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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WELCOME TO THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING.
CAN WE START WITH ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN? HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT CHAIR ROCHA GARCIA.
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ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 31ST OF THE P C D C.SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
DID WE GET A VOTE ON THE RECORD FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER? YES, MA'AM.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY.
WE, UM, IF IT'S OKAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO SEE ABOUT TAKING UP ITEM THREE AND FOUR BEFORE WE GO ON TO TWO.
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BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE BANDERA CORRIDOR PLAN, PHASE ONE AND, UM, THE, YEAH, PERFECT.UH, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE COMMITTEE.
UM, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS THE BRIEFING AND CONSIDERATION FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN, WHICH IS THE, UH, FIRST QUARTER PLAN TO BE ADOPTED UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, BEFORE WE DISCUSS THE CONTENTS OF THE CORRIDOR PLAN, UM, I'D LIKE TO START WITH THIS SLIDE TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON STATE HIGHWAY 16, WHICH IS, UH, WHAT WE ALL KNOW OF AS BANDERA ROAD.
BANDERA ROAD WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY IN THE 1920S, UH, PROVIDING A CONNECTION BETWEEN, UH, THE RURAL HERALD COUNTRY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, NAMELY TO, UH, THE CITY OF BANDERA, TEXAS.
UH, MOST OF THE EXPANSIONS, UH, WHICH REPRESENT THE MODERN BANDERA ROAD, WERE COMPLETED BETWEEN THE SEVENTIES AND NINETIES, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF PROPERTIES SURROUNDING BANDERA ROAD WERE ANNEXED BETWEEN 1990 AND 2000.
SINCE 1990, THE ROADWAY HAS BEEN STUDIED SEVEN TIMES, UH, WITH LITTLE SUCCESS IN TERMS OF EXPANSION OR, UM, UH, MAKING THE ROADWAY MORE EFFICIENT FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UH, MUCH OF THE LACK OF PROGRESS IS DUE TO PUBLIC FEEDBACK FROM PAST STUDIES AND A LACK OF CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WITHOUT A CITY ADOPTED PLAN THAT DEMONSTRATES GOOD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING A STRATEGY ON TDOT'S PART.
UM, YOU FLASH FORWARD TO 2019, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, HAS TAKEN THE LEAD IN SEEKING COMMUNITY CONSENSUS WITH WORKABLE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE COMPREHENSIVE IN NATURE.
TXDOT IS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, WHILE THEY'RE ALSO DOING A, UH, FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THEIR OWN, UH, FOR BANDERA ROAD.
THE TWO STUDIES ARE ONGOING, UH, WITH THE QUARTER PLAN BEING COMPLETED FIRST, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY.
UH, TDOT HAS COMMITTED TO USING THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CORRIDOR PLAN TO INFORM, UH, THEIR ENGINEERING STUDIES AS THEY FINALIZE A SOLUTION THAT WILL IMPROVE CONGESTION AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.
UH, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT A QUARTER PLAN IS.
UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, A QUARTER PLAN, UH, EVALUATES AND DEFINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROADWAYS, LAND USE, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
THE STUDY AREA FOR BANDERA ROAD, UH, BANDERA, UH, ROAD PHASE ONE GENERALLY BEGINS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOOP 1604 AND THE NORTHERN LIMITS, AND TERMINATES AROUND LOOP FOUR 10 ON THE SOUTHERN LIMITS.
THE PLAN AREA ALSO ENCOMPASSES A QUARTER MILE AREA ON EACH SIDE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE EXPANDED THE AREA AT KEY INTERSECTIONS TO CAPTURE COMPLETE AND CONTIGUOUS DEVELOPMENTS AND EXISTING LAND USE PATTERNS.
THE PLAN IS ORGANIZED INTO SIX SECTIONS, LAND USE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, AND FISCAL IMPACTS DESIGN, AND THE APPENDICES.
AT THIS POINT, I'LL NOW COVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PLAN.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE PRINCIPLE REGULATORY COMPONENT OF THE PLAN, AND IT'S ORGANIZED INTO FOUR GROWTH NODES REPRESENTED ON THE MAP.
NUMBERS ONE AND TWO ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PLAN AREA LIMITS, AND ARE LOCATED AT THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC VOLUME LOCATIONS.
IN REVIEWING OUR MARKET STUDY AND INCORPORATING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO LESSEN THE INTENSITY OF USES AS WE GET FURTHER FROM THE CORRIDOR TO PROTECT EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WHILE INCOMPATIBLE U UH, ENDING FROM INCOMPATIBLE USES WHILE ALLOWING THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THESE USES THAT, UH, TO INCLUDE MORE MIX, UH, MORE MIXTURE OF USES.
A SIMILAR STRATEGY IS ALSO BEING EMPLOYED THOUGH THROUGH LESSER INTENSITIES AT OTHER MIXED USE NODES, WHICH YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAP.
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THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN UTILIZES MIXED USE CATEGORIES USED IN ALL S H M R SUB AREA PLANS.PROPOSED CATEGORIES ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR IN INTENSITY TO DESIGNATIONS FROM PREVIOUS LAND USE PLANS THAT WERE ALREADY ADOPTED BY THE CITY, BUT ALSO INCORPORATE RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
EACH OF THE NUMBERED AREAS HERE ARE UNIQUE IN CHARACTER AND WILL NOW RECOMMEND A MORE MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT IN THE FUTURE.
A SIGNIFICANT ZONING ANALYSIS WAS ALSO CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHERE THE NEW LAND USE WOULD BE MOST COMPATIBLE AND JUST AS IMPORTANT INCOMPATIBLE ON THIS EXHIBIT.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE AND CURRENT ZONING WILL BE INCOMPATIBLE ZONING SHOWS, UH, UH, THE GREEN SHOWS WHERE THE ZONING WOULD BE WOULD REMAIN COMPATIBLE, WHILE THE AREAS IN ORANGE ARE PROPOSED TO BE LESSENED IN INTENSITY.
ALSO, EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS TYPICALLY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PARTICULAR FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
HOWEVER, IN WORKING WITH THE VERDE HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ONE EXCEPTION WAS MADE OF INCLUDING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE PLAN INCORPORATES RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE AESTHETICS AND AMENITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
THIS WILL ALSO HELP ACCOMPLISH GOALS TO IMPROVE USABILITY, ACCESS AND WALKABILITY.
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF A FUTURE CORRIDOR DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT WOULD PROVIDE, THAT WOULD GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ALONG BENDERA ROAD AND INCORPORATE MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, UH, SOME OF WHICH YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
ADDITIONALLY, A NEW AND INNOVATIVE TOOL IS, UH, IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT A GREENWAY DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO PROTECT CREEKS AND PARKS FROM INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT WHILE ALLOWING BETTER ACCESS TO OUR NATURAL AREAS.
SOME ELEMENTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCLUDE EXTENDED REQUIREMENTS FOR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, REQUIRED CONNECTIONS TO GREEN, THE GREENWAY SYSTEM BUILDINGS BEING PLACED AT ADEQUATE DISTANCES FROM THE GREENWAY PER PRESERVING VIEW SHEDS, AND A REVIEW OF PARKING STANDARDS.
WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF A TS.
THE TS CAN BE A USEFUL TOOL WHEN A PLANNING INITIATIVE HAS IDENTIFIED A COMMUNITY VISION FOR AN AREA AND HOW PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE IMPROVED AND INCORPORATED.
THE PLAN RECOMMENDS FURTHER STUDY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS TOOL TO ASSIST IN FUNDING ENHANCEMENTS TO, TO EXISTING BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT IMPLEMENT THE GOALS OF THIS PLAN.
THIS PLAN HAS AN EXTENSIVE SECTION ON TRANSPORTATION AND NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE CALLED OUT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHICH COMPLETE, UH, THE NETWORK ALONG BENDERA ROAD.
WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED GAPS IN SIDEWALKS AND BICYCLE ROUTES, WHICH MAKE IT HARDER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TO EFFECTIVELY USE THE CORRIDOR.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD RESULT IN NEW CITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL PROVIDE A COMPLETE NETWORK AROUND BENDERA ROAD TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY.
THIS PLAN ALSO MAKES, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MULT ON MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CORRIDOR ITSELF, UH, FROM MULTI-PURPOSE PATHS, TRANSIT STOPS AND STATIONS, UH, TO BIKE FACILITIES, ALL OF WHICH TECH WILL TECH DOT WILL EXPLORE, UH, HOW TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR FINAL ENGINEERING STUDIES.
UH, PUBLIC INPUT HAS BEEN INCLUDED AT EVERY STEP OF THIS PROCESS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE HELD OVER 20, UH, EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE, THIS CORROBORATOR PROCESS WITH TXDOT, INCLUDING FOUR OF CI, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S OWN LARGE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE HAVE ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO GO ABOVE, ABOVE AND BEYOND TO OVERCOME LANGUAGE BARRIERS BY ENSURING POSTCARDS AND ANY MAIL MATERIAL WAS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AS WELL AS OFFERING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TRANS, UH, TRANSLATION TO ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT.
OUR NOTIFICATION AREA WAS DESIGNED TO FAR EXCEED THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PLAN AREA, AND OUR INVITATIONS REACHED OVER 34,000, UH, ADDRESSES, UH, FOR EACH, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LED MEETING.
THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL THE 29TH, WHICH WAS HELD AT CITY CHURCH IN BANDERA ROAD.
AND THIS WAS AN INITIAL MEETING, UH, FOR US TO GET, UH, FEEDBACK ON, UH, HOW WE ARE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AND TO GAUGE, UH, PUB THE FEELINGS OF PARTICIPANTS, UH, AROUND THE VISION AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
PUBLIC MEETING, UH, NUMBER TWO WAS HOSTED ON DECEMBER 10TH AND 11TH, UH, 2019 AT BRANDEIS HIGH SCHOOL.
BETWEEN THE TWO DATES, OVER 400 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED, AND MANY OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED FOCUS ON THE ROADWAY CONFIGURATION ITSELF.
UH, WE ALSO SAW A CONSISTENT SUPPORT FOR, UM, INCREASED SIDEWALKS, GREEN SPACE, AND PARK ACCESS, AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BENDERA ROAD.
FOR THE THIRD PUBLIC MEETING, WE CONDUCTED FOUR SEPARATE LIVE SESSIONS OVER ZOOM, UH, WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING, AS WELL AS POSTING TWO PRERECORDED MEETINGS IN ONE IN ENGLISH AND ONE IN SPANISH.
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OFFERED, UH, ONE OF WHICH WAS OFFERED IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, UH, TRANSLATION.OVER 100 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED IN THESE ONLINE MEETINGS WITH UP TO 120 SURVEYMONKEY RESPONSES RECEIVED.
UH, RESPONDENTS LOCATIONS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE HEAT MAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE WITH THE DARKER AREAS INDICATING, UH, MORE RESPONSES TO THE POLLING.
THE FOURTH PUBLIC MEETING WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 24TH.
UM, THE MEETING HAD OVER 200 ATTENDEES, INCLUDING LOCAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS TO PRESENT, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE PLAN, WHICH, UH, IS BEFORE THE THE COMMITTEE.
TODAY WE CONDUCTED A BRIEFING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE WORK SESSION ON OCTOBER THE 26TH.
THE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THIS PLAN, UH, ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 16TH, AND WE ANTICIPATE GOING TO THE, A SESSION FOR THE COUNCIL ON DECEMBER THE 15TH.
AND WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE NUMEROUS, UH, PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE HOSTED.
AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS.
UM, HOW DOES THIS PLAN INCREASE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASCEND FEASIBILITY IN YOUR OPINION? AND DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN VIA STOPS OR EVEN IN, UM, UM, SHELTERS, UH, THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS? THAT THAT IS, THAT HAS BEEN FOREMOST IN, IN, IN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE, FROM THE COMMUNITY IS, UH, ENHANCED, ENHANCED ACCESS TO, TO PUBLIC TRANSIT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THERE IS LIMITED ACCESS JUST BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF CONGESTION ALONG BANDERA ROAD, WHICH REALLY AFFECTS THE, THE RELIABILITY OF PUBLIC ACCESS TRANSIT.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED WITHIN THE PLAN ARE TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO, TO TRANSIT, TO TRANSIT SERVICE, AND ALSO TO STOPS AND STATIONS.
UM, SO WITHIN THOSE DEVELOPMENT NODES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAND USE PLAN, UH, THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, FOR, FOR ENHANCED, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESS AND RUDY OVER THE SUMMER.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME RESIDENTS THAT WERE CONCERNED WITH THE ROADS BEING PROPOSED.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE CONCERNS AND, AND WHAT EASED THEIR CONCERNS? MM-HMM.
UM, THERE WERE, UH, ABOUT FOUR, UM, CONCEPT ROADWAY CONCEPTS THAT THE, THAT, UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAD BEEN RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY EXPLORE FOR FUTURE STUDY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A MORE COMPLETE ROADWAY NETWORK ALONG BENDERA ROAD.
PART OF THE ISSUE WITH THE CONGESTION BENDERA ROAD IS THAT THERE'S A LAST, UH, LACK OF GOOD EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY.
AND SO TXDOT WAS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY EXPLORE HOW DO WE BUILD OUT SOME OF THESE NETWORKS AND WHERE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, WHERE ARE SOME OF THE BEST CONNECTIONS GONNA BE? AND SO THEY MADE SOME, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THEIR MODELING.
THEY ASKED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
WE PLACED THEM IN THE PLAN SIMPLY AS, AS CONCEPTS THAT WE WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE THAT, THAT TDO AND THE CITY HAD COLLABORATIVELY BEEN EXPLORING, BUT WEREN'T NECESSARILY PROJECTS.
UM, SINCE THE COMMUNITY HAD, UH, THE COMMUNITY ALONG THAT AREA, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY, UH, SEEING THOSE IN THE PLAN, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROPERTIES WERE AFFECTED AND THEY, THEY FELT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ADEQUATE, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, A GOOD FEEDBACK LOOP RELATED TO THE INCLUSION OF THE CONCEPTS, WE WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THEM.
UM, THEY, THEY DON'T AFFECT THE PLAN IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
AGAIN, THEY WERE SIMPLY CONCEPTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO EXPLORE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE PLAN AND NO LONGER A PART OF THAT.
RUDY, YOU ALSO RECOMMENDED A TOURS, AND CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IS IT, UH, A REGULAR TOURS? IS IT JUST A ALONG BANDERA ROAD MM-HMM.
BUT ALSO FOR SOME OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, BECAUSE PART OF THE PLAN RECOMMENDS, UM, INCREASING THE NETWORK AND IMPROVING THE NETWORK RELATED TO BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.
AND SO THE TOURS CAN BE A PART OF THE, THE PROCESS OF HELPING TO FINANCE SOME OF THOSE, THOSE, UH, AMENITIES.
WHAT ABOUT, UM, WHAT ABOUT THE CAMERAS ALONG BANDERA? DID LEON VALLEY COMMIT TO, UM, I, I GUESS, CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE INSTALLED AND FUNDED? AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE, THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY EXTENDED THE CONTRACT THAT THEY HAD FOR THEIR RED LIGHT CAMERA, UH, SYSTEM.
UM, SO WE WILL LIKELY BE SEEING RED LIGHT CAMERAS WITHIN THE CITY OF THE ON VALLEYS PORTION.
AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY, BUT DID YOU MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE LANES? UH, THERE WAS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE LANES.
PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH TDOT WAS TO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND EXPLORE DIFFERENT ROADWAY CONCEPTS.
UM, THE ROADWAY CONCEPT THAT WE AGREED, YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PLAN, UH, DOES NOT INCLUDE A ROADWAY, UH, A ROADWAY DIET OF ANY KIND.
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I'LL START WITH MY COLLEAGUES, SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU, RUDY, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE ENGAGEMENT WITH LEON VALLEY IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN? MM-HMM.
