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WELCOME TO THE PLAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEETING FOR AUGUST THE 25TH.
UH, LET'S START OFF WITH THE, UH, ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND HERE.
HERE, MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
YOU GOT COUNCILMAN BRAVO? I DID.
ALL RIGHT EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE EASY STUFF.
WE, UM, WANT TO LET OUR FOLKS KNOW THAT IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS MEETING IN SPANISH, YOU CAN, UH, CALL 2 1 0 2 0 7 5 5 5 5 AND PRESS OPTION TWO.
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THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM AUGUST.THE FIRST FOR THE P C D C MEETING IS, UH, I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW 'EM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL LOSE QUORUM PROBABLY RIGHT BEFORE NOON.
UM, THREE OF US HAPPEN TO BE ON, ON THE SAME PANEL TOGETHER.
SO, UM, WE WILL, UM, GET THROUGH IT AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
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RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE.SO WE'LL START OFF WITH A PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE NOTE OF YOU ALL.
SO IF WE CAN START WITH THE FIRST PERSON REGISTERED, AND SO YOU ALL HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND WE WILL START.
I HAVE BIANCA MALDONADO AS THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK AS BIANCA HERE.
I HAVE TWO PEOPLE YIELDING THEIR TIME TO ME.
MR. TONY GARCIA AND MS. BARBARA WHIT HOWELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEM PERTAINING TO U D C AMENDMENTS.
I COME SPECIFICALLY ABOUT U D C AMENDMENT 23 DASH SIX, WHICH IS THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
THERE ARE CERTAIN SECTIONS THAT THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE STILL HAS CONCERNS REGARDING.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE INTRODUCTION OF ALLOWING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO PULL TWO METERS.
AND THE REASON IS TODAY THERE IS AN OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT TO BE ABLE TO LEASE OUT THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, ADDING THE ABILITY TO PULL A SECOND METER DISASSOCIATE THAT DWELLING UNIT, UH, FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE, IT IS NO LONGER ACCESSORY TO ANYTHING, UM, IT BECOMES ITS OWN DWELLING UNIT.
ALSO, THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE, UH, AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE, THE COVENANT WHERE IT DISCLOSES THAT THERE'S AN OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT WHEN THAT UNIT SELLS.
SO OUR BIGGEST CONCERN ARE THE INVESTORS WHO ARE COMING IN AND BUYING UP PROPERTY IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW YOU PROTECT AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY THAT HAS EXISTING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TODAY, BECAUSE WE'LL BE HONEST, A LOT OF THE URBAN CORE COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE EXISTING.
AND HOW DO WE PREVENT THAT FROM BEING COMMERCIALIZED BY INVESTORS WHO ARE, WHO PURCHASED 43%, 46% OF THE HOUSING IN TWO, IN 2021 IN BEXAR COUNTY? AND THAT'S THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE STATE.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES? AND THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
IF YOU LOOK, LISTEN TO THE VOICEMAILS THAT WERE HEARD AT ZONING COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
THEY TALKED ABOUT, UH, RELATIVES, FAMILY, RELATIVES WANTING TO AGE IN PLACE WHO METERS THEIR FAMILY RELATIVES SEPARATELY.
WE JUST ASK FOR CONSIDERATION FOR RETAINING THE LANGUAGE THAT EXISTS TODAY THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE SECOND METER, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE DISCLOSURE OF THE OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR ELEMENT.
THE OTHER AREA THAT WE HAVE CONCERN IS IN WITH RESPECT TO THE SETBACKS.
THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO RELAX THE SETBACKS TO THREE FEET.
WHAT WE FEEL IS THE CONCERN IS A FIRE RISK CONCERN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE BUILT TODAY, WE HAVE STRUCTURES THAT ARE ON PROPERTY LINES.
THESE ARE HOMES AND THESE ARE ACCESSORY UNITS TO TODAY.
AND SO THIS AMENDMENT IS REALLY SEEKING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BUILD ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, EITHER NEW CONSTRUCTION OR TO CONVERT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE STRUCTURES INTO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
AND WE FEEL THAT THREE FOOT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND CREATES
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A DENSE ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT IT'S A BLIND EYE ON WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY LINE.THE CITY, UH, ALLOWS FOR WHEN YOU HAVE AN ALLEY, YOU TAKE THE ALLEY INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO LET'S NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO WHAT WE KNOW ARE ALREADY EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WOULD INCREASE THE FIRE RISK.
WE JUST GOT A LETTER FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HOT OFF THE PRESS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S A NEW CONSTRUCTION OR THE RENOVATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST.
WE RECOMMENDED THAT YOU WAIVE THE FEE TO BOA, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT THREE FOOT SETBACK.
JUST LIKE YOU'RE WAIVING ALL THE FEES FOR ADUS TODAY AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE FEEL THAT THAT IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, THEY'RE LIKELY GONNA HAVE TO GO TO BOA ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA EXCEED THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
SO WHY NOT GROUP EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND SEND IT TO BOA? AND THIS AMENDMENT DIDN'T GO TO BOA FOR COMMENT, JUST, JUST AS AN F Y I.
SO WE STILL, UH, RAISE CONCERN WITH THE FIRE RISK AND THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THOSE STRUCTURES.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THE SETBACK AT FIVE FOOT AND WAIVE THE FEE FOR A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CONSIDERATION FOR SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT.
UM, THE OTHER CONCERN THAT WE HAVE REGARDING, UM, 23 DASH SIX IS DRAINAGE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE THREE FOOT SETBACK, MOST OF THE URBAN CORE WAS PLATTED AND DEVELOPED WITHOUT LOT TO LOT DRAINAGE.
WE HAVE SOME OF OUR LARGEST MANDATORY DETENTION AREAS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT ADUS AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL DO NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF REVIEW UNLESS YOU LIVE IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO I GUESS I'M GLAD I LIVE IN THE FLOODPLAIN, I'LL BE EVALUATED, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE WHO RUNS OFF TO ME WILL NOT.
AND SO THERE'S NOTHING WE WANNA CHANGE.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE OF THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SETBACK, WHAT GOES IN THE SETBACK, YOU'VE GOT TANKLESS WATER HEATERS, WATER HEATERS, CONDENSING UNITS FOR AIR CONDITIONERS, WATER SOFTENERS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO STORE THEIR TRASH CANS THERE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE FIRE SAFETY RISK THAT EXISTS BECAUSE AS CHIEF HOOD SAID, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY THERE WAS A FIRE DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
WHY DID IT SPREAD? BECAUSE THE STRUCTURES WERE CLOSE TOGETHER.
THE STRUCTURES WERE CLOSE TOGETHER.
SO WE CAN THANK OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR FAST RESPONSE TEAM AND HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN GET LADDER TRUCKS ON.
BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY THING WE DEPEND UPON FOR FIRE RISK AND FIRE SAFETY AND OUR URBAN CORE AND IN THESE AREAS, BECAUSE THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS WE DON'T WANT THEM PROPAGATED INTO INVESTOR DUPLEXES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF THAT, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TODAY FOR THE OWNER OWNER OCCUPANCY OF AN A D U BEING RENTED OUT.
I WILL ALSO BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION, UH, AMENDMENT 16, EIGHT AND 1610.
THESE WERE PROPOSED BY THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION.
THIS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED EXPANDING OF NOTIFICATIONS TO ADD COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
THE INITIAL AMENDMENT WAS SUBMITTED TO INCLUDE PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS, AND WE LEARNED THAT THE CITY DOES NOT KEEP TRACK OF PLANNING TEAM, TEAM MEMBERS WHO SERVED THROUGH THE ESSAY TOMORROW, REGIONAL PLANS.
THEREFORE, THERE'S NO WAY TO NOTIFY THEM.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A REDUCTION, A COMPROMISE AS SOME OF MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS ARE IN SEEKING TO, UH, EXPAND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WHEN NOTICES GO OUT FOR LAND USE CHANGES.
UM, AND THE CITY REQUIRED THAT WE PUT, UH, THAT THEY HAD BOUNDARIES.
THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MANY OF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT ARE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY AND HAVE REGISTERED BYLAWS.
SO WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THOSE TWO AMENDMENTS.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE TO, TO MAKE THE ASK THAT WE CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SETBACKS FOR THE ADUS.
WE JUST GOT THIS LETTER TODAY AS WE WALKED IN.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, YOUR OFFICE HANDED IT TO US LITERALLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO.
UM, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT, BUT WE FEEL THAT DISCUSSION SHOULD NOT STOP ON THAT PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ROBUST PROCESS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT ENGAGED OR MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE HEARINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SERVING ON P TAC AND IT WAS A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE, LEARNED A LOT, AND WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS TO COME TO A LOT OF REALLY GOOD AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE DESCRIBED HERE TODAY AND, AND TALKED ABOUT.
AND I WANTED TO THANK THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TOO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD TO BRING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE.
BUT LASTLY, WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR THESE CHANGES BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE CHANGES AND NEITHER CAN CITY STAFF.
ONLY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN MAKE CHANGES TO U D C AMENDMENTS AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF MY COMMENTS.
NEXT IS CYNTHIA SPIELMAN, FOLLOWED BY ROSS LAED.
UM, I WANNA TAKE MOMENT JUST TO TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE LETTERS THAT CLOGGED UP YOUR EMAIL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, TIER ONE HAS SENT YOU 49 LETTERS FROM 36 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HOAS TO COALITIONS REPRESENTING MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS 13 INDIVIDUALS WHO SUBMITTED LETTERS REGARDING U D C AMENDMENTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THESE LETTERS ARE NOT THE RESULT OF QUICK ACTION, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY
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LOOK LIKE FORM LETTERS AND THEY LOOK THAT WAY BECAUSE THE LETTERS WERE SO TECHNICAL AND DETAILED, THEY'VE BEEN VETTED CAREFULLY.NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DO NOT PUT LETTERS ON THEIR LETTERHEADS WITHOUT CONSIDERATION.
INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTED LETTERS BECAUSE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND ENGAGEMENT.
TIER ONE COALITION PROVIDED INFORMATION THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COALITIONS ONLINE INFORMATION, AS WELL AS TALKING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
WE GATHERED CONCERNS AND INFORMATION FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT RESULTED IN TIER ONE'S ORIGINAL 13 AMENDMENTS.
I AGAIN, WANT TO THANK D S D FOR THEIR INVALUABLE HELP AND FOR CREATING A PARTNERSHIP.
AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND WORK TOGETHER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ABOVE THESE ASSOCIATIONS, COALITIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ACTIVELY SUPPORT 21 AMENDMENTS AND ONLY OPPOSE THREE AMENDMENTS AND HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT TWO MORE.
AMENDMENT 2221, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE CODIFICATION OF THE CORRIDOR PLANS WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT.
AND 23 6 ADUS, WHICH RAISES SOME CONCERNS, UM, THAT SOME OF THE ELEMENTS WILL SPUR INVESTMENTS FOR STR APPROPRIATE INAPPROPRIATE USE BY INVESTORS AND MARKET RATE HOUSING, AS WELL AS AFFECT STORMWATER AND OTHER ISSUES.
SADLY, THESE CONCERNS REFLECT THE LACK OF MEANINGFUL SERIOUS ENGAGEMENT OF THE RESIDENT STAKEHOLDERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ON THESE TWO ISSUES.
ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THESE RESIDENTS.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PRODUCES BETTER POLICY.
FOR THE RECORD, THE FOLLOWING, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, COALITIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME AND EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO YOU TODAY.
ALAMO FARMSTEAD, BABCOCK ROAD, BEACON HILL, CHURCHILL FOREST, H O A AND CHURCHILL FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
CROWN HILL PARK DEL CREST CONCERNS CITIZENS OF DIGNITY HILL, EASTERN TRIANGLE GROUP.
HIGHLAND PARK, HISTORIC WEST SIDE, INGRAM HILLS, INSPIRATION HILLS KEYSTONE, KING WILLIAM ASSOCIATION, LAS PALM MONKEY PARK, MEMORIAL HEIGHTS MISSION, SAN JOSE MONTE VISTA, HISTORIC ASSOCIATION, MONTE VISTA TERRACE, NORTH CENTRAL THOUSAND OAKS.
OAKLAND ESTATE, RIVER ROAD, TANGLEWOOD, TOBIN HILL, UPTOWN VIA CORONADO WEST END HOPE AND ACTION, WESTWOOD SQUARE, WOODLAWN LAKE LOSHA, VENUS, MONTICELLO PARK, LA VACA, AND THE NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZED FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS SUB UH, SUBMITTED LETTERS.
