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HEY, CAN Y'ALL HEAR US NOW? UH, NO.
I, WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING UNTIL YOU JUST NOW, KAT.
UM, I, I THOUGHT YOU HAD AUDIO ISSUES.
WE WERE HAVING AUDIO ISSUES, SO I WAS JUST GONNA SAY A, A WORK SESSION PRESENTATION, BUT LOGAN, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, PRESENT THAT AND HAND IT OFF TO PLANNING.
UH, I KNOW, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UH, THE THEN CHAIR, UH, GAR, UH, CHRISTOPHER GARCIA HAD REQUESTED A PRESENTATION ON, UH, THE EQUITY AND PLANNING GUIDE FROM THE A P.
UH, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE WITH US TODAY TO, UH, PRESENT, UH, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR DOCUMENT AND, UH, HOW THE CITY IS, UH, WORKING WITH SOME OF THOSE, UH, EQUITY ITEMS. SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS.
UH, RUDY, UH, WE HAVE RUDY NINO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, UH, JONATHAN BUTLER, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SARAH AND ANNA, ALSO WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, CAN I JUST GET A THUMBS UP FROM THE CHAIR IF YOU CAN HEAR ME? EVERYBODY CAN ME.
UH, AGAIN, UM, THANK YOU, LOGAN.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK LOGAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR CO COORDINATING WITH US, UH, ON THIS ITEM.
UM, AS HE MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WAS A, UH, REQUEST BY THEN, UH, CHAIR GARCIA TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EQUITY AND TO START INTRODUCING THE, THE TOPIC OF EQUITY WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S PURVIEW.
AND, UH, AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BECAUSE YOU SEE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT COME FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UM, HAVE EXPRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES AN INTEREST IN THE TOPIC OF HOW PLANNING IS ADVANCING THE TOPIC OF COMMUNITY EQUITY.
UM, SO WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, UM, A PRESENTATION.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, IT'S NOT JUST, UH, MYSELF PARTICIPATING, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD PRESENTATION ABOUT EQUITY IF WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OFFICE OF EQUITY REPRESENTED HERE.
SO, JONATHAN BUTLER IS JOINING US FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, TWO, UM, OF OUR DEPARTMENTAL, UH, UH, TOPICAL EXPERTS, SARAH SERPASS AND ANNA REAL ARE ALSO JOINING US, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE GIVING A GOOD CHUNK OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
UM, VERY QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO GET A A, A THUMBS UP.
LET'S JUST DO IT THAT WAY ON THE FACT THAT, UM, WHO, WHO KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUALITY AND EQUITY? IF YOU KNOW IT, GIMME A THUMBS UP.
IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S OKAY TOO,
THIS IDEA THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO CONSIDER THE LONG-TERM INSTITUTIONAL IMPACTS THAT, UM, POLICY DECISIONS HAVE HAD ON, ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED.
SO WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT, UH, SINCE THE TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BACK IN 20 14, 20 15.
UM, SO THIS ISN'T NEW TO US, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, IS A BURGESS PUBLIC POLICY DISCUSSION THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO HAVE WITH YOU.
AND THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION, SO THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE LAST TIME THAT WE COME AND WE TALK ABOUT THESE ITEMS, UH, TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO HAND OFF THE PRESENTATION NOW, UH, TO, SORRY, I'M JUST LOOKING AT MY SIDE HERE.
IF WE CAN HAND THE PRESENTATION OFF NOW SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THIS STARTED, AND WE CAN GET THROUGH IN TIME, UH, FOR THE END OF YOUR, UH, BRIEFING.
SO AM I HANDING OFF TO, UH, JONATHAN? TO JONATHAN? YEP.
SO JONATHAN, WITH THE CITY'S OFFICE OF EQUITY, UH, THANK YOU, RUDY.
UM, I ASSUME YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME.
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YOU CAN HEAR ME.UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND SHARE SPACE'S WITH YOU, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, MY NAME IS JONATHAN BUTLER.
I USE THE PRONOUNS, HE AND HIM.
I'M REPRESENTING THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TODAY.
UM, IT'S A REAL PLEASURE WHENEVER I CAN BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH RUDY, ANA, AND SARAH.
UM, I LIAISE WITH ABOUT 12 DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, UH, PLANNING AND ACTUALLY NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES, WHICH SARAH WAMSLEY IS REPRESENTING TODAY ARE TWO OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I LIAISE WITH.
MY PURPOSE FOR TALKING TO YOU ALL TODAY IS REALLY TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE CONNECTING AND WORKING ON EQUITY AND EQUITY ORIENTED ISSUES AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND HOW WE ARE WORKING WITH THESE CLIENT FOLKS AND PLANNING TO DO SO.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, WE TALK ABOUT REALLY FAIR AND JUST OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES FOR ALL PEOPLE.
FOR US IN PRACTICE AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, EQUITY MEANS THAT OUR POLICYMAKING, SERVICE DELIVERY, AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENT HISTORIES, CHALLENGES AND NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
WE BELIEVE THAT EQUITY IS ACHIEVED WHEN ONE'S IDENTITY CANNOT PREDICT ONE'S OUTCOMES.
UM, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS DOING THE SAME.
EQUITY IS REALLY AT ITS BEST, IT'S DATA DRIVEN.
IT ADDRESSES ROOT CAUSES, AND IT IS PROACTIVE AND PEOPLE CENTERED.
THE OFFICE OF EQUITY WORKS ACROSS THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THERE ARE ABOUT 40 CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAXIMIZE THE CITY'S IMPACT TOWARDS SAN ANTONIO'S VISION OF PROSPERITY.
WHAT WE SEEK TO DO IS TO NORMALIZE, ORGANIZE, AND OPERATIONALIZE.
WHEN WE SAY NORMALIZE, WHAT WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE DEVELOP A SHARED SENSE OF LANGUAGE PURPOSE, MISSION, UNDERSTANDING AROUND EQUITY CONCEPTS AND EQUITY IDEAS.
SO IT'S THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL AND RACIAL JUSTICE WITHIN CITY GOVERNMENT THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO NORMALIZE.
WE ORGANIZE PEOPLE AROUND HOW DO WE SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THOSE SPACES ASSOCIATED WITH THINGS THAT IMPACT THE MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO WE ORGANIZE STAFF AROUND ADVANCING EQUITY WITHIN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
WE OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY BY FORCING THIS IDEA OF LOOKING AT POLICIES, PROGRAMS, PRACTICES, PROCEDURES WITHIN ALL OF CITY GOVERNMENT TO EXAMINE WHERE ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE WHO'S BENEFITED AND WHOSE BURDEN AMONG POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
WHY RACIAL EQUITY? YOU HEAR A CONTRAST OFTENTIMES IN LANGUAGE WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, BROADLY THINKING ABOUT JUST AND FAIR INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.
AND THIS CONCEPT OF RACIAL EQUITY WHERE WE THINK ABOUT THE ELIMINATION OF SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM SO THAT ALL RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS CAN PROSPER AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RACE, WE THINK ABOUT RACIAL INEQUITIES CONTINUING TO BE DEEP, PERVASIVE, AND PERSISTENT ACROSS ALL INDICATORS OF SUCCESS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING EDUCATION, HEALTH, OUTCOMES, JOBS, HOUSING, EVEN THE IMPACT OF THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC ON MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN CREATING AND MAINTAINING RACIAL INEQUITIES.
OFTENTIMES UNINTENTIONAL, WHAT WE TRY TO WORK TO DO IS TO DISMANTLE THOSE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE PRODUCED THOSE INEQUITABLE RESULTS AND REBUILD THEM IN WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE MUCH MORE EQUITABLE AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
WE EXAMINE INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING OF RACIAL INEQUITIES.
AND THEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN PROACTIVELY ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY BY EXPLICITLY FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE THINK THAT THESE ARE FORMULAS FOR SUCCESS, NOT JUST FOR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, BUT THE IMPACT AND THE PROSPERITY IS SHARED THROUGH ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I AM NOW PASSING ON TO SARAH SURFACE.
UM, SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, POLICY GUIDE THAT WAS RELEASED BY
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THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.UM, IN THIS GUIDE, THEY DEFINE EQUITY AS, UH, APPLYING AN EQUITY LENS FOR JUST AND FAIR INCLUSION INTO A SOCIETY IN WHICH ALL CAN PARTICIPATE, PROSPER, AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL TO DO TO EVERYTHING PLANNERS DO.
UM, SO WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT, THERE ARE TWO KIND OF KEY, UM, CONCEPTS THAT WE REALLY WANNA HAMMER HOME.