SO, UM, AT THE VERY START OF THE PROCESS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL CO-CHAIRED, UM, THE BANDERA ROAD, UH, PLAN, TASK FORCE MM-HMM.
SO, UM, THE, THE MAYOR OF LEON VALLEY WAS PART OF THE, WAS A CO-CHAIR OF THE PLAN, UH, WAS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.
WE ACTUALLY CONDUCTED COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITHIN THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY TO KEEP THEM AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AS PART OF THE, THE CITY'S PLAN.
AND THEY'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND I ALSO IMAGINE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BRIEFED, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS ITEM.
AND IS SHE COMFORTABLE WITH IT? YES.
COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON THE ITEM.
WE HAVE PRESENTED, UH, THE DRAFT PLAN TO HER ALREADY.
UM, SO SHE'S WELL UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS PROCESS.
AND DOES THE STATE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REJECT THE PLAN IF, UH, VIA AND THE CITY AND LEON VALLEY AGREE FOR, UM, THE RAPID TRANSIT PLAN TO GO DOWN BANDERA? WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLAN THAT'S GONNA PRIMARILY FOCUS ON LAND USE AND THEN RECOMMEND OTHER TOOLS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPLEMENTED ALONG BANDERA ROAD.
SO THE, THE STATE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO REJECT A CITY ADOPTED PLAN.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE AGREED TO, AS PART OF THE TASK FORCE PROCESS, TO WORK WITH US COLLABORATIVELY TO INCLUDE MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE SUGGESTED SO THAT, UM, UH, TO INCLUDE THOSE WITHIN THEIR ENGINEERING STUDIES AND THEIR, THEIR FINAL FEASIBILITY STUDY.
COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, AND HE LOTUS, WHAT PART IS HE LOTUS PLAYING IN THIS PLAN? HE LOTUS IS ACTUALLY MUCH FURTHER FROM THE, UH, FROM THE LIMITS OF THIS PARTICULAR PLAN.
SO THEY'VE HAD VERY LIMITED ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE PROCESS.
UH, I AM, AND, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TOURS LATE LATER, BUT IF, IF WE DID EXPLORE TOURS, LEON VALLEY THEN WOULD SIT ON THAT TOURS, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'D BE A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TOUR.
THEY, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE A DIRECT PART, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE DIRECT PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE, THAT PROCESS.
THE, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT AURS IN THAT AREA IS LEON VALLEY AND HOW THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN IT.
AND, UM, AND COMPLETELY SEPARATE MUNICIPALITY.
IF, IF THEY WANTED TO ESTABLISH A TOURS WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, FURTHER IMPLEMENT THE, THE GOALS, UH, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PLAN.
BUT IT WOULD BE A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TURS.
I THINK, I THINK A, I THINK ONCE WE HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT TS, UM, YES, MA'AM.
IT'LL BECOME CLEAR WHY I HAVE THESE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VI, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I'VE HEARD, UH, FOR 20 YEARS HAS BEEN BANDERA ROAD TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION.
I USED TO WORK OUT THERE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE IT GOT DEVELOPED.
UH, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, IT GOES ALL THE WAY OUT TO LOTUS.
BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT I'M SEEING, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH, IF ANYTHING, TO SAY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AS FAR AS THE ROAD.
AND SO ALL WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON OTHER THAN ASK THEM TO CONSIDER WHAT SOME OF THE, THE NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING IS ON THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT ALONG THIS, THIS WAY.
WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD, UM, SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL IS THAT I THINK PART OF THE REASON WHY THERE'S BEEN SO MANY CHALLENGES IN GETTING IN MOVING THE BALL WHEN IT COMES TO BENDERA ROAD HAS BEEN THE IDEA THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN GOOD COMMUNITY CONSENSUS BEHIND WHAT IS THE, THE PATH FORWARD.
FOR 20 YEARS, MULTIPLE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE.
I MEAN, SEVEN STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE WHERE VERY FEW UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE TO BENDERA ROAD, AND MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WHEN THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL CONTACTED TDOT, UM, WHEN MAYOR RILEY CONTACTED TDOT AND SAID, WE REALLY NEED, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, WE, THE TIMING IS NOW, UH, AND FORM THE TASK FORCE, ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT THEY GOT FROM TXDOT WAS THAT THEY WOULD AT LEAST EXPLORE MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAD.
IF WE UPDATE LAND USE TO ENSURE THAT IT'S GONNA MAKE, UH, A MARKET FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT, LONG BENDERA ROAD, ARE YOU GOING TO GENERATE A ROADWAY FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THE, THE SERVICE? AND SO, UM, THROUGH MANY NEGOTIATIONS WITH TEXTILE, THEY'VE AGREED TO, TO HEAR US OUT, TO LOOK AT THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AND TO COLLABORATE WITH US ON THE, ON THE ROADWAY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT THERE CAN ALWAYS BE BETTER COLLABORATION.
I DON'T, I CAN'T NECESSARILY SPEAK
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TO WHAT COLLABORATION THERE MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK THAT THE MOMENTUM IS NOW, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY OF OUR MEETINGS UP TO THIS POINT, AND, UM, HAS STATED THAT HE'S CONTINUING TO WORK WITH TXDOT TO ENSURE THAT ONCE THESE PLANS ARE ADOPTED, THIS ONE AND TXDOT DOT'S FEASIBILITY STUDY, THAT HE WOULD SEEK THE, HE WOULD DO WHAT HE CAN TO SEEK THE FUNDING FOR, FOR ULTIMATELY WHAT WOULD BE, UH, THE NEXT STEP, WHICH WOULD BE TAKING THOSE ENGINEERING STUDIES AND PUT 'EM INTO ACTION.UM, I'M INTERESTED IN, IN HEARING ABOUT EXPLORING A TOURS IN THAT AREA MM-HMM.
I MEAN, THAT AREA'S BEEN VERY DEVELOPED ALL ALONG THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF VACANT LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT AROUND THERE TO WHERE THERE IS A NEED FOR T FUNDING TO HELP.
I, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT MAYBE HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, UNDER, YOU KNOW, NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY ALONG THERE.
IT'S BEEN A FAIRLY PROSPEROUS AREA.
THE BUSINESSES, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF THEM HAVE SUFFERED.
THEY STILL SEEM TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES.
SO I'D REALLY WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD BE THE USE.
UH, I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE CITY MAKES GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS ON WHAT'S NEEDED FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS NAMP FUNDING IF WE THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME KIND OF IMPROVEMENT IN OUR DISTRICT ALONG A CERTAIN AREA.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I'D REALLY WANNA SEE A, A GOOD, UH, DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHY A TOURS WOULD BE OF VALUE OR WHY OTHER CITY OR COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T WORK IN THAT AREA.
ONE THING I SAW IN, IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES WAS IN ABOUT CONNECTING THE, UH, TRAIL SYSTEM.
UH, AND COULD YOU BRING THAT BACK UP AGAIN? IS THERE A SPECIFIC TARGETED AREA THAT YOU WERE, UH, PRESENTING AS A, A LIKELY, UH, ZONE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT? THAT EXAMPLE DOESN'T TELL ME WHERE IT WOULD BE.
THIS IS, THIS IS MERELY A CONCEPT TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WHERE THERE'S AREAS WHERE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ABUTS, UH, ONE OF OUR GREENWAY TRAILS, ONE OF OUR GREENWAY SYSTEMS, THAT, UM, ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ALONG BANDERA ROAD RIGHT NOW IS A COLLECTION OF, OF AGING, EITHER INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE PROBABLY RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE MARKET IS, IS APPROPRIATE FOR IT.
AND SO WHEN THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, HAVING A POTENTIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT RESPECTS THE GREENWAY SYSTEM, THAT SETS BUILDINGS BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SO THAT FOLKS CAN CONTINUE TO, WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE GREENWAY SYSTEM FOR, YOU KNOW, BIKING AND, AND PEDESTRIANS, UM, BUT REQUIRING CONNECTIONS, REQUIRING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
SOME ITEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE, UM, WOULD BE UNDER CONSIDERATION SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION.
MAY I ASK ONE MORE CLARIFYING QUESTION? DOES, SO WOULD THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT BE FROM, UH, LEON VALLEY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP OF, OF THIS PRESENTATION? IT WOULD BE ALL WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S JURISDICTION.
SINCE WE CAN'T APPLY THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY WOULDN'T BE OBLIGATED TO NECESSARILY RIGHT.
BUT I MEAN NORTH ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT, IT WOULD BE ALONG BENDERA ROAD.
I THINK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, PROJECT WOULD BE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
AND RUDY, I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED USING T DOLLARS FOR POSSIBLE FACADE UPGRADES TO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
ON PAGE FOUR OF THE NEW POLICY, IT LISTS THAT FACADE OF NON HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
UM, AND SO MAYBE WHEN WE CAN GET THAT CLARIFIED A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN.
AND, AND I STATE THAT RIGHT NOW THE RECOMMENDATION IS SIMPLY TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY AND STUDY WHETHER OR NOT A TOURS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TOOL TO USE.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMENDING THAT WE ARE ADOPTING A TOURS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, IT'S REALLY LAYING OUT WHAT TOOLS DO WE WANT TO SEE AVAILABLE, SHOULD THEY BE APPROPRIATE TO BE UTILIZED ON BANDERA ROAD.
WE, UM, WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS BRIEFING AND PO OH, WAIT, WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM, CORRECT.
TO SEND IT, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE IT TO SEND IT TO COUNCIL CHAIR.
THE ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES ONLY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF WAS INTENDING FOR THERE TO BE ACTION TO MOVE CONSIDERATION ON THE COUNCIL.
I THINK GIVEN THE WAY THAT PAST SA M R RELATED ITEMS HAVE BEEN POSTED, THEY SAY BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
SO IT'S REALLY AT THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACTION TAKEN.
WHAT I THINK WE'RE OKAY AS A BRIEFING COUNCIL.
I'LL MOVE THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM.
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OKAY.SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE OR PLEASE VOTE.
WE LIKE TO TAKE ACTION AT THIS COMMITTEE.
WANNA BE ACTION? THAT'S RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN.
UM, GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BRIDGETTE WHITE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN IS THE NINTH SUB AREA PLAN AND THE FOURTH PHASE TWO PLAN TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ADOPTION.
AS PART OF IMPLEMENTING THE SA DEMAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT IS ALSO THE FIRST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN SLATED FOR ADOPTION.
THE EIGHT PLANS PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ADOPTION HAVE ALL BEEN REGIONAL CENTERS IDENTIFIED AS THE SA IDENTIFIED BY THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS MAJOR ACTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT CENTERS THAT CONTAIN AT LEAST 15,000 JOBS.
THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREAS CIRCLED ON THE MAP AS ONE OF 17 COMMUNITY AREAS.
COMMUNITY AREAS COMPRISE MANY OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS GROUPED BY GEOGRAPHY AND COMMON HISTORY, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY ALSO SHARE THE GOAL OF CREATING COMPLETE WALKABLE COMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK, LEARN, AND PLAY.
FOCUSING IN MAJOR STREETS THAT FORM THE BOUNDARY OF THE COMMUNITY AREA ARE INTERSTATE 10, ROLAND AVENUE, RIGSBY AVENUE ON THE NORTH, SOUTH FOSTER ROAD ON THE EAST, WW WHITE ROAD, WHITE ROAD, SATO CREEK AND FAIR AVENUE ALONG THE SOUTH AND INTERSTATE 37 ALONG THE WEST.
LUBE 10 BISECTS THE AREA NORTH TO SOUTH.
THERE ARE 11 REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THE PLANT AREA.
AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE FOR EACH OF THE SUB AREA PLANS, THE DEPARTMENT BRINGS TOGETHER A PLANNING TEAM CONSISTING OF AREA RESIDENTS, EMPLOYERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO GUIDE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SOUTHEAST AREA.
WE CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 16 PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS TO GATHER INFORMATION ON ASSETS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES SPECIFIC TO THE AREA, AND HOSTED FOUR PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND INPUT AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS.
ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN DEVELOPING THE PLAN WAS TO ESTABLISH THE SHARED COMMUNITY VISION FOR THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA.
THE PLANNING TEAM WORKED TOGETHER WITH INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT DIVISION STATEMENT, WHICH WAS THEN REVIEWED AND REFINED AT THE FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING.
THIS VISION STATEMENT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE GOALS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND STRATEGIES FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.
IMPORTANT THEMES THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THEIR VISION ARE A SAFE, ATTRACTIVE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
A WELL-CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, INCREASED ACCESS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT, DINING AND GROCERY OPTIONS, AND A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS AGING IN PLACE AND A SUSTAINABLE QUALITY OF LIFE.
I KNOW THIS MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO READ, BUT THE GOALS ARE MORE SPECIFIC TARGETS THAT HELP ACHIEVE THE VISION AND INFORM RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.
GOALS WERE ALSO DEVELOPED BY THE PLANNING TEAM BASED ON INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, AND FURTHER REFINED WITH FEEDBACK RECEIVED AT THE SECOND COMMUNITY MEETING THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREAS 11.
GOALS RELATE TO CREATING COMPATIBLE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT SUPPORT MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
ENGAGED WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, EACH WITH A SENSE OF IDENTITY AND A VARIETY OF HIGH QUALITY MIXED INCOME HOUSING OPTIONS, INCREASING THE VARIETY OF SHOPPING HEALTHY FOOD AND DINING OPTIONS, COMPLIMENTED BY ENHANCED MOBILITY OPTIONS, A SAFER COMMUNITY AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL SYSTEMS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.
HIGHLIGHT THAT HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.
NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES ARE IDENTIFIED FOR ACHIEVING THE COMMUNITY'S OVERALL VISION AND GOALS.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ORGANIZED UNDER SIX MAIN TOPIC AREAS OR ELEMENTS.
THERE ARE LAND USE FOCUS AREAS, AMENITIES IN PUBLIC SPACE, MOBILITY, HOUSING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE REFER TO THIS BUNDLE OF TOPICS AS THE PLAN FRAMEWORK.
PLAN FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDATIONS CAN INCLUDE PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS, POLICIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS PLAN SHOWS SOME OF THE PRIORITY PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS RECOMMENDED IN THE PLAN, SUCH AS IMPROVED STREETS, SCAPES, MOBILITY HUBS, AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FROM EACH OF THE, THE PLAN'S.
SIX MAIN TOPIC SECTIONS THAT THE PLANNING TEAM IDENTIFIED AS IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES, STARTING WITH LAND USE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE COMMUNITY AREAS PICTURED HERE, USING THE CITY'S ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES, IMPORTANT
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THEMES THAT EMERGED THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS RELATED TO LAND USE INCLUDE SUPPORTING THE CHARACTER OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROMOTING MIXED USE AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE.OTHER OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE ESTABLISHING APPROPRIATE BUFFERS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AS WELL AS FOCUSING ON LOOP FOUR 10 AS AN INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT CENTER, OR QUARTER, SORRY.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND RELATED STRATEGIES ENCOURAGE REINVESTMENT IN THE AREA WHILE KEEPING HIGHER DENSITY AND INTENSITY USES IN PLACES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE FOCUS AREAS OR AREAS OR CORRIDORS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE ARE SIX FOCUS AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA.
AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, EACH FOCUS AREA INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS THE VISION FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN INVESTMENTS.
SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDATION, ONE CALLS FOR CREATING UNIQUE AND SKILLFULLY PLANNED PLACES THAT ARE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE.
INCORPORATED MIX OF USES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND AIM TO ACHIEVE THE VISION OF EACH FOCUS AREA.
AS FAR AS MOBILITY PRIORITIES FOR THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA, RELATE TO CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF SAN ANTONIO'S VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, COMPLETING THE AREA'S MULTIMODAL NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CREATING MORE WALKABLE PLACES, INCLUDING AT AND AROUND VIA TRANSIT STATIONS.
