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UM, FOR CITY COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS AND AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.
SO IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM AND HEAR MY VOICE, PLEASE COME TO YOUR SEAT.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
TIME IS 2:07 PM ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2022.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.
UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA RON HERE.
ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
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WELCOME.WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TODAY AND IN ERIC, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THESE SEPARATELY.
SO LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.
SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, A BRIEFING BY SALLY BARTA ON OUR PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE 88TH, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, WHICH WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY.
SO JUST IN TERMS OF CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND AND IN PREPARATION OF EACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM, UM, WORKS WITH DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL PARTNERS, UM, AND OUR TEAM OF STATE CONSULTANTS TO DEVELOP A DRAFT LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, UH, THAT ALIGNS WITH THE PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL, UM, AND REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES OF THE, UH, CITY'S ORGANIZATION.
UM, THIS YEAR, THE, UH, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM STRUCTURED THE PROGRAM AROUND FOUR PILLARS THAT ALIGN AROUND, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED PLANS.
AND SALLY WILL TALK ABOUT THIS SUCH AS THE S A FORD, UH, PLAN, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 26 POSITION STATEMENTS, UH, IN TOTAL, AND SALLY WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM.
AND MAYOR, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE, UH, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE LED BY COUNCILMAN ELIAS HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM FOR ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS.
UM, THIS WEEK THEY VOTED TO MOVE IT FORWARD, UH, TO THE FULL COUNCIL, AND THEN CERTAINLY, UH, IF DURING THE COURSE OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION THERE'S GENERAL CONSENSUS AROUND ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONAL ITEMS, THEN WE WILL ROUTE THEM BACK THROUGH THE, THE I G R COMMITTEE FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
UM, THE LAST THING I'LL ADD IS THAT AS WE LAUNCH INTO, UH, THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME, OBVIOUSLY WE TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT AS WE LAUNCH INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION NEXT YEAR, UM, WE WILL BEGIN, UH, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, WEEKLY, A SESSION BRIEFING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE COUNCIL KIND OF THAT JUST IN TIME UPDATE ON SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING TO GET ORGANIZED.
SALLY AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER TO KICK US OFF.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT I WILL REVIEW WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM SINCE MAY.
IN PREPARATION FOR THE BEGINNING OF SESSION, UH, IN 2023.
IT HAS BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE I G R COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UH, A COUPLE OF THOSE WAS A DISCUSSION DURING THIS SPECIAL AUGUST I G R MEETING WITH OUR STATE DELEGATION MEMBERS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS, UH, ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, UH, BY EACH OF YOU AND APPROVED AT THE I G R COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT THE PROGRAM INCLUDES BROAD PRIORITIES TO GIVE THE STAFF THE GREATEST FLEXIBILITY DURING THE STATE SESSION TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT ACCORDINGLY.
UM, HOWEVER, PLEASE DO NOTE THAT WE WILL BE UPDATING YOU OFTEN, UM, AND PERIODICALLY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING UP, UM, IN AUSTIN, AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FROM YOU AS NEEDED.
THE STATE AGENDA IS A GUIDE FOR THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS, UM, TO EXECUTE OUR EFFORTS DURING THE STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND WITH STATE AGENCIES.
HERE'S A LOOK AT A REG, THE REGULAR SESSION TIMELINE.
UH, BILL FILING BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
THAT'S ABOUT A LITTLE BIT UNDER A MONTH FROM NOW.
THE LEGISLATURE CONVENES ON JANUARY 10TH, AND ALL BILLS HAVE TO
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BE FILED BY MARCH 10TH.ON MAY 29TH, THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS.
AND ON JUNE 18TH, THE GOVERNOR WILL SIGN, VETO, OR, UH, ALLOW BILLS TO BECOME LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE.
AND LOOK HERE AT THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, UH, INCLUDED EARLY ENGAGEMENT OF CITY DEPARTMENTS, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STAFF ONGOING COORDINATION WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS AT THE I G R COMMITTEE, MEETING, A COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENGAGE ON IDEAS AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR LEGISLATIVE ITEMS. ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STATE DELEGATION MEMBERS AND STAFF, UM, WILL BE ONGOING.
A LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM.
WE DEVELOPED THE PROGRAM AROUND THESE FOUR PILLARS, PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN RESILIENCY.
THESE PILLARS ALIGNED WITH THE COUNCIL APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLANS SUCH AS SHIP OUR HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, OUR ESSAY, READY TO WORK PLAN ESSAY FORWARD THE DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN, THE CLIMATE READY ACTION PLAN, AND VISION ZERO.
THE CITY'S OVERARCHING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IS TO PRESERVE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY BY PROTECTING THE DECISION MAKING ABILITY OF THIS BODY.
DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.
UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S UMBRELLA, THIS IS OUR GENERAL PREEMPTION SECTION WHERE WE WILL DEPLOY MOST OF OUR DEFENSE DURING THE SESSION.
UM, IN THE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR STATE CONSULTANTS.
AS YOU KNOW, CITY GOVERNMENT IS CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE, AND WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT BENEFITS THE CITY AND THE ABILITY OF CITY COUNCIL TO PASS ORDINANCES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.
SIMILARLY, WE WILL OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT TAKES AWAY THE ABILITY AND THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
ALSO, WE OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY'S INTEREST CAUSE REVENUE LOSS OR UNFUNDED MANDATES, OR HURT OUR ABILITY TO ISSUE BONDS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUATION.
HERE, WE EXPECT CONTINUED ATTACKS ON OUR E T J.
SO WE WILL OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT DIMINISHES OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PROTECT OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, COST RECOVERY, NON-REVENUE MAKING MODEL.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST OUR RESIDENTS AND LEGISLATION THAT WILL UNDO OUR N D O, OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.
THERE WERE BILLS, UH, PASSED IN, UH, PREVIOUS LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE BATHROOM BILL IN TRANSGENDER BILLS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY RETURN IN, IN DIFFERENT SHAPES OR FORMS. SO WE WILL BE TRACKING THOSE VERY CLOSELY.
UH, NEXT WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS OUR MUNICIPAL COURT THE OPTION TO USE RECORDING DEVICES DURING THEIR PROCEEDINGS.
UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES ACROSS THE STATE THAT IS UNABLE TO USE RECORDING DEVICES INSTEAD OF LIVE, UM, COURT REPORTERS.
AND SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, UH, THAT WOULD BE AN EFFICIENCY AND AND COST SAVINGS, UH, TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE CITY.
UNDER THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES UMBRELLA, WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT SUPPORTS OUR MUNICIPALLY OWNED MODEL AND PROTECT AGAINST ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO OUR UTILITIES.
WE WILL COORDINATE THESE ADVOCACY EFFORTS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT SAS AND C P S ONTO OUR, UM, MILITARY CITY PROTECTIONS.
UM, UNDER THE MILITARY PROTECTIONS, WE SUPPORT INCREASED FUNDING IN THE STATE'S, UH, BUDGET FOR DAG.
THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, UH, PROGRAM FOR MILITARY COMMUNITIES.
UH, THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY HAS GREATLY BENEFITED FROM, FROM DAG.
UH, THE MAXIMUM AWARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT IS $5 MILLION, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, THIS AMOUNT IN JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ROUND.
WE WILL WORK, UH, THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP AND HELP OF GENERAL JUAN AYALA, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR MILITARY COMMUNITIES AND THE TEXAS MILITARY PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION, UH, IN SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE STATE'S BUDGET.
FOR THE DI GRANT, WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE IT FROM 30 MILLION TO 50 MILLION.
IN ADDITION, UNDER THIS UMBRELLA, WE WILL PROPOSE LEGISLATION THAT THREATENS OUR MILITARY MISSIONS, INCLUDING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD UNDERMINE THE CITY'S ORDINANCES TO PROTECT DEVELOPMENT AROUND J B S A THAT WOULD NEGATIVE NEGATIVELY IMPACT, UH, THEIR MILITARY MISSIONS.
THE NEXT PILLAR, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE TO KEEP UP WITH THE EXPECTED POPULATION GROWTH IN SAN ANTONIO IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, UM, MAKE SURE WE'RE PLANNING FOR AN EDUCATED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE
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AND AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS ISSUE AND THESE COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS, UH, VERY CLOSELY.
WE KNOW THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, COUNCIL HAS ACTED LOCALLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR THE SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS, AND WE ARE ASKING THE STATE TO DO THE SAME.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A MAJOR TOPIC DURING THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAVE MADE VERBAL COMMITMENT COMMITMENTS TO UTILIZE, UH, SOME OF THE BUDGET SURPLUS FUNDING TOWARDS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
UM, WE SUPPORT FOR THE STATE TO UTILIZE, UM, THE REMAINING ARPA FUNDS, A LITTLE BIT OVER $3 BILLION, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BY BUYING DOWN SCHOOL PROPERTY TAXES, SPECIFICALLY THEIR, THEIR M AND O.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX TOOLS FOR TARGETED RELIEF FOR THOSE, UH, THAT ARE MOST IN NEED, SUCH AS RELIEF FOR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HOMES, UH, FOR SEVERAL DECADES.
WE KNOW IN CONVERSATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL THAT HE WILL REFILE HIS ANCHOR NEIGHBORHOOD BILL.
UM, HE'S LOOKING AT POTENTIAL TWEAKS.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE YET, BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL BE ONGOING.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT HE, HE DOES PLAN TO, TO REFILE ANOTHER POTENTIAL, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TOOL THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT.
UM, IS A FLAT DOLLAR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION VERSUS A PERCENTAGE.
WE KNOW THAT LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME, UH, FAMILIES BENEFIT MORE FROM A FLAT, UH, HOMESTEAD AMOUNT VERSUS A, UH, PERCENTAGE ONTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT SAN ANTONIO TO REMAIN A MAJOR EVENTS DESTINATION LOCATION, AND WE WILL OPPOSE ANY BILLS THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ATTRACT, UH, MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS SUCH AS THE FINAL FOUR.
UM, AGAIN, HERE WE WILL OPPOSE BILLS SUCH AS, UH, PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS, UM, TO, UH, PREVENT CITIES FROM BEING ABLE TO, UH, WORK TOWARDS, UH, ATTAINING, UH, THESE, THESE MAJOR EVENTS.
THIS INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR THE MAJOR EVENTS, UH, TRUST FUND.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THE LOCAL AND STATE INCENTIVES.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED MUNICIPALITIES TO OFFER INCENTIVES AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS IN RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS.
WE WANT CHAPTER THREE 80 AND 3 81 TO REMAIN IN PLACE, UM, WITH THE CURRENT FLEXIBILITY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SUPPORT THE FUNDING, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE FILM, TV, COMMERCIAL AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, UH, THROUGH STATE FUNDING GRANTS.
UH, CRYSTAL FROM OUR, UH, ARTS DEPARTMENT SHARED IN ONE OF HER LAST BRIEFINGS THAT THE FILM INCENTIVE FUNDING HAS, UM, EXHAUSTED.
SO THIS WILL BE TIMELY, UH, SUPPORT FOR, FOR THIS ITEM ONTO WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION.
WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT INVEST IN EDUCATIONAL AND JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAMS. UH, THIS IS SUPPORT FOR OUR ESSAY READY TO WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, TO ENHANCE OUR ESSAY, READY TO WORK PROGRAMMING.
ADDITIONALLY SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT SUPPORTS HIGHER EDUCATION EARLY LEARNING, PLUS SUPPORT TO CREATE A TEACHER PIPELINE WITHIN THE, UM, EARLY LEARNING TO ADDRESS, UH, TEACHER SHORTAGE.
ALSO, WE WANNA SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR A HIGHER ED PARTNERS AND THEIR ABILITY, UH, TO ISSUE TUITION, REVENUE BONDS FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED ON THEIR CAMPUSES AND WITH FORMULA FUNDING TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION AND GROWTH, UM, AND SUSTAIN NON-FORMAL FUNDING.
THE THIRD PILLAR, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THIS IS SAN ANTONIO'S HEALTHCARE MISSION THROUGH THE SA FORWARD PLAN TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY UNDER HEALTHCARE, UM, AND NUTRITION.
THIS ITEM IS IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION.
IN SUPPORT OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT IMPROVES ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE, PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HEALTH AND THE SAFETY OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, AND ELIMINATES BARRIER TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR ALL.
SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MOTHERS IS PART OF OUR ESSAY FORWARD PLAN.
UM, ACCESS TO CARE IS ONE OF THE SIX PRIORITIES IN THE ESSAY FORWARD PLAN.
UM, WE HAD A QUESTION FROM, FROM COUNCILMAN PERRY DURING THE I G R MEETING, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BARRIERS.
AND THERE ARE MANY, UH, BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE.
UM, INCLUDE INSURANCE COVERAGE, AFFORDABILITY TO CARE, KNOWLEDGE OF CARE PLANS, SOMETIMES EVEN TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS TO CHILDCARE LANGUAGE BARRIERS, PLUS, PLUS MANY OTHERS THAT ARE PART OF THIS
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ACCESS.UM, PRIORITY ONE IN THE ESSAY FORWARD PLAN.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE, UM, PROGRAMS WITHIN, UH, METRO HEALTH THAT SUPPORT SERVICES, UM, TOWARDS THE HEALTH OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, SUCH AS THE HEALTHY START PROGRAM FOR HEALTHY PREGNANCIES.
UH, THE WIC, THE NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN LACTATION SUPPORT CENTER, AND A TODDLER DENTAL PLAN, CONTINUING ON HEALTHCARE AND NUTRITION, UH, SUPPORT FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROGRAMS INTO ACCESS NUTRITIOUS FOODS, UM, INSECURITY.
THIS IS AN ESSAY FORWARD METRO HEALTH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SA FOOD BANK.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE SUPPORT INCREASED STATE FUNDING FOR COM COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN TEXAS, AND WILL BE COLLABORATING WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY, UM, AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION, UM, THAT ENCOURAGES RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS AND PETS.
UH, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO US BY A C S, AND THIS LEGISLATION WOULD ALLOW MUNICIPAL ANIMAL CARE CENTERS TO PROVIDE VET CARE TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT CANNOT AFFORD PRIVATE VET CARE.
ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE NEW, UH, ANIMAL CARE HOSPITAL, UM, IN OUR BOND, THIS WOULD BE A BENEFIT FOR A C S ONTO VIOLENCE, UH, PREVENTION.
THIS WOULD BE SUPPORT FOR, UH, RESPONSIBLE FIREARM SAFETY POLICIES, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP MITIGATE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION CALLING ON ACTION BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN CONGRESS TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE.
UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, MIDSUMMER, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONGRESS DIS PASSED A FIREARM, UM, GUN REFORM BILL.
UM, WE, WE SUPPORT, UM, THESE EFFORTS AT THE LEGISLATURE, AND WE'LL BE TRACKING THIS ITEM CLOSELY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SUPPORT EFFORTS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THIS IS A CARRYOVER ITEM FROM THE LAST SESSION.
WE WILL PARTNER, UH, WITH THE C C D V AND THE TEXAS COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE, UH, TO LEVERAGE OUR EFFORTS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND LASTLY, UH, THE FOURTH PILLAR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY.
UH, WE SUPPORT EXPANDING SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN, SA TOMORROW PLAN AND SA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
SPECIFICALLY IN, IN DIGITAL INCLUSION, WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION AND COORDINATION WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT ENSURES AND FUNDS INFRASTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY, AFFORDABILITY OF BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE FOR ALL.
DIGITAL INCLUSION IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WILL HELP FUND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE IN SAN ANTONIO AND CONNECTIVITY TO HELP BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
WE WILL CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS WITH THE STATE'S BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE STATE'S IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UH, CURRENTLY, THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HAS, UM, OUT FOR COMMENTS, UH, THE GUIDANCE, UH, THAT WILL BE DUE BACK TO THEM ON OCTOBER 23RD.
SO WE'RE TRACKING THAT, THAT, THAT VERY CLOSELY.
IN ADDITION, B D O HAS VARIOUS, UH, POTS OF FUNDING THAT WE WILL BE TRACKING CLOSELY AS PASS THROUGH DOLLARS FROM MAJORIS.
FEDERAL LEGISLATION WILL BE COMING, UH, THROUGH THE STATE AS WELL.
UNDER THE
THAT COMES FROM THE REVENUE OF, UH, TAX SALES.
WE WILL COORDINATE THESE EFFORTS WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS LIKE SAMCO, UH, TO CON, UH, SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THIS, THIS FUNDING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ENHANCES OUR VISION ZERO SA PLAN TO HELP MITIGATE AND ADJUST ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS, UM, AND FATALITIES.
UM, OUR SUSTAINABILITY TEAM IS ENGAGED WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE PARTNERS TO COORDINATE, UH, PROJECTS FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING, SUCH AS THE, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK, UM, THAT COMES FROM THE FEDERAL NEVY PROGRAM, THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
UM, EARLIER, UH, THIS, THIS FALL, THE STATE SUBMITTED THEIR EV INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO THE FEDS.
AND LAST MONTH IT WAS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS, UM, ADMINISTRATION.
AND THE STATE OF TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE $408 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UH, IN YEAR ONE TECH DOT PLANS TO BUILD MORE THAN 15 NEW CHARGING LOCATIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
SO, ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE WILL BE, UH, TRACKING, UH, VERY, VERY CLOSELY.
THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR SA CLIMATE READY PLAN AND INCLUDES CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, UM, AND ADAPTATION ACTION AREAS.
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A LOOK AT OUR PARTNERSHIPS.UH, PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS NOT AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST.
UM, THIS IS OUR PLEDGE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SUPPORT OUR INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SINCE WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION WILL BE ONGOING, UM, LIKE I SAID, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER'S AGENDAS AND INTERESTS, UM, DURING THE SESSION, AS LONG AS NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXIST, AND THAT RARELY, UH, THAT RARELY HAPPENS.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE, UM, A LARGE GROUP OF DEPARTMENT HEADS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS, UH, VARIOUS, UH, STATE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE HERE FROM AUSTIN JOINING US TODAY.
LET ME, UH, GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THOSE STATE CONSULTANTS.
I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT AT THE BEGINNING.
SO WE HAVE MARK RODRIGUEZ HERE WITH US TODAY.
UH, JESSE, AN AND JOE VALENZUELA.
UM, KURT SEITZ AND LINLEY WALLACE.
UH, AND FINALLY, UH, RUSTY KELLY HERE WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, ALL PART OF THE TEAM HERE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, SALLY, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE I G R COMMITTEE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, UH, FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, SO I, I, AT THIS POINT, UH, EVERYBODY AROUND THE TABLE FEELS LIKE A GRIZZLED VETERAN OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST SESSION THAT WE WILL BE THROUGH TOGETHER.
AND FOR THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS, THIS'LL BE THE FIRST SESSION ANYBODY'S BEEN THROUGH, UH, THAT WASN'T PART OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, WHICH BRINGS A A WHOLE NEW DYNAMIC TO THE, THE WORK THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE ON, UM, IN AUSTIN.
SO, LEMME JUST, UH, MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS AND TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIR.
UM, FIRST, UM, PROCESS WISE, WE'VE GOTTA BE MINDFUL.
TODAY WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S BIG.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS YOU WORK THROUGH YOUR COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A, IT'S INTENDED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE AGENDA.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ADVOCATE ON THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY SPECIFICALLY IN THIS AGENDA, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT PART OF IT.
UM, SO THAT BRINGS INTO, BRINGS ME TO WHAT THIS AGENDA IS.
UH, THIS IS THE DOCUMENT BY WHICH OUR RESOURCES AS A COMMUNITY ARE GONNA BE GUIDED IN TERMS OF THE ADVOCACY THAT WE DO, UH, IN AUSTIN, OUR STAFF, OUR LOBBY TEAM, UH, OUR MEMBERS OFFICIALLY AS PARTS OF THIS BODY.
UH, IT'S MEANT TO BE FLEXIBLE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE MINUTIA OF LEGISLATION, THE BILLS THAT ARE GONNA BE FILED, ARE GONNA BE, THEY WILL FIT NICELY UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF WHAT'S DISCUSSED IN THIS AGENDA.
UM, IF WE GET TOO SPECIFIC, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'LL LIMIT WHAT WE COULD REACT TO WHEN IT COMES UP.
AND THERE'LL BE THOUSANDS, OBVIOUSLY, OF BILLS THAT WILL BE FILED.
SO WE WANT TO BE GENERAL ENOUGH THAT IT CAPTURES THE DIRECTION AND VALUES THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS COMMUNITY.
LET ME JUST, UH, SAY THIS, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES WILL PROBABLY GO INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
THERE ARE ACTIVE EFFORTS UNDERWAY IN AUSTIN, AND THERE HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL SESSIONS UNDERMINE OUR ABILITY AS A TEAM TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, BILLS FILED THAT WOULD BASICALLY MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR US TO GO UP THERE AND TALK ABOUT AND TALK ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AGAINST THAT FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S A FIRM FOUNDATION, A A SINGLE PRINCIPLE ON WHICH THIS AGENDA IS BUILT.
AND THAT IS THAT WE WANT TO RETAIN, RETAIN THE ABILITY AND THE AUTHORITIES GIVEN TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, UH, AS, UH, WRITTEN WITHIN THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
UM, WE WANNA RETAIN THOSE AUTHORITIES THAT ARE IN THE CONSTITUTION AND WITHIN OUR CITY CHARTER, NOT SEE THOSE ERODE.
UM, WE WANT TO, AS BILLS COME UP AND THEY ALWAYS DO THAT, WOULD ATTACK THAT AUTHORITY.
WE WANT THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO AFTER THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHETHER THAT'S ON ISSUES RELATED TO HOW WE'D HANDLE OUR REVENUE, UH, HOW WE ATTRACT BUSINESSES, HOW WE HANDLE DISCRIMINATION WITHIN COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT THAT ABILITY, WE WANT THAT AUTHORITY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND TO PROTECT OUR GOVERNING AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
SO THAT'S JUST, UH, LAYING A GROUNDWORK TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
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WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT ISSUES.WE MAY HEAR ABOUT NEW PIECES OF THE AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR.
THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, UH, THE I G R COMMITTEE AND WHAT COMES OUT THE OTHER END, HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, TO AGAIN, REACT AND NOT BE TOO LOCKED INTO SPECIFIC, UH, POSITIONS RELATED TO SPECIFIC PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
SO, WITH THAT, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CHAIRMAN PIAS, AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE DISCUSSION.
UH, A COUPLE THINGS TO POINT OUT.
ONE, LIKE OUR BUDGET, UH, THIS IS A CONSENSUS DOCUMENT.
UM, WE, WE GATHERED A LOT OF INPUT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UH, WE HAD A, WE HAD ROBUST DEBATE AT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS LIKE WE SHOULD, UH, AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, I, I, I FIND, AND I, I THINK ALL OF YOU'LL AGREE THAT, UM, WHEN WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND WHEN WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A THOROUGH AND ROBUST EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AT THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE BAKE THE CAKE THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO ALL OF YOU TODAY.