BONNIE CONNOR FROM DISTRICT EIGHT.
PATRICIA PRD, GEMMA KENNEDY, BOTH FROM RIVER ROAD GRACE ROSE GONZALEZ FROM KEYSTONE, REBECCA DAVIS FROM DENVER HEIGHTS.
ALAN NEFF FROM DENVER HEIGHTS.
CYNTHIA ROSS LAED, FOLLOWED BY DIAT COLE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ROSS LAWHEAD AND I RESIDE AT 59 75 LOCKHILL ROAD, 7 8 2 4 0.
I'VE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER LAND USE ATTORNEY FOR THE OAKLAND ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SINCE 1997.
DEFENDING OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS LACKING RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
AND I SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE TIER ONE U D C COMMITTEE.
UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ASSISTANTS TO THE MANAGER ROD SANCHEZ FOR BRINGING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TOGETHER WITH THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS UNDER PROPOSED U D C AMENDMENT 22 DASH 21.
THE CHANGES ARE NOT ALL THAT WE WOULD'VE WISHED, BUT THEY REPRESENT A VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH U D C AMENDMENT 2221 RELATING TO CORRIDOR PLANS.
THE CORRIDOR PLAN PROVISIONS AS DRAFTED CAN BE USED TO OVERRIDE THE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL OTHER ADOPTED PLANS OF WHATEVER SCOPE.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE CORRIDOR PLAN CALLING FOR STUDY AREA OF A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE ON EACH SIDE OF A CORRIDOR STREET ARE INTERPRETABLE.
AS JUSTIFYING CHANGING LAND USES OVER WIDE CORRIDORS, THIS WOULD INTRUDE DEEPLY AND CATASTROPHICALLY INTO ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.
FURTHERMORE, THE ONLY CORRIDOR PLAN YET IN PROCESS HAS EXPOSED DEFICIENCIES IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
THE BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN EMBRACES TXDOT PROPOSALS BEYOND ITS REMIT TO PROPOSE EXPENSIVE ARTERIAL ROAD ADDITIONS NOT REFLECTED IN THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
IT CALLS FOR EXPENSIVE BRIDGES OVER LEON CREEK TO BE PAID FOR BY THE CITY RATHER THAN TXDOT AND THE CONDEMNATION OF 18 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS MILES OUTSIDE THE CORRIDOR PLAN STUDY AREA.
THESE HOMEOWNERS MAY HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY AREA BY THE GRACE OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN BY RIGHT.
BUT RECEIPT OF A NOTICE OF CORRIDOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A RECITED STUDY AREA FAR FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD CANNOT ELICIT MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITHOUT A MORE PARTICULARIZED SPECIFICATION OF ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHY WOULD THEY EVEN PAY ATTENTION IF IT'S MILES AWAY FROM THEN UNTIL IT
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CHANGES? FURTHERMORE, CORRIDOR PLAN ADOPTION OF BROAD MIXED USE, LAND USE CATEGORIES AND MULTIPLE MEANS OF IMPLEMENTING CHANGE.LAND USES BY RIGHT ARE CONVENIENT FOR PLANNERS, BUT CATASTROPHIC FOR ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, LACKING RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN AFFECT LAND USE IS WHEN A DEVELOPER NEEDS A ZONING CHANGE AND GRANTS CERTAIN MINOR CONCESSIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR SUPPORT.
UH, DIT COLE, FOLLOWED BY MARIA GREEN.
MY NAME IS DIT COLE, 1 0 5 RENO.
I'M A DISTRICT TWO HOMEOWNER AND A DISTRICT 10 SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AS THE APPLICANT FOR AMENDMENT 26 DASH ONE.
THIS AMENDMENT PROPOSES A WAY TO DEFINE THE INTENSITY AND SPACING OF GAS STATIONS FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS, ALONG WITH TWO OTHER GAS STATION AMENDMENTS.
ONE IS THE MERGED REVISED, IMPROVED PRODUCT OF ALL THREE.
SIMPLY PUT, THIS AMENDMENT WILL REQUIRE NEW GAS STATIONS TO HAVE A DISTANCE BARRIER BETWEEN THEIR UNDERGROUND FUEL TANKS AND PUMPS TO EXISTING HOMES, SCHOOLS, MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, DAYCARES, AND ASSISTED LIVING PROPERTIES.
THE SET DISTANCE IS 200 FEET FOR A MEGA GAS STATION STORING OVER 50,000 GALLONS OF LIQUID FUEL UNDERGROUND AND A HUNDRED FEET FOR SMALLER GAS STATIONS STORING LESS THAN 50,000 GALLONS OF LIQUID FUEL THROUGHOUT EACH COMMISSION COMMITTEE AND BOARD HEARING IN THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS.
WE LISTENED TO FEEDBACK WORK WITH D S D STAFF, RECEIVE CITY ATTORNEY'S INPUT, REVISE, MODIFIED, AND HAVE ARRIVED HERE TODAY AT TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL OF AMENDMENT 26 DASH ONE TO PROVIDE REASONABLE SPACING BETWEEN THE INTENSITY OF, OF USE OF NEW GAS STATIONS AND EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS A REASONABLE AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND COMPROMISED ON THROUGHOUT THE MULTI COMMITTEE PROCESS TO COME TO THIS SOLID FAIR AMENDMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO BE A GOOD CUSTODIAN PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE CHARACTER, QUALITY AND EQUITY OF DISTRICTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER OUR CITY.
THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE FOR HELPING TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND BE WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF AMENDMENT 26 DASH ONE FOR INCLUSION IN THE U D C.
THANK YOU DIA MARIA GREEN, FOLLOWED BY DOROTHY WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING, DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT MARIA GREEN.
I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER THREE WHEN I HEAR NAMES LIKE COLISEUM PARK, DI INWOOD HILL EASTWOOD, GOVERNMENT HILL MANKEY PARK, WHEATLEY HEIGHTS.
EACH NAME CAUSES A SMILE ABOUT FAMILIAR NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT TWO.
MY OWN BELOVED NEIGHBORHOOD IS DENVER HEIGHTS, WHERE ONE OR MORE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAVE MAINTAINED SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.
THE SUGGESTION THAT THERE NEED TO BE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS IN THE CITY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME JUST CONSIDERING DISTRICT TWO.
WE ALREADY HAVE SEVEN HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AND 27 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ON RECORD.
DEVELOPERS IN MY AREA ARE DEMOLISHING MANY MODEST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND BUILDING NEW THREE STORY HOMES WITH A BALCONY TO VIEW THE CITY SKYLINE.
THERE IS LITTLE COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTION WITH NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THE NEWCOMERS ARE FENCED IN AND FREQUENTLY LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO WORK OR SOCIALIZE.
QUESTION NUMBER ONE, HOW CAN YOU GAIN RESPECT FOR THE EXISTING HISTORY, CULTURE, AND VALUES OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IF YOU NEVER BOTHER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM? QUESTION NUMBER TWO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CREATE NEW ASSOCIATIONS ACTIVE IN THE EXISTING ASSOCIATIONS? MANY HOMEOWNERS OF MODEST MEANS ARE NOT HERE FOR THIS AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE THEY ARE AT WORK AND WOULD LOSE INCOME BY ATTENDING THIS DAYTIME MEETING.
SO TODAY WE MUST BE THE VOICE FOR ALL OUR NEIGHBORS, RICH OR POOR EMPLOYED, RETIRED OR HOUSEBOUND.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER, PLEASE VOTE AGAINST ELIMINATING THE EXISTING CITY NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRY.
PLEASE VOTE AGAINST AUTHORIZING NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WITH OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES.
THIS CAN ONLY LEAD TO ACRIMONY AND CHAOS.
PLEASE VOTE THAT A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING WRITTEN PERMISSION THAT THE OFFICIAL GROUP OF RECORD IS IN AGREEMENT.
THIS MOVEMENT TO CHOP UP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS MOTIVATED BY GREED, POLITICAL
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AMBITION, AND DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES TOWARD LOW INCOME RESIDENTS LIKE MYSELF.PLEASE PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
MARIA DOROTHY WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY DON LEWIS.
DONNA LEWIS FOLLOWED BY ROSE HILL.
DONNA, YOU'RE YIELDING YOUR TIME.
I DON'T HAVE OSCAR ON THE LIST.
I'M I'M FINE WITH THAT IF MY, UM, COLLEAGUES ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
MY NAME IS OSCAR VICKS AND I'M A MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST SIX TERMS. AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ALL CANNOT HEAR OUR VOICE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
NOW WE HAVE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO STAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 30, 40, AND 50 YEARS FOR Y'ALL TO DECIDE WHAT WE GOING TO HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MOST OF Y'ALL ARE NOT EVEN 50 YEARS OLD, SO I KNOW YOU AIN'T STAYED IN NO HOUSE FOR 40, 40, 50 YEARS.
BUT YOU OUGHTA JUST TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION THAT WE WANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, NOT WHAT YOU WANT.
AND IF WE WOULD JUST REALIZE WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP A NEIGHBORHOOD UP FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS, THEN YOU WOULD REALIZE HOW SINCERE WE ARE ABOUT KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WE WANT IT, NOT LIKE WE VOTE ON HOW WE WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE, AND THEN WE GOTTA COME AND LIVE WITH Y'ALL TRYING TO DECIDE IF WE GONNA HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M THE PRES WHEN I WAS THE PRESIDENT AND WE WAS DISSATISFIED.
NOW LET US TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN BUSINESS AND Y'ALL TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMED LIKE TO ME, IS Y'ALL TRYING TO COME OUT AND TELL US HOW TO RUN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN IT JUST LEAVE IT UP TO US.
NOW, HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL BEING THE PRESIDENT SIX TIMES AND Y'ALL ALLOW SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME AND ORGANIZE ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY COME IN THERE AND I MADE A DECISION WITH THE PEOPLE AND THEY COME IN THERE JUST JOHNNY COME LATELY AND SAY, OH NO, THAT AIN'T THAT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM OF BRINGING THINGS TO THE PRESIDENT AND DISCUSSING IT AND KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD UP FOR 46 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN THERE FOR 60 YEARS NOW.
HOW CAN YOU BRING UP A PROPOSAL JUST BECAUSE SOME JOHNNY COME LATELY COME UP AND SAY, UM, WHY WE CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN TWO? Y'ALL DON'T EVEN WANT TO ANSWER TO US.
HOW YOU GONNA ANSWER FOR TO TWO PRESIDENTS? I MEAN, IF IT IS HARD TO ANSWER TO ONE PRESIDENT, HOW YOU GONNA ANSWER FOR TWO PRESIDENT? SO THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
THAT'S JUST LIKE ME ASKING MY WIFE, I KNOW YOU ARE A GOOD WIFE, OR CAN I HAVE ANOTHER WIFE THAT AIN'T EVEN, THAT AIN'T EVEN MORE FOR DISCUSSION.
YOU UNDERSTAND? SOME THINGS JUST SHOULD NOT BE UP FOR DISCUSSION.
WE GOT THREE PROJECTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW.
WE GOT THE DUST, WE GOT POLLUTION, WE GOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SITUATION.
ALL THOSE THINGS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING IN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN Y'ALL GO OVER THERE AND LET THAT, UH, STORAGE PLACE ON THE WORST.
SO I, I COULD EVER SEE IN MY LIFE RIGHT THERE AT WALTER'S AND 35, I MEAN, JUST PUT UP A STORAGE BUILDING FOUR FEET.
AND HERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN APARTMENTS THREE FEET.
NOW, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEBODY COULDN'T PUT A FOUR STORY BUILDING RIGHT UP IN FRONT? YOU CAN'T SEE THE EXPRESSWAY, YOU CAN'T SEE THE SKYLINE.
SO THE FIRST THING Y'ALL SHOULD CONSIDER, ESPECIALLY THIS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPERS, IS HOW WOULD THIS FIT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? HOW WOULD IT FIT? AND THEN IT SHOULDN'T BE UP FOR DISCUSSION.
ROSE HILL, FOLLOWED BY PETE LENISE.
OH, ANYWAY, YOU TOOK ONE MORE COPY.