A KEY IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITY FOR MOBILITY IS STRATEGY 4.1, IMPLEMENT FIRST LAST MILE STRATEGIES SUCH AS SIDEWALKS, CURB RAMPS, CROSSWALKS, BICYCLE FACILITIES, ET CETERA.
AT VIA FACIL, AT VIA TRANSFER AREAS IN PRIMO, UM, STATION AREAS.
THIS PROMOTES ACCESS TO TRANSIT BY CREATING INVITING QUALITY PUBLIC SPACE AT STATIONS WHERE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM AMENITIES LIKE SHADE, UH, SEATING AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS PLACEMAKING INITIATIVES.
ESTABLISHING SOUTH WW WHITE ROAD AS A COMMUNITY DESTINATION, INVESTING IN KEY IN TREE CANOPY AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND EXTENDING OR ESTABLISHING LINEAR CREEK TRAILS WERE MAJOR THEMES IN THE AMENITIES IN PUBLIC SPACE SECTION.
THIS IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, DEPICT ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW RECOMMENDATION FOUR CREATE ENJOYABLE SPACES AND VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED SPACES TO SERVE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES FOR SOCIAL GATHERING, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS MIGHT COME TO FRUITION.
THIS DEPICTION OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR A FOCUS AREA AT RIGSBY AVENUE AND LAKEFRONT DEMONSTRATES HOW VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES CAN BE INTEGRATED WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE SERVING AMENITIES LIKE A MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER, PUBLIC PLAZA, NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, AND GREENWAY TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
AS FAR AS HOUSING, THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA CONTAINS NUMEROUS WELL-ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL AREAS DATING FROM THE 1920S.
UP THROUGH CURRENT DAY DEVELOPMENTS, THE PLANNING TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED THREE KEY HOUSING RELATED CHALLENGES FOR THE AREA, AGING IN PLACE, REINVESTMENT IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND DEVELOPED RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS ALL THREE.
ONE PRIORITY STRATEGY FOR HOUSING IS STRATEGY 1.2, ALLOW FOR GREATER DIVERSITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBLE HOUSING PRODUCT TYPES, INCLUDING MORE COMPACT, SINGLE FAMILY, DETACH AND ATTACHED OPTIONS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SENIOR ORIENTED HOUSING WITHIN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, THROUGH CITY INITIATED REZONING, CITY AND FEDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND REINVESTMENT.
THIS SLIDE DEPICTS THE INTERSECTION OF RIGSBY AVENUE, PECAN VALLEY DRIVE, AND ROLAND AVENUE REIMAGINED WITH SEVERAL NEW HOUSING TYPES, NEIGHBORHOODS SERVING COMMERCIAL USES AND MAIN AND IMPROVED STREETS SCAPES.
OUR LAST MAIN TOPIC IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THREE MAIN ECONOMIC CHALLENGES WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN IMMEDIATE AND ADJACENT AREAS, EVERYDAY RETAIL GOODS AND NEEDS AND ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES.
ONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION CALLS FOR THE CREATION AND GROWTH OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON HACKBERRY STREET BETWEEN RIGS, RIGSBY AVENUE AND STEVE'S AVENUE.
AND ALONG WW WHITE ROBE FROM RIGSBY TO EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ALONG HACKBERRY NEAR SOUTH, NEAR SAN ANTONIO GOURMET OLIVE OILS AND LITTLE RED BARN STEAKHOUSE.
THIS ILLUSTRATION SHOWS HOW PUBLIC INVESTMENTS AND IMPROVED SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, STREET SCAPES, AND STREET TREES, ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT BRANDING AND MARKETING, CAN SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY RE SERVING RETAIL, DINING AND SERVICES.
SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SUB AREA PLANS, THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN PROPOSES A MIDTERM VISION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING AND REINVESTMENT REINVESTING IN THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THIS IS THE PROJECTED ADOPTION SCHEDULE FOR THE SOUTHEAST
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COMMUNITY AREA PLAN.THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT WAS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 12TH, AND THE AFTER THE PUBLIC DRAFT WAS REVIEWED BY THE PUBLIC.
AND COMMENTS INCORPORATED, WE BRIEF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 26TH WILL TYPICALLY COME TO, UM, THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE AFTER PLANNING COMMISSION HAS HAD THEIR HEARING.
HOWEVER, THEY DID CHANGE THEIR MEETING DATES, SO WE'LL BE GOING TO THEIR PUBLIC, THEIR NEXT MEETING ON NOVEMBER 16TH, THIS WEDNESDAY.
AND WE ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THE DECEMBER 15TH CITY COUNCIL A SESSION FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
UM, WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
WE APPRECIATE IT, AND I'M EXCITED.
BUT I'M GOING TO TURN OVER, UM, THE FLOOR TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT THREE, WHOSE, UH, DISTRICT THAT SITS IN.
SO, COUNCILMAN VIGON, WE'LL START WITH YOUR COMMENT.
I, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT SA TOMORROW HAS DONE.
UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLAN AND, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS IN REACHING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUT AS WE LEARNED IN OUR, UM, U D C IS, I THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE EFFORT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT ATTENDING THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS GET THE, GET THE MESSAGE OF WHAT, WHAT'S COMING.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I'M EXCITED, I'M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THE, UM, INFORMATION OUT TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T RETURNED TO THEIR NAS OR THEIR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BRIDGET.
NOW, STRATEGY 4.1, IT TALKS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING FIRST AND LAST MILE STRATEGIES.
COULD YOU ELABORATE MORE ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THAT STRATEGY? AND SPECIFICALLY, DO YOU THINK THAT IT REQUIRES MORE RIGHT OF WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOAL OR THAT GOAL NUMBER 13, NOT NECESSARILY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'S THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY, WE JUST RECONFIGURE ADDING IN STREET TREES, RECONFIGURING THE LANES.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FIRST AND LAST MILE, EVERYONE IS A PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET TO THE STATION, AND THEN ONCE YOU GET TO YOUR DESTINATION, YOU'LL TYPICALLY WALK TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
SO THIS JUST SHOWS THE BEFORE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVEN'T REDUCED ANY LANES.
WE'VE JUST REALLY ENHANCED THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
AND, AND WITH, WITH WHAT YOU HAVE ON RIGHT NOW ON OUR SCREENS, I'VE BEEN SEEING THE TREND THAT, UH, RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR GREATER GREEN SPACE AND BE ABLE TO, UM, WALK ALONG THEIR SIDEWALKS AND THEY'RE STREET SAFELY.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE SO FAR.
WHEN THERE'S OTHER ZONING REQUESTS, UH, DO WE CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S IN LINE WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN OR THE AREA PLAN OR WHERE IT FALLS INTO IT? AND, AND IF WE DON'T, I'D HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? WE DO, TYPICALLY ZONING REQUESTS WILL GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT VERY EARLY ON, AFTER ADOPTION OF THE 2016, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE DEVELOPED, UM, AN S O P WITH D S D.
SO ANY REQUESTS THAT COME THROUGH, THEY'LL ACTUALLY SEND THEM OVER TO US FOR REVIEW.
SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM IN TERMS OF REZONINGS THAT COME FORWARD.
I'LL GO ON TO MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
I RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT GREATER, UH, DEVELOPMENT ALL OVER TOWN, BUT I'VE SAID EVER SINCE I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, WE NEED TO PROMOTE MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH SIDE, WHETHER IT'S SOUTHEAST OR SOUTHWEST OR EVEN THE EAST SIDE.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE CONCEPT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THOUGH, THAT SOMETIMES WE TEND TO OVERPLAY, UH, WHAT WE PRESENT.
AND TO ME, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, UH, THE CONCEPT OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AT, AT BERKSHIRE IN HACKBERRY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS IS INTENDED TO BE, UH, CRITICISM OF, OF WHAT WE TRY TO SAY, OH, THIS IS WHERE WE THINK THIS COULD GO SOMEDAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SHOWING PEOPLE ON BICYCLES, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BICYCLE LANES.
AND, AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM EVERYWHERE WE GO.
IF YOU'RE GONNA SHOW PEOPLE ON BICYCLES, HOW COULD BICYCLE LANES BE PUT IN THERE? YOU'RE SHOWING A, A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK, YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T PUT CROSSWALKS MID-BLOCK VERY MUCH AT ALL, BUT YOU SHOW ONE HERE, YOU DON'T SHOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE BUSINESSES THAT THERE TODAY, YOU'RE PRESUMING THEY'RE GONNA BE GONE.
UH, GAS STATION OR SERVICE STATION'S GONNA CLOSE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE GOING TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE, LET'S ALSO KEEP IN MIND THIS IS WHAT'S THERE AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
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MM-HMM.AND SO HOW DO WE LIVE WITH WHAT IS THERE TO IMPROVE IT RATHER THAN TO CREATE AN ILLUSION OF, WELL, THIS IS THE PERFECT WHAT WE WANT, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE CITY GROW FOR 50 YEARS AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MINOR, THEY'RE SMALL, OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE GOOD, BUT THEY DON'T CHANGE THE WHOLE CHARACTER, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT I, I THINK WE, WE MAY BE MISLEADING A LITTLE BIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND A LOT OF THESE CONCEPTS, LIKE THE ONE THAT SHOWS RIGSBY AND LAKEFRONT AND ALL OF THAT DEVELOPED WITH ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AS A CITY TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO LET'S, LET'S TRY AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE REALISTIC WHEN WE SHOW THESE THINGS TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
SO WHAT ARE THE, THE REALITIES OF WHAT PEOPLE COULD BE LOOKING FOR IN THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF, UH, A PIE IN THE SKY, WHAT IT COULD BE LIKE 50 YEARS FROM NOW? SO THAT'S MY, MY CRITICISM.
WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SPEAK TO THAT.
WE, WE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT THERE ISN'T, IT'S EXISTING WHAT'S THERE NOW.
UM, WE DO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGSBY AND LAKEFRONT.
THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY ENGAGED IN THAT AND VERY, UM, VOCAL IN TERMS OF WANTING THE AMENITIES IN A MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER.
SO THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT, WE DO NOTE THAT THESE ARE CONCEPTS WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, THE PLANNING CONCEPTS, WALKABILITY, UM, STREET SCAPES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE STRESS THAT YES, WE WOULD LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT A LOT OF THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THAT PARTICULAR EXAMPLE ON HACKBERRY WAS A CORNER THAT WAS CURRENTLY VACANT.
BUT SIR, WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP THAT IN MIND MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED, AND TO, TO SPEAK TO KIND OF THAT VISION FOR THEM TO SEE IT, I, I THINK IS WHAT SA TOMORROW DOES VERY WELL.
UM, I KNOW, AND I THINK MY RESIDENTS ARE LEARNING, AND WE'RE ALL LEARNING WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WITH THE, UM, THE COST IN THINGS.
IT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN COME AND HAVE SOME ASPIRATIONS FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT PERSON.
BUT I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND TELL THEM BIKE LANES AREN'T HAPPENING, OR I, AND WE, WE EXPERIENCE THIS ON ROOSEVELT, WHEN, WHEN THE STATE CAME IN AND SAID, HEY, WE KNOW TO, TO BIKE LANES, NO, TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE LANES THERE.
THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, I THINK AGAIN, IT'S KEY TO GET, GET OUT IN FRONT OF THEM AS SOON AS WE CAN WITH THAT.
SO THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK, AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THE VOTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, BRIDGET.
AND, AND TEAM, WE WILL VOTE ON THE ITEM I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE ITEM IN CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK NOW TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PROGRAM, POLICY UPDATES.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IAN IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING THAT.
LORI, WANNA MENTION THAT IAN SENT OUT A MATRIX ON FRIDAY THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POLICY FROM 2015 AND THE NEW POLICY.
THIS IS NOT AN AMENDMENT, THIS IS AN UPDATED POLICY.
SO I KNOW THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR RED LINES, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT A, AN AMENDMENT.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO RED LINES TO THE POLICY.
IT'S BASICALLY A BRAND NEW POLICY.
AND, UM, BUT HE DID PROVIDE A MATRIX THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO THAT SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, GOOD MORNING COUNCILWOMAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IAN BENAVIDES, INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO AS A QUICK, UM, BACKGROUND, UM, FOR THE POLICY UPDATE PROCESS, UM, WE'VE BEEN TO PC DC SEVERAL TIMES.
WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK LAST FEBRUARY.
UM, WE DID A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK BETWEEN JUNE AND OCTOBER.
UH, WE CAME BACK TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, IN OCTOBER TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THIS
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COMMITTEE LAST MEETING.AND SO, UM, TODAY I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE, UH, COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE.
AND THEN WE PLAN TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, UM, TO HAVE THE POLICY UPDATED.
AGAIN, JUST AS WAY OF BACKGROUND, UM, THIS TIF POLICY REALLY DISCONNECTS SEVERAL KEY POLICY AREAS, UM, ONE BEING CHAPTER THREE 11 THAT GOVERNS THE WAY THAT TS ARE ESTABLISHED AND HOW THEY OPERATE AND WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO.
UM, THE CITY ADOPTED PLANS AND POLICIES.
AND WE HAVE A, A WIDE VARIETY OF PLANS AND POLICIES, UM, AT THE CITY LEVEL.
UM, AND ONE OF THE GREAT, UM, FEATURES OF THE TOURS IS THAT CAN BE FLEXIBLE WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS OF CHAPTER THREE 11 TO ALLOW US TO FUND MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, SOMETHING NEW THAT WE ARE, UM, PILOTING WITH THE INNER CITY TOURS RIGHT NOW, BUT PLAN TO EXPAND TO ALL THE CITY INITIATED TOURS, WHICH IS THE TOURS, UPDATED TOURS, GOALS, UM, PRIORITIES AND GOALS.
AND SO THAT WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE WITH THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT EACH BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE, KNOWING AGAIN, THAT EACH TOUR IS LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF THE CITY AND MAY HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, UM, THAT AGAIN, FALL UNDER A CITY, UM, PLAN OR POLICY, AND ARE ALLOWABLE UNDER CHAPTER THREE 11.
SO AS A QUICK, QUICK RECAP, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, UM, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CLEAR PROCESS ON THE CREATION OF NEW CITY AND INITIATED, UM, PETITION INITIATED TS TO STANDARDIZE THE BOARD MEMBER COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS TO BALANCE THE T'S FLEXIBILITY WITH MEETING CITY PRIORITIES, UM, TO ENSURE THAT TTS FUNDING IS LEVERAGED WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE GOING INTO PROJECTS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE BOARDS WHICH ARE REALLY CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITIES AND DISCUSS THE PROJECTS BEFORE THEY COME TO COUNCIL, DO HAVE SOME ROLE IN REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING PROJECTS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR EACH TOURS INCLUDE AN EVALUATION AND UPDATE PROCESS AS THOSE GOALS AND PRIORITIES CHANGE TO PROVIDE A FREE FEE STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T LIMIT SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS OR NONPROFITS TO ALLOW A PROCESS TO REVIEW HOUSING BASED ON PROJECT TYPE LOCATION AND ANY POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE THAT PROTECTS WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS AND PAY AND CONSIDERS COMMUNITY BENEFITS SUCH AS PARKS, TRAILS AND BEAUTIFICATION THAT INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, COMMUNITY SPACE, ET CETERA.
ADDITIONALLY, AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, WE HEARD SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON SOME COMMENTS.
UM, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR UPDATING THOSE TOURS, GOALS AND PRIORITIES? UM, HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE TERMINATE TERMINATION OF A TOURS A RED LINE VERSION OF THE POLICY, WHICH LORI, UM, ALREADY SPOKE TO, BOARD APPOINTMENTS, UH, PROCESS HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
SO WITH THE CITY INITIATED T'S BOARDS, UM, PRIORITIES AND GOALS, UM, WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR OFFICES AND GETTING FEEDBACK.
