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I LIKE AUSTIN, BUT I LOVE SANTO LOVE DANCING IN, AND I CAN GROOVE BACK DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I, BUT I LOVE SANTON AND IF WE'RE PLACE TO GO.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.
THE TIME IS 2:12 PM ON THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH, 2022.
I'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
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TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY AND TWO DISCUSSIONS.UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE AN UPDATE, UM, ON OUR HEMISPHERE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
UM, AND, UM, LORI'S GONNA WALK THROUGH AN ACTION THAT THE COUNCIL TOOK IN 2017, UM, AND A NUMBER OF OBSTACLES THAT WE, UH, JOINTLY ALL FACED, UM, AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO SOME OF THOSE, UM, ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL TOOK IN 2017.
AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
UH, I WILL SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN, UM, UH, A LOT OF WORK, UH, GETTING TO TODAY, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERS, UH, ZACHARY AND H PARK.
UM, AND, UH, YOU SAW THE FIRST STEP OF THAT, OF THIS VISION OF THIS, OF PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CORNERS IN DOWNTOWN HERE A MONTH AND A HALF AGO AS WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR CIVIC PLAZA, FOR THE CIVIC PARK AREA, WHICH IS THE CENTER POINT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LORI.
WE DO HAVE WITH US, UH, DAVID, ZACHARY AND ANDRESS AS WELL, UH, WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT, UH, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION.
SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES ONLY.
I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF H PARK AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
I ALSO WANNA GIVE YOU A COMPARISON OF THE PROPOSED P THREE TERMS, WHERE WERE WE IN 2017 AND WHERE ARE WE TODAY? AND FINALLY, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
SO FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT H PARK CITY COUNCIL.
2009 WAS, UM, AT THAT TIME IT WAS MAYOR PHIL HARBERGER.
THEY WERE CREATED AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
UM, IT IS GOVERNED BY AN 11 MEMBER BOARD PLUS TWO CITY REPRESENTATIVES.
MYSELF AND BEN GOEL SERVE ON THAT BOARD.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TROY ELLIOT, WHO SERVES ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND I ALSO SERVE ON THEIR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
THEIR CHARGE IS TO REDEVELOP AND ACTIVATE HEMISPHERE.
NOW, THEIR FIRST ENDEAVOR WAS TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN FOR THE HEMISPHERE AREA, AND THAT WENT THROUGH A MAJOR PUBLIC PROCESS.
UM, THEY HAD SEVERAL PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
OVER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE HAD BIG MAPS, WE HAD LEGOS.
AND WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE WITHIN HEMISPHERE.
AND THAT MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2012, AND IT REALLY SERVES AS A FRAMEWORK ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH HEMISPHERE AND REDEVELOP HEMISPHERE.
NOW, THE MASTER PLAN INCLUDES THREE PARKS.
THEY'RE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PARKS, AND THEN THEY'RE ACTIVATED WITH SURROUNDING RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE OPPORTUNITIES.
THE FIRST PARK IS YANA GUANA GARDEN.
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WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2012 BOND PROGRAM, AND IT OPENED IN 2015.UM, THE 68 APARTMENTS ARE THE PROJECTS IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SEVERAL RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES WITH, UM, BOX STREET SOCIAL, THE PALETTE TOIA.
YOU HAVE THE, UM, LICK ICE CREAM SHOP.
THEY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB WILL BE OPENING IN THE PARK.
THEY ALSO HAVE ENERGY FITNESS DOUGH PIZZERIA, AS WELL AS REROUTED, WHICH IS A NEW WINERY IN THAT AREA.
THE NEXT PARK IS A CIVIC PARK, AND THAT WILL BE COMPLETE WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PLUS THE DEVELOPMENT IN 2025.
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST PARK IS THE TOWER PARK, AND THAT IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE TOWER OF AMERICAS.
AND THAT MOST LIKELY WILL BE A 2027 BOND PROGRAM.
NOW, THAT MASTER PLAN, ONCE IT WAS ADOPTED, ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO SEVERAL STEPS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO HELP US MAKE THAT MASTER PLAN A REALITY.
ONE, WE NEEDED TO REALIGN THE PARKLAND.
AT THE TIME, A LOT OF THE PARKLAND THAT WAS CONSIDERED DESIGNATED PARKLAND WAS UNDERNEATH THE FOOTPRINT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WAS ON THE CORNER OF ALAMO MARKET.
AND SO WE WENT THROUGH AND WE REALIGNED WHAT WAS TRULY UNENCUMBERED PARKLAND, AND WE WENT FROM SIX AND A HALF ACRES OF UNENCUMBERED PARKLAND TO 18 AND A HALF ACRES OF UNENCUMBERED PARKLAND.
AND THOSE 18 AND A HALF ACRES ARE WHAT MAKE UP THOSE THREE PARKS THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
WE ALSO HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CONCERN ABOUT HAVING HOTEL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN HEMISPHERE.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT THROUGH THE STATE LEDGE.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PLACED A DEEDED RESTRICTION WITHIN HEMISPHERE ON THE NUMBER OF HOTEL ROOMS AND THE SIZE OF ANY HOTEL WITHIN THE HEMISPHERE AREA.
AND SO THERE CANNOT BE NO MORE THAN 200 HOTEL ROOMS WITHIN HEMISPHERE, AND ANY ONE HOTEL BUILDING CANNOT BE LARGER THAN 200,000 SQUARE FEET.
AFTER WE DID THAT REALIGNMENT AND THAT DEEDED RESTRICTION, WE ADOPTED A MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT WITH H PARK.
AND WE TOLD H PARK, HERE ARE THE PARCELS THAT YOU CAN DEVELOP.
AND THESE PARCELS WERE FOR THEM TO DO SOLICITATIONS.
THEY WOULD COLLECT LEASE PAYMENTS, AND THOSE LEASE PAYMENTS WERE WHAT WAS GOING TO SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY.
UP UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE SUPPORTED H PARK.
WE GAVE THEM A GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION OF ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.
THE LAST CONTRIBUTION WAS IN FISCAL YEAR 20, AND THEY'RE TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING FROM, FROM FISCAL YEAR 2020 INTO THE FUTURE.
NOW, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO PROVIDED WE DO THESE P THREES AND EXECUTE THESE LEASES.
IN 2015, AFTER THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED, H PARK ISSUED THEIR FIRST SOLICITATION.
AND THEIR FIRST SOLICITATION WAS FOR THE CORNER OF ALAMO STREET AND MARKET STREET THAT IS AT FIVE ACRE DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT IS TO SURROUND A MAJOR WORLD-CLASS PARK.
WE REFER TO THAT AS A CIVIC PARK, AND THAT IS WHY WE FELT DEVELOPERS WOULD WANT TO PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE.
THE CITY WAS GONNA MAKE A MAJOR INVESTMENT ON THIS CORNER, AND THIS IS A VERY PROMINENT CORNER.
IT'S BASICALLY MAINE AND MAINE IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO WE HAD 11 RESPONDENTS TO THAT PROPOSAL, AND ALL 11 MET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ASKED THEM TO RESPOND TO.
THEY HAD TO HAVE 10% OF THEIR HOUSING UNITS AT A WORKFORCE LEVEL.
UM, H PART POLICIES AND DESIGN GUIDELINES HAD TO BE MET.
EVERYTHING HAD TO BE STEEL AND CONCRETE.
THEY HAD TO HAVE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY HAD TO MEET THE HOTEL DEEDED RESTRICTION OF NO MORE THAN 200 ROOMS AND NO BUILDING LARGER THAN 200,000 SQUARE FEET.
ULTIMATELY, AFTER REVIEWING THOSE 11 PROPOSALS AND COMPARING THEM BASED ON THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO HEMISPHERE, WHAT THEIR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT WAS, WE SELECTED ZACHARY, WHO IS SAN ANTONIO BASED, UM, AND BOTH DAVID ZACHARY AND TERRACE SNOWDEN ARE HERE.
UM, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ANDRESS AND DHAR, WHO IS A C E O OF H PARK IS HERE AS WELL, AND THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT WE DID SELECT ZACHARY AND ZACHARY AND H PARK WENT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL IN 2017 FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED.
NOW, THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WASN'T THE ONLY THING APPROVED ON THAT AGENDA TODAY.
WE ALSO APPROVED TWO TO THREE OTHER ITEMS. UM, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS BETWEEN ZACHARY AND H PARK.
IT IDENTIFIED THE PARAMETERS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE TERMS. IT ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE A REQUIREMENT THAT THE LEASE, THAT PAYMENTS THAT ZACHARY MAKES TO THE CITY WOULD BE USED TO HELP REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE PHASE ONE EXPENSES FOR THE CIVIC PARK.
AND SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ISSUED DEBT FOR THE CIVIC PARK.
IT'S ABOUT $18 MILLION, AND WE HAVE THAT AS PART OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, AND WE ARE SERVICING THAT DEBT.
AND THEN H PARK IS TO REIMBURSE US FOR THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT COUNCIL APPROVED WAS A PARKING GARAGE AGREEMENT THAT STATED THAT THE CITY WOULD OWN AND OPERATE AND CONSTRUCT A PARKING GARAGE WITHIN HEMISPHERE.
IT WAS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE CIVIC PARK CONSTRUCTION UNDERNEATH THE CIVIC PARK.
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AND THEN THE OTHER THING THEY, UM, ADOPTED WAS A PROCESS TO CERTIFY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WAS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT DEEDED RESTRICTION.AND THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY IS A STEWARD OF THAT PROCESS.