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UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL.UH, MY NAME IS ROSE HILL AND PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'M ALSO OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE D TWO ROUNDTABLE.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, I'VE GIVEN THE COUNCIL, UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO READ TODAY AND ALSO A COUNT, A COPY OF THE, UH, 30 NEIGHBORHOODS AS ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, THE D TWO PRESENCE ROUNDTABLE, CAMELOT COLISEUM OAKS, COLOS, WILLOW PARK, DENVER HEIGHTS, DEL CREST HARBOR PLAYS, JEFFERSON HEIGHTS, LAKESIDE, NORTHEAST PARK VILLAGE, SATO CREEK, EASTGATE EAST ROW HILLS EAST EASTWOOD VILLAGE, EAST VILLAGE GENERAL KRUEGER, GOVERNMENT HILL INE ORCHARD, SOUTHEAST SUNRISE, UNITED HOMEOWNER IMPROVEMENT, WEST FOREST, WHEATLEY HEIGHTS, WILSHIRE, WILSHIRE TERRACE.
THOSE ARE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE, UH, AGAIN, AGAINST THESE, UH, OPPOSITIONS.
UH, 29 DASH ONE 16 DASH EIGHT AND 16 DASH 10.
I'M HERE TODAY IN OPPOSITION OF 29 DASH ONE AND WHICH THIS WOULD ELIMINATE THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE AS A RESOURCE TOOL THAT HAS GUIDED AND HELPED US IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AS LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
16 18 16 16 DASH EIGHT COMPLIMENTS.
29 DASH ONE CAN GET NOTIFICATIONS WITHOUT OVERLAPPING 16 DASH 10 COMPLIMENTS.
MR. SIG OF TIER ONE STEERING COMMITTEE REMOVED MYSELF AS PRESIDENT OF G H A WITH THE FALSE DOCUMENTATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT ON SIX 17 AND I WAS PUT BACK ON JUNE 30TH.
INFORMATION OBTAINED UNDER THE OPEN RECORDS.
ZACH, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A HISTORY FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT TODAY.
IN 2005, GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE WAS TAKEN TO COURT BY MS. MARLENE HAWKINS WAS THE EX-PRESIDENT OF G H A.
THE JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE AND REMOVED MS. HAWKINS AS PRESIDENT ON JUNE 8TH, 2007.
DOCUMENT C 1 7 6 9 2, FOLLOWED BY THE JUDGE AND BOTH PARTIES, ATTORNEYS THAT BOTH WOULD AGREE TO KEEP THEIR OWN SEPARATE GROUPS STATING THIS DOCUMENT, GOVERNMENT HILL COMMUNITY WILL NOT WILL REPRESENT ITSELF, WILL NOT REPRESENT ITSELF AS THE OFFICIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS GOVERNMENT HILL.
THE PARTIES AGREED THAT MS. HAWKINS AND MS. MS. HAWKINS WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE 5 0 1 C THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
THE PARTIES AGREED NOT TO ENGAGE IN INTENTIONAL HARASSMENT DESIGNED TO HARM EITHER PARTY, BOTH MS. HAWKINS AND MS. STELLA ASHLEY, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY THE JUDGE, JUDGE LITTLEJOHN AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE.
MS. HAWKINS HAS CARRIED ON A GRUDGE EVER SINCE.
THIS BROUGHT DIVISION CONFUSION TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
MS. HAWKINS WAS TAKEN TO PRECINCT FOR COURT ON JANUARY 23RD, 2020, CAUSE FOUR ONE S 1 9 0 0 1 74 TO INCLUDE FALSIFYING PO POLICE FOR INFORMATION TO INCLUDE SLANDER.
A JUDGMENT WAS FILED BARRETT COUNTY COURT, SHE HAD TO PAY RESTITUTION.
THIS IS A PERSON THAT IS FILING 29 DASH ONE MAY OF 2018.
G H WAS TEMPTED TO BE TAKEN OVER BY GOVERNOR HILL.
COMMUNITY FAILED CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
LETTER TO GOVERNMENT HILL UNITED THAT NO OVERLAPPING OF BOUNDARIES.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CAN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY AN EXISTING ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THIS HAPPENED TO D TO G H A, HAPPENED TO ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PUT OUT A SURVEY THROUGH SURVEYMONKEY TO ALL 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRY.
RESULTS CAME BACK THAT 52% OF ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS ADVISED THEY DID NOT WANT OVERLAPPING.
THANK YOU MS. AND JUST TO, JUST TO END OFF THE, THE D TWO ROUNDTABLE WITH MET WITH THE CITY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGERS, AND THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT TO RISK.
SOME OF YOU THAT ARE ON COUNCILMAN COURAGE, I BELIEVE IN, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA.
WERE ON THE, UH, COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT VOTE ON THESE AMENDMENTS.
THEY WILL DESTROY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
PETE ESE FOLLOWED BY SYLVIA ESE.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ME BECAUSE YOU SERVE ON MY BOARD.
UM, I'M HERE IN THE CAPACITY AS A HOUSING COMMISSIONER.
I ALSO SERVE ON THE, UH, THE, THE REMOVING BARRIERS COMMITTEE, UM, WITHIN HOUSING COMMISSION.
UM, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, UH, WITHIN THAT HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, WE HAD WORKED FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF, UH, YEARS.
IN FACT, UM, PRIOR TO THIS VERSION OF HOUSING COMMITTEE, THE REMOVING BARRIERS COMMITTEE LOOKS AT POLICIES AND PROCESSES WITHIN OUR OUR CITY STRUCTURE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN FIND, UH, THOSE BARRIERS AND REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS TO, TO FURTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, YESTERDAY WE HAD A REMOVING BARRIERS SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, A REPORT OUT AT OUR HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, WHERE WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED.
UM, AND EVERYTHING WAS SUPPORTED, WAS SUPPORTED AT HOUSING COMMISSION.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, CITY STAFF, UM, FOR THEIR WORK IN ENGAGING THE REMOVING BARRIERS COMMITTEE.
UM, AND WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
SYLVIA ALANIS, FOLLOWED BY BARBARA RANKINS.
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HELLO, MY NAME IS SYLVIA ESE.AND I'M EASTGATE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.
AND I'M HERE OPPOSING, UH, 16 DASH EIGHT 16 DASH 10.
UH, I, UM, I AM THE PRESIDENT FROM EASTGATE.
UM, I BELONG TO, UH, DISTRICT TWO PRESIDENT'S ROUND TABLE.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS IN OUR MEETINGS WITH THE 30 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND ALL OF US.
UM, WHOEVER PROPOSED THIS TO THE U D C, I'M SORRY.
UM, I WASN'T AVAILABLE TO MAKE THESE MEETINGS WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED.
THIS AMENDMENT TO U D C, MY GROWN CHILDREN THAT ARE MARRIED AND DID NOT WANTED ME TO ATTEND SO MANY MEETINGS BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT ME TO GET COVID.
AND THEN WE HAVE A BRAND NEW BABY IN THE FAMILY.
SO I COULDN'T ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.
LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO, LOGAN CAME AND GAVE US A, A MEETING ON HOW THE U D C COMES APART.
SO WE WERE EDUCATED ON HOW ALL THESE AMENDMENTS WERE IN THE U D C.
OKAY? SO, UM, IN 2018, UM, SOME CITY COUNCILMEN, UH, FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, NOT ONLY DISTRICT TWO, BUT WE ALL AGREED, NO, WE DIDN'T.
SO IT WAS KILLED BACK IN 2018.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT, UM, FOR RIGHT NOW, ALL 31 PRESIDENTS WE'RE OPPOSING ON THIS ONE.
TIER ONE, MY NAME AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PLACED ON TIER ONE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHY, BUT EASTERN TRIANGLE, I DID TALK TO DAN MARTINEZ.
DAN MARTINEZ IS CAUSING A LOT OF CHAOS.
I DID CALL HIM, I SAID, TAKE MY NAME OFF OF THERE.
I NO LONGER WANNA BE AN ASSOCIATES TO EASTERN TRIANGLE BECAUSE YOU'RE SUING THE CITY.
AND SINCE I'M REPRESENTING MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T WANT NO PART.
AND YOU TAKE ME OFF THE TIER ONE.
EVEN WHEN THEY START IN THE BEGINNING, I SAID, YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU'RE THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH NO TIER ONE, NO EASTERN TRIANGLE, NOT ME AS PRESIDENT AND NOT THE RESIDENTS.
THESE RESIDENTS ARE ELDERLY AND I'M THEIR VOICE.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT THIS IS COMING, COMING ABOUT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS ARE ELDERLY.
BARBARA RANKINS, FOLLOWED BY PHYLLIS NEWMAN, BARB.
MS. LENISE, DID YOU WANNA TAKE IT AGAIN? GO AHEAD.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED, UH, I WAS, UH, PRESIDENT.
I STARTED IN, UH, 2007, UH, 2010.
I WAS INVOLVED IN THE I H 10 PERIMETER PLANNING TEAM.
UM, AND THEN I WENT TO 2010, KEEP SAN ANTONIO BEAUTIFUL.
SO I'M AN OFFICER, BOARD MEMBER FOR KEEP SAN ANTONIO BEAUTIFUL AT THE TIME.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CITY AND, AND PROJECTS AND VERY CARING ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN I PASS OUT FLYERS, THEY GIMME COFFEE AND, YOU KNOW, TACOS AND SWEET BREAD.
SO I TRY TO MAKE IT ON MONDAYS WHEN EVERYBODY'S WORKING, YOU KNOW.
BUT, UM, TO SEE THIS, I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD NOT LIKE THIS.
NOW, IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY COMING, I WANNA KNOW, BECAUSE I'LL GIVE HIM THE PRESIDENCY.
I WAS YOUNG WHEN I FIRST STARTED.
NOW SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE OVER.
I THINK THE RIGHT WAY WOULD BE BE IN A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT LIKE THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MS. RANKINS PHYLLIS NEWMAN, FOLLOWED BY MARLENE HAWKINS.
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HELLO, MY NAME IS, UH, PHYLLIS NEWMAN.I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO 29 DASH 1 16 8 AND 1610.
I'M OWNER AND RESIDENT OF A EIGHT UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER A 40 YEAR LAND USE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT THAT PROMOTES AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY BUILDING HAD BEEN REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL, I APPROACHED COUNCILMAN HALL AND EXPLAINED MY DILEMMAS OF BEING ZONED RESIDENTIAL.
COUNCILMAN HALL SUGGESTED CREATING A C C R, WHICH WOULD, WHICH WOULD REQUEST REZONING BACK TO MULTIFAMILY, EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE SUPPORT OF COUNCILMAN HALL AND THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE BY MEMBERS VOTE DURING THE REZONING PROCESS.
AT ONE OF THE HEARINGS, ANOTHER RESIDENT SPOKE AGAINST MY REZONING REQUEST.
SHE STARTED OUT, HER REBUTTAL, ASKED IN THE BOARD IF THEY WERE AWARE THAT THERE WERE TWO OFFICIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT HILL AREA.
THEN SHE STATED THAT GOVERNMENT HILL UNITED WAS AGAINST THE REZONING.
EVEN THOUGH MY REZONING REQUEST WAS EVENTUALLY APPROVED, I DECIDED TO ATTEND THE GOVERNMENT HILL UNITED'S NEXT MEETING.
AND AT THAT MEETING, I ASKED WHY THE, THAT ASSOCIATION HAD SPOKEN AGAINST MY PROJECT WITHOUT EVEN INVITING ME TO EXPLAIN, UH, MY PROJECT.
AT THEIR MEETING, AS MEMBERS LOOKED AROUND NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, I EXPLAINED THAT, THAT, UH, DENISE WAS THE PERSON THAT HAD SPOKE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AGAINST MY PROJECT.
AT THAT TIME, DENISE DENIED MY ALLEGATIONS AND SAID THAT I HAD MISUNDERSTOOD AND THAT SHE WAS ONLY, UH, VOICING HER OWN, UH, PERSONAL OPINION.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ITS ORGANIZATION NOW IS MEETING IN A BAR AS A SOCIAL GROUP, BUT ACCOMPLISHING NOTHING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF, IT'S NOT ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL, IT'S ABOUT SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND STRENGTHENING OUR BONDS IN ASSISTING ONE ANOTHER TO LIVE AND ENJOY BEING NEIGHBORS AS THE MOST VITAL PART OF SAN ANTONIO'S STRUCTURE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAKE UP SAN ANTONIO.
I AGAIN ASK YOU, PLEASE VOTE AGAINST 29 DASH 1 16 8 AND 1610.
MARLENE HAWKINS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
IT'LL BE CELINE WILLIAMS, YOUR FELLOW NAME.
I LIVE AT 6 0 1 EAST CARSON IN GOVERNMENT HILL.