UM, SO THE PROCESS THAT WE APPROVE BASED ON OUR LAST, LAST DISCUSSION IS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT BOARDS ADOPT GOALS SPECIFIC TO THEIR ZONE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, KNOWING THAT EACH TOURS IS LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE CITY.
UM, AND THE BOARDS CAN REVISE AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
AND SO STAFF'S ROLE WILL BE TO WORK WITH THE BOARDS AND ANNUALLY TO REVIEW THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES, UM, AND TO SEE IF ANY ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE, UM, IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC ON THE TYPES OF TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT TOURIST BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND THIS REALLY ALLOWS FOR A PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL TOURS, BOARDS AND BEING ABLE TO FUND THE KIND OF PROJECTS, UM, THAT ARE MOST RELEVANT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THET BOARD MEMBERS CAN OUTLINE THE TYPES AND ADDITIONAL CRITERIA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN PROJECTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAY THE APPLICANTS WILL KNOW, UM, WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE AND STAFF CAN WORK WITH THEM ON ADDRESSING THOSE.
PRIOR TO COMING TO THE TOURS BOARD FOR THE TERMINATION OF TAX, UH, INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THIS QUESTION UP.
UM, SIMILAR TO HOW WE CREATE TS BOARDS, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A REQUEST FROM EITHER THE TS BOARD, CITY STAFF OR COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, ON EARLY TERMINATION STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO CONDUCT, UH, A REVIEW IN OUR ANALYSIS TO THE, THE T IS NO LONGER MEETING THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES AND GOALS THAT IT WAS SET UP TO DO.
UM, I THINK, UH, ONE THING WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS ALL PENDING PROJECT COSTS AND OTHER, UM, OBLIGATIONS MUST BE PAID IN FULL PRIOR TO ANY TERMINATION.
AND IF TERMINATED ANY REMAINING FUNDS, UM, WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO THE GENERAL FUND OR COULD BE IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, DESIGNATED TO COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE TOUR IS LOCATED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTMENT AND PROCESS.
UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A SLIGHT MODIFICATION TO THE CURRENT PROCESS.
THE VACANCIES WILL BE ADVERTISED BY THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE, AS AT LARGE.
UM, THOSE CAN BE RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR INTERESTED, INTERESTED PARTIES TO BE ABLE TO APPLY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES.
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR VETTING THOSE APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN N H S D WILL REFER THOSE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THET BOARD.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THET BOARD CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR AS APPLICABLE.
AND THEN ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
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IN WHICH THE TSS IS LOCATED, AND THEN THAT A AD HOC COMMITTEE AFTER REVIEWING THOSE APPLICANTS WOULD RECOMMEND THEM STRAIGHT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.AND WE'LL SAY, UM, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE SLIDE ON IT, BUT NON-PARTICIPATING TAXING ENTITIES WILL BE REMOVED FROM BOARDS.
UM, AGAIN, THE INTENTION FOR CHAPTER THREE 11 IS ENTITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THEIR TAX INCREMENT CAN HAVE A SEAT ON THE BOARD.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICY REFLECTS THAT THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, I HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR OFFICES ON THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD PLAY SERVING ON TOURS BOARDS, UM, BUT AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES, UM, TO THE POLICY FOR HOUSING GUIDELINES.
UM, WE DID HAVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM, UM, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA ON AFFORDABILITY AND OPENING IT UP TO MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE ARE OPENING UP THE TOURS FOR ROCK MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT AND IS CURRENTLY OPEN TO MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AS ALIGNED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE SHIP.
SO WE SHOULD ENSURE THAT PROJECTS SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM OF 25% OF UNITS AT AFFORDABLE LEVELS.
UM, AND WHAT THOSE AFFORDABLE LE LEVELS MEAN, UM, IS ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WHETHER IT'S PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, MULTIFAMILY AT 60% OF THE AREA MEDIA INCOME OR SINGLE FAMILY, 120% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT FUNDING FROM APPLICABLE T FUND BALANCES.
UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS ARE TAX EXEMPT, SO BEING ABLE TO GENERATE THEIR OWN INCREMENT FOR THEIR PROJECT IS NOT USUALLY POSSIBLE.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEEK DIRECT FUNDING FROM THAT T FOR MARKET RATE HOUSING.
AGAIN, UM, THOSE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING IN THIS PROPOSED POLICY.
THEY MUST COMPLETE THE MARKET ANALYSIS TO SHOW THE NEED FOR, FOR HOUSING IN THE AREA AND HOW IT'LL SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY MUST ALSO COMPLETE A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND ANY POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT THAT PROJECT COULD HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING PILOTED RIGHT NOW WITH THE HOUSING BOND.
UM, AND THEN FUNDING WILL BE RECOMMENDED AT 75% OF THE INCREMENTED INCREMENT GENERATED FROM THE ACTUAL PROJECT SITE.
UM, 25% OF THAT INCREMENT WILL THEN BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.
SO MARKET RATE PROJECTS, UM, WITH THESE GUIDELINES WOULD STILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AGAIN, IF THEY MEET THAT CRITERIA IN THE MARKET STUDY AND THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, UM, PROJECTS, THATT, THE TOURS BOARD CONSIDERS DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS FIT INTO ONE BUCKET OR THE OTHER.
SO WE KNOW THERE ARE GONNA BE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE ADJUSTMENTS TO THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE NECESSARY.
SO WE'RE GIVING THAT FLEXIBILITY TOT BOARDS AND COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THEN THAT DIFFER FROM THESE GUIDELINES.
HOUSING WILL ALSO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH A LOT OF OUR OTHER PLANS AND POLICIES, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM THIS WHOLE POLICY UPDATE IS THAT WE WANT TO BE MORE ALIGNED WITH OTHER, UM, PLANS AND STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ADOPTING.
THE MAIN ONE BEING, AND I THINK IT'S VERY RELEVANT TO THE ITEMS THAT WE JUST HEARD ESSAY TOMORROW, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON THE LOCATION AND TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT, UM, THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS WE'VE HEARD COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND THAT CAN INCLUDE MIXED USE OR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH DO HAVE A HOUSING COMPONENT, BUT MAY NECESS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE, THE PRIMARY DRIVER, UM, FOR THE INCENTIVE UNIVERSAL DESIGN WHEN FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, UM, COORDINATED WITH OUR DISABILITY ACCESS OFFICE AND THE FINANCIAL FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, UM, TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE ASPECT COMES IN, ESPECIALLY WITH REHABILITATIONS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO MODIFY EXISTING BUILDINGS.
AND THEN ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO OUTLINE IN OUR POLICY AND OUR APPLICATIONS.
THEY MUST INCLUDE OUR, UH, HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE POLICY, UM, WHICH ALLOWS ELIGIBLE RENTERS WHO MAY BE UTILIZING VOUCHERS, UM, AND OUR NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS FOR ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR RENTERS FOR SUSTAINABILITY, WE WANT TO CONNECT ALL OF OUR PROJECTS TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, MEANING A MINIMUM BEING GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS.
UM, THE STANDARD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN LEVEL TWO OR AN EQUIVALENT, AND WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO LEVERAGING OTHER, UM, FUNDING SOURCES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
SO THAT COULD BE PACE, UM, FOR REHABILITATION PROJECTS OR STATE, OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING THAT MAY BE HEADED DOWN THE PIPELINE.
OTHER PRIORITY ITEMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, INCLUDE SOLAR READY, EV READY, ENERGY EFFICIENT ROOFS, DROUGHT RESISTANT LANDSCAPING, AND HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENTS.
COUNCILWOMAN CASTILE HAD BROUGHT UP THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO ADD OTHER AGREEMENTS BEYOND JUST WHAT IS BEING NEGOTIATED FOR THE PROJECT SITE.
UM, WE, WE CURRENTLY DO THIS RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH MANY OF OUR AGREEMENTS, BUT IN OUR POLICY WE'VE ADDED A SECTION SPECIFICALLY ON COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENTS.
UM, THESE CAN BE INCLUDED INTS BOARDS GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
WE CAN GIVE EXAMPLES SO THAT APPLICANTS UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THESE TUR, THE TS BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL MAY BE LOOKING FOR.
UM, SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO, UM, COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR NEARBY
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NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.UM, THE, THE CREATION OF A DOG PARK TO BE USED FOR NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, OR THE CONTRIBUTION OF FUNDING TO, UM, PARK AMENITIES LIKE SPLASH PAD.
SO THESE TOURIST BOARD GOALS AND PRIORITIES, AGAIN, CAN GIVE THOSE EXAMPLES.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THOSE AND INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WHEN WE, UM, AWARD FUNDING.
UM, AND SO THAT'LL BE OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR, MONITOR THOSE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS WITHIN THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
SO THAT INCLUDES, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY BRIEFING.
WE, UM, ARE PLANNING TO GO TO COUNCIL AFTER TODAY'S MEETING, UM, SOMETIME IN DECEMBER.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT, THAT WE RECOMMENDED OR, OR ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
UM, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANSWERS YET ON THE, UM, PETITION INITIATED TERMS, SO I THINK THAT IS STILL, UM, ONE CONCERN FOR ME.
UM, THERE'S NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT, UH, OR BUILT OUT AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE BOARDS HAVE NOT MET IN YEARS.
RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I I WOULD LIKE, AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE, THE TERM, UM, IT'S STILL WITHIN THE, THE TERM LIFE.
SO I, I'D LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
THEY ARE CONSIDERING USE OF THE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO PUBLIC USE PROJECTS.
AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW WE CAN BETTER WORK WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I HAVE ONE IN MIND, AND I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD FROM MY OFFICE, IT'S HUNTER'S POND.
AND SO SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER STILL.
CAN YOU HELP ME, UH, UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO YES, WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH YOUR OFFICE.
WE'RE WORKING AT OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING WITHIN THATT, UM, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE IT FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS WITHIN THATT BOUNDARY, UM, FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO WE ARE JUST WORKING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT OR IF IT'S ELIGIBLE UNDER THE EXISTING AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT EITHER WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO FIND A PATH FORWARD TO FUND THOSE, THOSE AMENDMENTS.
'CAUSE THEN I THINK THAT IF A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THIS, 'CAUSE THEN THERES, WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT.
AND THEN SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, UM, IS THERE, CAN WE SEE A PLAN TO REPLACE BOARD MEMBERS IF MAYBE THEY ARE JUST NOT INVOLVED OR UNRESPONSIVE OR MAYBE ARE NO LONGER, UH, TIED TO THE PROJECT SO THAT WAY WE CAN GIVE OUR NEIGHBORS MORE OF THE OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY THAN SOMEONE WHO'S NO LONGER TIED IN? ABSOLUTELY.
AND, UM, THAT'S PART OF THE INTENTION OF, UM, REMOVING SOME OF THE NON-PARTICIPATING TAXING ENTITIES.
THEY ARE NON-PARTICIPATING IN TWO WAYS.
ONE, THEY'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING THEIR INCREMENT, BUT, UH, A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY NOT PARTICIPATING.
THEY DON'T COME TO THE MEETING.
SO, UM, WE ARE, WE WILL WORK, UM, WITH EACH TOURS BOARD TO ENSURE THAT MEMBERS WHO SHOULD BE PARTICIPATING ON THE TOURS BOARD ARE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY IN ATTENDANCE AND IF NOT FINDING SUITABLE REPLACEMENTS.
AND I SEE THAT YOU DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION CORRECT.
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SIT ON EVERY TOURS BOARD FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SIT ON EVERY TOURIST BOARD UHHUH
WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING IS THERE ARE, OFTENTIMES THERE ARE TOURIST BOARDS WHERE THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ON THOSE BOARDS, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE CHANGING THAT POLICY.
WHAT WE'LL BE DOING THOUGH, IS CREATING, UM, SOME GUIDELINES FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A GREAT, UM, IN A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE HAD, UM, COUNCILMAN SHAW, WHO WAS ON THE INNER CITY TOURS MM-HMM.
AND WHEN IT GOT TO COUNCIL, HE DID NOT WANT TO VOTE FOR THE PROJECT.
AND SO THERE WAS A PROCESS FOR HIM TO CHANGE HIS VOTE.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THAT PROCESS BECAUSE THERE COULD BE CONFLICTING VOTES SURE.
AS A TOURS BOARD CHAIR MM-HMM.
SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT GA THAT THAT GUIDANCE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, IS IT, WOULD IT BE EASIER TO JUST HAVE THEM THERE IN A NEXT OFFICIO CAPACITY? THAT'D BE ONE OF THEM.
UM, IN THOSE CASES, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, SHE SERVES ON THE WEST SIDE TOUR AND SHE'S A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
AND SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP ON THESE, THESE BOARDS, SPECIFICALLY THE WEST SIDE AND THE INNER CITY THAT HAVE A LOT OF PROJECT NEEDS.
AND SO WHAT WE MIGHT DO IS RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER NOT VOTE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT STILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
BUT THEY CAN STILL PARTICIPATE, UM, ON BOARDS GOING FORWARD, RIGHT? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ABOUT THAT.
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TO THE BOARD, BUT YEARS AFTER, UM, THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT ZONE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT ROLE TO DECIDE WHERE TO INVEST THAT FUNDING.AND SO I THINK THAT KIND OF GOES BACK TO MY EARLIER POINT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE RELEVANT.
AND THAT ARE STILL, UM, AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING, AND EVEN FOR THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT MATTER, RIGHT.
IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO DRIVE THAT, THAT POINT HOME.
BUT THEN ALSO SIMILAR TO THAT, CAN WE SPELL OUT MAYBE FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH STAFF POSITIONS, WHICH CSA STAFF POSITIONS, UM, ARE A PART OF THE TIFF CSA INTERNAL COORDINATORS? UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND MAYBE WE CAN SEE, UM, A LINE IN THE ADOPTION PARAGRAPH THAT STATES THAT INTERNAL COORDINATORS WILL SEND A FORMAL, UH, MEMO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHOSE DISTRICT IS WITHIN, UM, UH, AN AREA WHERE A TS IS BEING CONSIDERED.
I THINK THAT'S JUST AN, AN EXTRA, UM, TIMELINE.
BUT MAYBE WITH THAT, THE QUESTION OF A TIMELINE COMES UP.
IS THERE A GENERAL TIMELINE, UM, FOR WHEN, WHEN THOSE SORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, AND ABSOLUTELY, AGAIN, THE INTERNAL COORDINATION MEETING IS MOSTLY, UM, CITY LEADERSHIP.
SO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, BEN GELLE, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO PREVIOUSLY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNER, WERE NOT PART OF THAT.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THEM IN, AGAIN, IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY COORDINATED ON A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT COMMITTEE REALLY IS, IF THERE'S A DISTRICT FOR TOURS, A A DEVELOPER'S TRYING TO INITIATE THAT, WE NEED TO DO AN ANALYSIS.
SO WE DO AN ANALYSIS, UM, OF THAT AREA TO SEE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH INCREMENT TO COVER THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S THE, THE INTERNAL COORDINATION.
WE ARE NEVER GOING TO BRING A TS FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR CREATION IF THE DISTRICT THAT THAT TSS RESIDES IN DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT T.
AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE COORDINATION.
AND I KNOW IN THE PAST, WE TYPICALLY, WE GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND ASK, ARE THEY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS? MM-HMM.
THEN WE DO OUR ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE COME BACK WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN WE HAVE THE COUNCIL, UM, MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE CAN FORMALIZE THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IN OUR INTERNAL POLICIES, IT'S THAT TWO STEP PROCESS.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS WE KNOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS GONNA SUPPORT IT.
UM, WE HAVE NINE TOURS IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND SO, UM, EIGHT OF THEM ARE PETITION INITIATED.
AND SO I, THAT'S WHY I AM SO FOCUSED ON, ON GETTING THIS POLICY CORRECT, BUT SPECIFICALLY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.
