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[2:00 P.M. - Call to Order]
IT IS AUGUST 25TH AT 2 0 5 AND I'M CALLING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.UH, TO BEGIN, DO WE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETER IN ATTENDANCE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M GONNA START THIS LOS INTERPRET.
AND JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER, I DON'T SEE ANY OFFENDERS, BUT, UM, AS WE, UH, TRY TO DEAL WITH THE DELTA VARIANT, IF EVERYBODY CAN PLEASE CONTINUE TO MASK UP.
UM, DURING TODAY'S MEETING, UM, MAY STAFF CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER SIEGEL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER ZUKI PRESENT.
PRESENT COMMISSIONER PROFIT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER PECK PRESENT, UM, BUSANTE PRESENT.
UM, MADAM CHAIR GONZALEZ PRESENT, QUORUM IS PRESENT.
UH, WE HAVE TWO AGENDAS TODAY.
[Consent Agenda]
ONE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN A COUPLE ON INDIVIDUAL.UH, THE ENTIRE AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS NUMBER 6, 9, 11, AND 12 WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THAT CORRECT? STAFF? THAT IS CORRECT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER UM, CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
COMMISSIONER ZUKI APPROVED COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
COM UM, UH, EX OFFICIO BUSANTE AYE.
[12. Public hearing, briefing and consideration of the City of San Antonio’s FY 2022 Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget. (Presented by Zachery Kuentz, Assistant Director, Office of Management and Budget and Razi Hosseini, Director of Public Works.)]
START A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER AND KICK OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER 12 WITH WHICH IS THE CITY'S BUDGET.AND IF WE COULD JUST ANNOUNCE FOR THE RECORD THAT ITEM NUMBER NINE, ITS PLAN AMENDMENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY.
JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANYBODY HERE IN FRONT IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THAT ONE.
NUMBER NINE HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE HEARD DURING TODAY'S MEETING.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS THE CITY'S BUDGET.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M ZACHARY KOONTZ, ASSISTANT BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.
AND WE'RE TOGETHER WITH RAZZIE HONI.
UH, WE WILL BE BE PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY'S 2022 FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE BUDGET WAS PREPARED WITH FIVE KEY TAKEAWAYS IN MIND.
IT DOES REFLECT THAT WE HAVE RECOVERED IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY ORGANIZATION FASTER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED FROM THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, BUT WE DO STILL HAVE UNCERTAINTY AND CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY SUCH AS HOSPITALITY.
THE BUDGET RESTORES THE CUTS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND ALSO PROVIDES AN INCREASE IN COMPENSATION FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WITH NO INCREASE TO THE OVERALL CITY PROPERTY TAX RATE.
THE BUDGET WAS PREPARED LOOKING AT LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES THAT WE LEARNED THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED PRIOR TO THE C OVID 19.
AND WE ALSO LOOK AT, BASED UPON FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT RESPONDING DIFFERENTLY TO CERTAIN CALLS FOR SERVICE AS A RESULT OF A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS REGARDING POLICING SERVICES.
AND LASTLY, BASED UPON OUR OUTCOMES FROM THE COMMITTEE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN THE WAKE OF THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM, WE ARE ALSO INVESTING MORE FUNDS TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO A MORE
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RESILIENT CITY.SO BASED UPON OUR ANNUAL ESSAY SPEAK UP BUDGET SURVEY OF OVER 6,000 RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO, THE THINGS THAT CAME TO THE TOP OF THE LIST IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY PRIORITIES YOU'RE SEEING HERE ON THE SLIDE, INCLUDING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, SENIOR SERVICES, PARKS, AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
SO, AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP, UH, IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE CITY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE A RECOVERY IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE DO CONTINUE TO SEE UNCERTAINTY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR ECONOMY.
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REMAINS STRONG LOCALLY WHILE TOURISM AND BUSINESS TRAVEL ARE RECOVERING AT A SLOWER PACE.
AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET FOR NOT ONLY 2022, BUT ALSO 2023 AS WELL.
SO LOOKING AT THE BIG THREE AREAS OF THE CITY BUDGET THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC SALES TAX, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND AIRPORT WERE THREE PRIMARY REVENUE AREAS THAT WERE SEEN TO HIT THE HARDEST BY THE PANDEMIC.
SALES TAX HAS RECOVERED THE FASTEST OF THESE THREE AREAS AND WE ARE PROJECTING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 THAT OUR SALES TAX REVENUES WILL BE RECEIVED ACTUALLY 11% HIGHER THAN OUR PRE PANDEMIC PEAK OF FISCAL YEAR 2019.
LIKEWISE, THE AIRPORT IS ALSO REBOUNDING SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN WE HAD PROJECTED WITH ITS REVENUES FORECASTED TO BE ABOUT 2% BETTER THAN THE 2019 ACTUALS.
THE LAGGARD IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
AS WE NOTICED, UH, THE HOSPITALITY AND INDUSTRY VIRTUALLY CAME TO A STANDSTILL LAST SPRING AND HAS SINCE SEEN SOME GREEN SHOOTS OF RECOVERY EARLIER THIS SPRING.
AS WE STARTED TO SEE THE CASES COME DOWN AND MORE PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR DRIVE-IN MARKETS IN THE TEXAS TRIANGLE, WERE WERE SEEKING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A VACATION, PARTICULARLY DURING SPRING BREAK.
AND SO WE HAVE SEEN SOME GREEN SHOOTS FOR THE HOTEL ACTIVITY.
HOWEVER, WITH THE EMERGENCE OF THE DELTA VARIANT, WE HAVE STARTED TO SEE SOME CONVENTIONS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR THIS FALL START TO PULL BACK, WHICH DOES INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AREA OF BUSINESS.
AND WE ARE FORECASTING THAT REVENUE TO BE ABOUT 24% STILL BELOW OUR PRE PANDEMIC HIGH OF 2019.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE BUDGET DOES PROGRAM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE ARPA ACT TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE LOSSES THAT WE EXPERIENCED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2020.
A TOTAL OF $97.5 MILLION IS PROGRAMMED OVER THE NEXT THREE FISCAL YEARS IN THE GENERAL FUND, AS WELL AS IN THE AREA OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO HELP OFFSET THE REVENUE LOSSES EXPERIENCED BY THE CITY AND TO HELP AID IN PROVIDING SERVICE AND RECOVERY TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO OVERALL, THE SPENDING STRATEGY THAT WE WENT INTO THIS EARLIER THIS SUMMER IN PREPARING THE BUDGET IS TO ADDRESS, TO RETURN TO A PRE PANDEMIC LEVEL OF SERVICE TO RESTORE THE 27 MILLION OF A OF CUTS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, BUT THEN ALSO TO STRATEGICALLY INVEST IN AREAS THAT WE HEARD FROM BOTH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE MARIN CITY COUNCIL THAT WERE PRIORITIES TO THEM.
AND ALSO ENSURED THAT WE, UH, PRO PRODUCED A SUSTAINABLE BUDGET BETWEEN ONE-TIME IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS RECURRING ADDITIONS TO THE BUDGET TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY INTO THE FUTURE.
THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED TOTALS $3.1 BILLION AND IS COMPRISED OF THE THREE MAJOR AREAS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.
STARTING IN THE TOP RIGHT IN THE GREEN AT JUST OVER $1 BILLION OR 32% OF THE BUDGET ARE WHAT WE REFER TO AS OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS.
THESE ARE AREAS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS WHERE THE REVENUES GENERATED BY THAT SERVICE MUST BE USED FOR THAT SERVICE.
AND THAT INCLUDES AREAS SUCH AS THE AIRPORT RIGHT HERE IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AREA.
IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AT JUST UNDER $600 MILLION.
AND THIS REPRESENTS OUR LONG-TERM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND INVESTMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS PRIMARILY COMPOSED OF PROJECTS IN THE VOTER APPROVED 2017 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE ENTERING ITS FINAL YEAR IN 2022.
AND LASTLY, THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR BUDGET IS THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY OPERATING ACCOUNT AT $1.36 BILLION.
AND THIS PROVIDES THE BASIC CITY SERVICES MOST PEOPLE THINK OF IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND YEAR OVER YEAR BETWEEN 2022 AND 2021, THE YEAR OVER GROWTH IN THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 5.6% YEAR OVER YEAR.
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INCLUSIVE OF THE $30 MILLION WE ARE USING IN ARPA FUNDING BASE TO BASE WITHOUT ARPA, THAT IS A 3.2% INCREASE OVERALL.SO LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES OF REVENUE.
AT THE TOP IS PROPERTY TAX AT 410 MILLION OR 31%, WHEREAS THE CITY REPRESENTS ONLY ABOUT 20% OF THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER'S PROPERTY TAX BILL.
NEXT TO YOU SEE IN THE LIGHT BLUE THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS OUR TRANSFER FROM C P S ENERGY.
AS THE OWNER OF C P S ENERGY, THE CITY RECEIVES 14% OF THE UTILITIES GROSS GAS AND ELECTRIC SALES.
AS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO YOU, THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE, OF THIS UTILITY SALES TAX AT JUST OVER 25% OR $336 MILLION REFLECTS OUR BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED RECOVERY FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND THEN OUR OTHER RESOURCES, WHICH IS PRIMARILY CHARGES FOR SERVICES LIQUOR BY THE DRINK TAX AND OTHER AREAS SUCH AS FINES.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THERE THE SMALL WEDGE AT THE VERY TOP LEFT, THE $30 MILLION WE ARE UTILIZING IN REVENUE RECOVERY FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
ALL THOSE REVENUES ON THE LEFT THEN SUPPORT THE SERVICES YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND CHART WITH PUBLIC SAFETY BEING THE LION'S SHARE AT 63.2% OF THE BUDGET ARE RIGHT ABOUT $860 BILLION BELOW PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE DO HAVE STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT 104.6 MILLION PARKS AND REC AT JUST OVER 54 MILLION AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS CODE ENFORCEMENT, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, AND SOME OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY AT $340.7 MILLION.
SO MOVING INTO JUST SOME BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2022 BUDGET, LOOKING AT PUBLIC HEALTH WAS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY IN OUR SURVEY AND IS ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN LEARNING LESSONS THAT WE HAD FROM THE PANDEMIC AS WELL AS A STUDY PUT FORWARD BY THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION.
AND SO THIS REPRESENTS AN OVERALL $16 MILLION INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR YEAR ONE OF THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN, WHICH IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY BY FEDERAL FUNDS AND OUR HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THIS INCLUDES $4 MILLION FOR COORDINATED RESPONSE TO HELP ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND PARTNERSHIP WITH SS A P D AND S A F D.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE COVID EMERGENCY EXPENSES THAT WE'VE SEEN NOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONTRACT CONTACT TRACING AND RESPONSE IN THE WAKE OF THE DELTA VARIANT IS BEING SUPPORTED THROUGH GRANTS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERALL LOOKING AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT CHIEF HOOD BRIEF COUNSEL ON THIS MORNING IS TO INCREASE THE, EXPAND THE ROLE OF THE CLINICAL DISPATCHERS PROGRAM.
UH, LAST OCTOBER, THE CITY IMPLEMENTED AN APP CALLED GOOD SAM, WHICH IS A TELEMEDICINE BASED PLATFORM THAT ENABLES OUR PARAMEDICS AT THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER TO PROVIDE A LINK TO A CALLER TO ACCESS ON THEIR SMARTPHONE AND ENABLE THEM TO USE THE VIDEO ON THE SMARTPHONE TO BEGIN INITIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE CALLER EVEN BEFORE THE THE E M S UNIT ARRIVES ON SCENE.
THIS HAS HELPED FREE UP 9 1 1 RESOURCES FOR THOSE MINOR EMERGENCIES WHERE A E M S UNIT IS NOT DEEMED TO BE NECESSARY TO DISPATCH THAT SCENE, WHICH FREES UP THE SYSTEM FOR HIGHER PRIORITY CALLS.
AND SO WE ADD ARE ADDING EIGHT CLINICAL DISPATCHERS TO ENHANCE THAT PROGRAM.
SO AS A RESULT OF THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF POLICE SERVICES FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD LAST YEAR, UM, THE CITY ENGAGED WITH THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION TO HELP TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT HOW WE SHOULD ADDRESS CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT INVOLVE MENTAL HEALTH AND FAMILY VIOLENCE.
AND SO THE OUTCOME OF THAT REPORT IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, IS TO IMPLEMENT A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH PAIRS A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, A PARAMEDIC, AND A POLICE OFFICER TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE CALLS JOINTLY.
