3. Approval of Minutes for the City Council Special Session of September 4, 2018 and the Regular Meetings of September 5 - 6, 2018

[16. Resolution in support of legislation awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Chinese American Veterans of World War II. [Carlos J. Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Jeff Coyle, Government & Public Affairs; Juan Ayala, Office of Military & Veteran Affairs]]

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 16.

>> ITEM 16 IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION AWARDING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO THE CHINESE AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE.

>> BROCKHOUSE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE MIC OVER, THE FLOOR OVER TO GENERAL AYALA TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW BEFORE WE MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL.

BEFORE I START I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT MAKES MY JOB A LOT EASIER TO HAVE GENERAL LENDERMAN INTRODUCED TO THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU.

SHE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER.

SHE GOT HERE RUNNING AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TWO YEARS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING HER TODAY.

TODAY I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MR. KEN HUY, PRESIDENT OF THE CHINA AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE.

HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO CHINESE WORLD WAR II VETERANS THAT FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II.

AS I WAS DOING RESEARCH ON THIS, I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT 40 TO 50% OF THEM WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE AMERICAN CITIZENS, THEY WENT AHEAD, A LOT OF THEM WERE VOLUNTEERED AND DRAFTED AND FOUGHT IN SOME OF THE MAJOR

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BATTLES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WAR II THEATERS, THE PACIFIC, THE ATLANTIC, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.

AND THEY ALSO SERVED BACK HOME.

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO HIM, IN MY ALMOST FOUR DECADES OF SERVICE THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE.

CHINESE AMERICANS CONTINUE TO SERVE.

THEY SERVE HONORABLY AND IN THE MARINE CORPS THEY SERVE EVERY TIME AND PLACE.

MR. HUY, SIR.

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NIRENBERG, COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS KEN HUY.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6.

AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE ARE ONE OF 19 LODGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE THE OLDEST ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION.

WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1895.

AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE AND MARIO AND THE CITY STAFF TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COUNCIL.

SO HERE -- I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF THE PROPOSED CITY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO AWARD THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO CHINESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II VETERANS.

WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE HERE FROM DISTRICT 8, 9, AND 10 WHOSE FATHERS SERVED HONORABLY AND COURAGEOUSLY IN THE U.S.

ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II.

SO THIS RESOLUTION SUPPORTS CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION THAT IS SENATE 1050 AND HOUSE 2358.

AND I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT ON SEPTEMBER 13 THE SENATE PASSED 1050 BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

SO NOW WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THE HOUSE TO PASS 2358.

AND I THINK WITH THIS RESOLUTION WILL ADD SUPPORT TO OUR CAUSE AND WE'LL GET THE REST OF THE HOUSE TO APPROVE THIS LEGISLATION.

SO AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CHINESE AMERICANS LIVING IN THE U.S., EVEN WITH THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1892 BEING THE LAW.

SO ABOUT 8% OF THE U.S. GENERAL POPULATION SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II, 20% OF CHINESE AMERICANS SERVED.

SO, AGAIN, AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID, ABOUT HALF OF THESE MEN WERE NOT U.S. CITIZENS AND YET THEY SERVED.

SO ALL OF THESE PROUD CHINESE AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINE, AND AIRMEN SERVED UNDER INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF THEIR CHINESE HERITAGE.

AND YET THEY STILL FOUGHT TO DEFEND AMERICA FROM THE THREAT OF THE AXIS POWERS.

THESE MEN SERVED, FOUGHT AND DIED IN EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA, AND THE PACIFIC FOR AMERICA IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.

WE BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME FOR THESE WORLD WAR II WHO DISREGARDED INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION, THAT THEY DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.

STILL HAVE ONE CHINESE AMERICAN .

SO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU.

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

WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY.

AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM NOW.

LILA WU.

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NIRENBERG AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS LILA WU.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10.

>> WOO HOO!

>> THANK YOU.

I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SUPPORT -- I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WORLD WAR II CHINESE VETERANS.

MY DAD ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE AT FORT SAM HOUSTON WHEN HE WAS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD.

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HE JOINED THE 407TH AIR FORCE SQUADRON, PART OF THE 14TH AIR FORCE, BETTER KNOWN AS THE FLYING TIGERS.

THE 14TH AIR SERVICE GROUP WAS UNIQUE IN THAT IT WAS THE FIRST ALL-CHINESE AMERICAN UNIT IN THE U.S. ARMY CORPS.

OF THE 260 MEMBERS OF THE 407TH SQUADRON, 95% WERE AMERICANS OF CHINESE ANCESTRY.

SOME MEN BARELY COULD SPEAK ENGLISH WHEREAS OTHERS COULD ONLY SPEAK A FEW WORDS OF CHINESE.

A MEMBER OF THE 407TH SQUADRON WAS NAMED WILLIAM HUY AND HE CREATED A NEWSLETTER WRITTEN IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH SO THE MEN COULD SHARE ANECDOTES AND CARTOONS WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY.

THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER BECAME SO POPULAR THAT ITS ARTICLES WERE REPRINTED IN MANY CHINESE NEWSPAPERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

BECAUSE OF ITS POPULARITY IT HELPED RECRUIT MORE CHINESE MEN TO JOIN THE SERVICE.

GUNG HO, WHICH WAS THE NAME OF THE NEWSPAPER, MEANT WORKING TOGETHER IN CHINESE.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE WORD GUNG HO, WHICH NOW MEANS ENTHUSIASM IN AMERICA, WAS DUE TO THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE YOUNG CHINESE AMERICAN MEN WHO ANSWERED THE CALL FOR SERVICE.

MY FATHER AND OTHER CHINESE AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II BRAVELY FOUGHT TO DEFEND AMERICA AND THEY DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SERVICE, THEIR COURAGE, AND THEIR SACRIFICE.

AWARDING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO CHINESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II VETERANS IS LONG OVERDUE.

AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT DISSERVICE IF WE DID NOT HONOR AND RESPECT THESE BRAVE UNSELFISH MEN WHO PROUDLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MS. WU.

ESTHER WONG.

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS ESTHER WONG AND I COME FROM A MILITARY FAMILY.

MY HUSBAND WAS MILITARY AND ALL FOUR OF MY CHILDREN WERE MILITARY AND ALL SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH IF Y'ALL WOULD APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WORLD WAR II CHINESE AMERICAN VETERANS.

AND I'M SURE THAT ALL MY FAMILY AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE WILL APPRECIATE IT.

THEY ARE VERY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MS. WONG.

COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE.

>> BROCKHOUSE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I THANKED YOU FOR BRINGING TO NOT OFFICE AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR YOU.

I WANT TO THANK GENERAL AYALA FOR HIS TEAM AND JEFF COYLE AND THE FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH US TO MAKE SURE THE LEGISLATION WAS UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT WE WERE DOING IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL IN PUSHING THIS RECOGNITION.

TO THE STAFF, THANK YOU.

AND TO YOU, I THINK WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING, REALLY YOUR ENERGY AND PASSION FOR WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS SPOKE VOLUMES.

BUT THERE'S SO MUCH TO THIS STORY THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF WORKING ON THIS.

THIS IS LIKE A MOVIE.

I MEAN, YOU SEE THIS STUFF AS SOMETHING STEVEN SPIELBERG DOES.

I'M GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF POINTS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HIT A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME.

CHINESE AMERICANS HAVE SERVED THE UNITED STATES IN EVERY WAR SINCE THE CIVIL WAR.

AND DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN WORLD WAR II IN EVERY BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES.

THEY WERE EVERYWHERE DURING WORLD WAR II.

THEY EARNED CITATIONS FOR HONORABLE SERVICE UP TO AND INCLUDING THE MEDAL OF HONOR.

YOU DON'T GET ANY HIGHER.

AND IT IS THE PURPLE HEART WERE NOT CITIZENS, AS YOU MENTIONED.

THE INSTITUTIONALIZED OPPOSITION TO THEM, AND THEY STILL STOOD UP.

THAT IN ITSELF SPEAKS VOLUMES.

WHILE THEIR NUMBERS MAY HAVE BEEN SMALL WIDELY OF COURSE ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE ROLE IN THE FLYING TIGERS IS THE ONE FOLKS SPOKE ABOUT.

IN THE PACIFIC THEATER THEY WERE IN GROUND AIR AND NAVAL COMBAT ROLES AND IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER THEY SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY

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SO YOU DON'T GET ANY MORE GREATER BATTLES IN SUPPORT AND DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS THAN WHAT I JUST LISTED THERE.