BUT THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE REFINE THE PRODUCT.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT, UM, I HOPE THAT Y'ALL ARE AS IMPRESSED AS I AM WITH STAFF'S DISTILLATION OF ALL THOSE DEBATES AND, AND POINTS, UH, IN WHAT THEY'VE PRESENTED TODAY.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO REASSURE EVERYBODY IS THAT, UM, THERE IS NO COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, EVEN IF THEY WERE OFF THE COMMITTEE OR NOT ON THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS LEFT OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION, I KNOW THAT SALLY AND STAFF WENT AND QUERIED ALL OF YOU, UH, FOR YOUR, UM, FOR YOUR WISHLISTS AND FOR YOUR PRIORITIES.
UH, YOU SHOULD KNOW ALSO THAT WE, UM, COLLABORATE WITH, UH, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
UH, ANDY SEGOVIA DEPARTMENT ALSO IS VERY INVOLVED IN ADVISING US OF WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO RELY HEAVILY ON OUR EXPERTS IN AUSTIN, UM, TO INFORM HOW WE, UH, PUT THIS AGENDA TOGETHER.
I, I, I THINK WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS, IS, UH, SMART AND THOUGHTFUL, UM, AND IS WITH, AND IS A REASONABLE, UH, WAY TO APPROACH THIS.
YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT WE, UH, WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE, UM, THE LARGE CITY MAYORS.
UM, AND WE ALSO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH, UH, THE OTHER COALITIONS FROM OTHER LARGE CITIES AND EVEN MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES TO PUT TOGETHER AN AGENDA THAT BENEFITS NOT JUST US, BUT JUST THE GENERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT BENEFITS CITIES, RIGHT? FROM WHAT IS A CONSISTENT ATTACK, UH, FROM THE STATE ON, UH, OUR ABILITY TO, TO GOVERN OURSELVES.
I WILL FOCUS ON ONE SLIDE IN PARTICULAR, MAYOR, UM, THE, THE ONE ON, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR WOMEN.
UH, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, UM, THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS NONSTOP BEEN TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND, UH, AND EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THIS, UH, THAT SLIDE IN PARTICULAR AND THAT EMPHASIS ON ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING IN AUSTIN IS, UH, FAITHFUL, UH, TO THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT BE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT JUST CONCEIT OR ON A WHIM, UM, THIS IS INFORMED BY THE FACT THAT THREE IN 10 WOMEN, UH, IN TEXAS OR LOW INCOME AND ALMOST ONE IN FIVE ARE UNINSURED.
AND THE STATE HAS CONSISTENTLY, DESPITE NUMEROUS INVITATIONS, HAS CONSISTENTLY, UM, REFUSED TO EXPAND MEDICAID AS ALMOST ALL OTHER STATES, UH, HAVE DONE, UH, IN THE FACE OF JUST CHANGING TIMES AND CHANGING NEEDS FOR, FOR WOMEN AS IT RELATES TO HEALTHCARE.
UM, ALS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE STATE, UM, OF HEALTHCARE AS IT AFFECTS WOMEN.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, DECISION TO ELIMINATE A FEDERALLY SUPPORTED MEDICAID FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM AND REPLACE IT WITH A VERY NARROW STATE FUNDED PROGRAM THAT HELPS FEWER WOMEN THAN IT SHOULD.
UM, MORE RECENTLY WE'VE SEEN, UH, DEBATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, UH, REGARDING INFANT MORTALITY AND MATERNAL MORTALITY.
UM, I'LL HAVE, I'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, AND IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THAT TEXAS IS, UH, RACING TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT LIST.
UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE WORST STATES, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES AS IT RELATES TO INFANT AND MOTHER MORTALITY.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO NO DEBATE THAT INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES FOR WOMEN DURING, UH, ONE YEAR AFTER PREGNANCY, UM, AND THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY, UM, IS ONE OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
UM, I I ALSO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN, BEEN EXPLICITLY MADE YEAR AFTER YEAR, UM, TO, UH, THE GOVERNOR AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE HOUSE, UH, PARTICULARLY BY A STATE MATERNITY MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY TASK FORCE, UM, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S HEALTH SERVICES.
AND CONSISTENTLY, IT'S NOT SURPRISING THEY'VE DISCARDED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONTINUE TO UNDERFUND
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PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD, UM, SHOULD BE NO-BRAINERS TO FUND.LASTLY, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, THERE'S A FANTASTIC REPORT OUT THERE THAT I'LL EMAIL TO ALL OF YOU, UH, BY THE K UH, THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EPISCOPAL HEALTH FOUNDATION.
IT'S CALLED THE TEXAS HEALTH POLICY SURVEY.
AND ITS SURVEY THAT EXAMINES, UM, A, UM, OPINIONS AND VIEWPOINTS OF WOMEN AND MEN IN TEXAS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, HEALTH PRIORITIES IN THE STATE.
IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT, UM, ONE OF THE CONCLUSIONS IN THERE FROM THE REPORT IS THAT OUR FEMALE CONSTITUENTS, ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, BELIEVE THAT THE STATE IS FAILING, UM, THEM BY NOT TAKING HEALTHCARE, UM, FOR WOMEN SERIOUSLY.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU STAFF.
UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, NOBODY SHOULD BE CONFUSED.
UM, THIS TOPIC OF, UH, HEALTHCARE ALSO INCLUDES, UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT WE VOTED ON IN, UM, I THINK, UH, AUGUST, UH, REGARDING, UH, ABORTION.
UM, AND THAT WAS A, UH, THAT WAS A, UH, RESOLUTION VOTED ON BY COUNCIL, BY A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL.
AND WE HAVE REMAINED FAITHFUL TO THAT AS WELL.
AND IT'S, IT'S BAKED IN THERE ALSO.
BUT, UM, ANYBODY WHO TELLS YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SLIDE IS JUST THERE BECAUSE OF THE ABORTION ISSUE IS MISINFORMED OR TRYING TO MISINFORM YOU.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYBODY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELA, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANKS FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS AGENDA.
WHO ARE YOU, SALLY? SORRY, I'M GONNA TALK THIS WAY, THAT I'M TALKING TO YOU AND JEFF.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS, UM, AGENDA AND THE INCREASE IN FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
MAINTAINING LOCAL CONTROL, OF COURSE, IS A HUGE ONE FOR US.
INCREASING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
THOSE ARE A LOT OF MY MAIN, UM, GOALS, UH, AS A COUNCIL PERSON.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT'S TRANSLATING TO OUR AGENDA AT THE STATE.
UM, CAN YOU ACTUALLY, I'LL ASK QUESTIONS IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK AT, AT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE DISCUSSED MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, THIS IS A LOCAL ISSUE, BUT I'D LIKE FOR OUR TEAM TO KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR ANY BILLS THAT ARE RELATED TO THAT SUBJECT.
UM, ANY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT.
UM, MY OFFICE IS, IS ALSO BEEN MADE AWARE OF A RELATIVELY NEW ISSUE IN SAN ANTONIO.
I TALK A LOT ABOUT, UM, HELPING OUR FOSTER CHILDREN, BUT WE'VE HAD A CONSTITUENT REACH OUT TO US ABOUT A MINOR.
THE, THE CONSTITUENT WORKED AT A HOSPITAL SYSTEM, A MINOR BEING ABANDONED BY THEIR PARENTS AT A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS ISN'T AN ISOLATED ISSUE AND C P S IS OFTEN GETS INVOLVED.
UM, BUT WE HAVE KNOWN THAT THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IS IN A, A CRITICAL STATE.
SO, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO US TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THE STATE, BUT ALSO, UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ABOUT HOUSING, CONTINUING TO, TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO HOUSE CHILDREN SPECIFICALLY THAT ARE AGING OUTTA THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH, UM, A PASTOR IN MY DISTRICT, PASTOR KRAFT AND HIS WIFE, WHO ARE, UM, FOSTER PARENTS AND HAVE ACTUALLY ADOPTED CHILDREN.
AND THE SOUTH TEXAS, THEY WORK WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS.
AND, UM, THE STATISTICS THAT THEY GAVE WERE PRETTY, PRETTY SCARY.
30 OVER 3,500 CHILDREN IN ALL FOSTER CARE, ALL IN FOSTER CARE IN 2021, AND ABOUT 1100 WERE WAITING TO BE ADOPTED IN 2021.
THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER, BUT I STILL THINK IT'S A NUMBER THAT WE CAN, WE CAN MANAGE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THE STATE CAN HELP US WITH THAT.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW, HOW WE PLAN TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES? UH, SURE.
COUNSEL A QUESTION FOR FOSTER.
UM, SO REGARDING THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR FOSTER YOUTH THAT ARE AGING OUT, THAT IS DEFINITELY AN AREA THAT'S SUPPORTED, UH, BY THE CITY.
THE SA FORWARD PLAN SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS THAT, AS WELL AS, UM, THE, UH, SHIP.
SO WE'LL BE SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH OUR, UM, HOUSING TEAM, UH, N H S D WITH MARK, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT AS BILLS BEGIN TO GET FILED, WE ARE GONNA BE TRACKING THOSE SPECIFIC THAT WOULD SUPPORT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
IT'S, UM, SOMETHING I'M, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT.
UM, ALSO ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT, UM, THROUGH HOUSING, UH, I'M SORRY, HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES THAT WE CAN WORK TO HELP PROTECT CHILDREN THAT ARE, THAT ARE AT RISK.
UM, IF YOU COULD HELP ME IDENTIFY THOSE IN ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE.
UH, AND NOW TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I THINK THIS IS MY FIFTH SESSION IN A ROW WHERE I'VE SAID I'M SUPER EXCITED.
I'M, I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CITY'S ADVOCACY AT THE, UM, TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE.
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LIMITED IN OUR CITY'S ABILITIES TO CREATE LAWS BECAUSE MANY ISSUES THAT, UM, PLAGUE MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE.AND SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT ISSUES THAT SOMETIMES ESCAPE OUR JURISDICTION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF SALLY AND JEFF FOR KEEPING US UPDATED IN THE I G R COMMITTEE AND ADJUSTING LANGUAGE TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF OUR CITY.
I GET TO BE ONE OF THE FEW MEMBERS OF THE I G R COMMITTEE, AND LAST YEAR, I'LL ADMIT I WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED, UM, THAT WE WEREN'T ACTIVELY OPPOSING THE ANTI LGBTQ, PARTICULARLY ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATION.
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS AN I G R MEMBER TO ADVOCATE, AND IT LATER BECAME ONE OF OUR FOCUSES AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID.
SO I APPRECIATED, YOU KNOW, BEING HEARD AND BEING LISTENED TO IN THE SUPPORT OF, UM, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES.
UM, AND I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE A BIT MORE PROACTIVE IN STRATEGIC, IN OUR EFFORTS AND CAN'T, UM, CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT IS.
SO I HAVE A GOAL FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN, IN ONE OF OUR MORE PRIVATE MEETINGS.
BUT, UM, RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY, SOMETHING THAT, UH, CAME UP DURING THE CONTRACT, UH, THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH, UH, SPOA WAS THE LIMITING OF ACCESS TO BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE, UM, AND EVIDENCE FOR OFFICERS INVOLVED IN CRITICAL INCIDENTS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, WE COULDN'T DO BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF STATE LAW.
AND SO AT SOME POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF ANYBODY PROPOSES LEGISLATION, I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE COME BACK AS A COUNCIL AND DECIDE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF? UM, BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE IF IT FALLS UNDER ONE OF THESE DIRECTLY.
UM, AND IT PROBABLY DOES WARRANT CONVERSATION.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, JUST A GOAL, UM, POLICY THAT AIMS TO ELIMINATE MASS INCARCERATION, INCLUDING THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA, WHICH COULD ALSO LEAD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
SO I THINK OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE DIRECT PARALLELS IN OUR, IN OUR AGENDA.
AND SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RECONSIDER FOR LATER.
I'M SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF GREATER FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND SO IF THAT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY HOPEFUL FOR THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE, AND I HOPE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I'LL SAY THIS, WE HAD A, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET TOWN HALLS, AND ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS SHOWS A DOLLAR BROKEN UP BASED ON HOW MUCH OF A PERSON'S TAX BILL, UM, EACH ENTITY, EACH TAXING ENTITY, UH, COMPRISES OF.
AND IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT THAT DOLLAR AND SAY, OH, WOW, PUBLIC SCHOOLS TAKE SO MUCH.
AND MANY FOLK WILL SAY, OH, I DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS, SO WHY SHOULD I BE PAYING? YOU KNOW, YADA, YADA, YADA.
BUT UNTIL WE CAN GET PROPER FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GET THAT MEANINGFUL, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BE STEADFAST IN THAT.
UM, I ALSO MENTIONED THIS AT, UH, THE I G R COMMITTEE LEVEL, AND I SEE IT RE, UH, REPRESENTED AS A FOCUS IS, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE.
UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR KEY FOCUSES.
AND SO I HOPE THAT, NOT JUST IN THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, BUT IN FUTURE ONES, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT A FOCUS.
AND LASTLY, UM, AT MY, AT ONE OF MY OPEN OFFICE HOURS RECENTLY, I HAD A YOUNG WOMAN WHO CAME UP TO ME AND SHE WAS, UH, TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE CROWN ACT.
AND IT'S, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, HAIR DISCRIMINATION.
SO SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLK DON'T RECOGNIZE OR MAY NOT EXPERIENCE IS THAT, UM, PARTICULARLY BLACK WOMEN, BUT MEMBERS OF, UH, ALL KINDS OF RACE-BASED HAIR COMMUNITIES, UM, THEY FACE DISCRIMINATION FOR, UM, HAIR TEXTURE, WHETHER IT BE AFROS, WHETHER IT BE PROTECTIVE STYLING SUCH AS BRAIDS, BANDS, OR KNOTS TWISTS.
UM, THEY FACE DISCRIMINATION AND IT'S NOT PROTECTED.
AND SO LAST SESSION, THERE WAS, I THINK IT WAS HB 3 92 BY REPRESENTATIVE BOWERS, UM, WHO PROPOSED THE CROWN ACT.
AND SO I SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR, LOOKING TO, UM, SUPPORT INCLUSIVE POLICY.
AND I WANNA FLAG THAT THAT'S ONE THAT I SUSPECT WILL BE, UM, HOPEFULLY ON OUR AGENDA.
AND I, I, THERE'S ROOM IS PACKED, SO I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE JUST AS EXCITED AS I AM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN.
UH, SALLY AND JEFF, UH, IF YOU, IF Y'ALL GET, COULD COME UP, UM, TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, OR YEAH, WHICHEVER.
UM, SO SALLY, WHAT A GREAT JOB.
I, AND WE HAD OUR ONE-ON-ONE, AND I, I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING Y'ALL PRESENTED WE'RE KIND OF WORKING TOWARDS, AND SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, HAVE ALREADY ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO PRIORITIES CHANGE ON A DIME, AND I'M
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GLAD YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO, UH, GIVE US UPDATES.BUT DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA, UH, WHEN WE MIGHT SEE WHAT POLICY PRIORITIES, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ARE TRENDING? WILL IT BE AFTER THE ELECTION? CAN WE GET AN UPDATE IN DECEMBER TO SEE WHERE, UM, WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF HEADED? SO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN.
SO WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL BILL FILING BEGINS, UM, WHAT BILLS ARE GONNA BE OUT THERE.
SO WE'LL BE, UH, I ASSURE YOU WE'RE GONNA BE ON THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL BILLS THAT ARE PART OF THE AGENDA OR ANYTHING THAT COULD, UM, AFFECT, YOU KNOW, CITY OPERATIONS.
SO THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ONGOING.
'CAUSE WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST YEAR AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC, MY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL AND ACTIVE, AND I'LL TALKED WITH THEM, AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE WANNA TALK TO THE DA NOW WE WANNA TALK TO OUR JUDGES.
NOW WE WANNA TALK TO OUR STATE REPS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I'M PLANNING TO GET EITHER SOMEBODY FROM YOUR TEAM OR MY TEAM, ALONG WITH THE STATE REPS, TEAMS IN FRONT OF MY RESIDENTS, SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT THEY SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND WHAT THEY SHOULDN'T.
UH, AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST TO REPEAT THE PROPERTY TAXES, TAX RELIEF IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR MY RESIDENTS, UH, IN DISTRICT THREE.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS BEING SET OUT THERE.
SO, UH, AS SOON AS YOU CAN GET THE, THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR AND TOWN HALLS ON THE CALENDAR, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD MY, UH, APPRECIATION TO, UH, JEFF AND SALLY FOR, UH, VISITING WITH ME.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK FOR US OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO.
NOW, I WANNA START OFF BY, UH, AGREEING WITH THE MAYOR'S OPENING, UH, WARNING ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AND THE LIMITATION OF LIMITING EFFORTS OFTENTIMES THAT ARE PUT OUT IN FRONT OF US.
BUT, UH, THE WORK OF THE I G R IS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
UH, WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE SERVES THE PEOPLE BEST.
AND THAT IS YOU AND I, FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
BECAUSE WE ARE HERE EVERY DAY, AND WE TALK WITH PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, AND I THINK BETTER THAN ANYBODY IN AUSTIN OR WASHINGTON, WE CAN EXPRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND ASK FOR THE KIND OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICE AND RELIEF, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE EXTREME PARTISAN INCLINATION OF BOTH THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL ELECTEDS MAKE IT VITAL FOR US AS THE NON-PARTISAN NEIGHBORS OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS TO WORK FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR INTERESTS THAT SERVE THE COMMON GOOD.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE I G R.
AND, UH, I HOPE IF THERE'S A NEED THEY CAN CALL ON ME TO GO UP TO THE LEGISLATURE AND BE THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY AND THE COLLECTIVE INTEREST OF ALL OF US IN SAN ANTONIO.
OR I'LL BE GLAD TO STAND ON THE SIDELINES AND DO ANYTHING ELSE I CAN.
BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY GOVERNMENT.
UM, THANK YOU, SALLY, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND TO THE ENTIRE, UH, CON CONSULTING TEAM.
UM, WHO AMONG THE TEAM IS, UH, DOING THE WORK THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THE CLIMATE PLAN? THERE'S A SLIDE IN HERE ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
THAT, THAT'S THE GENERAL, SORRY,
SO THAT IS, UH, THE, THE GENERAL POSITION STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SLIDE.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED DURING MY PRESENTATION, UM, WE ARE AWARE, UH, THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL REGARDING, UM, THE ELECTRIFICATION OF VEHICLE, UM, IN PARTICULAR STATIONS.
UM, THAT WE ALSO ARE AWARE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE FEDERAL PASS THROUGH DOLLARS THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, THAT THE STATE'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE, UM, FOR PASSING OUT.
SO WE'LL BE TRACKING, UM, ANY OF THAT MOMENTUM CLOSELY DURING THE STATE SESSION IF IT COMES UP.
SO, I'M SORRY, BUT SOME OF THAT WON'T HAPPEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE
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SESSION.RIGHT? SOME OF THAT WILL HAPPEN ADMINISTRATIVELY THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, SO THE SAME TEAM WILL BE WORKING ON BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE ISSUES AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE? YES, THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, I, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN BELAY SAID THAT EVERYONE HAD A, HAD A ROLE AND WE JUST GOT BRIEFED ON THIS, UM, THE OTHER DAY.
AND I WAS AFRAID IT MIGHT BE SO LATE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN, BUT YOU ALREADY HAD CAPTURED THE THINGS THAT WERE OF PRIORITY TO, TO MY OFFICE, WHICH IS OF COURSE, AND, AND YOU'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THEY ARE, UH, SALLY AND JEFF, AND THAT IS TRANSPORTATION SAFETY, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, AS GUN SAFETY AND, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH.
I WAS, UH, GLAD TO SEE THAT BE, UM, A PILLAR OF THE, OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UM, CAN I ASK YOU REGARDING, UM, THE HEALTH AND THE MEDICAID EXPANSION, IS THERE A COALITION THAT IS ADVOCATING FOR THAT, THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH? 'CAUSE I DID NOT SEE ANY HEALTH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ON THE LIST OF PARTNERS.
YOU, YOU HAVE A, IT SAYS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT, UM, I THINK TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THAT, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE PART OF A COALITION.
THE FIRST GROUP THAT I CAN THINK OF COURSE, IS OUR, OUR, OUR BEAR COUNTY, UH, PARTNERS AS, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, THE BEAR HEALTH COUNTY COALITION.
UM, THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL BE ONGOING DURING THE STATE SESSION IN REGARDS TO, TO HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH.
SO THOSE ARE, SO WHEN YOU SAY BEAR COUNTY, UM, THE COUNTY ITSELF, OR U H S OR DEPENDING ON THE BILLS THAT ARE COMING UP RELATED TO THE ISSUES IN THE PROGRAM, UM, THE, THE LIST THAT WE HAVE OF PARTNERS IN THE PROGRAM IS NOT AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST.
UM, SO BASED ON THE, ON THE, UH, PROGRAMMING THAT COMES UP AND THE ISSUES, WE WILL BE, UH, DOING COORDINATION WITH OTHER PARTNERS.
AND, AND SALLY SAID IT RIGHT, IT'S NOT THROUGH THE COUNTY, BUT THERE IS A BAYER HEALTH COALITION THAT CAME TOGETHER THE LAST COUPLE SESSIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SO IT'S THE C D C, IT'S U H S, IT'S A NUMBER OF PRIVATE PROVIDERS.
UH, AND WE PARTICIPATE WITH THEM IN, I THINK, A BIWEEKLY PHONE CALL TO TALK ABOUT LEGISLATION, ALL HEALTH RELATED LEGISLATION.
MEDICAID, UM, IS GONNA BE A TOUGH, IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE.
IT, IT, IT FELT LIKE ITS BEST OPPORTUNITY WAS RIGHT AFTER THE PANDEMIC, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PUSHING FOR IT, AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
AND, AND IF A SERIOUS, UH, PUSH IS MADE, WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT THERE WITH IT.
BUT, UM, REALISTICALLY, IT MAY BE A, A TALL ASK OF THIS LEGISLATURE.
IS THERE A STATEWIDE COALITION WORKING ON THAT, THAT WE ARE TIED INTO? I, I'M CERTAIN THERE ARE, BUT I, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS HERE, SO WE MAY NOT BE TIED INTO THEM RIGHT NOW.
I THINK OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS, AND, AND I, YEAH, CLAUDE IS ON THE BOARD OF TCHO, WHICH IS ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST KIDDING, IT'S
NO, THAT'S, WELL, HE'S ON THAT ONE TOO, BUT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION.
SO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CITY AND COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS.
SO I'M A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD.
UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION, IT'S ABOUT THE, UH, COLLABORATING WITH THE TEXAS WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE COALITION AND THE MARCH OF DIMES IN PARTICULAR, IN ADDITION TO THE GAGGLE OF PARTNERS THAT JEFF JUST RATTLED OFF, AND THEY ARE ALL, UH, WORKING ON THE MEDICAID EXPANSION.
AND DO WE KNOW WHO WILL BE FILING THAT BILL? WE DO NOT AT THIS TIME.
UM, THERE WAS A, A STATEMENT IN THE, ONE OF THE SLIDES ABOUT NDOS, AND IT SAID, UH, PROTECTING OUR N D O.
