. NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. STAFF MEMBER. UM, MOVE TO APPROVE MA'AM. SECOND, UH, DOES A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL? WILL ITEMS D 16 HEARING NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES THAT THE DURATION OF OUR, UH, COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. [31. 20-7020 City Manager's Report] IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. MAYOR, JUST, UH, TWO QUICK ITEMS. UM, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, THIS WEEK, UM, BRIAN DILLARD AND KATE KINISON ARE, ARE, UM, TWO OF OUR STAFFERS, UH, WITH THE INNOVATION OFFICE, UH, RECEIVED AWARDS, UH, NATIONAL AWARDS THIS WEEK, UH, FROM, UH, STATE SCOOP, WHICH, UM, UM, IS A PUBLIC SECTOR MEDIA COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN TECHNOLOGY, UH, DECISIONS AND DECISION MAKING IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. UM, BRIAN AND KATE WERE BOTH WIND WINNERS OF, UM, THE RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES. UM, IN, IN, UH, BRIAN JUAN IN THE AREA OF CITY EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR, UM, THERE WERE OVER 200, UH, NOMINATIONS FROM, UH, LARGE AND SMALL CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. UM, AND KATE WAS SELECTED AS THE WINNER OF LOCAL IT LEADER OF THE YEAR. AND SO WE HAD, UM, AND, AND EVEN BETTER, UM, THE CITY, UM, THE CITY'S R AND D LEAGUE, UH, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT, THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, UH, SHOWN TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE, UM, UH, WAS THE LOCAL IT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR, UH, WINNER. AND SO WE HAD A CLEAN SWEEP, WHICH IS FRANKLY UNPRECEDENTED. WE WERE UP AGAINST, UM, EVERY OTHER MAJOR CITY IN THE COUNTRY AND, UM, REALLY SUPER PROUD OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. UM, THEY DID ALL THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH A LOT OF THE WORK, UH, UH, IN, IN THE ORGANIZATION'S RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. SO A HUGE SHOUT OUT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM, THE ENTIRE TEAM, UH, FOR, [02:55:01] FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. AND, UH, IT'LL, WE'LL, WE SET THE BAR PRETTY HARD, PRETTY HIGH FOR, FOR NEXT WEEK'S OR NEXT YEAR'S, UH, APPLICANTS. SO, UM, REALLY PROUD OF THEM FOR, FOR A CLEAN SWEEP. UM, THE SECOND ITEM THAT I WANTED TO, YEAH, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, THE, THE SECOND ITEM IS A QUICK VIDEO. UM, WE, WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THIS HABIT AND I THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR, I'VE GOTTEN GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE ORGANIZATION. THEY CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT, AND THAT TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT VIDEO REALLY FEATURES, UH, KIND OF MORE OF THE BEHIND ANOTHER, BEHIND THE SCENES ASPECT OF, OF WHAT THE ORGANIZATION DOES. UM, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, DEREK VASQUEZ FROM I T S D, UM, WHO IS, UH, HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF THE BACKEND WORK THAT, UH, SUPPORT US. UH, DEREK IS A, UH, VETERAN AND A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES. UM, AND THE ASPECTS OF TEAMWORK AND, AND WHY THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. SO LET'S ROLL, ROLL THE VIDEO. I HAVE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, AND WHAT DRIVES ME IS BEING ABLE TO SERVE BOTH OUR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IN AN IT ORGANIZATION, YOU JUST NEED REALLY SMART TECHNICAL DOMAIN, UM, GEEKY PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF THOSE IN IT, RIGHT? BUT IT'S ONLY, TO ME, IT'S ONLY ONE THIRD OF THE PIE. THE OTHER TWO THIRDS ARE, YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO'S A GOOD TEAM PLAYER AND YOU ALSO NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS GRIT AND PASSION FOR THE MISSION THAT WE SERVE EVERY DAY. AND SO WHEN YOU FIND PEOPLE WHO CAN BRING ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS TO THE TABLE, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO DEREK'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN IT. WELL, THE EMERGENCY HARVEY RESPONSE TEAM WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL MOMENTS IN MY LIFE BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO A LOCATION THAT HAD BEEN DECIMATED BY A NATURAL DISASTER. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL, UH, IS AT THE ROOT OF HUMAN NATURE TO BE ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY, UH, WHEN THEY NEEDED MOST. UH, AND WHEN WE LEFT, THEY WERE IN A BETTER SPOT THAN WHEN, WHEN WE ARRIVED. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, MY EXPERIENCES IN THE MILITARY AND HAVING A FAMILY MADE IT WHERE IT WAS CHALLENGING TO PURSUE EDUCATION. BUT I GOT MY BACHELOR'S IN 2016 AND MY MASTER'S IN 2020. I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW MY KIDS THAT WITH HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE, UH, YOU CAN DO GREAT THINGS AND EDUCATION'S A PART OF THAT. NO ONE INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO TEAMWORK TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND ALL OF THAT MUST BE DONE WITH TEAMWORK AND INTEGRITY. WE HAVE TO BE HONEST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND TRUE TO OUR MISSION AND TRUE TO OUR VALUES. MAYOR, COUNCIL, UH, DEREK, UH, WELL, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER, IT, UH, STAFFERS SPENT, UH, QUITE A BIT OF TIME DOWN IN THE ROCKPORT AREA AFTER THAT HURRICANE. AND, UM, DID EVERYTHING FROM, UH, HELPING THE CITY, UH, DOWN THERE, UM, GET COMPUTERS BACK, RUNNING PHONE LINES, UM, AND, AND THEY, THEY'VE DONE IT ALL AND IT'S A, A, A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE, THE TEAMWORK BEHIND THE SCENES. AND, UH, I WANNA THANK DEREK AND CRAIG AND THE WHOLE IT STAFF. THEY, THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THANKS MAYOR. THANK YOU ERIC. UM, WE'VE GOT TO, UH, BEFORE [Z-16. 20-6718 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700060 CD S ERZD (Council District 8): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-3 MLOD-1 MLR-1 AHOD ERZD" General Commercial Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District to "C-2 CD S MLOD-1 MLR-1 AHOD ERZD" Commercial Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District with a Specific Use Authorization for Motor Vehicle Sales on Lot 1, Block 4, NCB 14848, located at 15031 Tradesman Drive. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval, with Conditions. (Part 2 of 2)] WE BREAK, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO RECONSIDER WHAT ITEMS, SO LEMME TURN IT BACK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, WITH REGARDS TO Z 16, UM, I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE RECONSIDER THAT AND THAT I, UH, I, I MAKE A NEW MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, NO OUTDOOR STORAGE OR WASHING OF VEHICLES. UM, OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, COULD YOU MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT ITEM AND THEN I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR BACK TO YOU, RIGHT. TO, UH, MAKE THAT MOTION. MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM PLEASE. SECOND. OKAY. UH, A MOTION TO SECOND TO RECONSIDER ITEM D 16. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM Z 16. COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM Z 16 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, NO OUTDOOR STORAGE OR WASHING OF VEHICLES. AND THANKS. UH, I'M SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM C 16 WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A AYE. AYE. MOTION. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UH, BEFORE WE BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, I JUST FOUND OUT, UH, THAT ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PEOPLE IN CITY HALL IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY TODAY, AND THAT [03:00:01] IS EMILY MCGINN. SO, UH, EMILY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE'LL AN YOU NOW. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY YOU AND CACOPHONY OF CELEBRATION LIKE EMILY COUNCIL CAN DELIVER. HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY. ALRIGHT, UM, [Executive Session] WITH THAT WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE TIME IS NOW. UM, I NEED THE TIME. UH, 12:08 PM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2020. THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 7 1 AND DELIBERATE. DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE DECEMBER 2ND, 2020 MEETING, BUT NOT REACHED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING CITY AND COVID-19 PREPAREDNESS. ALRIGHT, WE, UH, HAVE A SECOND LINK. SO EVERYBODY, UM, WE'LL MEET YOU THERE. PM ON THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2020. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. WE WILL ADJOURN THE A SESSION AGENDA. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.