ALL THOSE MEDALS AND HONOR AND IN RECOGNITION OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHAT I'M ASKING HERE LET'S GET BEHIND THIS AND RECOGNIZE THIS COMPLETE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTRY.

AND I JUST REALLY FRANKLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET HERE BUT LET'S HOPE AND PRAY CONGRESS TAKES THE RIGHT STEP AND ACTION FOR IT TO SEEING THE SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

I'M HONORED TO HAVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO PASS THIS AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS CHANCE TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU WITH THAT.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 16.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16.

COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MR. HUY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING FORWARD.

THAT WERE NOT TOLD ON A GLOBAL SCALE.

THANK YOU, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GIVE THIS RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU FOR INFORMING US AND EDUCATING US TOO ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT CHINESE AMERICANS PLAYED IN WORLD WAR II.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE, FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD THAT WE CAN REALLY PUSH OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, OUR DELEGATION, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TO AWARD THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR, HONORING ALL CHINESE VETERANS.

AND I AM GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF PORTIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE PARTS I'M GOING TO READ IS THE WHEREAS CHINESE AMERICAN WOMEN ALSO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY PERFORMING PATRIOTIC SERVICE SERVED IN THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS, THE ARMY AIR FORCE, THE NAVAL WOMEN'S RESERVE, BECOMING PILOTS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, NURSES, WEATHER FORECASTERS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES REMAINS FOREVER INDEBTED TO THE BRAVERY, VALOR, AND DEDICATION THAT CHINESE AMERICANS OF WORLD WAR II DEMONSTRATING A HIGH SENSE OF PATRIOTISM AND HONOR IN THE FACE OF DISCRIMINATION, LIKE YOU SAID.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS PROUD TO BE THE HOME TO CHINESE AMERICANS WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AND PROUDLY HONOR THEM FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR NATION.

IT IS AN HONOR FOR US TO TAKE THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD.

AND IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME PERSONALLY TO AGREE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR PATIENCE AND EVEN WHERE THERE WAS OBSTACLES AFTER OBSTACLES YOU STAYED WITH IT AND YOU KEPT MOVING FORWARD, AND HERE WE ARE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.

COUNCILMAN PERRY.

>> PERRY: AGAIN, THANKS TO COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL HERE.

AND I TOO AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT AMAZES ME WHY IT'S TAKEN THIS MANY YEARS TO PUSH THIS THROUGH.

AS YOU MENTIONED, OUR GREATEST GENERATION IS PASSING.

I GO DOWN THERE TO FORT SAM HOUSTON, THE NATIONAL CEMETERY QUITE A BIT ACTUALLY, UP AND DOWN HARRY WURZBACH ROAD.

AND DAY AFTER DAY THE NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, MOSTLY FROM WORLD WAR II.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE FEWER PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE ON THIS IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO DO THIS.

AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT.

FOR THOSE THAT HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM, WE'RE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS. AND THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE AND LOOKING AT THAT BEACON ON THE HILL AS THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR FUTURE.

AND THEY DID IT.

THEY DID IT AND THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY.

COUNCILMAN COURAGE.

>> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THANK THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THAT WAR AND, AS COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS ALLUDED TO, THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE FROM THE GREATEST GENERATION STILL HERE WITH US.

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BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SERVED AT THAT TIME WHO HAVE GONE UNRECOGNIZED.

AND I THINK BRINGING THIS FORWARD HELPS US REMEMBER THAT THERE WERE MANY, MANY PEOPLE, MANY DIFFERENT COLORS, MANY DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES WHO STOOD UP FOR THIS COUNTRY AT THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME.

AND IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CHINESE AMERICANS MADE AND SO MANY OTHERS.

SO I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT OUR COUNCIL'S GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND HOPEFULLY THE REST OF OUR CONGRESS WILL SUPPORT IT AS WELL AND GIVE THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION AND HONOR.

THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.

COUNCILMAN SALDANA.

>> SALDANA: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND, KEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR STEADFAST IN THIS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM WHAT I READ ABOUT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IN ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHEN COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE BROUGHT IT TO US FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.

AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS IS THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT STARTED LONG BEFORE IT REACHED THIS CHAMBER AND WILL HOPEFULLY NOT CONTINUE LONG AFTER, BUT YOU'RE STEADFAST IN MAKING SURE THEY GET RECOGNIZED THAT WE PAINT A FULLER PICTURE OF OUR HISTORY WITH ALL THE NAMES AND FACES AND SCHEMES AND STORIES WE'VE GOT THREADED THROUGHOUT HISTORY IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE NEVER RELENTED TO TELLING THOSE STORIES THAT WE APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT THE CHAMBERS AND FOR HELPING SHUTTLE THIS THROUGH.

WE'RE GRATEFUL AND I'M GRATEFUL TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

THERE IS A SLOW DRUM BEAT OF RECOGNIZING VETERANS OF ALL WARS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR DESCENT AND THEIR ANCESTRY.

AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ONCE AGAIN TAKING UP THE BANNER, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE FROM, IF YOU TAKE UP ARMS ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES YOU DESERVE THE SAME AS ANYONE ELSE.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WE SEND AS WE GET BEHIND THESE KINDS OF ITEMS. SO, KEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFASTNESS, FOR CHINESE AMERICAN VETERANS, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GENERAL AYALA AND YOUR TEAM AS WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

THANK YOU, KEN.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR

[21. City Manager's Report]

MORNING AGENDA.

IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT?

>> SCULLEY: MAYOR, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS TO GIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AN UPDATE.

FIRST, WITH REGARD TO THE CITY'S POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM.

THE CITY'S POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM MANAGED BY TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR ANTHONY, WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, HAS GONE THROUGH MANY CHANGES OVER RECENT YEARS THAT HAVE LED TO IMPROVEMENTS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE, INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY, AND A RECORD NUMBER OF POTHOLES FILLED IN FISCAL YEAR 2018.

THE POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM CONSISTS OF 16 CREWS DIVIDED EQUALLY FROM EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY.

NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, AND SOUTHWEST.

CALLS FOR POTHOLE REPAIRS ARE PRIMARILY RECEIVED FROM CITIZEN REQUESTS THROUGH OUR CITY'S 311 SYSTEM.

THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE RECEIVE ABOUT 1200 CALLS A MONTH FOR POTHOLE REPAIRS.

OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS WITHIN TWO WORKING DAYS.

PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 2015, THE CITY'S POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM WAS RESPONSE DRIVEN WITH THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING REPORTED POTHOLES WHICH RESULTED IN CREWS COMPLETING ABOUT 20,000 POTHOLES ANNUALLY.

WHILE THIS LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE WAS SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THE CALLS RECEIVED, IT DID NOT ADDRESS THE REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT BEING REPORTED.

AND FOR THIS REASON WE ASKED TCI THREE YEARS AGO TO HAVE THEIR CREWS TRANSITION FROM RESPONSE DRIVEN APPROACHES TO PROACTIVE POTHOLES AND COMPLETE REPAIRS WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS.

SO TO FURTHER OPTIMIZE THE REPAIR PROGRAM AND IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE POTHOLE PATROL WAS ESTABLISHED IN FISCAL YEAR 2015 AS PART OF OUR NEW PUBLIC CAMPAIGN.

AND IN 2018 WE CHOSE TO INCREASE AND ENGAGE THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY IN A VERY PROACTIVE WAY AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, TCI'S IMPROVEMENT APPROACH HAS PRODUCED SOME NOTABLE RESULTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2018.

I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE POTHOLE PATROL HAS REPAIRED MORE

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THAN 84,000 POTHOLES.

A 13% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S RECORD OF 75,000 POTHOLES.

TCI CONTINUES TO REVIEW THE REPAIR PROGRAM AND EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO MEET AND EXCEED SERVICE LEVELS.

BUT THEY NEED EVERYONE'S HELP.

AND WE KNOW THAT SOME OF YOUR OFFICES REPORT THEM AS WELL AS RESIDENTS, BUT WE'RE OUT THERE PROACTIVELY SEARCHING THEM OUT AND REPAIRING THEM.

OF THE 84,500 POTHOLES REPAIRED THIS YEAR, ONLY 18% WERE REPORTED BY RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR 311 SYSTEM, SO OUR PROACTIVE PROGRAM IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN REPAIRING OUR STREETS .

I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO CALL 311 OR TO USE OUR NEW APP.

YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE NEW 311 APP.

SO AT THIS TIME I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE TCI AND RECOGNIZE ANTHONY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEARHEADING THIS PROGRAM.

