* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:12] ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. [ PROCEDURAL  ] UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SESSION. THE TIME IS 9:18 AM ON THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2022. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE BEGIN THIS MORNING. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO VARDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM AND GOOD MORNING AGAIN, EVERYONE. UH, BEFORE WE START TODAY, UH, OUR CITY, UH, OUR COMMUNITY LOST A VERY TREASURED MEMBER OF IT, UH, OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND THAT IS SOMEONE WHO BUILT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF WHAT HAS BECOME, UH, A RENOWNED METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COUNTRY, FRANKLY. AND THAT WAS DR. FERNANDO GUERRA. UH, SO, UH, TO REMEMBER HIM AND, AND PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM PROPERLY, I'M GONNA TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER MELISSA CAB HDA, UH, TO OFFER SOME WORDS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THIS WEEKEND AS, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE LEARNED OF THE PASSING OF DR. FERNANDO GUERRA. DR. GUERRA SERVED OUR CITY AS THE DIRECTOR OF OUR SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT. AND BECAUSE OF HIS WORK FROM 1987 TO 2010, METRO HEALTH IS THE STRONG INSTITUTION THAT IT IS TODAY. DR. RA WAS BORN IN 1939 AND SERVED AS A BATTALION SURGEON IN VIETNAM AS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR. HE HELPED US NAVIGATE THE UNCERTAIN TIME OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN THE EIGHTIES. THOSE WHO KNEW HIM SPEAK OF A GENTLE DEMEANOR, A CLEAR VISION FOR OUR CITY, AND A STRONG COMPASSION AND BELIEF IN SCIENCE. AS WE REMEMBER DR. RA, WE SHOULD REMEMBER AS WELL THAT HE WAS A DEDICATED PEDIATRICIAN, WHICH I'M SURE HAS INFORMED HIS WORK IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. DR. RA MADE AN IMPACT ON MANY SAN ANTONIO'S, MANY FAMILIES, AND IN FACT, MADE A DIRECT IMPACT ON MY FAMILY. DR. GTA WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL WITH MY UNCLE, UH, DR. BEN MOORE, AND WAS A PEDIATRICIAN TO MY SPECIAL NEEDS COUSINS. MY AUNT AND UNCLE ENTRUSTED WHAT IS MOST PRECIOUS IN THEIR LIVES TO DR. GTA, WHICH GOES TO SHOW WHAT THAT HIS GUIDING PRINCIPLE WAS, THE WELLBEING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE OF THOSE WHO CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES. WE WOULD DO WELL TO CONTINUE THAT PRINCIPLE AS WE DO OUR WORK HERE ON THE COUNCIL DIOCESE AND IN EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR CITY, HIS VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND HIS LIFELONG LOVE OF SAN ANTONIO . THANK YOU, DR. FERNANDO GUERRA. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY, AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA TO BEGIN US TODAY. UM, I'M GONNA TURN THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. PASTOR KEVIN BARAL IS OUR INDICATOR TODAY. AND PASTOR KEVIN BARTHEL CURRENTLY SERVES AS A PASTOR AT HIL THE HILLS CHURCH, SERVING AS A PASTORAL LEADERSHIP TEAM. HE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2012. HE CURRENTLY OVERSEES THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES, CHURCHES', FINANCES, AND FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES. KEVIN WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON IN 1997 AND HAS SERVED IN MANY MINISTRIES OVER THE YEARS. HE WAS CALLED TO HIS ROLE AS PASTOR IN 2012 AND WAS ORDAINED AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN 2016. KEVIN AND HIS WIFE MELISSA, RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR 31ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEY HAVE FOUR GROWN DAUGHTERS AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER SO FAR, AND BY THE WAY, HE'S ALSO OUR CITY AUDITOR. SO THANK YOU KEVIN, AND WELCOME. THANK YOU, DR. GARCIA AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ALWAYS [00:05:01] A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, MORE SO IN THIS ROLE THAN MY, THAN MY OTHER ROLE. BUT LET US PRAY. DEAR GOD, FATHER, THIS MORNING WE JUST COME, FATHER I, IT'S LIFT UP THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING AS THEY BEGIN THEIR BUSINESS, BUT ALSO THE LEADERSHIP, THE CITY OF LEADERSHIP, THE CITY STAFF, AND DEAR LORD, AS THEY COME, COME BEFORE THIS BODY TO MAKE DECISIONS, LORD. AND JUST RECOGNIZING THAT THIS MEETING IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF THE DECISIONS, THE IMPACT THAT THIS COUNCIL MAKES EACH AND EVERY DAY, FATHER. AND IT BE THE DECISIONS BE JUST MUNDANE OR ROUTINE OR COMPLEX AND AND CONTROVERSIAL. FATHER, I JUST PRAY FOR UNDERSTANDING. I PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT AMONGST THE COUNCIL. LORD IS, UH, IN YOUR WORD, FATHER, IN ONE CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER ONE, PAUL PLEADS AND APPEALS THAT WE BE UNITED IN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME JUDGMENT. AND THAT IS THE SAME UNDERSTANDING FATHER. AND JUST ASK IT FOR UNITY AND PURPOSE, UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING, DISCERNMENT IN THE DECISIONS, DISCERNMENT AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY WILL HAVE. FATHER, AND AGAIN, JUST ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING, YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS, IN THIS BUILDING, THIS OR THIS MORNING FATHER. AND THAT ALL BE DONE TO YOUR GLORY, TO YOUR HONOR, TO YOUR PRAISE FOR IT'S IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AND BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. THANK YOU PASTOR KEVIN. ALRIGHT, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO OUR AGENDA TODAY AND THE FIRST ITEM ON IT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 15TH AND 16TH, 2021. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 15 AND 16, 20 21. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN THE REST OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA, WE DO HAVE SOME GUESTS IN OUR MIDST TODAY AND WANNA RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK OF THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO AND THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO BOARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. UH, WE TALK ABOUT THE GREAT SPORTS TOWN THAT SAN ANTONIO IS, BUT THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT IN SAN ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO HISTORY IS OUR ANNUAL STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. SO WE APPRECIATE THE TRADITION BEING RENEWED AGAINST THIS YEAR. UH, BEFORE I CALL ALBERT UP TO MAKE A FEW, UH, REMARKS, I DO WANT TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE 73RD ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS IN THE ALAMO CITY, WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 10TH THROUGH THE 17TH 2021 AT THE FREEMAN COLISEUM. AND WHEREAS THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT EMPHASIZES AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS AND ITS SUCCESS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS, CORPORATE PARTNERS AND PATRONS WHO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. AND WHEREAS SINCE THE RODEO'S INCEPTION, OVER $232 MILLION HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, ENDOWMENTS, JUNIOR LIVESTOCK OPTIONS, WESTERN ART CALF SCRAMBLE PROGRAM, AND SHOW PREMIUMS. AND WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO THE RODEO, VISITORS CAN ENJOY OTHER EXCITING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A NIGHTLY CARNIVAL MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT EXHIBITS, LIVESTOCK AND HORSE SHOWS, MUTTON BUSTING EXTREME BOWLS, AND SHOPPING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO ENJOY. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG MAYOR, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 10TH THROUGH 27TH, 2022 TO BE OFFICIAL RODEO SEASON IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. WE ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND, UH, I COME ON UP. WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR NURNBERG. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL. UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR 6,000 VOLUNTEERS, OUR STAFF AND OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. UH, I'M JOINED TODAY BY SOME MEMBERS OF OUR MASTER COMMITTEE, ONE OF OUR 42 COMMITTEES DOWN AT THE SAN CHERRY STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PRESIDENT, MR. DAVID WHITE, WHO'S IN TENNIS AS WELL. UM, WELL, IT'S FEBRUARY'S UPON US NOW, AND WE AS, AS WE ALL KNOW IN SAN ANTONIO, IT'S RODEO SEASON. SO WE HAVE 19 DAYS OF FUN SCHEDULED FOR YOU AGAIN THIS YEAR. BESIDES OUR WORLD CLASS RODEO AND ENTERTAINERS, WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE GROUNDS FOR ALL AGES. IN ADDITION TO THE BARNS FILLED WITH JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW, UH, ANIMALS, WE HAVE OUR FAN FA ALL OUR FAN FAVORITES BACK. WE HAVE CARNIVAL SHOPPING, PIG RACES, [00:10:02] WILDLIFE EXHIBITS, PETTING ZOO, AND B AND, UH, BUSTING IN THE BARN TENTS, AND OF COURSE, LIVE MUSIC STAGES SPRINKLED ACROSS ALL OF OUR GROUNDS. WHAT'S GONNA BE NEW IN 2022? WELL, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK IN THE AT T CENTER THIS YEAR. WE'LL ALSO BE USING OUR FREEMAN COLISEUM, UH, FOR OUR OUR HORSE SHOW EVENTS. UM, A COUPLE OF NEW EVENTS THAT WILL BE GOING ON IN THE AT AND T CENTER THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. ON FEBRUARY 20TH, WE'LL HAVE NOCHE THE VAQUERO. THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF OUR SOUTH TEXAS HERITAGE, NOR CH OF OUR CARE WILL HONOR THE TRADITIONS AND ART, ARTISTIC SKILLS AND PAGEANTRY OF OUR CULTURE. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE BALLET, TICO, ESAM, MUSSA, BULL RIDING AND CHARRO AND MARIACHI EXHIBITIONS. AND ALSO ON FEBRUARY 23RD, WE WELCOME THE RANCH RODEO TO THE BIG HOUSE. THIS IS A THROWBACK TO THE, THE OLD WEST WHEN NEIGHBORING RANCHES WOULD GET TOGETHER TO SEE WHOSE COWBOYS WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST, THE BEST RIDERS, THE BEST ROPERS, AND GENERALLY THE TOUGHEST HANDS. OUR FREEMAN COLISEUM WILL PLAY HOST TO OUR HORSE SHOW EVENTS THIS YEAR, INCLUDING OUR YOUTH RODEO AND OUR ADA EXHIBITIONS. UH, EXPO HALL THIS YEAR WILL BE KNOWN AS THE SHOPS AT THE RODEO, WHICH WILL INCLUDE RETAIL SPACES, AG, AG EDUCATION, AND ANIMAL DISPLAYS. AN H E B BUDDY STAGE WITH AG ENTERTAINMENT, PETTING ZOOS, A STREET FAIR AREA WITH LARGE SEATING AREAS, AND A, UM, EXCUSE ME, AND A LIVE TEJANO MUSIC STAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL GROUP PERFORMANCES, AN EAT, DRINK AND CHILL ZONE. BUILT WITH, BUILT-IN CONCESSIONS WITH A WHAT LOUNGE HOSTED BY OUR FRIENDS AT WHATABURGER EXPO HALL TWO WILL NOW BECOME OUR NEW BUD LIGHT LIVE AREA. HOW'D IN THIS BUILDING WHERE BE A FAMED FAJITA CORRAL SERVING BOTH OUTDOORS AND A FULL MENU INDOORS? WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE LIVESTOCK, UH, VIDEO WALL THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL BE LIVE STREAMING OUR YOUTH, UH, AUCTIONS, UH, AS THEY TAKE PLACE IN THE GROUNDS. WE'LL HAVE PICNIC TABLES AND SEATING AND BEVERAGES, ASSORTED BEVERAGES FOR ALL, FOR ALL AGES. THIS WILL GIVE THE YOUTH EXHIBITORS AND FAMILIES A PLACE TO TAKE REFUGE FROM A BUSY AG SHOW IN THE BARNS AND STILL STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE JUDGING RESULTS IN THE RINGS. WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME BACK OUR WATCH PARTY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A RODEO FAN ZONE, COMPLETE WITH INTERACTIVE HOST WITH THE INTERACTIVE HOST CONDUCTING PRE AND POST INTERVIEWS WITH OUR STOCK CONTRACTORS AND OUR RODEO CONTESTANTS ALIKE. THEY'LL HAVE A, A PEN AND V I P AREA, A SEATED SEATING, ADULT BEVERAGES OF ALL TO SUIT ALL AGES, AND OF COURSE, A LIVE TEXAS MUSIC STAGE. THE LIST FOR A LIST OF DAILY SCHEDULES AND ACTIVITIES, PLEASE SAY RODEO.COM. UM, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY AS VOLUNTEERS, WE'RE COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS. AND WITH YOUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE, WE CAN ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. SO WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO TO ATTEND OUR 73RD ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO FEBRUARY 10TH THROUGH THE 27TH. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. AND AS WE LIKE TO SAY, DOWN ON OUR RODEO GROUNDS, LET'S RODEO THIS SAN ANTONIO. ALL RIGHT, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. BEFORE YOU GO ANYWHERE, WE DO HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. SO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND, UH, LEMME TELL YOU WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS STUFF. UH, RODEO, RODEO TIME IS SAN ANTONIO TIME, AND, UH, IT, IT'S A GREAT TIME OUT THERE. LOTS OF ENTERTAINMENT, JUST THE WAY YOU WERE SAYING IT. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT IT IS ARE THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE HELP THAT Y'ALL ARE GIVEN TO OUR YOUTH TODAY, UH, TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE, UM, LEARN ABOUT, UH, LIVESTOCK AND, AND THE JUDGING PROCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GETTING THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR FUTURE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND, UM, LET'S GO. RODEO SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM EFFORTS. IT IS AMAZING. UH, AS, AS, AND SOME OF Y'ALL PROBABLY KNOW HER, PAT HASSO AND HER DAUGHTERS ARE THERE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. I GOT MY LITTLE HONORARY MEMBER, I PLAN TO BE THERE ON FEBRUARY 20TH. I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS DO. I WAS PRIVILEGED ENOUGH AS A CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER TO TAKE MY FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS TO RODEO AND THEY LOVED IT. AND THIS IS JUST SUCH A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR HELPING BRING US OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC AND LET'S RODEO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR GETTING THE RODEO BACK TO, UM, TO FULL SPEED. AND I'M EXCITED AND I'LL BE PARTICIPATING, BUT I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO, UH, TAKE THE TIME TO THANK YOU FOR THE VAQUERO. AND I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S HELPING WITH ALL OF THE FESTIVITIES AND HE'S BEEN TELLING ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND I'M SO EXCITED. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ENTIRE DAY. YESTERDAY, MIKE DAY YESTERDAY, MY COLLEAGUE FROM D THREE AND I WERE AT THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO BOARD AND WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE JUST ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL FOR THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW [00:15:01] AND RODEO. SO COUNT US IN TO HELP WITH ANYTHING. BUT AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND YES, LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA, Y'ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE THROUGHOUT A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THE WORLD KNOWS ONCE AGAIN WHERE THE BEST INDOOR RODEO IS, AND THAT'S IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, LET ME RECOGNIZE, UH, [POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE  ] COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SORRY, I'M HAVING SOME MASK DIFFICULTIES. UM, SO DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT'S TWO OFFICE WILL BE HOSTING OUR SECOND BLOOD DRIVE THIS MONTH TO BENEFIT THE SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER. OUR BLOOD DRIVE IS GONNA TAKE PLACE TOMORROW, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE CLAUDE BLACK COMMUNITY CENTER AT 28 0 5 EAST COMMERCE. UM, ON MY DISTRICT TWO FACEBOOK PAGE, UM, YOU CAN CLICK THE LINK THERE TO, UM, SIGN UP AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE HELP DONATE. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOOD SHORTAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE HAD THIS, UH, BLOOD DRIVE COMPETITION BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE, UM, FOR REASONS I'LL EXPLAIN IN A SECOND. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO A LITTLE BIT, AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE CITY SUPPORT ON, IS THAT I'M INVITING EVERYONE OUT TO A BLOOD DRIVE THAT I CAN'T GIVE TO. I'M A HEALTHY 26 YEAR OLD MAN WITH NO DISEASES, BUT BECAUSE OF OUTDATED STEREOTYPES ABOUT GAY MEN, I CAN'T GIVE BLOOD. AND THAT'S DUE TO FEDERAL LAW. AND SO, WHILE WE ARE LIMITED AS A CITY AND WHAT WE CAN DO, I THINK WE CAN MAKE, UM, LARGE STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, WORK WITH THE MAYOR, WORK WITH, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN PALAIS, CHAIR OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL, UH, RELATIONS COMMITTEE, AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, WITH A POINT OF PRIVILEGE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ALAMO CITY, HON THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE ALAMO DOME THIS PAST WEEKEND. UM, FROM THE FIRST, UH, REALLY WEEK, I THINK IN OFFICE, WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES WAS TO BRING, UM, THIS EVENT TO THE ALAMO DOME. SO I WANT TO THANK ERIC WALSH AND THE TEAM OVER AT THE, UM, ALAMO DOME FOR ALLOWING OUR STUDENTS TO, UM, WATCH THEMSELVES ON THE JUMBOTRON AND PARTICIPATE NOT IN THE HEAT, ALTHOUGH IT GOT MOVED TO JANUARY. SO THAT WASN'T INITIATIVE BECAUSE OF COVID. UM, BUT I'M A PROUD SOUTHWEST I S D GRADUATE AND A FORMER TEAM MENTOR FOR THE SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL ENGINEERING TEAM. AND I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE LONG WORKS OF OUR IN PREPARATION THAT GO INTO THESE RACES. THE INTERACTIVE COMPETITION, WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY THE SOUTH SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH EDUCATORS, CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS AND ENGINEERS. THIS YEAR'S TEAMS INCLUDED STUDENTS FROM SOUTHWEST I S D, EDGEWOOD, I S D, HARLANDALE, I S D, NORTHSIDE, I S D SS, A I S D, EAST CENTRAL, I S D SOMERSET, I S D, AND A TEAM FROM LOUISIANA. I'M PROUD OF ALL THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK PART IN THE ACE RACE AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS WHO MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. I WANNA ESPECIALLY THANK TOYOTA PORT SAN ANTONIO SAUCE, C P S ENERGY HOLD CAT, AND WHATABURGER FOR SPONSORING THE EVENT. THE ACE RACE IS ONE OF 12 HON EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT HAS GROWN SINCE IT INCEPTION IN 2017. AND BY THE WAY, WE DECIDED TO BRING ANTHON TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE OUR KIDS WERE TRAVELING ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA AND THEY WERE TRAVELING ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND HAULING ALL OF THEIR STUFF. AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT FROM THE SAN ANTONIO SPEEDWAY, WHICH IS WHERE WE STARTED, TO TRADERS VILLAGE AND DISTRICT FOUR, ALL THE WAY TO THE ALAMO DOME, THE ACE RACE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THE EXCITING POSSIBILITIES IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATHEMATICS. AND AS AN EDUCATOR AND A SUPPORTER OF STEAM AND STEM, I VALUE HOW DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION HELPS TEACHERS ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE, UH, LEARNERS, WHO ARE, WHO ARE AVID LEARNERS. AND THE ACE RACE IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS, TO CONNECT WITH THE PROFESSIONALS OF THESE BACKGROUNDS AND LEARN ABOUT FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATING. I'M PARTICIPATED. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, FOLKS, PARTICIPATING TO SOME MENTORS FROM SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES. UH, BEST, WELL, AND BEST WELL KNOWN ENGINEERING FIRMS NEXT YEAR. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UM, ALSO WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO VACCINE AND BOOSTER POP-UP CLINIC AT THE ARIZONA CAFE. WE'RE HOSTING ANOTHER POP-UP CLINIC AT JAUS PLACE THIS FRIDAY FROM THREE TO 7:00 PM ANYONE WHO GETS VACCINATED OR GETS A BOOSTER AT HY MISS PLACE WILL RECEIVE A FREE SOFT DRINK AND [00:20:01] A FRITO PIE, AND WE WILL BE DOING THIS ON THE OUTSIDE PATIO. WE BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL DISTRICT FIVE BUSINESSES WHILE WE CONTINUE TO VACCINATE OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE BLACK FREEDOM FREEDOM FACTORY AND METRO HEALTH TO HOST THE VACCINATION CLINIC ON SATURDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AT THE Y W C A, NEXT TO THE LAS BARBA LIBRARY AT 5 0 3 CASTRO ROAD. THIS IS ALSO OUR DISTRICT FIVE FIELD OFFICE OPENING FOR OUR SECOND FIELD OFFICE, WHICH WILL RESIDE AT THE Y W C A. THIS EVENT IS OUTSIDE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE HOPE DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS WILL COME AND GET VACCINATED AS WELL. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ERIC AND MARIA FOR ACTING SO QUICKLY, UM, FOR OPENING UP WARMING CENTERS FOR THE PASSCODE SNAP THAT WE EXPERIENCED. OUR CITY SNAPPED INTO ACTION AND PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES FOR OUR HOUSED AND UNHOUSED RESIDENTS. I WANNA THANK D H S AND OUR OUTREACH WORKERS FOR WORKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO GET WARM WEATHER, WEATHER GEAR TO OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION. THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUR WARMING CENTERS UP AND RUNNING. AND THANK YOU TO ANA YANA, AIOS, SUSANNA MENDEZ, AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND RESIDENTS FOR DOING THE WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY STAYS PROTECTED DURING THESE COLD SNAPS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 3, 1, 1 AND 2 1, 1 STAFF FOR COORDINATING RIDES AND CONTINUING, UH, CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO RESOURCES. OUR RESPONSE WAS SO QUICK, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED, AND IT TAKES A TEAM, AND I THINK EVERYONE DID A GREAT JOB. AS WE'RE APPROACHING FEBRUARY, I, I WANT US TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN PREPARE FOR ANOTHER POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. UH, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN HAVE WARMING CENTERS IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS AS, UH, SUGGESTED BY ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ABOUT USING VIA BUSES AS TEMPORARY WARMING CENTERS AROUND THE CITY AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, UH, AND I THINK WE SHOULD PREPARE NOW AND BE READY WITH THOSE RESOURCES TO DISTRIBUTE WITH COMMUNITY. UH, AND AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU ERIC AND MARIA. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, UH, WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, TODAY'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR SOMEONE IN, IN THAT LIVES IN DISTRICT 10, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING, ALL RIGHT, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? WELL, I'M GONNA BE RECOGNIZING, UH, COLONEL HAZEL ZACKER. UM, SHE WAS THE VERY, NOT THE VERY FIRST, BUT ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO ATTAIN THE RANK OF COLONEL IN THE AIR IN THE ARMY. AND, UH, SO I'M GONNA BE GOING OVER THERE TO THE TOWERS WHERE SHE LIVES, AND, UH, PRESENTING HER WITH A CHALLENGE COIN A CERTIFICATE TO RECOGNIZE HER ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARMY. UH, SHE WAS ACTUALLY A NURSE, A PEDIATRIC NURSE, AND, UH, SERVED IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS. AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THERE AND, UH, CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS 100 YEARS TODAY. AND, UH, I WISH SHE COULD HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT, UH, UM, SHE WAS, UH, NATIVE OF, UM, UH, IOWA, BUT SHE MOVED HERE TO TEXAS AS SOON AS SHE COULD. AND SHE'S BEEN A LONG TIME RESIDENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DOING A LOT OF WORK, UH, ORGANIZING A A GROUP OF LADIES THERE IN THE TOWERS AND, UM, UH, DOING GOOD THINGS FOR SAN ANTONIO. SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THERE AND RECOGNIZE HER AND, UM, PARTY WITH HER. AND, UH, IF SHE'S WATCHING TODAY, I HOPE, UM, MA'AM, IF YOU'RE, THIS IS JUST A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, UH, MY BEST TO YOU AND, UM, AND MANY, MANY MORE BIRTHDAYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COLONEL HAZEL. UM, FINALLY, UH, LET ME MOVE TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE TODAY, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND I, UH, BOAST THE LARGEST, UH, POPULATION OF, UM, OF JEWISH FAMILIES IN ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT NINE. UM, 77 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS WHEN BIRKENAU AUSCHWITZ WAS LIBERATED, UM, AND ALL OVER THE WORLD CITIES, THIS MOMENT, UM, AS A DAY TO REMIND OURSELVES OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN, UM, WE ARE, UH, WHEN WE'RE CRUEL WITH EACH OTHER, AND WHEN WE LET CRUELTY PASS FOR VALUES. UM, THE MAYOR AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO DARMSTADT A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE I GOT TO PARTICIPATE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GOT TO PARTICIPATE. AND WHAT WAS, FOR ME, ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND MOMENTS OF MY LIFE, AND IT WAS, UH, SOMETHING CALLED, UH, STOBER STEINER CEREMONY WHERE THE MAYOR OF DSTO GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND IN WET CEMENT INSTALLED A BRASS STONE, FOUR INCH BY FOUR INCH BRASS STONE THAT THEY CALLED STUMBLING STONES, UM, THAT THEY, UH, ON THEIR SIDEWALKS WITH THE NAMES [00:25:01] OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS, UM, ENGRAVED ON THOSE STONES. AND, UH, THESE STONES ARE MEANT TO, UM, KIND OF JAR YOUR CONSCIENCE AND CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN NEIGHBORS, UH, CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WERE CAUGHT UP IN THIS AND THAT IT WAS NEIGHBOR ON NEIGHBOR IN MANY INSTANCES. AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD REMINDER FOR US EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO STOP AND REMEMBER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT MAKES A CITY GREAT IS PEOPLE REMEMBERING THAT, UH, EVERYBODY'S IN IT TOGETHER. AND SO TODAY, UH, AS YOU LEAVE THIS DAIS, I'M SORRY. AS YOU LEAVE THIS, THESE CHAMBERS BE NICE TO SOMEBODY. UM, AND REMEMBER THAT, UH, WHEN WE STOPPED DOING THAT IS WHEN HORRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. ALL RIGHT. UM, WELL, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER, UM, CEREMONIAL, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW INTO [CONSENT AGENDA  ] OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. WE HAVE A FULL SLATE ON CONSENT. UH, I DO HAVE ITEM 22 PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? ITEM NUMBER 15, ITEM 15, 33, 15 AND 16. OKAY. OKAY. I'M, I'M SORRY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER APPLIES WITH 1516. 16. ALRIGHT. UM, ITEMS 22, 15 AND 16. ITEM ITEM 33. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'LL ENTERTAIN A BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY ROCHA GARCIA, SECOND BY COURAGE. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, LET ME TAKE UP, UH, CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. UH, AGAIN, ITEMS 22, 33, 15 AND 16 WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. SO LET ME CALL UP SAGE GIBSON. OH, THAT'S ZONING. ZONING. OKAY. UM, JACK FINGER ON ITEM 24. MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. UM, ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, ONE ITEM I WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION THAT MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT, EXCUSE ME, IS ITEM NUMBER 24 IS BASICALLY IT'S ABOUT, UH, AN ORDINANCE, UH, APPROVING SOME FUNDS FOR HEALTH INITIATIVES. AND ONE OF, WHAT'S IT, WHAT IS IT? WELL, IT'S ABOUT, UH, TEXAS HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE, BASICALLY FROM THE MEDICAID 1115, UH, DEMONSTRATION WAIVER PROGRAM. AND, UM, IT'S BASICALLY ACCEPTING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT, UH, OH, 10, $10 MILLION FOR YES, 10 MILLION FOR VARIOUS HEALTH INITIATIVES. WELL, AMONG THOSE HEALTH INITIATIVES ARE FOR TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE PREVENTION. UH, SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, WELL, HOW DOES THE, UH, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT GO ABOUT, UH, SPENDING THAT, THAT THOSE DOLLARS? DO THEY, WHEN IT COMES TO TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION, DO THEY TELL, UH, UH, YOUNG, UH, YOUNG LADIES, UM, HOW TO SAY NO TO, UH, UH, UH, SEXUAL INVOLVEMENT? OR DO THEY JUST HAND OUT CONDOMS TO THEM? LIKEWISE, WITH SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, DO THEY TELL PEOPLE WHO ARE OF, UH, UH, SEX THE AGE OF, OF SEXUAL TRANSMISSION, DID, DO THEY TELL 'EM TO STOP DOING SUCH ABSTAINING FROM SEX IN ORDER TO PREVENT THAT DISEASE? OR DO THEY JUST SIMPLY TELL 'EM HOW TO PUT ON A CONDOM, UH, SAY SOMETIMES WITH A DEMONSTRATION WITH A BANANA AND SO FORTH AS THEY DO IN SCHOOL? YOU KNOW, I, UM, I FOR ONE, AS A TAXPAYER, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE SUCH, UH, MONEY GOING TO SUCH CRAZY THINGS WHEN THEY ARE PROVEN NOT TO WORK. AND, UH, I THINK IT'S TIME, HIGH TIME THAT, THAT YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL, YES, UH, RESPONSIBLY ASKED THE OFFICIALS INVOLVED WITH THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, [00:30:01] WHY ARE THEY DOING SUCH THINGS? CHECK, CHECK OUT THEIR BUDGETS, SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO, ESPECIALLY IN THE, UH, H I V S T D UH, UH, SECTION, SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO THE CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS FOR THAT. AND BOTH, UH, TEEN PREGNANCY AND H I V SECTIONS. CHECK OUT HOW MUCH IS GOING TO THE CLASSES TO INSTRUCT THE, UH, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS THERE AND FIND OUT JUST WHAT ARE THEY BEING TAUGHT. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEM, UH, EXCUSE ME, ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. UH, SO LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO DISCUSS. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE LOVE A DRAMATIC EARING UNTIL WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR MASK OFF. . UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS. UM, ITEM NUMBER 12, ZER NONA BLACK COMMUNITY CENTER. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE CONTRACTING INSTRUCTION OF THE ZER NONA BLACK MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER LOCATED OFF HACKBERRY AND M L K. UM, THIS FACILITY IS GONNA BRING MUCH NEEDED EVENT SPACE AND CLASSROOM SPACE PROVIDE TO A VARIETY OF, UM, PROGRAMMINGS FOR FAMILIES OF THE NEAR EAST SIDE. IN ADDITION, ITEM 13 IS GREATER LOVE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, WE'LL AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREATER LOVE, MULTI-GENERATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING FOR A RANGE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM PRESCHOOL AGE TO OLDER ADULTS IN SAN ANTONIO'S EAST AND SOUTHEAST SIDE. AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR WORKING ALONGSIDE MY OFFICE TO FIND WAYS TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT RECEIVED, UM, THE NEEDED FUNDS TO REACH THIS STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. ITEM NUMBER 29 IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THE L L AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1923, IS FINALLY GETTING THE RESTORATION THAT IT DESERVES. UM, AND UTILIZING TUR FUNDS, WE'RE GONNA BE INVESTING $11 MILLION IN THE REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF THE BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS BEGIN A FE A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE FUTURE OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEAR OF THE LOSS OF ELLA AUSTIN AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND SO TO FINALLY SEE SUCH, UH, RENOVATION ON A LARGE SCALE IS REALLY MEANINGFUL FOR ME AND MY CONSTITUENTS. AND THEN LASTLY, ITEM 30, UM, THE WILLIAMS HISTORIC NATIONAL MUSEUM. I'M SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CONVERSION OF THE HISTORIC ST. JOSEPH'S AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH INTO THE WILLIAMS HISTORICAL NATIONAL MUSEUM. LED BY THE VISION OF LOCAL LEADER CHARLES E. WILLIAMS. THE MUSEUM WILL HOST LOCAL TOURS TO INTRODUCE VISITORS TO NATIONALLY RENOWNED AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS FROM RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHO HAVE BROUGHT GROWTH AND PROSPERITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'LL WRAP UP MY COMMENTS WITH THIS IS THAT EACH OF THESE FOUR ITEMS I'VE, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT EXTRA. UM, AS IF WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON EAST SIDE ORGANIZATIONS. WHAT I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR LOCAL BLACK COMMUNITY HAS BEEN MARGINALIZED FOR CENTURIES, AND THESE INVESTMENTS ARE LONG OVERDUE. AND AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE ATTEMPTS TO LITERALLY REMOVE OUR HISTORY FROM TEXTBOOKS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, WE OUGHT TO NOT ONLY PRESERVE BLACK HISTORY, BUT WE NEED TO TEACH IT AND WE NEED TO CELEBRATE IT. AND SO IT BRINGS ME GREAT JOY TO FUND THESE ITEMS, AND AS OFTEN AS I CAN, I MAKE IT A POINT TO HIGHLIGHT BLACK JOY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 24, AND IT'S LIKE JACK FINGER WAS READING MY MIND AND KNEW I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. UM, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING OUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE'S MEDICAID 1115, UH, PROGRAM KNOWN AS TEXAS HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S THE 12TH YEAR WE'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN IT. AND THESE FUNDS ARE TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT AS THEY SUPPORT DIABETES PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL-BASED ORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, S T D AND H I V PREVENTION PROGRAMS, TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH, UM, SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT. UM, AND IT AUTHORIZES OVER 90 POSITIONS HERE IN METRO HEALTH TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS. UM, SO, UM, GREAT WORK, JOB STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT? COUNCIL MEMBER LIAS. THANKS. I, ITEM 20 IS, IS WORTH NOTING. AND ERIC, UM, MARIA, EV, EVERYBODY ELSE, UM, THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. I'M, I, I'M, I DECIDED TO LEAVE IT ON CONSENT 'CAUSE WE GOTTA MOVE ALONG, BUT I JUST WANNA CALL EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION. THIS IS THE ORDINANCE WHERE WE'RE GONNA ALLOCATE CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS FOR REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS, UH, MONEY FOR, UM, SEVERAL CONSULTANTS, UM, AND DIFFERENT COMPANIES WHO ARE GONNA HELP US CARRY OUT [00:35:01] THE, AND EXECUTE ON THE WORK THAT THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE, UH, WORKED ON AFTER STORM URI. UM, AND Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, THE PUBLIC CAME AND SAID, CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, SOLVE FOR THIS TODAY. WE'RE DOING THAT. TODAY'S THE BIG FIRST STEP IN, IN DOING THAT. AND, UH, WANNA THANK SAWS AND C P S AND OUR 3 1 1 CREW, UH, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THOSE DAYS. BUT, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST PIECE OF THAT PLAN THAT IS GONNA GET US TO, UH, BECOMING A MORE RESILIENT CITY. SO THAT HURRICANE URI, I'M SORRY, STORM URI PART TWO NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. UH, MARIA, THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE DOING REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. ALRIGHT, WE ARE, THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE VOTE. THIS IS FOR CONSENT AGENDA SAVED FOR ITEMS 15, 16, 22 AND 2333. YEAH, YOU SAY 33? MM-HMM. , EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THOSE ITEMS AGAIN? SURE. UH, THIS IS, UH, THE VOTE ON THE MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 15 16 22 AND 33. I BELIEVE THE MOTION WAS ROCHA GARCIA WITH THE SECOND FROM COURAGE. MY VOTE SCREEN HASN'T COME UP. IT HASN'T COME UP FOR ANY. ALRIGHT. I'M AN AYE. YES, SIR. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. MOTION CARRIES. APOLOGIZE. WE'RE HAVING SOME VOTE SYSTEM CHALLENGES UP HERE WITH SOME OF THE TABLETS, BUT, UH, MOTION CARRIES 11. OH, SO WE'LL MOVE NOW. UH, I'M GOING TO, BECAUSE, UH, SOME FOLKS IN THE GALLERY DO HAVE TO LEAVE. I'M GOING TO, UM, TAKE UP ITEM 22. [Miscellaneous  ] WE'RE GONNA DO SOME OF THE PROCEDURAL THINGS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. SO LET'S GO WITH ITEM 22. NOW, ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO APPROVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXCEPTION TO THE TREE PRESERVATION CODE LOCATED AT 35 45 WEISMAN BOULEVARD, AS PROVIDED BY CITY CODE CHAPTER 35. ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 35 DASH 5 23 F AND TABLE 5 23 DASH ONE A. ALRIGHT, MIKE, GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, SO I'M HERE TODAY, UH, AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT A TREE VARIANCE THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, UH, FOR A PROJECT, UH, THAT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT SIX. SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES AND THEN, UM, UH, AND WE'LL GET TO IT. OKAY. SO, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE A TREE ORDINANCE, A TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, UH, IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. WE'VE HAD IT ACTUALLY FOR, UH, 25 YEARS. SO, UH, SINCE 1997 WHEN THE FIRST ONE WAS, UH, ADOPTED, WE'VE HAD A FEW ITERATIONS SINCE. SOME OF THOSE MILESTONES I'VE PUT ON HERE, UH, EVERY FEW YEARS. UH, WE'VE HAD SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO IT. UH, THE, THE INTENT IS ALWAYS TO HAVE SOME BALANCE BETWEEN TREE PRESERVATION, UH, PLANTING OF TREES, UM, AND TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY. UH, THE LAST MAJOR IMPROVEMENT, UH, TO THE ORDINANCE WAS IN 2010, UH, WHERE WE ADDED THE TREE CANOPY REQUIREMENTS. SO, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE PURPOSE OF THE TREE ORDINANCE, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL, UH, BALANCING, UH, LIKE WHAT I SAID, EXISTING TREES, WE WANNA PLANT NEW TREES AND WE WANNA LET DEVELOPMENT OCCUR. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS AND CALCULATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY, UH, UH, WITH DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, PROPERTY OWNERS, OUR [00:40:01] TEAM, UH, LOOKING AT HOW MANY THEY'RE GONNA PRESERVE, HOW MANY TREES ON A SITE, HOW MANY THEY'RE GONNA PLANT. AND WE USE TERMS LIKE SIGNIFICANT TREES AND HERITAGE TREES. YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER THE TREE, UH, THE MORE IT IS INCENTIVIZED, UM, UH, TO EITHER, UH, PRESERVE OR YOU HAVE TO MITIGATE MORE IF YOU TAKE THEM DOWN AT THE END OF A PROJECT. WE, WE ACTUALLY, SINCE 2010, HAVE WHAT'S CALL THE MINIMUM CANOPY REQUIREMENT. SO AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, IF SOMETHING IS BUILT, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN AND HAVE A AMOUNT OF TREE CANOPY TO GROW OVER TIME. THAT MAY NOT BE ON DAY ONE, BUT OVER THE YEARS WITH A FULLY DEVELOPED TREE, IT COULD BE FIVE YEARS, 10, 15 YEARS, UH, TO MAINTAIN THAT TREE CANOPY IN THE CITY. SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT VARIANCES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. VARIANCES, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THESE. UH, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION OVER THIS OVER THE YEARS, BUT VARIANCES, LET'S BE CLEAR, THEY'RE NOT WAIVERS TO THE CODE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY PART OF THE CODE. THEY'RE IN THE CODE, AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1997. AND THE IDEA THERE IS THAT, UM, IT, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A HARDSHIP OR SOME UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH ON A PARTICULAR PROPERTY, UH, THERE CAN BE ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE CODE. UH, WE DON'T DO A LOT OF VARIANCES COMPARED TO THE OVERALL PERMITS WE, WE LOOK AT. UH, BUT THOSE DO HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT. UH, THIS IS A PROJECT, IT'S CALLED THE, UH, THE SAT 14 DATA CENTER. AND IT'S, UH, A PROJECT PROPOSED. THERE'S THE SITE, IT'S OVER OFF OF WISEMAN BOULEVARD, 35 45 WISEMAN BOULEVARD, AND THAT'S IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX. UH, THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE A UPSIDE DOWN L IF YOU WILL, ABOUT 30 ACRES. AND THERE'S SOME OF THE, THE NORMAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE ABOUT PRESERVATION. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SITE, THERE'S A, THERE'S SOME, UH, YELLOW, UH, I'M SORRY, THERE'S SOME GREEN CIRCLES OR OVALS. UH, THOSE ARE THE TREES THAT THIS PROJECT IS PROPOSING TO SAVE, TO PRESERVE, AND THEY'RE GONNA PROPOSE TO DO A LOT OF PLANTING TO MITIGATE THAT. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT. SO THE OVERVIEW AGAIN, UH, THIS IS A PROJECT BY MICROSOFT. UM, THOSE ARE THE, THE APPLICANT THERE AND THE DESIGN TEAM, UH, THERE'S A PROPOSED HARDSHIP. THE SITE, UH, IS A CHALLENGE AND IT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY THE DEVELOPER, UH, THE PROPOSED USE WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL REGRADING. SO IT'S A KIND OF A HILLY SITE. UM, AND REMOVAL OF THE TREES, UH, WOULD BE A CHALLENGE. UH, OR NOT REMOVING THE TREES. UH, THEY WOULD, UH, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE BUILDING PADS THE WAY THEY WANTED TO. THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAVE TO DO A TWO STORY BUILDING. UH, DATA CENTER IS NOT A, NOT A SMALL BUILDING. THOSE WOULD BE TWO STORY, MAYBE 60 FEET HIGH. UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, UTILITIES. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT THEY'RE FACING. NOW, SOME OF THE DETAILS, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TREE PRESERVATION, IF YOU SAW THAT PICTURE, THERE'S A LOT OF TREES ON THE SITE. THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A SECRET. UH, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF IT. WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT TREES, UH, 19 HERITAGE TREES, UH, AND THEN SOME OTHER TREES. SO ABOUT 2,700 TREES. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO, TO KEEP JUST UNDER A HUNDRED OF THOSE. I THINK IT'S 85, UM, AND MITIGATE THAT THROUGH A LOT OF PLANTING. NOW, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHY WE'RE HERE IS A VARIANCE. THE THE NEED FOR A VARIANCE IS BECAUSE THE CODE ALLOWS YOU PRESCRIPTIVELY BY RIGHT TO TAKE DOWN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE TREES, WHETHER IT'S SIGNIFICANT OR, UM, HERITAGE. UH, BUT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO GO BELOW THOSE NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, GOING BELOW, SAVING 20% OF THOSE, UH, THOSE TREES REQUIRES A VARIANCE. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO SAVE ABOUT 3% AND PLANT BACK AND MITIGATE THE REST. SO THE TOTAL MITIGATION, SO THIS IS THEIR PLAN. SO AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO TAKE DOWN A LOT OF THE TREES DUE TO THE HARDSHIPS. UH, BUT, UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PLANTING, PROPOSING TO PLANT OVER 800 TREES. YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, THAT'S PART OF IT. UH, AND THEN IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A TREE MITIGATION FUND. SO IF YOU CAN'T PLANT ALL THE TREES ON YOUR SITE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UH, PAY INTO THE MITIGATION FUND. UH, THAT'S THE TREE MITIGATION FUND THAT THE, THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PARKS DEPARTMENT KIND OF OVERSEES YOU. YOU SEE THAT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO, TO, TO, UH, PUT $1.47 MILLION INTO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR THE CITY TO PLANT BACK TREES, UH, DO TREE GIVEAWAYS, ET CETERA, UH, TO MITIGATE THAT. NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS A CHALLENGING ONE. THIS IS A BIG PROJECT, A LOT OF TREES, AND TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE. UM, WE, MY STAFF AND I ADMINISTRATIVELY, UH, ACTUALLY DID NOT APPROVE IT. IT DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS THE APPLICANT'S RIGHT PLANNING COMMISSION ACTUALLY VOTED SIX TO ONE TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. UH, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGING NATURE OF THIS, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING TO YOU TODAY. UH, SO AGAIN, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM US. WE, WE ORIGINALLY SAID, UH, WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE, UH, TREE VARIANCE. UM, IF YOU DENIED IT TODAY, IT WOULD OVERTURN THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU APPROVE IT TODAY, THAT WOULD AFFIRM THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S, UH, DECISION OF DECEMBER. SO THAT'S, UH, THE, THE, THE TREE VARIANCE APPEAL ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MIKE. WE HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 30, OR EXCUSE ME, ITEM 22. SO LET ME CALL UP CITIZENS AND I'LL TURN IT TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. UM, [00:45:01] LET ME CALL UP, UH, BILL KAUFMAN. MR. KAUFMAN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JOSE DE LA CRUZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M BILL KAUFMAN OF THE KAUFMAN GROUP REPRESENTING MICROSOFT. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT, UH, WHICH I'M GONNA TRY TO HANDLE, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT VERY SHORT AND BRIEF AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL US BACK UP AND WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I THINK MOST OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, WITH, UH, THIS INFORMATION. UH, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE HERE, I THINK MIKE SHANNON JUST TOLD YOU, UH, THERE WAS A VARIANCE SOUGHT PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, IT WAS APPEALED TO CITY TO PLAN COMMISSION, WHICH APPROVED THE VARIANCE BY A SIX TO ONE VOTE, AND THEY HEARD THE SAME PRESENTATION IN MORE DETAIL THAN YOU'RE GONNA HEAR, UH, THIS MORNING. UM, THIS IS THE SITE THAT MIKE SHOWED YOU, BUT, BUT ON OUR SLIDE, IT SHOWS THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR, STONEGATE HILL. THEY ARE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. THERE'S SIX OF THEM. THEY'VE ALL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROXIMITY OF THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A, A BIGGER VIEW, UH, TO THE LOWER RIGHT, PARDON ME, TO THE LOWER RIGHT IS THE SITE. AND IN THE FAR LOWER RIGHT CORNER IS THE EXISTING VALERO DATA CENTER. SO THERE'S A DATA CENTER ALREADY THERE. A NEW DATA CENTER WILL SURROUND IT. AND OFF TO THE LEFT, YOU SEE THOSE, UH, BUILDINGS. THAT'S THE MICROSOFT DATA CENTER THAT ALREADY EXISTS. SO THE RESULT IS THAT STONEGATE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ASSOCIATION IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN DATA CENTERS. THEY'RE ALL ZONED INDUSTRIAL, AND IT'S BEEN ZONED INDUSTRIAL FOR SOME TIME. UH, AT THE COUNCILWOMAN HARVARD DOES, UH, DIRECTION. WE STARTED MEETING WITH STONEGATE HILL LAST YEAR BEFORE THIS VARIANCE, OR THE NEED FOR A VARIANCE EVEN CAME UP. AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE EXISTING DATA CENTER TO THE LEFT WAS BUILT. THEY HAD VALID CONCERNS, THEY ASKED LOTS OF QUESTIONS, AND WE HAD VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS WITH THEM, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS AND MONTHS, WHICH I'M THANKFUL THAT WE DID. UH, THEIR BIG ISSUES WERE SETBACKS FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCREENING. THEY DIDN'T WANT CHILLERS ON TOP OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY COULD SEE. THEY WANTED GENERATORS AND CHILLERS SURROUNDED BY SOUND WALLS, WHICH WE'VE DONE. BUT THEIR BIGGEST ISSUE WAS THEY WANTED TO LIMIT THE DATA CENTER TO ONE STORY, BECAUSE YOU CAN SCREEN THAT WITH TREES. YOU COULD, IF IT WAS TWO STORIES, AND AS MIKE SAID 60 FEET, YOU COULD NOT SCREEN THAT WITH TREES. SO THAT WAS OUR MARCHING ORDERS. IN THE COURSE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT CAME UP, THEY DID NEED A VARIANCE ON THAT SITE. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME. UH, WE'VE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT IT, AND THEY'RE HERE TODAY, I BELIEVE, TO SUPPORT OUR VARIANCE, THAT THAT IS MICROSOFT'S VARIANCE. THIS IS JUST A QUICK, UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO GIVE ME HIS TIME. HO JOSE, THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL GIVE ME HIS TIME. I, OKAY. JOSE CRUZ AHEAD. OH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. UH, THIS IS AGAIN, CLOSE UP. IT SHOWS THE HARDSHIPS THAT MIKE SHANNON TALKED ABOUT. THE TOPOGRAPHY IS SEVERE. IT'S 60 FEET FROM HIGH TO LOW. UH, IT'S SURROUNDED BY C P S EASEMENT, WHICH NEEDS TO BE CLEARED OF TREES AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS. SO, UM, I'M GONNA QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO SEE ALL THIS, UM, BUT WE WANNA REALLY JUST TELL YOU THAT, UH, UH, A LOT OF TIME IT'S BEEN SPENT ON THIS, IT'S TAKEN OVER EIGHT MONTHS TO GET HERE FROM WHEN WE KNOW, KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. IT'S A LONG TIME IN THAT WORLD, AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THEM, UH, IN, IN, IN APPROVING THIS VARIANCE. AND WE ASK YOU TO RESPECT THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH VOTED SIX TO ONE IN FAVOR OF THIS VARIANCE. SO WITH THAT, I'M STOP. I HAVE LOTS OF MORE INFORMATION. I COULD PROBABLY EVEN GIVE YOU A DEFINITION OF A DATA CENTER, UH, IF YOU NEEDED IT. BUT, UH, WITH THAT I'LL SIT DOWN AND ANSWER QUESTIONS IF IT COMES UP. THANK YOU, MR. KAUFMAN. UM, LEMME GO NOW TO ANDREW TAYLOR. OKAY. OKAY. UM, LET ME GO NOW TO [00:50:01] DOUGLAS LIN. MR. LIN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JAMES EKBERG. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY OF STONEGATE HILL, H O A. MY NAME IS DOUG HANLON. I LIVE AT 98 0 7 RAMBLING RIVER ROAD, UH, 7 8 2 5 1. I'M A SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS OWNER. UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. I HELD FROM MONTANA. IT TOOK ME 51 YEARS TO GET HERE, BUT I GOT HERE AS SOON AS I COULD. UH, I'VE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2017, AND I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS OUR H O A BOARD PRESIDENT. STONEGATE HILL IS MY HOME. UH, THE LOVE I HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY OF 270 HOMES AND FAMILIES IS THE REASON THAT I SERVE, ALONG WITH AN AMAZING GROUP OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT KEEP EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE UP AND RUNNING LIKE A FINE TUNED INSTRUMENT. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT A LARGE ONE, HOWEVER, IT IS A UNIQUE ONE. WE HAVE A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE FAMILY ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE. WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN SWIM TEAM STORM, WHICH COMPETES WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD TEAMS. EACH SUMMER. WE HAVE NUMEROUS LARGE SOCIAL EVENTS SUCH AS INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADES, COWBOY CARNIVAL, WINTER WONDERLAND, AND BUNNY HOP OF OF WHICH, UH, OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE HVAR HAS BEEN TO ON NUMEROUS TIMES. UH, WE ALSO HAD A WALK AND TALK WITH A COP, UH, WHERE, UH, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, HONORED US WITH A CHALLENGE COIN THIS YEAR. UH, WE VALUE THE FEELING OF SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROVIDES. IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE A NEED FOR GOOD NEIGHBORS IN THE FORM OF, IN THIS CASE, MICROSOFT. WE'RE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE TREE VARIANCE ON ITEM 22, SUBMITTED BY MICROSOFT. OUR DISTRICT SIX COUNCILWOMAN, MELISSA CABELL HDA HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH US IN ORDER TO GIVE US A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCES. WE BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HANLIN. JAMES EKBERG. MR. EKBERG, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SUSAN HANLIN. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JAMES BERG. I LIVE AT 4 2 0 6 VET ON, UH, 7 8 2 5 1. MY WIFE, EVA AND I ARE BOTH RETIRED AIR FORCE COLONELS. WE MOVED HERE 21 YEARS AGO FOR HER FINAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT AT WILFORD HALL, YUSEF MEDICAL CENTER, AND LIKE MANY OTHER VETERANS, AFTER 30 YEARS OF THE GOVERNMENT TELLING US WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO MOVE TO, WE DECIDED TO PERMANENTLY SETTLE HERE IN MILITARY CITY U S A. WE HAVE LIVED IN OUR STONEGATE HILL HOME FOR ALL 21 YEARS. I AM CURRENTLY SERVING AS A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE BEAUTIFUL FINGER LAKES REGION OF UPSTATE NEW YORK, WHERE I SPENT MANY A DAY HIKING AND CAMPING IN THE BEAUTIFUL WOODS. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO FOREST LANDS AND NATURE. DURING OUR AIR FORCE TOURS TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION AND BECAME STAUNCH SUPPORTERS OF THE SIERRA CLUB AS THE H O A PRESIDENT IN 2002, I LED A TEAM OF CARRYING NEIGHBORS THROUGH NUMEROUS PLANNING SESSIONS WITH DEVELOPER MARTY WENDER, WITH THE DISTRICT SIX REPRESENTATIVE IN UK BARRA AND THE ZONING COMMISSION. AND ULTIMATELY, I STOOD BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH NEARLY 90% OF OUR HOMEOWNERS IN ATTENDANCE. MAYOR ED GAR GARZA COMMENTED THAT HE'D NEVER SEEN SUCH STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE? WE CONVINCED THE DEVELOPER TO CHANGE BUILDERS, UH, REDUCED THE NUMBER OF LOTS, THUS INCREASING LOT SIZES, AND PROVIDING US WITH THREE LOTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A DOG PARK. I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED MICROSOFT VARIANCE TO THE TREE ORDINANCE. IT BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY IN SEVERAL WAYS. ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED SINGLE STORY FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDINGS NECESSITATES THIS [00:55:01] REQUESTED VARIANCE, THE PLANTING OF OVER 800 NEW TREES, BOTH SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL, WILL INCREASE OUR CANOPY COVER TO 30%, WHICH IS NEARLY 50% GREATER THAN THE U D C MINIMUM OF 25%. THE PROPOSED TREES MIX WILL REPLACE OLDER UNHEALTHY TREES WHILE RE THE REGRADING AND PLANTING OF ADDITIONAL VEGETATION WILL HELP LIMIT SOIL EROSION. THESE ARE WINDS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WINDS FOR THE STONEGATE HILL COMMUNITY. WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR FAILING TO SUPPORT THIS REQUESTED VARIANCE? IT WOULD RESULT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN, WHICH IS A 60 FOOT HIGH STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY VALUES. OF THE 19 HOMEOWNERS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE TALL 60 FOOT TALL MONSTROSITY WOULD LIKELY PLUMMET. NO ADDITION TO THE CANOPY COVERAGE WOULD BE MADE SINCE IT WOULD MEET THE U D C MINIMUM OF 25%. THESE WOULD BE LOSSES FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU MR. EKBERG. UH, UH, MS. HANLIN ARE Y'ALL ARE TOGETHER? WE ARE TOGETHER. OKAY. OKAY. YOU GOT THREE MORE MINUTES. GO AHEAD. I WANT TO THANK MICROSOFT FOR THEIR GOOD FAITH WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS COUNCILWOMAN MELISSA CABAL VEDA FOR HER STRONG SUPPORT AS WELL. I THEREFORE ASK FOR YOUR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THIS VARIANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. EKBERG. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND THANK YOU MS. HANLIN. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE IS MICHAEL TAVITA. MR. TAVITA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JOAN LOPEZ. MAYOR. MAY I, I'M SORRY. IT'S MELISSA. UM, THAT WAS ACTUALLY COLONEL, UH, BERG'S WIFE THAT WAS STANDING NEXT TO HIM. OH, I'M SORRY. MS. HANLIN WAS SEPARATE. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF COLONEL BERG'S WIFE SIGNED UP, BUT OKAY. WELL, UM, MS. HANLIN, ARE YOU, ARE YOU SPEAKING? COME ON UP MS. HANLIN. I'M SORRY. MICHAEL AVI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SUSAN HANLIN AND I LIVE IN STONEGATE HILL AT 98 0 7 RAMBLING RIVER. I'M A BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS I HAVE BEEN THE SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR FOR STONEGATE HILL. WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY, A VERY FAMILY ORIENTED AND COMMUNITY MINDED COMMUNITY. AS A LIFELONG GARDENER AND AS THE PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE STONEGATE HILL LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE, THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE WESTOVER HILLS HILL COUNTRY, AESTHETICS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. ALTHOUGH A TWO STORY PLAN FOR THE MICROSOFT FACILITY WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO REMOVE SEVERAL EXISTING TREES, THE BUILDING HEIGHT OF 60 FEET WOULD OVERSHADOW OUR HOMES AND GREATLY DISTURB THE NATURAL LOOK OF OUR EXISTING SURROUNDINGS. THE VARIANCE PLAN CALLS FOR THE DIVERSE PLANNING OF NUMEROUS SHADE, ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SCRUBS, WHICH WILL ADD EVEN MORE BEAUTY AND DIVERSITY TO THE LANDSCAPING THAT THE EXISTING FOLIAGE DOES. NOW, I ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE EFFECT OF SO HIGH OF A BUILDING WOULD HAVE ON THE APPEARANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPOSED VARIANCE WOULD NOT ONLY BE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPPORTIVE, BUT ALSO AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO HOMEOWNERS AND SAN ANTONIO VISITORS ALIKE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE DESIRES OF THE STONEGATE HILL COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MS. HANLIN. ALRIGHT, SORRY, MICHAEL. UH, MICHAEL TAVITA, NOW FOLLOWED BY JOAN LOPEZ. GOOD MORNING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFFERS AND DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. MY NAME IS MICHAEL, A AVIUS, AND I'M A 73 YEAR OLD RESIDENT OF THIS GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. ALTHOUGH I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, I GOT HERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND ARRIVED WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. I HAVE SEEN SAN ANTONIO GROW FROM A 60,000 PERSON POPULATION IN THE FIFTIES TO ITS PRESENT, 2 MILLION PERSON METROPOLITAN CITY. I'M A RETIRED CIVILIAN FROM [01:00:01] SECURITY HILL, LOCATED AT LACK AN AIR FORCE BASE WORKING FOR AND WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY. I'VE TAUGHT AND COACH AT BLESSED SACRAMENTO ACADEMY, LOCATED ON MISSION ROAD. I WORKED FOR CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. AFTER I SERVED FOUR AND A HALF YEARS IN THE NAVY. I'VE LIVED IN A STONEGATE SUBDIVISION, WHICH THE NEIGHBORS, THE PROPOSED NEW MICROSOFT FACILITY FOR OVER 15 YEARS. MY WIFE AND I CHOSE THIS AREA BECAUSE OF ITS SERENITY, BEAUTY AND LIKENESS OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY. OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ONE REASON I SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ARCHITECTURE CO CONTROL COMMITTEE FOR STONEGATE HILL. I WANT TO ENSURE THAT NEW RESIDENT PROJECTS MAINTAIN THE COUNTRY FEEL OF OUR COMMUNITY. I RECENTLY SERVED ON THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S, 1 51 16 0 4 COLLABORATIVE FOCUS WORKING GROUP. THE INTENT OF THE, OF THE GROUP WAS TO ALLOW RESIDENTS AS WELL AS LOCAL BUSINESSES TO INFLUENCE THE FUTURE BILL WITHIN THIS AREA. THE VISION DEVELOPED BY THIS WORKING GROUP IS, AND I QUOTE, THE HIGHWAY 1 51, LOOP 1604 AREA WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AS A CENTER WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, LEARN, AND PLAY. THE AREA STANDS OUT AS A PLACE TO EXPERIENCE THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FEEL, BUT ALSO BREED NEW LIFE AS A PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES SHOPPING AND TOURISM THRIVE. WITH THAT, WITHOUT THAT SAID, I, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE STONEHILL STONEGATE HILL COMMUNITY WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER MICROSOFT DATA CENTER. WHY? BASICALLY, ALTHOUGH MICROSOFT BROUGHT A VERY CLEAN INDUSTRY TOWARDS THIS AREA, THEIR PAST CONSTRUCTIONS DESTROYED AND ELIMINATED MANY OF THE EXISTING TREES AND FOLIAGE WITHIN THEIR NEW FACILITIES. WE RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO ENHANCE THE TECHNOLOGY OF OUR GREAT NATION, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORTS OF THE MICROSOFT TEAM AND MR. BILL KAUFMAN, THEIR LOCAL LAND ATTORNEY, TO WORK WITH THE STONEGATE HILL BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO DRAW UP A PLAN THAT WOULD ADD ANOTHER VITALLY NEEDED DATA CENTER WHILE MAINTAINING THE COUNTRY FIELD ATMOSPHERE. OUR COMMUNITY, THE MICROSOFT TEAM DID PROVIDE TWO OPTIONS FOR THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER. AFTER CAREFUL AND METICULOUS REVIEW, WE ARE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 60 FOOT TALL BUILDING. THEN THAT WOULD BLEND WITHIN THIS AREA AND WOULD PROBABLY BE AN EYE SORT WITH OUR COMMUN, OUR COUNTRY-LIKE COMMUNITY. THEIR PROPOSAL TO HAVE TWO BUILDINGS AT A REASONABLE HEIGHT WHILE ADDING OVER 800 TREES AND BUSHES TO THE WISEMAN FURNISHED ROAD AND BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR NEW BUILDINGS APPEARS TO BE OUR BEST OPTION OF A COMPROMISE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. AVIUS. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALRIGHT. UH, JOAN LOPEZ. MR. LOPEZ, YOU, UH, MS. LOPEZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MONICA DYER. GOOD MORNING MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO. I GRADUATED FROM EDISON HIGH SCHOOL AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE. AND 38 YEARS LATER, I RETIRED FROM CIVIL SERVICE. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED INTO STONEGATE HILL 28 YEARS AGO WHEN IT FIRST WAS DEVELOPED. I LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE 19 HOMES THAT WE'LL SEE THIS BUILDING BEHIND US. SINCE MY RETIREMENT, I HAVE WORKED VERY LONG AND HARD WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF STONEGATE HILL AND TO ENSURE, AS EVERYONE HAS ALREADY SAID, THAT WE KEEP OUR COUNTRY FEEL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ORIGINAL BUILDER FOLLOWED MARTY WINDER'S VIEW ABOUT KEEPING TREES, AND I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE FIVE OF THOSE OAK TREES IN MY BACKYARD THAT ARE NOW TALLER THAN MY TWO STORY HOME. I'VE WATCHED HOW WESTOVER HILLS HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS. I'VE BECOME VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, HOW MANY TREES ARE BEING TAKEN DOWN, BUT, AND WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT THAT WOODED LOT BEHIND US WOULD SOMEDAY HAVE SOMETHING BUILT. BUT WE ALSO KNEW BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SANITARIAN, THAT THE AIR EMISSIONS FROM THE MICROCHIP COMPANY ON WESTOVER HILLS BOULEVARD WOULD BE MONITORED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. SO WHEN THEY BUILT VALERO, OKAY, THAT WAS OKAY. THAT DATA CENTER WAS OKAY BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO DIG DOWN AND NOT BUILD A BIG TALL BUILDING. WELL, THEN LAST YEAR WE LEARNED MICROSOFT WAS GONNA BUILD. SO WE IMMEDIATELY GOT VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BUILD. AND AS BILL HAS SAID, WE MET, THEY, THEY ANSWERED ALL OUR QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT [01:05:01] THAT THEY DID. WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED ABOUT IT. WELL, THEN WHEN WE MET WITH THEM AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE TREES. WELL, NOW THEY, THEY'VE MODIFIED THAT TO PLANT THE 800 TREES, AND IF IT THIS VARIANCE IS NOT APPROVED, THEN THEY'LL BUILD THIS 60 FOOT TALL BUILDING, WHICH, IF YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT'S THE TOP HEIGHT OF A FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDING, WE, I DO NOT WANNA SEE THAT IN BEHIND MY BACKYARD. UH, AND NEITHER DO ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE ON LUEN. BUT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO. AND OF COURSE, THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT WE ARE WATCHING THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO IT. AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL. SO I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF NUMBER 22. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MS. LOPEZ. UM, MONICA DYER. IS MONICA DYER HERE? ALRIGHT. JACK FINGER MARINER AND NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER, UH, THIS ORDINANCE IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. I WAS CONFUSED AS I WAS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE POINT THAT I WAS SIGNING UP TO SPEAK ON IT AND, AND PASSED. UH, WHO, UH, AND OF COURSE, IT GOES BACK TO THE OTHER BIG, UH, CONFLICT OF WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE SIDE OF THE TREE HUGGERS OR IF YOU'RE ON THE SIDE OF THE, THE, THE BIG BAD DEVELOPERS. WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON, MR. AND MRS. CITIZEN? UM, I HAVE TO STATE THAT I WAS NEVER REALLY ON THE SIDE OF EITHER ONE OF THEM. I, YES, I AM IN FAVOR OF BIG BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN AS LONG AS THE BIG BUSINESS, UH, GROWS WITH ITS OWN DIME AND NOT MINE, THE, THE TAXPAYER, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T, UH, AFFLICT ANY OF MY, MY, UH, UH, CITY'S PROPERTIES, MY CITY'S ENVIRONMENT, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT I'M NOT REALLY A, I ADMIT THAT I REALLY HAVE NOT BEEN A FAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS BECAUSE THEY TEND TO GO OVERBOARD IN THEIR ARGUMENTS REGARDING TREE PRESERVATION. YEAH, HERITAGE TREES ARE ONE THING, BUT, UH, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT TREES AND FOLIAGE DO GROW BACK OVER TIME AND THAT THEY CAN BE REPLACED. BUT, UH, I THINK THE REAL ARGUMENT HERE IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON, UM, I SEE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF KEPT JERKING THE, THIS COMPANY BACK AND FORTH FROM WHAT I CAN SEE IN THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, THE DEVELOPMENT, SERVICE, SERVICE THAT SAID ONE THING, ONE TIME, AND THEN IT SAID ANO ANOTHER THING, ANOTHER TIME. AND THEN, THEN IT REVERSED ITSELF A A AGAIN. AND FINALLY THE, UH, DEVELOP THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION THAT YOU PEOPLE APPOINT YOUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVES TO FINALLY SAID, NO, THIS IS WRONG. UH, IT NEEDS TO STOP. AND WE, UH, WE ARE GRANTING THE APPEAL HERE. WELL, MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD GO. UH, I, UH, I, I THINK, UM, SHOULD, SHOULD, SHOULD, SHOULD, UH, WHY DOES A KIND OF COMPANY NEED TO BE, BE, BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE? IT WILL BECAUSE IT, IT SAYS A NEED. IT, ITS UTILITY LINES ARE, ARE IN THE WAY OF, OF THINGS. THE TREES ARE IN THE WAY OF THE UTILITY LINES. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WHY BE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? WELL, WELL, UH, IT'S BECAUSE YOU, YOU AS A CITY THROUGH YOUR REPRESENT, THROUGH YOUR PEOPLE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID YES, IT'S OKAY FOR THAT COMPANY TO ESTABLISH THERE. OKAY. BUT I GUESS THE BIG ISSUE IS HERE IS THAT THE, THE STAFF WAS THE ONES WHO ARE AT WRONG HERE. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO STONEGATE HILL, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIA ASSOCIATION AND MICROSOFT FOR MEETING SINCE LAST YEAR TO CO, UH, COOPERATE AND COME TO A SOLUTION FOR OUR STONEGATE HILL NEIGHBORS AND MY DISTRICT SIX NEIGHBORS TODAY. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP HERE TODAY TO IMPRESS UPON THIS COUNCIL HOW IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE IS TO YOU. TO MAKE A LONG, A YEARS LONG STORY SHORT, THIS DECISION WAS NOT ENTERED INTO LIGHTLY. STONEGATE HILL HAS HISTORICALLY FOUGHT HARD FOR THE TREES AND LAND AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT TODAY. A COMPROMISE HAS BEEN REACHED, AND I MADE A COMMITMENT TO ALL THE [01:10:01] NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT SIX AND REALLY ALL OF SAN ANTONIO THAT I WOULD BE ON THEIR SIDE. I TAKE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I DON'T GET TO MAKE THIS CALL. THIS IS A DECISION OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE WHO I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR TO REPRESENT. IN THE END, THIS IS NOT A TREES VERSUS BUSINESS INTEREST STORY. THIS IS ABOUT LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORS OF STONEGATE HILL. BY THE WAY, AS YOU HEARD TODAY, ONE OF WHOM IS A TEXAS REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SANITARIAN AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. MY THANKS AGAIN. GO TO MICROSOFT AND STEM GATE HILL FOR MEETING WHAT SEEMS LIKE A MILLION TIMES AT MY AND, AND THE RESIDENT'S REQUEST AND MY STAFF FOR THEIR WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. IN THE END, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE A 60 FOOT TALL DATA CENTER. AND MICROSOFT HAS AGREED TO BRING IN TREES TO INCREASE THE CANOPY, WHICH WILL MATURE WITHIN SEVEN TO 10 YEARS. IN SEVEN TO 10 YEARS, WE WILL ALL HAVE MOVED ON FROM THIS ISSUE. BUT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF STONEGATE HILL WILL STILL BE THERE. I WANNA BE CLEAR, THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW BEST ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS ARE THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. NOT ME, NOT MICROSOFT, NOT ANYONE ELSE UP HERE. THANKS AS WELL TO DOUG AND SUSAN HANLIN AND STONEGATE HILL HOUSING ASSOCIATION BOARD FOR THEIR TIME, HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO REPRESENTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THANKS TO MICROSOFT FOR THEIR PROMISE TO CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND COMMUNITY PARTNER. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AFFIRMATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION. I SECOND RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 22. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VARDA. COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. THANK YOU. THIS HAS MY SUPPORT TODAY. UM, I I I JUST WANNA POINT SOMETHING OUT. UH, LAST NIGHT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, I ALWAYS DO THIS LAST NIGHT, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH MY KIDS. 'CAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING. AND I ALWAYS TELL 'EM WHAT COMES UP, UH, THE NEXT DAY. AND, UM, I, I WENT TO THE MICROSOFT WEB WEBSITE, AND IF Y'ALL WANNA GET LOST, UH, AND, UH, SPEND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPEND DAYS ON THEIR WEBSITE, UH, LOOKING AT ALL OF THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AND ADVOCACY WORK AND GREEN SUSTAINABILITY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY WORK THEY DO ALL OVER THE PLANET. UM, AND AFTER I LEFT THAT, THAT WEBSITE, UH, I, I ALMOST FORGOT THAT YOU GUYS ARE A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY. AND, UM, JUST, JUST TO NAME A FEW, UH, THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME. UM, AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA SOUND LIKE A MICROSOFT COMMERCIAL, BUT I DON'T INTEND IT TO BE THAT WAY. I'M JUST TELLING YOU GUYS WHAT I FOUND. CHRISTOPH VOLUNTARILY JOINED THE R RE 100, UM, PROGRAM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, UM, SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS ON THE PLANET. UH, AND THE PROGRAM REQUIRES THEM TO BECOME NET ZERO, A HUNDRED PERCENT. AND THESE, THIS IS A COMPANY WHO'S SHOOTING TO BECOME NET ZERO. UM, VERY, VERY FEW COMPANIES DO THAT. AND THEN TO DOUBLE DOWN, THEY CREATED, THEY'RE THE VERY FIRST TECH CAMPUS IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT IS WATER NET ZERO. UM, THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO WITH TROUT UNLIMITED, THE WORK YOU GUYS DO WITH WATER TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES AND THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. AND, UM, THE WORK YOU GUYS DO BY YOU GUYS BOUGHT CARBON CREDITS FROM RICE FARMERS IN ARKANSAS AND WEST VIRGINIA, AND TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. UM, THE KECHI WIND FARMS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU GUYS HAVE WIND AND WATER PROJECTS AND ALMOST EVERY CONTINENT IN THE UNITED STATES. UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR HELPING US, UH, MAKE THE WORLD A LITTLE CLEANER. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK, UH, FOR MY CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. UM, AND THEN I GOT CURIOUS ABOUT DATA CENTERS. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEBSITE ON THE PLANET IS HOSTED BY ONE OF THREE LARGE COMPANIES. UH, AND MICROSOFT IS IS ONE OF THOSE, AND THEY'RE HOSTED AT DATA CENTERS. AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS SOME OF ITS DATA ON Y'ALL'S SERVERS. AND SO DOES EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SAN ANTONIO, EVERY SINGLE CHURCH WITH A WEBSITE IN THE CITY HAS IT'S DATA STORED ON Y'ALL DATA CENTERS. UM, ALL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WEBSITES EVENTUALLY HAVE SOME OF ITS DATA SERVED, STORED ON YOUR DATA CENTERS. I WENT AND LOOKED THE SIERRA CLUB STORES, THEIR DATAS, UH, ON, UH, YOUR WEBSITES, THE, YOUR WEBSITES, THE A C L U, THE BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER, THE BEREAVEMENT CENTER LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, UNITED WAY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THE FOOD BANK. AND SO, I DON'T THINK THIS PLANET, IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF, OF JUST EXTREME AMOUNTS OF DATA THAT REQUIRED TO BE SENT BACK AND FORTH AND STORED, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THIS PLANET CAN CONTINUE TO EXIST THE WAY IT DOES, UM, AND CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE DELIVER TO PEOPLE. AND THEY'VE COME TO, UH, EXPECT, UH, WITHOUT DATA CENTERS. THEY'RE JUST NECESSARY. AND DATA CENTERS HAVE LARGE FOOTPRINTS, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE JOBS. I'M GLAD WE HAVE THE INVESTMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND SO ANYBODY OUT THERE WATCHING WHETHER OR NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR CITY COUNCILWOMAN DID THE RIGHT THING TODAY, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN HDA HAS AGONIZED OVER THIS ONE, AND SHE'S WORKED REALLY HARD AND SHE'S A SQUEAKY WHEEL. AND I DON'T WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS ANYMORE BECAUSE, UH, I GET IT. UH, YOU, YOU WORKED [01:15:01] REALLY HARD AND, UH, HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT THIS, THAT THIS WOMAN IS, IS DOING THE HARD HEAVY LIFTING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S BEST INTERESTS. AND SOMETIMES IT'S A MATTER OF BALANCING INTERESTS AND, UM, AND FINDING WAYS TO, TO WORK TOGETHER. AND I'M, I'M PROUD TO SERVE WITH HER. I THINK SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, WHICH IS WHY I'M GONNA SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIA. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO I HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON, NOT SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT I BELIEVE DESERVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS, AND I KNOW IT'S, UM, AGONIZING WHEN YOU HAVE CASES LIKE THIS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND IT REALLY IS GONNA IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN VEIL AVR, UH, UM, MET WITH ME AND SPOKE WITH ME ON THE PHONE ABOUT THIS MULTIPLE TIMES FOR FOR HOURS EACH TIME. AND SHE REALLY HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR YOU. UM, AND SHE SHARED WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT AND WHY, AND WHY SHE'S SUPPORTING THIS ITEM, WHY SHE ENCOURAGED ALL OF US TO SUPPORT THE ITEM. AND I RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND, AND RESPECT WHAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE AESTHETICS. I'VE HEARD ABOUT, UM, THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON YOUR VIEWS, YOUR SUP, YOUR SIMULTANEOUS SUPPORT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR TREES, AND THAT THIS ISN'T AN ANTI TREE, UM, DECISION THAT YOUR COM THAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS MADE AND IS ASKING FOR. UM, AND I'VE HEARD THAT YOU VALUE THE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR CITY'S TREES. UM, I, I, THE COMMENT WAS MADE. I DON'T THINK IT'S BETWEEN TREE HUGGERS AND THE BIG BAD DEVELOPERS. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS EVER THAT SIMPLE. AND THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE ITEM IN A LOT OF WAYS. AND I DON'T FAULT ANYONE FOR ANY WAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA VOTE TODAY. UM, I'M PERSONALLY GOING TO BE VOTING NO IN HOPES THAT WE CAN REENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING BOLD STEPS TO REVERSE THE LOSS OF TREE CANOPY A ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE BACK IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR STATED THAT OF 206 VARIANCES 206 WERE APPROVED. AND I THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM ABOUT THE PROCESS. AND I, I BELIEVE THAT A LARGER CONVERSATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND I DO BELIEVE YOU WERE OWED AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY I'M GONNA BE VOTING THE WAY I'M GONNA BE VOTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME OUT HERE TODAY. I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN BE DOING WITH YOUR THURSDAY MORNING, UH, BUT FORTUNATELY YOU GET FREE PARKING TODAY BECAUSE YOU'RE, UM, BECAUSE OF OUR NEW PROGRAM. UM, SO, UH, I NEIGHBOR DISTRICT SIX ON THE DAAS AS WELL AS, UH, ON THE GROUND. AND, UH, LIKE THE COUNCILWOMAN, MANY TIMES I'VE ADVOCATED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY COMMUNITY. AND ON THE DAAS I'VE DONE THE BEST I CAN TO LET EACH COUNCIL MEMBER DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THEM IN THAT DECISION. UH, I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN, UM, AND I'VE BEEN THERE WITH MY NEIGHBORHOODS TOO, UH, SPEAKING TO THEM, MEETING WITH THEM MANY, MANY TIMES WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TRYING TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTION FOR, UH, BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORS WHO WILL BE THERE RIGHT LONG AFTER WE'RE GONE, AND WHO HAVE A CLAIM IN, IN THAT VIEW, IN THAT PROPERTY, IN THAT LOCATION. SO I DO WANT TO COMMEND, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE. AND I'M TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT AND THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE GIVEN HER HURT. EVERY SO OFTEN THOUGH, WE COME TO AN ISSUE HERE ON COUNCIL WHERE WE DON'T ALWAYS END UP SUPPORTING, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, DIRECTION. AND IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO. UM, WE DID THAT LAST TERM ACTUALLY IN THE ZONING CASE IN NEAR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. UM, THE COUNCIL ENDED UP SUPPORTING , UM, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, UH, OF A CENTER TO HELP WOMEN WHO WERE ADDICTED TO MOTHERS WHO WERE ADDICTED TO DRUGS. AND WE ALL THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THE, THE NEIGHBORS, OF COURSE, WEREN'T, UM, NOT OF COURSE, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THAT. SO THAT WAS ALSO A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. UM, FOR ME. THE TREE ORDINANCE IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES. UM, SO I, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I RESPECT VERY MUCH THE WORK THAT YOUR COUNCILWOMAN HAS DONE, BUT, UM, LIKE THE, LIKE THE COUNCILMAN I FELT I OWED YOU AN EXPLANATION FOR, FOR MY VOTE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CANOPY REPLACEMENT. UM, BUT ANOTHER REASON THIS VOTE IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME IS BECAUSE WE WOULD BE REMOVING ONE OF OUR, UH, A TREMENDOUS CARBON SINK IN OUR, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY AT A TIME WHEN REDUCING CARBON IS REALLY, REALLY URGENT. [01:20:01] SOME OF US ARE, ARE ADVOCATING VERY HARD TO CLOSE THE COAL POWER PLANT, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, OR TO STOP THE USE OF COAL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND THAT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A FEW MORE YEARS TO DO THAT. SO HAVING, UH, TREES TO ABSORB THAT CARBON IS, UH, IS REALLY URGENT. UM, IF I HAD SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE CARBON REDUCTION, AND I KNOW I'M PROBABLY TALKING JARGON HERE, CARBON REDUCTION ABILITY OF THE TREES COULD BE REPLACED IN THE SHORT TERM. I THINK I WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS. BUT, UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE THOSE ASSURANCES RIGHT, RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, AT THIS POINT, I, I WILL BE VOTING NO. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE THAT HAS, UH, ALREADY BEEN STATED, AND I TOO APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCILMAN HDA HAS DONE ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BUSINESS, UH, TO COME TOGETHER AND, AND WORK TOGETHER ON THIS SOLUTION. UM, NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOODS. I ALSO AM A BIG, UH, BUSINESS SUPPORTER AS WELL. AND TO ME, THIS, WHEN IT WAS FIRST BROUGHT UP TO ME SAYING, HEY, THE BUSINESS WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYBODY AGREES IT'S GOOD TO GO. I WOULD SAY AUTOMATICALLY, YEP, NO PROBLEM. CHECKS BOTH OF MY BOXES, AND THAT'S GREAT. BUT THE STAFF HAS COME BACK SAYING, HEY, THERE, THERE'S SOME ISSUES HERE. AND THEN, UH, IF YOU CAN PULL UP SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, AND TO ME, HERE, HERE'S THE ISSUE. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS PRETTY DRAMATIC FOR THAT PIECE OF LAND. JUST LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS GOING ACROSS US. THAT'S HUGE. NOW PUT IT TO SLIDE NUMBER 10. AND MIKE, YOU, YOU KIND OF SORT OF TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT HERE, HERE'S WHAT THE STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH TAKING A LOOK AT THAT ORDINANCE THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED. AND THEY'RE SAYING, NOPE, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU DENY. AND HERE'S THE REASONS WHY. AND WHAT REALLY STICKS TO ME IS, UH, DOES NOT MEET THE INTENT AND SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE. YOU KNOW, WE GOT PROCESSES FOR THIS, AND SURE WE CAN, WE CAN GRANT VARIANCES TO ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE APPROVED IN THE PAST. UM, THIS, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE UP HERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GRANT A VARIANCE ON THOSE PRIOR ORDINANCES BECAUSE WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A HAND IN THOSE ORDINANCES. THEY WERE ALL DONE BEFORE WE GOT HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M TORN ABOUT THIS AGAIN, I, BOTH OF THOSE BOXES ARE CHECKED ON THIS, BUT WHAT, WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO KNOW AND SEE IS TO WHY WAS THIS PARTICULAR PLOT OF LAND CHOSEN? I MEAN, THE COMPANY HAD TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA RUN INTO A BUZZ SAW HERE WITH REMOVING ALL THESE TREES, BUT IT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO ME WHY THIS PARTICULAR PLOT OF LAND WAS CHOSEN. AND I, I GUESS, CAN SOMEBODY COME UP HERE AND TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT EXACTLY WHY THIS WAS CHOSEN? I MEAN, WE GOT A LOT OF LAND AROUND SAN ANTONIO, A LOT OF LAND THAT, THAT IS NOT FULLY GROWN TREES, HERITAGE TREES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. WHY, WHY WAS THIS CHOSEN? THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. AND, UM, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO MY SLIDE THAT, UH, I FORGOT THE NUMBER. IT'S THREE OR FOUR, I THINK. UH, THE ONE THAT SHOWED ARIEL, THE NEXT AREA THAT ONE, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, WITHOUT GOING INTO ALL THE TECHNOLOGY IS, UM, THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXISTING DATA CENTERS TO PROVIDE REDUNDANCY IN THE EVENT OF CALAMITY. IT COULD BE A FREEZE, IT COULD BE A TERRORIST ATTACK, BUT THIS IS THE CLOUDS, THIS IS THE CLOUD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SAWS AND NATIONAL AGENCIES. AND OUR CUSTOMERS REQUIRE REDUNDANCY. SO THE DATA CENTERS HAVE TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE REDUNDANCY. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, UM, THERE'S JUST [01:25:01] NOT VERY MANY INDUSTRIAL, UH, ZONE PROPERTIES WITHIN PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING DATA CENTER. SO REALLY THIS, UH, VALERO BOUGHT THIS SITE TO BE TWO DATA CENTERS. THEY BUILT ONE, IT'S ALWAYS PLANNED TO HAVE A SECOND DATA CENTER. IT'S NO SURPRISE. SO, UH, BUT THE, THE THIRD THING I'D MENTION IS THIS, THE, IT IS A LOT OF TREES BEING REMOVED, BUT WHAT'S NOT ON THAT SLIDE IS THERE ARE PLANNING, UH, WE MEET THE, SEVERAL OF THE COUNCILMEN TALKED ABOUT CANOPY. WE EXCEED THE CANOPY REQUIREMENTS BY 50%. IT IS NOT A CANOPY PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THE, UH, IF YOU CAN GO FORWARD, OH, I GUESS YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS, UH, DO THIS REAL QUICK. PRE CANOPY, THE REQUIREMENT'S 25%, WERE AT 37% CHECK. ALL RIGHT, WAIT A MINUTE. THERE'S ANOTHER, AND IT SAYS AT THE BOTTOM, THEY ALLOW THE INCLUSION OF NEW TREES TO MEET THAT GOAL. SO WITH THE NEW TREES BEING PLANTED, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT A MINUTE, WE EXCEED THE MINIMUM. AND, AND, UH, BY 50%, THE CHALLENGE IS THE CALIPER INCHES, WHICH IS THE MEASUREMENT AROUND THE TRUCKS. AND IN THAT CASE, THE, THE GOAL IS 20%. BUT UNLIKE CANOPY, YOU CAN'T COUNT THE NEW TREES. IN OUR CASE, THERE ARE 830 NEW TREES BEING PLANTED, AND THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING OVER $1.4 MILLION TO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND, WHICH COULD, UH, SUPPORT THE PLANTING OF 1400 TREES. SO IT'S ALMOST, IT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE TREES BEING REMOVED TO, UH, THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE. NEW TREES GROW AND THEY PROSPER. THESE TREES ARE, AND THERE'S NO TOP SOIL. THEY'RE A LOT OF DWARF TREES. THEY'RE NOT REALLY HEALTHY. WE'VE LOOKED AT REMOVING SOME OF THE HERITAGE TREES AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. SO THE ANSWER IS A LOT OF NEW TREES ARE BEING PLANTED, THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING LOTS OF MONEY. 1.4 MILLION IS, WHICH IS EITHER THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND ARE THE SECOND LARGEST. AND THAT MONEY IS USED TO PLANT TREES ANYWHERE ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO, YEAH. THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION. WELL, UH, AGAIN, I, YOU MENTIONED REDUNDANCY, AND MY QUESTION WAS WHY THIS SITE, NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MITIGATE THIS, BUT WHY THIS SITE PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING DATA CENTER THAT'S ALREADY THERE. OKAY. UM, ARE THERE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS? IS IT, UH, A HUNDRED FEET, A THOUSAND FEET, A A HUNDRED MILES? WHAT, WHAT'S THAT? I, I THINK THAT'S, I DON'T WANNA BE FACETIOUS, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. IT'S A PROPRIETARY THING. THE, THEIR COMPETITORS ARE ALWAYS POSITIONING LIKE A CHESS GAME WHERE THESE DATA CENTERS GO. OKAY. AND, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE CLOSE TO THAT ONE. THERE WAS REALLY NO OTHER SITE AVAILABLE. AND ALSO THE THIRD THING, IT HAS TO BE CLOSE TO WHICH ONE. WHAT, WHAT THE, THE, WELL IF WE'LL GO BACK, UH, MAY I, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY DID THEY PICK THIS SITE? COUNCILMAN? THE, AS I POINTED OUT, THE, THERE'S AN EXISTING DATA CENTER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YES, I SEE. IT'S MICROSOFT'S. OKAY. AND IT'S THE PROXIMITY TO THAT DATA CENTER, NUMBER ONE. OKAY. NUMBER TWO, YOU'VE GOTTA FIND A PLAY, A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET SUFFICIENT POWER. OKAY. AND, AND IT'S NOT ANYWHERE. IN FACT, IT'S VERY LIMITED. AND THIS SITE HAPPENED TO CHECK, AS YOU MENTIONED, CHECK BOXES. IT CHECKED BOTH BOXES. OKAY. YEAH. AND THE THIRD THING IS THEY WENT AND MET WITH THE CITY WHEN THEY HAD IT, YOU RAISED THE QUESTION, THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, AND THEY WERE ISSUED A PERMIT TO CLEAR THE TREES AND ADMITTEDLY STAFF. AND THEY HAD IT FOR SIX WEEKS. THEY DIDN'T REMOVE ANY TREES AND STAFF SAID, OOPS, THAT WAS MY MISTAKE. AND WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, AND THEY, THEY TOOK BACK THE PERMIT. SO ALL THE, ALL THE ERRORS WERE MOVE AHEAD, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS, BILL. APPRECIATE IT. UH, YEAH. UM, STILL A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. I, I KNOW WE HAVE MORE DATA CENTERS ACROSS THIS CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE, THE POWER REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, C P S CAN GO ANYWHERE WITH ANYTHING. UH, AGAIN, IT TAKES MONEY TO DO THAT. BUT, UM, I'M, I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS AS TO WHY THIS SITE HAD TO BE, UH, PICKED. I KNOW, UH, I REMEMBER, UH, ANOTHER CASE IN DISTRICT EIGHT WHERE AN ENTIRE SIDE OF A, UH, HILLSIDE WAS CLEAR CUT. AND MAN, THAT REALLY AGGRAVATE AGGRAVATED A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO. UM, UH, SO MIKE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO IF THIS DOESN'T GET APPROVED, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? OR WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN AT THAT POINT? [01:30:03] WELL, I THINK THE ITEM, IF IT GETS APPROVED TODAY, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED? WELL, THEN THE, THEN THE VARIANCE WOULD NOT BE APPROVED. AND, AND THE, UM, THE DESIGN TEAM AND MICROSOFT WOULD HAVE TO REDESIGN AND COME UP WITH A NEW PLAN, UH, THAT EITHER MET THE STRAIGHT CODE WITHOUT THE NEED OF A VARIANCE OR POSSIBLY PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER HARDSHIP VARIANCE REQUEST THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PALATABLE. UM, BUT I THINK WHAT THEY'VE SHARED WITH US, AND I THINK WHAT THEY'VE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, THEY PRESENTED AT THE, AT THE, UM, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD REDESIGN TO, TO BUILD THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T NEED A VARIANCE FOR THAT. THEY DON'T NEED AS MUCH, UH, FOOTPRINT, IF YOU WILL. UH, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. I, I GUESS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS, THERE'S, THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PUT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE ON A LOT OF THESE SITUATIONS. BUT AGAIN, I'M HAPPY THAT THE BUSINESS HAS WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'VE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISE. AND, UH, AT THIS POINT IT SEEMS LIKE BOTH ARE HAPPY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. THANK YOU. MIKE, CAN YOU HELP ME, UM, UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT, LIKE, UH, I'M, I'M NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS OF THE TREE MITIGATION FUND AND, AND THEN ALSO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO CALIPER INCHES, WHICH IS JUST THE DIAMETER, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO IF YOU TAKE A HERITAGE TREE THAT'S 24 INCHES IN DIAMETER, CAN YOU REPLACE IT THROUGH THE TREE MITIGATION FUND WITH 24 1 INCH DIAMETER TREES? NO. UH, SO THE HERITAGE TREES ARE PROTECTED AT A MUCH GREATER RATE. UH, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO MITIGATE THEM AT AT LEAST THREE TO ONE. SO, UH, FOR EVERY INCH OF THE TREE, IT'S, IT'S TIMES THREE. UH, SO ONCE WE DO ALL THOSE CALCULATIONS, AND I THINK AS YOU SEE UP THERE, WE, WE LOOK AT EVERY, WE COUNT UP EVERY TREE, THE DEVELOPER AND THE DESIGN TEAM, THEY GO OUT AND MEASURE EVERY TREE. OUR TREE TEAM ACTUALLY CONFIRMS THOSE MEASUREMENTS THROUGH, THROUGH SURVEYS, AND THEN WHICHEVER IS DEFINED AS A HERITAGE GETS PROTECTED AT THREE TO ONE'S NOT. SO THEN IT, YOU'D HAVE TO DO, IT'S, YOU WOULD'VE TO PLANT 72 CALIPER INCHES OF TREES. I'M SORRY. SO YOU'D HAVE TO, IF IT WAS A 24 INCH HERITAGE TREE, YOU'D HAVE TO, TO PLANT 72 INCHES CALIPER INCHES OF TREES. YES. YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING ME DO MATH IN THE D IN THE MIC, BUT YES, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, ABOUT OUR TREE MITIGATION FUND, LIKE WHAT, LIKE, DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY KIND OF COMMITMENT TO PLANT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TREES OUTSIDE OF THE TREE MITIGATION FUND? WELL, I, I, I CAN GIVE YOU KIND OF THE, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TREE FUND IS, IS THOSE PROJECTS THAT CAN'T MITIGATE BY PLANTING ON THEIR SITE. THEY, THERE'S AN OPTION IN OUR CODE TO, TO FUND OR, AND WE DO THE CALCULATION BASED ON, UH, $200 AN INCH BASED ON ALL THOSE CALCULATIONS. SO THEY, THEY GIVE THAT TO THE TREE FUND. UH, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, MANAGES THAT EACH YEAR. AND THEN THEY USE THAT MONEY TO PLANT ALL, ALL THEY CAN WITH THAT MONEY. SO, UH, ARE THEY REQUIRED TO PLANT MORE THAN THE TREE FUND? UH, I'M NOT SURE. I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO ASK MAYBE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. UH, BUT I KNOW CITY PROJECTS AND OTHERS USE SOME OF THAT TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THOSE CITY FACILITIES, THIS IS, THIS IS MY POINT. MY POINT IS THAT LET'S SAY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A TREE MITIGATION FUND, AND THEN THE CITY DECIDED, WE DECIDED AS A COUNCIL BODY THAT TREES ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND WE WANT TO PLANT MORE TREES. AND SO LET'S SAY WE DECIDED AS A COUNCIL BODY, WE'RE GONNA SPEND $5 MILLION A YEAR PLANTING TREES BE RIGHT. MY QUESTION IS THEN IF WE, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A TREE MITIGATION FUND, AND THAT IS, UH, AND $5 MILLION IN, ON AVERAGE, $5 MILLION A YEAR GOES INTO THAT, ARE, IS THERE ANY NET POSITIVE? SO ARE WE JUST TAKING THESE DEVELOPERS DOLLARS FOR, FOR KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND USING THEM TO FUND OUR $5 MILLION IN TREE PLANTING A YEAR? OR IS THIS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD'VE DONE ANYWAY SO THAT THERE'S ACTUAL ADDITIONAL TREES PLANTED TO MAKE UP FOR THOSE TREES THAT ARE BEING KNOCKED DOWN? DO YOU, DO YOU FOLLOW ME? I'M, I'M, I'M HAVING TROUBLE FOLLOWING. OKAY. YEAH. SO LET, SO THE TREE FUND AND I, AGAIN, THE TREE FUND IS THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THESE PROJECTS. I GET, I GOT ALL THAT THAT GOES INTO THAT. I GOT ALL THAT. I WANNA KNOW, ARE WE, ARE WE PLANTING MORE TREES AS A RESULT OF THIS TREE MITIGATION FUND? OR IS, ARE WE JUST NOT PLANTING TREES BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TAKING THIS TREE MITIGATION FUND AND THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO PLANT PLANT TREES. I MIGHT EITHER OR HOMER TO HELP ME WITH THAT ONE. WELL, YOU TAKE ANY, ANY PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT, ANY CITY PROJECT, THE TREE ORDINANCE APPLIES TO US AS WELL. SO WE'RE [01:35:01] REQUIRED TO, TO FOLLOW THE TREE ORDINANCE. SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT THE TREE MITIGATION FUND IS, GOES ABOVE, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT, WHAT WE'D BE REQUIRED TO DO. UH, MATTER OF FACT, NOT TOO LONG AGO THE, THE DRAINAGE BOND COMMITTEE WAS TALKING ABOUT SUPPLEMENTING THE BOND WITH THE TREE MITIGATION FUND TO DO, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN, THAN WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. SO IT, IT'S A WAY TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME, UH, IS HOW I SEE IT. BUT IS IT REPLACING FUNDS? IT, IT, IS THERE, IS THERE A PILE OF MONEY THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY TO JUST PLANT TREES, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A MITIGATION FUND OR NOT? NO, THERE'S NOT. SO MAYBE WE WOULDN'T, SO MAYBE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A TREE MITIGATION FUND, WE WOULD BE FUNDING PLANTINGS OF TREES. WE, WE DO THAT. WELL, WE, WE DON'T GO PLANT TREES. WE DON'T GO PICK AN AREA AND SAY WE'RE GONNA GO PLANT TREES. BUT EVERY PROJECT THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE TREE ORDINANCE. AND IF WE'RE TAKING TREES DOWN, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANTING TREES. SO THIS FUND IS, IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. RIGHT. BUT IT, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE A BREAKEVEN DEAL, NOT AN ABOVE AND BEYOND DEAL BECAUSE WE'RE KNOCKING TREES DOWN AND THEN WE'RE PLANTING TREES, BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL TREES AS A RESULT OF IT. IT LOOKS LIKE HOMER MIGHT WANNA CONTRIBUTE. GOOD, GOOD MORNING. SO RELATIVE TO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY PROGRAMS ALL OF THOSE INVESTMENTS, SO SEPARATE FROM BOND PROJECTS, WHILE, YOU KNOW, BOND PROJECTS ARE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE UNTO THEMSELVES, THE MITIGATION FUNDS ARE NEVER USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SO FOR US, WHEN WE PARTNER WITH A, UH, PUBLICLY FUNDED PROJECT, IT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THE ABSENCE OF A PUBLICLY FUNDED PROJECT. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE OUR EQUITY TREE PROGRAM. SO IN THE CURRENT ADOPTED BUDGET, WE'VE ADOPTED OUR LARGEST, UH, TREE FUND BUDGET EVER. AND SO EQU TREE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE OTHER TREE PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS, WITH LOCAL, UH, LEARNING INSTITUTIONS. SO THE MITIGATION, THE TREE MITIGATION FUND DOES NOT PAY INTO THAT EQU TREE FUND DOES NOT PAY INTO IT. WE USE THE TREE MITIGATION FUND TO FUND IT FOR THAT PURPOSE. SO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND IS FOCUSED ON TREE PRESERVATION, TREE PLANTING AND EDUCATION. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO ADDITIONALITY TO ME THEN. I'M SORRY, SIR. I, I'M, I'M TRYING TO BE CLEAR, RIGHT? LET'S SAY IF, IF THE CITY DECIDED THAT PLANTING TREES WAS IMPORTANT AND WE'RE GONNA PLANT A MILLION DOLLARS IN TREES EVERY YEAR THROUGH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, RIGHT? THEN, THEN, AND THEN THE TREE MITIGATION FUND PAID FOR ADDITIONAL TREES TO BE PLANTED ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. BUT IF WE'RE JUST USING THAT TREE MITIGATION FUND TO FUND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT IN PLANTING TREES, THEN WE'RE JUST MOVING MONEY AROUND. YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING ME. I I'M FOLLOWING YOU, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND THE, THE QUESTION. SO LET'S STEP OUTSIDE OF USE OF THE TREE MITIGATION FUND, RIGHT? MY GENERAL FUND PARKS BUDGET IS WE, WE DO VERY LITTLE, UH, IN THE WAY OF TREES BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE, RIGHT? AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A TREE MITIGATION FUND, WE WOULD COME UP WITH A WAY TO FUND TREES. WE WOULD NEED TO FIND A WAY TO PLANT TREES IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO INSTEAD, WE'RE JUST MOVING MONEY AROUND, IS WHAT I'M SAYING, BECAUSE IF WE WERE, IF, IF THIS DIDN'T EXIST, WE WOULD BE FUNDING PLANTING TREES. AND SO THERE, THE FACT THAT THIS EXISTS, WE'RE TAKING THE MITIGATION FUND TO PLANT THOSE TREES, AND SO THERE'S NO NET ADDITIONAL BENEFIT. SO BACK TO THE TREE FUND YEAH. ALLOWED USES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? AND WE NEVER USE IT TO MEET ITS OWN REQUIREMENTS. SEPARATE FROM THAT, THEN I THINK WHAT, UM, YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS IT'S THEN THE SCALABILITY. TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD WE BE DOING THIS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE FUND? CORRECT. THAT'S A QUESTION. WE, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS IN MY TIME IN PARKS, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE TREE FUND AND, UM, WE WORK WITH COUNCIL ON OUR PARKS BOARD TO MAKE SURE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE ORDINANCE AND MEET, MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SURE. AND SO I, I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A, A, YOU KNOW, A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANTING ADDITIONAL TREES AS A, AS A RESULT OF THIS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PAYING $200 PER INCH. THAT WAS THE PRICE IN 2010. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT C P S ENERGY RATES, I STARTED TALKING ABOUT INFLATION. I, I DID SOME RESEARCH. IF YOU LOOK AT A TOYOTA TUNDRA MADE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TOYOTA TUNDRAS, THE BASE MODEL TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT WAS MADE, UH, BACK IN 2013, AND YOU THE ONE THAT'S THAT, THAT YOU COULD BUY TODAY, THE BASE MODEL, IT'S 40%. IT COSTS 40% MORE. AND SO I JUST, I WENT AND TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, AND I SAW, WELL, $200 BACK IN 2010 WHEN WE [01:40:01] UPDATED THIS AND SET IT AT $200 PER CAP PER INCH, IF YOU RUN IT THROUGH THE INFLATION CALCULATOR, IT SHOULD BE $255 TODAY PER CAL PER INCH. AND SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GO BACK AND UPDATE THAT AND MAYBE TIE IT TO INFLATION, UM, BECAUSE I, I LOOKED, AND SO RIGHT NOW MICROSOFT WOULD BE PAYING 1.477 MILLION INTO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. AND SO WE'RE LEAVING $400,000 ON THE TABLE OR $400,000 IN TREES ON THE TABLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT TIED TO INFLATION. UM, AND SO I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH THAT C MIKE, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THIS DOES NOT FIT? DOES, DOES NOT MEET THE SPIRIT OF THE INTENT OF THE TREE ORDINANCE? SO, UH, AS I, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS, I MEAN, THIS IS A CHALLENGING ONE. I MEAN, WE SEE TREE VARIANCES SOMETIMES. THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE, AND OTHER TIMES WE, WE, WE, WE DON'T GET TO APPROVE 'EM AND THEY JUST MOVE ON AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT BALANCE, RIGHT? IT, IT'S ABOUT BALANCING PRESERVATION. IT'S ABOUT BALANCING PLANTING, UH, RIGHT. AND, AND, AND GROWING CANOPY, NOT ONLY NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE. SO THIS HAD SOME ELEMENTS OF EVERYONE, IT JUST FELT LIKE FROM OUR STANDPOINT, AND, AND AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE TIPPED, UM, A A LITTLE BIT OUT OF BALANCE. UH, BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE HARDSHIP AS WELL. BUT IT WAS JUST SLIGHTLY OFF BALANCE FOR US AT, AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL. UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE FELT THAT IT WAS JUST A LITTLE OUT OF BALANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME UP AND GAVE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT EXPRESSING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, I WANNA ALSO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE, UH, MELISSA HALDOL FOR ADVOCATING FOR HER CONSTITUENTS AND, UM, ASKING IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROJECT. UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE SEVERAL CONCERNS THAT I DO HAVE WITH THIS PROJECT. UM, ONE, I'M CONCERNED THAT IT SETS BAD PRECEDENT FOR THE TREE ORDINANCE, AND IT'S VERY CONCERNING AS FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT UP. WHY THIS PROPERTY? I'M CONCERNED THAT IT SETS THE PRECEDENT THAT IF YOU THROW ENOUGH MONEY INTO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND, YOU CAN BYPASS CITY ORDINANCE. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, GIVEN THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD AROUND ENERGY CONSUMPTION, UH, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IN MY BRIEFING WAS IF MICROSOFT HAS A LOAD AGREEMENT WITH C P S, AND I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE ON THAT. UM, BUT I AM CONCERNED, UM, WHILE I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT, UM, TREES WILL BE REPLACED, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT TREE CANOPY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE GENERATIONS BEFORE WE MAKE UP FOR THAT TREE CANOPY. UH, AND AGAIN, UM, I I'M PLEASED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPER HAS WORKED WITH COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH. UH, MY HOPE IS THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, RATHER TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER THE FUTURE DESIGN MAY BE, THAT IT DOES REFLECT WHAT THE NEIGHBORS WANT TO SEE. UM, AGAIN, UM, PLEASED TO SEE THAT MORE TREES WOULD BE PLANTED, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE GENERATIONS, UM, UH, BEFORE WE GET THAT SAME COVERAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. THANK YOU. I AM JUST IN SUPPORT AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. WE DO NEED TO HAVE A CO A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TREE VARIANCE. AND MIKE, YOU KNOW HOW I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM AND WHAT YOU DO. AND THIS IS A HARD ONE AND YOU BROUGHT IT TO US, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GO WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT CAME UP AND SPOKE THAT HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS THERE. THE CHOICE IS CLEAR. IT IS EITHER WE MOVE THIS VARIANCE FORWARD, WHICH OUR PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED, OR THEY'RE, THESE NEIGHBORS ARE LOOKING AT A TWO STORY BUILDING. AND IF WE WANNA ASK THE QUESTION, WHY THIS LOCATION, IT'S BECAUSE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT HOW THEY COULD HAVE COME TO DISTRICT THREE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO TODAY I ASK THAT WE GET HERE, WE VOTE, AND WE VOTE THIS FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER IRAN, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION ON ITEM 22. UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 22. PLEASE VOTE. AARON, DO YOU MIND JUST CLARIFYING, UM, WHAT A YAY, WHAT A YAY OR A NAY VOTE IS. I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION. SURE. UH, SO A, A VOTE IN FAVOR SUPPORTS THE REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE APPEAL, A VOTE AGAINST, DENIES THE APPEAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IS THAT CORRECT? DID I GET THAT RIGHT LIZ? OKAY, THANK YOU MAYOR. [01:45:37] MOTION CARRIES WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 33. ITEM NUMBER 33 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A 10 YEAR EXTENSION FOR THE MIDTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. MODIF MODIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF THE TURS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AMENDING THE TOURS PROJECT AND FINANCE PLANS. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A PRESENTATION, LORI? YES SIR. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER 3 33 AUTHORIZES SEVERAL ACTIONS RELATED TO THE EXTENSION OF THE MIDTOWN TOURS, WHICH IS NECESSARY TO FUND SEVERAL OF OUR CITY OWNED CULTURAL FACILITIES. WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY ARE REALLY THREE ACTIONS. ONE, WE'RE EXTENDING THE TOURS BY 10 YEARS. IT CURRENTLY IS SET TO EXPIRE IN 2031. WE ARE AMENDING THE TOURS PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN TO REFLECT THAT 10 YEAR EXTENSION. AND WE'RE RESTRUCTURING AND APPOINTING FIVE MEMBERS TO THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING IS WE ARE NOT APPROVING ANY PROJECTS THAT WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AFTER IT GOES TO A TOURS BOARD. NOW, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY HOW WE GOT HERE, THIS EFFORT STARTED AS A RESULT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. SO IF YOU RECALL, IN LATE SEPTEMBER, STAFF BROUGHT THE BOND PROCESS TO CITY COUNCIL. WE IDENTIFIED OVER $3 BILLION IN CITY NEEDS. AND WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE AND THEIR CONCERNS. WHAT WE HEARD AT THAT MEETING WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF FUNDING FOR CITYWIDE PROJECTS AND A LOT OF FUNDING FOR REGIONAL PROJECTS. AND THERE WAS A DESIRE TO HAVE MORE DISTRICT LOCAL PROJECTS. AND SO WE TOOK THAT FEEDBACK AND WE CAME BACK IN OCTOBER 13TH WITH OUR $1.2 BILLION BOND PROCESS. AND WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WE WERE PROPOSED TO BE ON THE BALLOT. BUT WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL OTHER FUNDING STRATEGIES THAT WE'D LIKE TO USE THAT CREATE MORE CAPACITY ON THAT BOND BALLOT. ONE OF THOSE WAS THE USE OF STORMWATER REVENUE BONDS. AND THE OTHER WAS USING SEVEN CITY INITIATED TURS TO OFFSET $77 MILLION IN EXPENSES THAT WERE INIT INCLUDED IN THAT INITIAL LIST. AND THAT INCLUDED SEVERAL CITY OWNED FACILITIES AS WELL THAT INCLUDED ELLA AUSTIN, WHICH WAS COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED. THAT WAS DONE TODAY. IT ALSO INCLUDED LA VITA MARKET SQUARE AND IT WILL INCLUDE GUADALUPE AND THAT'LL BE COMING BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE. WE ALSO HEARD AT THAT MEETING THERE WAS A DESIRE FOR MORE LOCAL PROJECTS. AND SO CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH, MYSELF AND ROD SANCHEZ, WE MET WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE. AND ON OCTOBER 21ST, CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH OUTLINED $57 MILLION IN AMENDMENTS TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL HELP US IDENTIFY IN. THAT INCLUDED A STRATEGY TO EXTEND THE MIDTOWN TOURS SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY-OWNED FACILITIES. IF YOU SAW IN THAT INITIAL LIST THAT WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, WE HAVE A LOT OF CITY-OWNED FACILITIES THAT ARE IN DISREPAIR, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE. AND SO WE PRESENTED THAT STRATEGY TO YOU IN THAT MEMO, AND IT WAS LATER BROUGHT TO YOU IN OCTOBER 28TH IN A SPECIAL SESSION WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE PLAN TO REPURPOSE THE MIDTOWN TOURS TO FUND OUR CITY NEEDS. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE HAVE THE MIDTOWN TOURS, UM, WE'D LIKE TO REFOCUS IT ON OUR CITY OWN ASSETS. PREVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN USED TO HELP SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THAT WAS WHAT WE'VE USED TO HELP CREATE THE JOB CREATION AND HOUSING. WELL, NOW WE WANNA REPURPOSE THAT TO REALLY JUST FOCUS ON THOSE FOUR CITY OWNED ASSETS IN THAT AREA. THAT INCLUDES THE WOODY MUSEUM, THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, THE SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN, AND BRACKENRIDGE PARK. SO TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO EXTEND THE TERM THROUGH 2041 AND RESTRUCTURE THE TOURS BOARD TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A FOCUS ON THE CITY'S EFFORTS AND THE CITY'S PROPERTIES BECAUSE THESE ARE CITY FACILITIES AND THIS IS CITY FINANCING THAT'S BEING USED TO FUND OUR FACILITIES. SO INITIALLY IT WAS A 15 MEMBER BOARD. WE WERE PROPOSING A FIVE MEMBER BOARD, UM, BECAUSE WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT DEVELOPMENT INTEREST ON THAT BOARD. NOW WITH THAT, WE CHARGED OUR FUNDING PARTNERS TO HELP US CREATE [01:50:01] THAT STRATEGY. AND SO SEVERAL OF 'EM ARE HERE TODAY. I WANNA RECOGNIZE MAURICE MCDERMOTT, WHO IS THE C E O OF THE WITTY MUSEUM. TIM MORROW, WHO'S THE C E O OF THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO. SABINA CARRA HAD TO STEP OUT. SHE WAS WITH THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. AND THEN THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY IS REPRESENTED BY JOE TURNER. THIS WAS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS LED BY HOMER GARCIA. SO WHAT WE CHARGE THE PARTNERS TO DO IS TO OUTLINE THEIR, THEIR CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITIES? AND THEN HOW DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BENEFIT THE PUBLIC? AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO LEVERAGE? SO IT CAN'T JUST BE ALL CITY FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO FUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. WHAT IS OUR DOLLAR GOING TO LEVERAGE IN TERMS OF PHILANTHROPY AND PRIVATE DOLLARS? AND WHAT THEY DID IS THEY CAME BACK TO US WITH A $500 MILLION 10 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN AND THAT INCLUDED WHAT THEY NEEDED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT PHASE ONE OF THAT PLAN TODAY. WE'RE NOT APPROVING PHASE ONE, BUT I DO WANNA IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WILL COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL. WHEN THE PROJECT PLAN IS APPROVED BY THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD, YOU KNOW, THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, THEY NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR ENTRANCE. THEY NEED TO MAKE IT MORE A D A FRIENDLY. THEY ALSO PLAN ON MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR GORILLA EXHIBIT. THAT TOTAL COST IS $67 MILLION. UM, THEY ARE GOING TO FUNDRAISE 47 MILLION OF IT AND THE REMAINING 10 WILL COME FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, 10 FROM THE BOND AND 10 FROM THE MIDTOWN TOURS. WE ALSO HAVE THE BRACKENRIDGE CONSERVANCY. THEY ARE PROPOSING THE SUNKEN GARDEN PROJECT. THAT PROJECT IS $62 MILLION. THEY PLAN ON FUNDRAISING $37 MILLION, UM, IN ADDITION TO GETTING OTHER PUBLIC PARTNERS. AND THEN THE BOND INCLUDED $5 MILLION AND THE MIDTOWN TOURISTS WILL FUND THE 15. AND THEN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, THEY HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED. THEY NEED TO REPAIR THE CONSERVATORY. THE GREENHOUSES DO IMPROVE LIGHTING AND THEN DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN. AND SO THAT PHASE ONE IS 8.3 MILLION. THEY'RE GONNA RAISE 800,000 OF THAT. AND THE REMAINING SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION WILL COME FROM THE CITY WITH 2.5 FROM THE BOND AND THE REMAINING FIVE FROM THE TURS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE WITTING MUSEUM. THEY HAVE A $6 MILLION PROJECT AS PART OF PHASE ONE. IT'S ACTUALLY UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AUDITORIUM. UM, THEY HAVE ALREADY RAISED 3 MILLION FOR THAT, AND THE REMAINING 3 MILLION WILL COME FROM THE MIDTOWN TOURS. AND THEN CITY PARKS AND REC, WE'VE INCLUDED $7 MILLION OF CITY FUNDING TO HELP COMPLETE THE 2017 BOND PROJECTS IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. I WANNA STRESS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS IN HERE THAT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. THOSE PROJECTS WENT THROUGH A COMMUNITY PROCESS. THEY WERE VETTED BY THE BOND COMMITTEES AND THEY CAME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL LAST WEEK IN OUR PRESENTATION. UM, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UM, BRACKEN RIDGE CONSERVANCY FOR THE SUNKEN GARDEN, IT WAS $5 MILLION. INITIALLY OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS 10. THE BOND COMMITTEES BROUGHT THAT DOWN TO FIVE. AND WE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT PROJECT IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A BIT. BUT WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY IS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE EXTENSION AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCE PLAN. SO TO DO THIS, WE NEED TO EXTEND THE TOURS BY 10 YEARS. BY DOING THAT, I'LL INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO FUND THESE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS TO THESE CITY OWNED FACILITIES. WE ALSO NEED TO AMEND THE TOURS, PROJECT PLANS, AND FINANCE PLAN TO REFLECT THAT 10 YEAR EXTENSION. SO THO THAT IS THE STEP THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO THEN WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROJECTS WITH THE TOURS BOARD. NOW, I WANNA STRESS THAT ANY DEBT THAT IS ISSUED RELATED TO THESE PROJECTS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THAT. I ALSO WANNA STRESS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, ADOPTED BY THE TOURS BOARD. AND SO THIS IS NOT A ONE AND DONE THING. THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL MEETINGS AND THERE'LL BE SEVERAL COUNCIL APPROVALS NECESSARY TO APPROVE THE FUNDING NECESSARY FOR THESE CITY OWNED FACILITIES. NOW, WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING WAS A BOARD STRUCTURE OF FIVE MEMBERS. THEY'D HAVE FOUR YEAR TERMS, IT'D BE THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE. UM, HIS DESIGNEE IS MYSELF, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. IT'S HOMER GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, TROY ELLIOTT. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR PARTNERS. AND THAT WOULD ROTATE EVERY FOUR YEARS. UM, THE FIRST FOUR YEARS WILL INCLUDE MAURICE MCDERMOTT FROM THE WITTY AND SUZANNE SCOTT FROM THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. UM, THOSE TWO WERE SELECTED BECAUSE THEY CURRENTLY SIT ON THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD. SO THEY PROVIDE SOME CONSISTENCY AND ALSO THEY REPRESENT THOSE SEPARATE ENTITIES. IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, YOU'LL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BOTANICAL GARDEN AND THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO. NOW WE HAVE, UM, HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WHERE THESE PROJECTS RESIDE. SO COUNCILMAN MARIO BRAVO AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THEY HOSTED A TOWN HALL THIS PAST [01:55:01] MONDAY. AND UM, AFTER THAT TOWN HALL, THEY BROUGHT STAFF THEIR CONCERNS AND ASKED THAT WE REALLY HAVE MORE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION ON THIS TOURS. AND SO STAFF WORKED WITH THEM AND WE IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL TWO MEMBERS THAT WE'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS TOURS BOARD TO MAKE IT A TOURS BOARD OF SEVEN. AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE'D LIKE TO ADD A REPRESENTATIVE THAT IS APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT ONE, AND THAT REPRESENTATIVE MUST RESIDE IN THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT TWO TO APPOINT A RESIDENT OF THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. THE REASON FOR THOSE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS IS BECAUSE THE ZOO, BRACKENRIDGE PARK AND, UM, THE SUNKEN GARDEN PROJECT, THAT WHOLE AREA AND THE WITTY RESIDE WITHIN THE RIVER ROAD AREA. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BOTANICAL GARDEN, WHICH IS IN THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO YOU HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THOSE ASSETS RESIDE. NOW WE HAVE A PROJECT PLAN THAT'S NOT BEING PRESENTED TODAY THAT'LL COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL, BUT WE DID HEAR A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THAT TOWN HALL. UM, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HAVE SHARED THOSE CONCERNS WITH US. AND WE ALSO HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH THE BOND PROCESS. AND SO WE HAVE REVISED OUR TIMELINE AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF WILL CONTINUE WITH THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED AND THAT THE BOND COMMITTEES HAVE VETTED. AND WE KNOW THEY'RE PRIMARILY FOR REPAIR. SO WE'RE GONNA COME BACK ON FEBRUARY 10TH WITH A PROJECT PLAN AND FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THE WITTY MUSEUM FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AUDITORIUM, UM, FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO. SO THEY CAN START ON THEIR A D A IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ENTRANCE AND THEIR GORILLA EXHIBIT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. SO THEY CAN DO THE REPAIRS TO THE GREENHOUSE AND THE CONSERVATORY. AND THEN THE CITY PARKS AND RECREATION WHERE YOU WILL PROVIDE FUNDING SO THEY CAN COMPLETE THOSE 2017 BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. THOSE FOUR PROJECTS WE ARE GOING TO BRING FORWARD TO THE CHURCH BOARD NEXT WEEK AND THEN COME BACK ON FEBRUARY 10TH WITH THE PROJECTS AND THE FUNDING AGREEMENTS WITH EACH OF THOSE ENTITIES. NOW, THE SUNKEN GARDEN, THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. WHAT WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND IS THAT WE COME BACK WHEN WE HAVE MORE COMMUNITY INPUT AND MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. AND BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO ARE GONNA HELP US WITH THAT. SO THAT PROJECT WILL NOT COME TO COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 10TH. IT'LL COME AT A LATER DATE ONCE WE HAVE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CON CONCERNS RESOLVED AND CLARIFIED. NOW, OTHER FUTURE ACTION I MENTIONED THERE'LL BE FUNDING AGREEMENTS. AND SO THOSE FUNDING AGREEMENTS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE THE, THE TERMS THAT ARE CONSISTENT IN EACH OF THOSE FUNDING AGREEMENTS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN. UM, I KNOW THAT THE WITTY SAN ANTONIO ZOO, THE MECHANICAL GARDEN, THEY WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO APPROVE THEIR MASTER PLAN. UM, THEY MEET WITH THEM QUARTERLY, IF NOT MONTHLY, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON. UM, BUT THEY NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO SHOW US HOW THEY'RE GONNA COMMUNICATE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND THROUGHOUT DESIGN. UM, ANY TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UM, WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED AND REVIEWED BY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THESE ARE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STREETS. AND THAT EFFORT WILL BE APPROVED AND REVIEWED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS REQUIRE H D R C APPROVAL. THAT IS ANOTHER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STEP. AND SO THESE PROJECTS EACH WILL GO BACK TO H D R C FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THEN THEY MUST FOLLOW THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, UM, AS NECESSARY. COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANNA MENTION IS WE ARE NOT GONNA PROVIDE ANY FUNDING UNTIL THEY SHOW US THEY HAVE THE REMAINING FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE WITTY MUSEUM, THE AUDITORIUM EXPANSION IS $6 MILLION. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM OUR ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION, OUR $3 MILLION UNTIL THEY SHOW US THAT THEY HAVE THE COMMITMENTS FOR THAT PHILANTHROPIC $3 MILLION. SO NONE OF OUR MONEY IS GOING OUT THE DOOR UNTIL WE KNOW THESE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETELY FUNDED. AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF OUR, UM, PARTNERS HAVE THEIR FUNDING BY JUNE 1ST, 2025. THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN OUR BOND FUNDING AGREEMENTS AS WELL. BUT IF THE PROJECT IS NOT FULLY FUNDED BY JUNE OF 2025, THE MIDTOWN TOURS WILL REALLOCATE THE FUNDS TO ANOTHER PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN THAT PARTNERSHIP PLAN. NOW I DO WANNA MENTION THAT THE SUNKEN GARDENS IS LITTLE UNIQUE. SO IF THERE IS NOT CONSENSUS ON THE SUNKEN GARDENS, UM, AND LET'S SAY THAT $5 MILLION, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD IN MAY OF 2022, AND THEN OUR $15 MILLION IF IT GOES FORWARD FOR THE TOURS. UM, IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A PROJECT AND WE DO NOT GET A PROJECT APPROVED, THAT MONEY WILL GO INTO BRACKENRIDGE PARK. SO IT WILL STAY WITHIN THE PARK. AND WE HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO THE PARK. [02:00:01] AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT MONEY ISN'T LOST AND IT GOES TO HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT WOULD BE DONE THROUGH A COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL. UM, SO NEXT STEPS. WE PLAN ON HAVING A TOURS BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR APPOINTMENTS AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. SO WE CAN COME BACK ON FEBRUARY 10TH. AND WHAT WE'LL DO ON FEBRUARY 10TH IS ADOPT THE PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN AND FUNDING AGREEMENTS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, THE WITTY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND BOTANICAL GARDEN. WE'LL COME BACK AT A LATER DATE WITH THOSE PROJECTS, UM, RELATED TO THE SUNKEN GARDEN OR BRACKENRIDGE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THAT COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS. AND I DO WANNA THANK THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. UM, THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THEY HEARD THE CONCERNS IN THE BOND COMMITTEE AND THEY WERE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY CAME FORWARD AND SAID, WE UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO HAVE MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DELAY OUR ACTION. SO I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. AND SO WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF THE MIDTOWN TOURS BY 10 YEARS, AMEND THE PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCE PLAN TO REFLECT THE 10 YEAR EXTENSION AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED BOARD STRUCTURE AS AMENDED. SO I'M ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED BOARD STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES THE SEVEN MEMBERS INSTEAD OF THE FIVE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, LORI. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 33. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM UP FIRST. UH, LET ME START WITH BARBARA WHITT HOWELL. MS. WHITT HOWELL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LUCY WILSON. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS NEW MY FIRST TIME AT THIS PODIUM . UH, MY NAME IS BARBARA WHITT HOWELL. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REGARDING THIS ISSUE. ON PAGE SIX OF THE MARCH, 2011, MIDTOWN TOURS, BRACKENRIDGE MASTER PLAN, THE FOLLOW, IT'S THE FOLLOWING IS WRITTEN. THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN IMPROVING FOR DECADES. BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OPERATORS IN THE DISTRICT AND RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AGREE THAT INAPPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL SPILL OVER INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY PART OF THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND LEAD TO DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOUSES, INCREASED TRAFFIC, AND INCREASED ON STREET PARKING, THE AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND COUNCIL DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO REQUESTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES ON THE ON A NINE MEMBER MIDTOWN TOURS TO BE VOICES TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THESE IMPORTANT VIABLE ECONOMIC GENERATORS WHOSE RESIDENTS HAVE INVESTED IN WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS, TRUSTING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO USE THEM WISELY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS TODAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU, MS. WOOD HOWELL, LUCY WILSON. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS LUCY WILSON. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT FOCUS OF THIS COUNCIL, AND, UH, IT'S WAS SEEN VERY CLEARLY WHAT THAT CAN DO. WHEN WE HAD OUR TOWN HALL MEETING, THANKS TO DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT TWO COUNCILMEN, THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE MIDTOWN TOURS OFFERS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ADD NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE AND INCREASED PUBLIC TRUST IN THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT. UM, A NUMBER OF THE NEIGHBOR, UH, WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL TURS, AND THEN I'VE DISCOVERED THAT TURS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND VERY CLEARLY AS IT CAME OUT IN THE TOWN HALL MEETING. SO I THINK THAT IF WE CAN HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION ON SOME OF THE BOARDS THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO HAVE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS A GREATER SUPPORT, UH, FOR, FOR THAT, IT'S AN, AN IMPORTANT MEANS OF FUNDING PROJECTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, I GUESS MAINLY I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD CERTAINLY HONOR THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, THAT WERE ADOPTED IN 2019 BY THE COUNCIL. AND SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. WILSON. THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 33. SO WE'LL GO INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION FIRST FOR ITEM 33. MOTION [02:05:01] TO APPROVE. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. DID I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND. UM, SECOND BY GRO. WE'LL MOVE INTO DISCUSSION NOW. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, MAYOR, IT'S LIZ. YEAH. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, CORRECT? AS PRESENTED? THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEY RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE TODAY, AND I AM, THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK. UM, YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH WHAT I THINK IS GONNA BE AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED TODAY. UM, I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, UM, VERSUS WHAT WE WERE DOING ON MONDAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SUN, UH, THE SUNKEN GARDEN THEATER AND THE PROJECTS AND THE LARGE, LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE, THAT IS BEING PROPOSED. AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CAPACITY. IT'S ABOUT FUNDING PROJECTS AND A FUNDING SOURCE. AND SO, UM, THIS WILL BE A FUNDING SOURCE UNIQUE TO THESE CITY OWNED FACILITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING OUR OWN STRUCTURES, BUT ALSO TO ALLEVIATE THE COMPETITION FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF BOND DOLLARS, WHICH WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, UM, EARLIER ON THIS, UH, THIS PAST YEAR. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD APPOINTEES TO THE TSS BOARD, UM, TO ENSURE FEEDBACK FROM THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE ENTITIES MAY IMPACT. HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE CURRENT COMPETITION OF THE BOARD DOES LACK DIVERSITY, AND I'LL CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WITH MY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT. AND I FEEL IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH NOTING. AND, UH, I HOPE COUNCILMAN BRAVO HEARS ME ON THAT AS WELL. UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE URGENCY. AND I, I WANT IT TO BE MADE CLEAR TO THE CONSTITUENTS WHY, WHY THIS VOTE HAS TO HAPPEN TODAY. CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE, UM, SURE. SO WHEN WE, UM, WE'RE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL THE BOND PROGRAM, WE HAD SEVERAL OF THESE CULTURAL AMENITY IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT PROPOSED LIST. AND WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL THAT WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE MORE CAPACITY FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND SAID, OKAY, WE CAN DO THAT, AND WE WILL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS. AND WE MENTIONED THE CONSERVANCY, THE WITTY, THE ZOO, AND THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. AND THEY WILL AGREE TO REMOVE, YOU KNOW, REMOVE SOME OF THAT REQUEST FROM THE BOND SO IT CAN BE FUNDED BY THE TURS. AND AS LONG AS THOSE GO SIMULTANEOUSLY, BECAUSE IN THAT WAY THEY SUPPORTED THE BOND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, THEY WERE PART OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. AND SO AS THEIR PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE APPROVING THE BOND PROGRAM ON FEBRUARY 10TH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE REMAINING OF THAT FUNDING IS ALSO APPROVED. AND SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THEY HAVE MET THEIR REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WAS TO DO THE 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN. UM, AND SO NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. AND IT'LL COME BACK ON FEBRUARY 10TH FOR THOSE PROJECTS AT THE SAME DAY WE DO THE BOND PROGRAM. AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMAN THAT THE PART OF THE PLAN THAT STARTED LAST FALL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH THIS PROCESS AND THE BOND PROCESS RAN IN PARALLEL SO THAT, UM, AS WE HAVE, AS WE'RE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SAME PROJECTS AND WITH, UH, WITH CERTAINTY. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. AND I'LL, UM, I'LL SHARE THAT. TS IS, I, I, AND I'VE SHARED THIS WITH A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES, THAT TSS PROJECTS AND TSS IS WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT OF ALL OF THE COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE RESPONSIBILITY I FEEL WITH THESE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. UM, AND I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT YOU HAD SPOKEN TO ME A LONG WHILE AGO ABOUT THIS AS AN OPTION, AND THOUGH THE COMMUNITY FEELS AS THOUGH THOUGH THE COMMUNITY HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN MADE AWARE, UM, I'LL TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND ONUS ON THAT BECAUSE I DID KNOW ABOUT THIS A WHILE AGO, AND I FEEL AS THOUGH I COULD HAVE DONE A MUCH BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE IMPACTED. UM, I WAS, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, THESE, THESE FACILITIES, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING CONCERN THAT THE LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATION, SPECIFICALLY THE BLACK AND BROWN, UH, GRASSROOTS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, FEEL THAT THE CITY GOES TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ACCOMMODATE AND PROVIDE FOR AGENCIES, UM, OF THIS MAGNITUDE SUCH AS THE WITTY MUSEUM OR THE ZOO, UM, WHILE THEIR ORGANIZATIONS STRUGGLE TO PULL TOGETHER FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUILDINGS AND PROGRAMMING. AND WHAT I, WHAT I HOPE TO COMMENT ON, ON THAT IS THAT THESE LARGER, THESE LARGER FACILITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS MIMIC THE AESTHETIC AND MIMIC THE TONE AND THE VIBE AND THE FEEL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR SO LONG THAT ARE STRUGGLING. AND SO I THINK THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL. AND SO, UM, I FEEL AS THOUGH THERE'S OTHER CITY OWNED FACILITIES THAT MAYBE WE CAN CONSIDER ADDING TO THE UMTS BOUNDARY OR, UH, [02:10:01] PLAN THAT I WOULD, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE WITH COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, THE CHAIR OF CHECK, UH, TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN GO ABOUT SUPPORTING SOME OF THOSE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. UM, BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S, UM, COMMENTS AND POTENTIAL AMENDMENT. AND COUNCILMAN, I DO WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, POINT WELL TAKEN, UM, EARLIER TODAY WE DID APPROVE 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR ELLA AUSTIN, WHICH IS A CITY-OWNED FACILITY WITHIN DISTRICT TWO. MM-HMM. . UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH GUADALUPE ON FUNDING PROBABLY ABOUT $5 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT FIVE OUT OF THE INNER CITY TUR, I'M SORRY, THE WEST SIDE TOURS. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY HELPED ESPERANZA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE TOURS. SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH THEIR CAPITAL NEEDS, WHETHER THROUGH THE TOURS OR OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. UM, AND WE HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY, AND WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAR AND MEET WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP THEM MEET THEIR GOALS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO, UM, OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO, OR PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL APPOINTEES TO THE TSS BOARD FOR A TOTAL OF NINE BOARD MEMBERS. UM, AND THE TWO ADDITIONAL APPOINTEES SHALL BE ONE APPOINTEE FROM D FROM THE DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE APPOINTEE FROM THE DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR COMMUNITY REPRESE RES REPRESENTATIVES IN ADDITION TO OUR CULTURAL CORRIDOR PARTNERS. SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION TO SECOND FOR AN AMENDMENT, UH, AS READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. UH, SO THAT IS A SECOND, UM, ITEM ON THE FLOOR AT THE MOMENT. WE'LL TAKE THAT ONE UP FIRST. UM, SO, UM, LIZ, CAN WE RESUME WITH THE DISCUSSION ON, ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME SINCE THEY'RE BOTH RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSION? OR DO WE NEED TO JUST CONTAIN IT WITHIN THE AMENDMENT FIRST? WELL, I THINK THEY'RE NECESSARILY RELATED. UM, MAYOR, SO THE, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSION, A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UM, YES. SINGLE DISCUSSION MAYOR. OKAY. MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT. SO COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A HUGE TOWN HALL A COUPLE DAYS AGO, BUT THEN, AND WE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THIS PROPOSAL AND WE WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAD ANOTHER COMMUNITY DISCUSSION LANDED. AND, UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THAT, UM, SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING QUICKLY AND PEOPLE WANT TO, UM, UNDERSTAND WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO PLAY A ROLE IN, IN THIS FUNDING. UM, AND, UH, I DIDN'T WANNA SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A VOICE. AND, UM, SO THIS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT WAY, A GREAT PATH FORWARD. AND, UH, I DO THIS WITH FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS TOUR'S EXTENSION IS FOR AND THESE, AND SUPPORTING THESE, UH, CITY OWNED ASSETS. AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM FOR HAVING COME UP WITH A SOLUTION WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ALONGSIDE THE BOND, BE ABLE TO FUND SOME OF THESE CITYWIDE BENEFIT PROJECTS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTIES. UH, AT THE SAME TIME, I DO WANT TO SAY COUNCILMAN KEY RODRIGUEZ, THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, YOUR CONCERN FOR BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT SMALL ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I SHARE THAT SENTIMENT AND I WILL WORK AND I WILL WORK WITH YOU TO FIND OTHER FUNDING FOR THEM, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND WORK WITH, WITH THE CHAIR OF THE CHECK COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND SEE WHERE ELSE WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRA GRAND. OKAY. I WANNA JUST CLARIFY, LIZ, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONCE, SO THIS IS MY FIRST 10 MINUTES AND THEN I GET FIVE MINUTES AFTER. CORRECT. IS THIS HOW WE'RE DOING IT? YEAH, SINGLE DISCUSSION. SO IF WE GO AROUND A SECOND TIME, YOU'LL GET AN EXTRA COMMENT. OKAY. SO LET ME TALK ABOUT AGAIN, HOW I DO NOT LIKE AMENDMENTS COMING FROM THE DSS AT THE NINTH HOUR WITHOUT COMMITTEE DISCUSSION, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SEND THIS BACK BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO DO THIS. UM, MY CONCERN IS, LORI, IS THAT THESE APPOINTEES, AND IF WE'RE GIVING FOUR APPOINTEES TO TWO SPECIFIC COUNCIL DISTRICTS, THAT COULD BE GONE IN TWO YEARS, BUT THEIR APPOINTEES WILL BE THERE FOR FOUR YEARS. SO FROM THE DAAS, I, I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THE RIVER ROAD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND THE MANKEY PARK ASSOCI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT DONE. LIKE THAT'S AN APPOINTEE. AND THEN THE SECOND APPOINTEE DONE BY THE, UM, BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. IS IT POSSIBLE, DO I NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO DO THAT? OR WHERE'S THE PROCESS IN THE APPOINTEES? AND SO THE WAY WE'VE STRUCTURED IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY [02:15:01] ARE, THEY WILL BE IDENTIFIED TODAY OR TOMORROW, AND WE WILL WORK WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEY WILL BE PRESENT, PRESENT AT THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK WHEN WE COME BACK ON FEBRUARY 10TH. COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THEM. AND SO COUNCIL, ULTIMATELY IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE APPROVING THEM. AND I'M, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE FOUR YEAR TERMS. IF MCKEE RODRIGUEZ IS NOT HERE, I'M SORRY TO USE YOU AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT IF YOU ARE NOT HERE IN TWO YEARS, UM, YOU'RE THE, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER CAN REPLACE THAT PERSON. AND SO THAT'S, THAT HAPPENS QUITE A BIT. AND, AND THAT, THAT'S MY CRUX IS THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE EVERY TWO YEAR APPOINTEE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. AND I REALLY WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE A STRONG, AND I, I FEEL LIKE IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WERE PART OF THE PROCESS, IT, IT WOULD BE A BETTER, BUT, UM, YEAH, I JUST, I I I WAS FINE WITH THE TWO. THIS, THIS ADDITION OF TWO IS, IS HARD TO TAKE BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AT THE BOARD? WILL, I WAS AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY, AND, UH, I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN MCCREE RODRIGUEZ FOR CLAIMING THAT, YOU KNOW, HE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER. BUT I WAS AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY AND I HEARD THE RESIDENTS AND I HEARD SOME RESIDENTS THAT TOOK IN, UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS A CITYWIDE PROJECT AND HOW THAT THEY, WE WERE GONNA MOVE FORWARD THINKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY TOGETHER. AND I HAD, I HEARD SOME NEIGHBORS THAT WERE JUST ANTI CITY, ANTI ALL THOSE AGENCIES. SO IN FINDING THAT BALANCE, I JUST THINK, UM, I THINK EITHER THE MAYOR NEEDS TO BE PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS FOR THE APPOINTEES, OR, UM, I WANT, BECAUSE I WANT THE SUB, THE, UH, RESIDENTS TO FEEL, AND THEY DO TO, THAT THEY CAN COME TO ME AND TALK WITH ME BECAUSE THEY'RE, THIS MIDTOWN TOURS IS A CITYWIDE IMPACT. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION THAT IF, IF THEY CAN BE REPLACED, IF, IF WE HAVE A CHANGE IN CITY COUNCIL. UH, NOT THAT I WANT THAT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I DON'T, UH, BUT I JUST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND IT'S NOT A ROTATING, UH, THING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SO, UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. UH, I, UM, I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE APPROVAL BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT I, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE APPOINTEE PROCESS IS SO SPECIFIC. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. UH, NUMBER ONE, HOW WILL THE CURRENT MIDTOWN TOURS OBLIGATIONS BE MANAGED GOING FORWARD? SO THOSE ARE PART OF THE CURRENT FINANCE PLAN, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THIS COUNCIL. AND IF YOU RECALL, IN LATE DECEMBER, THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED AMENDMENTS TO THE TOURIST FINANCE PLAN FOR MIDTOWN TO REFLECT THE IMPROVEMENTS TO ST. MARY STREET, BROADWAY AND THEN THE UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES. THOSE ARE ALREADY ACCOMMODATED IN THE FINANCE PLAN, THE 10 YEAR EXTENSION THAT IS GONNA BE SOLELY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS, THESE CULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO TROY ELLIOT, UM, AND BEN GELLE HAVE LOOKED AT THE FINANCE PLAN, AND WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS WHEN THEY COME BACK IN PHASE TWO. BUT OUR COMMITMENTS TO THOSE PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND PROJECTS, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED IN THEIR INCORPORATED IN THAT PLAN, AND WE CAN MEET THEM. YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THAT OUT OF CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING WITH TDOT WANTING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND, UH, THEIR ALLOCATIONS OF, OF THE USE OF SOME OF THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. AND IF THAT CHANGES SOME OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ALONG BROADWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, WILL THE THEN THIS NEWTS BOARD BE MANAGING ALL OF THAT? COUNCILMAN I, I, I'LL, UM, UH, I'LL SAY THAT THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY BE, REQUIRE THE CITY TO MANAGE THAT. NOT, UH, AN NOT AT A SEPARATE BOARD. UM, WE WILL, UH, BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS WERE APPROVED BY COUNSEL ULTIMATELY. SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD RETAIN THE AUTHORITY TO HELP MANAGE THROUGH ANY SORT OF ISSUES ON THE BACKEND. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, UNDER THIS NEW BOARD, WILL ANY FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS, UH, FOR FUNDING BE CONSIDERED? NO. SO, UNLIKE OTHER TOURIST PROJECTS WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT, WE WILL NOT BE DOING THAT. THAT'LL BE GOING THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP PLAN AND WORKING WITH WHAT'S BEST FOR THAT CULTURAL CORRIDOR. NOW, LET'S SAY THERE IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT'S WITHIN THIS AREA, WE WOULD TAKE THAT TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE FIRST, SEE IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO HELP IT, AND THEN IF THE TOURS CAN ACCOMMODATE IT, WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT. [02:20:01] BUT THAT WOULD BE A CO COUNCIL DECISION FIRST BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO THE TOURS. AND IT WOULD COME FROM COUNCIL DIRECTION FIRST, NOT COME FROM THE PROJECT REQUEST FROM THE DEVELOPER. SO LET ME REITERATE, WE ARE CHANGING THE WAY MIDTOWN TOURS HAS OPERATED IN THE PAST, UH, AND REFOCUSING IT ON, ON THOSE ASSETS IN ORDER TO RELIEVE AT ADDRESS CITY FACILITIES AND RELIEVE NOT ONLY THE 22 BOND, BUT THE 2027 BOND. AND, AND GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT SOME OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA THAT ARE, THAT ARE NON-PROFIT AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY CONSIDER THEM PART OF THE CITY, UH, AMENITIES. AND THAT IS THE DOUM AND THE MUSEUM OF ART. UH, DO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE NEW MIDTOWN OR TOURS TO REQUEST SUPPORT, UH, AND FUTURE HELP? THEY CURRENTLY GET FUNDED THROUGH OUR ARTS FUNDING, AND THEN THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR BOND FUNDING. AND SO THEY WOULD STILL GO THROUGH THE 2027 BOND PROCESS, BUT WE ARE FOCUSED ON OUR CITY OWNED ASSETS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CITY OWNED ASSETS. BUT WE WILL WORK WITH A MUSEUM, WE'LL WORK WITH A MUSEUM OF ART, AND THERE ARE OTHER VENUES FOR THEM TO ACCESS FUNDING. OKAY. UM, ONE CONCERN I HAVE IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND PROJECTS AND, UH, WHAT MONEY, UH, MAY BE ALLOCATED, UH, THROUGH COUNCIL ACTION, BUT I, I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA HAVE AN ELECTION TO APPROVE THOSE THINGS. AND IF WE START MAKING PLANS ANTICIPATING THAT SOME THINGS ARE GONNA GET APPROVED AND HEAVEN HELP US, FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY'RE NOT, THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE WE ACTING TOO SOON WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, WELL, WE'VE GOT THIS MONEY COMING FOR THE BOND AND SO WE NEED THIS MUCH MONEY FROM THE CITY TURS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? SO, UH, I CAN, I CAN ADDRESS THAT CONCERN BECAUSE IN THE FUNDING AGREEMENT, WE ARE NOT GIVING ANY FUNDING. WE'RE GONNA AUTHORIZE THE FUNDING, BUT WE'RE NOT DISPERSING ANY FUNDING UNTIL THAT PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED. AND SO THEY NEED THE CERTAINTY THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR END OF THIS PARTNERSHIP, WHICH SAID WE WOULD FUND SOME OF THIS MONEY FROM THE TOURS, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISPERSE ANY FUNDING UNTIL THE PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, WELL, WE'RE AUTHORIZING THIS MONEY SO YOU BETTER, YOU BETTER SUPPORT THE BOND ISSUE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THIS MONEY TIED UP FOR IT TOO. AND SO THAT'S WHY I AM WONDERING IF WE SHOULD JUST LAY LOW ON THOSE KINDS OF RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL AFTER THE MAY 1ST ELECTION. SO THAT'S ALL I HAD MAYOR, OTHER THAN TO SAY, UH, I I WOULD SUPPORT, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THE RECOMMENDATION. THERE'S TWO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS I THINK, THAT ARE IMPACTED BY ALL OF THIS. THAT'S, UH, GOVERNMENT HILL AND TOBIN HILL. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA SELECT SOMEBODY FROM A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THOSE PROJECTS, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS FIND SOMEBODY FROM EACH OF THOSE. ONE IS, UH, UH, CLOSE ON 2 81, UH, AND THE OTHER ONE IS CLOSE ON BROADWAY AND IN THOSE AREAS. SO, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER K, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE, ON THE BOARD. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION THAT, UM, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO, TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF MAKING THESE DECISIONS. UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SECRET THAT I'VE ALWAYS HAD CONCERNS ABOUT TOURS . SO, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE ANNUAL AND THE TOTAL REVENUES TO DATE GENERATED BY THE MIDTOWN TOURS? I, I DON'T HAVE THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA ASK TROY, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? THE ANNUAL INCREMENT PRODUCED BY THE MIDTOWN TOURS? WE, WE WILL WORK ON GETTING THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN IF YOU COULD ALSO TELL ME HOW MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED? UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, OR YOU'RE RECOMMENDING A 10 YEAR ADDITIONAL TIMEFRAME, AND HOW DID YOU COME TO THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER VERSUS, YOU KNOW, 15 OR FIVE SEVEN? UM, WE LOOKED, WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE FEEL ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS, WE'LL, SERVICE IN DEBT, AND WE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS FOR PHASE ONE, AND WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE WANTED MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD AT LEAST ACCOMMODATE THE PHASE ONE NEEDS. AND SO A 10 YEAR EXTENSION IS WHAT IS NECESSARY TO COVER THOSE PHASE ONE NEEDS AND MEET OUR CURRENT COMMITMENTS. AND I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO TROY. THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICKLY, JUST FOR THE ANNUAL TAX INCREMENT, UM, FOR 2020, [02:25:01] IT'S ABOUT 6.4 MILLION, AND THEN THAT GROWS OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME TO ABOUT, UM, IF WE GO TO 2041 TO ABOUT 18 MILLION MM-HMM. , I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T FIND MY NOTEPAD. THAT'S USUALLY HERE. COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? SO THE TOTAL INCREMENT THAT IS, UH, THROWN OFF BY THE, THE TURS. SO FOR 2021, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 7.2 MILLION. AND THROUGH THE TERM, IF EXTENDED TO 2041 WOULD GROW TO ABOUT 18 MILLION, A LOT OF THAT'S ALREADY COMMITTED. AND, UM, THAT FUTURE INCREMENT WOULD ALSO BE USED TO SERVICE THE DEBT AND PAY FOR SOME OF THESE NEW PROJECTS THAT WERE BEING DISCUSSED TODAY. SO THE REVENUE TO PAY FOR THE PROJECTS BEING DISCUSSED TODAY WOULD NOT, UH, BE COLLECTED UNTIL 2031. YEAH. WITH WE HAVE CURRENT INCREMENT, AND THEN WITH THE 10 YEAR EXTENSION, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL INCREMENT. SO ANY OF THAT INCREMENT WOULD PAY FOR CURRENT OBLIGATIONS OR ANY NEW OBLIGATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINANCINGS. SORRY. AND BY INCREMENT YOU MEAN TIME INCREMENT, OR DO YOU MEAN A RATE INCREMENT? A DOLLAR INCREMENT. SO IT'S GONNA THROW OFF AN ANNUAL INCREMENT BASED ON THE VALUES AND THE TURS. AND SO FOR, SO FOR EXAMPLE, SO FOR 2021, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROJECTED TAX INCREMENT, OUR TAX REVENUE, THAT'S BEING THROWN OFF BY 7.2 MILLION. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE DOLLAR. THAT'S THE DOLLARS. OKAY. UM, BUT THAT, THAT GROWS RIGHT? AS THE PROPERTY VALUES GROW? YEAH. OKAY. IT GROWS AS NEW, UM, VALUATIONS COME ON, OR NEW PRO PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, AND ALSO AS PROPERTY VALUES ESCALATE OVER THE TERM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. UM, AND, UH, SO I, I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT THESE, UH, OTHER ORGANIZATION. WELL, FIRST, LEMME CLARIFY. SO IF AN ORGANIZATION DIRECTLY GETS MONEY FROM TOURS, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE FINDING A SOLUTION TO FUND THE PROJECTS, UM, AT THE ZOO AND AT THE WITTY. UM, BUT IF AN ORGANIZATION GETS FUNDING FROM THE TOURS, THEY ARE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FROM THE BOND. UH, YES. RIGHT. AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW. OUR HOPE WOULD BE NOT TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUTTA THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM, AND MAYBE THE TOURS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE AND WE CAN REMOVE THESE FOUR PROJECTS, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE INCREMENT IS COMING IN AND LOOK AT THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THEY'VE IDENTIFIED. SO THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER HYBRID SOLUTION, BUT WE WOULD HOPE NOT THAT WE COULD FUND IT ALL THROUGH THE TOURS. OKAY. WELL, I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE FACT THAT THIS FREES UP MONEY IN THE BOND FOR SOME, SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT SAME DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE. BUT LET'S GO BACK TO TALK ABOUT YOU, YOU SAID TH FOUR TOURS THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING TO USE TO FUND, UH, UH, CITY OWNED FACILITIES THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE. UH, BUT THOSE TOURS ARE NOT BEING RESTRUCTURED IN ANY WAY? NO, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE, THE DENSITY LIKE THAT WE DO HERE. SO WE HAVE FOUR, UM, INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER WITHIN A TOURS, AND WE NEED TO EXTEND IT TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR REQUEST. ELLA AUSTIN, IT'S ONE FACILITY, AND THEY HAD THE FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST. MM-HMM. WESTSIDE TOURS, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE, UM, HOW MUCH CAPACITY IS THERE, BUT WE FEEL THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FUND THAT REQUEST. BUT FOR THIS EXTENSION, WE COULD NOT FUND THESE REQUESTS. AND I WOULD ADD COUNCILWOMAN THAT THE, THE, THE, THE, THE MIDTOWN TOURS WAS ONE OF OUR OLDEST AND MOST MATURE, UM, AND THOSE OTHER TOURS, UM, THERE'S STILL A NEED, A POTENTIAL NEED FOR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR HOUSING. AND, AND SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE MIDTOWN AND THOSE OTHER CITY INITIATED TERMS. YEAH. SO, UM, THIS, THIS DOESN'T AFFECT MY, MY VOTE TODAY, BUT IT'S JUST A A POINT I WANT TO RAISE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ERIC, IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AREA THAT IS FORTUNATELY VERY BLESSED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, IN PART BECAUSE OF, OF THE TOURS AND OTHER PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT, THAT HAS GONE IN THERE. AND, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE, THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ON THAT CORRIDOR. IT JUST, UM, IT JUST DOES GIVE ME PAUSE ABOUT OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, UM, THAT, THAT JUST AREN'T THERE YET BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL DEDICATED REVENUE, UH, FOR THEM. SO IT'S, UM, IN THAT SENSE IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S JUST A LITTLE HARD. SO THANK YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, ERIC AND I HAD A MEETING WITH SOME WEST SIDE ARTS COALITION GROUPS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND WE'VE STRESSED THE SAME THING, BRING US A PROJECT, WE WILL HELP FIND A WAY. I MEAN, WE'VE DONE THAT FOR A PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE FOR ESPERANZA. WE DID IT FOR C C AND WE'VE DONE IT FOR ELLA AUSTIN. THERE WAS AN ITEM FOR A MUSEUM ON TODAY'S AGENDA OUTTA ELLA AUSTIN. SO WE ARE OPEN TO WORKING WITH THESE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS [02:30:01] AND OUR PARTNERS TO HELP 'EM IDENTIFY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, I TOTALLY SUPPORT PUTTING, UM, NEIGHBORS ON THE, ON THE TOURS, AND THAT'S GREAT. I, I THINK THAT, UH, IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I KNOW IN MY TOURS, I HAVE SEVERAL NEIGHBORS ON THAT, THAT PROVIDE VALUABLE INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON WHAT THEY WANNA SEE WITH THEIR, THEIR TURS. UM, I DON'T SPECIFICALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EXTENDING THIS, BUT, UM, IT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF AN OFFSHOOT HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU USE TURS FOR AND WHAT'S AUTHORIZED, THAT KIND OF THING. AND YOU SENT OUT SOME INFORMATION, VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION. AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I, I'M STRUGGLING WITH IN THE TUR CONCEPT ALL OVERALL IS THAT, UH, UM, IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL USED TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT OF BLIGHTED OR UNDERPERFORMING AREAS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REMAIN STAGNANT. AND I HOPE THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT OF HOW WE'RE GONNA DISPERSE THOSE TURS FUNDS, THAT THAT IS, THAT IS LOOKED AT AND MADE SURE THAT WE ARE FITTING, WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT THAT IS. UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS FROM A, UH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, UH, RULING ON THE TURS. SO, UH, I HOPE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT VERY CAREFULLY WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE TURS AND WHAT THE INTENT OF THE TURS IS FOR. UM, I WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT THE WITTY, UM, CLEARS UP, UH, OUR FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE WITTY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT. SO, UH, THAT NEEDS TO COME INTO ACCOUNT ALSO. AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT HAPPENS. BUT AS FAR AS, UM, THE, THE EXTENSION ON THIS, THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEEN, OKAY, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT'S IN THE KITTY RIGHT NOW. HERE'S WHAT THE PROJECTED, UH, REVENUE IS FOR EACH YEAR, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO ALREADY AND HERE'S WHAT'S LEFT. UM, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THE TURS BOARD FOR THAT TURS IS UP TO SPEED ON THAT, AND THEN THEY'RE NOT OVERING, UH, THE MONEY BECAUSE THE FUTURE YEARS ARE ALL PROJECTIONS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING THAT, THAT'S JUST A PROJECTION BASED ON, UH, PAST EXPERIENCE, THAT KIND OF THING. SO, UM, JUST WORDS OF CAUTION THERE ON THAT. BUT YEAH, I SUPPORT THE EXTENSION IN, UH, ADDING THOSE, THOSE REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN. JUST SO, UM, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT LORI SAID EARLIER, UM, WE'LL BE BACK ON FEBRUARY 10TH, PROJECT SPECIFIC, UH, TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL, UH, ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT THE PROJECTS, THE FINANCING AND THE ASSUMPTIONS WE'RE MAKING, AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE INCLUDING THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE, FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. LUCY, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR LUCY AND THE RIVER ROAD. C SO IS, IS THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD READY TO, TO SERVE, UH, IN THESE TWO POSITIONS IF WE OPEN UP TWO, TWO DISTRICT ONE POSITIONS? YES. AND Y'ALL HAVE THE LEADERSHIP AND, AND PEOPLE READY TO GO, RIGHT? WE WILL. OKAY, GREAT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I REALIZE WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING ALL THESE PLANS AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE READY TO GO AND READY TO SERVE. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, AND, UH, I DON'T SEE MAURICE IN, IN THE AUDIENCE. OH, THERE SHE IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LUCY. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, MAURICE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU DID SERVE ON THE PREVIOUS TOURS BOARD, AND YOU WILL BE SERVING AS ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE, UH, GROUPS. UM, DO YOU THINK, UH, UH, THIS, THIS BOARD WILL WORK WITH THE, UH, BY EXPANDING IT TO, TO, UM, TO THE NINE? YES. UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR ASKING. YES, I THINK IT, IT'S GREAT. I MEAN, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UM, I THINK IT'LL BE A, A ROBUST BOARD, BUT A, A VERY GOOD BOARD AND FAIR BOARD. I LIKE YOUR POINT ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS. THAT'S WHO WE WORK WITH DIRECTLY, ALWAYS IS TO GO TO THE PRESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I THINK IT'LL BE FINE. GREAT. AND THIS IS ON THE, REMIND ME HOW OLD THE ORIGINAL BUILDING OF THE WITTY IS THE [02:35:01] OLDEST PART OF IT. 1926. 1926. OKAY. AND THAT'LL BE A LARGER DISCUSSION I HAVE WITH, UH, CITY STAFF ABOUT OUR OLD BUILDINGS AND HOW WE HELP YOU GUYS OUT WITH THOSE. RIGHT? YEAH. OUR RENOVATION IS, IS PART OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT. RIGHT. THANK, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THANK YOU WITH, WITH HEARING FROM MAURICE AND LUCY. I, I WILL APPROVE THE ADDITION OF THE, THE TWO OTHER, UM, RESIDENTS TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER IRAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND I WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOLKS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR FIELD OFFICE, SENDING, UH, PHYSICAL LETTERS, EMAILS, AND GIVING PHONE CALLS, EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILMAN, UH, MARIO BRAVO'S AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY FOLKS ON THOSE COMMITTEES. UM, THAT WAS SOME OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED IN THE LETTER, IS ENSURING THAT THERE IS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION. I BELIEVE THAT SINCE THERE IS NO COUNCIL REPRESENTATION ON THIS CHURCH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PER COUNCIL DISTRICT. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION, UH, I, I, I THINK IT SHOULD BE EXPANDED THOUGH, TO WHERE IT'S NOT RESTRICTED TO JUST TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. UM, UH, AND IT SHOULD BE INDIVIDUALS OF COURSE, FROM THAT DISTRICT. UM, BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE MEDDIN. AND, UM, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING TS. UM, SO IF A PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS THEATER AREN'T ABLE TO BE FULLY FUNDED OUT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TOUR, THEN WOULD STAFF LEVERAGE BUDGET DOLLARS? OR WHAT WOULD WE DO TO MAKE UP FOR THAT, THAT THAT GAP? WE WOULD LOOK TO SEE WHAT, WHAT FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE. BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE GUADALUPE, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAD THE INITIAL REQUEST OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION, UM, WE, WE KNEW THAT THE WEST SIDE TOURS COULD SUPPORT THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE WEST SIDE TOURS BOARD FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LORI, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. UM, RIGHT. THIS IS, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT STILL NEED TO BE VOTER APPROVED, AND I AM CONCERNED THAT WE ARE, UH, BINDING OURSELVES TO PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC. UM, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR LORI, THIS IS JUST QUICK. UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BORDERS OF THE MIDTOWN TOURS ARE, WHAT AREAS THEY MIGHT COVER, BUT, UH, SAN PEDRO PARK AND, UH, SA PUBLIC THEATER, OUR CITY OWNED FACILITIES ARE THOSE, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR MIDTOWN SUR TOURIST FUNDING. THEY, THEY ARE NOT WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THAT AREA AND ADJACENT TO THE TOUR, WE HAD LOOKED AT THAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE TOO FAR FROM THAT TOUR BOUNDARY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO ONE OF THE, THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT THE MATH THAT WAS ON ONE OF THE SLIDES. I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN 11, BUT IT WAS, UM, IT WAS JUST BREAKING DOWN THE AMOUNTS THAT HAD BEEN FUNDED THAT ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR FUNDING. WHAT'S GONNA BE THROUGH, UM, MIDTOWN TOURISM AND WHAT'S GONNA BE IN THE 2022 BOND IF IT PASSES. AND THERE WAS EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH LINED UP EXCEPT FOR, UH, THE BRACKEN RIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. THE SUNKEN GARDEN PROJECT HAS A BUDGET OF 62 MILLION, BUT IN THE TABLE, IT REALLY ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR 57 MILLION. SO IS THAT AN INDICATION THAT THEY WOULD ASK FOR 5 MILLION IN THE, IN THE 2027 BOND, OR THEY WOULD'VE TO IDENTIFY AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION THROUGH FILL IN THREE. OKAY. SO IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE A REQUEST THROUGH BOND. IT MIGHT BE. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE 5 MILLION OF THE BOND PROGRAM, AND THERE'S 15 MILLION IN THET, AND THEN WHATEVER IS LEFT, UM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THAT IS OFF BY 5 MILLION. SO YOU'RE THE MATH TEACHER, SO , I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT THE ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION WE NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH PHILANTHROPY, I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I ALSO DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE AN AMENDMENT THAT CAME ABOUT IN THE LAST MINUTE. WE'VE, THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD THIS WEEK, REALLY, IS WHEN A BULK OF, UH, THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN, UH, TAKING PLACE. THE REASON WHY, AND ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS HAVING THE PRESIDENTS OF RIVER ROAD AND, UM, MINKE PARK BE THE AUTOMATIC APPOINTEES. MY STRUGGLE WITH THAT PERSONALLY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT TWO HAS, I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MICKEY PARK. MICKEY PARK RUNS VERY WELL. THEY'RE A STELLAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF TIMES IN WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AREN'T ALWAYS THAT. AND I, YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER A CONVERSATION A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR ANY GROUP TO WANT TO, IF THEY WANNA BE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT HAVING ASKED FOR PERMISSION. AND ONE OF THE BIG ARGUMENTS WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES GRANTED TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATED, LIKE, THERE'S NO SPECIAL RECOGNITION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. [02:40:01] THIS, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GRANTING A NEIGHBORHOOD OF PRESIDENT, A BOARD SEAT THAT MANAGES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THAT IS A HUGE DEAL. MM-HMM. AS WELL. I, I DO THINK I NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESIDENT OF MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS MY CAMPAIGN TREASURER. AND SO THAT'S ALSO JUST LIKE A, EH, KIND OF THING. UM, SO I, I REALLY, I LIKE THE IDEA OF KEEPING IT OPEN. ASIDE FROM THAT, I THINK IF THERE WAS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE FOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS VERSUS TWO, IT'S STILL IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ON THIS BOARD, THOSE FOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GONNA MAKE UP THE MINORITY OF THE BOARD. SO THEY'RE REALLY ONLY REPRESENTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE BULK STILL COMES DOWN TO THE REST OF THOSE, UH, THE REST OF THOSE MEMBERS. SO I JUST ALL WILL BE FINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT UP SOME, UH, POINTS THAT, UH, SPARKED MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME. SO IF FOR SOME REASON THE BOND DOESN'T PASS, UH, I, I GUESS WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY? DOES IT STILL STAND OR DOES THE TOURS DISSOLVE IN 2031 OR TWO AS CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED? I MEAN, IF THE BOND DOESN'T PASS, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH OUR PARTNERS TO SEE IF THESE PROJECTS COULD EVEN CONTINUE. SO I'LL USE A ZOO AS AN EXAMPLE. IF THE BOND DOESN'T PASS AND WE HAVE $10 MILLION IN MIDTOWN TURS, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE, CAN YOU FUNDRAISE FOR THE REST? OR DO YOU WANT THAT FUNDING TO GO TO ANOTHER PROJECT WITHIN THE PLAN, OR SAY THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FUNDRAISE. I, I GUESS WHAT I MEAN IS IF ALL THE OTHER PIECES DON'T COME TOGETHER, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TS BOARD AND THAT, THAT BODY AND THAT FUNDING WE HAVE, WE CAN IDENTIFY FIVE, WE HAVE $500 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED. SO WE WOULD LOOK AT OTHER PROJECTS, AND IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT BRACK RIDGE PARK, THERE ARE TONS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON AND USE OUR TOURIST MONEY TO HELP DO IMPROVEMENTS TO BRACKENRIDGE PARK, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED. SO THE, THE NEW PURPOSE OF THE TOUR OF THE TOUR WOULD STILL STAND, WHICH IS TO INVEST IN THOSE CITY HOMES IN OUR CITY OWNED FACILITIES. YEAH, THANK YOU. BUT I WOULD SAY COUNCILWOMAN, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IF THAT HAPPENED, WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK. THE STAFF WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED, BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR ASSUMPTION IN THE BOND PROGRAM AND THIS PARALLEL COURSE IS THAT WE'RE GONNA ACHIEVE X, Y, AND Z. IF THAT CHANGES, THEN, THEN IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE THIS SAME TYPE OF CON CONVERSATION AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO, HOW TO REBUILD. UM, OKAY. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. UH, BECAUSE WE'RE APPROVING WITH THAT IN IN MIND WITH THAT IN AMENDMENTS TO THOSE FUNDING AGREEMENTS. AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. AND, UH, AND THEN I, I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, TO SUPPORT TO KEEP THOSE NOMINATIONS OPEN. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRESIDENTS AND, UH, YOU CAN PICK A GREAT PERSON, BUT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, TWO, TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN, IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS. SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND LEAVING THAT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UM, LEMME JUST WRAP UP, UH, VERY BRIEFLY BY JUST SAYING, UH, THANK YOU TO THE PARTNERS ALONG THE CULTURAL CORRIDOR HERE. WE, WE WE'RE REFERRING TO IT NOW BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THESE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE ALL CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF SAN ANTONIO, COME TOGETHER ON A UNIFIED VISION FOR HOW WE WANNA DEVELOP THOSE INSTITUTIONS. UM, AND I, AND I HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, UH, AND HIS UNEASINESS IN TERMS OF HOW ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT LAYERS ARE DEVELOPED, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING INSTITUTIONS AND THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER HOW WE LEVERAGE FUNDS TO GET THE MOST IMPACT OUT OF EACH AND EVERY DOLLAR. SO, UH, THESE THINGS ARE NECESSARILY TIED TOGETHER, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAVING ALL OF THESE IMPORTANT CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN OUR CITY UNITE ON A SINGULAR VISION ON HOW WE WANT TO INVEST IN TOGETHER IS EXACTLY HOW I THINK TOURS OUGHT TO WORK. SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT'S WORKED ON THIS, UH, TO ALL THE DIRECTORS AND BOARD MEMBERS, TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE AREA THAT ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE INSTITUTIONS. UM, UH, I THINK THIS IS A VERY FORWARD-LOOKING APPROACH TO A VERY COMPLICATED, UH, INVESTMENT, UM, NEED. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION. AND SO THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR. THE FIRST IS TO AMEND THE BASE MOTION TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL TWO APPOINTMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE COMMUNITY BY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT TWO. I, I PLAN TO SUPPORT [02:45:01] THAT AS WELL. BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT, UH, VOTE UP FIRST. SO, UH, PLEASE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO ADD THE TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD. AND IT APPROVES EVERYTHING. APPROVE EVERYTHING. IT APPROVES EVERYTHING. I DON'T THINK SO. YEAH, I THINK WE, WE WESS THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S TWO VOTES, THE AMENDMENT AND THEN THE, THE, THE BASE MOTION AS AMENDED. OKAY. SO THE BASE MOTION IS, IS THE, UH, TOURS, BOARD RESTRUCTURE AS PRESENTED BY LORI. UH, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO ADD THE TWO MEMBERS. SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT FIRST. FIX. OKAY. JUST A MOMENT. AND WE'LL FIX IT IN THE SYSTEM, AND THEN WE'LL, ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT CAST. UM, AND WE'VE GOT TWO REMOTE, UM, MEMBERS. SO LET ME ASK, UH, FOR HANDS, UH, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA, GARCIA, AND CASTILLO ON THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE TWO I VOTES, UH, FROM ROJA, GARCIA AND CASTILLO. ALRIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. AND WE'LL MOVE TO THE BASE MOTION, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN AMENDMENT AMENDED. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE. AND WE HAVE I FROM CASTILLO AND I FROM ROJA GARCIA. MOTION CARRIES. GREAT. UM, WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS LEFT ON THE BUSINESS AGENDA, ITEMS 15 AND 16. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING UP ITEM 15. ITEM NUMBER 15 IS AN ORDINANCE OF APPROVING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTERESTS IN LAND. SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSE OF 24 LOTS, TOTALING 76,320 SQUARE FEET, 1.75 OF AN ACRE OF PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY, LOCATED ON COSGROVE AND CHANNING STREET WITH AN N C B 38 19 FOR THE SOUTH G'S STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, DECLARING IT TO BE A PUBLIC PROJECT AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THE SOUTH G'S STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH 2027, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. COUNCILS MEMBER HDA, SORRY, I WROTE DOWN THE WRONG NUMBERS THEN. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THE SOUTH DEAVER STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE ONE BY ACQUIRING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION, THE PROPER, THE PRIVATE, I NEED TO READ IT. THE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY INTERESTS LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE SOUTH BEAVER STREET, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS LOTS, ONE THROUGH SIX, LOTS, 27 THROUGH 44, BLOCK 25 N CCB, 38 19. THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT MAP AND MORE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY THE EXHIBITS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS A PART OF THIS MOTION. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, UH, BY VI IRAN, A SECOND BY ELAS. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. AND WE HAVE AYE UH, FROM ROCHA GARCIA. AYE, FROM CASTILLO. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 16. [02:50:01] ITEM 16 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTEREST IN LAND. SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSES OF FIVE PARCELS, TOTALING 1.352 ACRES OF PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN N C B 1 4 7 0 3 1 4 7 0 4, AND 1 4 7 0 6 IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT FOR THE PRU ROAD, BABCOCK ROAD TO LAUREATE DRIVE PROJECT, A 2017 BOND PROJECT, DECLARING IT TO BE A PUBLIC PROJECT AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE 2017 THROUGH 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22, 20 22 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2027. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM COUNCIL MEMBER APPLIES. MAYOR, I MOVE, UH, THAT THE CITY AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THIS PRU ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT BY ACQUIRING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES DESCRIBED BY THE CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION. THE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY FOR TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT INTERESTS LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT PRU ROAD EXTENSION, PROJECT N CCB 1 4 7 0 3 1 4 7 0 4, AND 1 4 7 0 6. THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT MAP AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY THE EXHIBITS AND INCORPORATED AS A PART OF THIS MOTION. SECOND, RIGHT THERE IS A MOTION BY ELAS, A SECOND BY VERAN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR MORNING AGENDA. WE DO HAVE ZONING, UM, THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO O'CLOCK. BEFORE WE RECESS THOUGH, UM, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH FOR OUR REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, JUST, UH, TWO ITEMS, UM, AND IF THE AV STAFF WILL FOLLOW ALONG, WE'RE GONNA HOLD THE RIVER DRAINING B-ROLL AND WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU NEXT WEEK AS WE WRAP UP THE WORK OF THE, UH, DRAINING OF THE RIVER. BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, TWO ITEMS. ONE, UM, AND, AND THIS WAS A TOPIC OF THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE DISCUSSION LAST WEEK AND THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, THIS WEEK. BUT THE CITY HAS CREATED A, UH, WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS GUIDE, UH, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON, UH, HOW TO READ OFFICIAL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES, UH, WHAT TO INCLUDE IN AN EMERGENCY KIT. UH, HOW TO IDENTIFY THE SIGNS OF HYPOTHERMIA AND OTHER, UH, HEALTH CONDITIONS AND OTHER MATERIAL AIMED AT KEEPING RESIDENTS SAFE. UH, THE GUIDE IS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD AT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT'S WEBSITE, UH, BEGINNING NEXT WEEK. PRINTED GUIDES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS. WE'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING, UM, THOSE COPIES TO YOUR OFFICES AND FOR YOUR CONSTITUENT OFFICES. WE'VE ALSO CREATED A DOOR HANGER IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. UM, AND, UH, HAVE, UM, ABOUT 70,000 OF THOSE PRINTED. UM, AND, UM, AS OF YESTERDAY, WE'VE HANDED OUT OVER 3,600 OF THOSE DOOR HANGERS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, DISTRIBUTE THEM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO, UM, I WANTED TO THANK THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OUR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS PROJECT. AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR OFFICERS HAVE COPIES OF THAT. UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE FOLLOW-UP ITEMS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF, OF THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO, UM, ATTAIN INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING, UH, INFORMATION INTO THE PUBLIC'S HANDS, UM, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN, UH, OUR SECOND ITEM, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE URBAN LIBRARY COUNCIL FOR THEIR INNOVATIVE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD PROGRAM. AND, UH, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECALL THE PROCESS WE'VE GONE THROUGH TO ESTABLISH OUR LIBRARY CARD SYSTEM. UM, AND, UH, THE, THE, THE CARD FEATURES THE, UH, PATRON'S NAME, PHOTOGRAPH, ADDRESS, AND DATE OF BIRTH. THE, UM, THE, UM, UH, INNOVATION WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE URBAN LIBRARY COUNCIL, UM, WITHIN THE CATEGORY OF CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND WAS SELECTED OUT OF, UH, 250 SUBMISSIONS, UM, FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. UM, SO WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT I WANNA SHOW, UH, THE COUNCIL AND I WANNA THANK, UH, RAMIRO, UH, AT THE, UH, LIBRARY AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THIS PROCESS. ROLL, ROLL THE VIDEO. WE GOT A VIDEO. NO VIDEO. OKAY. SCRATCH THE [02:55:01] VIDEO. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK, WE DO HAVE A TWO O'CLOCK ZONING AGENDA AT TIME. CERTAIN, SO WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK. BUT BEFORE WE BREAK, JUST VERIFYING WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REMAINING ITEMS ON EXEC. NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO FOR NOW, WE ARE ADJOURNED AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK FOR OUR ZONING AGENDA. TIME IS 12:13 PM ON THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2022. 2022. UH, I'M RECONVENING THE CITY COUNCIL'S MEETING AT THIS TIME, UH, JUST TO MAKE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE MAY CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIOR TO OUR TWO O'CLOCK ZONING MEETING. UM, SO WITH THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, WE ARE NOW RECESSED, UH, UNTIL 2:00 PM WE, OR A EXECUTIVE SESSION. YOU'RE, AM I GOOD, LIZ? THANK YOU, . ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE RECESSED. GOOD. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANKS. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING AGENDA. TIME IS 2:13 PM ON THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2022. UM, WE'LL START WITH A ROLL CALL. MADAM CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRAND. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER BERDA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PIZ. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, ALRIGHT, A COUPLE PROCEDURAL THINGS TO START. I DO WANNA NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ITEM 53 WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT. IT WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. WE DO. OKAY. ITEMS 41 AND 42, WERE ALSO WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. UM, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA REMAIN ON CONSENT OR AT LEAST ARE AT THIS POINT. SO I HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WILL BE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. A GROUP OF THEM ARE GONNA BE CONTINUED AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT LET ME READ THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY OR IN A GROUP, AND THEN I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WE HAVE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEMS 37, 39, 46, 47, 49, 54, 55, AND 56, 57, 58, 62, 65, AND 69. UM, AND THEN FOR THE RECORD, 41 AND 42 AND 53 ARE ALL WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED. SO MOVED. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION BY COURAGE, A SECOND BY BRAVO FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR THE ONES I JUST READ. WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. SO IF YOU GIMME A MOMENT, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M CALLING THE APPROPRIATE NAME. LET ME FIRST CALL UP JACK FINGER. MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. A COUPLE ITEMS I WISH SOME OF YOU WOULD, UH, PULL FOR CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE, THEY'RE EITHER CONTROVERSIAL OR, UH, THEY CERTAINLY BEAR A, A PULLING FOR DELIBERATION. ITEM NUMBER 40. AND, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE? YES. THIS IS ABOUT A, UH, ZONING TO, UM, WHAT I, I CALL SHOEHORNING. YEAH, JUST SHOVING, UH, TWO UNITS INTO A, A LITTLE AREA HERE. UM, THAT'S ON THE SHERMAN STREET. AND, UH, THERE IS SOME OPPOSITION TO THAT. THEY, THEY SAW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, THE NUITY HILL, UH, UH, ORGANIZATION AND ALSO THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF NUITY HILL. AND THAT'S [03:00:01] TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT SEE THIS AND THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA. MAYBE YOU'D WANT TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 40 AND SAY NO TO THAT ONE. ALSO, WHAT OTHER ITEM WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS ITEM NUMBER 60 AND THAT THAT'S IN MR. PALAIS DISTRICT. MR. PALAI, YOU HAVE A VERY CONTROVERSIAL ONE HERE. YOU HAVE, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, ZONING FOR A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX, SIR, MR. PALAZ, THIS IS FOR ZONING IN A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX. YOU HAD QUITE A BIT OF PEOPLE, UH, SAYING NO TO THIS ONE. UH, HOW MUCH? WELL, YOU HAD AS MANY AS, UH, WHAT WAS IT? UH, OUT OF, UH, 37 NOTICES SURROUNDING IT, YOU HAD ABOUT FIVE. THAT'S ABOUT 10 TO 14%. WHEN YOU GET ANYTHING OVER FIVE OR 10%, THAT'S, THAT'S A CONTROVERSY, UH, THAT, THAT THAT'S, PEOPLE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT APARTMENTS ARE GOING UP IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. YES. YOU ALSO HAD AS MUCH AS, UH, 523 PEOPLE SIGN A, AN ONLINE SIGNATURE PETITION, , AND YOU, AND, BUT YOU ALSO HAD AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SPEAK AT THE HEARING, SIR, EITHER, EITHER VERBALLY OR, OR ALSO BY, BY TELEPHONE. SO, YES, SIR. MAYBE YOU WOULD WANT TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 60 FOR DELIBERATION, SIR, AND SAY NO TO ITS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. THAT IS EVERYONE, UH, WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT. SO WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND I DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A QUEUE, BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO I'LL SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON THE CASE AT 6 22 SHERMAN. UM, ITEM 40, UM, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS VOICED REGARDING THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT AND I'M, AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE HERE, UH, TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. UM, HOWEVER, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UM, WHICH CONFIRMED THAT H D R C, THE HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION, WILL HAVE FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE DESIGN. SO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS TODAY THAT ARE GONNA BE BROUGHT FORTH ABOUT DESIGN, THOSE ARE GOING TO, UM, BE DETERMINED BY THE H D R C. SO THERE WILL STILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VOICE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, SO SIGNAL ME IF THAT'S INCORRECT. ALRIGHT, UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE VOTE. AND LET ME REMIND EVERYONE THAT IS ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 37, 39, 46, 47, 49, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 62, 65, 69. AND THEN THOSE THREE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED, THOSE ARE 41, 42 AND 53. SO ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COURAGE AND NO, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. YEAH, WE, OH, WE ADD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SECOND BY BRAVO. OKAY, PLEASE VOTE CAST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, IF YOU CAN SIGNAL WITH YOUR HAND. I, OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED IN BULK. SO LET ME, UH, TURN FLOOR TO COUNCILS MEMBER PIL FOR THAT. THANK YOU MAYOR. HAVING CONSULTED WITH THE, UH, CITY CLERK. UH, AND UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE DAAS, I MOVE, UH, TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING CASES TO FEBRUARY 17TH, 39, 46, 47, 57, 58, 62, 65 AND 69. SECOND, SECOND. REPEAT 'EM. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I HEARD MINE. YEAH, SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. 39 46, 47, 55 AND 56, 57, 58, 62, 65 AND 69. 55, 56. THEY SHOULD BE THERE. THERE, YES. YEAH. 55 AND 56 ALSO FOR CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 17TH. I SECOND THE MOTION. GOOD. OKAY. ALRIGHT, [03:05:01] WE'LL MOVE TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON, ON THOSE ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE. AND AGAIN, JUST BEAR WITH ME AS I TRY TO DECODE THE RING HERE. UM, LEMME CALL UP FIRST ON ITEM 69, SUE ELLEN HOTCHKISS. AND AGAIN, THESE ITEMS ARE GONNA BE CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY 17TH, SO IF ANYONE HAS BEEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS, WISHES TO FOREGO THEIR TIME, JUST SIGNAL ME AND WE'LL MOVE ON. AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD, SUE ELLEN. THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY TO MAKE YOU GET UP JACK FINGER ON SEVERAL ITEMS. YES. UH, MAYOR NURNBERG ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU'RE FOR THE RECORD NAME IS JACK MFIN. YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE. THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 65. AND THAT'S, UH, ONCE AGAIN, MR. PALAZ, THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE? YES. WHAT IS ITEM 65? WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT, WE GOT 30, 40 ITEMS HERE. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO GET IT ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT HERE. UH, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S, UH, WELL, I'M, IT'S ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER SAME SITUATION, SIR. APARTMENT COMPLEXES. YEAH. A SIMILAR SITUATION HERE. ITEM 65 IS ABOUT, UM, SOMETHING IN PROPOSED APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF U T S A BOULEVARD. YOU HAD AS MUCH AS, UH, UH, 20 PEOPLE OPPOSING IT, UH, OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE 200 FOOT, UH, DIAMETER THERE. AND, UH, AND ABOUT AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE SPOKE AGAINST IT AT THE HEARING. YEAH. UM, AS FAR AS SUPPOSED MIXED CON CON CONGLOMERATION THERE, WHY NOT, UH, SIMPLY SAY NO TO IT, SIR, AND, AND GET IT OVER WITH SINCE, UM, THERE IS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT AREA. ALSO, ANOTHER ITEM THAT, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE INSTEAD OF MAKING A DECISION ON TODAY IS ITEM 69. OH BOY. THAT'S JUST, UH, BEAR WITH ME. I GOT QUITE A FEW CASES HERE TODAY. 69. YES. WELL, ITEM 69, THIS IS MR. PERRY'S, UH, YOUR DISTRICT'S THERE. YOU'RE, YOU WANT THIS CONTINUED AS WELL. , YOU HAVE MR. PLA DO YOUR DIRTY WORK THERE. HMM? YES. WELL, ANYWAY, UM, YEAH. AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SIR. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE SO MUCH OPPOSITION TO IT, SIR. AND MAYBE WHY NOT JUST GIVE RID OF IT TODAY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YEAH, WAY, JUST RIGHT, RIGHT THEN AND THERE, YOU KNOW? YEAH. I MEAN, UH, 25, UH, 25 NOTICES WENT OUT, UM, FIVE, FIVE TO FIVE OPPOSED. THAT'S, THAT'S 20%, THAT'S HECK OF A LOT MORE THAN MERE FIVE OR 10%, YOU KNOW, 21 OUT OF FIVE THERE. UM, THE, UH, RANDOLPH FIELD CIVIC CLUB SPOKE AGAINST THIS THING AND, UH, AND, UH, AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE JUST HAD THE GUMPTION TO GET UP AND SPEAK ABOUT IT AT THE HEARINGS THERE, EITHER BY TELEPHONE OR PHYSICALLY. BUT WHY NOT JUST SAY NOTING GET IT OVER WITH CLAY. I MEAN, WHY NOT? HUH? UM, IT'S, UH, I, I'D SAY IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. UM, I APOLOGIZE. UH, SAGE GIBSON, ARE YOU HERE? IS SAGE GIBSON HERE? SAGE WAS SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS 59 AND 60, WHICH REMAINED ON CONSENT. I FAILED TO CALL YOU UP. SAGE, WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR TIME ON THOSE ITEMS? OKAY. SAGE IS NOT HERE. ALRIGHT, LET'S CONTINUE ON NOW WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE. I'M GONNA CALL UP LORENA MONTEM. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE SEATING YOUR TIME. OKAY. AND FINALLY ON ITEM 69, JEFF BUTLER. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND I DON'T HAVE A QUEUE, SO IF YOU CAN JUST SIGNAL ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE ON CONTINUANCE ON THOSE ITEMS. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE ITEMS 39 46, 47, 55, 56, 57, 58, 62, 65, [03:10:04] AND 69. AND UH, WE'LL NEED TO SEE A HAND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. OKAY, SHE'S AN I. EVERYONE ELSE CAN ACTUALLY, WE'LL NEED TO SEE A, A HAND FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY. UM, THAT IS UNANIMOUS WITH TWO ABSENCES. MOTION. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE ITEMS THAT HAVE REMAINED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 37. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 37 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR UP TO 25 UNITS PER ACRE, LOCATED AT THREE 15 CINCINNATI AVENUE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 29. NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR. THREE OPPOSED UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE IN SUPPORT. THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AS AMENDING THEIR REQUEST TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED WITH AN M MF 18. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN, BUT SPEAK OR A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 37. WE'LL START WITH RICARDO ES. GOOD AFTERNOON, RIC TOES. I'M THE APPLICANT. UM, SINCE OUR ZONING MEETING, UH, WE'VE MET WITH BOTH THE UPTOWN AND BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALONG AND WORKED ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S, UH, OFFICE TO REVIEW OUR ORIGINAL REQUESTS. FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, AMEND OUR REQUEST TO I DZ ONE, UH, WITH MF 18, UH, USES, UH, BRINGING OUR TOTAL COUNT TO UNIT COUNT TO THREE, UH, FROM FOUR PREVIOUSLY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU MR. TOUR. THIS, UH, WE'LL START OR WE'LL GO NOW TO JACK FINGER SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, MR. BRAVO. AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IT'S BEEN, UH, UP FOR DELIBERATION FOR SOME TIME NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE BEACON HILL AREA. THIS IS ABOUT, UH, PLACING 25 UNITS PER ACRE. YES, THAT'S HOW MUCH CAN BE PLACED INTO THIS THING HERE. UM, BUT UH, IT OFFERS QUITE A FEW RED FLAGS, SIR. UM, THE ZONING STAFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION, BOTH OF THEM THOUGHT THIS WAS A BAD IDEA AND THAT'S WHY THEY VOTED AGAINST IT. YES. ALSO, YOU MIGHT, UH, WELL THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED IT, UM, WHEN THEY SAW THE LIGHT ON IT THERE. I, BEING A MEMBER OF THAT VERY SAME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT YOU DID THE RIGHT THING ON IT THERE. UM, THAT'S ABOUT ALSO, WELL ONE OF THE REASONS THEY SAY IT WAS A BAD IDEA IS BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOALS THERE. UM, YOU BEING A MAN, MAN OF THE DISTRICT ONE AND CAMPAIGN ON BEING A MAN OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU STICK UP FOR BEACON HILL AND ALL, ALL THE OTHERS WITH THE SIMILAR SITUATIONS HERE, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, THERE'S ALL THE CITIZENS SIGNED OF SPEAK ON ITEM 37, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 37 AS AMENDED. ANY DISCUSSION. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THAT BEACON HILL, I AM SUPPORTING BEACON HILL. BEACON HILL IS IN SUPPORT AS AMENDED. UM, AND THE ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR D ONE IS IN SUPPORT NOW AS AMENDED. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, I HEAR NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 37, SO PLEASE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO IS AN AYE. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE TO ITEM 54, I BELIEVE WE'RE AT, YOU'RE RIGHT, ITEM 49. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 49 IS A REZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR WAREHOUSING LOCATED AT 12,100 SOUTH US HIGHWAY 2 81. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 46 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED. THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REVISED SITE PLAN AND IS AGREED [03:15:01] TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. NO FREE FREESTANDING POLES, L E D FLASHING OR TEMPORARY SIGNS, DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING ONLY, NO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS AND MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT NOT TO EXCEED 50 FEET. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU. UH, WE CONTINUED THIS CASE FROM LAST MONTH TO WORK ON IT FURTHER WITH THE APPLICANT AND ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH THE MISSION DE LAGO, H O A. UH, I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE ON THESE SET OF, UH, CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE AGREED ON. UM, IT'S STANDARD PRO CALL IN DISTRICT THREE FOR ALL ZONING APPLICANTS TO REACH OUT TO THE RESPECTIVE H O A OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND TO VOL AND TO ANY VOLUNTEER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE VERY START. AND THEY DID THIS AND THEY DID THIS DURING THE OUTREACH PROCESS. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT REACHED OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBOR SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT OUTREACH RESULTED IN THE AMENDED SITE PLAN THAT THEY ARE SUBMITTING WITH THE CASE TODAY. UH, THERE WE ALSO HAD A ZOOM CALL THIS PAST WEEK, UH, WITH H O A RESIDENTS WHO WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE CASE FURTHER WITH THE APPLICANT AS WELL. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE AS C TWO N A C D AS AMENDED WITH CONDITIONS STATED. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 49 WITH AMENDMENTS SECOND AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE CASTILLOS AN AYE. MOTION CARRIES. GO TO ITEM 54. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 54 IS A REZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 46 27 WEST COMMERCE STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 44 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED. SPEAK ON ITEM 54. LEMME CALL RUSSELL PHELAN, MR. PHELAN AND BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL BELE RUSSELL FELLON, UH, 24 10 WEST COMMERCE. I'M ON THE BOARD DIRECTORS OF PROSPECT HILL ASSOCIATION. WHEN THIS CAME, UH, AT, AT OUR MEETING, OUR MEMBERS LOOKED AT ME AND GO ANOTHER CAR WASH? I SAID, NO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN JUST ANOTHER CAR WASH. IT'S ONE AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMATED WHERE YOU COULD TAKE YOUR CAR, DROP IT OFF, GET IT WASHED, CLEANED, AND GET IT LOOKING GOOD AGAIN. SO THE MEMBERS DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR THE WEST SIDE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO FOUR 10 OR SOMETHING TO GET OUR CAR CLEANED. SO WE'RE ALL IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FILLON. JACK FINGER, WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER ITEM 54. YES, IT IS ABOUT A CAR WASH, BUT, UH, AND NORMALLY NOT MANY OF US ARE REALLY OPPOSED TO CAR WASHES, BUT, UH, APPARENTLY THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR IT TO BE OPPOSED HERE. AND, UH, MS. CASTILLO, UM, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND CONSEQUENTLY THE REASON WHY SOME OF US SAY NOTICE BECAUSE WELL, IT HAS A, IT HAS RAISED A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS. YES. THE STAFF, THE ZONING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. WHY? WELL, ACCORDING TO ITS VERY OWN BACKUP DOCUMENTS, MAYBE, MAYBE YOU READ THESE, MR. MS. CASTILLO, IT SAYS THE CAR WASH WOULD ENCROACH INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, UPON, I CAN READ MY WRITING HERE. YEAH. UPON THE RESIDENTS, IT HAS ADVERSE EFFECTS UPON THE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE. PARDON MY, UH, SLOWNESS THERE AND SAFETY AND RESIDENCE OF THE CAR. IT, IT, IT ESSENTIALLY, IT IT BUTTS UP RIGHT AGAINST TO THE BACK END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. AND THAT'S WHY THEY THOUGHT THIS SHOULD NOT BE THERE. SO MAYBE MS. CASTILLO, WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO THIS IN THEIR WORDS, A MONSTROSITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. COUNCILS MEMBER CASTILLO TO YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, RUSSELL ALSO WENT IN FRONT OF THE FRONT, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO ADDRESSED NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS REGARDING TER CAR WASH ENTRANCES AND, UH, HAS COMMITTED TO ATTEND THE CAR WASH DURING OPERATIONAL HOURS. UM, [03:20:01] WITH THAT I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 54. 54. YEAH. 54. YES, SIR. GREAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. TIME IS 2:37 PM ON THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2022 AND OUR MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.