IT'S WHAT I WANNA FOCUS ON NEXT.
AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY SOIL COMPOSITION.
AND SO, UM, D FOUR HAS A LOT OF CLAY SOIL, AND I KNOW THAT DISTRICT 10 ALSO HAS, UM, A LOT OF CLAY SOIL.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING ISSUES WITH THE ROADS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE, UH, FOUNDATION ISSUES, ET CETERA.
AND SO IF WE'RE REIMBURSING THE DEVELOPER ON THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ALSO SENSITIVE TO THAT TEST OF TIME.
AND SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WE CAN DO THERE, IAN? THAT'S A GREAT POINT, COUNCILWOMAN.
AND YES, I'VE, I'VE SEEN SOME PICTURES.
UM, THE COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICE, WHEN WE APPROVE IT TO, WE DON'T NECESSARILY WAIVE ANY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE MEETING CITY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ROADS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE COULD DO IN, IN NEGOTIATION, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE COUNCIL OFFICE, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, UM, AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS LOOK TO SEE WHAT KIND OF DESIGN ENHANCEMENTS COULD BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE ROADWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, WILL LAST LONGER.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE ON THAT.
UM, SOME OF THAT MAY HAVE, UM, JUST TRYING TO WEAR BOTH HATS HERE, AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL PRICE OF THE PROJECT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY NEGOTIATE IN, UM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE APPLYING TO THE CITY FOR THE FUNDING.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU, UM, MENTIONED DESIGN, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK DEFINITELY DESIGN AND AND ARCHITECTURE STANDARDS, UM, WOULD HELP WITH THESE PROJECTS.
SOME, SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TSS BOUNDARIES HAVE NOT HAD THE GREATEST DESIGNS.
AND, AND I WOULD LOVE TO EXPECT MORE OF PARTICIPANTS THAT, THAT GET, UM, BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.
I'LL CARRY ON WITH COUNCIL CONVERSATION.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
THANK YOU, IAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMPARISON SUMMARY DOCUMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED.
UM, I DO HAVE, UH, AN AREA OF CONCERN ON PAGE TWO OF THAT DOCUMENT FOR APPOINTMENTS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE NEW PROCESS TO APPOINT BOARD DIRECTORS.
UH, ON SLIDE EIGHT, IT MENTIONS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE CREATED, UH, TO APPROVE THOSE, UM, TS APPOINTEES.
UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT NEUTER THE, THE ABILITY
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OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO, UH, APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO THAT BOARD.RIGHT? I I THINK EACH OF US KNOW OUR DISTRICT BETTER THAN, UM, ANYONE ELSE, RIGHT? THAT'S HOW WE EARNED OUR JOB.
AND MY CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS AND EXPERTISE THAT ARE REQUIRED ON A BOARD TO BEST SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND REMOVING THAT ABILITY OF EACH OF US TO APPOINT FOLKS TO THAT BOARD IS A BIT CONCERNING.
UM, CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THAT, UH, DIRECTION CAME FROM? WHO INITIATED CHANGING THE APPOINTMENT FROM COUNCIL INITIATED TO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE? I WANNA STRESS THAT THE COUNCIL NEVER DID APPOINT THE BOARD MEMBERS.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COUNCILMAN CASTILLO WOULD SEEK, UM, BOARD MEMBERS TO APPLY, AND THEY OFTEN WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT APPLIED.
THEY WENT THROUGH THE CITY CLERK'S VETTING OFFICE PROCESS STAFF'S PROCESS, AND THEN IT WENT THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT REALLY DID GO THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS, BUT THERE WAS NEVER ANY FORMAL PROCESS WHERE THE TSS BOARD CHAIR APPOINTED THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, IT JUST ALWAYS HAPPENED THAT THE BOARD CHAIR WAS THE ONE THAT HELPED IDENTIFY THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT APPLIED TO THOSE BOARDS.
WE NEEDED TO CREATE A PROCESS.
AND SO THE PROCESSES TO INCLUDE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THATT ENCOMPASSES AND HAVE THEM VET MM-HMM.
UM, 'CAUSE MY CONCERN IS HAVING INDIVIDUALS PUT ON A BOARD TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT AND CONSTITUENTS WITHOUT, UM, THE ELECTED OFFICIAL HAVING A ROLE IN WHO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE.
UM, BUT ON THE, THE PIECE WITH REMOVING THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE T WHAT I HEARD IS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THIS UPDATED POLICY, WILL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE TURS STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TOVO VOTE ON THE ITEM? OR WILL WE HAVE TO ABSTAIN? NO, YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE ITEM.
WHAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS CHANGED THEIR VOTE.
AND SO IF THEY CHANGE THEIR VOTE, IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE TIF POLICY, TIF BOARD BEFORE IT COMES BACK.
AND SO THAT WAS THE, THE CONCERN.
WE JUST, IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, YOU JUST COME TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE PROCESS ON HOW, HOW TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN VOTE AT BOTH THE TOURS BOARD AND THE COUNCIL MEETING.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M HAVING A DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? LIKE THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WE VOTE TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD AND WE CAN CHANGE OUR MIND.
'CAUSE A CONSTITUENT, UH, CAN BRING SOMETHING TO OUR ATTENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T CONSIDERING AND NOW WE NEED TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE OF WHY, UH, IT WAS BEING RECOMMENDED.
SO THAT'S NOT THE CASE, RIGHT? IT WAS NEVER BEING RECOMMENDED.
WE WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD AND, AND GET YOUR INPUT ON THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING.
AND WE HEARD THAT, THAT THERE STILL WANT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS STILL WANTED TO HAVE A VOICE AND BE ACTIVE IN THE TOURS BOARD.
SO IT WASN'T A RECOMMENDATION, IT WAS AN OPTION THAT WE WERE, WE WERE VETTING AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE TOURS BOARDS AND, UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, A CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN, CAN VET THAT.
AND IT JUST, THE CONFUSION WAS, UM, ARE YOU ACTING IN YOUR CAPACITY AS THE TOURIST CHAIR OR THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS? AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
SO IT WAS, THERE'S NO CONFLICT.
IT WAS PROPOSED AS AN OPTION, NOT A RECOMMENDATION.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY STAFF WENT TO EACH P C D C MEMBER TO GET INPUT.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M TAKING UP HER TIME.
UH, I JUST WANT, UH, CERTAINTY THAT, UH, EACH JUROR'S, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STILL HAS THE AGENCY AND OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, UH, AT COMMITTEE AND THEN AT COUNCIL, AS WELL AS, UM, THAT THE APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER WHO MAY BE THE CHAIR OF A TOURS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPOINT PEOPLE TO THAT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU, IAN AND LORI, AND THE WHOLE TEAM FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THESE CHANGES.
WHAT I THINK WE SEE IS, AND ESPECIALLY FOR DISTRICT THREE, WHERE IT IS A LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE NO INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN IF WE MOVE OVER TO DISTRICT FIVE, IT MAY BE SEVERELY AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO, UH, CREATE THOSE PRIORITIES FOR THE TOURS.
I APPRECIATE YOU CLEARING UP THE, UM, ROLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I REALLY DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AS A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
'CAUSE WHEN WE ARE AT, UM, A TS MEETING,
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AND BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY SEE IT ON THE DIETS, IT COULD GO THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES AND THERE COULD, AND IF CONFLICTS ARISE, I, I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN GET LEGAL AND YOU GUYS TO SAY, THIS MIGHT BE, UM, SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT WANNA VOTE ON THIS TIME AND JUST LET IT GO THROUGH URS.BUT I LIKE THAT, THAT THAT'S JUST AN OPTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK, UM, I, I AM, I AM PLEASED WITH THE CHANGES.
I DO THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, THE PROCESS FOR APPOINTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE DOING OUR D DUE DILIGENCE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ON WHO'S SERVING ON THE BOARD AND THEIR INTERESTS ALSO.
SO WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO FULL COUNCIL.
UM, I DO WANNA STRESS, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS AND IF THEY'RE ABSENTEE, HOW DO WE CHANGE 'EM? THESE APPOINTEES HAVE A TWO YEAR TERM, AND, UM, SO THAT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER THOSE TWO YEARS.
UM, STAFF CAN LOOK AT THEIR ATTENDANCE AND, UM, THEY CAN ALWAYS BE REPLACED, BUT AT ANY TIME THEY CAN BE REPLACED.
BUT THAT, THAT IS ONE MILESTONE WHERE WHEN IT'S TIME FOR REAPPOINTMENT, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION BY RUDY ON THE BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR.
YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FACADES AND BEING HISTORIC.
UM, WHEN WE TAKE THESE TURS TO COUNCIL, THERE MIGHT BE EXCEPTIONS WHERE WE SAY BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
WE ARE GOING TO PURPOSELY MAKE THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE IN THIS TURS.
AND SO WE CAN DO THAT ON THE FRONT END AND MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO THE POLICY.
SO, I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T SPEAK UP DURING THAT ITEM.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CHAPTER 16.
ARTICLE SEVEN, USED AUTOMOTIVE PARTS, RECYCLERS AND METAL RECYCLING ENTITIES.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS AMIN THOMAS WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IT'S FREEZING IN THE ROOM TODAY.
SO
UH, YOU GUYS REQUESTED US TO, UH, PRESENT THAT AND JUST WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS ACTUALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND.
THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED IN 2008, AND THEN IT WAS UPDATED IN 2012.
AND THE UPDATE WAS REALLY MINOR.
THEY JUST CHANGED THE NAME OF SALVAGE YARD TO, UH, METAL RECYCLING ENTITIES.
AND THEY CHANGED THE AUTO, UH, DISMANTLES TO USE AUTOMOTIVE PARTS RECYCLING.
SO THEY CHANGED THE NAMES AND THEN THEY UPDATED THE DEFINITION AND MADE SOME CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THAT WAS, UH, THE CHANGE IN 2012.
SO BASICALLY THE DEFINITION OF META RECYCLING ENTITIES, THAT IS IN CHAPTER 16.
AND REALLY WHAT, WHAT IT MEANS IS THEY CAN ACQUIRE AND PURCHASE, SCRAP AND USED, UH, FERUS AND NON FEROUS METALS.
BASICALLY, UH, FERUS METAL IS ANYTHING STEEL AND IRON.
ALL THE NEFARIOUS METAL IS BASICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE THEY CAN PERFORM, UH, MANUFACTURING TO PROCESS THE MATERIAL TO BRING IT BACK INTO RAW MATERIAL SO THEY CAN USE IT AT A LATER DATE.
THE DEFINITION OF USED AUTO PARTS RECYCLER, BASICALLY JUST FROM THE NAME YOU CAN TELL IT'S BASICALLY, UM, DISMANTLING AND, UH, THE, THE REUSE, UM, AND OR RESALE OF AUTO PARTS, USED AUTO PARTS.
AND BASICALLY THE BIG ITEM HERE IS THE SAFE DISPOSAL OF THE SALVAGE MOTOR VEHICLES, OR IF IT'S NON-REPAIRABLE VEHICLE, THEY CAN USE THOSE MATERIALS AND THEY CAN SELL IT AS WELL.
THIS, UH, BASICALLY TABLE SHOWS YOU THE NUMBER OF, UH, LOCATIONS WE HAVE IN TOWN.
WE HAVE TOTAL OF 73 LOCATIONS, 28 OF THEM ARE THE METAL RECYCLING ENTITIES.
AND WE HAVE 45 USED AUTO PARKED RECYCLERS.
AND YOU CAN TELL, UH, THE MAJORITY ARE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
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THERE IS FOUR OUTTA THE 73 IN DISTRICT FOUR, THERE IS NONE IN ANY OF THE DISTRICT 7, 8, 9, AND 10.SO THEY ALL, THEY ALL ARE LOCATED WITHIN ONE TO SIX.
THIS IS, UH, BASICALLY JUST AN ILLUSTRATION, A MAP THAT SHOWS THE LOCATIONS AS WELL, THE SAME LOCATIONS I JUST SHOWED YOU EARLIER.
UH, SO THIS ONE REPRE REPRESENT, UH, USED AUTOMO PARTS RECYCLERS IN THE CITY.
AND AS I SAID, LIKE THE MAJORITY ARE ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT FOUR.
THE SAME THING WITH WITH THE META RECYCLING ENTITIES.
UM, ACTUALLY THIS ONE YOU HAVE MORE, PROBABLY YES, WE HAVE MORE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO WE HAVE NINE IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVEN IN DISTRICT FOUR.
BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE ALL IN IN THAT AREA.
SO WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO RUN ANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES? NUMBER ONE IS ZONING.
THEY HAVE TO BE ZONED I TWO WITH SPECIAL PERMITS, OR THEY HAVE THE NON-CONFORMING USE.
SO SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME, AND IN 2012 WE ISSUED NON-CONFORMING RIGHTS FOR THEM AS LONG AS THEY STAY IN OPERATION AND, AND THEY DON'T SHUT DOWN FOR OVER A YEAR, THEN THEY CONTINUE WITH THE OPERATION.
DEFINITELY THEY NEED LICENSES, THEY NEED CITY LICENSE.
BUT TO OBTAIN THE CITY LICENSE, LET FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A NEW LOCATION, STEP ONE IS THEY NEED TO COME TO YOU TO COUNCIL TO GET AN APPROVAL TO GET THE I TWO WITH THE SPECIAL USE, BASICALLY APPROVED.
THEY NEED TO OBTAIN, UH, SOME STATE LICENSES, UH, FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATIONS.
DEPENDING ON WHICH FACILITY THEY WANNA RUN, THEY NEED TO GET, UH, A LICENSE AND APPROVAL FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY T C E Q FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO LOCATIONS OR TYPE OF BUSINESSES.
THEY NEED TO GET A LETTER FROM SAS SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM TO BE IN A COMPLIANCE LETTER.
AND IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THE LAST 15 MONTHS.
SO EVERY 15 MONTHS, THEY NEED TO UPDATE THAT LETTER AND GET BACK, UH, AN APPROVAL FROM SASS.
AS SOON AS THEY, THEY GET ALL THESE LICENSES OR REQUIREMENTS OR LETTERS, THEN THEY PAY THE FEE TO THE CITY AND THEN THEY CAN OBTAIN THE CITY LICENSE AND THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO RUN THE BUSINESS.
WE DO HAVE TWO DEDICATED, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT ZONING OFFICERS, UH, THAT ARE, UH, INSPECTING THOSE LOCATIONS ON REGULAR BASIS.
SO OBVIOUSLY SINCE 2012, WE DEDICATED THE TWO OFFICERS TO DO THAT.
AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF INSPECTIONS.
I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
THE INSPECTION BASICALLY IS SIMPLE.
THEY HAVE A CHECKLIST WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE INSPECTOR WILL GO THROUGH DOWN THE CHECKLIST, AND AT THE END OF THE INSPECTION, THEY WILL PROVIDE THE CHECKLIST TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OR TO THE OPERATOR, WHOEVER IS THERE.
AND EITHER THEY FAIL OR THEY PASS.
BASICALLY, WHAT DO THEY LOOK FOR? THE CODE OFFICERS LOOK, OBVIOUSLY FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THE CITY LICENSE TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS.
THEN THEY LOOK AT FENCING, THEY LOOK AT MAINTENANCE RODENTS, UH, AND VECTOR CONTROL DOCUMENTATION.
THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT, UH, WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND THEY NEED TO HAVE THE LAST CHECKLIST.
IT NEEDS TO BE IN, UH, POSTED.
SO THEY NEED TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY WHO WALKS INTO THE BUSINESS TO SEE IF THEY PASSED OR FAILED THE INSPECTION.
SOME OF THE KEY SAFETY INSPECTIONS THAT, UH, THEY, THEY DO, WE JUST MENTIONED, I GUESS FENCING FOR EXAMPLE.