UM, THE FIRST IS THE CONCEPT OF DISPROPORTIONALITY IN THAT THE IMPACTS OF A PROJECT CAN CREATE OR AMPLIFY EXISTING DISPARITIES, PERHAPS FOR ONLY ONE PART OF A COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THAT SOMETIMES POLICIES ARE NOT IMPACTING, UM, A CITY EQUALLY ACROSS THE BOARD, THERE MIGHT BE DISPARATE IMPACTS, DISPROPORTIONAL IMPACTS ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
AND SECONDLY, THINKING ABOUT INSTITUTIONALIZED EQUITY.
SO ARE THERE WAYS IN WHICH INEQUITY HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED, EMBEDDED IN OUR METHODOLOGIES, IN OUR SYSTEMS, IN OUR POLICIES? AND THOSE KIND OF EMBEDDED INEQUITIES CAN FURTHER, UM, FURTHER CREATE THOSE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS.
THESE ARE TWO KEY TERMS WE WANNA TALK ABOUT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, EQUITY MEANS ACCOUNTING FOR THE DIFFERENT HISTORIES, CHALLENGES AND NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
SO PART OF THAT IS STEPPING INTO THE HISTORY AND LEARNING.
WHAT HAVE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN SAN ANTONIO EXPERIENCED OVER TIME, AND HOW HAS THIS IMPACTED THEIR ABILITY TO GAIN WEALTH IN STABILITY? UM, THIS MEANS ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST POLICIES THAT PLANNERS CITY, GOVERNMENT, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE ENACTED THAT HAVE HAD NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON SOME COMMUNITIES WHILE BENEFITING OTHERS.
SO THESE POLICIES STACK OVER TIME INTO OUR CURRENT LAND USE FRAMEWORK.
UNLESS WE DO THE WORK TO UNDO THEM, OUR CURRENT INEQUITIES WILL PERSIST.
UH, SO ONE MAJOR POLICY THAT HAS IMPACTED RACIAL AND ECONOMIC SEGREGATION IN ALMOST EVERY AMERICAN CITY, UH, HAPPENED IN THE 1930S, UH, WITH A PROCESS THAT WAS CALLED REDLINING.
UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONED SURVEYS OF HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS OF CITIES, INCLUDING SAN ANTONIO TO ASSESS THE RISK OF INVESTMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO THOSE AREAS THAT WERE DEFINED AS THE RISKIEST WERE OFTEN DEFINED BY RACIAL LINES.
SO THERE WERE EXPLICIT RACIAL, UM, NOTES IN THESE AREAS THAT WERE DEFINED AS RISKY FOR LENDING, AND THOSE AREAS WERE REDLINED.
SO THESE AREAS WERE PREDOMINANTLY HAVING, UH, COMMUNITIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS OR MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS.
UM, AND THIS WAS EXPLICIT DISCRIMINATION THAT WASN'T OUTLAWED UNTIL THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968.
BUT THIS STILL HAS LASTING IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITIES.
A FEW DECADES AFTER REDLINING, MANY OF THOSE SAME AREAS THAT WERE REDLINED WERE THEN SLATED FOR URBAN RENEWAL IN THE 1950S THROUGH THE 1980S.
SO SOME OF THESE SAME AREAS THAT WERE DESIGNATED AS SLUMS, DESIGNATED AS HIGH RISK WERE THEN THOSE AREAS THAT WERE TORN DOWN TO CREATE HIGHWAYS.
MOST OF THE HIGHWAYS AROUND DOWNTOWN AND ALSO THE HEMISPHERE DEVELOPMENT WERE DESIGNATED AS SLUMS AND DEMOLISHED BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AS PLANNERS.
UM, WE HAVE TO REALLY TEASE OUT THE HISTORY AND LOOK AT THESE PAST EFFECTS.
SO AS WE PLAN TODAY, WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS HISTORY INTO ACCOUNT.
THE FIRST MAP ON THE LEFT IS A DIGITIZED VERSION OF THE REDLINING MAP WE JUST SAW ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.
AND THE MAP ON THE RIGHT IS AN EQUITY ATLAS CREATED BY OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY, AND THAT'S SHOWING THE CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
SO THESE PATTERNS ARE STILL THE SAME IN THAT AMERICAN PLANNING, UM, ASSOCIATION PLANNING FOR EQUITY POLICY GUIDE, THEY WRITE THE FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE EQUITY AND PLANNING POLICY ACTUALLY INSTITUTIONALIZES INEQUITY.
SO THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON EQUITY IN OUR WORK TODAY.
WITHOUT ACTIVE EFFORTS TO PREPARE THE INEQUITABLE IMPACTS OF THE PAST, THESE SAME INEQUITIES WILL PERSIST.
SO GOING FORWARD, UM, THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FEW KIND OF DISPARITIES WE SEE IN SAN ANTONIO TODAY.
MOST NOTABLY, UM, HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE REALLY STARK.
THERE TENDS TO BE THIS SORT OF NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, SO THERE'S THIS, UM, THIS DATA FROM METRO HEALTH SHOWS THAT, UM, PEOPLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO LIVE ON AVERAGE 20 YEARS LONGER THAN RESIDENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO THAT'S AN INEQUITY THAT'S BAKED INTO OUR GEOGRAPHY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO, TO THINK ABOUT AND ACKNOWLEDGE AS WE PLAN.
AND THE CONCEPT OF ECONOMIC SEGREGATION IS OFTEN FREQUENTLY IN THE NEWS FOR SAN ANTONIO, UH, SAN ANTONIO RANKS ABOVE NEW YORK, MEMPHIS, AND HOUSTON, AND ECONOMIC SEGREGATION.
YOU CAN SEE A MAP SHOWING THE PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS BY ZIP CODE THAT EARN LESS THAN THE MEDIAN INCOME.
THE LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE CONCENTRATED TO THE WEST SIDE AND EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, AND HIGHER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE TO THE NORTH.
AND INCOME SEGREGATION IS CORRELATED TO MANY OUTCOMES FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION.
AND SOMETHING ESSAY TOMORROW HIGHLIGHTED SPECIFICALLY AS A PRIORITY INDICATOR TO MEASURE GOING FORWARD.
SO OFTEN OUR ECONOMIC MEASURES FOLLOW RACE AND ETHNICITY BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIES OF EXCLUSION FROM WEALTH CREATION.
WHILE SAN ANTONIO'S MAJORITY HISPANIC, THERE ARE DEEP DIVIDES IN WHERE PEOPLE LIVE BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.
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OF MAPS AND SOME STATS ABOUT SAN ANTONIO, BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT YOU TO OTHER CITY REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ABOUT THESE INEQUITIES.THERE ARE A WEALTH OF CHARTS AND MAPS TO LOOK AT, UM, BOTH FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND FROM OTHER COSA DEPARTMENTS.
I REALLY RECOMMEND YOU DIVE IN IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE DATA.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT, UM, I'M NOW GOING TO RUN THROUGH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT NOW AS IT RELATES TO SA TOMORROW.
SO OUR KEY CHALLENGE IS THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO GROW BY 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE, UM, OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
UM, WHILE SOME OF THIS GROWTH IS GONNA COME FROM NEWCOMERS, A LOT OF THAT IS PEOPLE HAVING KIDS AND RAISING THEM HERE.
SO THIS ISN'T JUST ALL OF CALIFORNIA MOVING HERE.
THIS IS PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE AND RAISE THEIR KIDS IN SAN ANTONIO.
THAT KIND OF NATURAL GROWTH IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
TO ADDRESS THIS, WE RELEASED ESSAY TOMORROW IN 2016, AND THAT PLAN HAD KIND OF BROAD BRUSH, UM, VISION FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
WE ARE HAVING TO DIVE INTO SPECIFIC AREAS AND CREATE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE CITY.
UM, WE DIVIDED THE CITY INTO THESE 30 SUB AREAS.
YOU SEE HERE, THERE ARE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS, WHICH ARE KIND OF OUR ECONOMIC HUBS.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE 17 COMMUNITY PLANS, WHICH ARE MORE RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE.
SO EACH OF THESE AREAS WILL HAVE A LAND USE PLAN, AND IT'LL INCLUDE CONSIDERATIONS AROUND MOBILITY, HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND URBAN DESIGN.
BUT WITHOUT THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WE HAVE NO BASIS FOR REZONINGS.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN ADOPTED, THEN UM, WE WILL WORK ON THOSE REZONINGS TO ALIGN IT WITH THOSE PLANS.
