* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:37] GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER THE FOURTH, 2018. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY AS HE IS AT A CONFERENCE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SAN DEVA PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA. THE TIME IS 9:15 AM AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'LL ASK OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER KURTZ, TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TODAY WE HAVE A, A VISITOR THAT, UM, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE MET BEFORE, SOME NOT. UH, PRESIDENT TERRY JACKSON ORGI, HE SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TEMPLE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. HE SERVED AS BISHOP OF THE WINDCREST CONGREGATION FOR MANY YEARS AND IN THE MISSION PRESIDENCY AND STATE PRESIDENCY OF THE CHURCH IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. AND AS A BISHOP AND HIGH COUNSELOR, HE AND HIS WIFE LIDDELL, WHO SERVES AS THE TEMPLE MATRON, ARE THE PARENTS OF THREE DAUGHTERS AND THREE SONS AND GRANDPARENTS OF 13 CHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO AND PRIOR TO HIS CONSIDERABLE CHURCH SERVICE, PRESIDENT ORGO OWNED AND OPERATED SUCCESSFUL SERVICE BUSINESSES IN SOUTH TEXAS FOR 35 YEARS. HE'S ALSO BEEN ACTIVE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND LOCAL AND NATIONAL SWIMMING POOL INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS. ALSO, I JUST LEARNED THAT PRESIDENT ORLE AND I HAVE ANOTHER THING IN COMMON, AN IMMEDIATE INTEREST IN CHINA. HE'S LEAVING SOON TO VISIT HIS SON, WORKING IN BEIJING, CHINA. AND I'LL BE TRAVELING SOON TO OUR SISTER CITY EE CHINA FOR SISTER CITY CONFERENCE. SO, PRESIDENT ORGI, WOULD YOU JOIN US, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD BOW YOUR HEADS. OUR KIND, ETERNAL HEAVENLY FATHER, IT IS WITH GREAT REVERENCE. WE BOW OUR HEADS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, EVEN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND WE INVOKE THY BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING HERE TODAY. FATHER, WE EXPRESS OUR LOVE AND OUR GRATITUDE UNTO THEE FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS WITH WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED. WE THANK THE FOR THE GREAT RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN BESTOWED UPON THIS CITY, FOR THE REIGNS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND FOR OUR LEADERS AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US, WHO SHOULDERS WE STAND ON. WE THANK THE FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE ENJOY IN THIS LAND AND FOR THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE AND FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT THOU WAS BESTOWED UPON US. WE RECOGNIZE THY GRACE IN OUR LIVES AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACT AND DO FOR OURSELVES. WE HONOR THIS BLESSING BEFORE THEE, AND NOW WE INVOKE ADDITIONALLY THY BLESSINGS, THAT THY SPIRIT MAY BE HERE TODAY WITH EACH OF US. THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO BE OUR POLITICAL LEADERS HERE IN THIS GREAT CITY, THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE THY BLESSING UPON THEM, THAT THEY MAY BE HONEST IN HEART, THAT THEY MAY BE FAITHFUL IN THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEDICATED UNTO THEM. WEALTH, THEY'LL BLESS EACH OF THEM. WILL, THEY'LL BLESS EACH OF THE LEADERS, THE ECCLESIASTICAL LEADERS OF THIS GREAT CITY, THAT THEY MAY BE BLESSED ALSO, THAT THROUGH THE EFFORTS AND THE SERVICE [00:05:01] THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO, THAT THIS GREAT CITY WILL BE BLESSED. MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT NO SUCCESS CAN EVER COMPENSATE FOR FAILURE IN HOMES. MAY THE FAMILIES OF THIS GREAT CITY BE BLESSED MAY EACH OF US AND THIS COUNCIL IN ALL THAT IS DONE, REMEMBER THAT FAMILIES ARE PART OF THY ETERNAL PLAN. NOW WE DEDICATE THIS MEETING UNTO THEE. WE ASK FOR THY SPIRIT TO BE HERE WITH US. AND WE ASK THESE THINGS HUMBLY NOW, IN THE NAME OF THY SON, EVEN JESUS THE CHRIST, AMEN. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERGONE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU PASTOR ORGO. ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE UP THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 4TH AND THE REGULAR MEETINGS FROM SEPTEMBER 5TH AND SIXTH. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 4TH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, THERE'S A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE I'D LIKE TO TAKE AT THIS TIME AND OUR FIRST, IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE WOULD WELCOME, UH, TO OUR CHA CHAMBERS OFFICIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, BRIGADIER GENERAL LAURA LINDERMAN, COMMANDER OF THE 502ND AIRBASE WING AND JOINT BASE, SAN ANTONIO, WELCOME GENERAL TO SAN ANTONIO AND TO COUNCIL, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GENERAL LINDERMAN. SHE ASSUMED COMMAND ON JUNE 6TH OF THIS YEAR. HER PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT WAS AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANS POLICY AND LOGISTICS, US TRANSPORTATION COMMAND AT SCOTT BASE AIR FORCE OR SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IN ILLINOIS, AN ELECTION. SHE HAS AN AL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY AND WAS A NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH FELLOW FROM HARVARD. SHE WAS A COMMAND PILOT WITH OVER 3000 FLIGHT HOURS UNDER A BELT FLYING THE KC 1 35, KC 10, AND C 17 A AIRCRAFT. SHE'S BEEN A PILOT INSTRUCTOR, COMMANDED AT EVERY LEVEL, SERVED AT THE PENTAGON AND HAS SERVED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS IN SOUTHWEST ASIA. HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, SHE COMMANDS THE LARGEST JOINT BASE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WHICH INCLUDES LACHLAN RANDOLPH, FORT SAM HOUSTON, AND CAMP BULLIS. HER 8,000 PERSON WING SUPPORTS 266 MISSION PARTNERS, 80,000 PERSONNEL AND A LOCAL COMMUNITY OF 250,000 RETIREES. GENERAL LINDERMAN ALSO MANAGES AND PROVIDES OVERSIGHT FOR ALL MILITARY FACILITIES, VALUED AT $37 BILLION UNDER HER WATCH. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO HAVE COMPLETED OUR CLOSE PARTNERSHIP. AND J P S A HAS RECENTLY HAS SUPPORTED THE CITY'S EFFORT TO KEEP THE FIVE MILE PROTECTION BUFFERS AROUND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. AND RECENTLY, J B SS A AND THE CITY SIGNED THEIR FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENT, WHICH THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DEPARTMENT, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE STREET IMPROVEMENTS ABROAD, STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN, UM, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. TOGETHER WITH THE OFFICE OF MILITARY AND VETERAN AFFAIRS, WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY MISSIONS, OUR MILITARY PARTNERS, AND THE MEN AND WOMEN UNDER YOUR COMMAND GENERAL LINDERMAN. SO WE WELCOME YOU TO SAN ANTONIO MILITARY CITY, U S A, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM. AWESOME, . WELL, THANK YOU SIR. AND ON BEHALF OF THE 80,000 MEN AND WOMEN AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME TODAY. UM, MS. SCULLY, THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU AND REPRESENT ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN JUST DOWN THE ROAD WHO ARE, ARE FIGHTING OUR NATION'S WARS AND DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM. BUT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THEM, THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING OUR FAMILIES. WE HAVE MANY, MANY MEMBERS THAT LIVE ON THE BASE, BUT THREE QUARTERS OF OUR POPULATION LIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN, UH, TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR SPOUSES, TO TAKE CARE OF EVERY NEED THAT WE HAVE IN, IN THIS THRIVING COMMUNITY. YOU TRULY ARE MILITARY U SS A AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE HERE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. UM, OTHER EXAMPLES OF YOUR GENEROSITY, UH, THAT ARE MOST RECENT THAT WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ARE THE WIDENING OF THE GRIN ROAD PROJECT. THAT'S A CHECKPOINT ENTRANCE GATE FROM, UH, WE'RE WIDENING IT FROM TWO TO THREE LANES TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC ENTERING JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO LACKLAND, WHICH FOR THOSE [00:10:01] OF YOU, UM, THAT, THAT LIVE HERE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS THE HOME OF AIR POWER. WE, WE GRADUATE OVER 40,000 AIRMEN EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE GATES OF LACKLAND AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO TO HAVE THAT GATE WIDENED AND HELPS WITH OUR, OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT THERE AND ALL THE TRUCKS THAT GO THROUGH THERE, OVER 200 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON A DAILY BASIS. AND HISTORICALLY THAT'S BEEN A CHOKE POINT FOR US. SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT AREA. UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU AS YOU MENTIONED, SIR, UM, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL, UH, AGREEMENT. THIS IS A, A, A GREAT, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER AND TO SAVE, UH, MONEY ON BOTH SIDES OF OUR, OF THE MILITARY AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS JUST MENTIONED AT THE, A RECENT CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AIR FORCE, UH, CONFERENCE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES TO HAVE SUCH AN AGREEMENT. AND SO WE'RE SETTING THE, THE MARK AND WE'RE SETTING THE BAR HIGH FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPAND THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PROJECTS STARTING OFF WITH A PAVING PROJECT, BUT GOING FORWARD WITH OTHER AGREEMENTS IN THE FUTURE. SO WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT YOUR PATIENTS AND YOUR COOPERATION, AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO TEAM WITH YOU ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS, UH, ACROSS OUR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO. AND AGAIN, WE COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL TO BE MEMBERS OF THIS AMAZING CITY, MILITARY CITY, U S A. IT TRULY IS MILITARY CITY U SS A AND IT'S JUST A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, GENERAL COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU MA'AM FOR COMING IN TODAY. AND, UH, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, MEETING WITH YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES AND, AND YOU'RE A PERFECT FIT FOR THIS CITY. YOU'RE A PERFECT FIT FOR J B S A AND, UH, AS YOU SAID, WE ARE MILITARY CITY U S A I HATE TO OVERUSE THAT, UH, BUT IT REALLY IS TRUE 'CAUSE WE ARE JOINED AT THE HIP HERE, HAVE BEEN FOR OVER 300 YEARS, WHICH THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HOLD ONTO AND HELP SUPPORT YOU AND THE, ALL THE 266 MISSIONS THAT ARE HERE IN THIS, IN THIS AREA. SO, WELCOME AGAIN TO SAN ANTONIO AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MORE OFTEN. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO. AND I, I WANTED TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM J B S A WHEN I WAS DOING RESEARCH ON VISION ZERO, WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE TO ELIMINATE FATALITIES ON OUR ROADWAYS. WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE SOME EXAMPLES IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE THERE WERE ZERO FATALITIES, AND THAT WAS ON OUR MILITARY BASES. AND THAT'S TRUE FOR ALMOST EVERY MILITARY INSTALLATION AROUND THE WORLD IS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, VERY, ALMOST ZERO FATALITIES. AND THE REASON FOR THAT ARE OBVIOUS. THERE'S COMPLIANCE FOR ONE, UH, SLOW SPEEDS, UM, AND ALSO AN ENFORCEMENT THAT, UH, IS NOT TYPICAL IN THE REST OF OUR CITY, UH, BUT IS AN EXAMPLE. AND SO WHEN WE MEANT TO, WHEN I WENT TO MEET WITH ONE OF YOUR PREDECESSORS AND SOME OF THE TEAM, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CULTURE, UH, IS FOR COMPLIANCE, UH, AND ALSO ENFORCEMENT. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND, UH, WE IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE ADOPTED A VISION ZERO POLICY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE FATALITIES. I RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S A DIFFICULT COMPARISON, BUT IT IS SOME EXAMPLES. AND SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO LEARN FROM YOUR EXAMPLES THERE ON OUR MILITARY BASIS. AND MY HUSBAND'S A RETIRED CHIEF, SO, UM, FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. I WAS NOT A MILITARY SPOUSE WHEN HE WAS ACTIVE DUTY, UH, BUT I, UM, APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT TO ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A WELCOMING, UH, VISIT HERE, TIME IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. COUNCILMAN SALANA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, GENERAL LINDEMAN, WELCOME TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY. I THINK THAT, UH, SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE'S LOSS IS SAN ANTONIO'S GAIN IN THIS CASE. AND IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT EVERY TIME WE GET A NEW LEADER AT J B S A THAT THEIR RESUME BE MORE IMPRESSIVE AND LONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS LEADERS. UH, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A, UH, DUKE BLUE DEVIL. WE HAVEN'T HAD, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY DUKE ALUMNI, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO, ALTHOUGH YOU'LL PROBABLY RUN INTO SOME AT SOME POINT. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD. UH, MY DISTRICT IS THE AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES LACKLAND, UH, AIR FORCE BASE AND THE MEDINA ANNEX. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING A LOT OF THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE OR SHARING IDEAS OR, UH, HAVING PROBLEM SOLVING, UH, THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. UH, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO IT. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY TO DO IT, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO DO IT WITH NEW LEADERSHIP WHO'S ON THEIR WAY. AND SO, AGAIN, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SALANA. COUNCILWOMAN VIGRAN. I WANTED TO OFFER MY WELCOMES TO YOU. AND [00:15:01] AS MENTIONED BEFORE, FROM LAB BRUTA TO PRINGLE TO YOU, WE ARE GETTING THE MILITARY'S FINEST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A LEADER, NOT JUST IN OUR CITY, UM, BUT IN OUR MILITARY AND IN OUR ENTIRE NATION, THE STELLAR LEADER THAT YOU ARE. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT CULTURE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT IS SO PREVALENT IN J B S A. UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU AND WELCOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU GENERAL FOR ALWAYS BEING ACCESSIBLE AND FOR AGREEING TO COME IN, UH, TO BE WELCOME TODAY. UM, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME TIME TO TALK NOW, AND, AND I THINK FOR ME, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS IS, UH, OUR GRATITUDE. WE HAVE, WE KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, UM, BUT WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR MILITARY AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, IT'S THE SENSE THAT IN SAN ANTONIO, WE ALL, EVERYONE, CITIZENS, UM, CIVILIANS, RETIREES ALIKE, CONSIDER OURSELVES PART OF THE INSTALLATION. UH, IT'S THE ETHOS THAT ALLOWS US, UM, THE ABILITY TO SAY WE'RE MILITARY CITY, U S A. AND IT'S NOT JUST A SLOGAN, IT IS WORDS PUT INTO ACTION. SO AS YOUR TIME MOVES ON, WE HOPE YOU'RE HERE AS LONG AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE. UM, BUT WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND, AND PROGRESS WITH YOU TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY, AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM. AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE RECOGNIZED THEIR STORY OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS. THIS MORNING. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FIVE OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOWED BRAVERY, COURAGE, AND SELFLESSNESS. ON THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2018. THESE MEN SAW A DISASTER UNFOLD BEFORE THEIR EYES. WHEN AN 18 WHEELER ON 2 81 LOST CONTROL ROLLED ON ITS SIDE, SLID INTO THE MEDIAN, HIT TWO LIGHT POLES, AND PROCEEDED TO BECOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THESE MEN RAN TO THE BIG RIG, BROKE THE CAB SKYLIGHT WITH A METAL BREAKER BAR, AND WERE ABLE TO PULL THE DRIVER OUT OF THE CAB TO SAFETY BECAUSE OF THEIR BRAVERY. THE GOOD SAMARITAN, THE DRIVER, MR. SEBASTIAN SALINAS, WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS CRASH UNINJURED. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THESE INCREDIBLY COURAGEOUS MEN FOR THEIR, HIS HEROIC ACTS, BECAUSE THEY EXEMPLIFY THE ETHOS THAT EVERY SINGLE SAN ANTONIAN STRIVES TO. UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. UH, HIS NAME IS ROBERT PATRICK BROGAN. UH, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT SAVED THIS MAN'S LIFE WHO ARE, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM TO COME FORWARD, STEVEN GARCIA, JOE GARCIA, DAVID GARCIA, AND RALPH SANCHEZ. PLEASE, UM, JOIN ME IN GIVING THEM ALL AROUND OF APPLAUSE. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THEM. AND, UM, GUYS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS AFTER THAT, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU ALL, UH, WITH A CITATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SELFLESS ACTS OF BRAVERY. BUT, UH, PLEASE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS AT THIS TIME, I KNOW OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU AS WELL. WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. UM, THANK YOU. TYPICAL, JUST JUMP INTO ACTION, . ALL RIGHT, WELL, PLEASE STAY UP HERE BECAUSE, UH, WE DO WANT TO SAY THANKS INDIVIDUALLY. AND I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS, UH, YOU GUYS ARE, ARE, ARE MEN OF ACTION, NOT WORDS. SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU EXEMPLIFY WHO WE ARE AS A CITY, A CITY OF COMPASSION, A CITY OF HELPERS. UH, I SPECIFICALLY, UH, WANT TO TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU GUYS ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE I ESPECIALLY LIKE 'CAUSE, UH, YOU'RE THE KIND OF GUYS THAT CARRY TOOLS IN YOUR VEHICLES. AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THOSE TOOLS, IT, IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. SO, I, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR, FOR THOSE THAT, THAT, THAT WORK VERY HARD IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUILD OUR COMMUNITY, CARRY TOOLS IN THEIR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE BUILDING THE COMMUNITY OR SAVING LIVES, UH, YOU GUYS ARE DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS FOR ALL OF US. UH, [00:20:01] I ALSO WANNA SPECIFICALLY MENTION THAT THE GUY YOU SAVED IS FROM MY HOMETOWN. SEBASTIAN IS, UH, FROM MACALLAN, TEXAS. UH, AND, UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR, UH, THIS INCREDIBLY SELFLESS ACT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TRAVINO. COUNCILMAN PALS. THANK YOU, FELLAS. I DUNNO IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT EVERY TIME YOU SAVE A GUY FROM MACALLAN, AN ANGEL GETS HIS WINGS. UH, AND, UH, YOU GUYS ARE SERIOUSLY, YOU'RE HEROES. UH, YOU ARE EXACTLY, UH, THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT I AM RAISING TWO KIDS TO ADMIRE. AND WHAT I TELL MY KIDS IS THAT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP, AND WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S IN TROUBLE, YOU HELP AND YOU GET 'EM OUT OF TROUBLE. AND MAN, WE LIVE IN A WORLD, SOMETIMES THAT DEPRESSES ME BECAUSE ALL WE SEE IN THE NEWS IS FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE OPPOSITE, THEY'RE HURTING AND THEY'RE PUSHING PEOPLE INTO TROUBLE, RIGHT? AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU GUYS ARE THE EXAMPLE THAT WE CAN POINT TO AND SAY, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. SAN ANTONIO DOES THIS FOR PEOPLE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE PROUD. AND, UM, SERIOUSLY, GUYS, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN NAME A STREET AFTER THESE FOUR FELLOWS, UM, I'LL, I'LL VOTE AND I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS. YOU GUYS DESERVE ALL THE RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PLIE. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU KNOW, THIS MORNING, UH, I WAS WALKING OVER HERE FROM, UH, ACROSS THE STREET AND SAW THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, KIND OF LOOKING AROUND WHERE, WHERE'S CITY COUNCIL AT? AND I SAID, WELL, FOLLOW ME. I'LL, I'LL TAKE YOU ON OVER THERE. AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE THE ONES THAT PERFORMED THIS, UH, HEROIC ACT. UH, BUT, UH, GETTING TO TALK WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT. GUYS, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO TALK TO THE MAYOR. THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL WERE WANTING TO DO, IS TALK TO THE MAYOR. AND SO, HERE YOU ARE, BUT NO, FROM, UH, BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THAT ACTION, SAVING THIS LIFE SAVING, UH, SEBASTIAN'S LIFE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'LL ETERNALLY BE THANKFUL AS WELL. AND THE CITY IS THANKFUL AS WELL. SO TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE COME HERE TODAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, GODSPEED, AND GOD BLESS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, GENTLEMEN, WELCOME INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I, UH, I, I'LL, I'LL SECOND THE, UH, DECI DECISION TO NAME THE STREET. IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING LIKE, WAS IT, UH, THREE GARCIAS AND A SANCHEZ? IS THAT WHAT WE ? IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE? ? I, UH, HERE'S THE THING. I THINK YOU GUYS WOKE UP THAT MORNING LIKE ANY OTHER MORNING. IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. AND I THINK WHEN YOU ARE STRUCK WITH SOMETHING A SUDDEN THAT HAPPENS, AN EMERGENCY THAT'S HAPPENING IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE'S SORT OF TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT FREEZE UP, AND THE PEOPLE WHO JUMP INTO ACTION. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ALL HAVE THAT FAST TWITCH MUSCLE THAT SAID TO YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA JUMP INTO ACTION, AND YOU BECAME HEROES. SO I KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL ON A THURSDAY MORNING. UH, BUT I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU DID SO THAT WE COULD SEE THE, THE FACES AND THE NAMES AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF, UH, FOUR HEROES AND ONE THAT'S MISSING, I THINK, WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING THAT WE COULD CELEBRATE. SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK ACTION. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SALANA. COUNCILMAN BROCKO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANTED JUST A ANOTHER QUICK, THANK YOU. I MEAN, UH, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID MUCH. AND I THINK COUNCILMAN SALANA HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE WHO DO AND THOSE WHO TALK. AND, UH, WHEN YOU, UH, SAW SOMETHING, YOU SHOWED UP AND YOU JUST WENT TO WORK AND, AND SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE. IT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. UH, AND I, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, CAN YOU PART THE CS A LITTLE BIT THERE? IS THIS YOUR FAMILY RIGHT HERE? ALRIGHT, WHY DON'T Y'ALL STAND UP REAL QUICK, TOO. UH, SO I, I, WHO, WHO, WHO'S THE FAMILY HERE? SO, ALL, ALL OF EVERYBODY, THESE WIVES, SPOUSES, THESE ARE FAMILY, DAUGHTER, DAUGHTER. WE GOT A DAUGHTER HERE. ALL RIGHT? VERY COOL. AND A MOTHER HERE. ALL RIGHT. UH, WELL, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS, THIS IS ALL YOU. SO YOU JUST DON'T BECOME THESE TYPE OF MEN LIKE THIS, THAT DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS WITHOUT GOOD FAMILY AND PEOPLE SURROUNDING YOU. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I HOPE YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A SIMPLE THANKS IN A WAY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THE GOOD WORK OF YOUR LOVED ONES HERE. UH, BUT YOU PUT YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE. AND I'M SURE SOME OF THEM PROBABLY WEREN'T ENTIRELY TOO HAPPY ABOUT THE FACT YOU JUMPED INTO THAT MIX. UH, BUT YOU DID IT. YOU SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE, AND WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. UH, AND I WOULD DO ALL I COULD IN THE FUTURE AS WELL WITH THE COUNCILMAN LIAS TO NAME STREETS OR WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET DONE FOR YOU. BUT I DO LIKE THE THREE G'S IN AN S SET OVER THERE. THE COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN SALANI, COME. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR, IN YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW, THAT THERE'S A LEVEL OF UNCOMFORTABILITY OF TRYING TO FIGURE THIS WHOLE MESS OUT DOWN HERE. BUT YOU'RE HERE FOR REASONS. 'CAUSE YOU SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, AND THE CITY'S THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO HOPEFULLY SEEING SEBASTIAN, SOME OTHER FOLKS IN THE FUTURE HERE AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND COMING DOWN HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BROCK, HOUSE, COUNCILWOMAN GRO. HI GENTLEMEN. UH, AND FAMILY MEMBERS. THANKS SO MUCH, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW IF MY FAMILY OR ANYBODY WERE IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION, THAT [00:25:01] SOMEBODY WOULD'VE STOPPED AND SOMEBODY WOULD'VE JUMPED IN. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MY FAMILY, AND, UM, ALL THE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT THREE, THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, THANK YOU FOR, FOR STOPPING AND DOING SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT. UM, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY WHAT YOUR ACTIONS DID WILL BE REPLICATED THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO IT MEANS A LOT. AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VIRON, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I CAN TELL, LIKE, I THINK ALL OF US CAN, EXCUSE ME, THAT YOU, YOU KIND OF FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BEING CALLED A HERO. YOU PROBABLY FELT THAT WAY FROM THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE'S MENTIONED THAT TO YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, BEING A HERO ISN'T, ISN'T EXACTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A BADGE OF HONOR THAT YOU WEAR, OR, OR A CAPE THAT SAYS SS OR H YOU KNOW, BEING A HERO COMES FROM INSIDE. AND OBVIOUSLY, EACH OF YOU HAD THAT HEROISM INSIDE YOU TO HELP SOMEONE IN NEED. AND I HOPE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO DON'T BE EMBARRASSED, BE PROUD. IT COMES FROM WITHIN. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. WELL, I'M LIKE MY COLLEAGUES AND BEAMING AND IN AWE OF YOU GENTLEMEN WHO DID, UH, REALLY JUST WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE MOMENT. UH, I'M ALWAYS PROUD OF US IN SAN ANTONIO. I HAVE SEEN ACTS OF GENEROSITY AND KINDNESS, UM, THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T GET TO EXPERIENCE. AND THIS IS JUST REALLY UNIQUE, THAT IT WAS A, IT MADE THE NEWS AND IT WAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. SO, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, AND TO CELEBRATE YOU BECAUSE IT'S TRUE. WE DON'T GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR CITIZENS FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THEY DO. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY HAD TO TAKE A DAY OFF OF WORK. MAYBE YOUR FAMILY HAD TO TAKE A DAY OFF OF WORK, UH, TO BE HERE SO THAT WE CAN PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND ALL OF YOU WHO HAPPEN TO JUST RESPOND AT THE MOMENT. UM, WE, YOU ALL ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF THE COMPASSIONATE CITY THAT WE ARE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME AND ALLOWING US TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL HERE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY'LL JOIN ME DOWN THERE. WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. WE HAVE THE CITATIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU ALL, AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. [00:30:49] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR COMING DOWN AND SEE YOU, UH, SEE YOU SOON. ALL RIGHT. I, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A MORE FITTING NAME, UH, FOR A ARBORIST THAN BY, BUT I SEE YOU SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER, CHERYL SCULLY, UH, TO RECOGNIZE YOU, CHERYL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MARK BYRD HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE TEXAS ARBORIST OF THE YEAR, AND MARK HAS BEEN WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT SINCE 2009, AND HE WAS JUST AWARDED THE 2018 TEXAS ARBORIST OF THE YEAR BY THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE. MARK IS AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARB, AGRICULTURE CERTIFIED ARBORIST AND MUNICIPAL SPECIALIST, AND HE IS ALSO OAK WILT AND TREE RISK ASSESSMENT QUALIFIED. HE SERVES AS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE ALAMO FOREST PARTNERSHIP, AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO ARBORIST ASSOCIATION. MARK EXEMPLIFIES LEADERSHIP, COMMITMENT AND INNOVATION IN THE WORLD OF TREES. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE MARK BYRD REPRESENT THE CITY IN VARIOUS PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND SISTER AGENCIES, AND ALSO A CARETAKER OF OUR CITY'S TREES AND TREE CANOPY. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, MARK, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK WITH THE CITY OVER THE PAST DECADE. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. UM, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO MY JOB WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY. MY DIRECTORS, MY FAMILY, AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S PASSION FOR TREES AND TREE CANOPY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARK. HOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THE CITY'S ARBORIST? I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 15 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN THE CITY ARBORIST SINCE 2009. OKAY. WELL, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. I, I JUST LIKE TO SAY NUMBER ONE, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE 'CAUSE UH, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL AS WELL. UM, YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON IN TOWN WHO CAN MAKE WEARING A BOLO TIE LOOK COOL AGAIN, NUMBER ONE, . UM, BUT TWO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK AS WE ARE IN THIS ERA OF PLANNING AND ESSAY TOMORROW, AND A MORE ENLIGHTENED VIEW OF DEVELOPMENT, IT'S REALLY THE STORY OF TREES THAT HAS BROUGHT US TO THAT POINT. AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AT THE CENTER OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO THANK YOU, MARK, FOR MAKING US A MORE SUSTAINABLE SAN ANTONIO AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GRO. MARK, I WAS JUST COMMENTING TO MY COLLEAGUE. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVEN SEEN YOU HERE, UM, UH, IN, IN FRONT OF ME. AND SO I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TREE CANOPY IN DISTRICT THREE AND IN THE SOUTHERN SEC SOUTH, SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, ESPECIALLY NEAR PECAN VALLEY, IN THE OVERLOOK THAT WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND PERSONALLY FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VI GRIME. MARK, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU MAKE US VERY PROUD. MAYOR, COULD YOU JOIN MARK AND I AT THE PODIUM FOR A QUICK PHOTO MARK? WOULD YOU? [00:36:14] OKAY. THANK YOU, UH, TO THE BYRD FAMILY. ALRIGHT, FINALLY, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR BUSINESS TODAY, UH, IF YOU COULD JOIN ME, UH, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL WEEKEND. THIS IS A SOMBER RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE AND THE BRAVERY THAT FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND AROUND THE WORLD DEMONSTRATE EVERY DAY. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ESPECIALLY FIREFIGHTERS WHO SAVE LIVES AND SERVE WITH INTEGRITY. THE CITY WILL BE LOWERING OUR FLAGS TO HALF STAFF ON SUNDAY, AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO DO THE SAME. OUR CITY IS HOME TO FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR LOVED ONES. AND WE'D ALL LIKE TO HONOR THEM WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA, AND, UH, IF WE COULD CUE, UH, THE TAPE ON TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR OUR AUDIENCE. OKAY. UH, OUR CONSENT AGENDA, UH, IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE AGENDA TODAY. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I'D LIKE TO PULL 16. 16. ITEM 16. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. HEARING NONE, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND, ALL. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEM 16. PLEASE VOTE. 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. COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THE MIC OVER TO, UH, THE FLOOR OVER TO GENERAL ROYALLA TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW BEFORE WE MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR, UH, CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL. UH, BEFORE I START, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, MAKES MY JOB A LOT EASIER TO HAVE GENERAL LENDMAN HERE, UH, INTRODUCED TO THE COUNCIL. AND SO THANK YOU. SHE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER. SHE GOT HERE RUNNING AND, UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TWO YEARS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING HER TODAY. UH, TODAY I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE, UH, MR. KEN HUEY. HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO CHINESE AMERICAN, UH, CITIZENS ALLIANCE. AND HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT A, UH, A, A PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT, UH, TO, UH, AWARD THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO CHINESE, UH, WORLD WAR II VETERANS, CHINESE AMERICANS THAT FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II. UM, AS I WAS DOING RESEARCH ON THIS, I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT, UH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT 40 40 TO 50% OF 'EM WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE AMERICAN CITIZENS, THEY GO, THEY WENT AHEAD. A LOT OF 'EM VOLUNTEERED, WERE DRAFTED, AND, UH, FOUGHT IN SOME OF THE MAJOR BATTLES THROUGHOUT, UH, THE, THE WORLD WAR II THEATERS, [00:40:01] UH, THE PACIFIC, UH, THE ATLANTIC, UH, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. AND THEY ALSO SERVED, UH, BACK HOME, UH, BEFORE I TURN OVER TO OVER TO HIM IN MY ALMOST FOUR DECADES OF SERVICE. UH, THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE, UH, CHINESE AMERICANS CONTINUE TO SERVE. THEY SERVE HONORABLY, UH, AND IN THE MARINE CORPS, THEY SERVE IN EVERY CLIMATE PLACE. AND SO WITH THAT, UH, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, UH, MR. HU, SIR. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NIERENBERG, UH, COUNCILMAN BRUCKHAUS ESTEEM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, MY NAME IS KEN HUI. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. WE ARE ONE OF 19 LARGEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ARE THE OLDEST ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1895. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE AND MARIO, AND THE CITY STAFF TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COUNCIL. UH, SO HERE, I'M, I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF THE PROPOSED CITY, UH, RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO AWARD THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO CHINESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II VETERANS. UH, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE HERE FROM DISTRICT EIGHT, NINE, AND 10, WHOSE FATHERS SERVED HONORABLY AND COURAGEOUSLY IN THE US ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II. SO, THIS RESOLUTION SUPPORTS CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION THAT IS SENATE 10 50 AND HOUSED 2358. AND I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, THE SENATE PASSED, UH, 10 50 BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO NOW WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET, UH, THE HOUSE TO PASS 2358. AND I THINK WITH THIS RESOLUTION, WE'LL ADD SUPPORT TO OUR CAUSE AND WE'LL GET THE REST OF THE HOUSE TO, TO APPROVE THIS LEGISLATION. SO AT THE START OF WAR TWO, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CHINESE AMERICANS LIVING IN THE US EVEN WITH THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1892 BEING THE LAW. SO WHILE ABOUT 8% OF THE US 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 US 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 ACCESS POWERS THESE MEN SERVED, FOUGHT AND DIED IN EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA, AND THE PACIFIC FOR AMERICA IN HER TIME OF NEED. WE BELIEVE NOW, NOW IS THE TIME FOR THESE WORLD WAR II VETERANS WHO DISREGARDED INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION, THAT THEY DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. NOW ARCHIVE. OUR, OUR ARCHIVE SHOWS THAT 22 CHINESE AMERICANS ENTERED SERVICE FROM SAN ANTONIO. FORTUNATELY, WE STILL HAVE ONE CHINESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II VET STILL LIVING HERE. MR. JIMMY ING IS AMONG THE APPROXIMATELY 2000 CHINESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II VETS WHO ARE STILL WITH US. AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR GREATEST GENERATION IS DYING OFF EVERY DAY. WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW. WE NEED THE ONE 15TH CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION. WE ARE SO CLOSE, AND WITH THE CITY SUPPORT, WE BELIEVE WE CAN CROSS THAT GOAL LINE. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS, UH, RESOLUTION, AND I URGE THE COUNSEL TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HUEY. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY. UH, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM NOW. LILA WU. GOOD MORNING MAYOR NUREMBERG AND ESTEEM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LELA WU. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10. THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SUPPORT THE, I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WORLD WAR II CHINESE VETERANS. MY DAD GGA ENLISTED IN THE US ARMY AIR FORCE AT FOUR SEVEN HOUSTON WHEN HE WAS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD. HE JOINED THE 407TH AIR FORCE SQUADRON, WHICH [00:45:01] WAS PART OF THE 14TH AIR FORCE, BETTER KNOWN AS THE FLYING TIGERS UNDER GENERAL CLAIRE SCHNAT. THE 14TH AIR SERVICE GROUP WAS UNIQUE IN THAT IT WAS THE FIRST ALL CHINESE AMERICAN UNIT IN THE US ARMY CORPS. OF THE 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 407 SQUADRON WAS NAMED WILLIAM HOY, AND HE CREATED A NEWSLETTER WRITTEN IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH SO THAT THE MEN COULD SHARE INFORMATION, POEMS, STORIES, ANECDOTES, CARTOONS, UH, WITH THE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 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. GUNGHO, WHICH WAS THE NAME OF THE NEWSPAPER, MEANT WORKING TOGETHER IN CHINESE. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE WORD GUNGHO, 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, GGA AND OTHER CHINESE AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II BRAVELY FOUGHT TO DEFEND AMERICA, AND THEY DESERVED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SERVICE, THEIR COURAGE AND THEIR SACRIFICE. AWARDING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO CHINESE AMERICAN AND 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 SERVE THEIR COUNTRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MS. WU. ESTHER WONG, 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. THANK YOU, MS. WONG. COUNCILMAN BROCKO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, KEN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, THAT I THANKED YOU, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE OFFICE AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS WORK TOGETHER FOR YOU. UH, I DO WANT TO ALSO THANK GENERAL ROYALE AND HIS TEAM AND JEFF COYLE AND THE FOLKS WHO HAVE KIND OF WORKED WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEGISLATION WAS UNDERSTOOD AND THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS GONNA BE HELPFUL IN, IN PUSHING THIS RECOGNITION. SO 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, UH, SPOKE VOLUMES. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO, I JUST, THERE'S SO MUCH TO THIS STORY THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS OF WORKING ON THIS. THIS IS LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A MOVIE. I MEAN, YOU, YOU SEE THIS STUFF KIND OF SOMETHING STEVEN SPIELBERG DOES. SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M JUST GONNA READ A COUPLE OF POINTS. 'CAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HIT A FEW OF THE ITEMS. UM, THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME, ALTHOUGH YOU ALREADY MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THEM. BUT, UH, CHINESE AMERICANS HAVE SERVED THE UNITED STATES IN EVERY WAR SINCE THE CIVIL WAR, UH, AND DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN WORLD WAR II AND EVERY THEATER OF BATTLE IN EVERY BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES. SO THEY WERE EVERYWHERE DURING WORLD WAR II. UH, THEY EARNED CITATIONS FOR HEROISM AND HONORABLE SERVICE UP TO AND INCLUDING THE MEDAL OF HONOR, SO YOU DON'T GET ANY HIGHER. SO, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, AND, AND IT IS THE PURPLE HEART, THE COMBAT INFANTRY BADGES, BRONZE STARS, SILVER STARS, OUR CHINESE AMERICAN WARRIORS WERE EARNING EVERY, UH, AWARD POSSIBLE AND, AND MEDAL POSSIBLE OVERSEAS. SO AS MANY AS 20,000 CHINESE AMERICANS SERVED, UH, IN THE ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II. AND 40% OF THOSE, UH, WERE NOT CITIZENS AS YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE INSTITUTIONALIZED OPPOSITION TO THEM. AND THEY STILL STOOD UP AND SWORE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS A, UH, THAT IN ITSELF SPEAKS VOLUMES. UM, WHILE THEIR NUMBERS MAY HAVE BEEN SMALL, RIGHT, 20,000, UH, THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EFFORT, NOTABLY SERVING IN THE CHINA BURMA THEATER, UH, WIDELY, OF COURSE, ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, AS THE ROLE IN THE FLYING TIGERS, AS ONE OF THE FOLKS CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. THEY WERE IN A GROUND AIR IN NAVAL COMBAT SUPPORT ROLES AS WELL AS IN NEW GUINEA, GUADALCANAL, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, IWO JIMA, UM, OKINAWA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE MARIANA AND ELLUCIAN ISLANDS AS WELL. AND IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, THEY SERVED HONORABLY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, THE NORMANDY D-DAY INVASION, OF COURSE, WHICH WAS, UM, LED TO THE LIBERATION OF WESTERN EUROPE. SO YOU DON'T GET ANY MORE GREATER BATTLES AND SUPPORT [00:50:01] AND DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY AND, AND OVERSEAS, UH, THAN WHAT I JUST LISTED RIGHT THERE. SO ALL THOSE MEDALS, ALL THAT HONOR, AND IN RECOGNITION OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING OUR COLLEAGUES AND PEERS, I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO BIG A STEP TO SAY, LET'S GET BEHIND THIS AND DO THE BEST WE CAN TO RECOGNIZE THIS, UH, THIS COMPLETE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTRY. UH, AND I JUST REALLY, FRANKLY, DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET HERE. BUT LET'S HOPE AND PRAY, UH, THAT THIS CONGRESS TAKES THE RIGHT STEP IN THE ACTION FORWARD. AND THIS IS, IS JUST THE FINAL PIECE, UH, TO GET THIS LEGISLATION PASSED. I KNOW THE TEAM, UH, JEFF COYLE AND THE, UM, THE LEGISLATIVE TEAM WILL BE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO PUSH IT FORWARD. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. I'M HONORED TODAY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE, TO PASS THIS. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS, UH, CHANCE TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU WITH THAT, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 16. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND APPROVAL, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16, COUNCILMAN GRO. THANK YOU, MR. HUEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING FORWARD. MS. WOO, MS. WONG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND, AND STEPPING FORWARD AND TO TELL THE STORIES, THOSE STORIES THAT WERE NOT, UM, TOLD ON A GLOBAL SCALE. THANK YOU FOR, 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, EVEN COMING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD THAT WE CAN, UM, REALLY PUSH OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, OUR DELEGATION, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, TO AWARD THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR HONORING ALL CHINESE AMERICANS, WORLD WAR TO VETERANS. AND I AM GOING TO READ SOME, UH, COUPLE OF PORTIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND ONE OF THE PARTS I'M GOING TO READ IS THE, WHEREAS CHINESE AMERICAN WOMEN ALSO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY PERFORMING PATRIOTIC SERVICE AS TRANSLATORS, INTERPRETING JAPANESE DOCUMENTS CONTAINING MILITARY PLANS AND 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 AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II DISPLAYED 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 OR OBSTACLES, YOU STAYED WITH IT AND YOU KEPT MOVING FORWARD. AND HERE WE ARE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GRO. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AGAIN, UH, THANKS TO COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL HERE. AND, UM, I TOO AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I, 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, THE NATIONAL CEMETERY QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY UP AND DOWN HARRY WBA ROAD AND DAY AFTER DAY, UH, THE NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, UH, 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. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM, WE'RE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS. AND, UH, THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE AND LOOKING, LOOKING AT THAT BEACON ON THE HILL AS, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR FUTURE. AND, 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. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND, AND THANK, UM, 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 THAT, THE GREATEST GENERATION STILL HERE WITH US. UH, MY FATHER FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, AND HE DIED A FEW YEARS LATER FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE HAD CONTRACTED IN THE WAY OF, UH, TUBERCULOSIS WHILE HE FOUGHT IN THE WAR. UH, [00:55:01] 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, UH, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CHINESE AMERICANS MADE AND SO MANY OTHERS. SO, UH, I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT OUR COUNCIL'S GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE REST OF OUR CONGRESS WILL SUPPORT IT AS WELL, AND GIVE THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION AND HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. COUNCILMAN SALANA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, KEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR STEADFAST IN THIS. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM WHAT I READ ABOUT. WE, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT IN ONE OF OUR, UH, IN OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHEN COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE 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, UH, YOU'RE STEADFAST IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET RECOGNIZED, THAT WE PAINT A FULLER PICTURE OF OUR HISTORY WITH ALL THE NAMES AND FACES AND COLORS AND SCHEMES OF STORIES THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, THREADED THROUGHOUT HISTORY, UH, IS IMPORTANT. IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE, HAVE, UM, NEVER RELENTED, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO TELLING THOSE STORIES THAT WE APPRECIATE. AND SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT THE CHAMBERS AND FOR HELPING TO SHUTTLE THIS THROUGH. AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE, UH, SUPPORTING THIS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SALANI. COUNCIL. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BHA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UH, THERE IS A, UH, SLOW DRUMBEAT OF RECOGNIZING, UH, VETERANS OF ALL WARS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR, UH, DESCENT AND THEIR ANCESTRY. AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ONCE AGAIN TAKING UP THE BANNER. UH, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE FROM, IF YOU TAKE UP ARMS ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU DESERVE THE SAME HONOR AS ANYONE ELSE. UH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WE SEND, UH, AS WE GET BEHIND, UH, THESE KINDS OF ITEMS. SO, UH, KEN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR STEADFASTNESS, UH, FOR CHINESE AMERICAN VETERANS. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, GENERAL YALA AND YOUR TEAM AS WE LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, UH, AND GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THANK YOU, KEN. THANKS SIR. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR MORNING AGENDA. UH, IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? MAYOR, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS TO GIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AN UPDATE. FIRST, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE CITY'S POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, THE CITY'S POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM MANAGED BY TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR ANTHONY CHUCK ALI, 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 IN 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 3 1 1 SYSTEM. THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE, WE RECEIVE ABOUT 1200 CALLS A MONTH FOR POTHOLE REPAIRS, AND 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, UH, 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, UH, WE ASKED T C I THREE YEARS AGO, UH, TO HAVE THEIR CREWS TRANSITION FROM RESPONSE DRIVEN APPROACHES TO A PROACTIVE PROGRAMMER. CREWS STRATEGICALLY IDENTIFY POTHOLES AND COMPLETE REPAIRS WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS. SO TO FURTHER OPT, OPTIMIZE THE REPAIR PROGRAM AND IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE POTHOLE PATROL WAS ESTABLISHED IN FISCAL YEAR, UH, 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, T C'S IMPROVEMENT APPROACHED HAS PRODUCED SOME NOTABLE RESULTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2018. I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE POTHOLE PATROL HAS REPAIRED MORE THAN 84,000 POTHOLES, [01:00:01] A 13% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S RECORD OF 75,000 POTHOLES. T C I CONTINUES TO REVIEW THE REPAIR PROGRAM AND EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO MEET AND EXCEED SERVICE LEVELS. UH, 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 THAT WERE REPAIRED THIS YEAR, ONLY 18% OF THOSE WERE REPORTED BY RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR 3 1 1 SYSTEM. SO OUR PROACTIVE PROGRAM IS MAKING A DI A DIFFERENCE IN REPAIRING OUR STREETS. SO WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO CALL 3 1 1 OR TO USE OUR NEW APP, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THE NEW 3 1 1 APP. UH, SO AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE T C I 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, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS A SECOND ITEM, OF COURSE, OUR ADOPTED BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER, TOTALING $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 ONE. AND SO THIS MONDAY, THE 777 PAGE DOCUMENT, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS REFERRED TO THE NUMBER OF PAGES. UM, 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 WEBPAGE. 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, UH, WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW, UH, 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 FI FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE IS 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, STATE AND FEDERAL AUDITS, DEBT STATEMENTS, AND OTHER OP OPERATIONAL DOCUMENTS, UH, SUCH AS THE CITY'S CHECK REGISTRY. SO, AS PART OF THIS EFFORT IN 2017, THE CITY IMPLEMENTED OPENGOV. MANY OF YOU WHO WERE ON THE COUNCIL RECALLED THAT THIS IS A CLOUD-BASED FINANCIAL TOOL THAT PROVIDES OUR RESIDENTS THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY AND EASILY SEE THE CITY'S BUDGET AT THE LINE ITEM LEVEL, AND PROVIDES FIVE YEARS OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION. SO THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET IS AVAILABLE, UH, ALSO THROUGH OUR OPENGOV. 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 OPENGOV, 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. UH, NONETHELESS, WE'LL GIVE YOU, UH, HOW WE FINISH 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. UH, DURING THE FOUR HOUR EVENT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE, UH, NEARLY 200 ANIMALS AND PROVIDED NOT ONLY FREE RABIES VACCINATIONS, BUT ALSO IMPLANTED MICROCHIPS IN THOSE ANIMALS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE MICROCHIPS. SO IT'S ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP. UM, I WANT TO THANK OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THEY PLAN TO EXPAND THIS EVENT NEXT YEAR SO THAT WE CAN ALSO, UH, DO THIS SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND BE EVEN MORE IMPACTFUL IN 2019. MAYOR, [01:05:01] THAT'S ALL TO REPORT TODAY. THANK YOU. GREAT, THANK YOU, CHERYL. BEFORE WE, UH, RECESS, UH, AND WE WILL BE BACK FOR OUR ZONING AGENDA AT TWO O'CLOCK. UH, 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. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING AGENDA. THE TIME IS 2:07 PM WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEMS 22 Z ONE Z, 10 Z, 12, Z 13, AND Z 16. THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS THEY'D WISHED TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. DID YOU SAY Z 16? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. SOME YOU HAVE A, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FULL Z ONE. YEAH. UH, 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? YES. WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. YES. 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, BUT DO YOU EVEN GET A VARIANCE ON THAT? WELL, YOU ARE THE LOCAL GOVERNING AUTHORITY. AND, AND BY GO, YOU, 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 UP ON THE FAR NORTHWEST SIDE, UH, ON STREET CALLED CHASE HILL BOULEVARD. THAT'S NOT, NOT TOO FAR FROM U T S A. YES. YOU KNOW, IN, UM, THAT'S IN DISTRICT OF MR. MR. PAL'S DISTRICT RIGHT THERE. YES. MR. PALIS, YOU'RE PLANNING ON, UH, ALLOWING THAT TO JUST SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH, LETTING 'EM SAIL. SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN 300 FEET, WHERE SCHOOL KIDS ARE PLAYING. YEP. AND WHAT I THOUGHT, WHAT I FIND IT REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT MR, OH, I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK, MR. CRUZ SHAW AND, AND MS. SANDOVAL, AND, UM, MR. MR. COURAGE, Y'ALL LAST WEEK AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, Y'ALL MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT WE HAVE RULES TO SAYING YOU, WHICH ALLOW US TO RESTRICT GUN SALES IN CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN. YES. AND CONSEQUENTLY, JUST LOOK AT OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR LAWS REGARDING SELLING ALCOHOL. AND, AND YET, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? , YOU'RE GONNA SAY IT'S GO RIGHT AHEAD AND SELL THE ALCOHOL. WE GIVE YOU A VARIANCE ON THIS ONE. UH, YES, I HAVE HYPOCRISY ON DISPLAY AND WHAT MY OPINIONS ARE. YES. ITEM NUMBER Z 10 IDEA OF A CARWASH ON THE SOUTH SIDE. A NUMBER OF CITIZENS THAT SAY THAT, UH, THEY DON'T LIKE THIS. THIS IS IN, UH, MS. MS. RIO GRAND'S DISTRICT. YES. UH, THEY DON'T LIKE THE TRAFFIC, THE NOISE. THEY DON'T LIKE THE DEVELOPER WHO, UM, WANTS TO, AS THEY SAY, AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UH, QUESTIONABLE TACTICS IN TRYING TO DO, PUT PUT THIS FORWARD HERE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW, I TOO, CHIME IN AND SAY, WHY ARE YOU EVEN ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN? AND, UH, FINALLY, AND MR. BROCK HOUSE'S DISTRICT, DISTRICT SIX. YOU'VE GOT SOME REAL RED FLAGS THERE, SIR. YES. Z 12 AND Z 13. COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT, INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT. YES. RIGHT THERE. IT'S RIGHT THERE. YES. ON THE, UH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE STREET? DO, DO, DO, YEAH. WESTWARD DRIVE. YES. COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT. WHAT, WHAT? WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH ZONING AND STAFF SAY IT'S A BAD IDEA. . THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE. AND THIS IS ON BOTH Z 12 AND Z 13. RIGHT THERE ON WESTWOOD DRIVE IS 20 PEOPLE GOT, GOT NOTICES, FOUR PEOPLE OPPOSED. THAT'S A 25%. YOU'RE DOING GOOD. IF YOU GET FIVE OR 10%, THE CABLE WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATES OPPOSED IT. ALL KINDS OF RED FLAGS THERE. YOU MAY WANNA SAY NO TO THAT ONE, SIR. AND FINALLY, THE Z 13 INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT ON, OH, LIKE I SAY, SO MANY SCANDALS. SO MANY TIME. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 22 Z ONE Z 10 Z 12, Z 13, AND Z 16. PLEASE VOTE NOTHING'S HERE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 22, [01:10:01] MS. LETICIA, ARE YOU GONNA READ THE, IT'S AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE. I'M SORRY. ITEM 22 IS AN ORDINANCE WAIVING THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CITY CODE FOUR DASH SIX AND GRANTING A VARIANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON THE NORTH. 120.08 FEET OF LOT THREE. BLOCK TWO N C B 1 6 6 0 0 LOCATED AT 1 5 7 1 0 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 NORTH SIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN PEZ. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OWNER AND WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MAKING SOME PRETTY GOOD HEADWAY. AND, UH, WE STILL NEED SOME, ABOUT TWO MORE WEEKS, SO I'M GONNA BE REQUESTING THAT WE, UH, CONTINUE IT. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER 18TH. THANK YOU. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 22, EXCUSE ME. 22, UH, TO OCTOBER 18TH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z ONE Z 20 18, 2 73 FROM D TO I D Z WITH USES PERMITTED IN D AND AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR, LOCATED AT 3 31 SOUTH FLORIDA STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, 10 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%. GREAT. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z ONE MIKE SMITH. THANK YOU. UM, SOME OF YOU ALL MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH MY BUSINESS. IT WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THE PARKING LOT THAT H E V BOUGHT. I HAD SIX EMPLOYEES THERE. AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKED LIKE WHEN I, WHEN I TOOK IT OVER, ALMOST 14 YEARS AGO, I PLANTED TREES AND I DID A LOT OF STUFF TO HELP, YOU KNOW, 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, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO. AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MULTI-USE IN IT. WE'RE CONTINUE SOME OF THE PARKING AND POSSIBLY PUT A, A PARTY VENUE UPSTAIRS. SO, KIND OF EXPENDING IT, IT, THE BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY BUILT FOR ANOTHER STORY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THIS EXPANSION PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SIX EMPLOYEES THAT I HAD TO DISPLACE AND MOVE THEM TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST ASKED TO CONTINUE THE BUSINESS THAT I STARTED 14 YEARS AGO. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT. THANK YOU MR. SMITH. THAT IT? ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN TRAVINO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MR. SMITH FOR, FOR SPEAKING. UH, AT THIS MOMENT I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK MR. GARRETT NEWMAN TO COME UP AND GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND PRESENTATION ON THIS PROJECT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GARRETT NEWMAN, AND I'M THE APPLICANT, OR I'M THE ENGINEER FOR THE APPLICANT. UH, SO THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 31 SOUTH FLORES STREET. UH, THE REQUEST IS FOR THE, UH, THE CLOSE FOR 120 FEET CLOSEST TO SOUTH FLORES. THE REST, THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE LOT NEAREST SAN PEDRO CREEK WILL REMAIN THE D RIO SEVEN B A H O D ZONING CLASSIFICATION AS SHOWN ON THIS EXHIBIT, THE CLIENT'S BUSINESS WAS PREVIOUSLY LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF CAESAR CHAVEZ IN SOUTH FLORES 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 3 31 SOUTH FLORES, A FORMER AUTO SALES SHOP AND SALES AND MAINTENANCE SHOP, WAS A NATURAL REACH, NATURAL CHOICE TO RELOCATE HIS BUSINESS STAFF AND CONTINUE 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 A FREE CUSTOMER CARE CLINIC TO TEACH BASICS OF CAR CARE MAINTENANCE AND TO PREVENT BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UH, FOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY, THE CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES THE GROWTH AND RE URBANIZATION OF THE AREA AND SEEKS TO MOLD AND GROW WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN ADDITION TO THE AUTO REPAIR FACILITIES AROUND TOWN, MR. AND SMITH, MR. SMITH HAVE VENTURED INTO OTHER BUSINESSES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, AND HAVE MANY IDEAS FOR THIS PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDED A TERRACE TOP VENUE OVERLOOKING THE SAN PEDRO CREEK, THE EXISTING PARKING FACILITY, AND HAVE EVEN DISCUSSED ADDING A [01:15:01] TESLA CHARGING STATION. THE BUSINESS ITSELF WILL BE SET BACK FROM THE STREET TO CREATE AN OUTDOOR WAITING AREA, DECREASING THE VISUAL IMPACT OF AN AUTOMOBILE MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. THE RENOVATION DESIGN DETAILS WERE DRAWN FROM AN EXISTING GAS STATION AT EIGHT 50 WEST CINCINNATI. THE COLORS DESIGNED FEATURES AND BRICK WORK USED IN THIS HISTORIC STRUC WILL BE USED IN THIS FROM THIS HISTORIC STRUCTURE AS A PRECEDENT, UH, THE PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF HIS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE. UM, ONE CONCERN FROM OUR NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN THE NOISE. OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, THE MILOW LOFTS IS SEP SEPARATED BY A 16 INCH BRICK WALL. MY CLIENT IS GOING TO INVEST AN 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 IS TYPICALLY THE LOUDEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THE SHOP. THE VEHICLE LIFTS AND SERVICE TOOLS ARE ALL ELECTRIC TO CREATE VER AND CREATE VERY LITTLE NOISE. AND FINALLY, THE, THE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BETWEEN BE BETWEEN SEVEN 30 AND SIX 7:30 AM AND 6:00 PM AND THESE PEAK NOISE HOURS WILL COINCIDE WITH THE PEAK DOWNTOWN USE HOURS AND TRAFFIC NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTH FLORES AND CAESAR CHAVEZ INTERSECTION. THE PROPOSED BUSINESS IS LOCATED OVER 130 FEET FROM THE ENVIRONMENT, FROM THE SAN PEDRO CREEK, CREATING A NATURAL BUFFER. AND THE SITE WILL BE USED FOR LIGHT AUTO REPAIR, INCLUDING OIL CHANGES, STATE INSPECTIONS, AND MINOR REPAIRS. LARGER, MORE COMPLIC COMPLICATED PROJECTS WOULD BE HANDLED AT ONE OF THEIR OTHER LOCATIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, BUT ALL FLUIDS AND CLEANING PRODUCTS USED IN THE SITE ARE ORGANIC AND STORED IN TRIPLE WALLED SYSTEMS. THEY'RE REMOVED BY LICENSED CONTRACTORS AND PROPERLY RECYCLED. AND A PHASE TWO E S A WAS PERFORMED AND APPROVED WITH THE SALE OF THE LAND. ALL UNDERGROUND TANKS WERE REMOVED AND 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. MIMO OVER THE PHONE AFTER APPLYING AND HAVE ATTEMPTED TO EMAIL AND COMMUNICATE, UH, WITH HIM. SINCE THEN, I'VE COMMUNICATED CLEARLY AND OFTEN WITH JAMES GRIFFIN, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS THE STREET. THEY HAVE MOVED FROM IN OPPOSITION TO NOT ACTIVELY OPPOSED THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION, I THOUGHT WE'D BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE HIM OF THE BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENCE 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 SUITES TO OUR SOUTH AND WE HAVE AGREED TO ADD A LANDSCAPE SCREEN TO VISUALLY DIVIDE THE PROPOSED BUSINESS FROM THE HOTEL, AND WE'LL EVEN USE THE FLOWER BEDS ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE PLANTINGS. WE HAVE BEEN WILLING TO LISTEN IN, HEAR FROM ALL OF OUR CONCERNED NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND MR. SMITH WOULD LIKE ME TO EMPHASIZE THAT HIS WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS IS NOT OVER. IF ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS OR RESIDENTS HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MR. SMITH, UH, WITH AN ISSUE, MR. SMITH AND HIS STAFF WILL WORK TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONCERNS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. COUNCIL, THANK YOU MR. NEWMAN. THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION. UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE AREAS BOTH OLD AND NEW. UH, IF THIS BUSINESS WAS NOT A LEGACY BUSINESS TO THE AREA, WE WOULD'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CASE A BIT DIFFERENTLY. HOWEVER, WE MUST CONSIDER BE CONSIDERED OF THOSE WHO ARE DISPLACED AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN INCREASES. AND AS MEMBERS 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, EXPRESSED EXTENSIVELY AND HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE AN EFFECTIVE DESIGN AND USE COMPATIBILITY. THEREFORE, WE MOTION TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND APPROVE. AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z ONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 10 Z 2018. 2 58 FROM C TWO TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 1 0 0 3 AVONDALE AVENUE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. AN EIGHT FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ALONG RESIDENTIAL USES. NO TEMPORARY SIGNS, NO TEMPORARY PROMOTIONAL BANNERS, NO PENANT FLAGS, NO FEATHER FLAGS, AND NO STREAMERS OR STRINGS. SOLID SCREEN FENCING ALONG VACUUMS FOR NOISE REDUCTION. LIGHTING SHALL BE DIRECTED DOWNWARD ONTO PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL, THE APPLICANT AGREES TO ADDED CONDITIONS. NO OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS. NO LOITERING, NO TRESPASSING SIGNAGE MUST BE VISIBLE AND DISPLAYED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. AND INSTALLATION OF SECURITY CAMERAS ON SITE. 17. NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, NINE OPPOSED HIGHLAND. HI, HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION [01:20:01] IS OPPOSED. AND THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%. COUNCILMAN VRAN. ACTUALLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z 10. WE'LL TAKE THEM FIRST AND, UH, WE'LL START WITH RAQUEL BORREGO. MS. BORREGO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY GLORIA BORREGO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE, UH, REPRESENTING MY FAMILY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN, AND, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT SAFE. UH, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH MR. GRANADOS, WHO'S A PROPERTY OWNER. UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, SO FIRST I'M ASKING IF WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS, THIS MEETING, THIS, THIS, UH, CASE. I GUESS YOU CAN'T ANSWER. IS THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET ME POINT OUT A FEW THINGS FIRST. WELL, WE HAD A MEETING THIS PAST, UH, TUESDAY. AND, UH, WE WERE PROMISED OVER AND OVER THAT, UH, THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE WELL KEPT. ALL HIS LOCATIONS ARE WELL KEPT. UM, IRONICALLY THERE WAS A, SOMEONE CUTTING THE GRASS THERE THAT WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE HE, UH, FAILED TO FOLLOW THROUGH IN A CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINT. THAT CASE NUMBER IS 1 0 1 4 8 8 7 2 9 6. UM, SECOND THING I WANNA POINT OUT IS ACCORDING TO THE, UM, I GUESS THE OBJECTIVES IN OF THE HIGHLAND HILLS COMMUNITY PLAN, IT CLEARLY SAYS HERE IN THE CITY, UH, NOTES THAT THIS DOES NOT, IT DOES APPEAR TO CON CONFLICT WITH THOSE PLANS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE AND GET ACROSS. UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND I WANNA GET TO THIS NOW, IS ARE SOME, UH, ISSUES THAT COME ALONG WITH HAVING CAR WASHES IN, IN COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY BY A HOME. AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT IT'S IN BETWEEN A DAYCARE AND A SCHOOL. IT'S BE BETWEEN JUBILEE ACADEMY AND A DAYCARE. UH, THE DAYCARE IS AT FULL CAPACITY. THE SCHOOL HAS OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS. THERE ARE, UM, I FOUND A FEW ARTICLES. ONE DRUG METH, YOU KNOW, 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 CHECK MARK THAT SAID THAT IT WAS APPROVAL, I THINK THAT WAS CHANGED LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT. INCLUDED IN THIS, UH, PACKET IS AN ARTICLE I CAME ACROSS OF INTIMIDATION TACTICS USED BY THE DEVELOPER. I DO NOT, I I, I'M NOT AFRAID OF MR. GRANADOS. 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. WE JUST WANT THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT. AND A CAR WASH IS NOT THAT IN MY NOTES OR MY RESPONSE. THERE'S A CAR WASH 0.2 MILES FROM THAT LOCATION. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER CAR WASH. I SPOKE WITH IAN AND HE, UH, HE JUST, HE SAID THAT THAT'S NOT IN THEIR INTEREST. THEY WANNA DO A CAR WASH. HE'S GOT MANY OTHERS AROUND SAN ANTONIO. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT HAVING, UH, THE CAR WASH SO CLOSE TO A SCHOOL AND A DAYCARE THAT LEAVES OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDOPHILES, PERVERTS TO LURK AND, AND WATCH THE CHILDREN, THEY GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY THAT FENCE IS NOT COVERED. UM, SO I'M ASKING Y'ALL, ARE Y'ALL WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK FOR THE PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN TO BE PUT IN THAT POSITION TO HAVE GUNFIGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, AND, AND DRUGS AROUND THEM? SO, THANK YOU MS. BOREGO. OKAY. MY MOTHER ACTUALLY IS, UH, SCHEDULED TO SPEAK NEXT. MOM, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK? OKAY. SHE'S A LITTLE NERVOUS, SO I JUST WANT TO OKAY. IF, IF SHE'D LIKE TO SEE HER TIME TO YOU, YOU CAN USE HER TIME IF YOU'D LIKE. DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK OR WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO SPEAK YOU? OKAY. SHE'S, SHE'S GONNA SEE HER TIME TO ME. OKAY. SO, OKAY, MS. BORREGO, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE YOU TIME TO YOUR DAUGHTER. YES. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UM, MY PARENTS HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 45 YEARS. THEY RAISED THEIR, THEIR FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES ME AND THAT HOME. UM, ALSO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE, THESE ARE THE PLANS FOR THE, UH, THE PROPOSED CAR WASH. THEIR HOUSE IS RIGHT HERE. IT IS TOTALLY ENCOMPASSED BY THIS CAR WASH OR WILL BE, UH, THE DAYCARE 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 JUST, THERE'S NO WAY THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OLDER IN AGE, THEY CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES. AND ACTIVITIES, LIKE, 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 [01:25:01] 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 I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. UM, ANOTHER UH, 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, UH, ITEMS LIKE BARS, LATE NIGHT RESTAURANTS, ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH WOULD BRING THENO WOULD BRING NOISE. UM, WE JUST DON'T WANT A CAR WASH THERE. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO, TO BRING THAT RISK TO THE CHILDREN. UM, I I, I, I DON'T DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, UH, ALL OUR YEARS THAT WE LEFT LIVED THERE, THERE'S GOING, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CRIME. THEY, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE GONE INTO MY YARD AND TRIED TO ATTACK MY HUSBAND WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM TO GET AWAY FROM THERE TO, YOU KNOW, GET OUTTA OUR YARD AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS, PEEPING TUBS, ALL KINDS OF STUFF WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR 41 YEARS. THERE ALL OUR LIVES THAT WE LIVED THERE, THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING. AND THERE'S ALWAYS HELICOPTERS ALL, ALL OVER A HOUSE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BROKEN INTO RESTAURANTS AND, UH, DEPARTMENT STORES AROUND THERE. AND THE, THIS, UH, MORE ACTIVITY AND ALL THIS 24 HOUR THING WOULD BRING A LOT MORE CRIME THAN WE HAVE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR WE'RE NOT WILLING TO MAKE NEGOTIATIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP MINIMIZE THINGS WITH 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 WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. UM, WE'RE, WE WANNA TALK WITH MR. GRANADOS AND, UH, AND, AND SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS. ANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. BORREGO. SANTOS VIEL. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? I'M THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN, I'M SORRY, I'M WITH THE, I'M SORRY. I'M WITH THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE. SO IS IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN OPPOSITION, ARE YOU MR. RIO? YES. GO AHEAD AND, UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OKAY, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SANTOS RIO 5 2 0 2 C MIST. SO IF I COULD, DO Y'ALL HAVE ONE OF THE, DO Y'ALL HAVE A NO AND NOT HERE? OKAY. SO IF I COULD EXPLAIN, UM, SO ON THIS, ON THIS MAP SHOWS THE WHOLE, THE, THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS GOING FROM C TWO TO C TWO S ON THAT PORTION THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN. THE, THE PROP, THE, THERE WILL BE DEVELOPMENT BY THE DEVELOPER AT THE SAME TIME ON THAT FRONT PORTION THAT'S FACING GOLIAD. SO WE STARTED WITH GOING TO ZONING AND ZONING, PRETTY ZONING, PRETTY MUCH CITY STAFF SAID YES TO THE PROJECT WITH CONDITIONS. WE AGREED TO THOSE CONDITIONS AND WE WENT THROUGH FURTHER DIALOGUE WITH THE SCHOOL NEXT DOOR, WITH THE DAYCARE 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 GONNA PUT A CAR WASH IN WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD BE, WOULD BE, WOULD SATISFY THE, UM, COUNCIL WOMAN'S CONSTITUENTS. SO THAT PRETTY MUCH WHEN IT GOT HERE TO COUNCIL, NOW THERE IS MORE DISCUSSION ON MY, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THEY DON'T WANNA SEE ANY DEVELOPMENT AT, AT THIS POINT. AND I KNOW THERE'S CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THEY WANNA 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, UM, IS NOT INTENSE IN USE. THIS ALLOWED US THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH WITH EVERYBODY AS FAR AS HAVING THE DISCUSSION AS FAR AS WHAT'S GONNA LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON AVONDALE BELOW THE PROJECT. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, I DON'T SEE THIS AS, AS, AS AT THIS POINT TO WHERE THEY ARE WILL BE AGREEABLE TO ANY FORM OF DEVELOPMENT. 'CAUSE IT WILL CREATE TRAFFIC ON THE AREA, BUT THE PORTION OF LAND IS, IS ALREADY ZONED C TWO. UM, SO GOOD [01:30:01] AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S IAN COCHRAN. I WORK FOR THE DEVELOPER. JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'LL PROBABLY COME BACK UP WHEN I HAVE IN FEW MINUTES ALLOTTED TO ME AS WELL. BUT MR. COCHRAN, YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR THREE MINUTES NOW. I WORK FOR THE DEVELOP GROUP UP. WE GO AHEAD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GO AHEAD. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHEN WE FIRST YOU SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION, EVERYTHING TO GET STARTED UNITED, 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, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF WHICH I DID. I WORKED WITH CHRISTINA LER CRUZ DIRECTLY. WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ANALYSIS TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THERE COULD BE WORSE HERE. WE DON'T WANT WORSE. WE'RE WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW TO OCCUPY. WE'RE BUILDING A 6,500 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING AS WELL, WHICH WILL OCCUPY BETWEEN THE TWO TENANTS, ABOUT HALF THE BUILDING AND HALF OF IT'S ABOUT TO BE LEASED. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT. SO, UM, THE RESTAURANTS HAVE AGREED THEY WILL NOT, THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO PURSUE ANY ALCOHOL SALES BY ANY MEANS. WE'VE WORKED WITH JUBILEE ACADEMY. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY IN OPPOSITION AS WELL AS THE DAYCARE. I WORKED WITH THEM BOTH DIRECTLY, MET WITH THEM, SAT DOWN WITH THE COMMISSIONER MCGEE, AND WE AGREED TO PUT UP A FENCE FOR JUBILEE AROUND THE CAR WASH PORTION. AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB TRYING TO REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY. I MEAN, THERE WERE ORIGINALLY FOUR OPPOSITIONS THAT WERE, UM, FILED AND I'VE WORKED THROUGH TWO OF 'EM WITH THE, UM, PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION DIRECTLY AND GOT THAT REMOVED. YOU KNOW, WE WORKED IT OUT, WE DISCUSSED THE PROJECT. WE WANNA BRING SOMETHING GOOD TO THE AREA, NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA THAT COULD USE IT. AND THAT'S HOW WE SEE THE PROJECT. WE OWN, UH, EIGHT DIFFERENT CAR WATCH OPERATIONS RIGHT NOW AROUND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THEY'RE ALL NICE AND STATE-OF-THE-ART. I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF BRINGING BACK A CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE OLD CAR WASH THAT ARE SELFER PEOPLE WHO DON'T TYPICALLY LIKE THAT BUSINESS, BUT WE HAVE A NEW MODEL. THEY LOOK NICE, THEY'RE KEPT CLEAN AND WE THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. IT'S SOMETHING NICE FOR THE AREA. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THIS AREA OUT A LOT THAT WE SEE. IT'LL TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE A LONG TIME TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT 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. UM, WE'D LIKE TO SEE PROGRESS IN THIS AREA AND CONSTRUCTION MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. COCHRANE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. ARIEL. THANK YOU. BILLY ZIMMERMAN. EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. 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. BORREGO AND HER DAUGHTER. UM, AND I I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE WHERE MS. BORREGO LIVES, WHICH IS RIGHT SURROUNDED ON BOTH SIDES. SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE'S LIVED THERE SINCE, UM, 1977, SEVENTIES, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE SEVENTIES. AND I LIVED AT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, UM, IN THE 1950S. SO IT WAS A VERY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY, NOW THIS THIS HOUSE NOW THE THIRD ONE. THE NEXT ONE, THE MAP YOU GAVE ME FOUR, FIVE, THE MAP. OKAY. NOW THE, WHEN YOU SHOWED THIS MAP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION, I NOTICED THE X IS THERE, WHICH TO MY KNOWLEDGE ARE THE PROPERTY MEMBERS, OWNERS WHO HAVE, UH, OPPOSED THE PROJECT. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CHECK MARK. THAT'S WHERE MR. JOE LUHAN OWNS THE BUILDING THAT WAS FORMERLY A CHURCH AND THEN AN OFFICE BUILDING AND NOW IT'S A DAYCARE. AND MR. LO, MR. LUHAN ISN'T HERE. HE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE, WHO WAS ILL. BUT HE TOLD ME, AND I SENT, UH, AND I TOLD HIM TO SEND A COPY OF MS. VERON THAT HE HAD ORIGINALLY IN HIS MESSAGE TO THE DEVELOPERS. HE HAD APPROVED OF THEIR IDEA TO DEVELOP THE, THE PART THAT FACES GDD 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 SIDED WHERE THE VACUUMS ARE. AND THE TRAFFIC, THE PARKING FOR, 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 OF AVONDALE, THERE'S A, UM, JUBILEE ACADEMY SCHOOL. AND, AND MR. JACOB SIEGEL, WHO IS AN OFFICIAL IN THAT SCHOOL, INDICATED THAT HE HAD TALKED TO THE DEVELOPERS AND THAT THEY HAD, UM, REPRESENTED CERTAIN THINGS TO HIM, BUT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE LEGALLY, UM, ENFORCEABLE BEFORE THEY WERE READY TO GIVE THEIR OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MS. ZIMMERMAN. COUNCILMAN GRO. [01:35:02] THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH MAYOR. AND I WANNA THANK EVERYONE, ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, FROM AVONDALE, THE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES WHO WERE HERE TODAY AND VOICED THEIR, UM, THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND THEIR 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 IS 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. UM, IF YOU DO SEE WHERE THEY ARE CONSIDERING PUTTING THE VACUUMS THAT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA IS R R FOUR AND 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, UM, THAT THIS CASE WAS HEARD, MY OFFICE STAFF COORDINATED A SITE VISIT WITH THE REGOS, WERE THERE MS. ZIMMERMAN AND THE APPLICANT AND OTHERS, AND ON THE RESIDENT IN AVONDALE IN THE VACANT LOT THERE AT AVONDALE. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING, MORE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, UH, THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PROXIMITY OF THIS PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED INTO THE CONVERSATION AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THIS ZONING REQUEST, 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 AVONDALE 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 AVONDALE, NEARBY JUBILEE ACADEMY AS WELL NOW, AND HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THERE IS STILL MORE DIALOGUE THAT THEY WANTED TO DO BEFORE THIS CASE WAS APPROVED TO LOOK AT THE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF AVONDALE AND SOME MORE BUFFERS. AND EVEN MY, UM, MY STAFF HAS EVEN GONE OUT TO OTHER SITES THAT THIS, UM, 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, UM, INVESTIGATION OF THIS AND TO, UM, AND TO A POINT OF THE EMAILS I THINK THAT YOU WERE SHARING. YES, WE DID GET A LOT OF FLURRY OF EMAILS YESTERDAY AND EVEN THIS MORNING. AND, UM, I WAS VERY, VERY CONCERNED, AND YOU CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOUR, WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, VERY, UM, CONCERNED AND DISTURBED AT SOME OF, AT THE WORDED THAT HE, THE VERBIAGE THAT HE WAS USING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SAYING TO THEM THAT YOU NEED TO, UH, COMMIT TO YOUR SUPPORT OR DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES. THAT THREATENING LANGUAGE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UH, OF, 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, UM, SCHOOL THAT IS THERE. AND WE'RE SEEING THIS REVITALIZATION HAPPEN. SO I WANNA BRING THE, THE APPLICANTS UP HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD MY CONCERNS. YOU'VE HEARD THESE CONCERNS FROM YESTERDAY AND FROM TUESDAY. WOULD THE, UM, AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WOULD THE APPLICANT BE AMENABLE TO A 30 DAY CONTINUANCE TO STILL SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORS? GO, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE OUT OF HAND. UH, THAT'S NOT HOW I WOULD PERSONALLY DO WITH THOSE THINGS MYSELF ANYWAYS. UM, 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'LL ADDRESS THEM RIGHT HERE. SO WE WOULD STILL NEED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK TO THE HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND TO, UM, 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 OKAY. APOLOGIZE, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S COME DOWN TO. OKAY. I MEAN, IT'S A MATTER OF FACT, I'LL JUST LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THE, THE FORMAL PROCESS OF THIS, WHEN THE NOTICES GET MAILED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE DID RECEIVE THE FOUR OF OPPOSITION [01:40:01] AND I WORKED WITH THEM DIRECTLY OR TWO OF THE APPLICANTS AND UNDERSTOOD THEIR CONCERNS. WE MET AT SGAS BARBECUE ON GOLIAD, WALKED THROUGH IT ALL, DISCUSSED THE PROJECT AND UM, THE FEEDBACK WAS GOOD. I LIKED, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS VERY PROACTIVE. AND THEN WHEN IT WAS CONTINUED, YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING AGAIN, MET WITH THE COMMISSIONER MCGEE AND WE WALKED THROUGH IT, EVERYTHING SEEMED GOOD. AND THEN WE INVITED CITY COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO. I UNDERSTOOD THE CONCERNS AND SURFACED AND WE'VE TALKED TO THEM. I MEAN, I WON'T ALWAYS EVER HAVE EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT FOR IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND, UM, 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. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL THEN, UM, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO DENY. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM Z 10. COUNCILMAN PEL? YES. UH, I, I'M SORRY, THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS JUST TALKING ON THE MICROPHONE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP HERE 'CAUSE I NEED TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. UM, AND I'LL, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION TO DENY, UM, BUT SOMETHING CAUGHT MY EAR WHEN THIS, UH, YOUNG WOMAN WAS UP HERE TALKING TO US. SHE SAYS THAT THERE WERE THREATS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DIRECTED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN YOU JUST SAID THOSE EMAILS WERE, I'M, I'M QUOTING YOU A LITTLE OUT OF HAND, AND THEN YOU APOLOGIZED CAN WHAT EMAILS AND WHAT WAS OUT OF HAND ABOUT THEM? IT WAS THE ASPECT OF, I MEAN, WE HAD ADDRESSED CONCERNS AND WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE UHHUH . AND THEN AS OF YESTERDAY, TWO OF THOSE WHO, UM, WERE IN OPPOSITION THEN CHANGED, TURNED BACK JUST ABRUPTLY. AND WE THOUGHT, WE JUST WORKED THROUGH ALL THIS. WE WORKED THROUGH 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 YEAH, SO THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER TO A QUESTION. I DIDN'T ASK YOU WHAT WAS OUT OF HAND ABOUT SPECIFIC EMAILS? I DIDN'T RECEIVE THEM MYSELF. IT WAS JUST SO YOU'RE APOLOGIZING FOR EMAILS YOU HAVEN'T READ. I'VE SEEN THEM AND I KNOW WHAT WE'RE SAYING. OKAY, SO ANSWER MY QUESTION. WHAT DID THE EMAIL SAY THAT IS OUT OF HAND? HE WAS JUST SAYING IT WAS DISRESPECTFUL TO HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, OPPOSITION REMOVED THEN TURN THE DAY BEFORE. AND THAT'S WHERE THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION BOILED UP FROM. SO WHEN HE SAID IT'S DISRESPECTFUL, THAT'S THE OUT OF HAND PART IN THE EMAILS? YEAH, HE JUST THOUGHT THAT HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY THREATS. HE WAS NOT PLEASED WITH ANSWER MY QUESTION. DID HE MAKE ANY THREATS? IT WAS, I GUESS HE SAID SOMETHING THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE. AND WHAT WAS IT HE THINKS HE THOUGHT? I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWERING IT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN WITH ALL RESPECT THIS GENTLEMAN WORKS FOR HIM. HE, HE'S NOT, I I HAVEN'T SEEN THE EMAILS PERSONALLY. OKAY. SO, BUT HE, THIS GENTLEMAN WORKS FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE DEVELOPER AND YEAH, HE DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC, I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAD A SPECIFIC WORD IN THIS. YEAH. AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WERE EMAILS, UM, SENT AROUND MY UNDERSTANDING. AND, AND, AND I'M SORRY IF YOU FEEL LIKE I'M ATTACKING YOU, I'M NOT. RIGHT. I MEAN, YOUR BOSS SENT YOU IN HERE RIGHT AFTER HE SENT THREATENING EMAILS TO, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THREATENING TO SUE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT TOO. NO, I, AND, AND MAKING THREATS. THEY PICKED UP ON THOSE AND THEY CAME IN HERE AND JUST TOLD US THAT THEY MADE THREATS. I WANNA 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, 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 AFTER BEING REMINDED THAT HE CAN'T SUE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A PRACTICING OR EXERCISE IN THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. YOUR BOSS THEN SHOWED UP AT ANOTHER ONE OF MY COUNCIL OFFICES, UH, ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES' OFFICES RECENTLY WITH A VERY SIMILAR CAR WASH PLAN TOLD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, 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. THAT IS NOT THE WAY THIS CITY COUNCIL DOES BUSINESS. SO 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 GUY TO COME IN AND APOLOGIZE FOR AN EMAIL THAT YOUR BOSS WROTE. I THINK THAT THAT IS ONE OF, THAT IS THE HEIGHT OF LACK OF LEADERSHIP. THAT'S A REAL LOW, IN FACT. OKAY. SHAME 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 OPPOSING HIM FOR FREE. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND IF HE'S GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT, TELL HIM TO COME INTO MY OFFICE MOTION. [01:45:01] I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. COUNCILMAN RADIO. THANK YOU. MONIA. UH, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MANNY. I, UH, UH, I SECOND YOUR REMARKS. UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AT THE HEART OF THIS IS, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS CITY'S GROWING, IT'S CHANGING AT, AND, AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE HAVE, HAVE REPRESENTATION UP HERE ON COUNCIL FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE. SO, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN, UM, AS MANNY WAS, WAS JUST EXPLAINING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SIMILAR CASE WE JUST WENT THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA PUBLICLY STATE THAT, THAT WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. WE, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE'RE PRO CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE PRO THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT, THOUGHTFUL PROJECTS. AND, UH, I THINK ALL I HEARD TODAY FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TO GET, TO TALK TO, TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO, TO BUILD SOMETHING IN, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A BIG ASK AND THAT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. UM, I'M SORRY, THE, THE DEVELOPER IS NOT HERE. UM, YEAH, I I WILL STATE THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN ELAS IS CORRECT. THIS GENTLEMAN WAS IN MY OFFICE, UH, HE THREATENED THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH I LIVE IN, I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, GUYS. I KICKED HIM OUTTA MY OFFICE. I SECOND THIS MOTION. OKAY. I ASKED THIS DEVELOPER, PLEASE WORK WITH THIS COMMUNITY. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THREATENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TRAVINO, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, QUITE A LIVELY DISCUSSION. UH, I, I JUST WAS , I I CHIMED IN JUST 'CAUSE I WANTED TO, I, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS JUST THE COUNCILWOMAN HAS DONE HER DILIGENCE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE 100% SOLID IN YOUR ANSWER. UH, THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN IS OFFERING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER. AND, AND TO ME, I'VE, I I MEAN, I KNOW THE WOMAN, I KNOW 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. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S FRUSTRATION AND I DON'T SHARE COUNCILMAN MY COLLEAGUE'S FRUSTRATION WITH MR. GRANADOS. I DON'T SHARE THAT. UM, AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ON THE TWO OF YOU. I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU JUST HAD TO TAKE THAT TIRADE, BUT I DISAGREE WITH YOU HAVING TO BE THE BRUNT OF THAT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. UM, BUT, AND I, I GET IT. SOME DEVELOPERS ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN TO MAKE A BUCK. I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT, UH, TO, TO WATCH WHAT I JUST WITNESSED. I'M, I'M, I JUST WAS OUTTA LINE AND I APOLOGIZE JUST FROM ME. I, I THANK YOU. YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT. YOU COME HERE, DO TRYING TO DO THE BEST JOB YOU CAN, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH TO WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY. SHE'S, I, I BELIEVE I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIRD PARTY HERE, JUST OUTSIDE WATCHING THIS PERIOD. YOU GOT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CARES, THAT'S CLEARLY SAID WE WANNA WORK. AND I GET THERE'S ROADBLOCKS AND CHANGES OF MIND. YOU'VE GOT A COUNCIL PERSON THAT WANTS TO WORK WITH YOU. SO I, I GUESS MY FINAL QUESTION HERE IS REALLY YOU CAN'T TAKE A 30 DAY CONTINUANCE TO BE A COMMUNITY, TO TRY ONE MORE TIME TO FIND AN ANSWER. COUNCILMAN WITH ALL, WITH ALL RESPECT. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT, IAN, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T FAMILIAR WITH WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED AND OCCURRED, BUT I WISH I, I WISH I COULD, UM, SAY MORE, BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A NO. AND THAT'S WHAT WOW. I KNOW. I, I TELL YOU I'VE BEEN, I, YOU KNOW, I I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 'CAUSE I, IT'S A TOUGH VOTE FOR, IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS AT THIS POINT. IT'S A, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, I'LL CAST THE VOTE BASED ON THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCILMAN I COMMITTED TO HER. IT'S HER COMMUNITY AND SHE LEADS IT. DON'T FOLLOW HER ANYWHERE SHE WANTS ME TO GO. BUT IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THE, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, PASS ON TO, TO MARK THAT THIS IS A VERY, THIS IS SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY. WHEN YOU ACT LIKE THIS, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS TYPE OF RESPONSE. UH, AND EVENTUALLY THERE WON'T BE A DOOR OPEN FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO AT LEAST TALK. AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE VEN MESSAGE I WOULD SEND TO THE, THE DEVELOPER THEMSELF IS, UM, NEVER PASS UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PARTNER AND AT LEAST TRY. AND AT THAT POINT, EVERY DOOR WILL BE SHUT TO YOU AND THAT'S THE LAST POSSIBLE SCENARIO YOUR BOSS WOULD WANT. AND HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T GET THERE. BUT LESSON LEARNED TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ONE MORE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, FAIRNESS COULD [01:50:01] RULE TODAY AND, AND I GUESS NOT. SO, UH, I'LL GO, I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTING COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ILLA GRANT ON, ON HER WISHES TO LEAD HER COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE COUNCILWOMAN GRO. AGAIN, AGAIN POLL FOR ANYTHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU SANTOS. UM, MS. ZIMMERMAN, MS. REGO. MS. REGO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL OF Y'ALL FOR COMING OUT HERE AND FOR, UM, USING YOUR VOICE AND FOR STANDING UP FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTINUING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOM AND YOUR NEIGHBORS. SO, UM, I CALLED A QUESTION. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM Z 10. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 12 Z Z 20 18 2 56 FROM R SIX TO C TWO NA, LOCATED AT 2311 WESTWARD DRIVE. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. R SIX CD CONDITIONAL USE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT ZONING. COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 20 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR FOR OPPOSED CABLE, WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE. COUNCILMAN BROCKETT. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE UNTIL OCTOBER 18TH. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 12. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 13 Z 20 18 2 85 FROM R SIX AND C TWO TO I ONE. ALL OVERLAY DISTRICTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED LOCATED AT 1621 SOUTH CALLAHAN ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 50 NOTICES MAILED THREE IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 60 DAY CONTINUANCE. COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO DECEMBER 6TH MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE SET OF ITEM Z 13 TO DECEMBER 6TH PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 16 Z 20 18, 2 91 FROM C TWO TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A BAR AND TAVERN WITH COVER CHARGE OF THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK LOCATED AT 25 10 NACODOCHES ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. NINE NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE. COUNCILMAN PERRY? THANK YOU SIR. UH, YES, WE'RE UH, REQUESTING A MOTION TO, UH, DELAY FOR TWO WEEKS. CONTINUE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 16 FOR TWO WEEKS. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. I'M SORRY SIR. * 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.