AND AT THE IT, I ALSO, I WANNA THANK, UH, THE COUNCILMAN FOR, FOR ADVOCATING, UH, FOR GETTING THAT IN THERE.
AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WAS A BILL, UM, AND IT WAS TIED UP WITH A LOT OF ISSUES.
AND IT DID NOT, UH, NECESSARILY BODE, UH, IT DIDN'T IMPACT OUR N D O, BUT IT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED NDOS THAT WERE MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN OURS.
AND THE DECISION OF THIS BODY WAS NOT TO TAKE A POSITION ON THAT.
AND I, I DID NOT AGREE WITH THAT POSITION.
UM, SO I WANNA KNOW THE WAY YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS ARE LEGISLATIVE, UH, AGENDAS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW.
WHERE WOULD WE STAND ON A BILL LIKE THAT? I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO LAST SESSION, THE PAID SICK LEAVE LEGISLATION THAT ULTIMATELY GOT BROKEN UP INTO FOUR BILLS.
UM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, IT, IT REACHED A POINT, A A BILL EVOLVES THROUGHOUT THE SESSION.
IT CAN START GOOD, TURN, BAD, TURN, GOOD AGAIN, AND CHANGE MANY MORE TIMES.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE, THE BILL, THE VERSION THAT MADE
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IT LATEST IN THE, IN THE GAME, DID NOT UNDERMINE OUR N D O.WE HAVE A, A, A MISSION, A DIRECTION FROM, FROM YOU ALL AS AN ELECTED BODY TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO, UH, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN LEGISLATION, UH, INITIALLY IS A PROBLEM FOR US.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE'RE ABLE TO CHANGE LANGUAGE, TWEAK LANGUAGE, AND, AND ULTIMATELY BE OKAY WITH IT.
UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO PREDICT WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS SESSION.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT ANY LEGISLATION THAT UNDERMINES OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE, THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL IS APPROVED FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WE'RE GONNA OPPOSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A MODIFICATION TO THAT, AND THAT IS THAT ANY LEGISLATION THAT PROPOSES TO PROHIBIT US FROM EXPANDING OUR N D O IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ALSO OPPOSE, BECAUSE I WOULD SEE THAT AS AN INFRINGEMENT OF LOCAL CONTROL, WHICH IS THE, THE FIRST, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WAS PUT FORWARD ON OUR, UM, ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT THAT THERE.
I KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I GUESS GOVERNANCE TODAY CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF AN EXPANSION OF OUR N D O.
SO, UM, AND THE POSITION I'M, I'M STATING RIGHT NOW, WOULD ALSO BE ALIGNED WITH OPPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD, WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE? DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYBODY, RIGHT? SO, UM, SO IS THAT NOT WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW, THAT WE WILL NOT PROTECT IN AUSTIN ANYTHING THAT WOULD GO BEYOND OUR N D O, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER STATEMENTS TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH AS LOCAL CONTROL AND DISCRIMINATION.
OUR BROADER LANGUAGE ABOUT, UH, PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PASS ORDINANCES THAT YOU SEE FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY COVERS THAT ENTIRELY.
THIS IS BEING VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT OUR N D O HERE, BUT THE BROADER LANGUAGE WOULD, WOULD DIRECT US TO, TO PLAY DEFENSE ON THAT.
ULTIMATELY, I KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW TILL WE GET THAT BRIDGE, UM, UNTIL WE CROSS THAT BRIDGE, WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? BUT, BUT I WILL SAY, UM, AT THIS POINT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN, WHEN WE GET THERE.
UM, AND I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE ABOUT BRINGING SPORTING EVENTS AND SOMETHING ELSE TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE IT EXPANDS THE LOCAL AND THE STATE ECONOMY.
I AM NOT A FAN OF HAVING THAT BE A PRIORITY FOR US IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA BECAUSE, UM, WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING PRIORITIES, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BRINGING THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS HERE BRINGS VISITORS TO SAN ANTONIO.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPANDING THE ECONOMY, WE'RE PRIMARILY TALKING ABOUT SERVICE SECTOR JOBS, OR CAN YOU PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT? SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE, THE FIRST POSITION STATEMENT COUNCILWOMAN YES.
COMPETE FOR MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS? RIGHT.
SO THAT ONE, UH, IS PARTICULARLY, UH, LOOKING AT MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS AS, AS THE POSITION SAYS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE THIS HUGE INVESTMENT IN, UH, THAT WE'VE ASKED TAXPAYERS TO FUND FOR OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE WANNA MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE SERVICE SECTOR INTO, UH, OTHER, OTHER JOBS.
AND, UH, THIS WOULD, TO ME, IF IT'S GONNA GROW ANY SECTOR, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SERVICE SECTOR.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT WITHOUT ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THAT SECTOR HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIVING WAGES, THE BENEFITS THAT THEY NEED, THINGS TO KEEP THEM OUT OF POVERTY AND AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FOOD BANK, UM, HAVING TO REQUEST HELP AT THE FOOD BANK.
SO I'M JUST, I, I THINK THAT'S AT ODDS WITH SOME OF OUR GREATER MISSION WITH, WITH THE CITY.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO CHANGE IT.
I JUST DO WANNA SAY THAT I'M NOT A FAN OF IT.
UM, LET ME ALSO JUST, UH, ASK A QUICK QUESTION PROCESS-WISE, JEFF, UH, AND SALLY, YOU PLAN ON BRIEFING US, UH, DURING THE SESSION ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS.
'CAUSE THERE, THERE, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME ISSUES AND, AND I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS, UM, SORT OF LEADING INTO THIS AREA THAT, THAT FRANKLY FALL IN A GRAY AREA WHERE WE, WE NEED SOME DIRECTION, FRANKLY, FROM THE BODY, UM, ON HOW WE NEED TO HANDLE A CERTAIN PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
THOSE WILL BE VERY MUCH A PART OF THE DISCUSSION ON, ON THE BIWEEKLY UPDATES, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, AND, AND AT LEAST THE TEMPO OF THE LAST TWO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IS WE'VE STARTED, UH, WE STARTED MONTHLY, THEN WE DID BIWEEKLY, AND THEN IT GETS TO THE POINT DURING THE SESSION WHERE WE ARE DOING IT WEEKLY.
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IT'S A RAMP UP YEAH.SO THAT AS ACTIVITY QUICKENS, WE'VE GOT THAT ABILITY TO TALK TO YOU WEEKLY.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY SETTLING SOME NERVES THAT WE MIGHT ENCOUNTER, THINGS THAT JUST DON'T FIT NEATLY INTO A SQUARE HERE.
THANK YOU SALLY AND JEFF, AND THE I N G R COMMITTEE FOR Y'ALL'S DEDICATION ON CREATING THIS, UH, AGENDA AND ENSURING THAT THERE IS INPUT FROM EACH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT.
I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT EXPANSION FOR MEDICAID'S INCLUDED WITHIN, UH, THE AGENDA.
YESTERDAY, MY STAFF RECEIVED A BRIEFING FROM THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AND WHAT THEY SHARED WAS THAT, UM, THEY'RE SEEING A INCREASE OF CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE, UH, EXPRESSING THAT THEY WANNA END THEIR LIFE.
AND THE FIRST STOP IS THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
AND WHAT THEY'RE FINDING IS THAT IT'S INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN AND THE AGE IS DECREASING, WHICH IS REALLY CONCERNING BECAUSE THEY'RE LIMITED ON RESOURCES IN THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO CONVERT ROOMS THAT AREN'T INTENDED TO HAVE A CHILD IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT, THERE ARE THOSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE HEALTHCARE.
UM, SO FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION.
UH, I, I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING, UH, REPRODUCTIVE, UH, PROTECTION, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT DONE.
UM, BUT AS DISCUSSED IN OUR ONE-ON-ONE, RIGHT? ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UH, BILLS THAT PROTECT AND SUPPORT, UH, DEEP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, AND I KNOW WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS, WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITY HOME.
UM, BUT CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE FOR A AGENCY WHO IS RESTRICTED FROM LOBBYING AT THE STATE LEVEL, SUCH AS OPPORTUNITY HOME AND, UM, THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY? WHAT DOES OUR SUPPORT LOOK LIKE? UH, WE COORDINATE ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, UM, BUT HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS? IF IT'S FOR, UM, IMPROVING A STRUCTURE, UH, ADDING ADDITIONAL UNITS, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE TAKE THEIR PRIORITIES AND ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF? COUNCILWOMAN? SO AS WE'VE BEEN SHARING DURING THE SESSION, THERE WILL BE MANY ISSUES THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM ON OURS, LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, ON OUR PARTNERS.
AS BILLS ARE BEING FILED, UH, WE'RE IN COORDINATION TRYING TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE, UM, ISSUES, UH, THAT ARE GOING TO NOT WORK, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE STILL NEED TO WAIT FOR THE BILLS TO BE FIRED, UH, FILED RATHER, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO THE EFFORTS LOOK LIKE TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE'RE SUCCESSFUL? RIGHT? UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IF, IF THERE'S A BILL FOR, UM, MEDICAID EXPANSION, RIGHT? WHAT DOES THE COALITION BUILDING LOOK LIKE TO SUPPORT, UM, THE FILER RIGHT IN, IN ENSURING THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL IN PASSING THAT? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT WORK LOOK LIKE? SO IT DEPEND ON THE, ON THE ACTUAL EFFORT.
SO WE HAVE VARIOUS LAYERS OF ADVOCACY.
WE HAVE THE STAFF, WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS, AND WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DELEGATION MEMBERS.
SO IT'LL BE AN ALL HANDS, UH, DECK APPROACH, UH, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE POSSIBLE CHALLENGES ARE WITHIN THE BILL.
AND I ASKED, RIGHT? 'CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, WITH COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL'S QUESTION ON SUSTAINABILITY, RIGHT? I, I WANNA HAVE AN IDEA WHO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE WITH EACH INITIATIVE, SO THAT WAY, IF WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT PUSH.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, MEDICARE EXPANSION, THEY'RE SICK OF IT, TEXAS, WHICH IS, UH, THEY HAVE A CHAPTER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT THEY'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THE SAME THING.
HOW CAN, UH, THE CITY AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS COLLECTIVELY MOVE FOR THE BILL, RIGHT? NOT KNOWING WHAT THE BILL NUMBER IS YET, BUT KNOWING THAT IT'S A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY.
COUNCILMAN, WE WOULD WELCOME ANYONE YOU WANT TO CONNECT US WITH.
I CAN TELL YOU, AFTER HAVING DONE FIVE SESSIONS, EVERY MINUTE YOU SPEND IN THE CAPITOL, YOU'RE INTERFACING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SHARING WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND ASKING FOR HELP AND VICE VERSA.
WE RECENTLY ADDED NADIA ISLAM TO OUR TEAM WHO CAME FROM OPPORTUNITY HOME.
AND WHILE THEY DON'T LOBBY PER SE, SHE WAS AT THE CAPITOL EVERY DAY TESTIFYING, REGISTERING, UH, BEING AN EXPERT ON ISSUES AND SHARING WITH OTHER GROUPS WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
SO THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND WE'LL TAKE ANYBODY THAT YOU WANT US TO CONSULT WITH OR UNDERSTOOD.
AND I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAID EXPANSION.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S HOSPITALS WHO ARE ALREADY ASKING AND, UH, FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION WILL BE IN AUSTIN.
WE HAVE A YOUTH COMMISSION WHO'S ALSO IDENTIFIED MENTAL HEALTH.
HOW CAN WE PULL IN, UH, THE YOUTH COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER CITY COMMISSION TO HELP WITH THAT PUSH? UH, IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE DONE? AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THE COMMITTEES WE'VE PULLED IN? AND THE INITIATIVE COUNCILMAN? THE SHORT ANSWER IN OUR COORDINATION WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL AND REGIONAL, UM, THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE THEY DO THEIR WORK.
AND SO, AS JEFF SAID, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION OR GROUP THAT YOU WANT US TO CONNECT WITH, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THAT'D BE, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, BUT I DO, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CITY COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE PAIRED WITH AN INITIATIVE.
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I, UM, ALMOST EVERY SESSION AM ASKED TO COME TO THE, UH, JOINT COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS.THEY, THEY HAVE A STATEWIDE GROUP CALLED THE SILVER HAIR COALITION THAT HAS SOME SENIOR ISSUES THAT THEY'LL SHARE WITH US.
AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL TAP BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS TO COME TESTIFY AS WELL.
NOT NECESSARILY JUST BRIEFING THE COMMITTEES, BUT BRINGING THEM ALONG.
UH, SALLY, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JUST, UH, AS A BENCHMARK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.
UM, AS A BENCHMARK, HOW MANY BILLS DO WE EXPECT TO BE SUBMITTED THIS PERIOD, OR HOW MANY WAS SUBMITTED LAST TIME? SO, IT'S HARD TO SAY THE NUMBER VARIES, BUT IT'S ABOVE 6,000, 7,000 BILLS.
AND AT LEAST A THIRD OF THEM ARE USUALLY BILLS THAT, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, AFFECT CITIES.
SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF BILLS TO, TO REVIEW THOUSANDS OF BILLS, COUNCILMAN.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC, UH, I KNOW OUR LIST HERE, AND I, I KNOW WE GOTTA GET SPECIFIC, BUT DO WE HAVE LEGISLATORS LINED UP TO SPONSOR ANY OF THIS FOR US? FOR US? SO, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE POSITION STATEMENTS ARE NOT REQUESTING, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO FILE LEGISLATION.
THE COURT REPORTING BILL WILL BE LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, TO FILE.
THE OTHER ONES ARE POSITION STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THAT ISSUE.
WELL, I, I KNOW THIS LIST HAS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN IT.
UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT I, I THINK, IS IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE OUR SPORTING EVENTS.
I MEAN, HOW MUCH HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, HOW MUCH HAVE WE SUPPORTED THIS ECONOMY WITH OUR LARGE SPORTING EVENTS, FINAL FOUR, FOR EXAMPLE.
IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE CITY, UM, INCLUDING SERVICE WORKERS, UH, AS WELL AS BUSINESS OWNERS AND, UH, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN THERE.
UH, THE TRANSPORTATION WHERE SAN ANTONIO OR THIS REGION HAS BEEN LAST IN FUNDING OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GET OUR FAIR SHARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, MILITARY PROTECTIONS, ABSOLUTELY.
MILITARY CITY, U S A, JUST THE WAY YOUR SLIDE LAID OUT.
SO THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS CITY.
THAT IS OUR SINGLE BIGGEST EMPLOYER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM AND, AND THEIR OPERATIONS, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, VERY IMPORTANT HERE.
AND I, I THINK THAT WILL BE, UH, LOOKED AT VERY CLOSELY THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UM, HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH IN, IN THIS PACKAGE, AND I TALKED ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY, UH, AT THE I G R.
I DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE, I CAN TELL YOU AREN'T GONNA SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.
UH, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES IN THIS PACKAGE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I HATE TO SEE US SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON SOMETHING THAT ISN'T GONNA GO ANYWHERE.
I ASKED THAT QUESTION TO THE LOBBYISTS AT, UH, THE PRIOR I G R SAYING, WELL, HOW MANY WINNERS AND LOSERS DO WE HAVE IN THIS PACKAGE? AND THEY WENT THROUGH TELLING US WHAT THOSE LOSERS WERE GONNA BE AND HOW MANY, UH, YOU KNOW, WERE, WHERE WE'RE, UM, WASTING OUR, IN MY OPINION, WASTING OUR EFFORT ON LOSING SITUATIONS.
UM, AND, AND, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE N D O, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, MEDICAID, UH, AS YOU SAID, JEFF.
UM, AND THEN ON THE HEALTHCARE, THE ABORTION ISSUE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, THAT'S IN THIS PACKAGE, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IT IN THIS PACKAGE.
AND IT, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF NOT GONNA SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY UP THERE AT, AT THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I VOTED AT THE I G R, NOT TO SEND THIS FORWARD.
AND, UM, UH, I THINK IT STILL NEEDS SOME HEAVY WORK IN THOSE AREAS TO TAKE A LOOK AND FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THOSE WINNERS AND, UH, DROP OFF SOME OF THESE LOSERS.
AND, AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL CERTAINLY LISTEN AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN ON THAT.
BUT, UM, I, I STILL GOT MAJOR CONCERNS ON THIS.
UH, I'M ALSO, UH, INTERESTED AND CONCERNED ABOUT PROPERTY TAX REFORM AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
I KNOW JEFF AND SALLY, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND SPECIFICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN CAN WE GIVE PROPERTY TAX BREAKS OR BEING ABLE TO GIVE PROPERTY TAX BREAKS
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TO HOMEOWNERS WHEN THEY BUILD, UH, AN A D U OR A GARAGE APARTMENT IN THEIR BACKYARD? UM, AND, AND MY THINKING AROUND THAT ORIGINATED FROM LOOKING AT HOW WE PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY WANT TO BUILD A HIGH RISE DOWNTOWN.BUT WHY IS THERE NOT SOME KIND OF AN INCENTIVE THERE, UH, FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THEIR LITTLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE IN THEIR BACKYARD, AND TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR HOUSING STOCK? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, TO, UH, VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR, UM, WHAT COUNCIL MC, UH, MCKEE, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ BROUGHT UP OF, UH, EXPANDING ACCESS TO BODY CAM FOOTAGE AND REDUCING MASS INCARCERATION.
UM, AND I'M LOOKING BACK AT THIS, IT'S, UH, THE 88TH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND I HAD TO COUNT BACK TO WHEN I WORKED THERE AT THE LEGISLATURE.
AND THAT WAS, UH, WHEN BOB BULLOCK WAS STILL LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF OUR HOME RULE ABILITIES OVER TIME.
UH, I REMEMBER MAYOR NURNBERG WHEN YOU WERE, UH, COUNCILMAN NURENBERG, AND YOU DEBATED SOME STATE LEGISLATORS OVER THERE.
IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS AT THE TEXAS TRIBUNE FESTIVAL.
I THINK IT WAS LOCAL CONTROL VERSUS CONTROL, THE LOCALS.
AND, UH, YOU PUT UP A STRONG ARGUMENT FOR US, BUT, UH, IT'S CONTINUED TO BE A LOSING BATTLE OVER THERE.
BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN HOLD ON TO ALL THE HOME WORLD POWERS THAT WE HAVE.
FOLLOWING UP ON SOMETHING THAT I SAID EARLIER, UM, I WAS, UH, I HAD MENTIONED A REPORT BY THE, UH, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDING FOUNDATION IN THE EPISCOPAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, A REPORT TITLED, UH, TEXAS HEALTH POLICY SURVEY, UH, DEBBIE ROCK.
UH, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU'LL HELP ME BY MAKING THAT PART OF THE, UH, OF THE RECORD OF TODAY'S MEETING.
UM, AND THAT YOU ALSO SHARE IT WITH, UH, WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND STAFF, UH, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME OF THESE RESULTS, UM, OF, UH, OF, OF WHAT THE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY THINK ABOUT THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE.
UH, I I ALSO WANT TO, UM, REMIND FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE ISSUES OUT THERE THAT WE HAD LISTED FOR MANY, UH, FOR MANY YEARS, FOR MANY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, MANY LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, OVER AGAIN, THAT, UM, WE KNEW WE WERE THROWING HAIL MARY PASSES, BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT PUSHING THE ISSUE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WOULD ONE, UM, UH, HIGHLIGHT OUR PRIORITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER.
BUT TWO, UH, THAT EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD MAKE INCREMENTAL, UH, UM, INCREMENTAL CHANGES TO PEOPLE'S OPINIONS UP IN AUSTIN UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT IT.
I'LL REMIND YOU, TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PROPOSITIONS, ONE IN SEVEN THAT TOOK YEARS OF EFFORT BY JEFF AND HIS TEAM.
UH, OUR TREE ORDINANCE, UH, WE FACED A TAX SESSION AFTER SESSION, AND WE HAVE FOUGHT THEM OFF, UM, EVERY SINGLE TIME.
AND THEN DAG, UM, WE FOUGHT FOR MANY YEARS, UH, UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT REFUNDED ON THOSE.
AND SO, UM, SOMETIMES WE DO PUT ITEMS ON THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, UH, THAT WE KNOW, UH, HAVE A, UH, LOW STATISTICAL LIKELIHOOD OF, UH, OF GETTING ACROSS THE LINE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE, WE CONTINUE TO CHIP AWAY AT THE BOULDER.
AND, UH, AND EVENTUALLY, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE FAITH THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
UM, THE, THE OTHER THING TOO IS WITH REGARDS TO COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S, UM, COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, EXPANSION OF HEALTHCARE, UH, OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH.
I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD, AND I'M, I'M SCRATCHING MY HEAD WONDERING WHY IT IS THAT WE DIDN'T, UH, SAY, UH, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, UM, FOR, FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, UH, ON THAT SLIDE.
UM, AND MAYBE EVEN CALL OUT MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SPECIFICALLY, BUT NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN.
WE HAD ANOTHER, UH, CURRENT OR FORMER POLICE OFFICER, UM, UH, PUT A GUN TO HIS HEAD AND, AND KILL HIMSELF.
AND THIS IS NOW BECOMING A TREND, A REALLY DISTURBING ONE.
UH, COUNCILMAN HDA, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
BUT, UH, I'D, I'D LOVE TO HEAR COMMENTS EITHER NOW OR BEFORE WE GO TO A SESSION ON THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS FAR AS POSSIBLY INCLUDING IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PRIORITIZATION OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, WHO ARE CLEARLY EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH, UH, EPIDEMIC RIGHT NOW THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
ANY, ANY CLOSING COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING TO A SESSION FOR FORMAL ADOPTION, AND THEN THAT BEGINS THE, THE REAL WORK ON A WEEK
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TO WEEK BASIS.AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR ENTIRE TEAM, OUR STAFF, UH, THE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR LOBBY TEAMS, UM, WHO ARE HERE.
ALRIGHT, ERIC, BACK TO YOU FOR ITEM TWO.
UM, SO THE, UH, NEXT ITEM ON TODAY'S, UH, AGENDA IS A BRIEFING ON THE 2021 U D C, UH, AMENDMENT PROCESS.
AND, UM, MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THE U D C, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, IS CHAPTER 35 OF OUR CITY CODE AND IMPLEMENTS CITY MASTER PLANS POLICIES THROUGH ZONING, STREET STORMWATER DESIGN, HISTORIC DESIGN, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
AND THE U D C BY CODE IS OPEN FOR UPDATES EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, THE, UH, PROCESS WAS DELAYED.
WE WERE, WE WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO UPDATE THIS CODE IN 2020, BUT DELAYED AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND MIKE AND HIS TEAM HAVE FACILITATED A YEAR LONG PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS, THE CITY STAFF TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE FULLY VETTED AS THEY GO WIND THROUGH THE PROCESS UP TO THE COUNCIL.
SO THE, THE AMENDMENTS ARE ACCEPTED FROM INTERNAL AGENCIES, UH, AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES.
AND, UH, MIKE WILL, UH, BRIEF YOU ON THE PROCESS AND, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE MAJOR ISSUES AND OUTREACH, UH, THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO DATE, UH, AND THE PLAN GOING FORWARD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.