WE CHALLENGED HIM TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND HE HAS SURPASSED OUR EXPECTATIONS.

SO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.

YOU, AS WELL AS THE 16 CREWS THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING SO HARD.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS A SECOND ITEM, OF COURSE OUR ADOPTED BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER TOTALS $2.8 BILLION.

AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO YOU WE DID POST THE BUDGET ON THE FIRST DAY OF OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1.

AND SO THIS MONDAY THE 777-PAGE DOCUMENT, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS REFERRED TO THE NUMBER OF PAGES.

IT DETAILS OUR CITY'S OPERATING AND CAPITAL SPENDING PLAN.

AND OF COURSE IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BUDGET OFFICE WEB PAGE.

HARD COPIES OF THE DOCUMENT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.

WE'LL BE DISTRIBUTING THEM TO YOUR OFFICES IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN ACTUAL HARD COPY.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW -- WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THE ENTIRE BUDGET, EVERY LINE ITEM OF THE CITY'S BUDGET, IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND BACK IN 2014 WE CREATED A BUDGET AND FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE AS A WAY TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC A SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS TO OUR FINANCIAL DATA.

THROUGH THIS WEBSITE THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS THE ANNUAL ADOPTED BUDGETS, THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORTS, THE STATE AND FEDERAL AUDITS, DEBT STATEMENTS, AND OTHER OPERATIONAL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS THE CITY'S CHECK REGISTRY.

SO AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, IN 2017 THE CITY IMPLEMENTED OPEN GOV.

MANY OF YOU WHO WERE ON THE COUNCIL RECALL THIS HAS A CLOUD-BASED FINANCIAL TOOL THAT ALLOWS CITIZENS TO QUICKLY SEE THE BUDGET AT A LINE ITEM LEVEL AND PROVIDES FIVE YEARS OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION.

THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET IS AVAILABLE ALSO THROUGH OUR OPEN GOV.

SO AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE'LL PROVIDE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ON OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND OUR BUDGET INITIATIVES AS WELL AS PERFORMANCE METRICS.

THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS WILL BE AVAILABLE ALSO THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND OPEN GOV.

THE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTED BUDGET CAN BE FOUND ALSO IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

SO WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE'LL BEGIN THE PREPARATION OF THE CITY'S PRELIMINARY YEAR-END REPORT AND WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY DECEMBER.

THAT WILL BE UNAUDITED.

NONETHELESS, WE'LL GIVE YOU HOW WE FINISHED THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND, OF COURSE, OUR BUDGET IS BALANCED.

LASTLY, MAYOR, ON SEPTEMBER 28TH IT WAS RECOGNIZED AS WORLD RABIES DAY.

AND THIS IS A GLOBAL HEALTH OBSERVANCE THAT STARTED IN 2007 TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT RABIES AND BRING TOGETHER PARTNERS TO ENHANCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL EFFORTS WORLDWIDE.

WORLD RABIES DAY IS OBSERVED IN MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.

AND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT PARTNERED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HUMANE SOCIETY TO PROVIDE FREE RABIES VACCINATIONS AND MICROCHIPS TO PETS OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AT OUR NEWLY-OPENED BROOKS SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE -- SOUTHEAST SIDE -- SOUTH SIDE SAN ANTONIO.

DURING THE FOUR-HOUR EVENT WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE NEARLY 200 ANIMALS AND PROVIDED NOT ONLY FREE RABIES VACCINATIONS BUT ALSO IMPLANTED MICROCHIPS IN THOSE ANIMALS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE MICROCHIP.

SO IT'S ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP.

I WANT TO THANK OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THEY PLAN TO EXPAND THIS EVENT NEXT YEAR SO THAT WE CAN ALSO DO THIS SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND BE EVEN MORE

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IMPACTFUL IN 2019.

MAYOR, THAT'S ALL TO REPORT TODAY.

THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GREAT.

THANK YOU, SHERYL.

BEFORE WE RECESS, AND WE WILL BE BACK FOR OUR ZONING AGENDA AT 2:00.

WE DO HAVE A BIRTHDAY.

OUR VERY OWN CITY CLERK IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY ON SUNDAY, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND SING HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR LETICIA ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO OURSITY COUNTSY

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

ZONING AGENDA.

THE TIME IS 2:07 P.M.

WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

ITEMS 22, Z1, Z10, Z12, Z13 AND Z16.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS THEY'D WISH TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.

WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.

I'LL CALL THEM NOW.

JACK FINGER?

>> WELL, MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR LUS STREOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER.

A FEW ITEMS I'D LIKE TO WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

ITEM 22 IS WHAT THEY CALL AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE.

A PERSON WANTS TO SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN 300 FEET OF A SCHOOL.

STATE LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T DO THAT, ONLY BY THE LOCAL GOVERNING AUTHORITY WOULD YOU EVEN GET A VARIANCE ON THAT.

WELL, YOU ARE THE LOCAL GOVERNING AUTHORITY, AND BY GOLLY, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO, YES, THE PROPOSER WHO WANTS TO DO IT RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE, THE MONROE MAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WAY OUT IN THE FAR NORTHWEST SIDE ON STREET CALLED CHASE HILL BOULEVARD.

THAT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM UTSA.

YES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN THE DISTRICT OF MR. PELAEZ'S DISTRICT RIGHT THERE.

YES, MR. PELAEZ, YOU PLANNING ON ALLOWING THAT TO JUST SALE RIGHT ON THROUGH, LETTING THEM SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN 300 FEET WHERE SCHOOL KIDS ARE PLAYING.

YEP.

AND I FIND IT REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT MR., OH, I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK, MR. CRUZ SHAW AND MRS. SANDOVAL AND MR. COURAGE, YEP, LAST WEEK AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING Y'ALL MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT WE HAVE

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RULES SAYING -- WHICH ALLOW US TO RESTRICT GUN SALES IN CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN.

YES, AND CONSEQUENTLY, JUST LOOK -- OUR LAWS REGARDING SELLING ALCOHOL, AND YET, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? YOU'RE GOING TO SAY GO RIGHT AHEAD AND SELL THE ALCOHOL, WE GIVE YOU A VARIANCE ON THIS ONE.

AH, YES, HI POCKRASY ON DISPLAY.

YES, ITEM NUMBER Z10, IDEA OF A CAR WASH ON THE SOUTH SIDE, A NUMBER OF CITIZENS SAY THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THIS.

THIS IS IN MRS. VIAGRAN'S DISTRICT.

YES, THEY DON'T LIKE THE TRAFFIC, THE NOISE, THEY DON'T LIKE THE DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO, AS THEY SAY IN THEIR -- HAS DONE SOME QUESTIONABLE TACTICS FOR TRYING TO PUT THIS FORWARD HERE.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW, I, TOO, CHIME IN, SAY WHY ARE YOU EVEN ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN? AND FINALLY, IN MR. BROCKHOUSE'S DISTRICT, DISTRICT 6, YOU'VE GOT SOME REAL RED FLAGS THERE, SIR.

YES, Z12 AND Z13.

COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT, INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT.

YES.

RIGHT THERE -- IT'S RIGHT THERE, YES.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE STREET.

WESTWARD DRIVE.

WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH ZONING AND STAFF SAY IT'S A BAD IDEA, THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE.

THIS IS ON BOTH Z12 AND Z13, RIGHT THERE ON WESTWARD DRIVE, 20 PEOPLE -- FOUR PEOPLE OPPOSE.

THAT'S A 25%.

YOU'RE DOING GOOD IF YOU GET FIVE OR 10%.

THE CABLE WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSE IT.

YOU MAY WANT TO SAY NO TO THAT ONE, SIR.

AND FINALLY THE Z13, INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT ON -- OH, LIKE I SAY, SO MANY SCANDALS SO LITTLE TIME.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU MR. FINGER.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 22, Z1, Z10, Z13 AND Z16.

PLEASE VOTE.

[22. ALCOHOL VARIANCE # AV2018010 (Council District 8): Ordinance waiving the application requirements of City Code 4-6 and granting a variance authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages on the North 120.08 Feet of Lot 3, BLock 2, NCB 16600, located at 15710 Chase Hill Boulevard for on-premise and off-premise consumption within three-hundred (300) feet of Monroe May Elementary School, a public education institution located within the Northside Independent School District.]

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 22.

IT'S AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE, I'M SORRY.