SO IN CREATING THESE PLANS, WE'VE WORKED ON, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SIX.
WE'RE DOING ABOUT SIX EVERY TWO YEARS.
UM, AND THEY'RE GUIDED BY A PLANNING TEAM OF LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, SO THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER TO, UM, TELL US THEIR COMMUNITY VISION, UM, TELL US WHAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN AN AREA, AND THAT IS PUT INTO THE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXISTING CONDITIONS, DATA, AND WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING PRIOR PLANS.
SO WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS IN SOME AREAS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AND UPDATING, UM, UPDATING THEM IN A WAY INTO THIS NOW SUB AREA FRAMEWORK.
AND AS WE ADOPT THOSE PLANS, THOSE PLANS WILL GET USED BY CITY COUNCIL, BY YOU HERE AND THE ZONING COMMISSION, UM, OTHER CITY AGENCIES AND OTHER PRIVATE, UM, DEVELOPERS AND LANDOWNERS.
SO THIS PLAN IS TAKING, UM, THE COMMUNITY VISION, TAKING THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WANT TO SEE IN THE FUTURE AND PUTTING THEM INTO A MAP IN THAT FUTURE LAND USE FRAMEWORK.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT ON TO ANNA.
SO WITH ALL THAT BACKGROUND, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THE PLAN DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
AND SARAH PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE A TOMORROW AND AMONG THE CROSS-CUTTING THEMES OF THE A TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDES RESILIENCE, ECONOMIC VITALITY, AIR QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES, AND ALSO EQUITY.
AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT PLANS AND EFFORTS ARE ALL DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE TO BENEFIT ALL RESIDENTS.
I, SO THE A P A PLANNING FOR EQUITY GUIDE, UH, FOCUSES, FOCUSES ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT ARE ALSO COVERED IN THE S A TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENT, UH, AT YOUR REQUEST.
BUT TODAY WE'RE GONNA BRIEFLY COVER SOME OF THOSE TOPICS TO INFORM THE COMMISSION OF DIFFERENT CITY INITIATIVES THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY TO ADDRESS EQUITY, UH, AND PROMOTE JUST HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES.
SO, UH, ONE OF THOSE THEMES IS HOUSING AND GENTRIFICATION.
AND WE KNOW THAT WHERE WE LIVE CAN BE A SOURCE OF OPPORTUNITY OR A LACK OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO KNOWING THAT, OH, I'M SO SORRY.
SO KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT HOUSING IS AS SAY TOMORROW, HOUSING GOALS HAVE INCLUDED TO SUPPORT HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS AND TO GUIDE INVESTMENT IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WILL, UH, PREVENT DISPLACEMENT MEANT.
UM, TO ADDRESS THAT CHALLENGE OF HOUSING SHORTAGE AND DISPLACEMENT, THE CITY HAS CREATED AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, WHICH CONSISTS OF FIVE ADVISORS THAT WERE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND WHO HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 550 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY FRAMEWORK, UH, THAT WOULD INCREASE AFFORDABILITY, UH, FOR SAN ANTONIANS.
UM, SOME OF THESE SERVICE AND REACH ENRICH AND PERMANENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, UM, HAVE DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS, UM, THAT FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, THE LOWEST INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN BOTH NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO THE PRESERVATION
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OF CURRENT NEIGHBORHOODS.UM, SOME TOOLS THAT ARE BEING USED TO ADVANCE EQUITY, UH, INCLUDE USING AN EQUITY METRIC, WHICH WAS CREATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY, UM, CITY'S EQUITY ATLAS, AND ALSO CONSIDERING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE FORMALLY REDLINED.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, FROM N H S D, SARAH WESLEY, WHICH IS ALSO AN EQUITY TRAINER FOR HER DEPARTMENT, AND CAN ADDRESS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS OF, UH, THIS POLICY TASK FORCE.
UM, ANOTHER TOPIC THAT IS COVERED ON THE I P PLANNING FOR EQUITY POLICY GUIDE IS THAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE.
SO THERE IS THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE THOSE WHO ARE, WHO OFTEN EITHER LIVE IN OR LIVE NEAR AMERICA'S MOST POLLUTED ENVIRONMENTS.
SO, AS AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THIS GROWING CHALLENGE, THE CITY ADOPTED THE SA CLIMATE READY, WHICH, UH, CONSIDERS QUALITY JOBS, AIR QUALITY TRANSPORTATION CHOICES, UH, PRESERVING AND REGENERATING NATURAL RESOURCES, UM, SAVING MONEY ON ENERGY BILLS AND LOCAL, LOCAL FOOD SECURITY, JUST TO NAME A FEW, UH, BUT ALL OUR STRONG EQUITY, UH, COMPONENTS.
AND JUST TO MENTION SOME OF THE, THOSE EQUITY COMPONENTS, THEY INCLUDED A CLIMATE EQUITY EVALUATION TOOL TO ENSURE THAT STRATEGIES CONSIDER AFFORDABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY.
AND ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IN ADDITION TO THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY STAFF, ALSO ARE RECEIVING RACIAL EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TRAINING.
AND THE THIRD THING THAT WE'RE GONNA COVER FROM THE A P A PLANNING FOR EQUITY GUIDE, AND THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS SPECIFICALLY TACKLING IS MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO A FULL RANGE OF MULTIMODAL SOLUTIONS ARE NECESSARY TO MEET A VARIETY OF NEEDS.
AND FOR THAT, B S A TOMORROW IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF CONVENIENCE, SAFE AND COMFORT, COMFORTABLE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR ALL CITIZENS.
UH, SO PLANNING IS CARRYING ON THIS EQUITY ON MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION EFFORTS THROUGH THE VENDETTA ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN.
UH, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT LOOKS HOLISTICALLY AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ROADWAY AND ITS ADJACENT LAND USE.
SO IT'S REALLY THE FIRST, UM, CORRIDOR PLAN FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY BAND ROAD WAS CHOSEN, UM, IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CONGESTED ROADS IN THE REGION.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE MOST, THE EIGHTH MOST CONGESTED, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THIS STRETCH GOES FROM, UM, I FOUR 10 TO THE LOOP 1604.
SO THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ROAD, AND IT WAS NOT ONLY TO MOVE PEOPLE SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY, AND SUSTAINABLY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE CONGESTION IS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO LARGE AND GROWING URBAN INEQUITIES.
SO ON THE PERIPHERY OF SAN ANTONIO, RESIDENTS USUALLY FACE LONG, COSTLY, AND VERY COMPLICATED COMMUTES.
BUT THIS LACK OF ACCESS, IT'S NOT JUST A PROBLEM FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
ALSO, THIS IS A BIG BURDEN FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR OVERALL WHO ARE LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE ACCESS TO A VEHICLE.
SO THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, ESPECIALLY ON A MAJOR ROAD LIKE BANDERA, WHERE MASS TRANSIT IS CURRENTLY LESS THAN OPTIMAL.
UM, SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IN TERMS OF EQUITY THAT HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED IN THIS PLAN, UH, IS TRYING TO SUPPORT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THOSE WITHOUT VEHICLES.
ALSO, A CONSIDERATION IS REDUCING VEHICLES MILE MILES TRAVELED SO WE CAN, UH, ATTEMPT TO REDUCE VEHICLE OWNERSHIP AND DEPENDENCE AND ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING GREENWAY SYSTEM.
SO THIS PROJECT IS DEFINITELY VERY COMPREHENSIVE IN THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE DEFINITELY EXTENDING BEYOND TRAFFIC.
UH, WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS, UH, NOT ONLY CONGESTION, BUT ALSO QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
UM, AND WHETHER IT'S, UH, AND THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY IN THIS ED ROAD CORRIDOR, OR ALSO, UH, WORKING WITH RESIDENTS IN THE CREATION OF ARIA PLANS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY EX UM, TRYING TO EXPAND OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE VERY ROBUST, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO ADVANCE EQUITY HAVE INCLUDED COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS THROUGH BILINGUAL MAIL, POSTCARDS, UH, RADIO AND TV ANNOUNCEMENTS, POPUP INFORMATION MEETINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, TECHNICAL GROUP MEETINGS, PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEETINGS, UH, THAT HAVE INVOLVED PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY, UH, OR WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND ALSO BUSINESS GROUPS.