I'M MIKE SHANNON, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR U D C UPDATE PROCESS.
UH, AS I GET STARTED, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, AND JUST RECOGNIZE, UH, THREE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE.
YOU ALL KNOW MELISSA, BUT REALLY, SHE LED THIS EFFORT FOR OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, SPENT MOST OF THE YEAR ON THIS, UH, LOGAN SPARROW, MONIQUE MECADO.
THEY'RE PART OF OUR TEAM THAT HAS, UH, THIS AS THEIR MAJOR PROJECT THIS YEAR.
THERE'S A FEW OTHERS IN THE ROOM, UH, BUT WE KNOW, UH, EVERYBODY'S TIME, UH, LIMITED.
SO, UH, I'VE ACTUALLY GIVEN SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS ON THIS.
IF YOU REMEMBER, ABOUT 13 OR 14 MONTHS AGO, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE U D C UPSTATE UPDATE PROCESS.
UH, THIS IS CHAPTER 35 OF OUR CITY CODE, WHICH IS REALLY A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE REALLY INTENDED TO IMPLEMENT OUR CITY POLICIES IS LISTED UP THERE.
YOU SEE 'EM ALL, UH, SA TOMORROW.
UM, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE FROM A FEW YEARS AGO, THE, THE RECENTLY ADOPTED, UH, SHIP, UH, VISION ZERO, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, ET CETERA.
BUT THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, UH, THAT KIND OF ALIGN THOSE AND PUT 'EM INTO PRACTICE, UH, FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
UH, SO THIS JUST LIST SEVERAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR U D C, UH, SUBDIVISION PLAT ZONING.
SHORT TERM RENTALS WERE ADDED A FEW YEARS AGO.
OF COURSE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING REGULATIONS.
SOME OF THOSE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED TODAY.
WE'LL, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE HERE.
UH, STREET AND STORMWATER DESIGNS, TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, ET CETERA.
SO A LOT IN THIS, UH, IN THIS CHAPTER THAT, UH, LOOKS TO GET UPDATED.
SO, THE UPDATE PROCESS, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED IT, REALLY, THE CODE TELLS US TO DO IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND ACTUALLY, IT TELLS US TO DO IT ON THE ZERO IN FIVE YEARS.
LAST TIME WE DID, IT WAS 2015, UM, AND WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT 2020.
UH, HOWEVER, WITH THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS, UH, EVERYBODY AGREED DEPOSIT, RIGHTFULLY SO.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE A LITTLE OFF CYCLE.
BUT, UH, THE CODE ALSO TELLS US WHY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO AMEND THIS REGULARLY.
I THINK LIKE ANY, ANY GOOD DOCUMENT, ANY GOOD SET OF RULES, GENERAL WORKABILITY EFFICIENCIES, UH, ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY, UH, DEVELOPMENT COSTS, UH, ANYTHING NEW IN STATE LAW, LOCAL LAWS, UH, THAT WE HAVE PASSED WITH THE STATE, WE TRY TO ALIGN, ALIGN WITH ALL THAT.
UH, ON THE RIGHT OF THIS SLIDE, REALLY, PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, WELL, WHO CAN SUBMIT AMENDMENTS TO IT? REALLY, I'LL JUST SAY ANYONE.
UH, CITY STAFF, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, BUSINESS GROUPS, UH, CITY COUNCIL, ALL THAT STUFF.
SO EVERYBODY CAN, UH, BE PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND REALLY, I THINK EVERYBODY WAS, UM, ALL REPRESENTED.
SO THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS HAS A LITTLE BIT OF FORMALITY IN IT.
WE DEAL WITH EDITS AND CLARIFICATIONS AND INTERPRETATION.
SOMEONE MENTIONED SOME GRAYNESS IN THE CODE OR GRAYNESS IN PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH THINGS.
WELL, THAT'S PART OF THE DAILY APPLICATION OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
SO, UH, WE LOOK TO UPDATE THAT, MAKE IT MORE CLEAR, UH, TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN, UH, CODIFY SOME INTERPRETATIONS WE'VE HAD TO MAKE DUE TO, UM, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, MAYBE WAYS OF DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE, THAT ARE RELATIVELY NEW THAT THE LAST PART IS, IF IT'S NOT WITHIN ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN CHOOSE TO SPONSOR AMENDMENTS THAT DON'T MEET THAT.
AND ACTUALLY, THERE WERE 43 OF THE 234 AMENDMENTS.
BUT 43 WERE ACTUALLY, UH, UH, PRESENTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO SPONSOR.
THEY CHOSE TO SPONSOR 40 OF THEM.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY A HIGH NUMBER OF THOSE, UH, WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO SPEAKING OF THE PROCESS, I SEE A LOT OF,
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UH, UH, PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, A LOT MORE MAYBE, UH, WEIGHING, UH, WATCHING ONLINE, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, HELP US WITH THIS.UH, REALLY THIS PROCESS INCLUDED, UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT, THOUSANDS OF MEN, UH, MEN AND WOMEN HOURS.
UM, BUT, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPED OUT WITH THIS 65 MEETINGS.
BUT THAT'S A PICTURE RIGHT THERE OF SOME OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PTAC, WE REFER TO IT, UH, DEBATING WORD FOR WORD, UH, SENTENCE, SENTENCE OF THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AND REALLY WORKING, UH, TO DETERMINE WHAT SHOULD, UH, BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL TODAY.
THESE WERE LIVESTREAM MEETINGS, UH, REALLY A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK WE HAD OVER 500 ACTUAL, UM, COMMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS FROM PEOPLE, INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS ON, ON PROPOSALS.
SO, UH, A LOT OF, UH, WORK DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO NOW, UH, WE HAD 234 AMENDMENTS PROPOSED.
193 OF THEM ARE STILL ON THE TABLE.
I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT NOT ALL, 193.
UH, WE DO WANNA GET OUTTA HERE, UH, FOR YOUR OTHER MEETINGS TODAY.
AND WE'VE PUT 'EM INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE BIG, UH, CATEGORIES.
AND SOME OF THE PROPOSALS ARE RELATED TO, OF COURSE, INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? SO, UH, WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, RAZZIE AND HIS TEAM, UM, A LOT OF, UH, AMENDMENTS, UH, RELATED TO STORMWATER, UH, DESIGN CRITERIA AND TECHNICAL MANUALS AND FEMA FLOOD REGULATIONS.
BUT, UH, WE EXPAND, UM, THE STUDY AREAS FOR STORMWATER IMPACTS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UH, I THINK THERE WAS OVER 40 RECOMMENDED, UH, PROPOSALS FROM PUBLIC WORKS JUST IN THAT AREA ALONE.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A HUGE TOPIC, OF COURSE, IN OUR CITY.
UH, BUT THINGS LIKE A PROPOSAL TO, UH, CREATE FLEXIBILITY FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
UH, THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, IN DETAIL IN A COUPLE SLIDES.
UH, INFILL DEVELOPMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT'S CERTAINLY A THEME WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME AUTO CYCLE AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THAT, AND THERE'S A FEW MORE IN THERE, UH, IN THIS LIST TODAY.
UH, HEIGHT LIMITS FOR R ONE AND R TWO ZONING, R ONE AND R TWO ZONING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN OUR CODE IN 2015.
IT ACTUALLY WAS CREATED, UH, SINCE THEN.
AND SO, UH, SOME OF THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMITS FOR THOSE SMALLER, UH, KIND OF INFILL, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, THAT WE SEE FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND THEN LIMITS TO, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
KIND OF ONE STRUCTURED DEVELOPMENTS CLARIFYING WHAT THE, SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
UH, ONE THING THAT'S NOT LISTED HERE, THERE'S EVEN, UH, A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN, IN TALKING WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS.
THOSE HAVE BEEN DEFINED AND PRESENTED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS PART OF THE, UM, AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
SO, OF COURSE, SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORTATION, UH, YOU KNOW, BIG PART OF OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROPOSED LIST INCLUDE, UH, CHANGES TO COLOR REGULATIONS FOR, UH, SOME OF THE LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS IN THE MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY IN LAYMAN'S TERM, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YELLOW IS LESS BLUE TONES, UH, KIND OF SOMEWHAT ALIGNED WITH THAT DARK SKY, UH, REGULATIONS THAT WE SEE, UH, AROUND THE NATION NOW.
UM, THE, THE COUNCIL APPROVED SUSTAINABILITY PLAN GOALS THAT WE'VE SEEN UPDATED AND ADOPTED OVER THE LAST, SO WE UP UPDATE THE U D C TO MAKE CLEAR REFERENCE TO THOSE, UH, THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.
SO, UH, ALSO, UH, URBAN FARMS, THAT WAS A, A BIG TOPIC.
HOW DO WE, UH, ELIMINATE SOME OF THE RED TAPE OR SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT PREVENTED SOME BARRIERS TO A LITTLE BIT MORE URBAN FARMS IN OUR, UH, IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY? WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT.
UH, WORKING WITH THE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL, THEY PRESENTED SOME AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROPOSED LIST.
TRANSPORTATION, WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, SOME PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY AND STREET LAYOUT DESIGNS, UH, THAT INCORPORATE, LIKE, LIKE I SHOWED UP THERE, SOME BIKE LANES, MIXED USE PATHS AND SUCH.
SO SEVERAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THAT, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THE APPROVED, UM, RECOMMENDED LIST.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION REGARDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE THERE, UNDER THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A REQUIREMENT TO EXPAND OUTREACH, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO REGISTERED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTED AMENDMENTS.
UH, BUT THE OTHER ONE I THOUGHT WAS REALLY GOOD WAS, UH, WHEN WE ACCEPT A ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION, OR A PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I THINK WE, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DO IS RECOMMEND TO THE APPLICANT, HEY, UH, IF THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AROUND YOU, YOUR NEIGHBORS, THEY'RE GONNA BE NOTIFIED.
SO WHY DON'T YOU GO CHECK IN WITH THEM, TELL 'EM WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THE BEST, THE BEST WAY TO SUCCESS IS TO GET AS MUCH SUPPORT AS YOU CAN AND BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH THAT.
THAT IS A STRONG RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR STAFF.
WE ALSO GO, UH, TELL THEM TO TALK TO THE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER
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IN THEIR DISTRICT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.THAT BEING SAID, THE PROPOSAL HERE WOULD REQUIRE AN, UH, AN APPLICANT TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, OR AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO MEET WITH IT PR PROVIDE TO US SOME PROOF THAT, HEY, WE'VE MADE A REASONABLE ATTEMPT TO MEET WITH THEM.
THEY MAYBE JUST DON'T WANNA MEET WITH US.
OR, SO, IN ORDER FOR ME TO ACCEPT THE APPLICATION, I THINK THAT KIND OF FORCES THE ISSUE EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, WITH AN APPLICANT FOR A ZONING CHANGE OR A DEVELOPMENT, UH, CHANGE APPLICATION, UH, TO MEET WITH THE EFFECTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD CHANGE.
UH, CERTAINLY ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE ARGUED THE DEFINITION, THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF WHAT A HALF STORY IS.
YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN, UH, WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS AND DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, THEY WERE PRETTY CREATIVE.
AND SO WE NEEDED A, A CLARITY ON THAT DEFINITION OF A HALF STORY.
UM, ALSO, WE'RE ACTUALLY UPDATING THE REGULATIONS OR PROPOSING TO UPDATE THE REGULATIONS RELATED TO PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, OVERSIZED VEHICLES ARE ANYTHING THAT'S LONGER THAN 24 FEET LONG AND TALLER THAN EIGHT FEET, AND WIDER THAN EIGHT FEET.
SO, WORK TRUCKS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ALLOWED IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS ESPECIALLY, UM, IF YOU PUT IT IN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK, MAYBE NOT IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, BUT YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE BACKYARD OR SOMETHING.
WELL, IN SMALLER, UH, SMALLER LOT NEIGHBORHOODS, LESS THAN A HALF ACRE OR SO, THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
AND WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
WE GO, UH, DEAL WITH IT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING A CHANGE THERE, UH, TO REDUCE THE ALLOWANCE OF THOSE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS OR, OR AREAS THAT HAVE HALF ACRE, LOTS OR LESS.
SO, LAST ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE BEFORE, UH, WE, WE GO AND, AND, AND PULL OUT A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS WAS, UH, ZONING OVERLAYS.
SO, UH, TWO ZONING OVERLAYS ARE BEING PRESENTED.
AND, UH, ONE HAPPENS TO BE AN EXISTING, UH, ZONING OVERLAY, WHICH IS THE MISSION PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UH, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE RANGE OF THAT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S, UH, THAT'S DEFINED BY A, THIS 1500 FOOT, UH, DISTANCE AROUND THE, UH, THE MISSIONS.
UH, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THAT FURTHER.
AND THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, TO, TO EXPAND THAT FROM 1500 FEET TO 1800 FEET.
AND WHAT THAT DOES, IT REALLY PROTECTS THE MISSIONS FROM REALLY TALL, UH, MAYBE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AROUND THEM, UH, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL, ANY OF THE MISSIONS, ACTUALLY.
SO I WAS GONNA CALL OUT ONE OR TWO, BUT, UH, JUST THE MISSIONS.
UH, LASTLY, THERE'S A WEST SIDE CREEKS WATER QUALITY, UM, AREA.
SO, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A, A PROPOSED OVERLAY FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA CREATE THAT OVERLAY FOR THE WEST SIDE CRES CREEKS, WORKING WITH, UH, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO THERE, THERE'S TWO NEW ZONING, OH, WELL, ONE REVISED AND ONE NEW ZONING OVERLAY PROPOSED, UH, IN, IN THE, IN THE CODE UPDATES.
SO, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COST IMPACTS.
'CAUSE UH, IN, IN TALKING WITH, UH, SOME OF YOU, UH, HAD TO KNOW, WELL, HOW MUCH IS THIS GONNA COST OR SAVE? THAT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION, RIGHT? DO ANY OF THESE, UH, UH, ADD ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS, REDUCE IT? WELL, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT REQUIRING A COST IMPACT STUDY FOR EACH AND EVERY AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED.
UM, THERE WAS SOME PROS AND CONS TO THAT.
IT DID NOT, UH, MAKE IT TO A REQUIREMENT.
HOWEVER, WE DID KIND OF PAY ATTENTION TO THAT THROUGH THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY, UH, STAFF OR CITY DEPARTMENT ONES.
BUT WE JUST KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN.
OUT OF THE, UH, THERE'S 140, UH, SEVEN AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE NO IMPACT, UH, WHATSOEVER TO COST.
THEY'RE REALLY CLARIFICATION EDITS, ET CETERA.
WE HAVE NINE EIGHT AMENDMENTS, UM, THAT DECREASE COST.
WE HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL, UH, SAVE SOME MONEY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS, SOME THAT WILL MAYBE COST SOME MONEY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS AND OTHERS THAT REALLY COST NEUTRAL, THAT MAYBE JUST ADD AN ADDITIONAL OPTION OR SOME FLEXIBILITY.
SO WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO HERE ON THIS NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, WE CAN LIST THEM OUT.
SO HERE'S SOME THAT, THAT HAVE COST INCREASES.
NOW, I CANNOT STAND UP HERE AND SAY, THIS PACKAGE OF 190, UH, PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS, UH, IS GONNA COST X AMOUNT OF THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, MORE, OR SAVE X AMOUNT OF THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS OUT THERE.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, UH, RESIDENTIAL MIX DEVELOPMENTS CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE UNITS TO BE BUILT IN ONE STRUCTURE, UH, FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA ADD FIVE TO 10 OR FIVE TO $12 PER SQUARE FOOT TO THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT AVERAGING ABOUT 150, $50 A SQUARE FOOT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE KNOW THAT REQUIREMENT IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD ADD SOME COST.
HOWEVER, IT WOULD PROTECT SOME ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS.
SO WE THINK, UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AND EVERYONE FELT THAT THAT WAS, UH, APPROPRIATE, UH, FOR THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, LOOKING AT THIS LIST, UH, WIDENS, UH, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, 24 DASH THREE WIDENS PAVEMENT WIDTH OF CERTAIN STREET CLASSIFICATIONS.
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WELL, THE REQUIREMENT THERE IS THAT CERTAIN STREETS OF CERTAIN TYPES AND, AND NEW NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD NEED A LITTLE BIT WIDER STREET THAN WHAT'S ON THE CODE TODAY.SO YOU'D HAVE TO PAVE SOME MORE.
WELL, THAT, THAT REQUIREMENT OR THAT PROPOSAL HAS COME FROM WORKING WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT E M S, OTHERS SAYING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE STREETS ARE GETTING TOO TIGHT.
PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON THE STREETS.
WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING EMERGENCY VEHICLES INTO THOSE AREAS.
SO WE, WE, WE THINK WE HAVE TO PAVE THEM A LITTLE WIDER.
THE THE ISSUE THERE IS THEY'RE NOT GIVING UP MORE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO DEVELOPMENTS CAN STILL GET THE SAME NUMBER OF LOTS PER DEVELOPMENT OR SUBDIVISION, BUT THE STREETS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT WIDER, UH, ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
UH, AND WE CAN GO DOWN THE LIST THERE.
UH, THE ONE AT THE, THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU SEE A LARGE NUMBER, 35 TO $50,000, THAT'S ACTUALLY A MANDATE.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE, THE UPDATE UPDATED FEMA MINIMUM STANDARDS.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS HERE.
UH, BUT, UH, IF YOU REQUIRE WHAT WE CALL A, UH, LETTER OF MAP CHANGE BASED ON THE NEW, UH, FEMA MINIMUM STANDARDS, I MEAN, GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS COULD BE 30 TO BE 30 TO $50,000.
UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF A MANDATE BASED ON THE NEW FEMA STANDARDS.
WE KIND OF HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THE CODE.
SO I'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW OF COST INCREASES.
UH, I'LL ALSO IDENTIFY A FEW COST DECREASES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THIS ONE ON THE FIRST ONE THERE, UH, TRAFFIC CIRCULATION STUDY.
THE CODE TODAY TELLS SCHOOLS, UH, THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU HAVE TO REDO YOUR TRAFFIC CIRCULATION STUDY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY TIMES A SCHOOL CHANGES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THEIR CIRCULATION PATH OF TRAFFIC, AND THEY'RE STILL REQUIRED TO DO THIS STUDY.
SO, UH, THERE'S A $8,000 $7,900, UH, COST THAT'S REALLY OF NO VALUE.
UH, SO THAT WOULD, UH, AFFECT SOME SCHOOL ISSUES.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEXT ONE IS JUST A $400 COST DECREASE.
BUT, UH, WE, WE, WE TRACK THIS BEAUTY AND BARBERSHOPS THAT ARE, THAT REQUIRE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO HAVE ONE CHAIR IN YOUR HOUSE.
UH, WE TAKE THOSE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
RIGHT NOW, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM GETS APPROVED AFTER THE APPLICANT PAYS 400 BUCKS.
SO WE'VE TRACKED THIS AND SAID, WHY ARE WE, WHY ARE WE MAKING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER DO THIS? WE SHOULD JUST ALLOW THIS BY, RIGHT? SO WORKING WITH OUR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND COMMISSIONS, THEY FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE.
SO, AGAIN, WE TRIED TO JUST CALL THIS OUT THAT THERE'S A BALANCE OF YES, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR A FEW PROJECTS.
THERE'S OTHERS WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE COST SAVINGS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, I HOPE I DIDN'T LOSE ANYBODY ON THAT.
THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, I, I KIND OF TOUCHED UPON IT.
WE, WE TRACK HOW MANY HOURS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEER HOURS, 2,800 HOURS OF PEOPLE.
THAT'S JUST PEOPLE SHOWING UP TO MEETINGS, NOT THE HOMEWORK THEY DID IN BETWEEN, UH, ALMOST 60, WELL, 64 MEETINGS.
THIS WILL BE OUR 65TH MEETING ON IT, 171 MEETING HOURS.
THIS IS A REALLY ROBUST PROCESS, UH, USING, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST ENGAGEMENT WE'VE HAD ON ONE OF OUR PROCESSES.
WE STARTED, UH, OVER A YEAR AGO, OR AS MELISSA LIKES TO TELL ME, 383 DAYS AGO, BUT WHO'S COUNTING, RIGHT? UM, SO HERE WE ARE ON OCTOBER 19TH, UH, LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY.
WE PLAN TO BRING THIS, UH, TO FULL COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 3RD IN A COUPLE WEEKS FOR, FOR FULL ADOPTION.
AT THAT POINT, IF THEY GET ADOPTED IN ON NOVEMBER 3RD, UH, THEY WOULD, UH, THEY WOULD GO INTO EFFECT.
THEY'D GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY ONE.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD HOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
WE JUST TRACK, UH, WHO ACTUALLY, UM, WHO ACTUALLY REVIEWED THESE AMENDMENTS.
NOT JUST THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUT OUR BOARDS, UH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION.
'CAUSE WE HAD SOME, SOME SUBMITTED BY, UH, OUR OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO WE JUST KIND OF TRACKED THIS, HOW MANY THEY REVIEWED, HOW MANY THEY APPROVED, HOW MANY THEY APPROVED WITH EDITS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT DATA THERE.
I'M KEEPING TRACK OF THAT ALONG THE WAY.
SO, AGAIN, HERE'S THE SUMMARY.
WE STARTED WITH 234 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S 193 LEFT, UH, BECAUSE SOME, UH, KIND OF FELL OFF THE LIST THROUGH THE DISCUSSION, PEOPLE WITHDREW THEIR AMENDMENTS, ET CETERA.
191 OF THE A HUNDRED NINETY THREE NINETY THREE ARE PROPOSED TO BE APPROVED.
WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING THEM FOR APPROVAL.
TWO WERE DENIED, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS, ACTUALLY EARLY ON, UH, THE PROPONENTS OF THOSE ASK THOSE TO KEEP THEM ON THIS LIST.
UH, ONE IS RELATED TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, REGISTRATION AND OR, UM, COMMUNICATION TO, UH, USING THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRY OR COMMUNICATION REGISTRY.
UH, THAT ONE DIDN'T GET SUPPORT FROM THE, THE COMMITTEES.
UH, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT, THAT, THAT DID.
UH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS PROPOSED RELATED TO QUALIFIED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, MEANING TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR, UH, PAROLEES.
I'M GONNA OVER, I'M GONNA SUMMARIZE THIS PAROLEES AND ALLOWING MORE ZONING OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE TO BE LOCATED INSIDE, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.
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HOUSES WITH MAYBE THREE TO SIX, UH, PAROLEES, UH, AS THEY'RE TRANSITIONING FROM MAYBE, UH, THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.UH, THAT ONE DIDN'T GET SUPPORT, UH, AT, AT ALL, UH, FROM THE COMMITTEES EARLY ON.
UH, BUT THAT ONE WAS STILL, UH, ONE THAT WAS PROPOSED.
UH, SO I'LL JUST KINDA, UH, GO THERE.
THIS IS JUST A LIST OF WHO SUBMITTED THEM.
