Dec 16, 2021 City Council A Session on 2021-12-16 9:00 AM

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>> MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. IF YOU CAN BEGIN TO TAKE YOUR

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO OUR A SECTION, ON THE 16TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021. AND YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE MUSIC WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY AND THAT WAS IN RECOGNITION OF AN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL ICON THAT WAS LOST LAST WEEK, VINCENT FERNANDEZ, WHO IS ALSO A TREASURER TO MEXICO, AND THE MEXICAN CULTURAL SOUNDS OF THE MARIACHI AND SO IN THE RECOGNITION OF THE LOSS, WE HAVE STARTED WITH THIS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. TO BEGIN OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ TO WELCOME OUR INVOWICATOR. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR OF WELCOMING REVEREND JAMES P. EMERSON, THE SENIOR PASTOR OF ST. PAUL AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH, IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. REVEREND EMERSON HAS SERVED FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AFTER RECEIVING A CALLING TO MINISTRY IN 1996. HE EARNED A MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE FROM THE SEMINARY AND A THEOLOGICAL CENTER IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. IN ADDITION TO SERVING HIS CONGREGATION, PASTOR EMERSON WORKS ON CIVIC AND NOMINATIONAL PROJECTS.

HE IS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VICE COORDINATOR OF BLACK METHODISTS FOR CHURCH RENEWAL AND A MEMBER OF A FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FRATERNITY IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE HE SERVES AS A MENTOR, ADVISOR, AND SPIRITUAL LEADER. WHILE WORKING TO EMPOWER OTHERS HE HAS PUBLISHED TWO BOOKS "CELEBRATING THE OFFERING" AND "FRUIT FOR CELEBRATING THE OFFERING." HE'S A CONTRIBUTOR TO PRINTED ARTICLES FOUND IN NUMEROUS DENOMINATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. JAMES' PROFOUND LOVE FOR PEOPLE GIVES HIM AN ENTHUSIASM FOR INDIVIDUALS TO MATURE IN THEIR FAITH.

HIS PASTOR HEART HELPS TO INSPIRE THOSE AROUND HIM. HE TRAVELS TO EXPERIENCE THE HERITAGE AND THE CULTURE OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US

TODAY, REVEREND EMERSON. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, ALL.

I ASK THAT YOU UNITE IN PRAYER WITH ME. BEFORE SO, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO THE COUNCIL ON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF ATTENDING THE FORD HOLIDAY RIVER PARADE. BEHIND ME SAT A FAMILY THAT HAD TRAVELED HERE FROM DENVER, COLORADO. AND THE CHILDREN WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT EVENT. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC AND THIS CHALLENGING YEAR TO BRING OUR CITY BACK TO THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE ONCE KNEW. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. WILL YOU BE UNITED IN PRAYER WITH ME.

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AMEN.

VERY MUCH, REVEREND. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT, OUR FIRST ITEM OF

[THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING: ACTION ITEMS FOR STAFF BRIEFING]

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 1ST AND 2ND, 2021. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR AGENDA TODAY, I DO HAVE A FEW

[POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE  ]

SO LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. >> BRAVO: WE'VE A CASE THAT WAS -- THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT ORIGINALLY HAD BEEN AGENDIZED FOR 503 URBAN LOOP, CASE 21-2150, TO HAVE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY OF 503 URBAN LOOP AND WAIVE APPLICATION FEES. IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME FOR THIS DISCUSSION, WE HAVE

POSTPONED THIS CASE TO FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.

AND NOW COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL SAY THAT WE ALL THOUGHT THAT 2020 WAS A TOUGH YEAR, AND 2021 HASN'T BEEN TOO MUCH EASIER FOR -- FOR A LOT OF US. BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS A BRIGHT HOPE AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THOSE -- WELL, I CAN'T RECOGNIZE EVERYONE WHO HELPED US TO MAKE IT HAPPEN -- BUT SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN MAKING 2021 A BRIGHTER YEAR. THE VACCINE FOR COVID CAME OUT AT THE END OF 2020, AND IF YOU RECALL, WONDERLAND MALL IS ONE OF THE FIRST LOCATIONS THAT OFFERED IT THANKS TO THE WORK OF UHS. AND ON HOLIDAY BREAK, THERE WERE A FEW OF US COUNCIL WOMEN WHO THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S -- THAT'S GREAT, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GET ONLINE AND IF YOU LIVE NEAR THAT AREA, BUT WE WERE AWARE OF THE HEALTH DISPARITIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING THE VACCINE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT I GET TO WORK ON TEAM PROJECTS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

OUR OWN DISTRICTS REALLY PULL US TO WORK ON PROJECTS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT ONE OF THE

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OH, MY GOD, I COULD GO ON ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED. EVEN DR. CURRIAN SAID THAT OUR ENTHUSIASM AS COUNCILWOMAN, DR. CURRIAN, THE HEAD OF OUR VACCINES HERE AT THE CITY, SAID THAT OUR ENTHUSIASM WAS CHILD-LIKE, BUT IT WAS VERY INSPIRING TO HER.

SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK. WE WERE ON OUR OWN TRYING TO SET IT UP, BUT THEN WELLMAD CAME FORWARD AND THEY GAVE US A TOUR OF THE FACILITY, AND THEY WERE READY TO GO AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. AND THANKS TO THE WORK OF WELLMED, AND TODAY WE HAVE CAROL ZARNEIL WITH US, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY -- MAN, DID YOU PUT THAT TITLE -- YOU PROVED THAT THAT IS REALLY YOUR TITLE, CAROL. AND BRITTANY MEARE, THE CHIEF OF STAFF, ARE WITH US TODAY AND THEY REALLY HELPED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT WORK, AND THE LOCATION OF THAT CENTER, WE WERE ABLE -- OR THEY WERE ABLE TO VACCINATE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WHO WERE NEVER GOING TO CROSS A FREEWAY AND GO TO WONDERLAND MALL, WHO DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, AND WHO WERE TOO INTIMIDATED TO GO TO THE ALAMO DOME.

SO I SAY THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO ALLEVIATE THE HEALTH DISPARITIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND FOR THAT WORK THAT YOU DID, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS AWARD IS ABOUT.

SO, YES -- [APPLAUSE] SO I'LL GO DOWN IN JUST A SECOND AND GIVE YOU -- AND PRESENT THI WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING -- BUT SHE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY -- WHAT WE CALL A COVID HEALTH HERO. RETIRED MAJOR GENERAL JIMMY KEANON WHO REALLY RAN THE LOGISTICS FOR THIS FACILITY AND MANY OTHERS AND SHE TOLD -- SHE WOULD INTRODUCE HERSELF AS THE NURSE WHO TOOK CARE OF AMERICA'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE ARMY, AND SHE VACCINATED ALL OF THE -- ALL OF THE RECRUITS DURING BASIC TRAINING. AND I CALL HER TODAY THE RETIRED MAJOR GENERAL WHO VACCINATED ALL OF THEM. AND SO WE HAVE A PLAQUE FOR US TO SEND TO HER.

I WILL COME DOWN BUT I INVITE COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN TO SAY MORE ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD. I THINK THAT IT WAS ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT FOR YOU AS WELL.

>> VIAGRAN: GOOD MORNING ALL, REBECCA VIAGRAN, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION AND, YES, IT'S LIKE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST UP IN HERE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, WHERE WE -- WHERE WEERE ON PHONE CALLS, LATE PHONE CALLS AT NIGHT, EVERY DAY, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, WE KNEW WHAT WAS AT STAKE. AND WHAT WAS AT STAKE WERE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE'S LIVES IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO.

THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE CITY, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO.

THOSE THAT WERE MOST VULNERABLE. AND I REMEMBER OUR LATE-NIGHT CALLS, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THANK YOU, DR. CURRIAN, BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE WITH US ON EVERY SINGLE PHONE CALL.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES.

AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR WALKING INTO WELLMED AND SEEING ALL OF THE WOMEN THAT WERE THERE READY TO STAND UP THIS SITE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK DR. LISA OCHURA AND DR. ERICA GONZALEZ, AND SO MANY MORE THAT WERE PART OF THIS. AND, OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR MEMBERS OF STAFF WHO WERE THERE ON THE PHONE CALLS MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD GET THIS DONE. BUT IT WAS WELLMED WHO STOOD UP IN ALL OF THE PARTNERS. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS -- FOR THIS HONOR.

THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WAS A TEAM PROJECT, AND I ENJOYED IT.

AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH WE STAYED ON THE PHONE WITH EACH OTHER DAY IN AND NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOT STOOD UP WITHIN A MATTER OF THREE DAYS.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU.

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>> I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE MANY STORIES TO SHARE WITH US. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, CAROL ZURNIEL WITH WELLMED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HONORED WE WERE THAT YOU CAME TO US AND ASKED US TO HELP WITH THE VACCINATION EFFORTS IN SAN ANTONIO. WE ACTUALLY VACCINATED 214,000 INDIVIDUALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO [APPLAUSE] AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE IN MY JOB OF TRAVELING TO ALL OF THE WELLMED MARKETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT SAN ANTONIO IS UNIQUE. THE LEADERSHIP HERE IS UNIQUE. THE HEART IN SAN ANTONIO IS UNIQUE. AND SO WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE YOUR PARTNER.

PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ON US IF WE CAN BE OF SERVICE AGAIN.

BUT THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO HELP SAN ANTONIO. >> ALL RIGHT, I'LL STEP DOWN FOR A PHOTO AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILWOMAN CABELLO HAVRDA TO DO PICTURES WITH US.

COUNCILWOMAN -- AND THE NEW COUNCILWOMAN -- >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU,

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND YES, I WANT TO ADD AND ECHO MY THANKS ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 4 AND ALL OF SOUTHERN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID. YOU ALL STEPPED IN, AND YOU BROUGHT A STAFF THAT WAS READY TO GO, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD EVER THANK YOU ENOUGH.

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

I KNOW THAT ERIK ALWAYS PICKS UP THE PHONE FOR US. BUT WE LITERALLY WERE MAKING PHONE CALLS. I EVEN RECALL ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, SO THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE A BREAK. WE WERE CALLING OUR RESIDENTS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WHEN WE SAW THAT THERE WAS VACCINES THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND LITERALLY CALLING PEOPLE, CALLING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS, TRYING TO SEND TEXT MESSAGES, GET PEOPLE REGISTERED, ETC. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING -- FOR BEING A PART OF THAT TEAM WELLMED, AND THANK YOU -- TO THE COUNCILWOMEN WHO WERE INVOLVED AND THE ONES THAT CONTINUE NOW TO WATCH OUT FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, PLEASE, SEND MY THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO JENNY.

SHE IS JUST INCREDIBLE. SO THANK YOU, BRITTANY, ALSO TO YOU AS WELL.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.

>> AND I GOT MY VACCINATION AT WELLMED AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING IT.

I WAS INSPIRED TO SEE MY NOW COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, BUT THE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ WERE ALL PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND GOT IT DONE. AND WHEN WE TELL THE HISTORY YEARS FROM NOW ABOUT HOW WE SAVED LIVES, THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO COME IN AND BE PART OF THE APPRECIATION THAT Y'ALL DID FOR ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS. AND THE MAYOR AND I WERE THERE AND IT WAS JUST INSPIRING, BECAUSE YOUR TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS KNEW WHO WAS DRIVING UP AND GETTING THEIR CONGRATULATIONS AND THEIR GIFTS. AND THEY WERE BROUGHT TO TEARS BECAUSE WHEN -- YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, OR WHERE WE WOULD BE THIS YEAR.

BUT HERE WE ARE, CELEBRATING THIS MOMENT, THIS OCCASION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING A GREAT PARTNER TO THE SOUTHSIDE AND TO SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. AND I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS, CAROL, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND THE MANY SCORES OF VOLUNTEERS. THERE ARE ANGELS AMONG US AND WE'RE REMINDED OF THAT EVERY DAY WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO AT WELLMED, EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU STEPPING UP SO PROFOUNDLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. ALL RIGHT, LET ME TURN NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ.

>> PELÁZEZ: SPEAKING OF ANGELS AMONG US, I ALWAYS TELL MY CHILDREN, MAX AND SOPHIE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME LINE THAT MR. ROGERS USED TO SPEAK, WHICH IS LOOK FOR THE HELPERS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW. AND I WAS ALSO EMPHASIZE TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE HELPERS DOING IT WITHOUT ANY DESIRE TO GET CREDIT.

AND WHO DON'T SPEND ANY TIME PATTING THEMSELVES ON THE BACK AND CALLING ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES. AND TODAY I HAVE INVITED FOUR OF THOSE FOLKS.

THE FIRST ONE IS ANWAR TEHAR, WITH STORE RETAILERS. CAN YOU ALL COME UP AND I WILL INTRODUCE YOU. MOHAMMED CHAUDHRY, AND HE WORKS WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON HELPING TO US CLEAR CARS FROM DANGEROUS PLACES. ALSO SARAH CHAKEEL, AND OWNS A OPERATION CALLED CARS AND CARS IS THE DISPATCH SERVICE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND THEN ED, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH TEXAS MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION.

VERY, VERY QUIET, FORCES OF NATURE. AND THE REASON THAT I CALLED THEM UP IS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALWAYS CALLED ME. I'VE NEVER ASKED THEM FOR HELP FOR ANYTHING, BUT THEY ALWAYS CALL ME AND SAY, HEY, WILL YOU JOIN US, WE'RE DOING FOOD DRIVES AND WE'RE DOING CLOTHES GIVEAWAYS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP REFUGEES.

SO AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY INVITED ME TO A FOOD DRIVE AND I WATCHED THEM DISTRIBUTE 175 BIG BOXES OF STAPLES TO SOMALIAN-BURMESE REFUGEES ALL FROM THE PARKING LOT OF THE ALI BABA MARKET.

AND THEN THEY SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ONE AND THEN THEY INVITED ME FOR ANOTHER 175 PACKAGE GIVEAWAY AT THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO. AND THEN THEY DID IT AGAIN.

AND ANOTHER 75 FOR OUR REFUGEES AND THEY JUST DO IT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND THEN WHEN THEY SAW THAT WE HAD REFUGEES FLOWING THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN FACILITY AND THAT COLLEEN BRIDGER NEEDED ALL OF THE HELP IN THE WORLD, I SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, I WONDER IF THEY ARE -- AND MY PHONE RANG AND IT WAS THEM AND THEY SAID, WE WANT TO HELP OUT AND THEY DROPPED -- THEY FILLED OUR OFFICES TO THE CEILING WITH TOYS AND COLORING BOOKS AND CLOTHING AND SNACKS AND ALL OF THAT. AND REALLY YOU HAD SOCCER BALLS AND THEY PUT A LOT OF SMILES ON THESE FOLKS WHO WERE VERY VULNERABLE AND AFRAID AND ANXIOUS.

AND THEN RECENTLY THEY SAID, HEY, WE'RE WATCHING ON THE NEWS AND WE KNOW THAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS TAKING CARE OF 342 AFGHANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE COMING IN, AND WE WANT TO HELP. WE JUST DECIDED TO GO OUT AND BUY AN ENTIRE HOTEL WORTH OF FURNITURE AND WE'D LIKE TO DONATE IT TO THOSE FAMILIES SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT AS THEY FIND THEIR NEW HOMES. AND JUST WITH A HOTEL FULL OF FURNITURE AND JUST GAVE IT TO US, AND THEY GAVE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AN ADDITIONAL $23,000 THAT THEY MANAGED TO RAISE IN A MATTER OF 48 HOURS. IT'S AMAZING.

SO SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT HERE -- ACSR, AND SMTA, TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

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COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE HELPING US WITH THE HEALTHY STORES INITIATIVES THAT I KNOW THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU. AND THEY NEVER SAY NO.

SO MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN THESE FOLK COMES KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR AND OFFER THEIR HELP, YOU ACCEPT THAT HELP, BECAUSE THEY'LL WORK MERE KILLS. CAN YOU JOIN ME IN THANKING THEM AND GIVING THEM THE APPLAUSE THAT THEY DESERVE. [APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU, GUYS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WELL DESERVED APPLAUSE.

BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE I DO HAVE A COLLEAGUE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AS

WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. >> PERRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

I TOO WANT TO ECHO MY THANKS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND ALL OF YOUR MEMBERS ACROSS -- AND Y'ALL DON'T JUST GO OUT AND STAND OUT AND SAY, HEY, LOOK AT US. Y'ALL DO IT ALL IN THE BACKGROUND, AND THAT'S WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS. THIS JUST SHOWS THE HEART THAT Y'ALL HAVE AND THE COMPASSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR OTHERS THAT NEED HELP.

AND THAT'S WHAT SAN ANTONIO IS ALL ABOUT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM DISTRICT 10, BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME OF THAT HELP AS WELL.

AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. AGAIN, I ECHO ALL OF THE SENTIMENTS. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SHORTAGE OF CRISES IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN UP HERE, BUT IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE, STMA, AND OMAR AND MOHAMMED AND SARAH, EVERYBODY IN THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION HAS ALWAYS STEPPED UP TO ASSIST.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING GREAT SAN ANTONIANS. ALL RIGHT.

[CONSENT AGENDA  ]

I HAVE ITEM NUMBER 24, BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

AND ITEM 37, BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. NO? OKAY. I HAVE ITEM 45, AND 46, BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

ANY OTHER ITEMS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? >> 21.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ITEM 21. >> ITEM 32. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ITEM 32 BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT, I DID GET THAT

ONE. >> SIR, DID SOMEONE PULL 37? >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: NO.

>> OKAY. >> I'M SORRY, THE COUNCIL QUESTION, HAS ANYONE PULLED 37?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO IS NOT PULLING 37.

>> NO, I WAS JUST REITERATING WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN'S QUESTION WAS.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: IS THERE AN INTEREST TO PULL 37? >> THERE IS.

I WILL PULL 37, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. ITEM 33? OH -- IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

OKAY. LET ME -- LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE ALL OF THIS NOW.

I'VE GOT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I HAVE ITEM NUMBER 4, NUMBER 21, 24, 37 -- I'M SORRY -- ITEMS 4, 21, 24, 32, 37, 41, 45 AND 46 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

AND NOTING ITEM 33 IS WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. IF I HAVE GOTTEN THAT RIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS, SAVE FOR 4, 21, 24, 33, 32, 37, 41, 45, AND 46. AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE UP THE DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. AND JUST ONE SECOND WHILE WE

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AND WE'LL MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY THROUGH THIS. SO START WITH DEBORAH JARVIN ON ITEM 16. HI, DEBORAH. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CORINICA

GARCIA-JOHNSON. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AND MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVERYONE IN THE BACK, THE BALCONY, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF, MY NAME IS DEBORAH, AND I'M THE C.E.O. DIRECTOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM 16 TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR HEMISFAIR CIVIC PARK.

IT WAS FOUNDED TO COLLECT AND SHARE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE SAN ANTONIO REGION. DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND DURING THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE SEASON THAT WE'RE STILL IN, OUR MUSEUM LAUNCHED OUR CONSCIOUS CURRICULUMS. IN THAT, WE HAVE A STORYTIME OPPORTUNITY. THIS YEAR WE'VE PARTNERED WITH HEMISFAIR TO LAUNCH OUR STORYTIMES IN PERSON. IT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN.

THE FIRST TUESDAY AT 11:00 A.M. YOU HAVE TO COME OUT AND JOIN THE KIDDOS. WE'RE TEACHING THEM ABOUT RACISM, UNINTENDED BIASES AND PREJUDICES THROUGH STORIES. WE WILL PARTNER WITH HEMISFAIR NEXT YEAR FOR OUR ACCLAIMED BLACK HISTORY FILM SERIES. SIX FILMS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE HEMISFAIR PARK.

THE COMPLETION OF HEMISFAIR CIVIC PARK IS CRITICAL TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS.

THEY'VE OPENED THEIR DOORS AND EMBRACED BRINGING IN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT ENJOY HEMISFAIR WHILE ALSO BRINGING SACAN TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THIS ITEM AND YOUR SUPPORT OF EQUITABLE PARKS AND COMMUNITY

GATHERING PLACES LIKE HEMISFAIR THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, DEBORAH. CORINNA JOHNSTON AND FOLLOWED BY MATT BROWN.

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CORINNA JOHNTON, AND I'M ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HEMISFAIR REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

AND I'M SPEAKING HERE ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ITEM 16 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY. BELIEVE ME, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET TO THIS POINT FOR STARTING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CIVIC PARK PHASE I. AS YOU KNOW THAT IN 2021, THE PARK WAS ESTABLISHED TO REDEVELOP THE 1968 WORLDS FAIR LAND.

AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO DO THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WE HAVE ESTABLISHED FIRST OF THREE PARKS, THE GARDEN, AND WE HAVE LEASED BUILDINGS TO 10 LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. WE'VE HAD THREE AND A HALF MILLION VISITORS FROM ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO, FROM ALL OF YOUR DISTRICTS, TO OUR PARK. AND WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR RECORDS IS 84% OF OUR VISITORS ARE FROM SAN ANTONIO. BUT WE ALSO HAVE VISITORS THAT COME HERE FROM EVERYWHERE ELSE TO KNOW AND TO UNDERSTAND AND TO EXPERIENCE WHAT SAN ANTONIO IS.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. JUST A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE ESTABLISHING IN CIVIC PARK -- WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DEVELOPING OUR GREAT LAWN, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY'S CULTURE.

AND OUR ACHIEVEMENTS TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. AND OUR LIVE CONCERT SERIES.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO EXPAND BROADBAND ACCESS AND WIFI TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND HELP ESTABLISH SOME EQUITY TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED ACCESS TO THIS AS WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. AND WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A NEW UNIVERSAL CHANGING

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WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL THROUGH ALL OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO DO, TO BECOME SAN ANTONIO'S CENTRAL PARK FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MS. GARCIA-JOHNTON.

MATT BROWN. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I AM HERE TO WHOA, THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX PROCESS THAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH.

AND I REALLY -- ON BEHALF OF CENTRAL AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK AND ENJOY DOWNTOWN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR CREATIVITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND WITH CITY STAFF TO FIND A WAY TO FUND THESE INCREDIBLY IMPORTAT PROJECTS IN BOTH -- BY PROVIDING SOME MONEY BACK TO THE BONDS, SO IT COULD BE USED BY CITY COUNCIL AND DIFFERENT NEEDS. AND THEN UTILIZING THE TERS TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN DOWNTOWN WHICH I THINK THAT FOR US IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

SO IT'S JUST A THANK YOU AND AN APPRECIATION FOR THE CREATIVITY AND THE EFFORT THAT IT TOOK TO PULL THIS OFF FOR EVERYBODY. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, ON BEHALF OF D1, THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR.

AND I WANT TO CALL OUT LORI HOUSTON WHO HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ALLY AND PARTNER

THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO THANKS, EVERYBODY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. BEFORE WE GO TO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON OTHER ITEMS, I DO WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION. ITEM 41 IS NOT BEING PULLED. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? AND I WANT TO ASK FOR CONCURRENCE FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHO MADE A MOTION.

OKAY. SO ITEM 41 WILL BE ON CONSENT. ALL RIGHT.

LET ME CALL UP CITIZENS ON ITEM 17 NOW. WE'LL START WITH DON FLARIOS.

IS MS. LARIOS HERE? OKAY. AND I'VE GOT MR. BROWN ON MULTIPLE ITEMS. I'M REGISTER YOU FOR THE RECORD YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATT. LET ME MOVE TO ITEM 41, JESSICA GARARIO, JESSICA GARARIO? OKAY. UM, I ALSO HAVE REGISTERED ON ITEM 43, AGAIN, REGISTERING FOR THE RECORD, SUPPORT FROM MATT BROWN.

WE ALSO HAVE DON LARIOS AND I ALSO HAVE RENEE GARCIA ON ITEM 43.

IS RENEE HERE? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, RENEE. ALL RIGHT, AND I HAVE THE SAME FOLKS FOR ITEM 44.

THANK YOU, GUYS. AND THEN ON ITEM 45 NOW, WE HAVE DAVID MCCAFE.

DAVE -- DAVID MCCAFFY, ITEM 44 >> I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE. I AM DAVID MCCAFFY, A FORMER COMMISSIONER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF BEXAR COUNTY E.S.D. NUMBER 5 AND A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE FOR A LITTLE OVER A DECADE. ESD 5 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICE WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE ETJ OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. IT IS A DEPARTMENT WITH 35 PAID FIREFIGHTERS, AND 3 FACILITIES.

ESD 5 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY AND WITHIN THE STATE LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE OF OUR ETJ AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.

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YOU ASK WHY THIS IS RELATED TO ITEM 45, WHICH IS ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 424 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF ESD 5. THE CITY WILL NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES IN THAT AREA TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION, AND THE OTHER SERVICES. YOU KNOW WHO WILL BE, BEXAR COUNTY ESD 5 BECAUSE OF OUR ETJ AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF ONE QUESTION AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER -- WHY WOULD THE CITY DENY A REQUEST FOR FINANCING A FIRE STATION WHEN THIS STATION IS TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS.

THE GOAL IS ALWAYS THE CITIZENS, WHETHER IT'S A CITY OR A COUNTY PROJECT.

AND WHY WOULD THE CITY DENY FINANCING THAT STATION? I PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION SO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS -- THAT IT WOULD MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS AND THE NECESSITY FOR THIS. AND IT TAKES BOTH TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. AND THE REASON FOR THIS -- THE CITY WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED WITH MANY FUNDING -- ACTUAL FUNDING OF THE FIRE STATION. IT'S JUST MERELY A TECHNICALITY OF THE ETJ. THE COUNTY HAS BEEN WILLING TO STEP UP AND DONATE THE LAND, ESD WORK ON SHOESTRING BUDGETS FOR THE MOST PART. SO I YIELD MY TIME AND THANK YOU

ALL VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MCCAFFY.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. IF I CAN ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO HIGHLIGHT ON THEIR TABLETS CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN QUEUE UP, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME ITEMS. SO IF YOU JUST DO THAT AND SIGN UP, I CAN SEE YOUR NAME IN THE QUEUE. LET'S MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THE SECOND DISTRICT CONSTITUENTS OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT THE AREA NEAR THE YWCA. IT'S A CITY FACILITY, MEANING THAT RENT WILL BE ZERO DOLLARS PER MONTH. OVERALL SAVING DISTRICT 5 $10,000 PER YEAR.

I WANT TO THANK OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES STAFF, RACHEL, TAYLOR AND CHRISTINE, AS OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL HEAD UP THIS OFFICE ALONGSIDE WITH OUR CONSTITUENT REPRESENTATIVE A.J. WILEY WHO MAY NOT BE THERE TOO LONG BECAUSE HE WAS RECENTLY ACCEPTED TO YALE. THIS WILL MAKE ERIC VERY PROUD AND HE'S ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM CENTRAL CATHOLIC. AND THERE'S MANY GOOD THINGS TO COME TO DISTRICT 5 AREA AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE OUR WESTSIDE CONSTITUENT OFFICE BACK -- BACK IN BUSINESS L ALONG WITH OUR FID OFFICE AT THE COLLINS GARDEN LIBRARY. I THANK OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, KATIE. OUR FIELD OFFICE TEAM, AGAIN, RACHEL, TAYLOR, CHRISTINE AND A.J., AND EMILY AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL CITY STAFF WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE TO GET US A SPACE AT

THE YWCA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU,

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 22 -- 23, I'M SORRY -- 23. THE ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A TEXAS SUPPORTS LIBRARIES GRANT PROGRAM. ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION AND THE AMOUNT OF $180,000 TO EXPAND THE THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLC LIBRARIES OLDER DEVICE LENDING PROGRAM. I THINK THAT THIS SPEAKS TO GETTING OUR SENIORS OUT OF ISOLATION, GETTING THEM ONLINE WHERE THINGS ARE MOVING.

SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND TO THANK THEM AND OASIS AND SENIOR PLANNING FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AS WE CONNECT THESE PEOPLE ONLINE.

I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 25 AND 26, WHERE THEY ARE BOARD APPOINTMENTS FOR DISTRICT 3.

IT'S NICE BECAUSE I HAVE A REAPPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH DE LA GARZA AND THEN I HAVE A NEW

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AND I WANT TO ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALSO SERVED THIS.

SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I AM SO HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THE DISTRICT 4 HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE BECOME A REALITY WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE BARBARA ROBINET WHO DEDICATED MANY YEARS OF HER LIFE TO THE HERITAGE COMMUNITY. THIS 17,000-SQUARE-FOOT MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER IS ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOL AND INCLUDING PROGRAMMING FOR SENIORS AND YOUTH OF ALL AGES. ON MAY 6, 2017, THE VOTERS APPROVED THE BOND PROGRAM AND THAT AUTHORIZED $8.5 MILLION FOR THE DISTRICT 4 HERITAGE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE FACILITY WILL BE MANAGED JOINTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE APPROVED IN 2021 BUDGET TO HAVE STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO THE SITE. AND FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA TOTAL ABOUT $9.6 MILLION. THE SINGLE STORY FACILITY WILL INCLUDE A DINING ROOM, WARMING KITCHEN, CLASSROOMS AND GYMS WITH EXERCISE AREA, LOUNGE, GAME AREAS AND HEALTH SCREENING ROOM WITH STAFF OFFICES, A COVERED OUTDOOR SEATING AREA, AS WELL AS A RECEPTION AND A WAITING AREA. WETLAND PRESERVATION AND LED LIGHTING AND A HIGH EFFICIENCY MECHANICAL SYSTEM AND LOW WATER USE AND NATIVE VEGETATION ARE SOME OF THE GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDING COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION FOR THE D4 HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK CENTER IS SCHEDULED TO START IN JANUARY AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY SPRING 2023. I WANT TO THANK RAZI AND THE TEAM FOR THEIR HELP AND THOSE WHO WORKED ON THE BOND PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TO TAKE -- THAT YOU TOOK TO MEET WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. I LOST MY QUEUE, ONE SEC.

COUNCIL MEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: I AM DOUBLE CHECKING, 32 GOT PULLED, SO HIGHLIGHTING ITEM 27, AND THOSE SERVING ON THE ADVISORY BOARD. MY OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NEWLY ROWSES CALLS AND EMAILS AND SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT OUR ANIMAL CONTROL -- ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND REALLY THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR ANIMALS AND OUR ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I TRUST THAT KATHLEEN WILL BE AN ADVOCATE FOR ANIMALS AND THE

MANY GROUPS THAT ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. >> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT. ONE OF THEM IS ITEM 42, WHICH IS OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH STRAK FOR MANAGING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOR OUR PILOT MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM THAT WE HAVE APPROVED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT PROJECT MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU TO SFRAK FOR BEING OUR PARTNER.

AND THE OTHER ITEM, HOW WE THOUGHT THAT 2020 WAS A BAD YEAR AND THEN 2021 GOT A LITTLE BIT WORSE. SO, THE FOREST HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY, WHICH IS THE INTERCITY LIBRARY IN DISTRICT 7, HAD RECEIVED BOND FUNDING IN 2017. AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL REMODELED LIBRARY AND AS WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO REOPENING -- YOU KNOW, WE DID OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WE DID OUR DESIGNS -- AND AS WE GOT CLOSE TO REOPENING IT, STORM URI CAME AROUND AND SET US BACK. SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A COMMUNITY THAT HASN'T HAD A LIBRARY SINCE PROBABLY -- I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN OVER TWO YEARS NOW -- OR A LONG TIME.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE FOUND THE MONEY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS FROM STORM URI. AND I ALSO WANT -- SO I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO REALLY THANK THE LIBRARY TEAM UNDER -- UNDER SALADAD FOR FINDING AN AL ALTERNATIVE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THEY OPENED UP A MINI-LIBRARY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

PROVIDING SOMETHING TO OUR RESIDENTS DURING THIS TIME. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU,

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE 11-MEMBER BOARD FOR DR. RICHARD MIDDLETON THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT FROM NORTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE HIM TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD. HIS EXPERIENCE IS INVALUABLE. AND ALSO HIS REPRESENTATION WITH THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 9 IS VERY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU., MAYOR.

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

>> ROCHA GARCIA: SORRY, I FORGOT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ONE. I WANTED TO THANK MARIA AND THEIR TEAM FOR THE WORK ON THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AMENDMENT.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SEVERAL MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE.

BUT DURING THE ADOPTION PROCESS OF THE -- THE FEMA PLAN THAT WE WERE PRESENTED BACK IN OCTOBER THAT WE ADOPTED, WE ASKED FOR SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS A COUNCIL.

WHEN THERE WAS A REVIEW OF THE WINTER WEATHER HAZARD PROFILE THAT INCLUDED WINTER STORM URI AND ANOTHER WAS THE HAZARD RISK RANKING AND THE INTEGRATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW IT AFFECTS SPECIFICALLY OUR PROFILES, AND THEN AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR ONGOING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THIS ALL WAS DONE, AND SO IT'S BEING PRESENTED AS AN AMENDMENT TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING THE BRIEF FORMATTING AND PAGE NOWS NOW.

THAT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF DROVE ME NUTS, SO THANK YOU FOR FIXING THAT.

AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PLANNING AND MAINTENANCE PROCESS AS WELL WITH INCORPORATING AN APPENDIX WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OUR CITY ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PREPARED BACK IN JUNE 2021. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MARIA, AND TEAM FOR WORKING WITH US AND FOR ADDING THE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO US AS A COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. >> PERRY: NO. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY, ANYONE ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THAT IS ALL ITEMS, SAVE FOR 4, 21, 24, 32, 37, 45 AND 46. AND NOTING FOR THE RECORD THAT ITEM 33 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AND HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL GO INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND WE'LL START WITH ITEM 4.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL LORI WILL OPEN UP THE ITEM BUT I HAVE ASKED STAFF, BASED ON THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED -- IAN WILL COVER ITEM NUMBER 37 WITHIN -- WITHIN THIS

ITEM'S PRESENTATION AS WELL. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. >> LORI?

>> GOOD MORNING. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR HOUSING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND OUR HOUSING STAKEHOLDERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. WE REFER TO THAT PLAN AS THE SHIP.

THE FOUNDATION OF THE SHIP IS A MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2018. THE FRAMEWORK IDENTIFIED 24 STRATEGIES AND SET GOALS FOR HOUSING PRODUCTION AND REHAB. AND TODAY WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT 12 OF THOSE 24 STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED, FIVE ARE UNDERWAY, AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO MEET THOSE GOALS FOR HOUSING PRODUCTION, REHAB, WITHIN FIVE YEARS. SO WE TOOK THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECALIBRATE THOSE GOALS AND THOSE ARE FOR PRODUCTION AND REHAB.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE NEEDS BASED ON SAN ANTONIO'S AMI, VERSUS THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOOKS AT. AND SO OUR GOALS ARE SET TO REFLECT WHAT SAN ANTONIO NEEDS. WE BUILT THIS PLAN BASED ON PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANS.