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ADDING ANOTHER LAYER, LAYER OF VULNERABILITY IS THE PANDEMIC.SO AS A RESULT OF THIS COVID TO 19, UM, AND ALL THE SAFETY GUIDELINES AND IN-PERSON RESTRICTIONS, WE HAVE ALSO TRIED TO EXTEND EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN AND EXCEED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, TRANSITION INTO VIRTUAL PLATFORMS. WE HAVE TRIED TO TRANSLATE, UH, MEETINGS AND ALSO INCLUDE SPANISH CLOSED CAPTIONING AND A S L INTERPRETERS AND JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THOSE EFFORTS.
BUT THE POINT HERE IS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS REALLY TRYING TO TARGET THOSE HARD TO REACH COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE REMAINED, UH, SEGREGATED FROM ALL THIS PROCESS.
SO ALL IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE EQUITY.
AND THAT A P A POLICY GUIDE, UH, INCLUDES MANY OTHER DIFFERENT THEMES, UM, SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
UH, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME OF THOSE, UH, WAYS IN WHICH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE ADDRESSING, UH, THOSE THEMES.
AND JUST TO, UH, GIVE YOU LIKE A GENERAL OVERVIEW, IT'S LIKE ALL OF THEM ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS, UH, EQUITY FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, TRYING TO INCREASE OUTREACH.
AND, UH, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IS GUIDING US ALL THROUGH ALL OF THESE, UH, POLICIES.
UM, SO EVERY DEPARTMENT IS REALLY BEING CHALLENGED TO THINK IN TERMS OF EQUITY AND TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE EQUITY A PART OF EVERYONE'S JOB.
UM, SO WITH ALL THAT, I'M GOING TO END THE PRESENTATION.
AND JUST THANK YOU ANNA, AND TEAM, ANYONE, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US, UH, AND WE CAN SEND THE DOCUMENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
GREAT TEAMWORK, GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHRIS GARCIA FOR REQUESTING THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, IF WE CAN HAVE STAFF, UH, CIRCULATE THIS POWERPOINT TO, UM, THE COMMISSION, THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, CHRIS GARCIA, I'LL, I'LL START WITH YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF, UM, DURING THIS PROCESS OF PREPARING THE PRESENTATION, DO WE, WAS THERE A DISCOVERY FOR ANY NEED NEW, UH, POLICIES REQUIRED OR POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE REVISED, UH, TO FURTHER THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING THE EQUITY THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT? MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT WHAT REALLY, I THINK, CONVERSELY, WHAT WE'VE REALIZED IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A BIT GOING ON IN THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO ADVANCING COMMUNITY EQUITY.
UM, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE FINDING, I THINK, UH, WHICH MAY BE JUST AS VALUABLE IS THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORY BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL, THE ZONING COMMISSION LEVEL OR SOME OF THE OTHER LAND RELATED BOARD AND DEV, YOU KNOW, BOARD, UH, BOARDS RELATED TO GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, WHERE WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EQUITY AND WHERE WE, WHERE WE CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT IDEAS, UH, AND, AND, UM, PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON IN ORDER TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND TO BRING 'EM FORTH TO THE COMMITTEE SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW ON.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT THIS, YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO BRING THIS FORWARD REALLY PROVIDED US WITH THAT FORUM TO BE ABLE TO BRING MORE INFORMATION FORWARD ABOUT THESE TOPICS.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT WOULD, IT'S MORE, UH, A REMINDER TO US THAT YOU ALL DON'T ALWAYS GET TO HEAR ABOUT MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS AND TOPICS, AND PARTICULARLY CONSOLIDATED IN A WAY WHERE THEY'RE FRAMED WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE TOPIC OF EQUITY AND, AND RESILIENCE AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, THAT I THINK THAT, THAT IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT HOW MUCH THE CITY REALLY IS DOING.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE DOCUMENT MYSELF, I REMEMBER IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF IT KIND OF ALREADY HAD IN PLACE, SO I WAS HOPING THAT THIS MM-HMM.
WOULD HAVE A CHECK TO SAY, IS THERE ANYTHING WE LEFT OUT, ANYTHING WE COULD IMPROVE ON? BUT YOU'RE CORRECT THAT A LOT OF IT WAS KIND OF ALREADY IN PLACE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, EITHER WITH SAY, TOMORROW OR THE WAY WE DO.
I LIKE THE, I LIKE WHEN YOU BROUGHT IN HOW A ROAD PROJECT A BANDERA WAS LOOKED AT THROUGH THE, THE EQUITY LENS VERSUS JUST, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S DO SOME MORE LANES, MAYBE SOME SIDEWALKS, THAT KIND OF A THING.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, SIR.
UH, FIRST LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE THE PLANNING, UH, DIVISION FOR COMING UP WITH THIS, UH, FRAMEWORK.
UH, UH, SEEMS TO ME VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
IT COVERS A LOT OF ASPECTS, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, WHEN IT COVERS, UH, RACIAL INJUSTICE, UH, FROM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, UH, DO WE HAVE AN ACTION PLANS OR PROGRAMS THAT'S GOING TO WORK UNDER THIS WORK FRAME? MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT WE ARE, HAVE BEEN WORKING
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ON INSTITUTIONALIZING EQUITY WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, THROUGHOUT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.UM, IF, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JONATHAN, WOULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT AT THE, AT THE HIGHER LEVEL WITHIN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, UH, HOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ADVANCING THE TOPIC OF COMMUNITY EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY? MY PLEASURE.
ONE THING THAT WE ARE EMBARKING UPON WITH EACH DEPARTMENT IS DOING WHAT WE CALL DEPARTMENT EQUITY ASSESSMENTS THAT LEAD TO THE PRODUCTION OF TWO YEAR EQUITY ACTION PLANS.
THOSE PLANS ARE DEPARTMENTAL SPECIFIC.
THEY EXAMINE EVERYTHING FROM WORKFORCE WORKPLACE CULTURE TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TO PROGRAMS, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, YOU NAME IT, TO OPERATIONS AND BUDGETING.
RIGHT? THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS SLATED TO BE IN OUR NEXT BIG BATCH OF DEPARTMENTS THAT WE DO ASSESSMENTS WITH.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE STARTED OUT WITH ABOUT FIVE DEPARTMENTS.
THEY INCLUDED NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES, HEALTH TO NAME A FEW.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SECOND INCARNATION THAT IS ONLY ABOUT TWO DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
WHEN WE EXPAND AGAIN TO DO MORE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN THAT NEXT ROUND.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO DO IS SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALREADY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE AS, AS THE DEPARTMENT ENGAGED WITH AND HIRE CONSULTANTS TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY COULD INCREASE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES WITHIN EXISTING PLANS, AND THEN LOOKED TOWARDS THE CREATION OF NEW PLANS, THEY DID THIS PROCESS OF REALLY EXAMINING HOW THEY CONNECTED WITH COMMUNITY TO SEE IF COMMUNITY WAS REALLY INVOLVED WITH WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND THEN HOW CAN WE GET THE WORD OUT AND ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES INCLUSION ALSO TURNS INTO SOME TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE PRODUCED IN THE PLAN.
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO THAT WITH EACH DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
AND SO THERE WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT WILL SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, PLANNING AS THEY ARE, AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD THEM OUT IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WOULD YOU EXPECT TO PRESENT THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND PLANS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD? ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL GO TO WHEREVER AND WHOMEVER WE NEED TO SPEAK TO ABOUT IT.
UM, THESE PLANS ARE REALLY GOING TO BE GOVERNED AND RUN ULTIMATELY AT DIRECTOR'S DISCRETIONS.
SO DIRECTORS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, WE HAVE SIGNED OFF, PARTICIPATED CO-SIGNED IN THIS PROCESS, AND WHATEVER MECHANISMS THEY WANT TO GO OUT IN PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ARE REALLY AT THEIR DISCRETION.
I BELIEVE THAT RUDY AND THE TEAM, AND BRIDGET AND THE REST OF THE TEAM IS DEFINITELY COMMITTED TO KEEPING YOU ALL INFORMED.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO AGREE TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN, ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THAT, THAT EQUITY PROCESS, UH, UM, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME BACK AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, BRIEFING ON THAT.
THAT'D BE GREAT, RUDY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, JONATHAN, AND THE TEAM.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, BUTLER, I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPTS OF EQUITY AND EQUALITY, UH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF A TRAINING SESSION I ATTENDED, PRESENTED BY YOUR OFFICE, UM, AS A COMMISSIONER.