WE CALL 'EM INTERNAL EXTERNAL AMENDMENTS.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, A LOT OF CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM, C P S, ENERGY AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO AGAIN, WE TRACK ALL THIS, WHO SUBMITTED WHAT, UM, AND, UH, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR AMENDMENTS.
SAME THING WITH THE EXTERNAL AMENDMENTS.
AND I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, I MEAN, I, I THINK OUR, OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK THEY WERE GREAT.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB SUBMITTING 'EM.
BUT WE REALLY HAD A LOT OF EXTERNAL AMENDMENTS WITH A LOT OF THOUGHT, UH, AND A LOT OF PARTICIPATION FROM FOOD POLICY COUNCIL, GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER ALLIANCE, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THAT, THAT SUBMITTED AN IDEA.
TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION HAD 13.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE, UM, AND OTHERS.
SO, REALLY WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE THAT REALLY PARTICIPATED.
E WHETHER OR NOT THEIR, THEIR, UH, PROPOSAL HAS MADE IT TO THE END, RIGHT? UH, BUT IT WAS REALLY, UH, I THINK A REALLY GOOD PROCESS.
SO, UH, LASTLY, I'M GONNA END WITH HIGHLIGHTING TWO, UH, THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
THEY GET A LOT OF CONVERSATION AT THE P C D MEETING A MONTH AGO AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, AND IT'S RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND REGISTERED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NOTIFICATION TO THEM.
SO, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS GRANNY FLATS, OR, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER TERMS FOR 'EM.
BUT WE HAVE A SET OF RULES ALREADY THAT'S ON YOUR LEFT AS CURRENT OWNER OCCUPANCY, MEANING IF YOU LIVE ON YOUR PROPERTY, YOU OWN IT, YOU LIVE THERE, YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN BUILD AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
THEY HAVE SIZE REQUIREMENTS, MAXIMUM 800 SQUARE FEET MAXIMUM, ONE BEDROOM, UM, NO REQUIRED PARKING, FIVE FOOT MINIMUM SETBACK FROM SIDE OR REAR YARD.
SO WE HAVE THESE REGULATIONS TODAY THAT WAS PROPOSED WITH AN AMENDMENT THROUGH THAT WAS DEVELOPED, UM, AND CAME RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
AND SOME OF THE WORK THERE WAS TO EXPAND THE ALLOWANCE FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, MEANING MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EASY FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD IT MORE, UM, UH, MAKE, MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
SO, BUT THE KEY HERE, THAT TOP ITEM OWNER OCCUPANCY REQUIRED, THIS IS NOT GETTING RID OF THAT, THAT IS THE KEY.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE, UH, UH, REALLY WANTED ANY TO GET RID OF THAT.
BUT, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE LIVE THERE.
AND THEN YOU CAN RENT OUT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING IN.
OTHERWISE, YOU WOULD BE GETTING RID OF SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, ESSENTIALLY.
SO THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
BUT WHAT IS PROPOSED IS, UH, ALLOWING AN OPTION TO HAVE THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT HAVE SEPARATE UTILITIES, WHETHER IT'S WATER, SEWER, AND OR ELECTRIC.
UH, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TO BE, UH, FED FROM THE MAIN HOUSE.
UH, NO BEDROOM RESTRICTION JUST HAS TO MEET THE GENERAL BUILDING CODE.
YOU CAN HAVE A TWO OR THREE BEDROOM IF YOU WANT.
UH, THE SIZE PROPOSAL IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, MAYBE 50% OF THE MAIN HOUSE OR 1600 SQUARE FEET, WHICHEVER IS SMALLER.
NOW, IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WHAT'S PROPOSED TODAY, OVER 800 SQUARE FEET, YOU'D HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL OFF STREET PARKING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ALLOWING A THREE FOOT SIDE STEP BACK BY RIGHT, NOT A FIVE FOOT SETBACK.
UH, IN CASE YOU HAVE SOME, UH, SIZE CONSTRAINTS ON YOUR LOT, UH, I WOULD NOTE THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO BUILD A FIRE, UH, RATED WALL, UH, AS YOU GET CLOSER TO A PROPERTY LINE.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THAT'S A NOT A REQUIREMENT, THAT'S AN ALLOWANCE.
UH, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME CLARIFICATION.
THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO? UH, THE ANSWER IS NO.
UH, BUT WE DID ADD SOME LANGUAGE THROUGH THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT, UH, ADUS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
UH, AND ACTUALLY ADUS REALLY CAN'T BE, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTAL TYPE TWO.
THEY HAVE TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED, WHICH WOULD MEAN THEY'D HAVE TO BE A LEVEL ONE OR TYPE ONE.
SO AGAIN, UM, THIS IS JUST A GRAPHIC SHOWING A, A, A FEW THINGS.
WHAT WE DO TODAY, IF YOU WANT TO PERMIT A AN A D U TODAY, THIS WOULD BE THE SAME.
YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE AN AFFIDAVIT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT YOU, YOU AND FUTURE OWNERS, THEY HAVE TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN'T THEN JUST LEAVE AND RENT OUT BOTH.
YOU CAN'T SELL IT AND THEN HAVE THE OTHER, THE NEW OWNERS RENT OUT BOTH.
SO THAT AFFIDAVIT AND THAT AFFIDAVIT NEEDS TO BE RECORDED IN THE COUNTY DEEDS AND, AND RECORDS.
UH, SEPARATE METERS ARE ALLOWED NOW ONLY IF THERE'S A HARDSHIP WHERE YOU'RE A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE PRIMARY HOUSE, UM, OR IF YOU GO GET REZONING FOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO UNITS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS JUST A COPY OF THE APP AFFIDAVIT THAT WE KIND OF, UH, USE IN OUR APPLICATION.
UH, THAT VERBIAGE IS, IS PART OF IT.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S SOME OF THE STUFF WE DO TODAY.
NOW, WE ACTUALLY DO GET, VERY RARELY WE GET SOME ENFORCEMENT CALLS ON THIS.
UM, AGAIN, THE A D U WOULD BE IN A STANDALONE PERMIT.
UH, THE ISSUED PERMITS, THOSE ARE POSTED ON OPENGOV.
SO WITH OUR SYSTEM THAT WE WENT LIVE WITH IN 2020, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO IN AND LOOK AT THE 78 OR 79 PERMITS
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FOR ADUS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY PERMITTED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA MONITOR THIS AND, AND STUFF.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL, WE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PERMITS OR RELATED TO, UH, THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS, OWNER OCCUPANCIES, ET CETERA.
THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WAS THERE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF THIS A D U PROPOSAL? 'CAUSE IT, IT REALLY DID GARNER A LOT OF, UH, INTEREST.
AND THE ANSWER, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, OF COURSE.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THIS STARTED BACK IN 2019.
UM, IT WAS WORKING WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE CALLED THE REMOVING BARRIERS OF, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
UH, THEY KIND OF PAUSED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, OF COURSE THEY DID.
THEY CAME BACK IN, IN LATE 21, DID SOME SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, DID AN ESSAY SPEAK UP SURVEY, AND THEN PREPARED THIS PROPOSAL, UH, TO PRESENT, UH, TO THE U D C PROCESS.
SO, UM, AND THAT WAS LED BY OUR N A H S D TEAM.
UH, AND THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I, I JUST HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF THE SHIP HAD A, HAD A, UH, GOAL IN THERE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ADUS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK THAT, THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ALIGNS WITH THAT.
UH, WE DID, UH, LIST A COUPLE OTHERS THAT FROM THE SHIP, I THINK THERE'S A FEW MORE.
BUT, UM, UH, JUST TRYING TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS THERE FOR SMALL LOTS THAT HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, SOME OF THE SUBSTANDARD STREET REGULATIONS DON'T GET IMPACTED IF YOU HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SMALL, UH, LOTS.
SO THE SECOND ITEM THAT I WANTED TO THE PROPOSAL IS, IS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, TO EXPAND OUR COMMUNICATION TOOL.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHENEVER I GET A ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION OR A PLANNING AMENDMENT APPLICATION, OR A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCE APPLICATION, WE ACTUALLY NOTIFY EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FEET.
WE SHOW YOU THAT MAP ON THURSDAY AFTERNOONS, RIGHT? WE ALSO REPORT OUT, UH, THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WERE NOTIFIED AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUBMITTED ANY COMMENTS BACK OR FORTH BACK IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
THE PROPOSAL THAT CAME THROUGH, UM, I THINK IT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ASSOCIATION, ONE OF THEIR 13, UM, ACTUALLY SAID, WELL, CAN YOU EXPAND THAT TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS? WE HAVE A LIST OF ABOUT 50, UH, 53 REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND IF THEY SO CHOOSE, CAN YOU ALSO GIVE THEM THAT NOTIFICATION? UH, SO THIS PROPOSAL WILL ADD THAT, UM, AND AGAIN, HERE'S THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS THAT I'M REQUIRED TO AS A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WE GO THROUGH THESE DEVELOPMENT, UH, CHANGES.
UM, AGAIN, ON THE LEFT IS OUR CURRENT, WE'RE JUST ADDING REGISTERED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE 200 FEET.
UH, THEY WOULD OPT IN, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND YOU CARE ABOUT A CERTAIN AREA, YOU CAN LET US KNOW.
WORKING WITH ALANA AND OUR C AND E TEAM AND THEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, WE WOULD SEND YOU THOSE NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORT THAT BACK TO OUR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, AND ZONING COMMISSIONS.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY DOWN TO IT NOW.
I'M JUST RECOMMEND WE MOVE TO COUNCIL.
THIS PROCESS HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND DEBATE A LOT OF ISSUES.
UH, WE RECOMMEND THE 191 RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, GET MOVED, UH, TO COUNCIL.
UM, THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE TWO OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER WITH THE COUNCIL ACTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD, OR WHEN YOU TELL ME TO BRING IT BACK.
UM, WE WILL LOOK FOR TWO OTHER THINGS.
WE WILL LOOK TO WAIVE, UH, THE U D C AMENDMENTS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN 2025.
I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS A BREATHER.
UH, AND, AND GET BACK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT FIVE YEAR, EVERY FIVE YEARS, RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL, UH, ALSO ASK TO INITIATE THOSE TWO LARGE AREA REZONING PROCESSES FOR THE MISSION PROTECTION OVERLAY CHANGE, AS WELL AS THE WEST SIDE CREEKS, UH, OVERLAY AS WELL.
SO, UH, THAT'S MY QUICK PRESENTATION OF A 300 PLUS DAY PROCESS AND COUNTING.
DONE RIGHT HERE FOR OUR PRESENTATION RIGHT HERE.
UM, BEFORE I, I GIVE SOME THANK YOUS, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE TIMELINE OF THE, OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT'S NEXT? SURE.
I'LL DO IT THAT WAY IF, UNLESS THEY CAN DO IT THE OTHER WAY.
UH, WE HAVE AN A SESSION PRESENTATION.
UM, THE, A SESSION IS THE VOTING SESSION, CORRECT? THAT'S WHERE WE WILL ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, ANY CODE CHANGES OR ALL OF THE CODE CHANGES WILL THEN BEGIN, UH, FIRST OF THE YEAR? YES.
WELL, UM, I DON'T WANT TO DELAY THE CONVERSATION TOO MUCH, BUT LET ME MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
FIRST, STARTING WITH A THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED, UH, SO FAR.
I, I, I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH, I THINK I'VE BEEN THROUGH ONE CODE UPDATE.
UM, AND IT WASN'T NEARLY AS, UM, SMOOTH AS THIS ONE.
SO THE NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS FROM THE NUMBER OF PARTIES
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INVOLVED, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOW A DOCUMENT THAT I, I THINK IS, IS, UM, SOUND AND REPRESENTS CONSENSUS JOB WELL DONE.IT, IT DIDN'T, NOBODY BURNED THE CITY DOWN IN THE PROCESS.
IT, THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE ELSEWHERE,
I DO WANT TO MAKE SPECIFIC, UM, MENTION THOUGH OF THE REMOVING BARRIERS SUBCOMMITTEE.
MANY OF THE MEMBERS ARE HERE, AND YOU HEARD ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT THAT IS ONE THAT'S GARNERED A LOT OF ATTENTION, WHICH IS THE ADUS.
UH, BUT THAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY, UH, SINCE WE MADE AFFORDABLE HOUSING A PRIORITY.
WHEN WE REC, WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY, UH, THE TASK FORCE WAS FORMED, THE FIRST FRAMEWORK WAS ADOPTED BACK IN, I THINK, 18 OR 19.
ADUS WERE VERY MUCH A, A, UH, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF US BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE VISION FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD, UM, A PLACE TO CALL HOME AND TO LIVE IN A PLACE THAT'S SAFE, UH, IN DIGNITY AND REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO THE ADUS ARE, ARE VERY FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR EFFORTS.
UM, THE MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE, N H S D STAFF, OBVIOUSLY, UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY JIM BAILEY, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL TASK FORCE.
WE'VE GOT JORDAN GOEY, JOSE GONZALEZ, MELANIE COFFIN, MICHAEL TAYLOR, UM, MONIQUE VOYA, UH, NIKKI JOHNSON, PETE ALANISE, UH, AND TAYLOR ALLEN.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK.
MANY, MANY MEETINGS, DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, ALL WITH THE GOALS OF REMOVING BARRIERS TO US HAVING AN AFFORDABLE SUPPLY OF HOUSING IN ALL PARTS OF TOWN.
UH, SO I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ADOPTING THE A D U ORDINANCE.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONCERNS MENTIONED BY SOME.
I THINK THEY ARE ADDRESSED THROUGH POLICY, THROUGH ORDINANCE, SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO THE CONCERNS ARTICULATED ABOUT ST.
WE HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE LAW ON THE BOOKS WITH REGARD TO STR THAT TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUES.
I HAVE HEARD ABOUT ONE CONCERN RELATED TO SETBACKS.
UH, SETBACKS WITHIN FIVE FEET HAVE ADDITIONAL FIRE CODE PROTECTIONS, AND WE HAVE THE FIRE MARSHAL'S GUIDANCE TO ENSURE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALWAYS LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, UM, WHEN LAWS CHANGE, ORDINANCE JUST CHANGE ABOUT THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON A PERSON'S, A FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE WITHIN THEIR OWN HOME, THEIR OWN SANCTUARY.
UM, IN THE CASE OF THE STR THIS IS FULLY ENFORCEABLE.
WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO REPORT VIOLATIONS.
UH, STR TWOS ALREADY HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE VIOLATION POLICY.
UM, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION JUST RECENTLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT 3 1 1 IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF REPORTING.
UH, WE CAN ADD THAT, UH, TO THE 3 1 1 APP EVEN, UH, FOR FOLKS TO, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY'S PLAYING BY THE RULES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ADOPTING THESE.
THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DISPUTE, LONG-TERM DISPUTE, UH, WELL RELATIVELY LONG-TERM, UH, IN DISTRICT TWO, UH, TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR, OR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BATTLING ANOTHER GROUP OF FOLKS WHO WANNA BE RECOGNIZED.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD PRACTICE FOR US TO CHANGE CODE WHOLESALE TO RESOLVE ONE DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO PARTIES.
UM, IF THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT, I WOULD PREFER TO DO THAT.
UM, I KNOW YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD A COMPROMISE.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COMPROMISE MAKES EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT UNEASY.
OBVIOUSLY LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WHAT THE COUNCILMAN HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA GET IN THE WAY OF A COMPROMISE.
I JUST WOULD CAUTION US THAT WE WANT, WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE OF, OF CODE JUST TO SOLVE ONE DISPUTE, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET INTO A PRACTICE OF DOING THAT AGAIN, UH, AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SO, UM, AT ANY RATE, GREAT JOB IN SUMMARY, GREAT JOB CONSENSUS DOCUMENT.
GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'VE RESOLVED A LOT OF THE, THE, UM, SUBMISSIONS FROM EXTERNAL PARTIES AS WELL.
AND, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER.
SO, UH, LET ME MOVE NOW TO DISCUSSION.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA.
THANKS MIKE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, SO ALL THE PC TAC MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY OUR APPOINTEE, ERIC ESTRADA, THAT'S HIS REAL NAME, AND WE DO CALL HIM NCH SOMETIMES.
UM, FOR YOUR, FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK ON THIS, UH, PROJECT.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND, UH, DEDICATED, UM, TO THIS ENDEAVOR.
SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK.
I, I JUST VERY QUICKLY WANNA, UM, SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR A FEW OF THEM.
UM, URBAN FARMING IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME NOW, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S GONNA MAKE IT ITS
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WAY INTO THE U D C.AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, ALL THE WORK THAT THE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL HAS DONE ON THAT.
AND THEN THE WEST SIDE CREEK WATER QUALITY OVERLAY THE AMENDMENTS, UM, THAT WILL IMPROVE.
UH, I'M CURIOUS, WERE THERE ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS REGARDING STREET LIGHTING IN THE U D C? UH, NO.
THE LIGHTING, UH, THAT WAS CHANGED WAS MORE, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY PARKING STANDARDS, MAKING THOSE MORE, UH, DOWNWARD LIGHTING, DARK SKY LIGHT, THE MILITARY OVERLAY.
YEAH, THAT WASN'T THE STREET LIGHTING.
YEAH, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A LOT OF THIS WAS BEING MOVED FORWARD.
UH, I KNOW WE STARTED OUT WITH WELL OVER 200 SUGGESTIONS.
NOW, I THINK IF I HEARD RIGHT, MIKE, LAST, LAST TIME THERE WERE OVER 300.
IS THAT RIGHT? I WAS JUST SHY OF 300, 300.
SO, UM, A LITTLE LESS THIS TIME, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THESE WERE MORE THOUGHT OUT, MORE COMPREHENSIVE, I THOUGHT.
SO WE'LL TAKE QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATED THE WORK AND THE EXPLANATIONS AND THE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD AND EXPRESSING A LOT OF THEIR INTERESTS AND CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND HOUSING AND WE, IT NEEDS TO BE AS AFFORDABLE AS POSSIBLE.
SO CONCEPTUALLY, I, I'M ALL FOR ADUS AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ADD TO THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE WHAT, WHAT YOU CALLED A GRANNY FLAT, OR THEY CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER OR, UH, SOMEONE ELSE CAN LIVE IN.
UH, I, I JUST CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE ADUS BECOMING SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
I, I THINK THAT ALMOST DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BUILD THOSE, IF A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THEM JUST BECOME POTENTIAL INCOME EARNING PROPERTIES AND NOT HELPING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN A PLACE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN MONITOR THAT.
UH, I THINK YOU'VE SAID, UH, THAT YEAH, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER THIS TO BUILD A AN A D U, AND THEY CAN DO WITH IT AS THEY WISH.
UH, AS LONG AS IT MEETS OUR S T R REQUIREMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, AN OWNER NEEDS TO LIVE IN A BIG HOUSE OR THE A D U AND THEN CAN RENT OUT THE OTHER ONE.
UM, BUT I, I STILL THINK THAT OUR ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE, UH, SHOULD BE GEARED TOWARD PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND SOMEPLACE TO LIVE, AS OPPOSED TO LETTING A TOURIST COME IN FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS EVERY WEEK.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I RESPECT THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE MAY NEED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL MONEY, AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO DO IT.
AND I'VE, I'VE NEVER OPPOSED SOMEBODY RENTING OUT A ROOM IN THEIR HOME IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IN EXTRA MONEY.
UH, BUT I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MONITOR THIS FOR COMPLIANCE.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO SEE, UH, SOMEONE COME IN AND BUY A HOME IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN VACANT OR THAT NEEDS RENOVATION, AND THEN THEY END UP BUILDING AN A D U IN THE BACK, AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE HOUSE IN THE FRONT ANYMORE.
AND THEY BOTH BECOME SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A GOOD MECHANISM TO FOLLOW THESE KINDS OF THINGS OR WE WILL GOING FORWARD.
SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN MAYBE WHAT MECHANISM WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE IN PLACE SO THAT, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY BUYS A HOME AND THEY LIVE THERE A YEAR AND THEY BUILD AN A D U, AND THEN MAYBE 12, 14 MONTHS LATER THEY MOVE OUT AND THEY'RE RENTING THEM BOTH.
SO HOW, HOW CAN WE MONITOR THAT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING OUR CODE REQUIREMENTS? SURE.
AND, AND, AND I THINK, I THINK WE, WE HAVE SOME STUFF TODAY.
I THINK WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE SOME, SOME MORE STUFF TOMORROW.
SO CERTAINLY, UH, THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT ADUS AND CERTAINLY MAKING SURE THEY, THEY HELP SOLVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM AS OPPOSED TO EXPAND, UH, UH, UH, AN ILLEGAL S T R PROBLEM, IF YOU WILL.
SO WE ALREADY KEEP TRACK OF OUR PERMITS.
ALL OF OUR PERMITS ARE POSTED ONLINE IN THE OPEN DATA, AND WE CAN, YOU CAN SORT, AND YOU CAN SEE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
SO THAT HAS BEEN EVER SINCE WE, WE HAD THE NEW SYSTEM PUT IN, IN 2020.
SO ONE, WE, WE CAN TRACK THEM BETTER NOW THAN WE, WE COULD 10 YEARS AGO.
UH, THAT, ALONG WITH OUR LIST OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT ARE PERMITTED, ONE, UH, WE CROSS-REFERENCE THOSE, RIGHT.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO CROSS-REFERENCE THOSE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT MAYBE DON'T COME IN AND GET A PERMIT, WHICH IS A PROBLEM TODAY.
WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL GETTING CALLS.
WE GET CALLS FROM ANONYMOUS AND NOT ANONYMOUS NEIGHBORS THAT SAY, I SAW THIS ON A PLATFORM.
SO WE USE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR, WE, WE JUST GOT TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF TOT
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TO HELP TACKLE THIS PROBLEM IN THE BUDGET.SO AN EXPANDED TEAM TO WORK ON NOT ONLY THE PERMITTING, BUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF, UH, STR WHETHER IT'S AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR NOT.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS WE'RE WORKING ALL, WE'RE WORKING WITH TROY, UH, UH, IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT ABOUT UP UPGRADING OUR THIRD PARTY SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, A COMPANY RIGHT NOW THAT HELPS US FIND THESE.
I THINK, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, EITHER A, AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACT WITH THEM OR AN UPDATED CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER VENDOR TO PROVIDE EVEN BETTER SERVICES, UH, TO HELP US.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE HAVE SOME TOOLS TODAY THAT I THINK, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP MONITORING JUST ON THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST YEAR, UH, AND ARE HAVING TODAY.
BUT I THINK WE'LL EVEN HAVE MORE TOOLS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I'M, I'M CONFIDENT WE WILL, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK, BUT I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT.
I, I DO ALSO SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT, UM, BUILDING SO CLOSE TO OTHER PROPERTY LINES MM-HMM.
BASIC CONSTRUCTION, RESIDENTIAL, OR COMMERCIAL, UH, PRETTY MUCH SAYS THE CLOSER YOU GET TO YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY LINE, THE MORE FIRE RATED YOUR WALL CONSTRUCTION HAS TO BE, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, ONE LAYER OF FIRE RATED SHEET ROCK ON, ON, YOU KNOW, UH, ON ONE SIDE, OR IF IT'S TWO LAYERS OF FIRE RATED SHEET ROCK, OR YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT A C M U BLOCK, UH, TO, TO MAINTAIN FIRE RESISTANCE.
