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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
I THINK TODAY'S THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER, SO ENJOY.
UM, TODAY WE'LL BE RECEIVING BRIEFINGS ON THE S A P D GRANT CONTINUANCE TO APPLICATION TO MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY, A BRIEFING AND, AND A BRIEFING ON S A P D CRIME STATISTICS.
NEXT, A BRIEFING ON COMPLAINT ADMINISTRATIVE RE REVIEW BOARD, A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION AMENDING AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SE SEX OFFENDERS LIVING NEAR CITY SCHOOLS, AND A PRESENTATION BY PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS POLICE ON THE PARKS POLICE HEADQUARTERS 2017 BOND PROJECT.
AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE A VERY PACKED AGENDA.
WE'LL BE HEARING ITEMS TWO AND FIVE TOGETHER, AND THEN TAKE QUESTIONS ON BOTH ITEMS, UH, FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEN ITEMS THREE AND FOUR AND, UH, AND THEN SIX WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY WITH QUESTIONS AFTER EACH ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO REQUEST TO SPEAK SO I CAN CALL YOU IN ORDER.
IF YOU'LL JUST RAISE YOUR HAND, UM, TO LET ME KNOW THAT YOU, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, AND WE'LL EACH HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS.
THAT'S NOT THE USUAL AMOUNT, BUT WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA TODAY.
SO, UM, AND WE HAVE A ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BY, UH, VIRTUALLY HERE.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IN OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
ACTUALLY, I'M, I'M SORRY, CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL RULE? YES, MA'AM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE.
[1. Approval of minutes August 2, 2021]
ITEM IN OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR AUGUST 2ND MEETING.DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND? A MOTION I SECOND WOULD THE MOTION AND SECOND.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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NOW BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS TODAY.
UH, A QUICK REMINDER, THE COMMENTS ARE TWO MINUTES, UNLESS SOMEONE SEEDS THEIR TIME TO YOU, AND ANYONE THAT SEEDS THEIR TIME MUST BE LISTED AS A SPEAKER.
SO WE'LL START WITH STEVE INDO.
MY NAME IS STEVE ENDO AND I LIVE AT 5 0 3 EAST GUNTHER MADAM CHAIRWOMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED LOCATING OF THE PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT BUILDING 2 77 AT HEMISPHERE.
MORE SO THAN BEING A MEMBER BOARD MEMBER OF H PARK, WHICH I AM.
I'VE ALSO BEEN A RESIDENT AND HAVE LIVED AND OR WORKED IN KING WILLIAM IN THE SOUTHTOWN AREA SINCE 1982.
I'M CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF KING WILLIAM, AND IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING A HOME IN LA VACA WHERE I'LL BE LIVING A FEW BLOCKS FROM H PARK, FROM HEMISPHERE PARK, I'M ALSO A PAST BOARD MEMBER OF THE KING WILLIAM ASSOCIATION, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHTOWN URBAN MAIN STREET PROGRAM, AND A PAST CHAIR OF THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT COUNCIL.
I'VE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE AT DEVELOPMENT FOR OVER 35 YEARS, MOST OF IT IN THE INNER CITY.
THE PROPOSED USE OF THE PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT HEMISPHERE VIOLATES ONE OF THE MOST BASIC PRINCIPLES OF VALUE CREATION, BOTH IN REAL ESTATE AND, AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CITY.
THAT PRINCIPLE IS YOU DON'T LOCATE YOUR LOWER VALUE USES ON YOUR MOST VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PARK POLICE ARE LOW VALUE USES.
OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT, BUT THE FACILITIES THAT THEY OCCUPY ARE, IN THIS CASE, WAS PROPOSED AS TAKING A USE THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE USES THAT WE SEE ON TRIO STREET THAT HAVE CREATED A BARRIER TO THE WEST SIDE FOR DECADES AND REPLACING IT ON SOME OF THE MOST VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS HEMISPHERE PARK.
WORSE IS THAT IT'S PROPOSED AND HAPPENING WITH LITTLE TO NO PUBLIC INPUT AND IS DIRECTLY COUNTER TO THE HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF PUBLIC INPUT THAT WENT INTO PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF HEMISPHERE.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEMISPHERE TO DATE HAS BEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT, BOTH FROM THE CITY AND FROM PRIVATE CITIZEN DONORS, ALL OF IT BASED ON A HOLISTIC PLAN THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A LOT OF CARE.
ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDS AND PRIVATE DONATIONS ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR FURTHER BUILD OUT OF HEMISPHERE, AND THE PARK POLICE USE WOULD IMMEDIATELY DIMINISH THE VALUE OF THOSE DOLLARS AND FUTURE DOLLARS THAT ARE BE, THAT ARE TO BE SPENT AT HEMISPHERE.
IT WOULD ALSO LIKELY MAKE FUTURE PRIVATE FUNDRAISING MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE KARINA CASTILLO JOHNSON.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS KARINA CASTILLO JOHNSON.
I AM ON THE HEMISPHERE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND I SERVE AS ITS
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SECRETARY.AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO READ AND TO THE RECORD A LETTER THAT OUR CHAIRWOMAN CARIDA ANDA HAS SENT TO ALL OF YOU, UH, CONCERNING OUR CONCERNS OVER THE PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS LOCATION AT HEMISPHERE PARK.
TOWER PARK SEPTE ON, UH, FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE HEMISPHERE PARK AREA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE PLAN RELOCATION OF THE PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS TO BUILDING 2 77 AT HEMISPHERE.
THE CONCERNS INCLUDE ONE IMPACT TO TOWER PARK AND TWO, LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR STAKEHOLDER INPUT IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
FOR SIDING OF THE NEW PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT HEMISPHERE TOWER PARK, SAN ANTONIO VOTERS APPROVED DOWNTOWN CO-LOCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY, AND THE 2017 MUNICIPAL BOND TO HOUSE BOTH SAN ANTONIO POLICE SUBSTATION AND A NEW PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
HOWEVER, IN 2019, A DECISION BY PUBLIX WORKS TO CHANGE THE VOTER APPROVED BOND PROPOSITION RELOCATED THE PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS TO BUILDING 2 77 AT HEMISPHERE PARK.
THIS DECISION WAS MADE WITHOUT NOTIFYING OR SOLICITING INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC OR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR THE H PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
IT WOULD BE PRUDENT AND APPROPRIATE FOR H PARK TO BE MEANINGFULLY INVOLVED IN THIS TYPE OF DECISION.
AS WE ARE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN CHARGE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATION OF THE 40 ACRE HEMISPHERE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
H PARK HAS FORMALIZED THE COMMUNITY'S VISION IN THE 2012 HEMISPHERE MASTER PLAN, AND HAS CONDUCTED SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO INFORM ITS SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS.
IN 2019, H PARK RETAINED AND COLLABORATED WITH THE PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES TO ENGAGE MORE THAN 1300 RESIDENTS AND COLLABORATIVE.
AND, UH, THROUGH A SURVEY, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS TO GUIDE THE DESIGN FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT RESULTED IN THE TOWER PARK VISION AND USE PLAN, THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE ADVISORY SERVICES PANEL REPORT, AND THE TOWER PARK CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
WE HAVE PROVIDED THESE DOCUMENTS TO ALL OF YOU AND THE CO-LOCATION.
THE RELOCATION OF THE HEMISFAIR PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS INCONSISTENT WITH ALL THREE OF THESE PLANS TODAY.
HEMIS FOR OPERATES AND COLLABORATES SUCCESSFULLY WITH PARK POLICE, INCLUDING THEIR HEADQUARTERS AT THE FORMER R C A PAVILION, WHICH OCCUPIES 2200 SQUARE FEET.
HOWEVER, RELOCATING THE PARK POLICE QUA HEADQUARTERS TO BUILDING 2 77, A STRUCTURE THAT IS EIGHT TIMES THE CURRENT SIZE OF THE HEADQUARTERS FOOTPRINT IS CONTRARY TO THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN GUIDING DOCUMENTS MENTIONED.
FURTHERMORE, RELATED PARKING REQUIREMENTS, REMOVE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THE PARK PLAN AFFECTING OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC PARKING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND REVENUE STREAMS CRITICAL TO THE LONG TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF HEMISPHERE PARK.
CONSEQUENTLY, THIS PROPOSED PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION WILL PRESENT SIGNIFICANT AND DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS ON TOWER PARK'S, DESIGN, CONNECTIVITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
THE H PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOT IN FAVOR OF UTILIZING BUILDING 2 77 AS THE PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
WE ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SEEK TO PUBLIC INPUT AND THE INPUT OF THE H PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGARDING THE ABOVE-MENTIONED IMPACTS ON HEMISPHERE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS RELOCATION PLAN.
THANK YOU, MS. CASTILLO JOHNSON.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH ITEM SIX,
[6. Briefing by the Public Works Department and Parks Police on Parks Police Headquarters 2017 Bond Project. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]]
UH, TODAY.UM, I'M JUST CHECKING, DO WE STILL HAVE THE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL ON? OKAY.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AT THE PUBLIC WORKS, UM, AND PARKS POLICE PRESENTATION, PLEASE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AS RASI IS PREPARING FOR HIS PRESENTATION.
UH, THIS ITEM IS TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON A 2017, UH, BOND PROJECT, WHICH IS A RELOCATION OF OUR PUBLIC, UH, UH, OF OUR PARKS POLICE, UH, HEADQUARTERS.
UH, THIS, UH, PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN 2017, AND WE HAVE, UH, PROVIDED A FEW BRIEFINGS TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN THIS PROJECT.
IN TERMS OF RELOCATING SOME OF OUR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS TO A STATION, A POLICE STATION ON ST.
MARY'S STREET, AND THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON OUR PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS, UH, GOING TO OUR HEMISPHERE PARK, UH, BUILDING 2 77, UH, RASI.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
I AM RASI HUI, DIRECTOR CITY ENGINEER IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING, CAPTAIN BRADY WISE, AND I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU BRIEFING ON THE PARK POLICE HEADQUARTER.
I WILL INTRO INTRODUCE THE PROJECT AND PASS ON CAPTAIN BRADY WISE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARK POLICE FUNCTION, AND I WILL END THE PRESENTATION.
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WE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE AFTER THE PRESENTATION.EVENT LEADING TODAY IS, AS MARIA MENTIONED, IS APPROVED IN 2017 FOR $20.5 MILLION.
BOND SCOPE LANGUAGE IS CONSTRUCT A NEW FACILITY THAT WILL INCLUDE A CITY POLICE SUBSTATION FOR THE CENTRAL CITY AREA AND PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS FOR CITYWIDE SERVICES.
BETWEEN 2017 AND 2019, WE LOOKED EXTENSIVELY FOR SITE LOCATION.
WE IDENTIFIED OVER 20 SITES IN THAT DOWNTOWN AREA.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T FIND ANY SITE IT WAS THE RIGHT SIZE OR MEET THE NEED OF OUR POLICE SUBSTATION AND PARK POLICY HEADQUARTER EXTENSION COORDINATION WAS DONE WITH CITY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, DISTRICT ONE, EACH PARK AND OTHER.
THE DECISION WAS MADE TO SPLIT THIS PROJECT FOR TWO.
ONE IS CONSTRUCT NEW SITE, WHICH IS ON A NORTH SAINT MARY AND ANOTHER ONE'S TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING CITY FACILITY.
I FACILITY PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN WAS DONE.
WE BROUGHT THIS ONE TO AUDIT COMMITTEE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND WE GOT APPROVAL FROM THEM.
WE ADVERTISE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR PRE-SALE STATION.
WE HAVE SELECTED THE CONTRACTOR BUT HAVE NOT TAKEN TO THIS COUNCIL APPROVAL.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THIS ONE.
WE COULD GO FOR POST-SALE, THIS POST-SALE STATION FOR AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE.
WE HAD EXTENSIVE BRIEFING ON ACCOUNT AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE IN JANUARY, 2020, MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
PRE-SALE STATION WENT TO AUDIT COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER, 2022.
POSTAL STATION WAS APPROVED BY AUDIT COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER, 2020, ALMOST A YEAR AGO, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
COUNCILS APPROVE THE PARK POLICE SUBSTATION, WHICH IS LOCATED 2020 NORTH SAN MARY AND PUB PARK POLICY HEADQUARTERS.
AS I MENTIONED, JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WAS APPROVED BY AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO GO FORWARD FOR ADVERTISEMENT OF THIS PROJECT.
NOW I'M GOING TO ASK CAPTAIN BRADY TO COME OVER THERE AND TALK ABOUT PARK POLICE FUNCTION.
I'M CAPTAIN OF THE SAN ANTONIO PARK POLICE.
I'VE BEEN CAPTAIN FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT 25.
UM, TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A BRIEF, BRIEF OUTLINE OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS, UH, WE ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY ARE THE PARKS, THE PARK LANDS, THE RIVER WALK.
UH, AS SUCH, UH, WE PROVIDE OUR SERVICE AREAS OVER 250 PARKS.
WE HAVE OVER 80, UH, I'M SORRY, 80 MILES OF HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
UH, WE'VE GOT OVER 50 RECREATIONAL CENTERS, UM, SPORTS COMPLEXES, ET CETERA.