MY TAKEAWAY FROM WHAT YOU'VE SAID TODAY AND FROM MY EARLIER TRAINING IS THAT WE, AS COMMISSIONERS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEED TO BE AND REMAIN MINDFUL, UH, THAT WE HAVE SOMETIMES COMPETING, UH, OBLIGATIONS AS WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS, UH, WE, WE MUST CONTINUE TO FOSTER AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT HELP TO, UM, PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND ECONOMIC, UH, GROWTH OF OUR CITY, WHILE ALSO REMAINING MINDFUL, UH, OF THOSE, UM, LEGACY COMMUNITIES, THE FAMILIES AND OUR FELLOW CITIZENS WHO MAY BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY DECISIONS, UH, THAT WE ARE FORCED AND ASKED TO MAKE.
UH, IT IS NOT AN ALL OR NOTHING FOR ME.
UH, UH, I AM MINDFUL OF THAT COMPETING, UH, AND EQUALLY COMPELLING DELIBERATION.
UM, I, I CONSIDER THOSE FACTORS AND THE DECISIONS AND THE BOTH, UH, THAT I MAKE WITH INDIVIDUAL CASES.
AND I THINK THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE
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IS THAT, UH, WE MUST ALL BE MINDFUL, UH, OF THE, UH, THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE LIVE IN AND THOSE WHO ARE PERHAPS, UM, UNDERREPRESENTED OR VOICELESS IN DECISIONS THAT WE HELP MAKE AND FOSTER AND SOME OF THE, UH, UH, THE IMPACTS.AND, UH, I HAVE NO, NO QUESTIONS.
I, I'LL JUST ADD COMMISSIONER JACKSON, EXCEPTIONALLY WELL SAID.
UM, THE HOPE AND THE DESIGN, PARTICULARLY WITH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES, IS THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS GUIDE RAILS FOR US IN CITY ADMINISTRATION AS WELL, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING AND MOVING TOWARDS THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF AFFECTING PEOPLE IN THE BEST WAYS, UM, AND NOT CONTINUING TO IMPAIR PEOPLE WITH POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I ACTUALLY REMEMBER YOU COMMISSIONER JACKSON DURING ONE OF THOSE TRAININGS, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY, UM, SEE ONE ANOTHER FACE-TO-FACE AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS.
I, I, AND ONE FINAL COMMENT, UM, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT I DIDN'T SEE THE BICYCLE SLIDE THAT YOU GUYS USED IN DESCRIBING, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY.
WE WILL GLADLY INCORPORATE IT INTO FUTURE PRESENTATION, SIR.
COMMISSIONER SIEGEL, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA, I BELIEVE YOU'RE MUTED, SIR, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE.
HOW CAN YOU GO BACK AND REVIEW A SUCCESS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY? WHETHER WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS BEING CARRIED OUT OR NOT? UH, THE CITY IS GROWING VERY FAST, AND, UH, I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME RESIDENT, AND I HAVE SEEN HOW THE REALTORS USED TO CONTROL WHERE TO SELL TO PEOPLE THAT THEY WANTED AND WHERE NOT TO SELL TO THEM.
AND THEY WERE LOCKED INTO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME.
UH, I REMEMBER WORKING, STARTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES IN PROSPECT HILL, AND WE HAD TO TALK TO THE SAVINGS AND LOAN PEOPLE TO SUPPORT US, AND THEY DID.
UH, THEN THERE WAS, UH, WHEN I SERVED ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE HAD MEETINGS ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO PLACE SENIOR HOUSING, AND THE GROUP THAT CAME TO UGLY TALK TO US AND SPIT ON US WAS NOT VERY, UH, PLEASANT.
WE HAD THE SAME TREATMENT ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE, UH, WHERE THEY HAD RALLIES TO GO LYNCHES.
UH, WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING, THE, THE POLICY OF PEOPLE AT THE TIME, UH, THERE REALLY WAS NO POLICY.
AND SO WE WERE KIND OF JUST DEFENDING OURSELVES, TRYING TO CARRY OUT A FEDERAL MANDATE OR A CITY MANDATE.
THE STATE NEVER GOT INVOLVED IN ANY OF US.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF LEGAL, UH, LAWS THAT HAVE TO IMPACT WHAT WE DO.
I'M GLAD YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND I'M, AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL WAY OF GETTING TO OUR GOALS.
UH, COMMISSIONER PROFIT? UH, NOT, NOT ANY REALLY QUESTIONS, JUST, AGAIN, A SINCERE THANKS FOR THE OVERVIEW.
UH, I DO REMEMBER THE EQUITY PRESENTATION AND, AND KIND OF OUR ORIENTATION AS IT CAME ON THE BOARD.
SO, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THIS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS, IS PARAMOUNT.
SO A LOT OF THINGS COME TO US.
WE FIND THAT THE COMMUNITY WASN'T ENGAGED, UH, IN THE PROCESS.
SO THE SOONER WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC, WHETHER IT'S FUTURE PLANS FOR, AS WE GO FORWARD, SAY TOMORROW, OR REVISITING PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT COME ACROSS US AND MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REVIEW THESE, TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, UH, SO I'M, I'M, I'M, THAT'S WHAT'S ENCOURAGING TO ME IS IN THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN OUR DECISIONS.
AND I THINK WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL ALL SUCCEED, HAVE BETTER SAN ANTONIO.
COMMISSIONER PECK, I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
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THE PRESENTATION AND YOUR TIME TODAY TO COME SPEAK TO US.UH, RUDY AND TEAM, I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UH, ONE KIND OF IN THE WEEDS, THE SUB AREAS, UM, THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN.
UM, HOW WERE THOSE, HOW WERE THOSE IDENTIFIED? AND MORE SPECIFICALLY ON, ON THE BOUNDARIES? HOW DID Y'ALL GO ABOUT DOING THAT? SURE.
WHAT REALLY WHAT WE DID WAS, INITIALLY, UM, WE LOOKED BASICALLY AT WHAT'S CALLED TAAZ DATA, OR IT'S CALLED A TRAFFIC, UH, UM, IT'S A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT.
IT'S A, IT'S A METHOD THAT'S USED IN G I SS TO DETERMINE WHERE THERE'S A, A CONCENTRATION OF, UM, OF JOBS AND OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE BETWEEN JOBS AND THE TRAFFIC NETWORK.
AND ULTIMATELY, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE WERE CONCENTRATIONS, UH, OF, OF EMPLOYMENT, 15,000 OR MORE JOBS LOCATED WITHIN A PARTICULAR AREA, UM, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK THOSE TAZ ZONES, IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, AND WE EXPANDED UPON THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE IMPACTED, OR AREAS, YOU KNOW, CENTERS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THOSE TAZ ZONES WERE INCLUDED, UH, IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT GROWTH AROUND THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO ULTIMATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE BOUNDARIES RELATED TO THOSE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.
UM, OVER TIME, UH, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PART OF THE PRO, UM, PROMISE THAT WE MADE WAS WE'RE GONNA GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, TRUTH TO THAT INFORMATION, THAT WE MADE SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS FELT THAT IF THERE WAS AN AREA THAT PARTICULARLY IMPACTED THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITY, OR IF THERE WAS AN INSTITUTION THAT SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE BELIEVE THAT WE IDENTIFY MOST WITH THIS AREA BECAUSE OF X, Y, OR Z, WE WANT TO BE INCLUDED EITHER IN THE PLANNING OR NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PLANNING.
SO WE HAD A SERIES, PROBABLY OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS WORTH OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REFINE THOSE BOUNDARIES.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE DISCUSSED THE PHASING OF THOSE PLAN OF THAT PLANNING, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, MOST OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN, UM, UH, WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR QUITE A WHILE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE JUST SO MANY AREAS THAT HAVE, UH, NOT BENEFITED FROM THE SERVICES OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HISTORICALLY.
SO WE REALLY TOOK AN EQUITY LENS ACTUALLY TO THE PROCESS AND SAID, IF THERE'S AREAS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, SERVED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, OR WELL SERVED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HISTORICALLY, UH, WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AREAS.
SO ULTIMATELY YOU SEE THAT MANY OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED, UH, HISTORICALLY REALLY WERE PHASED INITIALLY.
AND THEN WE KIND OF, WE TOOK IT, WE, YOU KNOW, WE PRIORITIZED REGIONAL CENTERS AND AREAS THAT HAD NOT BEEN, UM, WELL SERVED AND, AND PRIORITIZE THOSE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY CREATED A PHASING DOCUMENT THAT WE COULD TAKE FORWARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT, BUT DO YOU HAVE, UM, A, A SLIDE OR A ONE PAGER, UH, THAT IDENTIFY THE METRICS FOR SUCCESS, UM, IN TERMS OF ME, THE METRICS OF SUCCESS IN TERMS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITSELF OR THE, OR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RELATED TO EQUITY, THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND RELATED.