SO IT'S BUILT ON THE HOUSING FOUNDATION FRAMEWORK. BUT IT ALSO INCORPORATES SEVERAL OTHER PLANS AND INCLUDES OUR OPPORTUNITY AT RISK, OUR S.A. CLIMATE READY FOR EVERYONE HOME AND OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN THE SHIP HAD A THOROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS.

IT WAS GUIDED BY 80 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH HOUSING EXPERTS, AND COMMUNITY EXPERTS.

STAFF DID A SURVEY. WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK.

WE HAD FIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE MET WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION IN 10 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. AND WE WENT TO THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FIVE TIMES, AND WE WENT TO A COUNCIL B SESSION, AND WE BRIEFED THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND BEXAR COUNTY. I WANT TO STRESS THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, BEXAR COUNTY AND THE HOUSING TRUST, THEY ARE PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SHIP.

THIS IS NOT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S PLAN. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY'S PLAN.

AND IT WILL BE ADOPTED BY THOSE THREE OTHER PARTNERS. WE ALSO ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND EXTENDED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR TWO WEEKS SO WE CAN GET MORE

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OUR HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDED THEIR EFFORTS LAST WEEK, AND THEY WILL BE RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL HOW WE SPEND THE PROPOSED $150 MILLION IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM.

THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

WE ARE ASKING FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL TODAY SO WE CAN RETURN IN JANUARY OF START IMPLEMENTATION. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AND WE HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE $150 MILLION IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. AND WE NEED TO START THIS SO WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE SHIP IS READY TO SET SAIL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PENS THAT ARE REALLY HORRIBLE THAT WE HAVE USED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN. I REALLY WANT TO THANK IAN BENOVITOS FOR HIS HARD WORK.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF OUR TEAM THIS DOCUMENT IS BETTER THAN ANY OTHER CONSULTANT COULD HAVE DONE, AND WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY AND BY OUR STAFF, AND I WANT TO THANK IAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.

AND VERA SOTO AND VERÓNICA GARCIA, THEY HAVE DONE A FABULOUS JOB.

AND HERE TO PRESENT THE SHIP IS IAN. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IAN BENOVITAS, WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AS LORI SAID, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY THE STROO TEENAGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

I THINK THAT LORI TOUCHED ON AND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SUMMARIZING HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY. WHAT I WANT TO DO BEFORE I BEGIN MY PRESENTATION IS TO REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS, COMMUNITY, INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE PART OF THIS TWO-YEAR PROCESS. SO, PLEASE, ANYBODY PART OF THE SHIP PROCESS, IF YOU COULD STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED. I DO WANT TO STATE A FEW BEFORE I GET STARTED.

OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEM DAVID SCHWARTZ WHO HELPED WITH THE POLICY FRAMEWORK, AND FRANCISCO WITH FIND YOUR WAY CONSULTING WAS CRITICAL IN A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO REACH THIS POINT.

WE ALSO HAD CO-CHAIRS, WE HAD 80 STAKEHOLDERS BUT THE CO-CHAIRS GAVE COUNTLESS HOURS, GAVE TIME APART FROM THE INDUSTRIES AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY SERVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS DOCUMENT TO THE PLACE THAT IT IS. SO THOSE INCLUDE DR. JUAN VALDEZ WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, FORMER AND CURRENT HOUSING COMMISSIONERS JESSICA, AND SHIRLEY GONZALEZ. AND OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY CO-CHAIRS, CHRISTINE DAVILOT, AND TIMER COT. AND OUR REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT CO-CHAIRS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND VERÓNICA GARCIA, AND OUR CO-CHAIRS, JIM BAILIE AND CHRISTINE VINA. AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AS LORI SAID THAT ADOPT THIS PLAN INCLUDE BEXAR COUNTY, WE HAVE ROBERT REYNA HERE WITH THE COUNTY.

AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION DID. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT HELD A LOT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE DETAILS WITHIN THIS PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN AS PRESENTED CONNECTED TO THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WHICH SO MUCH EFFORT WAS PUT INTO. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE AS ERIC SAID A QUICK OVERVIEW OF ITEM NUMBER 37. AND THAT ITEM IS AN UPDATE TO OUR CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM.

IT'S ONE OF THE STRATEGIES INCLUDED WITHIN THE SHIP THAT MAKES SURE THAT POLICY IS ALIGNED WITH THE TARGETS, GOALS AND POLICIES IN STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

SO IF I CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE. SO TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND HOW WE CALCULATED IT. THE APPROACH WITHIN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO MEETING THAT NEED. OUR 10-YEAR FUNDING PLAN OF HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND AND MEET THOSE GOALS. AND THE STRATEGIES WHICH, AGAIN, HAD FOUNDATIONS IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT ARE ROOTED IN OTHER CITY ADOPTED PLANS AND OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND NEXT STEPS. SO AS LORI STATED, AND AS WE BEGAN THE ITEM, WORKING ON THE ITEM, WE REALLY BUILT OFF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.

THIS WAS ACCEPTEDDED BY COUNCIL IN 2018. AND THE POLICY FRAMEWORK SET AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY. IT HAD A GOAL OF 18,681 HOMES OVER 10 YEARS AND IDENTIFIED 24 STRATEGIES ACROSS FIVE KEY ACTION AREAS THAT THE CITY SHOULD PRIORITIZE. THOSE KEY ACTION AREAS INCLUDED DEVELOP A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, INCREASING OUR INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, AND REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION AND PROTECTING AND PROMOTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN WE PICKED UP THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WE BEGAN TO TRACK WHICH STRATEGIES WE'RE WORKING ON AND HOW WE'RE DOING AGAINST THOSE GOALS. TO DATE, 12 STRATEGIES COMPLETED AND FIVE IN PROGRESS AND SEVEN

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I WILL SAY THAT DURING THIS TIME THAT WE DID GO THROUGH A PANDEMIC, SO OUR DEPARTMENT WAS PRETTY CRITICAL IN THAT RESPONSE. WE SHIFTED A LOT TO EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. MAINLY OUR EHAP AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND WE PASSED -- Y'ALL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL -- PASSED TWO KEY PIECES OF POLICY DURING THAT TIME PERIOD THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WORKED ON. OUR HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND OUR NOTICE OF TENANTS' RIGHTS. THEY WERE NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDED IN THE POLICY FRAMEWORK BUT THAT WE WORKED ON IN COORDINATION WITH YOU ALL.

AND WE LOOK AT THE HOUSING POLICY TARGETS AND HOW WE'RE DOING MEETING THEM.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS WHERE WE NEEDED TO READJUST AND RECALIBRATE. WE WERE ON TRACK TO EXCEEDING THESE GOALS WITHIN THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS. WHICH IS A GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT GAVE US THE -- THE PUSH TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW TO RESET THOSE GOALS. THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID IS THAT WE WORKED WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION OVER AN EIGHT-MONTH PROCESS TO DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AND WHAT AFFORDABILITY MEANS. WE ESTABLISHED A DEFINITION THROUGH THIS EIGHT-MONTH PROCESS WITH SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS AND CONSULTING WITH THE PUBLIC, OUR UTILITY, CPS, AND VEHA AND OUR COMMUNITY HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS THE RESULT IS THAT WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO USE THE MEASURING STICK PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSIDEPARTMENTOF HOUSING ANT OR HUD, AND FROM THAT WE LOWERED 80% AMI AS TRADITIONALLY ACCEPTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIMIT, DOWN TO 60% AMI, BUT MAINTAINED 120% AS THE MAXIMUM FOR SINGLE-FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS IS A VISUAL DEMONSTRATION OF HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE AND SHOWING HUD'S AMIS COMPARED.

AND FROM LOWERING DOWN FROM 80% TO 60% WE BEGIN TO MEET THE COMMUNITY NEED.

THE NEXT THING THAT WE DID IS THAT WE WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANT, ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS, TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY IS.

SO WE COULD SET OUR NEW HOUSING TARGETS. WE DEVELOPED A VULNERABILITY INDEX, AND THAT ALLOWED US TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS COST BURDEN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT CENSUS DATA. AND THEN SUPPLY/DEMAND GAPS.

SO IF INDIVIDUALS ARE COST BURDENED AT CERTAIN AMI LEVELS, HOW MANY UNITS ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM? THAT DELTA OR THAT DIFFERENCE IS WHERE WE WANTED TO SET OUR NEW GOALS. THROUGH THAT, WE IDENTIFIED 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS WHICH WE CALL THE MOST VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS. THESE ARE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WITHOUT INTERVENTION DO NOT HAVE A HOUSING UNIT AVAILABLE TO THEM RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS NEED THAT IS IDENTIFIED IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT 75% OF THAT NEED IS AT 50% BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND NEARLY 50% OF IT IS AT 30% OR BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. NEXT, THROUGH THE SHIP, WE DECIDED HOW WE WERE GOING TO TACKLE THESE 95,000 MOST VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS. WE KNOW THAT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION IS ONE WAY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT NEED, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY, THE STATE, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HAVE MANY OTHER INTERVENTIONS THAT HELP TO ADDRESS FAMILIES. SO WE LOOKED AT THE TWO PROBLEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT ARE LEADING TO THE HOUSING CRISIS, MAINLY, THAT THE HOUSING SUPPLY IS NOT KEEPING PACE WITH GROWTH. AND THAT HOUSING COSTS ARE OUTPACING INCOMES. OUR SOLUTION WAS TWOFOLD, TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH SUBSIDIZED AND NATURALLY OCCURS AND HAVE JOB TRAINING AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS A STRATEGY OVER 10 YEARS TO BREAK UP THAT 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE MOST IN NEED THROUGH SEVERAL INTERVENTIONS. ONE, TO BUILD AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE SET A NEW HOUSING TARGET GOAL OF 28,094 UNITS, AN INCREASE OF OVER 10,000 UNITS. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THOSE NEW TARGETS HAVE BEEN SET, ADJUSTED BY AMI TO MEET THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. LEVERAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, ROOM SHARING, AND DENSITY BONUSES THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE TO PRODUCE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, WHICH INCLUDES VOUCHERS, INCREASED VOUCHERS AND INCREASING THE VOUCHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS HOUSING NAVIGATORS AND CONNECTING TO AVAILABLE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. AND THEN JOB TRAINING.

OUR CITY HAS MADE A MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN JOB TRAINING OVER TIME AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO EARN MORE INCOME WILL ALLOW THEM TO LOWER THE COST BURDEN OR POTENTIALLY TO ENTER IN NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE. PART OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS TAKING THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK AND WORKING TOWARDS THAT COORDINATED SYSTEM.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCREASING HOUSEHOLD WAGES AND SUBSIDIZING INCOMES WE WILL WORK WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OUR DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK HOUSING NAVIGATORS AND THE SERVICES THAT WE CONNECT RESIDENTS TO, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER CONNECTIONS, AND THEN THROUGH OUR S.A. READY TO WORK AND THE COMMUNITY JOB TRAINING

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AS MENTIONED EARLIER THE NEED IDENTIFIED IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS, IS REFLECTED BY AMI. 50% OF OUR TARGETS ARE AT 30% OR BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AGAIN, ALIGNING WITH THE NEED. 75% ARE AT 50% AND BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

FOR CONTEXT, THE ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK HAD 10% OF THEIR TARGET GOALS AT 30% AND BELOW AMI. SO THIS IS A VERY BIG SHIFT BETWEEN OUR OLD TARGETS AND OUR NEW TARGETS AND WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING THE NEED, NOT ONLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE'D PRODUCE OVER 10 YEARS BUT TARGETING TO THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO ADDED A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING GOALS WITHIN THESE TARGETS. ONE IS THAT AT LEAST 1,200 OF THESE HOMES WILL BE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED FOR OLDER ADULTS AND AT LEAST A THOUSAND UNITS WILL BE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN TO PROVIDE HOUSING AGAIN FOR THOSE MOST VULNERABLE. OUR NEW TARGETS ALSO PRIORITIZE PRESERVATION OVER NEW PRODUCTION. WE KNOW THAT THROUGH OHP'S OPPORTUNITY AT RISK AND PUBLIC DATA AND THE DATA FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR THAT THE NEED FOR PRESERATION IS GREAT. THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE -- THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS IS THE HOUSING THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW.

A LO IS IN OUR OLDER COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT AFFORDABILITY INTO THE FUTURE.

THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR RECALIBRATED TARGETS. YOU CAN SEE AGAIN REFLECTED IN THESE GOALS OVER 75%, ARE AT 50% BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME JUST IS SO YOU CAN HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS A HOUSEHOLD MAKING ABOUT $33,000 A YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER 50% OR 30% OR BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, YOU CAN SEE UNDER OUR RENTAL PRODUCTION WE HAVE INCLUDED OVER A THOUSAND UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THAT OUR RENTAL PRODUCTION, WE'RE NOT INCLUDING ANY TARGETS FOR THAT 60% TO 80% AMI LEVEL. WE MAY PRODUCE THEM SO WE'LL TRACK THEM BUT THEY DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS.

WE INCLUDED ANOTHER GOAL, OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP PRODUCTION STOPS AT 60% TO 80% AMI.

AND WE HAVE TOOLS LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND LAND BANKING BAG THAT MAY ALLOW US TO PRODUCE HOUSING BELOW THAT AMI, BUT THOSE WILL BE PROGRAMS THAT WE ROLL OUT THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES, WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST THESE NUMBERS OVER TIME. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL BE UTILIZING TO MEET THESE GOALS INCLUDE OUR REHABILITATION AND REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. MINOR REPAIR, OWNER OCCUPIED UNDER ONE ROOF ARE THE MAIN ONES THAT OUR CITY USES RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED TO REPAIR AND REHABILITATE AND RECONSTRUCT OUR RENTAL UNITS.

THOSE ARE BOTH LARGE AND SMALL SCALE. FIRST-TIME HOMEOWNER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. THAT IS A KEY TOOL TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE TROUBLE SAVING UP MONEY TO BE ABLE TO BUY THEIR FIRST-TIME HOME AT THE -- THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND INCENTIVES TO REDUCE THE COST OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND LAND BANKING OR UNIT BUY DOWNS TO TARGET THOSE DEEPER AMIS. AND TO INCREASE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. SOME OF THESE THAT I TALKED ABOUT, COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS OR CONVERSION OF MOBILE HOME PARKS AND MULTIFAMILY TO OWN COMMUNITIES.

SO THIS EFFORT IS GOING TO BE -- IS GOING TO BE A LARGE UNDERTAKING AND, AGAIN, INVOLVE MANY OTHER ENTITIES BESIDES JUST NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO TRACK THIS OVER TIME. ADJUSTS MAY NEED TO BE MADE OVER A 10-YEAR HORIZON AND WE'LL KNOW WHEN TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON HOW WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK. FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WE'RE GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH, AGAIN, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. FOR JOB TRAINING WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO READY TO WORK PROGRAM. FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, AND WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PERMITS AND UDC AMENDMENTS ON OUR ABILITY TO TRACK THOSE INTO THE FUTURE.

WE WILL BE -- WE WILL BE PRESENTING THESE UPDATES SO THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING, NOT JUST WITH OUR TARGET GOALS, BUT ALSO THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE'LL DO THIS THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AVENUES.

ONE, OUR HOUSING COMMISSION WILL HAVE A PUBLIC DASHBOARD AND AN ANNUAL REPORT.

THEY HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. WE WILL PROVIDE A MONTHLY

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WHAT WE DID THROUGH THE DATA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT ON OUR EXISTING PIPELINE OF DEVELOPMENTS IS TO LOOK AT OUR AVERAGE SUBSIDY PER UNIT AND THOSE AMI UNITS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE AND WHICH PROGRAMS ALLOWED US TO DO THAT. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN ACCURATE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PRODUCING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND HOW TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL TO ADDRESS THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE HOUSING TARGET, OUR 28,000, REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY $3.3 BILLION IN HOUSING INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT.

AND THAT'S THROUGH A VARIETY OF SOURCES. IT WOULD BE $1 BILLION OF LOCALLY DIRECTED FUNDING AND IT WOULD LEVERAGE $2.3 BILLION IN FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT, OR PRIVATE FINANCING. THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WE WILL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE FUNDING SOURCES RIGHT NOW. FOR LEVERAGED FUNDS, THESE INCLUDE FUNDING THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY USED FOR HOUSING PROJECTS LIKE HUD FINANCING AS WELL AS LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS AND PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.

THESE PROVIDE THE MAJORITY OF FUNDING FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT NOW. THE REST OF THE FUNDING SOURCES I WILL TALK TO YOU REALLY TRY TO FILL IN THE GAPS AND THROUGH THESE LOCALLY DIRECTED MORE FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE DEEPER AMIS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO HOUSING BONDS, THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING TO BE PROPOSED TO VOTERS AND TO COUNCIL THIS YEAR AT $150 MILLION, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN 2027. LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET OF $277 MILLION AND THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT OUR DEPARTMENT USES ANNUALLY, IT'S A COMBINATION OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDS INCLUDING HOME AND CDBG ALONG WITH GENERAL FUNDS WE ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS. THAT FUNDING IS SOURCED FROM C-CHIP PROJECTS AS WELL AS TAX INCREMENT PROGRAMS. WE WERE ABLE TO BRIEF OUR PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THIS WEEK ON ARPA FUNDING WHICH WILL BE PRIMARILY DIRECTED TO HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT. WE INCLUDED A TAX REINVESTMENT ZONE.

SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FUNDING ROUNDS, TAX EXEMPTIONS OFFERED BY BEXAR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY FEDERAL FUNDS THAT THEY USE ANNUALLY TO MAINTAIN THEIR PUBLIC HOUSING.

MOVING ON TO STRATEGIES, THESE WERE DEVELOPED BY 80 PLUS STAKEHOLDERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE WITH US IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW. THESE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER FORMS WE CREATED THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER ARE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING POLICY STAKEHOLDER FORUMS WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN DRAFTING A LOT OF THESE SO THEY WERE REALLY SOURCED FROM GRASSROOTS AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS. THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO REVIEW, SHARE, REFINE THEM AND ULTIMATELY ARE WHAT'S INCORPORATED FOR YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION. WE ALSO LEVERAGED A LOT OF OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT INCLUDED HOUSING RELATED STRATEGIES SO SOME OF THESE INCLUDE OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, OHPS OPPORTUNITY AT RISK, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVE AND VIA SA KEEP MOVING PLAN. IN ALL, 36 STRATEGIES SO WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF STRATEGIES FROM THE 24 THAT WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED AND WE HAVE CATEGORIZED THEM IN THE SAME KEY FOCUS AREAS SO TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, INCREASE CITY INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION, PROTECT AND PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE ACCOUNT ABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. ONE OF THOSE STRATEGIES I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM. WE HAVE THIS SLATED RIGHT NOW IN OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION AS ONE OF OUR YEAR ONE STRATEGIES AND IS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THE CHANGES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, KEY CHANGES THAT WERE INCLUDED FROM OUR LAST VERSION, IS THAT PROJECTS MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST 50% OF RENTAL UNITS AFFORDABLE TO FAMILY AT 60% AMI OR BELOW, OR 120% AMI FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. AGAIN, ALIGNING ITSELF WITH AMI LEVELS THE HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THROUGH THEIR PROCESS AND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE SHIP. WE INCLUDE PRIORITY FOR PROJECTS AT 10% OF RENTAL UNITS AT 30% OR BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AGAIN, PUSHING OUR PRIORITY FOR THE FUNDING THE CITY ADMINISTERS TO THOSE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY.

WE ARE PRIORITIZING APPLICATIONS BASED ON EQUITY CRITERIA, ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TIES INTO OUR OVERALL 95,000 HOUSEHOLD APPROACH WHICH INCLUDED THAT PRIVATE SECTOR AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT. RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE ORDINANCE WHICH WAS PASSED BY COUNCIL. WE HAVE SIMPLIFIED THE WAIVER LENGTH AND RENEWAL.

THE CITY WAIVERS TO BE VALID FOR ONLY ONE YEAR WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE

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HOUSING FOR 12 OR LESS UNITS HISTORIC REHAB, SMALL LEGACY BUSINESSES ARE ONE PROJECT TYPE, HOUSING GREATER THAN 12 UNITS AND INDUSTRY AND THEN RENEWAL ALL PROJECTS.

SO HOMEOWNERS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE FEE THAT COMES WITH APPLYING FOR THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM. WE ADJUSTED OUR FEE SCHEDULE FOR THOSE.

WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY, I SAID THAT A LOT OF WORK WENT IN, OVER TWO YEARS WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BUT IT WAS 18 MONTHS OF REALLY GOING BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER FORUMS AND I WANT TO THANK FRANCISCO AGAIN FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK HE DID, WORKING WITH ALL OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS. WE DID HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH A PANDEMIC. WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR A LOT OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS.

WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF THAT ONLINE. THAT'S WHERE I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT BREAKOUT ROOMS WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

THAT WAS ALL NEW TO US AT THE BEGINNING. SO HE NAVIGATED US THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS. OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS MET 42 TIMES.

OUR FULL SHIP, EVERYBODY ALL TOGETHER, WITH OUR CHAIRS, MET 15 TIMES TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THESE STRATEGIES AND PROVIDE EDITS. OUR PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS WAS VERY THOROUGH. AGAIN, HOUSING COMMISSION OVER 10 TIMES.

WE WENT TO COUNCIL COMMITTEE, BOTH OUR PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ONLINE REVIEW AND IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS HERE SHORTLY, BUT WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS THAT WAS OVER A MONTH. IN OUR IMPLEMENTATION, THIS IS REALLY KEY, STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS THE ROAD MAP FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, BUILDING OFF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND INCORPORATING A LOT OF OTHER DOCUMENTS BUT IT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING. EACH OF THESE STRATEGIES WILL HAVE ITS OWN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH HOUSING COMMISSION OR COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WHICHEVER IS APPROPRIATE, THEN ULTIMATELY UP TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. IN A WAY, YOU KNOW, THIS DOCUMENT IS REALLY JUST THE BEGINNING OF MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE SET TO DO WHEN WE PICK THIS DOCUMENT UP IN THE NEW YEAR. I DWOO WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER.

HAS EACH PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR HOUSING ECOSYSTEM.

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY COORDINATE US TOGETHER SO THAT WE HAVE A SHARED VISION OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL REALLY FOCUS ON FUNDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW TARGET GOALS WE HAVE SET TO CREATE AN ENFORCED POLICY WITHIN OUR LOCAL CONTROL, WR WHERE EVER THAT'S POSSIBLE, AND ENSURE THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED AND AWARE OF EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING.

FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION AND PARTNER ON OUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BUT THEY ARE ALSO PRIMED TO LEAD ON CERTAIN STRATEGIES LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND LAND BANKING. THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THEIR VOUCHERS BUT WE WANT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON ADVOCATING FOR MORE VOUCHERS AND IMPROVING THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. THEY WILL FOCUS ON REHABILITATING THEIR EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING AND WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT AND WE WANT THEM WHEN THEY CONSTRUCT NEW HOUSING TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT HOUSING HAS DEEP AFFORDABILITY TO SERVE THE CLIENTS THEY HAVE. WITH THE COUNTY, THEY ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE ACTIVE IN FUNDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION AND WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT JURISDICTION AND LOCAL CONTROL OVER SOME POLICIES. WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY ON THINGS LIKE EVICTION AND PROPERTY TAXES. THEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET THEM.

OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WE RAMP UP THROUGH HOUSING BOND AND THESE NEW TARGETS, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO BUILD AND OPERATE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THEY ARE THE ONE THAT IMPLEMENTS SERVICES AND THE PROGRAMMING.

WE WANT TO ENSURE WE ARE BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THEM AND WE ARE PROVIDING THEM THE RESOURCES THEY MEANEED TO KEEP UP WITH OUR TARGET GOALS. OUR PUBLIC INPUT AND NEXT STEPS. OUR PUBLIC INPUT, AGAIN, WE SOURCED A LOT OF OUR 80 MEMBERS FROM THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS.

WE HAD VARIOUS PUBLIC MEETINGS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND GIVE US THEIR INPUT BUT IN ADDITION, WE HELD FIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS OVER THE PAST MONTH, FOUR OF THOSE HYBRID SO IN-PERSON AND IN VIRTUAL. WE HAD ONE SPANISH ONLY MEETING WHICH WAS IN PERSON. ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS WERE RECORDED AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY COULD VIEW. WE HAD SPANISH AVAILABLE AT EACH OF OUR VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETINGS SO IF YOU WANTED TO VIEW IN SPANISH, YOU COULD. THEN WE HAD ASL OR SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AT TWO OF THEM. ONLINE, WE HAD DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW, WE HAD OUR WHOLE SHIP DRAFT, ENGLISH AND SPANISH, WHICH IS ABOUT 70 PAGES. BUT WE ALSO HAD A SHORTENED HIGHLIGHT VERSION THAT WAS ABOUT 20 PAGES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD RAN FROM NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 6TH. WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH OUT THIS INFORMATION THROUGH SA SPEAKUP AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE PUT NOTICES AT VIA KIOSKS, PUSHED OUT INFORMATION THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT'S NEWSLETTER AND LISTSERVE. WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL OFFICES TO GET THE WORD OUT. ALL THE SHIP STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING OUR RESIDENTS AND

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OUR MATERIALS ARE MADE AVAILABLE AT LIBRARIES, PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR ARPA, THE HOUSING BOND AND OUR DEPARTMENT HAS STAFF AT THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS, THE EVICTION WORK WE DO SO WE ARE ABLE TO FIND INFORMATION THERE.

THEN WE E-MAILED ANYBODY WHO HAS APPLIED FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO BE PART OF IT. OUR SHIP MEETING ATTENDANCE IN TOTAL, WE HAD 59 INDIVIDUALS ATTEND BOTH IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY. WE HAD A MEETING AT OUR COMMUNITY UTSA WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER IN DISTRICT 5.

ST. PHILLIPS IN DISTRICT 2. EAGLE LIBRARY IN DISTRICT 8. OUR MISSION BRANCH LIBRARY IN DISTRICT 3. LAS PALMAS IN DISTRICT 5. OTHER FEEDBACK AND DATA POINTS, WE HAD 784 PEOPLE VISIT OUR SHIP WEBSITE, 175 PEOPLE DOWNLOADED OUR DOCUMENTS OR SUMMARIES, 35 PEOPLE OR ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED WRITTEN COMMENT THROUGH THE COMMENT COLLECTOR E-MAIL OR PROVIDING A LETTER. THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED WITH SOME OF THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WERE SENT TO COUNCIL.

WE HAD 30 PEOPLE WATCH VIDEOS THAT WERE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND 12 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO BE PART OF FUTURE STRATEGIES. THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO TOUCH ON. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL LEAVE UP ON OUR WEBSITE.

PEOPLE BECOME INTERESTED OR INVOLVED FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SAY I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY OR I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF HOUSING TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP SO WHEN WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY STAKEHOLDERS WE ARE ABLE TO PULL THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO THE PROCESS. WE WILL BE KEEPING THAT UP ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED DURING THE COMMENT PERIOD WERE MOSTLY HIGH LEVEL, SOME QUESTIONS ON OUR FUTURE FUNDING SOURCES AND ESTIMATES, WHERE WE'RE USING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS BOTH IN SUPPORT AND CONCERNS OF THE 120% AMI FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON HOW WE CALCULATED THE AMIS, DESIRE FOR FOCUS ON LOWER AMIS, AND OUR CONCERN THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE NOT AFFORDABLE TO EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE KEY CHANGES BASED ON THAT PUBLIC INPUT.

WE WERE ABLE TO CLARIFY REFERENCES TO MAKE THOSE VERY CLEAR.

WE WERE ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT THE FUNDING SOURCES WHILE A PROJECTION ARE BASED ON OUR PAST AND BEST DATA AVAILABLE. WE ADDED NEW GRAPHICS TO HELP CLARIFY.

WE CHANGED SOME OF THE STRATEGIES' NAMES TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE THEY WERE APPROPRIATE. WE ADJUSTED TWO STRATEGIES, WE MOVED UP OUR DEMOLITION DIVERSION STRATEGY WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW TO FY '22, AND THEN WE ADJUSTED SOME PROPERTY TAX STRATEGIES TO '23 TO ALIGN WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

IN DOING THAT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY WAS AWARE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE SO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT DID CLOSE ON DECEMBER 6TH BUT WE WERE ABLE TO POST DOCUMENTS ON DECEMBER 13TH, A FULL TEXT OF ALL THE WRITTEN COMMENTS WE RECEIVED, A SUMMARY DOCUMENT WITH THE COMMENTS AND CHANGES, AND THEN A REVISED VERSION OF THE SHIP WITH THOSE CHANGES INCLUDED. THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THIS DOCUMENT WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE ALREADY BRIEFED THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE FULL BOARD TWICE, AND THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND READY TO APPROVE THE FIRST MEETING WHEN WE RETURN AT THE NEW YEAR. WE WILL BE GOING TO COMMISSIONERS COURT TO BRIEF THEM ALONG WITH THE SHIP AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE, AND AS SOON AS THE HOUSING TRUST GOVERNANCE IS RE-ALIGNED, WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO THEM. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW AND TIMELINE OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND WHERE WE PLAN TO BE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHEN WE GET BACK FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IAN.

IS THERE A SEPARATE DECK FOR 37? OKAY.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER SINCE THEY ARE INTERLACED.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M GOING TO CALL UP CITIZENS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 4 AND 37. I WILL CALL UP IN ORDER OF SIGN-UP.

I WILL ALSO CALL THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE IF YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD.

WE WILL START WITH PETER ONOFREY. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY

MELANIE COUGHLIN. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING DISTRICT 4 ON THE RECENT HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA, FOR SETTING THE FRAMEWORK FOR OUR WORK BY DECLARING THIS DECADE AS THE DECADE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION AND LEADERSHIP IN PRODUCING WHAT WE HAVE TODAY AT THE SHIP. IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE,

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LET ME BE CLEAR. RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING DESERVE BETTER.

THERE'S A BETTER WAY AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE MARGINALIZED. BECAUSE I EMPATHIZE WITH THESE FAMILIES, I DO NOT SUPPORT PRIORITIZING THE CURRENT PUBLIC HOUSING MODEL AS A SOLUTION FOR THE 30 AND BELOW AMI HOUSING CRISIS WE FACE.

I SUPPORT THE SHIP'S BALANCED INNOVATIVE APPROACH OF LEVERAGING PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS, FAITH-BASED PARTNERS TO CREATE A HOUSING ECOSYSTEM THAT BEST SERVES OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND WORKING POOR RESIDENTS.

LIKE UNIVERSAL DESIGN, I BELIEVE EVERY RESIDENT BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM SHOULD CONTAIN RELEVANT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES. THE SHIP PROVIDES A HOLISTIC BALANCED APPROACH TO ACHIEVE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE CANNOT BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THIS HOUSING CRISIS. NOT ONLY WITH OUR PARTNERS BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BUILD OUR PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY BY UTILIZING AS WAS NOTED EARLIER, SA READY TO WORK AND THE NETWORK OF SUPPORTIVE SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LORI HOUSTON, VERONICA SOTO, THE CITY STAFF AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION OF THE SHIP. WELL DONE. TO OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, YOU ARE THE RIGHT MAN TO SET THE COURSE OF OUR SHIP.

YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, SIR. MELANIE COUGHLIN? YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BRAD

MCMURRAY. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE.

MEMBERS. I COME TO YOU AS ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO SPENT THE LAST 14 MONTHS WORKING ON THE STRATEGIES WITHIN THE SHIP, AND IT WAS MY UTMOST PRIVILEGE, HONOR AND PLEASURE TO SERVE ALONG WITH 80 PLUS OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AS WE ENTERED INTO AN ENVIRONMENT OF NOT ONLY SHARING BUT LEARNING, AND THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD AROUND THESE STRATEGIES WERE LIVING AND THEY REFLECTED THE HOUSING INDUSTRY, THEY REFLECTED THE COMMUNITY-BASED INDUSTRY AND THEY REFLECTED THE PRIORITIES OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. I'M NOT SURE HOW MY NAME ENDED UP ON A SELECTION LIST TO BE INVITED TO THIS TABLE, BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT I DID.

THE DAYS THAT I ENTERED INTO THE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS, I WAS THE ONLY VOICE IN THE ROOM WHO WAS ADVOCATING FOR ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN THIS PROCESS AND BY THE TIME I WALKED OUT, 14 MONTHS LATER, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A PERSON IN ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS WHO WASN'T MENTIONING THE ACCESSIBILITY OR EVEN POINTING OUT THINGS THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED, AND SO AS WE CAME TOGETHER AND SHARED OUR EXPERIENCES, WE BECAME LEARNERS AND WE BUILT UPON EACH OTHER'S EXPERIENCES, EXPERTISE, TO DEVELOP OUT WHAT I BELIEVE IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL-ROUNDED APPROACH TO PUTTING FORWARD THE HOUSING POLICY. IT TOOK INTO MIND CONSIDERATIONS OF PEOPLE WITH ALL TYPES OF BACKGROUNDS. WE FOCUSED ON THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ACTUALLY PUTTING DOWN WHAT WE INTENDED TO SAY, AND WE BROUGHT EXPERIENCE TO THE TABLE. SO REGARDLESS IF WE ARE BENEFITING FAMILIES WHO ALL THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE IS SWEAT EQUITY INTO THEIR HOME OWNERSHIP, WHETHER WE ARE ASSISTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES WHO HAVE BEEN ON WAITING LISTS AND KEEP GETTING BUMPED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE ACCESSIBLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISN'T AVAILABLE AND MAYBE THEY HAVE EVEN SPENT FIVE YEARS IN A NURSING HOME AT THE AGE OF 30 WAITING FOR THEIR SLOT, OR MAYBE IT'S THE SECURITY THAT WE OFFER FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS MAY BE THE ONE HOME THAT THEY GET AND THEY ARE AFRAID OF IF SOMETHING

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. BRAD MCMURRAY?

YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CYNTHIA SPIELMAN. >> GOOD MORNING.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BRAD MCMURRAY.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT FOR PROSPERITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF YOUR APPROVAL OF SHIP.