AND THEN WE'VE, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON.
OUR CENTRAL, UH, SERVICE DISTRICT FOOTPRINT INCLUDES BOTANICAL GARDENS, UM, BRACKENRIDGE PARK, TRAVIS PARK, MILAM, UH, ST.
MARY'S, TRAVIS, UH, TRAVIS PARK.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE THAT ARE, ARE.
SOME OF THE PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS ARE THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT, THE CORPS, WHICH IS COMMUNITY ORIENTED RESOURCE EDUCATION.
THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE SS A P D SAFE UNIT.
UH, THERE ARE OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH DISTRICT TO GO OUT AND GIVE PRESENTATIONS TO SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UM, PROVIDE EDUCATION.
UM, WE'VE ALSO GOT OUR APPLICANT PROCESSING, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, UM, FUNCTION.
WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT PATROL SECTION AND WE HAVE OUR RIVERWALK PATROL SECTION.
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OF THE, ALL OF THE UNITS THAT I JUST DISCUSSED WITH YOU ALL REPORT CURRENTLY, FOR THE MOST PART OUT OF OUR HEMISPHERE LOCATION.UH, THE ONLY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD BRING IF WE WENT TO A NEW LOCATION, WOULD BE ABOUT 10 OFFICERS, AND THAT'S OUR CORE UNIT THAT WAS INDICATED HERE.
THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ADDITION.
UM, WE'VE GOT OUR BIKE, A T V PATROL UNIT.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS REPORT TO SATELLITE LOCATIONS.
AND I WAS ASKED PREVIOUSLY, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUBSTATION AND A SATELLITE LOCATION? AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN THAT HERE IN CASE THAT QUESTION COMES UP.
UM, A SUBSTATION IS HOW HOUSED LIKE S A P D DOES WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THERE 24 7.
SO YOU CAN GO IN AT ANY TIME AND CONTACT THE INDIVIDUAL AT THE SUBSTATION, A SATELLITE LOCATION.
IT'S JUST AN A PLACE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO REPORT TO BEGIN THEIR TOUR OF DUTY.
SO THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SATELLITE AND SUBSTATION.
OUR CURRENT LOCATION FOR OUR PARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT 600 HEMISPHERE BUILDING 3, 3, 7.
IT'S LOCATED ABOUT 40 YARDS WEST OF THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE HOPING TO OBTAIN AS OUR, AS OUR HEADQUARTERS.
UM, THE AGE OF THE BUILDING, IT WAS BUILT IN THE SIXTIES, UH, OPENED UP IN 68 FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR.
UM, THE FACILITY, AMENITIES HOUSE, THE SERVICE AGENTS AREA, ROLL CALL ROOMS, OFFICES, BREAK ROOMS, STORAGE ROOMS, AND SUPERVISOR ROOMS. IT'S ABOUT 8,000 SQUARE FEET.
OUR CURRENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY SAYS WE CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN 44 PEOPLE IN THERE.
UH, BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, IF I HAVE A ROLL CALL AND A SUPERVISOR'S MEETING IN THAT BUILDING, THE FIRE MARSHAL CAN SHUT US DOWN.
IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT BUILT FOR, FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, AGAIN, THE PURPOSE AND USE OF THE FACILITY IS, IT'S OUR MAIN HEADQUARTERS.
UM, OUR INTENT WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL 10 BODIES THAT WOULD COME DOWN TO A NEW HEADQUARTERS, WE WOULD HOUSE 137 PEOPLE OUTTA THAT BUILDING.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THE IMPACT THAT WE WOULD HAVE ON FUTURE PARKING.
WE HAVE 120 ALLOCATED SPACES AT, AT IN THE PARKING LOT, AND PARDON ME, UM, WE WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE PARKING.
THOSE ADDITIONAL 10 BODIES WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE PARKING.
THERE'S 137 PEOPLE, BUT THOSE ARE BROKEN DOWN OVER THREE SHIFTS.
SO WE AVERAGE ABOUT 60 PEOPLE ON DUTY AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
SO WE WOULD ONLY IMPACT THAT PARKING LOT OF RESERVED ONE 20, ABOUT 60 PER DAY, OR 60 PER SHIFT.
UH, OUR HEAVIEST DAY FOR, FOR STAFFING IS ON WEDNESDAYS.
AND ON THOSE DAYS, WE WOULD HIT ABOUT 70 PARKING SPOTS, WHICH IS STILL WELL WITHIN OUR 120 ALLOCATED SPOTS.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SATELLITE LOCATIONS.
UH, YOU MAY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THEM FROM YOUR, FROM YOUR OWN DISTRICTS.
UM, THESE ARE THE SATELLITE LOCATIONS THAT ALLOW US TO PULL ABOUT 50 PEOPLE OUT OF OUR HEADQUARTERS.
SO OF OUR, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 187 SWORN POSITIONS, FIVE CIVILIAN STAFF.
OF THOSE 50 PEOPLE ARE PULLED OUT OF OUR CENTRAL SERVICE, UH, AREA.
SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ALL REPORT TO SATELLITE LOCATIONS.
UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE THAT ARE COMING ONLINE, I BELIEVE EISENHOWER PARK.
UH, WE'VE GOT A HOUSE BEING BUILT, UH, BEING ACTUALLY RENOVATED OUT THERE.
UH, DIRECTOR HOMER GARCIA HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ALLOWING US TO USE FACILITIES AT THE PARKS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY EITHER VACANT OR HAD OTHER USES.
SO, UH, THE CARETAKER'S HOUSE AT ROSEDALE PARK, WE UTILIZE THAT AS A SATELLITE OFFICE.
SO WE PHYSICALLY HAVE OFFICERS REPORTING TO THOSE LOCATIONS.
THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMMEDIATELY PUT OFFICERS ON THE TRAILS AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO SHUFFLE EQUIPMENT BACK AND FORTH TO START THEIR DAY.
UH, MY BIKE AND A T V OFFICERS ARE ON 10 HOUR SHIFTS.
THIS ALLOWS ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON THE TRAILS AT LEAST NINE HOURS OF THE DAY.
UH, THE REASONS FOR THE ALTERNATE FACILITY, QUITE FRANKLY, THE, THE BUILDING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE HAS OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS.
AGAIN, IT'S 8,000 SQUARE FEET OUT.
WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS IN THE SLIDES.
UM, IT'S VERY CROWDED, IT'S VERY OVERCROWDED, AND IT'S JUST NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR, FOR, FOR WHAT WE HAVE THERE.
UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY I'VE HAD AIR CONDITIONING IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
UH, THE THERMOS, THE THERMOMETER THERE ON THE LEFT, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN THAT HALLWAY'S 110 DEGREES.
UM, WE'VE JUST GOT MINI SPLITS INSTALLED.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY IN EVERY PHOTO YOU SEE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A FAN BECAUSE THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BEFORE OUR AIR CONDITIONING WAS UP AND RUNNING.
THIS IS THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE OFFING OUT OF A LARGE BULLPEN OFFICE.
IT'S GOT THREE DESKS IN THERE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, ALSO OCCUPYING THAT WITH SUPPLIES AND STORAGE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT.
UH, THIS IS A SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE UNDERSTAND THIS WITH, WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THIS BECAME A PROBLEM ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
I HAVE FOUR SUPERVISORS OPERATING OUTTA THAT SMALL OFFICE.
I'VE GOT 10 THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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THE ONLY SUPERVISOR'S AREA THAT I HAVE IN THE BUILDING CURRENTLY.AGAIN, IT'LL HOUSE ABOUT 25 PEOPLE.
SO, UH, WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS, IS ROOM FOR 50.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM IN THAT SMALL FACILITY.
UH, THIS IS ANOTHER OFFICE THAT IS, OR THIS IS A STORAGE ON THE LEFT.
UH, THIS IS THE ONLY STORAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUILDING.
THIS ON THE, ON THE RIGHT IS THE, UH, ANOTHER DESK IN THAT BULLPEN OF OFFICERS, UH, UH, OFFICES FOR OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT.
AGAIN, IT'S SHARED WITH WHATEVER SUPPLIES WE HAVE.
UM, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO RAZZI, I WILL SAY THIS.
WHILE WE UTILIZE THE CURRENT BUILDING AS OUR MAIN HEADQUARTERS IN STORAGE, WE ACTUALLY OCCUPY THREE OTHER BUILDINGS ON HEMISPHERE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR STORAGE.
WE HAVE A DECOMMISSIONED RESTROOM, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR TO OUR FACILITY THAT HOUSES ABOUT 60 BIKES.
AND THEN THE AMAYA DELI, UM, H PARK HAS BEEN VERY KIND TO LET US UTILIZE THAT FOR SOME OF OUR OVERFLOW BIKES.
OUR INTENT IS IF WE'RE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO 2 77, ALL OF THOSE AMENITIES ARE GONNA GO BACK INTO THE HEADQUARTERS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO RAZZIE.
WHY BUILDING 2 77 CITY OWNED BUILDING IDEAL SERVICE AREA.
THEY'RE PROVIDING GOOD SERVICE FOR DOWNTOWN AND RIVERWALK.
STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND BUILDING SYSTEM.
BUILDING AD NINE, RELATIVELY NEW.
BUILDING SIZE AND CONFIGURATION IS SUFFICIENT FOR CURRENT STAFFING AND FUTURE GROWTH.
WE ARE NOT SPENDING MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO RENOVATE TO MEET OUR NEED.
THIS PHOTO SHOWS WHERE THEY ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE ARE PLANNING THEM TO BE.
THE DISCUSSION WAS FROM SOME OF THE MEMBER.
WHY ARE WE MILITARIZING EACH PARK? WE ARE NOT.
WE ARE JUST PROVIDING THEM BETTER BUILDING TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
DOESN'T MEET TODAY'S REQUIREMENT.
GOMAN, WHAT'S THE NEW SCOPE OF THIS BUILDING? IS GOING TO HAVE ROLL CALL, REPORT, WRITING AND INTERVIEW ROOMS, OFFICE CONFERENCE AND BREAK ROOMS, FITNESS AND LOCKER ROOMS, BODY CAMERA AND CHARGING AREA, BIKE STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE, PARKING.
THE OTHER CONCERN WAS FROM SOME OF THE MEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE ONE RATIO FOR PARKING SPACE.
WE ARE NOT, THEY HAVE 120 PARKING SPACE TODAY.
ONE OF THEM WILL BE A D A REQUIREMENT ANYWAY, THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT ONE ALSO.
OCCUPATION IS GOING TO BE 137 PARK.
POLICE EQUIPMENT WILL BE BIKERS, SUPPLIERS, RADIOS, BODY CAMERA, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.
END FACILITIES, APPROXIMATELY 24,000.
GOING TO BE FITNESS AND LOCKER ROOMS, CONFERENCE ROOM INSIDE THE STORAGE, BIKE, MECHANICS SHOPS AND WASHING STATION, TRAINING SPACE, BODY CAMERA, CHARGING AREA.
WE HAVE SPENT SO FAR A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLAR ON DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING AND PROJECT ADMINISTRATION COST.
THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS 4.7 MILLION.
3.4 MILLION IS FOR CONSTRUCTION COST PROJECT TIMELINE DESIGN, START MARCH OF 2020 FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
PROJECT PROJECT DESIGN WAS COMPLETED.
IT APPROVAL WAS DONE EARLY THIS YEAR.
POST-SALE STATION, WE ARE PLANNING TO GO IN OCTOBER, COUNCIL APPROVAL IN A SESSION IN NOVEMBER, RENOVATION TO START DECEMBER AND TO BE DONE YEAR DECEMBER, 2022.
WE ALSO LOOK TO SEE IF WE TAKE THIS LOCATION FOR OTHER PLACE, WHAT'S THE COST OF IT AND HOW MUCH IT'LL TAKE TO BUILD BRAND NEW SITES SOMEPLACE ELSE.
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BE SPEND $3 MILLION ON THE LAND ACQUISITION, 15 MILLION ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ALTOGETHER.WE ARE ANTICIPATING 18,000,002 AND A HALF YEAR DURATION AT MINIMUM.
AND DURING THAT TIME ALSO, THEY HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING BUILDING THEY ARE IN TODAY.
THIS IS END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS THAT I'LL MOVE ON TO.
UM, CAN YOU, ZI, WILL YOU EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW OR FOR THE PUBLIC? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND H PARK? WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH H PARK.
LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, WE SPEND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT BOND, BOND, BOND MONEY, LAST TWO BONDS.
AND WE ARE HOPING TO SPEND SOME MORE MONEY.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH EACH PARK DURING THE SITE SELECTION.
THE IDEA WAS CAN WE CUT EVEN CORNER OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE MAKE A ROOM FOR FUTURE POSSIBLE ROAD EXTENSION.
IT STRUCTURALLY WASN'T RECOMMENDED TO CUT CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
THEY WERE NOT VERY PLEASED ABOUT THIS LOCATION, BUT THEY WERE NEVER AGAINST THIS LOCATION.
OTHERWISE, WE WILL SPEND TWO YEARS OF TIME AND HALF A MILLION DOLLAR AND COME TO THIS POINT REALIZE THEY ARE NOT PROVING THIS LOCATION.