AND ACTUALLY AT CHANGING THIS FROM FIVE FEET TO THREE FEET AT FIVE FEET, THERE IS NO FIRE RESISTANCE RATING.
YOU CAN HAVE WINDOWS, DOORS, ET CETERA.
IF YOU GO, IF YOU INCREASE IT AND YOU USE THE NEW THREE FOOT ALLOWANCE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST A ONE HOUR FIRE RATED WALL SO THAT THAT WALL HAS BEEN TESTED IN AN ACTUAL FIRE TO RESIST FIRE, A PARTICULAR FIRE FOR UP TO, AND IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZED FIRE, UH, FOR UP TO AN HOUR, UH, TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD ONTO ANOTHER PROPERTY.
AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY WINDOWS, MEANING NO OPENINGS IN THAT FIRE RATED CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'S A BLANK FIRE RATED WALL IF YOU CHOOSE.
SO THAT BALANCES THE PROTECTION, I THINK, OF NOT ONLY A NEIGHBOR ONTO THEIR PROPERTY, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING'S HAPPENING ON YOUR ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE UNIT.
SO, AND THAT'S A BASIC CONCEPT IN BOTH BUILDING AND FIRE CODE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I THINK THE FIRE MARSHAL, WE BROUGHT HIM INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AS A BUILDING OFFICIAL, I FEEL CONFIDENT AS WELL, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT AFFORDS A LEVEL OF FIRE SAFETY.
HOW ABOUT ROOFING AND FIRE PROTECTION FOR ROOFING? YEAH.
DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ROOF AND THE ANGLE OF THE ROOF, YOU MAY HAVE TO FIRE RATE SOME OF THAT ROOF LINE, DEPENDING IF IT'S A FLAT ROOF OR, OR A, OR, OR, UM, OR A, UM, SLOW PROOF.
SO SOME OF THAT WOULD BE ALSO IN THE CODE? YEAH.
DEPENDING ON WHERE IT LIES IN THAT DISTANCE CRITERIA.
AND THAT'S SPELLED OUT IN OUR CONSTRUCTION CODES ALREADY.
THE OTHER QUESTION I STILL HAVE IS THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITIES WANTING TO BE, UH, RECOGNIZED AND ONE BE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS LISTING SO THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A DEVELOPER COMES TO YOUR OFFICE AND SAYS, WE'D LIKE TO BUILD SOMETHING IN THIS AREA.
UH, AND IF THEY AND THEY ASK YOU, WHO SHOULD WE TALK WITH? BECAUSE YOU RECOMMEND THEY TALK TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE A LISTING SO THAT EVERYBODY OR ANYBODY WHO LIVES WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HAS THE ABILITY TO BE CONTACTED BY A LIST THAT LISTS, WHETHER IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S ALWAYS ASKING WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, OR AN ASSOCIATION OR A CONCERNED GROUP OF CITIZENS.
AND, UH, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW 16, 10 MEETS THAT NEED? SURE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, COMMUNICATIONS ENGAGEMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A LIST OF REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ABOUT 450 OF THEM.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 50 REGISTERED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THEY GIVE THE CITY SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY WANNA RECEIVE SOME COMMUNICATION ON DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE OF THEM, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SIDE, I'M REQUIRED BY OUR CURRENT U D C TO SEND THEM NOTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS SUCH AS ZONING AND, UH, PLANNING AMENDMENT CHANGES, ET CETERA, TO THOSE.
SO WE HAVE THIS KIND OF TWO LIST.
UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT'S MADE ITS WAY WITH SUPPORT THROUGH THE PROCESS IS REQUIRING ME AND MY STAFF TO ACTUALLY NOTIFY ANYBODY ON THAT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION LIST AS WELL.
REALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE CREATING ONE LIST AND IT'S, YOU'RE EITHER A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR YOU'RE A REGISTERED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
NOW, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY INCLUDE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THEM.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS FOR ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THEM.
THERE'S MANY INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBOR, THEY'RE LISTED AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
THEY WOULD THEN RECEIVE THAT ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION IF THIS WENT THROUGH.
OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE LIKE THE GIRL SCOUTS OF
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SOUTHWEST TEXAS.THEY PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO, I'M, I'M ASSUMING, WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ZONING CHANGES IN AND AROUND TOWN.
MAYBE THEY WILL, BUT THEY WON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO IF THEY DON'T WANT TO.
SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT'LL WORK.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH ALANA.
I SAW ALANA, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE IS, BUT ALANA AND HER TEAM ABOUT, UH, NOT ONLY MAKING THIS LIST AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPERS OR ANYBODY IN THAT AREA AND, AND HOW TO GET ON IT AND, AND, AND GET THOSE NOTICES.
SO THIS PROPOSAL IS MORE COMMUNICATION.
UM, BUT THAT'S GENERALLY HOW IT WOULD WORK.
WELL, UH, I MAKE MY POINT ON THAT AS THAT I'M CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T, UH, SEGREGATE CERTAIN GROUPS THAT GET INFORMED OR ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY OVER OTHER GROUPS.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
I'VE, I GOT 49 LETTERS FROM 36 NEIGHBORHOODS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON COUNCIL.
MAYOR, CAN I, CAN I ASK A FINAL QUESTION? I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCIL.
SO IS IT THAT, THAT THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT HAVING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ON THAT NOTIFICATION LIST AS WELL? IS THAT WHAT THE CONCERN IS THAT YOU'RE GETTING? I THINK, I THINK THE CONCERN IS, AS, AS MIKE JUST SAID, THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF SEPARATE LISTS.
HE SAID IT'S LIKE ONE LIST, BUT WHY ISN'T IT JUST ONE LIST WITH NO, UH, NO KIND OF THIS ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT ONE.
THAT THEY ALL GET ON THAT SAME LIST AND THAT THE BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, OR ANYONE WHO HAS PLANS KNOWS THAT THIS IS THE ENTIRE LIST AND THESE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE YOU CAN TALK TO RELATED TO THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD OR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, HAVING AN EQUALITY IN REPRESENTATION AS FAR AS GETTING INFORMATION, RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THE CITY THAT, UH, I THINK IS A, A BIG CONCERNED.
IS THERE, UM, UM, AND, AND I'M, AND I'M ASKING THE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS 'CAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT INTERNALLY.
UM, I, IS THERE A CONCERN, UH, ABOUT OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES? OR, OR IS THAT NOT AN ISSUE THAT YOU'RE HEARING? I THINK, I THINK OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES BECOMES A CONCERN WHEN GROUP A SAYS, I DON'T WANT ANOTHER GROUP SAYING THEY REPRESENT ANY PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YEAH, IT'S A HARD ONE TO DEFEND AGAINST.
AND, AND, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE BOUNDARIES OF CONCERN, AND IT SHOULD BE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET ON THE LIST.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST A COMMUNICATION LIST.
IT DOESN'T SET A PRIORITY, OR IT SHOULDN'T, AND IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THIS GROUP IS GONNA GET MORE ATTENTION OR LESS ATTENTION OR HAS MORE PRIVILEGE OR LESS PRIVILEGES.
AND SO I THINK THAT BECOMES, UH, THE BONE OF CONTENTION WHEN SOME GROUP SAYS, WELL, THEY DON'T COUNT, WE COUNT AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO IT WITH A BOUNDARY KIND OF PROBLEM, I THINK.
UH, LET'S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
I'M GONNA START OFF WITH, UM, TWO THAT AREN'T RELEVANT TO THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I HAVE CONCERN SLASH QUESTION.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S SEVEN TWO IS THE RELATING TO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND, SO CREATING ADDITIONAL USE TO PURCHASE PARK PROPERTIES.
UM, IS THE CITY RUNNING OUT OF RIGHT OF WAY SPACE OR PARKLAND TO PLANT TREES? OR IS THAT A CONCERN THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE? SO I'M GONNA, THAT WAS A PROPOSAL FROM OUR PARKS DEPARTMENTS.
UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION I'LL ASK IS HOMER, I'M HERE.
COUNCILMAN HOMER GARCIA PARKS DIRECTOR.
NO, UH, WE'RE NOT RUNNING OUTTA SPACES TO PAN TREES PARKLAND, OR THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THIS IS MERELY ANOTHER, UH, TOOL THAT WE WOULD ADD IN THE TOOLKIT SO THAT WE COULD BETTER TARGET WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS COULD OCCUR.
WOULD IT BE LIMITED TO, UM, LIKE VACANT, UH, VACANT LAND, OR WOULD IT, COULD THERE BE THE POTENTIAL THAT THERE'S BUILDINGS ON THE LAND THAT YOU'RE PURCHASING? UH, WE HAVE NOT, UH, ESTABLISHED THE CRITERIA FOR WHAT WE WOULD TARGET TO PURCHASE.
SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE AT THIS POINT.
UH, WE WOULD NOT WANT TO LIMIT OURSELVES EXACTLY TO VACANT LAND ONLY, BUT, UH, SO WE'LL NEED TO REFINE THAT.
I GUESS THE SECOND BIT OF MY QUESTION IS, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RELATED TO, UM, UH, CLARIFYING THE TREE CANOPY PAYMENT SHOULD GO TO THE TREE CANOPY FUND VERSUS THE TREE MITIGATION FUND.
AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE FUNDS.
AND SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT GOES TO THE TREE CANOPY? WHAT KIND OF PAYMENTS GO TO TREE MITIGATION AND WHAT GOES TO TREE CANOPY? SURE.
SO GOING BACK A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE TREE ORDINANCE, 1997, WE CREATED THE TREE ORDINANCE THAT ONLY SAID, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU HAD AN OPTION TO MITIGATE IF YOU TOOK DOWN TOO MANY TREES.
UH, IN 2010, WE UPDATED THE C UH, THE TREE ORDINANCE TO DEAL WITH THOSE PROPERTIES THAT MAYBE STARTED WITH NO TREES, AND IT WAS DEVELOPED.
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NOW THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO, AT THE END OF YOUR PROJECT, EVEN IF YOU STARTED WITH NOTHING, YOU HAVE TO PLANT ENOUGH TREES THAT IT GROWS INTO CANOPY.YOU CAN ALSO MITIGATE THAT IF YOU CAN'T PLANT ENOUGH, YOU COULD GIVE SOME MONEY TO THE CITY, UH, TO, TO MEET THOSE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO IT TECHNICALLY, THERE ARE TWO REASONS TO, UH, MITIGATE.
ONE IS A TREE FUND, TREE MITIGATION FUND.
WE'RE JUST CLARIFYING THE CODE TO MATCH UP WITH THE BUDGET ITEMS, WHICH ARE IN THE LEDGERS THAT MARIA WILL TALK ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO, FOR SIMPLICITY PURPOSES OF THE BOOKKEEPING OF THE CITY, IF YOU WILL, WE, UM, COMBINE BOTH FUNDS INTO ONE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT COMBINES THE, THE, THE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED UNDER BOTH ORDINANCES.
I GUESS WHAT THIS WILL CALL FOR LATER IS A DISCUSSION OF POLICY ABOUT, UM, THE LAND THAT WE DO, THE PARKLAND THAT WE DO PURCHASE, BECAUSE I WOULD STILL EXPECT THAT THERE ARE TREES PLANTED AND THAT IT'S A SUFFICIENT, UH, AMOUNT.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN THE TIME COMES TO THE FUND ONE, THE COMMUNITY, UM, REGISTRY AND THE LIKE.
SO I'M GONNA START OFF WITH A, WITH A SIMPLE QUESTION.
SO IF A DEVELOPER COMES TO YOU AND THEY SAY, I WANNA DEVELOP IN, LET'S USE GOVERNMENT HILL, FOR EXAMPLE.
DO YOU HAND THEM THE FULL LIST OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, OR DO YOU TELL THEM THESE ARE THE RE THIS IS THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUR BOUNDARY? THE LATTER SECOND.
SO YOU TELL THEM, THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING, IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME LIST.
THEY'RE TOLD THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR ORGANIZATION.
IF YOU SEND THEM TO ME, I TELL THEM, HEY, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT HILL HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORY.
YOU SHOULD TALK TO THIS ORGANIZATION, THIS ORGANIZATION, AND MAYBE THIS ORGANIZATION.
SO NOW THIS IS, I'M GONNA ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO, WILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE TO REWRITE THEIR BYLAWS? NOT WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO REWRITE THEIR BYLAWS, NO.
WILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE TO START THEIR ORGANIZATION FROM SCRATCH? NO.
THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO START IT FROM SCRATCH.
WILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SUPPORT, UH, OR OPPOSITION STILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD? YES.
SO ESSENTIALLY, DOES THE ROLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, OR THE DUTIES OR ANY OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CHANGE BASED ON THIS? NO.
THE, REMEMBER, THE PROPOSAL ONLY ADDS A REQUIRED COMMUNICATION TO THAT SECOND LIST.
THE REASON WE HAVE TWO LISTS RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE ONE GETS NOTIFIED AND ONE DOES NOT.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS REQUIRING NOTIFICATION TO A SECOND LIST.
I JUST WANTED TO, I WANTED TO ASK THOSE.
THREE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISINFORMATION SPREAD TO A NUMBER OF MY PRESIDENTS, UM, IN THE BUILDING OF OPPOSITION OF THIS, UH, OF THIS AMENDMENT.
AND I WANT TO, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THERE'S AN EXPECTATION AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTING FOR GREATER COMMUNICATION.
MORE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
THAT MEANS THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT I, THIS PERSON'S DOOR THAT I KNOCKED ON, AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT HOUSE 207, AT THAT PROPERTY, 207 FEET AWAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, OR I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION RATHER THAN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THE, THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE FIND COMMUNITY IN THEM, DECISIONS ARE MADE THROUGH THEM, AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY PROCESS INFORMATION THAT'S BEING GIVEN TO THEM FROM THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FROM THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND SO, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A VALUABLE ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND WITH MY OFFICE, WHERE I FIND WHERE YOU WILL FIND SUPPORT ON THIS FOR ME, IS THAT MORE PEOPLE DESERVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
IT SHOULDN'T BE INCUMBENT ON ME AS AN ELECTED ON THE WHO ME, THE NEXT PERSON, THE ONE AFTER THAT.
BECAUSE AS LONG AS THERE'S THREE OR FOUR ORGANIZATIONS IN ONE, IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M GOING, I WOULD BE TELLING YOU, I WOULD BE TELLING A DEVELOPER, YOU HAVE TO TALK TO ALL THESE PEOPLE.
THE NEXT PERSON WILL DO THE SAME THING.
DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO REACH OUT TO MORE PEOPLE.
THEY SHOULD SEEK TO GAIN THE APPROVAL AND GAIN A CONSENSUS FROM GROUPS THAT MAYBE DON'T ALWAYS SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER OR MAYBE DON'T ALWAYS WORK TOGETHER.
THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS ACKNOWLEDGED, THERE'S BEEN CONFLICT IN GOVERNMENT HILL, I'LL NAME IT.
AND IT'S NOT, I DON'T SEE THIS AS A CHANGE TO, AS A, THIS, AS AN AMENDMENT TO SQUASH THAT ISSUE.
I'M SURE THERE'S STILL, THERE'S GONNA BE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I STEPS THAT I HOPE THAT, UM, CAN BE TAKEN IN THAT DIRECTION.
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ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S NOTIFIED.AND SO I SEE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SAGE, THE WALLS AND ROTARY REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE, UM, THE EAST SAN ANTONIO CRIME COALITION, THE EASTERN TRIANGLE GROUP, GOVERNMENT, HILL UNITED AND CONCERNED RESIDENTS OF DIGNITY, WHITTY HILL.
THESE ARE ALL GROUPS THAT WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO HAVE A SAY OR WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTE NOTIFIED IF SOMETHING IS COMING THROUGH H D R C OR IS COMING THROUGH ZONING.
AND SO NO POWER IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ARE JUST BEING FORMALIZED.
SO I AM, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT ALL THE AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S STILL, I'M STILL GONNA HAVE, I'M GONNA HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE CANOPY AND TREE MITIGATION, BUT OVERALL, I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN.
AND FOR THE PRESENCE I SEE HERE.
I'M BEING HONEST WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISINFORMATION.
AND THIS IS ABOUT NOTIFICATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
AND I FEEL LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS TRYING TO TEE ME UP BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANT, ONE OF THE ISSUES I WAS GONNA BRING UP WHEN IT CAME TO AEDS IS, UM, THAT I'M GONNA BE CIRCULATING, UH, CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT WILL EXPLORE, UM, UPDATES TO THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UM, REGULATIONS AND SEEING IF WE CAN, UH, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPERATING SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE COMING INTO COMPLIANCE SINCE WE CAN HAVE BETTER ENFORCEMENT THERE.
UM, ON A D U SPECIFICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME CHALLENGING ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE LISTENED TO PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF 'EM IS, DO WE, UM, DO WE ALLOW OR REQUIRE AN EXTRA METER, UM, FOR THE, THE A D U? UM, AND SO ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE EXPLORE THAT, UH, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING SHALL BE CONNECTED TO THE CENTRAL ELECTRIC WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE.
UH, BUT THE USE OF A SUBMETER SHALL BE ALLOWED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF UNDER CURRENTLY THE WAY IT IS, IF THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE, UM, ON.
UM, SO ONE OTHER IS, UH, IF WE LOOK FOR ALSO FOR ADUS, UM, AND THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, IS IN LINE WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE RESOLUTION, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED OR USED AS TYPE TWO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR, UM, NON-OWNER OCCUPIED.
UM, IN TERMS OF YOUR PRESENTATION, I WAS REALLY EXCITED, MIKE, TO SEE, UH, REMOVING BARRIERS TO URBAN FARMS, UM, IN FULL SUPPORT OF THAT, UM, ON TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK IT WAS ON THAT SAME SLIDE I SAW THAT, UM, YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE STREET LAYOUT.
AND, UM, WHAT I DIDN'T SEE THERE, I SAW THAT THERE WAS MORE FLEXIBILITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, WHAT I DIDN'T SEE WAS, WOULD THERE BE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW FOR TREES IN ROADS? SO MORE TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY MORE TREES IN, UH, THE MEDIANS.
UH, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO BE, I, I INTEND TO BRING FORWARD A POLICY THE SUCH THAT THE CITY WILL, EVERY TIME WE REBUILD A ROAD, THAT WE WILL PUT TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, PUT TREES IN THE MEDIANS, UNLESS THERE IS A SAFETY REASON NOT TO.
YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE PROPOSAL, AND I THINK, UH, KAT IS HERE FOR, UH, MAYBE SOME OF THE DETAILS.
WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU MM-HMM.
KAT, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, THE PROPOSAL? DID THEY, THEY DIDN'T ADD ANY, UH, SPECIFIC TREE REQUIREMENTS TO THE, TO THE FLEXIBILITY? NO, NO.
IT'S BASICALLY ADDRESSING, UH, SAFETY, UH, UH, MAYBE INCREASING THE WIDTH SO THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE, UM, WIDER PATHS FOR MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WE ARE NOW INCLUDING.
AND IT DOES SHOW, UH, WHAT THEY COULD LOOK LIKE, AND IT WOULD INCLUDE SOME STREET TREES TOO.
SO THAT WAY THE, THOSE THAT ARE DEVELOPING THE STREETS HAVE THOSE OPTIONS TO LOOK AT.
UM, WE, WE CAN FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU ON THAT ONE AFTER I, I GET WITH, UH, KAT, MAYBE TOKO ON, ON THOSE.
SEE IF THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PATRICE.
AND THEN, UM, COUNCILMAN MCCUE RODRIGUEZ BROUGHT UP THE TREE MITIGATION FUND.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK HOMER, I HAD CALLED YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THAT 25% FUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IS HOMER STILL HERE? OH, RIGHT.
UM, YEAH, THE, THE, THE 20 ALLOWING FOR THE USE OF 25% OF THE FUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER GOT AN ANSWER ON YEAH.
WHETHER THAT'S, UH, 25% OF EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN, OR 25% OF WHATEVER'S IN, IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT YEAR.
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CAN THAT COMPOUND AND THEN, SO WE WOULD END UP POTENTIALLY SPENDING A LOT MORE THAN 25% OF THE TOTAL, ALL THE MONEY THAT'S COMING IN ON PURCHASING LAND RATHER THAN PLANTING MORE TREES.AND I DID, UH, VISIT WITH, UH, MIKE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE TAPE.
IT'S, UH, 25% OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO THAT MEANS IT COULD COMPOUND THEN, RIGHT? EVERY YES, EV YEAH, BECAUSE IF EVERY YEAR WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T SPEND A LOT PLANTING TREES, THEN WE COULD END UP OVER TIME SPENDING A LOT MORE PURCHASING LAND.
LET ME, LET ME JUST, LEMME JUST JUMP IN A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT.
THE, THE, BUT THE WAY, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN AND THE WAY IT WAS DISCUSSED AND THE 25% CAP ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THEY WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THERE SO THAT YES, THERE'S A, THERE'S MONEY ALLOTTED THAT COULD BE USED FOR THE PARKLAND, UM, PROPERTY, UH, PURCHASE, BUT THAT THERE'S 75% OF IT OR MORE OF IT GOING TO WHAT WE SEE TODAY, PLANTING TREES, GIVING AWAY TREES, EDUCATION, DA, DA, DA, ALL THAT STUFF.
SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S IN THERE FOR PURCHASING LAND.
I'M SORRY, WAS THERE NO CAP BEFORE THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL? WAS I, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? YES.
THERE, THERE WAS NOT A CAP BEFORE, AS MICHAEL POINTED OUT THAT DID COME OUTTA COMMITTEE.
AND THEN MIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME WE TALKED, I TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, COULD WE DO SOMETHING TO REQUIRE, UM, AND TO, TO ADD ANY KIND OF REQUIREMENT FOR COOLER ROOFS THAN WHAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, SPECIFIED.
AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT.
WE, WE SPOKE THE, UH, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, UH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT, PROBABLY MORE IN THE ENERGY CODE OR RESIDENTIAL CODE, WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS WILL SEE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, SO I'M STILL DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THAT WITH OUR TEAM.
BUT THE IDEA BEING, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT, UH, SHOULD OUR DEVELOPMENT CODES, OUR BUILDING CODES, UH, HAVE SOME SORT OF REQUIREMENT FOR A COOLER ROOF PRODUCT, WHICH WOULD THEN COOL THE ATTIC SLASH COOL THE HOUSE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND THEN I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA HOP BACK TO ADUS 'CAUSE I SEE I FOR, I FORGOT ONE, AND I KNOW HERE WAS ANOTHER CONTENTIOUS ISSUE, RIGHT? DO WE, DO WE ALLOW ADUS TO BE BUILT, UH, UP TO THREE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE OR UP TO FIVE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE? UM, AND I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
UM, AND ONE THING I THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER IS WHAT IF, UM, WE ALLOWED UP TO FIVE FEET AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO BUILD CLOSER, IF YOU WANTED TO GO UP TO THREE FEET, YOU COULD, AND THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, THAT WE WOULD WAIVE THEIR FEES FOR THAT TO GO TO THREE FEET.
AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANNA PROPOSE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR.
UM, MIKE, LONG PROCESS, BUT, UH, WE'RE SEEING THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, RIGHT? UH, LAST TIME YOU SAID WE HAD ABOUT 300 SUBMITTED.
2, 2 96 IS WHAT MY TEAM JUST TOLD ME.
AND THIS TIME, HOW MANY SUBMITTED? 2 34.
AND HOW MANY WERE APPROVED LAST TIME? TWO 30.
I THINK IT WAS IN THE TWO THIRTIES.
THIS, SO 60 FELL OFF THAT LIST.
AND THIS, THIS TIME, A HUNDRED NINETY ONE, A HUNDRED NINETY ONE OUT OF 2 34.
SO WHAT, YEAH, UH, JUST FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, I'M SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GETTING FEWER, SO THAT MEANS WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF NARROWING THIS DOWN TO WHERE MM-HMM.
WE GOT A GREAT DOCUMENT HERE THAT MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY.
WELL, WELL MOST EVERYBODY HAPPY.
UM, UH, ON, ON THE SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU HAD THE MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY DISTRICT YELLOW INSTEAD OF BLUE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS? UH, SURE.
UH, THE PROPOSAL, UH, THAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS, UH, ON THE COLOR SPECTRUM OF LIGHTS, RIGHT? UM, IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY AND DARK SKY ISSUES.
UH, MORE YELLOW LIGHT IS BETTER AND MORE IN LINE WITH DARK SKY AND AS OPPOSED TO BLUE LIGHT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY WORKED WITH, I THINK C P SS WAS AT THE TABLE ON THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE, UM, I'M SORRY.
UH, AND THE IDEA WAS, CAN WE, CAN WE GET IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE YELLOW PART OF THE LIGHT SPECTRUM AS THE REQUIREMENT? UM, WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERING, UH, THE LIGHTING SUPPLY OUT THERE.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME SPECIALTY LIGHTS THAT CAN GO EVEN MORE QUOTE UNQUOTE DIMM, I GUESS MORE, EVEN MORE YELLOW ORANGY.
UH, BUT THAT WOULD GET INTO SPECIALTY LIGHTS WITH PROBABLY A COST IMPACT, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THIS WAS A GOOD PROPOSAL.
UH, WE'VE BEEN CERTAINLY WORKING THROUGH THAT.
THE M L O D ORDINANCE HAS IT BEEN EXPANDED AND THIS WHOLE CONCEPT OF DOWNWARD LIGHTING AND A LITTLE BIT SOFTER LIGHTING.
SO I THINK IT WAS IN LINE WITH THAT.
SO THE COMMITTEE WRESTLED WITH IT, AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
AND YOU, YOU HIT A KEY WORD THERE IS J B S A IS AT THE TABLE, RIGHT? YES.
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THEY'RE ALL HAPPY WITH THAT.WELL, I, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON, ON, UM, PUTTING THESE COST INCREASES AND DECREASES ON HERE.
AND I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GONNA MAYBE BE SEEING COST INCREASES TO PROJECTS HERE, UM, OR DECREASES AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING OVERBOARD WITH WHATEVER WE'RE REQUIRING IN THE U D C.
SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
AND I, I, WHEN I, WHEN I SEE THIS, UH, LETTER OF MAP CHANGE, UH, FOR FEMA REQUIREMENTS, I MEAN, WHAT, IS THIS JUST A LETTER OR WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT COSTS 35 TO $50,000? SURE.
I'M GONNA ASK OUR STORMWATER FRIENDS TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.
I HAVE A GENERAL IDEA, BUT I WANT THEM TO, WHAT IS IT, SABRINA ROBERT.
ALRIGHT, I'LL LET THEM JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU.
SABRINA SANTIAGO, PUBLIC WORKS, STORMWATER ENGINEERING.
SO THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE IS PARTICULARLY PERTAINING TO, UH, LOW LETTERS OF MAP CHANGE FOR, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SOME OF OUR BOND PROGRAMS, UH, WHERE WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY SHRINKING THAT FLOOD PLANE DOWN.
UM, AND MOST OF THAT COST THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS ENGINEERING COSTS FOR PREPARING.
IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT'S ABOUT THAT THICK WITH SOME PRETTY EXHIBITS AND SOME FLOODPLAIN MODELS THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED FOR OUR REVIEW AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO FEMA.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENGINEERING COSTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO ACTUALLY PREPARE THE, PREPARE THE DOCUMENT.
UM, YEAH, THAT STILL SEEMS LIKE THAT COMES AROUND WHEN WE DO MAJOR DRAINAGE CHANNEL LIKE CEILING CHANNEL DISTRICT SEVEN EXISTING WAS MORE THAN A HUNDRED PROPERTIES WITHIN FLOODPLAIN.
AFTER WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY TO IMPROVE IN THAT ONE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CHANGE THOSE MAP TO SHOWING THOSE HOUSES NO LONGER IN FLOODPLAIN.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT ONE, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE BUILT IT THE CHANNEL.
SECONDLY, THOSE HOUSES NO LONGER IN FLOOD PLAIN, WHICH REQUIRE THE ENGINEERING CALCULATION AND SUBMITTAL.
UM, AND THEN ON THAT FIRST ONE, THE, UM, REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL MIX DEVELOPMENTS CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE UNITS BE BUILT IN ONE STRUCTURE.
YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WHEN YOU COMBINE FACILITIES INTO A SINGLE STRUCTURE, YOU'RE SAVING COSTS AND WHERE, WHAT IS DRIVING AN INCREASED COST ON THIS? YEAH.
THE ESTIMATES THAT WE, WE TALKED TO SOME OF THE HOME BUILDERS THAT, THAT TYPICALLY DO THIS, IT'S INFILL TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, THIRD OF AN ACRE OR LESS WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING MULTIPLE UNITS ON IT.
UH, WHEN YOU START COMBINING THOSE INTO SINGLE STRUCTURES, YOU HAVE TO SHARE FIREWALLS AND STUFF.
THOSE WALLS IN BETWEEN THE UNITS, UM, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
THE, THE, THE PIPE INTO THE BUILDING SERVING FOUR WOULD HAVE TO BE BIGGER FOR THE WATER AND SEWER AS OPPOSED TO SOME SMALLER, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE INCH PIPE OR SO GOING INTO INDIVIDUAL UNITS.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IS WHAT THEY TOLD US TO DO, THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S ALMOST A SHARED FOUNDATION NOW AS OPPOSED TO FOUR SEPARATE FOUNDATIONS.
UH, BUT THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS JUST A, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO $10 A SQUARE FOOT MORE.
I THINK MOST OF IT WAS THAT FIREWALL AND, UH, KEEPING SOME, SOME THINGS SEPARATE BETWEEN THOSE, UH, 2, 3, 4 UNIT, ALMOST, ALMOST LIKE A TOWNHOME LOOKING STRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL, OR A FOURPLEX, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
YEAH, THAT, I JUST GOTTA SCRATCH MY HEAD ON THAT ONE.
WELL, WE, THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED.
WE, WE, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THIS WAS DISCUSSED A LOT WHEN WE DID AN OUT CYCLE AMENDMENT ON SOME INFIELD DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL MIX DEVELOPMENT, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THAT WAS, UH, PART OF THE, THE QUESTION, CAN WE LOOK AT THAT? AND WE WENT BACK TO SOME OF THE BUILDERS, THEY SAID, WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT IS MORE COMPATIBLE, IT WILL COST A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT WOULD BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH SOME EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY FELT WAS OKAY.
BUT, BUT IT DOES IN THEIR MINDS, YOU KNOW, FIVE OR 10% EXTRA COST, UH, ON SOME DESIGNS.
AND WHO WAS REQUESTING THIS? IS THIS FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT? THIS CAME, OR WHOSE DEPARTMENT? WELL, THIS CAME OUT OF THE PROCESS.
WE HAD THAT OUT CYCLE AMENDMENT WHERE WE DEALT WITH, UH, THE RMM FOUR, MF 33 DEVELOPMENTS INSIDE INFILL DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW TO, HOW TO CHANGE OUR CODE TO HAVE MORE COMPATIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE WERE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, FOUR STORY STRUCTURES RIGHT NEXT TO ONE STORY, UH, HOUSES, IF YOU WILL.
AND THAT WAS CAUSING SOME CHALLENGES.
AND EVEN AT THE DAIS AT THE TIME, UH, FORMER, UH, COUNCIL MATINO ASKED US, CAN WE PUT THIS IN THE U D C PROCESS? 'CAUSE THIS ONE WASN'T VETTED PROPERLY OR NOT PROPERLY ENOUGH AT THAT TIME.
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YOU PUT IT IN THE U D C PROCESS AND SEE IF IT COMES OUT WITH A, A RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL? SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.WE ACTUALLY SPONSORED IT BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION AND IT GOT, UH, GENERALLY FAVORABLE SUPPORT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, YEAH, I, I'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAT, AND, UH, SEE WHAT SURE.
WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU BEFORE WE GET TO A SESSION.
OTHERWISE, UH, GREAT PROCESS AND, UH, THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FOR, UH, SITTING DOWN AND GOING THROUGH THIS.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GO THROUGH AND CAN SET IT ASIDE FOR FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S THE HOPE FOR FIVE YEARS.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTENSIVELY ON THIS AND TAKING ON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS FOR ZONING ISSUES AS WELL.
UM, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT AROUND THE CONVERSATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
RIGHT? WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION INITIATED BY, UM, THE REMOVING BARRIERS INITIATIVE, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE, AND SO MANY OTHER INITIATIVES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED, UM, THE IMPACT THAT ADUS CAN HAVE WITHIN, UM, COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MOVEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ON THAT.
WE UNDERSTAND, RIGHT, THAT THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS, BUT PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE'RE PUTTING EVERY TOOL ON THE TABLE OR WORKING TO DO THAT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS AROUND, UM, THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
UM, CAN WE, THROUGH POLICY CAP, HOW MANY, UH, ADUS CAN BE USED AS SHORT-TERM RENTALS WITHIN A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN GENERAL THROUGHOUT THE CITY? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN INITIATE AS A CITY COUNCIL? WELL, WE, WE HAVE, WE, WE INSTITUTED AS PART OF OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL, AND THIS WAS A BIG PART OF THE CONVERSATION BACK IN 1718, AND, AND WE, WE PASSED IT SHORT-TERM RENTAL TYPE TWOS ARE LIMITED TO ONE EIGHTH OR 12 POINT A HALF PERCENT IN A, BASICALLY A BLOCK FACE, OR, YOU KNOW, REALLY THAT MEANS 12 POINT A HALF PERCENT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN AN AREA.
SO IT'S ONE EIGHTH WE DID THAT.
IT HAS SO FAR SURVIVED ANY, UH, SCRUTINY.
AND EVEN WE THOUGHT THAT THAT MIGHT GET SOME, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT LEGISLATIVE ITEMS, WE THOUGHT THAT MIGHT GET, UH, PICKED UP AT THE STATE AS MAYBE SOMETHING WE, YOU KNOW, GET, YOU KNOW, SLAPPED ABOUT A BIT.
BUT ACTUALLY THEY HELD THAT UP AS ACTUALLY A GOOD, A GOOD MODEL, UM, TO GO BY.
AND I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL FOR SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO MAY HAVE HAD THAT CONCERN.
SO IT'S NOT AS, UM, RAMPANT AS FOLKS HAD ASSUMED.
UM, SO JUST TO EASE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA THANK RAY MORALES WHO'S HERE AND ATTENDED MANY OF THE MEETINGS TO ENSURE THAT THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE AND COMMUNITY, UH, WAS ENGAGED AND HAD THEIR CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES HEARD.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH THE CORRIDOR SUB AREA PLANS.
I'M LOOKING AT AMENDMENT 2221 IN PARTICULAR.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIZATION, UH, WITH THE HIERARCHY FOR THE THREE PLANNING TYPES? AND WHAT, WHAT NUMBER WAS IT AGAIN? 2221.
YOU WANNA, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT ONE, BUT SECTION D IN PARTICULAR.
THIS IS FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO I'LL ASK MICAH TO COME AND JUST MAYBE GIVE YOU SOME OF THE DETAIL.
HI, MIKE A. DIAZ WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RUDY NINO WAS HERE, BUT JUST STEPPED OUT ABOUT FIVE SECONDS AGO.
THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE HIERARCHY OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUB AREA PLANS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WILL REGIONAL PLANS TAKE PRECEDENT OVER SUB AREA PLANS? HOW WILL THOSE BE RANKED? SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VERY SIMILAR TERMS IN THIS SECTION.
THERE ARE REGIONAL PLANS THAT, UM, ARE NOT JUST ADOPTED BY THE CITY, BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO REGIONAL CENTER PLANS THAT ARE ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CITY.
ARE THOSE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT? YES.
AND I ASKED BECAUSE, UH, SECTION B OF 2221, UH, MENTIONS THAT, UH, CORRIDOR PLANS WILL BE PRIMARILY FOR ARTERIAL ROADS.
AND MY QUESTION IS, WILL THAT EXCLUDE LOCAL STREETS AS WELL? UM, OR CONNECTOR STREETS? UM, NO.
SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT A CORRIDOR PLAN, UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY VERY SOON GONNA BRING THE FIRST BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN TO COUNCIL.
UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE STREET NETWORK OFF OF THAT PLAN, WHICH IS WHY THE STUDY AREA BEGINS, UM, WITH APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE ON EITHER SIDE OF, OF THE CORRIDOR AND CAN EXTEND UP TO HALF A MILE AT A, A LARGE NODE.
UH, BUT WE DO LOOK AT THOSE CROSS STREETS JUST IN FOR IMPACT
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OF THE CORRIDOR ITSELF.NOT NECESSARILY TO CHANGE LAND USE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE DO LOOK AT THE AREA.
THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW WITHIN THE SOUTH SIDE OF DISTRICT FIVE, UM, SOUTH CROSS, IN PARTICULAR NEAR THE PORT, THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE'S ARTICLES GOING 10 YEARS BACK ABOUT ACTIVATING THAT AREA AND INITIATING A PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT AN ARTERIAL STREET.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE STREET 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE QUINTANA.
UH, SO I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE THEM OR LIMITS THEM.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
ON SLIDE 28, THERE'S, UH, THE NOTE ABOUT THE WEST SIDE PLAN AND THE THE LARGE AREA REZONING.
UM, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE THE CREEK WAYS, AS YOU KNOW, RUN ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AS WELL, AND TYPICALLY IT GOES THROUGH LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PROCESS MM-HMM.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS TO CREATE, UH, THE OVERLAY THROUGH THIS.
UH, BUT THEN, UH, THROUGH THE ADOPTION ORDINANCE, WE'LL HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT THE COUNCIL ALSO INITIATES, UH, OR GIVES US DIRECTION TO INITIATE THE LARGE AREA, UH, REZONING PROCESS.
UH, MY TEAM WILL ACTUALLY THEN START ENGAGING ALL AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT HAVE SOME PROPERTY IN THAT UTILIZING OUR TRADITIONAL, UH, WELL WITH, ARE YOU WITHIN 200 FEET OF ANY AFFECTED PROPERTY? AND IF YOU'RE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IF THIS ALSO PASSES A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN THAT AREA, UH, WE'LL GET NOTIFIED.
WE'LL DO MAPS, WE'LL DO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, RIGHT.
COMMUNITY MEETINGS, ET CETERA, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT THE NEW RULES COULD BE, AND TO GET THEIR INPUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, RIGHT? THE ZONING COMMISSION PROCESS, AND THEN BACK TO YOU ALL TO ACTUALLY INITIATE AND APPROVE, UH, NOT INITIATE TO APPROVE THE ZONING, UH, FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY, BUT IT IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.
LET'S GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, YES.
AND THEN, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AROUND, UH, FLOODPLAINS.
HOW WILL ANY OF THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IMPACT INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL, UH, NOW BE INCORPORATED INTO A FLOODPLAIN? ARE THERE ANY FINANCIAL COSTS, UH, WITH ANY OF THESE, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MAYBE BROUGHT INTO A FLOODPLAIN? IF IT CHANGES? UM, RORO ROBERT WILL COME AND HELP ME WITH THAT ONE.
I'M ROBERT RENA, UH, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS STORMWATER.
UH, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE FLOODPLAINS WITH THESE AMENDMENTS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S STRICTLY JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE REGULATION PART.
BUT, UH, WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES, RIGHT, AND THOSE CHANGES INCLUDE EXPANDING THE FLOODPLAIN, HOW WILL IT, HOW WILL THESE PROPOSED U D C AMENDMENTS IMPACT, UH, FUTURE, UH, INTEGRATED, UH, AREAS WITH A FLOODPLAIN? SO IT, IT DOESN'T, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T, UH, IT'S NOT ADDRESSING THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.
UH, THE, THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED ARE SAYING, UH, ABOUT, UH, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DESIGN SOMETHING OR CONSTRUCT SOMETHING, YOU HAVE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS DOWNSTREAM.
UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON, ON THIS PART, BUT, BUT I THINK THE COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION IS U D C ASIDE.
WHEN SOMEONE GETS BROUGHT INTO A FLOODPLAIN, WHAT ARE THE ASSOCIATED COSTS? IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? YES, YES.
UM, SO THE, THE PARTICULAR AMENDMENTS AS STATED DON'T NECESSARILY IMPACT, UM, INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES.
HOWEVER, IN THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE THIS LETTER OF MAP CHANGE, THERE IS A NOTIFICATION PROCESS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES WHERE THIS CHANGE IN MAPPING, FLOODPLAIN MAPPING IS OCCURRING.
AND SO AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE TO PROVIDE FEMA A LETTER SAYING, ALL NOTIFICATION LETTERS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, WE SIGN IT AND SUBMIT THAT TO FEMA.
IS THERE A, IS THERE A COST OF THE PROPERTY OWNER? UM, NO, THERE'S NO COST.
IT'S JUST A NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
SO THEY ARE INDIVIDUALLY NOTIFIED NOW.
SO THERE, THERE, AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS, THERE ARE SOME MAP PROVISIONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW BY THE RIVER AUTHORITY.
SO WHEN THOSE DO CHANGE, WHEN THOSE FLOOD PLAINS DO CHANGE, THEN IF YOU ARE ADDED INTO THE FLOODPLAIN MM-HMM.
SO THEY WILL BE AFFECTED IN THAT STANCE.
IF A PROPERTY'S VACANT AND IS NOW IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BUILD IN THAT FLOODPLAIN.
SO THAT, THAT DOES CHANGE IN THAT PART.
BUT I GUESS, LET ME ASK DIFFERENTLY.
IF I CURRENTLY HAVE A PROPERTY AND IT'S A FEMA FLOOD ZONE, UM, HOW WILL THIS IMPACT HOW I, UM, IMPROVE MY HOME, BUILD A A D U OR MAKE AN ADDITION TO MY HOME? HOW WILL IT IMPACT CURRENT FOLKS CURRENTLY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN? THESE AMENDMENTS WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL,
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MIKE, UM, MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR BRIEFING AND TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM.UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, BACK IN 2020 WHEN YOU WERE CONDUCTING, UH, YOU WERE STARTING THIS PROCESS OR WELL UNDERWAY.
UM, I, I FLAGGED THE, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE P TTAC.
AND, UM, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT TO EXPAND THAT MEMBERSHIP SO THAT IT IS MORE REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THE MAYOR WAS, UH, THAT WAS IMPORTANT TIM AS WELL.
YOU, YOU ALL, UH, DID, DID ADD SOME FOLKS TO THE, THE PTAC AND THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL AFTER THE PROCESS.
UM, AND, UH, I WANNA THANK ALL OF THOSE, UH, WHO PARTIC WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROPS THUS FAR, INCLUDING, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND DISTRICT RESIDENTS, PHILIP MANNA, BIANCA MALDONADO, ROBERT S SIPES, MICHAEL TAYLOR, AND MELANIE CHAN, WHO IS IN THE, THE HOUSING, UH, GROUP.
SO, AND I HOPE I'M NOT MISSING ANYBODY.
UH, I'VE ALSO RECEIVED, UH, LETTERS FROM FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ABOUT A VERY SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE U D C, UH, AMENDMENTS UPDATES.
AND I, I WANNA THANK, UH, THEM FOR SUBMITTING THESE AS WELL.
UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I AM MOST FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WILL AFFECT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE SHANNON HAS DONE, IS SHE STILL HERE OR IS SHE GOING, UH,
SO, UH, I DO WANNA EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THOSE, UH, AMENDMENTS, AND I'D BE READY TO VOTE ON THOSE TOMORROW IF THEY WERE ON THE, ON THE AGENDA.
UH, WE ARE CERTAINLY ASKING A LOT OF TIME FROM OUR VOLUNTEERS ON THAT, ON THAT COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO, TO HELP A LOT.
UM, A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WAS THIS IS ALSO BEING AMENDED, AND WHEN WILL WE BE VOTING ON THAT? AND WILL THAT GO TO A B SESSION PRIOR TO A COUNCIL VOTE? THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, UM, IS ABOUT A WEEK LATER.
UH, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR NOVEMBER 10TH.
WE WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, A FEW WEEKS BACK.
UH, THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PLANNED B SESSION.
UM, THAT IS ALONG WITH THE OTHER BUILDING RELATED CODES, WHICH IS THE BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL CODE AND PLUMBING CODE, UH, THOSE AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND THEN IT'LL GO TO THE A SESSION WHICH WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING, UH, ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
UM, I'LL REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICE TO GET A BRIEFING ON THAT.
I THINK WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO SCHEDULE THAT WITH, WITH YOU AND YOUR, UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE P C D UH, COMMITTEE.
AND I, I MAY HAVE TO DO THAT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED ARE FAIR SHEPHERDED THROUGH BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
UM, UNLESS IT'S POSSIBLE TO TAKE SOME OF THESE TO MY COMMITTEE.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, TREE ORDINANCE.
I KNOW, I SEE ERIC MAKING THAT FACE.
OH, NO, IT'S GONNA GO TO A COMMITTEE.
LET ME, LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK.
UM, I WATCHED THE P C D C MEETING WHERE THIS HAPPENED, AND, UH, AND THEY FORWARDED THIS, UH, HERE, UH, BUT THEY DIDN'T THOROUGHLY DISCUSS ALL OF THESE.
SO I THINK WHAT, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW DO WE WANT TO VOTE FOR THESE? DO WE, YOU KNOW, JUST PICK OUT A FEW OF THEM AND DISCUSS AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, OR REALLY BE, UM, THOROUGHLY INFORMED.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL REQUEST, UM, A BRIEFING FROM EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, UM, SO THAT I CAN BE, UH, UP TO SPEED ON SOME, ON SOME OF THESE, BECAUSE THEY, THEY BROUGHT UP SOME, UH, I THINK, VALID QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE FUNDS.