SO TO PROVIDE THAT TEAM APPROACH FOR ON SCENE ADVOCATES THAT ARE TRAINED TO TRIAGE THE INCIDENT ON SCENE AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE CRISIS DEESCALATION AND HANDOFF FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND TREATMENT.
AND THAT PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL $4.8 MILLION IN THE BUDGET TO BEGIN THIS WORK.
IN ADDITION TO THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM PREVIOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED, THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES OVER $5 MILLION IN RESOURCES TO ADDRESS STREETLIGHTS AROUND THE CITY IN FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT NIGHT AND WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING TO HELP INCREASE VISIBILITY AND AND SAFETY.
SO THIS, THE BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH AN ADDITI, A NEW STREETLIGHT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STREETLIGHT INDEX TO GAUGE WHERE WE DO HAVE STREETLIGHTS AND WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED AROUND THE CITY.
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DOES CALL FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY POLICING, ADDING TWO NEW SAFE OFFICERS FOR EACH OF THE SIX SUBSTATIONS AROUND THE CITY, AS WELL AS THREE POSITIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL NEEDS OF THE FOOT AND BIKE PATROL.ALSO, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE POLICE STUDY, WE DID FIND THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE S A P D OFFICERS CURRENTLY RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST USE OF THEIR TIME.
AND SO THE THREE EXAMPLES ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON THE SLIDE.
FIRST ONE IS ANIMAL RELATED CALLS FOR BARKING DOGS OR LOOSE DOGS.
THIS RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE HANDLED BY AN ADDITIONAL, UM, RESOURCES PROVIDED TO THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THOSE CALLS.
WE ARE ALSO PILOTING WITH THE ARSON BUREAU OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR RESPONDING TO ILLEGAL FIREWORKS USE OVER THE NEW YEAR'S AND JULY 4TH HOLIDAYS AND ENABLING THOSE, THOSE LICENSED, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE ARSON BUREAU TO RESPOND TO FIREWORKS CALLS RATHER THAN A POLICE OFFICER.
AND THEN LASTLY, A PILOT PROGRAM WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS LOUD MUSIC CALLS AS WE ARE SEEING.
AND NORMALLY IT TAKES ONE JUST TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND ASK THE THE RESIDENT TO TURN DOWN THEIR MUSIC AND MOST COMPLY.
SO WE ARE PILOTING THAT WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.
NEXT IN THE AREA OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE ARE CONTINUING THE INVESTMENT OF JUST OVER $32 MILLION IN THE COMBINATION OF GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS FEDERAL GRANTS FROM THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS AREAS SUCH AS MINOR HOME REPAIR, OWNER-OCCUPIED REPAIR, AND THE CONTINUATION OF OUR UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC WAS HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FEDERAL PROGRAM, THE, THE LITANY OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE CREATED THROUGH CONGRESS, UM, FOR PANDEMIC RELIEF.
AND SO WE CREATED A PROGRAM CALLED NAT, THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO HELP RESIDENTS FIGURE OUT WHAT BENEFITS THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR AND TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS AND THE PAPERWORK.
SO THE BUDGET DOES CONTINUE TO FUND THESE NAVIGATORS TO HELP SUPPORT ADDITIONAL HOUSING RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF HELPING TO PREVENT FAMILIES FROM BECOMING HOMELESS.
IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY, THE BUDGET DOES CON DOES BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN THE WAKE OF THE FEBRUARY STORM.
AND SO THIS DOES INCLUDE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE GENERATORS AT PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE WORK TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE'RE CALLING RESILIENCY HUBS AT FOUR AREAS AROUND THE CITY THAT CAN BE USED FOR RESIDENTS WHEN, IF AND WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER LARGE CATASTROPHIC STORM LIKE WE HAD IN FEBRUARY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS, WHETHER THAT BE HEAT OR COAL OR WATER.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL RESILIENCY STUDY AND ANALYSIS, UM, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR PREPAREDNESS.
AND JUST LASTLY, I'LL TOUCH ON INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, VERY LIGHTLY 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA STEAL OZZIE'S THUNDER.
UM, BUT THIS, THE 2022 BUDGET DOES RESTORE THE ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET UP TO $110 MILLION TO HELP ADDRESS MORE THAN THE 4,100 CENTER LINE MILES OF STREET WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THIS, WE EXPECT THAT THAT THERE WILL BE OVER 1200 PROJECTS FOR THE STREETS BUDGET IN 2022.
AND THEN WITH OUR NEWLY CREATED TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE BUDGET, IT DOES INCLUDE $6.2 MILLION TO ENHANCE AND SUPPLEMENT THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM.
THIS IS TO WORK ON, UH, ABOUT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS AND THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED LARGE AREAS OF BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES TO START TO, UH, HELP CREATE WHAT WE CALL WHAT WE'RE CALLING SLOWER STREETS.
IN ADDITION TO VISION ZERO, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO BEGIN WORK ON UPDATING THE 2011 BIKE MASTER PLAN TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE AND ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND TO INTEGRATE IT IN WITH OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO BRIEFLY, RIGHT BEFORE I HAND, JUST BEFORE I HAND IT OFF TO RAZZY TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF OUR WORK SESSIONS WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS I SPEAK.
THEY'RE GOING OVER THE CONVENTION AND TOURISM BUDGETS AT CHAMBERS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THOSE WILL CONTINUE UP THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15TH.
WE ALSO ARE STILL IN, IN THE MIDST OF OUR COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETINGS TONIGHT WILL BE IN DISTRICT THREE DOWN AT PECAN VALLEY.
UM, AND THOSE WILL CONTINUE UP THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE OUR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT CHAMBERS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND SEPTEMBER 14TH.
BOTH ARE AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER
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TO RAZZI TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET BEFORE WE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER.
I AM REI HOI, DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU OUR BUDGET.
OUR MISSION STATE MEANING TRUE INNOVATION AND DEDICATION, WE BUILD AND MAINTAINS.
AND ANTONIO NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC WORK HAS FIVE MAJOR DIVISION SUPPORT SERVICES, CAPITAL PROJECT, DELIVERY STREET AND RIGHT OF WAY STORMWATER AND TRAFFIC.
WE MANAGE FIVE MAJOR PROGRAM GEO BOND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDE STREETS, DRAINAGE, PARK, AND FACILITIES, STREETS AND SIDEWALK, WHICH IS A STREET MAINTENANCE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION WHERE SIDEWALK DOESN'T EXIST.
AND ALSO SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION WHERE THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS BADLY DAMAGED.
STORMWATER OPERATION INCLUDES FLOOD MANAGEMENT, DEBRIS REMOVAL, MOVING AND STREET SWEEPING AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IS SIGNAL PAYMENT MARKING SCHOOL AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
OUR BUDGET FOR 2022 617 MILLION AND INCLUDE 859 POSITION.
OUR DEPARTMENT MANAGES SIX MAJOR FUNDS ON STREET TRAFFIC, STORMWATER, AND CAPITAL PROJECT AS PART OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
BUDGET INCLUDES REORGANIZATION OF FOUR POSITION FROM OUR A D A OFFICE TO THE NEWLY CREATED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICE.
AND THREE POSITION TO NEWLY CRE CREATED FOR THE ILLEGAL DUMPING CLEANUP.
LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR STREET NETWORK.
WE HAVE 4,190 CENTER MILE MILES IS NOT A LANE MILE CENTER LINE MILES 42% IS GRADE A, BUT THAT MEANS THEY ARE REALLY ALMOST BRAND NEW ROADWAY.
23% IS GRADE B, 12% IS FAIR AND ANOTHER 12% IS POOR CONDITION.
AND WE HAVE 11% FAIL CONDITION.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SKETCH, THEY'RE REALLY BAD SHAPE.
OVERALL, 77% IS FAIR AND EXCELLENT CONDITION.
23% IS CORE POOR AND FAILED CONDITION.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS 110 MILLION FOR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
WE ARE LOOKING TO 50% OF THAT OR 55 MILLION DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT NETWORK.
WHAT THAT MEANS, ANY ROADWAY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT, THEY ARE NOT.
WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT MORE FUNDING, MORE INVESTMENT ON THOSE AREA AND ALSO ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MORE AREA TO MAINTAIN.
WE ARE PUTTING ALSO SOME MORE MONEY.
OVERALL WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 1,286 PROJECT OR 373 CENTER LINE MILE AVERAGE YEARLY.
WE MAINTAIN EIGHT TO 10% OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCO, SINCE 2018, WE SPENT 97 MILLION 2020, WE HAD THE SCHEDULE TO SPEND 110 MILLION, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID WE HAD TO CUT IT BACK 50 MILLION.
THAT'S THE REASON YOU SEE 2020.
WE ARE SPENDING 110 MILLION IN 2023.
AS YOU SEE THAT DARKER BLUE ON THE TOP, THAT 20 MILLION WE ARE EXPECTING TO COME FROM PROPOSED 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 5,189 MILE OF SIDEWALK AND ALSO WE HAVE 1,648 MILE OF SIDEWALK GAPS.
WHAT THAT MEANS, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK.
COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE HAS THE MAJORITY OF THE GAP IN CITY ORG, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
OVERALL, THE TOTAL COST FOR UH, BUILDING SIDEWALK ON THE AREA, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK.
IT REQUIRE $610 MILLION SIGNIFICANT NEED ON THE SIDEWALK AS WE HAVE NEED ON THE STREET PROJECT.
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BUDGET HAS 20.8 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK.6.1 MILLION IS COMING FROM 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND 14.7 IS COMING FROM ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 14.7 IS GOING TO BE DIVIDED 50% BASED ON EQUITY AT LESS.
BUT THAT MEANS ANY PLACE HAS A LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITY OF COLOR.
WE ARE LOOKING TO DO MORE INVESTMENT ON THOSE AREA AND ANOTHER 50% WILL BE FOR ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MORE GAP OR NO SIDEWALK.
OVERALL WITH THIS AMOUNT, WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD 61 USABLE MILE OF SIDEWALK.
STORMWATER REGIONAL FACILITY FUNDS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE FIVE YEARS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM USING ANY FUNDING WE GENERATE FROM STORMWATER REGIONAL FACILITIES.
THIS PROJECT IS LONG PROJECT AND IT HAS A REGIONAL IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENT REQUIRES LONGER TIME FOR THE DESIGN COMMUNITY INPUT AND PERMITTING, LONGER CONSTRUCTION DURATION.
AND ALSO WE ARE LEVERAGING FUND TOWARD A FEW OF THE PROPOSED 2022 BOND PROGRAM, FIVE YEAR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH IS 2022 AND 2027.
ON STORMWATER ENGINEERING, FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT AND PERMIT REVIEW, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT REVIEW, FLOOD PLANE ADMINISTRATION FIELD REVIEW, AVERAGE REVIEW, 4,700 PER YEAR.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY, REGIONAL DRAINAGE, PROJECT PLANNING, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PARTNER AGENCY COORDINATION, FIVE YEAR REGIONAL DRAINAGE PROGRAM.
TONY PROJECT AT THE VALUE OF 42.6 MILLION.
THESE ARE THE 1112 PROJECT AT THE VALUE OF 26.3 MILLION.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO BE PART OF A 2022 BUDGET PROGRAM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT SHOWS THEIR WHICH COUNCIL DISTRICT THEY ARE.
THE ONE IS 2022 CORRUGATED METAL PIPE REHAB.
OUR 2022 CAPITAL BUDGET PROGRAM 592,000,347 PROJECT.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THESE SLIDE STREET IS THE LONGEST, LARGEST 1 230 5 MILLION AND HAS 102 PROJECT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LET ME PROVIDE YOU SOME UPDATE WHERE WE ARE ON 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
80% IS COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 83 PROJECT IS COMPLETED 60 UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 35 UNDER DESIGN AND TWO PROJECT PRE-DESIGN.
IN MAY OF 2022, WE ARE ANTICIPATING 97% OF THE PROJECTS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE IDEA IS TO PUSH THIS PROJECT TO BE DONE BY NEXT MAY.
WHEN WE ARE PLANNING FOR 2022 BOND PROGRAM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN ASK PUBLIC TO TRUST US.
WE CAN DELIVER THIS LARGE BOND PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL IN SOMETIME LATE SEPTEMBER DURING THE B SESSION ABOUT OUR PROPOSED 2000 BOND PROGRAM.
THIS IS VERY HIGH LEVEL VIEW, HISTORY OF THE BOND.
I WILL BE PROVIDING THEM POTENTIAL PROPOSITION TO BE ON THE BOND.