ACTUALLY, LORI, I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT IF THAT'S OKAY.
I WANNA ASK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT RAZZIE JUST SAID.
UM, SO YOU MENTIONED IT ON SLIDE TWO, I THINK RAZZIE, BUT THE, WHAT WAS THERE A FORMAL PUBLIC STAKEHOLDER PROCESS? STAKEHOLDER FOR US ON THIS ONE, REALLY H PARK AND WE WORK WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY.
SECONDLY, THIS WASN'T REALLY NEW BUILDING OR NEW FUNCTION.
WE JUST RENOVATING THE EXISTING BUILDING.
WE WERE NOT BRINGING NEW FUNCTION TO GO OVER THERE AND GET INPUT FROM GENERAL PUBLIC.
BUT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH EACH PARK.
WE HAD A HALF A DOZEN MEETING.
SOME OF THE MEETING CITY MANAGER ATTEND.
SOME OF THEM IS ALREADY ATTEND.
AND THEN HOW MUCH, UH, I THINK YOU SAID THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
HOW MUCH MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT TO MOVE THE HEADQUARTERS TO 2 77? WE SPENT HALF A MILLION DOLLAR ON THE DESIGN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND, UH, PROGRAMMING.
AND WAS THAT ALL IN COORDINATION WITH H PARK? SOME OF THEM, NOT ALL OF IT.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC PROCESS? WAS THERE A PUBLIC INPUT? WAS THAT PART OF THE BOND PROCESS? IT'S ONLY PART OF THE BOND PROCESS.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAD GONE ON, EVERY STEP WE MAKE, WE HAVE GONE TO AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY APPROVAL ON POLICE SUBSTATION ON ST.
MARY, WHICH UNDER DESIGN, WE WENT TWO, THREE TIMES, TWICE FOR AUDIT COMMITTEE.
ONE TIME FOR ENTIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL.
ON THIS ONE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE TOOK FOR THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTUALLY COUNCILMAN SEND OUR QUESTION ABOUT THE PROJECT AND WE EXPLAINED IT.
LORI, WOULD YOU MIND? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS WHAT ARE THE, IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND H PARK? YES.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL CREATED A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION IN 2009.
THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY TAKES ACTION ON THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
THEY WERE CHARGED WITH ASSISTING THE CITY IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF HEMI PARK.
AND, UH, WHEN, WHEN DID THAT START? WHAT YEAR? IT WAS IN 2009.
UM, RAZZI, I GUESS I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
YOU, YOU EXPLAINED, YOU EXPLAINED THE, UH, HOW MUCH WE'VE ALREADY SPENT ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST AS IS RIGHT NOW.
HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH WAS THAT AGAIN? 4.7.
4.7 MILLION TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION IF WE DECIDED TO BUILD A NEW ONE THAT WOULD BE, COULDN'T FIND 18 MILLION.
SO, UH, THAT'S NOT MONEY THAT YOU SNEEZE AT AND IT'S NOT GROWING OFF OF TREES.
UH, WHERE, I MEAN, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE SAID, NO, DON'T PUT IT HERE, PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT HAPPEN TO THE PROJECT? OVERALL PROJECT AT MINIMUM IS GOING TO BE DELAYED IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DEAD, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 18 MILLION, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR 18 MILLION TO GET FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE.
THAT MEANS SOME OTHER PROJECT, IT HAS TO GIVE UP FUNDING.
AND, UM, ON THAT ONE SLIDE, YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, EXTENSIVE COORDINATION WITH DISTRICT ONE AND H PARK.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT, WHAT THAT COORDINATION WAS AND
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APPROXIMATELY WHEN THAT HAPPENED? IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS? THAT HAPPENED MAINLY ON 2019 WHEN WE REALIZED WE JUST COULDN'T FIND A BIGGER LOT BIGGER SIZE IN DOWNTOWN AREA.WE WERE LOOKING THREE ACRE OR LARGER, AND WE REALLY COULDN'T GO TOO FAR OUTSIDE THAT BECAUSE THEIR SERVICE AREA, ESPECIALLY PARK PORT, IS MAINLY RIVER ROCK AND THIS PART OF TOWN, IT HAS TO BE VERY CLOSE.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BUDGET.
WE DIDN'T, WE HAD 20.5 MILLION ALTOGETHER FOR BOTH OF THEM.
WE SPLIT THIS ONE, TWO PROJECT.
A CITY OWNED BUILDING, BUILDING IS SOUNDS BIG ENOUGH, STRUCTURALLY GOOD.
AND WE DECIDED TO BASICALLY SPLIT THIS PROJECT.
AND EVERY STEP WE HAVE TAKEN, IT HAS GONE THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS.
AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY HAS PROVED NORTH SEMINARY POLICE SUBSTATION CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THIS ONE.
PARK POLICE TO TECH ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE ADVERTISED PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE SELECTED THE CONTRACTOR.
WE ARE JUST WAITING APPROVAL FROM THIS BODY TO TAKE FOR AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY THEN TAKE FOR THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
DO YOU, ON ALL THESE, THESE MEETINGS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF MINUTES OR SIGNATURES OR ANYTHING ON FROM H PARK OR DISTRICT ONE SAYING, YES, WE APPROVE THIS AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH IT? UH, I HAVE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WE HAD A HANDOUT PASSED AND HIGHLIGHTED.
WE ARE VERY CLEARLY TELLING AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE.
WE ARE SPLITTING THIS PROJECT.
AND WHERE WILL BE THE NEW LOCATION FOR PARK POLICE ON THAT HANDOUT IS VERY CLEARLY THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED AREA.
SO HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS DID H PARK OR DISTRICT ONE HAVE TO SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS PROJECT TO HAPPEN, OR, UH, LET'S MAKE SOME CHANGES? I THINK THEY HAD OPPORTUNITY FROM REALLY DAY ONE, WE DECIDED WE'RE SPLITTING THIS PROJECT FOR LAST TWO YEARS.
THIS IS REALLY LAST TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE REALIZED THEY ARE NOT REALLY FAVORING THIS PROJECT.
DURING DESIGN REVIEW PROCESSES, DID WE GET, WERE THERE ANY COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM H PARK OR DISTRICT ONE ON THE LAYOUT OR LANDSCAPING OR HOW THE BUILDING IS BEING RENOVATED? DID YOU GET ANY KIND OF COMMENTS FROM EITHER OF THOSE OFFICES DURING THAT TIME? SINCE IT WAS MAINLY DONE INSIDE THE BUILDING? I HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION WE HAD WITH H PARK BEFORE COVID.
LORI AND I USED TO MEET WITH H PARK MONTHLY.
TALK ABOUT NOT JUST THIS PROJECT.
OVERALL, EVERYTHING IS GOING ON H PARK AND FUTURE NEED FOR H PARK.
WE NEVER HEARD THEY'RE AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
AS I MENTIONED, THEY, TO BE VERY FRANK, THEY WEREN'T CRAZY ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT THEY WERE NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT EITHER.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES IF THIS PROJECT DOESN'T GO THROUGH.
UM, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY OPERATING OUT OF VERY, VERY, UM, SUBSTANDARD FACILITIES RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF WE, IF WE PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT, UM, AND I'VE HEARD THAT WORD ALSO THAT WE'RE MILITARIZING THAT THAT ZONE MM-HMM.
UH, IT CONSOLIDATES A LOT OF FUNCTIONS THERE INTO THAT ONE FACILITY.
IT'S A VACANT FACILITY AND WE ALREADY HAVE A PRO PRESENCE THERE IN THE, UM, H PARK AREA.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KILL AT THIS POINT? BECAUSE IT BASICALLY WILL, IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND ALL THE CRITERIA THAT I'M SEEING, THERE WAS PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, EXISTING FACILITY, WE'RE NOT MOVING, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, PARKING SPACES IN.
AND THIS MILITARIZATION IS THOSE PARKING SPACES FOR POLICE VEHICLES OR PRIVATE VEHICLES? IT'S THE, IT'S THE POWER PARKING LOT.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWER OF THE AMERICAS PARKING LOT.
THEY PROVIDE US WHO USES PRIVATE, PRIVATE FIRST? YEAH, IT'S, UH, BASICALLY THE TOWER OF, OF AMERICAS CONTROLS THAT PARKING.
AND SO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWER OF THE AMERICAS.
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SPOTS THAT WE CAN UTILIZE.AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE FOUR ADDITIONAL SPOTS THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO, I, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, ARE THE ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR UNIFORM PERSONNEL OR CIVILIANS FOR THEIR PERSONNEL VEHICLES? NO, THE NEW THE NEW POSITIONS OR THE 120 IS INCLUSIVE.
THE FOUR NEW POSITIONS WOULD BE ACTUALLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FACILITY ITSELF.
AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE SPLIT? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT 35 PATROL VEHICLES OKAY.
UH, THAT ARE ASSIGNED OUT OF HEMISPHERE.
UH, THE REST OF THEM ARE FOR PERSONAL, PERSONALLY OWNED VEHICLES.
THE 35, ARE THEY OUT THERE TODAY? THEY'RE OUT THERE TODAY, A MATTER OF FACT.
WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE NOT ON PATROL? YES.
ALL THOSE PARK THERE, THERE WILL BE NO ADDITION TO THE PARKING WHATSOEVER.
WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO MILITARIZATION WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I MEAN, YEAH, NOT SURE.
WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PATROL CARS OR WE'RE NOT BRINGING IN SWAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT INTO THAT AREA.
WELL, THAT KIND OF ANSWERS ALL MY QUESTIONS.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO PARKS POLICE AND THE STAFF FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
UM, I, UH, I HAVE A, A FEW COMMENTS AND, AND QUESTIONS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, TO EVERYBODY IN THE PARKS POLICE TEAM, UM, I DON'T WANT YOU, I HOPE YOU DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE NOT VALUING YOUR WORK AND THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FIND YOU A HOME BECAUSE THAT WE DO, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED YOU AND YOU PROVIDE A CRITICAL SERVICE.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UM, I, UH, I I DO HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU SHOWED OF THE CONDITION OF THE CURRENT FACILITY.
AND, UH, I, I DON'T THINK IT LOOKS VERY GOOD AT ALL,
I, UH, SO I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO HAVE, UH, A NEW FACILITY FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, BUT I WONDER IF IF SOME OF THE CONDITIONS WE SAW CAN, CAN ALSO BE AMELIORATED BY, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE, UH, REORGANIZATION.
UH, I THINK, I THINK SOME OF IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST HASN'T BEEN, UM, LIKE YOU HAVEN'T CLEANED OUT SOME FILES
AND I, I DON'T MEAN TO POINT THE FINGER, BUT, UM, MAYBE THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT SOME OF IT IS SCREAMING OSHA VIOLATIONS
SO I I DO HOPE THAT YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT YOUR STAFF IS SAFE.
UM, UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
AND I, I KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED TIME, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THEM ALL, ALL OUT AND THEN, UH, AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND AFTER.
UH, NUMBER ONE, HOW DOES THE LOCATION AFFECT THE, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF PARK POLICE? IN OTHER WORDS, CAN YOU DO YOUR JOB BETTER OUT OF H PARK? UM, IT IS IT GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IF YOU'RE THERE, OR, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A HALF MILE OR ONE MILE OR TWO MILE RADIUS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU COVER THE WHOLE CITY.
UM, SO THAT WAS ONE, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, ARE THERE ANY PARK POLICE HOUSED AT THE HEADQUARTERS IN, AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, UH, DOWNTOWN? AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CENTER THAT INTEGRATED DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
UM, THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, ARE YOU CO-LOCATED WITH S A P D ANYWHERE? UH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT FROM CO-LOCATION OF THE TWO, UM, OF THE TWO DIVISIONS, RIGHT? THERE'S, UH, THERE'S INFORMATION YOU CAN SHARE AND LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, I, I WANNA TALK ABOUT, OR I WANNA HEAR ABOUT, AND WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS TODAY BECAUSE THE AGENDA'S SO PACKED ABOUT THE BOND PROCESS.
AND REALLY HOW DO WE MAKE AS A, AS A BODY, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT DECISION IN CHANGING WHAT MIGHT'VE BEEN IN, IN THE BOND? AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THIS LIKE WITH THAT Y M C A MONEY, UH, THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO TO USE.
BUT MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE BOND LANGUAGE HAD CALLED FOR ONE FACILITY, UM, BUT WE ENDED UP HAVING TWO BECAUSE OF SOME, SOME, I GUESS THE ST.
MARY'S LOCATION WASN'T ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
BUT I, I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE, WHY WASN'T IT DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH OF THEM IF THAT'S WHAT WAS, UH, WHAT WAS IN THE BOND? UM, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE HOW TALL IS THE BUILDING? I, I HAD HEARD THAT, THAT THAT'S THE LOCATION THAT HAD TO HAVE A THREE TO ONE RATIO AND THAT THAT MAY ALSO BE TAKING UP SOME OF THE SPACE.