CAN, CAN COUNCILMAN, CAN WE GET A LIST OF THEM? I MEAN, CAN, CAN YOU SHARE THOSE NOW? THAT WAY WE KNOW, IS IT A, IS IT A LIST OF 26 OR IS IT SIX OR WHAT THEY ARE JUST GENERALLY, JUST SO WE KNOW IT'S 189.
UM, UH, WELL, I HAVE HERE A LIST THAT SAYS ALL SUSTAINABILITY RELATED AMENDMENTS AND, UH, UH, SEVEN PLUS SIX, 13 PLUS 8, 21, 22, 25, 27, AND APPARENTLY 44 AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED THROUGH COSA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, YEAH, WELL, THIS, THAT WAS BASED, I THINK WE SENT THAT TO YOU AFTER WE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT, IT GAVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, BUT YOU ASKED ABOUT, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ARE LISTED OR RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT DOUG, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UH, CERTAINLY PROPOSED SOME, BUT THE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL, UH, PARKS AND REC, UM, GIA, UH, GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER ALLIANCE HAVE SOME, SO Y'ALL ADD UP.
AND THEN CERTAINLY THE 44 FROM PUBLIC WORKS STORMWATER REALLY CLARIFY THE DESIGN CRITERIA FOR STORMWATER RUNOFF.
UH, WE, WE IDENTIFIED THOSE AS, UH, THOSE CERTAINLY HAVE AN IMPACT, I THINK, THIS SUSTAINABILITY.
SO, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY, I MEAN, BETWEEN NOW AND
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NOVEMBER 3RD, SET UP SOME TIME WITH YOU, IF THAT'S OKAY TO, TO WALK THROUGH ANY AND ALL OF THOSE.UM, WE'LL DO THAT WITH ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IF YOU HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON SOME.
UH, BUT WE CAN DO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, I DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
UM, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRY? UM, ONE OF THE, WE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AT OUR BRIEFING, UM,
THINK OF AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.
THERE'S TWO TABS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
NOW, WE ACTUALLY MAY JUST ADD IT ALL INTO ONE TAB ON THAT SPREADSHEET AND JUST IDENTIFY WHICH IS WHICH.
WILL THAT STILL RAISE THE QUESTION OF WHO IS THE, WHO IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IF YOU HAVE TO DISTINGUISH? WELL, AGAIN, THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS WHO WE COMMUNICATE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WHO IS, WHO IS WHOEVER REGISTERED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PER OUR CURRENT POLICY AND WHO RE REGISTERS AS THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PER OUR CURRENT POLICY OR AS IT'S MODIFIED IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THERE'S STILL A LIST THAT WE CAN NOTIFY TO THAT'S THE PROPOSAL OF THE U D C AMENDMENT.
SO I THINK IF WE'RE GETTING INTO THE, THE REGISTRY ITSELF OR THE REGISTRIES, UH, THAT'S REALLY NOT BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH THIS U D C UH, PROPOSAL.
UM, FIRST I'D, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT PAGE, IT, IT HAS ALL THE MAPS OF THE BOUNDARIES, AND YOU CAN CLICK THEM ONE BY ONE FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE IS AN OVERALL MAP SHOWING ALL THE BOUNDARIES AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
UM, NUMBER TWO, AS OF THIS MOMENT, UH, THE, A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HOLDS WHAT WEIGHT, WHAT LEGAL BEARING DO THEY HAVE IN THE ZONING PROCESS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE REQUIRED BY OUR CITY CODE TO GET A COURTESY NOTICE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN I, IF THEY RESPOND, WE ACTUALLY NOTE THAT IN OUR STAFF REPORT THAT SUCH AND SUCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY RESPONDED OR NOT.
AND IF THEY RESPONDED, WAS IT IN OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT? THAT IS NOT ANY LEGAL WEIGHT, BUT THAT IS A NOTIFICATION THAT I'M REQUIRED TO DO BY OUR CITY LAW.
AND IT IS A COURTESY NOTIFICATION, WHICH IF WE MAKE A MISTAKE AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE LEGALITY OF THAT ZONING PROCESS.
THAT'S, THAT IS SPELLED OUT IN OUR CODE TODAY.
IT DOESN'T TRIGGER A SUPER MAJORITY REQUIREMENT.
AN INDIVIDUAL AND CONSIDERATION REQUIREMENT, THE POSITION THAT IS TAKEN BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? NO.
UM, HOWEVER, AMENDMENT 16 SIX THAT IS BEING PROPOSED, IT SAYS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN UPDATED WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF A MEETING WITH ONLY THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO AT THIS POINT, UM, IF WE IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES, THIS BECOMES AN ADDITION, SORT OF AN OFFICIAL PARTICIPATION OR AN OFFICIAL, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD IS, BUT IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN THE CASE CAN'T GO FORWARD.
IF 16 SIX, THAT'S THE, UH, REQUIRED, IS THAT THE ONE I MENTIONED? 16 SIX.
UM, YES, THE APPLICATION, IN ORDER FOR ME TO ACCEPT IT, I WOULD HAVE TO, SO THEY WOULD'VE TO BE PROOF THAT THEY MET WITH, OR TRIED TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN THAT LIST.
SO THAT DOES THEN THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE ZONING PROCESS AS A RESULT OF ON, OF THIS, ON ME ACCEPTING THE APPLICATION YES.
MEANING DEPART ME DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A CHANGE.
IT'S A, IT CHANGES THE ROLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, I'M GONNA COME IN A SECOND TIME.
ERIC, GO AHEAD, MAYOR, LET ME, LET ME JUMP IN HERE REAL QUICK ON THIS, UM, ON THE NOTIFICATION AND THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE HAD A, A LOT OF CONVERSATION INTERNALLY ABOUT THIS, UM, U D C ASIDE, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS ZONING, ALL THAT ASIDE, THE ISSUE BOILS DOWN TO NOTIFICATION AND ACCESS INFORMATION.
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AND, AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR A WHILE MAY NOT REMEMBER, THIS WAS A POLICY CHANGE THAT WE PROPOSED IN 2019 THAT THE COUNCIL WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF.A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WAS NOT IN FAVOR WITH A LOT OF PUSHBACK.
WE DID NOT MAKE THAT, THAT POLICY CHANGE THAT IS, UM, IN MY EYES, AS I'VE, UH, FALLEN, BEEN PUSHED OR DOVE INTO THIS ISSUE AGAIN, UM, THAT IS STILL AN OPTION.
THAT'S, THAT'S A POLICY CHANGE.
AND, AND, AND FRANKLY, UM, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP ON THAT LIST OR ANY ORGANIZATION AND, AND SET A BOUNDARY AND WANNA BE NOTIFIED, THEN WE JUST NOTIFY THEM.
UM, AND, UM, MAYOR, YOU HIT THE, THE NAIL ON THE HEAD A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR EARLIER CONVERSATION.
THIS IS THE, THE, THIS POTENTIAL AMENDMENT THAT THAT'S BEFORE YOU HAS GONE THROUGH A PROCESS, BUT IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
AND, UM, THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT.
AND THAT WOULD JUST BE TO ADJUST THE POLICY AND NOT MAKE AN U D C AMENDMENT.
HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THAT POLICY? I WOULD ADMINISTRATIVELY CHANGE IT TO READ WHAT? TO, IF, IF YOU WANT TO BE NOTIFIED, THEN, THEN YOU WOULD REGISTER AND WE WOULD NOTIFY YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT'S, THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THAT COIN MM-HMM.
UM, AND I THINK IT, IN MY MIND, IS STILL A, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE, UM, THAT, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS CERTAINLY, UM, UH, ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND NOTIFICATION.
I, I, WE SUPPORT THE, OH, SORRY.
I'LL LET YOU MULL THAT OVER AND LET ME GO TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
SO I WANNA START WITH THE ADUS AND SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
I THINK, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M FINE WITH US MOVING THEM, BUT I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I, I HAVE SOMEONE FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, BOUGHT A, BOUGHT A HOME, AND THERE'S A A D U IN THE BACK, BUT THEY ARE, NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT LIVING THERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH CODE ON THAT ISSUE, AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE SECOND UNIT IS ALMOST JUST AS LARGE AS THE FIRST UNIT.
SO I THINK THAT, I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THIS, BUT I THINK WE NEED A MEANS TO ENFORCE IT WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S NOT, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S NOT OWNER OCCUPIED.
HOW, HOW DO WE DO THIS WHEN IT BECOMES JUST A, UM, A MINI KIND OF APARTMENT TYPE OF RENTAL, UH, BECAUSE THEY, THEY CAN'T SELL THOSE TWO HOMES, AND I DON'T HAVE AN OWNER OCCUPIED IN THE FRONT.
THE OTHER IS, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHORT TI TERM RENTALS, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT DOING A PUSH WHERE WE GET OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS REGISTERED, UM, LEGITIMATELY, BECAUSE I GOT THE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELP.
I GOT THE LIST OF THE 150, I THINK THREE.
I KNOW THERE'S MORE THAN THAT.
I MEAN, LOOK AT HOW HUGE DISTRICT THREE IS.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT JUST, THERE'S MORE THAN THAT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT, IS IT THE B AND B WHERE THEY'RE, EVERY WEEK IT'S SOMEBODY NEW? IS IT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL WHERE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS SOMEBODY FROM THE MILITARY IS LIVING THERE, SOMEBODY RELOCATING IS IN THE HOME? UM, I'VE, YOU KNOW, I SHARE A, I SHARE A BORDER WITH DISTRICT FIVE.
I'VE, I'VE SAT AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, THEY HAVE THREE HOMES IN THE AREA THAT THEY'RE USING AS AIRBNBS.
AND I'M LIKE, MY FIRST QUESTION, ARE THEY REGISTERED? UH, OR IS JUST ONE REGISTERED? YOU KNOW, SO I THINK WE, WE NEED TO REALLY WORK ON THAT AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
NOW THAT WE ARE MOVING THEM, WE'RE TAKING THAT NO BEDROOM RESTRICTION, AND WE'RE ALLOW ALLOWING THAT TO BE A LITTLE LARGER.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANNA SEE, OR WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE IS THAT PARTY HOUSE SITUATION THAT HAPPENS IN AND AROUND CITIES LIKE ARLINGTON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT, THAT'S ONE THING WHERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, I REALLY WANNA STRESS ON ENFORCEMENT.
UM, THE OTHER IS THE, I I, I LIKE WHAT THE, THE FOOD POLICY COUNCILS PUT FORWARD, THE FOOD FOREST.
I, I LOOK TO HEAR MORE OF THAT, BUT I REALLY WANT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE FOOD FOREST AS WE BUILD CANOPIES WITH THE TREE MITIGATION FUND.
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ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FLOOD FLOODPLAINS THAT WON'T BE, UM, THAT, THAT WE CAN'T BUILD ON, OR, AGAIN, IN MY DISTRICT PROPERTIES THAT WE CAN'T BUILD ON BECAUSE THEY WERE FORMALLY LANDFILLS.SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND GET CREATIVE WITH THAT, WITH OUR TREE CANOPY.
UM, THE NOTIFICATION TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, IF WE HAVE, IF WE COULD DO A REGISTRY AS THE, THE CITY CA UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS PUT, WHERE WE JUST HAVE A REGISTRY AND PEOPLE CAN ENTER IN TO GET NOTIFIED AND THEY CAN PROVE THAT THEY LIVE WITHIN 200 FEET.
I AM, I AM BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, TO GET BACK TO THE, UM, TO GET BACK TO THE 100% THAT WAS PRE PANDEMIC IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION.
I'VE HAD SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, HIGHLAND PARK BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT.
I'VE HAD OTHERS, UH, MISSION SAN JOSE, WHICH I'M SO THANKFUL FOR BECAUSE THEY PUT UP SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE SAW GO FORWARD IN TERRY BANIS.
BUT IT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD BECAUSE THERE'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THEY, THE FLUX OF ATTENDANCE IS HARD.
SO IF THEY, IF INDIVIDUALS COULD SIGN UP FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTIFICATION AND THEY GET THE NOTIFICATION, I THINK THAT WOULD, AND THEY DON'T LIVE NECESSARILY WITHIN THAT 200 FEET, BUT THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN IT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE OKAY BECAUSE, UM, IT, IT, IT'S ANOTHER OPTION.
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO, UH, FIND OTHER WAYS TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND UNDERSTAND WHAT SORT OF CRITERIA WE HAVE FOR THEM, AND IF THEY ARE, UM, ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING.
'CAUSE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR AS JUST A SMALL GROUP, AND I'VE GIVEN THIS EXAMPLE BEFORE, I HAVE, I HAVE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT HAS CLOSED MEETINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, WHEN CAN WE ATTEND? AND THEY DON'T TELL THEM AND THEY DON'T POST IT.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, UM, A GROUP OF TWO.
BUT THEY WILL SEND YOU A LETTER THAT SAYS THAT THEY'RE IN OPPOSITION OF SOMETHING.
AND I KNOW BECAUSE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IT WAS TWO PEOPLE.
I HAVE ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WAS MEETING AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, WHICH KEPT A WHOLE OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT OF IT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO, WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO SET OUR EXPECTATIONS, IS IF YOU SIGN UP AS A NEIGHBORHOOD EX, UH, ASSOCIATION, AND YOU SET THESE BOUNDARIES, THIS IS OUR, OUR EXPECTATION FOR YOU TO BE INCLUSIVE.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT BEING INCLUSIVE, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS WHY WE SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION TO SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS.
BUT SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ SAYS, DEVELOPERS COME TO MY OFFICE AND THEY ARE TOLD TO GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NEIGHBORS AND LEADERS.
AND IF THEY DON'T, THERE'S THAT PROCESS IN THE ZONING CASE WHERE AT ANY POINT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN SAY, I'M CONTINUING THIS, AND YOU NEED TO GO BACK UNTIL YOU MEET WITH THE PEOPLE WE'VE ASKED YOU TO MEET TO WITH ALSO.
SO I THINK THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A BALANCE HERE.
I I, I, I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE, UM, ACCOMMODATIONS YOU HAVE MADE, BUT I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THERE'S 10 DISTRICTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ABOUT HOW THIS MAY IMPACT THEM.
BUT THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MCCREE RODRIGUEZ FOR CLARIFYING THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO START OVER.
THIS ISN'T GONNA CHANGE THEIR AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S STILL LEGITIMATE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR THAT.
'CAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF, UH, KIND OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE THAT IS, IS SCARED OF A FEW OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ALSO.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ADUS.
UM, SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONCEPT OF ALLOWING, UH, THE HOMEOWNER TO HAVE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL, THE BUY RIGHT METER.
UM, ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I'LL TELL YOU, UM, MY MOM IS, UM, SHE'LL SAY SHE'S 79, UM, AND SHE WANTS TO BUILD OUT THE SECOND STORY, UH, TO HER HOME SO THAT SHE
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CAN RENT THAT OUT.AND, YOU KNOW, MY MOM DOESN'T HAVE A TREMENDOUS INCOME, BUT SHE STILL HAS TO PAY HER PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A BIT OF WEALTH THAT SHE'S MADE AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY SHE CAN DERIVE ANY, ANY, UH, INCOME FROM IT, RIGHT? IS RENTING IT OUT AND IT'S, SHE'S NOT GONNA RENT IT OUT IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL, TRUST ME,
UM, SO, UH, SO I THINK OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT, RIGHT? UH, FOR THIS.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE A, I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A HOMEOWNER, UH, IN ONE OF THE TWO UNITS.
AND, UM, UH, WHAT I HAD REQUESTED WAS THAT YOU SHOW US HOW ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, UH, WITH THIS U D C ONCE THIS IS, UH, AMENDED.
UM, SO I'M, THAT DOES NOT GIVE ME CONFIDENCE IN, IN THIS BEING ENFORCED.
AND THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAD.
I KNOW THEY'RE OPPOSED TO IT OUTRIGHT, BUT
SO, UM, WHY WOULD WE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS GOING FORWARD? SO I IS CAN YOU BRING SOMETHING BACK? AN ENFORCEMENT PLAN? WELL, I THINK THE ENFORCEMENT PLAN IS, WHAT I DESCRIBED IS ONE, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE CERTAIN PERMITS, RIGHT? THAT WE HAVE.
I'M, I'M SORRY TO TO INTERRUPT YOU, MIKE, BUT OKAY.
WHAT YOU DESCRIBED IS WHAT YOU DO RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? OR DID YOU DESCRIBE NEW STEPS? THE, THE NEW STEPS WOULD BE, WOULD BE BRINGING ON ADDITIONAL WITH THE THIRD PARTY, KIND OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PIECE.
YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS, THESE BEING TURNED INTO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
SO I THINK, SO THERE'S TWO CONCERNS.
THERE'S A SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONCERN AND THERE'S THE, THE, THE HOMEOWNER DOESN'T ACTUALLY LIVE ON THE PREMISES, SO THEY COULD BOTH BE LONG-TERM RENTALS.
I, I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW IS WE WILL CONTINUE TO REQUIRE AN AFFIDAVIT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REQUIRE IT TO BE, UH, ON, ON COUNTY RECORDS.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET CALLS IN FROM 3 1 1, WE WILL INVESTIGATE.
AND IF THEY'RE IN VIOLATION, WE'LL, WE'LL CORRECT IT.
AND THE CORRECTION IS, UH, THE OWNER NEEDS TO BE THERE OR THEY NEED TO REZONE OR AT LEAST REQUEST A REZONING.
UH, AND IF THEY DON'T GET IT, THEN THEY, THEY HAVE TO, SOMEONE HAS TO LEAVE.
AND WHEN THE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS, WHAT, UM, WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT IS, IS THERE, DOES D S D GET INVOLVED? THE, THE DIFFICULT MM-HMM.
NO, WE DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH, UH, PROPERTIES BEING BOUGHT, BOUGHT AND SOLD.
BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S WHY, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE AFFIDAVIT IS ON THE, THE COUNTY RECORDS.
SO THROUGH A DISCLOSURE BOARD OF REALTOR OR YOUR REALTOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHY IT'S THERE SO THAT SOMEONE WHO'S BUYING A PROPERTY KNOWS, HEY, YOU CAN'T BUY THIS TO SELL BOTH UNITS.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ANSWERING THAT.
UM, AND THEN MY, MY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THIS IS, UH, ADUS ARE, THERE ARE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING ADUS CANNOT BE ALLOWED, RIGHT? SO WHERE THERE ARE HOAS, CAN I HAVE AN A D U AND AN HO A HOAS ARE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND THEY, THEY HAVE ALL, I, I USED TO LIVE IN AN H O A COMMUNITY.
NOW I DO NOT, BUT EVERY H O A, UH, CAN HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF RULES THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, DESCRIBED.
SO IF THE HOAS SAYS NO ADUS, THEN THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE CONTRACTUAL, UH, PRIVATE CONTRACTUAL H O A AGREEMENT THAT THEY ALL AGREED TO.
SO, SO THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS, UM, IF YOU HAD TO ESTIMATE HOW MANY SINGLE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN SAN ANTONIO ARE IN HOAS AND WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE NOT IN HOAS? I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA.
I WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO ESTIMATE IT.
COULD WE PLEASE GET AN ESTIMATE OF THAT BEFORE THIS GETS WE CAN, WE CAN ATTEMPT TO, YES.
UM, NO, I I THINK WE CAN DO IT.
AND, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT AN HOAS DIFFERENTLY.
UM, AND I, I JUST WANNA GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE PC TAC, WE DO SEE SOME INNER CITY, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE DO SEE A LOT OF EIGHT, NINE, AND 10 WHERE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE HOAS.
UM, SO I JUST, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR HOUSING STOCK THIS WOULD AFFECT OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY, UH, HOUSING STOCK.
THIS WOULD AFFECT, AGAIN, I'M STILL SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT I WANNA BE COGNIZANT OF THAT BEFORE VOTING ON IT.
TO CLARIFY, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR HOUSING STOCK IS INSIDE OF AN H O A MM-HMM.
AND, UM, THIS MIGHT BE TOO MUCH, BUT IF YOU KNOW OF ANY HOAS THAT DO ALLOW ADUS, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT.
UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
I'LL JUST GO BACK TO THE NOTIFICATION, UH, AMENDMENT ONE OF THE, A FEW, I'LL GO INTO SOME OF
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THE REASONS WHY I'VE BEEN ASKED TO OPPOSE THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION THING.AND, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT THERE'S WORRY THAT NEW GROUPS WILL COME IN AND START COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND WANT TO INFLUENCE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE SECOND WOULD BE WEAKEN THE POWER OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WILL HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH AND THAT SOME WANT SOLE DECISION IN ZONING.
THEY DON'T WANT A COUNCIL PERSON TO RELY ON MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR ZONING DECISIONS.
REASONS WHY I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SUPPORT IS THAT THERE ARE SOME GROUPS WHO ARE LARGE THAT DO NOT FEEL THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS THEM.
THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BEING PREVENTED FROM JOINING THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THEY'RE HAVING THEIR DUES REJECTED.
AND THIS IS A CONCERN THAT'S HAPPENING AT MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON ITEMS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BECAUSE EITHER THEY AREN'T BEING BROUGHT TO A MEETING, THEY'RE JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT WILL JUST SAY, OH YEAH, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE.
UM, OR THEY'RE JUST NOT BEING BROUGHT TO THE ASSOCIATION AT ALL.
AND SO THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT I HOPE TO RESOLVE BY ALLOWING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION AND TO, FOR JUST TO BE READ CONCERNS, CITIZENS OF DIGNITY.
WITTY HILL IS OPPOSED, IS SUPPORTIVE DIGNITY, WITTY HILL IS OPPOSED, IS SUPPORTIVE.
THAT'S ALL THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT CHANGES.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO LEAVE EVERYBODY WITH THAT THOUGHT.
IF THERE ARE NEW REASON, MORE COMPELLING REASONS TO OPPOSE, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LISTEN.
BUT AS OF YET, I HAVE NOT HEARD MUCH BEYOND WHAT I JUST READ A LITTLE BIT AGO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, WRAP UP THE DISCUSSION? I, I JUST, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE ADUS AND HOAS, I GET THAT, UM, SOME, A HOAS MAY WANT TO RESTRICT, BUT UNLESS THEY'RE EXPRESSLY RESTRICTED BY THE H O A, THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD FALL WITHIN OUR CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, RIGHT? AND BE PERMITTED.
BUT THE SAME ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM WOULD, WOULD RESIDE.
I MEAN, PART OF THIS ALSO, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR IN INFILL.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT ADUS ARE MORE LIKELY TO COME INTO THE URBAN CORE AREA WHERE FRANKLY WE HAVE LESS INFILL OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN WITH.
BUT THAT IS AN INTERESTING, UM, CONVERSATION TO JUST EXAMINE.
BUT YOU KNOW, AS I AGREE, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE, THE PRIORITY THAT THE POLICY HAS, BUT IT IS, I MEAN, IT IS INTERESTING, UH, TO THINK ABOUT.
UH, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING ALL OF THESE ADOPTED, UM, IN NOVEMBER, OR MAYBE WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS,
OH FIVE TIME IS 5:04 PM ON THE 19TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022.
OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.
WE STILL HAVE, WE'RE NOT DOING EXEC DAY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA PUSH EXEC TO TOMORROW, RIGHT? OKAY.