PROSPERITY IS A 501C3 PROVIDER ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH SUPPORT SERVICES. IT PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WE DO THREE TO FOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR REHAB PROJECTS ANNUALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH TEXAS. WE HAVE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND OVERSEE 50 AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES AND CURRENTLY OWN OR MANAGE 2200 UNITS THAT COMPRISE 18 PROPERTIES IN SAN ANTONIO. WE ALSO DO RESIDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND OUR TEAM OF 40 STAFF PROVIDE ON-SITE SUPPORT SERVICES IN OVER 40 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

WITH OUR EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY, WE RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF HAVING SHIP AND ENSURING THAT OTHER CITY POLICIES ALIGN WITH IT. WE SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT RECALIBRATION OF THE STIPS AF CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGET GOALS. WE RECOGNIZE THESE TEN-YEAR GOALS ARE DEFINITELY STRETCH GOALS, WE KNOW IF YOU DON'T SHOOT FOR THE STARS, YOU WILL NEVER REACH THE MOON.

WE ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT TWO STRATEGIES WITHIN THE POLICY AREA OF INCREASED CITY INVESTMENT IN HOUSING. THE FIRST IS TO EXPAND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES REQUIREMENTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS RECEIVING PUBLIC FUNDS.

OUR COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH OF PROVIDING QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IS WHAT SETS US APART AND THE DISTINCTIVE EFFORTS WE ARE INSTITUTING IN OUR PROPERTIES OVER AND ABOVE THE MINIMUM AFFORDABLE HOUSING STANDARDS IS WHAT POSITIVELY IMPACTS THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ALLOWS THEM TO FLOURISH. THOSE RECEIVING PUBLIC FUNDS NEED TO BE DOING THE SAME. THE SECOND IS THE SUPPORT AND GROWTH -- GROW NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS. THIS IS A MUCH MORE ACCURATE STATEMENT THAN THE MORE TYPICAL DESIRE TO INCREASE LOCAL NONPROFIT CAPACITY. WHICH IMPLIES LOCAL NONPROFITS ARE LACKING EXPERTISE. IN TRUTH, A NUMBER OF LOCAL NONPROFITS HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE SIMPLY NEED THE GAP FUNDING TO MAKE THESE DEVELOPMENTS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. APPROVING THE SHIP IS AN EXCELLENT STARTING POINT. BUT MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE.

MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS THAT ONE IMPORTANT GOAL SHOULD BE TO HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS BY SUPPORTING OR PARTNERING WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS INSTEAD OF COMPETING WITH THEM.

AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE FOR SAHA TO PROJECT BASE A PORTION OF ITS SECTION 8 VOUCHERS IN PROPERTIES DEVELOPED BY LOCAL NONPROFITS TO UTILIZE OUR EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WHILE ALLOWING FOR INCOME-BASED RENTS WHICH CURRENTLY ONLY SAHA CAN PROVIDE. IN RETURN, WE COULD SHARE IN ITS BEST PRACTICES AND IMPLEMENTING HOUSING AS A SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH WHICH SAHA ADVISED IT WASN'T CURRENTLY DOING DURING ITS RECENT NOVEMBER 30TH HOUSING HOUR OF POWER.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE OUR COMMENTS AND WE SUPPORT APPROVAL OF THE SHIP ALONG WITH YOUR ADOPTION OF AGENDA ITEM 37.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. MCMURRAY.

ANYBODY ON THAT SIDE IS NERVOUS, DON'T WORRY. I THINK SOME OF THE FINEST STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS IN TOWN ARE IN THIS BUILDING SITTING WITH YOU.

DON'T MIND THE CONSTRUCTION. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. UP NEXT, CYNTHIA SPIELMAN

FOLLOWED BY BLANCA PEREZ. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SPIELMAN.

I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS A STAKEHOLDER ON THE SHIP PROCESS.

MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE NOT PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE SHIP ITSELF BUT ABOUT THE PROCESS.

I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF ON THEIR HARD WORK THROUGHOUT THE SHIP PROCESS AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MISS HOUSTON AND TO IAN'S IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION, THE INPUT PROCESS WAS -- LACKED SOMETIMES MEANINGFULNESS, WAS SOMETIMES SUPERFICIAL AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT THE STAFF PUT OUT THE PUBLIC INPUT ON SHIP WEBSITE WITH THE REVISED DRAFT OF THE SHIP FOR US TO READ. AT THIS POINT, RESIDENT INPUT TO NHSD STAFF HAS ENDED. IT ALWAYS HAS TO, AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO SHUT THAT DOOR. AT THIS POINT, THIS IS ABOUT THE RESIDENTS' RELATIONSHIP TO YOU, OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. THREE DAYS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD

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TO TALK TO NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT THE IMPACT AND TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS OR OUR SUPPORT IS NOT ENOUGH, EVEN IN THE BEST OF TIMES, GIVEN THAT RESIDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN THE BOND PROCESSING, REDISTRICTING, TASK FORCES SUCH AS NOISE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE, THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES WHICH THEY ARE PLANNING, THEIR JOBS, THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THREE DAYS SEEMS RIDICULOUS. IF YOU ARE A NONPROFIT OR LOBBYING ASSOCIATION AND HAVE PAID STAFF, IT MIGHT BE REASONABLE, BUT RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS DO NOT HAVE THESE RESOURCES. I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S REASONABLE TO EXPECT YOU OR YOUR STAFF HAS READ AND ANALYZED THE FINAL DRAFT RELEASED ON MONDAY. I HAVE HEARD MANY OF YOU SHARE CONCERNS FROM THE DAIS THAT STAFF OFTEN GIVES YOU IMPORTANT MATERIAL TO VOTE ON WITH LITTLE TIME TO READ AND ANALYZE. THEY ARE NOT JUST DOING THAT TO YOU.

THEY ARE DOING IT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY WHO HAVE THE REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE VOTING FOR, BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS US. WE EXPECT YOU TO LISTEN TO RESIDENTS TO HELP SHAPE YOUR COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS.

OPEN TO CONSIDER THE PERSPECTIVES BY GIVING THEM TIME EVEN IF YOU DO NOT CHOOSE TO ACT ON IT. THIS PROCESS IS IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY CREATE THE BEST HOUSING PLAN WE CAN, BUT TO ALSO ENGENDER TRUST IN THE CITY PROCESSES.

WE NEED HELP, WE NEED PUBLIC TRUST AS WE ASK RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON BONDS AND TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS AS WE FORM TASK FORCES FOR THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SHIP. I WOULD SAY A COMMON THREAD THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOODS, RICH, POOR, NORTH SIDE, SOUTH SIDE, IS A DYSFUNCTIONAL CITY PROCESS AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A MEANINGFUL VOICE.

IN THE FUTURE, PERHAPS WE CAN WORK OIFRN IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLES IN A MEANINGFUL, CONSISTENT WAY TO BUILD A SYSTEM THAT INSPIRES CONFIDENCE.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DELAY THE VOTE ON THE SHIP. THANK YOU.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALL OF YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING WRITTEN, YOU ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT IT TO THE CLERK. WE MOVE TO BLANCA PEREZ

FOLLOWED BY NATALIE PAYNE. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM A MOTHER OF FOUR.

I GREW UP IN PUBLIC HOUSING AND WHEN I HAD KIDS OF MY OWN, I KNEW THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO REPEAT THE CYCLE OF PUBLIC HOUSING. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT OWNING A HOME WAS ONLY A DREAM FOR ME. SO WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY'S AFFORDABLE HOME BUYING PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, IT GAVE ME HOPE. I APPLIED AND UNFORTUNATELY, GOT DENIED TWICE BUT HABITAT HELPED ME IDENTIFY MY ISSUES AND CREATE A PLAN TO RESOLVE THEM.

THIS WAS IMPORTANT SO THAT I WOULD NOT BE SET UP FOR FAILURE.

ONCE I FIXED MY ISSUES, I GOT APPROVED. I AM A PROUD HABITAT HOMEOWNER AND I KNOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE. I HAVE AN AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE PAYMENT OF $460 WHICH INCLUDES MY INSURANCE AND TAXES.

THIS ALLOWS ME TO GIVE MY FAMILY A BETTER FUTURE AND A HEAD START.

I SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THEM TO GROW FROM AND GAVE MY CHILDREN BETTER OPPORTUNITY.

I AM PROUD TO PAY MY TAXES EVERY YEAR AND TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY.

I AM BUILDING EQUITY AND LOVE NOT WASTING MONEY ON RENT FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL NEVER BE MINE. OWNING AN AFFORDABLE HOME IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR FAMILIES LIKE ME. I'M NOT ASHAMED FROM THE STRUGGLE S I HAVE BEEN THROUGH OR WHERE I COME FROM, BECAUSE THIS MADE ME THE PERSON THAT I AM TODAY.

I'M GRATEFUL, I AM BLESSED AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HABITAT AND TO EVERYONE THAT TAKES PART IN IT. SEEING HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME FOR THE FUTURE OF MY FAMILY IS AN EXPERIENCE I WILL ALWAYS HAVE.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE NEW HOME OWNERSHIP GOALS AND SHIP PLAN.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MISS PEREZ.

NATALIE PAYNE? >> WE SIGNED UP AS A GROUP. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. COME ON UP, GUYS. TIM?

THAT'S YOU? YOU ALL HAVE NINE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO LET MY HUSBAND KNOW IT'S NOT NATALIE PAYNE. WE'RE STILL GOOD.

THIS MORNING, I HAVE COME TO YOU, WE COME TO YOU AS THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE.

I'M NATALIE GRIFFITH, PRESIDENT OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SHIP PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY, THE HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP GOALS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP IS A PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN THAT NEED A THREE OR

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VIRTUALLY EVERY STUDY SHOWS HOME OWNERSHIP LEADS TO IMPROVED HEALTH, IMPROVED EDUCATION OUTCOMES AND IMPROVED EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES FOR ALL FAMILY MEMBERS.

THERE IS STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL OF THE INCOME LEVELS INCLUDED IN THE SHIP PLAN, INCLUDING THE 60 TO 120% OF AMI.

IN JANUARY, OVER FOUR SHORT DAYS, 2,225 CITIZENS PROVIDED THE PRIOR CITY COUNCIL WITH WRITTEN SUPPORT FOR NEW HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN HABITAT'S PROGRAMS. HOME OWNERSHIP FOR THESE INCOME LEVELS HAS BEEN LISTED AS A PRIORITY IN EVERY MAJOR COMMUNITY PLAN, PLANNING PROCESS THE CITY HAS DONE SINCE AT LEAST 2015, INCLUDING SA TOMORROW, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, THE CURRENT AND LAST TWO ITERATIONS OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION, NOW THE SHIP PROCESS.

THE SHIP AMI LEVELS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN ALL OF THOSE INITIATIVES BECAUSE THERE WAS MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE REAL IMPACT FAMILIES FACE IN TRYING TO BREAK OUT OF POVERTY AND BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING. WHEN FAMILIES REACH 60% TO 65% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, THEY HIT THE BENEFIT CLIFF.

THAT'S WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR NON-HOUSING RELATED PUBLIC BENEFITS SUCH AS FOOD STAMPS, CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDIES. A FAMILY OF FOUR WITH YOUNG CHILDREN MAKING 110% AMI ACTUALLY HAS THE SAME USABLE INCOME AS A FAMILY AT 60% AMI BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY THE UNAVOIDABLE COSTS OF FEDERAL INCOME TAXES, FOOD THAT IS NO LONGER COVERED BY FOOD STAMPS, CHILD CARE THAT IS NO LONGER COVERED BY CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES, AND A PORTION OF HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS NO LONGER COVERED BY THE ACA SUBSIDIES. A FAMILY EARNING 75% OF AMI HAS THE EQUIVALENT USABLE INCOME OF A FAMILY EARNING 38% AMI, BECAUSE OF THEIR LOSS OR REDUCTIONS OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT NON-HOUSING RELATED BENEFITS. THE NEED IS REAL AND AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP ADDRESSES ALL OF THIS. IT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO WORK ON IMPROVING THEIR SITUATIONS AND GET OFF OR REDUCE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WHILE THEIR HOME CONTINUES TO BE THEIRS AND AFFORDABLE. THIS IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT ALIGNS WITH THE COMPASSION, EQUITY FOCUS AND DESIRE TO LIFT OUR NEIGHBORS UP THAT I KNOW THIS CITY HAS. NEXT, MIKE TAYLOR WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE SHIP ECONOMIC ISSUES YOU ASKED ABOUT.

>> WE FULLY SUPPORT THE HOME OWNERSHIP RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SHIP AND THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM AMENDMENTS. THE SHIP WAS DEVELOPED OVER TWO YEARS WITH SIGNIFICANT AND MEANINGFUL INPUT FROM OVER 80 DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.

THEY REPRESENT A BROAD BASE OF CONSTITUENTS. WE ASK THAT YOU RESPECT THE WORK OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS AND APPROVE THE SHIP TODAY. NATALIE SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANT BENEFITS OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND HOW HOME OWNERSHIP PROVIDES A STABLE FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWS LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES IN A MEANINGFUL AND PERMANENT WAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE HOME OWNERSHIP RATE IN SAN ANTONIO CONTINUES TO DECLINE. OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, IT'S GONE DOWN BY 5% AND THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE HOME OWNERSHIP RATE IS DECLINING THE FASTEST AMONG LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. WITH THE MEDIAN SALES PRICE OF HOMES JUMPING 17.5% OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, HOME OWNERSHIP IS BECOMING LESS AND LESS OF AN OPTION FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. ACCORDING TO THE SHIP, THERE ARE OVER 50,000 OF THESE FAMILIES EARNING BETWEEN 31% AND 120% OF AMI WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF HOUSING INSTABILITY. AMONGST THESE FAMILIES, THERE'S A STRONG DEMAND FOR HOME OWNERSHIP BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE RECEIVED 4,145 APPLICATIONS FROM FAMILIES THAT ARE APPLYING FOR HABITAT HOME. THAT'S 1,000 MORE APPLICATIONS THAN LAST YEAR.

THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY FEW HOME BUILDERS OTHER THAN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND CROSS TIMBER HOMES THAT ARE TRYING TO MEET THIS DEMAND AND THIS NEED.

WE RELY ON CITY FUNDING TO BUILD THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE IS NO OTHER SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR US.

WE DON'T HAVE AGATHE BENEFIT OF UTILIZING TAX CREDITS AND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS AND PUBLIC HOUSING. WE ARE EXCELLENT STEWARDS OF CITY FUNDING. LESS THAN 5% OF THE OVERALL FUNDING IN THE SHIP IS DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP, AND THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING CAN CREATE 2,000 NEW HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS THAT AGAIN ARE A PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION.

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TO HIM AND THE COMMUNITY. >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US AND ALSO THANKS TO OUR CREATOR FOR SUPPORTING OUR MISSION.

THANK YOU AS WELL. I HAVE SOME POINTS I WANT TO TOUCH ON.

AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP GIVES LOWER WAGE FAMILIES THE BEST CHANCE OF BREAKING THE CYCL OF POVERTY. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE SHOULD WANT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

FAMILIES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING FOR DECENT HOUSING OR FOOD, AND DECENT HOUSING OR CHILD CARE, AND DECENT HOUSING OR HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INSURANCE.

THOSE WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CURRENTLY BE HOMEOWNERS SHOULD NOT BE THE LAST GENERATION OF LOWER INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP. THERE IS OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR NEW AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP, ME AND ABOUT 15,000 OTHER PEOPLE GIVE UP HOURS AND HOURS OF OUR OWN TIME TO BUILD SIDE BY SIDE WITH FAMILIES AND HABITAT IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP.

WE DONATE OUR OWN MONEY TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COSTS NEEDED TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOMES. HELP US HELP OUR NEIGHBORS WITH THIS PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTION. AFTER SIX YEARS OF ALL KINDS OF CITY PLANNING, IT IS TIME TO STOP PLANNING AND START DOING. PLEASE APPROVE THE SHIP PLAN SO THAT THE REST OF US CAN GET STARTED ON THESE IMPORTANT GOALS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE OTHER COMMUNITY ADVOCATES HERE TODAY WHO SUPPORT THE SHIP GOALS AND APOLOGIZE BECAUSE MANY OF US HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY, SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND, ALL THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. SHIP UP.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PAYNE. WE WILL GO NOW TO JESSICA GUERRERO.

JESSICA GUERRERO? ALL RIGHT. GRACE ROSE?

MISS ROSE, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SHIRLEY GONZALEZ. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SHIP.

I'M THE PAST PRESIDENT OF KEYSTONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I'M CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD. I WANT TO COMMEND EVERYONE THAT HAS WORKED ON THE SHIP, ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE CITY, AND COUNCIL, AND OF COURSE, THE MAYOR THAT STARTED ALL OF THIS, WHAT WAS IT, COUPLE YEARS AGO? MAYBE MORE? SO I WANT TO COMMEND AND THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. I'M HERE, LIKE I SAID, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF D1 AND TIER 1, AND MONDAY, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT SENT OUT THAT WAS NOT HIGHLIGHTED SO TRACKING THE CHANGES WAS VERY CHALLENGING.

TIER 1 IS REALLY A VOLUNTEER BASE SO YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO TIME TO REALLY GET THAT DONE IN THREE DAYS. THE GENERAL RESIDENTS, IN GENERAL RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE THE TIME EITHER, AND THEY ARE PART OF THIS WHOLE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AS WELL.

AGAIN, THE 80 PEOPLE THAT SERVED THAT WAS INCREDIBLE AND 59 PEOPLE THAT WENT TO THE MEETINGS, THAT WAS A FAIRLY GOOD SHOWING, CONSIDERING PANDEMIC, BUT I THINK IF WE HAVE A FEW MORE WEEKS FOR JUST GENERAL RESIDENTS TO LOOK AT THIS, I

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I JUST FINISHED BEING THE CHAIR OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE, I AM THE CHAIR OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE OVER AT THE COUNTY AND WE DID THE DISPARITY STUDY, THEN WE CHANGED POLICY FOR SMALL BUSINESS, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND WE DID HAVE TO REALLY BE VERY CAREFUL IN TRACKING ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WENT ALONG WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND THEY WERE HIGHLIGHTED.

AND EVEN WHEN THEY WERE HIGHLIGHTED, IT WAS DIFFICULT SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK FOR THAT GRACE PERIOD FOR THE RESIDENTS, IF YOU WILL, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MISS ROSE. SHIRLEY GONZALEZ?

FOLLOWED BY KRISTIN DAVELA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. WE ARE A GROUP, THE HOUSING COMMISSION, I HAVE TODAY KRISTIN, LISA BECKMAN AND AMANDA KEYMER.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I SEE THEM ALL SIGNED UP. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AS A

GROUP, YOU WILL HAVE NINE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU.

AMANDA? AMANDA WILL COME RIGHT UP. GOOD MORNING.

IT'S NICE TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON. I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE CHAIR OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING COMMISSION, AND I'M HERE WITH A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSION. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I CAN TELL YOU WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE GROUPS OF PEOPLE I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH. THEY ARE INCREDIBLY COMMITTED, INCREDIBLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INCREDIBLY INVOLVED WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE OTHER REASON WHY I THINK THIS IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE GROUP OF PEOPLE IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO WILLING TO SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND MANY OF US HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN HOUSING. OTHERS HAVE NOT. WHETHER A PERSON IS A HOUSING EXPERT AS KRISTIN IS, AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM HER IN JUST A MINUTE, OR WHETHER IT'S AMANDA, WHO IS A CYBERSECURITY EXPERT, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSION WHO ARE COMMUNITY EXPERTS AND THEY ARE VERY INVOLVED AND VERY WILLING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY LEARNED. THIS IS REALLY WHAT MAKES A GREAT COMMISSION AND I KNOW AS A FORMER MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM, REALLY THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS POLICY IS BY COLLABORATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THIS SHIP DOCUMENT. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF THIS SHIP DOCUMENT SO THAT YOU CAN USE IT WITH THE UPCOMING BOND, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS YOU SEE FIT. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S FLUID.

IT WILL CHANGE, WE KNOW, BECAUSE TIMES WILL CHANGE. THEY HAVE CHANGED SINCE WE STARTED THE PROCESS. BUT IT IS UP TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO I DO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I DO JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN DONE A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU, I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS LEVEL OF COMMITMENT FROM ANY MEMBER OF THIS CITY, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK LORI AND BETO, IAN, A GROUP OF ALMOST ENTIRELY ALL WOMEN, SARAH, ALLISON, VERONICA, SHARON, WE HAVE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THERESA MENENDEZ AND JUAN VALDEZ, JEAN, THEN OF COURSE, OUR NEWLY APPOINTED HOUSING DIRECTOR MARK. IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE SO FAR AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SOME OF MY COMMISSION MEMBERS TO MAKE SOME

COMMENTS. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M KRISTIN DAVULA, AN AT-LARGE COMMISSIONER ON THE MAYOR'S HOUSING COMMISSION.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE SUCCESSFULLY AGING AND LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO STEERING COMMITTEE AND HOUSING WORK GROUP. ONE OF THE EIGHT CO-CHAIRS OF THE SHIP PROCESS AND THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MERCED HOUSING, TEXAS. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY 80 OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, I ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS THAT LED TO THIS THOROUGH MULTI-FACETED PLAN TO ADDRESS THE DIRE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE PROCESS WAS LONG BUT THOROUGH POLICY TASK FORCE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AS A STARTING POINT TO BUILD UPON, EACH STAKEHOLDER FORUM CRAFTED STRATEGIES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE SHIP.

THEY ARE INNOVATIVE FORWARD-THINKING AND COVER A VARIETY OF HOUSING NEEDS

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SINCE THEN, SERVING HUNDREDS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN DISTRICTS 1, 2, 4 AND 6.

AT EACH OF THESE PROPERTIES, WE PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THEIR HOUSING STABILITY AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY, THROUGH FUNDING FROM PRIVATE DONORS, FOUNDATIONS AND CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE HAVE MADE HEALTH AND SAFETY RELATED REPAIRS TO THE HOMES OF 690 HOMEOWNERS WITH LIMITED INCOMES.

MERCED SERVES HOUSEHOLDS EARNING LESS THAN 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR SINGLE PERSON AND UP TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS THAN $59,300 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THIS INCOME RANGE ARE IN NEED OF SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNIT, HOME REPAIRS OR CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR JOB TRAINING TO FOSTER ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHILE WE PRIORITIZE SERVING THE 44,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES LESS THAN 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WE NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE OTHER 50,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN NEED OF SUPPORT WITH INCOMES GREATER THAN 30%. THE 36 STRATEGIES IN THE SHIP PROVIDE A PATH TO PRESERVE AND PRODUCE HOUSING UNITS FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE EXTREMELY LOW TO MODERATE INCOME SPECTRUM. IN CLOSING, I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE SHIP TODAY. WITH ME IS ONE OF MY PEERS, LISA BECKMAN.

WHILE SHE'S NOT A HOUSING COMMISSIONER, I HAVE ASKED HER TO JOIN ME TO SHARE A

STORY ABOUT SOMEONE THAT WE HAVE SERVED. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WORK FOR MERCED HOUSING TEXAS AND HAVE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR 11 YEARS. I SERVED FIRST AS RESIDENT SOURCE COORDINATOR AT THE AL HAMBRA, A COMMUNITY THAT SERVES OLDER ADULTS EARNING LESS THAN 60% AMI IN DISTRICT 4. THEN I TRANSITIONED TO SERVING AS A COMMUNITY MANAGER AT A HUD SECTION 202 COMMUNITY SERVING OLDER ADULTS WITH INCOME BELOW 50% AMI IN DISTRICT 6. IN THAT TIME I GOT TO KNOW MANY RESIDENTS.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE DUTIES AS THE COMMUNITY MANAGER WAS WHEN I WOULD CALL SOMEONE FROM THE WAITING LIST TO LET THEM KNOW AN APARTMENT HAD BECOME AVAILABLE.

TO HEAR THE EXCITEMENT IN THEIR VOICE MADE MY DAY. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU A BRIEF STORY ABOUT ONE OF THEM. MR. JONAS, AT 90 YEARS OLD, MOVED IN FROM HAVEN FOR HOPE. HE WAS A VETERAN, A SKILLED WOODWORKER, A MAN WITH MANY WORLD EXPERIENCES, AND SPOKE SEVERAL LANGUAGES. HE HAD ONE SON AND ONE GRANDSON BUT NONE OF THEM LIVED IN TEXAS AND WERE ABLE TO CARE FOR AND SUPPORT HIM.

BETWEEN SOCIAL SECURITY, RETIREMENT BENEFITS, HE EARNED $18,816 ANNUALLY.

THAT WAS 42% OF THE AMI. I WAS CONFUSED AND CURIOUS HOW A MAN LIKE HIM HAD BECOME ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS. IT WAS A REVELATION. THAT NONE OF US KNOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE INCOME HAD DRASTICALLY CHANGED.

MEDICAL EXPENSES, DIVORCES, THEFT, AND MANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES CAN HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOUR INCOME. WHEN HE CAME TO SIGN HIS LEASE, GAVE HIM A TOUR OF THE PROPERTY. HE WAS VERY PLEASE WID WITH THE ACCOMMODATIONS BUT NOTHING MADE HIM HAPPIER THAN TO SEE THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. WE HAD DESIGNATED A GARDEN AREA FOR OUR RESIDENTS. NOW, HE HAD LOST ONE EYE. WHEN HE SAW THE AREA FOR GARDENING, A TEAR ROLLED DOWN HIS FACE FROM THE ONE GOOD EYE.

HE WAS THRILLED TO KNOW THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GROW VEGETABLES.

HE TOOK PLEASURE IN TEACHING THE OTHER RESIDENTS HOW TO GROW TOMATOES, WATERMELONS AND SQUASH. HE CAME FROM AN AREA -- AN ERA THAT HAD TO LEARN TO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT WASTING ANYTHING.

THE FOOD BANK WOULD COME TO OUR PROPERTY. HE NOTED THAT SOME RESIDENTS WERE LEAVING FOOD BEHIND BECAUSE THEY DID NOT CARE FOR IT.

HE ENCOURAGED RESIDENTS TO EXCHANGE FOOD ITEMS. HE WOULD LEAVE EARLY IN THE

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WITHOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT SERVES HOUSEHOLDS EARNING A BROAD RANGE OF INCOMES, HE WOULD STILL BE AT HAVEN FOR HOPE OR HOMELESS AGAIN.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THE STAFF IS PRESENTING SO AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN PROVIDE FOR THE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN

NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. HAVING HEARD OUR PRESENTATION AND CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON ITEMS 4 AND 37, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR BOTH OF THOSE OR ACTUALLY, I WILL ENTERTAIN SEPARATE MOTIONS FOR EITHER.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA? >> ROCHA GARCIA: I MOVE TAKE APPROVE THE CITY'S STRATEGIC

HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM 4. ON ITEM 37, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL?

>> SANDOVAL: I MOVE TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO CITY'S FEE WAIVER PROGRAM.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR ITEMS 4 AND 37. BOTH ARE ON THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND START. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE TODAY AND LET ME JUST FIRST START BY SAYING IAN, GREAT PRESENTATION. I'M CONTINUALLY AND INCREASINGLY IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE PERSISTENCE AND COMMITMENT, SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO DO THIS WORK IS NOT LOST ON ANYONE UP HERE, ALONG WITH EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EFFORT.

THIS HAS BEEN AN 18-MONTH PROCESS JUST FOR THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND IT HAS INCLUDED STAFF, HOUSING COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES HOW THE 80 PLUS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS TO DEVELOPING THIS PLAN, WITHOUT ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE RECORD AND PUT INTO THE RECORD THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS OF SUPPORT. THAT INCLUDES THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HOMELESSNESS, SABOR, DISABILITY SA, THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION, THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO, MERCED HOUSING. I HAVE LETTERS FROM FRANKLIN, FROM LISK SAN ANTONIO AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET THEM ALL NOTED FOR THE RECORD. ALSO, IT'S BEEN A LONG MORNING ALREADY, BUT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS SILL IN THE CHAMBERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THEIR EFFORT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR FACILITATOR FOR THE PROCESS, FRANCISCO IS HERE AS WELL. EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTE TCONTRIBUTEED TO THIS, PLEASE STAND UP SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, ACADEMIC REPRESENTATIVES, HOUSING EXPERTS AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS ENGAGED TO PRODUCE AND DELIVER A BALANCED AND AMBITIOUS PLAN THAT WILL SERVE AS THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ROAD MAP FOR THE NEXT DECADE, AND I AM PROUD THAT THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK HAS SERVED AS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT AND FOUNDATION FOR THE SHIP WHICH BUILDS ON THE DUTIFUL EFFORTS BY THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE TO PRODUCE A COMPASSIONATE HOUSING STRATEGY FOR OUR CITY SO THAT EVERY RESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR CIRCUMSTANCE, CAN AFFORD A PLACE TO CALL HOME, A DIGNIFIED PLACE. IT WAS MENTIONED OR SPECULATED WHEN THIS PROCESS STARTED. IT WAS AUGUST OF 2017, NOT A COUPLE MONTHS INTO THE TENURE OF THAT COUNCIL AT THE TIME THAT WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WITH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE.

AS YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ON TRACK TO SURPASS MANY OF THE PRODUCTION GOALS IN THE ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, THE SHIP IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY BECAUSE THE WORK IS NOT DONE AND NEED REMAINS HIGH AND CONTINUES TO GROW.

SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PARTICIPATE AND TO WITNESS THIS STEP WITH YOU ALL. MARK, WE ARE SO GLAD YOU'RE ON BOARD.

I HOPE WE CAN ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT'S LED TO THIS HISTORIC MOMENT AND I WILL BE EVEN MORE EXCITED TO GET THE WORK STARTED.

SO TO START OUR DISCUSSION, LET ME HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE TODAY WITH THE SHIP AND THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHAIR.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE BUT I WANT TO START OFF WITH A STORY.

WE HEARD MANY STORIES ALREADY TODAY BUT ONE OF THEM WAS FROM A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 4 AND TIM, WHO IS SANTA'S HELPER TODAY, WILL BE GIVING MY COLLEAGUES A LITTLE TREAT

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SHE WAS SO EXCITED. SHE WAS BEAMING WITH PRIDE. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE SWEAT EQUITY AND SHE WAS JUST FULLY, FULLY HAPPY THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS FOR HER TO BE A HOMEOWNER. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD START OFF MY COMMENTS WITH JUST AGAIN, A TREAT FROM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN D4 WHO HAS BENEFITED DIRECTLY FROM HABITAT. THANK YOU, HABITAT. I WILL START OUT ON THE POSITIVE. ALSO THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY REFERENCED THE AL HAMBRA APARTMENTS IN D4. ONE OF MY RESIDENTS WHO I KNOW IS WATCHING TODAY IS RECOVERING FROM A STAY AT THE HOSPITAL SO PLEASE WISH HER WELL AND ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO ALWAYS JUST WELCOME US WITH OPEN ARMS WHEN WE GO AND VISIT. LAST TIME WE VISITED WAS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION DURING URI AS A GROUP. WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS. I'M EXCITED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE SHIP THAT IAN HAS ALREADY COVERED BUT JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES TO REITERATE. WE HAD, I WAS HAPPY THAT 175 DOCUMENTS WERE DOWNLOADED.

THAT'S I THINK PROBABLY A HUGE SUCCESS IN AND OF ITSELF WHEN PEOPLE DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENTS AND LOOK AT THEM. SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES TO THE SHIP DOCUMENT AFTER YOU ALL WERE PRESENTED WITH IT WITH THE B SESSION, WHERE WE CHANGED THE STRATEGY FROM UPDATE THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION TO UPDATE THE UDC TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE FOCUS IS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION AND ALIGN WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.

ANOTHER ONE WAS AN ADJUSTED START DATE FROM THE DEMOLITION DIVERSION STRATEGY FROM 2023 TO 2022. SO WE CAN NO LONGER WAIT ON THAT STRATEGY, SO WE REQUESTED THAT. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO SERVE ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.

THEIR IDEAS ARE PHENOMENAL. WE ARE WORKING SLOWLY TO IMPLEMENT ALL OF THEM ALTHOUGH I WISH WE COULD WORK FASTER SOMETIMES. WE WORK AS FAST AS WE CAN SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE THERE. WE ALSO ADJUSTED THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX STRATEGY SO WE CAN ALIGN WITH THE STATE LEGISLATION SESSION AND HAVE A PLAN. THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH AN EIGHT-MONTH PROCESS LED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION, SO THAT WAS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, WHO IS HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL.

AS FORMER CHAIR JESSICA GUERRERO, WHO I KNOW IS WATCHING US, AND SUBMITTED AN E-MAIL EARLIER TODAY. THEY GATHERED INPUT FROM PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES AND VIA TO UNDERSTAND OTHER COST IMPACTING RESIDENTS AND ALSO HAD A FORMAL INPUT PROCESS THAT INFORMED THEIR DISCUSSION. I KNOW THERE'S NEW CENSUS DATA THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AND IN 2022 STAFF WILL SHARE THIS INFORMATION WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT THE SHIP TARGETS CAN AND LIKELY WILL BE ADJUSTED OVER THE COURSE OF A TEN-YEAR PLANNING PERIOD WHICH IS WHAT WE SEE TODAY BEFORE US.

SO ABSOLUTELY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CHANGES. SOME OF THE COMMENTS INCLUDED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDING MECHANISMS, SO HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, YES, ARE A KEY PART OF THE SHIP APPROACH TO MEET THE NEED FOR THESE 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN BEXAR COUNTY BUT GAP FINANCING AS WELL IS THE MOST DIRECT MEANS OF SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S A FOCUS THROUGHOUT THE SHIP ON INCREASING FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS. WHEN A PROJECT ADDS MORE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS, A GAP IN THE PROJECT'S BUDGET RESULTS AS WE CAN ALL IMAGINE. BUT THE GOALS SHOW THE FOCUS FOR BOTH PRODUCTION AND REHAB WILL BE FOCUSED ON FAMILIES BETWEEN 0-50% AMI. THE STRATEGY THAT FOCUSES MOST DIRECTLY ON THIS FUNDING IS EXPAND FUNDING FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOMES WHICH FOCUS ON 0-30% AMI HOMES, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGY OF LAND BANKING WHICH IS BUYING THE LAND RIGHT NOW WHEN IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE AND IN THE FUTURE, THE CITY CAN SET TERMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT'S AFFORDABILITY ONCE TLHE LAND IS READY TO BE DEVELOPED AND BID OUT.