UH, AND I'M SPEAKING FOR 29 1.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEAKING AGAINST IT HERE, BUT REBECCA VIA GRAND WHEN SHE WAS HERE, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE WILL REMEMBER THIS, SHE SPOKE OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO KEEP THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ONLY FOR THEMSELVES AS FIEFDOMS, RIGHT? AND, AND THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP ALL THE POWER FOR THEMSELVES.
IT'S NOT A POWER GAME, BUT, BUT WE DON'T NEED FIEFDOMS. WE NEED PEOPLE REPRESENTED.
UM, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SAYS THAT ALL MEN, AND WE WILL ADD NOW, WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.
AND WE, WE SHOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST CITIZENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO BY HAVING A, A POLICY THAT VIOLATES THAT.
THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION SECTION THREE BILL OF RIGHTS TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T EXPECT A MONUMENTS AND P PRIVILEGES THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T GET.
SO THERE, THERE'S LOTS OF BACKGROUND TO SHOW THAT E EQUALITY IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
I WROTE THIS AMENDMENT TO CORRECT CIVIL LIBERTIES VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 YEARS, OVER 20 YEARS.
I THOUGHT THE CODE WAS WRONG UNTIL I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS, BUT IT'S NOT THE CODE.
THE USE OF A 20 PLUS YEAR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY INTERNAL IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AT THAT TIME IS USED BY THE STAFF EVEN TODAY TO LIMIT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON THE REGISTRY.
USING A PO USING A POLICY, AN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY, AND OVERRIDING A CITY ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL,
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THE, UH, CITY VOTED THIS CODE IN, WHICH MAKES IT LAW OR AN ORDINANCE, THE INTERNAL DEPARTMENT POLICY CANNOT OVERRIDE, SHOULD NOT OVERRIDE THE CODE.MANY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO THE REG NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRY, AND THEREFORE THEIR CIVIL LIBERTIES OF EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND, AND BENEFITS THAT OTHERS RECEIVE HAVE BEEN DENIED.
HOW CAN THIS CONTINUE? I ADDED THE WORDS AS CHOSEN BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO THE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION IN THE U D C CODE 35 4 0 8.
PLEASE VOTE THIS AND MOVE THIS FORWARD.
OTHERWISE, PLEASE DON'T BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS.
PLEASE CARE ABOUT THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF ALL CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.
CELINE WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY BIANCA MALDONADO ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE SPEAKING, IT'S, SHE SIGNED UP.
WE'RE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ALL UP.
AND SO WE JUST GOT THROUGH ONE ITEM.
SO WE'RE TAKING SECOND ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.
MY NAME IS CELINE WILLIAMS. I'M THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TODAY, UM, TO SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING A PROPOSED PROACTIVE INSPECTION PROGRAM.
OUR ASSOCIATION IS A NONPROFIT TRADE ASSOCIATION THAT, UM, REPRESENTS OWNERS, OPERATORS, AND SUPPLIERS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING OVER 225,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH QUALITY HOMES.
MUCH OF OUR WORK INCLUDES PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR PROPERTY MANAGERS, MAINTENANCE TEAMS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE DELIVERY OF RENTAL HOUSING, TEACHING RENTAL HOUSING EMPLOYEES ABOUT STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR OPERATING APARTMENT COMMUNITIES.
IN TERMS OF POLICY, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS TO PROPOSE SOLUTIONS.
IN 2019, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES TASK FORCE, WHERE WE RECOMMENDED EXPANDING THE SCOPE TO ALL PROPERTIES, NOT JUST SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR 300,000 PLUS RENTAL UNITS IN SAN ANTONIO MEET OR EXCEED HABITABILITY STANDARDS AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH CODE, UH, WITH CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE HOPE ANY POLICY CREATED WILL ADDRESS THE FEW OUTLIERS THAT HAVE EXCESSIVE UNADDRESSED CITATIONS WITHOUT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
OUR PROPERTIES AS AN ASSOCIATION, OUR PRIORITIES AS AN ASSOCIATION ARE TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT WORKABLE SOLUTIONS THAT ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE IT IS NEEDED WITHOUT IMPAIRING AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS TO QUALITY HOUSING FOR EVERYONE.
WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE MANY LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT OWNING AND OPERATING RENTAL HOUSING TO COMMIT OUR VOLUNTEER TIME AND EXPERTISE ON HOUSING COMMITTEES, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR SOUND HOUSING POLICY TO BENEFIT SAN ANTONIO, OUR MEMBERS OF THOSE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY DAY AFTER DAY TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND UNDERSTAND THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES OWNERS AND RESIDENTS FACE.
THESE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN EXASPERATED BY THE PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS LED TO DELAYS IN RENTAL PAYMENTS, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, LABOR SHORTAGES, INCREASED OPERATING COSTS AND SUPPLIES, UTILITIES, EMPLOYEE WAGES, WHICH HAVE INCREASED OVER 27%, AND THEN THE EVER INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES, ALL OF WHICH AFFECT AFFORDABILITY OF RENTAL HOUSING AND CONTRIBUTE TO DELAYS IN MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN SAN ANTONIO.
OVER 60% OF RENTAL HOUSING STOCK WITH FIVE UNITS OR MORE, OR OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
AND HOUSING PROVIDERS WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE RENTAL HOUSING PROP PROPERTIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
WE ASK THAT AS YOU ARE CONSIDERING WHO TO APPOINT FOR THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT YOU APPOINT A BALANCED GROUP OF SOLUTION ORIENTED AND CONSENSUS BUILDING EXPERTS TO PROVIDE TANGIBLE RESULTS.
THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION WANTS TO BE A RESOURCE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING IN SERVICE TO YOU WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU MS. WILLIAMS. BIANCA MALDONADO SPEAKING ON ITEM FOUR, FOLLOWED BY REJO RIVERA.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR.
I HAPPENED TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER ITEM, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COMMENT ON THIS.
WE HAD A SITUATION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M COMING TO YOU AS A CITIZEN.
UM, I LIVE IN MONTICELLO PARK.
WE HAD A PROPERTY AT ONE 10 MARY LOUISE DRIVE, THAT WAS AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY THAT HAD NOT BEEN LICENSED BY THE STATE FOR MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
THIS IS WAY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
AND THE REASON I'M BRING THIS UP, BECAUSE IT IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND BUILDING STANDARDS, BOARD ORDERED REPAIRS LAST WEEK FOR THIS PROPERTY, I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A DISCONNECT IN WHAT THE STATE IS LICENSING AND WHAT THE CITY IS LICENSING.
AND IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS APARTMENT COMPLEXES BECAUSE THIS IS A VULNERABLE POPULATION IN THAT
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THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA CALL 3 1 1.THEY DON'T KNOW TO CALL 3 1 1 ABOUT THEIR DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS.
THEY'RE SUBSTANDARD, UH, BALCONIES AND STAIRS IN THEIR FACILITY.
THE INSECT INFESTATION, IT WAS BECAUSE OF A CRIMINAL ELEMENT THAT DREW ATTENTION TO THIS PROPERTY IN ITS CURRENT STATE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE I LEARNED THAT THERE'S A HUGE GAP BETWEEN THE STATE DOING ASSISTED LIVING LICENSING AND THE CITY AND HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER AND PAIR THAT TOGETHER.
SO I THINK KNOWING THAT THAT'S A HUGE GET, UH, SITUATION.
THE PROPERTY HAS TO CHANGE HANDS FOR HER TO BE LICENSED OR THAT LOCATION TO BE LICENSED AGAIN.
AND SO I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T BRING THAT UP WHILE I WAS HERE.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, AS YOU'RE GOING AFTER THE BAD ACTORS FOR THE APARTMENTS, DON'T FORGET THOSE SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED FOR.
THAT'S ALSO A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE TO OUR VISITING PUBLIC.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THEM THAT ARE NOT PULLING THEIR PROPER PERMITS.
AND THEN UL WILL BE FOLLOWED BY.
UM, SO I WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UM, I RECOMMEND ALL THREE POLICIES IN, UH, TANDEM TO WORK TOGETHER, UM, TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS.
UM, I AM AN ADVOCATE THAT WORKS ON BEHALF OF TENANTS AND ALSO HOMEOWNERS.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT, UM, ANY OF THOSE COSTS THAT WERE INCLUDED FOR OPTIONS TWO AND THREE WOULD NOT FALL ON RESIDENTS WHO AREN'T AT FAULT FOR THEIR FAULTY LIVING CONDITIONS.
UM, WHEN IN REALITY IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND LANDLORDS THAT SHOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETING UP WITH THE GENERAL STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND WELLNESS.
UM, IF WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A CONCERN, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE WAITED THIS LONG.
UM, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS BACK IN TWO, UM, AS EARLY AS 2009 TO, UM, INCLUDE THESE TYPES OF POLICIES.
SO, UM, THINGS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO IVAN A GONZALEZ, THE SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY THAT LIVED IN THE AXIAL APARTMENTS AT 8 7 2 2 CINNAMON CREEK DRIVE, WHO SUFFERED FROM ASTHMA AND DIED AS A RESULT OF THE MOL IN HIS APARTMENT.
WE HAVE, UM, UH, APARTMENTS AT SPANISH OAKS 3 2 0 6 CRIPPLE CREEK, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT 10 PECAN VALLEY GOLF CLUB, APARTMENT 3 4 5 0 EAST SOUTH CROSS DISTRICT THREE COLONY UPTOWN, APARTMENT 8 4 2 5 AHN DRIVE, DISTRICT ONE CITY SUMMITS SILVER CREEK, UM, CITY CREST, ALL IN DISTRICT EIGHT LARK APARTMENT AT 1401 PATRICIA DRIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.
UM, MCMULLEN SQUARE, APARTMENT 5 3 7.
UM, NORTH GENERAL MCMULLEN IN DISTRICT FIVE AND RIO SPRINGS, APARTMENT 2,800 WEST HUTCHINS PLACE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
THESE ARE ALL APARTMENTS THAT HAVE HAD, UM, ISSUES WITH MAINTENANCE, WITH LANDLORDS BEING NEGLIGENCE.
AND, UM, I RECOMMEND THAT ALL THREE POLICIES MOVE FORWARD SO THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FILL IN THE GAPS WHERE OTHER POLICIES MAY FALL SHORT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON AND WITH, UM, PERMISSION FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER SIX,
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WHICH IS A CONSENT ITEM SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.AND THAT'S A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ALLOCATION, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 SA FEE WAIVER FUNDING OF TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
IS THAT OKAY IF WE TAKE THAT ONE UP FIRST? AND IT'S ON THE CONSENT.
SO I, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AT THIS TIME.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SAWS FEE WAIVERS AS POINTED OUT IN, UH, IN ITEM SIX SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON TABLE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WONDERFUL.
ANY, UH, OPPOSITIONS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THAT.
UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE,
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WHICH IS THE BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 35 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THE U D C AFFECTING ALL ARTICLES AND APPENDICES.THESE AMENDMENTS ARE PART OF THE 2021 U D C UPDATE PROGRAM.
AND WE'LL START WITH THE PRESENTATION.
I AM MELISSA RAMIREZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR U D C WAS ADOPTED IN 2001.
UH, WE HAD MAJOR U D C AMENDMENTS HAPPENING IN 2015, AND WE STARTED OUR U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS IN 2020, UM, WITH, AND WE PAUSED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, UH, THE AMENDMENTS SUBMITTALS IMPLEMENT CITY POLICIES AS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL THROUGH
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SA TOMORROW PLAN, OUR SHIP CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND VISION ZERO.OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ESTABLISHES DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO THESE ARE SUBDIVISION, PLATTING, UH, ZONING, OUR STREET AND STORM WATER, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND TREES TO NAME A FEW.
WITH OUR U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AMENDMENTS THAT OCCUR EVERY FIVE YEARS.
THIS IS CREATING EFFICIENCIES IN THE PROCESS.
WE ARE ALIGNING WITH STATE LAW AND AMENDMENTS CAN BE SUBMITTED BY CITY STAFF, OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES.
234 AMENDMENTS WERE SUBMITTED, OH, EXCUSE ME, I'M NOT EVEN MOVING.
234 AMENDMENTS WERE SUBMITTED.
40 OF THESE, 40 OF THESE U D C AMENDMENTS FOR THE EXTERNAL AMENDMENTS WERE CONSIDERED BY PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, THOSE, UM, EXCUSE ME, 43 WERE CONSIDERED BY PLANNING COMMISSION 40.
WERE, UH, SPONSORED BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND WERE MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THREE, WERE NOT SPONSORED AND DID NOT MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IN OUR U D C UM, PLANNING COMMISSIONS TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY ARE CONSIDERING, I'M ON SLIDE SIX, SORRY.
