* 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. I LIKE [00:00:01] AUSTIN, BUT I LOVE SANTO DANCING IN AND I GROOVE THEN BACK DOWN THE ROAD. SO I LIKE, BUT I LOVE SANTON. AND IF WE'RE TO, SO I, I LOVE SAN ANTONIO. IN SAN ANTONIO. PONTO ESPAN. GOOD MORNING [ PROCEDURAL  ] EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. THE TIME IS 9:17 AM ON THIS FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 2022. UH, WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB VARDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PELA. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND WELCOME AGAIN EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. LET ME, UH, ASK COUNCIL MEMBER GRO TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE HAVE TODAY PASTOR EDDIE M MENDEL FROM THE MIRACLE CENTER, LOCATED ON 37 51 COMMERCIAL AVENUE. UH, IT'S IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH SIDE. HE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF 30 YEARS IN MINISTRY ASSISTING HIS FATHER, SENIOR PASTOR RUBEN MENDEL, AND NOW FOUR YEARS AS PASTOR IN HELPING BUILD AND ENCOURAGE THE BETTERMENT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. PASTOR EDDIE MINISTERS WITH MOTIVATION AND ENTHUSIASM EVERY SUNDAY TO OVER 900 CHURCH MEMBERS. HE'S THE CHIEF LEADER OF 12 DEPARTMENTS AND OVER 150 CHURCH STAFF. HE'S THE LEADER OF THE MEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, WHERE MEN ARE REDIRECTED TO BE BETTER ROLE MODELS FOR THEIR FAMILY. HE HAS ALSO BEEN A TEACHER INSTRUCTING IN THE BASIC BIBLE FOUNDATION TO MEN AND WOMEN WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND WHICH HAVE LED TO MANY OUTREACHES FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND PRESENTLY HE IS WORKING ON THE GOAL TO FINISH HIS T M C GYM PROJECT SO THAT THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE A PLACE TO GO RATHER THAN TO BE IN THE STREETS. AND THEY ALSO HAVE A DAYCARE PROGRAM, WHICH I'LL UNDERSTAND THAT GETTING THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. PASTOR EDDIE'S VISION IS TO BE A BLESSING TO THE FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A POSITIVE VIEW OF GOD THROUGH LOVE, COMPASSION, ACCEPTANCE, AND EMPATHY. SO THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE A QUALITY AND FRUITFUL WAY OF LIFE THROUGH JESUS. AND I JUST WANNA THANK HIM AND HIS WIFE FOR COMING TODAY, FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE DISTRICT AND FATHER, UH, I'M SORRY PASTOR EDDIE, TAKE IT AWAY. OKAY. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. UH, THIS TIME I CAME WITH MY WIFE. UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND STAND IF YOU WANT. LORD GOD, WE ASK YOU THAT. YOU GIVE US THE ABILITY. WE UNDERSTAND HERE THAT WE WE'RE LEADING IN TRUTH AS PEOPLE. AND WE ASK YOU, FATHER GOD, WE ALWAYS LOOK AFTER THE PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU AS A SHEPHERD. LOOK AFTER THE FLOCK, WE ASK YOU THAT YOU DO THIS WITH EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR, THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO LEAD THIS CITY. NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF TOWN WE GO TO, WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE THERE. AND WE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE ALWAYS CAN, CAN AGREE ON ONE THING. AND THAT'S IT. WE HAVE THE, THE LOVE AND THE COMPASSION FOR THE CITY THAT WE LOVE SO MUCH. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. WE ASK YOU, FATHER GOD, THAT YOU DO THIS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. [00:05:13] THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASTOR. WELCOME BACK. ALRIGHT, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY ON OUR COUNCIL AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 13, 14, 20, AND 21. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE. SO MOVED. MOTION SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AS JUST READ ANY DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. [POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE  ] UH, AS YOU MIGHT, UH, SEE, THERE'S, UH, MANY SPECIAL GUESTS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY. AND SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA TO RECOGNIZE, UH, MANY OF YOU AND WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT WITH US TODAY. UH, I WANT TO FIRST RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF FOLKS WHO, UH, TOIL, UH, FOR US AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR A HUNDRED PLUS YEARS AND, AND THE UNITED STATES AND WHO WE RELY ON EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHETHER WE RECOGNIZE IT OR NOT, UH, THROUGH RAIN, SLEET, SNOW, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UH, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN GETTING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO, DONE, UH, AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO RELIABLE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, SO IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF OUR LETTER CARRIERS TODAY, WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS SAN ANTONIO BRANCH 4 2 1 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, UNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO, A F L C I O WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE 30TH ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE, STAMP OUT HUNGER ON MAY 14TH, 2022. AND WHEREAS NEARLY 42 MILLION AMERICANS EXPERIENCE HUNGER EACH MONTH. AND OF THOSE OVER 13 MILLION ARE CHILDREN AND 5 MILLION ARE SENIORS. SINCE THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS HELD IN 1991, MORE THAN 1.82 BILLION POUNDS OF FOODS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED. AND WHEREAS THE LETTER CARRIERS FOOD DRIVE WILL BENEFIT THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, WHICH PROVIDES FOOD TO MORE THAN 500 HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES AND SERVES OVER 360,000 PEOPLE PER MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO AND 28 COMMUNITIES AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE ALL THE LETTER CARRIERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE NOTEWORTHY MILESTONE OF 30 YEARS THAT THE LETTER CARRIERS AT FOOD DRIVE CELEBRATES IN 2022. AND THE FACT THAT SAN ANTONIO ALAMO BRANCH 4 2 1 WAS ONE OF THE PILOT CITIES WHERE THE FOOD DRIVE BEGAN. AND WHEREAS ON SATURDAY, MAY 14TH, 2022, CITIZENS ARE ASKED TO LEAVE NON-PERISHABLE FOOD DONATIONS BY THEIR MAILBOXES, WHICH WILL BE PICKED UP BY LETTER CARRIERS WHILE ON THEIR ROUTE AND DELIVERED TO THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 14TH, 2022 TO BE NATIONAL LETTER CARRIERS, FOOD DRIVE DAY AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, RICHARD. UM, HOMER, RICHARD, DAN, ANYBODY WANT TO COME FORWARD AND JUST, UH, GIVE US A FEW BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ARE WE SPEAKING HERE? SO I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR RONNER NURNBERG FOR, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND, UM, JUST ANYBODY THAT IS, UH, IN HERE TODAY, UH, ON MAY THE 14TH, IF YOU HAVE ANY FOOD, LEAVE IT BY YOUR, BY YOUR MAILBOX AND YOUR LETTER CARE WILL PICK IT UP AND, AND BRING IT TO THE PROSPECTIVE PLACES. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RICHARD. CHIEF, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING EVERY DAY. ALRIGHT, UM, OUR NEXT POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I'M GOING TO, UH, START AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. UH, BUT I'LL START BY SAYING THAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO SERVING OTHERS AND HELPING FOSTER A MORE JUST SOCIETY. AND EVERY YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES COME TOGETHER IN SAN ANTONIO TO HONOR DR. KING THROUGH SERVICE PROJECTS, SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND WORSHIP SERVICES. AND IT GAVE ME GREAT PRIDE TO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS NOW TO THE 2022 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. REMEMBER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WITHOUT DR. KING'S WORK. [00:10:01] WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT EITHER. HIS VISION AND HIS WORDS ARE AS POWERFUL TODAY AS THEY WERE DURING HIS LIFETIME. AND OUR NATION IS COUNTING ON YOUR GENERATION TO CONTINUE PUSHING DR. KING'S DREAM FORWARD. WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE AMOUNT, WE STILL HAVEN'T REACHED WHERE WE WANT TO GO, BUT IS WHEN YOU WITHIN YOUR GRASP, IF YOU STAY FOCUSED AND FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS. THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR, MADE IT THROUGH RIGOROUS SCHOLARSHIP PROCESS AND APPLICATIONS. THEY ALL DEMONSTRATED SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, EXTRACURRICULAR LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO I WANNA SAY, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WELL DONE TO OUR STUDENTS, I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE COMMUNITY AND DONORS FOR THEIR STRONG COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT THE SHORTFALLS IN FUNDING TO COLLEGES DO NOT AFFECT THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED TO THE DESERVING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN BEXAR COUNTY. AND SO WE ARE ALL DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT. ADDITIONALLY, UH, THANK YOU TO THE 2022 MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMISSION. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE, AND THE APPLICATION REVIEWERS NOW EXTEND THIS CHALLENGE TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, CONTINUE THE WORK, CONTINUE DR. KING'S WORK, BE A SERVANT LEADER IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. AND THAT IS COMING FROM OUR, FROM OUR ENTIRE CITY. AND SO LET ME TURN IT NOW TO OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ TO WELCOME YOU TO CHAMBERS. THANK YOU MAYOR. EACH YEAR AS PART OF THE WORK OF THE CITY'S M L K COMMISSION, THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE RAISES FUNDS TO DISTRIBUTE SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO. I AM PROUD TO SHARE IN THE CELEBRATION TODAY AS WE WELCOME OUR 24 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS AND HONOR THE HARD WORK OF THESE AMAZING YOUNG LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THESE PAST FEW YEARS. I WAS A TEACHER AND I'VE NEVER HAD A GREATER RESPECT FOR STUDENTS. BEING A STUDENT RIGHT NOW IS HARD. THERE'S VERY FEW OF US RIGHT NOW WHO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP WITH THE PRESSURES OF SOCIAL MEDIA, THE GROWING AND EVOLVING CLIMATE CRISIS, THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, AND AS WELL A PANDEMIC. AND SO I WANT EVERYBODY PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, UH, NOT JUST IN THIS ROOM, BUT EVERYWHERE. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SPEAKS ABOUT THE GOAL OF EDUCATION AND BEING NOT JUST ED INTELLIGENCE, BUT ALSO ABOUT BUILDING CHARACTER. AS YOU RECEIVE THESE AWARDS, MY HOPE FOR YOU IS THAT YOUR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY WILL SEE LOTS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND ALSO LOTS OF UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW. SO YOUR WORLD GETS JUST A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, AND AS YOU GROW, OUR COMMUNITY WILL GROW WITH YOU. SO CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO OUR 2022 M L K SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND GOOD LUCK. YOU HAVE PROMISING FUTURES AHEAD OF YOU. THE MAYOR AND I WILL NOW PRESENT YOU WITH, UM, YOUR CERTIFICATES AND MEDALS. OUR FIRST SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT IS GISELLE KA. WHAT'S THE MAIN IDEA? UH, PUT THE METAL. WHO PUTS THE METAL? WE'LL GET IT TOGETHER. AND THEN THE PHOTO. YEAH. AND THEN THE PHOTO. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THEN WE'LL POSE. SO MAYOR, UH, OKAY. YOU CAN BE IN THE SENATE. YEAH, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. 1, 2, 1, 2, 3. FOCUS. 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE SARAH WILLMAN. I'M SO SORRY. WE NOW HAVE MIA ENRIQUE. AND NOW WE HAVE JUDAH JEFFRIES, JEFFRIES, [00:15:08] WILLIAM HARVEY, THANK LOPEZ, FELICIA, ELIJAH WONG ON BEHALF OF GAVIN. HIS FATHER WILL TAKE THIS, UM, SCHOLARSHIP. GAVIN WITH WILSHIRE. JONATHAN LOPEZ. HE'S NOT HERE. HE'S NOT HERE. ANDRES LUNA CHAVEZ. CALEB KING, ASHLEY BROWN. ON BEHALF OF ASHLEY, WE HAVE A HER FATHER, HER TAMARA GVA. WE HAVE SIDNEY HICKS, RONALD WAITERS, JOSE AVILA, ANNIKA JONES, MS. SIDNEY JACKSON. [00:20:05] GABRIELLE , PR RA, TIANA CURRY. HERE WE GO. DOMINICA PEREZ. JONE ES UGA. THANK YOU. OH, ANI JALANI. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BERTO GARCIA. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS AS WELL. GREAT JOB, EVERYONE. UM, LET ME, UH, RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND, UH, BEFORE EVERYBODY LEAVES. SHE HAS A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT ON AN EVENT COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU. AND I WILL ALL GET YOU FLYERS. BUT THIS SATURDAY BEGINS OUR MISSION MARQUEE PLAZA, UH, FILM SERIES. WE ARE STARTING WITH OF COURSE, EN CANTO AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS WE'LL BE A CELEBRATION OF COLUMBIAN CULTURE, TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE. THERE'LL BE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS, FREE FACE PAINTING AND MORE. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE FILM ESSAY CONTEST, UM, WINNERS. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN. AND I AM ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WILL HAVE TWO OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THERE WITH ME IN ATTENDANCE, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. WE WILL BE SINGING ALONG WITH SOME OF THE ENCANTO, UM, SONGS, BUT WE ARE ALSO THERE TO HONOR THE STUDENTS FROM THE ESSAY FILM COMMISSION. AND ONCE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES GET THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN A WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE AND MYSELF OUT THERE FOR THE FILM SERIES. FIND YOUR FAVORITE FILM. YOU WON'T HAVE TO SING CLAYTON, I KNOW YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT . BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT OPENED IN 2014. WE'RE EIGHT YEARS STRONG OVER AT MISSION MARQUEE PLAZA. LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THEIR 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN A COUPLE YEARS. AND THIS IS JUST A GEM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND FOR, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE. BUT WE LOVE SHARING IT WITH THE REST OF OUR DISTRICT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS OUT THERE. AND, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT DATES YOU WANNA BE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. [00:25:01] THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I AM ALSO INVITING ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO AN EVENT. AND WE'RE KICKING OFF THE 13TH ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO SPORTS FIT FAMILY CHALLENGE. AND IT'S PRESENTED BY BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS. AND THIS WEEKEND WE KICK OFF WITH THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF EVENT, THE DISTRICT FOUR HEROES FIVE K AND HEALTH SUMMIT. UM, SO WE DO THIS AND WE OFFER IT SPECIFICALLY TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM DIABETES AND OBI OBESITY. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST AN INVITE FOR MY COLLEAGUES, IT'S ALSO AN INVITE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT. YOU HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY TO REGISTER, UM, BY 5:00 PM WE HAVE ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING. AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD, UM, CROWD ALREADY. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE THIS YEAR, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A HEALTH VILLAGE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UH, WE HAVE A SENIOR ZONE, WE HAVE A KID ZONE, AND WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, VACCINES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL LITERACY INFORMATION, AND HOME REPAIR SERVICE APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENTS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL AT PALO ALTO THIS SATURDAY, MAY 7TH, AND IT'S AT PA ALTO COLLEGE. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. UH, LET ME RECOGNIZE NOW COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS WEEK IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPEND MY WARMEST APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS DO FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. NO AMOUNT OF FOOD NOVELTIES CAN REALLY EXEMPLIFY THE VALUE OF THE LABOR THAT YOU PUT IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO MAKE OUR FUTURE GENERATION AS BRIGHT AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE HAD THREE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING YEARS AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT ENSURING OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES FEEL LOVED, CARED FOR, SAFE AND WELCOMED. TEACHERS HAVE ENSURED THAT OUR FAMILIES CAN TRUST, UH, WITH OUR CHILDREN AND THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR THEM THROUGHOUT THE TOUGHEST OF TIMES. TEACHERS TOOK CALLS LATE AT NIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE PARENTS WORKING DURING THE MOST UNCERTAIN TIMES OF THE PANDEMIC TO ENSURE THAT THEIR CHILDREN WERE INCLUDED IN THE SHIFT TO DIGITAL EDUCATION. WITH PATIENCE AND LOVE, TEACHERS CONTINUALLY FILL THE GAPS IN OUR SOCIETY AS THE 20 21 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN. NEW CHALLENGES PRESENTING THEMSELVES, MAKING YOUR PROFESSIONS MORE DIFFICULT, NO DOUBT. MANY QUESTION HOW MUCH LONGER TO STAY DOING WHAT THEY LOVE. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE PUT ON TEACHERS BY THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, OUR OFFICE UNDERSTANDS THE SUPERHERO WORK THAT OUR EDUCATORS ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM, TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS FUNCTION. BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND YOUR PLIGHT, WE AS AN OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WITHIN OUR POWERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIVES THAT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE BETTER. OUR OFFICE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE PARENTS THAT TRUST OUR TEACHERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND THE MASS MAJORITY LOVE THEIR TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. OUR OFFICE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE LABOR UNIONS OF OUR TEACHERS OFFERING SUPPORT WHEN POSSIBLE. AS WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH COMMUNITY DEMANDS IS THROUGH ORGANIZED COLLECTIVE EFFORT. WE KNOW THAT TOGETHER WE CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND GREATER COMMUNITY. MY STAFF AND I HAVE EXPERIENCE AS TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF. SO WE HOLD ALL OF OUR TEACHERS UP TO, UM, A STANDARD OF PERSONAL CHAMPIONS. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR OFFICE IS OPEN TO YOU AND THAT WE STAND WITH YOU IN SOLIDARITY NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU TEACH IN. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EDUCATOR AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO ALLIANCE, ALEJANDRO LOPEZ, UM, TO SHARE SOME WORDS, UM, ON THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN FIGHTING FOR THE SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO LOPEZ AND I'M AN EDUCATOR ORGANIZER, DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT AND HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO ALLIANCE OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL, THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS WORKERS IN SAN ANTONIO, I S D. WE ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE TWO LARGEST EDUCATION UNIONS IN THE COUNTRY, THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS. WE'RE ALSO PROUD MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO, A F L C I O, CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO FOR THE INVITATION TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THIS MORNING AND FOR HER CONTINUOUS SUPPORT TO THE WORKING CLASS OF SAN ANTONIO. OUR UNION BELIEVES THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS BELONG TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY PLAY A CENTRAL AND FOUNDATIONAL ROLE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. IT IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT EDUCATION PLAYS IN THE FABRICS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT I AM HERE TODAY DURING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK TO SHARE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR EDUCATORS ARE FACING. TO SAY THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC EXACERBATED THE MANY INEQUITIES THAT ALREADY EXISTED IN OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. AND OUR EDUCATORS ARE CONSISTENTLY ASKED TO FILL IN [00:30:01] THE CRACKS LEFT BEHIND BY SOARING INEQUALITY, SYSTEMIC RACISM, AND THE SEVERE LACK OF A SOCIAL SAFETY NET IN OUR COUNTRY. A RECENT SURVEY BY TEXAS A F T FOUND THAT OVER TWO-THIRDS OF TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE CONSIDERED LEAVING THE PROFESSION OVER TWO-THIRDS. IMAGINE THE SCHOOL OF YOUR CHILD OR YOUR NEPHEW OR YOUR COUSIN WITH TWO THIRDS OF THE TEACHERS GONE. I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT WHEN I SPEAK TO EDUCATORS WHO ARE CONSIDERING LEAVING THE PROFESSION, IT IS ALWAYS PREFACED WITH HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THEIR STUDENTS, HOW MUCH THEY LOVE TEACHING. TOO OFTEN IT IS THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR JOB THAT THEY CITE, THE LACK OF FUNDING, THE OVEREMPHASIS ON STANDARDIZED TESTING, THE NUMEROUS COMPLIANCE TASKS THAT ULTIMATELY DON'T HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR STUDENTS THAT ARE DRIVING THEM OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. I KNOW A NUMBER OF YOU ON THE DAAS HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I'M SURE YOU CAN ATTEST TO THIS REALITY. WE ARE FACING A CRISIS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT WE MUST COLLECTIVELY TACKLE. AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS THAT WE DEMONSTRATE THE VALUE OF WORK IS THROUGH PAY A JOINT REPORT PUBLISHED BY TEXAS A F T. AND EVERY TEXAN SHOWS THAT WHEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, TEXAS TEACHERS ACTUALLY MAKE LESS THAN THEY DID 10 YEARS AGO. RIGHT NOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. IF YOU SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION, THEN NOW IS THE TIME TO LEVERAGE YOUR POLITICAL POWER AND SUPPORT OF OUR EDUCATORS. I ASK THAT YOU SPEAK TO SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIORITIZING PAY RAISES FOR ALL STAFF AND THAT YOU PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE UNION CAMPAIGNS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT. BUT I'M NOT HERE TO JUST TALK ABOUT PAY RAISES BECAUSE OUR UNION UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE BEATING HEART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, THAT OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BOTH PREFIGURE A BETTER WORLD AND PROVIDE SPACES IN WHICH OUR COMMUNITIES CAN WORK TOWARDS ITS REALIZATION. THAT IS WHY WE, ALONG WITH STUDENTS, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CREATED A PLATFORM TITLED THE SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. THAT OUTLINES A POLL BOLD, PROGRESSIVE VISION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES' NEEDS EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE WALLS OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND THAT OUR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE CONNECTED BY COMPLEX WEBS OF INTERDEPENDENCE. THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE AND STABLE HOUSING, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, NUTRITIOUS FOOD, DIGITAL ACCESS, AND WORKER PROTECTIONS ARE ALL EDUCATION ISSUES BECAUSE THEY AFFECT THE MEMBERS WE REPRESENT AND THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WE SERVE. THESE ARE ALL ISSUES THAT YOU, AS OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE POWER TO ACT ON. THE CURRENT BOND PROGRAM IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE RESOURCES IN OUR CITY AND OUR UNION, ALONG WITH THE SAN ANTONIO, A F L C I O, CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THIS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK LET US COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THE HISTORICAL INEQUITIES IN SAN ANTONIO ARE ADDRESSED AND THE MULTIFACETED NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE MET. LET US WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE NOT ONLY THE SCHOOLS THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE, BUT THE CITY THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALEJANDRA. AND I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, DISTRICT FIVE VOLUNTEER NATALIE CLIFFORD FOR RECEIVING TEACHER OF THE YEAR, UH, WITHIN HER SCHOOL. AND ALSO RECOGNIZE RACHEL TUCKER, OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, WHO'S ALSO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. UM, RACHEL, YOU ARE MY FAVORITE TEACHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. UM, I'M GOING TO INTERJECT HERE, UH, ALSO A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE. AND WE HAVE, UM, SOMEONE WHO IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY STANDING ON THE ON THE WINGS WHERE USUALLY IS, AND THAT IS OUR POLICE CHIEF AND, UH, POLICE CHIEF BILL MCMANUS. IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM JUST BRIEFLY, UH, LET ME ALSO, UH, READ THIS PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS DESIGNATED MAY 11TH THROUGH 16TH 2022 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND MAY 15TH, 2022, AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY. AND WHEREAS POLICE OFFICERS SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES DAILY TO UPHOLD THE LAWS ENACTED BY ITS PEOPLE AND WITHOUT THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY AND THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE ARE MANY FREEDOMS AS GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS COULD BE CIRCUMVENTED BY PERSONS INTENDING ON HARMING SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NECESSITY OF COOPERATING WITH THEM IN MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER. AND WHEREAS AN ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON MAY 6TH, 2022 TOMORROW TO HONOR THE 62 MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO THROUGH THEIR COURAGEOUS DEEDS, HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 6TH, 2022 TO BE N SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL DAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND EXTENDS SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE SECURITY AND WELLBEING OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE, WE DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY, VERY MUCH. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN FOUR DIFFERENT CITIES AND I WILL SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO [00:35:01] IS FAR ABOVE, UH, ANY OTHER COMMUNITY WHERE I'VE BEEN IN THEIR APPRECIATION OF POLICE. SO I THANK YOU AND THANK YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. NOW, UM, LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE WITH THE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF DISTRICT'S NINE'S MOST DISTINGUISHED RESIDENTS, DR. EILEEN BRESLIN FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE AND RETIREMENT AS DEAN OF THE UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AND SCHOOL OF NURSING. DR. BREM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? SHE'S ALSO JOINED BY HER HUSBAND, DR. BILL ISRAEL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DR. RICHARD PRESSMAN FOR SUGGESTING THIS COMMENDATION. IT IS ALSO FITTING TO RECOGNIZE HER ON THIS DAY AS WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT NATIONAL TEACHER RECOGNITION. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL NURSES WEEK. UH, DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VIDEO. DR. BRESLIN HAS SERVED AS THE DEAN OF UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER SCHOOL OF NURSING FOR 14 YEARS, BEGINNING IN 2008, AMONG HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS DEAN OF THE SCHOOL. THEY HAVE BEEN RANKED THIRD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BY US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, PUTTING THE SCHOOL OF NURSING IN THE TOP TOP 6% OF PROGRAMS NATIONALLY, IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS ACCELERATED BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND NURSING PROGRAM, THE THE DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE PROGRAM, AND THE B SS N TO D N P PROGRAM, WHICH IS BACHELOR OF SCHOOL OF NURSING TO DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE, EXPANDING ON THE CAMPUS CLINIC TO SERVE PEDIATRICS WITH A FOCUS ON FOSTER CHILDREN AND OPENING CLINICS AT U T SS A SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE AND PALO ALTO. GREATER THAN 98% PASS RATE ON THE NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSING EXAMINATION FOR NURSES FROM HER STUDENTS. AND PERHAPS MOST RECENTLY, THE SCHOOL OF NURSING PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN NAVIGATING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE GREATEST HEALTHCARE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME. THEY RAPIDLY SET UP ONE OF THE FIRST COVID TESTING SITES, THEN TRANSFORMED THE SCHOOL INTO A VACCINATION HUB, VACCINATING OVER 167,000 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS EXPECTS TO SEE A SHORTAGE OF NEARLY 60,000 RNS BY THE YEAR 2032. 16% OF THE DEMAND FOR NURSES WILL NOT BE MET IF THIS TREND CONTINUES LEAVING OUR COLLECTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH. IN REAL JEOPARDY, DR. BRESLIN AND HER TEAM OF NURSING PROFESSORS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GUIDED AND LICENSED HUNDREDS OF QUALIFIED REGISTERED NURSES TO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE MUST DO MORE TO ENSURE THAT IF AND WHEN THE NEXT HEALTHCARE CRISIS ARRIVES, WE ARE MORE RESILIENT AND WE CAN THANK MUCH OF THAT TO DR. BRESLIN. THANK YOU. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, DR. BRESLIN? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I THINK THAT IN MANY WAYS SAN ANTONIO HAS REALLY DEMONSTRATED TO SO MANY PEOPLE THE POWER OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY PULL TOGETHER DURING C OVID 19. AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS HONOR. I'M JUST DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE, COUNCILMAN AND THANK YOU MAYOR NUREMBERG FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. BRESLIN. UH, AND I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT, UH, AGAIN, UH, A CERTIFICATE PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR, UH, VERY, UH, IMPORTANT AND ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, IN ALL RESPECTS. SO, DR. BRESLIN, THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ARE PROUD TO JOIN YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FELLOW COLLEAGUES, AND SALUTING YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE MAY YOUR RETIREMENT, OPRAH, OPEN UP NEW VISTAS WITH NEW CHALLENGES, NEW INTERESTS, AND ABOVE ALL, CONTINUED SUCCESS, SUCCESS IN A LIFE WELL LIVED. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THIS IS PRESENTED THIS FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 2022. THANK YOU, DR. BRESLIN. ALRIGHT, LET ME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER. SORRY, LET ME GET MY NOTES HERE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, A LOT OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY, WHICH IS GREAT, UH, TO RECOGNIZE, [00:40:01] UH, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I, UH, BEFORE I GET INTO MY POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST, UM, THIS MONTH, YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS EACH MONTH, BUT THIS MONTH IS MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH. AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR MILITARY, NOT ONLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE ON A DAILY BASIS PROVIDING THAT PROTECTION AND FREEDOM FOR US TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO. SO LET'S, UM, WHEN YOU SEE A MILITARY PERSON OUT THERE IN UNIFORM THIS MONTH, SAY, THANK YOU, GREET 'EM AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. I, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN THE, THE MILITARY, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I GOT THAT KIND OF A GREETING, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE, YES, I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING AND MADE ME PROUD TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY. SO IF YOU SEE SOME FOLKS AROUND, UM, TELL 'EM THANK YOU. UM, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HERE, WE, WE DID LOSE SOMEONE HERE RECENTLY THAT I CONSIDER A HERO. AND THAT WAS, UH, SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT JAMES BYNUM. UH, IF YOU'VE, UH, HEARD IN THE NEWS, UH, HE WAS A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AND THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, UH, HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HISTORY AND OUR MILITARY HISTORY. THEY BROKE BARRIERS. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN, IN THEIR MILITARY ACTIONS, UM, DURING WORLD WAR II. SO I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL WORD FOR HIM THAT, UH, HE PASSED AWAY. AND ALSO THAT, UM, HIS FUNERAL IS ON MAY 27TH. THE VIEWING IS ON MAY 26TH, AND ON THE 27TH, IT'S AT ANTIOCH MISSIONARY CHURCH. AND THE INTERNMENT WILL BE AT FORT SAM. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS BRAVERY AND SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND, AND FOR BREAKING BARRIERS IN THE MILITARY. AND, UM, UH, MAY HE REST IN PEACE. NOW FOR THE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UM, Y'ALL REMEMBER HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO OUT AT RANDOLPH, THEY HAD A AIR SHOW. IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO, I'M GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. IT WAS A FANTASTIC AIR SHOW. I WAS THERE BOTH DAYS, EXCUSE ME, SOME HEADS NODDING OUT THERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN OVER FIVE YEARS, AND THIS WAS A TREAT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. IN FACT, THEY, THEY, THEY, UH, SAID THERE WAS OVER 550,000 PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT HERE. AND DAVID, UH, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD, THAT TOOK A FEW LITTLE VIDEOS, UH, WANNA SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL. BUT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT. AND, UH, IF, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S GONNA BE HELD AT LACKLAND THIS NEXT TIME. UM, COUNCILWOMAN ROHA GARCIA, SHE'S ALL EXCITED ABOUT IT COMING DOWN INTO HER DISTRICT. BUT, UH, IT, IT WAS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT. THEY HAD, UH, THE AIR PERFORMANCES, I TOOK A FEW VIDEOS HERE IN PICTURES, WINGS OF BLUE, THE MV 22 OSPREY, UH, THE 12TH FLYING TRAINING WING. THEY PERFORMED THE ONE 49TH, UH, FIGHTER WING OUT AT KELLY PERFORMED. UH, THE B 52 DID AN AERIAL DISPLAY, UH, THE THUNDERBIRDS OF COURSE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING SHOWN HERE. THE THUNDERBIRDS WERE OUT THERE, UM, HAD THE F 35 LIGHTNING, AND THAT IS ONE HECK OF AN AIRPLANE ON SHOWING THEIR AERIAL DISPLAYS. AND THE C 17 GLOBE MASTER, WHICH IS A HUGE AIRPLANE. THEY HAD IT ON DISPLAY THERE, YOU COULD WALK THROUGH IT. IT WAS A CAVERN WALKING THROUGH THAT THING. AND, AND, UH, IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT BIG, BEING ABLE TO GET, GET UP AND OFF THE GROUND. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, THE STAFF, THE FR FRIENDS, FAMILY PILOTS, CREW MAINTENANCE, UH, VENDORS, UH, SPONSORS, A LOT OF SPONSORS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO PUT THIS AIR SHOW TOGETHER. AND, UM, I, AGAIN, I REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT OH YEAH, THERE'S, THERE, THERE'S THOSE BIG OLD CARGO PLANES, UH, AND EVERY ONE OF THE LINES TO VIEW AND GET UP IN THE AIRPLANES AND ALL THE FOOD LINES. I MEAN, THERE WERE LINES OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO IT WAS A GREAT SHOW, GREAT ATTENDANCE, AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT. AND HOPE YOU WILL TOO IN TWO YEARS AT LACKLAND. AND, UH, HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE. SO, UH, GREAT, GREAT, UH, DISPLAY OF AIR POWER. AND IT WASN'T ONLY THE AIR FORCE WAS THERE, THE ARMY WAS THERE, THEY HAD HELICOPTERS, A [00:45:01] A TANK, AND PEOPLE WERE CLIMBING ALL OVER THIS TANK. AND THE ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, UH, UH, IT WAS JUST IT. YOU CAN TELL I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, RIGHT? BUT, UH, UH, BUT THEY HAD A LITTLE PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS. ALSO THE BOUNCY HOUSES AND A ROBOTICS AREA THAT YOU COULD GO IN AND FLY SIMULATORS, CONTROL ROBOTS, ALL THAT KIND OF THING, UH, AT THIS EVENT. SO TWO YEARS. DON'T FORGET LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE. ANOTHER POINT. I WANNA THANK ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE. IT'S MOTHER'S DAY ON SUNDAY, SO DON'T FORGET ABOUT YOUR MOMS OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND. AND, UM, GOD BLESS THEM AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND SAY THANK YOU TO A MILITARY PERSON. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA TODAY, LET ME ALSO RECOGNIZE WITH TWO, UM, PROCLAMATIONS HERE, CEREMONIALLY, UH, FIRST, UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TEAMS. THE FRONT DOOR TO OUR CITY GOVERNMENT IN MANY WAYS IS OUR MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE. SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM. AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK, A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS THE OLDEST AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS AND PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AT ALL OTHER LEVELS. AND WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS SERVE AS AN INFORMATION CENTER ON FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY AND PLEDGE TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY, RENDERING EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL. AND WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THEIR OFFICE THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR STATE AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. AND WHEREAS THE GOAL OF THE WEEK LONG OBSERVANCE IS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE VITAL ROLES AND SERVICES OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK TO THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 1ST THROUGH SEVENTH 2022 TO BE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND EXTEND APPRECIATION TO OUR INTERIM MUNICIPAL CLERK, DEBBIE ROCK SITTER AND THE MUNICIPAL CLERK STAFF FOR THEIR VITAL SERVICES PERFORMED IN THE EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CLERKS . GREAT JOB. AND FINALLY, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OUR VERY OWN, UH, BENEFACTORS OF MANY IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS TOWARDS CIVIL RIGHTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ARE NOT PROPERLY RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND, AND SOMETIMES NOT EVEN ACROSS OUR STATE, BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE THE FIRST CITY TO RECOGNIZE WILLIE VELASQUEZ, WHO IS RECOGNIZED IN THE STATE. UH, SO I WANNA OFFER RECOGNITION AND A PROCLAMATION TO THAT EFFECT TO, UH, UNDERSCORE WILLIE VELASQUEZ DAY, WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATED ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS ON MONDAY. UH, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS AN EVENT BEING HOSTED BY MOCKERY, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO ON MONDAY. AND FOLKS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US THERE. WHEREAS WILLIAM WILLIE VELASQUEZ DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO EXPANDING AND EMPOWERING LATINO AND HISPANIC AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. HE RADICALIZED THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR LATINOS CULTIVATED COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR GENERATIONS OF LATINOS TO BECOME MORE POLITICALLY ACTIVE. AND WHEREAS WILLIE VELASQUEZ'S INVOLVEMENT WITH LATINO CIVIC AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS WAS EXTENSIVE BEING ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION AT ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY, HIS ROLE IN MAYO LED THE TO BECOMING TEXAS'S FIRST STATEWIDE COORDINATOR OF ELMO MINTO SOCIAL DE DEA UNIDA. AND WHEREAS WILLIE'S GREATEST IMPACT WAS THE FOUNDING OF THE SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT, WHICH MOBILIZED AND EMPOWERED THE LATINO COMMUNITY AT A TIME WHEN LATINOS WERE MARGINALIZED. AND WHEREAS THE SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT ENCOURAGED LATINOS TO RUN FOR OFFICE LITIGATED 85 SUCCESSFUL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUITS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE POPULAR SHIFT IN CITY ELECTIONS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM AT LARGE VOTING SYSTEMS TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS RAISING THE, THE LATINO VOTE FROM 2.1 TO 3.7 MILLION NATIONWIDE. AND WHEREAS WILLIE'S LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH THE ONGOING ACTIVITIES OF THE SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT, THE WILLIAM VELASQUEZ INSTITUTE, AND THE LATINO PRO POLITICAL PRESENCE. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 9TH, 2022 TO BE WILLIE VELASQUEZ DAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. AND REMIND YOU THAT VOTO VOS YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE IN HONOR OF WILLIAM VELASQUEZ. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, NOW, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET INTO THE AGENDA TODAY. AND AS YOU [CONSENT AGENDA  ] WILL NOTE, THERE IS, UM, NO, THERE ARE NO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY. UH, SO LET ME [00:50:01] ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. OKAY? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE A 2:00 PM TIME CERTAIN ZONING AGENDA, UH, WHICH WILL, UH, RESUME AT THAT TIME. UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ALONG WITH CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION. UM, ONE SECOND AS WELL, WHILE I GET THE SPEAKER QUEUE UP. ANY SPEAKERS? OKAY, THERE ARE, THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT, SO WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, LAURA LOPEZ AND ZA CRUZ ARIEL FOR SERVING ON THE DISABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION RESPECTIVELY. MRS. LOPEZ HAS BECOME AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE NEED SHE SAW FOR HER OWN CHILD. SHE CONSTANTLY WORKED TOWARDS BEING THE BEST ADVOCATE POSSIBLE AND LOOKS TO PROVIDE A VOICE FOR ALL WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. AND I KNOW SHE'LL LET, UH, REPRESENT DISTRICT SIX. WELL, MS. CRUZ VIAL IS AN IMPRESSIVE YOUNG WOMAN WITH AN INTEREST IN HELPING HER FELLOW TEENS WITH CONVERSATIONS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. SHE'S WISE BEYOND HER YEARS, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT HER TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION. AND I'M CONFIDENT IN BOTH OF THESE WOMEN AND THEIR ABILITY TO REPRESENT NOT ONLY DISTRICT SIX, BUT THE CONCERNS OF ALL SAN ANTONIANS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRANT. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 14, THE ORDINANCE APPOINTING, UM, OF, OF QUITE A FEW CIVILIANS TO THE, UM, CAB, OR ALSO KNOWN AS THE COMPLAINT AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD FOR THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, SITTING ON PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS AND I'M EXCITED TODAY THAT WE GET TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. AND I WANNA THANK THESE, UH, CITIZENS FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR TIME, UM, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE SPENDING ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BERAN. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 12, UM, APPOINTING JENNIFER ORA TO THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION. JENNIFER ATTENDS THE ST. PHILIP'S EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND IS AN ACTIVE LEADER IN THE STUDENTS' COUNCIL AT SCHOOL. SHE ORGANIZES EVENTS THAT FOCUS ON GIVING STUDENTS A VOICE IN THEIR SCHOOL AND THEIR COMMUNITY. SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AS A MENTOR WITH THE POWERHOUSES GIRLS ZONE PROGRAM AND VOLUNTEERS WITH CIRCLES IN THE HOOD, A PROGRAM FOCUSED ON HEALING GENERATIONAL TRAUMA THROUGH SPIRITUAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED THERAPY. WE ARE PROUD OF ALL JENNIFER HAS ACCOMPLISHED, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING HER AND HER NEW ROLE AS DISTRICT TWO YOUTH COMMISSIONER. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPOT AND WE'LL BE FILLING IT EXPEDITIOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM 13 E ON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COM COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. UH, APPOINTING MARK SPIELMAN OF DISTRICT ONE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. SO ORIGINALLY FROM MILWAUKEE, MARK SPIELMAN HAS LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR OVER 40 YEARS, HALF OF WHICH HAS BEEN IN DISTRICT ONE. MARK IS A RETIRED PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR S A I S D. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A TEACHER DURING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, UM, HE'S THE FATHER OF THREE GROWN CHILDREN OF WHOM HE'S PROUD. MARK HAS CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE AND AS A SKILLED CRAFTSMAN, HE'S RENOVATED SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF CONSTRUCTION IS EXTENSIVE, AND HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL. MARK HAS ALSO SERVED AS NEIGHBORHOOD OF BEACON HILL AS CHAIR OF THEIR ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE, HELPING TO GUIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THEIR NCD FIVE PROCESS IN 2005 AND REVISIONS IN 2017. AS WELL AS THROUGH THE RECENT LARGE AREA REZONING PROCESS. HE'S HELPED TO CREATE A DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN BEACON HILL THAT IS TRANSPARENT, FAIR, AND INCLUSIVE, AND THAT IS BASED ON PROCESS AND CRITERIA. MARK IS HONORED TO SERVE SAN ANTONIO AS A DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. SO THANK YOU, MARK. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU JUST LOST YOUR, UH, FATHER-IN-LAW UNEXPECTEDLY, AND WE SEND OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF LENE GARCIA TO THE BROOKS DEVELOPMENT BOARD. LENE HAS BEEN A TRUE SERVANT AND HAS SPENT THE BETTER PART OF HER LIFE HELPING OUR COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING, UH, WITH THE UNITED WAY READING BUDDIES, AREA, HOSPITALS, AND SO MUCH MORE. UH, DISTRICT FIVE IS REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HER SERVICE AND WE KNOW SHE'S GOING TO EXCEL WITHIN THIS ROLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. I WANNA HIGHLIGHT 13 B, UM, MS. JORDAN CARMACK, UH, GETTING ON OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION ON STRENGTHENING FAMILY WELLBEING. AND I CAN SAY [00:55:01] THAT, UH, SHE WAS VERY ENERGETIC. IN FACT, WHEN I POSTED THIS ON A, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, IT WAS WITHIN A DAY SHE CALLED SAYING, I WANT THAT POSITION. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF ATTITUDE AND, AND, UH, UH, ENTHUSIASM. I LIKE TO SEE ABOUT SERVING ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND WANT TO THANK HER FOR SIGNING UP AND LOOK FORWARD TO HER, UM, SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE AND HELPING OUT WITH OUR FAMILIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I, I DO WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. I AM, UM, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BITTERSWEET FOR ME BECAUSE I AM APPOINTING A NEW ZONING COMMISSIONER, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, THE SERVICE OF GAIL MCDANIEL, WHO HAS BEEN IN MY OFFICE, UH, AS A, UH, LANDING A LAND USE AND PLANNING DIRECTOR, AND THEN ZONING DIRECTOR AS, UH, MY APPOINTEE IN THIS OFFICE, UH, FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS IS COMING TO AN END. I WANT TO THANK GAIL FOR HER HARD WORK FOR THE DISTRICT EIGHT COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DURING THAT TIME. UH, AND IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME TO THE ZONING COMMISSION, MICHELLE LU HOLLAND, WHO IS MY FORMER DIRECTOR OF POLICY WHO HAS MOVED ON, UH, TO HELP RUN A VERY IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. BUT, UH, MICHELLE ALWAYS PART OF THE TEAM, UH, A GREAT THINKER, A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE GONNA VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, UH, IN THE LAND USE, UH, ARENA FOR OUR ZONING COMMISSION, UH, REPRESENTING OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHELLE, AND THANK YOU TO RYAN FOR ALLOWING HER TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. UH, ALL RIGHT. UH, WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF, IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? OKAY. UM, AND BY ALLOWING HER TO SERVE, I MEANT ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'S, UH, ABLE TO DO, UM, SUPPORTING, SUPPORTING HER. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. THAT'S RIGHT. UM, THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. [City Manager's Report  ] IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. UH, THREE QUICK ITEMS. UH, ONE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, OUR 3 1 1 OFFICE, UH, RECENTLY RECEIVED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. UH, WE WERE AWARDED THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, DESIGNATION, UM, AT A, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, CONFERENCE IN PHOENIX. UM, THIS WAS A, UH, AN AWARD THAT RECOGNIZES ENHANCEMENTS IN PERFORMANCE AND REPORTING, TEAMWORK, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, UH, PROCESS AND COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. UH, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF INDUSTRY LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, IT IS AN AWARD THAT WE HAVE BEEN STRIVING TO ACHIEVE, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL AND CONGRATULATE PAULA AND THE ENTIRE 3 1 1 STAFF. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND CONTINUE TO DO MORE AND MORE, UH, EACH YEAR. UH, SECONDLY, AND I KNOW, UH, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECALL, UH, WILL REMEMBER THIS, WE DO THIS ANNUALLY. UM, THE, UM, SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, UM, GETTING IN TEXAS, TEXAS, AND THEN INTERNATIONALLY GOES THROUGH THEIR OWN OLYMPICS. AND IT'S CALLED, UM, THE EQUIPMENT RODEO. UH, WE SENT, UH, 10 EMPLOYEES FROM OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, TO LUBBOCK EARLIER THIS MONTH. THEY COMPETED AGAINST 65 OTHER TEAMS, UH, THROUGHOUT TEXAS, UH, AND NEW MEXICO. AND I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT EIGHT OF THE 10 EMPLOYEES, UH, PLACED IN THE COMPETITION. FOUR EMPLOYEES IN FIRST PLACE, UH, TWO IN SECOND PLACE, AND TWO IN THIRD PLACE. UM, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ. UH, FIRST PLACE IN THE MECHANICS COMPETITION IN FELIX, UH, RODRIGUEZ. IN THE SECOND PLACE, OUR REAR LO THE REAR LOAD DRIVER, UM, UH, GILBERT DELAROSA PLACED FIRST AND, UH, PETE KEES, UH, THIRD PLACE, THE ROLL OFF TRUCK DRIVER EVENT. UH, NOEL DIMAS GOT FIRST PLACE, AND LEO SALANA THIRD PLACE, THE TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER COMPETITION, UH, RAEZ AT FIRST PLACE, AND GERALDO EDDO THAT SECOND PLACE. AND THE AUTOMATED SIDE, UH, LOAD TRUCK EVENT, UH, JUAN FUENTES, UH, DIDN'T PLACE, AND, AND ROSALIO FUENTES DIDN'T PLACE, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS. AND IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED THE RODEO, THEY CAN TURN THOSE TRUCKS ON A DIME AND DRIVE IT RIGHT THROUGH A NEEDLE. UM, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO. AND, UH, THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE WINNERS WILL BE REPRESENTING THE CITY AT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, UH, UH, THIS [01:00:01] FALL, UH, IN EL PASO, TEXAS. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL THIS WEEK WAS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. UM, IT'S THE FIRST MAY OF EVERY, UM, IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF EVERY MAY 1ST FULL WEEK. UM, IT'S A CHANCE FOR OUR COUNTRY TO SEC TO, UH, RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THOSE THAT REPRESENT, UH, AND WORK AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, UM, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL. UM, SO WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME THIS WEEK TO, UM, RECOGNIZE OUR 12 AND A HALF THOUSAND EMPLOYEES. UH, WE HAD, I HELD A, A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH, UH, ALMOST, UH, 1100, 1200 EMPLOYEES ON, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SHARE WITH THEM WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. UM, AND IT'S GOOD FOR ME TO GET BACK OUT THERE. UM, NOW THAT, UH, WE'RE WIDE OPEN, UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE, THE NEWLY OPEN MCIS LIBRARY. I HAD NOT BEEN THERE. UM, AND, UM, ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE, UH, S T D CLINIC, UH, AT METRO HEALTH, ALONG WITH THEIR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT GROUP. AND THEN HAD A VERY EARLY MORNING, UH, ON TUESDAY AND VISITED WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TEAM AND THE SIGN TEAM, UM, AT, UH, THE NORTHWEST SERVICE CENTER. UM, AND SO WE'VE GOT A QUICK VIDEO THAT HIGHLIGHTS AND GETS SOME FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE EMPLOYEES, BUT I'M CERTAINLY, I CONTINUE TO BE PROUD, UH, UH, TO BE CITY MANAGER OF THIS ORGANIZATION. UH, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS. WE DO A LOT OF THINGS VERY WELL, AND, UH, WE'VE GOT GREAT DEDICATED EMPLOYEES. LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. DENISE. ERIC, NICE TO MEET YOU. SO THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY IS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. WE HAVE OVER 12 AND A HALF THOUSAND EMPLOYEES THAT DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS EVERY DAY AND NIGHT AND OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND THE PUBLIC THAT YOU INTERACT WITH EVERY DAY. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU. I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS THE REUS BRANCH LIBRARY. WE'RE IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN, UH, REOPENED SINCE APRIL 16TH. THE PEOPLE OF, OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE US REOPEN. TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT, I BELIEVE, IS TO JUST GIVE TO YOUR COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT YOUR COMMUNITY PROVIDES FOR YOU. I LOVE SAN ANTONIO, AND I LIKE BEING HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I ALWAYS LIVED IN THE SOUTH SIDE. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SOUTH SIDER. I CAME BACK JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UH, REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE TO YOU AND BUILT YOU UP. UH, WE'RE AT THE NORTHWEST SERVICE CENTER AT 1604 AND LESLIE ROAD CLOSER TO, UH, CULEBRA ROAD. AND AS FAR AS THIS BUILDING, WE DEAL WITH TRAFFIC. EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH TRAFFIC. WE GOT CROSSWALKS, WE GOT THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE, WE GOT THE, THE EDGE LINE. WE'LL UPGRADE, UH, SCHOOL CROSSWALK SIGNS AND, AND SPEED LIMITS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, JUST TO REGULATE TRAFFIC TO MAKE SURE, UM, IT'S, IT'S SAFE FOR KIDS TO CROSS GOING TO SCHOOL, UH, WHEN THEY'RE GETTING OUT AND JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY GETS HOME SAFE. WE ALSO GET A, A CITIZEN TO COME UP TO US AND THEY THANK US. THEY THANK US FOR WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S VERY REWARDING. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THEY TAKE TIME TO COME AND TELL, TELL US THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR, FOR OUR FAMILY, FOR OUR FRIENDS, FOR THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU ERIC. [Executive Session At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the B Room or the Presidio Conference Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:  ] ALRIGHT, UH, TIME IS 10:20 AM ON THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, 2022. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. AND TO DELIBERATE, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072. DISCUSS THE 2022 EVALUATION TIMELINE PROCESS FOR CITY MANAGER, CITY AUDITOR, CITY CLERK AND PRESIDING MUNICIPAL JUDGE, AND ANY RELATED LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.07. ONE [01:05:06] TIME IS NOW 12:06 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, 2022 IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WHILE NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. [2:00 P.M. (Time Certain) Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Adoption and Amendments of the Neighborhood, Community and Perimeter Plans as Components of the Master Plan and Zoning Cases. Plan amendments and Zoning cases presented by Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services.  ] ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING SESSION. THE TIME IS 2:09 PM ON THIS FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 2022. WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCILMEMBER BRAVO. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BELI. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. I VOTE. YAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. MAYOR NURENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, MAKE OUR MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT. WE HAVE, UH, BEEN, UH, CONTINUING ITEMS IN A BLOCK THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED. SO, UH, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME JUST A MOMENT, WE'VE GOT, UH, SOME ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE CONTINUED TO LATER DATES. UH, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT DATES THAT THEY'LL BE CONTINUED TO. SO I'M GONNA CALL FOR MOTIONS, UH, FOR THOSE ITEMS. BUT LET ME FIRST, UH, NOTE THAT ITEM 25, UH, IS NOT GOING TO BE HEARD. IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT. UH, WE HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INDIVIDUALLY HEARD. THOSE ARE ITEMS ONE AND TWO, ITEM SEVEN, ITEM 17 AND 18. ITEM 19, ITEM 26 AND 27. THOSE ARE THE ONLY ITEMS I'VE GOT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE HEARD EITHER ON CONSENT OR WILL BE CONTINUED, UH, BY CONSENT. SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY? OKAY, SO BEFORE WE START WITH OUR CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, I HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS BEING MOVED OR CONTINUED, EXCUSE ME, TILL MAY, MAY 19TH ITEMS SIX, ITEM 14 AND ITEM 30. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE THOSE ITEMS, CONTINUE THOSE ITEMS TO MAY 19TH. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE. ITEMS SIX, 14 AND 30 TO MAY 19TH. I DO HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, ON THOSE ITEMS. I WILL ASK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO YIELD THEIR TIME, UM, JUST CONSIDERATION THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HEARD TODAY. UH, BUT JUST WAVE AT ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, SEE YOUR TIME AND WE CAN MOVE ON. UH, ON ITEM SIX, WE HAVE JACK FINGER. UH, ALSO, UH, JACK, IF YOU'RE TAKING YOUR TIME, YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM SIX AND 14 AT THIS TIME. YEAH, GO AHEAD. VERY GOOD. UM, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. YES. COUPLE ITEMS DO WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION RIGHT HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE A COUPLE OF THESE ITEMS, ITEMS NUMBER SIX AND ITEM NUMBER 14. WELL, I MUST SAY THAT, UH, THE FIRST ONE, ITEM SIX, MR. BRAVO, THAT THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND, UH, A NUMBER OF BIG RED FLAGS THAT I AM ASKING THE QUESTION, WHY BOTHER CONTINUING IT WHEN THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING AGAINST IT, AS I WOULD WITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS, THIS, UH, THIS LITTLE SESSION RIGHT HERE. UH, I MEAN, YOU HAVE, IT'S A PROPOSED OFFICE, AN OFFICE PROPOSED IN, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S JUST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. BOTH, BOTH THE, UH, UH, THE ZONING, THE ZONING COMMISSION THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST, WELL, WELL, FOR ONE THING, YOU HAD ABOUT 30 NOTICES SENT, SENT OUT SURROUNDING IT AND, UH, UM, TO THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING IN THE TWO WITHIN 200 FEET. AND AS MUCH AS 17%, ALMOST 20% OF THE PEOPLE SAID, NO, THEY DON'T WANT IT. 20%. I MEAN, MY GOODNESS, THAT'S QUITE A FEW. THERE. UH, SEVERAL OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET WENT AHEAD AND SAID, NO, IT SHOULDN'T BE THERE AS WELL. AND GOOD AT LEAST FIVE OF 'EM THERE. . UH, NO, I THINK, UH, WHY NOT JUST PUT IT ON, UH, PULL THIS ONE AND SAY, NO, JUST DENY IT OUTRIGHT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY [01:10:01] ABOUT IT ANYMORE, UM, ELSEWHERE. UM, ITEM NUMBER, NUMBER 14. AND, UH, THAT'S MS. VIA GRANTED, I THINK THAT IT'S IN YOUR, YOUR DISTRICT THERE. SO, UH, YES, UH, UH, ONCE AGAIN, IT HAS A NUMBER OF RED, RED FLAGS AS WELL. THE STAFF, THE, THE STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. THAT'S WHY THEY, THEY RAISED THE FLAG ON IT. UH, MAINLY BECAUSE THESE FOUR UNITS THAT SUPPOSEDLY ARE BEING SHOEHORNED INTO THIS LITTLE AREA RIGHT HERE, UH, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS WAY TOO DENSE. YES, IT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE SURROUNDING SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, MS. RIO GRANDE. SO WHY NOT, UH, UH, BITE THE BULLET AND SAY, SAY NO TO THIS ONE AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. FINGER ON ITEM 30. MR. ROBERT TIPS. MR. TIPS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 30? IT'S GONNA BE CONTINUED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS SIX, 14, AND 30 TO MAY 19TH. ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ONE SECOND AS WE, UH, GET THE COMPUTER UP. ALRIGHT, UM, IN LIEU OF THE, UH, COMPUTER VOTE, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEMS 12 22 24 AND 29, WHICH WILL BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 2ND. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO JUNE 2ND. I MOVE THAT WE, UH, EXTEND THOSE ITEMS, CONTINUE THEM TO JUNE, SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 12, 22, 24 AND 29 TO JUNE 2ND. UM, LET ME CALL UP ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. UM, ON ITEM 24, JACK FINGER, FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP MANA. YES. MAYOR NURNBERG, THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. ONE ITEM I DO WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS, THIS LITTLE MINI PORTION RIGHT HERE IS ITEM NUMBER 24. YES, MS. SANDOVAL, I THINK, UM, I BROUGHT THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION. I THINK THE LAST TIME, UM, IT WAS, UH, IT CAME UP FOR DELIBERATION. YES, MS. SANDOVAL, UH, UH, IT IS SAID THAT, UH, THERE ARE STILL THE TWO, THE PARTIES INVOLVED ARE STILL DELIBERATING ON THIS AND STILL TRYING TO COME TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT. BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND, UH, MS. COUNCILWOMAN, UH, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS SO MUCH OPPOSITION TO THIS, THIS THING, THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, NO ONE IS TRULY AGAINST THAT PER SE, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WOULD HAVE TO LIVE RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT TO IT. AND YES, I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE AS MUCH AS WELL, BUT BOTH, BOTH THE ZONING STAFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. MA'AM, YOU HAVE OUT OF THE 14 PEOPLE SURROUNDING THAT AREA, NINE, NINE CAME BACK SAYING, NO, WE DON'T WANT IT. I MEAN, YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT, THAT'S A GOOD PERCENTAGE. YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO GIVE ONE OR TWO. UH, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, YOU HAVE NINE PEOPLE SAYING NO TO THIS THING OUT OUTSIDE OF IT. YOU HAD, UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT YOU HAD 132 PEOPLE SAY NO TO THIS FACILITY. YOU HAD PEOPLE WHO SPOKE UP AGAINST IT AT THE ZONING HEARING 14, [01:15:01] SPEAK UP AGAINST IT. WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE DOING GOOD, LIKE I SAY AGAIN, ONE OR TWO TO COME BY, SUCH HEARINGS YOU HAD AND YOU HAD AS MANY AS 12, 12 PEOPLE CALL UP AGAINST IT, UM, WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO THIS WHOLE THING AND, AND, UM, PUT IT OUT OF ITS MISERY INSTEAD OF DRAGGING EVERYBODY ELSE THROUGH ANOTHER CONTINUANCE HERE. HMM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. PHILLIP MANA. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS 12 22, 24 AND 29 TO JUNE 2ND. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL? UH, YES. UH, ITEM ITEM 24. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THAT WAS POSTPONED BY, UH, THE APPLICANT TO JUNE 2ND. MY OFFICE RECEIVED SOME CRITICISM REGARDING NOT NOTIFYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR AND ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. OKAY. 11. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO NOW TO, UH, THE ITEM TO CONTINUE TO DO JUNE 16, AND THAT IS ITEM 20. I'LL HONOR MO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 20 TO JUNE 16TH. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION. WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION, UH, BY ROCHA GARCIA. SECOND BY VIA GRANDE. TO CONTINUE ITEM 20 TO JUNE 16TH, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 20. JACK FINGER, O MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, IT'S HARD TO KEEP, UH, UP WITH THESE THINGS UNLESS YOU HAVE A PROGRAM HERE. ITEM NUMBER 20, UH, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY FROM COMMERCIAL C TWO TO R FIVE. AND THAT IS IN THE, UH, UH, AND THAT'S LOCATED IN, UH, WELL, MS. ROCHA GARCIA'S DISTRICT. YES, MA'AM. NOW, THE ZONING, COMMISSION ZONING STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL FOR IT. WELL, APPARENTLY IT'S, IT'S, UH, WELL, IT'S OUT ONCE AGAIN AT AS STATED WITH SO MANY OF THESE, UH, SITUATIONS. IT'S, UH, IT'S OUT OF CHARACTER. IT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE THERE. AND, UH, WHEN THE ZONING STAFF SAYS, SAY SUCH THINGS, AND, UH, WELL, WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO THE WHOLE THING? I MEAN, I, I, I, I CAN, I CAN TRUST 'EM, ALL THESE THINGS UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME SPECIAL INFORMATION THAT TELLS US OTHERWISE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 20 TO JUNE 16TH. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. I KNOW THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING Y'ALL OUT THERE, SO MOTION CARRIES 11. OH, THAT WAS THE, THE LAST THREE. UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO OUR CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. AND LET ME JUST READ OFF THE NAMES, OR EXCUSE ME, THE ITEM NUMBERS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT ITEMS. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 28, AND 31. THESE ARE OUR CONSENT ZONING ITEMS. UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED. [01:20:02] ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE ITEMS. I JUST READ. WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. JACK FINGER AND JACK, AS YOU COME FORWARD, I WANTED TO OFFER A COMPLIMENT FROM COUNCILMAN PERRY ON YOUR CHOICE OF TIES TODAY. WELL, YES, UH, BUT THEN YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE TODAY IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. WE JUST HAD SOME, UH, SOME PRAYER OCCASIONS JUST AT THE LOCAL CHURCH, UH, DOWNTOWN HERE. AND SO, UH, THAT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT OUR NATION NEEDS SO MUCH PRAYER, I THINK, UH, IT, IT'S BEHOOVING UH, IT EVERY PATRIOTIC PERSON TOO, WHERE IT'S SUCH, UH, A PRAYER ALL THERE. UH, ONE ITEM ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA, UH, MR. NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS ITEM NUMBER THREE. AND ONCE AGAIN, MR. BRAVO, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND WHAT IS IT? WELL, IT'S BASICALLY THEY JUST WANT TO PLACE SIX DWELLING UNITS. I, I CALL IT SHOEHORNING. I MEAN, YOU JUST SHOVE IT RIGHT INTO ONE LITTLE LOT, ONE LITTLE LOT. AND, UH, I MEAN, YOU PUT SIX UNITS, MR. COUNCILMAN INTO ANYTHING. DO YOU REALIZE HOW, HOW TINY THAT GETS, HOW, HOW DENSE THAT GETS? UH, WH WHY, WHY NOT SAY, JUST LOOK AT IT AND SAY, NO, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE THERE. I DON'T THINK IT IN RELATION TO ALL THE OTHER RESIDENCES AROUND HERE. IT'S, IT'S JUST A BIT TOO TINY. UM, ONE WONDERS HOW PEOPLE BREATHE IN THAT AREA. SO, YEAH, SIR, WHY NOT? PLEASE, UH, CONSIDER, HERE'S ONE I WOULD ITEM, I WOULDN'T MIND YOU CONTINUING TO, TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT IT, SIR. ITEM NUMBER THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. YES. OKAY. THERE IS A, UH, DID YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK MA'AM? YEAH, THE, UH, SIGNUP PERIOD FOR COMMENTING DURING THE ZONING, UH, AGENDA WAS TWO O'CLOCK. THANK YOU, MA'AM. LET ME TURN IT OVER TO, UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEMS? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL? UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SEED MY TIME SO THAT THE APPLICANT MAY SPEAK? UM, YOU MAY USE YOUR TIME TO CALL HER UP IF YOU'D LIKE. OKAY. SORRY, WHAT DISTRICT IS THIS AGAIN? OH, ARE YOU GONNA CALL HER UP? NO. OH, NEVERMIND. I DEFER TO THE COUNCILMAN. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SURE. I'LL, I'LL, COUNCIL MEMBER BRA. THANK YOU. SURE. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT UP TO SPEAK ON, ON ITEM THREE. I, I, I THINK MAYBE DENISE WOULD LET HER KNOW, BUT DOES SHE KNOW WHO APPROVED? I DON'T THINK SO. HI, MR. BRAVO, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YEAH. MY NAME'S HANNAH MENARD. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH, THE UPTOWN ASSOCIA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I LIVE AT THE, UM, 2 44 PRINCETON AVENUE, WHICH IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. AND, UM, NOTHING IS GONNA BE CHANGED AND I PUT THAT IN THERE. THOSE BUILDINGS ARE ALREADY THERE AND THEY'RE NOT SIX LIVABLE BUILDINGS. THERE'S, UM, THE LARGE HOUSE IN FRONT, WHICH HAS THREE APARTMENTS, AND THEN THERE'S TWO APARTMENTS ON THE SIDE, AND THEN THERE'S A FOUR CAR GARAGE IN THE BACK AND ALL WE NEED IS SOME METERS FOR THE GARAGES. GREAT. WELL THIS IS ON CONSENT, SO I EXPECT IT TO PASS. OH, PERFECT. THANK YOU, YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS NOW. WE'LL START WITH ITEMS ONE AND TWO. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE AND TWO, AMENDING THE NEAR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN FROM URBAN LOAD DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FROM R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR HARDWARE SALES TO NC LOCATED AT 7 1 4 VANCE JACKSON. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 30 NOTICES MAILED TO IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED [01:25:02] COUNCILS MEMBER. BRAVO. UH, MOTION FOR DENIAL. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEMS FOR AND TWO, WE DO HAVE, UM, ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. JACK FINGER. WELL, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND MR. BRAVO, I, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY TO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THE FACTS ON THIS AND, AND MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. UH, THIS IS, THIS HAS SO MANY RED FLAGS. I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY REASONABLE INDIVIDUAL WILL WANT, WANT TO SAY YES TO IT. I MEAN, THIS IS ABOUT, WHAT IS IT? UH, THE IDEA OF CHANGING, CHANGING THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, UH, FROM RESIDENTIAL TWO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, UH, YEAH, THE STAFF LOOKED AT THIS, THE ZONING COMMISSION LOOKED AT THIS, BOTH THE, UH, THE PLANNING AND THE, AND THE ZONING DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT THIS. ALL FOUR OF 'EM SAID NO. WHY? BECAUSE, WELL, IT'S A MATTER OF COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT. THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT JUST IN OUR CITY, BUT MANY CITIES ALL THROUGH, ALL THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY. AND I, I'VE DEALT WITH IT 20, 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I LIVED IN MY RESPECTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE, WE SAID NO TO IT THEN. AND I'M, I'M GLAD WE DID AT THE TIME. YEAH. UM, AND WHAT ALSO THE LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. YEAH. COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT AMID SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. YES. MR. BRAVO, THANK YOU FOR SAYING NO TO THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS D ONE AND D TWO. IT WAS ACTUALLY A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL, SIR. OH, I'M SORRY. SORRY. ACTION FOR DENIAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM ITEMS ONE AND TWO. UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THAT AS WELL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEMS ONE AND TWO ARE DENIED. WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM SEVEN. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, REZONING FROM R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR DAYCARE CENTER TO OUR SIX CD I D Z WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED AT 5 36 EAST CORTLAND PLACE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, 9:00 AM TO 10:00 PM AND THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 9:00 AM TO 11:00 PM NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATIONS ATTACHED SIGN NOT TO EXCEED 36 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE. THERE'S BEEN 27 NOTICES MAILED. ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. AND THE TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SEVEN WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. I THINK I HEARD A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. ANY DISCUSSION? UH, WE HAVE NO CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. I THINK WE HAD 11. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ROBBED. OKAY, WE'LL GO TO ITEMS 17 AND 18. 17 AND 18 AMENDING THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN FROM NATURAL TIER AND COUNTRY TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER FROM FR TO R FIVE, LOCATED AT 16,735 SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY 16. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 11. NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND TWO ARE OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 17 AND 18. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 17 AND 18. UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. WE'LL [01:30:01] START WITH JACK FINGER, FOLLOWED BY JAMES MCKNIGHT. WELL, MARBERG OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND, UH, WELL, MS. UH, ROCHA GARCIA. UH, THE REASON I WISH YOU WOULD NOT APPROVE THIS MADAM, IS BECAUSE OF IT'S OBVIOUS. ALL THIS ONE HAS ITS SHARE OF RED FLAGS. I MEAN, I, I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO COME UP HERE SO MANY TIMES, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY SCANDALS AND SO LITTLE TIME, WELL, , THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS THERE. UH, 17 AND 18, WHAT THE IDEA IS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PLACE SOMETHING THAT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER IN THIS AREA. IT'S STILL PRETTY MUCH A FARM AND RANCH RURAL AREA HERE. AND, UH, BUT SOMEONE WANTS TO PLACE A, UH, WHAT IS IT? 240 HOUSES, 240 HOUSES IN THIS. I WONDER JUST HOW MUCH THAT WOULD DESTROY THIS AREA OF THOSE WHO HAPPEN TO LIVE THERE. THE RURAL AREA WHERE, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA SAY, WELL, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE SAME IDEA, JACK. THEY WANNA GET AWAY FROM IT ALL, AND THAT'S WHY AS MUCH AS 240 OF 'EM THERE. WELL, UH, THERE IT IS TIME THAT YOU AS A, THE LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAS SAID NO TO SOME THINGS LIKE THIS. MS. GARCIA. SO, YES. UH, , YES. THAT'S, UH, YEAH. THAT, THAT'S WHY THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, THEY SAID, SAID NO TO THIS. AND I APPRECIATE IF, IF YOU ALSO WOULD SAY NO TO IT INSTEAD OF JUST GOING AHEAD WITH IT THERE. MAYBE I, I WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THE WHAT, IF ANY GOOD REASONS THERE ARE FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. JAMES MCKNIGHT. I OKAY. ALRIGHT, THERE'S APPRO, APPRO A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 17 AND 18. ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, ITEM 19. AGENDA ITEM 19 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 1 0 6 OLD VALLEY HIGH DRIVE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 25 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOTION FOR DENIAL. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM 19. THERE IS ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. JACK FINGER, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MS. RICHARD GARCIA. ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU FOR DOING ONE RIGHT THING ANYWAY. YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THE STAFF SAID IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM 19. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE AND REMINDER A YAY VOTE IS TO DENY ITEM 19. ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 19 HAS BEEN DENIED. ITEMS 26 AND 27. AGENDA ITEM 26 AND 27. 27, EXCUSE ME, AMENDING THE WEST SOUTHWEST SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO MIXED USE CENTER FROM R FOUR [01:35:01] TO M X D WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 50 UNITS PER ACRE, LOCATED AT TEN TWO, TWO, FIVE. ROAD STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING, COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. FOUR NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, 15 IN OPPOSITION AND THREE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY. AND THERE WAS A PETITION THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, IN OPPOSITION WITH 134 SIGNATURES. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I BELIEVE THEIR CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE GOT A MOTION. OH, FIRST. UM, WHILE THERE WILL BE AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND SOME CONDITIONS, SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THOSE AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS OR SHOULD I GO THROUGH EVERYTHING NOW? IS THERE AN AMENDED? DO IT NOW AND THEN WE WILL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THAT, INCLUDING COUNSEL OKAY. INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE, UH, TODAY AND FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS. UH, I THINK IT IS A MUCH BETTER PROPOSAL AFTER HEARING FROM YOU AND ALL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. UM, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN IN THE WORK SINCE 2020. UM, AND UH, WE ALSO HAD, UH, I'M AWARE THAT THE DEVELOPER AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEVELOPER BLOCK WALKED THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, UH, AND, UH, AND MET WITH, UH, RESIDENTS TO ENSURE TO, UH, THAT CONCERNS WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND ULTIMATELY ADDRESS, UH, AND MY OFFICE DEFINITELY LIKE SEEING THAT. SO THANK YOU. UM, THE ORIGINAL PLAN, GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP. UM, THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD CALLED FOR HOMES ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF BRON ROAD, AS WELL AS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE HOMES, UH, ON MERIT FIELD IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED ENCLAVE AT LAUREL CANYON. COULD YOU SHARE THAT ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WITH US? EMILY, PLEASE? THE SLIDE? YES. COUNCILMAN EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN, I THINK WE'RE GETTING IT UPLOADED TO THE SCREEN. MM-HMM. , NO, MAYBE, BUT I'LL TALK REAL BRIEFLY. THERE WE GO. UH, YES. SO THIS IS THE ENTIRE ALMOST EIGHT ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH, UH, APPROXIMATELY 60 UNITS. UH, THAT'S ALYSSA FIELD AND MERRIFIELD TO THE, TO THE NORTHWEST THERE. UM, AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT BEGAN IN NOVEMBER, 2020 WAS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE EIGHT ACRES. AND SO, UH, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, THAT PLAN WAS, UH, ULTIMATELY CHANGED. UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR ME WAS THE PROTECTION OF THAT GREEN BELT, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN, UH, IN SOME WAY PROMISED WHEN THEY FIRST MOVED INTO THAT AREA. SO, UM, IT WAS, UH, THEIR INTEREST IN MY REQUEST TO ENSURE THAT THAT WOULD BE PROTECTED. UH, CAN YOU TELL US, UH, HOW THOSE, UM, HOW THOSE AND OTHER PROTECTIONS ARE GOING TO COME INTO PLACE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. KAT, CAN YOU SKIP TO FORWARD PLEASE? UH, SO THIS IS NOW, UM, SO WE'RE REZONING TO M X D FOR 164 UNITS WITH COMMERCIAL USES. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMERCIAL USES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY THE, UH, COMMUNITY TO BE PROHIBITED. UH, IT'S ACTUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, HEAD SHOPS AND BARS TAVERNS ALL HAVE BEEN STRICTLY PROHIBITED ON THE SITE PLAN, AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE ADMITTED SITE PLAN. BUT THE AREA IN GREEN THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS ALMOST FOUR ACRES. UH, WE HAVE EXECUTED RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE FOUR ACRES. UM, AND THOSE COVENANTS ARE IN PLACE NOW, UH, WILL BE RECORDED TODAY. UH, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THOSE COVENANTS IS ESSENTIALLY A PLACEHOLDER. WE HAVE A FORMAL LETTER. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GREEN SPACES ALLIANCE TO CREATE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OF THOSE FOUR ACRES, UH, IN PERPETUITY. SO THOSE FOUR ACRES BEHIND LY FIELD AND MERIT FIELD WILL BE PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY, UM, WITH THE GREEN SPACES ALLIANCE AS THE HOLDER. AND SO THAT WILL PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THOSE FOUR ACRES IS WHAT ADJOINS US WITH THE ENCLAVE OF FLORAL CANYONS. UM, AND SO THAT WILL BE PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY IN ITS COMPLETELY NATURAL STATE. GREAT. SO WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THAT? UH, RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEN IT WILL GO TO GREEN SPACES ALLIANCE. UM, HOW SOON DO YOU EXPECT THAT AGREEMENT TO GO INTO EFFECT? UM, IT IS UNDERWAY. ONE TO TWO MONTHS. WHO'S THAT? UH, THAT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER. OH, SO, HI. YES. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE SHOULD HAVE THAT FULLY WRAPPED UP. WE HAVE A FULL COMMITMENT FROM GREEN SPACES ON THAT. UM, OKAY. AND SHOULD THAT FALL THROUGH, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? UH, THE COVENANTS REMAIN IN PLACE, WHICH RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND LIMIT THIS PROPERTY AS A RESERVED AREA FOR OPEN GREEN SPACE, UM, AND PARKLAND ONLY. OKAY. AND HOW WOULD THE COVENANTS, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS BE ENFORCED? UH, THOSE WERE ENFORCED BY THE HOLDER OF THE COVENANTS. UM, AND THAT IS, UH, WE WORKED WITH A MEMBER OUT IN WILDHORSE TO BE THE HOLDER OF THOSE COVENANTS. OKAY. [01:40:01] AND IS, UH, THE ENCLAVE AT LAUREL CANYON? UH, I GUESS MY, HAVE THOSE RESIDENTS SPOKEN WITH THE, THE HOLDER AT WILDHORSE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT COMMUNICATION HAS HAPPENED, BUT THESE ARE FULLY EXECUTED, READY TO GO. OH, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ARE EXECUTED? YES. MM-HMM. , DO YOU HAVE COPIES THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE TO THE, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE FROM, UH, FROM LAUREL CANYON? YEP. AND, UM, OKAY, GREAT. UH, SO, UH, I THINK YOU'VE ADDRESSED, UM, OH, SORRY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ALSO THERE WAS A PETITION WITH A NUMBER OF, UH, SIGNATURES IN OPPOSITION. THEY WERE NOT ALL FROM, SOME WERE FROM THE AREA, OF COURSE, AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE, UH, SOME WERE FROM OUTSIDE OF, OF THE AREA. UM, BUT THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN COLLECTING THOSE SIGNATURES ACTUALLY CAME FORWARD WITH A LIST OF REQUESTS FOR THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. SO I REALLY WANNA THANK THEM FOR, UH, MAKING THAT REALLY, REALLY GOOD FAITH EFFORT COMING FORWARD WITH THESE REQUESTS. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, YOU AS THE DEVELOPER ARE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. YES. SO THE, WELL, THE COVENANTS THEMSELVES ARE SPECIFIC TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE LAND. UM, THE AMENDED SITE PLAN FACILITATES THE RESTRICTION OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ENFORCEABLE BY THE CITY. UM, SO THAT WAY LIMITING THE BURDEN ON ANYONE ELSE FOR ENFORCEMENT THERE. AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER COVENANTS PROPOSED BY THE COMMUNITY ARE ALREADY, UH, TAKEN CARE OF BY CITY CODE. THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, STORM WATER DRAINAGE, THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY ALL IN PLACE. AND THERE'S A SPECIFIC STATEMENT ON THE M X D SITE PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CITY THAT SAYS THAT WE ARE NOT RELIEVED OF COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE CITY CODES AND REGULATIONS. BY APPROVAL OF THIS SITE PLAN, WE STILL HAVE TO COMMIT AND COMPLY WITH ALL OF THOSE EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHICH THIS SITE WILL BE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE NOW, RATHER THAN MAYBE RULES AND REGULATIONS FROM 25 YEARS AGO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THAT SAID, I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 26 AND 27 WITH, UH, THE AMENDED SITE PLAN. AS NOTED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR BACK TO YOU. UM, WE WILL START WITH JAMES WENDELL. MR. WENDELL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY BRIAN MORGAN. UM, NOW A MESSAGE FROM MOLLY WENDELL, ANOTHER HOMEOWNER AND RESIDENT OF THE ENCLAVE OF LAUREL CANYON SINCE 2005. THANK YOU, ELECTED MAYOR AND CITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR FULFILLING YOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES TO OUR CITY BY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION MORE THAN JUST THE LANDOWNER'S PERSPECTIVE AND UPSTANDING ETHICAL FIGURE PUBLIC FIGURES. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO UPHOLD LEGAL GRIEVANCE AND PARTIALLY ADHERE TO LAWS AND REGULATIONS, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY, AND REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU FOR THESE RESPONSIBILITIES. OVER 300 NEIGHBORS FROM LAUREL CANYON WILDHORSE AND BRON RIDGE ARE IN AGREEMENT FOR YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY TO MIXED USE FOR A PLETHORA OF REASONS, INCREASING TRAFFIC, FLOODING, AIR QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, LOSS OF PRIVACY, INCREASED NOISE, INCREASED CRIME, MENTAL STRESS, DEVALUATION OF HOMES WITH LOWER COST HOUSING, AND SO FORTH. THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. THE DECISION YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS NOT AN ETHICAL DECISION TO UPHOLD NOT ONLY AN ETHICAL POSITION, UH, DECISION TO UPHOLD EXISTING CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS, BUT ALSO A DECISION THAT WILL IMPACT CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS AND ALL TAX PAYING CITIZENS ON THE SURFACE, THIS REZONING DECISION LOOKS TO BE ALIGNED WITH CITY OBJECTIVES FOR A GROWING CITY. HOWEVER, TAKING A DEEPER LOOK REVEALS IT DOESN'T BECAUSE FINANCIALLY IN THE LONG TERM, MIXED USE WILL COST THE CITY MORE MONEY, CREATE MORE ISSUES THAN THE CURRENT CITY IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO RESOLVE. INCREASED ROAD MAINTENANCE COSTS, CITIES LIABILITIES FOR INCREASED TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND FOR THIS AREA, ADDITIONAL STRESS ON AQUIFER, INCREASED AIR POLLUTION, ENLARGING SCHOOLS HAVING TO REZONE [01:45:01] SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO FORTH. THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. KNOWING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALREADY EXIST ON THIS ROAD, SHOULD BE REASON ENOUGH TO VOTE AGAINST REZONING. HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING MEANS AT A MINIMUM 164 ADDITIONAL CARS BASED UPON THE PROPOSED HOUSING UNITS. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SINCE 2017 HAVE INCREASED BY 217% AS OF THE END OF 2021, AND ARE FORECASTED TO INCREASE BY 329% BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND THAT IS WITHOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO THIS ROAD, LIKE THE 1560 EXPANSION ROUTING TRAFFIC TO BROWN ROAD TO GET TO 1604. THANK YOU MR. WENDELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS BRIAN MORGAN HERE? IF YOU HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT, MR. WENDELL, WE CAN DISTRIBUTE TO THE COUNCIL. UM, IF YOU CAN GET IT TO OUR CLERK. THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. UH, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SANDRA ARCHIE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO START FIRST START WITH SAYING THAT, UM, I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SEVERAL COVENANTS THAT WERE AGREED TO AND I HAD A SPEECH PREPARED, UM, FOR THE REASON TO VOTE NO, BUT I DID WANT TO PUT THAT IF IT'S GOING TO GO FORWARD, I DO NOT KNOW OR UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE WORKINGS THAT GO INTO THIS, BUT THOSE COVENANTS, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS MAKE THEM AT LEAST DETAILED ENOUGH THAT WE PRESERVE THE GREEN SPACE RIGHT BEHIND. THERE WAS A GREEN AREA ON THE MAP EARLIER. UM, THAT AREA BACKS UP DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND IT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR MIXED USE. WE'RE SURROUNDED BY FOUR LARGE SUBDIVISIONS. WILDHORSE ALONE HAS 3000 HOMES. SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THE FIRST TIME THIS WAS, UH, PRESENTED, IT WAS DENIED IN THE PLANNING. AND SO THIS IS THE SECOND ROUND OF THE, OF THE ZONING. UH, WE HAVE OVER 300 PETITIONS. SO I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE ARE 300 SIGNATURES FROM TWO SUBDIVISIONS AND TWO HOAS ARE INVOLVED. SO THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF THE PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT SEVEN. SO IT IS NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT ARE AFFECTED. SO PLEASE, WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COVENANTS, UM, AND YOU DISCUSS THEM BACK IN THE CHAMBERS, MAKE SURE THAT THE WORDING, I WON'T UNDERSTAND IT, I'LL BE HONEST. UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE WORDING PRESERVES THAT AREA FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN, UM, IN THE AREAS. LIKE I SAID, MY CHILD, BOTH MY CHILDREN ARE DRIVING AGE AND BRON ROAD RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MOST DANGEROUS ROADS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I HAVE TO TEACH MY CHILDREN TO DRIVE ON THAT ROAD. SO PLEASE TAKE THOSE KIND OF THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION. THE PRICE OF HOUSING RIGHT NOW, I FEEL LIKE MY CHILDREN WILL PROBABLY COME BACK AND STAY WITH ME, UM, AFTER THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR EDUCATION. AND THE DENSITY OF THAT AREA IS NOT ALWAYS APPROPRIATE FOR COMMERCIAL GRADE BUILDINGS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. I'D LIKE MY KIDS TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO THE STORES, I'D LIKE MY KIDS TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO THEIR FRIEND'S HOUSE AND SO ON. SO PLEASE TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT COVENANTS AND WORDING COVENANTS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT BACK HERE IN TWO YEARS, UM, TRYING TO ARGUE A REZONING FOR THE GREEN BELT. UM, WHATEVER'S THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE PERMANENT AND ENFORCEABLE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU MR. MORGAN. SANDRA ARCHIE, MS. ARCHIE BE FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER ARCHIE, MS. SANDOVAL. UM, SO I'M SORRY. I'VE HAD HEALTH CHALLENGES AND I WAS NOT SURE I COULD BE HERE TODAY. UM, MY NEIGHBORS HAD MENTIONED THAT Y'ALL SAID THAT THE COVENANTS WOULD BE HELD BY WILDHORSE. ARE THEY GONNA BE HELD BY ENCLAVE OF LAUREL CANYON OR WILDHORSE? JUST TO CLARIFY? OBJECT. OKAY. UM, SO AGAIN, UM, WHAT I HAD PREPARED TO SAY, IT DOES SOUND LIKE THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THE COVENANTS THAT WERE PROPOSED. I DID SET SOMETHING A LITTLE WHILE AGO, AND I WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT THOSE 300 PETITIONS THAT WE HAD SIGNED, UM, THERE'S THIS, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE, THE GREATER COMMUNITY. THERE HAS NOT BEEN TIME IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME SINCE THOSE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED. AND SO FOR THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE, UM, GOTTEN IS THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THOSE WHO'VE SIGNED THE PETITIONS, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, ARE OPPOSED STILL, UM, AS PRESENTED BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE NOT ANSWERED IN THEIR OPINION AND THEY STILL ARE FOR IT TO BE RESIDENTIAL. UM, SO I JUST WANT THAT TO BE ON RECORD. UM, AS IS THAT THEY ARE STILL OPPOSED. UM, THEY FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOT, SO I WILL SHARE THAT. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I HAVE TO SHARE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, WE'VE SHARED BEFORE. UM, SO AGAIN, IF IT'S ALREADY A DONE DEAL WITH THE COVENANTS, I'LL JUST REITERATE WHAT BRIAN SAID. WE DO HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER US AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOOK OUT FOR US BECAUSE THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT HAVE, UM, BEEN VERY HURTFUL TO OUR NEIGHBORS WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC. WE'VE HAD FATALITIES IN THE AREA AND WE JUST CANNOT SEE AS PROPOSED AT THIS TIME THAT THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO BE FIXED [01:50:01] WITH THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT'S THERE IN THE ROAD WITHOUT GOING TO EMINENT DOMAIN AND TAKING PROPERTY. UM, FOR THE CITY, THERE'S NOT ANY MORE SPACE TO WIDEN THE, THE ROAD THAT'S THERE. OKAY. WITH REGARD TO THE COVENANTS, MS. ARCHIE, ARE YOU, UH, SAVING THE REST OF YOUR TIME? YES. OKAY. LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH MADE THE DECISION THAT YOU'RE GONNA ACCEPT IT. SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE COVENANTS ARE GONNA BE HELD BY ENCLOVE OR WHETHER THEY'RE HELD BY WILDHORSE. THANK YOU, MS. ARCHIE. UM, I'M GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH COUNCIL COMMENT OR WITH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, DO YOU WANNA RESPOND TO ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY? UM, YES, BUT I'LL BE BRINGING EMILY UP TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. WE'LL, WE'LL MM-HMM. , WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL WILL RESPOND. OKAY. SHE'LL HAVE THE FLOOR AGAIN. UM, OKAY. ARE YOU, UH, ALEXANDER ARCHIE? YES, I AM. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT TIME NOW? I JUST WANNA GO AHEAD AND STATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE AGAINST IT. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ANSWERS FOR THEM TO MAKE A QUICK DECISION WITHOUT BEING RATIONED, NOT THINKING IT THROUGH. I JUST WANT THAT TO GO ON RECORD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ARCHIE. JACK FINGER, MR. FGO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY KYLE FORIN, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER AND, UH, UH, MS. SAND OF ALL I, THE REASON I'M CHIMING IN WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSING THIS IS BECAUSE, WELL, I'VE LOOKED AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS AND I SEE SOME OF THESE, THESE FACTS. HERE'S, IT SAYS IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE, FROM WHAT I'VE READ, IT'S IT'S GONNA BE PLACING ABOUT 50 LIVING UNITS PER ACRE, 55 0. THAT'S QUITE A FEW LIVING UNITS IN JUST ONE ACRE. MS. SANDOVAL, UH, PEOP IF YOU LOOKED AT THE MAP FOR THIS THING, I MEAN, IT'S JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM REGULAR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. YEAH, IT'S JUST RIGHT ACROSS BRAUN ROAD THERE THAT THEY'RE JUST ACROSS THE STREET THAT THEY'RE PRACTICALLY HUGGING IT THERE. AND, UH, IT, IT, EVEN A LAY PERSON LIKE ME CAN SEE HOW OUT OF CHARACTER THAT IS FOR, FOR, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU HAD, UH, AS MANY AS EIGHT PEOPLE CALL IN AGAINST THIS TO THE ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR HEARINGS THERE, EIGHT SAYING THEY DON'T LIKE IT. UH, UH, AND OUT OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, YOU HAD AS MANY AS 15 PEOPLE OPPOSE IT. 15. SO MS. SANDOVAL, UM, EVEN WITH YOUR RESTRICTIONS THERE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO, TO ASSUAGE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, I APPRECIATED MR. MS. SANDOVAL IF YOU JUST REALLY RESCINDED THOSE RESTRICTIONS AND JUST SAY NO TO THE WHOLE THING AS REALLY SHOULD BE DONE. MS. SANDOVAL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER, KYLE FOR ALL RIGHT. THANK, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND, UM, MS. SANDOVAL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR SUPPORT AND, UM, MY NAME'S KYLE FORTON. UH, MY FIANCE FINBAR IS ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, WE OWN THE HOME AT 1 0 8, 0 2 MERRIFIELD. UM, WE'VE BEEN HOSTING COMMUNITY GATHERINGS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO, UM, DISCUSS THE CHANGES AND THE PROPOSALS REZONING. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE THE, QUITE THE ADVENTURE. SO, UM, THANK YOU TO MY NEIGHBORS. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, BUT UM, I DO WANNA DO WANNA CALL THAT OUT. UM, YOU KNOW, AS SANDRA KIND OF KIND OF ALLUDED TO, IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THE DECISION HAS, HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE STILL NOT CLEAR. I HAD A SPEECH TO WRITTEN UP. UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, CAME TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THIS AND THE COVENANTS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TO US RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN MY OPINION NOT DETAILED ENOUGH. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST WANNA NOTE THAT THERE'S FOUR MAIN THINGS. UM, AGAIN, WHAT'S THE GREEN SPACE GONNA BE USED FOR PRIMARILY THAT STILL HASN'T BEEN CLEAR NOISE, TRAFFIC PRIVACY, YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD IT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES. UM, MAINLY I [01:55:01] WOULD JUST LIKE TO STATE THAT MY HOME SPECIFICALLY IS IMPACTED IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT WAY. I'M THE FIRST HOUSE AS YOU PASS THIS CORNER WHERE THAT GREEN SPACE IS AND, UM, ON OFF OF LYON ROAD. UM, BEYOND THAT, I THINK I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE REST OF MY TIME BACK. UM, AND IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU GUYS. SO THANK YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. FOREN. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND UM, EMILY, COULD YOU, UH, PLEASE COME UP, UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU ABOUT THE COVENANTS, AND THEN I WANT TO ASK MELISSA ABOUT THE PREVIOUS, UH, AGREEMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. THANK YOU. UM, CAN YOU TELL ME, IS IT, UH, WELL, NUMBER ONE, WHY ARE THE COVENANTS WITH WILD HORSE AND NOT ENCLAVE AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO ALSO HAVE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WITH, UH, THE ENCLAVE? SO THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WERE EXECUTED, UM, WITH THE HOLDING PARTY, UM, SIMPLY 'CAUSE THAT WAS A WILLING PARTY TO BE THE HOLDER OF THE COVENANTS. UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS, UM, ENCLAVE, THEIR FORMAL H O A ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, UM, BEING A PARTY TO THOSE COVENANTS, UM, AS WELL. UM, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT THOSE COVENANTS APPLY TO THE AREA IN GREEN. I DON'T KNOW KATT IF THEY CAN SEE THAT ON THIS PRESENTATION. UM, THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE REZONING AREA. SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION FOR SURE. OKAY. SO AGAIN, THAT AREA IS NOT BEING REZONED, BUT IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE AREA. CORRECT. AND AS I, I TOLD THE RESIDENTS BEFORE, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF MY, UH, AREAS WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL, IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY HAD A GREEN BELT WOULD KEEP THEIR GREEN BELTS, UH, AS, AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED. UM, OKAY. HANG TIGHT. UM, MELISSA, COULD YOU, UH, SO OH, SORRY EMILY. SO COULD I GET YOUR COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH, UM, THE ENCLAVE TO ENSURE, UH, THAT THEY ARE COME ON BOARD WITH THE, WELL, SORRY THAT THEY, THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT YES, MA'AM. TO THOSE COVENANTS, UH, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN THEM. YES, MA'AM. AND, UH, CAN YOU REMIND ME, UH, UM, OR CAN YOU TELL US AGAIN THE CONDITIONS IN THAT, IN THOSE COVENANTS CAME FROM WHERE, UM, QUITE FRANKLY FROM THE LAST 18 MONTHS OF COMMUNITY WORK, THE RESIDENTS, WHEN WE WERE ORIGINALLY PROPOSING IN A SEPARATE ZONING CASE TO REZONE THE ENTIRE, UM, ALMOST EIGHT ACRE PIECE, UH, THE RESIDENTS WERE VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT THEY DID NOT WANT ANYTHING BEHIND THOSE HOMES ALONG MERIT FIELD OR THE HOMES ON ALI FIELD. UM, AND SO WHEN WE REAPPLIED WITH THIS SEPARATE ZONING CASE, UH, WE TOOK THAT AREA OUT AND THE PURPOSE OF THE COVENANTS IS TO PER, EXCUSE ME, PRESERVE THAT LAND IN ITS NATURAL STATE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALSO TAKEN IT A STEP FURTHER WITH GREEN SPACE'S ALLIANCE TO CREATE THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT. UH, SO THAT WAY IT'S PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY IN ITS NATURAL STATE. OKAY. AND CAN YOU REMIND ME THE LAST TIME YOU MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS FROM, UH, ANYBODY FROM, UH, THE ENCLAVE MONDAY EVENING. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI MELISSA. THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO A, AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS NOT BEING UPHELD REGARDING THE GREEN BELT. UH, ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS, UH, SPOKE ABOUT THAT. COULD YOU, COULD YOU CLARIFY PLEASE? YES, I BELIEVE HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS. UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ENFORCES, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND THE AGREEMENT THAT IS BEING CREATED NOW WITH THE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT THAT GREEN AREA. SO WHO WERE THE PREVIOUS COVENANTS BETWEEN? I, I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. MAYBE EMILY KNOWS. I BELIEVE ALSO THERE WAS REFERENCE TO A CONSENT AGREEMENT, UM, THAT WAS DONE WHEN THIS PROPERTY, UH, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY REALLY OUT HERE ON CLAY WILDHORSE. ALL OF THAT WAS BROUGHT IN FROM THE CITY OF HELOTES. UM, AND THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT E T G A SWAP, UH, AND THERE WAS A CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED KIND OF DICTATING, UH, DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO, UM, ALLEVIATING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS A T I A STORMWATER DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDY. UM, THOSE THINGS WERE NOT REQUIRED, UM, OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AS, AS RELATED TO THE AGREEMENT. UM, AND REZONING THIS PROPERTY ESSENTIALLY REZONES US OUT OF THOSE VESTED RIGHTS, WHICH WOULD THEN TRIGGER THE T I A AND THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REVIEW. UM, AND WE HAVE FILED, WE'VE PROVIDED, UH, MELISSA AND THE CITY WITH OUR CONSENT AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ON THE RECORD. OKAY. SO IF THAT PRIOR AGREEMENT WERE UPHELD, UH, THE DEVELOPER WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT [02:00:01] ANALYSIS, WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO BUILD UP TO, UH, CODE, UH, IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE OR STORM WATER, IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? I HAVEN'T SEEN THE CODE, UH, THE CONSENT AGREEMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS ONE. BUT THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR PROJECT, SO THEREFORE THEY ARE LOSING THOSE RIGHTS. IF THOSE WERE REQUIREMENTS IN THAT AGREEMENT, UH, AND THEY WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT THE PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE CONSENT AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR PROJECT, THEY'RE LOSING THOSE RIGHTS. THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF OUR REGULATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE AGREEMENT WAS WRITTEN. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. YES. YEAH. SO IN ESSENCE, WE'RE COMPLYING WITH, THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THAT AGREEMENT. THEY'RE IS COMPLY WITH COMPLYING WITH OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH IS CALLED FOR IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY WEREN'T GONNA HAVE TO COMPLY WITH T I A AND OTHER STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS. UM, BUT TODAY BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY'RE LOST THEIR RIGHTS POTENTIALLY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR REGULATIONS. SO STORMWATER TRAFFIC, UM, TREES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, GO AHEAD ROD. THANK YOU. NO, I WAS GOING TO, I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY YOU WOULD CONSIDER THOSE, THOSE PROPERTIES AS VESTED, THEY'RE VESTED TO A TIME BEFORE WE HAD CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. SO WHEN THEY CHANGE THE NATURE OF THEIR PROJECT, THEY LOSE THOSE VESTED RIGHTS, SO THEREFORE THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES OF TODAY. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR. ALRIGHT. UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 26 AND 27 WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN AND WITH THE COMMENTS, UH, UP HERE NOTED FOR THE RECORD, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT COVENANTS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA TODAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THE TIME IS 3:06 PM ON THIS FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 2022. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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