ANOTHER ITEM, I WANT TO THANK THE TIER 1 NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION WHO GAVE US THEIR FEEDBACK, THEY SUBMITTED COMMENT TO COUNCIL AND AT THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY

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WE HAVE HAD REPRESENTATION THROUGH AARP AND THROUGH SFU SUCCESSFULLY AGING AND LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO. THERE IS A SPECIAL FOCUS WITHIN THE SHIP ON UNIVERSAL DESIGN LIKE IAN SAID, VISIBILITY STANDARDS AND PROMOTING PLATFORMS AND PRESERVATION STRATEGIES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE, AND AT LEAST 1200 OF THE HOMES THAT WILL BE BUILT OR PRESERVED WILL BE AGE RESTRICTED FOR OLDER ADULTS SPECIFICALLY. WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT THE SHIP IS THAT IT CAN BE AMENDED AS NEEDED. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL SOLUTION AND WE KNOW THAT AS WE LEARN, WE KNOW THAT IF UNFORTUNATELY WE GET ANOTHER PANDEMIC OR SOMETHING, THINGS WILL CHANGE AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT JUST LIKE WE HAVE, SO BY THE WAY, MARK, I THINK YOU HAVE A REALLY COOL JOB RIGHT NOW. YOU ARE LITERALLY PASSING THE BATON ON, WE ARE NOT LEAVING YOU BEHIND, WE ARE IN IT TOGETHER SO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS DONE AND ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. I DO AGAIN WANT TO THANK JESSICA.

SHE SUBMITTED AN E-MAIL. SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE ENGAGE IN EFFORTS TO PARTNER AND COLLABORATE WITH STAFF TOWARD HOUSING SOLUTIONS. SO WE COMMIT TO CONTINUE TO DOING THAT AND THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR WORKING ON SPECIFICALLY ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL DATES. I THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ON THE PCDC BUT ALSO, I WANT TO THANK ROGER FROM YOUR TEAM, LORI AND EDWARD FROM MY TEAM, FOR BEING ABLE TO STAFF US AND TO MAKE CHANGES AND QUICKLY SET UP MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

LORI, IAN, BETO, SARAH, VERONICA, MR. ONOFREY WHO CAME BY TODAY, THE FOLKS FROM HABITAT AND FROM TIMBER THAT ARE HERE AS WELL, SAHA, HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION, SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO, FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT, SARAH, DISABILITY SA, MELANIE, WHO IS AWESOME, AND ALWAYS IS ABLE TO REPRESENT HER FOLKS WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES, SABOR AS WELL AS THE HOUSING CONSULTANT TO SAN ANTONIO HOU HOUSING, VERY SPECIFICALLY ASKING ALL THE CANDIDATES TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS AT THE TOP, THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WOULD BE REPRESENTED.

THANK YOU AS WELL TO LAILA POWELL AS WELL AS JEAN WHO IS NEXT TO COUNCIL WOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALES. I'M CERTAIN WE WILL WELCOME CONTINUED INPUT.

THE COMMENTS THAT KEEP COMING IN THAT WE SEE, WE HAVE 784 PEOPLE VISITED THE SHIP WEBSITE BUT THIS WAS AS OF A FEW DAYS AGO SO I'M SURE THAT HAS INCREASED.

THERE IS 30 PEOPLE THAT VIEWED THE VIDEO SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S HEAVY ENGAGEMENT, THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A NEED FOR HEAVY ENGAGEMENT.

I'M HAPPY THAT OUR COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO PUSH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING ADDRESSED AND WE WILL HAVE REPORTS ON I THINK IT WAS A QUARTERLY BASIS THAT WE AGREED TO SO WE COULD MAKE SURE THE SHIP IS ON TRACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL? >> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE'S A PROTESTER WITH A MEGAPHONE OUTSIDE.

IT'S NOT PART OF OUR AUDIENCE. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING AS I WAS. I PULLED ITEM 37 BUT I'M

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I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GETTING A RECENT BRIEFING FROM THE TEAM AND I TOLD THEM I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE DOCUMENT AND THE WORK THAT WAS DONE OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS AND SO I THINK YOU SHOULD CONGRATULATE YOURSELVES AND I'M GOING TO CONGRATULATE YOU AS WELL ON A JOB WELL DONE. I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO ALSO CAME OUT TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR CONCERNS TODAY AND ALL THE DAYS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HERE AT CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A SPECIAL THANKS, OF COURSE, TO IAN, ALLISON, SARAH, BETO, LORI AND ERIK FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND MAKING IT HAPPEN.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS DOCUMENT BUT I WILL TRY TO LIMIT MYSELF TO JUST A HANDFUL OF THEM. ONE OF THEM, I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOUR STRATEGIES, THE STRATEGIES BY YEAR, AND MANY OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN VOICED FROM THE DAIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT YOU GUYS AND ALL THE EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THESE, AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THEM CODIFIED OR PUT DOWN TO PAPER AND THE COMMITMENT IS BEING MADE. I WILL HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THEM. EXPLORING HOW WE REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS, ADVANCING UNIVERSAL DESIGN, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH I HAVE BEEN MENTIONING SINCE I GOT INTO OFFICE, JUST HOW HARD IT IS TO GET COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THE OPPOSITION WE WORK AGAINST WHEN THAT COMES FORWARD. THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK, I'M GLAD TO FINALLY SEE IT ON HERE. THE VACANT BUILDING PROGRAM FOR LEVERAGING THAT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I WAS JUST TELLING IAN A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THERE ARE ALL THESE VACANT HOMES ON MY STREET, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY LIVE IN THEM. HE'S LIKE WE'VE GOT A SOLUTION FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU, TEAM. AND REALLY, ONE OF THESE IS CEASING THE PUBLIC SUPPORT OF MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL DISPLACE RESIDENTS. I THINK THERE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY WHICH WAS THAT DISPLACEMENT THAT OCCURRED AT MISSION TRAILS, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF AGREEMENTS WERE MADE TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THAT, I THINK IT STILL LEAVES A SCAR, SO SEEING THIS ON HERE IS, I THINK IT'S A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TWO OF MY FAVORITE, THOUGH, ARE YOU HAVE RESERVED THEM FOR YEAR 2024 AND THEY ARE ESTABLISH MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL REHAB PROGRAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THROWING THAT IN THERE -- NOT THROWING, I'M SURE IT WAS THOUGHTFUL, THE WAY YOU DID IT, AND IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE PRINCIPLES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGN AND PROGRAMS. THAT WILL BE GREAT. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE.

IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DOCUMENT THERE'S MENTIONS OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND GETTING I THINK OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED WITH MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED WITH HOUSING, SO I WANTED TO KNOW, ARE YOU ALSO CONSIDERING HEALTH PROTECTIVE

PRINCIPLES IN DESIGN AND IS THAT PART OF THIS STRATEGY? >> YES.

IT ABSOLUTELY IS. TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK HOLISTICALLY WHEN WE ARE DOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. PART OF SUSTAINABILITY IS HEALTH, SO THAT WAS MEANT TO BE CAPTURED IN THAT BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CLARIFY IN OUR LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PROMINENT.

>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU. THAT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO ME. IF IT SAYS THE WORD HEALTH, THANK YOU. ANOTHER THING I JUST -- IT'S OKAY.

WE'RE DONE. THANKS. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE APPLICATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PRINCIPLES WHEN CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW POLICY. SO I DO WANT TO THANK CYNTHIA AND GRACE ROSE, WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR CONCERNS AS VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE NOT PAID AND WHO ARE PAYING FOR THIEIR OWN PARKING RIGHT NOW TO COME TO THIS MEETING.

I UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE OF VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS HAS TO BE DIFFERENT OF THE EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS, SO FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

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AND I WILL READ TO YOU FROM ONE OF THE PRODUCTS THE GROUP PUT OUT AND THIS REALLY TOUCHES MY HEART, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO SEE, IS THAT WE TAKE THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEAR, WE DOCUMENT THEM AND THEN WE RESPOND TO THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RESPONSIVE IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

I WANT TO THANK YOU -- I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SEE THIS MODELED IN ANY WORK PRODUCT HERE AT THE CITY, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF I COULD STAND UP AND CLAP, I WOULD RIGHT NOW BUT I WILL RUN OUT OF TIME IF I DO THAT. THIS IS HOW STAFF RESPONDED TO SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. IT WAS STAFF AGREES THAT THE SHIP BENEFITED FROM THE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND ONE OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE SHIP IS TO ACTUALIZE THE CITY'S PUBLIC -- PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OFFERS VALUABLE LESSONS FOR FUTURE ENGAGEMENT. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY REFLECTED ON THE INPUT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU AND YOU EVEN MENTION, I MEAN, WE APOLOGIZE FOR NOT REALIZING THE TIME OF THE FIRST MEETING OVERLAPPED WITH AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL DAY AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING BETTER IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU FOR ADMITTING THAT YOU CAN DO BETTER AND THAT YOU WILL DO BETTER.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY COMMENDABLE. IT GIVES ME HOPE IN FUTURE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION EFFORTS HERE AT THE CITY. I DO HAVE ACTUALLY ONE MORE QUESTION AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT.

IS THAT UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW? IN THE FY '22? FY2022?

>> YES. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGY TO SCEASE MARKET RATE

DEVELOPMENT? >> SANDOVAL: COULD YOU CLARIFY PUBLIC SUPPORT?

>> IT WOULD BE ANY TIME THE CITY HELPS TO INCENTIVIZE A PROJECT.

IT COULD BE AS SMALL AS FEE WAIVERS OR TAX INCREMENT ZONE DOLLARS.

THIS TIES TO THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GIVE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO A PROJECT, IF IT IS MARKET RATE, THAT IT'S NOT DISPLACING ANY OF

THOSE RESIDENTS. >> SANDOVAL: SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I THINK I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO MY QUESTIONS ON THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM IF THAT'S OKAY. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ARE CHANGING FROM -- YOU ARE RECOMMENDING WE CHANGE FROM A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED TO A PRIORITY OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PRIORITIES ARE, BUT I SAW THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL OPEN IN DECEMBER OR THIS MONTH, BUT THAT THEY WILL BE EFFECTIVE, THE FEE WAIVERS WILL BE EFFECTIVE BEGINNING JANUARY. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOES THAT GIVE YOU TIME TO GO THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS?

>> HELLO. VERONICA GARCIA. THAT GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME.

WE WILL START ACCEPTING THE APPLICATIONS AND WE HAVE ABOUT A 30-DAY APPLICATION WINDOW, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONES, PRIORITIZE THEM ACCORDING TO THE ORDER THAT WE HAVE OUTLINED IN THE POLICY, THEN WE WILL START ADMINISTERING THE WAIVERS BASED ON THAT. THE POLICY WILL BE EFFECTIVE BUT WE WON'T ACTUALLY START ADMINISTERING WAIVERS UNTIL WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO

REVIEW THEM ALL. >> SANDOVAL: WILL THERE BE A CUT-OFF DATE FOR WHEN YOU

RECEIVE APPLICATIONS? >> YES. WE TYPICALLY HAVE AN OPEN APPLICATION WINDOW OF ABOUT 30 DAYS AND WE ALWAYS GET MORE APPLICATIONS AND REQUESTS FOR DOLLARS THAN WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE, SO THAT DOES GIVE US -- IT'S IN LINE WITH THE HISTORY OF HOW WE DO OUR APPLICATIONS SO IT DOES GIVE US TIME TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH IT. WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT UTILIZE THESE AND IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT ANY PROJECT TIMELINES THEY ARE WORKING ON. THEY UNDERSTAND THEY WON'T ACTUALLY HAVE WAIVERS IN HAND

UNTIL PROBABLY FEBRUARY. >> SANDOVAL: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THEN YOU IMAGINE THEY WILL ALL BE USED UP AT THAT POINT?

>> OH, YES. EVERY YEAR, WE DO. WE DO HAVE MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE THIS YEAR SINCE WE ARE REALLOCATING SOME OF THE DOLLARS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY RESERVED FOR C-CHIP PROJECTS SINCE THAT PROGRAM HAS SUNSET.

ALL OF THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING UP INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUCKET SO WE WILL HAVE MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT IF MEMORY SERVES, I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT $7 MILLION OF REQUESTS JUST FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CATEGORY ALONE, SO EVEN WITH THE INCREASE IN WAIVERS AVAILABLE, WE STILL EXPECT TO HAVE MORE DOLLARS WHICH IS WHY THAT PRIORITY ORDER IS SO IMPORTANT, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE HELPING THE PROJECTS THAT NEED AND ARE SERVING THE BIGGEST NEED FIRST, THEN GO DOWN THAT

LIST. >> SANDOVAL: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SECOND THIS MOTION AND I JUST WANT TO FIRSTLY THANK AND RECOGNIZE BETO, VERONICA, IAN, SARAH, MARK, ALLISON, SHARON, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, LORI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THIS TEAM. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND I KNOW WE WANT TO SAY 2017 BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT THIS BEGAN IN 1995 WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN'S CHALLENGE TO LOOK AT THE HOUSING AND I APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS TO DO THIS.

HERE WE ARE TODAY AND WE HAVE THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A STEP IN A COMPLEX ISSUE THAT ADDRESSES GENERATIONS OF INEQUITIES, OF REDLINING, OF A SYSTEM THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE LIVED IN BUT SAN ANTONIO HAS ALWAYS MOVED TO REPRESENT AND WE HAVE ALWAYS FOUGHT. AT THE HEART OF THIS IS THE QUESTION HOW DO WE BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. WITH 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE KNOW HAVE OTHER ISSUES FROM HEALTH TO FINANCIAL TO EMOTIONAL TO MENTAL, HOW DO WE HELP THEM AND KEEP THEM HERE AND HEALTHY AND ALLOW THEM TO GET THE SERVICES. WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS THESE SERVICES ARE COMING FROM THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ANY SERVICES THAT COME DOWN LIKE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE GUIDELINES AND IF WE DON'T MEET THESE GUIDELINES, THERE WILL BE PENALTIES. TODAY I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PLAN THAT HAS BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL OF MEETING THE GUIDELINES SET TO US BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PERSONALITY OF THIS SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY, IN THE MIDST AND DOING ALL OF THIS IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING CR CRISIS. THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MANY. THIS WILL OPEN DOORS AND WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MY CONSTITUENTS WITH VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS OF MEDIAN INCOMES.

I WANT TO THANK HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. I SEND MY THANKS TO BLANCA IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT EASY TO SHARE AND STAND UP HERE AND BE VULNERABLE, BUT THIS IS WHO WE ARE DOING THIS FOR. THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TODAY. I BELIEVE THE M MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STRATEGIES PROVIDE A SAFE APPROACH AND MANY ALTERNATIVES TO HELP THE CONSTITUENTS WITH HOUSING.

I FEEL THAT WHAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE DONE IS VERY FLUID AND WITHIN THE COMMITTEES, WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED AS WE FACE NEW CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF HOUSING INSECURITY WITH THE EMERGENCE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND THE CRISIS THAT WE HAVE. THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN. BACK IN 2017, THE COMMUNITY SAID WE WANT IN NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDE HOUSING. IN MAY OF 2021, THEY SAID CHANGE THE CHARTER SO WE CAN INCLUDE HOUSING. THE VOTERS WILL HAVE A CHANCE NEXT MAY TO DECIDE IF THEY MOVE THE HOUSING BOND FORWARD.

SO WHILE WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TODAY AND THEN TO GET DWINPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WE GO OUT AND TAKE OUR HOUSING BOND OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

I LOOK FORWARD -- THE ONLY QUESTION I REALLY HAVE AND IAN, IT'S PROBABLY FOR YOU, IN TERMS OF THE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES, YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEVELOPMENT OR YOU WILL JUST -- THEY WILL BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT GOES

OUT, OR WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROGRAM YET? >> WE DON'T HAVE THAT PARTICULAR STRATEGY FINALIZED. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED ON ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AS WE TRIED TO HOLISTICALLY ADDRESS HOUSEHOLDS SO WHEN WE WOULD COME OUT AND DO BLOCK WALKING FOR RESIDENTS WHO MAY BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR EMERGENCY MORTGAGE OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, DHS WAS THERE AT THE SAME TIME TO SAY DO YOU NEED ANY OF THESE OTHER SERVICES.

WE HAVE A MODEL. WE ARE JUST WORKING TO FINALIZE EXACTLY WHAT THAT

LOOKS LIKE. >> VIAGRAN: THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN WE START DOING THE PROGRAMMING, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO SEE WHO WANT

TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMING ALSO, CORRECT? >> ABSOLUTELY.

YES. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THIS.

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I THANK YOU ALL. I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS PLAN. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ?

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. MY PART OF THE DAIS GOT A LITTLE CLUTTERED OVER HERE A SECOND AGO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE FIRST REBECCA AND MOLLY ARE FASTING FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. AND DEMONSTRATING OUTSIDE CITY HALL AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. THEIR GOAL, AS I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE, IS TO CALL US TO TAKE AGGRESSIVE ACTION IN DRAE ADDRESSING OUR HOUSING CRISIS. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FIRST. TO BEGIN MY COMMENTS, I WANT TO FOCUS ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. ONE OF MY GOALS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED RECENTLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THE CITY'S HOUSING BOND AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND AS I ATTENDED THE MEETINGS, I LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION AMONG COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE FEEDBACK HELPED SHAPE MY COMMENTS TODAY. MY APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAD APPOINTED, SPECIFICALLY TO STEPHANIE AND OTHERS FOR THEIR THOROUGH RESEARCH AND THE RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC COMMENT. LIKEWISE, THE SHIP INCLUDED A GREAT AMOUNT OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT. MY HOPE IS WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IMPACTED RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY, AND THIS FRAMEWORK, AS COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA SAID EARLIER, SHOULD BE EVER-EVOLVING. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD CHECK IN ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE OUR NEEDS ARE BEING MET. THAT MEANS RECOGNIZING HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT, IT MEANS PREVENTING THE DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES, AND IT SHOULD BE REDIRECTING PUBLIC DOLLARS TO COMMUNITY NEED BY INSISTING ON THE FULFILLMENT OF OUR AFFORDABILITY GOALS AND REFUSING TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE EXPLOITED FOR PROFIT. ASIDE FROM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, I WILL NOW TOUCH ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR 37, THIS WAS REALLY MY ONLY COMMENTS, I FULLY SUPPORT THE ADDED PRIORITY FOR AT LEAST 10% UNITS AT 30% AMI AND I SAW HOW THIS WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND I WANT TED TO ADD MY APPRECIATION FOR THE STAFF WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY. I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT PROCESS AND VERY LIKELY THE MOST DIFFICULT AND IMPORTANT TASK WE HAVE IS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND EVERY TIME WE ARE UP HERE, WE WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO DO BETTER, THE COMMUNITY WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO DO BETTER JUST AS THEY ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE US TO DO BETTER. WE ARE GOING TO GET THE SAME CALLS TO ACTION THAT YOU ARE.

NOW, ASIDE FROM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, OUR OFFICE MET WITH CITY STAFF AND HIGHLIGHTED SOME ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT I BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT AND I WISH THIS WAS INCLUDED. I WAS HOPING THIS WAS A PART OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT DISPLACEMENT IS A HUGE ISSUE IN DISTRICT 2, AND DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ACEMACE ASSESSMENTS ARE AN IMPORTANT TOOL.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS ONLY CONDUCTED AFTER THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE AND THE FUNDING HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN OUT SO DURING THE HOUSING BOND DISCUSSION THERE WAS A PROPOSAL AND IT WAS ACCEPTED TO INCLUDE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AS PART OF THE SCORING FOR THE RFP PROCESS, SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, I MOVE TO AMEND THE PLAN TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRES DISPLACEMENT STUDIES AS A CONDITION DURING THE CONTRACT PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR PROJECTS LOCATED IN AREAS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED DISPLACEMENT. APPLICANTS SHOULD BE GIVEN ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR ELIMINATING OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING DISPLACEMENT.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AN AMENDMENT TO WHICH ITEM?

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: 4. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ITEM 4. COULD YOU RESTATE THAT FOR

THE RECORD? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: YES. I MOVE TO AMEND THE PLAN TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRES DISPLACEMENT STUDIES AS A CONDITION DURING THE CONTRACT PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR PROJECTS LOCATED IN AREAS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED DISPLACEMENT. APPLICANTS SHOULD BE GIVEN ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR

ELIMINATING OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING DISPLACEMENT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.

THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AN AMENDMENT AS READ INTO THE RECORD BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. I'M GOING TO NEED SOME CLARIFICATION. IS THAT AMENDMENT THE ONLY THING THAT NOW IS ON THE

FLOOR? >> SEGOVIA: CORRECT. THE DISCUSSION SHOULD NOW

FOCUS ON THE AMENDMENT OFFERED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A VISUAL SIGNAL FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR. WE WILL DO A ROUND, WE WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR THE AMENDMENT DISCUSSION. LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. I HAVE GOT VIAGRAN AND PELAEZ IN THE CUE.

>> SANDOVAL: COUNCILMAN, I THINK IT'S IMPRESSIVE HOW MANY BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS YOU HAVE BEEN TO. YOU TELL ME YOURSELF. I JUST WANT TO SAY SHOUT-OUT TO YOU FOR PRIORITIZING THAT AND FOR REALLY LISTENING TO WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THERE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND HAVING ANALYSIS FOR THAT. I THINK IN TERMS OF DOING IT BEFORE THE PROJECT'S ALREADY

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THAT WOULD BE MY POSITION ON YOUR PROPOSAL. BUT AGAIN, ENTIRELY SUPPORT

IT IN SPIRIT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.

MAYBE LORI, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION. WE CAN DO THIS DURING THE

PROGRAMMING AND THE POLICY PORTION? >> HOUSTON: CORRECT.

THIS DOCUMENT IS REALLY THE GUIDE. THEN WE WILL GO CREATE 36 STRATEGIES SO WE COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL IS SAYING.

WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL WITH A DISPLACEMENT POLICY AND IT WILL INCORPORATE THOSE CONCERNS YOU HAVE MADE. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ADDRESSED HOLISTICALLY AND WE GET OTHER COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.

>> VIAGRAN: I WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE -- AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT AND I DO WANT THAT STUDY. HOWEVER, WHEN WE ARE LABELING COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES WANT TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

SO -- AND THE OTHER THING IS I DON'T WANT, BECAUSE I KNOW MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 3, AND IF WE START LABELING THEM HISTORICALLY -- AND I WILL SAY IT BUT I NEED THEIR INPUT TO SAY YES, I AGREE, BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY WILL BE LIKE DON'T CALL ME THAT, DON'T SAY THAT ABOUT ME, SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK INTO COMMITTEE AND DO THIS.

I SUPPORT THE SENTIMENT AND I TOTALLY ANTICIPATED THAT WE COULD DO THIS THROUGH COMMITTEE. THE OTHER THING IS THERE ARE POVERTY AND DISPLACED COMMUNITIES HAPPEN THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO AND THROUGHOUT THE 10 DISTRICTS SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION. LIKE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, I FULLY APPRECIATE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AND GET COMMUNITY INPUT SPECIFICALLY ON THAT WHEN WE START GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAMMING PROCESS.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ? >> PELAEZ: I ACTUALLY LIKE THIS IDEA.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD PLAY OUT, YOU KNOW, ON THE FRONT LINE FOR THE PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE OR WHOEVER IT IS THAT'S MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE I SUPPORT IT. AND IF IT ENDS UP BEING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NOT JUST GOOD BUT ACTUALLY PRACTICAL AS FAR AS THE MECHANICS OF IT, I DON'T SEE WHY I WOULD SAY NO TO IT, BUT I STILL WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. SO I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION BUT I THINK THAT TO DO SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS AS AN AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A BETTER WAY OF DOING THAT AND I WILL PROBABLY END UP SUPPORTING IT, YOU KNOW, ONCE I GET A LOT MORE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. BUT LORI, DO YOU HAVE -- WELL, ANYWAY, I OBVIOUSLY HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT SO I WILL ASK YOU LATER.

THANKS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. MY NEXT ACTIONS WILL BE BASED OFF OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD. I DO ACKNOWLEDGE CALLING COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY DISPLACED IS NOT SOMETHING I'M PUTTING ON PEOPLE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING.

WHEN WE WERE KNOCKING ON THOUSANDS OF DOORS THEY SAID WE ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF OUR HOMES, OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GONE, WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE MOVING IN.

IT'S NOT A TITLE WE ARE PUTTING ON SOMEONE. IT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING TO PEOPLE.

BUT AT THIS TIME, IN RECOGNIZING THIS IS A PRIORITY TO ME, I'M GOING TO

RESCIND MY MOTION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.

THE MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTIONS THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR. I HAVE IN THE QUEUE COUNCIL

MEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY, I WAS THINKING BACK TO WHEN WE STARTED HAVING THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE MEETINGS. I GUESS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

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AND NOW TO SEE WHAT WE ARE TODAY AND HOW THAT ALL HAS PROGRESSED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED D ABOUT WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I WANT TO, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, APOLOGIZE TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I HAVE GIVEN THEM A HARD TIME OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS BUGGING THEM ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND BUGGING THEM ABOUT SAYING IF YOU ARE GOING TO BRING THIS FORWARD, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN COMPLETELY TO EVERYBODY EXACTLY WHY WE NEED THIS AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO SHOW THIS, AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT, AND NOW I WANT TO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE THAT. YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER A REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM WITH THE COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION OF MANY, MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND MANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO STILL DISAGREE WITH SOME OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY EVERYTHING SHOULD BE 30% AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE SAY WE HAVE TO HAVE 120%. I REMEMBER MY DISCUSSION MANY TIMES SAYING WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT HUD SAYS THE AMI IS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE REAL AMI FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THAT IS THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS SHIP PLAN. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS.

AND I DON'T -- I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO. BUT I DO REALIZE THAT THIS IS STILL A LIVABLE PROGRAM. IT'S ONE THAT'S GOING TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE AS WE START TO IMPLEMENT IT, AND WE CONTINUE TO GET FEEDBACK, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THINGS, JUST LIKE THE COUNCILMAN WAS BRINGING UP ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT STEPS AND PLAN FOR DISPLACEMENT, OR ALL OF THE OTHER INGREDIENTS THAT GO INTO HOUSING.

SO REALLY I WANT TO COMMEND YOU I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY FORWARD.

AND I'M HEARING FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SENDING ME EMAILS, PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHIP PROGRAM. THEY REALLY BELIEVE WE'RE GOING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.

AND I DO TOO. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ.

>> PELÁZEZ: JUST A FEW OBSERVATIONS. LORI, YOU'VE BEEN AT THE CITY LONGER THAN I HAVE, AND CAN YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT RARELY DO WE EVER GET ASKED BY THE DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, NON-PROFIT GROUPS, AND THE BOARD OF REALTORS, THE BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, UM, YOU KNOW, AND HOUSING ADVOCATES TO -- THEY'RE ALL ASKING THE SAME THING. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN? YEAH, ME NEITHER, RIGHT.

WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TO AGREE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO GET BEHIND, THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO GET BEHIND.

TOO, I GOT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS WHO HELPED FASHION THIS PLAN.

AND I HAD, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE QUESTIONS, LIKE, DID YOU FEEL THAT YOU GOT A FAIR HEARING OF YOUR -- OF YOUR CONCERNS AND WERE YOUR OPINIONS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT? EVERYBODY SAID, YES. DID YOU GET EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANTED OUT OF THIS PLAN? EVERYBODY SAID, NO. AND YOU STILL WANT US TO VOTE FOR IT? AND EVERYBODY SAID, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO FOR ME THIS IS A CONSENSUS DOCUMENT, AND CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS ARE NEVER PERFECT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD LET PERFECTION GET IN THE WAY OF GOOD IN THIS INSTANCE, AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE ON THIS, LORI. I SEE HOW HARD YOU'VE WORKED ON THIS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ALL DESERVE TO TAKE A DAY OFF IN 2023.

AT LEAST ONE DAY. BUT, KNOW, THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO DO.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT HERE, RIGHT, THAT IN ORDER TO SOLVE THIS PROCESS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL FROM EVERY SINGLE LEVER AVAILABLE TO US AND YOU GUYS ARE TRYING SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK THAT WE'RE AIMING AT THE RIGHT TARGET HERE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GET DEAD CENTER OR AS CLOSE TO DEAD CENTER AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR HEART INTO THIS. AND SO IT'S THAT THAT I'M MOST IMPRESSED WITH IS THE PASSION

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THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE SNACKS.

I TOLD MYSELF THAT I'D STOP SNACKING BEFORE LUNCH BUT I THINK THAT I'LL START TOMORROW.

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND THE SHIP GROUPS THAT SHAPED THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

LORI, YOU TRULY DO HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM. A SMALL BUT MIGHTY DOING GREAT COMMUNITY WORK. TO ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER CITY PLANNING PROCESSES BECAUSE IT WAS PARTIALLY COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND EVERYONE WAS WILLING TO LISTEN AND LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER. STAFF EVEN EXTENDED THE PUBLIC COMMENT SURVEY PERIOD, AND ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THAT THE FINISH LINE IS RIGHT HERE, IT'S AT 13.1 MARATHON AND THE .1 IS RIGHT THERE. ALL OF US HERE, AGAIN, WE'RE CLOSE, AND ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT ISSUES LIKE THESE SOMETIMES TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO GET RIGHT.

AND I ALSO RECEIVED THE EMAILS FROM FORMER HOUSING COMMISSIONER JESSIC GARARIO WHO CHALLENGES US AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO GET THIS SHIP ON TASK, MORE WORK AHEAD OF US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE THOSE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, EACH OF YOU ALL EACH DID A GREAT JOB IN APPOINTING THOSE FOLKS AND, YES, WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED FROM THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE WAS GREAT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE REFLECTED WITHIN THE SHIP. BUT, AGAIN, GREAT WORK ON BOTH ENDS WITH CITY STAFF, AND OUR HOUSING BOND APPOINTEES. AND I DO HOPE THAT Y'ALL GET A VACATION AFTER BOND AND THE SHIP. YOU KNOW, AS THE SHIP HAS EVOLVED, I KNOW THAT EACH OF US ON THE DAIS HAS READ IT COUNTLESS TIMES AND WE WERE PART OF COMMITTEES WHERE WE WERE BRIEFED ON IT, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I'M SURE THAT OUR COUNCIL AIDES ARE TIRED OF READING IT AS MANY TIMES AS WE HAVE. AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR NON-PROFIT AND OTHER PARTNERS WHO SENT IN THOUGHTFUL LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE SHIP, HAVE HAD DEDICATED STAFF WHO P PORE OVERWHELM THESE DOCUMENTS AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR WHOM HOUSING IS STILL THEIR MISSION, EVEN BETWEEN EIGHT TO 12 HOUR SHIFTS DURING THE LECTURES AT THE UNIVERSITIES THAT THEY TEACH AT. FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE STAFF AND DON'T GET PAID TO GUIDE HOUSING POLICY, THEY DO IT OUT OF A LOVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT LEAVE THEM OR ANYONE ASHORE WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO FORM A BLOCKADE TO SAVE A STRANGER'S HOME ASK FOR A LITTLE MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE RECENT CHANGES IN THE HOUSING DOCUMENT THAT WILL GUIDE THE CITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THEIR REQUEST. JUST LIKE I'M WILLING TO ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THE REQUEST OF OUR NON-PROFIT AND OTHER PARTNERS WHO SENT IN LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. A FOUR-WEEK PAUSE WOULD HELP THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL AS COMFORTABLE WITH THE SHIP AS SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HEARD FROM TODAY.

WHILE I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE OVERALL DOCUMENT, I CANNOT BE A YES VOTE UNTIL MY COMMUNITY HAS THE TIME TO REVIEW THE UPDATED PLAN SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO SAY YES ALONGSIDE ALL OF US.

COMMUNITY ISN'T SAYING ANYTHING CLOSE TO NO, THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE UPDATED LANGUAGE. THE CITIZEN HOUSING BOND ADVISORY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A HOUSING PACKAGE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SHIP. CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY PASSED UPDATES TO THE LOCAL HOUSING TAX CREDIT POLICY THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE SHIP.

THE CITY'S COUPLE BE WILL VOTE ON UPDATES TO THE FEE WAIVER POLICY TODAY THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE SHIP FOR THE MOST PART AND IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL, IT WOULD PRODUCE 590 RENTAL UNITS BETWEEN 50% TO 60% OF THE AVERAGE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. ALMOST 60% OF THE SHIP'S TARGET AT THAT AMI LEVEL. AND, OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT VOTE ON THE HOUSING BOND OR OTHER BONDS UNTIL FEBRUARY. NON-PASSAGE OF THE SHIP HAS NOT HELD UP ANY OF THE PROCESSES AND A SLIGHT PAUSE TODAY WOULD NOT HOLD UP ANY OF OUR MAJOR HOUSING DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY GOING TO THE HOLIDAY BREAK. I KNOW THAT THE LAST THING THAT STAFF AND ST STAKEHOLDERS WANT O DO DURING THE HOLIDAYS IS READING AND TALKING ABOUT HOUSING POLICY, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO ARE SPENDING THEIR HOLIDAYS, HOUSING COST BURDEN, AND LIVING IN HAZARDOUS HOUSING CONDITIONS OR NO HOUSING AT ALL.

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UNTIL JANUARY 13TH MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT,

THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO DELAY ITEM 4 TO JANUARY 13TH. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, THERE IS A SECOND BY MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. SO THERE'S A MOTION FOR DELAY OF ITEM 4 ON THE FLOOR.

WE WILL DISCUSS THE MOTION TO DELAY AT THIS TIME. AND I'LL NEED TO ASK FOR A VISUAL TO DISCUSS THAT. SO LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ,

FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.

I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST I HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF MOTIONS TO DELAY ITEMS AND THEY HAVE FAILED. IN THIS INSTANCE, I THINK -- I'M COMFORTABLE -- I AM COMFORTABLE VOTING YES. I THINK THIS IS NOT A DOCUMENT THAT IS AT RISK OF FAILING BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER -- WE HAVE A LOT OF THESS OF SUPPORT.

AND THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS AND FOLK WHO HAVE PAID PEOPLE TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS.

HAVE PAID PEOPLE TO WRITE THESE LETTERS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I EXPECT OF THE AVERAGE WORKING-CLASS PERSON. SO I DO UNDERSTAND -- AND THIS WAS A REQUEST THAT WAS MADE EARLIER ON HAD ACKNOWLEDGED IT DURING MY EARLIER COMMENTS, BUT WHEN PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE BUT WE WANT MORE -- WE JUST WANT A LITTLE MORE TIME TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY CONFIDENT BEFORE YOU VOTE ON IT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HEED THOSE KIND OF WARNINGS.

ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IMPLICATION. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE

WOULD BE WITH THIS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MAYOR. OH, I'M REALLY TORN ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING AND I'VE ALSO EXPERIENCED THAT WHEN YOU DON'T GIVE YOUR CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS THE TIME THAT THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO APPROVE SOMETHING, THAT IT LEAVES -- IT LEAVES A MARKER IN THE -- IN THE WORK THAT FOLLOWS AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RESENTMENT THERE THAT'S GOING TO FOLLOW US. I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE WHO HAD REQUESTED THE EXTENSION. AND SO THIS IS -- THIS IS SORT OF HOW I -- WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT, RIGHT, FOR FUTURE, IS THAT WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES LATE IN THE PROCESS, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THOSE AND HOW FAR IN ADVANCE OF THE VOTE DO WE -- DO WE PROVIDE THOSE TO -- TO THE COMMUNITY. WHAT I REALLY SEE THESE CHANGES AS ARE SORT OF -- ALMOST LIKE LAST-MINUTE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. LIKE, WE HAD OUR 30-DAY WINDOW, OR I THINK THAT IT WAS LONGER THAN THAT, AND THOSE COMMENTS WERE PROCESSED, THEY WERE INTEGRATED. THE DOCUMENT WAS PUT OUT. BUT WHAT WE HAVE NOW, THE CHANGES THAT YOU MADE, ARE FAIRLY -- THE ONES THAT YOU MADE ON THE -- THAT WERE ISSUED THIS MONDAY, THOSE WERE KIND -- WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER LAST-MINUTE CHANGES.

AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE GOT THE BENEFIT OF THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WOULD YOU MIND WALKING THROUGH EACH OF THOSE CHANGES? MAYBE NOT WALKING THROUGH

THEM -- [LAUGHTER] LITERALLY. >> SO LET ME STRESS WE DID RECEIVE ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE ONLINE DOCUMENT. THEY WERE VERY MINOR, A LOT OF CLARIFICATIONS. IAN SHOWED THAT SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLARIFICATIONS ON APPENDIXES, AND CLARIFICATIONS ON HOW THIS IMPACTS CERTAIN ITEMS. WHEN WE ISSUED THEM ON MONDAY, WE REACHED OUT TO THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND MET WITH THEM ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND WENT THROUGH THOSE CHANGES.

WE SENT THE DOCUMENT TO EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE, TO THEM DIRECTLY, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE CHANGES.

SO WE'VE MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH ANYONE WHO HAD QUESTIONS, BUT WE DID MEET WITH THE TIER ONE GROUP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. BUT THEY WERE VERY, VERY MINOR. NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES.

THE PRIMARY CLARIFICATION, AS I SAID, THE APPENDISES AND WE ADDED AFFORDABLE WHERE HOUSING

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>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, LORI. AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUE IT'S -- WHAT IS THAT WORD -- HUMOR ME WHEN I DO THIS. BUT THEY DON'T SOUND LIKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO ME, BUT I THINK THAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM TIER ONE AND HEAR IF THEY THINK THAT THOSE ARE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES. IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TIER ONE HERE? COULD YOU COME FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR GROUP WAS WATCHED THROUGH THE EDITS.

I FEEL THAT I'M IN A COURTROOM -- [LAUGHTER]. >> OH, MY GOSH.

>> SANDOVAL: NO, I I DO WANT TO KNOW, DOES YOUR GROUP FEEL THAT THOSE CHANGES WERE SUBSTANTIVE?

>> NUMBER ONE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEONE REPRESENTING TIER ONE, OF READING OUT AND GETTING PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK ON -- ON THIS PLAN BECAUSE I FELT PARTICULARLY AS A MEMBER OF THE -- OF THE SHIP COMMITTEE -- THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON THAT I WAS THERE. OUR -- MY CONCERN IS NOT THAT OUR -- OUR CHANGES WERE ADDRESSED. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MEETING ON MONDAY.

I DIDN'T MEET ON MONDAY, I DON'T KNOW WHO MET ON MONDAY WITH THE STAFF.

I KNOW THAT MARK GAVE ME A CALL -- MARK MAHONEY GAVE ME A CALL, AND WE TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T ALL OF THAT. BUT WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH COMPROMISE.

MY CONCERN IS NOT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, -- I SUPPORT THE SHIP. I MEAN, I WENT TO EVERY WORKSHOP. I'VE GONE TO EVERY MEETING. I MEAN, I HAVE SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF MY LIFE, UNPAID LIFE, WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PRINCIPLES. I MEAN, IN THE END HAVING TRUST AND MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION BY ENGAGED CITIZENS. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT -- AM I DONE? OH. WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT --

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: IF YOU COULD WRAP UP YOUR STATEMENTS, BUT GO AHEAD.

>> I WILL. AND THAT ARE INFORMED AND THAT WANT TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS AND THAT THEN ARE COMPELLED TO VOTE, THAT'S WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

I MEAN, YOUR PRINCIPLES THAT YOU INTRODUCED AND THAT COUNCIL ADOPT IS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. AND THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S A LITTLE MESSY SOMETIMES. IT'S A LITTLE TIME CONSUMING. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU, SORRY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

AGAIN, DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO DELAY?

COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. >> BRAVO: THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO REPRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICT 1.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 IS ME AS A POLICY ADVOCATE.

YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT DISTRICT 1 AND I SEE SO MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED, WHO ARE VERY VOCAL, AND WHO TRY TO PLAY A ROLE IN SHAPING THEIR GOVERNMENT.

AND SO THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. AND WHEN I RAN FOR THIS OFFICE, WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 1 DIDN'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE WAS BEING CARRIED TO THEIR GOVERNMENT BY, YOU KNOW, BY THE PREVIOUS REPRESENTATION. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I COMMITTED TO DOING. AND I WAS -- YOU KNOW, I CARE ABOUT HOUSING AND I WANT THIS TO MOVE FORWARD. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE SHIP. BUT, YOU KNOW, I ATTENDED THE VERY FIRST MEETING OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE.

AND I WAS INTERESTED IN -- PART OF IT IS THAT I CARE ABOUT PUBLIC HOUSING BUT I'M NOT AN EXPERT AND WHAT CAN I LEARN HERE. I ATTENDED A FEW MEETING BUT I DIDN'T GET TO ATTEND AS MANY AS I WANTED BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT I WORKED ON TRADITIONALLY.

YOU KNOW, I WORKED ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. SO I HAD TO SPEND MOST OF MY TIME DOING THAT. JUST IN THE SAME VEIN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 1 THAT HAVE OTHER JOBS AND THEY DON'T WORK FOR NON-PROFITS OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDERS OR ANYTHING. AND SO THEY HAVE LIMITED TIME THAT THEY CAN DEDICATE TO THIS.

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I THINK THAT IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT. WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION RIGHT NOW. AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NEVER GOING TO BE HAPPY, RIGHT? AND THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH TIME.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S GOOD POLITICS TO MAKE -- YOU KNOW, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO -- TO MAKE -- TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME.

AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I'VE GOTTEN SO MANY EMAILS JUST IN THE LAST 24 HOURS FROM PEOPLE WEIGHING IN ON THIS, ON THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT JUST CAME OUT A FEW DAYS AGO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO READ ALL OF THOSE EMAILS AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY FOR IT, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO READ THEM ALL OR TO RESPOND AND TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY HARM IN JUST EXTENDING IT BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT. OR JUST TO -- TO GIVE PEOPLE A LAST CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.

I'M SURE THAT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT WHATEVER COMES FORWARD. BUT I AM -- I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE DISTRICT 1 HOUSING BOND COMMITTEES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DID. I'VE LEARNED FROM ALL OF YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US -- WHETHER THIS PASSES OR NOT -- WHETHER WE PASS THIS TODAY OR RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING MORE AND OUR COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD IN A BIG WAY ON

AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU,

COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ. >> PELÁZEZ: EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS IS A STUDENT OF GOVERNMENT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE -- THE MORE THAT I LOOK AT IT, AT ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT SAYS I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. AND EVERY MAJOR DECISION THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS CHAIR AND IN THE PAST 20 YEARS WHEN I WAS IN THE CHAIRS OUT THERE -- EVERY BIG ONE IS MET WITH, WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE HAD TOWNHALLS AND ONLINE, AND FACEBOOK LIVES AND YOU GUYS -- YOU WERE MAILING THINGS OUT TO PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, PRACTICALLY ONCE A WEEK I HOLD THE EQUIVALENT WITH A TOWNHALL OR HOAS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS. I COULD HAVE DONE MANY MORE ON THE TOPIC OF THE SHIP. ANY OF US COULD HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER FOLKS TO DO IT.

I THINK THAT A LOT OF US DID. AND YET -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO GET THIS.

AND SO I'M -- I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE DESIRE TO JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INPUT, BUT I'VE YET TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE WERE SO SUBSTANTIVE AS TO REALLY NEED TO RE-EXAMINE THIS THING AND TO RE-DO A LOT OF THIS WORK. I DON'T THINK THAT IS SUBSTANTIVE. AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE YOMAN'S WORK AS FAR AS MEETING -- MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE FOLKS ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.

NOW, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND TAKE AN OATH TO BE UNHAPPY ABOUT EVERYTHING. AND, YOU KNOW, IN THIS INSTANCE -- AND WE SEE THOSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, COME BEFORE UE VERY LEGITIMATE ■POINTS. ! BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DELAYING THIS IS JUST GIVING THOSE FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO, YOU KNOW, TO COMPLAIN EVEN MORE WITHOUT ADDING VALUE TO THE CONVERSATION. SO I THINK WE'VE SQUEEZED ALL OF THE VALUE OUT OF THIS WILL CONVERSATION THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT A DELAY. THANKS.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. SO THE OTHER -- WE NEED TO DO WORK AT THE CITY LEVEL WITH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH. WE KNOW THAT. WE'VE SAID THAT.

IT'S WHY WE HAVE S.A. SPEAK UP DOING BETTER. I DON'T HEAR THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THE SHIP. WHAT I HEAR IS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE HOW WE DO OUTREACH WITH GPA. AND, ERIK, YOU AND I CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GREAT IDEAS AND OFFERING MORE FOOD AT THE EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET THERE, BUT WE DID -- WE DID OUTREACH IN DISTRICT 3. MY SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHED IT OUT. WE PUT IT OUT TO OUR SENIOR CENTERS. SHIP CAME ON A SATURDAY. I HAD TWO PEOPLE THERE.

SO IT'S -- IT'S NOT FOR A LACK OF EFFORT ON -- ON YOUR PART, ON Y'ALL'S TEAM PART, BECAUSE MARK

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SO THE OTHER THING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A DELAY AND HOW IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- I HEARD A LADY SPEAK YESTERDAY AT CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, TALKING ABOUT HOW -- HOW THIS IS A PROCESS, AND IT'S A PROCESS AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO VET.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THIS VOTE TODAY. I ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE MORE TIME WE TAKE, THE MORE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT LIVES. SO THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THE LIVELY DISCUSSION.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

>> PERRY: THANK YOU, SIR. MS. SPIELMAN, COULD YOU COME UP HERE?

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU HERE. >> MY POINT IS NOT TO GO ON AND

ON. >> PERRY: NO, NO, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE.

THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION, I'M NOT REALLY THAT FAMILIAR WITH IT.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT. BUT HOW BIG IS THIS ORGANIZATION? HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS? HOW MANY HOMES? HOW MANY NEIGHBORS IN THIS

ORGANIZATION? >> WE'RE A COALITION, NOT AN ORGANIZATION.

AND WE'RE OVER 50 INTERLOOP NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE HAVE STARTED PARTNERSHIPS WITH

COALITIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT 8, 9 AND 10. >> PERRY: OKAY.

AND HOW MANY HOMES OR HOW MANY FAMILIES WITHIN THAT COALITION? >> MOSTLY IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD

LEADERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITIES. >> PERRY: OKAY, BUT THE WHOLE -- I MEAN, HOW MANY HOMES IN THAT COALITION? IS IT A THOUSAND, 10,000?

>> WELL, I MEAN, THERE ARE 2,200 IN JUST BEACON HILL. SO I IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT, UM-- IT'S ODD, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE THINK OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THIS IS A SKELETON THAT IS ORGANIZING FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS -- FOR HELPING THE CITY TO DELIVER SERVICES, YOU KNOW, TO COMMUNITY POLICING -- A LOT OF TIMES IT'S ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES.

SO IT'S ABOUT

ASSOCIATIONS. >> PERRY: OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SCOPE

OF HOW LARGE A COALITION THIS IS. >> OVER 50 DOWNTOWN

NEIGHBORHOODS. >> PERRY: OKAY. >> I MEAN, WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS AND PEOPLE SHOW UP, THEY ARE USUALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY. THE LAST EVENT WITH DSD, WE HAD SEVERAL DISTRICT 9 FOLKS THERE. WE HAD EVERY DISTRICT WITHIN 410.

>> PERRY: OKAY. SO IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU DON'T HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS OR HOW MANY HOMES ARE IN EACH ONE OF THOSE? THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GET THAT KIND OF DATA AS TO HOW LARGE THIS COALITION IS AND HOW MANY -- HOW MANY FOLKS Y'ALL ARE ACTUALLY SPEAKING FOR.

AND TO THAT POINT -- >> WELL, WE DON'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE.

>> PERRY: BUT, LIKE TODAY -- >> OKAY. >> PERRY: YOU'RE SPEAKING ON

BEHALF OF THE CHAIR 1 NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION. >> I'M SPEAKING AS A TIER ONE

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING -- >> PERRY: FINE. SO YOU HAVE REVIEWED THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE, DURING THE DELAYS. AND YOU'RE NEEDING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THIS REVISION? YOU ONLY GOT IT ON MONDAY AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU NEED MORE TIME TO REVIEW THIS. ARE THOSE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT?

HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. >> SO, YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS ON THE SHIP, I'VE LOOKED AT IT -- I'VE ALREADY READ IT AND I READ IT SEVERAL TIMES. I DIDN'T HAVE TO ENTER IT COLD.

BUT I THINK THIS IS THE PART THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT -- ABOUT RESIDENTS AND THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NOW THE -- THE TIME FOR US TO TALK TO NHSD AND SAY, WELL, WE NEED MORE CHANGES -- THAT DOOR HAS BEEN SHUT, AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

YOU'VE GOT TO FINALLY SAY, OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON. SO THE NEXT PART OF IT IS, IS IF THERE'S REVIEWS OF CHANGES THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE STILL SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU AS OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE ABOUT IF YOU WANT AN EXAMPLE I CAN EVEN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

AND THAT'S A DIALOGUE THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR TO US HAVE WITH EACH OF YOU.

AND YOU MAY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU WAKE UP ANGRY EVERY MORNING AND GET OUT OF MY OFFICE. BUT -- BUT TO HAVE THAT VOICE

HEARD BY YOU, TO INFORM YOU IN SOME WAY IS IMPORTANT. >> PERRY: WELL, I HEARD A COMMENT A WHILE AGO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS JUST GIVES AN EXCUSE OR SOMETHING TO DELAY

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AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR WHENEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE REVISED AGAIN.

OR IF EVER. IN THESE PLANS AND POLICIES. SO, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR -- AND I'VE HEARD THIS COMMENT ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS BOND PROGRAM THAT, HEY, WE'RE RUSHING THROUGH THIS AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THAT.

THE MORE WE HEAR THIS AT THIS COUNCIL -- THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE NOTE OF IT.

HEY, MAYBE WE ARE RUSHING THESE THINGS THROUGH THE SYSTEM TOO FAST.

LET'S SLOW DOWN. SO, YEAH, OKAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK ON

THAT. THANK YOU. >> ONE THING, I DON'T WANT TO BE PUT IN A POSITION -- I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING DOCUMENT, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT CITIZENS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS THE DELAY OF ITEM 4? OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, I DON'T SUPPORT A DELAY. WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS FOR THE SHIP. WE'VE BEEN AT THE HOUSING WORK, THE FRAMEWORK WORK FOR FOUR YEARS OR MORE. THIS WORK IS CRITICAL. IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND -- THE DYNAMIC THAT CYNTHIA TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS, IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SHIP IS ABOUT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HEARD ALREADY IN THIS DISCUSSION THAT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT. THE SAN ANTONIO THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING TODAY IS NOT LIKE THE SAN ANTONIO THAT WE HAD FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE WAS FORMED. NOR IS IT THE SAME S SAN ANTONIO THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE TWO, FOUR AND FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. THIS PROCESS, THIS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, IS VITAL FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS ON HOUSING, PERIOD. IT DOESN'T END TODAY.

IT KICKS OFF IN A NEW WAY TODAY WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT TO -- TO HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE PASS THE SHIP AND EVERYBODY GOES HOME AND DOESN'T PARTICIPATE RUNS AFOUL OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS ENTIRE EXERCISE SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND, AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CLEAR DISCUSSION THAT'S HAPPENING HERE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS AS COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ SAID, THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED BEFORE, WHERE WE HAD SO MANY DISPARATE GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT MISSIONS AND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON HOUSING COMING TOGETHER TO AGREE ON THIS DOCUMENT.

AGREE ON A DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED FROM ACTION, AT LEAST ONCE, MAYBE TWICE, FOR MORE COMMENT. AND WE STILL HAVE THAT SENSE OF UNITY HERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE FOR YEARS TO COME IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS WORK DONE. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT ON PARTICULAR PARTS OF THIS, AND THERE ALWAYS WILL BE, BUT WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE HISTORIC DOCUMENT THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GUIDE US INTO THE FUTURE.

I THINK THAT FOR THE TIME FOR DECIDING IS NOW. SO WITH THAT THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR A DELAY OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

A Y TO DELAY IT. AND A NO VOTE IS TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION ON THE SHIP.

SO PLEASE VOTE. A YES VOTE IS TO DELAY AND A NO VOTE IS TO MOVE THE MOTION IN DISCUSSION ON THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. MOTION FAILS.

OKAY, WE'LL GO NOW TO -- BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION. AND WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER

CABELLO HAVRDA. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC PROCESS BUT I THINK THAT'S ALL BEEN SAID AND DONE HERE. I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVE THAT MANY QUESTIONS.

JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, WELL, THANK YOU, NUMBER ONE, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME SPEAK TODAY AND HAS BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS.

PLEASE TAKE ME SERIOUSLY THOUGH I'M WEARING A SANTA HAT. CAN YOU -- I'M SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE THAT THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE HEARD THAT TODAY. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE MADE EFFORTS AND SPECIFICALLY I HEARD OUR SPANISH SPEAKERS, AND I WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT THAT YOU MADE A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR OUR HEARING IMPAIRED COMMUNITY.

THE HOUSING CONVERSATION, OF COURSE, IS CRUCIAL. I APPLAUD LORI'S WORK, MARK AND ALL OF THE NHSD TEAM FOR STUDYING AND INCLUDING ALL GROUPS AND UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PRIORITIZE CERTAIN GROUPS WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AFFORDING ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES IS AN ISSUE THAT ALL FAMILIES FACE. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE

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WE HEARD TODAY TESTIMONY -- NOT TESTIMONY, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT IN COURT -- WELL, WE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT -- THAT PEOPLE HAVE A HIGHER AMI WHO ACTUALLY IN REALITY SEEM TO HAVE A LOWER INCOME BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER QUALIFY FOR A LOT OF BENEFITS. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE THINGS. I ALSO WANT TO, AGAIN, TO EXPRESS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR FOSTER YOUTH, PARTICULARLY THOSE AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

THIS GROUP AS DISCUSSED ON THE DISCUSSION ON HOMELESSNESS IS MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS ONCE OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. I MENTIONED LAST WEEK WHEN WE THINK OF 30% AMI OR BELOW, WE NEED TO THINK BEYOND THE PERCENTAGE AND SEE THE ACTUAL GROUPS BEHIND THESE PERCENTAGES I MENTIONED FOSTER CARE YOUTH AND INDIVIDUAL WITH DOMESTIC NEEDS OR THOSE ESCAPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I WANT TO HAVE EVERYBODY REMEMBER WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND NOT JUST THESE PERCENTAGES OF AMI BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO

SUPPORT THE SHIP. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA -- I'M SORRY -- I GOT THE QUEUE MESSED UP HERE NOW. SO IF I SAY SOMETHING INCORRECT, CORRECT ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. >> PERRY: OKAY, THIS IS ON THE MAIN MOTION NOW, RIGHT?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THE MAIN MOTION ON ITEMS 4 AND 37. >> PERRY: RIGHT, OKAY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ABSOLUTELY.

AND THANK YOU, IAN AND LORI, FOR CONTINUING TO BRIEF ME AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND -- NOT ONLY WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS, BUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT. ON A COUPLE OF THESE SLIDES, I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, LIKE, $300 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO BOND CYCLES, OF CITY MONEY GOING TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BUT THERE'S ALSO CITY MONEY IN SEVERAL OTHER LINE ITEMS IN THERE. I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CITY FUNDS GOING INTO THIS, VERSUS STATE, VERSUS FEDERAL.

AND YOUR PERCENTAGES ON THAT SLIDE, I FORGET WHICH SLIDE IT WAS, BUT I REALLY COULDN'T TELL THAT OFFHAND WHAT THAT IS SHOWING. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT OVER THE YEARS THAT -- I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE MAXIMIZING THOSE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE, AND NOT USING CITY FUNDS, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY PULLING AWAY FROM OTHER REQUIREMENTS ACROSS THE CITY, LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. WHERE WE HAVE A $6.6 BILLION BILL SITTING OUT THERE. SO I'M -- I'M GOING TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THIS.

I'LL SUPPORT THIS PLAN BECAUSE IT'S A FRAMEWORK, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER -- THIS IS A FRAMEWORK. AND IT'S GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES IN HERE ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN WHICH IF WE APPROVE THIS SHIP TODAY, EACH ONE OF THOSE STRATEGIES WILL COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE ON DO WE AGREE WITH THE EXPENDITURES.

HERE'S A REQUIREMENT AND HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT REQUIREMENT WITH -- WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP POUNDING THE TABLE SAYING, HEY, LET'S MAXIMIZE THOSE OTHER POTS OF MONEY, MINIMIZE THE CITY FUNDS GOING INTO THIS WHERE WE CAN PAY ATTENTION. AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO BOND AND OTHER ISSUES WHERE WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS HERE IN THIS CITY.

IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BAD STREETS, BAD DRAINAGE, NO SIDEWALKS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT, ALONG WITH THIS SHIP AS THESE INDIVIDUAL ITEM COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL. SO I'LL SUPPORT THAT, WITH THAT PPROVISION THAT EACH ONE OF THOE THING COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON THE OVERALL PLAN AT THIS POINT. I'D STILL -- I GUESS, LORI, I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR IAN -- ARE Y'ALL GOING TO BE KEEPING COMMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO COME IN ON A LIST SOMEWHERE THAT THE NEXT TIME THAT THIS THING COMES UP FOR REVISION WE'RE GOING TO CAPTURE ALL OF THOSE THINGS AGAIN? AND WHEN DO YOU SUSPECT THAT

THIS PLAN WILL COME BACK UP FOR A RE-LOOK OR A REVISION? >> WELL, FIRST, WE ARE CREATING A DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE LIVE AND WE WILL PROVIDE UPDATES. WE ARE PROVIDING PCDC QUARTERLY UPDATES ON THE PLAN AND ITS LIMITATION. WE WILL HAVE COMMENT -- COMMENTS

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RECORDED. AND THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED. >> PERRY: OKAY.

SO IT COULD BE ADDRESSED IN EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES AS THEY COME FORWARD?

>> YES, THEY ACTUALLY -- >> PERRY: OR HAVE TO GET REDONE? >> NO, EACH STRATEGY.

AND YOU CAN SIGN UP RIGHT NOW FOR ANY STRATEGY THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN.

AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT SO THEY CAN BE A PART OF THE -- THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

PROCESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICY. >> PERRY: AND I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR THAT TO BE PUT OUT THERE MORE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, HEY, YOU CAN GO AND MAKE COMMENTS NOW SO THAT WE WILL BE READY FOR THAT

STRATEGY INPUT WHEN THAT COMES BACK UP TO COUNCIL FOR REVISION >> UM-HMM.

AND WE'LL PUSH THAT OUT TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES SO YOU CAN HELP US TO GET PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR

THE STRATEGIES. >> PERRY: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WELL, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE ONLY REASON THAT I'LL SUPPORT THIS PLAN AT THIS POINT. THAT IT WILL STILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON EACH ONE OF THE STRATEGIES. THAT'S ALL OF MY COMMENTS, SIR.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. >> BRAVO: AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A GREAT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ISSUE AND I TODAY ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS ON IT BEING A LIVING DOCUMENT, SO THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN ON IT GOING INTO THE FUTURE. AND SO I DO WANT TO LET ALL OF THE DISTRICT 1 RESIDENTS KNOW THAT MY DOOR IS OPEN AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND CARRY YOUR VOICE THROUGH IN ANY WAY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WE CAN AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. AND JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DIALOGUE. I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-R MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THIS IS MY LAST TIME CHIMING IN.

I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE TODAY. I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF A DELAY, BUT SOMETIMES, AND A LOT OF THE TIME WE MAKE DECISIONS, AND WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON INFORMATION BASED TO US FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ASK IN BRIEFINGS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE AS EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS.

SO I DO TAKE IT AS MY DUTY TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AND TO THEN COMMUNICATE THE REASONS FOR THOSE DECISIONS. AND SO MY OFFICE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND WE'LL WORK WITH ALL OF YOU THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SHIP.

AND TO ADDRESS ANY OF OUR CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT 8 THAT WHEN THE INDUSTRY ASKS FOR A DELAY OF THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE POLICY, THAT HE OBLIGED. AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU WOULDN'T DO THE SAME FOR COMMUNITY. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD THAT DISTRICT 5 HAD THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS.

AND, AGAIN, IN MY LAST MOTION I STATED THAT I COULD NOT BE FOR THIS UNTIL MY COMMUNITY FELT THEY HAD TIME TO FULLY REVIEW THE UPDATED PLAN. WHILE I WILL NOT BE A YES VOTE TODAY, I FEEL SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THE SHIP SHOULD HAVE A STAMP OF COUNCIL'S UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. SO I WILL OBTAI ABSTAIN FROM THE AND I THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTFUL STRATEGIES AND LANGUAGE IN THIS DOCUMENT. AND MANY PREVIOUS HOUSING REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE NEED FOR ZERO TO 30% OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT 50% OF AMI LEVEL IS THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT ON THIS, WE MUST NOT LOSE FOCUS OF THE FAMILIES WHO NEED HOUSING PRODUCED THAT IS AFFORDABLE AT THE CITY THAT IS CRITICAL AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE LEVELS.

THIS COUNCIL WILL BE WATCHING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SHIP CLOSELY AS WILL COMMUNITY.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SHIFT TO THE FEE WAIVER. AND I WANT TO THANKS, AGAIN, NHSD FOR COMMITTING TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS THAT I PROPOSED.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE IMPLEMENTED, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU,

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR

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WE DID RECEIVE SOME RESPONSES. WE RECEIVED A FORM THAT HAD SOME ADDITIONAL RESPONSES.

17 OF THEM WERE PAPER FEEDBACK FORMS. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE 17 WERE COLLECTED? IT DOESN'T DIRECTLY SAY IT ON HERE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE WERE AT THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN WATCHING ONLINE AND I DON'T ATTEND THEM. BUT I DO WATCH ONLINE AND YOU CAN VERIFY WITH ERIK WALSH BECAUSE I HAVE ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS FOR HIM.

BUT GO AHEAD. >> COUNCILWOMAN THOSE WRITTEN RESPONSES WERE FROM THE J.P.

COURTS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THERE SEEKING ASSISTANCE DURING THEIR EVICTION PROCESS.

>> ROCHA GARCIA: SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THAN WE ONLY HAD FOUR SPEAK UP RESPONSES ON THAT ONE, BUT I'M -- FEELING COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES SEND THAT OUT AS WELL AND GET ADDITIONAL RESPONSES.

BUT THAT WAS MY FINAL QUESTION, MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ.

>> PELÁZEZ: LORI, MY CONCERN IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE'S, SO, AGAIN, WE EMPHASIZING THE POINT THAT IT'S AN IMPERFECT DOCUMENT AND NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE HAPPY.

SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU WHAT MY LITTLE BIT IS, AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO BE BAKED INTO THIS.

AND MAYBE IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO OFF TO THE SIDE. BUT, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I TOOK ON A CASE -- AND I REPRESENTED QUICK N LOANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, ALMOST A BILLION DOLLAR JURY VERDICT AND I GOT TO KNOW THOSE FOLKS WAY UP IN DETROIT. AND QUICK N LOANS IS THE LARGEST HOME LENDER IN THE NATION, AND MORTGAGES AND ACCESS TO MORTGAGES AND NOT BEING SUBJECT TO PREDATORY LENDERS AND LITERACY WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING THE RIGHT MORTGAGE AND ALL OF THAT -- I THINK THAT ARE IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WORRIED ME IS THAT I LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENT AND THE WORD MORTGAGE IS MENTIONED 10 TIMES AND NOT IN ANY WAY IN CONNECTION WITH WORKING WITH MORTGAGE COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BEST PLAYERS AND THE HONEST BROKERS AND ALL OF THAT.

THE 10 REFERENCES ARE ALL ABOUT -- IT'S HARD TO GET A MORTGAGE, IT'S HARD TO PAY A MORTGAGE, RIGHT. AND SO I THINK TOGETHER WE CAN PROBABLY WORK ON REACHING OUT TO THE LARGEST MORTGAGE LENDER IN THE COUNTRY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEIR COMPETITORS, WHATEVER, AND HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP SAN ANTONIO. AND SAN ANTONIO CAN HELP THEM IN ACHIEVING SOME MUTUALLY AGREEABLE GOALS. RIGHT? SO WOULD YOU DO THAT WITH ME, LORI? YEAH, OKAY, THANKS.

THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ. OKAY, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 4 AND 37.

WE WILL NOW TAKE UP THE MOTION ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. >> MAYOR, TO CLARIFY THAT THERE

ARE TWO DIFFERENT VOTES. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: RIGHT, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.

YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT.

WE'LL TAKE UP THE MOTION ON ITEM 4 FIRST. AND THAT MOTION IS APPROVAL OF ITEM 4. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 37. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 37.

>> I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE MADE A MOTION -- >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THE QUESTION FOR -- FOR OUR ATTORNEY PARLIAMENTARIAN IS THAT THE MOTIONER IS NOT PRESENT.

HAS ACTUALLY JUST STEPPED OUT BRIEFLY AND IS GOING TO BE BACK CAN WE TAKE THE VOTE ON THE

MOTION THAT SHE MADE WITHOUT HER PRESENT? >> YES, THE MOTION IS STILL

ACTIVE HERE. YES, YOU CAN. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOT IT.

SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 37. PLEASE VOTE.

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>> ITEM NUMBER 21 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION ON BEHALF OF THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM, THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTERESTS IN LAND SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSES INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY TWO PERMANENT EASEMENTS, ONE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND ONE ACCESS EASEMENT OF PRIVATELY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY GENERALLY NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF IH-35 AND SOUTH LAREDO STREET, NORTH OF CEVALLOS AND SOUTH OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAIL SPUR, IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT OF BEXAR COUNTY IN NEW CITY BLOCK 919, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, RELATED TO THE SOUTH LAREDO IH-35 LIFT STATION PROJECT, DECLARING THE PROJECT TO BE FOR PUBLIC USE AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ACQUISITION.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER. >> I MOVE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC USE PRACTICE FOR THE SOUTHA LAREDO IH-PAFOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION.

>> THE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY FOR TEMPORARY AND PERSONALLENT IN EASEMENT INTERESTS LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, SAWS, SOUTH LAREDO PROJECT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY THE EXHIBITS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AUTHORITY, THERE'S A MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AND A SECOND. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND RESUME DISCUSSION. BEFORE WE DO THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS BACK.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM 21 ON THE FLOOR. MAY I TEMPORARILY TABLE THIS MOTION TO TAKE UP THE PREVIOUS TWO ITEMS THAT WERE VOTED ON, RECONSIDER THOSE, SO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL CAN REGISTER HER VOTE? OR DO THAT AFTER THIS ITEM?

>> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO THAT NOW, MAYOR. AND WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO

RECONSIDER. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: LET ME GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION TO

RECONSIDER ITEMS 4 AND 37 TOGETHER. >> YES, MAYOR, YOU CAN DO THAT.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO RECONSIDER. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY, THERE'S A -- CAN WE DO THEM TOGETHER OR DO THEM SEPARATELY?

>> YOU CAN DO THEM TOGETHER, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WHY DON'T WE

DO THEM SEPARATELY. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.

AND HE'S OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN ALSO. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TEMPORARILY DELAY. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 4 AND 37.

AND TAKE UP THAT MOTION. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE ON THE MOTION TO

RECONSIDER THOSE ITEMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COLLEAGUE. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY, BRAVO WITH THE MOTION, AND CABELLO HAVRDA TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 4 AND 37.

YES, SEPARATELY. THANK YOU. THAT'S RIGHT.

LET ME GET A VOICE VOTE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL BE UNANIMOUS. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF

RECONSIDERING ITEMS 4 AND 37? SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY.

SO NOW WE HAVE 4 AND 37. AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 4 FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 4.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 4. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND QUEUE THAT ONE IN THE TABLET. THAT WAS ROCHA GARCIA.

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NOW FOR ITEM 37. >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION. WAS THERE A SECOND ON 37? AND A SECOND ON 37.

HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE FOR THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 37.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THAT. NOW THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APREULAL OF ITEM 21 ON THE FLOOR AND WE'LL RESUME THAT ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.

>> BRAVO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING JUAN RODRIGUEZ AND HIS FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY. THEY OWN A RESTAURANT, AND THEY BUILT THIS RESTAURANT THEMSELVES. AND IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW THEY WANT TO PRESERVE THAT RESTAURANT AND PRESERVE THEIR INVESTMENT AND WHAT THEY HAVE BUILT FOR THEIR FAMILY. SO I HAVE MET WITH THEM AND MET WITH SAWS AND I HAVE TOURED THE PROPERTY. AND I KNOW THAT SAWS HAS A LEGAL OBLIGATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BUILT THIS LIFT STATION.