>> CLERK: ITEM 22 IS AN ORDINANCE WAIVING THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS CITY CODE 4-6 AND GRANTING A VARIANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON THE NORTH 120.08 FEET OF LOT 3, BLOCK 2, NCB 16600, LOCATED AT 15710 CHASE HILL BOULEVARD FOR ON-PREMISE AND OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION WITHIN 300 FEET OF MONROE MAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTION, LOCATED WITHIN THE NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN PELAEZ?

>> PELAEZ: THANK YOU.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN IN DISWAS -- DISCUSSION WITH THE OWNER AND SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE STILL NEED ABOUT TWO MORE WEEKS, SO I'M GOING TO BE REQUESTING THAT WE CONTINUE IT.

THANK YOU.

>> CLERK: THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER 18TH.

>> PELAEZ: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.

OKAY.

22 TO OCTOBER 18TH.

PLEASE VOTE.

[Z-1. ZONING CASE # Z2018273 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “D RIO-7B AHOD" Downtown River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ RIO-7B AHOD" Infill Development Zone River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "D" Downtown District and Auto and Light Truck Repair on 0.22 acres out of NCB 102, located at 331 South Flores Street. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval.]

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM Z1.

>> CLERK: Z2018273 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY FROM D RIO 7B AHOD DOWNTOWN RIVER IMPROVEMENT OVERLAY.

10 NOTICES MAILED, ONE IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED, THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z1.

MIKE SMITH?

>> THANK YOU.

SOME OF Y'ALL MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH MY BUSINESS, IT WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THE PARKING LOT THAT H-E-B BOUGHT.

I HAD SIX EMPLOYEES THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKED LIKE WHEN I TOOK ITOVER 14 YEARS AGO.

I PLANTED TREES AND I DID A LOT OF STUFF TO HELP THE APPEARANCE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, WE PLAN TO PRESERVE IT LIKE IT IS.

IT USED TO BE A TRUCK REPAIR CENTER, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME MULTIUSE IN IT.

WE'LL CONTINUE SOME OF THE PARKING AND POSSIBLY PUT A PARTY VENUE UPSTAIRS, SO KIND OF EXPANDING IT.

THE BUILD'S ACTUALLY BUILT FOR STORAGE, SO BECAUSE OF THIS EXPANSION PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SIX EMPLOYEES THAT I HAD TO DISPLACE AND MOVE THEM TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, AND YOU

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KNOW, I JUST ASK TO CONSIDER THE BUSINESS THAT I STARTED 14 YEARS AGO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

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

COUNCILMAN TREVINO?

>> TREVINO: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU MR. SMITH FOR SPEAKING.

AT THIS MOMENT, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. GARRETT NEW MAN -- NEWMAN TO COME UP AND GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION, PRESENTATION ON THIS PROJECT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS GARRETT NEWMAN AND I'M THE ENGINEER FOR THE APPLICANT.

SO THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 331 SOUTH FLORES STREET.

THE REQUEST IS FOR THE -- FOR 120 FEET CLOSEST TO SOUTH FLORES, THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE LOT NEAREST SAN PEDRO CREEK WILL REMAIN THE D RIO 7B AHOD ZONING CLASSIFICATION AS SHOWN ON THIS EXHIBIT.

THE CLIENT'S BUSINESS PREVIOUSLY WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET, IN OPERATION FOR 14 YEARS.

THE LAND AND BUILDING WERE NOT OWNED BY MY CLIENT AND WERE SOLD AS PART OF THE LOCAL H-E-B DEVELOPMENT AND CONVERTED INTO A PARKING LOT.

THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET AT 331 SOUTH FLORES, A FORMER AUTO SALES SHOP, SALES AND MAINTENANCE SHOP WAS A NATURAL CHOICE TO RELOCATE HIS BUSINESS, STAFF AND CONTINUING TO OFFER THE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE HIS BUSINESSES ARE KNOWN FOR.

FOR INSTANCE, WHEN THE SMITHS OWNED A LOCATION ACROSS FROM INCARNATE WORD THEY BEGAN OFFERING FREE CUSTOMER CARE CLINIC TO TEACH BASICS OF MAINTENANCE AND TO PREVENT BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY.

THE CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES GROWTH AND REURBAN ANYIZATION OF THE AREA AND SEEKS TO MOLD AND GROW WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN ADDITION TO THE AUTO REPAIR FACILITES AROUND TOWN, MR. MR. SMITH HAVE VENTURE BUSINESSES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS AND HAVE MANY IDEAS FOR THIS PROPERTY WHICH INCLUDES A TERRACE TOP VENUE OVER LOOKING THE SAN PEDRO CREEK.

HAVE EVEN CONSIDERED ADDING A TESLA CHARGING STATION.

THE BUSINESS ITSELF WILL BE SET BACK FROM THE STREET CREATING AN OUTDOOR WAITING AREA.

THE RENOVATION DESIGN DETAILS WERE DRAWN FROM A GAS STATION.

THE COLOR'S DESIGN, FEATURES AND BRICK WORK USED IN THIS HISTORIC STRUCTURE AS A PRECEDENT.

THE PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.

ONE CONCERN FROM OUR NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN THE NOISE.

OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, THE LOFTS IS SEPARATED BY A 16-INCH BRICK WALL.

MY CLIENT IS GOING TO INVEST IN ADDITIONAL $7,500 TO INSTALL A ROTARY STYLE COMPRESSOR.

THIS COMPRESSOR HAS A DECIBEL RATING OF 64, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY AS LOUD AS A NORMAL CONVERSATION AND TYPICALLY THE LOUDEST PEACE OF EQUIPMENT IN THE SHOP.

THE VEHICLE LIFTS ARE ALL ELECTRIC TO CREATE VERY LITTLE NOISE.

AND FINALLY THE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE BETWEEN 7:30 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M., AND THESE PEAK NOISE HOURS WILL COINCIDE WITH THE PEAK DOWNTOWN USE HOURS AND TRAFFIC NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTH FLORES AND CESAR CHAVEZ INTERSECTION.

THE PROPOSED BUSINESS IS LOCATED OVER 130 FEET FROM THE SAN PEDRO CREEK, CREATING A NATURAL BUFFER AND THE SITE WILL BE USED FOR LIGHT AUTO REPAIR, OIL CHANGES, STATE INSPECTIONS AND MINOR REPAIRS.

LARGER MORE COMPLICATED PROJECTS WILL BE HANDLED AT ONE OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, BUT ALL FLUIDS AND CLEANING PRODUCTS USED IN THE SITE ARE ORGANIC AND INSTALLED IN TRIPLE-WALLED SYSTEMS. THEY'RE REMOVED BY LICENSED CONTRACTORS AND PROPERLY RECYCLED.

A PHASE 2ESP WAS PERFORMED AND APPROVED WITH THE SALE OF THE LAND.

NO FLUIDS WILL BE STORED UNDERGROUND WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE SHOWN AN INTEREST AND EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

I SPOKE TO DR. MIMLO OVER THE PHONE AFTER APPLYING AND HAVE ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH E-MAIL THROUGH HIM SINCE THEN.

I'VE COMMUNICATED OFTEN WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS THE STREET.

THEY HAVE MOVED FROM INOPPOSITION TO NOT ACTIVELY OPPOSED THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION.

I THOUGHT WE'D BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE HIM OF THE BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS OF HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WILL PARK VEHICLES IN THE SIX-STORY PARKING GARAGE THEY'VE CONSTRUCTED.

WE WORKED WITH THE HAMPTON INN AND SUITES TO OUR SOUTH.

WE'VE AGREED TO ADD A LANDSCAPE SCREEN TO VISUALLY DIVIDE THE PROPOSED BUSINESS FROM THE HOTEL AND WILL EVEN USE THE FLOWER BEDS ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE PLANTINGS.

WE'VE BEEN WILLING TO LISTEN AND HEAR FROM ALL OF OUR CONCERNED

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NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND MR. SMITH WOULD LIKE US TO EMPHASIZE HIS WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS IS NOT OVER.

IF ANYBODY HAS AN ISSUE, MR. SMITH AND HIS STAFF WILL WORK TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONCERNS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMAN TREVINO.

>> TREVINO: THANK YOU, MR. NEWMAN, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE AREAS, BOTH OLD AND NEW.

IF THIS BUSINESS WAS NOT A LEGACY BUSINESS TO THE AREA, WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CASE A BIT DIFFERENTLY; HOWEVER, WE MUST CONSIDER -- BE CONSIDER AT OF THOSE THAT WERE DISPLACED AS DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN INCREASES AND AS MEMBER OF THE ZONING COMMISSION SAID IN THEIR CONSIDERATION, THIS BUSINESS PROVIDES SERVICES TO THOSE WHO BOTH LIVE AND WORK DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY THOSE NEARBY.