SO WHEN IT'S TIME, THEY'LL BE ASKED TO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE DESIGNS AND COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS THAT DEEDED RESTRICTION.
NOW, A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT AGREEMENT WAS ADOPTED IN 2017.
SOME INTENTIONAL AND SOME NON INTENT.
UM, THE FIRST, UM, WE HAD THE FINAL FOUR IN THE TRICENTENNIAL IN 2018.
WE DID NOT WANT ZACHARY OR H PARK ON THIS CORNER DURING THAT TIME.
WE HAD A LOT OF EVENTS ON THAT CORNER.
UM, THE FINAL FOUR HAD ABOUT 15 TO 18,000 PEOPLE, UM, FOR CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
AND WE NEEDED THAT FOR OUR TRICENTENNIAL.
WE ALSO STARTED TO SEE THAT THE OFFICE MARKET WAS SOFTENING.
UM, THEY WERE PROPOSING ABOUT 110,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE, BUT WE ALSO SAW A LOT OF OFFICE USERS LEAVING DOWNTOWN.
AND WE HAD A SUPPLY OF CLASS, A OFFICE SPACE, AND WE WERE CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LARGE OFFICE SPACE.
THE FROST TOWER WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN WE HAD MORE LEAVING TO, TO SMALLER SPACES OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE AN OVERSUPPLY.
AND THEN THEIR HOUSING PARTNER DROPPED OUT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MAKE THE PROJECT PENCIL.
UM, THE CITY WOULD'VE HAD TO PUT IN ABOUT $8 MILLION INTO THAT PROJECT TO MAKE IT WORK.
AND WE DID NOT HAVE THAT FUNDING AS PART OF OUR INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND.
AND THEN THE CIVIC PARK DESIGN WAS UNDERWAY.
THE ESTIMATES WERE COMING IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED, AND THE FUNDING WASN'T FULLY BUDGETED.
SO WE HAD PHASE ONE, THAT WAS THE CAPITAL, UM, BUDGET THAT, UM, INCLUDES THAT $18 MILLION.
PHASE TWO IS 2017 BOND, AND THEN PHASE THREE, IT'S IN THE UPCOMING BOND.
BUT AT THE TIME, IT WASN'T COMPLETELY FUNDED.
AND THIS WHOLE SOLICITATION WAS BASED ON A DEVELOPER HAVING A CIVIC PARK TO DEVELOP AROUND AND THEN NO ONE COULD EXPECT WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED WITH COVID.
UM, COVID HAD MAJOR IMPACTS TO OUR TOURISM MARKET, THE HOTEL FINANCING AND THE ECONOMY.
WE SAW A LOT OF IMPACTS TO, UM, COST ESTIMATES AND INFLATION.
UM, WE SAW OFFICE MARKET, UM, FURTHER SOFTEN WITH THE WAY PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT HOW THEY OFFICE DIFFERENTLY.
PEOPLE WERE NOW REMOTE WORKING PEOPLE DIDN'T NEED AS MANY SPACES, UM, OR SQUARE FEET AS THEY NEEDED, SO PEOPLE WERE DOWNSIZING.
AND SO THOSE WERE CONCERNS AND THIS PROVIDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A RESET AND REVISIT SOME OF THE TERMS AND REVISIT THE PROPOSAL.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY VERSUS 2017, WE'RE STILL PROPOSING A 200 ROOM HOTEL.
THE MULTIFAMILY HAS INCREASED.
WE HAD ONE MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, A 385 UNITS, WHICH WOULD HAVE ABOUT 10% WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS.
AND THEN IN 2022, WE HAD 525 UNITS.
AND THAT'S IN TWO PROJECTS INSTEAD OF ONE.
SO WE HAVE A HOUSING PROJECT, A MARKET STREET, AND A HOUSING PROJECT ON ALAMO.
AND WE HAD, UM, 87 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS AS PART OF THAT 525 UNIT COUNT.
SO WE WENT FROM 10% WORKFORCE HOUSING TO ABOUT 16% WORKFORCE HOUSING, RETAIL, AND RESTAURANTS.
UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING 50 TO 75,000 SQUARE FEET.
WE'RE AT 65,000 SQUARE FEET RIGHT NOW.
OFFICE SPACE, IT WENT ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 110,000 LEASEABLE OFFICE SPACE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY LEASEABLE OFFICE SPACE.
NOW, ZACHARY CORPORATION WILL HAVE SOME EXECUTIVE SUITES IN, IN THE BUILDING, AND ZACHARY HOSPITALITY WILL BE OFFICED HERE, BUT THERE WILL NOT BE LEASEABLE OFFICE SPACE AT THIS TIME.
THAT MAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, PARKING, WE WERE GONNA BE DOING 800 SPACES THAT WERE TO BE FUNDED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY.
NOW IT'S 1100 SPACES THAT WE PRIVATELY FINANCED AND PRIVATELY OPERATED.
AND THEN THE TOTAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT, UM, ALMOST DOUBLED IN 2015 WHEN THEY PROPOSED ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE COMPLETION DATE SLID.
IT WAS AT 2021 AND NOW IT'S AT 2025.
I WANNA BRIEFLY REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT THE CIVIC PARK.
UM, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR, OUR 10 ACRE EVENT SPACE THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MASSIVE EVENTS.
UM, IT HAS THE GREAT LAWN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THAT IS PART OF PHASE ONE.
WE BROKE GROUND ON THAT IN JANUARY.
AND THE REMAINDER, LIKE THE PROMENADE AND THE SOURCE PLAZA, THAT'LL BE DONE IN PHASE TWO.
IT INCLUDES BEAUTIFUL VISTAS, UM, OF THE TOWER OF AMERICAS AND GREAT ACCESS TO LOBBY ITTA AND THE ALAMO.
I REFERENCED THAT WE ISSUE DEBT THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
THAT'S PART OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, AND THAT'S WHAT H PARK WILL REIMBURSE US, UM, FOR ONCE THEY START RECEIVING THE LEASE PAYMENTS.
PHASE TWO IS THE $21 MILLION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
AND PHASE THREE IS $18 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED 2022 BOND
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PROGRAM.NOW HERE IS THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN.
SO PARCELS A AND B ARE ON MARKET STREET.
THAT'LL INCLUDE THE 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, A 350 UNIT APARTMENT PROJECT THAT WILL BE MARKET RATE, AND THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED BY AUSTIN BASED TROUB.
THEY ARE HERE TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THEY HAVE AN 800 SPACE PARKING GARAGE AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
PARCEL C IS A 200 ROOM HILTON CURIO HOTEL.
IT'S ABOUT A FOUR TO FIVE STAR HOTEL IN PARCEL D UM, INCLUDES 175 APARTMENTS, UM, OF WHICH HALF OF THOSE WILL BE AFFORDABLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A P F C DEAL.
SO UNLIKE PARCEL A AND B, WHICH IS TAXABLE PARCEL D, THE HOUSING COMPONENT WILL NOT BE TAXABLE, AND IT'LL INCLUDE A 300 SPACE PARK GARAGE AND 15,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT RETAIL PLUS THE OFFICE SPACE FOR ZACHARY CORPORATE AND ZACHARY HOSPITALITY.
NOW IN THE 2017 DEAL, THE CITY HAD SEVERAL COMMITMENTS.
UM, THE BIGGEST COMMITMENT WAS THE CITY WAS COMMITTED TO FUNDING AND OPERATING THE PARKING GARAGE.
UM, IN 2019, WE DID BRIEF CITY COUNCIL AND EXEC SESSION ON THE PARKING GARAGE.
AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS PRICED AT ABOUT 59 AND A $5 MILLION.
NOW, THAT PARKING GARAGE WAS TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE PARKING ENTERPRISE FUND.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE PARKING ENTERPRISE FUND IS FUNDED THROUGH THE REVENUES OF ALL OF OUR PARKING FACILITIES THAT THE CITY OWNS.
NOW, PART OF THE FINANCING STRUCTURE OF THAT GARAGE INCLUDED SOME OF THE FUND BALANCE, AND THEN THE REST WAS DEBT THAT WOULD BE SERVICED BY THE ACTUAL REVENUE THAT PARKING GARAGE PRODUCED.
COVID HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR PARKING ENTERPRISE FUND.
NO ONE WAS PARKING IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REVENUE COMING IN, BUT WE STILL HAD DEBT SERVICE AND WE STILL HAD OPERATING COSTS TO PAY.
AND SO A LOT OF THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE HAD HAS DECREASED.
AND WHILE WE THINK WE COULD STILL DO A GARAGE, IT WOULD NOT BE THE SAME GARAGE THAT WE WE WERE LOOKING AT IN 2017.
NOW, CRITICAL UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE PAYING.
SO INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR THE GARAGE, WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THE $8 MILLION IN UTILITIES NECESSARY TO MAKE THE SITE DEVELOPABLE.
NOW THESE UTILITIES ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
THE CITY NEEDS THIS UTILITY WORK DONE AS WELL FOR THE CIVIC PARK.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO FUND THAT THROUGH THE HEMISPHERE TOURS, SO IT'S $8 MILLION.
WE WILL FUND THAT THROUGH THE HEMISPHERE TOURS.
AND SOMETHING TO NOTE ABOUT THESE UTILITIES IS WE ARE DOING THE SOUTH A ANIMAL COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THESE UTILITIES AS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE STREET OPEN IT AND THEN CLOSE IT AGAIN TO BRING THESE UTILITIES TO THE SEAT.