AND THEY -- WE ALSO HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO PROTECT THE RATEPAYERS.

AND SO I'VE BEEN REALLY BEEN INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING A BALANCED SOLUTION THAT CAN PROTECT THE FAMILY'S INVESTMENT AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF STRUGGLES IN TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS AND WHAT WOULD THAT SOLUTION BE THAT WOULD WORK FOR ALL PARTIES.

BUT AT A RECENT MEETING, I LEFT THAT MEETING WITH A LOT OF HOPE THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AT THE SAME TIME, I UNDERSTAND THAT -- THAT SAWS NEEDS A LEGAL BACKSTOP JUST IN CASE THE MEETINGS DO -- IN CASE WE DO NOT MAKE PROGRESS GOING FORWARD. SO I'M SUPPORTING THIS WITH THE INTENTION THAT -- THAT AN ALTERNATIVE DEAL WOULD BE STRUCK WITH -- BETWEEN THE FAMILY AND SAWS.

AND, MR. FUENTE, CAN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> BRAVO: THANK YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH -- WITH THE FAMILY TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MEETING IS ALREADY SET UP FOR NEXT WEEK

>> BRAVO: GREAT. OKAY, AND IF THE FAMILY REQUESTS FOR ME TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, WOULD YOU ALLOW FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING AS WELL?

>> OF COURSE. >> BRAVO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 21.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL RIGHT, THE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE FROZEN HERE ON OUR VOTING SYSTEM SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOICE VOTE.

IF NECESSARY, WE CAN -- WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL IF IT'S NOT CLEAR.

SO ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 11-0.

AT THIS TIME IT'S 12:55 P.M. ON THE 16TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS BRIEFLY, AND WE WILL BE BACK AT >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IF YOU CAN BEGIN TO TAKE YOUR SEATS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESUME OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT REMAIN FROM THE MORNING AGENDA AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED RIGHT INTO OUR ZONING AGENDA, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR 2:00. WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO GET THROUGH BEFORE THAT. SO MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE ROLL

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. THE TIME IS 1:57 P.M. CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED

FROM ITS RECESS. WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM 24. >> CLERK: ITEM NUMBER 24 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21-52A6 AND SECTION 10-6 OF THE CITY CODE TO UPDATE THE CONSTRUCTION NOISE ORDINANCE AND ISSUING OF PERMITS BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THIS WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL

MEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANKS, MIKE.

>> SHANNON: I HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, AND THIS IS OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION NOISE.

THERE WE GO. SO ACTUALLY, THIS ONE GOES BACK A COUPLE YEARS.

IN 2019, COUNCILMAN COURAGE ISSUED A CCR AND ASKED US TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT NOISE ORDINANCE RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION. WE WERE FINDING A FEW ISSUES, NOT A LOT, BUT ENOUGH THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING RELATIVELY CLOSE TO EXISTING HOMES, APARTMENTS OR HOUSES. SO WITHIN 300 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND THE COUNCILMAN ASKED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT MAYBE SOME CONSTRUCTION HOURS, THE CURRENT CODE HAS SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE AND IT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR.

SO HE ASKED US TO WORK TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE CONSTRUCTION NEXT TO RESIDENCES CO-EXIST A LITTLE BETTER. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING CERTAINLY IN SAN ANTONIO. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS, WE HAVE A SEPARATE ITEM, YOU ALL ARE AWARE WE HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE CCR LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT WAS A DIFFERENT CCR EARLIER THIS YEAR FROM COUNCILMAN PERRY AND THE FORMER COUNCILMAN TREVINO IN DISTRICT 1.

THAT IS ALSO GOING ALONG AND IS RELATED TO A BROADER SCOPE AND ALSO, SOME NIGHTTIME ISSUES WITH MAYBE SOME BUSINESSES NEXT TO RESIDENCES OR EVEN LOUD HOUSE PARTIES OR GATHERINGS NEXT TO RESIDENCES. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

WE WILL BRING SOMETHING LATER. BUT THIS IS A UNIQUE SPECIFIC ITEM IN OUR NOISE ORDINANCE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WE ARE READY FOR TODAY.

SO WE DO HAVE AGAIN, A CURRENT NOISE ORDINANCE AND IT DOES CALL OUT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AND IT SAYS IT'S ALLOWED DURING THE DAYTIME ON WEEKDAYS ONLY, WHICH WOULD SEEM TO THINK YOU CAN'T DO IT ON THE WEEKENDS BUT ANOTHER SECTION OF THE CODE SAYS ACTUALLY, YOU CAN DO IT ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEN IT HAS AN ADDB SOUND LEVEL MAXIMUM, HAS SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR EMERGENCY ISSUES AND SO LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A CODE.

I WILL WALK THROUGH WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO IMPROVE IT. WE DO GET A COUPLE INSTANCES A YEAR AND I THINK THE COUNCILMAN IN HIS DISTRICT HAD A COUPLE EXAMPLES WHERE SOME CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WAS STARTING VERY EARLY AND VERY LATE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND CONSTRUCTION CREWS, AND IT WAS CAUSING A REAL BIG CONFLICT AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO WITH THE ORDINANCE WE HAVE NOW, MAKE RESOLUTION. I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE TODAY WILL HELP THOSE SITUATIONS. THE CURRENT PROCESS IS WE GET A COMPLAINT, WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, IT USUALLY ENDS UP WITH MY TEAM. WE SEND OUT AN INSPECTOR, ONE OF OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND TRY TO FACILITATE KIND OF AN IMPROVED COMMUNICATION, WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS TO GET THEIR WORK DONE BUT ALSO WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET SOME PEACEFUL SLEEP AT THE WEE MORNING HOURS, LATE EVENING HOURS. THAT WORKS SOMETIMES. WE HAD A COUPLE CASES THAT DIDN'T SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR CODE A LITTLE AND OUR PROCESSES.

P SO WE GATHERED UP SOME BUILDERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS IN THE AREAS THAT THIS WAS COMING FROM, SO WE TALKED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDERS, THE COMMERCIAL BUILDERS WHICH IS ABC, ASSOCIATED BUILDING CONTRACTORS. WE HAD SOME HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATION, SOME CITY COUNCIL STAFF. I KNOW COUNCILMAN IN DISTRICT 9, YOUR STAFF WAS VERY ATTENTIVE TO THESE MEETINGS. WE STARTED MEETINGS. THE REASON IT'S TWO YEARS OLD, WE STARTED MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, CERTAINLY PUT A PAUSE ON IT AND PICKED IT UP THIS SUMMER AGAIN AND HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS TO TRY TO HASH OUT AND COME TO SOME SOLUTION THAT COULD MAKE THIS ALL BETTER.

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DAYS OF THE WEEK, IS IT JUST WEEKDAYS, IS IT A WEEKEND ISSUE, HOLIDAYS, ANY INFORMATION WE NEED TO PROVIDE ON PERMITS. TWO THINGS HIGHLIGHTED THERE.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH IN SOUTH TEXAS IS CONCRETE POUR.

CONCRETE POURS A LOT OF TIMES HAVE TO HAPPEN EARLY MORNINGS.

DWLAP THAT'S WHY THEY HAPPEN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SOME OF IT'S THE HEAT. WE DON'T WANT TO BE POURING CONCRETE WHEN IT GETS OVER 85, 90 DEGREES, THAT ACTUALLY AFFECTS THE CURING PROCESS OF THE CONCRETE.

THEN THE REAL BIG ISSUE WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT WERE NEXT TO THIS, THEY WANTED SOME COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTRACTORS IF AND WHEN THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME EARLY MORNING OR LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, SO WE HAVE A PROPOSAL TO ADD SOME REQUIREMENTS THERE. SO THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS REALLY WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THE CURRENT CODE WHICH IS CLEARLY DEFINED CONSTRUCTION TIMES, SPECIAL CONSIDERATION NEXT TO EXISTING RESIDENCES, ANY REQUIRED NOTIFICATION FOR RESIDENTS OFF-HOURS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO AN EARLY MORNING CONCRETE POUR OR SOMETHING SPECIAL, THEN ADEQUATE ENFORCEMENT FOR REPEAT VIOLATIONS. I WILL GET INTO THAT.

WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HAS ALL OF THAT IN HERE. THE GROUP WE WORK WITH, THE BUILDERS AND THE RESIDENTS WE WORKED WITH FELT THIS WAS A GOOD PROPOSAL FOR ADDING THIS TO THE CODE. SO THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE THIS.

THE EXISTING CODE AGAIN, IT SAYS 6:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M. IS THE ALLOWABLE CONSTRUCTION TIME. WE ARE PROPOSING TO BRING THAT DOWN FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS, THEN CLEARLY DEFINED ON WEEKENDS, 8:00 TO 8:00 OR 9:00 TO 5:00 SATURDAY, SUNDAY. THAT REALLY PROVIDES CLARITY IN THE CODE AS TO WHAT THOSE NORMAL CONSTRUCTION TIMES COULD AND SHOULD BE, TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO HAVE CLARITY OF WHEN THEY CAN START AND STOP AND ALSO, THEIR NEIGHBORS, WHEN YOU ARE CLOSE TO THESE RESIDENTS WITHIN 300 FEET. THE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR RESIDENTIAL, AS I SAID, IF YOU ARE WITHIN 300 FEET, YOU CAN STILL PROPOSE -- YOU CAN STILL DO CONCRETE POURS A LITTLE EARLIER THAN 7:00, THOSE TIMES, BUT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS THREE DAYS PRIOR THAT ARE WITHIN THAT AND LET THEM KNOW HEY, NEXT TUESDAY, WE PLAN A CONCRETE POUR, MAYBE FOR TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY MORNING, GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP PLAN FOR IT AND IT SHOULD BE DONE BY THAT TIME, WEATHER PERMITTING, OF COURSE. AND THAT WAS REALLY A KEY THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE HAVING SOME OF THESE ISSUES REALLY WANTED. SO COUPLE OTHER CHANGES.

THE NOTIFICATIONS, OF COURSE, I JUST MENTIONED THAT. THE ENFORCEMENT IS ANOTHER KEY. WE HAVE IN THE CODE NOW IF YOU VIOLATE THE NOISE ORDINANCE, THE CITY CAN ISSUE A CITATION. WE CAN WARN YOU WHICH WE TYPICALLY DO, WE CAN ALSO GIVE YOU A CITATION, BUT SOME OF THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE UNDER A TIGHT DEADLINE AND IT'S CRITICAL. AND MAYBE A $500 TICKET EVERY NOW AND THEN IS NOT GOING TO REALLY CAUSE THE CORRECTION OF SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO MEET THAT DEADLINE SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD IS WE CAN STILL DO A CITATION.

IF WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN AFTER TALKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR, IF THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THESE NEW RULES, I CAN ISSUE A SECOND CITATION WITH MAYBE A SUSPENSION OF THEIR PERMIT, AND IF THEY CONTINUE TO DO IT ON THE THIRD VIOLATION, I CAN REVOKE THE PERMIT AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THAT'S A KEY CONNECTION FOR THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND THE BUILDING CODE CHAPTER, CHAPTER 10.

NOW, AGAIN, THIS THREE STRIKES RULE, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE TERMED IT, I DON'T EVER WANT TO HAVE TO REVOKE A PERMIT. WE WANT THESE PROJECTS APPROVED, THEY MEET ALL THE CODE, THEY MEET ALL THE ZONING LAWS, ET CETERA.

WE WANT THEM TO BE CONSTRUCTED BECAUSE THEY ARE NEEDED BUT IF THEY CAN'T HAVE THAT GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEIGHBORS RIGHT THERE AND FOLLOW THESE RULES, THIS WAS I GUESS THE TEETH WE ARE ADDING TO THE CODE TO HELP THAT SITUATION OUT.

NOTIFICATION TO NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS WAS A BIG ONE. HOW IS THE CONTRACTOR SUPPOSED TO NOTIFY THOSE WITHIN 300 FEET. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THE OCCUPIED STRUCTURES HAVE TO GET WRITTEN NOTICE.

AND SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS OUT THERE ARE ALREADY DOING THIS.

THEY ARE AT THE TABLE SAYING WE DO THIS QUITE REGULARLY, MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY DOES BUT IT CAN BE DONE. THE ONE ITEM HERE IS IF THERE'S A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THE CONTRACTOR CAN NOTIFY THEM, THEY WILL SEND OUT THE NOTICES AND THAT WILL SUFFICE. NOT EVERYBODY HAS A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, NOT EVERYBODY HAS A REGISTERED HOA SO IT IS A COMBINATION OF THOSE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED. THE OTHER THING BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT NOT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS GOOD ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO EVERYBODY, RIGHT, SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. MINE IS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT ON THE NEXTDOOR APP BUT SOME ARE NOT. ALSO, WE ARE REQUIRING THE JOB SITE, NOT JUST TO PUT THEIR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY'S NAME ON THE JOB SITE, THEY

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THEN AGAIN, IT WAS A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS THERE. ONE OF THEM HAD TO BE IF YOU WERE BUILDING A NEW SUBDIVISION AND YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE AND YOU KNOW IT'S ALREADY A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, IF YOU WILL, THAT DOESN'T APPLY UNTIL IT'S MOSTLY BUILT OUT. OKAY? 95%.

THEN A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE CODE, WE WILL KEEP THOSE FOR EMERGENCY ISSUES. PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR GOVERNMENT STUFF.

THIS WAS THE ONE THAT SAYS YOU KNOW THAT STREET WORK THAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT HAPPENING DURING THE RUSH HOURS IN THE MORNING OR EVENINGS, TALKING WITH RAZI, WE DON'T WANT THAT BOND WORK TO BE HAPPENING AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN EVERYBODY IS TRYING SO SOME OF THAT NIGHTTIME WORK IN THE STREETS IS STILL ALLOWED AND NOT SUBJECT TO THIS. SO WITH THAT, WE DID PRESENT THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE LAST MONTH. WE GOT SOME GOOD COMMENTS.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS WE APPROVE THESE CHANGES TO CHAPTER 21 AND I WOULD BE HAPPY -- AND ACTUALLY CHAPTER 10. I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I THINK THAT'S IT. YEP.

>> COURAGE: THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THAT, MIKE. WE PRESENTED THIS CCR TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE TITLE GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT CONSTRUCTION SITE, WHICH CAME FROM A BOOK THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THAT WE THOUGHT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE QUOTE HERE FROM THAT. IT SAYS DOWN IN THE BIG CONSTRUCTION SITE, THE TOUGH TRUCKS WORK WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT TO BUILD A BUILDING, MAKE A ROAD, TO GET THE JOB DONE LOAD BY LOAD. THE SUN HAS SET, THE WORK IS DONE, IT'S TIME FOR TRUCKS TO END THEIR FUN, SO SOON BY ONE THEY'LL ALL GO TO BED TO YAWN AND REST THEIR SLEEPY HEADS. THEN WAKE UP TO ANOTHER DAY OF ROUGH AND TOUGH CONSTRUCTION PLAY. THERE'S ONE MORE SECTION I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

AND SO THESE BIG, BIG TRUCKS SO TOUGH AND LOUD, THEY WORK SO HARD, SO ROUGH AND PROUD, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CHANCE TO WORK AND PLAY.

TURN OFF YOUR ENGINES, STOP YOUR TRACKS, RELAX YOUR WHEELS, YOUR STACKS AND BACKS. NO MORE HUFFING AND PUFFING, TEAM.

IT'S TIME TO REST YOUR HEADS AND DREAM. CONSTRUCTION SITE ALL TUCKED AT NIGHT, THE DAY IS GONE, TURN OFF THE LIGHT. GREAT WORK TODAY, SSH NOW GOODNIGHT. SO IN EARLY 2019, MY OFFICE BEGAN RECEIVING CALLS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE BIG SPRINGS AND CANYON BLUFF NEIGHBORHOOD OFF EVANS ROAD.

THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX IS BEING BUILT DIRECTLY BEHIND THEIR HOMES, ROCK CUTTING, JACKHAMMERING, CONSTANT BEEPING, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING IN STONE OAK AND FU DON' IF YOU DON'T KNOW, STONE OAK IS LITERALLY BUILT ON STONE.

THIS WAS REALLY INVADING THE PEACE AND QUIET OF THE HOMES FROM AS EARLY AS 4:00 A.M. TO AS LATE AS 11:00 P.M. THERE WAS LITTLE ACTION WE COULD TAKE TO MINIMIZE THE NOISE AND VIBRATIONS OTHER THAN PLEAD FOR THE DEVELOPER TO BE MORE MINDFUL OF THEIR ADJACENT NEIGHBORS. I HAVE ALSO HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES OF SIMILAR INSTANCES IN THEIR DISTRICTS. WE RESEARCHED PIER EER CITIES WITHIN TEXAS AND FOUND METROPOLITAN AREAS LIKE DALLAS AND FT. WORTH ERECTED SIMILAR OVERNIGHT CONSTRUCTION RESTRICTIONS NEAR OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AS WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED HERE TODAY. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS THAT MET A NUMBER OF TIMES TO REFINE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

IT INCLUDES EXEMPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION LIKE CONCRETE POURS AND MAINTENANCE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT MAY NEED TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE PROSCRIBED HOURS.

THIS IS ALSO NOT A BLANKET PROHIBITION ON OVERNIGHT CONSTRUCTION IF A DEVELOPER MUST PERFORM OVERNIGHT CONSTRUCTION. THEY MAY APPLY FOR AN EXEMPTION WHICH MIKE COULD GRANT, OR HIS OFFICE, AND THEN NOTIFY RESIDENTS WITHIN 300 FEET AT LEAST 72 HOURS BEFORE THE WORK WILL TAKE PLACE.

OUR ECONOMY WAS BOOMING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND IS POISED TO RAMP UP AGAIN.

DEVELOPMENT IS COMING AND IS NECESSARY. IT IS OFTEN AN INCONVENIENCE FOR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL TO MITIGATE THAT INCONVENIENCE. SO BASED ON THIS, I MOVE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS

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BEEN PRESENTED TODAY BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. >> SECOND.

>> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 24. WE WILL RESUME OUR DISCUSSION NOW WITH COUNCIL MEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCILMAN COURAGE, YOU ARE WRONG FOR THAT STORY. WE HAD A BIG LUNCH, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY AND NOW A MAN IN A CHRISTMAS SUIT IS READING US A BEDTIME STORY.

I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I'M GLAD THAT'S THE COMING FORWARD TODAY.

I DID WANT TO CALL TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION THAT IN DISTRICT 2 WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN SOME RESIDENTS AND SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE CONFLICT IS THAT OFTENTIMES, MANY PEOPLE DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS THEM, JUST AS WAS SAID EARLIER.

SOME INFORMATION IS NOT BEING RELAYED. I ALSO FEEL THAT BY SAYING THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CANNOT NOTIFY THE PEOPLE IN 300 AREA SO LONG AS YOU GIVE INFORMATION TO THE HOA OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THAT PUTS THE DUTY ON TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO GO KNOCK ON DOORS OR SEND MAIL OR MAKE PHONE CALLS FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT AND SO I MOVE TO REQUIRE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION, AND THE REGISTERED HOA,

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR MANAGEMENT COMPANY. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT AS READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

SO WE WILL -- >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: CAN I ADD REAL QUICK? I WANT TO ADD REAL QUICK I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE, OUR TEAMS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK WE JUST SPRUNG THIS ON THEM.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. THE DISCUSSION WILL BE ON THE AMENDMENT.

>> COURAGE: CORRECT. IT WOULD BE ON THE AMENDMENT. I WAS GOING TO ASK --

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: TO RESTATE? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: YES.

I MOVE TO REQUIRE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND THE REGISTERED HOA, NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATION OR MANAGEMENT COMPANY. >> SEGOVIA: ARE THERE

SITUATIONS WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE AN HOA? >> SHANNON: YES, ABSOLUTELY.

>> SEGOVIA: IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE CAN ADD TO YOUR LANGUAGE, NOTIFICATION TO HOA

IF THERE'S ONE. IF THERE'S A REGISTERED ONE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ:

ABSOLUTELY. >> SEGOVIA: THANK YOU. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SO WHEN

APPLICABLE. >> SEGOVIA: THAT'S EVEN BETTER, COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. SO WE WILL RESUME DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT AS STATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA? >> CABELLO HAVRDA: I HAVE A QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE MOTION.

CAN I OFFER THE FLOOR BACK TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE OR MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ TO EXPLAIN?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: HAVE YOU THE FLOOR AND ARE WELCOME TO ASK QUESTIONS TO ANYONE YOU

WANT. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: I WILL ASK YOU TO DO THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. HAS THIS BEEN VETTED WITH THE COMMUNITY LIKE YOUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS? YOUR ORIGINAL CCR WAS? THE CCR WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, COMMUNITY, ALL OF THAT. DID THE SAME -- DID YOU ALL

GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITH THIS AMENDMENT? >> COURAGE: THE ORIGINAL CCR ASKED FOR IT TO GO ON PEOPLE'S DOORS. DURING THE DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM COMING BACK WAS THAT THEY USE JUST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BE REQUIRED TO GO PUT THEM ON THE DOORS. AND WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE, AND HOW

ELSE CAN YOU NOTIFY THOSE PEOPLE. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: OKAY.

THEN WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENT, PLEASE? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SO CURRENTLY, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THAT NOTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THOSE WITHIN 300 FEET, BUT IF THERE IS AN HOA, A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NOTIFY THOSE 300 FEET NEIGHBORS, YOU CAN JUST NOTIFY THE HOA, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND THAT'S NOT OKAY WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 2. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: OKAY.

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>> COURAGE: YEAH. THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ADDING IN, COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ?

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: YES, MA'AM. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: I

UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MIKE, WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO

RESPOND TO? >> SHANNON: I JUST WANTED TO ADD CLARITY.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. THE COUNCILMAN MENTIONED THE CCR OFFERED SOME GUIDANCE.

WHEN WE GOT EVERYBODY IN A ROOM, WE HAD BUILDERS AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN A ROOM, THIS WAS DISCUSSED A LOT. WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT PROCESS WAS AS THE COUNCILMAN MENTIONED, IF THERE IS NO HOA OR NA, THEY ARE GOING TO GO AND PROVIDE THAT WRITTEN NOTICE, A DOOR HANGER OR TAPE SOMETHING TO THE DOOR, NOTIFICATION, THEN CERTAINLY THE DISCUSSION INCLUDED WELL, WHAT ABOUT GATED COMMUNITIES OR WHAT ABOUT SOME THAT HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND CAN WE UTILIZE THAT AS WELL. THEN SO THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION HAPPENED THROUGH IT. WHAT WAS ADDED WAS THAT THIRD PIECE, THE NOTIFICATION ON THE JOB SITE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND SOME NOTIFICATION OF THOSE EARLY MORNING OR LATE CONCRETE POURS. I THINK THAT WAS THE MIDDLE GROUND THAT GOT THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS. I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY WHAT WAS I GUESS, HOW IT WENT FROM THE CCR RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THIS KIND OF VETTED PROCESS, BUT CERTAINLY, I THINK THE COUNCILMAN IS ASKING FOR RATHER IT FOR BEING AN OR, IT'S AN AND.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE. RIGHT? OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MIKE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? >> PERRY: YEAH. MIKE, I APPRECIATE THOSE EXPLANATIONS, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE INDUSTRIES DID NOT AGREE TO THAT, THEY

WOULD AGREE TO THE OR IN THE LANGUAGE? >> SHANNON: THE GROUP THAT WE HAD PUT TOGETHER HAD AGAIN, I THINK THE BUILDERS I HAD LISTED UP THERE AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES, I MEAN, THE CONSENSUS WE REACHED WAS WHAT I PROPOSED AND AM RECOMMENDING WHICH IS WITHOUT THE AMENDMENT. BUT THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY FELT COMFORTABLE WITH AND THAT'S WHAT I PRESENTED AT THE PCD AND TODAY.

>> PERRY: I GOT BIG CONCERNS ON THIS THAT WE SPENT HOW LONG ON THIS AND WE CAME UP

WITH SOME LANGUAGE AND HERE -- >> SHANNON: TWO YEARS.

>> PERRY: YEAH, TWO YEARS. NOW WE'RE COMING HERE TODAY WHEN WE'RE UP HERE ON COUNCIL AND SAY NO, WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS WITHOUT GOING BACK TO THE INDUSTRY TO TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT HERE. SO I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.

I THINK IT'S BACK-DOORING THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS TO COME UP WITH THIS LANGUAGE AT THIS TIME. YEAH.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY, I THINK THIS WHOLE THING NEEDS TO COME OFF THE TABLE AND GO BACK AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THAT GROUP TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT LANGUAGE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. I HAVE A QUEUE ON THE MAIN MOTION SO I NEED TO SEE A VISUAL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT. I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, VIAGRAN, AND MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL?

>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, FOR BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE I KNOW MY STAFF SPOKE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS, MIKE. I MUST HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR RESPONSE. I THOUGHT THE RESPONSE WAS THAT BOTH HAD TO HAPPEN.

>> SHANNON: NO. I THINK AS WE HAVE BEEN PROPOSING AND TALKING WITH YOU AND OTHERS, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS MISSED, BUT YEAH, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THROUGH THE PROCESS WAS AS I JUST DESCRIBED, IS IN GENERAL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN HOA, NA REGISTERED WITH THE CITY, IT WOULD BE THE DOOR HANGER, 300 FEET WITHIN THERE, YOU WOULD KNOCK ON THE DOOR, DROP SOMETHING OFF, BUT WITH AN HOA OR NA, YOU WOULD UTILIZE THAT. YOU COULD UTILIZE THAT.

THEN BUT YOU STILL HAD TO, THE THIRD PIECE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT NOTIFICATION ON THE JOB SITE OF THE CONTACT PERSON, NOT JUST THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, AS WELL AS A NOTIFICATION OF THOSE THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF AN EARLY MORNING

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. >> SANDOVAL: YOU ALSO TOLD MY STAFF NOT TO WORRY BECAUSE

YOU SAID THIS IS RARELY GOING TO COME UP. >> SHANNON: I DIDN'T SAY DON'T WORRY. I SAID IT DOES RARELY COME UP.

I THINK I SAID IN THE PRESENTATION IF WE GET TWO OR THREE OF THESE ISSUES A YEAR,

THAT'S US ROUNDING UP, IF YOU WILL. >> SANDOVAL: OKAY.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN HOA, A MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THERE'S A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ABILITIES THAT

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YOU COULD NOTIFY -- THEY DON'T EVEN SOMETIMES ANSWER THE E-MAILS THAT YOU SEND THEM EVEN IF THEY ARE REGISTER WIED WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS.

THEY DON'T GET PAID TO DO THAT. SOMETIMES SOME OF THEM ARE OUT OF TOWN. SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEIR INTERNET MAY BE DOWN AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHECK, THEY DON'T CHECK THEIR E-MAILS EVERY DAY.

SO I THINK IT IS, YOU MAY HAVE HAD SOME NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPATE.

CAN YOU TELL ME, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THOSE HOAS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS? I WOULD SAY THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN MY DISTRICT. IT MAY ONLY HAPPEN TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR, BUT THAT ONE TIME IT HAPPENS, YOUR OFFICE IS GOING TO BE CHOKED UP FOR PROBABLY TWO DAYS TAKING PHONE CALLS AND HAVING TO GO OUT AND MAKE NICE WITH EVERYONE OUT THERE, AND THAT'S WORK THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. I'M FINE IF YOU NOTIFY THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND WE TAKE IT UPON OURSELVES TO GO PUT THE DOOR HANGERS ON THERE BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER DO THAT THAN AVOID WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR WHEN THE COMPLAINTS COME IN. SO I JUST, I THINK IT IS -- WE ARE NOT BEING REALISTIC IF WE DON'T REALIZE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE CAPACITY THAT AN NA HAS VERSUS A PAID AGENCY THAT DOES THAT AND THAT THE RULE HAS TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT.

MAYBE IF IT'S A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOTIFICATION BUT I THINK EVEN IF THERE'S AN HOA BECAUSE YOU HAVE A RANGE OF HOAS AS WELL, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF MISSTEPS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND MAKING SURE THE RESIDENTS KNOW AND TEND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT WORK. GO AHEAD.

>> SHANNON: WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM STONE OAK POA, STONE OAK -- SORRY.

NORTH CASTLE HILLS HOA. ONE MEMBER IS PART OF N.OD., NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT, COUPLE NO DOCUMENTED AFFILIATION, ONE REALTOR AND THE DISTRICT

10 AREA. >> SANDOVAL: THOSE ALL SOUND LIKE NO NAS WERE IN THERE?

>> SHANNON: I DON'T THINK SO. >> SANDOVAL: I DON'T KNOW THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT. I DON'T THINK THIS IS READY FOR ADOPTION IF WE DON'T TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND WE ARE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT PUTS

AN ONUS ON THEM. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MIKE.

I DID GET THE BRIEFING AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT I DO AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ONE SOUTH NA OR HOA. I HAVE GOT SOMETHING ON ZONING SO THAT'S MY CONCERN, TOO, IS WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE VOICES OF THE NA AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT AN EXTRA BURDEN ON DEVELOPERS, EITHER, AND I KNOW IT'S A RARE OCCASION, BUT I THINK WE EITHER MAKE THE CHANGE FROM THE DAIS OR GO BACK AND ASK THEM FOR INPUT, BECAUSE I HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT SAY THEY'RE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND IT'S FOUR PEOPLE. HOW ARE FOUR PEOPLE GOING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 300 FEET. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS

MOTION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. I THINK I HAD COUNCIL ME MEMBER -- RIGHT.

OKAY. WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ TO COME BACK

IN BUT LET ME HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ FIRST. >> PELAEZ: I LIKE THIS AMENDMENT, MIKE. I USUALLY DON'T CONTRADICT STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD YOU GUYS SCRUB THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARDS ARE GENERALLY VERY RESPONSIVE AND VERY CONNECTED TO US AND OUR OFFICES UP HERE.

THE DIFFICULTY IS THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND IN MANY INSTANCES, THEY ADD NO VALUE TO ANY OF US UP HERE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE KNOW, WE SEND STUFF TO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THANK YOU, I WILL PUT THIS IN THE F.U. FILE AND WE NEVER HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN.

THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY HOSTILE TO RECEIVING MESSAGES AND PASSING MESSAGES ON TO

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SO HOW DO I SOLVE FOR THAT? THEN ON MY PROBLEM IN D8, I IMAGINE IT WILL BE YOUR PROBLEM IN D9, I HAVE 250 GATED COMMUNITIES, SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT GATED COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE GATED. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WILL HANG DOOR HANGERS OR THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IS GOING TO GO THERE AND PUT STUFF ON PEOPLE'S DOORS.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE DILEMMA. I THINK WE NEED TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF MORE NOTICE THAN LESS NOTICE. I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT TODAY.

YOU GET IT? OKAY. THANKS, MIKE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.

HAVE GREAT PAUSE BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE GOVERNMENT HILLS AND THEY ALL CLASH WITH ONE ANOTHER, THEY ALL DISSENT FROM ONE ANOTHER. THEY DO NOT WANT TO COLLABORATE IN THAT WAY. THEY ARE NOT COMMUNICATIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THERE ARE SOME TIMES SPITEFULNESS TO THAT, AND I WOULD FIND IT VERY CHALLENGING NOW IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES, I WOULD FEEL SUPPORTIVE OF THE WHOLE THING.

IF THIS DOES NOT, I WOULD FEEL MORE INCLINED TO VOTE NO AND I WOULD LIKE TO DELAY AND HAVE THIS TAKEN BACK SO -- BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DISTRICT 2 NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT. I WOULD FEEL MORE INCLINED TO SAY LET'S CONTINUE IT.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO? >> BRAVO: AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN A FAMILY WITH A SMALL CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, I STRUGGLE WITH ALL OF THIS.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE GROWING UP, THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES WHEN WE WORKED WEEKENDS OR HOLIDAYS OR WHATEVER IT WAS IN THE SUMMER, WHERE YOU DIDN'T WORK UNTIL 5:00 P.M.

AND THEN PUNCH OUT. YOU DIDN'T WORK UNTIL IT GOT DARK.

YOU WORKED UNTIL THE JOB WAS DONE. AND THIS HAPPENED COUNTLESS OF TIMES, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR A SMALL BUSINESS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE DONE. THINGS POP UP AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT GO RENT THEM FROM HOME DEPOT AND YOU DID A TWO-DAY RENTAL AND IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT DONE THAT NIGHT, THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO STEP UP TO A ONE-WEEK RENTAL AND THAT WILL REALLY CUT INTO YOUR COST SIGNIFICANTLY. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CONTRACTORS ARE RESPECTFUL AND THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP, BUT I STRUGGLE WITH A LOT OF ASPECTS OF THIS. ONE IS IF YOUR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS IS ONE OR TWO PEOPLE, THEN WHAT IS THIS ADDED BURDEN TO GO OUT AND NOTIFY SO MANY PEOPLE AND WHAT HAPPENS IF APARTMENT COMPLEX WITHIN 300 FEET AND IT'S 500 UNITS? DO YOU HAVE TO GO HANG DOOR HANGERS ON ALL 500 UNITS? HOW DOES THAT -- HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? I JUST FEEL LIKE SOME OF THIS, I WOULD LIKE MORE PUBLIC INPUT ON AND SPEND MORE TIME VETTING.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. ANYTHING FURTHER ON THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR? OKAY. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL?

>> SANDOVAL: POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I THOUGHT I HEARD COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ WHO HAD MADE THE AMENDMENT SAY HE PREFERRED A DIFFERENT PATH?

I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT'S THE AMENDMENT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I APOLOGIZE. SO MY COMMENTS WERE POST THIS VOTE, I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THE THING TODAY, AFTER THIS AMENDMENT IF IT WERE TO PASS.

IF NOT, I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE, I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD CONTINUE AND HAVE MORE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE WAS A MAIN MOTION.

THERE WAS A MAIN MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE THAT WAS SECONDED.

WE ARE NOW TAKING UP DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT THAT HAD A SECOND AS WELL.

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>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I APOLOGIZE. I NEVER SHOULD HAVE MADE THE

COMMENTS THAT I MADE. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THAT'S FINE.

THEY WERE GERMANE TO THE AMENDMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ?

>> PELAEZ: MAYOR, WITH REGARD TO THE MAIN MOTION, AND THE AMENDMENT, I MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY THIS FOR SOME TIME IN JANUARY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS

ANSWERED. >> SEGOVIA: A MOTION TO DELAY IF SECONDED TAKES PRECEDENCE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S TWO MAIN MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. ONE HAS JUST BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ, SECONDED BY ROCHA GARCIA TO DELAY HEARING OF THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE TO JANUARY TO SUSS OUT THE ISSUES THAT WERE PRESENTED BY THE AMENDMENT.