SO FENCING NEED TO HAVE EVERY BUSINESS NEED TO HAVE FENCING ON ALL SIDES.
THE WHOLE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE FENCED IN.
OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO HAVE A GATE TO GET IN AND OUT, BUT THE REST OF THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE FENCED IN.
THEY LOOK FOR WEED AND BRUSH MAINTENANCE.
UH, AGAIN, TALL GRASS BRUSH WEEDED.
THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, BIGGER ITEMS WE HAVE.
AND THE REASON FOR IT IS TIED IN WITH RODENT AND VECTOR CONTROL.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE TALL GRASS AND A LOT OF SCRAP METAL, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY TEND TO TO LIVE THERE AND GO AROUND THAT AREA.
SO AGAIN, THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THE BRUSH AND, AND WEED, UH, FIRE SAFETY PATH.
THE REQUIREMENT IS TO HAVE A 10 FOOT AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE FACILITY TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, THEY DON'T ENDANGER THE PROPER ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
BASICALLY, FIRE HAPPENS, YOU HAVE THAT BUFFER.
IT'S FOR FIRE, UH, FIGHTERS TO RESPOND TO A FIRE IF IT HAPPENS THERE.
THEY HAVE THAT PATH TO WALK AROUND AND CONTROL THE FIRE IN, IN THE AREA.
UH, IN REGARDS TO, UH, USED AUTO PARTS RECYCLERS, THEY NEED TO PUT ANY VEHICLE THAT THEY HAVE IN THE YARD, THEY NEED TO PUT IT AND LIFT IT SIX INCHES.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, AGAIN, FOR US, WHEN WE DO THE INSPECTION, WE MAKE SURE THERE IS NO GRASS, NO WEEDED, NO RODENTS AROUND THAT AREA.
SO BASICALLY JUST TO, TO MAKE SURE IT'S
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LIFTED.SO IF IT DRAINS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T WANNA STOP THE DRAINAGE FROM FLOWING APPROPRIATELY.
AND WE DO WORK WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS, AND BUNCH OF OTHER STATE AGENCIES LIKE AGAIN, DEPARTMENT OF UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, AND T C E Q.
SO HERE IS SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE DID SOME OF THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR, FY 2022, UH, THE TEAM DID 486 INSPECTIONS FOR THOSE TYPE OF PROPERTIES.
WE DID ISSUE 221 CLASS C MISDEMEANOR CITATIONS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
THOSE CITATIONS WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR 33 LOCATIONS.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER, I SAID WE HAVE 73 LOCATIONS, SO TECHNICALLY THERE IS FOUR LOCATIONS THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CITATIONS, WHICH THEY'RE BASICALLY IN, IN GOOD COMPLIANCE, AND THEY'RE RUNNING THE BUSINESS APPROPRIATELY.
THE FINES RANGE FROM, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED DOLLARS UP TO 2000.
SO BASICALLY THE SUMMARY HERE IS, UH, TO RUN THOSE TYPE OF BUSINESSES, YOU NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL LICENSE, AS WE MENTIONED, GOING THROUGH THE STATE AND THEN THE CITY AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE AND YOU PASS THOSE, UH, MONTHLY INSPECTIONS OR UP TO MONTHLY INSPECTIONS BASED ON THE ORDINANCE.
THOSE TYPE OF BUSINESSES ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A LOT OF METAL, A LOT OF SALVAGE VEHICLES THAT, AGAIN, YOU CAN USE SOME OF IT, UH, IF NEEDED, OR AGAIN, TURN THAT METAL INTO RAW MATERIAL AND THEN USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
UH, WE DO, AGAIN, WE DO PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS.
IT'S DONE BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, UH, OF THAT PREMISE AND THE NEIGHBORING AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
WITH THAT, I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I, I WANNA PULL UP SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, WHICH I THINK IS, IS THE MOST TELLING, UH, SLIDE, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF THESE FACILITIES ARE IN DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH SIX, AND THERE'S NONE IN SEVEN THROUGH 10.
UM, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, 77% OF ALL THE LOCATIONS, UH, ARE IN, IN, OR THERE'S TWO DISTRICTS, RIGHT, THAT, THAT SHARE THE MAJORITY OF THEN DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT FOUR, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN CASTILLO.
'CAUSE YOU REACHED OUT ABOUT A BRIEFING ON THIS SUBJECT, AND I WAS, UM, RIGHT ALONG THAT BECAUSE I HAVE 40 IN MY DISTRICT.
AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE JUST SAID, GOSH, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU HAVE ALL OF THE JUNKYARDS.
RIGHT? I'VE NEVER SEEN DISTRICT FOUR AT THE TOP OF A LIST FOR ANYTHING, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY, AND THIS IS NOT A GOOD LIST TO BE ON, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, PLANNING NOW BECAUSE THERE WAS A LACK OF PLANNING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY WAS DOING BEFORE, UH, BUT THEY WERE NOT THINKING OF EVERYONE, UH, WITH EQUITY.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING, RIGHT? STILL TO KIND OF HAVE THIS AND, AND BE ABLE TO, I GUESS, FACE THE REALITY, RIGHT? THAT PEOPLE, AGAIN, HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND AND, AND EVEN IN, IN THIS, RIGHT? SO I'D LOVE TO SEE A ZONING, UM, IN A PERMIT HISTORY, UM, WHAT YEARS THESE WERE APPROVED.
SO MAYBE IF YOU CAN HELP ME GATHER THAT OR YOUR TEAM COULD HELP ME, SO THAT I THINK THAT IT WOULD TELL A, A STORY, UM, TO SOME OF OUR, UM, RESIDENTS, RIGHT? WHO MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND, OR THEY KEEP HEARING ME SAY WE'RE LEFT BEHIND OR WE THIS AND THAT.
AND SO, AND I FEEL LIKE THEY THINK THAT I WHINE TOO MUCH, BUT IN REALITY, THIS IS
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? LIKE, LET ME SHOW YOU UNFORTUNATELY WHERE WE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, AND I DON'T WANNA BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THAT.
I, I'LL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT MY OFFICE SOMETIMES RECEIVES, UM, COMMISSIONS AND I KNOW THAT WE SEND THE INSPECTION TEAM, UM, AND I WANNA SAY BY THE WAY, THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY RESPONSIVE ON CHECKING THE ISSUES.
SO I DO WANNA PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOUR TEAM, UM, BECAUSE THEY DO A GOOD JOB.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD NO IDEA THAT WE EVEN HAD AN INSPECTION TEAM FOR THIS, BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SALVAGE OR ANY, ANY OF THESE IN HER DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE I THOUGHT, GOSH, LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS GOOD.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, ON YOUR PRESENTATION, ON YOUR ENFORCEMENT SLIDE, ON THE PRESENTATION, I SEE THAT 33 CITATION OR THAT CITATIONS WERE GIVEN AT 33 LOCATIONS, THAT'S ABOUT HALF THE LOCATIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL NUMBER OF LOCATIONS WITH ISSUES.
BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THAT STANDARD? LIKE HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER PLACES? UM, I, I MEAN, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN TO GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER.
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OVERALL, I MEAN, OUT OF THOSE 73, UM, I'M SURE SOME OF THEM WILL GET SOME CITATIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE UNDER THE ANNUAL CITATION, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE, GIVE THEM NOTICE ANYMORE IF THEY HAVE ANY VIOLATION WHEN WE SHOW UP, WE DO ISSUE CITATIONS IMMEDIATELY.SO OVERALL, I THINK THEY'RE WITHIN COMPLIANCE NOW.
THERE IS ABOUT 10 LOCATIONS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE LICENSES.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE CITATIONS ARE.
THE ONES WITHOUT A LICENSE, BUT WE CAN RUN THE DATA AND TELL YOU EXACTLY IF IT'S WITHIN THE RANGE OR NOT.
AND THEN ARE THERE REQUIREMENTS FOR A TYPE OF, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER, UM, THAT THESE FACILITIES ARE ALLOWED TO USE, AND THEN ARE THEY ALSO ALLOWED TO, UM, OPERATE AND STORE OVER DIRT? OR IS IT, UM, JUST FOR SOME TYPE OF GRAVEL? THEY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF GRAVEL.
AND WHEN WE DO THE INSPECTIONS, WE LOOK AT THAT, AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ALL THE VEHICLES NEED TO BE LIFTED SIX INCHES TO ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE, ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE TO GO THROUGH.
WHAT ABOUT REQUIREMENTS FOR RUNOFF FROM THESE PROPERTIES? AND SO I AM THINKING OF SOME RIGHT ALONG NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
UH, AND SO EVERY TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THERE'S A, A STORM COMING, ET CETERA, I, I FEEL LIKE WE LITERALLY HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND PHYSICALLY GO AND LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE SAFE.
UM, SO ARE, ARE, ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS DURING THOSE INSPECTIONS FOR RUNOFF? UH, THAT, THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT I TALKED ABOUT FROM SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS. OKAY.
WE DO REQUIRE THAT COMPLIANCE LETTER LETTER WITHIN 15 MONTHS AND EVERY 15 MONTH THEY HAVE TO UPDATE THAT LETTER THAT IS IN REGARDS TO DRAINAGE.
AND I NOTICED THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT ZONING OFFICERS.
UM, IS THERE A ROLE FOR THEM? IS IT JUST THIS THAT THEY DO, OR DO THEY WORK ON OTHER ZONING RELATED ISSUES AS WELL? THEY'RE DEDICATED FOR THIS.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE WORK, WE, WE, WE KEEP THEM BUSY.
BUT IN GENERAL, WITH THE AMOUNT OF LOCATIONS WE HAVE, THE 73 73 LOCATIONS, UH, THEY HAVE ENOUGH WORK TO KEEP THEM BUSY ALL THE TIME.
IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY, I I AM GLAD THEY'RE NOT COMING OUTTA MY BUDGET.
SO,
WE JUST SAW A BEAUTIFUL SOUTHEAST, UH, PLAN, FOR INSTANCE.
AND SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW THESE FACILITIES ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE, OR IF WE COULD MAYBE DEVELOP INDUSTRIAL ZONES, UM, FOR OPENING NEW ONES OR MAYBE, UM, POSSIBLE RELOCATIONS.
BUT SPECIFICALLY I ALSO WANNA CONSIDER, UH, THE SALVAGE YARDS OF THE FUTURE, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL USING THEM? HOW DO WE HELP THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE BUSINESSES PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE? UM, AND, AND GET READY BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
UM, THERE'S, UH, FAMILY LEGACIES, BUT HOW DO WE PREPARE THEM FOR, FOR THAT NEXT STEP? AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK, BUT I'M, I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEM.
I'M ALSO WORRIED ABOUT, UH, FOR INSTANCE, UM, FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN AUTO REPAIR FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND WE HAVE, UH, COMPUTERS THAT ARE DOING THIS NOW, RIGHT? AND SO HOW DO WE PREPARE THEM FOR THE FUTURE? SO, UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON AS WELL, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET MY THOUGHTS OUT ON THAT.
BUT SORRY, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES, I TOOK UP A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.
BUT I'LL, I'LL GO OVER TO COUNCILMAN CASTILLO NOW.
COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU CHAIR.
THANK YOU, AMIN, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I'D BE SO DOWN TO DISCUSS THIS IN ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ON A PLAN FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
UH, AND I WANNA THANK THE CHAIR FOR IZING THIS ITEM.
AND I'M SURE AS MIKE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, UH, MY FIRST ZONING CASES WAS AROUND RECYCLING.
AND I HAD SPOKEN TO SO MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS BEFORE WHO HAD FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH SIDE OF DISTRICT FIVE HAS OFTEN BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, RIGHT? THEY'VE ALWAYS CITED REDISTRICTING, AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'VE NEVER HAD COMMITTED REPRESENTATION FROM FIVE BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'D GO TO DISTRICT FOUR OR THREE AND OR, AND THEY JUST FELT LIKE THAT'S WHY THEY WEREN'T SEEING, UH, THE INVESTMENT IN REPRESENTATION.
AND THERE IS A HIGH CONCENTRATION AS PRESENTED, UH, IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF MY DISTRICT OF RECYCLING PLANTS AND METAL RECYCLING PLANTS.
AND, UM, THEY'VE CITED THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CANCER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF NEEDING TO CHANGE THEIR TIRES BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE DEBRIS THAT FALLS OFF WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VISIT THE BUSINESSES.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY, MY GOALS WITH THIS BRIEFING IS TO, ONE, GET AN UNDERSTANDING ON HOW WE CAN UPDATE POLICY, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ALSO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN, UM, WHATEVER THEY MAY NEED.
UH, SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE TWO DEDICATED CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS PRIMARILY FOR, UH, ZONING.
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AND THE CODE OFFICERS IN THE SOUTH SIDE HAVE BEEN GREAT.SO I APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS AND THEY HAVE GONE OUT THERE AND UPDATED US ON THEIR FINDINGS, BUT CAN YOU, UM, GIVE ME AN IDEA ON WHAT THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR CODE VIOLATIONS PERTAINING TO THE METAL METAL RECYCLING FACILITIES LOOKS LIKE? IS IT, UM, THREE VISITS, AND WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS, UH, THAT THE CODE OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN DOING SITE VISITS AT THESE PLANTS? SURE.
UH, SO THE, THE, THE PROCESS BASICALLY IS THE SAME PROCESS FOR ANY VIOLATION, REGARDLESS IF IT'S METAL RECYCLING FACILITY OR NOT.
SO NORMALLY STEP ONE IS THE CODE OFFICER NEEDS TO WITNESS THE VIOLATION.
AND NORMALLY WE ISSUE NOTICE, AND AS I MENTIONED, IN THESE CASES, AFTER WE ISSUE THE FIRST NOTICE, THEY'RE ON A TWO YEAR ANNUAL, UH, NOTIFICATION.
SO IF WE FIND THE SAME VIOLATION AGAIN, WE IMMEDIATELY ISSUE CITATIONS.
NOW, THE TOP ONES WE, WE, WE FIND HERE AGAIN, IS THEY DIDN'T RENEW THEIR LICENSE.
THOSE TWO KIND OF ARE TIED IN TOGETHER, BUT REALLY THE MAIN ONE IS GRASS AND BRUSH, UH, THE FENCING, SOMETIMES THE FENCE BREAKS OR THEY REMOVE PIECE OF FENCE AND THEY DON'T PUT IT BACK.
IS, IS THERE A WAY FOR CODE TO EVALUATE, UH, CONTAMINANTS IN THE AIR AND SOIL AS CODE VIOLATIONS, OR IS THAT PRIMARILY, UH, RELIANT ON T C E Q? THAT'S T C E Q.
AND THEN HAVE YOU ALL, AS A DEPARTMENT EXPLORED POTENTIALLY MEASURING THOSE CONTAMINANTS OR JUST, AGAIN, JUST RELY ON T C E Q? YEAH, WHEN, IF, IF WE GET A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT, WE NORMALLY REFER IT BACK TO T C T C E Q, SO THEY CAN LOOK INTO IT.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE MECHANISM OR THE KNOWLEDGE TO INSPECT FOR THAT.
HOW DO WE NAVIGATE VIOLATIONS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY BEING OBSERVED, BUT THERE'S TRACES OF THEM, RIGHT? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, A LOT, LOT OF THE DEBRIS THAT FALLS OFF A TRUCK ON THEIR WAY TO THE RECYCLING PLANT, HOW CAN WE, UM, NAVIGATE THAT CODE VIOLATION? SURE.
THAT, THAT IS A LITTLE TRICKY ONE.
BUT, UH, WE DO GET CALLS ABOUT THAT AND WE DO DISPATCH, UH, THE CODE OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY.
UM, NOW WE HAVE TO WITNESS IT.
THE HARDEST THING IS YOU HAVE FIVE, SIX LOCATIONS ON THE SAME STREET, AND IF WE SHOW UP THERE AND THERE IS DEBRIS IN THE STREET, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY FROM WHICH LOCATION.