AND SO HOW, HOW DO WE IDENTIFY SUCCESS? I KNOW IS PROBABLY A LOT OF IT IS SUBJECTIVE.
I THINK THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE WORK THAT, UM, JONATHAN DISCUSSED.
WE WERE GONNA BE DOING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT, UH, YEAR TO TWO YEARS, IS ACTUALLY DEVELOPING A VERY DETAILED EQUITY PLAN WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO AS WE DO THAT, WE CAN COME BACK AND BRIEF YOU ALL ON THESE ARE WHAT OUR FINDINGS ARE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE METRICS, MAYBE EVEN BOUNCE SOME IDEAS OFF OF THE COMMISSION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY FINALIZE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT OUR PLAN IS GONNA BE REALLY LOOKING LIKE.
UM, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FINALIZE A PLAN.
BUT THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WA UH, WAS, IS TO SHOW THAT REGARDLESS OF NOT HAVING A PLAN, WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSIDERING EQUITY AS ME, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR PLANNING PROCESSES.
AND THIS IS HOW, NOT JUST THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS DOING IT, BUT THE CITY AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN FINAL REQUEST, IN ADDITION TO SENDING THE POWERPOINT, WOULD Y'ALL BE ABLE TO SHARE THE LIST OF THE MOST CONGESTED ROADS? I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE REFERRED TO BANDERA AS, AS BEING ONE OF THOSE TOP LISTS, BUT DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE THAT OR AN UPDATED LIST? WE, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME, SOME, UH, SOME INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION, OF COURSE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR TIME.
I REALIZE IT IS TWO O'CLOCK AND WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND.
UM, AND SO WE'LL TRY TO RUN THROUGH THIS.
UH, BUT I, I DON'T WANNA SKIP IT.
UM, AND SO FIRST, THANKS FIRST.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS ON THE PLAS? NO QUESTIONS FROM ME.
HEARING NO QUESTIONS ON OUR PLATS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 13, THE PLAN AMENDMENT?
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MADAM CHAIR, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN RUN THROUGH ALL OF THE COUNTS VERY QUICKLY.YES, CHRISTIE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
ITEM NUMBER 13, THERE WERE 42 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, TWO RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THOSE TWO NOTICES IN OPPOSITION WERE EMAILED TO YOU TODAY, UH, PROBABLY JUST A SHORT TIME AGO.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY STATED REASONS FOR THE OPPOSITION.
THEY JUST SAY THEY'RE IN OPPOSITION.
ITEM NUMBER 14, 33 NOTICES MAILED NONE IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE.
ITEM NUMBER 15, THERE WERE 21 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE RECEIVED FROM LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 16, THERE WERE FOUR NOTICES MAILED, NONE IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ITEM NUMBER 17 IS POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY.
AND THEN ITEM 18, THERE WERE 17 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM HEIN ORCHARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT THE DEL CREST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE EASTERN TRIAN TRIANGLE IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT GROUP ARE IN SUPPORT.
AND THIS ITEM IS ELIGIBLE TO REMAIN ON CONSENT, BUT THERE IS A VOICEMAIL THAT WE WOULD PLAY PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT IS A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FROM THE DEL CREST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND CHRISTIE, FOR ITEM NUMBER 13 FOR THOSE LETTERS, UM, THAT'S I ASSUME ALSO, UH, AVAILABLE OR ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT.
DO WE NEED TO READ THE LETTERS INTO THE RECORD? NO, MA'AM.
THERE, THERE WAS NOTHING TO READ ON THEM THAT WE JUST STATED, THE OPPOSITION FOR THE RECORD, AND THERE WERE NO VOICEMAILS OR, UM, CALLBACK REQUESTS ON IT.
SO IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT AS WELL.
DO WE HAVE ANY RECUSALS TODAY? OKAY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE OR I HAVE ONE, YEAH, ITEM 14.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE PLAN AMENDMENTS? SO ITEMS NUMBER 13 THROUGH 18.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? AGAIN? 17 WAS POSTPONED.
UM, UM, ON, UM, NUMBER 14, UM, THIS IS THE ONE IN GOVERNMENT HILL, I'M SORRY, IT'S PA UM, ENDING IN OH FIVE? YES, MA'AM.
UM, AND SO THIS IS THE ONE IN GOVERNMENT HILL.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF KIND OF DOWNSHIFTING THE LAND USE FOR THIS LOT AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND THE GOOGLE MAPS.
IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT OVERLAPS THE PROPERTY LINE OR MAYBE A FEW STRUCTURES THAT OVERLAP WITH PROPERTY LINE.
SO I'M SORT OF CURIOUS WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS CHANGES.
WELL, FIRST, THE MIXED USE TO THE LOW DENSITY IS GOING TO OBVIOUSLY BE A DOWNGRADE IN THE, IN THE LAND USE TO A RESIDENTIAL USE.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS EXPLAINED TO US THAT THEY NEED TO REZONE SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT THEY DON'T MEET THE CURRENT LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT.
AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY WOULD NEED TO REZONE TO AN R THREE SINGLE FAMILY.
AND FOR AN R THREE IN THIS PARTICULAR PLAN, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN, THAN MOST, IT REQUIRES A PLAN AMENDMENT THAT IS, THAT MATCHES THE LAND USE.
SO, UM, THE COMPARABLE LAND USE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS R THREE, UM, AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE MIXED USE LAND USE IN ORDER TO GET THAT R THREE ZONING THAT THEY NEED TO DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UH, AND, AND I THINK YOU SAID THERE WERE NO COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO THIS OR FROM GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO RESPONSES AT ALL? NO, MA'AM.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS ON THE PLAN AMENDMENTS? I HAD A QUESTION.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES ON NUMBER 13.
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I, LET'S SEE, UM, IF STAFF CAN JUST REMIND ME OF THE PROCESS FOR WHEN THERE MIGHT BE A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT ON, ON THIS ITEM.UM, I DON'T NEED IT PULLED, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND BETTER.
I MEAN, THAT AREA IS SO CONGESTED AND TO PUT IN, UM, UM, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL AND SUCH A BIG TRACT OF LAND, I THINK IT'S GONNA IMPACT TRAFFIC SIGNIFICANTLY, ESPECIALLY THERE'S A SCHOOL RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE PROCESS FOR WHEN TRAFFIC REVIEWS THIS ITEM.
SO AT, AT THIS POINT, IT'S FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT, BUT A ZONING CASE WAS ALSO SUBMITTED ALONG WITH IT.
AND SO AT THAT POINT IN THE PROCESS, A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET IS SUBMITTED AND THAT IS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ZONING APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO THAT ACTUALLY STARTS THE LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IN THE AREA.
AND SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UH, THE STAFF WILL RECEIVE SOMETHING BACK FROM OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL INFORM THE APPLICANT WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO NEED AN ACTUAL TRAFFIC STUDY.
AND IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE A SUBDIVISION, LIKELY THERE WILL BE A, A STUDY PROVIDED FOR THEM, UH, TO REVIEW PRIOR TO.
IT'LL BE ALSO PART OF THE PLATTING PROCESS AND CERTAINLY PRIOR TO THE BUILDING PROCESS.
AND ON NUMBER 15, UM, AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO HOLD, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT STAFF CAN JUST WALK ME THROUGH THE, UM, PROCESS OR THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON APPROVAL.
IT JUST SEEMS REALLY OUT OF PLACE TO, UH, CUT UP THAT PROPERTY AND STICK A CAR WASH IN THE MIDDLE OF, UM, WHAT IS AN EXISTING CHURCH AND A SCHOOL IT LOOKED LIKE NEXT DOOR TO THAT AND ACROSS FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD JUST SEEMED OUTTA PLACE AND SURE, SURE.
UM, WELL, THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL, AND THE REASON IT WAS, IT WAS THE LAND USE IS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL IS OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY WERE, UH, BUILDINGS THAT WERE FOR THE CHURCH.
AND THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
AND SO THEY REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUILDINGS ON THE SITE WITH DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
AND SO A PART OF THEIR, UM, THEIR GOAL IS TO GET A CAR WASH.
AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LAND USE THAT LAND USE, UH, REQUIRE, REQUIRE, WELL, THE C TWO THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE CAR WASH.
THE C TWO S REQUIRES THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
AND SO ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, WHICH IS SASSY ROAD, IT DID MAKE SENSE TO, TO US AS STAFF TO, TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW SOME COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE.