SO, SO LOOK, DEFINITELY WANNA FIND
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IN, IN CONCLUSION, DEFINITELY WANNA FIND PARKS, POLICE A HOME.UH, I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE VALUED BY OUR COMMUNITY AND BY OUR COUNCIL.
UH, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DID RIGHT BY THE VOTERS AND, AND DID THE BEST THAT WE COULD IN GETTING TO THIS POINT.
SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROCESS CAN, CAN, UM, MEET MUSTER.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, COUPLE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, THE, THE EXISTING FACILITY WHERE PARK POLICE IS TODAY, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS OLD.
THE ELECTRICAL, THE HVAC, AS YOU SAW THROUGH SOME OF THE PICTURES, THE HVAC IS, IS A VERY OLD SYSTEM.
AND, AND IT HASN'T BEEN, IT HADN'T HAD NOT BEEN FUNCTIONING FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL RECENTLY FIXED SO TODAY ACTUALLY.
SO, SO THERE'S A STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE EXISTING FACILITY THAT, UM, MORE THAN JUST THE AESTHETICS OF PERHAPS WHAT YOU VISUALLY SAW IN TERMS OF PERHAPS MANY BOXES IN, IN ONE ROOM.
BUT THE, THE ACTUALLY STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE FACILITY IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AND THE NEED FOR HAVING TO MOVE OUR PARKS POLICE OUT OF THAT FACILITY.
IN TERMS OF THE BOND, UH, PROCESS.
SO THE, THE BOND, UH, PROGRAM APPROVED TWO, UM, FUNCTIONS TO BE COMBINED, UH, WHICH WAS A FACILITY FOR BOTH SAN ANTONIO SS A P D AND ALSO FOR PARKS POLICE.
HOWEVER, THE, THE BOND DOCUMENT DOES NOT SPECIFY THE LOCATION.
THERE'S NO ADDRESS, THERE'S NO, UH, COMMITMENT IN TERMS OF WHERE IT WAS GONNA BE LOCATED AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
WE LOOKED AT, UM, MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE ST.
MARY'S, UH, FACILITY TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE STORY TO INCLUDE INCLUDING A GARAGE.
SO WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY FEASIBLY FIT IN THAT PARTICULAR SITE.
AND ALSO, UM, WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE, THE, THE BOND PROGRAM IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH MONEY WAS AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, AS RASI MENTIONED, IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS OF INFORMING THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING TO SPLIT BOTH FACILITIES, UM, MY COUNT IS PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE TIMES, UH, THAT WE CAME TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ALSO TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL AS WE AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE SOUTH ST.
AND, UH, TWICE THAT WE CAME TO AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR THE SOUTH ST.
AND TWICE THAT WE HAVE COME TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR THE, UM, HEMISPHERE PARK LOCATION.
SO THOSE, AS YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE POSTED, UM, AVAILABLE FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND, UH, SO WE DID FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF OUR BOND, UH, PROGRAM, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, NOTIFICATION.
AND THERE'S NO VIOLATION OF OUR CURRENT BOND, UM, OBLIGATIONS.
I, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN, UH, ABOVE MUSTER.
I THINK MY, WHAT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE 10 STEPS IN THE PROCESS, UH, IT'S HARD TO SEE IT AS ONE DECISION THAT THAT HAS BEEN MADE.
SO I I, I THINK MY QUESTION IS DID WE EVER HAVE A, A VOTE WHERE WE, UM, WHERE WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SPLIT THE, THE PROJECT THERE WILL, IT WILL NOT BE A COMBINED HEADQUARTERS COUNCILMAN, AS I MENTIONED, WHEN WE BROUGHT THE SOUTH ST.
MARY'S, UM, ITEM FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL, FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT CONTRACT, THE, THE VOTE WAS FOR THE CONTRACT.
BUT AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WE DISCUSSED THAT WE WERE, UM, HAVING TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR, TO ACCOMMODATE THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THAT WAS NOT A VOTE ON THE SPLIT, BUT THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL THAT THAT WAS THE, THE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
JUST MAKING SURE DENISE, ARE, UH, ARE, IS THE BUZZER GONNA GO OFF? 'CAUSE OKAY,
THE BUILDING IS FROM 1989, WHICH IS 32 YEARS OLD, AND IT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
AND, UM, AND YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION AFTER OZZIE, I WANNA KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS VACANT FOR.
UH, SO MY FIRST ISSUE IS WITH THE BUILDING, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR ULTRA ACCESSIBILITY FOR, UM, THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, I'M NOT SURE A 32 YEAR OLD BUILDING IS THE KEY.
UH, YOU USE THE TERM SUFFICIENT FOR CURRENT STAFFING AND FUTURE GROWTH.
THAT'S 137 STAFF, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOING TO GET A FITNESS AND
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LOCKER ROOM MEETING, CONFERENCE ROOMS, WHICH COULD HAVE, IF WE PUT THIS TOGETHER WITH A SUBSTATION, WE WOULDN'T, WE, THEY, WE COULD HAVE ONE FITNESS AND LOCKER ROOM.WE COULD HAVE ONE AREA FOR MEETING CONFERENCE ROOMS IF WE HAD LEFT IT AS IT WAS INTENDED, OR IF WE HAD MOVED IT OVER TO THE, WHAT WILL BE THE DISTRICT THREE SOUTH SUBSTATION.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THE PARK POLICE THERE.
WE COULD HAVE YOU ALONG THE MISSION REACH.
WE'RE ACTIVATING THAT A LOT MORE.
THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE WITH THE BUILDING IS THE MODERATE RENOVATION NEEDED THE MODERATE PRI IF MODERATE IS $3.4 MILLION, UH, FOR A STAFF OF 137.
I, I'M CON I'M CONCERNED WITH THAT, THAT THAT BUDGET PRICE, UM, I WORKED FOR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THAT THE BEST THING IS IF OUR SUPERVISORS AND PATROL ARE OUT ON THE STREET.
SO I DON'T ALL, I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT WE NEED A BUILDING ALSO THAT BIG, IF THEY SHOULD BE OUT ON PATROL, IF THEY SHOULD BE OUT WITH THEIR, UH, UH, THE PATROL KIND OF HELPING SUPERVISE THE ACTIVATED AREAS ALL ALONG THE MISSION REACH.
UM, I AM CONCERNED, UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, THE BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN H PARK AND CITY STAFF AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WHEN I ARRIVED, UM, H PARK AT WERE KNEW THAT I, I AM PUSHING FOR A SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE.
SO, UM, YOU HOUSING PARK POLICE WAS, WAS MENTIONED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE ARE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, YEAH, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THIS PROCESS.
AND FOR US JUST TO BE COMING NOW, UM, OR FOR US TO BE TOLD THAT H PARK JUST VOICED THEIR CONCERNS NOW IS, IS TROUBLESOME.
UM, SO MY ISSUES ARE WITH THE BUILDING WITH, WITH THE SIZE FOR A STAFF OF 137 WITH THE BELIEF THAT THE VOTERS WANTED A SUBSTATION PARK POLICE COMBINED.
AND WE CAN GIVE THAT TO THEM ON THE NEXT BOND.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
AND MY BELIEF IS, AND I KNOW THERE'S 65 PEOPLE DOWN ON THE RIVERWALK PARK POLICE DOWN ON THE RIVERWALK, BUT I BELIEVE THERE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE MANAGE, UM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS DOWNTOWN AREA.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE DOWN OR PRESENCE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS THAT EVEN HIRE THEIR OWN PERSONAL SECURITY.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN MOVE SOME OF THESE OFFICERS TO OTHER PARKS AND TO THE, THE TRAILS WHICH HAVE BECOME VERY IMPORTANT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ARE ACTIVATED.
SO, UM, RO SO MY QUESTION IS ROZY, HOW LONG HAS THE BUILDING BEEN VACANT? COUNCILWOMAN, THIS BUILDING ORIGINALLY WAS USED BY A AND M UNTIL 2005.
AND THEY, AFTER THAT THEY HAD SOME MISCELLANEOUS USE.
WE USED SOME PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND CONVENTION CENTER USED.
I DON'T HAVE EXACTLY DATE WHEN THIS BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY VACATED.
YOUR QUESTION ALSO PREVIOUSLY WAS, SINCE THIS BUILDING IS BUILDING 89, IS IT GOING TO MEET THE A D A REQUIREMENT TODAY? ANY RENOVATION WE DO ON ANY BUILDING WE DID ON CITY HALL, WE ARE DOING ON CITY TOWER.
WE MUST MAKE SURE IT MEETS TODAY'S REQUIREMENT FROM EVERY ANGLE IT HAS TO MEET THE CODE, ELECTRICAL, AC AND A D A REQUIREMENT.
IT'LL MEET THE REQUIREMENT AFTER ITS WORK IS DONE.
AND I UNDERSTAND, OH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT A D A AND ALTER ACCESSIBILITY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND WE, WE DO A D A, WELL, THE CITY DOES THAT REALLY WELL.
ALTER ACCESSIBILITY, UH, WE NEED TO WORK ON THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRA AND COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT I THINK COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL SAID IT SAID IT BEST.
WE WANT YOU TO FIND YOUR HOME, UM, PARKS POLICE.
AND SO THIS ISN'T, UM, THIS ISN'T DEBATING THAT.
UM, WE DO ALL AGREE THAT YOU DESERVE A, A FOREVER HOME.
BUT I, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT I JUST GOT HERE AND FOR THE PAST, I KNEW MONTHS AGO THAT HEMISPHERE PARK WAS NOT,
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I ENTIRELY BUY, UM, BUY THAT THIS IS BRAND NEW AND IT'S JUST NOW COMING UP.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS THE EXISTING, UH, AND I THINK I HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT IS THE EXISTING FACILITY, IS IT CITY OWNED?
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YES, IT IS.SO ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST WITH IT NOW, AT SOME POINT WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE FIXED OR WILL WE DEMOLISH IT? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH IT? 'CAUSE I IMAGINE SOMEONE'S GONNA WANNA USE IT LATER.
THERE'S A MASTER PLAN FOR H PARK AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FUTURE OF, OF THE CURRENT FACILITY.
THE FACILITY IS CITY OWNED AND IT'S CONTROLLED BY THE CITY AND THERE ARE NO AGREEMENTS IN PLACE TO SEEK, GIVE CONTROL TO H PARK.
AND SO THERE WERE MASTER PLANS WHERE THEY HAD A VISIONING FOR THE TOWER PARK, WHICH IS NOT FUNDED.
THE DESIGN IS NOT FUNDED, AND THE TOWER PARK IS NOT FUNDED.
AND SO THEY MAY HAVE PLANS AND PROPOSED USES FOR IT, BUT THE CITY CONTROLS THE BUILDING AND WILL CONTINUE TO CONTROL THE BUILDING.
THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT HEADQUARTERS, RIGHT? YES.
THE THE CURRENT HEADQUARTERS AND BUILDING 2 7 7, THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM RELOCATING TO MM-HMM.
UM, THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I DO THINK AT SOME POINT SOMEONE'S GONNA USE THAT WANT, WANT TO USE THAT BUILDING.
AND SO ALL THE ISSUES THAT EXIST CURRENTLY WITH THE AC WITH, UM, GENERAL, ALL OF THE, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH IT, I THINK ARE GONNA NEED TO BE FIXED AT SOME POINT.
SO WHY NOT? NOW I ALSO AGREE IS MY MIC HELLO? IT'S ALWAYS MY MIC.
UM, MAN,
THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE.
UM, I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL THAT I DI LOOKING AT SLIDE 13, FIGURE FIVE.
YOU CAN'T TELL ME ANYBODY'S GOING INTO THE BACK OF THAT CLOSET AND GRABBING THINGS.
I THINK WE NEED MARIE KONDO OR SOMEBODY
UM, I SAY IT AS A, I SAY IT AS A JOKE, BUT I DO THINK WE COULD REWORK THE FACILITY AND I WOULD LIKE US TO EVEN CONSIDER, UM, I DO LIKE COUNCILMAN VIA GRAND'S IDEA TO, UH, MAYBE COHABITATE WITH THE SOUTHEAST SUBSTATION.
UM, IF THAT'S WHAT IT HAS TO BE.
BUT I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE CURRENT OF THE THIS PLAN.
UM, THIS ISN'T AN ACTION ITEM OR CORRECT COUNCILWOMAN.
THIS WAS JUST TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
[2. Briefing, and possible action, on a San Antonio Police Department grant continuance application to the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority (MVCPA) for funds from the Regional Auto Crimes Team Project to fund innovative enforcement and theft prevention techniques in the amount of $815,785.00 [María Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police] 5. Briefing on the San Antonio Police Department crime statistics quarterly update [María Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police]]
ITEMS TWO AND FIVE ON OUR AGENDA.THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
UM, H PARK, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS TWO AND FIVE, A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON SS A P D GRANT CONTINUANCE APPLICATION TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY FOR FUNDS FROM THE REGIONAL AUTO CRIMES TEAM, AND A BRIEFING ON S A P D CRIME STATISTICS QUARTERLY UPDATE.
WE HAVE THE WRONG, UH, PRESENTATION AS THE AUTO THEFT GRANT FIRST AND THE CRIME STATISTICS.