NORMALLY, WE DO TALK TO ALL OF THEM ON OUR REGULAR VISITS.
WHEN WE DO OUR INSPECTIONS, WE TALK ABOUT THAT, AND WE TELL THEM TO MONITOR ANY VEHICLE LEAVING THEIR LOCATION AND TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANY DEBRIS FALLING TO CLEAN IT UP.
AND, AND TYPICALLY WHEN OUR CODE OFFICERS ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, IS IT, UH, A, A WARNING OR A CONVERSATION LIKE, HEY, WE NOTICED MANY OF YOUR PATRONS ARE, YOU KNOW, TRASH IS FALLING OFF, OR THEIR METAL IS FALLING OFF THEIR, THEIR VEHICLE.
AND WHAT DOES THAT COMMUNICATION LOOK LIKE? IS IT WRITTEN, VERBAL? SURE.
NO, NORMALLY, AS I SAID, WHEN WE DO THE INSPECTIONS, WE MENTION IT TO THEM AND WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.
NOW, IF WE CONFIRM, UH, THAT DEBRIS CAME FROM THEIR LOCATION, WE DO ISSUE CITATIONS AND THEY NEED TO GO AND CLEAN IT UP.
I MEAN, I'LL CHIME BACK IN IN A BIT.
UH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, ON SLIDE FIVE, I WAS SURPRISED, UM, THAT THERE WAS ONLY A THREE AND THREE.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT NEXT, AND I THINK OTHER DISTRICT MEMBERS WILL SAY IS I HAVE AUTO BODY PART PLACES THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO LOOK LIKE SALVAGE YARDS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT, AS WE TAKE THIS INTO OUR, UH, AS WE TALK FURTHER THIS IN COMMITTEES, IF WE MOVE THIS TO ECONOMIC WORKFORCE AND DEVELOPMENT TO, TO HELP THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING THOSE 40 BUSINESS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ORDINANCE AND CITATIONS, OR THE BUSINESSES THAT DID AND TOOK CARE OF, IT IS HOW WE GET THEM TO GET THE BUSINESS FROM THOSE AUTO REPAIR SHOPS THAT ARE STARTING TO, TO COLLECT, UM, USED AUTO PARTS AND ALSO THE, THE SALVAGE THING.
THE LARGER CONVERSATION I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT FOUR AS WE START TO PLAN, AND IN DISTRICT FIVE AND, AND ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HAD 'EM, IS ECONOMIC, HOW THIS GOES WITH GROWTH.
IF THESE GROUND, IF THESE, UH, MRES AND U APRS CLOSE, WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE BUILT THERE AFTER THE FACT IN TERMS OF WITH THE CONTAMINATION WITH, WITH, UM, RODENT INFANT STATIONS, IF THAT HAPPENED, WHAT, WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE THERE? AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT TO THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT WHERE WE HAVE TO KIND OF GROW IN TERMS OF DO WE NEED
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TO CREATE MORE, UM, ORDINANCES OR ENFORCEMENTS SO THAT IF WE KNOW IT'S A FAMILY BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO CLOSE IN 10 YEARS, OR WE KNOW THE FAMILY ISN'T GOING TO CONTINUE IT, HOW, HOW DO WE PREPARE THAT PROPERTY TO BE A USEFUL PROPERTY, UH, IN THE FUTURE? UM, AND IT'S ALREADY ZONED INDUSTRIAL TOO, WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS.SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OF, OF FUTURE USE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED FOR, UM, 77% TO BE IN DISTRICT FOR.
AND, UM, AND HOW, HOW DO WE MONITOR THAT? THANK YOU.
I'LL HAVE THE TEAM WORK WITH YOUR TEAM BASICALLY TO GET SOME OF THE LOCATIONS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES AND IT'S ALMOST BECOMING A SALVAGE YARD, SO WE WILL WORK WITH YOUR TEAM ON THAT.
I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS TO ANYBODY WHO SEES THIS AND, AND WHO HAS, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT IT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF INEQUITY IN HOW THESE WERE PLACED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY'RE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND NOT ON THE NORTH SIDE, NOT VERY MUCH ON THE EAST OR THE FAR WEST, BUT PRETTY MUCH ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
UH, AND IT'S TOO BAD THAT, UH, LEADERS IN THE CITY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE, UH, THE DANGER AND, UH, THE POOR, UH, IMPACT IT HAD ON COMMUNITIES.
BUT I, I ALSO SUSPECT, AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT ALMOST ALL OF THESE IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND MAYBE ALMOST ALL OF THEM IN DISTRICT FIVE ACTUALLY WERE ESTABLISHED BEFORE THOSE AREAS WERE PART OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
IS IS THAT FAIRLY ACCURATE WHEN THEY WERE COUNTY PROPERTIES? YEAH.
SE SEVERAL ARE SEVERAL, BUT NOT OUT OF 70, MORE THAN HALF.
UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IF IT WAS THE CITY, WE WOULD'VE SAID A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
BUT CAPTAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT WE KNOW SEVERAL OF THEM WERE ANNEXED, JUST, JUST BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR 10 YEARS, SO WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND BREAK DOWN.
I THINK YOU ASKED FOR THE PERMIT HISTORY.
SO I WROTE DOWN THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK AND GET YOU, WHEN THEY STARTED PERMIT ZONING HISTORY, BUT SEVERAL OF THEM THAT WERE ANNEXED YEAH.
UH, IN, IN OPERATION AND HAVE NON-CONFORMING USE STILL.
BUT I THINK THE PERMIT HISTORY THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN ASKED FOR, THE CHAIR ASKED FOR, WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU ALL THAT.
I THINK I SAW THAT THE ORIGINAL DATE OF ACTION BY THE CITY WAS 2008, 2008.
SO BEFORE THAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF REGULATION, WRITTEN REGULATION ON, ON THOSE, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY.
WHEN WE HAVE THE, UH, THE, UM, THE, UH, INSPECTORS GO OUT, THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, IF THEY SEE A VIOLATION, DO THEY IMMEDIATELY ISSUE A CITATION IF THEY'RE, UH, A LONG-TERM, UH, FACILITY AND THEY KNOW BETTER? YES.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S THE SAME VIOLATION THAT THEY HAD IN THE PRIOR YEAR, WHAT IF IT WASN'T? WHAT IF IT'S A NEW VIOLATION, SOMETHING DIFFERENT, NEW NEW VIOLATION, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A NOTICE AND WE EDUCATE THEM ON THAT.
RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE GIVE A NOTICE WHETHER THEY'RE NEW OR, UH, WHETHER IT'S A NEW VIOLATION OR WHEN IT'S REPEATED, DO THEY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE THAT? YES.
NORMALLY WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE STANDARD 10 DAY NOTICE, 10 DAY, SO THEY HAVE 10 DAYS TO CORRECT THIS, AND THEN WE GO BACK AND DO ANOTHER INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE MITIGATED IT.
UM, A A COUPLE OF THINGS, RIGHT? UM, WHAT COMES TO MIND IS HOW CAN WE RIGHT THESE WRONGS, RIGHT? I KNOW WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PORT, AND MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE EXCITED, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING, UH, INDUSTRIAL, UH, ZONING THAT'S THERE, RIGHT? OUR, THEIR WAYS, OR WHAT I HOPE TO GET TO IS WAYS THAT WE CAN MANAGE THAT EXPANSION TO WHERE WE SEE MORE, UM, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING, UM, THINGS THAT WE KNOW AREN'T GOING TO BE HARMFUL TO THE HEALTH OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, BUT CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW CODE COMPLIANCE INTERACTS WITH T C E Q AND WHAT IS CODE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND WHAT IS T C E Q RESPONSIBLE FOR? UM, AN EXAMPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR IS FOR OIL RUNOFF OF THESE, UM, INDUSTRIAL SITES.
WHAT'S THE ROLE OF CODE WITH THE RUNOFF OF THAT OIL? IS IT, DO WE CALL IT T C E Q AND WHAT DOES THAT RELATIONSHIP LOOK LIKE? SURE.
SO DEFINITELY, UH, WE DO WORK WITH T C E Q REALLY CLOSELY, AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN REGARDS TO OIL RUNOFF.
UH, THE FIRST THING WE DO, OBVIOUSLY ON OUR SIDE IS WE ISSUE CITATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE
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DO CONTACT T C E Q MM-HMM.SO WE HELP THEM AND WE FACILITATE THAT INSPECTION FOR THEM.
AND I, I GUESS THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT T C E Q REQUIRES AN AFFIDAVIT PROCESS, RIGHT? AND IT WOULD REQUIRE THE COMPLAINANT, UH, TO FOLLOW THROUGH, UH, THE COURTS, RIGHT? SO THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT IF MY CONSTITUENT HAS A CONCERN OR HEALTH CONCERNS, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND FOLLOW THAT PROCESS.
UM, WERE THERE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2013 TASK FORCE THAT ADDRESSED THAT AND WITH THE 2013 TASK FORCE, WHAT HAVE WE IMPLEMENTED FROM, UH, FROM THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED? UH, WE, WE, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE FROM 2012.
UM, AND AGAIN, LIKE IF THERE IS ANY HEALTH ISSUE, UH, OR CONCERN, I GUESS, UH, WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO T C E Q AND THEY WILL DO THE INVESTIGATION AND, UH, DEPENDING ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WILL ENFORCE THAT SO THE CITY CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT AND CARRY IT OUT.
YES, WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH T C E Q AND WE HELP THEM DO THOSE INSPECTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO.
UM, YOU HAD ONE SLIDE I FORGOT TO ASK.
UH, IT SAID THAT THESE PROVIDE, UH, AN IMPORTANT SERVICE, RIGHT? AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, WHAT SERVICE OVER TIME RIGHT.
THAT IS, IS BEING MET, AND SO MAYBE WHAT YOU DEFINE AS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE.
AND THEN ALSO, WHEN THE COMPANIES THAT DON'T, DON'T HAVE PERMITS, DO WE ISSUE A STOP ORDER? LIKE, OR DO THEY KEEP OPERATING FOR A WHILE IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THE RULES? UH, WE, WE NORMALLY TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP.
WE DO ISSUE, UM, A LETTER OF INTENT TO REVOKE THEIR C F O.
BUT WHAT ABOUT SOMEONES THAT ARE OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT, THAT, THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS? SO, OKAY.
ALL OF THE, THESE LOCATIONS, THEY HAD A PERMIT.
UH, NOW SOME OF THEM, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THEY DID NOT RENEW THEIR PERMIT.
THEY'RE WAITING ON A, EITHER A LETTER OR A LICENSE FROM THE STATE, BUT WE DO, UH, FOLLOW UP AND WE DO ISSUE A LETTER OF INTENT TO REVOKE THEIR C F O.
SO AT THAT POINT, THEY HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, SEIZE OPERATION.
AND SO WHEN I THINK COUNCILMAN RIDGE ASKED, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN IS JUST HOW MANY CAME IN BEFORE, OR HOW MANY WERE THERE BEFORE ANNEXATION, RIGHT? AND SO MM-HMM.
THIS IS JUST, UM, A BRIEFING ITEM, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM DOES.
LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, I, I, UM, AM AM HAPPY AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR LISTENING TO US TODAY AND, AND FOR, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'LL PROVIDE US.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE VERONICAS, RIGHT? SAY YAY.
GOOD, GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M VERONICA GONZALEZ, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE EAP APPROVED OVER 206 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE TO NEARLY 66,000 HOUSEHOLDS BEFORE CLOSING IN MARCH, 2022.
WHILE EAP WAS INTENDED AS A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PROGRAM, N H S D LAUNCHED THE NEW HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN MAY, 2022 TO KEEP FUTURE HOUSING AND STABILITY SERVICES IN PLACE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
UNDER HAP, A TOTAL BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY 13.6 MILLION IN FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
THE BUDGET IS MADE UP WITH VARIOUS FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES.
APPROXIMATELY 10.1 MILLION IS ESTIMATED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING 3.4 MILLION FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 ADOPT ADOPTED BUDGET.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ADVOCATED FOR MORE FUNDING AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
LAST THURSDAY, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ACCEPTING FEDERAL FUNDING AND ERROR REALLOCATED FUNDS TOTALING 4.5 MILLION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY.
A NEW INFUSION OF 2.25 MILLION WILL ALSO BE UTILIZED TO FUND HAP APPLICATIONS PENDING RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES REMAINS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THROUGH AREA REALLOCATIONS.
THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS BASED ON THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
IT MAKES FUNDING AVAILABLE TO ASSIST LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 80% A M I.
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SEPARATE STABILITY MECHANISMS IN HAP THAT INCLUDE RENTAL AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.HERE ON YOUR SCREEN IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
FAMILIES EXPERIENCING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS DUE TO C OVID 19 MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE WITH 3,500 MAX IN RENT AND 1,500 MAX IN UTILITIES, INCLUDING INTERNET.
THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED ON JUNE 10TH AND STAFF PROCESSED NEARLY 10,000 APPLICATIONS.
THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM VERIFYING ELIGIBILITY AND ESTABLISHING DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE SURE, UM, MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE PROCESSED AND AWARDED.
TO DATE, HAP HAS APPROVED OVER 13 MILLION IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
N H S D TEMPORARILY REOPENED THE HAP APPLICATION PERIOD FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FROM OCTOBER SEVEN THROUGH THE 17TH AND RECEIVED OVER 4,000 APPLICATIONS.
HOUSEHOLDS FACING EVICTION CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITIZED FOR ASSISTANCE, AND WE ANTICIPATE FULLY FUNDING ALL ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS IN THE QUEUE.
N H SS D ALSO WORKS WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS, INCLUDING HOMELESS CONNECTIONS HOTLINE, D H SS, BENEFITS NAVIGATORS, AND SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS TO HELP HIGH RISK HOUSEHOLDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE SEEKING EMERGENCY SHELTER.
WHILE THE RENTAL APPLICATION PERIOD DID CLOSE, THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PORTAL REMAINS OPEN AND ACTIVE FOR ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING INSTABILITY.
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SERVICES INCLUDE TEMPORARY LODGING, SECURITY AND PET DEPOSITS, APPLICATION FEES, AND REASONABLE MOVING EXPENSES.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UP TO 3000 OR UP TO 7,000 FOR MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS.
HOUSEHOLDS WITH OLD, WITH OLDER ADULTS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 500 AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
FAMILIES ALSO RECEIVE HOUSING COUNSELING BENEFITS, NAVIGATION AND REFERRALS.
I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ALSO THAT WE ARE CONVERTING SOME OF OUR TEMP STAFFING POSITIONS INTO THREE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE POSITIONS IN SUPPORT OF THIS RELOCATION PROGRAM.
THE EVICTION INTERVENTION IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BURKE COUNTY AND LEGAL AID PROVIDERS TO PREVENT EVICTION OR MITIGATE EV EV EVICTION, A TEAM OF CITY STAFF ATTENDS EVERY EVICTION HEARING TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND GUIDANCE TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES FACING EVICTION.
THESE SERVICES INCLUDE HOUSING NAVIGATORS IN EVERY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS, PHONE AND MAILS TO ALL PARTIES IN, INVOLVED IN EVICTION FILINGS.
OUTREACH HAD EVICTION HOTSPOTS, APPLICATION SUPPORT AND REFERRALS RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES FREE LEGAL AID SERVICES AT COURT AND EVICTION HOTSPOTS ON THE SPOT MEDIATION APPLICATION HELP AND LEGAL ADVICE TO FAMILIES IN CRISIS, AS WELL AS MONTHLY KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS TO EMPOWER, UH, ANYONE IN FACING EVICTION.
AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE HAP FUNDING WE HAVE NOW WILL FULLY FUND ELIGIBLE RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS IN THE QUEUE.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL ERROR REALLOCATIONS, AND IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT, OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO BETTER TARGET LOW INCOME, HIGH RISK HOUSEHOLDS.