MAYBE SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS ON SITE CAN BE REPURPOSED FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
AND SO IN THAT SENSE, IT, IT DID MAKE, UH, SOME LOGICAL SENSE TO US AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT IT'S CURRENTLY MF 33 IS THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
AND SO WE DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD LOGICALLY BE DEVELOPED AS MF 33 IT CONSIDERING THE CURRENT LI LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING.
SO DID THE CHURCH SELL THAT LAND TO THEM OR THEY'RE CONSIDERING SELLING THAT LAND? YES, I BELIEVE SO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, EXPLANATION.
ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? UM, THIS IS COMMISSIONER SIEGEL AGAIN.
UM, IF I'M INTERRUPTING SOMEBODY ELSE, PLEASE, I'LL WAIT.
BUT I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, ITEM NUMBER 18, PLAN AMENDMENT ENDING IN ONE THREE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THIS, UM, PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION OR RATHER THE ZONING NO, THE USE CLASSIFICATION FOR JUST A PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, SO, UH, IS THE REHABILITATION CENTER OUT OF BUSINESS, IS IT GONNA BE TORN DOWN? WHY IS THIS ONE PART OF THE LOT OR RATHER THIS PARCEL THAT'S BEING BROKEN OUT FROM THE OTHERS IS GONNA BE CHANGED TO HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE? EXCELLENT.
SO ACTUALLY THE, THE EXISTING BUSINESS IS GOING TO REMAIN THERE, OR THE FACILITY WILL REMAIN THERE.
THAT'S THE PORTION THAT YOU SEE THAT'S LABELED ON YOUR MAP AS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
A MAJORITY OF THE SITE IS ALREADY PART OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO WHAT THIS FACILITY IS DOING IS THEY ARE, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO A HOSPITAL COMPONENT THAT HAS A BEHAVIORAL UNIT TO IT.
AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, UH, THEY NEED TO REZONE, THEY
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THOUGHT ORIGINALLY THAT THEY WANTED TO GO WITH A REALLY HIGH INTENSITY, LIKE A COMMUNITY OF, EXCUSE ME, A REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TO DO LIKE A C THREE ZONING JUST FOR THAT ONE SECTION.BUT AFTER TALKING WITH THEM AND FIGURING OUT WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, WE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY GO DOWN ZONE TO A C TWO AND JUST HAVE AN SS FOR THE HOSPITAL WITH THE BEHAVIORAL UNIT.
AND SO ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THAT USE WILL BE PART OF THE LAND USE THAT THEY ARE, THAT'S DESCRIBED IN YOUR PACKET TODAY.
SO IT, THEY ARE PROPOSING HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE SO THAT THEY CAN REZONE TO THAT C TWO SS FOR JUST THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S GONNA BE UTILIZED FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES.
FINAL CALL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
UH, DO WE WANNA PULL ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS? I DO WANNA ADD THAT, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19 DOES NEED TO BE ON THE INDIVIDUAL.
UH, THIS IS THE APPOINTMENT OF TAC MEMBERS OF HAVING BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
UH, THE SPECIFIC REASON THAT SHOULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY IS WE DO ALSO NEED TO HAVE A, A RECOMMENDATION, I SHOULD SAY, AN APPOINTMENT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TWO EXPERIENCED MEMBERS.
UH, SO THAT ITEM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL.
UM, SO ITEM NUMBER 17 HAS BEEN POSTPONED 14 WILL BE PULLED FOR PURPOSES OF RECUSAL, AND 19 IS OUR ONE ITEM FOR ON, UH, INDIVIDUAL, IF I CAN NOTE.
AND, UM, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WAS REALLY AWESOME, AND SO I HOPE THIS DOES NOT OFFEND THE EQUITY TEAM AND ALL OF THOSE THAT SPOKE, BUT IF WE CAN IN THE FUTURE, UM, TRY TO LIMIT PRESENTATIONS TO NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES, UM, IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO HEAR AS MANY QUESTIONS, UM, THAT COMMISSIONERS HAD, BUT I ALSO WANNA BE COGNIZANT THAT PEOPLE ARE WAITING ON US TO START ON TIME.
AND SO IN THE FUTURE, IF WE CAN JUST KEEP IT TO 15 MINUTES.
SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS, UH, TO ASK, UM, AFTER THAT PRESENTATION AND THEN STILL REVIEW THE AGENDA, PLEASE.
I, I NOTICED THAT ON INDIVIDUAL THEY HAD PUT ITEM NUMBER 14.
I, I DON'T REMEMBER IT BE BEING REQUESTED TO BE PUT ON AN INDIVIDUAL OH, ITEM NUMBER.
JUST FOR RECUSAL, JUST DOUBLE CHECK.
WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN READ, UH, THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IN, UH, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL ASK THAT COMMISSIONER ORIAN, JUST MUTE YOURSELF AND TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA.
UH, THEN WE CAN REAL QUICK READ THAT ITEM IN, TREAT IT ALMOST AS A SECOND, UH, CONSENT ITEM.
SO I THINK WE ARE READY TO WRAP UP WORK SESSION AND HEAD INTO THE MEETING WHENEVER YOU LET US KNOW.
LOGAN, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE, UH, DANIEL KAT, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT WE'RE STILL GOOD WITH LIVE STREAMING? YES, WE CAN PROCEED.
[2:00 P.M. - Call to Order]
APRIL 14TH, 2021 AT 2:14 PM I AM CALLING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, MEETING TO ORDER.UM, IF WE CAN, UH, PLAY THE SPANISH INTERPRETER PLEASE.
MAY STAFF CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON PRESENT, COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAN AND COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA PRESENT, COMMISSIONER SIEGEL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER PRESENT COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA.
PRESENT, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER PROFIT PRESENT VICE CHAIR PECK PRESENT, MADAM CHAIR GONZALEZ PRESENT, EX BUSANTE PRESENT EX ORIAN PRESENT, A FULL FORM IS PRESENT.
MAY STAFF, UH, READ THE MEETING FORMAT, CERTAINLY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID-19.
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THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.THESE MEETING STANDARDS ARE BASED UPON THE VARIOUS SUSPENDED PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT ISSUED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE ARE FOUR OPPORTUNITIES.
THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, OR ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING.
FOR COMMENTS RECEIVED ARE PART OF THE OFFICIAL WRITTEN RECORD FOR ITEMS ON INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS FOLLOWING THE PRESENT APPLICANT COMPLAIN, MESSAGE RECEIVED BY VOICE.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALLBACK, WE'LL CALL THEM TO
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN YOU FOR REBUTTAL WITH A TWO MINUTE ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS.
UH, BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER, I DO JUST WANNA REMIND THE COMMISSIONER, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, WE DO ASK.
SO WE, AND PLEASE, UH, MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERAS ARE ON PUBLIC, UH, WATCHING AND HAVE THE HI ADAM CHAIR.
[Consent Agenda]
UH, TODAY WE HAVE TWO, UH, MEETING AGENDAS.WE HAVE THE COMBINED MEETING AGENDA, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, JUST ONE, ONE ITEM, EXCUSE ME, ON INDIVIDUAL.
AND SO THE ENTIRE AGENDA IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER 17 BEING PULLED FOR, UH, OR BEING POSTPONED.
NUMBER 14, BEING PULLED FOR RECUSAL.
AND THEN NUMBER 19 AND 20, IS THAT CORRECT STAFF? YEAH.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE ONE VOICEMAIL TO PLAY BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WELL.
UH, DO I HAVE, UH, A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PECK, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLAY THE VOICEMAIL, UH, FOR ITEM 18 BEFORE WE DO THE, UH, ROLL CALL.
I'M WITH, UH, DEL CREST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
DANA, I'M THE, UH, ACTING PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY.
I LIVE AT 4 8 1 1 DEL CREST, 7 8 2 2 OH.
MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 2 3 2 7 4 8 4.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW I AM IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER PA 2 0 2 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 1 4.
UM, UH, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY FOR ME TO LEAVE A LIVE COMMENT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW YOUR GUYS' PROTOCOL.
UH, BUT AGAIN, ANITA FRANKLIN, DANA, UH, PRESIDENT, ACTING PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY.
MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 2 3 2 7 4 8 4.
I AM IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER PA 2 0 2 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 1 4.
AND THE ADDRESS IS 8 1 9 RICE ROAD.
OKAY, WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE, UH, COMBINED AGENDA VOTE.
UH, COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
COMMISSIONER DKI APPROVED COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER PROPHET? YES.