SO THAT IS TAKING PRECEDENCE SO THERE IS NOW A MAIN MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DELAY THIS SO WE WILL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY, SO I NEED TO SEE A HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE DELAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, THEN ROCHA GARCIA.

>> CASTILLO: JUST WANT TED TO CHIME IN TO SAY IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE NOW THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT CLOSING THE LOOP IN PARTICIPATION AND ASKING FOR

DELAY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA? >> ROCHA GARCIA: I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MIKE. THERE WERE HOMEOWNERS ORGANIZATIONS YOU ALL CONTACTED, THERE WAS SOME CONTRACTOR BUILDER ORGANIZATIONS CONTACTED AS WELL. I DON'T HAVE A REPORT OF IF THEY WERE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST. DO I JUST MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THEY WERE ALL IN FAVOR?

>> SHANNON: THEY WERE ALL IN FAVOR. THE ONES THAT WERE PART OF

THAT GROUP WERE ALL IN FAVOR. >> ROCH >> ROCHA GARCIA: MY NEXT QUESTION IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED AT PCDC WAS SPECIFICALLY DID YOU TALK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEE HOW IT WOULD AFFECT IF WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS THAT ARE NOW GOING TO BE WORKING AROUND POSSIBLE KIDS BEING PICKED UP AT THE SAME TIME?

DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS YET? >> SHANNON: NO.

NOT SPECIFICALLY. WE DID LOOK AT THAT ISSUE, THOUGH, AND I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT TIMES KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL AND BUSES AND STUFF. WE DIDN'T TALK DIRECTLY TO THEM BUT I THINK THIS DOESN'T NEGATIVELY AFFECT THAT SITUATION.

>> ROCHA GARCIA: REMIND ME WHAT YOUR ANSWER WAS TO, I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND THE HEAT OF DAY, AND THAT'S WHY THEY START EARLIER.

REMIND ME WHAT YOUR ANSWER WAS ON THAT. >> SHANNON: YEAH.

BY MOVING IT UP FROM ALLOWING 6:00 A.M. TO 7:00 A.M., THAT WAS KIND OF DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT, IT'S REALLY HOT IN THE SUMMER, OF COURSE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS, CONTRACTING COMPANIES THAT WERE THERE BOTH BIG AND SOME SMALL, SAID HEY, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PUSHING IT TOO FAR BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT PUSHING IT EVEN FURTHER IN THE MORNING. BUT THE CONCRETE POURS ARE THE MAIN ISSUE THAT HAPPENS EARLIER ON. AND THE ALLOWANCE TO STILL HAVE THAT AS LONG AS THEY PROPERLY NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS, GIVE THEM KIND OF THREE-DAY NOTICE, THAT KIND OF SOLVED THE ISSUE AND THE CONTRACTORS FELT SINCE IT WAS STILL SAFE FOR THEIR WORK AND WE FELT CERTAINLY IT'S STILL SAFE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT EARLY MORNING DARK WORK BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP IS THE CONCRETE WORK.

THAT WAS THE ONE WE REALLY HAD TO FOCUS ON AND ADD INTO THE ORDINANCE.

>> ROCHA GARCIA: THEY COULD STILL DO THAT AS LONG AS THEY GET APPROVAL FROM YOU, CORRECT? THEY COULD START AT 6:00 A.M.?

>> SHANNON: NO. SO THE CONCRETE POUR IS AN EXCEPTION AS LONG AS THE NOTIFICATION IS DONE HOWEVER IT LANDS WITH THIS DISCUSSION, SO IF THEY PROPERLY NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WITHIN 300 FEET, DOESN'T REALLY APPLY IF IT'S A BUSINESS NEXT DOOR TO A BUSINESS, BUT IF IT'S A RESIDENTIAL, THEY COULD NOTIFY THEM WITHIN THREE DAYS' NOTICE, NOT TONIGHT FOR TOMORROW, THEN THEY CAN DO THAT OR IF THERE'S A SPECIAL ISSUE, SOME UNIQUE SPECIAL ISSUE, THEY COULD APPLY FOR A WAIVER, AN EXCEPTION TO IT, AND THEN I COULD GRANT THAT BUT EVEN THAT, THEY WOULD

STILL HAVE TO NOTIFY IN ADVANCE THE NEIGHBORS. >> ROCHA GARCIA: WHO IS DOUBLE-CHECKING THAT THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION?

>> SHANNON: WE WOULD DO THAT. THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD DO THAT.

WE CERTAINLY THINK THIS WILL BE MORE OF A REACTIVE, ALTHOUGH AS WE ROLL THIS OUT, EDUCATION I THINK WE WILL DO SOME PROACTIVE AT FIRST, BUT REACTIVE COMPLAINTS MEANING EARLY MORNING WITHOUT NOTIFICATION, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT PIECE THAT I CALL IT THE THREE STRIKE RULE, AS WE ARE EDUCATING PEOPLE BUT HEY, HERE'S A CITATION IF YOU DON'T DO IT AND EVENTUALLY I HAVE TO REVOKE YOUR PERMIT IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THESE RULES, THAT'S THE KEY. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD BE THE ONE, OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS ARE ON THE JOB SITES ANYWAY SO IT MAKES

SENSE FOR US TO DO IT. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS YOU HAVE ON

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BUT ON THE INFORMATION THAT I REQUESTED, YOU ALSO HAVE NORTH CASTLE HILLS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. IS THAT THE SAME THING AS THE NNOD, THE NORTH SIDE

NEIGHBORHOODS? >> SHANNON: NO. NORTH SIDE -- NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT IS A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS TOGETHER, I THINK SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT'S ONE OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS TONIN IT.

THEY ARE A GROUP OF NEIGHBORHOODS. >> ROCHA GARCIA: YOU CAN VERIFY THERE WERE NO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE CONSULTED?

>> SHANNON: NO OTHERS SHOWED UP. BACK IN 2019, WE STARTED THIS 2020, BUT I THINK THE ONES THAT WERE REALLY CONCERNED AT THE TIME CAME TO THE TABLE WHERE THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES? DISTRICT 9 AT THE TIME.

>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER -- >> SEGOVIA: IF I CAN REMIND COUNCIL, THE DISCUSSION

SHOULD BE ON THE DELAY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ?

>> PELAEZ: I REALIZE I HAVEN'T DONE TWO THINGS. ONE, MY MOTION DIDN'T GIVE A DATE CERTAIN FOR WHEN WE WOULD BRING THIS BACK. THIS IS NOT MY CCR, IT'S YOURS. SO I DEFER TO YOU AS TO WHEN IT IS YOU WANT TO.

MIKE, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE CAN -- >> SHANNON: SECOND MEETING IN

JANUARY. >> PELAEZ: SO THAT'S MY MOTION.

>> SEGOVIA: I THOUGHT I HEARD JANUARY. >> PELAEZ: I JUST SAID IN JANUARY BUT I DIDN'T SAY WHAT DATE. DO I HAVE TO SAY THE DATE?

>> SEGOVIA: YOU SHOULD, YES. >> WALSH: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, BEFORE WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL, MAYBE WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SO WE WILL WORK AROUND THAT TOUCH POINT, THEN COME BACK TO

COUNCIL. JUST A SUGGESTION. >> PELAEZ: FINE WITH ME.

I SUGGEST WE -- I AMEND MY MOTION OR MODIFY IT, WHATEVER.

TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING FOR THAT COMMITTEE.

'. >> WALSH: WELL, I THINK THE MOTION, COUNCILMAN, WOULD BE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE A SESSION ON THE 27TH. WE WILL MAKE SURE THERE'S A PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEETING BEFORE THAT.

>> PELAEZ: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S MY MOTION. THE SECOND THING I DIDN'T DO IS MAKE SURE COUNCILMAN COURAGE KNOWS THAT BY REQUESTING THIS DELAY, IN NO WAY AM I THROWING SHADE OR CASTING DOUBT ON THE LEGITIMACY OF YOUR CCR.

I WILL SUPPORT THIS ENTHUSIASTICALLY WHEN IT FINALLY GETS BACK TO US.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ, ON THE DELAY.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. ON THE DELAY, YES.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION, BECAUSE THIS WILL INFORM. WHEN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NOTIFICATION CAME UP, WAS IT WE HAVE TO NOTIFY ALL 300 PEOPLE OR 300 FEET PEOPLE, COULD WE INSTEAD DO THIS AS AN OPTION, AND COMMUNICATE WITH THESE FOLK, OR WAS IT YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY BOTH, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, WE ONLY WANT TO DO THE HOA OR

MANAGEMENT? >> SHANNON: I THINK THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION STARTED WITH THE NOTIFYING THE 300 PEOPLE. THEN AS WE GET INTO THE PARTICULARS AND THE MECHANICS OF IT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GATED COMMUNITIES, THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST AND I THINK SOMEONE, I FORGET, I'M SORRY, ONE OF YOU MENTIONED APARTMENTS, SO APARTMENTS, DO I HAVE TO GO ON ALL THE DOORS IN EACH ONE AND UTILIZING THOSE COMPANIES OR THOSE HOAS OR NAS THAT DO OUTREACH, THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT FLOWED.

THEY WEREN'T AGAINST NECESSARILY THE COMMUNICATION, THEY WERE ACTUALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT PRACTICAL AND RELATIVELY, I DON'T KNOW, RELATIVELY EASY TO FOLLOW THE RULES, AND THEN ALSO, THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THAT NOTIFICATION PIECE OR SIGNAGE ON THE JOB SITES SO PEOPLE COULD SEE IF YOU'RE HAVING ISSUES BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WE HEARD WAS NO ONE'S ANSWERING MY CALLS, I CALLED SO-AND-SO CONTRACTOR LISTED ON THE BOARD. DOES THAT ANSWER IT? IT WASN'T HECK NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

IT'S HOW DO WE FIND A SOLUTION THAT SEEMS PRACTICAL AND EVERYBODY KIND OF AGREED ON AND KIND OF MADE SENSE. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE REPRESENTING.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE DELAY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IN THAT IS I WANT YOU TO WORK WITH ME TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT IN DISTRICT 2.

I THINK THIS IS PARTICULARLY AN ISSUE THAT WHEN WE THINK A FEW YEARS BACK, THERE WERE CALLS FROM SOME COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATIONS ABOUT WHAT IF WE WANT TO FORM OUR OWN SEPARATE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THEN WE HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION FROM THIS GROUP OR HOW DO WE GET AROUND THIS, AND IT CALLED TO QUESTION THE POWER OF

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THIS DOES, IN FACT, GIVE POWER THAT WAS STATED NOT TO BE -- NOT TO HAVE.

THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT POWER. I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR YOU TO, AND FOR THE COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITY THAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL DESCRIBED BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, HOAS AND MANAGEMENTS AND THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE AS WELL AS THE ISSUES DESCRIBED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ ABOUT GATED COMMUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN GETTING THERE. I WOULD EVEN CONSIDER, I WOULD HOPE YOU ALL CONSIDER MAYBE SCRATCHING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OFF OF THAT LIST. BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE DELAY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL? >> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU.

I JUST ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SIGNED THAT CCR THAT THIS IS IN NO WAY A REJECTION OF THAT WORK.

YOU STOOD STEADFAST FOR TWO YEARS WHILE THIS CAME HERE SO HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL ALL BE BACK EARLY NEXT YEAR TO SEE THIS GO FORWARD. I DO HAVE ONE CONCERN ABOUT THE TIMING ON THE DELAY. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE DELAY, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS EARLIER I DIDN'T THINK DELAYING -- WELL, I WILL STICK TO THIS ITEM.

SORRY. ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS I HAD WAS THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATED.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND TWO OF THOSE ARE GOING TO

BE DURING THE HOLIDAYS. >> SHANNON: CERTAINLY IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE.

WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BOTH PROBABLY ASKING, INVITING PEOPLE TO US BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL, AS WELL AS MAYBE REACHING OUT TO OTHERS AND PROBABLY WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO GET ENGAGED SUPPORT OR COMMENTS FROM ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR AREAS. IT'S A CHALLENGE TO DO IN THAT TIME FRAME BUT CERTAINLY, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. I THINK IN CONCEPT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO GET DONE SO WE WILL WORK REAL HARD TO GET IT DONE IN THAT TIME

FRAME. >> WALSH: TO THAT POINT, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE BECAUSE WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO SCHEDULE THAT, MAKE SURE WE HEAR IT AND THEN

GIVE OURSELVES TIME TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. >> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, ERIK.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING IT HAS TO BE BACK HERE ON JANUARY 27TH BECAUSE WE NEED TO GIVE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS' NOTICE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS, THAT'S WHAT'S -- OR TWO-WEEK COMMENT PERIOD, I THINK THAT'S IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE. IN MY OFFICE WE GIVE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS' OFFICE IF WE ARE HAVING A COMMUNITY-WIDE MEETING. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING REALISTIC ON THE TIMELINE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE? >> COURAGE: THANK YOU.

MIKE, DON'T WE HAVE A LIST OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND CONTACTS FOR ALL OF THOSE?

>> SHANNON: WE DO. >> COURAGE: COULDN'T THAT BE THE EASIEST WAY TO LET THE ASSOCIATIONS KNOW WHICH IS ONE OF THE GROUPS WE WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO, SO THAT THEY THEN COULD INVITE PEOPLE FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO COME TO A MEETING?

>> SHANNON: WELL, CERTAINLY WE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT AS ONE OF THE TOOLS BUT I THINK AS SOMEONE IN THE DISCUSSION SAID, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY TOOL WE ARE GOING TO USE. WE WILL USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO GET AS MUCH

INPUT AS WE CAN. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA?

>> ROCHA GARCIA: I WAS JUST CHECK WIING WITH THE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE FOR PCDC.

IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF COUNCILMAN PELAEZ AGREES TO IT THAT WE SAY AT THE NEXT MEETING OF PCDC WE TAKE IT UP AND THE WEEK AFTER IT COMES TO FULL COUNCIL, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON. WE HAVE INSTEAD OF OUR TYPICAL FOURTH WEEK OFF, OF COUNCIL, WHEN WE HAVE TYPICAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE ARE HAVING A FULL COUNCIL SESSION THAT WEEK SO THAT MEANS MY COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THAT WEEK SO WE HAVE TO ADJUST. THERE IS ALSO CPS TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO JUST WANTED TO BE VERY REALISTIC ABOUT THE TIME LINE AND SEE FIT WIF IT WAS OKAY IT S AT THE NEXT MEETING ALTHOUGH IT PROBABLY WON'T BE IN

JANUARY. >> PELAEZ: I WOULD RECOMMEND THEN THAT THE MOTION BE TO DELAY THIS ITEM UNTIL THE FEBRUARY -- UNTIL ON OR BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING. I CAN'T SAY NO TO THAT WHEN SHE'S WEARING THAT HAT.

OF COURSE. THAT'S MY MOTION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I KIND OF

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LOST IT. >> SEGOVIA: COUNCILMAN PELAEZ HAS A MOTION TO DELAY THIS

ITEM UNTIL ON OR BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 17TH A SESSION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE MOTION THAT WE WILL TAKE ACTION ON NOW.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, A MOTION TO DELAY ITEM 24 UNTIL AT THE LATEST, FEBRUARY 17TH? IS THAT THE DATE? OKAY. WITH A PLANNING COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT MEETING PRIOR AND DISCUSSION ON THE RECORD ABOUT THE AMENDMENT PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THE MOTION. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOME FOLKS IN THE CHAMBERS RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR A POTENTIAL SUPER MAJORITY FOR A DECISION ON ITEM 71, I'M GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM 71 AT THIS TIME AND THEN WE WILL RESUME OUR NORMAL AGENDA. SO LET'S PULL UP ITEM 71 ON THE ZONING AGENDA.

>> CLERK: AGENDA ITEM 71 IS A REZONING FROM DR TO RPS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LOCATED AT 325PUEBLO PINTADO.

STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. NINE NOTICES MAILED, ZERO IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED. WE RECEIVED 300 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT.

THIS CASE REQUIRES NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I BELIEVE THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PELAEZ.

>> PELAEZ: MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 71. >> COURAGE: SECOND.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 71.

WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71. I WILL CALL FOLKS UP IN ORDER OF SIGN-UP. WE WILL START WITH SUN COOK. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BERTA

COOK. >> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

I OPPOSE THIS TOWER. I HAVE BEEN COMING TO THESE HEARINGS EVER SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. THIS TOWER IS NEARLY GOING TO GO IN MY NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD.

IT'S BEEN RUBBER-STAMPED ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL NOW AND IF THE TOWER IS GOING TO GET BUILT IN YOUR BACKYARD, MAYOR, YOU WOULD SAY NO. YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN GET TO -- IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET TO ZONING. BUT THE WAY ZONING LOOKS AT IT, IT'S A PIECE OF LAND. THEY ARE DOING JUSTICE TO THIS PIECE OF LAND BY APPROVING IT. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING IN THEIR BACKYARD.

I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THIS TOWER EVERY DAY. WHEN I GO TO WORK AND I COME HOME, EVERY DAY. IT'S UNFAIR. AESTHETICALLY IT WILL RUIN MY VIEW FROM THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND IT'S DEVASTATE TOIING TO ME AND THE NEIGHBORS. THERE WERE OVER 200 SIGNATURES OF ME AND THE NEIGHBORS, WE POUNDED THE PAVEMENT AND ACTUALLY GOT THOSE SIGNATURES AND TALKED TO NEIGHBORS, NOT SOME TEXT CAMPAIGN THAT WAS SENT OUT BY VERIZON, OH, DO YOU NEED BETTER RECEPTION, SELECT YES OR NO. THAT'S HOW IT WAS.

IT'S UNFAIR. THE WAY THEY WORD THINGS AND MANIPULATE THINGS TO SIDE IN THEIR FAVOR. IT REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT.

GET PAID 10,000 SIGN-ON BONUS AND $800,000 FOR THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT.

WITH ALSO, OPTION TO RENEW. FOR US, THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO IT, WHAT DO WE GET? BESIDES THIS UGLY CELL TOWER THAT WILL GET ADDED IN OUR BACKYARD OR FRONT YARD. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS VERY UNFAIR.

YOU HAVE THESE ENTITIES THAT ARE DOING IT FOR PROFIT AND WE GET NOTHING OUT OF IT.

WE ARE THE LITTLE GUY THAT HAS TO SUFFER. FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO APPROVE IT, SHAME ON Y'ALL FOR APPROVING IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING IN YOUR BACKYARD.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. OH, IT'S NOT GOING IN MY BACKYARD, IT'S OKAY.

BUT IT'S GOING IN MY BACKYARD. Y'ALL HAVE TO SEE TONIT IN THAT WAY. SO I MEAN, Y'ALL MAIL THESE NOTICES OUT, THE ZONING COMMISSION, I THINK EIGHT OR NINE NOTICES GOT MAILED, ONLY FIVE OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY

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THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST STOPPED IT THERE. WHY DO Y'ALL EVEN MAIL THESE OUT? IF THEY HAVE NO BEARING? RIGHT THERE'S THE MAJORITY VOTE, RIGHT THERE. FIVE OPPOSED. BUT NOW Y'ALL WANT TO VOTE AGAINST AND Y'ALL ARE SAYING YEAH, IT'S OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE IT.

THE THING IS THAT VERIZON, THEY HAVE -- Y'ALL JUST APPROVED ANOTHER CELL TOWER LITERALLY A MILE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT EXISTING CELL TOWER Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO APPROVE RIGHT NOW. THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER CELL TOWER THAT WAS APPROVED ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF AWAY BY VERIZON THAT Y'ALL APPROVED. WHY SHOULD WE HAVE ANOTHER CELL TOWER? CAN'T THEY JUST GET SIGNAL FROM THAT CELL TOWER?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: BERTA COOK? YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY

HEIKI. >> HELLO. I AM HERE TO OPPOSE THE VERIZON TOWER. THIS GOES BACK TWO YEARS. IT STARTED TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE NOTIFIED BY VERIZON, ONLY 50 NEIGHBORS, THE ONES THAT LIVE AROUND THAT TOWER, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THEM THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING.

WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY OUR HOA AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY WE GOT INVOLVED, AND WE STARTED THIS TWO YEARS AGO. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE DEDICATED TIME TO THIS. WE HAVE KNOCKED ON DOORS. WE HAVE WALKED WITH LITTLE ONES, KNOCKING ON DOORS, COLLECTING SIGNATURES, MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS UNDERSTOOD WHAT THIS MEANT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEND A TEXT, WHEN YOU SEND AN E-MAIL AND JUST SAY APPROVE THIS VERIZON TOWER FOR BETTER COVERAGE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? YOU'RE GOING TO SAY OF COURSE.

BUT WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE LOCATION OF THIS TOWER, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE PLACED, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY.

NOW, I HEAR THAT THERE'S ALREADY A TOWER THERE. WHY ARE WE OPPOSING, THERE'S ALREADY A TOWER THERE. WELL, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT BEFORE WE DID NOT HAVE A VOICE. BEFORE, WE DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE.

NOW WE DO. NOW WE ARE SAYING WE DO NOT WANT THIS TOWER NOT SO CLOSE FROM OUR KIDS, NOT SO CLOSE FROM OUR HOMES, FOR MANY REASONS.

ONE OF THEM, PROPERTY VALUE. I'M SURE IF THAT WAS YOUR HOME, YOU WOULD NOT WANT A TOWER IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU WERE PRESENT, MR. MANNY PELAEZ, IN THE WHOLE MEETING THAT WE WERE GIVEN JUST BECAUSE WE WERE PUTTING SO MUCH PRESSURE ON OUR HOA.

WE WERE TOLD FROM THE BEGINNING THAT HOA DID NOT NEED OUR APPROVAL, THAT THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND DO IT WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE WANTED.

IN THAT MEETING, EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP WAS AGAINST THAT TOWER EXCEPT VERIZON AND OUR HOA. WE HAVE THE SIGNATURES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMISSIONER ZONING MEETINGS THAT WE HAD THE LAST TWO PREVIOUS, YOU WILL SEE EVERYONE THAT WAS ABLE TO GO TO THAT MEETING AGAINST THAT TOWER.

NOW, THAT COMMISSIONER MEETING, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE JUST TO DO JUSTICE TO A PIECE OF LAND. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS, WE VOTED FOR Y'ALL, THE PEOPLE, US. WHO IS GOING TO DO JUSTICE TO US? WHO IS GOING TO DO JUSTICE TO THOSE 15 HOUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SO CLOSE TO THIS TOWER? BECAUSE AT THAT MEETING WE WERE TOLD THE COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE TO DO JUSTICE TO A PIECE OF LAND AND THEY FELT SYMPATHETIC FOR US BUT THEY WERE THERE JUST TO LOOK AT A PIECE OF LAND.

SO WHO IS GOING TO DO JUSTICE TO US? THAT'S MY QUESTION TO Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

YOU. HEIKI? THAT'S YOU? OKAY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JACK

FINGER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I'M HERE FOR ITEM 71. I LIVE IN 9107 LOS MOREO. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TOWER. WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW.

WE DO OPPOSE IT. ME AND MY HUSBAND WERE MILITARY.

WE OPPOSE IT ON THE GROUNDS OF THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED THE WORLD OVER AND OUR FEC HAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED IT'S 30 YEARS OUTDATED AND THE CURRENT GUIDANCE IS NO LONGER APPROPRIATE TO THE TECHNOLOGY.

WE ARE ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY VALUE PIECE. WE ARE IN THE MILITARY MOVE A

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IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT. IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO VERIZON. THEY ARE GOING TO BOUNCE OFF ANY AVAILABLE TOWER SO BY VERIZON NOT HAVING THIS TOWER AND PRIMARILY IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HARM THEIR ABILITY. WE HAVE GONE ALL OVER THE AREA AND WE GET SIGNAL EVERYWHERE AND WE HAVE A FAIRLY POOR PROVIDER.

SO WE WOULD ASK THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER EVERYTHING, BUT MOST ESPECIALLY, PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO LIVE NEAR IT AND THEIR WISHES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. MERRY CHRISTMAS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.

FINGER..

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG AND FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER.

YES, WELL -- MR. PELÁEZ, THIS SITUATION ABOUT ALLOWING A CELLPHONE TOWER TO BE PLACED UPON THIS PROPERTY -- MR. PELÁEZ, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT A CELLPHONE TOWER LOOKS LIKE. NOT ONLY DO YOU, MR. PELÁEZ, KNOW WHAT A CELLPHONE TOWER LOOKS LIKE, I THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL KNOWS WHAT A CELLPHONE TOWER LOOKS LIKE. YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, IF YOU WANT YOUR CELLPHONE SERVICE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CELLPHONE TOWER. RIGHT.

BUT, A BIG BUT IS -- WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE PLACED ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, AND IN AN AREA ALREADY DEVELOPED BY RESIDENCES? WHY PLACED RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO SAY -- YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN TO EVERYBODY, IN TURN CLAIMING THEY DO NOT WANT IT IN THEIR BACKYARD. WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST, MR. PELÁEZ, IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S SUCH A GREAT IDEA, WHY DON'T YOU PLACE IT IN YOUR BACKYARD? TELL THE COMPANY, GO RIGHT AHEAD, I WILL BE THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB AND I'LL PUT IT RIGHT IN MY PLACE THERE. YEAH.

IF IT'S THAT GOOD OF AN IDEA, WHY NOT? I MEAN, WHY ARE YOU GOING AGAINST THE LEGITIMATE SENTIMENTS OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA THERE? I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS. I MEAN, OF THE -- I KNOW THIS IS SURROUNDING AREA, FIVE SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT IT. THAT IS OVER 50%. WHEN YOU GET ANYTHING OVER 10% OR 20% THAT, IS SOMETHING. THIS WAS 50%. SEE, I DO NOT WANT THIS THING HERE. YOU HAD -- HERE'S THE FIGURES -- 125 SIGNATURES THAT SAID,

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ.

>> PELÁZEZ: THANKS. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE HOA BOARD HERE.

MR. SMITH, I THINK YOU'RE HERE. COULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

AND WHILE DO YOU THAT, TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT SHOWED UP, I HATE THIS CELLPHONE TOWER, I HATE IT AND I HATE THAT IT HAS TO BE THERE. AND I HAVE ONE VERY, VERY NEAR MY BACKYARD AND I CAN SEE IT FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF MY HOUSE.

THEY'RE DETESTABLE AND I HATE THEM. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES -- AND I HATE THIS CASE -- WE'VE WORKED WITH VERIZON. VERIZON IS HERE, I THINK THAT THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED HIGH AND LOW IN THIS REGION TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT THIS TOWER AND THEY WERE KICKED OFF THE CBS ELECTRICAL TOWERS AND NOW THEY'VE GOT TO BUILD THEIR OWN. AND I TALKED TO THEM, AND THE NEW RADIOS ARE 5G AND THIS WILL BRING 5G TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I WISH THAT WASN'T THE CASE BUT I CAN'T HAVE AMBULANCES AND POLICE OFFICERS NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE OR AT LEAST GO TO ROAMING INSTEAD OF TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE CARRIER. SO I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THOUGH TO THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HERE, THE HOA APPROVED THIS. AND YOU GUYS ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH VERIZON, RIGHT?

>> WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF LEASE NEGOTIATIONS WITH VERIZON >> PELÁZEZ: ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU'RE HEARING YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS, YOU'RE HEARING THAT THEY'RE ANGRY. I WISH IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS, AND I TALKED TO YOU IN THE PAST THAT YOU FEEL LIKE I DO, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE SPIKING TO THE FOOTBALL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING A CELL TOWER IN YOUR BACKYARDS, BUT WALK ME THROUGH

THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO WORK WITH YOUR MEMBERS? >> I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA AND I HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT JOHN SWANK. AND WITH A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHAT MANNY HAS ALREADY DISCUSSED, THERE IS A VERIZON COMMUNICATION PIECE OF EQUIPMENT REPRESENTING A CELL TOWER ON TOP OF THE CPS LARGE KV VOLTAGE TOWER THAT IS ABOUT 200 FEET AWAY FROM THE LOCATION UNDER DISCUSSION. THAT WAS PLACED THERE WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HOA DEVELOPER BACK IN 2003. IT WAS PUT ON THE CPS TOWER, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME THAT WAS THE HIGHEST POINT ON THAT LAND. AND ALTHOUGH VERIZON DID HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER, WHICH, BY THE WAY, THAT PROPERTY IS IN THE COUNTY AT THE TIME, THEY DID NOT CONSTRUCT THE TOWER. BUT THEY CHOSE TO USE THE HIGHER POINT ON THE CPS TOWER. CPS HAS SINCE CHANGED ITS PHILOSOPHY ON ALLOWING COMMUNICATION TOWERS ON TOP OF THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT BECAUSE AS THEY SAID BEFORE, WE'RE IN THE POWER DELIVERY BUSINESS, WE'RE NOT IN TELECOMMUNICATION BUSINESS.

EVERY TIME VERIZON WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT TO DO SOMETHING ON THE EQUIPMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, REROUTE THE POWER THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR LINE, AND THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST TO DO THAT SO BECAUSE OF THAT, VERIZON CAME TO US AS THE HOA AND ASKED IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ALLOWING THEM TO CONSTRUCT A MONO-PULL. IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE BRUTALLY LOOKING TOWERS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO, BUT A MONO-PULL TOWER VERY CLOSE TO THE AREA THEY ALREADY HAD THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER ON AND WE PUT THIS OUT TO OUR HOMEOWNERS IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS THEIR FEELINGS ON THIS. AND WHEN WE HAD A HOMEOWNERS' ANNUAL MEETING BACK IN 2020, WE HAD 500 HOMEOWNERS RESPOND TO THE ANNUAL MEETING BALLOT THAT HAD THIS ON THE BALLOT. WE DO HAVE 1,054 HOMEOWNERS AND, UNFORTUNATELY, IN A LOT OF HOAS YOU HAD A LOT OF VOTER APATHY, BUT WE DID GET 599 RECURRING VOTERS AND OUT OF THE 599, 335 OF THE VOTERS APPROVED US GOING FORWARD TO NEGOTIATE WITH VERIZON TO -- WORK THE BEST DEAL FOR THE HOA. WE HAD 214 AGAINST. WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ISSUE WITH OUR HOMEOWNERS AND BOB BEARD, COUNCILMAN WAS THERE.

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WE WERE AWARE OF SOME OF THE HEALTH CONCERNS THAT WERE BEING RAISED ON THE 5G SYSTEM. AND THEY WERE VOICED BY OUR HOMEOWNERS.

THE HOA TOOK THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH VERIZON AND BASICALLY HAVE GOTTEN TO HAVE VERIZON APPROVE THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE TECHNOLOGY ON THE ANTENNA SYSTEM THAT'S ALREADY THERE TODAY. IT WILL BE THE SAME ANTENNA SYSTEM THAT IS THERE TODAY, THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2003. SO ALTHOUGH THE HOMEOWNERS MAY HAVE BEEN UNAWARE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A CELLPHONE EQUIPMENT ON THAT TOWER, IT HAS BEEN THERE. VERIZON HAS AGREED THEY WILL NOT CHANGE THE FREQUENCY ON THAT TOWER, IT WILL REMAIN THE SAME. VERIZON HAS ALSO AGREED THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE MULTIPLE USERS ON THE MONO-PULL. THEY WILL BE THE ONLY USER ON THE MONO-PULL, SO WE WON'T HAVE MULTIPLE ANTENNA RAYS ATTACHED TO THE MONO-PULL. THERE WILL BE A SINGLE VERIZON

PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON THAT. >> PELÁZEZ: AND ALLOW ME TO INTERRUPT YOU, I HAVE A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. YOU GUYS HAVE EARNED EVERY WHITE HAIR ON YOUR HEAD, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT FUN BEING ON A HOMEOWNERS BOARD WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS UPSET. WITH THAT, AND YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A SEAT.

JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES' BENEFIT, THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT THAT I HAD.

I SPOKE TO LAWYERS ON ANDY'S TEAM AND I CAN'T TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT THE LAWYERS SAY BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I NOW KNOW. WHAT I NOW KNOW IS THAT WE'VE BEEN SUED OVER THIS BEFORE.

AND ACCORDING TO FEDERAL LAW, THE CONDITIONS FOR DENIAL OF AN APPROVAL OF A CELL TOWER REZONING REQUIRES THAT WE PROVIDE IN WRITING PROOF THAT THE CELL TOWER INTERFERES WITH FCC REGULATIONS. AND WE'VE LOOKED HIGH AND LOW AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT ANYBODY CAN PROVIDE THAT PROOF. WE TRIED DOING THIS YEARS AGO, THE CITY GOT SUED AND WE LOST -- OR WE HAD TO SETTLE, YOU KNOW, OUR WAY OUT OF THAT. SO WE'RE KIND OF STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE HERE. FOLKS, I HATE THIS AND I'M SORRY THAT WE'LL HAVE TO SUPPORTS THIS TOWER HERE TODAY. WITH THAT, MAYOR, THAT'S MY COMMENTS.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: COUNCIL MAN PELÁEZ, I DO NOT ENVY YOU.

AND I HAVE MY SHARE OF DIFFICULT ZONING ITEMS BUT I THINK THAT THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS I THINK THAT YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING. I MEAN, I HEARD WHAT I HEARD JUST NOW. CAN YOU -- WOULD YOU MIND SHARING YOUR RESPONSE? I THINK -- AND I WANT TO BE 100% HONEST WITH YOU, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A

YES IF THAT IS THE CASE. >> IS THERE ANYONE [INDISCERNIBLE] TO TELL YOU, ME, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE? BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED YOU. THAT WE SHOULD DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE SHOWN UP, THAT HAVE WALKED, THAT HAVE KNOCKED ON DOORS. THAT DO NOT HAVE A YES ANSWER ON A TEXT MESSAGE OR EMAIL THAT WAS VERY DECEIVING THE WAY THAT IT WAS WORDED.

BUT ACTUALLY TO TALK -- TO 100 PLUS NEIGHBORS AND COLLECTED THEIR SIGNATURES AND SAT WITH THEM EXPLAINING THIS. NOW I AM SURE THAT IF YOU WERE THE ONE WHO HAD TO HAVE THIS TOWER 25 METERS FROM YOUR PROPERTY, YOU WOULDN'T BE THE ONE TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE THIS. I DO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT SEEING TOWERS.

I ALREADY SEE ONE, IT IS ONE MILE FROM MY HOUSE. LESS MAYBE.