UM, I HAVE, BEFORE I START, I HAVE LIEUTENANT JAMES LINT HERE WITH ME.
HE IS THE LIEUTENANT WHO OVERSEES THE FOR, FOR, UH, THE AUTO THEFT UNIT IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
AND THE, THE SIMPLE GOAL OF THE AUTO THEFT UNIT IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STOLEN VEHICLES TO ARREST THOSE WHO STEAL THEM AND TO INCREASE THE, UH, THE ONES THAT WE RECOVER.
THAT IS A SIMPLE GOAL OF THE, UH, VEHICLE CRIMES UNIT.
SO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10TH OF THIS YEAR, UH, YOU SEE THE STATS UP THERE.
UH, A NUMBER OF WARRANTS THAT WE'VE CLEARED.
WE EXECUTED 20 SEARCH WARRANTS.
UH, TYPICALLY THOSE ARE, UH, CHOP SHOPS
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AND, AND PLACES WHERE VEHICLES ARE BEING HIDDEN.AND THE RECOVERY VALUE OF, UH, OF WHAT THE AUTO THEFT UNIT HAS DONE IS, UH, $8.9 MILLION.
SO WE, WE WANT TO DEAL WITH, WITH AUTO THEFT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST REACT TO IT AND HAVE TO ARREST AND, AND SEARCH FOR THESE CARS.
WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE DO, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THEM, UH, IN PARKING LOTS AROUND THE CITY.
WE MAY DO SOME ETCHING OPERATIONS WHERE, UH, CITIZENS WHO APPROVE, APPROVE IT WILL ETCH A NUMBER IN THE BACK WINDOW OF THEIR VEHICLE TO SHOW THAT IN, IN CASE THE VEHICLE'S STRIPPED, WE'D BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE THAT WAY.
WE INSPECT SALVAGE YARDS 'CAUSE A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES ARE, ARE STRIPPED AND THE THE PARTS ARE SOLD TO, TO THE, UH, TO THE JUNKYARDS.
AND THEN, UH, WE WORK WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHARING INTELLIGENCE ABOUT, UH, AUTO THEFT.
AND THEN THIS, THIS PROGRAM, UM, HAS BEEN A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS.
AND OUR, OUR PARTNER IN THIS HAS BEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HOWEVER, UH, SPEAKING WITH THE SHERIFF, UH, JUST THE OTHER DAY, HE INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE SOME STAFFING ISSUES, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, TO PARTNER WITH S A P D IN THIS EFFORT.
SO WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AT LEAST A TEMPORARY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, THE GRANT PERIOD RUNS FROM, UH, RUNS TO AUGUST, UH, OF NEXT YEAR, 2022.
THE AMOUNT IS $815,000 AND IT FUNDS SEVEN DETECTIVES AND TWO CIVILIANS.
WE HAVE, UH, 20 SWORN AND THREE CIVILIANS IN THE UNIT STAFFED.
OVERALL, UH, WE HAVE AN IN-KIND MATCH OF 2.3 MILLION AND A CASH MATCH OF 466 MILLION.
AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE APPROVED AT, UH, THE A SESSION ON OCTOBER 14TH.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THAT PORTION OF MY PRESENTATION.
[5. Briefing on the San Antonio Police Department crime statistics quarterly update [María Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police]]
CAN YOU TAKE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AS WELL? YES, WE'RE GONNA DO THOSE TWO COMBINED AND THEN QUESTIONS? YEAH, THAT ONE, RIGHT? I THINK NO.CAN I HAVE THAT ONE BY NAME? I'M SORRY.
AGAINST THE CRIME, RIGHT? CORRECT THAT.
WHAT'S THAT? YOU WANT ME TO PUT TOM UP HERE? AND AS THE CHIEF IS, UH, PREPARING FOR THAT PRESENTATION, UH, CHAIRWOMAN, UH, THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THE COMMITTEE TO, UH, THAT CAME FROM COUNCILMAN PERRY TO, UH, COME TO THIS COMMITTEE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO REVIEW CRIME STATISTICS.
SO THIS IS OUR FIRST, UH, BRIEFING TO THIS, TO THIS BODY.
THE PERSON SEATING HIMSELF AT THE TABLE UP HERE, HIS NAME IS TOM JENKINS, AND HE IS OUR U C R GURU, IF YOU WILL.
WE HIRED HIM AWAY FROM D P S YEARS AGO.
TOM WAS THE, UH, THE D THE, UH, U C R, UH, COORDINATOR FOR D P S.
THESE, THESE CRIME STATS THAT WE REPORT, THEY FIRST GO TO D P S AND THEN THEY GO TO THE F B I.
AND TOM WAS THE D P S COORDINATOR, UH, WITH, UH, D P S PRIOR TO THESE STATS, WHICH ARE AS, AS AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THEY GO TO, UH, TO, UH, F B I.
SO, A, AS, AS, UH, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED FOR A QUARTERLY CRIME REPORT.
UM, AND SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE.
AND WE REPORT CRIME BASED ON F B I STANDARDS BACK IN, UH, 1929, UH, 1930.
THE F B I, UH, CAME UP WITH THIS PROGRAM, THIS U C R PROGRAM, U C R STANDS FOR UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING.
AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS PROGRAM, UM, THAT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO REPORT CRIME, BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL GRANTS, YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
SO, UH, THEY STARTED THE PROGRAM AGAIN BACK IN 1929.
IT, IT IS, IT WAS GEARED TOWARD LOOKING AT THE MOST SERIOUS CRIME, THE CRIME THAT'S MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED, AND THE CRIME THAT, THE CRIME THAT'S REPORTED, UH, WITH A FREQUENCY THAT COULD PROVIDE REFERENCE, UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CRIME.
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JANUARY OF 2020, U C R IS SWITCHING OR SWITCHED TO WHAT WE CALL BRS REPORTING.NIBRS IS A NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM.
AND THE DIFFERENCE IS WHEN IF, IF YOU HAVE A CRIME, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A, A MURDER, AND PRIOR TO THAT MURDER, YOU HAD SOMEBODY BREAK INTO A HOME, SEXUALLY ASSAULT A PERSON, AND THEN MURDER THEM, ONLY ONE CRIME WAS COUNTED.
AND THAT WAS THE MOST SERIOUS CRIME, WHICH WAS THE MURDER.
SO UNDER NS, EACH OF THOSE CRIMES IN, IN, IN ONE SINGLE EVENT IS NOW REPORTED.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST REPORTING A MURDER, WE WOULD BE RE REPORTING THE BURGLARY AS WELL AS THE SEXUAL ASSAULT.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NS AND U C R.
AND IT'S INTENDED TO GIVE US A BETTER, BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING CRIME WISE, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO U C R, UH, CRIMES, THERE'S, UH, EIGHT OF THEM.
YOU HAVE VIOLENT CRIMES, YOU HAVE HOMICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, PROPERTY CRIMES.
YOU HAVE THEFT, VEHICLE THEFT, ARSON, AND BURGLARY.
AND THEY, AGAIN, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REPORTED EVERY YEAR TO THE F B I.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, F B I PUTS OUT A, A BIG REPORT THAT SHOWS U C R CRIME LISTED IN, IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO BACK IN NOVEMBER, UH, WE WERE LOOKING FOR A, OR ACTUALLY WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW, UH, RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THAT RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS, IS CALLED MARK 43.
AND THAT, UM, UM, THAT, UH, RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF U C R REPORTING, WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WE WERE USING PRIOR TO THAT DID NOT.
SO MARK 43 MEETS THAT BILL AND, UH, THUS FAR IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, UH, VERY MUCH, UM, APPRECIATED BY THE OFFICERS WHO USE IT.
SO THE U C L, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT U C R, CRIME, MURDER, ROBBERY, RAPE BAG ASSAULT, AND THEN THE PROPERTY CRIMES.
WELL, WE SWITCHED FROM THE EIGHT OF EIGHT U C R REPORTED CRIMES TO 23 UNDER NBRS.
AND THEY ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN AND AHEAD OF YOU, I MEAN IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, THEY, THAT THE, UH, NBRS CRIME INCLUDES THE U C R CRIME THAT WE USED TO REPORT.
SO IF YOU GO ON THE F B I WEBSITE, YOU WOULD FIND A U C R WEBSITE AND IT WOULD LIST ALL THE CRIMES ACROSS THE DIFFERENT CITIES.
AND THERE'S A TEMPTATION BY SOME TO USE THOSE NUMBERS TO COMPARE SAFETY FROM CITY TO CITY.
SO LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, THEY WOULD SAY, WELL, BASED ON THESE NUMBERS, SAN ANTONIO WAS SAFER OR LESS SAFE THAN, SAY, DALLAS OR HOUSTON OR AUSTIN, OR YOU NAME IT, ANY COUNTRY, ANY CITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
HOWEVER, F B I WARNS AGAINST USING THESE NUMBERS AS A COMPARISON, UH, OF SAFETY FROM CITY TO CITY.
I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE USE THEM AS A REFERENCE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES, BUT CERTAINLY NOT TO COMPARE THE NUMBERS AND THEN BASE THOSE NUMBERS ON HOW SAFE A CITY IS.
SO, UM, CRIME NUMBERS FLUCTUATE, UH, YEAR TO YEAR, UH, PRETTY STEADILY.
AND GOING BACK FIVE YEARS, UH, YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS ON THE BAR CHART FLUCTUATE UP AND DOWN.
UH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE FROM JANUARY TO JULY.
UH, FROM EACH OF THOSE, THOSE YEARS, 2016 TO DATE, UH, UH, LAST YEAR WAS SOMEWHAT OF A, OF AN ANOMALY.
NOT AN ANOMALY, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHER, A HIGHER INCREASE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS, WAS BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON COVID.
AND THAT'S YOUR VIOLENT CRIME ON TOP, YOUR PROPERTY CRIME ON THE BOTTOM.
UM, IF YOU SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES.
UH, LAST, I MEAN YEAR TO DATE, UH, I'M SORRY, NOT YEAR TO DATE, UP THROUGH JULY, JANUARY TO JULY, UH, WE SEE A REDUCTION OF ALMOST 13% IN VIOLENT CRIME, OVER 2020 PROPERTY CRIME, ALMOST 2%.
AND THEN OVERALL CRIME IS DOWN.
AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING U C R NUMBERS.
SO LOOKING AT THE LOCAL TRENDS, AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO 2017, WE'RE COMPARING 18 TO 17, 19 TO 18, 20 TO 19, AND THEN 21 TO 20.
LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGES, IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND BOX ON EACH OF THOSE, UH, EACH OF THOSE CHARTS, YOU'LL SEE THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN U C R CRIME.
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AND THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE IN THIS PRESENTATION.UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE ROLES, THE NINE POSITIONS, UM, TO THE AUTO THEFT PREVENTION GRANT? WHAT, WHAT ROLES WOULD THOSE POSITIONS? THE ROLES PLAY? MM-HMM.
THEY ARE DOING, UH, THEY ARE SERVING WARRANTS.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR STOLEN VEHICLES OR LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS WANTED FOR STEALING VEHICLES.
UH, LIEUTENANT, DID I MISS ANY? SO PART OF THAT IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
DID YOU GET PRESENTATIONS? YES, MA'AM.
SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD, UM, USE SOME OF THESE OFFICERS TO, TO GO OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
AND, UM, TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THEFT, UM, AUTO THEFT PREVENTION.
I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT, THE GREAT NORTHWEST CITIZENS WATCH HAS BEEN ASKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, OR THIS GROUP, WE CAN ASK TO COME OUT AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT THEY, AND, AND THE SAFE OFFICERS DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, CAN YOU BRIEFLY GO OVER, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE CRIME STATISTICS, I HAVE A SOMEWHAT OF A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT AT A CRIME, SPECIFICALLY A, YOU KNOW, A VIOLENT CRIME, WHAT THE CITY'S PROCESSES? SURE.
UH, WE WILL DO A TRAUMA INFORMED INTERVIEW, UH, WITH THOSE CHILDREN.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL NOTIFY THEIR SCHOOLS.
UH, THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THERE IS HANDLED WITH CARE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR, I THINK ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THREE YEARS NOW.
UH, WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL TO THE SCHOOL, WON'T NECESSARILY SAY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHILD OR WHAT THEY WITNESSED, BUT JUST THAT THEY WITNESSED SOMETHING OR SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THEM, AND THEY NEED TO BE CAREFUL DEALING WITH THOSE CHILDREN.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS DID, DID YOU HAVE ANY, UH, GO AHEAD.
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING TWO PRESENTATIONS FOR US.
UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, HOW IS THE CHANGE IN THE REPORTING SYSTEM FROM U C R TO N I B R SS, UH, GOING TO AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO, ABILITY TO DETECT TRENDS, UH, BEYOND JANUARY, 2021? UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT WE KIND OF BATTED AROUND INTERNALLY.
AND WE, THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE BASE YEAR FOR BRS.
UM, SO RISS, PARDON? OH, I WAS SAYING NIBRS.
TH THIS WOULD BE THE BASE YEAR FOR BRS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO COMPARE, UM, LIKE WE DO U C R YEAR TO YEAR, SO THIS WILL BE OUR BASE YEAR.