THAT'S APPROVED FOR THE COMBINED HEARING.
[14. 21-2841 PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA-2021-11600005 (Council District 2): A request by Ariel Lakata, representative, for Approval of a Resolution to amend the Government Hill Neighborhood Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the CIty, by changing the future land use from "Mixed Use" to "Low Density Residential" on Lot 3, Block 5, NCB 488, located at 1622 North Hackberry Street. Staff recommends Approval. (Associated Zoning Case Z-2021-10700042) (Lorianne Thennes, Planner 210-207-7945, lorianne.thennes@sanantonio.gov; Development Services Department)]
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NUMBER 14, BEING PULLED FOR PURPOSES OF RECUSAL AS COMMISSIONER ORIAN.HE HAS TURNED OFF HIS VIDEO AND HE, HE IS MUTED.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 14? SO MOVED.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
I'M GONNA GO BACK TO, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, SIEGEL.
COMMISSIONER ORIAN CAN COME BACK.
[19. 21-2936 Consider applicants for and possibly make appointments to or interview candidates for the Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee (PCTAC), to include receiving the recommendation of the PCTAC Nominating Committee.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 19.I DO WANNA, UH, PERSONALLY THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER CHRIS GARCIA AND COMMISSIONER PECK, UH, FOR, UH, FOR SERVING ALONGSIDE MYSELF ON THE, UH, NOMINATING COMMITTEE, UH, REVIEWING SEVERAL, UM, VERY GREAT, UM, APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT WE HAD, UM, A DIVERSE GROUP OF APPLICANTS THIS TIME.
UM, AND DESPITE COVID, WE STILL HAD, UM, QUITE A BIT OF APPLICATIONS TO GO THROUGH.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PECK AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA, UH, FOR GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS TO REVIEW THESE APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE, THE FULL BODY.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE, UH, A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 19, AND IF, IF I MAY, WE, WE CAN DO THIS ONE OF TWO WAYS.
WE CAN, UH, TAKE A MOTION FOR WHAT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, UH, CONVENED TO DISCUSS.
UH, THOSE WERE LAID OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, AND WE CAN DO A SECOND MOTION, UH, IF YOU WOULD PREFER FOR THE TWO EXPERIENCE MEMBERS, OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN DELIBERATE NOW, UH, ON, UH, WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR EXPERIENCED MEMBERS.
AND WE CAN TAKE ONE COMBINED MOTION.
UM, LET, LET'S TAKE ON THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION AS NOTED ALREADY, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ON THE EXPERIENCE MEMBERS.
DO I HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE, UH, PTECH NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNE.
COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNE? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA
AT THIS TIME I WILL TAKE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR, UH, TWO SEATS FOR EXPERIENCED MEMBERS.
THIS COMMISSIONER PECK, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, I HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MICHAEL MOORE, WHO, UH, MICHAEL'S, UH, UM, BEEN ACTIVE IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY FOR MANY,
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MANY YEARS, GOING BACK BEFORE MANY OF US WERE EVEN CONSIDERING OUR CAREERS, UM, AND HAS BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL.U D C REWRITES, HAS MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF HISTORY, UH, WITH THE U D C AND WOULD BE A, UH, GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON ANYTHING RELATED TO, UH, TO THE U D C AND, UM, ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THE CODE.
SO, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOMINATE JOE NICKS, HE'S A LOCAL ENGINEER SPECIALIZING IN TRAFFIC.
AND IF WE GET INTO U D C AMENDMENTS DURING HIS, UH, TERM ON THE, UH, ATTACK, HE WOULD BE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE WHEN WE'RE DELIBERATING TRAFFIC RELATED AMENDMENTS.
AND HE WOULD ALSO BE INVALUABLE AND, UH, PROVIDE REALLY GOOD INPUT ON MAJOR THOROUGH REPAIR PLAN AMENDMENTS FROM HIS, UH, TRAFFIC EXPERTISE PERSPECTIVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS? UH, THIS IS ORIAN.
ARE ANY OF THESE, UH, FOR AN ALTERNATE OR ARE THEY BOTH FOR, UH, PRIME MEMBERS? THE, THESE ARE BOTH FOR THE PRIMARY SLOT ON EXPERIENCE MEMBERS.
UH, I DO WANNA ADD ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM.
THE EXPERIENCE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, NOT BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
UH, AND WHEN THEY SERVE ON THE TAX, THEY ARE THERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
THEY ACTUALLY DO NOT SERVE AS VOTING MEMBERS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT DISTINCTION AS WELL.
HANS, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ALSO ON THE PROCESS.
UM, THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT COMMISSIONER PECK NOMINATED, DID THEY APPLY AND THEY WERE PULLED FROM THE POOL OF APPLICANTS? OR ARE THEY PROFESSIONALS THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OR MAYBE BOTH? UH, I, I THINK BOTH.
I KNOW THAT BOTH, UH, HAD APPLIED FOR OTHER POSITIONS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS, UH, THE, THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, THEY CERTAINLY ARE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE, THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, I THINK THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER PECK'S INTRODUCTION PROBABLY SUMS THAT UP PRETTY WELL.
THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE EXPERIENCE MEMBERS ARE REALLY TO HAVE FOLKS IN THE ROOM THAT HAVE A GREAT CONTACT AND KNOWLEDGE.
YOU KNOW, WHY DID RULES CHANGE PERHAPS MANY YEARS AGO? UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ATTACK MAYBE ISN'T CONSIDERING AND CURRENT DELIBERATIONS.
THEY, THEY WERE, UH, THEY CERTAINLY HAVE EXPERIENCE, BUT THEY ALSO APPLIED FOR OTHER POSITIONS ON THE TECH AS WELL.
AND I, BY NO MEANS AM I NOT SUPPORTIVE OF HIS NOMINATIONS, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND ALSO, UM, SO HOW, IF THIS IS, THIS NOMINATION'S NOT COMING FROM THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, HOW WOULD THE REST OF US PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAVE SEEN THE POOL OF APPLICANTS? I'M, I'M, I'M, I DO APOLOGIZE.
THE, THE AUDIO CUT OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT AT THE END.
I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, UH, ARE ABLE TO VIEW THE POOL OF APPLICANTS.
SO WE, WE COULD CERTAINLY SHARE THE APPLICANTS.
YOU, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO APPLY FOR A DIFFERENT POSITION ON THE TAC TO BE NOMINATED AS AN EXPERIENCED MEMBER.
UH, SO THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT THAT APPLICATIONS BE REVIEWED.
UH, THE COMMISSIONERS COULD APPOINT ANYONE, UH, REGARDLESS OF IF THEY APPLIED OR NOT.
AGAIN, I'M NOT, UM, UM, NOT, NOT IN SUPPORT.
UM, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF HIS NOMINATIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
AND TO FURTHER CLARIFY, SO THERE, THERE WAS ONE SET THAT DID APPLY, COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES, AND THAT'S WHAT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE PUT FORWARD.
THIS ONE IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE AND, AND WE'RE JUST BRINGING NAMES, UH, AS FAR AS THE NOMINATIONS GO.
SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE APPLIED.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO EXISTING LIST.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, NOMINATIONS FOR EXPERIENCED MEMBERS? IF NOT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT BOTH MICHAEL MOORE AND JOE NICKS AS OUR, UH, TWO APPOINTEES FOR EXPERIENCE MEMBERS.
COMMISSIONER ORIAN SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ORION.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CARDILLO HAYNES.
COMMISSIONER, UH, CARILLO HAYNES? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
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YES.COMMISSIONER ZUKI APPROVED COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA.
WE APPRECIATE UM, YOU DOING YOUR HOMEWORK.
AND AS CHAIR OF THE TECH, UM, I PERSONALLY DO VALUE, UM, AND KNOW THAT YOUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE HELPS MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PEOPLE, UH, ARE NOMINATED FOR THIS.
THANK YOU CHAIR GONZALEZ FOR YOUR HELP ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AS WELL.
[20. 21-2412 Consideration and Action on the Minutes from March 24, 2021.]
UH, FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.DO WE HAVE ANY REVISIONS? HEARING NONE.
I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES.
COMMISSIONER PROFIT MADE THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER PECK MADE THE SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
COMMISSIONER DE ZUKI APPROVED COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE AND THANK ALL OF YOU ALL FOR BEING A PART OF TODAY'S MEETING.
WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT ATTENDANCE FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND EXOFFICIO.
IT IS 2 33 AND I'M ADJOURNING THE MEETING.