PROPOSED PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR TIME BEING WE ARE LOOKING CONNECTIVITY TO BE ONE OF THE CRITERIA.
ANOTHER ONE, RESILIENCY WILL BE THIRD ONE AND EQUITY WILL BE THE FOURTH ONE.
THEN I WILL BE PROVIDING THEM PROCESS ABOUT BOND COMMITTEE AND OVERALL TIMELINE FOR 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
THIS IS A TIMELINE FOR 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR PROJECT FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SEPTEMBER COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT
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OCTOBER TO DECEMBER.LAST TIME WE HAD FIVE MEETING FOR EACH PROPOSITION.
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, COUNCIL AND MAY WILL BE CALLING FOR THE ELECTION AND FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE ELECTION.
ZACH AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ZACH OR RAZZI? NO, VERY GOOD QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER DKI, WHEN YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE REVENUE POST, THE CORONA PANDEMIC, WAS THAT INCLUDE THE INFLATION IN THESE NUMBERS OR NOT? UM, TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, YES.
UM, BUT SO FAR WE'VE SEEN CORE INFLATION HAS STAYED ABOUT 2.6%.
SO IT'S STAYED RELATIVELY TAME.
SO, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN MORE OF THE INFLATION IMPACT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE.
SO WHEN ROZI GOES AND BUYS CONCRETE OR BUYS LUMBER FOR PROJECTS, WE'RE SEEING THOSE, UH, CONSTRUCTION PRICES GO UP A LOT HIGHER THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE INFLATION IMPACT ON OUR REVENUES.
I THINK WE SEE INFLATION MORE ON THE CONSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE SOME OF THE MATERIAL IS COMING FROM OVERSEAS, NOT JUST WE SEE INFLATION.
WE WERE BUILDING CONCRETE SIDEWALK TWO YEARS AGO, FOUR FOOT WIDE, ONE FOOT LONG, 55 FOOT.
NOW IT'S COSTING US 65, ALMOST 15, 20% HIGHER ON OUR COST ESTIMATE.
FOR PROPOSED BOND, WE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE 5% INFLATION PER YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS.
IN YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE STREETS, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE ROADS IN A CONDITION? F FOR CONDITION D IS THE PLAN IS TO MOVE THEM UP TO AB OR THE PLAN IS TO SPEND UNIFORMLY ACROSS ALL STAGES.
I THINK WE SPEND, IF YOU CAN PULL UP THIS SLIDE NUMBER FOUR PLEASE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ONE IS EXCELLENT CONDITION.
WE DO CRACK SEAL AND FOX SEAL.
THAT'S VERY LESS EXPENSIVE TO MAKE SURE THE IDEA, IF WE DON'T TAKE THE EXCELLENT ROADWAY IN FEW YEARS, THAT WILL GO TO GOOD CONDITION AND FEW MORE YEARS WILL GO TO FAIR.
AND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE DEEP.
OUR IDEA IS TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEM IS MUCH, MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T REALLY GET BAD.
LIKE IT'S BETTER STAY HEALTHY THAN GETTING SICK AND GO INTO EMERGENCY ROOM.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GO EMERGENCY ROOM.
WE SPEND EVERY YEAR ON THE FAILURE STREET, $20 MILLION.
WE COULD NOT SPEND MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE OF JUST BUDGET LIMITATION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO LITTLE BIT ON EVERYTHING.
OTHERWISE BLADE DRUM WILL BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
HOW MUCH DID THE CITY GET FOR THE ARPA UH, FUNDS? 30 MILLION IN ONE OF THEM? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS OR? NO, WE ACTUALLY GOT I BELIEVE AROUND 300 MILLION ALL IN.
UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE STILL OPERATING UNDER INTERIM GUIDANCE FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THAT SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER ON THEIR FINAL RULES.
SO BEFORE WE COMMIT, UM, THE BULK OF THE ARPA MONEY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STICKING WITH THE RULES THAT TREASURY, UM, HAD UNDER THE CARESS ACT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED TO THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO BEFORE WE REALLY START MAKING BIG INVESTMENTS INTO THE COMMUNITY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW TRE'S GUIDELINES.
SO IF THAT, IF THAT DIRECTIVE COMES OUT IN SEPTEMBER, THEN THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED, I GUESS IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR OR, OR CORRECT.
IT'S UNLIKE THE CARES ACT, THE, UM, WHICH EXPIRED ROUGHLY NINE MONTHS AFTER WE GOT THEM.
THE FUNDING THESE FUNDS, UH, CAN BE EXPENDED UP THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE RUNWAY TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE FUNDS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE A LOT OF PROACTIVE, UH, ITEMS, THE BUDGET, UH, NOT ALL RELATING TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT, UM, I DID SEE THIS PRESENTATION AT DISTRICT 10, SO I DO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED, ENGAGED IN THESE WORK SESSIONS.
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UH, WHERE THERE ARE, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS, UH, PART OF THE A T D MONEY WAS EQUITY BASED.CAN YOU DESCRIBE, UH, WHAT THE, I GUESS KINDA METRIC FOR DETERMINING YEAH, LET'S GO.
HOW THAT'S APPROPRIATED? I THINK THAT WAS ON THE SIDEWALKS ON THE SIDEWALK.
6.1 MILLION IS A PART OF 2017 BOND THAT'S, UH, ASSIGNED PER EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WE REALLY COULD NOT TOUCH THAT ONE THAT BELONG FOR THAT PARTICULAR COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND ALL OF THEM IS NOT ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT.
EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS PART OF THE 6.1, 14.7 MILLION IS A D T.
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SPEND 50% OF THAT AREA COMMUNITY OF THE COLOR AND LOW INCOME.
THE IDEA IS TO INVEST THOSE AREA MORE.
WE HAVE IN SPAIN IN LAST MANY YEARS, AND THE OTHER 50%, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS GRAPH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE HAS 288 MILE OF A GAP.
IF WE REALLY DON'T INVEST THERE, THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO CATCH UP WITH COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND IT.
THEY ARE GETTING MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN JUST 10% OF 14.7 MILLION.
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS THE, THE EQUITY BASED ON, UH, SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION.
WHERE IS, HOW IS THAT DETERMINATION MADE AS TO WHERE THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE REPAIRED OR BUILT? IS THAT I I THINK WE LOOK FOR THE SIDEWALK TO REPAIR.
IF YOU GO TO SIDEWALKS, SLIGHT NUMBER WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO NO, GO, GO STRAIGHT.
WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR WHERE TO BUILD, WE LOOK FOR TO BE NEAR THE SCHOOL FIRST.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN WALK FOR THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, HOSPITAL AND OTHER LIBRARIES, PARKS AND BUSES STOP.
THIS IS THE CRITERIA WE SELECT AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY, BUT THIS IS OUR SELECTION.
WHAT SECTION OF EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT SHOULD GET SIDEWALK FOR BASED ON THIS FORMULA.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
GOING BACK TO THE, THE ISSUE WITH THE EQUITY, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THAT ON SIDEWALKS.
I KNOW CERTAIN AREAS LIKE THE EDGEWOOD AREA WHERE I GREW UP IN HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD UNDERINVESTMENT.
DID THAT ALSO APPLY NOT JUST TO SIDE, BUT ALSO STREET MAINTENANCE? I KNOW IN PREVIOUS YEARS THEY'VE DONE THAT.
WE JUST DON'T CALL THAT ONE EQUITY ON THE STREET.
ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS A STREET, HAS A LOWER P C I P C I STAND FOR PAYMENT CONDITION IN INDEX.
THEY GET MORE MONEY AND GOOD AMOUNT OF THOSE ROADWAY HAPPENED TO BE WITHIN 14 BECAUSE OF THE SOIL IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE ROCKY AREA FARTHER NORTH.
AND ALSO THE OTHER 50% OF THAT MONEY, WHICH 55 MILLION GOES FOR ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT, HAS TO BIGGER AREA TO MAINTAIN COUNCIL DISTRICT, IN THIS CASE, 10 AND TWO GETS MAXIMUM MONEY.
THEY GET ALMOST 30 MILLION EACH.
YOU REALIZE WE ARE NOT DIVIDING 110 EQUALLY AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE, THEIR ROADWAY IN GOOD CONDITION, THEY GET LESS.
THE IDEA IS TO PUT MORE MONEY ON THE AREA REALLY NEEDS IT.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT.
UM, MY MOTHER JUST HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE USING, UH, 4.8 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AFTER THE, THE SITUATION WITH THE POLICING.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GETTING 12 MORE SAFE OFFICERS.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP WITH A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES.
AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT 1.1 MILLION FOR CLINICAL DISPATCH.
I GUESS THAT'S TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CALLS THAT COME INTO THE 9 1 1 CENTER.
I DID, I DID A RIDE ALONG WITH THE SAFE OFFICER A LONG TIME AGO, AND, UH, I THINK ABOUT 25% OF THE CALLS WERE JUST PEOPLE'S PERSONAL DRAMA.
AND IT'S SAD BECAUSE IT COULD ESCALATE REALLY QUICKLY.
IT COULD GET REALLY DANGEROUS REALLY QUICKLY.
SO, UM, AND THEN I, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING 75,000 FOR CODE COMPLIANCE FOR LOUD MUSIC, I GUESS, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND A POLICE OFFICER TO TELL THE NEIGHBORS TO TURN THE RADIO DOWN.
IT'S JUST A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
I I MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
AND, UH, 8.5 MILLION FOR RESILIENCY.
I GUESS THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE, THE SNOWSTORM WE HAD RECENTLY? YES.
LET ME JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT ON THAT ONE.
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WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENT, SEE WHICH BUILDING WE NEED TO ADD GENERATOR.WHAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY LESSON LEARNED, GOOD NUMBER OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDINGS DID, DID NOT HAVE GENERATED OR GENERATOR WASN'T UPDATED, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
EVEN PART OF THE, OUR PROPOSED BOND RESILIENCY IS GOING TO BE A FACTOR OF SELECTING THE PROJECT.
ONE THING I FAILED TO REPORT, OUR PROPOSED BOND IS $1.2 BILLION.
WE NEVER HAD A BOND THIS SIZE.
COMING FROM THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND.
RESILIENCY GENERATORS AND REDUNDANCIES.
IT'S BETTER TO DO IT AHEAD OF TIME VERSUS WHEN THE ACTUAL EMERGENCY HAPPENS AND YOU'RE SCRAMBLING AND, AND EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET A GENERATOR TO HOOK UP, THAT MAKES THINGS DIFFICULT.
SO DID YOU SAY IT WAS 1.2 BILLION? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR, FOR THE 2022 BOND, IS THAT CORRECT? 22 BOND IS GOING TO BE $1.2 BILLION.
LAST ONE WAS 85 AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG BOND.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON, UH, LIKE THE OTHER COMMISSIONS AS I, UH, I APPLAUD YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE TAKEN, UH, ADDRESSING US TODAY.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION CONCERNING, UM, C P S ENERGY'S, UM, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY'S, UH, BUDGET.
I THINK I, I SAW A 361 MILLION FIGURE, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A GROSS PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS.
UM, DOES THAT REFLECT, UH, EQUITY, UH, EQUITY WITH, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS? IS IT IN TR IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY OR ARE THERE RESILIENCY EFFORTS THAT THE CITY IS ACKNOWLEDGING C P S ENERGY NEEDS TO TAKE? AND DOES THAT ACTUALLY RE REPRESENT A DECREASE IN THE CONTRIBUTIONS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS? NO, COMMISSIONER.
IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHERE IT'S BEEN HISTORICALLY.
UM, THE C P S REVENUE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE HARDEST ONES TO FORECAST BECAUSE IT'S DEPENDENT UPON CONDITIONS THAT ARE OFTEN OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND OUTTA THE UTILITIES CONTROL.
SO WHETHER THAT BE THE PRICE OF FUEL THAT PRODUCES THE ELECTRICITY OR THE COST OF, OF THEIR OWN OVERHEAD AND AND WHATNOT.
SO IT'S HARD TO PROTECT THAT REVENUE.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH WE ARE, WE'VE SET THE COMMITMENT TO THE MARIN CITY COUNCIL THAT WE WILL NOT, UM, TO HAVE TAKE ANY SORT OF A FISCAL, UM, WINDFALL OR IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WINTER STORM.
SO THIS JUST REFLECTS THEIR CURRENT BUSINESS AS, AS IT IS, THIS DOES NOT REFLECT ANY IMPACT, UM, OR OUTCOMES FROM THE STORM.