AND, UH, TO ADD TO, WITH THE CHIEF MENTIONED COUNCILMAN, SO THIS, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 2021, WE HAVE BEEN DOING DUAL REPORTING.
WE'RE DOING U C R AND IVERS, SO THAT WAY WE CAN COMPARE TO PRIOR YEARS MM-HMM.
AND THE NEXT YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE BASE YEAR 2021 IN IVERS, AND THEN 2022 COMPARED TO 2021.
SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE TRANSITIONING FROM U C R TO NEIGHBORS.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NINE POSITIONS AND THE, IT'LL BE MY LAST QUESTION, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT.
SO, ARE THESE NINE NEW POSITIONS? SO THE SEVEN DETECTIVES AND THE TWO ADMIN CIVILIANS? NO, THERE'S, THERE.
WE, WE'VE HAD THIS, HOW, HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD THE GRANT? JIM? I THINK 29 YEARS SINCE 1993.
SO THOSE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THEN.
THIS JUST CONTINUES TO FUND THEM.
UM, WHAT'S THE ASSOCIATED COST OF THESE NINE POSITIONS? I DIDN'T, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
WHAT IS THE ASSOCIATED COST OF THESE NINE POSITIONS? SO THE GRAND COUNCILMAN, THE 800,000, UH, 815,000 COVERS THE SALARIES OF THOSE NINE POSITIONS.
THERE'S CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE SALARY, LIKE OUR LONGEVITY PAY, UH, THAT IS NOT COVERED BY THE GRANT, THAT IS COVERED BY THE CITY MATCH, BUT THE MAJORITY OF, OF THEIR SALARIES IS, UH, COVERED BY THE GRANT.
UM, AND YOU PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE LONGEVITY OF THE GRANT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
UM, UH, GOT A FEW QUESTIONS HERE ON THIS GRANT.
UM, HOW IS THAT FUNDED AT THE STATE LEVEL? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE, WHERE THE RESOURCES COME FROM TO ACTUALLY FUND THE, I BELIEVE IT COMES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
UH, THE MONEY IS, UH, T HERE INSURANCE, SIR.
SO EVERYBODY HERE PAYS INSURANCE
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FOR THAT.INSURANCE MONEY GOES TO THE GRANT, AND THE STATE THEN ALLOCATES THAT OUT TO THE TASK FORCES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE STATE.
SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY $100 MILLION IS GARNERED EACH YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR COMBINED BE $28 MILLION TOTAL.
THEY'LL BE, UH, GIVEN OUT AS AWARDS TO EACH OF THESE TASK FORCES.
SO BASICALLY YOU'RE PAYING YES, SIR.
EVERYBODY HERE'S PAYING FOR THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO USE SOME OF OUR INSURANCE MONEY THAT WE'RE PAYING ON A YEARLY BASIS TO, UH, UH, COMBAT AUTO THEFT THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.
IS THERE ANYTHING, UM, Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT TO IMPROVE, UH, THE RECOVERY OF AUTOS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN? UH, I MEAN, ANYTHING OUT, AND IF YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, THAT'S FINE, BUT IS THERE ANY IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE TO RECOVER MORE? I MEAN, YOU'RE SHOWING AN $8.9 MILLION, UH, RETURN ON THAT FOR RECOVERIES, BUT, UH, UH, HOW CAN WE INCREASE THAT, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION? YOU KNOW, GOOD, GOOD QUESTION.
AND, AND, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ONE, JIM.
THE, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, THE, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE GOAL OF THE UNIT IS TO, YOU KNOW, DETER THAT, DETER THEFT AND TO RECOVER MORE VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN AND TO ARREST THOSE WHO ARE DOING IT.
UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING COVERT, THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING, UH, OPEN OPENLY.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS NEW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CON CONFER WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, BOTH STATE AND LOCAL.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, STATE, LOCAL, AND FEDERAL.
UH, WE WORK WITH, WITH THOSE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AS THEY COME UP WITH DIFFERENT INFORMATION ON THAT MAY BE OF USE TO US.
BUT AS FAR AS A, A BRAND NEW TECHNIQUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY TECHNOLOGY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO BRING ON.
JIM, CAN YOU ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? AS FAR AS THE UNITS THEMSELVES, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT, BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK WITH THE AUTO INDUSTRY.
SO LIKE GM HAS COME OUT WITH SOME PROPOSALS, WHETHER IT MOVES FORWARD OR NOT, THAT'S KIND OF ON THEIR SIDE.
UH, WE GIVE A LOT OF MENTION 'CAUSE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS IS ABOUT 56% OF ALL VEHICLES THAT ARE STOLEN.
PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR KEYS IN THE CAR.
AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, I'LL TELL FORD INDUSTRY DECIDED TO PUT A LITTLE KEY FOB HOLDER IN THEIR VEHICLES, WHICH KIND OF WAS VERY BIG CLUE TO THE THIEVES OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHY FORD IS ONE OF THE TOP VEHICLES STOLEN.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, UM, OTHER BRIEFING ON, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I, WELL, I'LL LEAVE, I'LL LEAVE THAT.
UH, BUT YES, I'M, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR FOLKS TO COME INTO MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS ALSO TO TALK ABOUT JUST THAT, HOW THEY CAN, UH, UH, PREVENT THEIR AUTOS FROM BEING, BEING STOLEN.
AND AS FAR AS, UH, THE STATISTICS, THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.
I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT ARE TEMPTED ALL THE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AND COMPARE SAN ANTONIO TO OTHER CITIES.
I KNOW THAT WAS DIFFICULT UNDER THE U C R, BUT UNDER THIS BRS, DOESN'T THAT DETAIL IT OUT ENOUGH THAT WE CAN START DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPARISONS TO OTHER CITY BE CITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE BROKEN OUT INDIVIDUALLY AND YOU DON'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS AND MAKE, MAKE CALLS, JUDGMENT CALLS ABOUT WHAT CRIME IS DONE HERE VERSUS THERE, THAT KIND OF THING? YEAH, I, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY NO.
AND THAT'S BASED NOT ONLY ON MY, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH CRIME NUMBERS, BUT ALSO, UM, I, I, I STILL DON'T FEEL, I DON'T, I STILL, YOU KNOW, THE FBI'S, UH, WARNING, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT ABOUT COMPARING THOSE NUMBERS, THOSE CRIMES IS STILL THE SAME.
THE, THE, THE DEFINITION STILL FITS.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT NO, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO.
BUT I'M STILL GONNA BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT CHIEF, I APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCILWOMAN VERAN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE, UH, GRANT PROGRAM AND THEN FOR THE NUMBERS THAT WE, WE KEEP STATISTICS ON, UM, DO WE HAVE, HOW MANY VEHICLES THAT ARE STOLEN ARE, HAVE, UH, WEAPONS IN THEM, GUNS IN THEM? DO WE KEEP THAT TRACK OF THAT INFORMATION THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY STEAL A CAR, THEY STEAL A GUN ALSO? NO, MA'AM.
WE WOULD HAVE TO HAND COUNT THOSE NUMBERS.
'CAUSE I KNOW WITH THE, THE NEW, UH, LAW ABOUT OPEN CARRY, UM, PEOPLE ARE CARRYING THEIR GUNS MORE, THEY'RE LEAVING THEM IN THEIR CARS.
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THEY'RE STEALING THEM FROM THE CAR, OR WHEN THEY TAKE THE CAR COMPLETELY, THE GUN GOES.SO I, I, I'M HOPING WE CAN KEEP THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN ON THE, UH, STATISTICS OR THE, THE, THE TRENDS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT FLUCTUATES BETWEEN VIOLENT CRIMES.
UM, AND IT CURRENTLY IS THERE, WHEN WILL WE GET THE JANUARY TO DECEMBER COMPARISON FOR THE NEXT TOM BRIEFING? JAN? UM, WE, WE REPORT ON, SORRY, WE REPORT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND USUALLY, UH, SO RIGHT NOW, SEPTEMBER WOULD BE REPORTED IN OCTOBER, AND WE NEED TO DO THAT BY THE 10TH OF EACH MONTH.
SO, UH, TO GET THE YEAR TOTALS, IT WOULD BE IN JANUARY OF 2022, MORE LIKE FEBRUARY OF 2022.
UH, AND I THINK WHEN WE DO THE NEXT REPORT TO JUST SEE THAT, TO SEE WHERE THE TRENDS ARE AS WE MOVE OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, UH, INTO THE DELTA VARIANT, IF WE SEE, UH, IF PEOPLE ARE BEING KINDER TO EACH OTHER OR NOT.
UH, BUT OF COURSE, THE VIOLENT CRIMES AREN'T EVEN WITH THAT.
UH, WITH, WITH A RATE LOWER, I KNOW IT COULD CHANGE NEXT YEAR AND IT COULD GO HIGHER.
THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THE BRIEFING, ESPECIALLY IN QUARTERLY CRIME STATISTICS, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD WITH A MOTOR VE VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY GRANT.
I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS REGARDING ITEM TWO A SECOND.
[3. Briefing, and possible action, on the Complaint and Administrative Review Board (CARB) to fill existing vacancies [María Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police]]
ITEM THREE, BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE COMPLAINT ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD.SO, I, I'M GO, YOU KNOW, MY, MY TEMPTATION IS TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS THING WORKS RIGHT UP FRONT HERE, BUT I'M GONNA TRY AND GO BY THE SLIDES.
SO, THERE ARE 14 MEMBERS THAT SIT ON THE BOARD.
THERE ARE SEVEN SWORN AND THERE ARE SEVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, IN ORDER FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET ON THE BOARD, THEY HAVE TO APPLY AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THEN THEY'RE INTERVIEWED BY MY OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND THEN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE, UM, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE, UM, GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE, THE MEMBERS, THE, THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, ARE, ARE, THEY SERVE FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD, BUT THEY'RE ROTATED THROUGH EVERY 180 DAYS.
THE 180 DAYS IS ROTATION IS MEANT TO ELIMINATE BURNOUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES WITH BEING A MEMBER OF THE, UH, ASSISTANT COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD.
UM, YOU HAVE TO, UH, REVIEW THE CASES PRIOR TO THE BOARD HEARING, AND THEN YOU'VE GOTTA SIT THROUGH THE HEARING AND GO OVER THOSE CASES AGAIN.
SO WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BURN OUT.
SO THERE ARE SEVEN THAT SIT, SEVEN THAT SIT IN WAITING, AND THEN AT THE END OF 180 DAYS, THEY SWITCH.
AND AS FAR AS THE SWORN MEMBERS GO, THEY ONLY SERVE FOR 180 DAYS AND THEY'RE GONE.
SO, THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE THE CIVILIAN, UH, THE, UH, CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD THAT IS GIVEN TO US BY THE C B A.
UM, AND SWITCH OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, IF YOU ARE SELECTED, UH, AS A, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBER TO THE BOARD, YOU RECEIVE 24 HOURS TRAINING BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
AND, UH, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO GO ON A RIDE ALONG AS WELL.
SO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD ARE, ARE, UH, PRETTY APPARENT.
UH, THEY REVIEW CASES, UH, THAT ARE INVESTIGATED BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
UH, THEY COME UP WITH A, THEY, THEY DO TWO THINGS.
THEY WILL VOTE TO EITHER SUSTAIN OR NOT SUSTAIN THE COMPLAINT.
IF THE COMPLAINT IS SUSTAINED, THEY VOTE AGAIN TO RECOMMEND CORRECTIVE ACTION.
AND THAT RECOMMENDATION COMES TO ME.
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OF WHAT THE BOARD RECOMMENDS IS USED AS A BASELINE BY ME TO, UH, DETERMINE WHAT CORRECTIVE, WHAT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE.SO, AGAIN, TO APPLY, UH, FOR THE BOARD, YOU HAVE TO DO IT THROUGH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
UH, YOU HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
YOU CANNOT HAVE AN ARREST RECORD ABOVE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR.
AND THEN, AS FAR AS THE APPOINTMENT GOES, I ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, HOW THE INTERVIEW PROCESS GOES.
THE APPOINTMENT IS DONE BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, AND, UH, ONCE THEY'RE APPOINTED, THEY GO THROUGH THE TRAINING BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
SO AS FAR AS THE, THE POLICE SIDE OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE BOARD GOES SEVEN MEMBERS, AND THEY RANK FROM DEPUTY CHIEF WHO SERVES AS THE CHAIRPERSON ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE RANKS TO THE PATROL OFFICERS.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THEY SERVED FOR A PERIOD OF 180 DAYS, AND THEN THEY ARE EXPIRED.
SO BACK IN 2002, WE HAD SEVEN SWORN, AND WE HAD TWO CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN 2006.
IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT UP TO SIX.
AND THEN IN 2009, WE WERE ABLE TO EVEN THAT OUT AND MAKE IT AN EVEN SEVEN.
WE, UH, WE HAD INTERVIEW, WE HAD FIVE VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.
WE HAD INTERVIEWS BACK IN JUNE.