OUR PLANNING COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THESE, UH, THIS TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THE ONE WHO'S, WHO WENT THROUGH ALL THE TECHNICAL REVIEWS FOR EACH U D C AMENDMENT, WORD FOR WORD.
UH, THEY, BEFORE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS SUGGESTED TO BE EXPANDED.
IT WENT FROM 20 PRIMARY MEMBERS, UM, AND 10 ALTERNATES TO 24 PRIMARY MEMBERS, AND 11 ALTERNATES.
THIS, UH, CONSIDERATION PROCESS, THE TECHNICAL REVIEW PROCESS WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE, UH, MEMBERSHIP WAS EXPANDED TO CREATE MORE, UM, UH, EXPERT, UH, FEEDBACK ON THOSE EVALUATIONS.
AND IT STARTED THAT TECHNICAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR OUR U D C AMENDMENTS.
THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BOARDROOM, AND, UH, WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AS A PART OF THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS, TRANSPORTATION REGULATIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, REGULATIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES.
AND THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
UH, WE HELD COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE DID D S D ACADEMIES WHERE WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE IN ON SATURDAY MORNINGS.
THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WERE HELD IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IN FOUR CORNERS OF THE CITY.
UH, IN THE EVENINGS, OUR P TAC MEETINGS, THESE, AGAIN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, LIVESTREAMED OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS.
A LOT OF OUR BOARDING COMMISSIONERS SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THESE U D C AMENDMENTS.
A LOT OF STAFF IN VOLUNTEER HOURS.
64 MEETINGS WERE HELD 171 MEETING HOURS.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS.
UH, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AS FROM OCTOBER, 2021.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO CREATE A B SESSION BRIEFING.
UH, THAT'S HOPEFULLY GONNA BE IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
WE'LL HAVE, BE ABLE TO ELABORATE ON DETAILS THERE IF WE NEED TO.
UH, WE HAVE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO GET TO CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER.
WE HAVE TRAINING TO DO FOR OUR BOARDS, FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THEN ENFORCEMENT WOULD BEGIN, ASSUMING IT'S APPROVED BY COUNCIL JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A SNAPSHOT OF THE FINAL ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN BY ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AGAIN, THANKING THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR TIME COMMITMENT.
WE DID BRIEFINGS IN WORK SESSIONS AND ALSO FINAL CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY CONSIDERED AND THE OUTCOMES.
WE HAVE 193 TOTAL U D C AMENDMENTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
191 OF THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE APPROVED OR APPROVED WITH EDITS.
TWO WERE RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL.
UH, THAT IS RELATED TO THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRATION SUBMITTED BY MARLENE HAWKINS AND THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY DAVID LITTLEFIELD.
OUT OF THOSE 234 AMENDMENTS, 41 WERE WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.
WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ALL THE INTERNAL
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AMENDMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.UH, THESE WERE SUBMITTED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.
ALL THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A CLOSER LOOK AT ALL THE EXTERNAL AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED BY RESIDENTS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, INDIVIDUAL, UH, BUSINESSES.
THE AMENDMENT HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAD LENGTHY DISCUSSION THROUGH THE U D C THROUGHOUT THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS INCLUDED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, AS WE HAVE HEARD HERE TODAY, AND ALSO THE TIER ONE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, AS WE'RE TALKING MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS HERE, WE WANNA FOCUS ON THE AMENDMENT REGARDING, UH, THE CURRENT U D C REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROPOSED THE CURRENT U D C AMENDMENT.
IDENTIFY OWNER OCCUPIED REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH THE CURRENT AND THE PROPOSED.
THE FIRE RATING, IT STILL ALLOWS FOR THE FIVE FOOT.
TYPICALLY THAT'S GONNA OCCUR WITH, WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
WE'LL SEE THE THREE FOOT SIDE SETBACK PROBABLY OCCURRING WITHIN THE INNER CITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THE RESTRAINTS WITH DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING IN THE INNER CITY.
THERE WILL BE, UH, REQUIRED ADDITIONAL FIRE RATING FOR THAT.
FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION REGISTRATION, YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOTICES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TODAY IN OUR CURRENT CODE FOR THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED CODE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT TO COMMUNITY ORGAN ORGANIZATIONS SO LONG AS THEY ESTABLISH A BOUNDARY AND THEY'RE OPTING IN TO RECEIVE THAT NOTICE.
AGAIN, SENDING OUT THAT COMMUNICATION TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO WANTS IT.
MOVING FORWARD TO COUNCIL, WE'RE LOOKING AT 193 U D C AMENDMENTS.
191 OF THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE APPROVED OR APPROVED WITH EDITS.
TWO OF THOSE WERE DENIED THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SCHEDULING A B SESSION SOMETIMES SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET TO COUNCIL BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS, WHO ARE APPLICANTS WHO SUBMITTED.
AND WE'RE ALL HERE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE, I'LL SEE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY, BUT I, I WANNA SAY THAT I HAVE A BINDER OF 118 PAGES WORTH OF AMENDMENTS AND I SKIMMED THROUGH THEM AND I TRY TO READ THROUGH THEM, BUT I STILL HAVE A LOT OF RESEARCH TO DO ON SOME OF THEM TO ANSWER MY OWN QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING SO THOROUGH AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED TODAY.
UM, I WANNA HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY, BUT I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING ACTION ON THIS ITEM TODAY.
BUT I, I DON'T WANNA BE THE, THE DECISION POINT ON THIS.
SO I WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT RIGHT NOW TO MY COLLEAGUES AND LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS IF THIS WAS ALREADY MOVED TO BE SESSIONED.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE COMMITTEE THAT NEEDS TO TAKE EXTRA TIME TO CONSIDER THIS AND TO MEET WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
SO, WITH THAT SAID, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY SAY.
BUT I THINK COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UM, IS, IS ON MY CUE TO SPEAK FIRST.
UH, IT WAS REALLY A, A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SIT ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, UH, COMMISSION AND, UH, HEAR FIRSTHAND, UH, A LOT OF THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND THE STAFF RECOGNITION OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
UH, AND JUST SO ALL OF YOU HERE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD KNOW THE ACT THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT I DON'T THINK WAS VERY, UM, THAT A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS KNEW ABOUT.
'CAUSE I FOUND OUT I WAS THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER TO ATTEND THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS FAR AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER.
UM, AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF TIMES THEY CONFLICT WITH OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO I, I ATTENDED AS MANY AS I COULD.
BUT THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO JUST POINT THIS OUT IS I, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF VERY GOOD PUBLIC INPUT.
I THINK THE, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID A GOOD JOB OF LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO, UH, MAKING, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY, THE P T A COMMITTEE, WHICH LOOKED AT THEM TO EVEN IN, IN EVEN GREATER DEPTH.
AND I THINK THEY HAD MORE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC AND TO HEAR, UH, DISCUSSIONS BOTH WAYS.
AND SO, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I FELT THAT THIS WAS A VERY GOOD PROCESS AND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD.
I THINK THEY MEASURED A LOT OF WHAT THEY HEARD VERY WELL.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 193, UH, FINAL PRODUCTS THAT ARE BEING MOVED FORWARD TO US, UH, IT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY THERE'S
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ONLY PROBABLY TWO OR THREE ISSUES THAT PROBABLY MAY DESERVE A LITTLE MORE CONSIDERATION, UH, OUT OF THE WHOLE 193.BUT I RESPECT WHAT YOU'VE SAID ABOUT YOU.
AND I'M SURE OTHER MEMBERS NOT HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH.
SO I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE APPROVE THIS.
I I DO THINK IT'S PROBABLY INCUMBENT UPON US TO RECOMMEND THAT IT GO TO COUNCIL FOR A B SESSION.
BUT IN THE INTERIM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND, AND RECOMMENDING TO OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THEY OR THEIR STAFF DEVOTE SOME TIME TO REALLY UNDERSTANDING THESE.
'CAUSE THEY CAN BE PRETTY COMPLEX.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S TWO OR THREE ITEMS THAT I THINK WARRANT GREATER DEBATE AND INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC THAT COULD HAPPEN IN A B SESSION, UH, OR IN, IN OTHER DISCUSSION.
BUT, UH, I THINK THE WORK THAT WAS DONE WAS, WAS REALLY REMARKABLE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I HOPE IT GOES TO FULL COUNSEL FOR MORE CONSIDERATION THROUGH A B SESSION.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVED TO A B SESSION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, YOU WOULD LIKE THIS COMMITTEE TO HAVE MORE TIME WITH IT, BUT, UH, AND WE COULD, WE CAN DO THE B SESSION AND THEN HAVE 'EM SEND IT BACK TO PLANNING.
BUT I AM, UM, KEEPING IT HERE WITHOUT GETTING OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES INPUT.
AND I, I THINK SPECIFICALLY OF DISTRICT TWO, BECAUSE A LOT OF HIS RESIDENTS ARE HERE TODAY AND, UM, AND ALSO DISTRICT, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UH, I BORDER WITH DISTRICT TWO, SO I CAN SIT HERE AND I CAN SAY, OH, I HEAR YOU.
BUT I WOULD WANT HIS INPUT, UH, I THINK, I BELIEVE DISTRICT, UH, 10 BORDERS WITH DISTRICT TWO ALSO.
AND I THINK HE NEEDS TO PUT SOME INPUT ALSO ON, ON THE, UM, ON WHAT, WHAT WAS BROUGHT, WHICH WAS THE, UM, THE, THE REGISTRATION.
I THINK MY QUESTION IS WHAT DEPARTMENTS WILL BE OVERSEEING IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS REGISTRATION AND IF WE COULD HAVE, AND WHY I WANNA BRING IT TO B SESSION IS IF WE COULD HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS.
BECAUSE I HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT MEET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WITH THEIR GROUPS THAT THEY WANNA MEET AND DON'T OPEN IT UP TO OTHER PEOPLE AND BASICALLY HAVE A CLOSED MEETING.
AND I DON'T WANNA SEE THAT HAPPEN.
I WANNA SEE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
AND IF WE DO THIS OTHER GROUP MEETING GROUPS THAT ARE MEETING ARE OPENING UP THEIR MEETINGS TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE MEETING IN CITY OWNED FACILITIES, UH, LIKE A LIBRARY OR, UM, IN, IN OUR DISTRICT CASA OPENING UP THEIR MEETING ROOMS FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THEIR ANTICIPATION IS THAT IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND, UH, THERE, SO I THINK WE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE TO BE SESSION, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR, OUR, UM, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES INPUTS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT BACK TO PLANNING COMMITTEE AND HAVE US DO MORE WORK.
I THINK THAT THAT'S AN OPTION, RIGHT.
THAT THEY COULD SEND IT BACK TO PLANNING COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY CHECK, BUT MARIO, TERRY, AND I SIT ON CHECK ALSO.
SO, UH, WE WOULD GET JALEN AND ANNA'S INPUT, WHICH WERE TWO, THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE, BY THIS ALSO.
SO, UM, I THINK B SESSION IS PROBABLY WHERE WE NEED TO SEND THIS.
SO, UM, I, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND IT TO B SESSION FOR, UH, FULL COUNSEL TO HERE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE UP THAT VOTE NOW IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ON IT BEING SENT TO B SESSION.
ALL IN FAVOR THAT THIS MOVE FORWARD TO B SESSION.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ONE ABSTENTION.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THAT.
COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN, UH, CASTILLO.
THANK YOU MELISSA, AND TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, DEREK ON OUR TEAM WHO STAFFED EVERY U D C MEETING AND BRIEFED ME ON THE DEBATE AND CONVERSATION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE.
UH, I WANTED TO HAVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL AMENDMENTS, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DRASTICALLY IMPACTS DISTRICT FIVE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF MULTIPLE LOW IMPACT DESIGN ELEMENTS AS THEIR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE S ABILITY FOR LOCAL BUILDINGS TO KEEP, UH, WATER WHERE IT LANDS, WHICH HELPS SAN ANTONIO BE MORE FLOOD RESILIENT.
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WE KNOW WE'RE HAVING THESE LARGER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WEST SIDE CREEKS ON HOW TO, UH, MITIGATE THAT, UM, THAT WATER RUNOFF.SO AGAIN, WE KNOW TEXAS IS SEEING, UH, EXTREME FLOODING AND RECORD DROUGHTS.
SO DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR IS NO STRANGER TO THESE FLOODING CONCERNS.
SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THESE LOW IMPACT DESIGNS INTEGRATED, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE, UH, FLOODING CONCERNS AND PONDING CONCERNS THAT WE ARE SEEING.
AND AGAIN, NO DOUBT WITH, UH, CLIMATE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE INNOVATIVE.
BUT WITH THE TREE ORDINANCE, RIGHT? WE KNOW CITY COUNCIL'S BEEN HAVING, UM, A HUGE CONVERSATION AND DEBATE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING STRATEGIC WITH OUR TREE PLANTING.
AND TREES, AGAIN, HAVE BEEN A PRETTY HOT TOPIC.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AMENDMENT 18.5, IT PROVIDES SOIL PLANTING STANDARDS WHICH MITIGATE EROSION DISEASE AND ROOT ISSUES, WHICH LEAD TO HEALTHIER TREES THAT CAN PRODUCE MORE SHADE.
UM, SO THESE ARE A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I SEE WITH THE U D C AMENDMENTS.
AGAIN, THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IS VERY REAL AND IT IMPACTS THE INNER CITY, PARTICULARLY DISTRICT FIVE AND, UH, THOSE, UM, INNER CITY DISTRICTS.
SO WE KNOW TREE PLANTING PRESERVATION POLICY, UM, IS CONTINUALLY, CONTINUALLY REFERENCE ALL THROUGHOUT THE U D C, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHEN WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOOD POLICY WHEN IT'S BEING REFERENCED IN, UH, OTHER AMENDMENTS.
SO, I KNOW I THINK DOUG'S HERE, SO I WANNA COMMEND HIM AND HIS TEAM, UM, FOR THE CONTINUED WORK, UM, IN ENSURING THAT WE MAKE SAN ANTONIO MORE GREEN CITY AND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD HELP US BRING THOSE LUSH TREES INTO THE INNER CITY.
I ALSO WANTED TO DISCUSS, UM, ADUS, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
WE KNOW THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE REMOVING BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE, AND SEVERAL OTHER COMMITTEES HAVE DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UM, AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT THIS POLICY HAS GONE THROUGH SO MANY HANDS.
AND FINALLY IT'S HERE AND WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY, RIGHT, WE KNOW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AREN'T THE SILVER BULLET TO ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS.
UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CREATING HOUSING WHERE WE CAN.
AND ULTIMATELY RECOGNIZING THAT NOTHING OUTSIDE OF INVESTING OPPORTUNITY HOME WILL HELP US HAVE THAT THAT BODY HIT TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING GOALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
BUT MY, MY QUESTION, UH, AROUND THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IS, DO WE AS A CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO EX, UH, EXCLUDE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM BEING SHORT-TERM RENTALS? SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXCLUDE THEM, BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE IS WE HAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT IF THEY DO BECOME A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS.
UM, THE IMPORTANT PIECE IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER LIVES ON THE PROPERTY MM-HMM.
BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THE PROPERTY OWNER DECIDES TO LEAVE THAT PROPERTY, SELL THAT PROPERTY, THEY, THAT SHORT-TERM RENTAL DOESN'T, IS NOT A TYPE ONE, IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A TYPE ONE ANYMORE.
AND THAT IS A DIFFERENT PROCESS THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
UM, I KNOW THE EXCLUSIVITY OF DESIGN STANDARDS WAS NOT ONE OF THE BARRIERS REMOVED, BUT WHAT PROTECTIONS MIGHT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE, UH, AGAINST AN INFLUX OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS BEING USED AS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS? SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS, UM, THOSE LARGE CONTAINERS BEING USED AS ADUS.
SO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS THAT CAN ESTABLISH DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SIMILAR SHIPPING CONTAINERS.
'CAUSE THAT'LL ADDRESS THE CHARACTER OF WHAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED OR THE DESIGN OF WHAT'S BEING CON CONSTRUCTED.
WE DON'T HAVE REGULATIONS TO STOP THOSE SHIPPING CONTAINERS, UH, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THOSE TYPICALLY IN THE BACK OF THE, THE HOUSE OR ATTACH TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, UM, OR DETACHED.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE REGULATIONS TO STOP THEM, AND THEY DO, SHIPPING CONTAINERS ARE USED.
THEY DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR REGULATIONS.
UH, NCDS REALLY WOULD BE THE WAY TO ESTABLISH, UM, NOT ALLOWING SHIPPING CONTAINERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS I MENTIONED, RIGHT, THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, ADUS PRIOR TO ME BEING, UM, IN COUNCIL.
CAN YOU REMIND ME OF THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS? UH, JUST A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO HAVE PUT THEIR HANDS ON THIS POLICY.
COUNCIL WITH THE, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS WITH THIS ONGOING CONVERSATION, JUST DIFFERENT STAKE STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE, UH, TOUCHED THIS POLICY.
I KNOW IT'S, I'M GONNA ASK SARAH TO COME UP BECAUSE IT STARTED WAY BEFORE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GOT ITS HAND ON THE U D C AMENDMENT.
SO, UM, SARAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND TALKING ABOUT THAT, PLEASE.
SO, UM, THIS, THESE AMENDMENTS CAME OUT OF A GROUP THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UH, AN AD HOC WORKING GROUP.
THEY STARTED THEIR WORK IN 2019.
UM, AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC, WE MOVED THAT
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WORK INTO, UH, A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION.EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
UH, ONE OF MY LAST QUESTIONS IS, AND ONE OF, UH, BIANCA I BELIEVE MENTIONED IT IN PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WHY NOT LOWER FEES AT D S D OR WAIVE A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT COSTS? SO SHE MADE THAT COMMENT ABOUT ADUS UH, WAIVING FEES.
I'M NOT AWARE OF US WAIVING ANY FEES.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE PREPARED FOR THE B SESSION DISCUSSION.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, WE HAD MEETINGS WITH ALL OF YOU TO BRIEF YOU ON THE U D C AMENDMENTS.
WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO THE B SESSION, I ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THESE.
SO, THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS YOU STARTED TO BRING UP, I'VE MADE NOTES.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE IN, UH, IN DETAIL FURTHER AT THOSE MEETINGS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPLICABLE DEPARTMENTS HERE.
'CAUSE YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC, THE MM-HMM.
AND THAT IS COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT OVERSEES THAT.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE B SESSION MEETING AS WELL.
DO YOU WANNA HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION? HAPPY TO.
YEAH, I'M, UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, UM, ADUS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN HOSTING REGULAR MEETINGS WITH A AN A D U WORKING GROUP, UM, LED BY DISTRICT ONE, UM, SUPERSTAR ZONING AND PLANNING DIRECTOR ANISA SHELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING INTO THAT.
AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT REMOVING BARRIERS, BUT THEN GOING BEYOND THAT TOO, HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE THE BUILDING OF ADU? AND WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY THANKFUL THAT SENATOR MENENDEZ IS WORKING WITH US TO TRY AND FILE SOME BILLS TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP INCENTIVIZE, UM, MORE ADUS.
AT THE SAME TIME, I'M LOOKING AT THIS IN A WAY WHERE I WANT, I DON'T WANT US TO BE INCENTIVIZING SHORT-TERM RENTALS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOUSING FOR, UM, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THROUGH THAT LENS, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I, YOU KNOW, I STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT, UM, I LOOK AT THE SETBACKS AND, AND I WAS ABLE, I GOT THAT LETTER FROM, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF LAST NIGHT, UM, ABOUT THREE FEET BEING ACCEPTABLE.
UM, AS LONG AS IT'S A FIRE RATED WALL, AND THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, FIRES JUMPING FROM ONE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER WOULD NOT BE, UH, OF CONCERN IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A HIGHER STANDARD.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN APPRECIATE HOW SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT SOMEONE TO BUILD RIGHT UP TO THEIR PROPERTY LINE.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN MEXICO, PEOPLE BUILD UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE ALL THE TIME.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THE CULTURAL NORM HERE.
WE HAVE SOME OF IT, BUT NOT MUCH OF IT.
AND I THINK THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T BUILD RIGHT UP TO YOUR PROPERTY LINE.
UM, HERE IN THE US I WOULD JUST SAY
SO THAT IS ALLOWED IN THE CODE AND THE, YES, THOSE WOULD BE FIRE RATED WALLS.
AND THAT'S A PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I TRY TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS, AND I DO ALSO WONDER, WHILE I DO WANT PEOPLE TO BUILD MORE ADU AND INCREASE HOUSING, I ALSO THINK ABOUT ADDING IMPERVIOUS COVER, RIGHT? AND IF YOU LET PEOPLE GO UP TO THREE FEET ON THE PROPERTY LINE, THEN THEY COULD POTENTIALLY, AS OPPOSED TO FIVE FEET, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BUILD A LARGER A D U.
AND I KNOW THAT UNDER, I BELIEVE UNDER THESE AMENDMENTS, YOU COULD BUILD UP TO A 1700 FOOT A D U, UM, IF THE MAIN STRUCTURE ON THAT PROPERTY IS 3,400 SQUARE FEET OR LARGER, RIGHT? AND I'M NOT REALLY SEEKING TO HAVE PEOPLE BUILD 1700 FEET ADUS.
AND SO IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO BUILD CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE, THEY WILL BUILD A LARGER A D U, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER UNIT YOUR HOME IS.
I MEAN, WE, AND I GUESS IN OUR CULTURE, WE'VE HAD A FASCINATION WITH BUILDING THE LARGEST HOMES POSSIBLE, RIGHT? WHICH IS, DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, UH, FROM AN IMPERVIOUS COVER STANDPOINT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FROM, UH, A, YOU KNOW, ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDPOINT EITHER.
UM, AND, AND SO I'M, I'M STILL STRUGGLING ON THOSE ISSUES, WHICH IS WHY I ABSTAINED, UM, AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO PUSH US TO B SESSION RIGHT NOW.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THE, UM, THE MULTIPLE METERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ABOUT, I, I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT 46% OF THE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT BOUGHT IN SAN ANTONIO LAST YEAR, WHEREBY OUTSIDE INVESTORS AND THEY'RE PRICING OUR COMMUNITY OUTTA HOMES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, IF SOMEBODY'S, IF SOMEBODY'S BUILDING AN
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A D U AND THEY WANT TO DO A LONG-TERM RENTAL, IF THEY WANNA RENT IT OUT FOR A YEAR, THEN I CAN SEE HOW IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A METER.IF SOMEBODY'S AN INVESTOR WHO WANTS TO BUY THE HOME AND THEN TURN THE BACK UNIT INTO AN S T R, THEN I SEE THE CHALLENGE THERE IN, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE HAVING A SEC, SECOND METER BEING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE TO THEM OR SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
DO YOU WANT A SECOND? GO, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE, UH, COMMENT.
MY, ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS ABOUT 23 6 ADUS IS THE, THE MOVE THAT WAS MADE TO REMOVE THE DISCLOSURE, UH, FOR OWNER OCCUPANCY, UH, AS PART OF, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU BUY A HOUSE AND YOU'RE A, YOU'RE A A VETERAN, THERE'S A DISCLOSURE YOU MAKE THAT YOU WILL LIVE IN THAT HOUSE AT LEAST A YEAR.
IF YOU BUY A HOUSE WITH AN F H A LOAN, THERE'S A DISCLOSURE YOU MAKE THAT YOU WILL LIVE IN THAT HOUSE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
UH, IF YOU BUY A HOUSE THAT HAS COVENANTS FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THOSE COVENANTS.
UH, BUT BY SAYING, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THE FACT THAT AN OWNER SELLING A PROPERTY NEEDS TO DISCLOSE TO A NEW OWNER THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT PROPERTY, IF THEY WANT TO RENT OUT THE A D U REMOVING THAT, I THINK, UH, IS GOING TO CREATE PROBLEMS, UH, THAT WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW TO TAKE PLACE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IF, IF THEY'RE BUYING A HOME AND THERE'S AN A D U IN THE BACK, UH, THAT THEY CAN'T RENT THAT OUT, UH, UNLESS THEY LIVE IN THAT HOME THEMSELVES AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE NOW, NOT DISCLOSING THAT, I THINK, UH, WOULD BE, WOULD PUT THE CITY AT FAULT IN A LOT OF, UH, AREAS.
SO THAT'S ONE CONCERN ABOUT THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US DISCUSS MORE BEFORE COUNSEL.
BUT, UH, THERE ARE SOME OTHERS, BUT I WON'T GO INTO ALL THOSE NOW.
UH, COUNSEL
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT, BUT WE WILL BE PREPARED TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AT B SESSION ON ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND EVERYBODY ELSE BROUGHT UP.