UM, START OFF, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD $32 MILLION IN THE IT BUDGET.
IS THAT FOR ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE? ARE YOU, ARE YOU DOING ANY SORT OF ASSISTANCE OR GRANTS FUNDING, UH, WITH PRIVATE PURVEYORS? UM, I'M GOING OFF MEMORY ON THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S A MIX OF BOTH, UM, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
UM, WE TYPICALLY INVEST ABOUT $5 MILLION EVERY YEAR IN GENERAL, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE OR IT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE AN IT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE THAT HELPS EVALUATE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE THAT THEY NETWORK WITH OUR EXISTING SYSTEMS, UM, THAT THEY'RE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR OTHER SYSTEMS. UM, I DO KNOW ALSO IN THE, THE BUD, THE CAPITAL BUDGET WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, UPGRADING OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE SOFTWARE.
THAT SYSTEM'S ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD AND S A P'S GONNA STOP SUPPORTING IT PRETTY SOON.
I KNOW THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK OF THAT BUDGET AS WELL.
I I WAS, I WAS GEARING IT TOWARDS MORE FOR, UH, UH, WAS IT BEING, ANY OF IT BEING USED TO BRING FIBER, UH, TO THE, TO PARTS OF THE CITY? NO, NONE OF THAT.
SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, DOES IT, DOES THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET INCLUDE ANY, UH, ICRP FUNDING? YES, IT DOES.
IT DOES ASSUME RESTORING MUCH OF THE, UH, INNER CITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
AND THEN, UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE USING BUS STOPS AS A, AS A, AS A MEANS OF DETERMINING WHERE LIKE SOME SIDEWALK MONEY WOULD GO.
HAVE YOU BEEN COORDINATING WITH VIA TO SEE WHERE THE ACTUAL HIGHEST, UH, USE TRAFFIC, UH, BUS STOPS ARE WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS? OR IS IT JUST BASED ON, UH, NODES LIKE LOCATION, NODES OF STOPS? NO, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH VR ANYTIME WE DO ANY PROJECT.
AND GOING BACK REGARDING THE FIBER OPTIC PART OF 2022 BOND, OUR IDEA IS ANY ROADWAY WE BUILD.
AND TODAY WE DO THAT ALSO, WE PLACE TWO EMPTY CONDUIT FOR FUTURE USE.
WE PLACE ONE FOR US FOR CITY, AND ANOTHER ONE FOR POSSIBLE EITHER RENTING OR LEASING BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO SOMEBODY OTHER UTILITY AT T OR OTHER COME AND CUT.
THE BRAND NEW ROAD WE BUILD IS MUCH, MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE FOR US TO PLACE A EMPTY CONDUIT FOR INCH THAN REALLY COMING
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OVER THERE LATER ON CUTTING BRAND NEW ROAD AND CREATING INCOME MINIONS FOR TRAVELING PUBLIC.UH, AND I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
SO WHEN, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE, THE GAPS, UH, AND IT SHOWED THAT DISTRICT EIGHT HAD THE LEAST AND DISTRICT DISTRICT NINE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
THERE'S A, A, A, A LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THE TOTAL SIDEWALKS, IF YOU EXCLUDE ALL THE PRIVATE SIDEWALKS, UH, ARE THOSE GAP NUMBERS PRORATED WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS? OR IS IT, IS IT SIMPLY JUST GAP MILEAGE ON PUBLIC ROADS THAT ARE, THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE, IN THAT SPECIFIC GAP MILE IN PUBLIC ROADWAY? NOT THE PART AND THE REASON MOSTLY WITHIN FOUR 10, ESPECIALLY SOUTH SIDE HA HAS MORE GAPS BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN 60 70 CITY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD REQUIREMENT.
AND DEVELOPER BASICALLY END UP BUILDING THE ROADWAY, SELLING THE HOUSES AND NOT BUILDING THE SIDEWALK.
NORTH SIDE, WE DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T RELEASE UNTIL THEY BUILD THOSE SIDE.
WHAT CAN WE ALSO HAVE ONE YEAR WARRANTY AFTER? THE OTHER REASON IS INFRASTRUCTURE IS MUCH, MUCH BETTER SHAPE IN NORTH SIDE BECAUSE OF THE SUBGRADE IS BETTER.
THERE IS A LOT OF LIMESTONE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND WE HAVE A LOT CLAY WITHIN 14.
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER MR. MONTE, UH, NO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU OZZIE, UM, FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION.
I DO ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD YOUR TEAM.
I KNOW THIS WAS QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID.
UM, PLEASE ALSO, UH, LET THE SA SPEAK UP TEAM, UH, KNOW AND, AND I APPLAUD THEIR EFFORTS.
I, I FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR MORE THAN EVER, I HAVE RECEIVED, UM, MORE NOTICES ABOUT BUDGET MEETINGS, THE DISTRICT MEETINGS AND ALL OF THAT IS REALLY GOOD, UM, TO SEE THE ENHANCED OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS, THE COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED.
UM, SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THEM.
A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON, ON THE BOND AND SO, YAY, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO, TO HEAR ABOUT THE $1.2 BILLION BOND.
IS THERE ANYTHING FROM 2017 THAT WE HAD TO, I SAW THAT WE WERE AT 97% COMPLETE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE HAD TO, UH, CONTINUE OR TRANSFER OVER TO THE FUTURE BUDGET? YEAH, WE HAVE ONE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE HAVING SHORTFALL.
WE ARE INCLUDING PART OF 2022 TO MAKE UP IS PROBAND.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS BUDGETED FOR 5 MILLION.
WHEN WE WENT TO COMMUNITY, THEY WEREN'T HAPPY.
THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WE HAD, WE HAD NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
THEY END UP REALLY ASKING TO THIS PROJECT BE BIGGER THAN WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING TO DO IT.
THEREFORE, WE CANNOT DO WITH 5 MILLION.
WE ARE INCLUDING ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION AS PART OF 2022 BOND TO PITCH IN.
AND WE WILL MAKE THAT PROJECT SHOVEL READY WHEN THE BOND PASSES.
WE HAD ANOTHER PROJECT IN LONG START.
ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPER.
WE HAD 1, 2, 3 YEARS AGO IT FELL THROUGH.
NOW RECENTLY WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
THAT'S ANOTHER SECOND PROJECT WE HAVE.
WE ARE, THAT'S UNDER PRE-DESIGNED STAGE.
AND HOW ABOUT FOR THE SIDEWALKS? WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE.
WERE WE ABLE TO DO THAT OR IS THERE ANY, ANYTHING THAT'S AGAIN, TRANSFERRED BEING, UM, OR BEING TRANSFERRED TO THIS BUDGET? FROM, WE, WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE ON THE SCHEDULE, BUT WE HAD PROPOSED SOME MINOR DELAY BECAUSE OF COVID.
SOME OF OUR CONTRACTOR, THEY HAD, THEIR CREW HAD THE COVID AND THEY COULDN'T WORK IT.
BUT OVERALL WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR THE BOND, UM, TO BE MOVED TO THE FALL OR ARE WE PRETTY, UM, FIRM ON THE MAY, 2022? I THINK THE IDEA WAS PROBABLY LAST YEAR.
THIS TIME MAYBE OUR CAPACITY ON THE BOND IS GOING TO BE LESS THAN 700 MILLION.
THE IDEA WAS WHY NOT WAIT FOR THE FALL OF 2022 AND BUILD UP THAT CAPACITY, BUT WE ARE ALREADY 1.2 BILLION.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WE SHOULD WAIT ANY LONGER.
ESPECIALLY WE HAVE SO MUCH DRAINAGE NEED, ROADWAY, NEED, FACILITY NEED, AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A MANY PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN AND BUILD, BUILD WITH THAT 1.2 MILLION.
AND, AND FOR THE PROJECTS AND AS WE LOOK, UH, AT THE FUTURE, UH, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE ANY BUDGET SET ASIDE FOR, UM, INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE ASPECTS FOR THE DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO, UH, ENHANCED BIKE LANES, UM, HOTSPOTS, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, AS WE LOOK AT THE INNOVATION ZONES, UM, OR EVEN CHANGING LIKE THE MATERIALS FROM ASPHALT TO TO CONCRETE, SO THEY LAST A LITTLE LONGER.
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FOR SOME MONEY FOR THE BIKE LANE CITYWIDE GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY.I'M NOT READY TO MENTION HOW MUCH YET WE ARE INCLUDING ON OUR COST ESTIMATE.
SOME MONEY FOR GREEN IN GETTING INFRASTRUCTURE ADDITIONAL MONEY SINCE WE REALLY HAVEN'T DESIGNED THOSE PROJECT.
BUT WE HAVE MONEY TO INCLUDE THOSE ELEMENT, MAKE SURE L I D L E D AND OTHER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED.
WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO USE RECYCLED MATERIAL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS LONG AS QUALITY THERE.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR SELECTION CRITERIA.
NOW, WHEN WE ARE SELECTING DESIGNER OR CONTRACTOR, WE ARE ASKING THEM WHAT'S THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WANNA KNOW DO THEY HAVE REALLY POLICY IN THEIR OWN BUSINESS TO BE SENSITIVE, HOW THEY DISPOSE THE MATERIAL, HOW THEY BUY MATERIAL, WHERE THEY BUY THE MATERIAL.
AND MY LAST COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ARE SURROUNDING, UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND SPECIFIC TO THE, THE FREEZE THAT WE SAW.
AND SO I I SAW THAT THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, I I KNOW THAT'S AT BROOKS AND SO THAT'LL PROBABLY BE INCLUDED AS ONE OF THE FACILITIES.
IS IT JUST THE CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES OR ALSO ARE WE ALSO TRYING TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT AREAS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY THAT WE MAY NEED TO ACCESS? WE ARE LOOKING AT IT HOLISTICALLY.
THE STARTING POINT IS, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 60 BETWEEN OUR POLICE, OUR 52 FIRE STATIONS AND OUR POLICE SUBSTATIONS.
SO ABOUT 60 FACILITIES THAT WE'RE STARTING WITH IMMEDIATELY AS, AS KIND OF PHASE ONE, IF YOU WILL.
BUT WE ALSO ARE COGNIZANT ABOUT, WE DO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL HUNDRED FACILITIES CITYWIDE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PARKS, LIBRARIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT COULD ALSO PLAY A FACTOR IN THAT.
SO WE'LL BE STUDYING THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
AND FOR THE METRO HEALTH PORTION, ARE WE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL FACILITIES? I I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT A, A THIRD VACCINE OR BOOSTERS.
ARE WE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY FACILITATE THOSE WHENEVER THEY C THEY COME ABOUT? YES.
UM, THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING STARTING IN OCTOBER IS GOING TO INVOLVE A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT.
AND SO WE ARE, THEY ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW FOR WHERE, WHERE TO HOUSE THAT SPACE.
I KNOW FOR C O V I D, UM, WE WERE USING THE ALAMO DOME AS KIND OF AN INTERIM FACILITY RIGHT NOW.
BUT I THINK OVERALL, SINCE THIS IS GONNA BE A PERMANENT EFFORT FOR, UH, THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THEY ARE LOOKING AT A MORE STABLE FACILITY WHERE WE CAN HOUSE EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU ZY, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CITY BUDGET MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY BUDGET AT, UH, 3.1 BILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 4.8 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER UH, CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
COMMISSIONER DKI APPROVED COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
COMMIS COMMISSIONER ORION? YES.
UM, MADAM CHAIR GONZALEZ? YES.
[11. PLATTIMEEXT2112000003: Request by Jennifer Gonzalez, Alamo Community Group, for approval of a three (3) year time extension in accordance with Section 35430( f)(2) of the City of San Antonio’s Unified Development Code (UDC), for Tarasco Gardens Subdivision (Plat no. 170539), generally located southwest of the intersection of Zabra Drive and Tarasco Drive. Staff recommends Approval. (Nicole Salinas, Senior Planner, (210) 2078264, Nicole.Salinas@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department).]
THE AGENDA.WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GO, UH, BACKWARDS.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 11 SHOULD BE PRETTY QUICK IF, DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT PRESENT? THE APPLICANT IS NOT PRESENT, BUT THE, UM, THERE WAS AN EMAIL REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
SO FOR ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VIA EMAIL A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO SO MOVED.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
I'M COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
UH, MADAM CHAIR GONZALEZ? YES.
[6. 2111700002: (Continued from August 11, 2021) Request by SCB Fund V, LLC., for approval of an amendment to a Planned Unit Development to establish Old Blanco Road (P.U.D.), generally located northwest of the intersection of Blanco Road and Old Blanco Road. Staff Recommends Approval. (Joshua Orton, Planner, (210) 2078050, Joshua.Orton@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department).]
ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER SIX.DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION?
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AND JUST A REMINDER, ITEM NUMBER SIX WAS A CONTINUANCE FROM LAST MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.SO WE MAILED 22 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE RECEIVED 58 RESPONSES IN OPPOSITION.
STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND DOES SUPPORT THE RELIEF ADJUSTMENT FOR THIS PUD PERIMETER SETBACK.
STAFF SUPPORTS THE REQUEST FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE PERIMETER SETBACK REQUIREMENT FROM 20 FEET TO 10 FEET.
DUE TO THE NARROW CONFIGURATION OF THE PARCEL.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT CONSISTS OF 4.03 ACRE LAND, WHICH PROPOSES 29 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND FIVE NON-RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND APPROXIMATELY 1,858 LINEAR FEET OF PRIVATE STREETS.
THE APPLICANT LIKE TO APPROACH.
SEAN BORG FROM KIEN GRIFFIN, FAIRMONT 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, SUITE SIX 50.
UH, THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR, FOR LETTING US PRESENT AGAIN TODAY.
UM, AND, UH, JUST WANNA KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF RECAP OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
UM, WE WENT BACK AND, AND, UH, LOOKED AT ALL OF THE AVAILABLE OPTIONS, UH, TO INCLUDE THE ENCLAVE, UH, SUBDIVISION.
AND, UM, WE, AFTER LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE WAY MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH.
THE ENCLAVE ACTUALLY REQUIRES THAT YOU FOLLOW THE SETBACKS, UM, FOR THE ZONING.
AND SINCE THE PUTT IS INCLUDED AS A PART OF THAT ZONING, THAT WOULD MAKE IT, UM, A, A HARD, UH, 20 FOOT SETBACK.
SO THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU LAST TIME, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
UH, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE DID NOT GO WITH THE ENCLAVE.
UM, WE, UH, SPOKE, WE, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD, UH, LAST FRIDAY.
UM, AND, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THE VARIOUS, UM, CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT LAST MEETING AND WE TRIED TO COME UP WITH, UH, OPTIONS AND LISTEN, LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS.
THE DEVELOPER JOINED US, UM, VIA ZOOM FROM CALIFORNIA.
AND, UM, IT WAS A, IT WAS A A, A GOOD MEETING.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK AT THE END OF IT, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO, TO COME TO A FULL CONSENSUS, UM, AS WE'RE STILL REQUESTING THAT, THAT 10 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK, COULD YOU, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, SO AGAIN, THE, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY, UH, IT CURRENTLY HAS TWO ABANDONED SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURES ON IT.
UM, THERE THEY'RE IN A PRETTY RUNDOWN, A DILAPIDATED STATE.
THE DEVELOPERS WOULD LIKE TO, UM, DEVELOP 28 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, AGAIN, IT WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED AS P ONE R SIX PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN RESIDENCE DISTRICT IN 1985.
UM, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY A COMPROMISE WITH THE NEIGHBORING HOAS.
SO ORIGINALLY THE OWNERS WANTED TO PUT IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY WANTED IT TO ZONE B ZONED B THREE, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN WAS A, A, THE, THE NEXT STEP WOULD'VE BEEN TO, UH, I ONE OR L.
UM, SO AS A COMPROMISE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THEY ALL AGREED THAT THE, THE SMALL LOT DEVELOPMENT WAS THE BEST USE OF THAT PROPERTY.
UM, SO AGAIN, THE RMM FOUR, UH, IT WAS CONVERTED TO RM FOUR, PUT IN 2001, UH, WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, I'M SORRY, WITH THE CURRENT U D C.
UM, AND THEN RMM FOUR ZONING, UH, ACTUALLY HAS A FRONT REAR SETBACK OF 10 FEET.
SO ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO I IS BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT AT THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT'S, UH, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS OF 10 FEET.
THIS IS OUR, UH, PROPOSED PUD UM, UH, COLORED, UM, AND BEAUTIFIED BY ME.
UM, ON IT YOU CAN SEE, UM, SEVERAL THINGS.
SEVERAL ITEMS. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR BIG, OUR BIG, UM, POINT OF, OF, OF EMPHASIS IS, IS THIS 75 FOOT C P S EASEMENT? UM, YES, IT IS A PART OF THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, THEY DO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEIGHBORS DO OWN THAT, THAT AREA AND THAT LAND.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE, UH, 10 FOOT REQUIREMENT OR SETBACK THAT WE'RE REQUESTING, UM, THAT WOULD PUT THE CLOSEST, UH, STRUCTURE AT 85 FEET AWAY FROM ANY BUILDABLE AREA ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
UH, THERE IS A PROPERTY OVER HERE, UM, THAT THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY BUILT REALLY CLOSE TO THIS EASEMENT LINE.
AND THE DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO THE H O A VIA THAT MEETING.
TO, TO REALLY LOOK AT THESE, THESE PROPERTIES BACK HERE AND DETERMINE IF EITHER WE CAN, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THIS RESIDENCE HERE.
UH, 'CAUSE THIS STRUCTURE WOULD BE THE CLOSEST TO THE OTHER, UH, TO, TO THE PROPERTIES.
AND, UH, WE DON'T WANNA, WE DON'T WANNA
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BE TOWERING OVER.UM, SO THE OPTION IS THERE'S VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT THE, THE DEVELOPER IS COMMITTED TO LOOKING AT AS WE MOVE THROUGH TO THE PLATTING STAGE.
UM, THESE WERE THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING.
DRAINAGE, PRIVACY, TREE PRESERVATION, PARKING, LIFE, AND SAFETY AND TRAFFIC.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CASE WAS CONTINUED AND, AND WE MET WITH THE H O A NEXT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, AT THE MEETING, IN ADDITION TO, TO WORKING, TO REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE HOMES, UM, THAT WOULD IMPACT THAT, THAT ONE RESIDENCE, UM, WE'VE COMMITTED, YOU KNOW, TO WORKING ON TREE PRESERVATION FACADE MATERIALS AND THE CREATION OF THE, OF THE NEW PODS, H O A AND RELATED COVENANTS.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH THE, THE CHURCHILL FOREST, H O A AND, UH, DURING THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND AND, AND HAVE A SAY AS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING INTO, TO OUR, OUR LEGAL, UH, LEGAL DOCUMENTS.
UH, JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THIS PROPERTY HERE.
WE JUST, WE DON'T WANNA, WE DON'T WANNA BE LOOMING OVER SOMEBODY'S HOUSE BECAUSE THAT, THAT WAS A BIG, BIG CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS PRIVACY.
AND, AND WE, WE WANNA AVOID, UM, WE, WE WANNA AVOID INCONVENIENCING, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, THE NEIGHBORS AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO AGAIN, UH, IN IN SUMMARY, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN PLANNED AND ZONED FOR DEVELOPMENT, UH, LIKE THIS ONE, UH, SINCE 1985.
AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING AND THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS, WAS AGREED TO, UM, AND REQUESTED BY THE ADJACENT HOAS, UH, THE 10 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK, UM, THAT ACTUALLY THE 20 FOOT SETBACK BACK THEN DID NOT EXIST.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, A VERY IMPORTANT POINT, IS THAT THE, THE SETBACK DID NOT EXIST BACK IN 1985.
IT WAS BASED ON THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT'S SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
SO IN 1985, IF, IF WE WERE TO PUT THOSE STANDARDS ON TODAY, UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT AT 10 FEET.
IT WAS, THE CODE HAS BEEN AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES, AS WE ALL KNOW.
UM, AND, AND TO TODAY'S ITERATION OF THE 20 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT.
UM, SO THE 10 FOOT, UH, SETBACK, UH, IS ACTUALLY BEING REQUESTED, UH, WITH THE ADJACENT, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS IN MIND.
PREVIOUSLY, THE DEVELOPERS, UH, RIGHT BEFORE, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, CURRENTLY THEY HAD PLANNED ON DEVELOPING THREE STORY HOMES, UH, IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE 20 FOOT SETBACK.
UM, AND AS SOON AS OUR PROPERTY OWNERS WERE PRESENTED WITH THAT OPTION, THEY SAID, NO, WE DO NOT WANNA DO THAT.
WE, WE WANNA BE IN HARMONY WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR US IF WE CAN GET THAT 10 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE A 10 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK, THEN THE DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, HAVE COMMITTED TO HAVING A TWO STORY STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THOUGH, THREE STORY STRUCTURES ARE PERMITTED BY THE CODE AND BY THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT RESTRICTION, UH, BY THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS OF THE PUD AND OF THE BASE OWNING DISTRICT.
SO THEY ARE ALLOWED BY CODE, UH, WITH IT.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WOULD BE OUR ONLY OPTION TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, WOULD TO BE, TO GO TO THREE STORIES.
BUT WE DO NOT WANNA DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT BE IN HARMONY WITH THE CHARACTER AND NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORING HOAS.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, APPROVAL, UH, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR SIMILAR STYLE HOMES TO BE, UH, BUILT, UH, SIMILAR TO THE STYLE OF THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND, AND, UH, IT'LL HELP MAINTAIN THE, THE CURRENT LEVEL OF PRIVACY ENJOYED BY THE PRI UH, BY THE, BY THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THE ARGUMENT IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE 10 FEET CLOSER TO THE BACKYARDS.
UH, SO HOW IS THAT POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW IS THAT, UH, HELPING THE, THE PRIVACY LEVEL STAY WHERE IT IS TODAY? IT'S MORE, IT, IT, IT HELPS IT BECAUSE IT, IT WILL NOT BE AS INTRUSIVE AS A THREE STORY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE LARGE AND LOOMING AND, AND LOOKING OVER, UH, INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT FEELING OF, UH, FOR THE, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS.
WHAT WE WANT IS THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK OUT THEIR BACKYARD AND SEE SOMETHING THAT IS SIMILAR IN DESIGN AND QUALITY AS TO WHAT THEY CURRENTLY LIVE IN.
UM, AND WE WANT TO BE, WE WANNA BUILD IN HARMONY AND, AND, AND WE WANT TO BE IN HARMONY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO, UM, TO WRAP IT UP, WE, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND ASK THAT, UM, THAT YOU ALL GRANT, UH, OUR REQUEST FOR THE, UH, 10 FOOT REDUCTION TO THE 20 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK PROVISION, AND IMPROVE
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OUR PUD PLAN AS PRESENTED TODAY.UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UH, FIRST UP, JOAN, I MESSED UP YOUR NAME LAST WEEK.
FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
HI, JOAN LAVIS, 1 3 2 0 2 SHORE CLIFF.
UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THE 10 FOOT VARIANCE.
AND, AND THEY DID THAT FOR A REASON.
THERE WERE NO COMMITMENTS MADE.
THERE WERE, THEY DID LISTEN AND WE DID DISCUSS THINGS BACK AND FORTH, BUT NO COMMITMENTS WERE MADE.
AND, AND THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER POSSIBILITIES.
UM, BUT I'M OPPOSED TO THE VARIANCE.
AM I ALLOWED TO DONATE THE REST OF MY TIME TO ANY ONE OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS? NOT, NOT ONCE YOU, NOT ONCE YOU START.
BUT IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE BEFORE YOU START, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MOVE THAT OVER TO ANOTHER, UM, SPEAK.
AND THE H O A, UM, PRESIDENT SENT A LETTER AND WAS SOMEONE GOING TO READ THAT LETTER? WE RECEIVED IT VIA EMAIL.
UH, I, UH, I WILL DONATE MY TIME TO MARILYN SAVAGE.
THERE MAY BE SOME OTHERS WHO WANNA DONATE THEIR TIME TO MARILYN.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WANNA DONATE? 1, 2, 3, MAXIMUM? WE HAVE MAXIMUM OF PER PERSON, TWO PER PERSON.
SO MARILYN, YOU HAVE YOUR SIX MINUTES.
I HAVE OH, OH, IF YOU CAN APPROACH THE MIC, MA'AM.
FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
GREAT RIDGE STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS CHURCHILL FOREST SUBDIVISION.
AND I VOTE NO FOR THE VARIANCE.
UH, I PRESENTED A, UH, DIAGRAM TO JOSHUA, WHICH UNDERSTOOD WOULD BE SHOWN TODAY.
AND I HAVE A HANDOUT IF WE CAN GET THIS DISTRIBUTED.
LEMME GO AHEAD AND IT'S DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.