I ALREADY SEE ONE. THE WAY THAT THEY DECEIVE YOU THINKING THAT VERIZON IS THEIR ONLY CHOICE, IT IS THE MOST UPSETTING AND WITHOUT INTEGRITY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE CELL COMPANIES -- T-MOBILE, AND MY HUSBAND PROVIDED THE ZONING HOW WE ARE COVERED -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING MEETINGS, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW WE HAVE SO MUCH COVERAGE ALREADY.

AND THERE IS SO MUCH COVERAGE ALREADY. DO YOU HAVE THE PICTURES BY ANY

CHANCE? >> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> OKAY.

SO THE WAY THAT WE DECEIVE -- THAT VERIZON IS OUR OWN HOPE -- HAS NO INTEGRITY.

THERE ARE OTHER CELL TOWERS. THERE'S OTHER CHOICES. HOW MANY CELL TOWERS DO WE NEED

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LET'S GO SEE WHAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TO SAY. LET'S SETTLE IT, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS. AND TRUST ME, A LOT OF MONEY INVOLVED MAKING FLYERS, PAYING LAWYERS, AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING SUED, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET SUED FROM EITHER WAY. THANK YOU.

>> I KNOW THIS REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY, I PLAN TO ABSTAIN. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 71? MR. WILKES, WE REQUIRE TO SIGN UP THROUGH THE SYSTEM HERE IN ORDER TO SPEAK. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, BUT COME ON UP, LET ME GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A NEIGHBOR

AND CAN YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND WE'LL GET INTO THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS HENRY WILKES, 338 SANTA DOMINGO AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SIGNING UP BUT THE CONSTRUCTION DOWN HERE MADE ME A LITTLE BIT LATE. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. MY HOME IS -- MY PROPERTY IS ABOUT 50 FEET -- MY PROPERTY LINE -- NOT THE HOUSE -- BUT THE PROPERTY LINE, I HAVE A THREE-ACRE LOT -- IS 50 FEET FROM THIS 170-FOOT TOWER -- I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN -- IT IS 170 FEET RIGHT OUTSIDE MY BACK DOOR. RIGHT OUTSIDE WHERE THE VIEWS USED TO BE NICE, OR ARE NICE TODAY, RIGHT OUTSIDE WHERE WE PUT A NEW POOL AFTER WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE.

KEEPS THINGS QUIET. IT'S NICE. IT'S GOING TO HURT THE PROPERTY VALUES. WE'VE ALL -- YOU CAN'T GET AROUND THAT.

BUT TAKE THAT ASIDE, AND TAKE THE VIEW OUTSIDE AND TAKE THE PROPERTY VALUES ASIDE AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS -- NOT ONE THAT IS GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE THIS TOWER -- THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT QUOTE/UNQUOTE FROM THE TOWER.

BUT NOT ONE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO SEE THIS TOWER WANTS THIS TOWER.

NOT A SINGLE ONE. IF YOU CAME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S HILLS.

SO I SEE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS BUT A LOT -- DRIVING DOWN THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR GOING OUT THE GATE.

THEY DON'T SEE US. AND THAT'S FINE. THAT'S WHY WE LIKE IT.

IT'S NICE AND QUIET AND WHATNOT BUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS SAYS NO. THEY DON'T WANT IT. GOING BACK TO -- I APPRECIATE -- YOU SAW ME AT THE MEETING AND WE EVEN TALKED A LITTLE BIT AT THE MEETING.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT -- I'M A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT CAN GET TO OUR HOUSE AND MY NEIGHBORS' HOUSE AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S HOUSE.

BUT I THINK THAT AS YOU APPROACH THE ARGUMENT FROM THE OTHER SIDE THEY SAY THIS HAS TO HAPPEN OR SAPD WON'T GET IN, OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WON'T GET IN OR WHAT -- BUT SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

AND WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS THAT SAPD SAID 5G IS COMING AND WE NEED 5G.

WELL, THE [INDISCERNIBLE] PRESIDENT SAID THAT VERIZON AGREED TO NOT PUT 5G ON THIS TOWER. SO THAT SORT OF TURNS IT AROUND, DOESN'T IT? IF THERE'S PLENTY OF 4G COVERAGE WITH AT AT&T, WHY IS THIS PUBLIC SERVICE NEED -- SEE WHICH IS IT -- IS THERE GOING TO BE 5G ON THE TOWER OR NOT? YOU JUST SAID THAT THERE WASN'T SO THAT TAKES THE ARGUMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS NEED 5G.

AND THIS TOWER CAN ONLY BE THE ONLY ONE TO PROVE IT OUT OF THE EQUATION.

VERIZON AGREED TO NOT PUT IT ON 5G. IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, WE HAVE MISCOMMUNICATION HERE. FROM MY DECK IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS, THERE'S A NEW VERIZON TOWER RIGHT UP ON KYLE SEAL PARKWAY THAT LOOKS SORT OF TEMPORARY TO ME I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- BUT I CAN SEE IT. IT'S NOT HARD. IT MIGHT BE A MILE.

AND YOU SAY THAT YOU NEED ANOTHER 170-FOOT TOWER IN MY BACKYARD WHEN YOU COULD PROBABLY

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR, IF I CAN MAKE A COUPLE POINTS OF CLARIFICATION. THE FCC REGULATIONS DO PUT OBLIGATIONS ON CITY AND LOCAL ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TREAT PROVIDERS EQUALLY IN TERMS OF ACCESS. AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THEY ALSO WENT IN FAVOR OF PROVIDING AS MUCH PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICES AS THEY CAN. SO, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE LEGAL ADVICE, BUT, I MEAN, THOSE ARE AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY, AS PEOPLE NOTED, IT IS A SUPER MAJORITY THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS. SO FROM AN IMPACT EFFECT, A VOTE TO ABSTAIN IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS A VOTE TO SAY NO. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. THANK YOU, ANDY. WELL, LET ME JUST OFFER -- I DON'T ENVY THE POSITION THAT COUNCILMAN PELÁEZ IS IN NOR THE HOA MEMBERS.

I HAVE BEEN ON -- IN MAY SETON WE HAD TO PUT UP ONE OF THOSE TOWERS AND THAT WAS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF TOM WHEELER AS CHAIR OF THE FCC. AND SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE ONLY SEEN THE LEGISLATURE GET FURTHER AND FURTHER ON THE SIDE OF BROADCASTERS AS THEIR RIGHT OF AUTHORITY TO PUT BROADCAST TOWERS AND CELL TOWERS ANYWHERE THAT THEY WANT TO.

SO I WILL TELL THAT YOU WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF MEASURES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO GO TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAW ALLOWS TO STRENGTHEN OUR CODE. NOT JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO FOR THE AESTHETICS OF THESE TOWERS.

AND TO THE EXTENT THAT ACTION AGAINST SINCE THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN UP HERE. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A SITUATION THAT ANY OF US WANTS TO FIND OURSELVES IN BUT THERE ARE LIMITED OPTIONS FOR US.

AND OUR GOAL HERE IS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, YOU WANTED TO WEIGH IN? OKAY. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE VOTE. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 71.

MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA THAT WE WERE IN AND

SO LET'S TAKE UP, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ON ITEM 32. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE

ITEM 32, THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM STRAC. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER -- HAS THE FLOOR AND SHE'S MADE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 32.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? DO I HEAR A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA WITH A SECOND. SO LET'S TAKE UP DISCUSSION -- ONE SECOND, LET ME MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT, LAWYER NO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 32, LET'S TAKE THAT MOTION

PLEASE VOTE. OH, OKAY. >> I HAVE QUESTIONS --

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE'RE NOT VOTING. DISCUSSION HAS STARTED.

COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT'S FUNDS FROM STRAC FOR A PILOT PROGRAM WITH MOLINNA HEALTH CARE OF TEXAS.

ERIC, IT'S A SIX-MONTH PROGRAM AND THEY'RE GOING TO VISIT THESE INDIVIDUALS IN TWO ZIP CODES.

I BELIEVE THAT SOME ARE IN DISTRICT 6. CAN WE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE GET AN UPDATE OF THE THREE-MONTH MARK? AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> VIAGRAN: OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND HIGHLIGHT THIS FACT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO MOVE TOWARDS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING AN UPDATE BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT WE AT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN US AS A COUNCIL LOOK AT EXPANDING PROGRAMS SUCH AS THIS IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL. SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE THAT UPDATE AND WHY I PULLED THE

ITEM. >> WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR THE SPRING.

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>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES, THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. COUNCIL MEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA.

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: IT'S FOR MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH UNIT FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OUR FIRE AND EMS TEAM WORK EVERY DAY TO HELP SAN ANTONIOS AND THANK TO THE FUNDS FROM STRAC AND MOLINA HEALTH CARE OF TEXAS, WE'LL SEE INCREASED MANAGED CASES DURING THIS PILOT.

WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES AND TO CARE FOR OUR SAN ANTONIANS DURING DIFFICULT TIMES WITHIN THEIR LIVES. COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN, I COMMIT TO BRINGING THAT UPDATE IN THREE

MONTHS OR SO TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 32.

HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ON ITEM 42. NO, I'M SORRY, 45 AND 46.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> ROCHA GARCIA: YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 45 AND 46, SAVE EXCEPT TRACTS 5, 6, 9 AND 10 AS DEPICTED IN THE EXHIBIT. AS PART OF THIS MOTION I REQUEST THAT THE STAFF WORRYING WITH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS ON NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH TERMS CONSISTENT TO THOSE OF THE PREVIOUSLY SIGNED AGREEMENTS, AND BRING THOSE AGREEMENTS BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION ON JANUARY 13TH, 2022. IF STAFF CANNOT NEGOTIATE A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEN THESE PROPERTIES WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ANNEXATION.

>> SECOND. >> STATEMENTS RELATED TO THE CASE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? >> APOLOGIES.

CAN I MAKE A STATEMENT IN ADDITION TO THE READING OF THE ITEM?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: SURE. LET ME RECOGNIZE THE MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND READ THE CAPTION THERE. >> ITEM 45 IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS BY FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 439.01 ACRES OF LAND, AS CONSENTED TO BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS, PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY, WHICH ARE CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS AND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S EXETERER TOIAL JURISDICTION IN EAST AND SOUTH BEXAR COUNTY, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, NEAR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2, AND 4.

ITEM NUMBER 46 IS ZONING CASE Z2021-10700278, COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2 AND 4.

ASSIGNING ZONING TO PROPERTY, ANNEXED PURSUANT TO THE AGENDA ITEM ABOVE, GENERALLY BOUND BY THE SOUTHWEST LOOP 410 TO THE NORTH, APPLEWHITE ROAD TO THE EAST, SOUTH LOOP 1604 TO THE SOUTH, AND SOMERSET ROAD TO THE WEST, AS WELL AS PROPERTY GENERALLY BOUND BY IH-10 EAST TO THE NORTH, NORTH GRAYTOWN ROAD AND PFEIL ROAD TO THE EAST, GREEN ROAD TO THE SOUTH, AND EAST LOOP 1604 NORTH TO THE WEST, ALL CURRENTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, BY APPLYING ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICTS AHOD, AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT, MLOD-2, LACKLAND MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND MLR-2, LACKLAND MILITARY LIGHTING REGION-2, AS APPLICABLE, AND APPLYING FR FARM AND RANCH DISTRICT ON P-11, P-11F, P-12C, 14.0 ACRES. P-29A, P-29B, NON-ADJ REMAINS, P-29D, AND P-30, 54.91 ACRES, CB4204, APPLYING MI-1, MIXED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON P-36F, ABS12, C4295, P-2D ABS, 169 6,318, CB 4187, P-2M ABS, 168 17.659, CB4188, AND APPLYING R-20, REDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT ON P-12C, ABS 828, AND P-19, ABS, 828 FORMERLY P-12, CB5083.

STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE A SECOND WITH CONDITIONS READ AS COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR MORNING AGENDA. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO ZONING NOW AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH IF YOU'RE IN THE CHAMBER FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

[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.  ]

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ROCHA GARCIA AND COURAGE WITH THE SECOND.

FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVE FOR THE ONES THAT I JUST READ, 50, 51, 54, 57, 58, 64, 65, 66, 69 AND 70. AND 71 AND 62 ARE ALREADY EITHER HEARD OR NOT BEING HEARD. SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, OKAY. AND I NEED TO -- I NEED TO SEE A HAND TO SPEAK ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING. WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT SO LET ME DO THAT NOW. AND WE'LL START WITH JACK FINGER. SPEAKING ON ITEMS 59 -- AND A COUPLE OTHERS, JACK.

>> YES, MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER.

IT'S ALWAYS A LOSING CAUSE TRYING TO DO THAT AROUND HERE. THE ITEMS THAT I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THIS TIME AROUND IS, WELL, WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM 48 AND 49.

AND, MR. BRAVO, THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. THE IDEA OF A -- OH, ZONING DEALING WITH, OH, AS MENTIONED UPON THE RECORD HERE, THE BIG PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH THE -- WITH ITEM 48 AND 49 IS THAT 49 SPECIFICALLY YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE.

ALCOHOL VARIANCE. IN FACT,- ACTUALLY ASKED TO BE ESTABLISHED AS AN ALCOHOL SERVING ESTABLISHMENT, SIR. WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT THE FACT THAT IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL, JUST 300 FEET AWAY FROM IT, YOU KNOW, WILSON ELEMENTARY, WERE SCHOOL KIDS RUN AROUND, THAT'S WHY THE TEXAS ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE COMMISSION HAS SAID YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF SAYING NO TO SUCH THINGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT SCHOOLCHILDREN BEING INFLUENCED OR EVEN DIRECTLY HURT BY SUCH THINGS. SO WHY ARE YOU EVEN BOTHERING TO SAY YES TO THIS? YES, ALSO, MR. BRAVO, ITEM 54 IS OVER -- THAT'S OVER ON HEMOSA STREET AND ITEM 54 IS OVER ON SOUTH ALAMO AND THIS IS ABOUT A TATTOO PARLOR, SIR.

YES, TATTOO PARLOR. DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER TATTOO PARLOR OVER ON ALAMO STREET, SIR? I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF SORTED REPUTATION TATTOO PARLORS HAVE. AND, YES, BUT I THINK WHY NOT JUST HAVE --

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THE ITEMS ARE INDIVIDUALLY HEARD, JACK, SO YOU WOULD BE BACK UP TO THAT

ITEM AND IF YOU COULD STICK TO THE ONES ON CONSENT. >> YES, THAT'S GOOD.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. YES, ITEM NUMBER -- QUITE A FEW OF THEM HERE -- ITEM 59, YES.

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IT HAS A SORTED REPUTATION. IN FACT, TWO PARLORS THERE. WHEN YOU GET ANYTHING MORE THAN 10% OR 20% OF THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING IT TO SAY NO TO IT, YOU'VE GOT QUITE A BIT.

YOU HAVE 21% SAYING NO TO THIS RIGHT HERE. YOU HAD 23 PEOPLE SIGN SIGNATURES OPPOSING IT THERE. YOU HAD 25 SPOKE AGAINST IT THERE.

IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL, SIR. AND, YES, WHY NOT SAY NO TO

THESE THINGS? >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.

AND ON ITEM 59 WE HAVE EMILY WIESLER. IS EMILY WIESLER HERE?

MS. WIESLER YOU ARE FOLLOWED BY TUCK JONES ON 72 AND 73. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE A LETTER TO BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD FOR ITEM 59, BASED ON EXTENSIVE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. ON ITEM 59, I WILL DO JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LETTER FOR THE RECORD. THE PROPOSED REZONING TO MHC DOES REQUIRE THE PROPERTY TO BE FULLY REPLATED FOR CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ONE HOME PER LOT, REQUIRING 4,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOT MINIMUMS AND FRONT SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS AND THE PROPERTY MUST BE WITH ORDINANCE FOLLOWING REZONING SUBJECT PROPERTY WILL GO THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS THAT INCLUDES STORMWATER REVIEW. TREES PRESERVED AND LANDSCAPING PROVIDED AND THE NEW HOMES SERVE AS THE PHYSICAL AND VISUAL NOISE BUFFER TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE DITCH AND THE INDUSTRIAL USERS ALONG I-35. THE PROPOSED SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MANAGED BY STONE POINT PROPERTIES AND THAT CONTACT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED HEREIN. AND WE ALSO AGREE THAT IF THAT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR INFORMATION CHANGES WE WOULD NOTIFY THE COUNCIL OFFICE AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION. AND THEN OUR OFFICE AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY CAN BE REACHED AT ANY TIME FOR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AND

ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROJECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU,

MS. WIESLER. TUCK JONES. >> PRESIDENT, I DON'T NEED TO

SPEAK. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT, MR. JONES, I HAVE A FEW MORE FOLKS ON 72 AND 73 AND SIGNAL IF YOU WANT TO CEDE YOUR TIME. CHARLIE LUCKO.

ROSY LÓPEZ. I'M SORRY, MS. LÓPEZ, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK?

OKAY. BRANDON LUIS. >> I'M HERE, I I DON'T WANT TO

SPEAK. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU ALL.

AND NOW WE HAVE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. WE HAVE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT NOW. I DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE QUEUE FOR THAT SO YOU NEED TO SIGNAL ME. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-R

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WANTED TO TOUCH ON ITEM 59, ACTUALLY, 59. THIS IS THE MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY. AND YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THE OPPOSITION THAT WE HAD HEARD WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST HEARD, WHICH IS THAT I DON'T WANT THESE PEOPLE IN MY BACKYARD, OR I DON'T WANT THESE TRAILER PARKS. AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO GO TO OUR SCHOOLS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO SHOP WITH US. AND A MEMBER OF MY STAFF LIVES IN MANUFACTURED HOUSING RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. AND SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OPPOSITION, AND WHEN WE MET WITH EMILY AND THE APPLICANT, THAT WASN'T -- THAT WASN'T A VIABLE REASON TO OPPOSE. BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS THAT WERE VIABLE. AND SO WE ADDRESSED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WAS IN THE LETTER THAT WAS READ INTO RECORD.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE APPLICANT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PASSING THIS.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ. >> PELÁZEZ: WHAT HE SAID -- AMEN. AND WE -- I'M FACING THE EXACT SAME CASE IN MY DISTRICT.

WE'RE GETTING CALLS. THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON PROJECT 73 AND 72 IS A PROPOSED HUMAN REHABILITATION CENTER FOR FOLKS FIGHTING THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION.

AND IT IS A PROVEN CONCEPT. IT'S FAMILY OWNED AND FAMILY RUN.

CAN Y'ALL STAND IF YOU ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THAT PROJECT? THANK YOU.

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CONGRATULATIONS ON REALLY WORKING THE SYSTEM HARD, GUYS. AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY.

WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME COMPLAINTS FROM SOME NEIGHBORS NEARBY, SAYING THIS IS A BAD FIT.

THIS IS IN THE HEART OF THE MEDICAL CENTER. THERE'S NOTHING BAD ABOUT THIS.

AND THIS IS THE -- THIS IS WHY THE MEDICAL CENTER EXISTS. AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS

TODAY. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, GUYS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH KIND OF A DELAYED MEETING HERE.

SO HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR THOSE I READ INTO THE RECORD.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEMS 50 AND 51

>> THE ITEM 50, IS FROM R6 TO MF-18 AT 1023 AGANIERE AVENUE. AND 23 NOTICES MAILED AND THREE IN FAVOR AND FOUR OPPOSED. BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.

ONE OUTSIDE THE 200-FOOT BOUNDARY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE ONE

ITEM TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50 AND 51 JACK FINGER. >> MR. MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. ONCE AGAIN MY NAME IS JACK M.

FINGER. ITEM 50 AND 51, WELL, MR. BRAVO, THIS IS A HEAVY-DUTY ONE RIGHT HERE. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF RED FLAGS WITH IT.

THIS IS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE -- WHAT IS IT FOUR CONDOMINIUM UNITS OVER ON AGANIER STREET? YEAH. THAT IS A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD, SIR. IT IS PART OF THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD.

BEACON HILL AREA RESIDENTS DON'T LIKE THAT IDEA. AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, JUST LIKE WHAT THE STAFF SAID ABOUT IT. SAID THAT IT'S OUT OF CHARACTER, AND IT ADDS ADDITIONAL DENSITY TO AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH, IT'S -- IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, SIR.

YEAH. THAT'S THE STAFF SAYING THAT. THE ZONING COMMISSION FELT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY. THEY VOTED AGAINST IT TOO. AND YOU HAD, SHUCKS, WHEN YOU HAVE 23 NOTICES THAT GO OUT AGAINST IT, FIVE OPPOSED, THAT IS OVER 20% RIGHT THERE.

WHEN THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CAME OUT AND SAID IT'S A BAD IDEA.

NOW THIS THING HAS -- WELL, GOOD QUESTION -- WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS, SIR, WITH ALL OF THIS -- ALL OF THESE RED FLAGS AND ALL OF THESE BAD IDEAS HERE? ARE YOU REALLY STILL GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY YES TO THIS THING? OR DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY NO? BEACON HILL WOULD SURE LIKE TO KNOW. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.

>> BRAVO: I MOVE TO DENY ITEM NUMBER 50 FOR ZONING CHANGE AND TO DENY ITEM NUMBER 51 FOR

PLANNED AMENDMENT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEMS 50 AND 51. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN.

>> THE REQUEST TO REZONE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAND-USE PLAN AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WHICH IS CREATED THROUGH PUBLIC PROCESS. THE APPLICANT HAS NOT ATTENDED SCHEDULED MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND DID NOT ATTEND EITHER OF THEIR PLANNED ZONING HEARINGS AND THERE WERE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DENIAL FROM

BOTH COMMISSIONS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEMS 50 AND 51. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

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>> ZONING ITEM 54, REZONING FROM C-2 TO C-2 CD FOR A TATTOO PARLOR AT 724 SOUTH ALAMO STREET. HOURS OF OPERATION FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M., SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANDLAVACA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATN IS IN SUPPORT.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 54.

JACK FINGER. WHEN YOU SIT DOWN NEXT TIME, JACK, TAKE THE FRONT ROW,

PLEASE. THANKS. >> YES, MR. MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. YES, SIR, TATTOO PARLOR, SIR? I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH ALREADY IN TOWN.

LIKE I SAY, THEY HAVE A SORTED REPUTATION. AND WHY ADD TO IT?

WHY? THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU,

MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. >> BRAVO: MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 54 WITH CONDITIONS IN

THE RECORD. >> ITEMS HAVE BEEN READ FOR 54. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 54 WITH CONDITIONS IN THE RECORD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. GO NOW TO ITEMS 57 AND 58.

>> 57 AND 58 IS AMENDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENT FROM R5 AND R6 TO IDZ-2 WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 18 DWELLING UNITS AT 30 ONBLOCK OF B STREET AND COLEMAN STREET AND STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THERE'S AN UPDATED SITE PLAN FOR THE RECORD. 46 NOTICES HAVE BEEN MAILED, 10 IN FAVOR, 12 OPPOSED AND THERE'S A PETITION OF 10 RESIDENTS IN SUPPORT.

GOVERNMENT HELD ALLIANCES ARE ALSO IN SUPPORT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCIL

MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. IS EMILY HERE? WOULD YOU MIND DESCRIBING A LITTLE BIT THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE MADE?

OR WHAT THE NEW SITE PLANS ENTAIL. >> YES, EMILY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THE REVISED SITE PLAN REDUCES THE UNIT COUNT TO 16 TOTAL UNITS, ALL UNITS ARE RESTRICTED TO ONLY TWO STORY IN HEIGHT. WE HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL PARKING, THE REDUCTION OF HEIGHT RESULTED IN SOME LOST GARAGES. SO WE ADDED ADDITIONAL PARKING TO THE SITE. WE HAVE COMPLITTED TO NO DUMPSTERS -- COMMITTED TO NO DUMPSTERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND PARKING SPACE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SO THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST ZONING CASE THAT I GOT AFTER BEING SWORN IN, SO THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY LONG PROCESS. IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH WITH THE COMMUNITY AND NUMEROUS PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED REGARDING THIS SITE SINCE AROUND AUGUST, I WANT TO SAY. AND THAT BEING SAID, IT HAS BEEN CONTINUED AND WITHDRAWN A HOST OF TIMES. COMPROMISES WERE REACHED REGARDING DENSITY AND HEIGHT.

AND ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS WERE MADE FOR THE CURRENT DENSITY AND SCALE AND A PROPOSED GREEN SPACE WAS INCLUDED. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY CHRIS, EMILY AND THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT HILL COMMUNITY, AND SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROJECT WITH THE UPDATED SITE PLAN AS READ INTO THE RECORD.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

COULD YOU RESTATE THE MOTION, PLEASE FOR MY BENEFIT. SORRY.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PLAN WITH THE UPDATED SITE PLAN AS READ INTO

THE RECORD. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 57 AND 58 WITH THE SITE PLAN AS AMENDED IN THE RECORD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES, GO TO ITEM 63 AND 64.

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>> THIS IS AMENDING THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN FROM AG BUSINESS TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER FROM L TO PUD M IF 18 WITH A PERIMETER SETBACK OF 18. IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF SOUTH HIGHWAY 181. STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

ZERO OPPOSED AND I BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT HERE IS HERE TO SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT TO THE SITE

PLAN. >> OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: IS THE APPLICANT

HERE WITH THE AMENDMENT? THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN WIESLER. >> THERE'S A UNIT REDUCTION, AND TWO SETBACKS AND EXPANDED LOT SIZES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.

>> VIAGRAN: I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK AND WORKING WITH US ON THIS SITE PLAN.

WE HAD SOME DENSITY ISSUES. WITH THAT BEING SAID AT THIS TIME I WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING

MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE. I FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

IS THAT CARRIE? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM -- AGENDA 65 IS A REZONING FROM R6 TO R6 CD LOCATED AT 130 WEST 345EUFIELD BOULEVARD AND STAFF IS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO A CONDITION FOR REQUIRED SOLID SCREEN FENCING ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL USES. AND THERE'S 23 NOTICES MAILED MD AND ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO

OPPOSED. NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65. JACK FINGER.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. ITEM 65, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

AND THE STAFF THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY BAD IDEA. WHY? WELL, IF YOU READ THE BACK OF DOCUMENTS IT SAYS THREE UNITS -- YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO SHOEHORN IN HERE. THREE UNITS ALLOW FOR A DENSITY THAT IS OUT OF CHARACTER.

OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. YEAH.

THE IDEA THAT -- WELL, I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH DESCRIBES WHY THIS THING SHOULDN'T BE PASSED.

I MEAN, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE TO LIVE IN THOSE AREAS AND THEY -- THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE IT THERE. YEAH. I SUGGEST WHY NOT JUST SIMPLY SAY, OH, ALSO SAID THAT IT CONFLICTS WITH THE ESTABLISHED -- THE PLAN OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY. YEAH, SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY PLAN.

ANOTHER RED FLAG RIGHT THERE. MAYBE YOU CAN JUST SAY NO TO THIS ONE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU -- THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.

COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE ON DECREASING THE ORIGINAL DENSITY OF UNITS AND ALSO INCLUDING THE CONDITION REQUIRED. THIS CHANGE DOES NOT INCREASE THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT BUT MAXIMIZE THE EXISTING BUILDING ALREADY ON SITE. THE ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS CASE AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, SO AT THIS TIME I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION. A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 65 WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 66.

>> AGENDA ITEM 66 IS A REZONING FROM C-2 TO C-2 CD LOCATED AT 112100 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 281.

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ONE OPPOSED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG:COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, THIS IS AT THE MISSION OF MISSION DELAGO AND ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE AND THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN DISTRICT 3. I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR THEIR OUTREACH TO THE HOA AND THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT STILL, SOME ELEMENTS AND CONDITIONS.

SO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY 27TH. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 66 TO JANUARY 27TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS 69 AND 70. >> AMENDING THE WEST/SOUTHWEST SECTOR PLAN FROM GENERAL URBAN TIER TO SPECIALIZED CENTER FROM C-3 TO L, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF WEST LOOP 1604 NORTH. STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. SIX NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCIL MEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: I MOVE TO

CONTINUE ITEM 69 AND 70 TO JANUARY 7, 2022. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 69 AND 70 TO JANUARY 27TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES. THAT IS IT FOR OUR BUSINESS AGENDA.

[City Manager's Report  ]

DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? >> WE DO, MAYOR.

THREE QUICK ITEMS. WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE FIRST -- ON THIS FIRST ISSUE WITH A MEMO TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. END OF THE YEAR, AND JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON HOW WE DID FINANCIALLY WITH THE CLOSE UP OUR FISCAL YEAR.

WE ARE -- EVERYTHING IS STILL PRELIMINARILY DETERMINED, AND UNAUDITED AND WE WILL START WORKING ON THE CLOSING OF ALL OF THE YEAR-END CLOSINGS. BKD, OUR AUDIT FIRM, WILL BE COMPLETING THEIR YEAR-END AUDIT IN FEBRUARY AND THEN THE CAFRE WILL BE PRESENTED IN -- IN MARCH. SO JUST IN SUMMARY, AND YOU WILL GET A MEMO ON THIS TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER WAS A GOOD MONTH FOR THE CITY ACROSS THE BOARD. WE HAD INCREASES IN OUR MARKET SQUARE FUND, OUR PARKING FUND, THE AIRPORT, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND SALES TAX FROM A GENERAL FUND STANDPOINT. SO ACTIVITY PICKED UP. WE ARE -- YOU'LL GET THE FIRST QUARTER UPDATE, FINANCIAL UPDATE, IN FEBRUARY. AND WE'RE SEEING CONTINUED TRENDS. BUT WE DID SEE THAT SEPTEMBER CLOSE OUT WAS A BETTER THAN HISTORICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT ALL OF THOSE FUNDS. THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN. AIRPORT WAS BUSY. AND, CERTAINLY, SALES WERE UP.

THE GENERAL FUNDS STANDPOINT, WE'RE ABOUT $8.9 BILLION BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED WITH A COMBINATION OF REVENUE AND LESS EXPENSE. $5.5 MILLION OF THAT IS ALL BECAUSE OF SALES TAX IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. AND SO YOU'LL SEE A CHART IN THE REPORT THAT WE'LL SEND YOU. HISTORICALLY, WE OVERLAY THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

WE SEE A DECREASE SALES TAX AS PEOPLE COMING OFF OF SUMMER. YOU WILL SEE ON THE CHART THAT WE'LL SEND YOU TOMORROW THAT THERE WAS A DRAMATIC DECREASE AND WE HOPE THAT WILL CONTINUE AS WE GO THROUGH OUR RECOVERY. THE SECOND ITEM, MAYOR, AND WE'LL SEND THIS OUT BY EMAIL TOMORROW. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT -- SALUTE IS A NEW SHOW ON KRLN HIGHLIGHTING HISPANIC WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO AND THERE'S SEVEN OPEPISODES ONLINE AND THE HOST, AND OUR MARIA GÓMEZ WAS INTERVIEWED. AND THAT EPISODE IS OUT.

THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A TOP LATINA LEADER WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ORGANIZATION AND HOW MARIA GOT TO WHERE SHE'S AT. MARIA IS NOT HERE BECAUSE SHE'S ON A PHONE CALL COORDINATING OUR BOND COMMITTEE MEETING TONIGHT, BUT I AM CERTAINLY THANKFUL TO HAVING MARIA IN OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO WATCH IT W. IT'S A QUICK 10-MINUTE VIDEO EPISODE AND WE'RE SURE PROUD OF MARIA. AND, LASTLY, OUR EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO TODAY, REALLY

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PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THEY WERE ONLY TRANSPORTING SENIORS TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND NOW THEY'RE DOING SO MUCH MORE. THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY DOING WELLNESS CHECKS TO OUR SENIORS AND STILL DELIVERING FOOD. THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL DURING THE WINTER STORM.

AND THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO AGAIN TO END OUR CALENDAR YEAR ON. LET'S ROLL IT.

(♪)

>> HAVING PEOPLE TO COME AND PICK UP THIS IS CONVENIENT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION OR, TOO, HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT COULD PICK IT UP FOR THEM.

ON THE OTHER HAND, EITHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE A VEHICLE, LIVE ALONE, DON'T HAVE THE MEANS. AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THEM IN OUR PLANNING

SENIORS. >> AND I WILL SEE YOU

>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE MEMBERS LOOK FORWARD TO, HAVING THE CHAUFFEUR COME TO THEIR DURING DAILY AND PROVIDE THEIR MEAL AND CHECK IN WITH THEM. GOOD MORNING.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? AND IT'S THAT FRIENDLY FACE AND A CONNECTION TO THE CENTER.

>> SOME OF THEM WERE NOT EATING HEALTHY, SO THAT SOLVED THAT PROBLEM, BUT THEY STILL DESIRE THAT INTERACTION THAT THEY MISS AND I BRING THEM NOT ONLY THEIR FOOD BUT THAT INTERACTION.

IT BRINGS BACK A LITTLE BIT OF THE PAST HAPPINESS THAT THEY LIVED THROUGH WHEN THEY WOULD SEE ME AT THE CENTER. BUT I SEE MYSELF AS KITCHEN HELP.

I SEE MYSELF -- WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO TO ASSIST THE SENIORS.

>> WE BECAME FRIENDS AND SHE'S MY SWEETIE. SHE'S MY HUMAN BEING THAT I CAN

TALK TO EVERY DAY WITHOUT HAVING TO YELL OUT MY DOOR ONLY. >> THEY FEEL LIKE IF IT WERE WNOTFOR WHAT WE DO, THEY WOULD T HAVE NOBODY. MS. ROSALIE, IS SHE HOME? I LOVE THIS JOB, IT IS GREAT. IT'S FANTASTIC. AND I REALLY LOVE THAT THE CITY

DOES WHAT IT DOES. (♪) >> THAT'S IT, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, ERIK.

BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE MEETING TODAY, I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND THAT IS THAT WE ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, GOING TO BE MISSING A CELEBRATION OF TERI CASTILLO'S BIRTHDAY, ON THE 27T- OF THE MONTH. SO LET'S FINISH THE YEAR BY SINGING COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ♪ ♪ DEAR TERI ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ ♪ AND

MANY MORE ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE IS

KATE IN THE BACK. >> IF WE HAD KNOWN WE WOULD HAVE SUNG YOU A SPECIAL SONG.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT, THANKS, EVERYBODY. LONG DAY, BUT IT'S ALL DONE.

THE TIME IS 4:00 P.M. ON THIS 16TH DAY OF 2021 OF DECEMBER. AND WE ARE NOW

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