AND IF I'M WRONG, THAT'S FINE.
COUNCILMAN CUR, COUNCILMAN BRA.
SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, ISSUING PERMITS FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS WHERE IT'S THE PERMIT FOR THE PROPERTY, AND SO ALL THE UNITS GET A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE LENSES THAT I'M LOOKING AT FOR THIS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TWO METERS, AND, UM, SO IF, IF AN INVESTOR'S BUYING A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEY'RE HOPING TO BUILD AN A D U, AND THEN, I MEAN, THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW THAT IF THEY WANT 'EM TO BE SHORT TERM RENTALS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT ANOTHER METER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY EXPENSIVE.
AND TODAY, IF THEY WANT ANOTHER METER, THEY HAVE TO REZONE, SO IT ADDS ANOTHER LAYER TO THE PROCESS.
AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT AND, UM, REALLY WANT MORE TIME TO SPEND ON IT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SETTLE ON THESE U D C AMENDMENTS AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES.
AND I'M REALLY FIGHTING FOR THESE BUDGET DOLLARS FOR MY DISTRICT'S PRIORITIES.
AND SO IT, IT, IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING TO GIVE ALL OF MY, MY ENOUGH ATTENTION THAT, UM, THESE ISSUES DESERVE.
I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN PERRY, IS IN THE ROOM FOR MORAL SUPPORT AND THINK HE HEARD HIS EARS BURNING AND CAME DOWNSTAIRS.
AND UH, MELISSA, MY HOPE IS THAT BY B SESSION, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT, AND WITH THE AFFIDAVIT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, IF WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT, UM, DIRECTION OR RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO HAVE, UH, COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, FOLKS ARE COMPLYING WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT, UH, ENDS OUR DISCUSSION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT.
I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO STAY FOR THE NEXT ITEM, SO FEEL FREE TO FILE OUT IF YOU WANT, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, A LOT OF
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PEOPLE ALSO HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON DEVELOPING A POLICY TO PROACTIVELY INSPECT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM HEALTH AND SAFETY HOUSING STANDARDS.AND I BELIEVE THAT, WE'LL, OKAY, THERE WE GO.
WE'LL START OFF WITH THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL GO ON TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR FLOOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS AMIN THOMAS, I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I'M COVERING UP FOR MIKE SHANNON.
SO AGAIN, I AM NOT MIKE SHANNON.
UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROACTIVE APARTMENT INSPECTION PROGRAM.
UH, SO THE FIRST THING IS BASICALLY TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT PROCESS.
WHAT DO WE DO TODAY WITH APARTMENT COMPLEXES? BASICALLY, OUR, OUR PROCESS TODAY IS, UH, COMPLETELY REACTIVE PROCESS.
WE RECEIVE CALLS FROM 3 1 1, WE DISPATCH OUR AREA CODE OFFICER TO INVESTIGATE, AND IF THEY FIND VIOLATE AMIL, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT, I FORGOT TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
DUE TO THE, THE TIME THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING BACK ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER FIVE TO ANOTHER DATE.
SO IF ANYBODY WAS HERE FOR ITEMS 2 1 5 STAFF RELATED, AND YOU WANNA GO BACK TO YOUR OFFICES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO AS WELL.
MY APOLOGIES, AMIL, FOR, FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, BUT THANK YOU.
SO AGAIN, UH, THE CURRENT PROCESS IS, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE GET CALLS, REACTIVE CALLS FROM 3 1 1, WE DISPATCH OUR AREA CODE OFFICER, THEY INVESTIGATE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
IF THEY FIND VIOLATION, THEY ISSUE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, AND THEY MEET WITH THE OWNER OR LANDLORD TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE.
IF THEY DON'T GET IN COMPLIANCE, THEY ISSUE CITATIONS AT THAT POINT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, A MULTI-TENANT INSPECTION TEAM.
WE CALL IT M T I, THEY'RE SPECIALIZED TO INSPECT ONLY APARTMENTS.
AND NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THE AREA OFFICER FIND MULTIPLE AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VIOLATIONS AT AN APARTMENT, THEY TURN IT OVER TO THE M T I TEAM TO FOCUS ON THAT APARTMENT AND WORK ON IT.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT TEAM, THE M T I WILL ENGAGE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, UH, I'M SORRY, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHEN NEEDED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE TENANTS.
HERE IS, UH, SOME STATISTICS, UH, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT M T I DID.
UH, SO AGAIN, JUST TELL YOU THAT IN 2020 AND 2020, I'M SORRY, 2019 AND FY 2020, WE DID NOT DO ANY DUE TO COVID.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT 2022, WE, UH, ARE WORKING ON SEVEN APARTMENTS.
SOME OF THEM, THEY GOT INTO COMPLIANCE, A FEW OF THEM ARE STILL, UH, IN VIOLATION, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM.
WHAT IS GMA? SO THAT, THAT'S MY NEXT, UH, TOPIC.
GMAS GRANTS MONITORING AND ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM.
UH, BASICALLY THERE IS, UH, A LOT OF APARTMENTS THAT THEY FUNDED BY, UH, GRANTS.
AND THE G M A BASICALLY PARTNERS WITH US.
AND EVERY YEAR THEY TELL US, WE WANT YOU TO INSPECT SOME OF OUR APARTMENTS.
AND THEY GIVE US LIST OF THOSE, UH, APARTMENTS.
SO IN 2020, SO FAR, THEY GAVE US 18 APARTMENTS TO INSPECT, AND WE DID THAT.
UH, I KNOW THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY, UH, SOME OF THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY MADE COMMENTS.
SO IN 2009, 2010, THE CITY DID LOOK INTO CREATING AN ANNUAL PROACTIVE INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR, UH, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
I WAS NOT WITH THE CITY NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS, UH, NOT WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT, AT THAT TIME, BUT WE DID ASK AND WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK, UH, DID NOT GO THROUGH DUE TO A LOT OF OPPOSITION FROM STAKEHOLDERS.
SO KIND OF THAT, THAT PROGRAM DIED RIGHT THERE.
BUT FAST FORWARD IN 2017, WE RECEIVED A C C R FROM COUNCIL TO CREATE A PROACTIVE INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES.
AND WE STARTED MEETING, WE CREATED A STAKEHOLDER, A GROUP, AND WE START MEETING WITH THEM.
WE KEPT MEETING FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, AND, UH, WE DID NOT GET TO CONSENSUS, BUT IT STARTED WITH SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, AND KIND OF TOWARDS THE END, IT TURNED INTO MORE, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UH, ALL THE APARTMENTS DUE TO, HOW DO YOU DEFINE SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES? WHAT'S THE DEFINITION? WHAT'S THE AGE AND ALL THAT? SO AGAIN, AFTER TWO YEARS OF, UH, MEETINGS, UH, UNFORTUNATELY COVID HIT.
SO WE DID PUT A STOP ON IT AND DID NOT GO FORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY WITH APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THERE IS VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT WE DEAL WITH COMPARED TO SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS.
WE ARE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE FAMILIES, MULTIPLE TENANTS.
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BIGGER.UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF DISPUTE BETWEEN TENANTS AND LANDLORDS WHERE THEY SAY, EACH ONE WILL POINT THE FINGER AT THE OTHER SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR PART.
UH, BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE WORKING ON SOME OF THE PROPERTIES.
THE MOST RECENT ONES ARE SEVEN OAKS AND HORSEBACK MANNER.
WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THOSE TWO APARTMENT, UH, OWNERS SLASH LANDLORDS, UH, TO GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.
WE ISSUED SEVERAL, UH, CITATIONS, AND SOME OF THEM BEEN TO COURT AND, UH, GOT ADJUDICATED.
SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? UH, WE HAVE THREE PROPOSED, UH, OPTIONS THAT I WANNA PRESENT HERE AND TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT US TO GO WITH.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS TO CREATE A CODE ENFORCEMENT APARTMENT INSPECTION TEAM.
NOW, WITHIN THE BUDGET, I KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON THE BUDGET NOW, SO IF WE GONNA DO THIS, PROBABLY IT'S THE RIGHT TIME, UM, BASICALLY TO ADD ABOUT FOUR TO SIX CODE OFFICERS TO FOCUS ON.
SO WHAT THAT WILL DO IS INCREASE THE PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE WILL START KIND OF FOCUSING ON THE APARTMENTS THAT THEY NEED, THAT ASSISTANCE.
UH, THE, IT'LL BE FUNDED BY, UM, GENERAL FUND.
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FEES FROM THE APARTMENT, UH, ASSOCIATIONS, I'M SORRY, FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
UH, THE ADVANTAGE, IT'S QUICK, IT'S FAST.
WE CAN POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENT THIS, UH, EARLY THIS FISCAL YEAR, BASICALLY OCTOBER ONE.
UH, WE CAN USE IT AS A PILOT PROGRAM, UH, MONITOR THE STATUS AND SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR WHERE WE STAND, THE SECOND OPTION, WE CALL IT THE BAD ACTOR REGISTRATION PROGRAM.
BASICALLY, IT FOCUSES ON APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH HIGH NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THEY NEED TO BE REGISTERED.
SO NOT EVERY APARTMENT WILL BE REGISTERED IN THIS PROGRAM, ONLY THE ONES THAT THEY HAVE VIOLATIONS.
AND ACTUALLY A LOT OF VIOLATIONS, UH, IF THEY GET TO BE REGISTERED OR THEY HAVE TO BE REGISTERED, THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY SOME FEE.
AND THAT FEE WILL HELP US TO PAY FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF, BASICALLY, THAT I WILL DO THOSE INSPECTIONS.
IF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IS IN THE PROGRAM, THAT WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS, UH, UNTIL AGAIN, THEY GET INTO COMPLIANCE.
OUR GOAL IS COMPLIANCE ALWAYS.
SO, AGAIN, REMEMBER, THE MOTIVATION HERE FOR THE OWNER OR, OR OWNER REP, IS TO NOT GET INTO THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IF THEY GET IN THE PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO PAY FEES.
BUT IF THEY STAY IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY STAY OUTTA THE PROGRAM, THEY WILL NOT HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL FEES THAT THEY HAVE TO, UH, PAY TO THE CITY.
IF WE GO THIS ROUTE, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO CREATE A STAKE, UH, HOLDER GROUP TO DISCUSS IT AND COME UP WITH, UM, A DRAFT ORDINANCE.
WE WILL BRING IT, UH, BEFORE YOU AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
UH, IF, IF IT GETS AMENDED AND ENFORCED, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE BELIEVE MANAGERS, OWNERS, TENANTS, TENANT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, REPS, UM, COMMUNITY LEADERS, CITY, UH, STAFF WILL BE PART OF THAT STAKEHOLDER TO, TO GET TO THAT LEVEL.
OPTION NUMBER THREE IS BASICALLY CITYWIDE APARTMENT REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION PROGRAM.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY APARTMENT IN TOWN NEEDS TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY, AND THEY NEED TO PAY A CERTAIN FEE, UH, TO AGAIN, PAY FOR OUR STAFF AND TO MAKE SURE WE DO PROACTIVE, PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS.
IF ALL THE APARTMENTS ARE PART OF IT, THEN WE GONNA HAVE, UH, A SCHEDULE BASICALLY.
AND WE ARE GONNA INSPECT EVERY APARTMENT AT CERTAIN INTERVAL.
IT DEPENDS ON, AGAIN, THE OUTCOME OF THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR, OR THE STAKEHOLDER, UH, GROUP.
THIS GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT AND COME UP WITH A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO BRING BEFORE YOU.
UH, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE ONE ISSUE HERE IS, AGAIN, EVERY APARTMENT IN TOWN WILL BE PAYING, PAYING, UM, A FEE TO BE REGISTERED IF THEY HAVE VIOLATIONS OR DON'T, LIKE, EITHER WAY, I WANT TO CALL THEM GOOD ACTORS, GOOD ACTORS AND BAD ACTORS WILL BE PAYING THIS FEE TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY.
SO BASICALLY, WITH THAT SAID, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO WITH THE BAD ACTOR APARTMENT REGISTRATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UH, OPTION TWO.
WE BELIEVE THIS GONNA INCREASE THE, UH, PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS FOR APARTMENTS THAT THEY REALLY NEED THE ASSISTANCE.
AGAIN, JUST THE, THE ONES THAT THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VIOLATIONS, AND AS I STATED EARLIER, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO CREATE A STAKE STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
AND, UH, JUST AN IDEA, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT FINAL, WE JUST KIND OF LOOKED AT IT RECENTLY.