MY HOUSE IS ON THE LEFT AND I, UH, THE FACE OF MY HOUSE IS 85 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
75 FOOT OF THAT IS THE C P S EASEMENT.
THE EASEMENT IS ON MY PROPERTY.
AND I HAVE LESS THAN 35% USE OF MY LOT AT MY DISCRETION 'CAUSE OF THE EASEMENTS.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE'S A, UH, LARGE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION TOWER, WHICH WE HAVE FIVE ALONG THE SHARED CHURCHILL PROPERTY LINE WITH A NEW DEVELOPER.
YOU CAN SEE THE SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE.
AND I'VE DRAWN IN THE TWO TO THREE STORY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL SERVICE POLES.
THE VIEW FROM THE, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THE LINE OF SIGHT, COMPLETELY OBLITERATES MY PRIVACY IN THE BACKYARD.
I CANNOT GO OUT WITHOUT BEING OBSERVED FROM THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS OF THREE NEW RESIDENCES.
UH, THIS NOT ONLY AFFECTS ME, IT AFFECTS A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS IN CHURCHILL FOREST, IF NOT MOST, IT'S NOT JUST ME.
UM, THE C P S EASEMENT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURES, TREES TO BE ADDED AND WITHOUT C P SS PRIOR APPROVAL.
THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE FOR LAY DOWN AREA FOR SERVICING OF THE TOWER.
LARGE EQUIPMENT MUST BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
THERE'S NO WAY TO SCREEN OR MAINTAIN, MAINTAIN PRIVACY FROM MY BACKYARD IN THE OTHER CHURCHILL FOREST.
FOR PRESIDENTS FROM OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE OR THE DEVELOPER'S SIDE OF THE FENCE, UM, THERE'S, WE CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING OR PLAN ANYTHING.
OUR HANDS ARE TIED AND WE'VE LOST THE BASIC RIGHT OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY OWNERSHIP TO HAVE PRIVACY IN OUR BACKYARDS.
I FEEL THAT WHAT IS MINE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE DEVELOPER.
UH, CONTINUING ON THE NEW HOUSING, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TELEPHONE POLES, UM, AND LINES LESS THAN 10 FROM, FROM FOOT FROM THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSES.
IF THEY'RE BY A TOWER, THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT A TOWER, UH, CLOSE TO 30 FOOT FROM THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE.
NOISE IS A GOOD BIG FACTOR IN THIS AREA.
WE'RE ON THE, UH, DIRECT RUNWAY APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT.
YOU CAN'T TALK IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE.
WE'VE HAD TO BEEF UP WINDOWS AND, UH, UH, DO SOUND CONTROL IN OUR HOUSES TO BE ABLE TO HEAR OUR TV AND TALK.
WE ALSO HAVE THE NOISE FROM APARTMENTS, WHICH ARE SCREAMING FIGHTS.
HOW MUCH TIME HAVE I GOT? OKAY.
THE TWO, 2:00 AM PARTIES AND THE GUNSHOTS.
UM, ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, ONE MORE THING IS
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THE NEW ROAD THAT THEY ANTICIPATE PUTTING IN IS, UH, RIGHT OF WAY STARTS AT THE PROPERTY LINE.THE, UH, APEX APARTMENTS ARE SET 10 FOOT OFF OF THAT LINE.
I FIGURED THAT PUTS A MOVING VEHICLE, TRAFFIC 13 FOOT FROM EXISTING LIVING SPACES, AND THAT WALL HAS WINDOWS IN IT.
SO YOU'RE, YOU COULD BE SLEEPING IN YOUR BED AND BE 13 FOOT FROM A, UH, VEHICLE.
UM, I DO NOT THINK THIS, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT WORKS FOR CHURCHILL FOREST.
THE FUTURE RESIDENTS WHO MAY BE BUYING HOUSES OR THE APARTMENT RESIDENTS.
UH, THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER BOTH LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND DO NOT LIVE HERE.
UH, I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE A PROFIT AND LEAVE, WHICH IS BUSINESS.
OUR INTERACTION WITH THE DEVELOPER HAS SADLY REFLECTED THAT HE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FULLY AWARE OF THE PROJECT WE ARE DISCUSSING OR CANNOT READ PLANS THAT SCARES US.
UH, I FEEL INFORMATION FROM THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN MISLEADING AND PURPOSELY CONVOLUTED.
WE'RE NEVER QUITE SURE WHAT WE'RE GETTING.
IT'S A RES RES REPRESENTATION, OR THIS PLAN'S NOT, NOT THAT PLAN.
THE PLANS CHANGED AND THE ELEVATIONS, UH, WE'VE ONLY FOUND, UH, MAYBE THAT THIS DEVELOPER HAS BUILT, BUILT FIVE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, WE'VE GOT THE BUZZWORDS OF MAINTAINING TREES, WHICH HAS BEEN THROWN AROUND QUITE A BIT.
IT'S MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT THIS, UH, SITE WILL BE, UH, GUTTED PRACTICALLY OF ALL THE TREES WE'VE GOT ABOUT, UH, WE'RE PUTTING, TRYING TO PUT TOO MUCH ON THE SITE.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT SOMETHING ONLY 5% IMPER IMPERVIOUS COVER, AND THAT WILL INCREASE 85%.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ROOM FOR MUCH TREES, AND YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T PLANT A TREE BET ON A 10 FOOT SETBACK.
UM, THAT LEADS US INTO DRAINAGE.
UH, YOU'VE GOT A 45 FOOT FALL FROM ONE END OF THE PROPERTY.
WE GOES TO THE CENTER, CLOSE TO THE CENTER, AND THEN 28 FROM THE OTHER.
SO THAT ALL VS INTO THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT RUNNING THROUGH OUR SUBDIVISION.
AND I DON'T SEE WHERE THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION ON RETAINING AND SLOWING THE RELEASE OF THAT WATER INTO OUR SUBDIVISION.
WE ALSO CARRY THE, UH, APEX APARTMENT DRAINAGE.
SO WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ON DESTROYING OUR, OUR FLOODING OUR SUBDIVISION.
AND WE HAVE SOME ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
UM, LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE I'VE GOT HERE.
UH, I HAD LOOKED AND READ THE, UM, I GUESS IT'S, UH, SECTION OR PART OF THE CODE.
IT'S 35, UH, DASH 3 4 4 0.01, UM, PARAGRAPH, A APPLICATION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA.
UM, I HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS PROJECT MEETS THAT CRITERIA AND, UH, I HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER THE CITY WAS STAFF WAS, UH, UH, GIVEN THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THAT WE'RE HERE AT THIS TIME.
UH, CHURCHILL FOREST ARE LONGTIME RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE PROTECT OUR PROPERTY AND OUR BASIC RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND USE OF OUR PROPERTY.
THIS PUD DOES NOT WORK WELL TO MAKE A TRANSITION BETWEEN MULTIFAMILY AND THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
IT DOES NOT WORK WELL FOR ANYONE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
UH, THAT WAS DONATED TIME FROM MARIAH SMITH AND PATSY RODRIGUEZ.
OKAY, SO NEXT UP WE HAVE ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ AND TASSIE AND I GO MAKE SURE IT'S LIKE ON THE RECORD OR SOMETHING THAT WE VOTE KNOW FOR THE, THAT, THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
SO, SO THIS LIST AND, AND YOUR OPPOSITION WILL BE INCLUDED ON THE RECORD.
FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, SIR.
AND MY ONLY COMPLAINT IS THAT THERE'S SO MANY HOUSES GONNA BE ON THOSE LOTS.
YOU KNOW, THE FOUR OF 'EM BEHIND MY PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN Y'ALL CALL IT A LUXURY.
I CALL IT A NICE, I'M A COUNTRY BOY.
WE TRY TO MAINTAIN IT, CLEAN IT AND ALL THAT.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY TREES LEFT ON THAT PROPERTY TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE I WALKED THAT PROPERTY WITH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE THING WITH THREE STORIES THAT, THAT'S HIGH, YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING PEOPLE OVER THE TREES, YOU KNOW, IT'S HIGH UP THERE.
THE HOUSES THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDED TO PUT SIMILAR LIKE KIND AND QUALITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, LOOK AT CHURCHILL ESTATES.
UH, THERE'S NO SIDING, NO HARDY PLANK OR NONE OF THAT STUFF PUT ON THERE.
SO YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSES, THEY'RE NOT COMPARABLE TO OURS.
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IT'S GONNA BE PACKED IN.I'M NOT, I KNOW I USED TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
I KNOW WHERE THEY'RE CALLED 'EM, TRACK HOUSES ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER ARE BASICALLY THE SAME, AND IT REALLY NOT, DOES NOT BELONG IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I OPPOSE THIS, UH, UH, THE ORDINANCE TO CHANGE.
IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE BUFFER.
JUST LIKE IF IT WAS IN YOUR PROPERTY, YOU'LL WANT TO HAVE THAT LITTLE EXTRA BUFFER AND IF THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THE HOUSES, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
AND NEXT UP, UH, BILLY FRANCIS.
STATE YOUR FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME AND, AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
UH, WE, OUR PROPERTY ACTUALLY WOULD BE BACKED UP TO WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO THIS SUBDIVISION PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY HUSBAND AND I TOTALLY OPPOSED THIS WHOLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE HAVE LIVED THERE 40 YEARS, UH, AND THE BACK OF OUR YARD ABUTS THE PROP.
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, CHANGING THAT SETBACK TO 10 FEET.
UH, CAN YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO IN YOUR BACKYARD IF IT'S 10 FEET DEEP? CAN YOU BUILD A PATIO? CAN YOU PUT A A CHILD'S PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT? THEY HAVE NOTHING BACK THERE, SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME THIS IS ANYTHING LIKE THE HOMES THAT WE LIVE IN THAT ARE ON A MUCH LARGER LOT AND ARE MUCH MORE LIKE LUXURY HOMES THAN THESE WILL EVER BE.
UH, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, UH, THE OWNER DEVELOPER HASN'T DETERMINED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOMES.
WHAT SIDING'S GONNA BE USED? THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE COST OF THE HOMES.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION.
UH, HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW MANY TREES HE'S GONNA TAKE OUT, AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ALL OF THEM.
MY HUSBAND VISITED WITH A NEIGHBOR OVER ON GREAT RIDGE WHO HAS BEAUTIFUL, DENSE TREES IN HIS YARD.
THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY OF RAM ROTTING THIS OVER THESE, UH, HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 40 YEARS OR MORE HAPPENING.
DID I TURN IT OFF? WHEN DID I TURN IT OFF? UH, IT, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED, AND I FEEL THAT MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, RICHARD FRANCIS SAYS ALL ME ALL THE TIME.
YOU, YOU AGREE WITH THE MRS. ROGER THAT SIR AMY COSTIN.
CAN I REMOVE MY MASK TO SPEAK? OKAY.
I LIVE AT 1 3 4 2 3 STA ROCK STREET.
I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO ADHERE TO THE CURRENT 20 FOOT VARIANCE.
OUR PROPERTY BACKS TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THE RAIN ROD OFF FROM THE APARTMENT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH OUR PROPERTY DIRECTLY THROUGH OURS, AND IT'S NOT A DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
IT WINDS THROUGH ROCKS, DIRT TREES, AND WHEN IT CROSSES THEIR PROPERTY NEXT TO OURS, IT LITERALLY WHITE CAPS WITHIN AN HOUR OF RAIN CLEARING.
10 ADDITIONAL FEET OF GROUND COVER AND REPLACEMENT WITH CEMENT ROADS, ET CETERA, WILL ABSOLUTELY INCREASE THIS WATER FLOW.
THE DRAINAGE PLAN THEY SAY THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY WAS DONE FOR ANOTHER DEVELOPER IN 2018.
AND IT MAKES NOTE THERE WILL NOT BE USING DETENTION PONDS.
HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPER HAS TOLD US, THEY SHOWED US ON THEIR PROPOSED PLAN WHERE THEY WILL BE LOCATED.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT COMPLETELY FENCED.
IT'S OPEN TO OLD BLANCO BEHIND OUR PROPERTIES.
A DILAPIDATED OPEN HOUSE AVAILABLE TO VAGRANT TRASH ALL OVER THE PROPERTY.
AN OPEN WATER WELL THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CAPPED, SHOWED THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE THEIR PURCHASE.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE 75 FOOT VARIANCE IS NOT A 75 FOOT EASEMENT IS NOT A LUXURY.
PLEASE REMEMBER, WE PAY TAXES ON THIS DIRT.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAN ANYTHING ON THIS EASEMENT.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT STRUCTURES FOR PRIVACY.