SO IT'S REALLY, UM, MORE CONVENIENT, UM, FOR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT WORK AT ONE TIME.
AND THAT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE HEMISPHERE TOURS, THE CITY AND SAS FEE WAIVERS.
THESE FEE WAIVERS WERE COMMITTED THROUGH THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INCENTIVE POLICY IN THE INNER CITY REINVESTMENT INFILL POLICY.
THESE WERE REFERENCED IN THE AGREEMENT AND THE PROJECT WAS, UM, ELIGIBLE FOR $1.5 MILLION IN FEE WAIVERS.
WE'VE RENEGOTIATED THAT TO ONLY APPLY TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE PROJECT.
SO IT'S GONE FROM 1.5 TO $450,000 AND THEN THE RIGHT OF WAY CLOSURE FEES.
WE ARE WAIVING THOSE JUST LIKE WE WOULD'VE DONE IN 2017.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOUTH ALAMO COMPLETE STREET UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THAT STREET'S GONNA BE CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION ANYWAY, AND THE CITY'S GONNA BE DOING WORK WITHIN CIVIC PARK.
AND SO WE'D BE USING THESE STREET CLOSURES AS WELL.
SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO WAIVE THAT FEE.
NOW, THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO HEMISPHERE IN 2017, IT WAS 2.61 MILLION, WE'RE AT 2.95 MILLION IN 2017.
IT WAS 1.925 MILLION IN LEASE PAYMENTS.
AND THAT, UM, ALSO INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL $670,000 IN THE TURS.
SO THE TOTAL WAS 2.61 MILLION.
NOW IN 2022 WE'RE AT 2.95, BUT WE'VE RESTRUCTURED THE FINANCIAL TERMS AND SO IT'S 1.15 MILLION IN LEASE PAYMENTS.
AND THEN THERE IS A OUTDOOR PAVILION THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE CIVIC PARK THAT H PARK WILL HAVE ACCESS TO, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LEASE THAT TO CONVENTIONS AND OTHER, UM, THIRD PARTIES AND H PARK WILL RECEIVE FROM ZACHARY IN WHICH H PARK CAN THEN SELL THAT TO THIRD PARTIES.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO USE IT, ZACHARY WILL WRITE THEM A CHECK FOR $150,000.
THERE'S A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES THAT ONE OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPERS WILL MAKE TO H PARK.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF THE HOUSING PROJECTS WILL BE A PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION.
AND THAT HOUSING PROJECT, BECAUSE IT'S A P F C, WILL NOT BE TAXABLE.
WE'VE ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO STILL PAY THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THEY WOULD'VE PAID TO THE CITY TO H PARK BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE NEEDED THAT TO GO INTO THE TOURS TO HELP H PARK BE SELF-SUPPORTING.
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ALMAN WITH AREA REAL ESTATE WILL BE BUILDING THAT P F C DEAL, AND HE HAS AGREED TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES TO H PARK, AND IT'LL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THEY WOULD'VE PAID FOR THAT DEAL.AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION THEY'RE CREATING THAT WILL PRODUCE ABOUT $125,000, AND THAT WILL BE USED TO OFFSET THE COST H PARK MAKES WITHIN THE PARK, WHETHER IT'S ACTIVATING THE PARK, UM, PROGRAM EXPENSES OR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.
UM, THE SCHULTZE HARDWARE STORE, THAT IS A, UM, A EVENT VENUE THAT ZACHARY CURRENTLY CONTROLS.
IT'S ON THE CORNER OF NEVA IN ALAMO STREET.
THEY ARE GOING TO ASSIGN THAT LEASE TO H PARK.
AND H PARK IN TURN IS GOING TO DO A P THREE ON THAT FOR AN EVENT VENUE.
UM, NOT AN EVENT VENUE THAT WOULD LEASE OUT, BUT MORE LIKE A OUT A MORE LIKE A MUSIC VENUE OR POTENTIALLY A RESTAURANT.
UM, THAT'LL PRODUCE AT LEAST $150,000 IN RETAIL AND THEN, UM, IN REVENUE.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE TOURS, THE TOURS REVENUE HAS ALMOST DOUBLED.
WENT FROM $687,000 TO 1.175 MILLION.
NOW THAT 1.175 MILLION, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR THAT $8 MILLION IN UTILITIES THAT WE'RE MAKING.
AND THEN SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS DEAL THAT WASN'T IN THE 2017 DEAL IS A 10 YEAR REBATE OF STATE SALES TAX AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS ON CITY OWNED LAND AND IT'S WITHIN SO MANY FEET OF A CONVENTION CENTER, IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR A STATE REBATE OF THE HOT AND SALES TAX.
AND THIS IS SPECIAL LEGISLATION CREATED FOR HOTEL PROJECTS ON CITY OWNED LAND WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY OF A CONVENTION CENTER.
STATE LAW CHANGED IN 2019 THAT SAID THAT THAT REVENUE THAT THE STATE REBATES HAS TO GO BACK TO THE P THREE HOTEL PROJECT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE ARE GOING TO USE THAT REVENUE THAT THE STATE REBATES US AND IN TURN GIVE IT BACK TO H PARK, WHO WILL IN TURN REIMBURSE ZACHARY FOR THEIR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COSTS AND THEIR PARKING COSTS.
AND WE ESTIMATE THAT TO BE ABOUT $30 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS.
UM, THE CITY IS STILL GOING TO COLLECT OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND OUR SALES TAX.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY REBATE.
WE STILL COLLECT THAT REVENUE.
AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO TAKE THIS FORWARD ON APRIL 7TH, WHAT WE'LL TAKE FORWARD IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THAT'LL OUTLINE THE REVISED SCOPE AND FINANCIAL TERMS. IT'LL INCLUDE THE CITY INCENTIVES FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE WILL HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FEE CLOSURES, UM, FEE WAIVER CLOSURES IN THERE.
AND THEN WE WILL IDENTIFY THE HEMISPHERE TURS EXPENSE FOR THE UTILITY.
WE NEED TO TERMINATE THE PARKING AGREEMENT.
WE ALSO NEED TO AMEND THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE SCHULTZE HARDWARE STORE.
THAT'S THE BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF ALAMO AND NEVA.
THAT ZACHARY'S GOING TO REASSIGN TO H PARK AND THAT'LL DO A P THREE.
AND THEN WE NEED TO EXECUTE A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH H PARK THAT ALLOWS THEM TO COLLECT THE STATE SALES, UM, I'M SORRY, THE STATE SALES AND HOT TAX.
AND THEN IN TURN, GIVE THAT BACK TO ZACHARY TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THEIR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO DO A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH H PARK THAT ALLOWS US TO DEFER THE PAYMENTS FOR THAT $18 MILLION IN THE PHASE ONE OF CIVIC PARK.
NOW, AS I MENTIONED, THAT'S IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, SO WE'RE NOT USING THIS MONEY TO SERVICE DEBT, IT'S JUST A REIMBURSEMENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW H PARK TO REIMBURSE US IN 2029 FOR THOSE PAYMENTS, AND IT'LL BE PAYMENTS PLUS INTEREST, AND THAT'LL ALLOW US TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR THE $18 MILLION.
AND THEN THE PROJECT WILL GO THROUGH H G R C.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
THAT'LL BE COMPLETE IN DECEMBER.
BUT H D R C WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.
NOW, THE SCHEDULE, UM, THE PROJECT, UM, IS UNDERWAY.
THE CIVIC PARK STARTED CONSTRUCTED CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE DESIGN THROUGH DECEMBER.
THE HOTEL, IF ALL GOES WELL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO START HOTEL CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH OF 2023 AND JUNE OF 2023, WE'LL DO THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE HOUSING, THE RETAIL, AND THE PARKING.
AND THEN THE CIVIC PARK CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETE IN 2024 WITH THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT BEING COMPLETE IN MARCH OF 2025, WHICH IS IN TIME FOR THE FINAL FOUR, WHICH IS APRIL FOUR THROUGH SEVENTH OF 2025.
THIS SCHEDULE IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE FINAL FOUR.
WE COMMITTED WHEN WE BID FOR THE FINAL FOUR, THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS 10 ACRE GATHERING SPOT FOR THE EVENTS.
AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THIS SCHEDULE.
WE WERE HOPING TO GET DONE EARLIER, BUT WE FEEL THAT THIS ONE WE CAN COMMIT TO.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IN 2017, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ZACHARY AND WAGES.
I DO WANNA STATE THAT, UM, ZACHARY IS PAYING, UM, 1574 AN HOUR.
THAT'S FOR THEIR HOUSEKEEPERS.
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AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE IS 1574 OR HIGHER.UM, THEY DO PROVIDE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES BENEFITS AND 90% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
UM, THE BENEFITS INCLUDE MEDICAL AND PRESCRIPTION PLANS, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT.
THEY PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS, UM, THEY DO PAID TIME OFF, THEY DO PARENTAL LEAVE, THEY DO, UM, MATERNITY LEAVE.
THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND A 4 0 1 K RETIREMENT SAVINGS.
UM, SO THEY ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THESE BENEFITS.
MOST OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, UM, HAVE, ARE LONG TERM.
THEY HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 30 TO 40 YEARS.
AND DAVID ZACHARY, UM, HAS OR WILL BE SIGNING EITHER READY TO WORK PLEDGE AND HAS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MYSELF, DAVID, UM, OR ANDRESS AND DHAR ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, LORI.