WE FEEL THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS MITIGATED THE CONCERNS, E EXPRESSED EXTENSIVELY, AND HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE AN EFFECTIVE DESIGN AND USE COMPATIBILITY.

THEREFORE, WE MOTION TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z1.

PLEASE VOTE.

[Z-10. ZONING CASE # Z2018258 S (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-2 S AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with Specific Use Authorization for a Carwash on 0.71 acres out of NCB 10939, located at 1003 Avondale Avenue. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval with Conditions. (Continued from September 20, 2018)]

THAT PASSES.

ITEM Z10.

>> CLERK: Z2018281 WITH SPECIFIC USE FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 1003 AFTERVENDALE AVENUE.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.

AN 8-FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ALONG RESIDENTIAL USES, NO TEMPORARY SIGNS, NO TEMPORARY -- ALONG VAC HUMANS FOR NOISE REDUCTION, LIGHTING SHALL BE DIRECTED DOWNWARD ONTO PROPERTY.

ADDITIONALLY THE APPLICANT AGREES TO ADDED CONDITIONS.

NO OUTSIDE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS, NO LOITERING, NO TRESPASSING SIGNAGE MUST BE VISIBLE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES AND INSTALLATION OF SECURITY CAMERAS ON SITE.

17 NOTICES MAILED, ONE IN FAVOR, NINE OPPOSED.

AND THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN? ACTUALLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z10 SO WE'LL TAKE THEM FIRST.

RACQUEL BARREGO, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY GLORIA BARREGO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY FAMILY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN, AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT SAFE.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO.

FIRST I'M ASKING IF WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS MEETING -- THIS CASE? I GUESS YOU CAN'T ANSWER, IS THAT -- OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, LET ME POINT OUT A FEW THINGS.

FIRST, WE HAD A MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY, AND WE WERE PROMISED OVER AND OVER THAT THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.

THEY'RE WELL KEPT.

ALL HIS LOCATIONS ARE WELL KEPT.

IRONICALLY, THERE WAS SOMEONE CUTTING THE GRASS THERE THAT WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE HE FAILED TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON A CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINT.

THAT CASE NUMBER IS (101)488-7296.

SECOND THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS ACCORDING TO THE -- I GUESS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE HIGH LAND HILLS COMMUNITY PLAN, IT CLEARLY SAYS HERE AND THE CITY NOTES THAT THIS DOES NOT -- IT DOES APPEAR TO CONFLICT WITH THOSE PLANS, SO THAT'S ANOTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE AND GET ACROSS.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND I WANT TO GET TO THIS NOW, IS -- ARE SOME ISSUES THAT COME ALONG WITH HAVING CAR WASHES IN COMMUNITIES, AND ESPECIALLY BY A HOME.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT IT'S IN BETWEEN A DAY CARE AND A SCHOOL.

THE TEAM JEW BY LEE ACADEMY AND A DAY CARE.

THE DAY CARE'S AT FULL CAPACITY.

THE SCHOOL HAS OVER 1,000 STUDENTS.

I FOUND A FEW ARTICLES.

ONE A DRUG ARREST, MURDER, ASSAULT, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF ACTIVITY THAT TAKE PLACES AT CAR WASHES.

WE DO NOT WANT THIS CAR WASH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK THE CHECKMARK THAT SAYS THAT IT WAS APPROVAL, I THINK THAT WAS CHANGED LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF AN E-MAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT, INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET IS AN ARTICLE I CAME ACROSS OF INTIMIDATION TACTICS USED BY THE DEVELOPER.

I DO NOT -- I'M NOT AFRAID OF MR. GRENADO'S, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HIM, I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH HIM TO PUT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY WELL NEEDED, WHICH IS DEVELOPMENT.

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WE JUST WANT THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT.

AND A CAR WASH IS NOT THAT.

IN MY NOTES OR MY RESPONSE, THERE'S A CAR WASH .2 MILES FROM THAT LOCATION.

WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER CAR WASH.

I SPOKE WITH IAN, AND HE JUST -- HE SAID THAT THAT'S NOT IN THEIR INTEREST.

THEY WANT TO DO A CAR WASH.

HE'S GOT MANY OTHERS AROUND SAN ANTONIO.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT HAVING THE CAR WASH SO CLOSE TO A SCHOOL AND A DAY CARE, THAT LEAVES OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDOPHILES, PERVERTS TO LURK AND WATCH THE CHILDREN.

THEY GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY.

THAT FENCE IS NOT COVERED.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE RISK FOR THE PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN TO BE PUT IN THAT POSITION TO HAVE GUN FIGHTS AND DRUGS AROUND THEM.

SO...

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MRS. BARREGO.

MY MOTHER ACTUALLY IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK NEXT.

MOM, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? SHE'S A LITTLE NERVOUS, SO I JUST WANT TO --

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: IF SHE'D LIKE TO SEED HER -- CEDE HER TIME TO YOU, YOU CAN USE HER TIME IF YOU'D LIKE.

>> DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK --

>> SHE'S GOING TO CEDE HER TIME

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MRS. BARREGO , YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO YOUR DAUGHTER?

>> YES.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GO AHEAD.

>> MY PARENTS HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 45 YEARS, THEY RAISED THEIR FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES ME IN THAT HOME.

ALSO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE, THESE ARE THE PLANS FOR THE PROPOSED CAR WASH.

THEIR HOUSE IS RIGHT HERE.

IT IS TOTALLY ENCOMPASSED BY THIS CAR WASH, OR WILL BE.

THE DAY CARE IS RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S HOW CLOSE.

MOST PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME AT THE VACUUM CLEANERS, AND THAT, AGAIN, LEAVES OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PEDOPHILES TO WATCH THE CHILDREN.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OLDER IN AGE, THEY CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES, AND ACTIVITIES LIKE I JUST SHOWED YOU, MURDER, ASSAULT AND DRUG DEALING, THEY CANNOT ACT FAST ENOUGH TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, SO WE NEED YOUR HELP TO HELP DEFEND THEM.

I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW.

YOU KNOW, IT STARTED WHERE THEY TOOK CARE OF ME, I TOOK CARE OF MY CHILD, AND NOW I'M TAKING CARE OF HER.

WE -- I MEAN, I NEED YOUR HELP.

AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SITTING HERE IS FOR PUTTING CHILDREN'S LIVES IN DANGER.

I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

ANOTHER SET OF INTIMIDATION TACTICS IS THEY CAN PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT IF THEY DON'T GET THE CAR WASH APPROVED.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS.

THEY KEPT MENTIONING ITEMS LIKE BARS, LATE-NIGHT RESTAURANTS, ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH WOULD BRING NOISE.

WE JUST DON'T WANT A CAR WASH THERE.

IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.

IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO BRING THAT RISK TO THE CHILDREN.

I DON'T -- DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE?

>> WELL, ALL THE YEARS THAT WE LIVED THERE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CRIME.

THEY HAVE GONE INTO MY YARD AND TRIED TO ATTACK MY HUSBAND WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO TELL THEM TO GET AWAY FROM THERE, TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET OUT OF OUR YARD.

AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS, PEEPING TOMS, ALL KINDS OF STUFF WE'VE BEEN GOING TRUE FOR 41 YEARS THERE.

ALL OUR LIVES THAT WE LIVE THERE, THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS HELICOPTERS ALL OVER THE HOUSE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BROKEN INTO RESTAURANTS AND DEPARTMENT STORES AROUND THERE.

AND THIS -- MORE ACTIVITY AND ALL THESE 24-HOUR THING WOULD BRING A LOT MORE CRIME.

>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR, WE'RE NOT WILLING TO MAKE NEGOTIATIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP MINIMIZE THINGS AT THE CAR WASH.

WE DO NOT WANT IT THERE.

THERE'S NO NEGOTIATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN AROUND THERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

WE WANT TO TALK WITH MR. GRENADOS, AND SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS, ANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES.

THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MRS. BARREGO.

SANTOS VILLARREAL? [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I'M SORRY.

>> I'M WITH THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE, SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN OPPOSITION?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ARE YOU MR. VILLARREAL?

>> YES.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GO AHEAD.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> OKAY.

MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, SANTOS VILLARREAL, 5002 SEA MIS.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ONE OF THE -- NO, THEY'RE NOT HERE.

OKAY.

SO IF I COULD EXPLAIN.