THIS IS USED FOR C P S CABLE TELEPHONE TRUCKS.
IT'S NOT A TREE-LINED GREEN BELT.
YOUR DETERMINATION SHOULD NOT BE HOW MANY HOMEOWNERS THIS WILL AFFECT.
I CALLED THE CITY ZONING MANAGER YESTERDAY AND ASKED WHY THE ADDITIONAL 10 FEET WAS ADDED IN 2001.
SHE STATED IT WAS DUE TO THE INCREASED ACTIVITY, NOISE, DEBRIS, AND NUISANCE OF HAVING A P DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU ADHERE TO THE CITY UPDATED 2001 WITH 20 FEET.
WE ARE NO LONGER WORKING WITH THE 1985 VARIANCE OF 10 FEET.
IF YOU APPROVE THIS CHANGE AND THIS DEVELOPER CHOOSES TO NOT MOVE FORWARD, SELLS THIS TO SOMEONE ELSE, THIS VARIANCE CHANGE WILL BE PERMANENT.
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REQUEST THE VARIANCE REVERT BACK TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS.
WE ASKED THE DEVELOPER ON FRIDAY, WHAT IS OUR RECOURSE IF THIS VARIANCE AND WE ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACT? HIS RESPONSE WAS, THE CITY APPROVED THE PLAN.
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TWO MINUTES, SIR.FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, MY NAME IS KEN PRUITT AT 1 3 4 2 3 STA ROCK STREET.
FIRST OF ALL, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS VARIANCE EXTENSION AND BASICALLY BECAUSE IT IS FOREVER, WE DO NOT HAVE RECOURSE IF ANYTHING DOES HAPPEN AFTER THIS.
WE DID MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND SEAN ON FRIDAY.
THEY'RE BOTH VERY GENEROUS, BUT THERE WAS JUST, THERE WAS NOTHING GIVEN TO US THAT WAS JUST, IT FELT LIKE WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH MOTIONS.
AND LIKE AMY SAID, THAT WAS THE THING THAT JUST REALLY MADE US AND SET US BACK, WAS KIND OF THEIR FLIPPANT ATTITUDE TOWARDS EVERYTHING.
WHEN WE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE.
WHAT IF THE DRAINAGE DOESN'T WORK OUT? WHAT IF IT DOES GET FLIPPED OR, OUR LOTS DO GET FLOODED.
AND THE ANSWER WAS, WELL, I GUESS SINCE IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY, YOU CAN SUE THEM.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS IN ADVANCE.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN SHOWN WHAT'S GONNA BE BUILT THERE.
AND WE MEAN THAT FROM A STANDPOINT OF JUST, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE JUST DON'T WANT IT SO CLOSE TO US.
AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOME, SOME RESEMBLANCE OF TAKING PART IN THE GAME, IF YOU WILL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, AND YOUR EFFORTS TO COME TO THE MEETING.
UH, SEAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY REBUTTAL? UH, WE HAVE FOUR VOICEMAILS TO PLAY AS WELL.
HI, UH, THIS IS HANS ONE STREET 2 4 8.
UH, I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER 21 1 2.
IT'S REGARDING, UH, A, UM, UH, UH, REQUESTING DEVELOP OF PROPERTY ON
ALSO, THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM ON LAKE ROAD IS GOING TO ONLY INCREASE BY MR. MILL IF THEY DO NOT ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM, UH, CORRECTLY.
THIS HAS VERY VIRTUALLY IGNORED, UH, THIS PROPERTY, UH, THIS OLD ROAD AND THEIR PROBLEM.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR 40 YEARS, AND I CAN NAME ON ONE HAND HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE EVER SEEN ANYONE FROM A CITY COME OUT TO ADDRESS ANY OF CHURCHILL FOREST CONDITION P BEING INCLUDED IN OF THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. MY NAME IS I LIVE 1927 RIDGE REFERENCE CASE NUMBER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT MY VOTE TO NO FOR CHANGING THE VARIANCE TO 10 B.
WE ALSO VOICE OUR OPINION TWO WEEKS AGO.
NOTHING'S CHANGED THAT WE DON'T, IS KIND OF FLEXIBILITY.
SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUR VOICES HEARD, BOTH KNOW ON THAT VERY EXCHANGE.
I'M PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ, AND I LIVE AT 1711 TOWNS RISE IN CHURCHILL FOREST.
I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 21 1 72, AND I'M AGAINST THE VARIOUS CHANGE.
I LIVE IN CHURCHILL FOREST AND I AM AGAINST THE VARIOUS CHANGE.
MY NAME IS VALERIE EDWARD AND I LIVE IN THE CHURCHILL FOREST SUBDIVISION.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 7 0 7 HOUNDS RIDE AND I'M, UM, DIRECTLY, UM, BEHIND THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING UP.
UM, I'M VOTING NO ON CASE NUMBER 21 1 1 7.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS
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WITH LOST PROPERTY IN 82.SO, UM, I'M DEFINITELY AGAINST THIS.
UM, THERE'S STRANGE PROBLEMS ALSO, AND, UH, IT'S JUST THE SAFETY HAZARDS IN MY OPINION.
FIRST I JUST WANNA SAY WE, WE UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND PERSONALLY ALL THE CONCERNS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AND THAT, AND THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
THE, THE, THE, THE ISSUE AT HAND HERE IS IT IS NOT DRAINAGE.
IT, IT'S NOT, UM, MATTERS OF LIFE AND SAFETY.
IT'S NOT, UM, ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO THOSE, THOSE FACTORS.
ALL THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU ALL TO IMPROVE IS THE REDUCTION IN THE PERIMETER SETBACK.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ITEM BEFORE YOU.
THIS PLAN HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY THE CITY.
IF IT WERE BEFORE YOU WITHOUT THE 10 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK REDUCTION, IT WOULD, IT'S A NON-DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL.
WE MEET ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS PER THE CITY.
SO WE'VE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR DRAINAGE PLAN, WHICH WE HAVE SUBMITTED AS A PART OF THIS PUD AND HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND HAS BEEN APPROVED.
THE KEY TO THIS IS THIS IS A PUD PLAN.
SO THE, THE, THE DRAINAGE IS GONNA BE REEVALUATED.
THE NUMBERS ARE GONNA BE RE-RAN.
OUR, OUR ENGINEERING FIRM IS K F W ONE OF THE BEST IN THE CITY.
AND, AND YES, OUR DEVELOPER IS FROM OUTTA STATE, BUT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO SAN ANTONIO.
THEY'RE HERE EVERY OTHER WEEK.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE TRYING TO IMPROVE, UH, THE, THE HOUSING STOCK THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.
AND THIS IS GOING TO DO THAT LAST, LAST, UH, MEETING.
WE HAD RABBI BLOCK, UH, A PREDOMINANT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN OF THIS, OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE DRAINAGE IS, IT, IT'S A FACTOR THAT WE HAVE TO EQUATE FOR AND, AND THAT WE HAVE, AND WE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE CANNOT MAKE THE DRAINAGE WORSE, MEANING THE NUMBER OR THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COMES TO OUR PROPERTY AND THAT RELEASES FROM OUR PROPERTY TODAY, IS THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ALLOWED TO RELEASE FROM OUR PROPERTY IN THE ADVENT OF A 100 YEAR FLOOD.
SO IN THE, THE ADVENT OF A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, WE CANNOT RELEASE MORE WATER OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY THAN WHAT'S INSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
THEN THAT'S WHAT'S ALREADY TRAVELING THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TODAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ENGINEERED FOR.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED PLANS AS A PART OF THIS.
P THEY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE CITY AND THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
SO THERE IS PLANS FOR ONSITE DETENTION.
IT'S NOT ON HERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST AN OUT LOT.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE DRAINAGE TO BE ILLUSTRATED ON THIS PLAN.
IF IT WERE, THEN IT WOULD BE ON THERE.
UM, WHEN IT IN, IN REGARDS TO THE TREES, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN OUR DEVELOPER IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.
HE IS NOT GONNA GO IN THERE AND CLEAR CUT ALL THE TREES OUT.
NUMBER ONE, HE CAN'T BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, UM, WE'RE, UM, I'M SORRY, WE'RE NOT VESTING.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SEEKING VESTED RIGHTS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, TO SEEK VESTING OUTSIDE OF THE, THE CURRENT TREE ORDINANCE.
SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT TREE ORDINANCE.
UM, THE OWNER WAS ACTUALLY APPALLED WHEN HE SAW THE ORIGINAL, UM, UH, TREE SURVEY AND THE PLANS FOR THOSE TREES FROM THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPERS.
IT WAS TO CUT AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.
AND HE, HE HAS COMMITTED TO NOT DOING THAT.
WE DID COMMIT TO INVOLVING THE H O A AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A H O A DOCUMENTS AND RESTRICTED COVENANTS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WILLING TO ENTER INTO.
WE TOLD THEM THAT WE, WE TOLD THE H O A BOARD THAT WE SAID, WE ARE WILLING TO ENTER INTO RESTRICTED COVENANTS THAT WILL RUN WITH THE LAND TO RESTRICT THE, THE USE OF THESE, OF THIS PROPERTY.
SO IF, IF THIS WERE TO FALL THROUGH, WHICH IT, YOU KNOW, HEAVEN FORBID IT DOES, BUT IF IT WERE TO FALL THROUGH, IT'S NOT A FINAL PLA.
THERE'S NO DIVIDING OF THE LAND GOING ON.
ALL THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY, HOPEFULLY, IS THE APPROVAL OF THIS PUD PLAN WITH A 10 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK.
IF SOMEBODY ELSE UTILIZES THIS PUD PLAN TO, TO COME IN AND TRY TO DEVELOP OFF OF IT, THEN THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN DURING THE PLATTING STAGE.
SO IT, IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A LOSE FOR LOSE LOSE FOR ANYONE.
IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET A VERY GOOD PRODUCT WITH TWO STORY HOMES.
BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT HAVE THE 10 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK REDUCTION, WE'RE GONNA BE FORCED TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY.
OR IF IT'S NOT US, SOMEBODY ELSE IN THIS STYLE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO UP TO THREE STORIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS SAID OR, OR WHO, WHO SAID WHAT.
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AGAIN, IS FOR TWO STORY HOMES IN, IN OUR PROJECT, IN OUR DEVELOPMENT.UM, AND, AND, AND ANYBODY COMING IN TO PURCHASE A HOME IS GOING TO BE AWARE OF THE SMALL BACKYARD THEY'RE GOING TO BE AWARE OF, OF THE NATURE OF THE HOMES.
IT IT'S THEIR CHOICE TO BUY IT.
WE'RE NOT FORCING ANYONE TO LIVE HERE.
WE'RE NOT FORCING ANYBODY TO BUY OUR PRODUCT.
WE'RE GONNA SELL OUR 1500 TO, UH, 2,800 SQUARE FOOT HOMES AT, AT A PRICE RANGE OF THE MID TWO HUNDREDS TO, I'M SORRY, THE UPPER TWO HUNDREDS TO THE MID THREE HUNDREDS.
SO THOSE BUYERS ARE GONNA BE WELL AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE STEPPING INTO, EVERYTHING THAT THEY, THAT THEY, THAT THEY WOULD BE PURCHASING, UM, AND, AND, AND ALL OF THE, THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF, OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND LA LASTLY, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, SO THIS, THIS PLAT, THE PLA HERE THAT WAS CREATED FOR THESE PROPERTIES HERE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT RUNS ALONG.
AND THIS IS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT DOWN HERE TOO.
SO THE DRAINAGE, THESE ARE PRIVATE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS THAT RUN THROUGH THE C P S LINE.
IT'S TO CHANNEL THE WATER ON THEIR PROPERTY ON THESE PROPERTIES INTO THIS DRAINAGE CANAL RIGHT HERE.
IT RUNS HERE AND IT RUNS HERE.
WHAT IT, THOSE ARE PLATTED, THAT'S A PLATTED PRIVATE DRAINAGE EASEMENT RIGHT THERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PLANNING IN ENGINEERING TO GET ALL THE WATER FROM OUR PROPERTIES, BRING IT INTO HERE, DETAIN IT, AND RELEASE IT INTO THIS EASEMENT, INTO THIS CHANNEL EASEMENT HERE.
RIGHT NOW, IT RUNS FROM THE, THE APARTMENTS UP HERE.
IT JUST RUNS, IT JUST RUNS ALL ALONG.
IT CAN GO WHEREVER IT WANT AND UTILIZE THESE PRIVATE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS.