WE BELIEVE OBVIOUSLY IS IF WE CAN CREATE A GROUP AND WE CAN HAVE FOUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RENTAL SOLUTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE AND TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BUILDING RELATED FIRE CODE ADVISORY AND APPEAL BOARD, AND THEN
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ONE FROM SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, AND ONE FROM SAN ANTONIO BOARD OF REALTORS.THIS IS, AGAIN, JUST AN IDEA IF WE DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH FOUR REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, RENTERS, AND FOUR REPRESENTING THE INDUSTRY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A BALANCED, UM, UH, STAKEHOLDER, UH, GROUP.
AND BASICALLY THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IS THOSE GROUPS ARE ALREADY ON SOME SUBCOMMITTEE OR COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE ON A BOARD AND THEY KNOW THE PROCESSES, THEY KNOW THE RULES.
IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS.
WITH THAT SAID, UH, I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMIL, I APPRECIATE YOU.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY IS NEEDED, RIGHT? AND SO TO OFFER SOLUTIONS, AND I THINK THAT A COMBINATION OF SOLUTIONS IS GOOD.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR PRESENTING THE THREE OPTIONS.
I THINK THAT A PHASED IN APPROACH IS ALSO GOING TO HELP WHILE WE GET OUR STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, AND THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO GET STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK FROM EVERY GROUP.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, LET YOU ALL KNOW WE RECEIVED A MEMO THIS MORNING FROM, UM, ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMAN ANNA SANDOVAL, AND, UM, SHE REFERENCED SOMETHING THAT I REFERENCED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO.
AND, UH, WE HAD AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND IT WAS IN REGARD TO BAD ACTORS IN GENERAL, BUT WE WERE SPECIFIC TO THE SEVEN OAKS.
AND I HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE'S NOTHING NECESSARILY THAT TALKS ABOUT AC UNITS OR PORTABLE AC UNITS WHEN THERE'S A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE.
AND INTERESTINGLY, SHE ALSO REFERENCED IT IN, IN HER MEMO.
UM, SO SHE WAS, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT, THAT SHE SENT THIS.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU RECEIVED IT A MAIL, BUT YES, I I, I SAW IT JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING.
AND I WANTED TO START OFF WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
I'LL GO OVER TO COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UM, TERRY CASTILLO, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU AMIN, FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION AND FOR GETTING THIS AGENDA ASAP, RIGHT? GIVEN THE CURRENT CONVERSATION AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN ALL THROUGHOUT.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO A DISTRICT FIVE APARTMENT COMPLEX, RIGHT? WHERE WE FOUND THAT THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS, BUT THE TENANTS HAD SO MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF HOUSING AND THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE THERE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND METRO HEALTH AND EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT.
UM, I, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL, RIGHT, THAT WE LET RENTERS KNOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING AND WE'RE HERE, AND THEY'RE JUST AS MUCH AS A PRIORITY AS HOMEOWNERS, RIGHT? WE SAW A HUGE TURNOUT OF HOMEOWNERS THIS MORNING, UM, AND PUTTING SOMETHING FORWARD LIKE THIS, UM, I THINK IS WARRANTED AND LONG OVERDUE.
AND I, I AM HESITANT TO MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD TODAY IN THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MEMORANDUM THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL IS IN SUPPORT OF OPTION ONE, AND WE'RE BEING RECOMMENDED, UM, CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING OPTION TWO, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
AND I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, COUNCIL TO TEASE OUT MORE OF THOSE DETAILS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT SEVEN OAKS HAPPENED, UM, IS OCCURRING IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
SO GET TO GAUGE THAT INPUT, UH, ON WHY OPTION ONE OVER OPTION TWO, AND TO ME, WHY NOT ALL THREE, RIGHT? UM, SO I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING TO ALLOW OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, OUR COLLEAGUES TO GIVE INPUT ON THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT.
SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR A DELAY.
AND A SECOND, CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY COUNCIL MERAN? SO THIS DELAY, OH, SO I BELIEVE THE ACTION WAS TO CREATE A TASK FORCE, WAS THAT THE ACTION TO CREATE A TASK FORCE.
AND BASICALLY OUR RECOMMENDATION IS OPTION TWO, TO GO AFTER THE BAD ACTORS ONLY AND NOT, UH, MAKE THE GOOD ACTORS PAY A FEE IF THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT AND THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO WHAT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE, I, SO WE WOULD MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT, UH, OUR NEXT, UH, PLANNING MEETING.
IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS IDEAS OF WHO SHOULD BE PART OF THIS TASK FORCE.
AND IF, UH, I AM ALWAYS, I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE CODE OFFICERS, BUT, UM, FOR ME IN MY AREA IS IT WOULD BE MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WOULD WANT SAY ON WHAT THOSE CODE OFFICERS DO.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE, UH, CODE TO CHIME IN FOR OPTION, UH, ONE.
AND, UH, I AM NOT FOR OPTION THREE AT ALL.
UH, I, I DON'T LIKE, IN THIS SENSE, PUTTING ANOTHER ECONOMIC BURDEN ON PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BRING US HOUSING.
UM, BUT THAT'S A ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
SO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE'RE GONNA BRING, I'M LIKE ALL FOUR MORE CODE OFFICERS, BUT I, I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT CODE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THEIR DUTIES AND, UM, WHAT ARE THE, UH, WHAT ARE THE STEPS WE CAN TAKE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK IN, IN TERMS OF OPTION ONE, IF WE COULD GET A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, OR
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IF THERE IS ADV ADVOCACY GROUPS OUT THERE THAT KIND OF GO IN AND ALREADY HELP RESIDENTS TO DO THIS AND, AND DO RENTERS RIGHTS SORT OF THING.AND MAYBE WE GET, DO OPTION TWO AND A, AN AVERSION OF OPTION ONE.
SO IF WE COULD GET WHO'S GONNA BE ON THE TASK FORCE AND, UH, CODE TO WEIGH IN ABOUT WHAT THEY, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GO IN AND DO, AND HOW MUCH MORE STAFFING WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND IF THIS WOULD BE DISTRICT SPECIFIC, OKAY, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE CODE OFFICERS PER DISTRICT, OR THAT'S WHAT, OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
COUNCIL MARIA VRAN, UM, ON THE DELAY, COUNCILMAN RAVO AND THEN COUNCILMAN K.
SO, UM, SEEING THIS PRESENTATION WITH THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO ENTERTAIN AND, UH, THIS IS ALSO, I GUESS, UM, IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HOW OFTEN WHEN I HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME THEY FIND OUT ABOUT IT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DECISION'S BEEN MADE BASICALLY, AND THE TRAIN'S ALREADY MOVING AND IT'S, SO THEIR INPUT IS OF LIMITED VALUE BECAUSE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND IT'S HARD TO STOP THAT TRAIN AT THAT POINT AND, AND GET THEIR INPUT INCORPORATED INTO IT.
AND SO WOULD LIKE TO SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN JUST A BIT, UM, AND BE ABLE TO GIVE, BE BE ABLE TO GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH MY CONSTITUENTS AND GET THEIR INPUT ON IT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
I, I HAVE NO DISAGREEMENT WITH PUTTING THIS FORWARD TO THE, THE NEXT MEETING.
WOULD THAT BE THE TIME CERTAIN WE'RE GONNA SET THIS FOR OKAY.
UH, BUT I HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TO LOOK AT THIS, AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF MEMBERS, UH, OF THE STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY AND RENTERS THAT IS UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING MAYOR'S HOUSING COMMISSION.
WHY WOULD WE CREATE ANOTHER ONE WHEN THEY'RE, THEN I THINK THERE'S A MEMBER FROM THE BOARD OF REALTORS, THERE'S MEMBERS FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THERE'S OTHER BUILDERS THERE.
THERE'S I THINK FOUR MEMBERS OR THREE MEMBERS WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUSTRY AND THREE OR FOUR MEMBERS WHO ARE RENTERS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO INVENT A WHOLE NEW COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT COMMITTEE COULD PROBABLY BE, UH, A GOOD BASIS FOR, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE US EXPLORE IF THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY INSTEAD OF SETTING UP A WHOLE NEW COMMITTEE.
ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES ON THE DELAY? IF, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN.
I, I DO WANT TO ADD THAT THIS, THIS ISSUE WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, UH, BY WAYLON CUNNINGHAM IN THE SAN ANTONIO WHEN HE WROTE AN ARTICLE IN SAN ANTONIO REPORT BACK IN FEBRUARY, UM, DESCRIBING HOW A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR BROUGHT UP, BOUGHT UP OR PURCHASED MORE REAL ESTATE IN SAN ANTONIO THAN ANY OTHER INVESTOR IN 2021.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHEN I, I EMAILED THAT ARTICLE TO YOU CHAIR AND, AND REQUESTED THAT WE FIRST ADDRESSED THIS, AND I'M GLAD, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DID PUT IT ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THIS ISSUE REALLY EVEN FLARED UP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND GOT STAFF TO START TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK, UH, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY'S CURRENTLY DOING, UM, TO HOLD PREDATORY LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE.
'CAUSE I SAW IN THERE THAT, IN THIS ARTICLE, UM, THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD PURCHASED UP ALL THAT PROPERTY, UH, WAS BUYING UP WORKING CLASS, HAD WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT HOW TO BUY UP WORKING CLASS APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND SLASH MAINTENANCE COSTS, AND CHARGE TENANTS NEW FEES.
AND, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IN THESE REGULATIONS AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON DELAY AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WITH, WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO, FOR EMIL.
SO, UM, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND CAN, LET'S TAKE THE VOTE, UH, VERBAL VOTE.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE FOR THE DELAY.
ANY OPPOSED, ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO WE GET A YEAR? DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? I CAN, UH, I CAN SEND THAT TO ALL OF YOU, PLEASE LATER.
DO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN ANOTHER POINT THAT, UM, AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS, THE HOUSING COMMISSION FOR INSTANCE, HAS A RENTER SOLUTION SUBCOMMITTEE, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT HAVE THEY LEARNED? I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT KIND OF
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RESEARCH THEY'VE DONE AS WELL.I KNOW THAT THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY, SO I DO HATE TO TO DELAY IT AS MUCH.
UM, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THERE'S, UH, GROUPS THAT WANT TO HAVE SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL WORK, ADDITIONAL, UM, INPUT ON THIS.
I WISH THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A WORKING GROUP AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO, IN THE MEANTIME, SEE WHAT OTHER GROUPS HAVE DONE ON THIS SUBJECT IN PARTICULAR.
AND I KNOW THAT WE GOT AN UPDATE A FEW MONTHS AGO AT, AT COUNCILMAN, BUT I WAS REQUEST AT THIS COMMITTEE.
AND SO MAYBE JUST A REMINDER ABOUT WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THAT COMMITTEE MEETING SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE NEEDLE HAS BEEN MOVED.
BECAUSE I'D HATE FOR, UM, PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH AND THAT WE DON'T CARE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SEE WHAT ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT ARE GOING ON SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING IN THE MEANTIME.
SO, I MEAN, ANYTIME THAT YOU CAN, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT WE CAN HAVE MAYBE AS A ONE PAGER FOLLOW UP, NOT NECESSARILY BE WELL BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, OBVIOUSLY.
SO MAYBE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT SO THAT WAY WE CAN SHARE.
AND THEN COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HAS A FOLLOW UP THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, THE CHAIR MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A PHASED APPROACH, RIGHT, THAT INTEGRATES ALL THREE OPTIONS RATHER THAN JUST ONE? UM, AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE, UH, PRESENTED TO US FROM HERE TO SEPTEMBER, IS THE INTEGRATION OF ALL THREE OPTIONS? IF, IF THAT'S A DIRECTION THAT YOU GIVE US? ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, PROVIDE TENANTS WITH ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH, RIGHT, WHICH IS, WAS LISTED IN OPTION ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN COME BACK WITH SOMETHING ROBUST THAT HAS ALL THREE, UH, INCLUDED AND WHETHER IT'S, UH, AN OPTION THAT INTEGRATES ALL THREE AND OR A PHASED APPROACH AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, UM, TO WHERE WE ARE TACKLING EACH PIECE.
SO AN OPTION FOUR, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE DISCUSSION.
AND LIKE I SAID, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BECAUSE WE WILL BE LOSING QUORUM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE SHIP PRESENTATION AND THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PRESENTATION TO THE NEXT P C D C COMMITTEE.
SO COMMITTEE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.