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ON THIS MAP SHOWS THE WHOLE -- THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS GOING FROM C-2 TO A C-2 S ON THAT PORTION THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN.

THE -- THERE WILL BE DEVELOPMENT BY THE DEVELOPER AT THE SAME TIME ON THAT FRONT PORTION THAT'S FACING GOLIAD.

SO WE STARTED GOING TO ZONING AND ZONING PRETTY MUCH -- CITY STAFF SAID, YES TO THE PROJECT WITH CONDITIONS.

WE AGREED TO THOSE CONDITION, AND WE WENT THROUGH FURTHER DIALOGUE WITH THE SCHOOL NEXT DOOR, WITH THE DAY CARE.

WE MET IN CITY COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND IT GOT TO THE POINT TO WHERE FINALLY WE HAD SOME AGREEMENT AMONG EVERYBODY THAT, OKAY, IF THEY WERE GOING TO PUT A CAR WASH IN, WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD BE -- WOULD SATISFY THE COUNCILWOMAN'S CONSTITUENTS.

SO THAT PRETTY MUCH -- WHEN IT GOT HERE TO COUNCIL NOW, THERE IS MORE DISCUSSION ON MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT, AND I KNOW THERE'S CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THEY WANT TO SEE AND THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS OF WHAT POSSIBLY COULD GO THERE ALREADY, WHICH IS GAS STATION, TIRE REPAIR SHOP, OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE MORE INTENSE IN USE.

SO WE ARE AT A POINT TO WHERE WE FEEL THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT INTENSE IN USE, THIS ALLOWED US THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH WITH EVERYBODY AS FAR AS HAVING A DISCUSSION AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON AVENDALE BELOW THE PROJECT AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST -- I DON'T SEE THIS AS AT THIS POINT TO WHERE THEY ARE -- WILL BE AGREEABLE TO ANY FORM OF DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT WILL CREATE TRAFFIC ON THE AREA, BUT THE PORTIONAL LAND IS ALREADY ZONED C-2.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME'S [INDISCERNIBLE] I WORK FOR THE DEVELOPER.

JUST WANTED TO SAY I'LL PROBABLY COME BACK UP WHEN I HAVE A FEW MINUTES ALLOTTED TO ME AS WELL.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MR. COCHRAN, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR THREE MINUTES NOW?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GO AHEAD.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT, WE MET WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION FIRST.

AT THE ZONING COMMISSION, WE WERE ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE.

WE WERE ASKED TO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, OF WHICH I DID.

I WORKED WITH CHRISTINA DE LA CRUZ DIRECTLY, WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, ANALYSIS TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THERE COULD BE WORSE THERE.

WE DON'T WANT WORSE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS -- WE'RE BUILDING A RETAIL BUILDING AS WELL.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT.

SO THE RESTAURANTS HAVE AGREED THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO PURSUE ANY ALCOHOL SALES BY ANY MEANS.

WE WORKED WITH JUBILEE, ACADEMY.

WE AGREED TO PUT UP A FENCE FOR JUBILEE AROUND THE CAR WASH PORTION.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB REACHING OUT TO EVERYBODY.

THERE WERE ORIGINAL FOUR OPPOSITIONS FILED, I'VE WORKED WITH TWO OF THEM AND GOT THAT REMOVED.

WE WORKED IT OUT, WE DISCUSSED THE PROJECT, WE WANT TO BRING SOMETHING NEW TO THE AREA, NEW DEVELOPMENT TO THE AREA THAT COULD USE IT.

THAT'S HOW WE SEE THE PROJECT.

WE OWN EIGHT DIFFERENT CAR WASHES AROUND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THEY'RE ALL NICE AND STATE OF THE ART.

PEOPLE DON'T TYPICALLY LIKE THAT BUSINESS BUT WE HAVE A NEW MODEL AND WE THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT, SOMETHING NICE FOR THE AREA.

IT WILL TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT MIMLO MIMICS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN A SENSE.

SO THAT'S HOW WE SEE IT.

WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS SEE IT THAT WAY, TOO.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE PROGRESS IN THIS AREA AND CONSTRUCTION MOVING FORWARD.

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

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU MR. VILLARREAL.

BILLY ZIMMERMAN?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.

I RISE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE CAR WASH.

AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M TOTALLY IN ACCORD WITH MRS. BARREGO AND HER DAUGHTER.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE WHERE MRS. BARREGO LIVES, WHICH IS RIGHT SURROUNDED ON BOTH SIDES.

SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE'S LIVED

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THERE SINCE 1977 -- SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE '70S, AND I LIVED AT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR IN THE 1950S.

SO IT WAS A VERY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY.

NOW, THIS HOUSE -- NOW, THE THIRD ONE, THE NEXT ONE, THE MAP.

THE MAP.

OKAY.

NOW, WHEN YOU SHOWED THIS MAP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION, I NOTICED THE XS THERE, WHICH TO MY KNOWLEDGE ARE THE PROPERTY MEMBERS, OWNERS WHO HAVE OPPOSED THE PROJECT.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CHECKMARK, THAT'S WHERE MR. JOE LUJAN OWNS THE BUILDING THAT WAS FORMERLY A CHURCH, AND THEN AN OFFICE BUILDING AND NOW IT'S A DAY CARE.

AND MR. LUJAN ISN'T HERE, HE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE WHO IS ILL, BUT HE TOLD ME AND I SENT -- I TOLD HIM TO SEND A COPY TO MRS. VIAGRAN, THAT HE HAD ORIGINALLY IN HIS MESSAGE TO THE DEVELOPERS, HE HAD APPROVED OF THEIR IDEA TO DEVELOP THE PART THAT FACES GOLIAD ROAD, WHERE THE RESTAURANTS ARE, BUT THAT HE WAS OPPOSED TO A CAR WASH.

AND HE DID NOT WANT THE CAR WASH THERE WITH THE SIDE WHERE THE VACUUMS ARE AND THE TRAFFIC -- THE PARKING FOR THE CUSTOMERS WAS RIGHT BEHIND THE IRON FENCE WHERE HIS LITTLE TODDLERS HAVE THEIR PLAYGROUND.

SO THE OTHER PERSON I TALKED TO THAT'S NOT MARKED UP THERE IS UP AT THE TOP THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PLATTED STREET, NORTH OFAVENDALE, THERE IS JUBILEE, SCHOOL.

THE SUPERVISOR OF THAT SCHOOL SAID HE HAD TALKED TO DEVELOPERS AND THEY HAD REPRESENTED CERTAIN THINGS TO HIM.

BUT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE, THEN THEY WERE READY TO GIVE THEIR OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU MRS. ZIMMERMAN.

COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN?

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, AND I WANT TO THANK EVEN, ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS FROM AVENDALE, THE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES WHO WERE HERE TODAY AND VOICED THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND CONCERNS ON THIS CASE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, LAST WEEK -- OR TWO WEEKS AGO, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO POSTPONE THIS THE FIRST TIME AROUND BECAUSE I INITIALLY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE IF YOU -- COULD YOU PUT THE MAP BACK UP, PLEASE.

I'LL DO MY OWN PRESENTATION OF SORTS.

IF YOU DO SEE WHERE THEY ARE CONSIDERING PUTTING THE VACUUMS, THAT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS R4 IN RESIDENTIAL, AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS ONE OF THE VACUUMS IN THAT AREA, AND, TWO, THAT IT WAS 24 HOURS OPERATION IN THIS AREA.

SO SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT THIS CASE WAS HEARD, MY OFFICE STAFF COORDINATED A SITE VISIT WITH THE BARREGOS, WITH MRS. ZIMMERMAN AND THE APPLICANT AND OTHER MEMBERS IN THE RESIDENCE ON THE VACANT LOT THERE AT AVENDALE.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING MORE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PROXIMITY OF THIS PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION AND EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THIS ZONING -- REZONING REQUEST.

I ALSO STILL HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE HOURS OF OPERATION, AS THIS PROPOSED BUSINESS WOULD BE OPEN 24/7 DURING ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PLACEMENT OF OUTDOOR VACUUM MACHINES ABUTTING UP TO THAT SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.

AND THAT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

AND ALSO THE USE OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET AS AN INGRESS AND EGRESS, SUCH AS AVENDALE FOR 24-HOUR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, TOO.

AND THIS NEEDS TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSED.

AND SOME ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONS.

AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE CONCESSIONS THAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT WE WOULD STILL NEED TO LOOK AT MORE CONDITIONAL -- ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONS, AND THEY STILL NEED TO BE REFINED AND AGREED TO BY ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.