THIS IS THE ONLY BUFFER THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS THAT WAS PLANNED FOR.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOME BOND MONEY TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE FURTHER IN THOSE, IN, IN THAT, UM, DRAINAGE EASEMENT AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
AND, AND WE WANT TO, WE WANNA HELP CONTRIBUTE TO, TO THOSE, UH, TO THOSE CITY'S, UH, PROPERTY TAXES BY, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN 28 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WANNA WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
ALL THAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THESE PROPERTIES WITH TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BY GRANTING US A 10 FOOT, UH, REDUCTION TO THE 20 FOOT SETBACK.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY.
COMMISSIONER BIS DEANTE, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ORIAN? YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE A COUPLE THINGS.
IN THE, IN YOUR LAST PRESENTATION, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THE EXISTING, UH, UH, POLE UTILITY POLES WERE LOCATED FOUR TO SEVEN FEET ON THE, ON THE, UM, CHURCHILL FOREST SIDE OF THE COMMON PROPERTY LOT LINE.
UH, WE JUST RECEIVED A SKETCH SHOWING IT TO BE IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
CAN YOU JUST PLEASE CLARIFY, ARE THOSE UTILITY POLES ON THE CHURCHILL FOREST OR ON YOUR PROPERTY? THEY'RE ON THE CHURCHILL FOREST SIDE.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT INFORMATION'S COMING FROM.
AND, UH, THE DRAINAGE, THE DRAINAGE REPORT THAT WAS REFERENCED PREVIOUSLY AND FROM 2018, YOUR NEW ONE'S GONNA BE USING THE ATLAS 14 DATA AND OH, YES.
YEAH, IT'LL BE COMPLETELY UPDATED.
ALL THE DATA THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH IT HAS BEEN, WAS UPDATED TO TODAY'S.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP YET, THAT I RE I RECALL THE P PLAN THAT'S ACTUALLY FORCED TO APPROVE HOW TO ESTIMATED SIZE, UH, TWO STORY HOME ON IT, BUT IT WAS REFLECTED TO BE A GOOD DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.
IS THAT APPROXIMATE, UH, SIZE OF A HOME BETWEEN 1,520 800 SQUARE FEET, OR IS IT, UH, IT JUST HAD NORMALLY REALLY SMALL FOR PURPOSES OF A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.
THO THOSE WERE NOT DRAWN TO SCALE.
UH, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO, TO WHY THAT WAS.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF IS THAT UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SHOWING IT TO BE 20 FEET AWAY, BUT YOU'RE ASKING IT TO BE 10, AND I JUST WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.
UNFORTUNATELY, I, I, UH, I'M NOT THE ENGINEER AND THE ENGINEER ENGINEER'S NOT HERE, BUT THEY WERE NOT DRAWN A SCALE.
WELL, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT THE, UM, THE OPTIONS ARE A 10 FOOT VARIANCE MM-HMM.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THOSE TWO STAR CHOICES ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS AVAILABLE? SO, WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE SIZE OF THE LOT, UM, IF WE WERE TO GO WITH A SINGLE STORY, UH, THE STRUCTURE WOULD JUST BE WAY TOO SMALL TO, TO, TO WORK.
SO IT'S A RETURN ON, ON INVESTMENT.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, OF, OF, OF CAPITAL THAT'S GONNA BE GOING INTO THIS DRAINAGE AND, AND, AND, AND, AND SITE WORK, UH, UH, OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND IN ORDER TO GET A, AN APPROPRIATE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO WITH.
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I GOT A QUESTION.DO WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY OR THE CLIENT CAN SHOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SKETCH THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, THAT'LL GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE THE, THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY LINES ARE, WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S PROPERTY LINES ARE, AND WHERE THE, THE C P SS EASEMENT IS.
DO THEY? THE, THE, UH, THAT WOULD BE THIS HERE.
SO, SO THE, THE, I GUESS THE COMMUNITY'S PROPERTY THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT GREEN AREA, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE COMMUNITY, THE PROPERTY OWNERS OWN THE, SO THERE'S THE 75 FOOT C P SS EASEMENT, WHICH QUITE HONESTLY, I, I, I DON'T BELIEVE IF THIS WERE PLATTED TODAY WOULD WOULD BE THE CASE.
SO THIS, THIS 75 FOOT C P S EASEMENT RUNS THROUGH THE PROPERTIES HERE.
IT'S THE REAR 75 FEET OF THE PROPERTIES RIGHT HERE.
SO BASICALLY SOMEBODY HAS A, I GUESS A LARGE PART OF THEIR BACKYARD THAT THEY REALLY CAN'T USE, BUT THEIR FENCE LINE WILL BE 10, I GUESS THEY HAVE A PROPERTY, THEY HAVE A SETBACK OF 10 FEET.
BUT THAT'S OVER THE EASEMENT AREA, OR IS THAT NO, SIR.
SO WE, WE HAVE, OUR PROPERTY IS, IS THIS ONE HERE.
SO THIS, THIS HASHED MARK IS THE 10 FOOT PERIMETER PROPOSED 10 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK.
THERE'S, UH, THERE, THERE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM SETBACK REQUIREMENT IS 75 FEET BECAUSE OF THIS EASEMENT, BECAUSE NO, NO STRUCTURES CAN BE BUILT OR PLACED IN, IN THIS EASEMENT.
UM, THEN THEY HAVE THE, THE BUILDABLE AREA FOR THEIR PROPERTIES HERE.
SO THIS PLANT JUST ISN'T SHOWING THE, THE COMMUNITY'S FULL, SOMEBODY'S FULL LOT.
SO IT'S, IT'S THEIR PROPERTIES IN THAT COVERED GREEN AREA.
THEY CAN'T, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING ON THERE BECAUSE IT'S C P, THEY, CAN WE EVEN HAVE LIKE A FENCE BETWEEN THE TWO NEIGHBOR, BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES, OR IS THAT, THAT'S A GATE.
YEAH, IT HAS TO BE GATED IN ORDER FOR CCPS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
SO THEY JUST, SO THESE, SO THESE, THESE ARE, I GUESS, HAVE A VERY LARGE LOT SO THEY CAN HAVE THAT P S EASEMENT, BUT YOU'RE STILL, YOUR 10 FEET IS STILL UP AGAINST THEIR PROPERTY LINE THOUGH? OUR, OUR 10 FEET, THE, YEAH, THE EASEMENT REQUIREMENT IS RIGHT HERE.
BUT YOU'RE STILL RIGHT UP AGAINST THEIR PROPERTY LINE THEN? OKAY.
BECAUSE I, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, AND THIS MAKES IT, IT'S HARD TO MAKE ME THINK THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROPERTY ENDS, THERE'S A LARGE C P SS EASEMENT, AND THEN THERE'S NO, THEIR PROPERTY GOES RIGHT UP TO THERE.
THAT WAS THE CLARIFICATION I NEEDED.
UH, JUST A COUPLE POINTS, UM, MAYBE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE STILL ENGAGED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE IS DISCUSSION OF, OF WRITING THE COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE HOMES, RIGHT? UH, MAYBE THE COMPOSITION, I THINK THE DESIGN.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS PRIVATE LAND AND WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS MUCH OPEN SPACE AS WE'D LIKE, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT, UH, ON THIS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR HOUSING.
AND, UM, THIS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE CONCESSIONS AND WOULD ASK THAT THE DEVELOPER CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO TRY TO LEAVE ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS FOR SURE.
BUT, UH, I THINK THEY WILL SUPPORT THE OPTION, UH, THE MOTION.
YEAH, UH, SEAN, I THINK YOU ADDRESSED THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANNA, FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANNA VERIFY WITH STAFF, SO OUR COMMISSION'S PURVIEW TODAY IS ONLY THE APPROVAL OR NON-APPROVAL OF THE 10 FOOT SETBACK, CORRECT? YES.
YOU CAN APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED WITH THE 10 FOOT REDUCTION, OR YOU CAN APPROVE IT WITH THE 20 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK REQUIREMENT, OR YOU CAN ASK THEM TO REVISE THE, THE PUD PLAN AND RESUBMIT IT.
AND AS PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF A, YOU KNOW, OUR PURVIEW ON A PUD PLAN, DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC ARE NOT POINTS FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THIS.
THAT GETS HANDLED WITH PLATTING AND WITH, UH, CITY REVIEWS OF THE ENGINEER AND THE DEVELOPER AS THE PROJECT MOVES THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO OUR PURVIEW IS SIMPLY THIS 10 VERSUS 20 FEET.
UM, SO JUST, AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO COMMISSIONER PROFIT'S POINT, UM, IN THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AREA, UM, VARIED HOUSING STOCK.
AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT I SAID LAST TIME, THIS, UH, PROJECT FOR THESE 13 LOT, THESE 13 EXISTING LOTS, PLUS OR MINUS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, THAT BACK UP TO THIS PUD PLAN, ARE STILL GONNA CONTINUE TO ENJOY ROUGHLY A HUNDRED FEET OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THEIR, THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE AND THE BACK OF ANY PROPOSED HOUSE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER LOT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANY OTHER LOT, MOST LOTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY WHERE IT'S 40 FEET
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AT BEST.SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT POINT.
YOU'VE TRIED TO MAKE THAT POINT, AND I THINK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY.
SO BASED ON THAT, I WILL BE, UH, LOOKING FOR APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONER SIEGEL, I THINK ALL MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
COMMISSIONER DKI? NO QUESTION.
I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT AIRPORT FLIGHT PATH.
I WASN'T, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIRPORT FLIGHT PATH SKETCH THAT'S ON THERE.
DOES THIS, UH, IS THIS PROPERTY UNDER THAT? UH, I, I, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE, THE, IN, IN THE FLIGHT PATH.
IT'S DEFINITELY ZONED A H O D, UM, AS IS THE MA MAJORITY OF THE CITY.
UH, HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE AIRPLANES WILL BE FLYING THAT LOW, UM, GIVEN THE, THE VICINITY TO THE AIRPORT.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY LOW.
I KNOW THAT WORKING WITH THE AIR FORCE BASES, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT NOT BUILDING MULTI-FAMILY, UH, UNITS UNDERNEATH THE FLIGHT PATH.
AND THEN HERE THE CITY NEVER SAID ANYTHING.
WE'RE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WITHIN THE, THE, THE PERIMETERS O OF THOSE NO BUILD ZONES, WE'RE, WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS.
AND IT WILL BE DEVELOPED TO TODAY'S STANDARDS.
IT, IT'S NOT, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO VARY IN LIFE AND SAFETY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN VEST FROM.
SO IT, IT WILL BE BUILT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, THE STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE CITY.
UH, I ECHO THE, THE COMMENTS MADE BY SEVERAL OF MY COMMISSIONERS.
UH, IF, IF THIS WAS REALLY DEDUCTING 10 FEET FROM THE STANDARD UP TO ANOTHER LOT, I THINK WE'D BE HAVING A VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE THIS, UM, 75 FOOT C P SS EASEMENT IS WHY I AM, I'M BEING PERSUADED AND WHY I DO AGREE WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME, UH, TO AT LEAST MEET AND, AND CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
I HOPE THOSE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE TO OCCUR.
I KNOW THAT YOU LISTED ON YOUR POWERPOINT A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, TREE ORDINANCES AND THINGS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO FOLLOW AS THEY CONTINUE THIS PROCESS.
UM, BUT I HOPE THAT Y'ALL CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE, AND ARE ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE CONCESSIONS TO KIND OF MEET IN THE MIDDLE FOR SURE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR COMING AND, AND PROVIDING THEIR COMMENTS AND TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE AT THIS TIME.
I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEM, SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PECK.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST CLARIFICATION OF THE VOTE.
THIS TO APPROVE THE MOTION ON THE COMMISSIONER PECK DID, UM, MAKE TO APPROVE THE 10 FOOT, SO NOT 20 FOOT, 10 FOOT EASEMENT.
CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
[13. Consideration and Action on the Minutes from August 11, 2021.]
AGENDA.DO WE HAVE ANY REVISIONS QUESTIONS? I HAD A, A, UH, REVISION TO THE MINUTES.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T EMAIL STAFF BEFORE THIS, BUT IT WAS ON ITEM NUMBER.
IN FACT, IT WAS THIS, UH, THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS ITEM LAST TIME.
UM, IT SAID THAT EVERYBODY VOTED FOR THE CONTINUANCE.
I VOTED AGAINST THE CONTINUANCE.
MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENTS.
MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENT BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
UM, MADAM CHAIR GONZALEZ? YES.
IT IS THREE 50 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.