* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:41] I LET'S, ANTONIO, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US IN THE CHAMBERS THIS MORNING, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AS WE GET STARTED. THE TIME IS [ PROCEDURAL  ] 9:20 AM ON THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU BEGIN WITH A ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO VARDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS 9:21 AM WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. UH, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TODAY. UH, I HAVE THE HONOR OF WELCOMING OUR INDICATOR TO GET US STARTED. UH, AND SO LET ME CALL UP RABBI BLOCK, UH, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SPIRITUAL LEADER FOR HABAD CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. RABBI EM BLOCK WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND RAISED IN LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA. HE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN MONTREAL AND RECEIVED HIS BA FROM THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF AMERICA IN MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY. IN 1981, RABBI BLOCK RECEIVED HIS RABBINICAL OR ORDINATION FROM THE CENTRAL LU LVI YESHIVA IN IN BROOKLYN, RABBI BLOCK AND HIS WIFE RIV KEY ARRIVED IN SAN ANTONIO IN 1985 TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL BRANCH OF THE WORLDWIDE CHABAD LUBOVITCH MOVEMENT OVER THE LAST 2030, EXCUSE ME. OVER THE LAST 36 YEARS, CHABAD HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL OUTREACH EFFORT OPERATING OUT OF A TWO BEDROOM CONDO TO COMMUNITY-WIDE ORGANIZATION WITH FOUR FULL-TIME RABBIS, A JEWISH PRESCHOOL, SUMMER DAY CAMP, SYNAGOGUE LEARNING INSTITUTE, AND PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS AND SENIORS. KANA ON THE RIVER IS ONE OF THE MANY COMMUNITY-WIDE PROGRAMS AND IS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. A KABAD ISRAEL CENTER OPENED UP AT LAER IN WINTER OF 2019. RABBI BLOCK SERVES AS THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF THE KABAD LU LUBOVITCH MOVEMENT ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTE. RABBI AND HIS WIFE RKI ARE PROUD PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OF NINE CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. SO, WELCOME MY FRIEND, RABBI BLOCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR NUREMBERG, PLEASE RISE ALMIGHTY GOD CONFER YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS UPON OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AS THEY GATHER TO FORMULATE POLICY AND ENACT LAWS AND ORDINANCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT CITY. BLESS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHERE THE LEADERSHIP SETS THE TONE FOR PEOPLES OF ALL FAITHS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS [00:05:01] TO LIVE TOGETHER WITH MUTUAL RESPECT AND HARMONY. THIS MORNING, IN THESE AUGUST CHAMBERS, WE WILL KINDLE THE LIGHTS OF THE HANUKKAH MENORAH COMMEMORATING YOUR MIRACLE OF LIGHT THAT YOU PERFORMED FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL. WHEN A SMALL FLASK OF OIL ONLY ENOUGH FOR THE TEMPLE MENORAH TO BURN FOR ONE DAY BURNED FOR EIGHT, THESE LIGHTS SYMBOLIZE THE POWER OF LIGHT, HOLINESS AND GOODNESS TO STAND AGAINST DARKNESS, BIGOTRY AND HATRED. THE FLAMES OF THE MENORAH CONVEY THE MESSAGE OF HOW ONE SMALL CANDLE COULD BANISH A ROOM FULL OF DARKNESS, AND HOW ONE SMALL GOOD DEED CAN HAVE AN EVERLASTING IMPACT. ALMIGHTY GOD, CONTINUE TO GRANT HEALTH WISDOM AND COURAGE TO OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THE WELLBEING OF OURS, THE CITIZENS OF OUR BLESSED CITY ES AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. SO THANK YOU [POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE  ] MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR INVITING THE CHILDREN OF THE GANY PRESCHOOL TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT AND JOY TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY. THIS, THIS MORNING, AND I THINK IT'S PROVIDENTIAL THAT WE HAVE THE, UH, PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THE LIGHT AND JOY WITH THE MARIACHIS FROM LAS VEGAS WHO ARE GOING TO BRING A LITTLE MORE LIGHT AND JOY TO US. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AND TO BE HERE TOGETHER WITH YOU AND TO, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE THE CZECH AMBASSADOR WITH US AS WELL. SO BIMA BAIM, WELCOME. UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT THE CANDLES OF THE MENORAH AND THE CHILDREN WILL HELP US WITH THE BLESSINGS. AND I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT EACH, UH, MEMBER OF COUNCIL AND UM, CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY HAVE A LITTLE CANDY DRA IN CASE YOU NEED A LITTLE ENERGY DURING THE SESSION. LATER ON IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU CAN POP A COUPLE OF THOSE. UH, THE DRA, IT'S A, UH, SPINNING TOP WITH FOUR LETTERS, HEBREW LETTERS ON IT THAT SPELL NEAL, WHICH MEANS A GREAT MIRACLE HAPPENED THERE AND IT, THE TRADITION IS THAT THE SYRIAN EMPEROR OUTLAWED THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE. SO THE KIDS DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP STUDYING THE BIBLE, SO THEY HID IN BASEMENTS, UH, AWAY FROM THE, UH, WATCHFUL EYE OF THE, OF THE EMPEROR. AND WHEN A, UH, A SOLDIER WOULD APPROACH THEY, THEY'D PUT AWAY THEIR BOOKS AND TAKE OUT THIS LITTLE TOP AND KIND OF MAKE BELIEVE THEY'RE JUST PLAYING A SIMPLE GAME. AND THIS HAS BEEN, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AS ONE OF THE TRADITIONS OF HANUKKAH TO SPIN THE STRADDLE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF LEGALIZED GAMBLING WITH THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, WE, UH, PLAY WITH THE QUARTERS AND, AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN. SO WE'RE GONNA LIGHT THE MENORAH. AND IF I CAN ASK YOU ALL TO RISE AGAIN AS WE LIGHT THE CANDLES. TONIGHT IS THE FOURTH LIGHT, A FOURTH DAY OF OF HANUKKAH OF THE EIGHT DAYS. AND WE'LL JUST DO THESE BLESSINGS TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY. TRY TO LIGHT THESE SO THEY DON'T, AND, UM, I'M GOING TO PUT OUT THIS CANDLE SINCE I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT STAND OR STAY. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BURN THE PLACE DOWN, SO WE'LL JUST PUT IT OUT. OKAY. AND NOW THE KIDS ARE GOING TO PERFORM, UH, ONE SHORT SONG IN HONOR OF HANUKKAH. OKAY. YOU READY? FACE THIS WAY. COME MAKE A LINE. FACE [00:10:01] TURN HERE. TURN, MAKE A LINE RIGHT THERE. MAKE A LINE RIGHT HERE. OKAY. ARE YOU READY? I HAVE A LITTLE DRAIN. I MADE IT OUTTA CLAY. I WENT ATRIUM. READY? I SHALL PLAY. OH, DRAIN. I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY. AND WHEN IT'S DRY AND READY, OHOH, I SHALL PLAY. I HAVE A LOVELY BODY WHEN NOT SO SHORT. AND, AND WHEN IT GETS SO TIRED, IT DROPS ON. THEN NIGHT WIN. OH, DRE, DRE, DRE. I MADE IT OUTTA PLAY. AND WHEN TRY AWAY I PLAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, NICK. I KNOW WE HAVE A, A BIG PROGRAM AND A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF TODAY, SO I'LL TRY TO DO THIS VERY QUICKLY. BUT THE KIDS HAVE, UH, MADE A SPECIAL GIFT FOR ALL THE COUNCIL PEOPLE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WITH A LITTLE HANUKKAH PAINTING THAT THEY DID THEMSELVES. SO WE'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, FIRST OF OUR NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER. COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ FROM AKIVA GROSS. WHAT HAPPENED? WHERE'D HE GO? COME BACK. THERE YOU GO. GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILPERSON. HAVE, HAVE DONE. HI. GIVE IT TO THIS LADY. OKAY. TAKE A PICTURE. HE DREW THAT FOR YOU. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN COUNCIL PERSON. CASTILLO. THANK GABRIEL. CANCEL PERSON. VRAN. AND THIS IS FROM GABRIEL. LEAVING. OKAY. GABRIEL. GABRIELLE. COUNCIL PERSON. GARCIA. COUNCIL PERSON. BRAVA. WOW, THANK YOU. AND THIS IS, UH, . COUNCIL PERSON. COUNCIL PERSON. SANDOVAL. COUNCIL PERSON. PERRY. JOHNNY. ROY. JOB COUNT. UH, COUNCIL. I WASN'T READY. I'M USUALLY THE LAST . THANK COUNCILPERSON COURAGE. OUR COUNCILPERSON. COUNCILPERSON . OKAY. YEAH. [00:15:01] THE WAY. AND WE HAVE, UH, A LITTLE SOMETHING. HI, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? DO YOU WANNA COME OVER THERE? OH BOY. COME OVER THERE. I THINK HE WANTS THERE. GET IT, GET IT QUICK. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR CITY MANAGER. ERIC'S NEXT. REBECCA. ALL 1 0 1. REBECCA'S ANOTHER. THIS IS I THINK REBECCA. I DUNNO WHAT HAPPENED TO. THANK YOU. THIS IS OLIVER. OLIVER. OLIVER. OLIVER. OLIVER. OLIVER. YOUR CHAIR AND OLIVER MADE THIS FOR ME. OLIVER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND OLIVER CITY ATTORNEY HERE. YOU HAVE ONE FOR YOU. CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE. YES. THANK YOU. MADE THAT FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. OKAY, SCOOT OVER TO THE SIDE. SCOOT. BEAUTIFUL. AND ONE MORE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR MAYOR. BECCA. THAT'S YOURS. RON NUMER. MAYOR BECCA. WHO'S THE PRESENTER ON THIS RIGHT HERE. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? REBECCA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DID YOU MAKE THAT, DID YOU MAKE IT? IT, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WE'RE GONNA LEAVE AFTER THIS HERE THE CAMERA. ONE MORE TIME. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MOSTLY FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND HAPPY HANUKKAH TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RABBI, UH, RIVKA TO THE KIDS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR OUR CITY, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, YOUR PATIENCE. WE, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPECIAL GUESTS TODAY, UM, AND IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME ANOTHER, AND THAT IS HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. HENICK MONACHE, THE AMBASSADOR OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO THE UNITED STATES. WHILE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE AMBASSADOR WILL MEET WITH U T SS A FROST BANK, OSA, THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROTARY, AND THE MCFARLAND TENNIS CENTER. HE WILL ALSO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OAKEN, A DYNAMIC AND GROWING CHECK COMPANY SPECIALIZING GLOBALLY IN BUSINESS PROCESSES AND SERVICES BASED AT BROOKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HIS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CHECK HERITAGE SOCIETY IS STRONG AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY TRACING THEIR ROOTS BACK GENERATIONS. IT WAS INTERESTING TO LEARN THAT INDIVIDUAL CZECH IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS BEGAN IN THE 1820S, BUT THE LARGER GROUPS CAME, ESPECIALLY IN THE 1850S, DRAWN TO TEXAS BY PLENTIFUL LAND. INDEED, DITY HILL IS NAMED AFTER CZECH PHYSICIAN ANTHONY DITY, WHO FLED TEXAS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. AS HIS ANTI-SLAVERY VIEWS MADE HIM A TARGET FOR LYNCHING PARTIES, HE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO TEXAS AND REJOINED THE UNION. AMAN, AMONG THE AMBASSADOR'S PRIORITIES ARE SUP SUPPORTING CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE, AS WELL AS PROMOTING KEY CZECH EXPORTS SUCH AS BEER. CZECHS ARE KNOWN, WELL-KNOWN FOR THEIR BEER, AND ARE AMONG THE LARGEST PRODUCERS AND EXPORTERS OF HOPS IN THE WORLD. THANK GOD FOR YOU ALL. TWO CZECH TOWNS REFLECT THAT PILSEN FAMOUS WORLDWIDE FOR PILSNER BEER IN ANOTHER LOVELY TOWN KNOWN AS BUDWEIS IN GER IN GERMAN, ANHEUSER-BUSCH STARTED USING THE BUDWEISER BRAND IN 1876 AND REGISTERED IN TWO YEARS LATER. I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S HOBBIES INCLUDES COLLECTING THE HOTTEST SAUCES ON THIS PLANET. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, TO TASK BOB BROACH OUR LOCAL LIAISON TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO FULFILL THE GOAL HERE IN SAN [00:20:01] ANTONIO AS WE ARE AFTER ALL A UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY. SO PLEASE ALLOW ME TO PRESENT YOU AMBASSADOR IN ALDE, WHICH IS A CEREMONIAL DOCUMENT IN WHICH YOU ARE NAMED THE HONORARY MAYOR OF LA VITA HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO LET ME READ THAT NOW. AND IT READS TO, UM, GREETINGS, NO YE KNOWN YE ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENCE THAT HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. EK MONACHE IS HEREBY OFFICIALLY APPOINTED TO THE OFFICE OF ALDE OF THIS HISTORIC AND BEAUTIFUL CITY LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER. IN THE COUNTY OF BARER, STATE OF TEXAS. YOU WILL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF MAYOR IF AND WHEN YOU'RE PRESENT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND AT OTHER TIMES AGREE TO TELL THE STORY OF LATA. ITS BEAUTIES, ATTRACTIONS, AND CULTURE. YOU FURTHER AGREE TO EXTOLL THE PRESENT SAN ANTONIO AS A PLACE TO LIVE, WORSHIP, WORK AND PLAY. YOU SHALL RETAIN THIS OFFICE AS LONG AS YOU PERFORM YOUR DUTIES FAITHFULLY AND CARRY OUT THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF SAID CITY OF LATA AS SET FORTH AND ITS CHARTER. AND THIS APPOINTMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US, YOUR EXCELLENCY. THANK YOU. WELL, UH, DISTINGUISHED MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I KNOW I'M ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES, SO I WILL LIMIT MY STATE PROPAGANDA FOR TWO MINUTES ONLY. UH, AND I PROMISE NOT TO SPEND EVERYTHING ON THE EXPORT OF THE CZECH BEER. UH, UH, CZECH ARE 10 MILLION PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL EUROPE, UH, WHO MIGRATED ALL AROUND THE WORLD. AND 1.7 MILLION OF AMERICANS ARE OF THE CZECH ORIGIN. SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, MOST OF THEM SETTLED IN TEXAS, PROBABLY IT MUST BE THE BEER. YOU ARE RIGHT. WE MAKE VERY GOOD TEXANS. AND WHEN WE GOT RID OF THE COMMUNISTS 32 YEARS AGO, WE WERE ALL WONDERING WHAT THE FREEDOM WILL LOOK LIKE. WHOA, THE FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE THAT THE CZECH AMBASSADOR CAN TRAVEL, THAT HE CAN GO TO SAN ANTONIO AND HE CAN VISIT THE OAKLAND COMPANY, THE CZECH COMPANY, WHICH STARTED HERE THREE YEARS AGO, BASICALLY FROM ZERO AND WENT QUICKLY TO 400 JOBS CREATED IN THIS CITY. UH, AND WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT, UH, THROUGH THE BROOKS COMPANY AND OTHER AVENUES TO THIS COMPANY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. YESTERDAY I MET THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY. MOST OF THEM DIDN'T KNOW WE EXIST BEFORE THEY WERE EMPLOYED BY THE CZECH COMPANY. AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE WANT TO BE KNOWN HERE IN THIS LOVELY CITY. SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT NOT ONLY WE HAVE THE GOOD BEER, WE HAVE ALSO THE STRONGEST BEER, AND WE HAVE THE CHEAPEST BEER ON THIS PLANET BECAUSE IF YOU COME TO VISIT ME BACK IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, YOU WILL FIND THE ASTONISHING FACT THAT WE STILL KEEP OUR PERFECT BEER CHEAPER THAN WATER IN GROCERY SHOPS. NOT THAT GOVERNMENT LIKES IT, BUT IF WE CHANGE IT, WE ARE OUT AND WE KNOW IT. SO, UH, LET ME THANK YOU ONE MORE TIME FOR ALL THE SUPPORT, UH, WHICH YOU ARE GIVING TO THE CZECH MATTERS HERE. AND I PROMISE HERE THAT WE WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU AND WE WILL BRING YOU MORE AND MORE CHECK BUSINESS, THE CZECH FOOD, CZECH CULINARY ART, AND THE CZECH CULTURE TO THE CITY. AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE SOON VISIT MY COUNTRY BACK IN THE CENTER EUROPE. THANK YOU. ONE MORE TIME, MR. MAYOR, FOR THE TIME I'M NOT PRESENT IN THE CITY. I SHOULDN'T FORGOT TO TELL THAT BOB B BROBACK IS THE PERSON WHO WILL REPRESENT US HERE. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AMBASSADOR. AND THANK YOU ALSO BOB, FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, IN THIS RELATIONSHIP. UH, WE MISS YOU MUCH SUCCESS DURING YOUR VISIT AMBASSADOR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROWTH OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS, INCLUDING THAT, UH, UH, EVOKING DOWN THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOU JOINING US TODAY AND PLEASE, UM, LET YOUR FOLKS KNOW THAT IT WAS IN OUR CITY, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO MEET, UH, OUR GREAT RABBI BLOCK AS WELL. HAPPY HANUKKAH TO YOU ALL AS WELL. THANK YOU. HAPPY HAN TO YOU. ALRIGHT, UM, NOW LET ME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER GROIN FOR A PER POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA THANK THE AMBASSADOR. I AM THE DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, WHERE OAKEN LIVES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I'M SO EXCITED. BUT I GET TO INTRODUCE OUR LAST GUEST. I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE LAST, UH, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. SO BACK IN 1979, WE STARTED A MARIACHI FESTIVAL, AND THEN IN 1995 IT BECAME THE MARIACHI MARIACHI VARGAS EXTRAVAGANZA. SO NOW WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 27TH ANNUAL MARIACHI VARGAS ES EXTRAVAGANZA. AND THIS IS A WEEK LONG MUSIC FESTIVAL. IT HOSTS [00:25:01] THE LARGEST AND LONGEST RUNNING MARIACHI GROUP COMPETITION IN THE WORLD. IT'S WIDELY CONSIDERED AS THE TOUGHEST NATIONAL MARIACHI COMPETITION TO TAKE PLACE. IT'S LIKE THE SUPER BOWL OF MARIACHI MUSIC. UM, THEY GO HEAD TO HEAD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY GET A CHANCE TO OPEN FOR THE WORLD RENOWNED MARIACHI MARIACHI VARGAS IN CONCERT. THIS IS THE ONLY NATIONAL MARIACHI GROUP COMPETITION. UH, WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THEM BEING HERE TODAY. UH, H E B I WANNA THANK H E B K H K H SS MUSIC AND T P R FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT. I AM ESPECIALLY EXCITED THAT CONNO HEALTH HAS JOINED AND THEY OPENED THEIR NEWEST CLINIC IN DISTRICT THREE. I WANT TO WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE ALL THE COMPETITORS FOR COUNTLESS HOURS OF PRACTICE PLANNING AND PREPARATION. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, THE JUST HARD WORK OF MY DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT, CYNTHIA MUNOZ. UH, SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND U T S A, SHE IS A STRONG LATINA THAT HAS DEEP ROOTS IN THE MARIACHI MUSIC INDUSTRY AND STARTED HER CAREER WITH, UM, UP WITH PEOPLE. SO SHE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE, BRINGING MUSIC TO, UH, TO US AND TO THE WORLD. SO JOINING CYNTHIA ALL THE WAY FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA IS MARIACHI DE LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL. AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF STEVEN BLANCO, THIS GROUP PERFORMED FOR OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN AT THE INAUGURATION. AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THEY'RE HERE, UH, BECAUSE WE GET TO HEAR GREAT MARIACHI MUSIC ALL THE TIME. BUT I KNOW LAS VEGAS HAS GREAT MARIACHI MUSIC ALSO. SO WE, EARLIER WE PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA TAKE SOME TIME AND TURN IT OVER TO CYNTHIA TO SHARE JUST ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL HIGH SCHOOL BAND, UH, MARIACHI GROUP AND WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING THESE LAST 27 YEARS. . THANK YOU, CYNTHIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN OUR MAYOR RON EHRENBERG FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. UH, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE CELEBRATING 27 YEARS OF THE EXTRAVAGANZA, AND WE HAVE A WHOLE WEEKEND OF EVENTS PLANNED TONIGHT. WE'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE RIO, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, UH, OPEN AND FREE FOR THE PUBLIC. IT STARTS AT FIVE 30 AND WE'LL GO THROUGH EIGHT 30 AT THE SHOPS, AT RIVER CENTER MALL IN THE LAGOON AREA, AND WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE, UH, THERE'S ABOUT A THOUSAND MARIACHI MUSICIANS THAT ARE CONVENING IN SAN ANTONIO TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WEEKEND'S EVENT. AND YOU'LL GET TO SEE A LOT OF THESE TALENTED GROUPS THAT WILL BE PERFORMING TONIGHT. TOMORROW WE HAVE A FULL MORNING OF WORKSHOPS, AND THEN OUR MARIACHI NATIONAL COMPETITION START AT TWO 30. THEY GO THROUGH 10 O'CLOCK AT THE LILA AL THEATER. AND AS COUNCILMAN VRAN MENTIONED, THESE ARE THE TOUGHEST COMPETITIONS IN THE WORLD FOR MARIA YOUNG MARIACHI ARTISTS. WE'RE VERY PROUD TO GIVE THESE YOUNG ARTISTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS, AND WE ARE VERY MUCH INTO PROMOTING HIGHER EDUCATION AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION THROUGH MARIACHI MUSIC. AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH MARIACHI MUSIC PROGRAMS PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S EVENT, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN U T S A FROM SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALSO HARVARD UNIVERSITY IS WITH US THIS YEAR. AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, UM, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND AUSTIN UT HEALTH, UH, UT AUSTIN, AND I'M SORRY, UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EDINBURG IS ALSO JOINING US. SO, UH, THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR YOUTH. AND AGAIN, WE LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS. UH, ONE REALLY EXCITING THING THAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES IS WRITING A STORY ABOUT THE EVENT THIS YEAR. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS STORY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. UH, IT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE IN JANUARY. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THIS IN 27 YEARS. THIS IS A, THE FIRST TIME WE GET A REALLY BIG FEATURE STORY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. IN ADDITION, THERE'S A WHOLE CREW FROM CALIFORNIA THAT'S WORKING ON A DOCUMENTARY AND THEY'VE CHOSEN THE MARIACHI VARGAS EXTRAVAGANZA TO BE PART OF THAT DOCUMENTARY CALLED VARSITY MARIACHI. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THIS YEAR AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN JOIN US IN YOUR BAG. THERE ARE FOUR WRISTBANDS, AND THOSE WRISTBANDS ALLOW ENTRY INTO THESE BEAUTIFUL COMPETITIONS THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE THIS WEEKEND. SO WE HOPE YOU CAN STOP BY, SWING BY SAY HI AND, UH, CHEER FOR YOUR FAVORITE GROUP. BUT RIGHT NOW I'D LIKE [00:30:01] TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST THIS MORNING. THIS IS ONE OF THREE GROUPS THAT JOINS US FROM LAS VEGAS. THEY BROUGHT 21 PEOPLE TO THIS YEAR'S EVENT, UM, FILLING UP MORE THAN HELPING TO FILL UP MORE THAN 600 HOTEL ROOMS AT THE GRAND HYATT. AND, UH, THIS SCHOOL HAS A FAIRLY NEW MARIACHI PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF STEVEN BLANCO. AND I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALSO, UH, NANCY BEEZ, THEIR ASSISTANT VICE PRINCIPAL WHO ALSO TRAVELED TO SAN ANTONIO TO BE WITH US, UH, THIS WEEKEND. THEY'RE GONNA PLAY A VERY SPECIAL SONG. IT'S A POPULAR SON, FROM CRU, IT'S CALLED BELLA WHO. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PIECES THEY'RE GONNA BE COMPETING WITH. SO ENJOY AND THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN ALL AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT IS HOW WE DO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. . ALRIGHT, UH, BUT BEFORE YOU GUYS DEPART OUT THE OUT OF THE DOOR, UH, I DO WANT TO, UH, A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER ELA. HEY GUYS. UM, YOU EVER HEARD THE, UH, THE EXPRESSION, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOCKED MY SOCKS OFF. I, UH, I'M LOOKING UNDER THE DAAS HERE. JOHN COURAGE HAS NO SOCKS [00:35:01] ON RIGHT NOW. UH, THIS WAS, THIS IS AMAZING. UM, AND, AND I WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU CHOSE AN EXCELLENT CITY THAT LOVES YOU VERY MUCH AND THAT LOVES THIS CULTURE VERY MUCH. UH, AND YOU GUYS ARE HELPING US CELEBRATE SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND YOU REMINDED ME TODAY THAT THIS IS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. UM, AND THAT IS TO PROTECT TRADITIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOLKS PICK UP EVERYTHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS GENERATION AND GENERATIONS PRIOR. I'LL TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT, UM, I LOVE ALMOST AS MUCH AS I LOVE MY CHILDREN. AND ONE OF THOSE IS MARIACHIS AND THE OTHER ONE IS EXTRAVAGANZAS. UH, AND SO YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS REALLY MADE MY DAY. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. ALL RIGHT. UM, BEFORE I SEE THE AMBASSADORS WALKING OUT THE DOOR, UH, BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT, AMBASSADOR, I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE OUR LIAISON TO THE CZECH RELATIONSHIP ON THE CITY COUNCIL, WHO DOES HAVE A FEW WORDS THAT SHE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS FOR ACCOMMODATING ME, AMBASSADOR. I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU, OF COURSE, FOR VISITING OUR CITY. I WAS, UH, FIRST EXPOSED TO THE CZECH CULTURE WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, UM, THROUGH MY THEN BOYFRIEND JASON HDA. HE IS THE HDA TO MY KIO HDA AND HIS FAMILY IS CZECH. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE CZECH CULTURE AND BEER IS A HUGE PART OF IT. UM, , BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, BUT IT'S ALSO BIG PART OF THE MEXICAN CULTURE. SO MY KIDS HAVE THE GREAT, GREAT HONOR OF BEING CZECH, CZECH ME IS WHAT WE CALL THEM, AND, UH, . AND, UH, I'M JUST SO HONORED THAT, THAT YOU WERE HERE, THAT YOU CAME TO SAN ANTONIO AND I GOT TO MEET YOU. AND I FEEL VERY, UM, GRATEFUL THAT I'M ABLE TO CARRY THAT BACK TO MY, UH, THE CZECH PART OF MY FAMILY. SO THANK YOU, . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SAFE TRAVELS. ALL RIGHT, BACK ON NOW. OKAY. UM, AND, AND, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. I, I WAS JUST NOTIFIED, SO LEMME TURN IT OVER. FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE APPOINTING A NEW, UH, CO, UH, ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT EIGHT, OZZY ORTIZ. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR, UH, FOR VOTING FOR HIM. BUT, UM, IT, IT IS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, A SADNESS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, SHE IS MOVING ON TO BIGGER AND, UM, BETTER THINGS. OUR, OUR FRIEND FRANCINE ROMERO HAS BEEN THE DISTRICT EIGHT ZONING COMMISSIONER NOW FOR, WHAT, NINE YEARS, UH, EIGHT YEARS. UM, SHE HAS BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, UH, THE MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, THE MOST ARDENT, UM, DEFENDER OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, UH, THAT I'VE EVER, EVER SEEN. UM, IN FACT, YOU WERE THE DISTRICT EIGHT ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR US, UH, PRIOR TO MY TAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, OCCUPYING THIS SEAT. UM, AND IT WAS A NO-BRAINER TO KEEP YOU ON BOARD. YOU, YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT WORK. UM, EVERYBODY WHO COMES BEFORE YOU ALWAYS FEELS LIKE THEY'VE GOTTEN A A FAIR SHOT. I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR 30 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE IN, IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, UM, AND YOU'RE 23 YEARS OVER AT U T SS A, UM, HAS REALLY ADDED A LOT OF GRAVITAS TO ALL THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE ASKED YOU TO TAKE ON. UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR LAST DAY ON THE ZONING COMMISSION, UH, WAS A DAY WHERE WE RECOGNIZED YOUR SERVICE. UM, AND YOU'VE GIVEN MORE TO THIS CITY THAN I THINK THE CITY'S EVER GIVEN TO YOU. AND, UH, IF MORE PEOPLE WERE LIKE FRANCINE AND ROMERO, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BIG PROBLEMS WOULD GET SOLVED. AND NOW FRANCINE AND ROMERO WILL SING US A SONG. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THANK YOU FRANCINE FOR, UH, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND, AND YOU DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. AND AS I WAS REVIEWING THE AGENDA TODAY, UH, OR THIS WEEK, UH, I SAW THE APPOINTMENT TO THE NEW ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT EIGHT, AND I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT WAS GONNA GO BY UNCEREMONIOUSLY. SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING DR. ROMERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. ROMERO, FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT EIGHT COMMUNITY AND THE CITY CITYWIDE COMMUNITY. UM, IT'S NOT EASY TO BE A DISTRICT EIGHT CITY ZONING COMMISSIONER, BUT YOU DID IT EXCELLENTLY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. THANK YOU, UH, TO HONOR THE SEASON OF GIVING AND TO HELP THOSE IN NEED IN NEED, PREPARE FOR ANOTHER WINTER DISTRICT. ONE IS HOSTING A SHARE THE WARMTH COAT DRIVE FROM NOW THROUGH JANUARY 7TH, BENEFITING ROY MOSS YOUTH ALTERNATIVES AND CORTISONE MINISTRIES. WE'RE ACCEPTING DONATIONS OF NEW OR GENTLY USED COATS OF ALL SIZES, GLOVES, SCARVES, AND WINTER HATS [00:40:01] AT FIVE DROP-OFF LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT ONE FIELD OFFICE, CENTRAL LIBRARY, LAND LIBRARY, SAN PEDRO LIBRARY AND WESTFALL LIBRARY. JUST LOOK FOR THE BLUE BOX WITH SNOWFLAKES AT ANY OF THOSE LOCATIONS. WE WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO DONATE. IF WE COULD HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR FELLOW DISTRICTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD WITH OF THE COAT DRIVE TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS, WE CAN MAKE AN EVEN BIGGER IMPACT. NOW, I'D LIKE TO INVITE GAVIN ROGERS FROM CORONE MINISTRIES AND BLAIR THOMPSON FROM ROY MOSS, YOUTH ALTERNATIVES TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BRAVO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK FOR EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THIS DRIVE FOR OUR, UH, CITIZENS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. UH, Y'ALL ARE GREAT PARTNERS IN OUR NEW DAY CENTER, AND I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON THAT. UH, SINCE THE DAY CENTER HAS OPENED, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO PEOPLE, INTO 250 PEOPLE INTO SHELTER THAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. AND THAT'S JUST THROUGH OUR DAY CENTER AND PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF TEMPORARY SHELTER. IT'S, IT'S BEEN PHENOMENAL AND A GREAT SUCCESS, AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR GUESTS. WE ALSO HAVE MA HERE AND SHE IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF OUR HARM REDUCTION CENTER, WHICH IS GONNA BE A GREAT PART OF THE DAY CENTER, AND SHE'S GONNA DO A BEAUTIFUL JOB. AND WE JUST BROUGHT IN SOME OF THE BEST STAFF FROM EL PASO AND AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEY START TODAY. SO IT'S A FUN DAY FOR CORTISONE. AND SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BRAVO FOR PROVIDING WARM CLOTHES FOR THIS WINTER, AND, UH, IT'S ALWAYS NEEDED. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO BY YOUR LIBRARY AND DONATE COATS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR NURNBERG, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND, AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, FIRST IF I CAN, UM, I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW FABULOUS YOU LOOKED, UH, UH, ON YOUR FLOAT DURING THE HOLIDAY RIVER PARADE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, UH, WEARING HATS THAT WERE MADE FOR YOU BY THE CHILDREN FROM ROY MONSA YOUTH ALTERNATIVES. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WEARING THOSE HATS AND PARTICIPATING, KIND OF PLAYING ALONG. I GOT TO SHARE THAT VIDEO WITH THE KIDS, UH, YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE SO PROUD THAT THEIR HATS, UH, MAY HAVE MADE TELEVISION AND THAT YOU ALL WERE WEARING THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT WAY, UH, WITH THEM. MY NAME'S BLAIR THOMPSON. I AM THE, THE NEWLY MINTED, UH, TODAY IS DAY 92, UH, C E O I I MADE IT THROUGH MY 90 DAY PROBATIONARY PERIOD. IT APPEARS, UH, DAY 92 AS THE NEW C E O AT ROY MOSS YOUTH ALTERNATIVES. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE A PARTNER WITH, UH, THE CITY AND SERVING CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE GRATEFUL, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO FOR THIS INITIATIVE. IT WILL HELP US, UH, IN PARTICULAR AS A PART OF OUR STREET OUTREACH, WHERE, UM, WE HAVE HAVE STAFF THAT, THAT GO INTO THE STREETS AND TO TRY TO MEET, UH, CHILDREN AND YOUTH THAT ARE HOMELESS AND RUNAWAY AND TO ENGAGE THEM AND TRY TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED, UH, BY LOTS OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO HAVING A WARM COAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO APPROACH SOME OF THOSE CHILDREN, NOT JUST WITH A BACKPACK THAT HAVE SOME, SOME SUPPLIES AND SOME RESOURCES IN THEM, BUT ALSO WITH A WARM COAT. SO, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. THANK YOU. UH, ALSO THANK YOU TO THE, THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS YOU THAT ULTIMATELY WILL, UH, BE PROVIDING THESE RESOURCES FOR, FOR OUR CHILDREN AND, AND NOT JUST THOSE, UH, AT RAISON AND AT ROY MOSS YOUTH ALTERNATIVES, BUT SO MANY AGENCIES THAT ARE DOING GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU PASTOR ROGERS, UH, AND TO BLAIR AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP THIS TO 20 SECONDS. SO THE M L K THEME, THE M L K MARCH HAPPENS EVERY YEAR IN JANUARY, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE OUR THEME. UH, THE THEME IS FREE TO BE. IT IS AN EXPRESSION OF CREATIVITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF-DETERMINATION. FOLLOWING A CHALLENGING SERIES OF YEARS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE'RE NOT LIMITED BY OUR CIRCUMSTANCES. WE ARE LIMITLESS, WE ARE FREE TO ASPIRE, TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO, TO LEAD AND INSPIRE, FREE TO BE AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCY AND SENSE OF PURPOSE. UM, WE HAVE AN, A ART COMPETITION THAT WILL BE ENDING NEXT FRIDAY, DECEMBER, OR NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8TH AT 5:00 PM UH, DETAILS CAN BE FOUND@SANANTONIO.GOV SLASH MLK. LASTLY, DISTRICT TWO IS HOSTING OUR CO AND TOY DRIVE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10TH. SO PLEASE BRING YOUR ITEMS OUT TO ELLA AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL [THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING: ACTION ITEMS FOR STAFF BRIEFING] RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY. UM, AND THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 10TH, 2021, MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 10TH, 2021. ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. [00:45:13] MOTION CARRIES. [CONSENT AGENDA  ] WE'LL MOVE NOW, UM, TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND NO ITEMS AT THIS POINT ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT ITEM 16 WAS PULLED BY STAFF AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. UH, SO LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES, UM, NOW IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A ZONING AGENDA TIME, CERTAIN TWO O'CLOCK TODAY AS WELL. SO, UM, LET ME JUST, AGAIN, ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. COUNCIL MEMBER, COURAGE, ITEM NUMBER 25, ITEM 25, MAYOR, ITEM 39, AND ITEM 40, 39 AND 40. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. ITEM 33. ITEM 33. ANY OTHERS? I'VE GOT SO FAR? ITEM 25, 33, 39 AND 40 AND ITEM 16 WILL NOT BE HEARD. UH, SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA JUST FOR DISCUSSION. 24. 24, 24, NOT 16. OH, UM, OKAY. UM, LET ME CORRECT THAT FOR THE RECORD. IT'S NOT ITEM 16 BEING PULLED. IT'S ITEM 24. I DIDN'T READ THE NOTE CORRECTLY. ITEM 24 WILL NOT BE HEARD. ITEM 16 WILL, AND IT IS ON CONSENT. SO I'VE GOT ITEMS 24, WHICH WILL NOT BE HEARD. I'M SORRY, YOU WERE 25? YEAH. OKAY. 25, 33. 39 AND 40. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEM SAVED FOR 25, 33, 39 AND 40. UM, AND ITEM 24, WHICH WILL NOT BE HEARD. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT? I DON'T HAVE A LIST. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. SO LET ME CALL IN ORDER FOR ITEM 34, WE HAVE PETER RE, MR. RE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY HOWARD. DO ROSS ON ITEM 39? OH, I'M SORRY. MR. DO ROSS, I'LL CALL YOU UP WHEN THE ITEM IS, IS ON, UM, ON THE TABLE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON AS A PLANNING TEAM MEMBER FOR THE SA TOMORROW PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER TEAM. AND THIS MORNING I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEDICATED WORK OF MY FELLOW PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, M I G, ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK PORT SAN ANTONIO AND THE J B S A LACKMAN REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR CONSISTENT PARTICIPATION, VALUABLE INPUT TO THE PROCESS AS WELL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR INPUT IS INFORMING OUR HOUSING DECISIONS. THANK YOU BRIDGET WHITE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO CHANDRY GOLD FOR HER DILIGENT WORK AS OUR PROJECT MANAGER, THERE ARE TWO MO MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIONAL CONNECTIVITY TO THE GREATER PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA. THE FIRST IS THE PORT SAN ANTONIO TRAIL, ALSO KNOWN AS PORT LINK. THE TRAIL WOULD CONNECT THE PORTS INNOVATION CENTER TO TO LGA PARK TO THE NORTH AND PEARSALL PARK TO THE SOUTH. THIS PORT LINK WOULD ULTIMATELY PROVIDE THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ACCESS TO THE GREATER GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM. I'D LIKE TO THANK ACTIVATE SA FOR SUBMITTING THIS TRAIL FOR CONSIDERATION AS A 2022 BOND PROJECT. THE SECOND IS THE KELLY PARKWAY STUDY. I REPRESENTED THE SOUTH CHAMBER IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS ON THE KELLY PARKWAY STUDY COMMUNITY IMPACT COMMITTEE. THE QUINTANA COMMUNITY WAS AT THE HEART OF THE STUDY. ITS PROXIMITY TO THE PORTS INDUSTRIALLY ZONE EAST KELLEY AND THE COMMUNITY'S CURRENT DE DESIGNATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE MERITED REVISITING THE STUDY DURING OUR PLANNING PROCESS, THE THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND QUINTANA COMMUNITY EXPRESSOR SUPPORT FOR THE KELLEY PARKWAY STUDY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FREIGHT TRAFFIC THAT OCCURS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. ONE POTENTIAL SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE FREIGHT TRAFFIC COULD BE TO CREATE A SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE PORT NEAR QUINTANA ROAD AND MILITARY DRIVE INTERSECTION. PORT TRAFFIC WOULD BE DIVERTED ONTO A PROPOSED KELLY PARKWAY AND THE PORT WOULD HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE SOUTH TO IH 35 AND WILL ALSO CONNECT THE TO THE TEXAS A [00:50:01] AND M SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER. I BELIEVE THE PARKWAY STUDY WILL PROVIDE THE COLLABORATIVE AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY TO ADVANCE SUPPORT'S INNOVATIVE VISION AND KETANA OPPORTUNITY ZONE'S DESIRED INVESTMENTS. OUR COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIES WE IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN WILL DEFINE THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF OUR REGIONAL CENTER. THE SCRIPTURE TELLS US THOSE WHO PLAN AND WORK HARD WILL SUCCEED. WE'VE CREATED THE PLAN. LET'S START THE HARD WORK OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR SUCCESS. AWAITS PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS GREAT WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. RE. ALRIGHT. NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER KEO HDA, AND IF I CAN JUST REMIND EVERYBODY TO HIGHLIGHT CONSENT AGENDA ON YOUR TABLET AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, JUST QUEUE UP THAT WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A NU A NUMBER OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN DISTRICT SIX I'M EXCITED ABOUT. AT FIRST I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEMS 12, 13, AND 14 TO CONGRATULATE S A P D SS A P D FOR THEIR CONTINUED INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, STATE AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO KEEP SAN ANTONIO SAFE. ITEM 12 ALLOWS FOR THE CHILD WELFARE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO CONTINUE AND IMPROVES THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN THAT RESIDE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEAR COUNTY BY HAVING TWO DEDICATED DETECTIVES FOCUSING ON CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST CHILDREN. I'M ALSO PROUD TO SEE THE CONTINUED EFFORT IN CONDUCTING D N A TESTING AT A HIGH LEVEL AND LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT SS A P D BELIEVES ALL THAT HAVE AND WILL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT. LASTLY, THE INNOVATION THAT S A P D IS USING TO IMPROVE D W I ENFORCEMENT AND CONTINUING TO KEEP SAN ANTONIO'S AND THOSE THAT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO SAFE AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. I'M GLAD TO SEE THESE GRANTS BEING ACCEPTED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE THE CONTINUED EFFORTS AND IMPROVEMENT MADE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE IF CHIEF IS HERE, BUT THANK YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE, ALL AND ALL SS A P D OFFICERS. UM, ALSO AS CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE APPOINTEES THAT WERE SELECTED FOR THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION. UM, WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE AIRPORT IS A CLEAR ECONOMIC DRIVER AND TRANSFORMER FOR THE CITY. AND THESE APPOINTEES WILL BE KEY IN HELPING GUIDE AND ESTABLISH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND GROWTH OF THE AIRPORT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR AGREEMENT AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. FINALLY, I WANTED JUST THANK, UM, DISTRICT SIX EMPLOYEE, UM, SORRY, NOT EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE APPOINTEES, UH, THESE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY ON THE FOLLOWING BOARDS, MIKE HOGAN TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, LETICIA GONZALEZ TO THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, RICK TOM FU TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION. KELLY ROSSI TO THE SA 2020 COMMISSION ON STRENGTHENING FAMILY WELLBEING REAPPOINTING ANGELA GONZALEZ TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COVEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM 28. UH, I THINK THIS IS ONE STEP IN A NUMBER OF STEPS WE NEED TO MAKE FOR, UM, OUR INCLUSION WITH THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND FOR THAT ULTRA ACCESSIBILITY THAT I KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE, THAT WE NEED TO SURVEY. AND THE THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT IT WILL ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS PLANNING WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES NOT FOR, WHICH REINFORCES THE CONCEPT OF NO PLANNING ABOUT US WITHOUT US. AND I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE CONTINUE TO TAKE THESE STEPS, UH, WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT OUR CITY IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS MOVING FORWARD AND, AND REACHING THAT EQUITY AND THAT INCLUSION THAT WE SO STRIVE FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY HIGHLIGHTING ITEM NUMBER 34 AND IT'S THE PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN THAT WAS PREPARED AND IS BASED ON INPUT THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS BY RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND MAJOR INSTITUTIONS IN THE AREA SUCH AS JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO AND PORT SAN ANTONIO, WHO I KNOW IS REPRESENTED HERE BY JUAN ANTONIO FLORES. THIS PLAN, UH, WILL BE THE SIXTH OF THE 30 SUB AREA PLANS TO BE COMPLETED THAT IMPLEMENTS THE ADOPTED ESSAY TOMORROW. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE VISION FOR THIS REGIONAL CENTER IS ONE THAT SUPPORTS JOINT BASE. SAN ANTONIO'S MISSION ENHANCES THIS AREA'S RICH MILITARY HISTORY, WHILE ALSO EVOLVING INTO A VIBRANT, UH, DESTINATION AREA. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS THROUGH COMMUNITY MEETINGS, PLANNING, UH, PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, AND OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND WHO PROVIDED INPUT TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY PREPARED A PLAN THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY'S VISION AND GOALS FOR THIS AREA. I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANKS MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING TEAM FOR THIS REGIONAL CENTER, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS THAT REPRESENTED DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND ENTITIES THAT ALL HAVE A COMMON DESIRE TO SEE THIS REGIONAL CENTER AREA THRIVE AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH REDEVELOPMENT AT PORT SAN ANTONIO [00:55:01] BUSINESSES BECOMING ESTABLISHED IN THIS AREA AND FUTURE RESIDENTS MOVING THERE. YOU HEARD FROM PETER FRA EARLIER WHO HAS BEEN REPRESENTING THE PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER PLANNING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND IS A, A CHAMPION FOR DISTRICT FOUR. UM, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, UH, THANK YOU ALL MY COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORT OF THE THE REGIONAL PLAN TODAY, AS WELL AS, UM, REMIND YOU THAT THERE'S A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE R O ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 10TH. THE MAYOR AND ERIC WALSH AND I WILL BE THERE. AND, UM, WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY RIBBON CUTTINGS TO COME IN THE FUTURE FOR PORT SAN ANTONIO. AND THEN FINALLY JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF, UH, RANDALL DR. RANDALL PRICING TO THE LANIER CREEKS PARKWAYS ADVISORY BOARD. AND SO, UH, ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS BUILDING OUR, OUR, UM, TRAILWAY SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ANDREA SANCHEZ MIZ TO THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, GRACIE LA JOAQUIN, TO THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION. THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 17 AND 23, THE APPOINTMENTS OF KAYLA, ME, MIRANDA TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD AND SOPHIA LOPEZ TO THE WEST SIDE TOURIST BOARD. KAYLA, ME, MIRANDA WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO SAVING THE ZA APACHE COURTS FROM DEMOLITION, AND I CANNOT THINK OF ANYONE BETTER SUITED TO HELP FAMILIES MITIGATE THE DEMOLITIONS OF THEIR HOMES. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PERSPECTIVE SHE WILL BRING TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH SOPHIA LOPEZ, GIVEN HER INVOLVEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL POLICY, ESPECIALLY HOUSING INITIATIVE POLICY. OUR WORK ON THE WEST SIDE TOURS IS FOCUSED ON INVESTING COMMUNITY DOLLARS IN FAMILIES. I KNOW SOPHIA WILL BRING UP GOOD POLICY POINTS AND HELP ENSURE OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ARE CENTERED IN EVERY CONVERSATION. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR SERVING SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU SARAH. I ALSO WANT TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT ITEMS 18, 21 AND 23. I'VE HAD SOME APPOINTMENTS TO SOME BOARDS AS WELL. I WANT TO CALL THOSE OUT. UH, APPOINTING JOEL SOLIS TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. UM, MATTHEW STARR AND PAT GARRISON TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND ALSO ANN MARIE SCHROEDER TO THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERS SIGNS UP AND, AND ATTENDS THESE COMMITTEES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS TO HELP RUN THIS WONDERFUL CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ALL RIGHT. UH, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 25 33, 39 40, AND AGAIN 24, WHICH WAS PULLED BY STAFF AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HAS BEEN DREADING UP HERE, SO APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, I'M SORRY, WE'LL GO NOW TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, UH, COUNTS. WE WILL START WITH ITEM 25. ITEM NUMBER 25 IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HOST COMPLIANCE L L C FOR THE MONITORING, COMPLIANCE AND COLLECTION OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES FOR SHORT, SHORT TERM RENTALS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, BEGINNING DECEMBER 21ST, 2021, AND ENDING DECEMBER 20TH, 2022. THE ESTIMATED CONTRACT VALUE IS $247,394. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET IN THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, TROY, TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. I HAVE, UH, I CONTINUALLY GET, UH, CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, UH, SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO, TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THIS COMPANY'S GOING TO DO. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT, AND IT'S ONLY FOR ONE YEAR, AND SO THAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. UM, WHAT IS THEIR ROLE, UH, BESIDES COLLECTING THE, THE, UH, HOT TAX? YES, SIR. AND TO START WITH, MY NAME'S TROY ELLIOT. I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY. THIS CONTRACT, UM, IT'S A CONTRACT THAT WAS INITIATED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE BY COUNSEL FOR THE STR. THE CONTRACT ITSELF WITH HOST DOES SEVERAL THINGS FOR US. IT LOOKS AT THE, A COMPLIANCE FUNCTION. IT LOOKS AT COLLECTION AND LOOKS AT PERMITTING. [01:00:01] SO THEY STOOD UP AND THEY HAVE A USER-FRIENDLY PORTAL. THEY STAND UP TO ACTUALLY GIVE, UM, STRS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN AND REGISTER FOR A PERMIT OR PAY FOR THEIR HOT TAXES ONLINE. THE OTHER THING THEY DO FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT IS THEY HAVE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE THAT THEY ACTUALLY MONITOR ALL THE, UM, S T R PLATFORMS LIKE AIRBNB, UM, V R B O, AND THEY ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY OPERATING AS AN S T R AND RENTING THEIR HOUSES. WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE COMPARE IT TO THOSE THAT HAVE ACTUAL PERMITS. AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THAT ARE PAYING THEIR HOT TAXES. AND IN THE EVENT THAT THEY HAVEN'T DONE EITHER, WE CONTACT THEM AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS AND THAT THEY MAY HAVE HOT TAXES DUE. SO THEN ONE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO KIND OF MONITOR THE MARKETPLACE IN SAN ANTONIO TO SEE WHAT KIND OF S STR ARE BEING ADVERTISED TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH OUR CITY REGULATIONS. YES, SIR. THEY MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY LET US KNOW ALL THOSE STR THAT ARE OPERATING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THEY PROVIDE US WITH THAT INFORMATION AND WE COMPARE TO OUR RECORDS AND, AND IN THE EVENT, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED, THEN WE WORK WITH MICHAEL AND HIS GROUP TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE PERMITTED. AND IF THEY'RE NOT PAYING THEIR HOT TAX, THEN WE CONTACT THEM AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENTS. CAN WE, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS GET A COPY OF, OF THEIR REPORT, UH, THAT MAY BREAK DOWN THE STR IN OUR DISTRICTS? SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GET A CALL AND SOMEBODY SAYS THIS, THIS NEIGHBOR SEEMS TO BE DOING THIS, I CAN SAY, YES. UH, THEY'RE ON OUR LIST, THEY'RE APPROVED INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CALL DOWN AND TRY AND TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS IT UP. YEAH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND I CAN WORK WITH MICHAEL TO, TO PULL THAT FOR Y'ALL. YEAH, AND I THINK ALL OF US SHOULD, SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. UM, SO HOW DO THEY, UM, HOW DO THEY, UH, POLICE, UH, THE, UH, COMPLIANCE? THEY'RE, UM, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY FAIRLY SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE AND THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, I USE AIRBNB OR V R B O, THEY MONITOR THEIR WEBSITES. AND SO WHEN YOU GO TO, TO RENT A SHORT TERM RENTAL AND THEY USE THOSE PLATFORMS, HOST COMPLIANCE MONITORS, THOSE WEBSITES FOR A SPECIFIC ADDRESS, AND THEY LOOK AT THE CALENDARING FUNCTIONS AND THEY CAN IDENTIFY IF A, UM, HOUSE IS AVAILABLE FOR A RENTAL AND IF IT'S BEEN RENTED, THEY COLLECT THAT, ALL THAT INFORMATION AS THEY, AS THEY MONITOR THOSE WEBSITES. AND SO IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST PLATFORM THAT THEY USE. HOW MUCH HOT TAX HAVE WE COLLECTED FROM SHORT-TERM RENTALS? UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 20, 2600, 2700 ACTIVE ACCOUNTS, AND WE'RE COLLECTING ABOUT $2 MILLION IN 2021. OKAY. UM, I, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT, UH, BUT I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR TWO. UH, MAYOR, I, I HEARD A MOTION. SECOND. CONTINUED DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. UM, HOW MUCH WAS THAT AGAIN? UH, WE COLLECT ABOUT, UH, $2.1 MILLION IN 2021 FOR ABOUT 27 ACTIVE ACCOUNTS. OKAY. UM, HOW MANY STR HAVE LOST THEIR PRIVILEGES FOR VIOLATING CITY POLICIES? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. UM, WE CAN PROBABLY GET THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU. MIKE'S BEHIND YOU. MAYBE HE CAN FILL THAT IN. HI, COUNCILMAN. UM, SO THIS IS MIKE SHANNON, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. UH, SO WITH THE ORDINANCE, WE ARE ALLOWED TO REVOKE AN APPROVED PERMIT. UH, WE HAVE HAD ZERO REVOKED PERMITS, UH, BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE A, A, A PROCEDURE OF THREE CONFIRMED VIOLATIONS WOULD ALLOW ME TO REVOKE THE PERMIT. HOWEVER, I WILL ADD THAT THE HOST COMPLIANCE ALLOWS US, UH, TO GO OUT AND FIND THOSE THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T HAD THEIR PERMIT YET. UH, WE'VE DONE OVER 1600 INVESTIGATIONS, UH, OF THOSE AND, UH, THOSE, OR, OR WHAT HAS LED US TO HAVE 2,600 PERMITTED, UH, UH, UH, UH, STR IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS HELPS US ENFORCE IT. UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'VE HAD TO REVOKE IT. WE'VE DENIED SOME PERMITS BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE ORDINANCE, OF COURSE. UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD TO REVOKE ANY. OKAY. I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THOSE REPORTS. SURE. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. TROY, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE METRIC, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ARE THEY HELPING US TO, UH, GET IN COMPLIANCE, THOSE THAT AREN'T IN COMPLIANCE VERSUS HOW MANY DO WE HAVE OVERALL? SO SOME KIND OF METRIC DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME TO SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND WHAT THEY'VE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY VERSUS HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING US TO HAVE THIS CONTRACT. SO IF Y'ALL COULD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND GET BACK WITH US ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY PULL THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE METRICS WILL SHOW IS THAT DURING THE, UM, THE PANDEMIC, WE, UH, CEASED OUR COMPLIANCE FUNCTIONS JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THE HARDSHIPS THAT THE SDRS AND THE HOTEL INDUSTRY WERE EXPERIENCING. SURE, [01:05:01] YEAH. PRE COVID AND THEN MM-HMM. FROM HERE ON OUT, KEEPING THE METRICS ON HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING OUT THERE. YES, SIR. GREAT. THANK YOU, TROY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE ORGAN LIKE COMPANIES LIKE AIRBNB CAN COLLECT ALL THE, THE HOT TAXES FOR US AND, UM, AND THEN SEND THEM TO US. UH, SO WHY IS IT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT? WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH AIRBNB SPECIFICALLY, PROBABLY PRE PRE COVID. PRE PANDEMIC. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD IN WORKING WITH THEM IS THEY WOULD COLLECT THE INFORMATION, BUT THEY WERE UNWILLING TO PROVIDE THE ACTUAL DATA. AND SO WE HAD NOTHING REALLY TO, UM, FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT TO REALLY TO MONITOR. ALL WE WOULD GET IS A CHECK, BUT THEY WERE UNWILLING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AGAIN, BUT UNWILLING TO PROVIDE THE DETAILED ACCOUNTS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING THE CITY HOT TAX. SO IS IS THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY COLLECT MORE? BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT ARE, THAT ARE OPERATING UNLICENSED, UM, BUT WE WOULD STILL COLLECT FROM THOSE AS OPPOSED TO IF THEY'RE UN IF THEY'RE NOT LICENSED, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE COLLECTING THEM OURSELVES. YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, I MEAN IF AIRBNB OR V R B O OR ANY OF THE PLATFORMS WE'RE COLLECTING, I MEAN, THERE DEFINITELY IS THAT POSSIBILITY. WE'D BE COLLECTING MORE. WE DO THROUGH THE SOFTWARE THOUGH, WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE THAT HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A HOT ACCOUNT AND THEN AREN'T PROVIDING CITI WITH HOT. SO, SO SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE JUST FORMED SOME KIND OF A A S T R, UM, ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. I MET WITH THEM RECENTLY AND THEY APPROACHED ME AND THEY SAID THAT THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE STARTED TO LET AIRBNB COLLECT THE HOT TAX FOR THEM, AND THAT THEY, THE, THE AMOUNT BEING COLLECTED WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY AND IT WENT UP BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF, OF, UH, UNLICENSED ST OUT THERE AND THAT WE AREN'T COLLECTING FROM RIGHT NOW OR THOSE CITIES WE'RE NOT PREVIOUSLY COLLECTING FROM. SO I, I DO, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS HERE THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND CLOSE TO $250,000, UH, FOR A CONTRACT FOR SOMEBODY TO GO OUT AND COLLECT THESE FOR US. WHEN WE COULD BE WORKING WITH THE ENTITIES, UM, TO COLLECT THEM THEMSELVES AND TURN THOSE TAXES, TAXES OVER TO US AND ACTUALLY END UP COLLECTING MORE, POTENTIALLY THEY WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY GO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, RE REESTABLISH THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH AIRBNB AND V R B O. UM, THEY WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO COME TO THE CITY FOR A PERMIT. UM, SO IN THIS SOFTWARE CURRENTLY FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT FUNCTIONALITY FOR THEM TO REGISTER FOR A PERMIT WITH D S D. AFTER THIS CONTRACT IS OVER, THEN THE ELA UM, SYSTEM WILL PICK THAT UP. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND REVISIT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE, UM, THOSE PLATFORMS. SURE. YEAH. AND I'D, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU ALL SO WE CAN REVIEW SOME OF THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO . GOT IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. UM, THE, THE OTHER THING I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, COUNCILMAN, IS WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. UM, UH, WE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THIS WITH, UM, AND I THINK JESUS ZEUS ALREADY LEFT. WE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THIS WITH, UM, THE TNCS OUT AT THE AIRPORT AND, AND, AND SOMETIMES RELYING ON JUST THE COMPANIES TO SELF-REPORT. UM, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, ISSUES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. AND SO I, IT'S PROBABLY A BALANCE. AND AS TROY MENTIONED, UM, AS THIS CONTRACT, UH, RUNS OUT, IT'LL START, UH, THE, THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN THROUGH OUR EXCEL SYSTEM, WHICH IS, UH, LIVE OVER AT D S D. SO IT'S, THIS IS KIND OF THE ON-RAMP INTO ACELA, BUT CERTAINLY I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO WHY WE DON'T RELY UPON COMPANIES TO SELF-REPORT ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU, ERIC. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. ANYTHING THAT CAN GET OUR, UH, HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY BACK ON TRACK. I, I APPRECIATE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND Y'ALL'S EFFORT TO DO THIS. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANDY'S GONNA STOP ME. SO IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT. THE U D C CODE MAY CHANGE THAT MAY IMPACT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO WILL WE BE INCORPORATING THAT IN OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL? UM, SORT OF WHAT DATA WE COLLECT AFTER THIS YEAR? WELL, I DON'T THINK THIS ITEM WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE U D C CHANGES, UH, WHICH OF COURSE COULD INCLUDE SOMETHING ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL THAT'S IN THE U D C, UM, ALONG WITH SOME CHAPTER 16 STUFF. UH, SO I DON'T SEE THAT THIS IN THE NEXT YEAR WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT OR THE U D C, UH, BUT SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT AND BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, IF ANY OF THOSE PERMITTING OR REGULATIONS CHANGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. OKAY, THAT IS, UM, BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 25 HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. [01:10:01] WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 33. ITEM NUMBER 33 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, A SPORTS LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH TOWN AND COUNTRY OPTIMIST, LITTLE LEAGUE INC. FOR OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND PROGRAMMING OF DESIGNATED SPORTS FIELD AT ALMOST BASIN PARK IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ORDINANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU HOMER. AND THE REASON I PULLED THIS ITEM, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN HAVING A BROADER DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL OF THESE, UH, SPORTS LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SEVERAL OF THESE ITEMS THAT, THAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY. AND MY CONCERN, ACTUALLY, THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY, UM, BETTY ECKERT, A PRESIDENT OF ALMOST PARK TERRACE TO ME, AND SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE'S, THERE ARE BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL FIELDS AT A PARK IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT THERE'S A SPORTS, WE HAVE A, THE CITY OWNS THE PRO PARK PROPERTY. WE, UM, WE HAVE A SPORTS LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO HOST, UH, SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL GAMES THERE. BUT WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN USE FOR THOSE PROGRAMMED GAMES OR, OR PRACTICES, THOSE ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THERE'S A GATE AROUND THEM OR A FENCE WITH A LOCKED GATE. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT PARK PROPERTY, I THINK OF THIS AS, UH, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE. I THINK OF IT AS A PUBLIC GOOD, AND I WANT THAT, UH, I, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SITUATION IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARK OR ANY OF THE OTHERS THAT WE JUST APPROVED. UM, AND I DON'T, CAN YOU TELL ME ON THIS SPECIFIC ONE IF, UH, IF THERE IS A FENCE AROUND IT, IF IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, IF THE GATE WILL BE LOCKED WHEN PROGRAMMING IS NOT TAKING PLACE? YES, SIR. UM, AND SO AT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, IT IS A COMPLEX OF, UH, BASEBALL FIELDS. SO THEY'RE SECURED WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING, UH, UTILIZED BY THE LEAGUE. NOW, THIS TENANT, LIKE ALL OF THE OTHERS THAT, UH, YOU MENTIONED, THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RENT THE FIELDS BASICALLY WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING USED BY THEIR OWN LEAGUE ACTIVITIES, PAID REGISTRATIONS. AND THIS LEAGUE DOES ACTIVELY RENT THE FIELDS OUT. AND SO I THINK, UM, THAT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA YESTERDAY WHEN WE HAD A CONVERSATION TO MAYBE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADVERTISING THIS THROUGH SIGNAGE, UH, OR MAYBE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. A LOT OF THESE LEAGUES WILL HAVE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION AND AVAILABILITY ON THERE. BUT AS A GENERAL RULE, THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE. THEY JUST NEED TO WORK THROUGH THE LEAGUE TO RESERVE THOSE FIELDS. GREAT. AND SO IF, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING TO BE ABLE TO RESERVE IT. IT'S ANOTHER THING WHEN THEY'RE JUST, THOSE GATES ARE LEFT OPEN AND PEOPLE CAN START A PICKUP GAME AT ANY POINT OR GO USE THOSE AT ANY POINT. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JUST A, A NICE PLACE TO WALK OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FLY A KITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND SOMEBODY'S NOT LIKELY TO GO AND PAY A RENTAL FEE AND RESERVE THEM FOR THAT. AND SO I KNOW RECENTLY WHEN YOU CAME BEFORE ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND WHAT ARE, WHERE, WHAT IS OUR NATIONAL RATING FOR HOW MANY, HOW MANY PARKS DO WE HAVE OR FOR HOW MANY FOR WHAT? HOW MANY, FOR WHAT PERCENTAGE MAY BE OF OUR, OUR CITY? DO THEY HAVE A PARK THAT'S WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK? WOULD THESE PARKS BE PART OF THAT CATEGORY? WOULD THEY BE CONSIDERED A PARK THAT'S WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK? YES. SO WE HAVE MORE THAN 250 PARKS IN OUR INVENTORY. AND CURRENTLY, BASED ON LAST YEAR'S T P L SURVEY DATA OF 48% OF OUR RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF A PARK. IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT IS COUNTED IN THAT MEASURE, THERE IS, UM, ACCESS. IT'S JUST NEEDING TO WORK THROUGH THE LEAGUE, TO YOUR POINT, LONG-TERM DISCUSSION, ENGAGING THE LEAGUE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE THAT. WE ABSOLUTELY CAN DO THAT. YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE A, TO HAVE A, A LONG-TERM, YOU KNOW, A LONGER DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE. I, I, UH, SUPPORT THE IDEA OF PUTTING SIGNAGE IN THE MEANTIME, UH, ON THESE FENCES, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK. THEY DON'T, ALL THEY KNOW IS THERE'S A FENCE AND A GATE AND A LOCK THERE, AND THEY A LOCK THERE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, THEY CAN CALL AND RESERVE THE SPACE WHEN THERE'S NOT PROGRAMMING THERE AND IF THEY, OR HOW TO DO THAT, WHO TO CONTACT. AND SO HAVING THAT SIGNAGE WILL BE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT I WANT TO BEGIN A LARGER CONVERSATION SOON ABOUT HOW WE CAN OPEN THAT SPACE UP BECAUSE THIS IS PRIME REAL ESTATE. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE A CITY THAT HAS PROBLEMS WITH OBESITY, WITH DIABETES, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING MORE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND EXERCISE AND BE HEALTHY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HOMER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. OH, AND I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 33. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, HOMER. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND ON THAT. [01:15:01] DO WE GIVE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTRACT WITH US TO USE THOSE FACILITIES, THE RIGHT TO MANAGE THEIR USE? UH, TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY, LARGELY, YES. UM, SO TO YOUR POINT, PART OF THAT, MANAGING THEIR OWN USE INCLUDES OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT'S WHY THEY ASK THE PUBLIC TO WORK THROUGH SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHO'S RENTING AND USING THE FIELDS SHOULD AN ISSUE ARISE, RIGHT? SO, SO THE BASIC CONCERN IS IF PEOPLE JUST WALK ON AND WALK OFF, THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT MAY HAPPEN ON THE FIELD, UH, IF IT IS DAMAGED, OR IF THERE'S GRAFFITI, OR IF IT GETS OVERUSED AND, AND IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE TO UPKEEP. SO THOSE ARE, ARE PART OF THE REASONS WHY WE GIVE THEM MANAGEMENT CONTROL OVER THOSE FACILITIES, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THAT IS ACCURATE. OKAY. IS IT, IS IT NOT TRUE THAT IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE LEASE CITY PROPERTY, UH, TO BE MANAGED BY OTHERS, THAT WE GUARANTEE CERTAIN NUMBERS OF DAYS THAT THE CITY CAN HAVE USE FREE OF ANY FEES? AND DO WE DO THAT IN ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THESE AGREEMENTS THAT WE MAKE? YES. AND WE ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS IN WHICH WE DO THAT. UH, ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO PAID USE OF FACILITIES, AND I KNOW OTHER LEAGUES DO ACTIVELY DO THIS AS WELL, IS IN KIND SERVICES. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE OPERATIONS, FULL MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY. UM, THOSE LEAGUES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF IT'S NOT A FEE-BASED USE BECAUSE MAINTENANCE IS PART OF IT. THEY MAY COME HELP OUT, WHETHER IT'S RAKE, UM, RAKE THE CLAY OR DO SOME TRIMMING. SO IN KIND SERVICE IS ALSO ALLOWED. BUT TO YOUR POINT, UH, WE CALL THEM CITY DAYS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING IN MORE OF OUR AGREEMENTS WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT, AND I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE A, A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE BUILT IN. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, IT, IT IS NOT ALL 12 MONTHS, ALTHOUGH PEOPLE MAY WANNA PLAY AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. IF WE CAN GET MORE OF THOSE DAYS, UH, INCORPORATED INTO OUR CONTRACTS WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY, WHETHER IT'S A Y M C A OR A LITTLE LEAGUE OR A SOCCER ORGANIZATION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. AND POSSIBLY THEY COULD POST THOSE CITY DAYS WHERE MAYBE IT'S JUST A, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON AND USE THE FIELD ON THOSE CITY DAYS, HAVE THEM POSTED ON THE FENCES OR BY THOSE FACILITIES OR MADE PUBLIC SOMEHOW. ABSOLUTELY. WE, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALSO MARKET AND ADVERTISE THAT, AND, AND WE WILL DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YEAH, JUST TO FOLLOW ON ON THAT HOMER, UH, AND I SEE BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY HERE BECAUSE I USED TO BE ON A LEAGUE BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR FINANCES BECAUSE IT ALL GOES INTO REGISTRATION COSTS OF, UH, CHILDREN PLAYING IN THAT PARTICULAR LEAGUE, THAT KIND OF THING, AND HOW MUCH YOU'RE CHARGING TO MAINTAIN THE FIELDS, UH, PAY FOR REFEREES OR UMPIRES, THAT KIND OF THING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. UH, YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS A BIGGER DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE AT MCALLISTER PARK, WE GOT A BUNCH OF, UH, FIELDS THERE THAT, UH, MCALLISTER LITTLE LEAGUE, UM, UM, MAINTAIN AND YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOCKED WHENEVER THEY'RE NOT NOT PARTICIPATING OVER THERE. SO IT PRECLUDES THE PUBLIC OF USING THOSE FIELDS DURING, DURING THEIR LEAGUE PLAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PUBLIC, PUBLIC SPACE. SO HOW YOU BALANCE THOSE TWO, I I, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A, A LARGER LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE BENCHMARK WITH OTHER CITIES, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING, AND, UH, UH, GET SOME IDEAS FROM OTHER PLACES ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO KIND OF BALANCE THAT REQUIREMENT. BECAUSE I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND FROM THE LEAGUE'S POINT OF VIEW, YOU'RE MAINTAINING, YOU'RE UPKEEPING, YOU'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH TO THESE. AND YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO COME IN THERE AND TRASH 'EM OUT AND, YOU KNOW, UH, CAUSE DAMAGE, THAT KIND OF THING OF AN INVESTMENT THAT YOU'RE MAKING IN, UH, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING INTO PLAYING IN THAT LEAGUE. SO, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE, UH, IF YOU COULD COME, COME IN AND LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THAT AND BENCHMARK WITH OTHER CITIES, ALSO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THESE CASES. SO YEAH, WOULD APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. WILL DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU. UH, I WANNA THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS UP AND WANTING TO HAVE A WIDER CONVERSATION. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I AM A HUGE PROPONENT FOR THE PARKS. UH, IT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT THE PARKS BUDGET IN [01:20:01] THE BOND, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. WE NEED, UM, WE NEED OUR PARKS AND WE NEED THEM, THEM ACTIVATED, BUT WE ALSO DE DO NEED TO DISCUSS THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH MAINTAINING THOSE PARKS. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS MANY PARKS AND NOT A LOT OF PARK FOUNDATIONS IN HER AREA, UH, THE TRASH, THE PICKUP THAT HAPPENS AFTER ONE OF THE BIG WEEKENDS IS, IS A PRIORITY. SO I UNDERSTAND VERY SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN PERRY, BOTH SIDES OF IT, BUT I THINK, I'M NOT SURE WHAT COMMITTEE THIS NEEDS TO GO TO, IF IT NEEDS TO GO TO CHECK OR PLANNING AND, UM, WHAT COMMITTEE, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THESE WIDER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE ACTIVATE IT AND WHAT SORT OF MONEY WE ALLOCATE IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PARKS ARE CLEAN AND PRISTINE. UH, THE REASON I LIKE, AND I HAD TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT, IS I HAVE ONE VOLUNTEER GROUP OF PARENTS THAT'S OUT THERE ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND, MAKING SURE THAT THAT AREA IS CLEAN, TRASH IS PICKED UP, AND IT'S READY FOR THE CHILDREN TO USE. SO I WANNA, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS UP AND THE WIDER DISCUSSION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO APPROVING THIS AND SEEING MORE OF THE PARKS ACTIVATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. ALRIGHT, THAT'S, UH, THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION ON ITEM 33. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEM HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE NOW TO ITEMS 39 AND 40. CAN WE TAKE UP THOSE ITEMS, UM, TOGETHER? IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL UP ITEM 39 AND 40. ITEM NUMBER 39 IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS BY FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 439.01 ACRES OF LAND AS CONSENTED TO BY BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS. PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY, WHICH ARE CON CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS AND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S EXTRA, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN EAST AND SOUTH BE COUNTY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, NEAR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS TWO AND FOUR. ITEM NUMBER 40 IS A ZONING CASE Z 20 Z 2 0 2 1 DASH HUNDRED 7 0 2 7 8. APPLYING ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICTS A H O D M L O D DASH TWO AND M L R DASH TWO LACKLAND MILITARY LIGHTING REGION TWO, APPLYING FR FARM AND RANCH DISTRICT ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES APPLYING M I ONE MIXED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES AND APPLYING R 20 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. UH, SO LEMME CALL A HOWARD AL ROSS ON ITEM 39, MR. DOW ROSS. OKAY, NO LONGER HERE. SO LET ME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEMS 39 AND 40 TO THE DECEMBER 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS 39 AND 40 TO THE DECEMBER 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I DID HEAR A SECOND. AND SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON EITHER OF THOSE ITEMS? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, UH, WE DO HAVE A TWO O'CLOCK ZONING AGENDA, [City Manager's Report  ] UH, BUT BEFORE WE BREAK INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, LET ME TURN IT TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH FOR A REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THREE ITEMS TODAY. UM, AND THE FIRST ITEM, THE FIRST ITEM. AND, UH, THIS PERSON DOESN'T KNOW WHY SHE'S IN THE CHAMBERS, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS CHECKING. UM, TODAY I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UM, UH, OUR VERY OWN, UH, ONE OF OUR VERY OWN EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN, UH, RECOGNIZED BY FOREIGN ROYALTY. UM, SHERRY, UH, DOLE SHAHI, UM, HAS [01:25:01] BEEN RECOGNIZED, UM, BY THE KING OF SPAIN FOR HER WORK IN REPRESENTING THE CITY. UM, SHERRY'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR OVER 10 YEARS. UM, CERTAINLY ALL OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UM, ALL OF THE, THE WORK THAT SHERRY'S DONE OVER THE YEARS. SHE, YOU SURPRISED A LITTLE BIT. DID YOU KNOW, DID YOU, DO YOU KNOW HOW I WAS GONNA DO THIS? NO. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I CAN'T TELL WITH THE MASK. UM, THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THIS IS THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD, UM, BESTOWED BY THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE KING. UM, THE WARD RECOGNIZES THE CIVIC VIRTUES OF PUBLIC SERVANTS AT THE SERVICE OF THE STATE, AS WELL AS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICES OF THE SPANISH CITIZENS AND FOREIGNERS FOR THE GOOD OF, UH, THEIR NATION. UH, SO THE COUNCIL GENERAL RECEIVED THE AWARD, UH, FROM SPAIN, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, UH, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PLAN A VISIT TO SAN ANTONIO TO PRESENT THE AWARD TO, TO SHERRY. UM, AND SO WE FOUND OUT BY MAIL, UM, AND, UM, WE WANTED TO CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE SHERRY FOR HER WORK SHE DID IN 2018 WITH THE VISIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN AND, AND ALL OF HER CONTINUED WORK. AND, UH, WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS, SHERRY, UM, UM, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY AND, AND FOR THE ORGANIZATION. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAY I SAY SOMETHING? YES, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, AND THIS IS A GREAT HONOR AND AN ABSOLUTE SURPRISE. I WAS TOLD TO, TO STAY HERE. I THOUGHT I WAS DOING SOMETHING ELSE FOR WORK, AND THANK YOU. I'M VERY, VERY HONORED. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE WORK THAT WE DID IN 2018 WITH SPAIN, IT WAS ALL TEAMWORK AND IT WAS TEAM SAN ANTONIO. IT WAS THE TEAM THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH EVERY DAY. OUR GREATER CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TEAM. I REMEMBER EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN MAKING THAT VISIT A SUCCESS. AND WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO AND HOST SUCH IMPORTANT DIGNITARIES. BUT THE TRICENTENNIAL YEAR WAS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL YEAR, AND WE HAVE THE MEMORIES OF THE VISIT OF THEIR MAJESTIES, THE KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN, UH, WITH US FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD FROM, UH, HIS MAJESTY, THE KING OF SPAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, AND LET ME JUST INTERJECT REALLY QUICKLY, SHERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING FOR YOU, FOR THE CITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DIPLOMACY, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR GEOPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IS SO TURBULENT. UM, BUT WE ARE VERY LUCKY, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS WILL NEVER REALIZE HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE SOMEBODY OF YOUR CALIBER BEING OUR INTER INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICER, OUR CHIEF OF PROTOCOL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING IT LOOK EASY, UH, AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER KUR, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS. UH, THAT WAS A GREAT HONOR, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S WELL DESERVED, BUT, UH, AS A COUNCIL PERSON HAS, HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL WITH YOU AND TO UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR SKILL, YOUR, UH, ABILITIES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO HELP US DO OUR JOB, IT IS JUST AMAZING. YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, ARE JUST THE BEST. AND SO IT'S A WELL-EARNED HONOR TO YOU, AND I KNOW IT IS TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM. THANK YOU, SHERRY, FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON, SHERRY, I JUST WANT TO, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TRAVELING WITH YOU. I REMEMBER THAT VISIT. I REMEMBER GOING TO SOME OF THE EVENTS AND, UH, HAVING THE KING AND, AND HIS AND HIS TEAM THERE, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. AND THE WAY YOU MADE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR WORLD HERITAGE SITES AND SPAIN, AND THE, UM, THE ENTHUSIASM THEY HAD WHERE THEY WERE LIKE, YES, THIS IS PART OF SPAIN. WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND WHAT YOU DO DO, AND THIS IS WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ELA. THANKS. UH, SHERRY, I KNOW THAT ONE OF YOUR HARDEST JOBS IS, IS, UH, DEALING WITH, UH, WITH ME. UH, AND I, UM, I'VE, I I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS, UH, TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS VISIT FROM, UM, THE KING AND THE QUEEN OF SPAIN WASN'T JUST, UH, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF 2018. YOU'D BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND YOU AND I [01:30:01] HAVE TRAVELED TO SPAIN A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE IN SPAIN AND WE MADE THAT FORMAL INVITATION FOR HIM. YOU WERE THERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I'M SERIOUS, I I REALLY DO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE HEADACHES THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS ME, BECAUSE I ALWAYS SORT OF, I'M NOT, UH, I HAVEN'T READ THE, THE MANUAL ON PROTOCOL THE WAY YOU HAVE, AND YOU ALWAYS MANAGED TO KEEP MY, MY FOOT FROM, UM, GETTING LODGED TOO FAR INTO MY MOUTH. BUT, UH, I REMEMBER I MORTIFIED YOU ONE DAY WHEN I TOLD THE KING HIMSELF THAT THE PROPER WAY TO ADDRESS A CITY COUNCIL PERSON WAS HIS MUNICIPAL MAJESTY. AND, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SHE HELPED ME, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE KING TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T CAUSE ANY INTERNATIONAL ROWS BECAUSE OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I SEE YOU AND I SEE MARTHA TOO, UH, AND, AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT SHE DOES. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, SHERRY, CONGRATULATIONS. UH, I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THESE TRIPS, UH, TO BROADEN OUR RELATIONS WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UH, PLACES AROUND THE WORLD. I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY TURN. I KEEP SAYING THAT. ANYWAY, ONE OF THESE DAYS. THANK YOU, SHERRY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. CONGRATULATIONS, SHERRY. UM, WE'LL SEE YOU VERY SOON. THANK YOU, MARY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. I'M SORRY, SORRY, IT'S NOT SHERRY. I TAPPED IN LATE. UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS. I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. I'M, UH, REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO CALL ON YOU ANYTIME THAT I HAVE ANY QUESTION BEFORE, UH, WE MAKE ANY, ANY REMARKS OR ANY COMMENTS YOU KEEP US FROM MAKING ANY MISTAKES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENT WORK. THIS IS A WELL-DESERVED HONOR. CONGRATS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. OKAY, BACK TO YOU, ERIC. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, SO THE SECOND ITEM, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE LEARNED THAT OUR VERY OWN, UH, FIRST ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR HER HARD WORK. UH, THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO WILL PRESENT, UH, LIZ PROVINCIO, UH, WITH, UM, THE LEGAL PROFESSIONAL AWARD FOR 2021 AT THEIR ANNUAL YEAR END GALA, UM, HERE ON DECEMBER 11TH. SO WE WANTED TO CONGRATULATE LIZ AND RECOGNIZE HER, HER, UH, UH, SERVICE TO THE ORGANIZATION AND, UH, FAIR COUNSEL AT ALL TIMES, UM, AND STEADY HAND. AND, UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS, LIZ. AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, ION COUNCIL, OUR, UH, UH, EMPLOYEE VIDEO OF THE, OF THE WEEK. UM, I THINK IT IS FITTING, GIVEN THAT MANY OF YOU SAW THE RIVER WALK, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND. AND SO IT'S A QUICK VIDEO OF OUR, UM, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT TAKE CARE OF THE RIVERWALK. AND, UH, LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. HI, MY NAME IS JUAN GUERRA. I'M THE SENIOR HORTICULTURIST FOR CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY A LITTLE BIT OVER 18 YEARS AND 13 YEARS ON THE RIVER WALK. IT'S A DREAM JOB TO, TO WORK IN THE RIVER WALK. I OVERSEE THE HORTICULTURAL PROGRAM FOR THE RIVERWALK. PART OF MY DAILY TASKS COULD BE DESIGNING, UH, NEW LANDSCAPING, SELECTING AND ORDERING PLANT MATERIAL FOR, FOR THAT, UH, PROJECT SCHEDULING, UH, TASKS LIKE RE DREAMING AND TRAIL DREAMING AND SPECIAL PROJECTS AS WELL. I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR JUAN GARRA, WHO'S OUR SENIOR HORTICULTURIST ON THE RIVERWALK FOR CLOSE TO 15 YEARS. AND IN ALL THAT TIME, THE LANDSCAPING IS JUST SO SPECTACULAR. THIS, UH, RIVERWALK IS A BOTANICAL GARDEN UNTO ITS OWN. WE GET COMPLIMENTS ALL THE TIME. IT IS SO GRATIFYING TO HEAR A VISITOR OR EVEN A CITY EMPLOYEE THAT'S WALKING DOWN HERE OR ANYONE ELSE SAYING, WOW, THIS PLACE IS AMAZING. AND IT IS, IT'S AMAZING. I THINK WHAT I LIKE BEST OVER THE YEARS, UH, ABOUT WORKING FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS THAT WE REPRESENT, THEY REPRESENT THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY REPRESENT SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. I REPRESENT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT MY JOB IS MY DAILY WALKS ON THE RIVER WALK. WE SERVE OUR RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO AND VISITORS LIKE AS WELL BY BEAU BEAUTIFYING THE, THE RIVER WALK AND MAKE IT, UH, NICE AND LIVE VIEWABLE FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT. I WILL, UH, INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME AND VISIT US AND TAKE OUT OUR BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE. SO SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CENTER [01:35:01] CITY, UH, EMPLOYEES, UH, DOWNTOWN LOOKS GREAT. THE RIVERWALK LOOKS GREAT. TRAVIS PARK, UH, PARKS AND REC HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AROUND CITY HALLS, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. GREAT. THANK YOU, ERIC. UH, BEFORE WE BREAK INTO A EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. SO LET ME FIRST START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TODAY THERE'S A U T S A PEP RALLY FROM SIX 30 TO 7:00 PM UH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN, BUT IT'S AT THE U T S A MAIN CAMPUS NOW. AND SO, UM, PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR PORCH LIGHTS, ORANGE AND PORT. WE'RE TRYING TO ORANGE OUT THE ENTIRE CITY. I KNOW, PERRY, IT'S ORANGE, BUT STILL. UM, SO DO IT FOR YOUR T S A AND, UH, GO RUNNERS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, FOR ANY OF, UH, MY FRIENDS IN DISTRICT NINE WHO ARE STILL LISTENING. HOPEFULLY MANY OF YOU ARE. UH, DISTRICT NINE IS ENTERING NINE DAYS OF GIVING IN DECEMBER, STARTING DECEMBER 9TH, GOING TO THROUGH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, DOING THINGS LIKE WORKING AT THE FOOD BANK AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. UH, DOING THINGS LIKE, UH, HELPING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND SO MANY OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS INCLUDING, UH, GIVING BLOOD. SO I HOPE THAT ALL MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT NINE WILL JOIN US IN THOSE NINE DAYS OF GIVING, UH, AGAIN FROM THE NINTH TO THE 17TH OF DECEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. . OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, PLEASE. I THINK THAT'S IT. PLEASE UN CUE ME. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. UM, [2:00 P.M. (Time Certain) Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Adoption and Amendments of the Neighborhood, Community and Perimeter Plans as Components of the Master Plan and Zoning Cases. Plan amendments and Zoning cases presented by Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services.  ] WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. THE TIME IS NOW FI 10:55 AM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2021. THE CITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, AND DELIBERATE, OR DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE DECEMBER 1ST, 2021 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TO INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS AND CURRENT CITY CONTRACTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 1208 AND ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2021, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW, UH, TAKE A RECESS, UH, FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE'LL BE RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT TWO O'CLOCK TODAY FOR ZONING. AND, UH, NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, . ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TIME IS 2:08 PM ON THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESUME OUR MEETING, UH, WITH OUR 2:00 PM ZONING AGENDA. UH, I'M GONNA READ THE, THE NUMBERS OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, GONNA BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY, AND SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA SO FAR. WE HAVE, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE ITEMS 44, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, AND 61. UH, ALSO NOTE THAT 48 AND 62 WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. THEY'VE BEEN PULLED, UH, AND POSTPONED. SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? 45 PLEASE? ITEM 45. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? I HAVE 60 AND 61 ALREADY INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS TO, UH, HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. THERE'S A MOTION BY KEO HDA, SECOND BY COURAGE. UM, ARE THERE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT? YES. UH, YES. OKAY. AND, UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL YOU UP, JACK. YOU'RE ON FOR ITEM 47. [01:40:01] MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. YES, THERE IS ONE ITEM ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO JUST APPARENTLY JUST PASS RIGHT ON THROUGH, AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 47. WELL, WE HAVE, UH, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ITEM 47, AND, UH, IT IS MR. RODRIGUEZ, IT'S, UH, IN YOUR, YOUR DISTRICT THERE, IT'S ABOUT A PARKING LOT, A LOT, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY, THAT THIS PARKING LOT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THEIR AREA. YES. YOU HAD, UH, OF ABOUT, UH, 20 AS ACCORDING TO THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, YOU HAD ABOUT 29 PEOPLE WHO, UH, RECEIVED NOTICES ON THIS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE AS MANY AS, UH, WELL, ANYTHING MORE THAN FIVE OR 10%, UH, RESPONDING, SAYING NO TO IT, UH, THAT'S QUITE A CONCERN THERE, SIR, IN THIS CASE, YOU HAD AS MUCH AS 17% SAYING, NO, THEY DON'T WANT THIS PARKING LOT ESTABLISHED RIGHT IN THAT AREA THERE. SO, UM, JUST MAYBE SIR, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, SAY NO TO IT SINCE THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO THIS THING. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60 AND 61, AS WELL AS 48 AND 62, WHICH WERE PULLED AND POSTPONED. UM, SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. I HEAR NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS, SO PLEASE VOTE. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. YEAH, SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY SPEAK ON THAT ITEM SINCE SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP AN ITEM, UH, IN MY DISTRICT. UM, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY CONTINUED THIS AND WE HAD A MEETING AND THE OPPOSITION, UH, REVOKED THOSE POSITIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WE, WE, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YEAH, I WANNA OFFER INTO THE RECORD A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, UM, EXHIBITS FOR NUMBER 6 63 AND 64 AND 65 AND 66, AND I'LL PASS THOSE ON TO THE CLERK. AH, THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, ANY OTHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAKING ON CONSENT HEARING? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 44. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 44 IS A REZONING FROM R RMM FOUR AND R FIVE TO M H C LOCATED AT 46 18 WEELL STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 28 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED. THERE IS A PETITION FOR 23 SIGNATURES AND OPPOSITION THAT IS OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, INSTANCES WHERE WE HAD A GREAT, UH, MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT AND WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE CONCERNED. UM, WE WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE CONCERN, UM, AND HAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPLICANT TO, UM, MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. SO MY OFFICE IS GONNA HOST ONE FINAL MEETING TO DISCUSS ACCOMMODATIONS MADE BY THE APPLICANT, UM, AND ANY ADDITIONAL CONCERNS ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13TH AT THE CLAUDE BLACK OFFICE, WHICH IS OUR D TWO FIELD OFFICE. WE HOPE ALL RESIDENTS INVOLVED WILL ATTEND TO OFFER FEEDBACK. IT WILL BE MONDAY, DECEMBER 13TH AT 6:00 PM AT CLAUDE BLACK. I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE CASE TO DECEMBER 16TH TO ALLOW TIME FOR THIS FINAL DISCUSSION. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUATION OF ITEM 44 TO DECEMBER 16TH. WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 44. JACK FINGER? YES, MR. MAYOR, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, ONCE AGAIN MEET WITH THE CONSTITUENTS IN THAT AREA THERE, BUT, UH, I MUST TELL YOU, SIR, THAT, UH, UH, THIS THING HAS ALREADY BEEN CONTINUED AT LEAST ONCE. AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE SUCH OPPOSITION TO THIS, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GOOD 21% OF THE, OF THE PER PEOPLE JUST SURROUNDING, JUST SURROUNDING THAT, THAT THAT PLOT THERE. AND YOU HAD AS MANY AS 23 PEOPLE SIGN A PETITION ELSEWHERE SAYING, DO NOT DO THIS. WHAT IS IT? WELL, IT'S EUPHEMISTICALLY CALLED A MANUFACTURED HOUSING, AND, UH, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT AS A, A, A TRAILER PARK, [01:45:01] H HOUSING CENTER. YES. AND THERE'S, THERE'S REASONS WHY, WHY PEOPLE DO NOT WANT IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, YOU HAVE, YOU STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION THERE. AND, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT MAKES ANYONE THINK THAT THIS THING IS GOING TO OVERCOME ALL THAT OPPOSITION FOR, LIKE I SAY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO THIS AREA FOR THE REST OF THE REST OF THE ITS EXISTENCE? SIR, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THERE, BUT THEY DO AND I APPRECIATE IT, SIR, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE THE COURAGEOUS DECISION AND SAY NO TO THIS DARN THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. UH, EXCUSE ME, FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 44 TO DECEMBER 16TH. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 45, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 45 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DUPLEXES LOCATED AT FIVE 19 B STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 17. NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCES IN SUPPORT. EIGHT NOTICES OUTSIDE, 200 FOOT BOUNDARY RECEIVED IN FAVOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE ROTARY. YES, TODAY HAS BEEN A FUN DAY. UM, AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS TO THE PROJECT WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH MY OFFICE OR THE DEVELOPER. UM, AND I WANNA BE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOICE IS HEARD AND DOCUMENTED ON THIS CASE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, SO I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE CASE TO THE JANUARY 20TH MEETING TO ALLOW TIME FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY DISCUSSION. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 45 TO JANUARY 20TH. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 46, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 46 IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR TO R THREE, LOCATED AT 1431 EAST CROCKETT STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 33 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ . THANK YOU. UM, SO THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED ONE FINAL CONTINUANCE ON THIS ITEM TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. UM, SHOULD ADDITIONAL TIME BE NEEDED, THEY'LL NEED TO POSTPONE THIS CASE UNTIL SUPPORT IS RECEIVED. UM, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO THE DECEMBER 16TH MEETING. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 46 TO DECEMBER 16TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEMS 50 AND 51. THIS IS A PLAN AMENDMENT AMENDING THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN FROM COUNTRY TIER TO RURAL ESTATE TIER FROM RP TO RE LOCATED AT 1977. NINE PLEASANTON ROAD. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. EIGHT. NOTICES MAILED THREE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 50 AND 51 JACK FINGER? YES. UM, MAYOR BERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. DISTRICT THREE, UH, IS VIA GRANDE. THESE CASES ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE. AND, UH, THE BIG, UH, PROBLEMS HERE ARE THAT, UH, WELL, THERE THERE'S A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED HERE. THE PLANNING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. THE ZONING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. YES. 1551 HERE. WHY? WELL, BASICALLY THEIR EXPLANATIONS ARE SAYING THAT, UH, UH, THIS THING, THIS PROPOSAL GOES AGAINST THE, UH, BASICALLY THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE, UH, A COUNTRY TIER CLASSIFICATION HERE. YEAH. UM, IT, IT ESSENTIALLY, IT PLACES TOO MUCH DENSITY IN THE AREA COMPARED TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND SO, YEAH, UM, UH, THAT'S WHY FROM RESOURCE PROTECTION TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE RESOURCE PROTECTION, [01:50:03] CHANGING THAT TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, UH, IF WE ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING OUR RESOURCES, JUST MAYBE WE WOULDN'T WANNA CHANGE THAT, UH, AROUND DO YOU THINK? NO, I THINK, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD, UH, FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, SAY NO TO THIS ONE AS WELL, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S BEEN CONTINUED. UH, ALREADY FROM, UH, YOUR, YOUR DISTRICT HERE IN THE PAST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT AND CITY STAFF FOR MEETING WITH ME IN DISCUSSING THIS CASE. I ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR FROM THE MACIAS FAMILY WHO IS REQUESTING THIS ZONING CHANGE SO THAT TWO ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS OF THE SAME FAMILY CAN ALL LIVE TOGETHER ON THE SAME EXISTING PROPERTY. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SOUTH SIDE IN THIS PART OF THE CITY. UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED BY THE CITY JUST FOUR YEARS AGO IN JUNE OF 2017. THE PROPERTY IS OVER FIVE ACRES, WHICH ACCORDING TO CITY STAFF'S OWN ANALYSIS, WILL REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE THREE DWELLING UNITS. MY OFFICE STAFF ALSO WENT OUT TO THE AREA OF THE DISTRICT AND SAW THAT THE OTHER LOTS OF THIS SECTION OF PLEASANTON ROAD THAT HAVE SIMILAR, IF NOT GREATER DENSITY ALREADY. UH, SO THIS CHANGE WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE ALREADY ON THE GROUND. THIS REQUEST ALSO WOULD PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEIR DAUGHTER WHO IS WANTING TO BUILD A LEGACY HOME AND WORKS AT SOUTHSIDE, UM, HIGH SCHOOL. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, WE NEED TO TAKE IT BY A CASE BY CASE, UH, SITUATION. SO MY A MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS PER PER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL, UH, OF ITEM ITEMS 50 AND 51. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. GOT A ITEM 52 AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 52 IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 8 63 STEVES AVENUE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO UNITS. 35 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR MEETING WITH ME TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE PARKING CONCERNS THAT WE HAD AS WELL AS CONDUCTING THEIR EXTENDED OUTREACH TO THE AREAS AND THE RESIDENTS, UM, INCLUDING THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT IS IN SUPPORT. THIS IS A PROJECT BY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT PARTNERS THAT ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTED OF, UM, THIS REQUEST TODAY, SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 52. UM, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I JACK FINGER. OH GOD, YES. UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, THIS VILLA GRANDE. UM, ONCE AGAIN, IN THIS AREA, UH, YOU MAY SAY THAT YOU HAVE FOUND SOME COMPROMISES WITH THE, UH, UH, THE PROP, THE PROPONENT HERE, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO OVERCOME THE VERY FACT THAT YOU'RE STILL SHOEHORNING. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. SHOEHORNING THREE UNITS INTO THIS LITTLE, LITTLE PLOT OF LAND HERE. UH, THE, UH, ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE RED FLAGS, THIS NOT JUST THE STONING ZAP STAFF WHO THEORETICALLY KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE THINGS THAN WE THE AVERAGE, UH, AMATEUR ABOUT, UH, ZONING, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS HERE. NOT JUST ZONING STAFF, BUT THE ZONING COMMISSION. YEAH. THE ZONING COMMISSION, UH, SAYS, SAID NO. THESE ARE ACTUAL VOLUNTEERS, ACTUAL, UH, CIVILIANS, SO TO SPEAK, THAT, THAT MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND SAY, YEAH, WE CONCUR WITH ZONING STAFF. THIS IS A BAD IDEA. YOU'RE OVERCOMING THE DENSITY THAT THAT IS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE, THE SINGLE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THERE. SO, AND LIKE I SAY, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. THEY'LL SEE THE, UH, THE THREE UNITS AND THEY'LL SAY SOMETHING JUST LOOKS OUTTA PLACE, OUTTA PLACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. AND SO, YES MADAM, I APPRECIATE IT. IF YOU [01:55:01] WOULD, UH, REALLY, UH, SAY, SAY NO TO THIS, INSTEAD OF SAYING YES AND SAY NO. UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SAY, UH, WE'RE GONNA LE LEAVE IT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 52. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 53, AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 53 IS A REZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 5 0 3. MIND BAIN STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 40 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND THREE OPPOSED. COUNCIL, UH, SORRY. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 53. JACK FINGER. THIS IS GETTING MONOTONOUS HERE. YES. UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. WELL, MS. RIO GRANDA, ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE A CASE HERE THAT HAS A BIG RED FLAG ON IT. THE ZONING STAFF HAS SAID THIS WAS A BAD IDEA. WHY? WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, LIKE ONE OR TWO OF US HERE IN THE CITY OF A MILLION AND A HALF PEOPLE DO IT SAID THAT, UH, THERE WERE SOME ADVERSARIAL EFFECTS HERE. WHAT IS THE ADVER ADVERSITY? WELL, IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, MEANING THAT IT, UH, THE, UH, THE SHOEHORNING OF, UH, THIS TIME TWO UNITS NOT AS BAD AS THE THREE FROM THE PREVIOUS CASE, BUT TWO IS VIA GRANDE, UM, IS STILL INCONSISTENT WITH THE SINGLE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, RESIDENCE THAT PEOPLE LIVE SURROUNDING THIS AREA. THEY ARE THE ONES, ONCE AGAIN, WHO HAVE TO LIVE IN THIS AREA. AND THEY LIKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY DON'T, THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE IT BEING ENCROACHED WITH, UH, UH, EXTRA RESIDENCES THAT, UH, JUST REALLY DON'T BELONG THERE IN ORDER TO HAVE A NICE PEACEABLE, DECENT PLACE TO LIVE. IT JUST DOES, DOESN'T FIT. AND, UH, JUST MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY YES TO THEM INSTEAD OF ONE PERSON WHO WISHES TO GO AGAINST THOSE IDEALS. HMM. MAYBE ONE OF YOU ON THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SUCH QUESTIONS AS WELL. HMM. UH, MAYBE THAT'S ASKING TOO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FIGURE. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS REQUEST IS ALSO BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO US BY N H S SAN ANTONIO. AND AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. IT'S ABOUT WHAT FITS IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF, OF EVERYBODY IN THIS PROCESS AND THE ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE CASE AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE AS PER ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS. ITEM 53. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEMS 54 AND 55. AGENDA ITEM 54 AND 55, AMENDING THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN FROM AG BUSINESS TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER FROM L TO PUT M F 18 WITH A REDUCED PERIMETER SETBACK OF 10 FEET LOCATED AT THE 11,000 BLOCK OF SOUTH HIGHWAY 90, I'M SORRY, SOUTH HIGHWAY 180 1. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 12. NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE ON THIS CASE TO MAKE SOME FURTHER REVISIONS ON THEIR PLAN. I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS TO DECEMBER 16TH. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS 54 AND 55 TO DECEMBER 16TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEMS 57 58 AMENDING THE SOUTH CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FROM R SIX TO C ONE C D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES LOCATED AT SEVEN 19 BRIGHTON AVENUE AND SEVEN [02:00:01] 14 KEAT STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. AN EIGHT FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE OF BUDDING RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND OR USES 15 FOOT TYPE B LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO THE SIDES OF THE PROPERTY. HOURS OF OPERATION, LIMITED TO NINE TO SIX, 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, AND 36 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 57 AND 58 JACK FINGER. MAYOR NUREMBERG ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER WELL, AND WE'RE 57 AND 58. UH, WELL, MS. CASTILLO, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND WHAT IS IT? WELL, THE BONE OF CONTENTION YOU HERE IS A, WELL, A USED CAR LOT, BUT APPARENTLY NOT JUST ANY USED CAR LOT. UH, THIS ONE HAS RAISED A FEW RED FLAGS AND, UH, UNLIKE ANY OTHER, MANY OTHER CASES WHERE USED CAR LOCKS JUST SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH, EVEN WITH THE ZONING STAFF'S PERMISSION. BUT HERE THE, UH, THE ZONING STAFF THAT THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA, NOT ONLY JUST THE ZONING STAFF, BUT ALSO THE YES, THE PLANNING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA AS WELL. NOW THAT'S STARTING TO RAISE SOME, SOME PRETTY, UH, DEEP TERRITORY HERE. YEAH. UM, WHAT WAS THEIR BIG, UH, THEIR BIG, UH, EXPLANATION ON THIS? WELL, THOSE OF US WHO DO LOOK AT THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT SAID THAT QUOTE, NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN. ASSUME WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S OUTTA PLACE A USED CAR LOT, LIKE DISTRICT FIVE NEEDS ANOTHER USED CAR LOT IN THAT GENERAL AREA THERE. I DON'T MIND HAVING A USED CAR LOT HERE AND HERE AND THERE FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO BUY A USED CAR, BUT NOT ONE ON PRACTICALLY EVERY SINGLE BLOCK OF EVERY SINGLE STREET, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE RAPIDLY BECOMING HERE. SO MANAM MAYBE, UH, THOSE, LIKE I SAY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT AREA, THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE USED CAR LOT EVERY TIME THEY MOVE OUTTA THEIR DRIVEWAY EVERY, EVERY MORNING AND THEN SEE IT AGAIN AS THEY COME BACK. UH, UH, WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO THIS ONE? HMM. UM, AND, AND GIVE EVERY, GIVE EVERY, EVERY OTHER POOR SLOB WHO HAS TO LIVE IN THAT AREA A BREAK. MAY, MAY, MAYBE, UH, SOME YOU ON THE REST OF THE COUNCIL COULD CHIME IN WITH THAT IDEAL AS WELL. HMM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH ZONING COMMISSION CONDITIONS. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 57 AND 58 WITH CONDITIONS, UH, AS IN THE RECORD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. THANKS. I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS. UM, AND, AND I USUALLY, I IGNORE THE FRONTIER GIBBERISH THAT COMES OUTTA THIS MAN'S MOUTH, BUT, UM, THE, I I'LL TELL YOU, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE, DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT TWO, AND ANY OTHER PART OF THE CITY ARE NOT POOR SWABS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MATTER TO THEM, AND THEY'VE ELECTED THE FOLKS UP HERE TO VET EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PROJECTS AND SCRUB THEM REALLY, REALLY HARD. AND SOMETIMES WE VOTE AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOMETIMES WE VOTE AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR ZONING COMMISSION BECAUSE THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? WE ARE NOT RUBBER STAMPS. AND THE REASON WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE SCRUB HARDER THAN ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE WE ARE CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN, UM, STAFF AND WE'RE CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS ARE OFTENTIMES. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, ANYWAY, SHAME ON YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. PIAS. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 57 AND 58 WITH CONDITIONS AS IN THE RECORD FROM THE COMMISSION. HARRY, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 61, OR EXCUSE ME, 60 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 60 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO R FOUR, LOCATED AT [02:05:01] 12 1 0 3 PEBBLE STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 14 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60. CALL THEM UP NOW. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. WE'LL START WITH JACK FINGER, FOLLOWED BY MANUEL GARZA. WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. WELL, MR. PALAZ, UH, YES. THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YES. WELL, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE CONTROVERSY HERE, SIR? WELL, IT'S ABOUT, UH, OUR DRINKING WATER, SIR. YEAH. UM, SAWS EVEN. AND I'VE HAD SOME, UH, BIG, UH, RUN-INS WITH SAWS OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE PROTECTING OUR DRINKING WATER ENOUGH, BUT EVEN THEY THOUGHT THIS ONE WAS A BAD IDEA. YEAH, THEY, UH, THEY WANT 47% IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THIS PLOT OF LAND HERE. AND, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER MEANS THAT YOU'RE CONCRETING OVER A LAND, MEANING IT DOESN'T GET A CHANCE TO SOAK IN THE WATER FOR RECHARGE FOR OUR DRINKING WATER. IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO RUN OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE AND, UH, AND, UH, NOT NECESSARILY BE THE CLEANEST OF, UH, UH, MATERIALS AS IT SOAKS IN. THEY RECOMMEND 30%, BUT THE PROPONENT, UH, WASN'T HAVING ANY OF IT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHY STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. THAT'S WHY THE ZONING COMMISSION HAD THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. AND YES, UH, I THINK, UH, WE'RE, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT HOW MUCH YOU REALLY WANT TO, UH, PROTECT OUR DRINKING WATER. WILL YOU MAKE A DECISION TODAY OR WILL YOU JUST, UH, LET IT SLIDE ON ON FOR SOME OTHER OCCASION AND HOPING THAT NOBODY SEES IT? YEAH, AND I, IN REGARDS TO THAT LAST, UH, CASE, SIR, YES, I, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT EVERYBODY ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE, UH, PERSONS THAT I MENTIONED AS POOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO Y'ALL'S DECISIONS HERE. YES. YEAH. WELL, UM, YEAH, THE, UM, I'M GLAD WHAT I, WHAT I'M VERY HAPPY IS ABOUT YOU, YOU, UH, VOTED FOR THE USED CAR LOT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THAT, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. MANNY GARZA. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE OWNER. I'M PART OF THORN ARCHITECTS, JUST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. GARZA. UH, LINDSEY THORN. YES, MR. THORN. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. UM, SAME WAY HERE, BUT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF ITEMS AND A BIT OF A HISTORICAL NARRATIVE IF WE COULD TO THE PROJECT. UM, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE PROJECT AND CREATE FOUR TOWN HOMES ON THIS, ON THIS PIECE OF LAND. UM, WE START THE PROCESS BY FIRST OF ALL, UH, CONTACTING SOURCE. AND THEY ISSUED BACK IN APRIL AND MAY OF THIS YEAR, A CATEGORY ONE, UH, CLASSIFICATION FOR THIS PROPERTY, WHICH ACTUALLY ALLOWS A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANDFATHERED, UH, PROPERTY COVERAGE FOR THIS. SINCE THAT TIME, WE THEN STARTED MOVING FORWARD WITH PRELIMINARY PLANS TO GIVE GREATER DETAIL OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AS OF THE ZONING. CURRENTLY, WE COULD BUILD OVER APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THAT PROPERTY AS IT IS ZONED CURRENTLY, WHICH MEANS WE COULD PUT TWO LARGER SCALE HOMES WITH ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, ET CETERA. WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT BECAUSE THE AREA OF LAND THERE IS ACTUALLY MORE OF A TRANSITIONAL ZONE BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. EVERYTHING AROUND THERE IS EITHER COMMERCIAL OR MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY, APARTMENTS, ET CETERA. SO THIS IS A PERFECT PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR, UH, THE TYPE OF USE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR FOUR TOWN HOMES. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WE WANTED FOR MID MEDIUM PRICED, UM, REASONABLE SQUARE FOOT TOWN HOMES FOR THE AREA. OUR FAULT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING BRINGS IT FROM THE A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANDFATHERED LOT COVERAGE WE COULD DO RIGHT NOW TO 47%. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING. SO AGAIN, WE COULD GO FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR LOT COVERAGE TO ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A 47%, WHICH IS REDUCTION IN LOT COVERAGE, WHICH AGAIN, GIVES BACK A NET PERMEABLE, UH, PERMEABILITY TO THE AREA. THE SCALE OF IT FOR WHAT WE THINK PRICE-WISE FOR THE AREA IS, IS, IS SPOT ON WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. UM, WE'RE A LITTLE, I'D SAY UPSET IS, IS ONE WORD CONSIDERING SOS GAVE US A CLASSIFICATION OF CATEGORY ONE, WHICH IS CLEAR IN THE DOCUMENTATION YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH SAYS THAT WE CAN GO WITH WHAT WE WANT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE PROCEEDED IN THAT LINE. BUT [02:10:01] SINCE MAY OF THIS YEAR, SOSS HAS DONE REALLY NOTHING BUT HELP OR HINDER THIS PROJECT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. UM, IN OUR BELIEFS, THEY'VE GIVEN MISLEADING INFORMATION REGARD TO THESE 30% IFICATION, WHICH IS NOT PART OF CATEGORY ONE. UM, AND I, WE DON'T AGREE THAT THIS PROCESS AND THIS FORUM IS, IS, IS THE RIGHT, UM, THE RIGHT PROCESS TO, TO ACTUALLY CREATE THIS OBJECTION TO SOMETHING THEY CANNOT OBTAIN LEGALLY. SO, UM, WE JUST WANT THAT ON RECORD BECAUSE THE LAST TWO OR THREE MEETINGS WE'VE SPOKEN SAYING THAT THE LOT IS ONLY 30% LAW COVERAGE IS INCORRECT. AS OF TODAY, WE GET A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANDFATHER AND SOURCE ISSUED THAT DIRECTIVE, THEY ISSUED THAT. SO, UM, JUST WANT THAT FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. THORN. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. THANKS. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 62ND. THANKS. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 60. GO AHEAD. YEAH, JUST, UH, REMIND FOLKS, THIS IS A LONG, UH, UH, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ARTERIAL ROADS ON THE NORTH SIDE HE ROAD. UM, IT'S IN KEEPING WITH THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS PROPERTY OWNER NOW FOR A WHILE. UM, I THINK YOU'RE ENTITLED, UH, THE OWNER, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO, UH, AS A MATTER OF RIGHT TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER. UH, INSTEAD YOU'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH US AND SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO GET YOU GUYS DOWN TO 47% IMPERVIOUS COVER. THANK YOU FOR, FOR HELPING ME. UM, AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE C THREE AND THEY HAVE HIGHER IMPERVIOUS COVER THAN THIS ONE. UM, AND, UH, I REMIND FOLKS THAT SAWS DID NOT OBJECT TO THE C THREE, UH, AND IMPERIOUS COVER NUMBERS IN THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, BUT THEY ARE, IN THIS CASE, IT'S OKAY. THERE ARE NO, UH, NEARBY HOAS. UH, I'VE LOOKED AT YOUR PLANS AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO, UM, INSTALL ONSITE, UH, DETENTION AND DO ONSITE FILTRATION. OTHERWISE YOU WON'T GET YOUR PERMITS. UM, AND YOU HAVE TO, UH, COMPLY WITH THE WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT PLAN. UM, OTHERWISE YOU WON'T GET YOUR PERMITS. AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS PUT INTO THIS. UM, AND, UM, THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND TALKING TO US. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. UM, I DO WANT TO, UM, SUPPORT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE ON THIS, BUT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, I WOULD HAVE VERY MANY RESTLESS NIGHTS IF I DON'T ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS. UM, SO ARE, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM SAS HERE? AND MY QUESTION FOR YOU WHILE YOU'RE WALKING OVER IS GONNA BE WHY WAS DENIAL RECOMMENDED AND WHAT WOULD, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ALTERNATIVE OR WHAT WOULD YOU CONDITION? WHAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION? UM, WHY WAS DENIAL RECOMMENDED? OKAY. THE DENIAL WAS RECOMMENDED BECAUSE, UM, THEY ARE NOT TREATING THEIR STORMWATER RUNOFF OR HAVE NOT SHOWN US, UH, THE TRUE TREATMENT FOR THE STORMWATER RUNOFF. THE 15 FOOT FILTRATION IN THE BACKYARD CAUSES MANY ISSUES. OKAY, NUMBER ONE, THERE'S TWO ISSUES HERE. AND LET ME ADDRESS THE ZONING CASE AND THEN THE LARGER POLICY ISSUE THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE DECISION THE COUNCIL IS MAKING TODAY. UM, WE DO CONSIDER THIS A SENSITIVE, UH, AREA. YOU'RE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE AQUIFER, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 500 FOOT THICK AQUIFER. THIS IS IN THE VERY TOP OF THE AQUIFER IN THE AREA. CAN YOU PUT THE PICTURE OF THE, THAT ONE? WE HAVE FOUND SENSITIVITY IN THE AREA. THIS IS A LARGE SOLUTION FRACTURE, UH, THAT WAS FOUND ON AN ADJACENT PROPERTY WHERE THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE WAS, THEY COVERED IT UP, WE MADE 'EM DIG IT BACK UP. UM, T C Q EVENTUALLY MADE THEM SEAL IT WITH CONCERN ABOUT CONTAMINATION. SO THIS IS A SENSITIVE AREA. UM, LET ME ADDRESS THE CATE, THE CATEGORY ONE. IN CATEGORY ONE. CERTAINLY WHEN YOU CAN DROP THE IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THAT IS A GOOD THING AND I'VE BEEN HAPPY MANY TIMES IN DOING THAT. BUT THIS COUNCIL, THEY HAVE A RESIDENTIAL ZONING, SO IF THEY WANT TO GO TO A COMMERCIAL ZONING, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH YOU. AND WE'RE GONNA PUT A LIMIT ON THEIR IMPERVIOUS COVER IF THEY'RE COMING IN WITH TOWN HOMES WHERE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH YOU FOR A MULTIFAMILY ZONING. AND WE'RE GONNA PUT A, AN IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMIT. SO THAT PUTS IT DOWN TO THE RESIDENTIAL. AND THE QUESTION IS, IS IT BETTER TO HAVE TWO LARGE 6,000 FOOT LOTS OR ONE LARGE RESIDENTIAL LOT OR FOUR SMALL FAMILIES ACTIVE VERSUS ONE FAMILY ON A PROPERTY? [02:15:01] IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SIZE OF A HOME, A 3000 FOOT HOME, UH, IS A PRETTY GOOD SIZE HOME. IF YOU DOUBLE THAT AND SAY 6,000 FOOT AND YOU PUT IT ON 16,500 FEET, WHICH IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS PROPERTY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 36% IMPERVIOUS COVER. SO I REALLY, THE THREAT OF GOING TO A HUNDRED PERCENT ON RESIDENTIAL, I JUST DO NOT SEE THAT AS A REAL THREAT HERE. ALRIGHT. THAT'S ONE. THE MAIN ISSUE FOR THIS CASE IS THEY ARE NOT TREATING THEIR STORM WATER RUNOFF. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL SENSITIVITY OF THE SUBSURFACE OF THIS, THEN THAT'S CONCERNING. WE ARE, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT'S DIFFICULT, AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH PROPERTY OWNERS ON SMALLER PIECES OF PROPERTY TO GO HIGHER ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, BUT THE ONE THING WE MAKE SURE AND DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TREAT ALL THEIR STORM WATER RUNOFF. WHEN THE GENTLEMAN CALLED ME LAST WEEK, HE SAID, WELL, WHERE AM I GONNA PUT THE TREATMENT? WHERE? AND MY ANSWER IS, YOU'RE PUTTING TOO MUCH ON THE PROPERTY THEN. SO KIND OF TO THE POINT ON YOUR SECOND ONE IS MAYBE THEY NEED TO LOOK AT DROPPING IT TO THREE LOTS AND CAN THEY FIT THE TREATMENT ON THERE? CAN YOU DO THE TREATMENT ON THAT FOUR? APPARENTLY THEY CANNOT. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIGGER ISSUES OF POLICY. HERE THEY ARE USING THEIR BACKYARD AS THE TREATMENT, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS DENIED THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT. THEY'RE GONNA PUT PATIOS IN, THEY'RE GONNA PUT FERTILIZER, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT PESTICIDE, AND THEY ARE DESIGNING WITH 15 FOOT, THAT IS CALLED A, UH, VEGETATED STRIP. AND IT'S AN INTENSE VEGETATION TREATMENT THAT IS USED ON SIDES OF ROADWAYS AND MEDIANS AND SO FORTH. IT'S NOT MEANT FOR BACKYARDS. WE HAVE TURNED DOWN MANY, MANY PEOPLE, APPLICANTS THAT HAVE COME IN AND WANTED TO USE THEIR BACKYARDS AS TREATMENT BECAUSE THEY COULD GET A HIGHER DENSITY. IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS, THEN WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA START SEEING OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THEY JUST WANT TO USE THE BACKYARD AS THE TREATMENT AND THEY CAN GO TO HIGHER DENSITIES. THAT'S ONE. NUMBER TWO, THE WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT PLAN TO THE STATE. IF YOU APPROVE THIS IN A WA LET ME, THE WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT PLAN IS THE STATE APPLICATION TO DEVELOP ON THE RECHARGE ZONE. AND WE GET 45 DAYS. WE GET A COPY OF IT AND WE MAKE COMMENTS TO THE STATE, AND WE RECOMMEND WHETHER WE WOULD APPROVE IT OR NOT BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED. IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO APPROVE USING THE BACKYARDS, IF THERE ARE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WHERE THERE ARE NO ZONING AND THEY HAVE VESTED RIGHTS, THEN IF THEY GO TO THE STATE, THEY'RE GOING TO QUOTE THE ORDINANCE HERE SAYING THAT THE COUNCIL WAS FINE WITH, UH, USING BACKYARDS AS TREATMENT. AND THAT IS ANOTHER DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AND IT CUTS OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER DOWN. LONG ANSWER. I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S KIND OF IT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT. UM, I WANT TO GIVE THE APPLICANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THESE, UH, TO THAT. UH, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I FEEL THIS ONE'S SUPER IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHEN I AM, WHEN I AM RESTLESS AT NIGHT AND WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT THE VOTES THAT I'VE TAKEN OR THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO BE VOTING ON, WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT IS OFTEN ZONING AND TURS AND ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, I AM CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT THEM. UM, AND I'M WORRIED THAT IF I VOTED YES ON THIS, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SLEEP. I WANT TO, I WOULD LIKE FOR, UM, IF THE APPLICANT COULD COME. UH, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOUR GRANDFATHERED IN AT 100% IMPERVIOUS COVER, IS THAT CORRECT? SORRY, LINDSAY THORN, THORN ARCHITECTS AGAIN. SORRY, WHAT'S THE QUESTION? I GOT HARD OF HEARING? ARE YOU, UM, YOUR GRANDFATHERED IN AT 100% IMPERVIOUS COVER? THAT THAT SOURCE GAVE US THAT CLASSIFICATION. AND NOT ONLY ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEY GIVE IT TO US TWICE. WOULD YOU DO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER? A HUNDRED PERCENT. MM-HMM. I'M SAD TO HEAR. I MEAN THE, THE, THE 15 FOOT, UM, DRAINAGE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE ON THE BACKSIDE, THAT THAT'S PART OF THEM, THAT'S BEEN ALLOWED B SAWS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, I, I JUST, I REALLY OBJECT TO THESE SCARE TACTICS THAT SAWS THROW AROUND TO GET EVERYBODY ALL RILED UP AND, AND, AND SO CAUTION THE WIND. I, I, I JUST DON'T, I I JUST THOUGHT IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. WE'VE LITERALLY, FROM DAY ONE, WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH THE NARRATIVE OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. SO NOT ONLY DID THEY ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS AND GIVE IT TO US ONCE, THEY [02:20:01] VERIFIED IT TWICE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, I HAVE A, A CLIENT THAT, THAT I HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY CLIENT AND WE CAN DIRECTION ALL THE WAY THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN FORTHCOMING IN EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO DO. UM, I MEAN, ANYONE CAN SAY ALL DAY LONG THAT THEY'RE GONNA USE PESTICIDES AND USE THIS AND USE THAT AND WHATEVER ELSE. WE'RE FULLY ALLOWED TO ACTUALLY USE THAT AS A DRAIN PATH IN THE BACK 15 FEET. AND WE'VE DESIGNED IT THAT WAY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO THINK ECONOMICALLY AS WELL FOR OUR CLIENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT IS FEASIBLE. WE DON'T, WE, WE, WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT IN A STORMWATER DETENTION POND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT PROBABLY SOURCE OF WATER US TO DO LIKE YOU WOULD IN A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, THAT PHOTOGRAPH THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, THAT'S NOT EVEN ANYWHERE NEAR OUR SITE. IT'S OVER A THOUSAND FEET AWAY. IT'S SOME RANDOM PHOTOGRAPH YOU BRING UP WITH A HOLE AND YOU SEE IT. IT'S, IT'S NOT PERTINENT TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT THEY'RE CLAIMING THAT WE ARE. WE'RE NOT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE LINE OF VERSE FROM WHAT THEY'VE REQUESTED US TO DO. UM, AND JUST THESE DELAY TACTICS IS JUST, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR 47. I MEAN, I'M, I'VE BEEN DOING, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING FOR 20 YEARS. I'VE SET THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD FOR ALMA HEIGHTS. I'M, I'M, I'VE, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME. UM, AND I'M VERY PROFESSIONAL WAY, BEHAVE. I WISH OTHER FOLKS ARE MORE LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, I, I JUST DON'T SEE WHAT WE'RE ASKING. WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO MAKE AN AFFORDABLE PROJECT IN, IN, IN THE CORRECT LOCATION FOR WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. I DON'T, THIS PRECEDENT WE'RE SETTING, I THINK CAN BE TAKE JUST TAKEN TOTALLY OUTTA CONTEXT, UH, FOR A PROJECT OF, OF, OF THIS SIZE AND THE SCALE REALLY DO. THANK YOU. REAL QUICK, WOULD YOU MIND COMING BACK UP? IS THERE ANY PERSONAL VENDETTA OR ANYTHING? ANY, IS THERE SOMETHING AGAINST THE DEVELOPER OR THE APPLICANT? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD EVER HEARD FROM HIM. UM, I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT IT CAUSES THIS CONCERN IS THERE WAS NO REAL ATTEMPT TO SIT THERE AND TRY TO WORK THROUGH AND PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION THAT WE WERE REQUESTING. WE HAD A 15, 20 MINUTE PHONE CALL AND IT WAS, WE'RE NOT GONNA PROVIDE YOU THE CALCULATIONS FOR TREATMENT. YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS GIVEN THE QUESTION, YES OR NO, ARE YOU GOING TO APPROVE THE, THE ZONING CASE? AND I SAID, NO. AND HE SAID, FINE, THEN WRITE YOUR REPORT. AND SO THAT'S IT. OTHERWISE, WE HAVE NOT DEALT, UH, WITH THEM AT ALL. THANK YOU. I THINK I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. CAN I, UH, GET THE SAW REPRESENTATIVE TO APPROACH MIKE AGAIN? UM, I'M WONDERING WHAT IS THE GREATER CONCERN ON THIS ISSUE? IS, IS IT THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER OR IS IT THE, THE STORMWATER TREATMENT AND THE PRECEDENT THAT THAT COULD SET? IT'S, IT'S BOTH. OKAY. OUR ORDINANCE IS BASED ON, UH, OUR CATEGORY TWO THAT WE USE TO GUIDE US IN MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU IS IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS, BUT USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH TREATING YOUR STORMWATER RUNOFF SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LIMIT EVERYBODY TO 15%. UM, SO THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, AS I SAID, WE'RE FINE WITH GOING HIGHER, BUT WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA GO HIGHER, THEN YOU'RE GONNA TREAT IT. AND THEY'RE NOT TREATING IT. THEY'RE, IT'S, THEY'RE GONNA GET VERY LITTLE TREATMENT BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. AND SO THEY WORK IN, THEY WORK IN TANDEM AND TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER. SO WOULD SAWS BE, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IF IT WAS 40% IMPERVIOUS COVER, BUT THERE WAS, UH, SUFFICIENT STORMWATER TREATMENT? YES, WE WOULD. OKAY. SO IN, IN THAT REGARD, IT SEEMS LIKE THE GREATER CONCERN HERE IS THE STORMWATER TREATMENT AND THE PRECEDENT THAT THIS WOULD THAT'S CORRECT. IN THAT, YEAH. UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT'S EXACTLY IT. OKAY. SO WE DON'T, WE, WE, WE ARE YOUR TECHNICAL TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER. AND BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE COUNCIL, YOU SEE MOSTLY APPROVAL FROM US BECAUSE WE'VE WORKED THROUGH ALL THE ISSUES. THIS ONE IS, HAS NOT, SO MY, THIS NEXT QUESTION IS FOR ALL PARTIES, AND THAT IS IF, UM, THERE'S A 15 FOOT EASEMENT THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR THIS VEGETATION THAT WOULD BE FOR STORMWATER TREATMENT A DECADE FROM NOW WHEN NOBODY'S WATCHING, WHAT'S TO STOP ANY OF THESE HOMEOWNERS FROM GOING AND BUILDING A LARGE BACKYARD SHED THERE BUILDING, [02:25:01] UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE A, A LITTLE BARN OR A, A PATIO, A A BACKYARD KITCHEN, ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR US. WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO SIT THERE AND WATCH EVERY SINGLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT THAT EVER WENT IN ON THE RECHARGE ZONE, WHETHER THEY PUT IN A SHED, THEY PUT IN A PATIO, THEY'RE PUTTING IN A POOL, STOPPING IT, A BUILDING PERMIT, SO FORTH. SO WE TRY TO TAKE IT, TAKE CARE OF IT AT THE FRONT END BY DOING THESE SET-ASIDES AND THE TREATMENT UP FRONT, AND THEN LETTING THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT GO, THEN, THEN WE CAN WATCH THE AREA THAT'S BEEN SET ASIDE. OKAY. YOU, UH, ENFORCING DEEDED RESTRICTIONS. YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA GO ENFORCE ON EVERY PATIO THAT'S BEING PUT IN OUT THERE? AND SO WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF, AND I'M SURE LEGAL IS GONNA SAY, LOOK, WE CAN'T, CAN'T GET DOWN IN THE MINUTIA LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED A SETASIDE TREATMENT AREA TO TREAT IT. GREAT. SO, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS FOR THE APPLICANT IS, I'M LOOKING AT AN ALTERNATIVE SET OF PLANS THAT YOU PROPOSED IF YOU WEREN'T TO NOT GET THIS ZONING CHANGE APPROVED, UM, THAT YOU WOULD BUILD TWO LARGE HOUSES INSTEAD. BUT I SEE WITH THE TWO LARGE HOUSES, YOU WOULD HAVE AN ATTACHED A D U A GARAGE, YOU WOULD HAVE A HUGE SWIMMING POOL WITH LARGE, UH, PATIO SPACE ALL AROUND IT. AND I'M WONDERING HOW YOU WOULD HAVE SPACE FOR THAT SWIMMING POOL AND ALL THIS PATIO SPACE, BUT NOT SPACE TO DO MORE STORM WATER TREATMENT? SORRY, WAS THAT QUESTION FOR ME? YES. UH, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? SORRY. SO UNDER YOUR ALTERNATIVE PLAN, WHY WOULD YOU HAVE MORE ROOM? YOU WOULD HAVE ROOM FOR A SWIMMING POOL AND A LARGE PATIO ALL THE WAY AROUND IT MM-HMM. , UM, WITH ITS IMPERVIOUS COVER, BUT NOT ROOM FOR MORE STORMWATER TREATMENT. CORRECT. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE TRY TO ILLUSTRATE THAT THAT'S WHAT COULD BE DONE TODAY, UM, FOR THAT. AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTA COMPLY WITH ANY OF WHAT THEY JUST TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT'S SO CRAZY ABOUT IT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO IS THAT IF, IF WE JUST WENT AHEAD, WE WOULD'VE TO GO THROUGH ANY OF THIS APPROVAL PROCESS TODAY, WE COULD BUILD THAT RIGHT TODAY. RIGHT. WHICH HAS GOT WAY MORE NONPERMEABLE SURFACE AREA. UH, I GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE SURFACE COVER AREA, WE WERE, WE THOUGHT, WELL, HOW BAD DOES PUT WAS PUT RIBBON DRIVES IN AS WELL TO, TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, JUST CONCRETE STRIPS WHERE THE CAR, THE CAR WHEELS GO AND, AND GIVE MORE BACK TO PER PERMEABILITY BACK NO. SO SAID, NO, WE'D RATHER YOU HAVE A CONCRETE DRIVE. I'M LIKE, WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE MORE BACK TO THE, TO THE AREA ITSELF A PERMEABILITY. UM, THE WAY THAT THE CONTOURS ON THE, ON THE SLOPE WORK IS THAT THE, THE WATER TREATMENT HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE BACK JUST BECAUSE EVERYTHING SLOPES BASICALLY FRONT TO BACK AND, AND RIGHT TO LEFT. SO YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T TERRAFORM THE WHOLE PROPERTY. IT HAS TO BE BACK THERE. UM, BUT THAT WAS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE COULD DO TODAY. AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A WHOLE LOT LESS FOOTPRINT ON THE PROPERTY. RIGHT. AND I, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER AND YOU'RE WILLING TO DO 47% IMPERVIOUS COVER. UM, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU WERE TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL LEASE OWNED ZONE PROPERTIES NEAR YOU. IF YOU WERE TO REQUEST A ZONING CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL OR MULTI-FAMILY, WHAT WOULD YOU BE ALLOWED IN IMPERVIOUS COVER UNDER THOSE? UH, I, I, I NEED TO LOOK AT THAT CASE BY CASE. I, I NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO, BUT I JUST AS OF TODAY, THAT'S WHAT WE COULD, THAT'S HOW MUCH LOT COVERAGE WE CAN HAVE. WE CAN BUILD FEASIBLY OVER 80%, EVEN THOUGH CATEGORY ONE ALLOWS A HUNDRED PERCENT. THANK YOU. OKAY, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR SAWS GOING FORWARD, HOW CAN WE ENSURE PROPERTIES LIKE THIS ARE CHANGED FROM CATEGORY ONE TO CATEGORY TWO? YOU, YOU REALLY, YOU REALLY CAN'T. I MEAN, HE'S, UH, HE'S RIGHT IN THAT HE'S MADE A REQUEST WHETHER THEY HAVE CATEGORY ONE AND THEY DO IT ON A 1950 SOMETHING PLATT THAT HAS NO INFORMATION ON IT. AND THAT'S BEEN BUILT ENOUGH THAT THE PLAT IS RECOGNIZED AS GOOD, AND THAT'S FINE. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT THIS BODY HAS THE ABILITY TO LIMIT THAT AMOUNT AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THE PROJECT RIGHT. THAT'S HOW YOU, THIS IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER FOR THE 100% FOR THE CATEGORY ONES. THANK YOU. SO, UM, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT FOR THE APPLICANT. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO GO TO 47%. MY, MY REAL CONCERN HERE IS WHAT THE SAWS REPRESENTATIVE DESCRIBED AS A BAD PRECEDENT THAT WE COULD SET FOR FUTURE CASES IN TERMS OF NOT HAVING ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR STORM WATER TREATMENT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, I, I VALUE OUR AQUIFER, OUR WATER QUALITY, AND I TRUST OUR WATER UTILITY TO HELP GUIDE US IN PROTECTING OUR WATER QUALITY. AND THAT, THAT'S [02:30:01] THE ISSUE FOR ME THERE. I'M, I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH 47% MIGHT EVEN BE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE, AS LONG AS YOU HAD MORE SIGNIFICANT, UM, UH, IF YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT, THAT WOULD BE MORE MEANINGFUL IN TERMS OF STORMWATER, UM, TREATMENT. AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE NO-GO FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS, UH, BECAUSE COUNCILMAN PALIS REPRESENTS HIS DISTRICT, AND I KNOW HE'S WORKED VERY HARD IN TRYING TO FIND A, A HAPPY MEDIUM IN THIS PART. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SUPPORTING THIS. I THINK THIS IS A LARGER DISCUSSION, AND I WANNA APPRECIATE YOU FOR GOING IN AND UNDER KNOWING YOU COULD DO A HUNDRED PERCENT AND DOING 47 INSTEAD. UH, MY ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS WE ARE LOOKING AT PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEIR RIGHTS AND WHAT WE CAN SAY, AND AS A DISTRICT THAT HAS MANY PROPERTIES GRANDFATHERED IN, IF I WERE IN EDWARDS AQUIFER ZONE, I, MY RESIDENCE AT THIS RATE WOULD BE PRICED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND AREAS IF, IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT JUST ON SAS RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I APPRECIATE SAS WORK, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THEM WANTING TO PROTECT THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. I BE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE HOMEOWNERS, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUILD IN SAN ANTONIO AND LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO ARE GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HARM THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS SAWS AND US AS A CITY COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD AND CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR PROTECTION OF THE AQUIFER AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE THERE IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. SO, UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR WORKING SO HARD. I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT, THANK YOU STAFF AND, AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR DOING THEIR JOB, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UM, THAT KNOW ARE OUT THERE AND TALK TO THE RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I, I WANNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SAS HAS STATED THAT IT'S UNKNOWN IF A WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE T C E Q. HAS ONE BEEN SUBMITTED? NO, IT HAS NOT. OKAY. AND TYPICALLY, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT PLAN WOULD ENTAIL? UM, IT'S A VERY DETAILED PLAN. UM, IT HAS A GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENT WHERE IT IDENTIFIES ANY FEATURES THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY. UM, THEY WALK IT IN 50 BY 50 GRIDS, SO FORTH. UM, THEN THEY WILL HAVE PLANS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, ANY SEWER, ANY WATER. UM, AND THEN, UM, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER WILL BE IN THAT PLAN. AND THEN HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TREAT THAT, UH, THAT, UH, WATER, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BASICS OF IT, BUT GIVES THE, UH, LOT OUTLINES AND MM-HMM. AND STREET LAYOUTS AND SO FORTH. SO IT, IT'S A DETAILED PLAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, TO THE APPLICANT IS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY ONE WASN'T SUBMITTED? I'M SORRY. SORRY, AGAIN. UH, YES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY, UM, AND, UH, UH, WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT PLAN WASN'T SUBMITTED TO THE T C E Q? BECAUSE TO PROVIDE THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO FINISH THE DRAWINGS COMPLETE. OUR CIVIL ENGINEER HAS TO COMPLETE ALL HIS DRAWINGS, I MEAN, COMPLETE. SO THE COST TO OUR CLIENT WILL BE IN EXCESSIVE 80 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE THEN GOTTA FORWARD THAT ON TO THE CITY AND TO THE SOURCE FOR REVIEW. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S AN ENORMOUS TASK. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME FOR THEN SOMEONE TO SAY, NO, I'M NOT GONNA APPROVE THAT. SO WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE PROCESS. SO THE W P A P, WHICH WE WILL DO LIKE WE DO ON EVERY PROJECT THAT IS REQUIRED, UM, IT'S JUST THE TIMING HASN'T BEEN RIGHT SO FAR. THE CALCULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RE REQUEST ARE SO FAR, THE DRAWINGS HAVE TO BE COMPLETE TO, TO, TO PROVIDE ALL THOSE CALCULATIONS. AND ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS, UH, AGAIN, AS, UH, MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, IF SOMEONE DOES BUILD A STRUCTURE OVER THESE AREAS, WHAT WILL THE OVERSIGHT LOOK LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY STRUCTURES? UM, I MEAN, WE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS IN THE PAST, AND WE COULD MAYBE WRITE, WE WRITE SOMETHING INTO THE, UH, OWNERSHIP MANUAL TO THAT DEGREE. YOU KNOW, THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE LEFT CLEAR. I MEAN, THAT'S THE EASY ENOUGH THING THAT WE CAN DO TO DO THAT. UM, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S MECHANISMS WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT FOR SURE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, YEAH, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS. UH, I'VE GOT, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, YOU KNOW, YES, SAWS AND OURSELVES, AND THERE'S [02:35:01] A LOT OF, LOT OF CONSERVATION, UM, COM, UH, AGENCIES OUT THERE ALL PROTECTING OUR, OUR AQUIFER. WE'RE NOT TURNING A BLIND EYE TOWARDS THAT. BUT I ALSO LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT HERE IN THIS CITY, AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE SAY, YEP, LET'S DO THIS. BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT SO MANY RESTRICTIONS ON CONSTRUCTION HERE IN THIS CITY. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GET THIS URBAN SPRAWL OUTSIDE THE CITY AND PURCHASING MORE LAND OUTSIDE THE CITY. DEVELOPMENTS. WE WE'RE SEEING IT ALREADY. UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF WHY WE HAVE THE URBAN SPRAWL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS POLICY GOES, I RESPECT, UH, THE SAS COMMENTS ON POLICY. MIKE, UH, COULD YOU COME UP FOR A SECOND? GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. HAVE WE EVER RUN INTO THIS CASE BEFORE THIS, THIS, THIS SPECIFIC CASE BEFORE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? WELL, IN MY TENURE, THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC. SO THIS IS, I MEAN, WE'RE RUNNING INTO A, A RELATIVELY UNIQUE CONDITION, A RELATIVELY SMALL LOT IN THIS LOCATION. UH, WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF GRANDFATHERED PROJECTS, CATEGORY ONES THAT HAVE AS FOR ZONING CHANGES. BUT, UM, I, I THINK THIS ONE HAS A LOT OF UNIQUENESS TO IT. SO, UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, I, AND TO MY POINT, I, I WAS TRYING TO SAY, ARE WE GONNA BE SETTING A PRECEDENT HERE FOR, UH, UH, UH, OPENING A FLOODGATE FOR THIS SPECIFIC TYPE OF REQUIREMENT? DO YOU, DO YOU THINK SO? UM, I, I, AGAIN, I THINK THIS ONE IS FAIRLY UNIQUE. I KNOW, UH, I KNOW, I KNOW SAAS DOES THE REVIEWS AND HAS POLICY DECISIONS AND APPROVALS THAT THEY HAVE TO RUN INTO. UH, I I WOULD THINK, UH, MY STAFFER AND I, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS A LITTLE BIT. IT, IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY UNIQUE. UH, BUT WITH ANY, FIRST, YOU, YOU COULD, UM, IT COULD, IT COULD COME BACK TO YOU. SO, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THIS ONE IS FAIRLY UNIQUE. YEAH. AND, AND I THINK SO TOO. AND IT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL LOT, UH, COMPARATIVE, UH, TO OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED RECENTLY. HUGE, BIG PROJECTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OVER THE AQUIFER. SO I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THIS. THIS IS A PROPERTY RIGHTS STATE, AND THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY HERE IN TEXAS. AND, UM, I I, I'VE JUST GOT A REAL PROBLEM WITH, UM, UH, TRYING TO IMPOSE SOMETHING THAT WOULD STOP DEVELOPMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. YES, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE. AND I THINK, UH, ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS IS BEING REC EXERCISED HERE ON, BACKING UP ON HOW MUCH IMPERVIOUS COVER IS ACTUALLY BEING, BEING LEFT THERE ON THE SITE. SO I, I THINK WE'RE MAKING A BIG DO ABOUT NOTHING ON THIS, BUT, UH, I THINK WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE, UH, IF THIS IS PRESENTING A PRECEDENT HERE FOR SAN ANTONIO, AND WE GOT THE U D C REWRITE COMING UP NOW, MIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT FOR THESE SPECIFIC CASES, BUT YOU CAN'T WRITE EVERYTHING IN THE U D C EVERY SPECIFIC CASE IN THE WORLD. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE AS GENERALITIES. AND IS THAT MEETING THE INTENT OF WHAT WE PUT FORTH IN THE U D C? SO I, I, I'M GONNA FULLY SUPPORT THIS, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ALL RIGHT. UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 60 HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 61. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 61 IS A REZONING FROM DR TO R P S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LOCATED AT 3 25. BE PUEBLO, ALDO, STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION, RECOMMEND APPROVAL. NINE NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED. WE RECEIVED PETITION WITH 125 IN OPPOSITION AND 300 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61. JACK FINGER. OH, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MR. MONTE PEZ. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. AND IN THIS DISTRICT, MR. PEZ, [02:40:01] UH, YOU HAVE WHAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE THINK IS A MONSTROSITY BEING BUILT. A CELL PHONE TOWER. YES. YOU KNOW, CELL PHONE TOWERS, THEY ARE UNSIGHTLY AND UH, YES, THEY ARE NEEDED. BUT IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A CELL PHONE TOWER BUILT OUT THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. NOBODY SEES IT AND THE COMMUNITY GROWS UP AROUND IT. WELL, THOSE WHO DECIDE TO ESTABLISH, DECIDE TO LIVE NEXT TO THE CELL PHONE TOWER, THAT THAT'S THEIR DECISION. BUT IT'S COMPLETELY A DIFFERENT, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITUATION WHEN THEY HAVE THE PEOPLE LIVE THERE ORIGINALLY. AND A CELL PHONE TOWER IS GOING TO BE BUILT AFTER THEY'VE LIVED THERE. IS THAT THE SITUATION HERE? WELL, NINE PEOPLE SURROUNDING THERE GOT NOTICES ABOUT THIS. FIVE OF 'EM SAID, NO, DO NOT DO THIS. THAT'S OVER HALF, OVER 50%. YOU NEVER GET 50% IN ANY OF THESE CASES I'VE SEEN IN, IN YEARS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. ASK THE ZONING STAFF IF THEY'VE SEEN 50% OF THE SURROUNDING PEOPLE SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT THE PROPOSAL. 50, 55%, I THINK TO BE EXACT. 125 SIGNATURES SAYING NO TO IT. UH, FIVE PEOPLE. IF YOU'RE GETTING TWO, TWO PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT IN OPPOSITION AT THE HEARING, YOU'RE DOING WELL. FIVE PEOPLE SPOKE, CAME DOWN FROM THEIR, THEIR ACTIVITIES FOR THE DAY, AND THEY CAME DOWN TO THIS HEARING AND SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS THING. CELL PHONE TOWER, MAYBE MR. P, YOU MIGHT WANNA SAY NO TO THIS, TO THOSE WHO HAVE TO LIVE AROUND THIS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. THANKS. WE STILL HAVE SOME SCRUBBING TO DO ON THIS ONE, AND I'M GONNA BE MAKING A MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR, UM, THIS CASE TO DECEMBER 16TH. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 61 TO DECEMBER 16TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA TODAY. THE TIME IS 3:12 PM ON THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.