UH, THE INTERVIEW PANEL, AS I MENTIONED, WAS, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, MYSELF AND THE FIRST ASSISTANT, DISTRICT ATTOR, UH, ATTORNEY CITY, CITY ATTORNEY
UM, AND, UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE NAMES OF THE CURRENT MEMBERS, UH, WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT THEY'RE FROM, UH, WHAT THEY DID OR DO FOR A LIVING, AND THEN THE BREAKDOWN IN DIVERSITY.
THIS CHART SHOWS THAT BREAKDOWN, AGAIN, OF DIVERSITY AMONG THE CURRENT MEMBERS, UH, BOTH GENDER, UH, RACE AND ETHNICITY.
AND THEN AFTER THE INTERVIEWS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE, UH, THE NEW MEMBERS WHO WERE INTERVIEWED AND ARE WAITING FOR APPOINTMENT.
AND AGAIN, YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN, GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY, AND THEIR OCCUPATION.
NEXT SLIDE AGAIN, SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN IN GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND RACE.
AND THEN WE RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL, UM, LOOK AT THIS IN OCTOBER, UH, AT A SESSION FOR APPROVAL.
AND THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, CAN YOU, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF A CARDBOARD MEMBER? AND, UM, CAN YOU TELL US SPECIFICALLY WHAT EXCLUDED? UM, SURE.
SOME OF THE, THE CURRENT APPLICANTS SURE.
OR THE APPLICANTS TO THIS CURRENT ROUND.
SO, SO THE ONLY BAR IS, UM, YOU'VE GOTTA LIVE IN THE CITY AND YOU CAN'T HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR A CLASS B OR HIRE.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WE'RE LOOKING FOR EXTREMES ON EITHER END.
SO IF YOU'RE EXTREME ON ONE END, WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE POLICE, AND, AND THEY CAN DO NO WRONG, WELL, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA SELECT YOU.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF YOU THINK THAT THE POLICE, EVERYTHING THE POLICE DO IS WRONG, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA SELECT YOU EITHER.
SO SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BALANCE.
HOW ARE YOU VETTING THAT? PARDON? I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU? PARDON? PARDON? WHAT, HOW ARE YOU DETERMINING WHETHER THEY'RE ONE EXTREME OR THE OTHER, UH, THROUGH THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.
CAN, AND AND WE, I MEAN, THE LAST QUESTION WE ASK IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES WHO ARE POLICE OFFICERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT? OKAY.
CAN, IS THAT A PUBLIC DOCUMENT? CAN WE READ THAT? THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING? SURE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT THIS IS A STRESSFUL AND TIME CONSUMING POSITION FOR THE CARDBOARD MEMBERS.
UM, CURIOUS IF IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ROTATION OF SEVEN.
UM, SO YOU HAVE 21 FULL BOARD MEMBERS.
I THINK THAT WOULD INCLUDE FOR, FOR DIVERSE, FOR MORE DIVERSE, UH, GROUP OR, OR, AND NOT, OR, BUT EVEN MAYBE A SHORTER TIME THAN THE 180 DAYS.
UM, I MEAN, I NOTICED ON THE, ON THE, THE, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 10, YOU HAD THE CHART OF, UH, PEOPLE'S ETHNICITIES AND THERE WEREN'T ANY ASIAN INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BUT I MEAN, IF WE INCREASE THE NUMBER, MAYBE THAT GIVES US MORE OPPORTUNITY.
IF, IF I RECALL, AND LIZ HELP ME WITH THIS, BUT I THINK THE C B A LIMITS THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WE CAN HAVE RIGHT NOW.
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TALK ABOUT THATOUR, OUR PRIORITIES AS WE PRESENTED THEM TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER, UNDER THOSE MARCHING ORDERS SINCE, UM, FEBRUARY OF 2021.
UM, WE ARE FOCUSING PRIMARILY IN, IN, UM, DISCIPLINE TO TRY TO CHANGE THE, THE WAY THAT ARBITRATORS, UM, ARE CURRENTLY HANDLING THAT, THAT FINAL STEP IN OUR PROCESS.
SO, UM, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO, TO US AS A CITY, THE 180 DAY RULE, THE, THE 40 HOUR, UM, NOTIFICATION RULE, THE TYPE OF EVIDENCE THAT THE OFFICERS GET TO SEE, UM, AS PART OF THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS.
SO, SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT NO, WE ARE NOT, UM, HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHANGES TO THE CAR AS FAR OF THIS NEGOTIATING PROCESS.
UM, DID COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UH, IT, TO ECHO WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN CAB HAV HAS SAID IS IF WE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EITHER MORE OR ALTERNATES BECAUSE IT IS, UH, IT IS A DIFFICULT BO UH, BOARD TO SERVE ON.
AND, UM, AS WE KNOW, MOST OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, THEY, THEY DO THIS.
SO IF WE COULD GET ALTERNATES, UM, OR, OR, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT FALLS IN WITH IT, BUT THAT WOULD BE, UH, HELPFUL ALSO.
COUNCILWOMAN, OR DID YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? UH, THANK YOU.
COUNCILWOMAN
AND Y'ALL HIT ON, UM, A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS I ALREADY HAD SO I CAN MOVE THROUGH.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE USING BEST PRACTICES.
UM, SO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CITIZEN OVERSIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, HAS 10 BEST PRACTICES THAT THEY USE TO ANALYZE, UH, DIFFERENT BOARDS LIKE THIS, INCLUDING DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE FROM POLICE, UM, DATA ACCESS, POLICE STAFF, ACCESS, STAFFING BUDGET, PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESSES, YADA, YADA.
UM, AND ACCORDING TO A 2020 RICE UNIVERSITY REPORT BY THE KINDER INSTITUTE FOR URBAN RESEARCH, SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT AGENCY SUFFER FROM A LACK OF DATA ACCESS, A LACK OF INDEPENDENCE, UNCERTAIN LEGAL STATUS, AND A COMPLETE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC REPORTING.
SO WHAT ARE WE AS A CITY DOING TO ALIGN OUR PROCESS WITH NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES? COUNCILMAN, I'LL START WITH A COUPLE OF ANSWERS, AND I KNOW LIZ WANTS TO CHIME IN AS WELL.
UM, IN, IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION, OUR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT HAS ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE FILE.
SO ONE OF THE, THE REASONS WHY THIS IS A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS IS THAT THEY COME TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND LOOK AT THE ENTIRE FILE THAT WAS USED TO, TO, UM, DURING THE INVESTIGATION.
SO IN TERMS OF ACCESS THAT IS AVAILABLE TO, TO THEM, UM, AND IT'S OUR BELIEF, UH, COUNCILMAN AND I, WE HAVE FOUND THE, THE VALUE OF HAVING OUR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT TO BE VERY VALUABLE, UM, DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT REAPPLY, UH, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT THEY HAVE MADE IS THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SITUATIONS BY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SWORN, UM, SIDE OF THE, OF THE CARB.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO MENTIONED TO ME, BY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, ALSO THE SWORN SIDE HAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CIVILIAN BOARD IS, IS DISCUSSING THE, THE SAME CASE THAT IS BEFORE THEM.
SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS IS A VERY VALUABLE TOOL TO THE CHIEF.
THE CHIEF, UH, LISTENS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND, AND TAKES THAT INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE HE, HE MAKES A FINAL DETERMINATION.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THE QUESTION.
AND I WANTED JUST TO TAKE A STEP BACK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY TRIED TO DO IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BECAUSE WHAT IS THE BUILDING LAW FOR OUR CITIZEN, UM, ADVISORY REVIEW BOARD FOR THE CHIEF, UM, STEMS FROM THE C B A AS HE MENTIONED, WHICH GIVES US THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE CITIZENS ACCESS TO FILES THAT ARE OTHERWISE CONFIDENTIAL.
AND SO, AS PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, WE TRIED TO GET 1 4 3 0 8 9 G OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AMENDED.
SO THAT ACCESSIBILITY TO FILES WAS, UM, NOT AN ISSUE.
UM, THAT DID NOT, UM, PASS, IT DID NOT, UM,
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GET TRACTION AS PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S THE INABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO FILES THAT THEN PUT THIS IN THE REALM OF, OF THE C B A, UM, AND WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO OVERRIDE STATE LAW IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, UM, THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH SPOA, UM, AND THE, IN THE FORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR PURPOSES OF THE COMMITTEE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE THE INPUT FROM THEIR PEERS AS UNIFORMED OFFICER, AND YOU HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY FROM, UM, THE CIVILIAN SIDE.
BUT FOUNDATIONALLY, THAT'S HOW WE GET THERE AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO FOR PURPOSES OF, UM, OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UM, GOT MY, UH, TAKING NOTES WHILE YOU WERE TALKING.
UM, SO THE OTHER THREE CITIES, 'CAUSE THEY LOOKED AT FIVE TEXAS CITIES, UM, THE OTHER THREE CITIES THAT WERE MORE CLOSELY ADHERING TO THE BEST PRACTICES, UM, CREATED THEIR OVERSIGHT BOARDS BY ORDINANCE, RATHER THAN HAVING IT DICTATED BY THE C B A.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE NEAR FUTURE ABOUT DOING THE SAME HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I'M WONDERING, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS ALLOWED THROUGH THE C B A, COULD IT BE PROHIBITED? THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, COUNCILMAN, AND BEAR IN MIND, US COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS, WE CANNOT, WE ARE UNDER 1 43, UM, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS DALLAS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THEY HAVE THEIRS BY, UM, CHARTER AND ORDINANCE.
UM, SO FOR PURPOSES OF, OF COMPARATORS, IT'LL BE THOSE 1 43 CITIES, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT HAPPY TO HAVE, UM, SOME ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSION ABOUT SORT OF ALL THE INNER WORKINGS OF 1 43 AND 1 74 AND THE C B A AND, AND HOW THAT WORKS IN OTHER CITIES COMPARED TO US.
UH, ON THE, UM, SLIDE 11, YOU HAVE EVERYBODY, THESE WERE ALL OF THE, UH, PROPOSED AND YOU HAVE THOSE THAT ARE REAPPOINTED AND THEN NEW APPOINTMENTS, THE, THE ASTERISK ON THOSE, BUT YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHERS.
ARE THESE JUST CARRYOVERS THAT DON'T HAVE AN ASTERISK ON 'EM? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? YES.
AND HOW OFTEN DOES THIS COME TO BE? IS THIS A YEARLY ACTIVITY OR ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS? OR WHAT, HOW OFTEN DOES THIS GO THROUGH THIS? WELL, IT'S FORMALLY, IT'S, IT'S, UH, WHEN THE TERM EXPIRES OR PRIOR TO THE TERM EXPIRING, BUT PEOPLE DROP OFF DURING THE YEAR AND WE HAVE TO HAVE INTERVIEWS, UH, IN THE MEANTIME.
SO, UM, INSTEAD OF CARRYING A VACANCY, UH, YOU DO ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS DURING, DURING THE INTERIM OR IN BETWEEN WHEN YOU, WHEN THE TERMS EXPIRE? CORRECT.
AND HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE? 'EM, TO APPLY THROUGH THE CITY OF CLERK'S OFFICE.
UM, UH, CAN YOU WRAP US INTO THAT ON CITY COUNCIL ALSO SO THAT WE CAN ADVERTISE OUT TO OUR DISTRICTS THAT THIS IS, THIS IS HAPPENING AND HEY, IF YOU WANNA DO THIS, APPLY FOR THIS POSITION? YES, SIR.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I, I, AND I HEAR THAT A LOT, IT GOES THROUGH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I, I'D REALLY LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S CITYWIDE TO GO TO THE COUNCIL FOLKS AS WELL, SO THAT THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE IT THROUGH THEIR NEWSLETTERS OR MEDIA, THAT KIND OF THING, TO GET A WIDER DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, UH, I THINK, UH, OH, YEAH.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED IS THAT 90, I THINK YOU SAID 95% OF THE TIME YOU AGREE WITH THE, THE CARB OR THE CARB AGREES WITH YOU.
WHICH WAY IS IT? I, WELL, LET, LET ME EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS.
SO, WHEN I GET THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD, ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, I WILL ISSUE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS OR IS AS THE CONTEMPLATED.
SO I GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD.
ONCE I GET THAT RECOMMENDATION, I REVIEW ALL THE CASES, AND THEN I SEND OUT A CONTEMPLATED NOTICE OF CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ANY OFFICER WHO HAS HAD A SUSTAINED COMPLAINT.
SO WHEN THAT OFFICER COMES IN, IT'S THE, THE CONTEMPLATED NOTICE THAT HE GOT WAS BASED ON THE, THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION.
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THAT MAY CHANGE WHEN IT, WHEN THEY COME IN, BUT ABOUT 95% IS WITHIN CLOSE RANGE OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.IF I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH IT, I WILL SET IT ASIDE AND IN CONSULTATION WITH STAFF, WE'LL SEND OUT A DIFFERENT CONTEMPLATED.
BUT, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD AND THEN THE FINAL CORRECTIVE ACTION.
TYPICALLY, 95% OF THOSE, UH, ACTIONS ARE WITHIN RANGE OF THE BOARD.
THE 95%, YOU KNOW, MY VIEWS ON ALWAYS PUTTING PERCENTAGES DOWN.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT.