WE WILL BRING BACK ANY ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES FOR YOUR INPUT AND APPROVAL HERE ON YOUR SCREEN ARE SOME GENERAL IDEAS, INCLUDING REVISING HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIMITS, STREAMLINING ELIGIBILITY, DOCUMENTATION TO SERVE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN, INCLUDING THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE UNSHELTERED, AND OF COURSE, PRIORITIZING TARGET POPULATIONS WHILE WE COMMENCE EVALUATING THE EXISTING ELIGIBILITY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INPUT AND VALUABLE INSIGHT AS WELL.
THAT BRINGS ME TO THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU AND, UH, AND THE OTHER VERONICA DO.
SO THE TWO VERONICAS AND, AND YOUR TEAM, WE APPRECIATE, UM, THAT YOU ALL ARE ALWAYS READY TO LISTEN.
YOU ALL ALWAYS HELP OUR FAMILIES GET THINGS PAID, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR KEEPING THEM HOUSED.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW MY OFFICE ALWAYS WORKS, UH, WITH, WITH YOUR OFFICE AND EVERYONE IS VERY RESPONSIVE AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE MAKING A VERY GOOD DIFFERENCE FOR OUR FAMILY.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE FIVE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT WE OPENED THE APPLICATION FOR 10 DAYS.
WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 4,000 APPLICATIONS, AND THAT'S A S STAGGERING FIGURE OF COURSE.
UM, HOW DO YOU, OR HOW DO YOU PROJECT FOR THE NEXT ROUND? HOW MANY OTHER FAMILIES DO YOU ANTICIPATE, UM, ARE GOING TO BE IN NEED? DO YOU HAVE THAT, DO YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY TO KIND OF FORECAST, IF YOU WILL? SURE.
WE RECEIVED 4,000 APPLICATIONS, EVEN KEPT IT LONGER, A LITTLE BIT OPEN LONGER.
UM, AND WERE ABLE TO CATCH ALL THOSE FAMILIES.
SO 4,000 WITHIN, SORRY, 4,000 WITHIN 11 DAYS.
AND OUR APPROVAL RATING, DEPENDING ON THE, THE APPLICATION PERIOD, COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO 60%.
SO WE DO ANTICIPATE HELPING MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE FAMILIES.
UM, THAT MEET THE VER THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, BUT JUST BASED ON THAT, I MEAN, IF YOU SAY
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4,000 EVERY 11 DAYS, YEAH, THAT'S A LOT.UM, PREVIOUSLY THROUGH THE, UM, OVER ALMOST A A MONTH AND A HALF, WE RECEIVED 10,000 APPLICATIONS.
AND I'VE MET A FEW TIMES WITH A ROUND TABLE OF STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE ONGOING HOUSING CRISIS, AND ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT WAS THAT, UM, OUR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS, IS HELPFUL, RIGHT? IT'S VITAL IN PREVENTING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS FROM, FROM BECOMING HOMELESS.
UM, I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT BEFORE, UH, ABOUT THE NEED FOR FAMILIES AND YOU ALL ARE, ARE VERY FOCUSED ON KEEPING FAMILIES.
AND I KEEP SAYING THIS, UM, ABOUT 7,148 KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT IN, IN TERMS OF THOSE NUMBERS, I KNOW THAT THERE'S FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS TO HELP FOLKS AFTER THEY BECOME HOMELESS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO STAY HOUSED.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE LARGER AND AND COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.
AND I, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN, IN THIS, IN OUR UPCOMING BUDGET.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO WORKING WITH PARTNERS.
I KNOW COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, I SIT ON THEIR BOARD, THEY HELP PEOPLE APPLY.
THEY WERE SO EXCITED WHEN THEY LEARNED THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A 10 DAY OPEN PERIOD, THEY WERE READY TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES.
SO, UM, THANK YOU ALSO FOR PARTNERING UP WITH, WITH OUR PARTNERS AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE GET THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE ASSISTANCE HOUSED.
UH, I'LL GO ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.
I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
UM, COULD YOU GIVE US AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY TOTAL FAMILIES WE HAVE SERVED SINCE THE PANDEMIC BROUGHT THIS ON? DO WE HAVE A NUMBER? YES.
UH, DURING EAP WE SERVED OVER 66,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY WITH OUR, UM, OUR JUNE MAY APPLICATION PERIOD WAS ANOTHER 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS WE, WE AWARDED.
SO YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER 70,000 HOUSEHOLDS, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL AROUND 2000 THAT WILL HELP.
DURING THIS PAST OCTOBER APPLICATION PERIOD, DO YOU HAVE A RECORD OF HOW MANY ARE INDIVIDUAL ONE TIME AND HOW MANY MAY HAVE HAD TO REPEAT A COUPLE OF TIMES? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
INITIALLY WITH EAP, WE WERE ALLOWING FOLKS TO APPLY MORE THAN ONCE WHEN WE REOPENED OUR APPLICATION PERIOD.
UM, DUE TO THE LIMITED FUNDING WE DID SEIZE THAT THIS PAST APPLICATION PERIOD, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I, UM, DEFINITELY SOMETHING I CAN REPORT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
UH, IF YOU COULD BREAK THAT DOWN AND SEND IT TO US.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS WHERE WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE RELOCATE.
WHAT KIND OF, UH, CHALLENGES DO WE FACE IN LITERALLY HELPING PEOPLE RELOCATE AND FIND ANOTHER PLACE THAT MAY BE WITHIN THEIR COST BURDEN? UH, MARGIN OF ERROR? SO WITH RELOCATION, UM, IT'S VERY EASY TO FIND ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.
WE HAVE, UM, MAYBE 20 APPLICATIONS COME IN A DAY.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE OVER 500 LETTERS OF INTENT.
THAT MEANS AS A HOUSEHOLD YOU WERE ELIGIBLE AND YOU ARE JUST WAITING TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO MOVE INTO AN AFFORDABLE UNIT BASED ON YOUR INCOME LIMITS.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING A CHALLENGE IS WE HAVE THESE LETTERS OF INTENT OUT THERE, BUT SOMEONE'S, THE DEMAND IS GREATER THAN PERHAPS THE HOUSING STOCK THAT'S OUT THERE, WHICH IS WHY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING TO INCREASE THOSE THANKS TO THE COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT OF P C D C AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, BUT IN SHORT, YES, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES AND BECAUSE OF THOSE CHALLENGES AND WE WANNA HELP MEET THOSE CHALLENGES, WE DO HAVE REFERRALS.
WE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDERS, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH D H SS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ANY HOUSEHOLD LACKS THOSE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS.
DO WE HAVE STAFF THAT LOOKS FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND, AND TELLS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO MOVE THAT HERE'S A PROPERTY IN HERE, HERE'S A PROPERTY THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE STAFF THAT IS, UH, DEDICATED TO PROPERTY LOCATION, BUT WE DO WORK WITH MY CITY, MY HOME, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING OUR HOUSING BASE.
THAT'LL BE A GREAT TOOL AND EFFECTIVE TOOL WHERE STAFF AS CASE MANAGERS AND THE, AND THE PUBLIC CAN LOCATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS BASED ON THEIR, NOT JUST THEIR INCOME NEEDS, BUT WHETHER THEY WANNA BE CLOSE TO TRANSPORTATION, CLOSE TO A CERTAIN SCHOOL.
UM, SO I THINK THOSE TOOLS WILL HELP US BUILD OUR CAPACITY, HELP MORE FAMILIES WHEN IT COMES TO LOCATING A PROPERTY THAT'S RIGHT FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
HOW ABOUT TALKING WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND ASKING THEM TO HELP US? THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPLORING.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
WE ARE EXPLORING PERHAPS EVEN PROVIDING A STIPEND TO SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP US FIND, I KNOW, UM, FOLKS ARE ALREADY PAID RIGHT.
TO FIND, THEY'RE CALLED APARTMENT LOCATORS.
BUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO, TO DO IS WORK WITH A MORE NICHE GROUP THAT CAN HELP MAYBE CONNECT A FAMILY TO A MOM AND POP LANDLORD.
UM, THEY TEND TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE THAN A COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A BACKGROUND
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CHECK OR CREDIT RESTRICTIONS.UM, BUT THOSE ARE ITEMS WE'RE EXPLORING BECAUSE OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO LOWER THE BARRIER THAT FAMILIES ARE HAVING TO, UH, FACE.
MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE RISING COSTS OR VALUES OF PROPERTIES AND THE RISING RENTS AND EVERYTHING ARE MAKING IT MORE AND MORE PROHIBITIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD PROBLEMS PAYING RENT AND, AND ARE LIMITED ON THEIR ABILITY TO PAY TO FIND SOMEPLACE THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN.
AND, UH, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALL THE OPTIONS WE CAN.
SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS MORE BECOME HOMELESS.
AND I WILL ADD, WE WORK WITH OP OPPORTUNITY HOME.
THEY HELP PROVIDE STIPENDS AND VOUCHERS TO FAMILIES WHO ARE FACING THOSE ISSUES AS WELL.
AND COUNCILMAN, I WANNA ADD, THIS IS MAYBE AT OUR NEXT MEETING WE CAN DO A KIND OF HIGHLIGHT HOME BASE, UM, THE WEBSITE THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A MAJOR TRAINING SESSION AND WE'LL OFFER IT TO YOUR, UM, STAFF AS WELL.
AND WE'RE OFFERING IT TO CHURCHES AND OTHER COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
'CAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T GO TO THE CITY.
THEY'LL GO TO THEIR CHURCH OR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO GET HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
AND WE KNOW THERE'S ALSO THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
SO TRAINING OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP NAVIGATE AND IDENTIFY THESE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IS GOING TO BE A HUGE, UM, CHALLENGE.
BUT WE'RE UP FOR IT AND WE'RE GOING TO STARTING OUR TRAINING IN THE NEW YEAR.
COUNCILMAN CASTILLO THANK YOU CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU VERONICA FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR Y'ALL'S, UM, WORK AND ASSISTANCE WITH MANY OF OUR DISTRICT FIVE CONSTITUENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, RACHEL ON OUR TEAM HANDLES THE HOUSING AND HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND I KNOW IT BREAKS HER HEART WHEN THE WINDOWS CLOSE OR A CONSTITUENT CALLS THAT THEY WERE DENIED.
AND SHE HAS TO NAVIGATE AND IDENTIFY WAYS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT FAMILY.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALWAYS HELPING WHERE Y'ALL CAN TO CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES.
ONE CONSTITUENT IN PARTICULAR, I RAN INTO HIM AT A FOOD BANK LINE AND HE WAS JUST GRATEFUL RIGHT.
THAT, UH, HE WAS ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE.
SO I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT IMPORTANT WORK THAT Y'ALL DO AND THAT ROLE Y'ALL PLAY IN KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED.
UM, I, I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S, UH, PLENTY OF MORE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE, BUT THAT FALLS ON THE POLICY END FOR US UP HERE.
AND I KNOW LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO RIGHT, THERE WAS CONVERSATION AROUND, UH, THE RIGHT TO CURE AND THAT ULTIMATELY DIDN'T PASS.
UH, HAVE YOU ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, THE DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION ON ANY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THESE EVICTIONS? WE DO HAVE, UH, MONTHLY VISITS WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I, I'LL HAVE IT ON OR NEXT AGENDA TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PROVIDE Y'ALL WITH AN UPDATE.
AND ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO STREAMLINE THE ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENTS, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE OR WHAT Y'ALL ENVISION TO STREAMLINE THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE ELIGIBILITY? SURE.
SO, UM, DEPENDING ON RENTAL RELOCATION, WE, UM, AND ALSO THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY OUTLINED.
WHAT TYPE OF DOCUMENTATIONS WOULD CREATE THE FRAMEWORK WHERE WE ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY AND VERIFY THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THAT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR HOUSING INSTABILITY.
BUT THAT CAN INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM VERIFYING YOUR INCOME, UH, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE THE PRIMARY LEASEHOLDER, UM, OR EVEN, UH, WITH, GIVEN THE FLEXIBILITY, WE WANNA PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS A LOT OF SELF ATTESTATION.
AND I KNOW YOUR TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AT IDENTIFYING THE FEDERAL GRANTS AND FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UH, THIS PROGRAM.
BUT HOW CAN WE HELP, RIGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY IN THE QUEUE, UM, TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE IN THE QUEUE MM-HMM.
UM, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE SEEING THE EVICTIONS GO UP AND I HAVE CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF LIMITED FUNDS, WE ARE LIMITING IT TO ONLY APPLYING ONCE.
THAT IF YOU HAVE APPLIED BEFORE, YOU CAN NO LONGER QUALIFY.
UH, SO HOW CAN WE, UH, HELP YOU ALL IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING? I KNOW OUR OFFICE INTENDS TO SET UP MEETINGS WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR, UH, CONGRESSMEN WHO OVERLAP WITH OUR DISTRICT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN AND WE'RE HEARING FROM MORE AND MORE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT, UH, THEM FACING EVICTIONS.
BUT HOW CAN WE HELP YOU ALL IDENTIFY FUNDING AND GET OUR OTHER ELECTEDS TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, EVICTION RELIEF? WELL, FOR SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN A MODEL FOR, UM, OTHERS WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND EVERY TIME THERE IS A REALLOCATION OF E R A FUNDING, WE END UP GETTING MORE MONEY.
SO I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF THE MONEY'S GOING TO STOP, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, WE DO GET ALERTED OF OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT ANYTIME YOU HAVE, UM, A MEETING WITH, UM, A CONGRESSMAN OR REPRESENTATIVE, JUST SHARE WITH THEM ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS THE NEED, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE CAN GET RID OF THE MONEY.
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MM-HMM.AND SO WE HAVE A GREAT PROCESS IN PLACE AND WE CAN TAKE MONEY AND WE'RE ABLE TO DISPERSE IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, N H S D HAS A LEADING MODEL, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND FAMILIES ARE STILL FACING EVICTION.
AND I WANNA ENSURE THAT THOSE FAMILIES WHO MAY BE FOLLOWING THROUGH THE CRACKS, UH, HAVE THAT SAFETY NET TO, TO, TO CONTINUE TO STAY HOUSED.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN CASTILLO.
AND, UH, I, I WAS SPEAKING TO CONGRESSMAN GONZALEZ LAST NIGHT AT THE, UM, S A F C GAME.
AND SO I WAS MENTIONING THAT ANY SUPPORT THAT HE SAID, HOW COULD I HELP? AND I SAID, WELL, ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD DO TO MAKE SURE WE GET SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND SO, UM, THANK THEM FOR, FOR THEIR WORK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OF GETTING SAN ANTONIO SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN
SO, UM, IF WE COULD GET THAT PLEASE.
AND THEN ALSO I WANNA, UM, ALSO SOME OF OUR PARTNERS LIKE HAVEN FOR HOPE, UH, KIM JEFFRIES, AND, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH THE CONGRESSMAN LAST NIGHT ABOUT HOW THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND THEY'RE A MODEL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FAMILIES THAT THEY STILL NEED TO PLACE.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH OPPORTUNITY HOME.
UM, KATIE VELA DOES A GREAT JOB AS WELL.
SALVATION ARMY IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'VE VISITED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL TALKING TOGETHER AND TALKING AND WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE.
UM, I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER, UM, UH, VERONICA AND YOU SAID, UM, THE COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT OF P C D C.
AND SO I LOVE THAT YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE, WE DO TAKE THAT ANGLE FROM THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE SHARE THAT COMPASSIONATE CITY, UH, A SPIRIT ACROSS THE CITY, RIGHT.
AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO HELP AND, UM, AND SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND RELEVANT IT IS TO, TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED.
UM, WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR TODAY, SO THANK YOU.