AND IT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED TO MY OFFICE THAT THE COMMUNITY CENSUS BY RESIDENTS ON AVENDALE, NEARBY JUBILEE ACADEMY AS WELL, AND THE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION THERE IS STILL MORE DIALOGUE THAT THEY WANTED TO DO BEFORE THIS CASE WAS APPROVED TO LOOK AT THE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF AVENDALE AND SOME MORE BUFFERS.

MY STAFF HAS ALSO GONE OUT TO OTHER SITES THAT THIS CAR WASH WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AT NIGHT TO SEE WHAT THE OUTDOOR LIGHTING WAS GOING TO BE, SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THIS.

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AND TO POINT OF THE E-MAILS, I THINK THAT YOU WERE SHARING, YES, WE DID GET A LOT OF FLURRY OF E-MAILS YESTERDAY, AND EVEN THIS MORNING.

AND I WAS VERY, VERY CONCERNED.

AND YOU CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOUR -- WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

VERY CONCERNED AND DISTURBED AT SOME OF -- AT THE WORD AJ THAT HE -- THE VERBIAGE THAT HE WAS USING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, SAYING TO THEM THAT YOU NEED TO COMMIT TO YOUR SUPPORT OR DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.

THAT THREATENING LANGUAGE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WHAT THAT PAINTS THERE IS VERY UPSETTING TO ME AND TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE DO HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

WE KNOW JUBILEE ACADEMY WAS AN OLD MCDUFF BUILDING AND NOW IS A NEW, VERY BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL THAT IS BE THERE.

AND WE'RE SEEING THIS REVITALIZATION HAPPEN.

SO I WANT TO BRING THE APPLICANTS UP HERE, BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD MY CONCERNS, YOU'VE HEARD THESE CONCERNS FROM YESTERDAY AND FROM TUESDAY.

WOULD THE -- AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WOULD THE APPLICANT BE AMENABLE TO A 30-DAY CONTINUANCE TO STILL SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE NEIGHBORS?

>> I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE OUT OF HAND.

THAT'S NOT HOW I WOULD PERSONALLY DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS MYSELF.

ANYWAYS, WHAT -- I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT TYPES OF HOURS ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WHAT OTHER THINGS ARE YOU ASKING FOR AT THIS MOMENT THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AND I CAN ADDRESS THEM RIGHT HERE?

>> VIAGRAN: SO WE WOULD STILL NEED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK TO THE HIGH LAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND TO THE JUBILEE ACADEMY.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WOULD YOU ALL BE AMENABLE TO A 30-DAY CONTINUANCE?

>> I DO NOT THINK WE WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO A 30-DAY CONTINUANCE.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S COME DOWN TO.

>> VIAGRAN: OKAY.

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D JUST LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT AS WELL.

LIKE I SAID, ORIGINALLY THE FORMAL PROCESS OF THIS AND THE NOTICES GET MAILED OUT AND WE DID RECEIVE THE FOUR OPPOSITION, AND I WORKED WITH THEM DIRECTLY, OR TWO OF THE APPLICANTS AND UNDERSTOOD THEIR CONCERNS, WE MET AT BARBECUE PLACE ON GOLIAD, WALKED THROUGH IT ALL, DISCUSSED THE PROJECT.

THE FEEDBACK WAS GOOD, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY PROACTIVE, AND THEN WHEN IT WAS CONTINUED, THE SAME THING AGAIN.

MET WITH COMMISSIONER MCGEE, WE WALKED THROUGH IT, EVERYTHING SEEMED GOOD.

AND THEN AT CITY COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO, I UNDERSTOOD THE CONCERNS THAT SURFACED AND WE TALKED TO THEM.

I MEAN, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT FOR IT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, I WISH IT WAS EASIER TO WORK WITH AT THIS POINT, BUT THE FACT THAT IT WENT FROM FOUR TO TWO, AND NOW WE HAVE CLOSE TO 10, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN BE WORKED OUT IN A SENSE TO BE BETTER OR HAVE MORE SUPPORT LATER ON.

I ONLY SEE IT JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE PEOPLE THAT DON'T SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

>> VIAGRAN: OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.

>> I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM Z10.

COUNCILMAN PELAEZ?

>> PELAEZ: YES.

I'M SORRY, THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS JUST TALKING ON THE MICROPHONE, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP HERE, BECAUSE I NEED TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.

AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION TO DENY.

BUT SOMETHING CAUGHT MY EAR WHEN THIS YOUNG WOMAN WAS UP HERE TALKING TO US, SHE SAYS THAT THERE WERE THREATS DIRECT AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN YOU JUST SAID THOSE E-MAILS WERE -- I'M QUOTING YOU, A LITTLE OUT OF HAND AND THEN YOU APOLOGIZED.

WHAT E-MAILS AND WHAT WAS OUT OF HAND ABOUT THEM?

>> THE ASPECT OF -- I MEAN, WE HAD ADDRESSED CONCERNS AND WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE.

>> PELAEZ: UH-HUH.

>> AND THEN AS OF YESTERDAY, TWO OF THOSE WHO WERE IN OPPOSITION THEN CHANGED, TURNED BACK, JUST ABRUPTLY AND WE THOUGHT WE JUST WORKED THROUGH ALL THIS.

WE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY AND UNDERSTOOD THAT WE PUT UP THE FENCE AND THAT UPSET THE DEVELOPER.

AND THAT'S JUST WHERE IT CAME DOWN TO, AND.

>> PELAEZ: YEAH, SO THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER TO A QUESTION I DIDN'T ASK YOU.

WHAT WAS "OUT OF HAND" ABOUT SPECIFIC E-MAILS?

>> I DIDN'T RECEIVE THEM MYSELF.

>> PELAEZ: SO YOU'RE APOLOGIZING FOR E-MAILS YOU HAVEN'T READ.

>> I'VE SEEN THEM.

>> PELAEZ: ANSWER MY QUESTION.

WHAT DID THE E-MAIL SAY THAT WAS OUT OF HAND.

>> JUST SAYING IT WAS DISRESPECTFUL TO HAVE HAD OPPOSITION REMOVED THEN RETURN THE DAY BEFORE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION BOILED UP FROM.

>> PELAEZ: SO WHEN HE SAID IT'S DISRESPECTFUL, THAT'S THE "OUT OF HAND" PARTS IN THE MALES SM HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY THREATS?

>> HE WAS NOT PLEASED.

>> PELAEZ: ANSWER MY QUESTION.

DID HE MAKE ANY THREATS?

>> IT WAS -- I GUESS HE SAID SOMETHING THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE.

>> PELAEZ: WHAT WAS IT?

>> HE THINKS -- HE THOUGHT -- I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWERING.

>> PELAEZ: OKAY.

>> COUNCILMAN, WITH ALL RESPECT, THIS GENTLEMAN WORKS FOR HIM.

HE'S NOT -- I HAVEN'T SEEN THE

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E-MAILS PERSONALLY.

>> PELAEZ: OKAY.

>> BUT HE -- THIS GENTLEMAN WORKS FOR THE DEVELOPER, AND HE DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC -- I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAD A SPECIFIC WORD IN THIS, AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WERE E-MAILS SENT AROUND.

>> PELAEZ: MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I'M SORRY IF YOU FEEL LIKE I'M ATTACKING YOU, I'M NOT.

YOUR BOSS SENT YOU IN HERE, RIGHT, AFTER HE SENT THREATENING E-MAIL TO NEIGHBORHOODS THREATENING TO SUE IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

>> I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.

>> PELAEZ: NO.

AND MAKING THREATS.

THEY PICKED UP ON THOSE AND THEY CAME IN HERE AND JUST TOLD US THAT THEY MADE THREATS.

I WANT TO TELL YOU, YOUR BOSS HAS A HISTORY OF DOING THIS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, AND HE'S THREATENED IN THE PAST TO SUE THEM IF THEY OPPOSE HIS PROJECTS.

IN FACT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IN THE NEWS HE SAID THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WERE A BUNCH OF GUTLESS CHICKENS WHO BLINDLY FIGHT DEVELOPMENT AND CAN DO BETTER.

AND THAT THEY WERE A BUNCH OF UNEMPLOYED KNOW-IT-ALL PLANNERS AND ARCHITECTS THAT COME UP WITH A LIST OF THINGS TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK LIKE MAYBERRY AND IT DOESN'T WORK.