DOES THAT 95% GO BACK SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM? OR IS THAT OF THIS LAST YEAR OR FIVE YEARS, OR HOW MANY, HOW MANY YEARS AGO? WHAT IS THAT? 17 20 17.
NO, WE DIDN'T, DIDN'T LOOK AT THOSE.
NO, WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT, BUT I, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ANECDOTALLY THAT, THAT THAT STILL CARRIES OVER.
SO WHAT ARE THE, I, I LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.
HOW MANY CASES HAVE YOU NOT AGREED WITH THE, WITH THE CARB? SURE.
UM, IF YOU CAN GET THAT TO ME AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.
I, I ACTUALLY THINK I'M GONNA, UH, REQUEST A, A MORE IN DEPTH CON ITEM ON THE CARB SO WE CAN GET MORE OF THAT DATA.
UM, I THINK THE ONLY TIMES WE BRING IT IN IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONS OR, OR MEMBERS TO THE CAR.
BUT I THINK FOR A FUTURE ITEM, WE CAN JUST GET A FULL PRESENTATION ON IT, UM, TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
COUNCILWOMAN
UM, SO THAT IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
WELL, THAT WAS A BRIEFING ITEM, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO
[4. Briefing, and possible action, amending an ordinance restricting registered sex offenders living near city schools [María Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police]]
ITEM FOUR AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AMENDING AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS FROM LIVING NEAR CITY SCHOOLS.THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR LA LAST ONE.
SO, UM, THE LAST TIME WE MET ON THIS ISSUE WAS IN APRIL, AND IT WAS, UH, THIS IS TODAY IS TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT DISCUSSION IN APRIL, UH, AND TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE PARKS SAFETY ZONE ORDINANCE, UH, TO ADD SCHOOLS TO THAT, TO THAT, UH, ORDINANCE.
SO THAT THE PARKS SAFETY ZONE ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BACK IN, UH, 2013 BY COUNSEL.
AND WHAT IT DOES, IT PROHIBITS A PERSON WHO IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER FROM LIVING WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A PARK, NOT TO INCLUDE THE RIVER WALK.
UH, AND IT PROHIBITS THEM FROM WANDERING IN WITHIN 300 FEET OF A PARK OR GOING INTO A PARK.
UM, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.
UH, ANYONE WHO WAS ALREADY LIVING WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A PARK, UH, WAS GRANDFATHERED, UH, BY THAT ORDINANCE.
UM, AND THE, THE CHIEF, I CAN ALSO GRANT EXCEPTIONS AND THE EXCEPTIONS THAT I GRANT, I DON'T THINK I'VE GRANTED ANY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I, THE EXCEPTIONS ARE, LOOK, MY SON IS PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THIS PARK AT MCALLISTER AND I WANT TO GO WATCH HIM PLAY.
CAN I GO WATCH? AND I TYPICALLY WILL GRANT THOSE, UH, EXCEPTIONS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SEX OFFENDER UNIT.
UH, WE HAVE A, UH, THE, THE SEX OFFENDER BRANCH.
UH, WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS WHO WILL REGISTER, UH, NEW OFFENDERS.
UH, THEY UPDATE THE D P S WEBSITE AND, UH, THEY WILL ALSO NOTIFY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WHEN ANYONE NEW IS PUT ON THAT LIST.
WE HAVE THREE DETECTIVES WHO MONITOR, UH, THE REGISTRANTS AND THEY DO HOME VISITS, UH, AND THEY WILL FILE, UH, WARRANTS, UM, AGAINST THOSE WHO NOT WARRANTS.
THEY WILL ARREST THOSE WHO, UH, FAIL TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 62 OF THE, UH, CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES, TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES.
UM, SO THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 2,900 SEX OFFENDERS ON THE LIST.
UM, WE REGISTER AN ADDITIONAL 480 OFFENDERS A MONTH.
THE, UH, DETECTIVES CONDUCT HOME VISITS, UH, TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT JUST OVER 200 A MONTH TO VERIFY REGISTRATION INFORMATION.
AND, UH, THEY FILE CHARGES ON AN AVERAGE OF 15, UH, REGISTRANTS EVERY MONTH.
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SO BACK IN MARCH, UH, WE COORDINATED WITH, UH, REGION 20, UM, OF THE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE, UH, POTENTIAL CHANGE TO THE PARK, UM, ORDINANCE.AND WE FOLLOWED THAT UP ON SEPTEMBER 9TH WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO INCLUDE POLICE CHIEFS AND, UM, SUPERINTENDENTS.
AND THERE WAS, UM, OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE CHANGE.
SO THERE, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS, UH, TO THIS NEW ORDINANCE, UH, AS I DISCUSSED WITH, UH, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JIM COPP.
SO THE CITY CANNOT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A, A SEX OFFENDER TO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY BY EXPANDING THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, THERE IS ANOTHER, THERE WOULD BE AN EXEMPTION FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY LIVE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET.
AND JUVENILE SEX OFFENDERS CANNOT BE PROHIBITED FROM LIVING AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS.
UH, IF THEY ARE, UH, IF THEY WIND UP ON THIS LIST.
AND THEN ON THIS SLIDE, THE GREEN THAT YOU SEE IS PARK, AND THE BLUE THAT YOU SEE IS SCHOOLS AND ANY SEX OFFENDER WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM LIVING WITHIN THESE AREAS.
AND, UH, CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMITTEE TODAY IS, UM, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AMENDING OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE AND GET DIRECTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE FOR US TO COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT 2,900 REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE TODAY.
UH, AND OF COURSE, WE WOULD GRANDFATHER THOSE WHO ALREADY LIVE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM, FROM A SCHOOL.
BUT IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT IT, THE IMPACT IS CLOSE TO 30% OF THOSE 2,900 REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS LIVE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL TODAY.
SO, AS, UM, CHIEF MENTIONED, THE, THE, THE ADVICE THAT WE GOT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS THAT WE CANNOT MAKE THIS ORDINANCE SO RESTRICTIVE THAT IT WILL PROHIBIT INDIVIDUALS FROM LEAVING WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO BRING THIS BACK.
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IN, IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE SEEKING FROM YOU TODAY IS IF YOU WANT US TO COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDED ORDINANCE.
I'M GONNA START WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY.
UM, BESIDES THIS BEING, DISCUSSING AND REPREHENSIBLE, I, I, I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, ADDING THAT TO OUR ORDINANCE AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT GRANDFATHERING AND NOT MAKING PEOPLE MOVE, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK FOR THE, AT THE FUTURE ALSO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND KEEP THOSE FOLKS FROM, UM, GETTING CLOSER TO SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND THAT KIND OF THING WHERE THEY CAN BE, UM, THEY CAN BE THE PREDATORS THAT THEY ARE ON OUR CHILDREN.
SO I FULLY SUPPORT THAT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ON THE ORDINANCE AND DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ME AT ALL ON THAT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN? I, I, YES, I, I I AGREE WITH THE ORDINANCE AND I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO FULL COUNSEL IN A, IN A B SESSION.
I THINK WE, WITH THE NEW COUNCIL AND WITH THIS, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE WE, WE SHOULD GET THEIR INPUT ON, ON THIS, UH, ITEM.
IS THAT, UM, IS THAT A POSSIBLE ACTION TO B SESSION? IT IS.
WE LISTED IT AS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
WE HAVE A, A MOTION? A SECOND.
DID I FEEL LIKE THERE'S, IS THERE MORE TO BE SAID
UM, THAT'S GREAT TO MOVE IT TO A B SESSION, BUT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING AT FULL COUNSEL ON A, A BRIEFING AT FULL COUNSEL AND PUT IT TO A VOTE.
I, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AS FAST AS WE CAN.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO GET IT ON A B SESSION IS HOW FAR DOWN THE ROAD, MARIA? IT WOULD PROBABLY JANUARY.
SEE, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST DELAYING SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS, UH, UM, WE NEED TO GET THIS ON THE, A SESSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE INSTEAD OF MOVING IT THROUGH THE B SESSION AND THEN GETTING IT TO AN A SESSION.
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I, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE STRAIGHT TO AN A SESSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS.HOW QUICKLY COULD WE GET IT TO AN A SESSION? DO YOU KNOW? ROUGHLY? I WOULD SAY PROBABLY BY MID-OCTOBER COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO, I
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE NEED, UM, THE THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
UM, SO WE CAN PRESENT THAT AND THEN AGENDA THAT FOR THAT THURSDAY.
SO YOU WOULD HEAR A BRIEFING ON A TUESDAY, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL THAT SAME WEEK ON THURSDAY AT EIGHT AT AN A SESSION IF YOU WANTED US TO DO, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PROCEDURAL PURPOSE OF BRINGING IT BACK TO OUR COMMITTEE.
ARE YOU SAYING GO VOLLEY IT BACK? WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK, BUT IF, IF, IF YOU WANTED US TO BRIEF THIS BODY BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL, WE CAN DO THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT THAT'S, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE.
MAY I ASK WHAT YOUR INTENT WAS THERE? WAS IT TO BRING IT BACK TO NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GET A UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM OUR, UM, CITY COUNCIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU THINK AS IS IT WILL, WE CAN MOVE IT.
SO DO, UH, YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION OR DO YOU NOT? NO, I DO NOT WITHDRAW MY EMOTION.
SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO, TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD TO B SESSION.
CAN WE DO BOTH? SO A B SESSION AND THEN THE FOLLOWING.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS GONNA ASK LIZ FOR ASSISTANCE HERE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT MOTION FIRST BEFORE IT'S AMENDED.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR PURPOSES OF, OF THE COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION HE WAS, IT'S JUST FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO BOTH.
WE'LL DO A, I THINK THE, THE LOGISTICAL POINT THAT MARIA WAS MAKING IS IT'LL TAKE US LONGER TO GET TO A B SESSION THAN JUST GO DIRECTLY TO A, SO IT'S TO, THE MOTION IS TO TAKE THIS TO A B SESSION FOR DISCUSSION WITH FULL COUNSEL AS THE NEXT STEP.
SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE BUY-IN FROM THE FULL COUNSEL, AND I DO THINK WE WOULD.
AND THEN ALSO, WHAT IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE IT? I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST BRING IT IMMEDIATELY TO A VOTE AS THE NEXT STEP.
YEAH, I, AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE DO A LOT OF THESE VOTES ON COUNCIL THAT DOESN'T GO THROUGH A COMMITTEE OR A B SESSION.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT AND I, I THINK JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THIS IS TO DELAY IT UNTIL POSSIBLY JANUARY TO GET IT TO AN A SESSION, WE NEED TO DO THIS NOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING SAYING THAT WE CAN'T HAVE BRIEFINGS IN FRONT OF, OR FOR THE STAFF TO GO AROUND TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS AND BUY INTO THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN HAPPEN AS WELL.
AND IF IT DOESN'T, WELL THEN IT SHOWS ON THE VOTE ON THE COUNCIL SESSION AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR A VOTE TO CHANGE THIS ORDINANCE.
I THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND NOT PUT IT ON A CALENDAR THROUGH, THROUGH PROCEDURES TO DELAY IT TILL JANUARY.
LET, LET ME, DID YOU HAVE A A SOMETHING? I WAS GONNA OFFER ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE IF, IF THE COMMITTEE WISHES TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE FULL COUNCIL, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THE PRE BRIEFINGS WITH ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE CAN, UH, POST IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM ON THE, A SESSION TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION BEFORE APPROVAL.
JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT AS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.
SO WE WOULD DO
CHIEF AND I CAN, AND, AND LIZ, WE CAN BRIEF ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OKAY.
ON THE PROPOSED, UM, ORDINANCE.
AND THEN WE CAN POST IT ON THE, A SESSION AS AN INDIVIDUAL ACTION.
SO THERE'S A FULL BRIEFING TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE THE COUNCIL TAKES ACTION.
I, I, I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
UM, MY CONCERN MOVING FORWARD IS THE PERCEPTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD OF LOOKING THAT WE'RE PUSHING SEX OFFENDERS INTO CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN.
AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO, I WANT THE, THE FULL COUNSEL TO BE AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO SEE THIS MAP AND TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES
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OF IF, IF THERE ARE SEX OFFENDERS IN THEIR AREA, THAT THEY COULD NOT LIVE BY A PARK AND SCHOOL AND, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEIR DISTRICT.SO THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE A BRIEFING TO THE FULL COUNSEL BEFORE WE, WE TAKE THIS.
AND I WOULD NOT PUT IT ON CONSENT.
INDIVIDUALLY OR AT A B SESSION STILL.
UH, SHE, YOU DO THIS INDIVIDUALLY, CORRECT.
SO YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THE, THE INDIVIDUAL? YES.
SO THE, WE STILL HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
DO, SO I, I, I MOVE, I MOVE MY MOTION.
SO, UH, THE MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
UM, DO WE HAVE, UM, GO AHEAD AND I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO DO EXACTLY WHAT MARIA, MARIA SAID.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES AND I GET US OUT FOUR MINUTES EARLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING, UM, SUCCINCT TODAY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, UH, AND UM, YOUR TIME TODAY.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 19TH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.