AND I'LL JUST, UH, KICK OFF BY SAYING THAT THIS, UH, PROJECT, WE'VE SEEN MANY ITERATIONS AND IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT WE'RE SEEING A NEW ONE, UH, RELATED TO THE INTERRUPTIONS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, BUT REALLY BEGINNING BACK FROM THE STATE LEGISLATION THAT WAS NEEDED TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY, IT'S TAKEN NOTHING SHORT OF A HERCULEAN EFFORT TO GET TO THIS POINT.
UM, AND JUST AS A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE, I I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS OVER THE LAST, WHAT NOW? EIGHT, NINE YEARS.
UM, BECAUSE IN, IN SOME RESPECTS, THIS PROJECT, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION REPRESENTS FOR MANY PEOPLE THE ORIGINAL SIN OF MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF, OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS AFTER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS REMOVED, UH, WAS BEST DESCRIBED AS UNDERUTILIZED.
AND SO THE EFFORT TO BRING THIS BACK INTO USE BY THE PUBLIC, UH, WITH A LARGER PARK AND GATHERING SPACE AND RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS IN A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN REMARKABLE.
UH, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN IMPORTANT TO RECTIFY SOME OF THAT HISTORY AND BRING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF REAL ESTATE IN SAN ANTONIO BACK TO LIFE.
UH, SO, UH, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
I, I APPRECIATE, UH, ZACHARY AND THE TEAM, UH, AND H PARK AND THEIR EFFORTS TO GET THIS BACK ON TRACK IN A WAY THAT I THINK BEFITS THE LARGER VISION THAT WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UM, I'M READY TO GET GET STARTED BECAUSE THAT 2025 WINDOW IS GONNA CLOSE, UH, VERY SOON.
UH, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, I SHARE MANY, UH, THE FEELINGS OF MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS UNDERWAY.
UH, THE GROUNDBREAKING AT CIVIC PARK, UH, WAS LONG AWAITED, LONG OVERDUE, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE UP UNTIL THE DAY WE ACTUALLY STEP FOOT IN IT.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK, LORI.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A, A, A BUGGER
SO WITH THAT, LET ME, UH, GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE CLARITY IN THAT PRESENTATION WITH THE SIDE-BY-SIDE CO, UM, COMPARISONS OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL WAS VERSUS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING NOW.
UM, I WANNA THANK OUR PARTNERS FOR STICKING WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT'S GONE ON LONGER THAN YOU ANTICIPATED IN STICKING WITH US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
UM, I WANT TO THANK ANDRESS AND THE H PARK BOARD, UH, FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE IN WORKING TOWARDS DEVELOPING ONE OF THE GREATEST PARKS IN THE WORLD.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I TOOK MY GIRLFRIEND ON A DATE.
UH, WE WENT AND ATE AT LIBERTY BAR, AND THEN WE WALKED OVER TO H PARK AND THAT'S, AND SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
AND EVER SINCE THEN, SHE'S BEEN HARASSING ME TO FIND A PLACE WHERE WE CAN LIVE, WHERE WE CAN BE ABLE TO WALK THERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ON THAT, UH, WITH, WITH YOUR, YOUR EVENING LIGHTING THAT YOU HAVE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
THAT'S JUST SO, SO WELL DONE OVER THERE.
UM, SO LORI, DID, DID YOU SAY THAT THERE'S, THIS IS THE THREE, THIS REPRESENTS $350 MILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT? YES.
UM, THIS PROPOSAL IS $340 MILLION INVESTMENT, THREE 40 MILLION, AND THEN THAT PLUS ALL THE OTHER NEARBY INVESTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PHASES ONE THROUGH THREE OF CIVIC PARK.
WE'VE GOT, UM, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH ALAMO.
WE'VE GOT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AT LATA THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED JUST THROUGH SOME OF THE TOURS.
UM, THERE'S THE RENOVATION OF THE FORMER MARRIOTT PLAZA HOTEL.
ALL OF THAT COLLECTIVELY REPRESENTS ALMOST A HALF BILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENT BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS THAT IS CONCENTRATED IN
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THIS AREA.I THINK THAT'S THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT INTO OUR DOWNTOWN IN DECADES.
UM, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, I LIKE THAT WE ARE, THIS, THE, THIS NEW PROPOSAL INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING, AND I ALSO LIKE THAT ALTHOUGH IT INCREASES PARKING, IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF PARKING UNITS PER HOUSING UNIT, AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO BE GOING IN.
UM, LORI, CAN YOU GIMME ANY EXAMPLES OF OTHER PARKS THAT HAVE LONG-TERM GUARANTEED INVESTMENTS LIKE THIS? UM, WELL, HEMISPHERE'S UNIQUE.
I MEAN, WE CREATED THE L G C TO SPECIFICALLY HELP, UM, REDEVELOP HEMISPHERE.
THE TURS IS TO HELP SUPPORT HEMISPHERE.
UM, THEY ARE GOING TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING AS A RESULT OF THESE P THREES.
OTHER EXAMPLES MIGHT BE THE, THE MIDTOWN TOURS WE JUST APPROVED.
UM, THAT TOURS IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING REVENUE STREAM TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE THREE CITY FACILITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, ARE ANY OF THESE, UM, DEVELOPMENTS, ARE THEY GONNA USE ANY OF THE SAWS, UH, CHILLED WATER LOOP? BECAUSE THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS HAVE TO ASK THAT ANY, IF ANYBODY'S GONNA BE DOING, AND THAT'S NOT JUST FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT IF ANYBODY'S GONNA BE DOING ANY DEVELOPMENTS DOWNTOWN, I WANT TO ASK THEM TO TALK TO SAWS AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET ON THAT CHILLED WATER LOOP.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO USE THE, THE CHILLED WATER ON THIS FOR SAWS GREAT.
SO THAT, THAT OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SELL, SET, SAVE THE OPERATORS MONEY, AND BE ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND, UH, HELP US BECOME MORE RESILIENT AS A COMMUNITY AND, AND REDUCE OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA.
WELL, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS WHEN IT COMES FORWARD TO A SESSION.
THANK YOU LORI, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE, AND I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME, SOME CLARIFICATION.
THE PLAN INCLUDES, UM, 1100 PRIVATELY OWNED PARKING SPACES.
HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE DESIGNATED FOR PUBLIC USE? AND THEN WHILE YOU COME UP HERE, UM, DURING U T S A FOOTBALL GAMES, THAT'S GONNA BECOME PREMIUM PARKING.
SO I'M WONDERING, UM, HOW WILL THAT, OR, OR WILL THEY STILL BE STANDARD PARKING OR JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PLAN FOR THAT? WE'RE STILL STILL WORKING ON THAT.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE 800 PARKING SPACES ON MARKET STREET.
WE KNOW THAT PARKING GARAGE IS GOING TO BE IN HIGH DEMAND FOR CONVENTION GOERS.
PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO THE CIVIC PARK, THEY'RE GOING TO THE RETAIL IN THAT AREA, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS IN THAT UNIT.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, UM, TROOP, WHO IS THE HOUSING DEVELOPER OUTTA AUSTIN ON THOSE, UM, ALLOCATIONS.
WE IMAGINE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF SHARED PARKING AS WELL AS PEOPLE LIVE IN THESE UNITS.
THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE FOR WORK, AND THEN THERE'LL BE AVAILABILITY FOR DAYTIME PARKERS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU, OR A BETTER DRAFT APRIL 7TH.
AND THEN YOU, YOU MENTIONED THIS, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S 525 HOUSING UNITS, UM, AND I'M WONDERING ABOUT POTENTIAL CONFLICTS DURING LARGE OUTDOOR EVENTS MM-HMM.
WHAT IF A, A FIRE BREAKS OUT MM-HMM.
WELL, JUST LIKE EVERY LARGE EVENT WE DO, WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN.
WE COORDINATE WITH FIRE, UM, POLICE.
I MEAN, THAT IS WELL COORDINATED IN ADVANCE.
AND THEN, UM, YOU HAVE ON SLIDE 10, UM, AND I'M REFERRING TO SECTION BE ON SLIDE 10.
IF, IF YOU HAVE IT UP THERE, IS THAT GONNA BE A BLANK WALL WITH NO PEDESTRIAN INTERACTION OR IS THERE STILL SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS LIKE, UH, AND I GUESS I THINK OF THE HEMISPHERE, THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND THERE'S THIS REALLY LONG BLANK WALL MM-HMM.
AND THEN WHAT PARCEL ARE YOU REFERRING TO? I'M SORRY.
B AND A B, UM, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE DESIGN AND THAT'LL BE REVIEWED.
BUT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE THINGS, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE JUST A PLAIN PARKING GARAGE.
IT'LL BE WRAPPED WITH HOUSING.
UM, THEY MIGHT LOOK AT PUBLIC ART, BUT THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AN INVITING PLACE.
UM, THERE WAS AN EDGE STUDY THAT LOOKED AT THAT.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THIS JUST IS, IT'S A VERY INCLUSIVE, IT HAS, UM, IT HAS TO BE, IT HAS TO BE VERY INCLUSIVE FOR EVERYONE.
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO WE CAN SIT DOWN WITH YOU ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO DESIGN AND TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES.
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YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING.AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RETAIL OPTIONS IN THAT AREA OR NOT.
UM, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE A BLANK WALL.
WELL, THERE'LL BE RETAIL OKAY.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE, THE PROJECT.
I'VE SEEN SOME GREAT EXAMPLES, BY THE WAY.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, I DON'T THINK ANYWHERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THIS WOULD BE A NICE GRAND SCALE TO KIND OF LIKE LOOK FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WILL THE ARCADE GROUP BE THE SOLE FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROVIDER? UM, FOR, FOR THIS, UH, FOR THE EVENTS NOW AT CIVIC PARK? I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE HOTEL WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN CATERING.
AND THEN H PARK, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR, FOR CATERING, SO, OKAY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER CATERERS AS WELL.
BUT THE HOTEL WILL MOST LIKELY USE THEIR OWN CATERING.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
AND THEN, UH, THANK YOU ALSO TO MR. ZACHARY FOR SIGNING THE READY TO WORK PLEDGE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO.
THANK YOU, LORI, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM REALLY FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE WORK, I, I THINK IN MY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE WORK REALLY HAS ENSURED THE CITY GOT A, GOT A GREAT DEAL.
THE PANDEMIC MADE A GOOD NUMBER OF ISSUES, MORE EVIDENT.
UM, AND IN SOME WAYS I THINK THE CITY WILL FARE A LITTLE BETTER HAVING LEARNED THOSE LESSONS AND, AND KIND OF THE NEW INFORMATION, THE NEW CIRCUMSTANCES HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, I THINK THIS, THIS PROJECT IS VITAL AND YOU'VE MENTIONED TO EVENTS LIKE THE FINAL FOUR TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT SHOULD ENCOURAGE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY INCREASE, UH, OUR, OUR ECONOMY, AT LEAST FOR THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
DO, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT, UM, I GUESS POST FINAL FOUR? WELL, THIS, THIS PARK WAS ALWAYS DESIGNED TO BE THE GATHERING SPACE FOR SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE FEW SPACES WHERE YOU CAN HAVE LARGE CONCERTS OF 10 TO 15,000 INDIVIDUALS WHERE YOU CAN PLUG IN EVENTS AND NOT HAVE TO BRING IN ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO, TO HOST A SPECIALTY EVENT LIKE THIS.
SO THE ECONOMIC GENERATION AS A RESULT OF THOSE LARGE EVENTS JUST FROM THE FINAL FOUR, ARE HUGE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESULTING FROM THIS CORNER WITH THE RETAIL AND THE SALES TAXES CITY WOULD GET THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
AND THEN JUST HAVING PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS AREA.
UM, PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA WITH DISPOSABLE INCOME, THEY BRING ON MORE RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE LARGEST ECONOMIC GENERATORS WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK THERE, UM, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE GET A REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A PROJECT THAT CONTINUES TO, TO FURTHER SAN ANTONIO STATUS AS A WORLD CLASS CITY.
I WAS OUT AT HARDBERGER PARK YESTERDAY.
UM, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT AND, AND SUPPORTING IT.
I ALSO JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND THE ZACHARY GROUP FOR PROTECTING AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR WORKERS, UM, WITH A LIVING WAGE AND BENEFITS.
I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE A NOTE AND READ IN THE MEMO, UM, PATERNAL, UH, PATERNITY AND, AND MATERNITY LEAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO BRING THE POINT TOO, AND, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ALSO YOU, YOU DON'T STAND IN THE WAY OF THEM UNIONIZING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO.
THANK YOU LORI, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT, IT BRINGS TO MIND A FEW THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE MONEY, MORE YEARS TO GET IT DONE.
UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT KIND OF PARKING STRUCTURE, UH, NOT HAVING ONE OFFICE BUILDING, MOVING A HOTEL TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, NOT HAVING THE SAME APARTMENT MIXED, ET CETERA.
AND THERE WERE, I THINK YOU SAID 11 ORIGINAL BIDDERS WHEN WE FIRST CAME OUT WITH THIS.
WAS THAT IN 2017 OR 2015? 2015? UH, LORI, WHY DIDN'T WE REVIEW OUR OPTIONS AND COME UP WITH AN R F P THAT MEETS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THAT EXIST TODAY? FIRST, WE, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THE TIMELINE SET FORTH FOR FINAL FOUR.
BUT SECOND, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE REVISED PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY, UM, IT IS IN LINE WITH HOW ZACHARY WAS SELECTED.
ZACHARY WAS SCORED BASED ON THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT AND THE PROPOSED FINANCIAL TERMS THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE TO H PARK.
AND AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF CITY INCENTIVES THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO PROVIDE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY MEETING OR BEATING ALL OF THOSE.
AND SO IT IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION.
UM, ZACHARY IS STILL IN LINE WITH WHY WE
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SELECTED THEM, AND IN FACT, WE ARE MAKING OUT BETTER WITH THIS DEAL THAN WE WERE PREVIOUSLY.UH, IF THE DEAL HAD DRASTICALLY CHANGED, COUNCILMAN, IF THERE WERE, 'CAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THE HOTEL HASN'T CHANGED.
WE HAVE MORE HOUSING IN THE SAME LOCATION, SAME LOCATION.
UM, IT IS IN LINE WITH A MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE OFFICE MARKET AND THERE IS NO MORE OFFICE, UM, FOR LEASEABLE OFFICE SPACE IN THIS PROJECT.
BUT INSTEAD WE HAVE MORE HOUSING AND WE CONSIDER THAT A WIN.
YOU'VE INDICATED THAT H PARK WILL BE RECEIVING $2.95 MILLION.
IS THAT PER YEAR? BEGINNING IN 2022 AND CONTINUING FOR HOW LONG? IT'LL START IN 2025.
AND, UM, IT WILL GO THROUGH THE TERM OF THE LEASE.
THERE WILL BE MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS THROUGHOUT THAT LEASE, AND IT'LL BE USED TO SUPPORT H PARK.
NOW, PART OF THAT 2.95 MILLION, THEY DO NEED TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR SOME OF THE COSTS, UM, OF THE PARK.
HOW ARE THEY GONNA SUSTAIN THEMSELVES IN BETWEEN, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD BEEN MM-HMM.
SO HOW ARE THEY GONNA SUSTAIN THEMSELVES? RIGHT NOW, THE ON IGUANA GARDEN DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE SEVEN LEASE ES ESTABLISHMENTS SURROUNDING THAT.
THEY PAY LEASES TO H PARK AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE 1960, THE 68 APARTMENTS THAT ALSO PAYS LEASES.
THEY HAVE PARKING REVENUE, AND SO THEY ARE RIGHT SIZING THEIR BUDGET.
AND AS NEW PARKS COME ON, THEIR BUDGET GROWS AND THEIR STAFFING LEVELS GROWS.
SO, SO THEY HAVE REVENUE COMING IN THROUGH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF HEMISPHERE ALREADY, MAYBE PHASE ONE.
SO YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND ASKING US TO PROVIDE THEM ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR OPERATIONS? NO.
WHAT ABOUT THE, THE TAX PAYMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO OTHER TAXING ENTITIES? HOW, HOW IS THAT AFFECTED BY THIS NEW PROPOSAL? SO THE PROPERTY, THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS TAXABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HOUSING COMPONENT ON ALAMO STREET.
AND THERE IS A SMALL COMPONENT, UM, OF 175 UNITS, THAT'S A PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION THAT IS THE ONLY NON-TAXABLE PROJECT WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE OTHER TAX ENTITIES WILL RE, RE CONTINUE TO GET THE TAX, UM, THE TAX AND VALUE FOR THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE HOTEL SS A I C U H SS, BEXAR COUNTY, THE RIVER AUTHORITY, THEY WILL GET THEIR TAXES, THE MARKET RATE HOUSING PROJECT, THEY WILL GET THEIR TAXES.
SO THE ONLY NON-TAXABLE COMPONENT IS THAT P F C DEAL IN THE, UH, P F C DEAL.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, BELOW MARKET.
AND THE BREAKDOWN IS 55 OF THOSE 87 WILL BE BELOW 60% A M I AND THEN 42 WILL BE BELOW 80% A M I.
AND THE SOLICITATION WHEN ISSUED WAS, UM, 10% WORKFORCE HOUSING.
AND H PARK HAS THIS FOR ALL THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, BASED ON HOW THESE PROJECTS GO, 60 EIGHT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
UM, THERE ARE GREAT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND MIXED INCOME.
THEY MIGHT ADJUST IT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS TO, TO ADD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE.
IN 2017, THE CITY ISSUED $18 MILLION IN DEBT MM-HMM.
UH, HOW'S THAT? OR WILL IT BE ALLOCATED? SO THAT $18 MILLION IS GOING TOWARDS THE CIVIC PARK.
SO THAT'S WHAT FUNDED THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS PART OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO THE CITY IS SERVICING THAT DEBT.
WHAT H PARK IS GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE GONNA REIMBURSE US FOR THAT.
AND SO THEY, UH, IN 2029, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A BALLOON PAYMENT EQUAL TO THE DEBT SERVICE THAT THE CITY'S BEEN PAYING ON THAT.
AND SO I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT $9 MILLION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THE CITY IN 2029 PLUS INTEREST.
AND THEN THE DEBT, I BELIEVE IS 20 YEAR DEBT.
AND SO THEN THEY'LL CONTINUE TO REIMBURSE US FOR THAT UNTIL THE DEBT'S EXHAUSTED.
THANK YOU, LORI, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS, UH, ZACHARY FOR THE BRIEFING THAT WAS PROVIDED TO OUR TEAM.
AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT HE JUST ASKED.
UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THE PARKING AND I SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE UNDER THE 2022 PROPOSAL, UM, WHAT STEPS ARE WE TAKING TO ENSURE THAT WE MITIGATE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT? UH, I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT AROUND TREES.
UM, DO WE KNOW IF WE INTEND TO REMOVE TREES OR ADD ADDITIONAL TREES
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GIVEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE OF PARKING ON THIS PROJECT? I'M GONNA ASK ANDRESS AND DHAR TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CIVIC PARK ITSELF, WITHOUT ALL THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, WILL INCORPORATE 240 MATURE TREES.
THEY HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND THEY'RE GROWING.
UM, AND SO THEY WILL BE INSTALLED WHEN WE OPEN CIVIC PARK.
UH, THE TREE CANOPY WILL BE MATURE.
WE CANNOT WAIT 20, 30 YEARS FOR SHADE.
UH, AND SO THAT WILL BE INSTANT.
THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IS A CONSIDERATION FOR US.
AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE AREA IS ADDING TREES.
WE'RE NOT KILLING ANY TREES WHEN WE HAVE TO, UH, GIVE UP A TREE.
AND, AND, AND SO WE'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION.
AND, AND WHAT I VALUE ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THE INCREASE OF DENSITY DOWNTOWN.
UM, BUT A CONCERN I HAVE IS THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM.
SO I'D HOPE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT VIA, TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING FOR THE FINAL FOUR WORKING, UH, WITHIN THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAVE ACCESSIBLE ROUTES TO GET TO AND FROM WORK.
UM, FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO LIVE AT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUTE USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UM, TO WHERE EVENTUALLY, RIGHT.
WE WON'T NEED THIS, THIS MANY AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES.
UM, LOOKING AT THE REQUIREMENT FOR, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, CAN SOMEONE, UH, WALK ME THROUGH THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION? WHAT THEIR ROLE WOULD BE, UM, AND IF TENANTS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN THIS ASSOCIATION? THE PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, UM, ABSOLUTELY.
TENANTS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND I IMAGINE TENANTS WILL BE PAYING INTO THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION AS WELL.
BUT THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP ACTIVATE THE PARK.
AND SO THERE WILL BE, UM, COORDINATION WITH THE TENANTS.
THERE'LL MOST LIKELY BE A BOARD THAT WILL INCLUDE TENANTS, UM, ON THAT, BUT THEY WILL BE INCORPORATED IN ANY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
AND I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT 90% OF THE POSITIONS WILL BE FULL-TIME.
UM, DO WE KNOW IF, UM, CONTRACT LABOR WILL BE USED AND IF SO, WHAT WILL, UH, THEY BE CONTRACTED FOR? THEY DON'T USE CONTRACT LABOR, BUT THEY DO HAVE, LESS THAN 10% ARE PART-TIME.
AND THOSE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES DO GET PAID TIME OFF.
THEY DO GET FREE MEALS AND THEY GET OTHER BENEFITS AS WELL.
THEY MAY NOT GET THE FULL BENEFITS PACKAGE, BUT THEY DO GET SOME TYPES OF BENEFITS FROM ZACHARY, BUT LESS THAN 10%.
AND FOR THE COMMERCIAL TENANTS, WILL THERE BE A WAGE REQUIREMENT, A MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENT WITH TENANTS? IF SO, WHAT WILL THAT BE? WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OUR AGREEMENTS.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
AND I DID FAIL TO MENTION ALSO, I DO THINK THAT THE CHANGES IN THE INTERIM HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE, UM, GOOD CHANGES FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT AS WELL.
SO TIME IS PROVEN VALUABLE FOR US IN THAT RESPECT.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS, UH, FOR ACTION IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR Y'ALL BEING HERE.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION NOW TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
SO LEMME TURN IT BACK OVER TO ERIC WALSH.
OUR SECOND PRESENTATION, UM, CRAIG HOPKINS, OUR CHIEF, UH, INFORMATION OFFICER, WILL BE SHARING WITH THE COUNCIL AND OF OUR PLAN AS WE'RE ROLLING OUT FOR THE UPDATE ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ELEMENTS OF THIS.
WE'VE TAKEN, UH, PARTS OF THIS AND FAST FORWARDED DURING COVID V AND, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EXCITING REFRESH, UH, UH, THAT'S A LOT MORE USER-FRIENDLY, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I'LL LET, UH, CRAIG KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH IT HIGH LEVEL.
UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SEES MY PARTNER IN SUCCESS OVER THERE IN LAURA MAYS AS THIS IS A JOINT OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN THE I T S D TEAM, THE NEW C AND E TEAM, AND A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS AROUND THE CITY AS WE WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.
BUT, UH, UM, I WANT TO JUST TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, THAT GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND TELL JUST A QUICK LITTLE BACKGROUND STORY ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHERE WE CAME FROM.
UH, IT WAS PROBABLY THE SUMMER OF 19, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACTLY TIME, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR EARLY DAYS OF COVID AND SOMEBODY STARTED SAYING, WE NEED TO HAVE DASHBOARDS AND WE NEED TO HAVE DATA AND WE NEED TO HAVE GRAPHS.
AND WE ALL AGREED, RIGHT? AND,
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AND WHAT WE SAID IS, WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THIS INFORMATION.THIS IS THE DIGITAL FACE OF THE CITY, RIGHT? NOTHING'S BETTER THAN THE DIGITAL FACE EXCEPT THE ACTUAL FACE WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET TO TALK TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO THE IT TEAM ALONG WITH THE G P A TEAM VERY QUICKLY STOOD UP WHAT WE CALLED THE COVID PORTAL, WHICH TODAY IS, IF YOU GO TO THE HOMEPAGE, IT'S THE BIG BLUE BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE THAT WE'VE ALL GOTTEN VERY ACCUSTOMED TO, TO CLICK THAT PORTAL.
AND WHAT IT SHOWED WAS A BRAND NEW WAY TO SHOW CONTENT AND DATA.
AND WHAT YOU GET USED TO SEEING IS THIS EIGHT BOX MODEL THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND SO THE DAYS OF LONG WORDS AND BIG PICTURES AND ALL, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONE.
AND SO THIS CONCEPT OF THIS EIGHT BOX MODEL, WHICH IS A VERY SLEEK SIMPLE ARCHITECTURE, WAS INTRODUCED.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE TURNED IT ON THE FIRST DAY AT A, AT A CITY MANAGER'S MEETING, AND I THINK I WAS GIVEN THE DIRECTION OF, CAN THE REST OF THE WEBSITE LOOK LIKE THIS BY TOMORROW? AND THE ANSWER WAS, NO, SIR, IT CANNOT.
BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO.
AND SO THE, THE ARCHITECTURE YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY SEVERAL TIMES AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WAS, WAS BORN THROUGH THE IT AND THE G P A TEAM TO SET THIS UP.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS SHOW YOU WHAT IT REALLY WILL LOOK LIKE IN YOUR HAND AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO THAT HAS MODERNIZED EVEN FROM THAT COVID IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE DID TWO YEARS AGO INTO THIS VIEW ON YOUR HAND, ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE AS YOU GO FORWARD.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO BE MOBILE FIRST, UM, ORGANIZED BY TASK AND TOPICS AND FOCUSED ON THE USER EXPERIENCE AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE, NOT OUR INTERNAL PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN TO USE DATA FEEDBACK AND THE USER NEEDS TO CONSTANTLY CHURN AND UPDATE THE CONTENT AND THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THERE.
SO THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE, SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO THE TEAM HAS ADOPTED THIS ONE SITE ONE MISSION APPROACH, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO MULTIPLE CITY WEBSITES TO FIND YOUR INFORMATION.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENT TO GO TO TO FIND INFORMATION.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE KNOW AS CITY EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE.
AND SO IN THAT SENSE, WE'RE DOING THIS OUTSIDE IN PERSPECTIVE FEATURING TOP TASKS, TOPICS, INFORMATIONS AND SERVICES THAT USERS ACCESS FREQUENTLY, FREQUENTLY.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT EIGHT BOX MODEL, THE MOST FREQUENTLY NEEDED INFORMATION WILL BE IN THOSE EIGHT BOXES.
NOT WHAT I, AS THE C I O OR DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS THINK NEED TO BE THERE, BUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS ASK TO BE THERE BASED ON THAT USAGE.
AND OUR INTENT ALWAYS, UH, NOT ONLY TO MAKE IT EASY TO GET TO, IS TO REDUCE BARRIERS THAT IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'RE GONNA LEAD WITH ACCESS USABLE, USEFUL SERVICES AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK INFORMATION, A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THOSE THREE WORDS.
BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LEADING WITH AND BUILD INCLUSION AND A FOUNDATION OF TRUST AND QUALITY AS WE GO FORWARD.
TRUST, DIGITAL TRUST WITH OUR RESIDENTS IS BASED ON HOW EASY IT IS FOR THEM TO GET TO INFORMATION AND HOW, UM, TRANSPARENT WE ARE IN WHAT WE PUT OUT.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE FOR ANY VISITOR ON ANY DEVICE OF ANY ABILITY.
AND SO YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF CONVERSATION AS WE'VE WORKED WITH DEBORAH, UM, SHARVIN, OUR DIGITAL ACCESS OFFICER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING THIS AS AN ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO THIS IS WHERE I WANNA SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES JUST ON THIS CONCEPT OF ACCESS AND LANGUAGE.
IT'S ONE THING TO LOOK NICE AND IT'S ONE THING TO SEE THE INFORMATION, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S FOR EVERYONE.
AND SO OUR CONCEPT OF ACCESS AND LANGUAGE IS IT'S, IT HELPS USERS FIND WHAT THEY NEED.
THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY READ OR HEAR BECAUSE THIS ALSO NEEDS TO BE, UM, DONE FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED.
AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THAT INFORMATION TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
SO FIND, UNDERSTAND AND USE HAVE BECOME TRAITS FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO PUT THINGS IN PLAIN, PLAIN LANGUAGE.
WE NEED TO BUILD IT AT THE APPROPRIATE READING LEVEL FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND WE NEED TO PUT IT IN THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE OR TRANSLATION, WHICH ALSO COULD BE FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL.
SO THE ARCHITECTURE WE'VE PUT IN PLACE THAT'S BEHIND THE COVID PORTAL AND IS BEHIND EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING FORWARD, YOU'LL HEAR THIS, UM, W CAG, AA STANDARD, BUT IT IS THE STANDARD FOR ACCESSIBILITY AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND SO I'LL SHOW YOU A METRIC THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO MEET THOSE NEEDS IN A SECOND.
SO, UM, WE COULD TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THE WEBSITE.
IT'S REAL EASY TO LOOK BACK, BUT WE HEAR THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME.
WE HAVEN'T UPDATED OUR APPROACH IN IN 10 YEARS.
IT'S HARD TO USE ON MOBILE DEVICES.
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CRITICAL THAT WE MEET THESE ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS GOING FORWARD.UH, INFORMATION'S HARD TO FIND UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENT TO LOOK INTO AND EVERYTHING CAN'T BE ON THE HOMEPAGE.
EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR INFORMATION ON THE FRONT PAGE, BUT IT CAN'T BE, IT'S OVERWHELMING.
THIS IS THE MOST INTERESTING STAT THAT I WANT YOU TO TAKE OUT OF THIS THAT I LEARNED AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
3% OF THE PAGES PRODUCES 80% OF THE TRAFFIC.
THERE'S OVER 7,000 WEB PAGES ON OUR WEBSITE.
THERE'S ONLY 550 PAGES OF THOSE 7,000 THAT DRIVE 80% OF THE TRAFFIC.
SO THAT'S NOT WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHAT OUR RESIDENTS THINK IS IMPORTANT.
THEY GO TO THOSE PLACES TO GET INFORMATION CONSTANTLY.
SO I WISH COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS HERE BECAUSE HE ALWAYS ASKED, WHAT ARE YOUR KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS? AND I WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR WHAT OUR KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO SAY THE SITE LOOKS NICE AND IT FEELS GOOD, RIGHT? BUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DRIVING IS ARE THESE COM UH, KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS.
SO THE DIGITAL CERTAINTY INDEX, THE D C I IS ACTUALLY A COLLECTION OF THE THREE ITEMS UNDERNEATH THAT QUALITY ASSURANCE, ACCESSIBILITY AND SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION.
AND TODAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GOVERNMENT BENCHMARK, SO JUST USE THE TOP ONE FOR NOW.
GOVERNMENT BENCHMARK IS A SCORE OF 80.
OUR CURRENT SAN ANTONIO.GOV SITE SCORES AROUND A 64.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT COMPARES IN THOSE THREE AREAS UNDERNEATH.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE COVID PORTAL SITE THAT WE PUT IN TWO YEARS AGO, LOOK AT HOW THAT SCORES OVER THE GOVERNMENT BENCHMARK.
SO THAT IS NOT BECAUSE WE ARE GREAT CONTENT WRITERS OR GREAT DEVELOPERS, THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SITE, ALLOWS FOR ACCESSIBILITY, USABILITY, AND EASY TO FIND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL.
SO AS WE BUILD THE NEW SA.GOV SITE, YOU CAN SEE OUR TARGET METRICS THAT WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW AS WE GO FORWARD.
WE WANNA EVEN BE BETTER THAN WE ARE ON THE COVID SITE TODAY.
UM, THE CONCEPT OF RESPONSIVE LAYOUT, WHICH GETS BACK TO ANY DEVICE, IT'S GONNA WORK.
AND THEN THIS CONCEPT OF READING LEVEL TODAY.
SO WE TEND TO WRITE AT A HIGHER READING LEVEL THAN OUR RESIDENTS OR OUR USERS IN GENERAL WANT TO READ AT.
THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF WHO WE ARE.
AND SO NOW AS WE START TO ASSESS THAT, YOU CAN SEE EVEN ON THE COVID PORTAL, WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN MUCH BETTER AT THAT, BUT AS WE GO FORWARD, THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR, UM, OPERATIONS WITH OUR PIOS AND OUR C AND E TEAM TO WORK THAT FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, SO WHO DOES THIS IMPACT? WELL, WHEN IT IS YOUR DIGITAL FACE OF EVERYTHING YOU DO, THE ANSWER IS IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY.
BUT AS WE'RE, WE'RE BREAKING IT DOWN INTO THESE THREE AREAS OF IMPACT THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT, THERE'S A BIG IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES HERE BECAUSE THEY CAN NO LONGER JUST CALL IT AND SAY, BUILD ME A PAGE AND WALK AWAY FROM IT.
THEY HAVE TO BE INTEGRAL INTO THAT INFORMATION.
THEY HAVE TO CURATE THAT INFORMATION, THEY HAVE TO UPDATE THAT INFORMATION, AND THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT INFORMATION.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING INTERNALLY ABOUT HOW TO DEVELOP, MANAGE CONTENT TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS.
SO THOSE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE INTERNALLY.
BUT THE RESIDENTS, IT'S FOR ANYBODY WHO COMES IN, REQUESTS A SERVICE, WANTS TO TRANSACT BUSINESS OR ENGAGE WITH GOVERNMENT, WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE AN IMPACT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRAIN RESIDENTS.
IF YOU HAVE TO TRAIN SOMEONE HOW TO USE YOUR WEBSITE, THEN WE'VE BUILT A POOR WEBSITE.
SO OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE IT SO INTUITIVE THAT THEY CAN FIND WHAT THEY NEED, EITHER THROUGH SEARCH OR THROUGH TOPICS OR THROUGH THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IF THEY CAN'T, THEN WE ARE ABLE TO ADAPT BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM AS THEY GO FORWARD.
BUT WE DO WANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATING OUR PROCESS AS WE GO, COLLECTING MORE FEEDBACK AS WE GO, AND ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO SOME GROUPS AND TALKING TO THEM AS GROUPS OF RESIDENTS.
NOW WE'RE GONNA DO TWO TYPE OF USABILITY TESTING.
ONE IS OUR GENERAL PUBLIC USABILITY, WHICH WE BRING IN A DIVERSE GROUP THAT REPRESENTS SAN ANTONIO MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE WATCH THEM OPERATE AND WE LEARN FROM THEM AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
BUT WE THINK EVEN LIKE USING UNITED 2 1 1, ACOG, SOME OF THESE OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE SPECIFIC TOPICS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WE CAN GET INSIGHT FROM THEM AS WELL.
SO THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR PLAN AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO MY LAST IS REALLY JUST, OKAY, HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE? AND I JUST WANNA SET EXPECTATIONS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MIGRATE THEM ALL TO MY EARLIER POINT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THINGS INTO THE NEW SITE.
SO WE HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY ON THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN EARLY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION.
YOU'LL HEAR US CALL IT ALPHA AND BETA, BASICALLY BUILDING OUT IN PHASES.
BUT TODAY YOU CAN GO TO THE NEW DOMAIN SA.GOV.
WE PURCHASED THAT DOMAIN AND WE'RE STARTING TO ACTUALLY MOVE NEW THINGS TO THE SA.GOV DOMAIN.
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YOU'LL SEE A BRAND NEW WEBPAGE, A FRONT PAGE WITH A BIG DISCLAIMER ON THE TOP THAT SAYS, WE'RE NOT PUBLIC YET.AND YOU'LL SEE SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN DIVE INTO, BUT MOST OF IT LINKS BACK TO THE OLD WEBSITE AS YOU GO FORWARD.
SO OUR INTENT IS TO ITERATE THIS IN SIX WEEK INCREMENTS BY TOPIC AND EVERY SIX WEEKS, MOVE PERTINENT INFORMATION OVER TO THE NEW SA.GOV SITE AND BUILD THAT OUT OVER TIME.
SO WE'LL BE TESTING, WE'LL BE BUILDING NEW PAGES WITH THE C AND E TEAM IN JUNE.
UM, WEBSITES ARE BEING CONVERTED BY TOPIC IN JULY.
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TOPICS WILL MOVE IN SEPTEMBER AND WE'LL JUST KEEP ITERATING IN SIX WEEK CHUNKS AS WE GO FORWARD.
I'M SETTING THE EXPECTATION FOR AUGUST OF 23.
A LOT OF PAGES WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED ALONG THE WAY AS WELL, BUT IF WE KEEP ON THIS PATH, WE'RE CONSTANTLY REFRESHING AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK, THERE'S A VERY BIG TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE TO GET US TO THIS POINT WHO HAVE BEEN SCREAMING FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS TO MAKE THIS BETTER AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE INERTIA, WE HAVE THE CONTRACTS IN PLACE, YOU GUYS, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED OUR CONTRACT WITH OUR VENDOR TO HELP US WITH THAT.
AND THE REST OF IT IS NOW ON US TO ACTUALLY DO THESE BUILD OUTS AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO I AM HERE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
UM, LET ME GO IMMEDIATELY INTO DISCUSSION NOW, STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, UH, I'M GOING TO, I'LL KEEP MY QUESTIONS PRETTY BRIEF, UM, MOSTLY TO DO WITH ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS, WILL THE WEBSITE BE TESTED, UM, BEFORE LAUNCH BY MAYBE A FOCUS GROUP OF, UM, MEMBERS OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF, BLIND AND OTHERWISE DISABLED? YES.
SO IN THAT BROAD USABILITY SECTIONS, WE'LL HAVE FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT GROUPS.
WE WILL ALSO SAMPLE THOSE FOLKS AS WELL WHO WILL BE IN THAT GROUP.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I'M WONDERING, WILL THE WEBSITE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATE INTO THE USER'S SELECTED LANGUAGE? S SO THE TRANSLATION TODAY IS A KIND OF A, THERE'S BOTH A MANUAL AND A MACHINE KIND OF TRANSLATION.
AND TODAY THE GOOGLE MACHINE CAN DO IT ABOUT A HUNDRED LANGUAGES.
THIS WILL BE BUILT FOR UP TO 16 LOCAL LANGUAGES THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IN THIS AS WELL.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT LIKE ALT ALT TEXT FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT SAY THEY RELEASE FLYERS OR, UM, GRAPHICS.
IS THERE A PLAN TO MAKE THESE, UM, TO INCLUDE ALT TEXT FOR THESE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO UM, RELY ON LIKE HEARING TECHNOLOGY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE DESCRIBED WHAT THAT IMAGE IS, UH, IN A COMPARABLE WAY? IS THAT, YEAH, SO NOW I'M A LITTLE OUTTA MY LEAGUE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY SMART PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE EXPERIENCE OF HOW THE PAGE READS TO YOU, INCLUDING THE CONTENT AND THE GRAPHS AND THINGS THAT ARE ON IT.
ASIDE FROM THAT, UM, I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS.
I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THAT THE MOBILE VERSION LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER OR, UH, WORKS FOR ME A BIT BETTER THAN THE COMPUTER ONE.
UM, SO I GUESS JUST KEEPING THAT FEEDBACK IN MIND, WE WANT TO MAKE BOTH EXPERIENCES QUALITY.
SO I I, IF I MAY AS WELL, ON THE NEW ESSAY.GOV, IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU GET SMILEY FACES, RIGHT? AND ANYBODY CAN SAY, UM, NOT HAPPY, HAPPY, VERY HAPPY.
AND RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT YOU JUST TELL US WHY.
WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AS YOU GO ABSOLUTELY SEPARATE.
UM, WILL IT KNOW AUTOMATICALLY, SO SAY SOMEBODY DOESN'T LEAVE A COMMENT, WILL IT KNOW AUTOMATICALLY THAT THEY LEFT IT ON MOBILE VERSUS WEB? UM, WE ARE USUALLY ABLE TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF DEVICE THAT YOU ARE USING WHEN YOU ARE ON THE SITE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA.
THANK YOU CRAIG, UH, FOR THE INFORMATION.
AND I KNOW ERIC ASKED IF YOU COULD TURN IT AROUND WITH ONE DAY.
I WOULD'VE GIVEN YOU A WEEK JUST FOR THE RECORD, BUT THANK YOU.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SERIES OF SPRINTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FROM APRIL TO FALL? THE SPRINTS FROM WHEN THE SPRINTS SAID YOU'RE, I I THINK IT'S LIKE, I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING THAT SAID THAT YOU WERE GONNA BE GOING OUT AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND YOU'RE CALLING IT MAYBE, I, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
ARE YOU GONNA BE GOING OUT AND GETTING FEEDBACK? YEAH, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY GETTING FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, THERE, OVER THE SUMMERTIME THERE WILL BE SELECT USER GROUPS THAT WILL PULL TOGETHER TO GET THAT.
BUT AS WE ROLL OUT THESE SIX WEEK ITERATIONS OF THE, OF THE CONTENT, EACH TOPIC, IF YOU WANNA THINK OF IT AS TOPIC COMES LIVE.
SO NOW WE'LL ASK THOSE GROUPS ABOUT THOSE TOPICS AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND, AND THAT'S GONNA GO ON THE WHOLE YEAR AND A HALF AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
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I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ ASKED A LITTLE BIT, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA GET, UM, EQUITABLE FEEDBACK FROM, UH, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE WE KNOW, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO A MOBILE PHONE BUT DON'T HAVE ACCESS? OR MAYBE JUST HOW DO, HOW DO WE PUSH OUT THAT THERE'S A NEW WEBSITE? I GUESS HOW DO WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM? I MEAN, HOW CAN THEY CLICK ON A SMILEY FACE? UM, I'M OPEN TO IDEAS.THIS IS, THIS IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT PART TO SAY WE'RE EXPECTING A USER TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF DEVICE IN ORDER TO INTERACT HERE, BUT IN THE CASES THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO SEE CERTAIN POPULATIONS, I'M MORE THAN OPEN TO THAT.
SO THE REASON THAT I BROUGHT THAT UP IS BECAUSE, UM, THE INNOVATION DEPARTMENT RE UH, TALKED ABOUT IN THEIR R AND D, UM, THEY, THEY PRODUCED A REALLY NICE, IT LOOKS LIKE COMIC BOOKISH, UM, IT'S REALLY COOL, BUT THEY SAID THAT A MAJORITY OF FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO PHONE DEVICES.
CAN YOU TRACK DOWN AND CAN YOU PUSH THAT OUT, UM, THROUGH A MESSAGE OF SOME SORT SO THAT THEY COULD CHECK IT OUT? BECAUSE I, I, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A, A GOOD WAY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.
SO WE'RE NOT AT THE EARLY STAGE WHERE WE'RE READY TO PUSH OUT TO PEOPLE YET.
BUT WHEN WE GET THERE, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING.
I'LL TALK TO BRIAN ABOUT THAT.
AND WHO ARE YOU WORKING WITH? WHO'S THE VENDOR? THE, THE VENDOR IS OPEN CITIES.
THEY ACTUALLY CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE TAXONOMY IN THE BACKGROUND FOR US.
AND I WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND IT'S CUTE, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION WISHES LUCK, UM, ON THE FIND MY COUNCIL MEMBER, I, I HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T WANNA GIVE THE ADDRESS.
LIKE THEY'LL ASK, WELL I DON'T KNOW WHO MY COUNCIL MEMBER IS.
AND SO THEY DON'T WANNA SAY AN ADDRESS FOR SOME STRANGE REASON.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE TRACKED.
SO IS THERE A WAY, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE SOME OF US SHARE UM, SOME ZIP CODES, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO JUST TYPE IN A ZIP CODE BECAUSE I JUST TRIED IT AND I CAN'T SEARCH JUST BY ZIP CODE ONLY.
EVEN IF IT SAYS, WELL, DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OR MAYBE IT TAKES SOME, SOME, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT? SO WE WOULD LOVE TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR FEEDBACK AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME OPTIONS THERE BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE VERY ADDRESS FOCUSED TODAY.
WELL WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FULL LAUNCH, CRAIG, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY KICK THE TIRES, UH, BEFORE THAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK.
UH, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA AT THE B SESSION TODAY.
THERE WILL BE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.
EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE THURSDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND MAY BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING TOMORROW'S MEETING.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A 5:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE WILL NEED A QUORUM FOUR.
THE TIME IS NOW 3:18 PM ON, AND TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE MARCH 16TH PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING HEARINGS FOR THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH SPECIFIC PUBLIC IMPROVE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS WILL BE HELD TOGETHER.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE CAPTIONS? OH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A ROLL FIRST.
COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO IS HERE, VIRTUALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS IS HERE, VIRTUALLY.
DEBBIE, CAN YOU PROCEED WITH READING THE CAPTIONS FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE PLEASE? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE TRIS LAURELS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90 WEST AND TO THE WEST OF GROSSEN BAER ROAD IN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE LEMON CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG IH 10 WEST NORTH OF DEETS, ELKHORN ROAD, AND WEST OF OLD FREDERICKSBURG ROAD IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE BRIGGS RANCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, GENERALLY LOCATED NEAR US.
HIGHWAY 90, BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY TWO 11 AND MONTGOMERY ROAD IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH TRUSS LAURELS, LEMON CREEK BRIGGS RANCH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, IS NOW OPEN.
COMMENTS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO MATTERS REGARDING THE ITEMS. EACH PERSON WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND EACH GROUP WILL HAVE UP
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TO NINE MINUTES.THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
DID WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE NOT.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVING HEARD ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
FORMAL ACTION ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH DRESS LAURELS, LEMON CREEK AND BRIGGS RANCH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17TH, 2022.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE CAPTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE F Y 2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET FOR THE REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE CITY'S ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2022.
HUD ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET IS NOW OPEN.
COMMENTS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO MATTERS REGARDING THIS ITEM.
EACH PERSON WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND EACH GROUP WILL HAVE UP TO NINE MINUTES.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE A LIST OF FOLKS SIGNED UP? WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
DID WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS.
HAVING HEARD ALL COMMENTS FROM THOSE PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
FORMAL ACTION ON THE PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17TH, CITY COUNCIL A SESSION.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS TRACY SLOAN, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL HOLLAND.