I'LL TELL YOU ALSO THAT YOUR BOSS APPARENTLY DIDN'T LEARN HIS LESSON FOR NEIGHBORHOODS USING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

YOUR BOSS ALSO SHOWED UP AT ANOTHER ONE OF MY COLLEAGUE'S OFFICE RECENTLY TOLD THAT COUNCILMEMBER THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS WORTHLESS, AND THAT IF THIS CAR WASH WASN'T ALLOWED THAT HE WOULD DESTROY IT BY BRINGING IN SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR, BARS AND ALCOHOL AND ALL THAT.

I'M NOT SCOLDING YOU, PAL.

I'M TELLING YOU THAT I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE.

I THINK HIS WORDS WERE CHICKEN S.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE CHICKEN THAT THAN SENDING IN SOME POOR TO COME IN AND APOLOGIZE SOMETHING THAT YOUR BOSS WROTE.

SAME ON YOUR BOSS, AND IF YOUR BOSS WANTS TO SUE ANYBODY, YOU LET HIM KNOW THAT I WILL AS A LAWYER REPRESENT ANY NEIGHBOR IN THIS CITY THAT HE DECIDES TO SUE FOR FREE, AND I'D BE LAP PI TO DO THAT.

AND IF HE'S GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT, TELL HIM TO COME INTO MY OFFICE.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMAN TREVINO?

>> TREVINO: THANK YOU, MAYOR, THANK YOU, MANNY.

I SECOND YOUR REMARKS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE HEART OF THIS IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS CITY IS GROWING, IT'S CHANGING, AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE HAVE REPRESENTATION UP HERE ON COUNCIL FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.

AS MANNY WAS JUST EXPLAINING, THIS IS A SIMILAR CASE WE JUST WENT THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PUBLICLY STATE THAT WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE PRO CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE PRO THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT, THOUGHTFUL PROJECTS, AND I THINK -- ALL I HEARD TODAY FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, TO GET TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO BUILD SOMETHING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S NOT A BIG ASK, AND THAT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

I'M SORRY THE DEVELOPER IS NOT HERE.

I WILL STATE THAT COUNCILMAN PELAEZ IS CORRECT, THIS GENTLEMAN WAS IN MY OFFICE, HE THREATENED THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH I LIVE IN.

I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, GUYS.

I KICKED HIM OUT OF MY OFFICE.

I SECOND THIS MOTION.

OKAY? I ASKED THIS DEVELOPER, PLEASE WORK WITH THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THREATENING EVERYBODY.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINO.

COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE?

>> BROCKHOUSE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

QUITE A LIVELY DISCUSSION.

I JUST WAS -- I CHIMED IN JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO -- I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE -- THIS IS JUST -- THE COUNCILWOMAN HAS DONE HER DILIGENCE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE 100% SOLID IN YOUR ANSWER THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN IS OFFERING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND TO ME, -- I MEAN, I KNOW THE WOMAN, THE WORK SHE DOES, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY SHE LEADS, SHE'S GIVING YOU A CLEAR PATH TO VISIT WITH THE RESIDENTS AND FIND SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT IS BEYOND ME THAT YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTING A CONTINUANCE.

I'M JUST ASKING.

THE RIGHT THING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS TO ACCEPT THE CONTINUANCE AND TRY TO WORK 30 MORE DAYS ON IT.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S

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FRUSTRATION, AND I DON'T SHARE COUNCILMAN -- MY COLLEAGUE'S FRUSTRATION WITH MR. GRENADOS, I DON'T SHARE THAT, AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ON THE TWO OF YOU.

I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE THAT TIRADE, BUT I DISAGREE WITH YOU HAVING TO BE THE BRUNT OF THAT.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT -- AND I GET IT.

SOME DEVELOPERS ARE NOT -- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTO MAKE A BUCK.

I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT.

TO WATCH WHAT I JUST WITNESSED, IT WAS OUT OF LINE AND I APOLOGIZE JUST FROM ME.

YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT.

YOU COME HERE TRYING TO DO THE BEST JOB YOU CAN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BROCKHOUSE: BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH TO WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITIES.

I BELIEVE -- I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THIRD-PARTY, JUST OUTSIDE WATCHING THIS, YOU'VE GOT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CARES THAT CLEARLY SAID WE WANT TO WORK, AND I GET THERE'S ROAD BLOCKS AND CHANGES OF MIND, YOU'VE GOT A COUNCILPERSON THAT WANTS TO WORK WITH YOU, SO I GUESS MY FINAL QUESTION HERE IS, REALLY, YOU CAN'T TAKE A 30-DAY CONTINUANCE TO BE -- TO TRY ONE MORE TIME TO FIND AN ANSWER?

>> COUNCILMAN, WITH ALL RESPECT, AND, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT -- AUDIO] -- YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED AND OCCURRED, BUT I WISH I COULD SAY MORE, BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S A NO.

AND THAT'S WHAT --

>> BROCKHOUSE: WELL, I TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN -- YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IT'S A TOUGH VOTE.

>> IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS AT THIS POINT.

>> BROCKHOUSE: I'LL CAST THE VOTE ACCORDING TO THE COUNCILWOMAN, I'LL FOLLOW HER WHEREVER SHE WANTS TO GO, SHE'S VERY RESPONSIBLE FOR HER COMMUNITY.

IF YOU ACT LIKE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS TYPE OF RESPONSE AND EVENTUALLY THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A DOOR FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD WANT TO AT LEAST TALK.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE MESSAGE I WOULD SEND TO THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES, NEVER PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST TRY TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.

AT THAT POINT, EVERY DOOR WILL BE SHUT TO YOU.

HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T GET THERE.

LESSON LEARNED TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FAIRNESS COULD RULE THE DAY AND I GUESS NOT.

I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTING COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN ON HER WISHES TO LEAD HER COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE.

COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.

>> AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR ANYTHING THAT --

>> THANK YOU, SANTOS.

MRS. ZIMMERMAN,S THERE -- MRS. BARREGO, MRS. BARREGO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT HERE FOR USING YOUR VOICE AND FOR STANDING UP FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTINUING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOM AND YOUR NEIGHBORS.

SO I CALL THE QUESTION, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM Z10.

PLEASE VOTE.

[Z-12. ZONING CASE # Z2018256 (Council District 6): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-6 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-2NA AHOD" Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 15, Block 1, NCB 15586, located at 2311 Westward Drive. Staff recommends Denial, with an Alternate Recommendation. Zoning Commission recommends Denial. (Continued from September 20, 2018)]

MOTION CARRIES.

[APPLAUSE] Z12.

>> CLERK: Z2018256 FROM R-6 TO C-2 NA LOCATED AT 2311 WESTWARD DRIVE, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION.

R-6 FOR NONCOMMERCIAL PARKING LOT.

ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL.

CABLE WESTWARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TWO-WEEK CONTINUANCE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE.

>> BROCKHOUSE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE UNTIL OCTOBER 18TH.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z12.

PLEASE VOTE.

[Z-13. ZONING CASE # Z2018285 (Council District 6): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-6 MLOD-2 MLR-1 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District and "C-2 MLOD-2 MLR-1 AHOD" Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "I-1 MLOD-2 MLR-1 AHOD" General Industrial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot P-13K, P-13L, P-B12, TR M, C-13, Block 62, NCB 13942, located at 1621 South Callaghan Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Denial.]

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM Z13.

>> CLERK: Z2018285 FROM R-6 AND C-2 TO I-1, ALL OVERLAY DISTRICTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.

LOCATED AT 1621 SOUTH CALLAGHAN ROAD.

STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND E DENIAL, 50 NOTICES MAILED, THREE IN FAVOR AND TWO OOP POSED.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 60-DAY CONTINUANCE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE.

>> BROCKHOUSE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO DECEMBER 6.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z13 TO DECEMBER 6.

PLEASE VOTE.

[Z-16. ZONING CASE # Z2018291 S (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-2 S AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with Specific Use Authorization for Bar/Tavern without cover charge 3 or more days per week on 0.1468 acres out of NCB 12104 and 0.0996 acres out of NCB 12104, located at 2510 Nacogdoches Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.]

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MOTION CARRY.

ITEM Z16.

>> CLERK: Z2018291 FROM C-2 TO C-2 S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A BAR AND TAVERN WITH COVER CHARGE OF THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK LOCATED AT 2510 NACOGDOCHES ROAD.

STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

NINE NOTICES MAILED, 0 IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TWO-WEEK CONTINUANCE.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMAN PERRY?

>> PERRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

YES, WE'RE REQUESTING A MOTION TO DELAY FOR TWO WEEKS.

>> CONTINUE.

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THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY.