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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, GETTING OUR PROCEDURES IN ORDER HERE.
UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER 2:15 PM ON THE 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022.
WELCOME, UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
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ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.WE HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.
THE ITEM, THE SECOND ITEM, UH, WE WILL GET TO IF THERE IS TIME, BUT THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS A CONSIDERATION OF APPLICANT'S, UH, AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE SELECTION OF UP TO THREE CANDIDATES TO INTERVIEW TO TEMPORARILY FILL THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 OFFICE, UH, IS RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND LEMME JUST TELL YOU PROCEDURALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A B SESSION THAT YOU WILL NORMALLY ATTEND.
IF YOU DO, UH, THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS PERIOD.
UH, AND SO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK LARGELY, THE CANDIDATES WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY DELIBERATION FROM THE COUNCIL ON THAT.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO HAVE OUR DISCUSSION, UH, AND THEN WE WILL COME OUT AND, UM, WE WILL HAVE A DELIBERATION AND ACTION.
WITH REGARD TO THE FINALISTS, UH, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK GENERALLY ON PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UH, THAT PERSON IS NOT A CANDIDATE, UH, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, THAT PERSON SPEAK FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GET ONTO OUR CANDIDATES.
AGAIN, EVERYONE WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, UH, AND THEN WE WILL BREAK INTO EXEC SESSION.
UM, BEFORE WE GET TO ANY OF THAT, UH, OUR CITY CLERK HAS A PRESENTATION ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UH, MY NAME IS DEBBIE ROCK SITTER.
UH, AND THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE FILLING OF THE TEMPORARY VACANCY FOR DISTRICT 10.
ON NOVEMBER 14TH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY ANNOUNCED A LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO INITIATE THE PROCESS TO FILL THE TEMPORARY VACANCY.
UH, MY OFFICE POSTED AN THE OPENING ON OUR WEBSITE ON THAT DAY, AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 15TH, WE BEGAN RECEIVING AND PROCESSING APPLICATIONS.
THE NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE EXPRESS NEWS AND WE POSTED MEETING NOTICES FOR THE NOVEMBER 30TH B SESSION.
AND DECEMBER 1ST, A SESSION ON NOVEMBER 22ND, ON NOVEMBER 28TH WAS A DEADLINE AT 5:00 PM 18.
ALL 18 APPLICATIONS WERE DEEMED QUALIFIED BY MY OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
APPLICANT APPLICATIONS WERE SENT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND A LIST OF APPLICANTS WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA WEBSITE AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS AGENDA ITEM ON NOVEMBER 29TH.
YESTERDAY, ONE APPLICANT WITHDREW, SO WE WERE DOWN TO 17 QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.
THE LIST OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, ARE CHARLES DANIELS, GRACIE FARIAS, MICHAEL GALLAGHER, JOSE GARCIA, LISA GARCIA, DONALD HARTSHORN, EZRA JOHNSON, ELISE KLER, LAWRENCE KIRTH, CHRISTOPHER LONGORIA, BRIAN MARTIN, WILLIAM PACHE, PAULINE RUBIO, ANDREW SHEL, NUTT, JOEL SOLIS, TIMOTHY TAYLOR, AND LAURA THOMPSON.
SO TODAY IN B SESSION, APPLICANTS WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATEMENT AND TO APPLICANTS HAVE PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT AND THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, THE REST OF THE APPLICANTS, UH, HAVE ATTEN PLAN TO ATTEND AND SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH THE MAYOR HAS MENTIONED.
COUNCIL WILL BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN IN OPEN SESSION SHORTLIST NO MORE THAN THREE CANDIDATES THAT WOULD BE INTERVIEWED TOMORROW AT A SESSION.
AND AT TOMORROW A SESSION WHICH BEGINS AT 9:00 AM IN THE MORNING SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS NO MORE THAN THREE WOULD PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATEMENT, FOLLOWED BY INTERVIEWS BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE SELECTION OF THIS TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL OCCUR IN OPEN SESSION.
NEXT STEPS, UH, THE TEMPORARY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE SWORN IN AND TAKE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY TOMORROW IF APPROVED WITH EIGHT OR MORE VOTES IF APPROVED WITH LESS THAN EIGHT VOTES, THEY WILL BE SWORN IN AND TAKE OFFICE ON MONDAY, DECEMBER THE 12TH.
THAT'S 10 DAYS AFTER THE ACTION.
UH, MY OFFICE WILL PROVIDE ORIENTATION FOR THE NEW MEMBERS WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS, UH, ON THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS
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ACT, TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES AND COUNCIL AGENDA AND VOTING SYSTEM.THE TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE RETURN OF COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY OR REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM, WHICHEVER IS SOONER.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CLERK.
UH, BEFORE I ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, I WANT TO LOOK AROUND MY, THE DAES AND ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE CLERK.
IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL START WITH CARL MERKEL AGAIN.
MR. MERKEL IS NOT A CANDIDATE, UH, BUT HE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M A RESIDENT OF THE HILLS OF, UM, PARK NORTH.
UH, ADDRESS 4 4 4 6 BAYLESS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 3.
UM, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, THE RUSH TO JUDGMENT.
I LISTENED TO THE, UH, THE COUNSEL.
I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE DELIBERATION.
I WAS PLEASED WITH THE FINAL RESULT.
UM, SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, UM, UH, WHY I AM HERE.
UH, MY CONCERN, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE DELIBERATION THAT THE, UH, COUNSEL WILL GO THROUGH IS THAT THE, UM, THE SELECTED APPOINTEE BE REFLECTIVE OF THE SENSIBILITIES OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, WITHIN DISTRICT 10.
UH, I WOULD SAY THAT BEXAR COUNTY IS LARGELY A LIBERAL COUNTY, UH, AS IF WE CAN JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE NOVEMBER 8TH, UH, 2022 VOTING RESULTS.
UM, UH, IT IT, IT INDICATES A, A, A LARGE LEVEL OF LIBERAL BIAS WITHIN, WITHIN THE COUNTY, AND IT'S REFLECTED, UH, GENERALLY IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND SO WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT, UH, BECAUSE, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS A CONSERVATIVE, UH, THAT ESSENTIALLY, UH, IN DISTRICT 10 ESSENTIALLY REPRESENTS, I BELIEVE, UH, MOSTLY CONSERVATIVE VOICES THAT, UH, THAT THE DELIBERATION ENDS UP, UH, REFLECTING, UH, THE CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, PERRY, I WOULD EXPECT, UH, FOR WHATEVER THE CANDIDATE, UH, ENDS UP BEING, UM, SHOULD BE THE, THE CANDIDATE SHOULD BE SOMEBODY, UH, BECAUSE COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS GONE ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE, SHOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY CAN, UM, ESSENTIALLY COMMUNICATE WITH OR DOES COMMUNICATE, UH, UH, WITH, UM, AND SHOULD REFLECT, UH, SUPPORT OF THE D 10, UH, HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, UM, I WOULD SAY SHOULD NOT REPRESENT A LIBERAL BIAS.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAIN COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO CONVEY.
I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR CANDIDATES, UH, OUR APPLICANTS FOR THE D 10 VACANCY.
I'LL CALL THE FIRST PERSON, UH, TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES, UH, EXCUSE ME, THREE MINUTES, AND THEN I'LL CALL THE, UH, THE NEXT PERSON.
IF YOU CAN BE READY TO COME FORWARD.
WE'LL START WITH CHARLES DANIELS.
MR. DANIELS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL GALLAGHER.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, THIS IS SHIRLEY CHISHOLM'S BIRTHDAY.
UM, WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT, UH, TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MYSELF AND TO PRESENT A CHRISTMAS POEM.
AS A RETIRED PERSON, I FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF WASHINGTON IRVING.
HE SAID, OUR INTENTION IS SIMPLE TO INSTRUCT THE YOUNG, REFORM THE OLD CORRECT THE TOWN AND CASCADE THE AGE.
THIS IS AN ARDUOUS TASK, AND THEREFORE WE UNDERTAKE IT WITH CONFIDENCE.
I'M A PERSON WHO HAS MUCH EXPERIENCE FROM LIVING IN A VARIETY OF CITIES.
I'VE LIVED IN TUSCALOOSA AND BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ATLANTA, AUGUSTA, AND COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, FRANKFORT ON MAINE IN GERMANY, AND LONDON GATHERING EXPERIENCE FROM THESE CITIES.
AND AS A WORK EXPERIENCE, I'M A HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR, HEALTH INFORMATION ADMINISTRATOR.
I'VE WORKED IN PRIVATE AND STATE PROFIT AND NONPROFIT HOSPITALS.
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I'VE DISCOVERED RUNNING A HOSPITAL IS A MICRO MICROCOSM OF A CITY, WHATEVER.SO THIS IS JUST A NATURAL EXTENSION OF WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, OH, I'M TALKING FASTER THAN I THOUGHT.
WHAT I'M LOOKING THERE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE TASKS I HAVE TO FACE HERE.
ONE IS TO, THERE'S THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE, AND I WOULD SEE MYSELF AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN THAT ROLE.
THE SECOND ONE IS BEING A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS CONTINUATION OF WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE VARIOUS HOSPITALS WHERE I WORKED IN COMMITTEES TO GATHER INFORMATION, MAKE DECISIONS, AND DETERMINE THE BEST FORWARD PATH TO SOLVE A GIVEN PROBLEM.
AND FINALLY, I WOULD BE HERE AS A CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN PARTICULAR AS CITIZEN OF DISTRICT 10, BUT I WOULD BE HERE PRIMARILY AS A CITIZEN.
SO, OH, AND BEFORE I, BEFORE THE POEM, IF I CAN GET IN THE POINTMENT IN TIME, I WANT TO, THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO'S IN INSPIRED MY WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD, AND THAT'S ROBERT KENNEDY, WHO WOULD OFTEN QUOTE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, WHO SAYS, SOME PEOPLE SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE AND SAY, WHY I DREAM THINGS THAT NEVER WERE, AND SAY, WHY NOT, AND WHY NOT A POEM FOR CHRISTMAS.
MIKE GALLAGHER, FOLLOWED BY JOSE GARCIA.
COUNCIL, UH, THIS HAS BEEN LIKE A FAMILY REUNION FOR ME.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF FOLKS HERE TODAY, ERIC AND I, I WANNA SAY, I, I DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE FACT THAT, UH, WE CAN BE IN FRONT OF YOU AND EXPRESS OUR POSITION ON A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, I MUST SAY THIS IS A SAD MOMENT FOR OUR DISTRICT 10 CITY COUNCILMAN.
I TALKED, UH, TO HIM THIS LAST WEEK, AND I MUST SAY, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT, UH, HE, HIS REHAB GOES WELL AND THAT HE CAN GET BACK ON THE JOB.
UH, IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR HIM, AND I KNOW ALL OF US MAKE MISTAKES, AND I JUST HOPE EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY FOR HIM.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK HE'S DONE ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.
I'LL TELL YOU, UM, ONE OF MY MAIN GOALS IF, UH, I AM TO BE REAPPOINTED WOULD BE, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONTINUITY.
I HAVE, UH, TOLD THE D DISTRICT 10 STAFF THAT I FULLY INTEND TO KEEP EVERYBODY ON BOARD.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY OF THE PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS OR ITEMS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT 10.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
ALSO, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY, UH, TO TALK, AND I'LL DO IT QUICKLY, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXPERIENCE.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT UP HERE ON THE DAAS ALONG WITH SOME OF YOU.
I THINK, UH, THE MAYOR PROBABLY REMEMBERS THOSE TIMES VERY, VERY WELL.
UH, WE GOT A LOT DONE, AND I THINK THAT, UH, YOU HAVE AS WELL.
AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.
I THINK THAT IT'LL BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, I ALSO AM A RETIRED COLONEL FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AND I BRING THAT UP TO YOU BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN, UH, STARTING MEETINGS ON TIME AND KEEPING PEOPLE, UH, MOVING AS THEY SHOULD.
UH, I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE PENTAGON IN DESERT STORM.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, UM, IF I WERE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS, IT COULD TAKE ALL AFTERNOON.
SO I, I WON'T GO ANY FURTHER WITH AIR FORCE EXPERIENCE.
UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, OF COURSE, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUES IN RUNNING A SMOOTH OPERATION.
AND I PROMISE THAT IF YOU DO APPOINT ME TO THIS POSITION, I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.
MR. GARCIA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DONALD HARTSHORN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS, UH, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
UH, I WAS EMPLOYED FOR 31 YEARS WITH AT AND T.
UH, I SERVED ALSO ACTIVE MEMBER OF C W A OF COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA.
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I ATTENDED ST.MARY'S UNIVERSITY, SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, AND A GRADUATE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CHERYL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH I SERVE TWO TER TWO TERMS. UM, PRESENTLY I'M A VOLUNTEER AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON THOUSAND OAKS HELP OUR SENIORS RODEO COMMITTEE OF THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK SHOWING RODEO.
ALSO, I SERVED ON THE VIA BOARD 2004.
UM, MY PROUDEST MOMENT WAS WHEN MY JOB TRANSFER TOOK ME TO VICTORIA, TEXAS.
I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL THERE AND I WON.
I SERVED, UH, UH, TWO TERMS FROM 1995 TO 19, I MEAN, 1995 TO 1999.
AS I CAME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO, I DECIDED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE IN 2003.
AT THAT POINT, IT WAS A BIG PE AMOUNT OF CANDIDATES.
LIKE NOW NINE OF US WAS AGAINST ROGER FLORES, WHICH HE WON A GREAT, GREAT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
UM, I, UM, WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE AND, AND EXTEND THE TRANSITION OF WHAT WE HAVE.
I DO NOT INTEND TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
I'M DOING THIS AS MY SERVING YOU AND THE MAYOR AND MY GREAT CITY.
UM, A SMOOTH TRANSITION WITH OUR STAFF IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE KEEP IT INTACT.
UM, BEING THAT I'VE, UM, WORKED ON THE VIA TRANSIT BOARD, I 35 CORRIDOR, BE ONE OF MY MAIN ISSUES THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS AND WORK WITH, AND I BELIEVE MY VIA, UH, EXPERIENCE ON THAT WOULD HELP.
UM, I DO NOT WANT TO USE THIS AS A STEPPING STONE TO BE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, A MAYOR, I MEAN A, A JUDGE.
I'M HERE TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY, SO YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE MY, MY TRANSITION AND HOPEFULLY, UH, EVERYTHING WILL COME BACK TO NORM.
UM, THE REASON, UM, ISSUES THAT, UH, YOU STATED IS WHAT MAKES ME A BEST CANDIDATE TO FILL THIS POSITION.
FIRST, BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
EMPLOYED HERE BY AT AND T AND TO, IF YOU CAN CORRECT ME, THE BEST LAST CANDIDATE.
THE ONLY CANDIDATE OTHER THAN THE ONE PRIOR MR. GALLAGHER HAS SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL ISSUES.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MR. HARTSHORN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY EZRA JOHNSON.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I THINK MY APPLICATION PROBABLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL READ IT, SO I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE TWO MINUTES AND 53 SECONDS TO GET TO KNOW ME.
I WAS BORN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, RAISED HERE AND WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE.
UM, I LEFT FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO GO TO CALIFORNIA.
CAME BACK 11 YEARS AGO, MOVED TO DISTRICT 10.
SO I'VE BEEN IN DISTRICT 10 EVER SINCE.
UM, I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, BEING IN CHARGE OF MANAGEMENT IN A BIG CORPORATION.
UM, I'VE RUN MY OWN SMALL BUSINESSES, TWO OF THEM.
UM, I ALSO HAVE, UH, WORKED AS A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR, SO I'VE GOT EXPERIENCE WITH GOVERNMENT FROM, FROM THE INSIDE, FROM THE OUTSIDE AS A SMALL BUSINESS PERSON TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT.
UM, I'M ALSO PRETTY DECENT JUGGLER IF THAT EVER COMES UP.
I DUNNO IF IT DOES, BUT, UH, I THINK THE, THE BEST THING OR THE, THE MOST SALIENT THING I CAN BRING TO THIS POSITION IS MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY D R C.
I'VE BEEN A MEDIATOR THERE, VOLUNTEER MEDIATOR SINCE 20 OR FIVE YEARS.
SO FOR FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER MEDIATOR.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT MOST PEOPLE WANT IS SOMEONE TO LISTEN.
THEY JUST WANT SOMEONE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
AND I THINK AS A REPRESENTATIVE, AS A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, THAT'S PROBABLY YOUR MAIN JOB.
THERE'S ALSO KEEPING THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING.
UM, BUT I THINK PROBABLY I KNOW HOW TO BUILD CONSENSUS.
I KNOW HOW TO REACH CONSENSUS.
I KNOW HOW TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU WILL NOT GET AN AGREEMENT.
I CAN TELL THAT, UM, JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE DOING THAT.
I JUST CAN'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO JUGGLE WITH, BUT, UM, THAT'S IT.
EZRA JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY ELISE KEEBLER.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY COUNCIL.I AM THE HUSBAND OF DEBORAH AND THE FATHER OF SETH IN AURORA.
I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF EDISON HIGH SCHOOL, EXCUSE ME, IN ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10 FOR 14 YEARS, WHERE I RAISED A FAMILY.
AND I AM CURRENTLY, FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE EL DORADO HOMES ASSOCIATION, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN DISTRICT 10, UM, BIRDERS COME FROM ALL OVER TO, UH, SEE THE VARIETY OF WATERFOWL IN OUR LAKE.
AND SO I INVITE EVERYONE IF THEY ARE SO INCLINED, UH, TO JOIN US IN THAT ENDEAVOR.
I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORS ASKED ME TO BE HERE LAST YEAR.
I HAD RESOLVED THAT, UH, PUBLIC OFFICE WAS, UH, NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH, UH, MY FUTURE, UH, IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
HOWEVER, IN SPITE OF THAT, UM, I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS TO BE HERE IN SPITE OF MY PROTESTATION.
SO THE CONTRARY, THEY CONTINUED TO ASK ME TO BE HERE.
I EVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME HAD, UH, FOLKS, UH, VISIT ME AT MY HOUSE AND ASKED ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, I RELUCTANTLY DECIDED TO BE THE VOICE, UH, OF MY NEIGHBORS DURING THIS PROCESS.
AND WHAT I WOULD ASK TODAY, SINCE WE HAVE MANY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, AND YOU CANNOT HEAR FROM ALL OF US, IS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AND MY COMMITMENT TO SERVING MY COMMUNITY.
I WOULD REFER YOU TO MY PERSONAL STATEMENT AND, AND TO MY RESUME FOR MORE DETAILS.
UH, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IN SUMMARY IS THAT, UH, I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO, UH, BEGIN WORKING ON DAY ONE.
UH, IT MAY BE LATE IN THE EVENING ON DAY ONE, BUT, UH, I WOULD BE APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN WHY I THINK I CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
UH, I KNOW THE DISTRICT, I, I KNOW THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT.
I HAVE SPOKEN, UH, I KNOW SO MANY OF THE MOST ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT ANIMATE THEM.
AND, UH, I HAVE DISCUSSED THOSE ISSUES WITH THEM IN GREAT DETAIL IN THE PAST.
UM, AND IN THE, THE BRIEF TIME THAT I HAVE LEFT HERE AT THE PODIUM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT MY, UH, OVERARCHING GOAL WOULD BE TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO WORK WITH THE STAFF SO THAT THERE'S NO INTERRUPTION IN THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
ELISE KEEBLER, MS. KEEBLER, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY LAWRENCE KIRTH.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LET ME COME AND VISIT TODAY.
I'VE BEEN PRACTICING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
I'VE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY IN AFRICA, GUATEMALA, AND ECUADOR, WHERE I LEARNED TO SPEAK SPANISH.
I'M A SINGLE MOM OF TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND I HELP CARE FOR MY 82 YEAR OLD MOM WHO SUFFERS FROM ALZHEIMER'S, WHO LOVES THE, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, UH, RESOURCES HERE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO FOR, FOR ELDERLY.
UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL HERE WITH A HEART TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND I RESPECT EACH OF THE CANDIDATES.
I'M NOT HERE TO SAY THAT I'M COMPETING AGAINST ANYONE, BUT I'M HERE TO OFFER SERVICES IF NEEDED.
WE ALL HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITIZENS IN MIND.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL A FEW YEARS AGO, ONLY ABOUT 5% OF REGISTERED VOTERS TURNED OUT.
BUT WITH THE REVIEW OF ELECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, WE DO CARE ABOUT THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE KEEPING FOOD ON THE TABLE.
WE CARE ABOUT PAYING UTILITIES AND PROPERTY TAXES.
WE WORRY ABOUT THE RISK OF VIOLENT CRIME AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR, UH, CITY.
WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF POVERTY HERE IN TEXAS, AND WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF CHILD ABUSE.
UM, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF A LOT OF ILLNESSES THAT AFFECT MOTHERS, UM, WHO ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY PREGNANCY.
AND WE WORRY ABOUT RETAINING, UM, HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS.
UH, RIGHT NOW WHERE I PRACTICE, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THERE'S A SIX TO 12 MONTH WAIT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, WE ALL WORRY ABOUT PROTECTING THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF OUR CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, AND PROTECTING AND EMBRACING THE DIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
I WANNA RE SAY THAT I RESPECT MR. PERRY AND WE APPRECIATE HIS SERVICES TO OUR CITY.
UM, WE, UM, MY, UM, MY SISTER PASSED AWAY IN 20 20 20, UNFORTUNATELY, FROM ALCOHOL RELATED
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LIVER DISEASE.UM, ALCOHOLISM IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE, UM, ENTIRE FAMILY.
IT GOES PAST, UM, UH, ANY, ANY RACIAL OR, UM, ETHNIC, UM, BORDERS.
AND IT AFFECTS THE STRUGGLES OF OUR, OF, OF NOT JUST THE, THE, THE PATIENT, BUT THEIR FAMILY, THEIR FRIENDS, AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND SO, SUPPORTING PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION ALSO SUPPORTS OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE AND TIME TO REVIEW WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE REALLY DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN AS A CITY FOR THESE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU, MS. KIBBLER LAWRENCE KIRTH.
MR. KIRTH, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER LONGORIA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M REALLY GOOD AT.
I'M REALLY GOOD AT LISTENING TO PEOPLE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED, AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT A GOOD COUNCIL PERSON DOES.
THEY LISTEN TO THEIR CONSISTENT CONSTITUENTS.
THEY LISTEN TO THE STAFF BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PROFESSIONALS.
THEY LISTEN TO THEIR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE THE VOICE OF THE CITY AND YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I CAN BRING AS A TEMPORARY REPRESENTATIVE TO DISTRICT 10.
THE ABILITY TO SIT AND LISTEN, LISTEN TO WHAT COMES BEFORE THIS BODY, AND AFTER LISTENING, MAKE A DECISION.
AND YOU KNOW HOW I LEARNED HOW TO BE A GOOD LISTENER BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE FORTUNE OF GRADUATING FROM ST.
MARY'S LAW SCHOOL, AND I'M A TRIAL LAWYER, AND I THINK WHAT I LEARNED AS A TRIAL LAWYER IS EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HELP ME BE A GOOD TEMPORARY DISTRICT PEN REPRESENTATIVE.
I NEED YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC.
MR. ER, WE WON'T PICK YOU UP ON THE AV.
I LEARNED HOW TO, TO ANALYZE PROBLEMS. I LEARNED HOW TO LISTEN TO WITNESSES, BOTH SIDES OF EVERY STORY.
I LEARNED SOMETIMES BECAUSE AS A TRIAL LAWYER, YOU COME UP WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS THAT YOU NEED TO LEARN FROM EXPERTS, AND YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS.
I LEARNED THAT AFTER YOU GATHER THE FACTS AND AFTER YOU TALK TO THE WITNESSES, THEN YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHO MIGHT BE RIGHT AND WHO MIGHT BE WRONG.
AND LASTLY, I LEARNED THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT YOUR CASE AND TELL PEOPLE WHY YOU MADE THAT DECISION IN ORDER TO GET READY TO COME HERE TODAY.
I TALKED TO DEF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 10, AND I LEARNED THREE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THE FOLKS IN DISTRICT 10.
I LEARNED AS MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, NUMBER ONE, THEY NEED A JOB.
AND IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT JOB, THEY NEED TO GET ON A SAFE STREET.
MR. LONGORIA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BRIAN MARTIN.
I'M APPLYING FOR A TEMPORARY POSITION OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10.
YES, PRESENTLY I AM A DISHWASHER AT THE DA BAKERY, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN, A SAILOR, A SCIENTIST, A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, SANTA CLAUS, THE EASTER BUNNY, A COOK, A PROJECTIONIST, A CONCESSION, A CUSTODIAN, AND A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND A NIGHT WATCHMAN.
A, A WRITER, NOT PUBLISHED, AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER OF HORROR COMEDIES AND A CAREGIVER FOR DYING PEOPLE.
I ASK MYSELF MANY TIMES, DISHWASHER IN A BAKERY.
I LIKE THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH AND THE OWNER I WORK FOR WHOM I ADMIRE AND ADORE.
SHE'S A SMART, ENERGETIC, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN.
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AND NO, I'M NOT KISSING UP FOR A RAISE.SO WHY AM I DOING THIS? APPLYING FOR A TEMPORARY POSITION ON CITY COUNCIL.
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE DUTY TO THE CITY DUE TO THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 10 DUE TO THE CITY THAT HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME.
I WANNA REPRESENT DISTRICT 10, OF COURSE, TEMPORARILY.
OF COURSE, THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS LIKE, WILL WE GET A NEW RETURN? WILL WE GET A GOOD RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENTS? HOW IS OUR MONEY BEING SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE? ARE WE SUPPORTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE CRIME? ARE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES BEING REDUCED? THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ASKED TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 10, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
NOW, I DIDN'T COME UP WITH THIS ON MY OWN.
I REACHED OUT TO COUNCILMAN PERRY, CHIEF OF STAFF, PAUL JIMENEZ, AND HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SPEAK TO ME.
IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES, I PRETTY MUCH FOUND OUT WHAT I HAD ALREADY KNOWN, WHICH WAS HOW TO BEST HELP PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 10 BY JUST LISTENING, PRESENTING QUESTIONS, WHICH ALLOW THE CITY BUSINESS TO CONTINUE.
WHILE COUNCILMAN PERRY IS AWAY, I PRAY FOR COUNCILMAN PRAIRIE, AND I'M SURE HE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THIS TIME, TRYING TIME.
WHY DO WE WANT TO STOP ACCEPTING THESE HARDSHIPS? WHY DO WE WANT TO CONFRONT THEM? UH, WHY DO WE NOT WANT TO CONFRONT THEM? PEOPLE MUST NOT JUST GIVE INTO THE HARDSHIPS OF LIFE.
THEY MUST FIND A WAY, EVEN IN THE, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT TOO, TO DEVELOP HOPE, HOPE FOR THEMSELVES, HOPE FOR THE CITY, HOPE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
NOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALL ABOUT, TO TRY TO BUILD UP OUR OWN HUMANITY, OUR LE LEGITIMATE PLACE IN THE WORLD.
CONSENSUS ORIENTATED, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, RESPONSIBILITY, EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY AND RULE OF LAW.
BRIAN MARTIN, MR. MARTIN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM PACHE.
HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR NUREMBERG.
MY NAME IS BRIAN MARTIN AND I'M HUMBLED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UM, AS I AM, MAKE MY BID FOR THIS POSITION.
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW MY WORK THAT BEEN INVOLVED WITH BIKE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO PERSONALLY ESCORT, UM, ANY OF YOU TO THE OFFICE, TO ON A BIKE OF WORK.
TO BIKE TO WORK DAY OF YOUR CHOOSING.
UM, I'M HERE IN HOPES TO, OF EXPANDING MY ROLE IN MY COMMUNITY BY BEING A VOICE FOR ALL CONSTITUENTS OF D 10.
MY FAMILY AND I RELOCATED TO SAN ANTONIO EIGHT YEARS AGO FROM AUSTIN.
WHILE WE WERE NOT NATIVES OF SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE THIS CITY AND CONSIDER IT HOME.
SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN GOOD TO US, AND IT IS WHERE I WAS ABLE TO TURN MY PASSION FOR ELECTRIC BIKES INTO A SMALL BUSINESS CALLED BRONCO BIKES.
I DON'T FEEL THIS WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE FROM PEOPLE I MET AT GEEKDOM AND LAUNCHES.
SAY THEY TAUGHT ME THE, THE BASICS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP.
THOUGH I HAVE NEVER HELD OFFICE BEFORE, I DO HAVE MANY YEARS OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE THROUGH MY WORK WITH LOCAL NONPROFIT BIKE SAN ANTONIO, I HAVE TRAVELED TO DC ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO LOBBY CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS ON BEHALF OF CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY.
THEY ARE A NONPARTISAN GROUP THAT WORKS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH MARKET-BASED SOLUTIONS.
ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE, MANY GREAT CHANGES CAN HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS COMMON GOALS.
THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN TO THIS COUNCIL ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND INCLUSIVITY, TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, CLEAN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND STEM EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION IN PARTICULAR.
UM, IT'S A TOPIC THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
AS I'VE SPENT MANY YEARS OF MY LI ADULT LIFE WITHOUT A CAR AND SHARING A CAR, PROVIDING BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AND WALKABLE CITIES FOR THE GROWING MICRO MOBILITY AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS COULD BE A HUGE BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY.
I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND WHAT THE CITY IS CAPABLE OF WHEN IT IS MADE UP OF MANY VOICES.
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ME AND ALLOW ME TO BE A VOICE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY COMMUNITY, AND MY DISTRICT.LET'S CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR CITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND FOR OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES.
WILLIAM PACHE, FOLLOWED BY PAULINE RUBIO.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THIS TIME TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES FOR THE D 10 INTERIM APPOINTMENT.
I'M SURELY SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US BY NOTING OUR APPRECIATION FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TO SERVE IN THIS TEMPORARY CAPACITY.
FURTHERMORE, WE SHOULD ALL HOPE THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY GETS THE HELP THAT HE IS LOOKING FOR, AND THAT HIS RETURN TO HIS SEAT IS SWIFT.
I'M A 15 YEAR RESIDENT OF D 10, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
MY MOTHER IS A MEXICAN IMMIGRANT AND SHE RAISED HER FAMILY AFTER BEING WIDOWED VERY YOUNG.
BUT DESPITE THIS, I GRADUATED FROM CENTRAL CATHOLIC, RECEIVED MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM U T S A, AND I BECAME AN ADULT PROBATION OFFICER, WHERE I SUPERVISED A HIGH RISK CASELOAD OF FELONY SEX OFFENDERS.
AFTERWARDS, I MOVED TO WA, WASHINGTON, DC AND RECEIVED MY MASTER'S DEGREE AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
AFTERWARDS, WORKED IN MEDIA CONSULTING AND AS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
NOW I RETURNED HOME WITH MY WIFE AND WITH MY INFANT SON BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO IS WHERE WE WANT TO RAISE OUR FAMILY.
I WORKED FOR 10 YEARS AT SAS, WHERE I HELP SECURE THE POLITICAL AND PUBLIC APPROVAL FOR THE MAJOR WATER PROJECTS THAT GIVE US THE WATER SECURITY WE ENJOY TODAY.
I HAVE SERVED AS REPUBLICAN PRECINCT CHAIR FOR PRECINCT 30 84 IN THE MADISON HIGH SCHOOL AREA, BUT I CURRENTLY WORK AT AMAZON AS A MACHINE OPERATOR.
I'M ABLE TO LIVE THE BLUE COLLAR PRINCIPLES AND GRIT THAT I WANT TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT TODAY.
MY RESUME SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, SO I DON'T WANNA BELABOR THE POINT.
I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT MYSELF.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WORKING FOR THE DISTRICTS, FOR THE DISTRICT TEN'S RESIDENTS.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
I HAD PLANNED TO GO INTO GREATER DETAIL, BUT READING THE MEDIA, I UNDERSTAND FROM THE NEWS THAT Y'ALL ARE MORE INTERESTED IN SOMEBODY WHO CAN JUMP INTO THIS POSITION AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, WHICH I CAN ASSURE YOU I CAN.
I HAVE WORKED IN A SIMILAR POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I CAN LEARN 'EM QUICKLY AND EXPLAIN THEM EASILY.
I KNOW CONSTITUENT SERVICES UP AND DOWN.
I KNOW ALL ASPECTS, NOT ALL, BUT I KNOW THE UTMOST ASPECTS OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION.
I KNOW HOW TO MANAGE STAFF, AND I KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE.
AFTER 10 YEARS AT SAS, THE WORKINGS OF LOCAL UTILITIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO RATE PAYERS AND CITY GOVERNMENT IS SECOND NATURE.
I CAN BEGIN WORKING HARD ON DAY ONE.
NOW, ANOTHER MEDIA REPORT HIGHLIGHTED SOME ISSUES THAT MAY NOT BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN TO D 10 WORKING FAMILIES.
THE BIGGEST THING THAT IS HAPPENING TO US IS THAT WE'RE BEING CRUSHED BY RAMPANT INFLATION.
WE NEED TO WORK TO HELP RESOLVE THIS FOR THEM TO HELP MAKE IT EASIER.
I WENT TO THE STORE AND BOUGHT TWO NIGHTS WORTH OF FOOD AND A COUPLE OF HIGH, UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. IT WAS ALMOST A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR 20 ITEMS. THIS IS CRUSHING US.
THAT IS THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAT WE FACE TODAY, IS HOW DO WE EARN AN EVERYDAY LIVING AND HOW DO WE MANAGE? SO IN SHORT, I'M A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.
WAS, UH, WAS RAISED WITH BLUE COLLAR VALUES THAT I'M LIVING TODAY, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT I WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT, AND I WISH COUNCILMAN PERRY THE BEST IN HIS HEALING.
MS. RUBIO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ANDREW SHENIK.
WOW, THIS TRULY IS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF OBSERVING THIS PROCESS WHEN ROBERTO TRUVIO WAS APPOINTED TO PHIL DIEGO AZI.
A FEW OF YOU MAY REMEMBER ME WHEN I ASSISTED YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST PROMINENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. AND IN FACT, I ALSO WORKED WITH ANOTHER CANDIDATE HERE TODAY DURING HIS MEMBERSHIP AT THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BILLY PACHE.
I MENTIONED THESE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE EACH OF MY FORMER EMPLOYMENTS WAS VERY MEANINGFUL FOR ME AND GAVE ME THE CREDENTIALS AS A WELL SUITED CANDIDATE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10 MY ENTIRE LIFE, 38 YEARS SINCE LAST SATURDAY.
MY PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WOULD HAVE REMAINED THE SAME IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY PARENTS ENCOURAGING ME TO PURCHASE MY FIRST HOME NEARLY 11 YEARS AGO.
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, OF COURSE, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MY FATHER, PUBLIC POLICY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DEEP INTEREST OF MINE.
INDEED, I SPENT ONE OF MY MOST MEMORABLE SPRING BREAKS WORKING AS A PAGE AT THE STATE CAPITOL FOR LETICIA VAN DEPUE.
SURE, I COULD HAVE SPENT THAT WEEK PLAYING WITH FRIENDS UNTIL THE SUNSET, BUT INSTEAD, I TRAVELED DAILY TO AUSTIN TO DO CONSTITUENT WORK.
I SAY CONSTITUENT WORK BECAUSE MY PARENTS TOLD ME THAT RUNNING BACK AND FORTH ON THE HOUSE FLOOR DELIVERING MESSAGES WAS LIKE THE CITIZENS' COMMUNICATIONS NECESSARY FOR REPRESENTATIVE
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VAN DEPU TO FULFILL HER ROLE.THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN CONSTITUENT SERVICES.
I WAS NINE YEARS OLD AFTER COLLEGE.
A PRESTIGIOUS AND COMPETITIVE INTERNSHIP TOOK ME TO WASHINGTON DC WHEN THE INTERNSHIP ENDED, I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS BEFORE BECOMING, BEFORE WALKING THE HALLS OF COMMERCE, BEFORE BECOMING FORMER CONGRESSMAN C RODRIGUEZ'S DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, I WAS DESPERATE TO RETURN HOME.
I MISSED MY
THEREAFTER, WORKING AT THE TWO LARGEST CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN TOWN WITHIN PUBLIC AFFAIRS WAS NEVER WORKED FOR ME.
THEY WERE SIMPLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO CONTINUE MY PASSION AIDING MEMBERS WITHIN THE VESSEL THAT ADVOCATED ISSUES SIGNIFICANT TO THE COLLECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
IN FACT, I ASSISTED THE THEN CHAIRMAN WHEN HE WAS ON THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE CITY'S MOST RECENT CHARTER REVIEW.
THE DISTRICT'S OFFICE HAS HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA THAT I WISH TO CONTINUE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING FROM AND CONTINUING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH FORMER COUNCILMAN AND CANDIDATE TODAY, MR. GALLAGHER AND THE NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
IN ADDITION, I WISH TO ALSO CULTIVATE A LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH DISTRICT TEN'S OTHER EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND PRESENT RESIDENT BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL TO CONNECT THE DISTRICT WITH THE BENEFIT OF LEADERSHIP FROM A PERSON WHO IDENTIFIES WITH OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS THAN THE ONE USUALLY HELD IN THIS OFFICE.
WHEN COUNCILMAN PERRY RETURNS OR TO THE PERSON WHO MAY SUCCEED HIM IN MAY, I WANT TO FULFILL MY GOAL BY HANDING HIM OR HER A LIST OF OBJECTIVES FROM THE RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS I HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONALLY MEET WITH FROM MY OUTREACH EFFORTS, NOT SOLELY INCOMING REQUESTS.
I WANT TO BE DISTRICTS 10 IN TERMS COUNCILWOMAN.
I WANT TO BE A TEMPORARY REPRESENTATIVE WHO PROVIDE STABILITY AND CONTINUITY.
I DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH PAUL.
MR. SHELT, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JOEL SOLIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS DREW SHELT AND I'M HERE TO SHARE WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER IF APPOINTED AS COUNCILMAN FOR DISTRICT 10.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OF DISTRICT 10 FOR SINCE 2014, UM, WHEN I MARRIED MY PARTNER AND JOINED HER HERE IN THE ALAMO CITY.
THOSE TWO CHOICES ARE PROBABLY THE TWO BEST CHOICES THAT I'VE EVER MADE.
I'M A PROUD SAN ANTONIO AND EQUALLY PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITIES ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE AS A CITY AND AS A SOCIETY.
WE SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS FACING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC HEAD ON, AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS.
SO WHY WOULD YOU SELECT ME OUT OF A LARGE POOL OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES? MY ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND HAS PREPARED ME TO THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDER MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
I RECEIVED MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STATION, AND I DID TWO YEARS OF POSTGRADUATE STUDY IN URBAN PLANNING, WHILE ALSO TEACHING IN UPPER DIVISION COURSE IN URBAN PLANNING.
I SUPPORTED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN BRYAN, TEXAS AS AN EXECUTIVE SERVICES INTERN, PREPARING BUDGETARY DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR REVIEW BY COUNCIL.
AND I SERVED AS A SHADOW MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE BRYAN COLLEGE STATION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I CAN STEP IN IMMEDIATELY WITH A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOVERNMENT PROCESSES AND A DEEP RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE PREPARATION AND SUPPORT OF CITY STAFF.
HOWEVER, THE GREATEST ASSET THAT I WOULD BRING TO THIS POSITION IS MY COMMITMENT TO NOT JUST LISTENING, BUT TRULY UNDERSTANDING OTHERS, UNDERSTANDING THE PERSPECTIVES OF BOTH THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 10 AND OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS A FORMER ADVISOR TO THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION AT U T SS A, MOST OF MY JOB WAS WORKING WITH STUDENTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS AND TO PROJECT THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR POLICY DECISIONS.
THE DECISIONS BEFORE COUNCIL ARE RARELY CLEAN, CUT AND REQUIRE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE NEEDS OF A CITY AS A WHOLE.
BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL VALUES OF THE REPRESENTATIVE AND THE VALUES OF THOSE THEY REPRESENT.
I'M CONFIDENT IN MY CORE VALUES, RESPECT FOR THE INHERENT DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON, AND AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHILE I ALSO UNDERSTAND MANY OF THE COLLECTIVE VALUES OF DISTRICT 10, INCLUDING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY AND MINIMIZE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, THOSE VALUES ARE NOT IRRECONCILABLE EITHER WITHIN THEMSELVES OR WITH THE VALUES OF EACH OF THE OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
WHAT I PLEDGE AND WHAT I WOULD BRING TO COUNCIL IS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE, WORKING TOGETHER WITH FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CONSTITUENTS TO DO THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO.
I WOULD BE HONORED TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT 10 AND OF SAN ANTONIO, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
JOEL SOLI, FOLLOWED BY TIMOTHY TAYLOR.
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GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.I'M ONE OF THE APPLICANTS YOU'RE CONSIDERING FOR DISTRICT 10 OFFICE.
UNDER AGENDA ITEM ONE, LEMME PROVIDE A BRIEF BIT OF BACKGROUND ON MYSELF.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO AND A GRADUATE OF DOUGLAS ARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL.
I STARTED MY UNDERGRADUATE STUDY AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, TRANSFERRED TO ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY, WHERE I GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR'S IN SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER STARTED IN MANUFACTURING, WORKING WITH FEDERAL AIR CONDITIONING AND QUALITY, AND THEN AS A MANUFACTURING ENGINEER AT K C I IN EARLY 2000, I MOVED WITH MY FAMILY, UH, TO ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, WHERE I WORKED FOR THE NATIONAL AL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, NEMA REPRESENTING OVER 400 MEMBERS IN ABOUT $46 BILLION IN SALES.
I WAS A MANAGER OF CONFORMING ASSESSMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING NMAS NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES.
IN THIS CAPACITY, I WORKED WITH REGULATORY AGENCIES, INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES, AND FOREIGN AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE US INDUSTRY.
MY JOB FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS WAS TO CHAMPION US INDUSTRY BY SOLVING TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE ISSUES.
TYPICALLY, I WORKED THESE ISSUES WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES OR DIRECTLY WITH REGULATORY AGENCIES TO GET TO A SOLUTION.
HE HAD REQUIRED EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, STRATEGIC THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
SUCCESS WAS MEASURED IN NET EXPORTS, AND MY EFFORTS HELPED THE US ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY MAINTAIN A POSITIVE TRADE BALANCE.
SINCE MY RETURN TO SAN ANTONIO, I'VE INTERVIEWED WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY AND RECEIVED HIS APPROVAL AND TRUST TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 10 ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, WHICH REQUIRED THIS COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
I BELIEVE THIS EXPERIENCE BOTH REPRESENTING THE INDUSTRY FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS AND SERVING ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, DEMONSTRATES THE NECESSARY SKILLS FOR CONSIDERATION AS A CANDIDATE TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 10.
AS A PRODUCT, NORTHEAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DISTRICT 10, IT'S ASTONISHING TO ME TO SEE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN A MAJORITY MINORITY, UH, SINCE 2010.
WE NEED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR MINORITY COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT 10.
IN MY PRIOR JOB, I TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS IN EUROPE AND RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR CONTINUING RENEWAL AND EMBRACED WHAT SAN ANTONIO HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
FRANKLY, I'M JAZZED TO SEE THE, THE, THE FROST TOWER, THE SAN PEDRO CULTURAL, UH, PARK, U T S A CYBERSECURITY ANNEX, AND THE NEW FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
IN ADDITION, I HAVE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS INTERACTED WITH DISTRICT 10 STAFF AND FOUND 'EM TO BE PROFESSIONAL, COURTEOUS, HELPFUL, AND PASSIONATE ABOUT DISTRICT TEN'S CONSTITUENCY.
I EMBRACE THOSE VALUES AND PASSION IF APPOINTED.
I'LL CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON THE DISTRICT 10 STAFF, AND SO I ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 10 IN THE INTERIM CAPACITY.
THANK YOU, MR. SOLIS, TIMOTHY TAYLOR, MR. TAYLOR, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LAURA THOMPSON.
MY NAME IS TIM, THE TOOL MAN, TAYLOR, PERHAPS YOU'VE SEEN MY TV SHOW HOME IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS ON TV FROM SEPTEMBER 91 TO MAY OF 99.
WELL, I DO HAVE FUN INTRODUCING MYSELF AS TIM TAYLOR, WHO WAS ACTUALLY THE STAGE NAME FOR TIM ALLEN.
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT TIM ALLEN WAS ACTUALLY IN PRISON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND WAS ABLE TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND.
I'VE SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE IN THE SOCIAL WORK FIELD TRYING TO HELP INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND SO THEY CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
I'VE WORKED FOR 15 YEARS WITH CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN TEXAS AND PENNSYLVANIA, WORKING WITH ABUSE SITUATIONS AND FOSTER CARE.
I TRANSITIONED TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WORKED AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AND EVENTUALLY BECAME A CHAPLAIN IN THE TEXAS PRISON SYSTEM.
MY LAST OFFICIAL POSITION WAS AS A PAROLE CHAPLAIN, AND THEN I FINALLY AND ALLY RETIRED IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
THESE AND OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES GAVE ME SKILLS IN SOLVING PEOPLE PROBLEMS AND ADMINISTERING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN THEIR TIMES OF DIFFICULTY.
SINCE SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, I HAVE BEEN SUBSTITUTING PART-TIME IN THE NORTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HAS GIVEN ME A FEEL FOR THE EDUCATIONAL THINGS GOING ON.
I THINK MY OVERALL LIFE AND WORK EXPERIENCES GIVE ME A BROAD AND BALANCED PLATFORM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DECISIONS THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE THAT MY APPROACH WOULD BE ONE OF WORKING WITH EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH THE BEST SOLUTION POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'M WILLING TO LEARN THE PROCESS OF LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT, AND I THINK THAT I CAN BE A POSITIVE ASSET IN THAT PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AS YOU REVIEW ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE EACH ONE OF YOU.
IT WOULD BE A REAL HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE.
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WOULD BE TO GOVERN AND MAKE DECISIONS USING COMPASSION, WISDOM, AND GENUINE LOVE AS SOME OF MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES.MAY THE LORD GIVE YOU HIS WISDOM IN MAKING THIS SELECTION AND ALL THE OTHER DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE AS A CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MAYOR RON NUREMBERG AND ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ASSEMBLE, UH, AS INTRODUCED.
I I'M CURRENTLY THE C E O AND CREATOR OF TAN TV.
WE ARE A DIGITAL TELEVISION PLATFORM, AND WE BROADCAST ACROSS, UM, MULTIPLE PLATFORMS. I'M ALSO, UH, PARTNER.
OUR COMPANY IS ALSO PARTNER WITH SINCLAIR BROADCASTING, W O A I AND FOX, AND ALSO C B SS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
UH, I'M A FORMER, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT ONE 20, WHICH OVERLAPS, UH, DISTRICT 10.
UH, SO A LOT OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT, UM, UH, WILL BE REPRESENTED FOR DISTRICT 10, UH, VOTED FOR ME IN THE, THE, UM, ELECTION.
I TOOK THE PLACE OF RUTH JONES MCCLENDON, UH, MOST OF MY WORK WITH, UM, LAURA THOMPSON AGENCY, WHERE I OWNED A PR AND MEDIA PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM.
UM, FOR 16 YEARS, I SPECIALIZED IN PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND SO MOST OF THE WORK WAS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
I WORKED WITH MOST OF THE MAJOR MUNICIPALITIES AS A PRIMARY OR SUBCONTRACTOR, WHICH INCLUDE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO C P S ENERGY VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT, UH, UM, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND SEVERAL STATE CONTRACTS WITH PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ALL IN THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
SO, THROUGH MY PUBLIC SERVICE AND MY PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, I'M ACCUSTOMED TO DEALING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE INPUT IN PROJECTS THAT AFFECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
MY BODY OF WORK IS EXTENSIVE AS IT RELATES TO CREATING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, AND GIVING PEOPLE A VOICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE, TO BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES.
LIKE THE GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'M A TROUBLESHOOTER, I'M A PROBLEM SOLVER, A TEAM PLAYER, PRODUCER, NEGOTIATOR, AND IMPLEMENTED.
I LOVE SAN ANTONIO AND WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM LED BY YOU MAYOR RON BERG AND THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT IN MOTION FOR DISTRICT 10.
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WHO, UM, IS HERE IN PERSON TODAY WHO HAS APPLIED FOR THE DISTRICT 10 TEMPORARY VACANCY.
I DO WANNA NOTE FOR THE RECORD AND IN THE COUNCIL PACKETS, UH, THERE ARE ALSO WRITTEN STATEMENTS BY GRACIE FARIA, AS WELL AS LISA GARCIA, UM, GRACIE FARIA AND LISA GARCIA.
I, I AM TOLD, ARE NOT PRESENT.
IF THAT'S NOT TRUE, COULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? OKAY.
IF NOT, WE DO HAVE THOSE, UH, STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD AND IN OUR PACKETS.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the B Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following: ]
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL, UH, CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS.SO THE TIME IS NOW 3:08 PM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2022.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IT'S CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, DELIBERATE AND EVALUATE THE APPLICANT'S FOR THE TEMPORARY DISTRICT 10 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS, AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PRESENT, WHO HAVE APPLIED, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.
UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY, BUT, UH, COUNSEL WILL VERY LIKELY HAVE, UH, A, UM, UM, UH, DISCUSSION AND MOTION ON FINALISTS TO BE PRESENT WITH US TOMORROW.
TIME IS 3:44 PM ON THE 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022.
CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION, NO OFFICIAL ACTION AS WAS TAKEN.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 17 APPLICANTS INTERESTED IN FILLING THE DISTRICT 10 CITY COUNCIL SEAT.
UM, THE PROCESS WE FOLLOW IS TO SELECT UP TO THREE OF THE APPLICANTS FOR THE INTERVIEW.
TOMORROW, FOLLOWING THAT WILL ACCEPT A MOTION FOR THE TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW.
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UH, ASK FOR A MOTION TO OPEN UP THE SUBJECT FOR, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION TOMORROW.MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE SELECT MICHAEL R. GALLAGHER, JOSE F. GARCIA, AND PAULINE A RUBIO FOR INTERVIEWS TOMORROW TO SERVE AS THE DISTRICT 10 COUNCIL MEMBER.
OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR SELECTION OF THE THREE FINALISTS TO APPEAR TOMORROW FOR INTERVIEWS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, LET ME THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS COME OUT TODAY AND WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO APPLY FOR POSITION, UH, OF BOTH TRUST, UH, AND IMPORTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I KNOW IT'S NOT, UH, SOMETHING EASILY DONE, UH, AND IT TAKES A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SELF-SACRIFICE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
UH, AND NOT ONLY TO TO APPLY, BUT ALSO TO SERVE.
SO, UH, OUR THANKS AS A COMMUNITY TO THOSE WHO WILLING TO STEP UP.
UH, FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T SELECTED TODAY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BE INVOLVED.
THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE NEEDED, UH, TO BE, UH, TO BE, UM, FILLED BY FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OUR CITY, UH, INTERESTED IN SERVING THEIR CONSTITUENTS, THEIR NEIGHBORS, UH, AND WE CAN HELP ALONG WITH THAT PROCESS, UH, WHETHER IT'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OR PERHAPS EVEN, UH, RUNNING FOR OFFICE AT SOME POINT.
SO, AGAIN, MY, OUR THANKS TO YOU, YOU, AND, UH, WITH THAT, WE WILL HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR THOSE THREE FINALISTS TO APPEAR TOMORROW.
AT WHICH TIME WE WILL HAVE OUR TEMPORARY VACANCY FILLED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COULD WE GET A VOICE VOTE? AYE.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO'S COME OUT TO TO SPEAK TODAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
OUR SECOND ITEM, UH, ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, A PRESENTATION, UM, ON OUR, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS RELATED TO OUR HOUSING, UH, BOND THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED LAST MAY.
UM, AND JUST IN TERMS OF CONTEXT, UH, THE COUNCIL APPOINTED A HOUSING, UH, BOND COMMITTEE LAST, UH, YEAR, UH, LAST FALL THAT SET A HOUSING BOND PARAMETERS, WHICH A COUNCIL APPROVED IN, UH, FEBRUARY OF 2022.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE VOTERS APPROVED, UH, A $150 MILLION ALLOCATION TOWARDS HOUSING TO CREATE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, BASED ON THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE HOUSING BOND FUNDING IS UTILIZED IN FIVE CATEGORIES.
UM, FIRST HOME OWNERSHIP, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION.
SECONDLY, UH, RENTAL HOUSING ACQUISITION, REHAB AND PRESERVATION.
THIRDLY, RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION.
FOURTH HOUSING WITH PERMANENT ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION.
IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE CITY ISSUED THREE SEPARATE, UH, REQUEST OF PROPOSALS FOR THREE OF THE CATEGORIES, HOMEOWNER PRODUCTION, RENTAL PRODUCTION, AND RENTAL PRESERVATION, REHAB AND ACQUISITION.
UM, AND WE DID THAT, UH, PO THAT PRES SOLICITATION PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR.
TODAY, VERONICA GARCIA, UM, WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES WILL PROVIDE A BRIEFING, UH, ON THE RECOMMENDED APPLICANTS FOR THE PROJECT FUNDING.
UM, THIS ITEM IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL AFTER DECEMBER 15TH, A SESSION.
I WANT TO THANK, UM, THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, WHICH CONTINUED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AND I SEE, UM, A FORMER COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, UM, INTENSE PROCESS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO VIC, VERONICA, TO, TO WALK US THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS IT STANDS TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND VERONICA GARCIA, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE ARE GOING OVER THE, UH, HOUSING BOND RECOMMENDATIONS, THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR, UH, REVIEW.
THE, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE HAVE SEVERAL POTS OF FUNDING, AND WE DID THE R F P PROCESS FOR THE FIRST THREE.
THE GOALS OF OUR HOUSING BONDS ARE ULTIMATELY TO PRESERVE AND PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS IS AN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH, UH, ASKS THAT WE LOOK AT PRODUCING AND PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF 28,000 UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND THIS HOUSING BOND WILL HELP US, UH, MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE GOALS.
THE, UM, IMPORTANCE OF THIS CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED BECAUSE, UM, ONE OF OUR, AT THE ROOT OF EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
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PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO STABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.WE KNOW THAT THIS IS CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT FAMILIES CAN THRIVE.
AND WE TOOK THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY AS WE CONSIDERED ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT APPLIED FOR THIS FUNDING.
WE WERE GUIDED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE ADOPTED FRAMEWORK AND PRIOR PARAMETERS THAT WERE APPROVED, WHICH IDENTIFY THAT WE MUST UTILIZE THIS FUNDING TO PRIORITIZE HOUSING FOR, UH, THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT MEANS FAMILIES THAT ARE BELOW 30% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS ABOUT $22,400 IN OUR CITY.
WE ALSO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE, UH, TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT WERE PROPOSED TO BE BUILT, THE DESIGN OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE PROPOSED, WHERE THE PROJECTS WERE PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED, AND OF COURSE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE CAUSING DIRECT DISPLACEMENT OF ANYBODY.
THE, UH, THREE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS WERE RELEASED, UM, BACK ON AUGUST 19TH AND CLOSED IN OCTOBER AS PLANNED.
WE, UM, HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM BOTH BOND FUNDS AS WELL AS OUR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE EACH YEAR FROM HUD.
THAT INCLUDES C D B G FUNDS, HOME FUNDS, AND N S P DOLLARS.
AND ALL OF THESE FUNDS WERE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE COMBINED SOLICITATIONS THAT RESPONDENTS COULD, COULD RESPOND TO.
IN ADDITION, OUR SCORING PANEL INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE, SO THEY HAD, UM, INPUT AND WERE SCORING MEMBERS TO HELP ADVISE ON WHICH PROJECTS.
ULTIMATELY, WE WERE SELECTED FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE, UH, MAIN, THE FIRST R F P THAT WE RELEASED WAS THE NEW RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION.
WE HAD ALMOST $38 MILLION BETWEEN BOND FUNDS AND OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
BUT OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS COUNCIL BACK IN AUGUST WAS THAT UP TO HALF OF THAT WOULD BE AMA AVAILABLE IN THIS FIRST ROUND.
WE DID THAT BECAUSE, UH, WE HAD A LOT TO CONSIDER WITH THIS FIRST ROUND.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROJECTS WERE SHOVEL READY, THAT THEY WERE, UH, PROPOSING THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING POSSIBLE.
AND ALL OF THAT WAS TAKEN INTO THE SCORING CRITERIA.
WHEN WE DID THAT, WE RECOGNIZED THAT, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURES ON THE CURRENT MARKET, AND THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THESE FUNDS WERE MADE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT WERE VERY FAR ALONG IN THEIR DESIGN PROCESS COULD BE BUILT QUICKLY.
THE SCORING MEMBERS OF THE PANEL INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS EXPERTS IN MANY OF THE BOND PARAMETERS.
AND WE ALSO HAD MEMBERS OF THE SCORING COMMITTEE, UH, THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE.
SO I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO AMELIA GUZMAN AND PETER RE FROM THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE WHO SERVED ON THIS PARTICULAR PANEL.
IN SUMMARY, THE UH, HOUSING BOND DOLLARS WERE PRIORITIZED FOR FAMILIES MAKING UP TO 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND WE HAD UP TO $19 MILLION TO AWARD IN THIS FIRST ROUND.
WE RECEIVED A OF 13 PROPOSALS REQUESTING OVER $48 MILLION IN FUNDS.
SO IT WAS A GOOD PROJECT TO HAVE LOTS TO CHOOSE, GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE LOTS OF PROJECTS TO CHOOSE FROM.
ULTIMATELY, FIVE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE FIRST FIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, FOUR AWARDS.
AND YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE TOTAL SCORES, THEY MET MANY, MANY OF THE HOUSING BOND PARAMETERS THAT WE HAD.
ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED WITH A NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ALL PROVIDE ONSITE MEANINGFUL SERVICES FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE.
ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ALSO PROPOSED TO INCLUDE HIGH QUALITY BUILDING MATERIALS, AND OUR TEAM WILL BE MONITORING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT STAYS AT HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS, UH, FOR THE DURATION OF THE AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS.
THESE ARE ALSO, UH, SHOVEL READY PROJECTS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, MANY OF THEM ARE, SOME OF THEM ARE READY TO GO AS EARLY AS JANUARY.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT SELECTED IN THIS INITIAL ROUND, AND THEY, WE WILL BE CONTACTING EACH OF THE DEVELOPERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BRIEFING ON THEIR PROPOSAL SO THEY CAN SEE, UH, ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT THEY WANNA MAKE, AND SOME OF THEM MAY COME BACK AND REAPPLY IN THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THOSE RECOMMENDED AWARDS FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, EVERYTHING FROM ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS UP TO $8.2 MILLION FOR PROJECTS IN TOTAL.
WITH THIS FIRST ROUND, WE ARE AWARDING THE ENTIRE $19 MILLION OF WHICH 15.6 MILLION IS FROM BOND FUNDS, AND THE REMAINING IS FROM OUR FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS.
FOUR OUT OF FIVE OF THE PROJECTS ARE LEVERAGING THE 4% AND 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT, WHICH MEANS, UM, THAT OUR BOND DOLLARS AND FEDERAL DOLLARS WILL GO THAT MUCH FURTHER WITH THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT'S COMING.
THIS SHOWS THE UNIT MIX FOR EACH OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS, AND I WILL HAVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF, OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
IN HIGH LEVEL, WE, WITH THESE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS,
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WE ARE HELPING INCENTIVIZE THE CREATION OF 686 NEW HOUSING UNITS, AND 27% OF THOSE UNITS ARE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE, BELOW 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.THE FIRST PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IS THE AMAZON EXPANSION, WHICH IS A PROJECT BY OPPORTUNITY HOME IN DISTRICT FIVE WITH A RECOMMENDED AWARD OF $8.2 MILLION.
THIS IS A UNIQUE PROJECT BECAUSE THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS NEW PUBLIC HOUSING AND IT FEATURES UNIT SIZES UP TO FOUR BEDROOMS, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR LARGER FAMILIES TO FIND AFFORDABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS PROJECT IS READY TO GO, PROPOSED TO BREAK GROUND AS EARLY AS JANUARY, AND, UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR, UH, FUNDING.
THE NEXT PROJECT RECOMMENDED IS VITO APARTMENTS BY N R P IN DISTRICT FOUR, RECOMMENDED FOR A $4 MILLION AWARD.
THIS ALSO FEATURES UNIT SIZES UP TO FOUR BEDROOMS, AND THE PROJECT INCLUDES, UH, 49 UNITS AT 30% OF THE AREA MEET AND INCOME.
THIS IS A 4% TAX CREDIT PROJECT AND IS DESIGNED, PERMITTED, READY TO GO, AND IS SCHEDULED TO BREAK BROWN, UM, AFTER FUNDS IF FUNDS ARE APPROVED, UH, LATER THIS MONTH.
THE PROJECT ALSO FEATURES MANY SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES, WHICH WILL HELP ENSURE THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE AND IT HAS, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY OVER TIME, INCLUDING, UH, IT HAS ACCESS TO, UM, IT HAS ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES, IT HAS A COMMUNITY GARDEN.
THERE'S AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION ON SITE, AND IT HAS ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, A WALKING TRAIL, AS WELL AS BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.
CATTLEMAN SQUARE LOFTS IS ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD.
IT'S A PROJECT BY ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP IN DISTRICT FIVE, RECOMMENDED FOR $2 MILLION.
THIS PROJECT IS ENT, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROJECT IS AFFORDABLE.
EVERYTHING AT BELOW 60% OF THE AREA MEET AND INCOME.
THIS FEATURES, UM, PROJECT, UH, UNIT SIZES UP TO TWO BEDROOMS, AND IT'S EXPECTED TO BREAK GROUND IN APRIL.
THIS IS A UNIQUE PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS A TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AND IT IS LOCATED ABOUT ONE, ABOUT 0.1 MILE FROM THE VIA TRANSIT HUB, SO VERY CONVENIENT, EASILY ACCESSIBLE LOCATION FOR THE FAMILIES.
FIESTA TRAILS BY N R P IN DISTRICT EIGHT IS RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $1.5 MILLION.
THIS IS A 9% TAX CREDIT PROJECT FEATURING, UH, UNIT SIZES UP TO THREE BEDROOMS. THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES BELOW 60% OF THE AREA MEET AND INCOME.
THIS IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS DESIGNED, PERMITTED, SHOVEL READY AND WILL BREAK GROUND IN JANUARY IF APPROVED FOR FUNDING.
VISTA AT SILVER OAKS IS THE FINAL NEW RENTAL PRODUCTION PROJECT RECOMMENDED.
IT IS BY ATLANTIC PACIFIC IN DISTRICT NINE, RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $3.3 MILLION.
THIS PROJECT ALSO IS A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE AND IT WILL EXPECT IT TO BREAK GROUND AS EARLY AS JUNE.
THE NEXT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WE ISSUED WAS FOR REHAB OF EXISTING RENTAL HOUSING.
WE HAD $40 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE, AND WE COMMITTED TO RELEASE UP TO HALF OF THAT FOR FUNDING AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS THIS FALL IN THIS FIRST ROUND, SINCE WE ONLY HAVE BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE, WE DID APPLY SMALL BUSINESS LOCAL PREFERENCE AND VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE POINTS IN THE SCORING MATRIX.
AND THE HIGHEST CATEGORY OF POINTS STILL WAS FOR AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE THAT IS OUR FOCUS.
THE SCORING PANEL INCLUDED MEMBERS FROM, UH, CITY STAFF, AGAIN, EXPERTS IN, UM, THE HOUSING BOND PARAMETERS, AND WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM THE COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE, INCLUDING STEPHANIE MCALLEN AND LAWSON PICASSO.
SO SPECIAL THANKS TO THEM FOR SERVING AS, UM, SCORING MEMBERS OF THE PANEL.
IN SUMMARY, OUR RENTAL REHAB, UH, R F P YIELDED 12 PROPOSALS REQUESTING THE OVER $39 MILLION IN FUNDING.
AGAIN, WE HAD UP TO $20 MILLION IN FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIRST ROUND, PRIORITIZING INCOME-BASED AND PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS AND PROJECTS THAT HAD UNITS FOR FAMILIES UP TO 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME IN TOTAL, SIX PROJECTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD.
THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF THE SCORES FOR THE SIX SELECTED PROJECTS.
ALL OF THEM, UH, EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL RECOMMENDED OR WAS FEATURING A NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE NONE OF THE PROJECTS RECEIVED THE SMALL BUSINESS, THE LOCAL PREFERENCE OR THE VETERAN POINTS BECAUSE, UM, INSTEAD THEY OPTED TO DO THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP.
SO THOSE ARE THE PRO POINTS THAT THEY WERE AWARDED.
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WE, AGAIN, UM, LOOKED AT ALL OF THE ONSITE SERVICES, AND EVERY SINGLE PROJECT HAS THAT NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP AND FEATURES MEANINGFUL SERVICES FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE.THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT SCORES THAT ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR WARD, AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE DEVELOPERS AND OFFERING BRIEFINGS SO THEY CAN REEVALUATE THE PROPOSALS AND POTENTIALLY SUBMIT IN THE SPRING.
THE SUMMARY OF OUR AWARDS ARE RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $438,000 UP TO $6.8 MILLION.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, BASED ON THE UNIT MIX PROPOSED, THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE STRONGLY FOCUSED ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE INCOME-BASED HOUSING UNITS AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT.
IN TOTAL, WITH THESE, UH, $20 MILLION OF BOND FUNDING INVESTMENT, WE'LL BE HELPING PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY, REHABBING OVER 1700 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE FIRST PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR RENTAL REHAB FUNDING IS SPANISH PECAN BY PICO UNION IN DISTRICT THREE, RECOMMENDED FOR $4.275 MILLION.
THIS PROJECT FEATURES FULL REHAB OF 26 BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY.
WE ARE WILL BE HELPING WITH STRUCTURAL REPAIRS, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS, FIRE PROTECTION, FULL REHAB OF ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY.
IT ALSO FEATURES MANY SUSTAINABILITY UPGRADES THAT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT HAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOING FORWARD.
THIS PROJECT REHAB IS SCHEDULED TO START IN JULY, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS VACANT UNITS NOW AND WILL BE RELOCATING FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMPLEX AS UNITS ARE REHAB.
SO IT'S A ROLLING REHAB OF THE PROJECT.
THE SECOND PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR WARD IS WINSTON ROSELAWN, ALSO BY PICO UNION.
THIS ONE IN DISTRICT FIVE RECOMMENDED FOR $4.75 MILLION.
THIS ALSO IS A FULL REHAB OF 32 BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING STRUCTURAL REPAIRS, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES, FIRE PROTECTION, ALL, ALL EVERYTHING REHAB FULLY.
THE PROJECT ALSO FEATURES SUSTAINABILITY ENHANCEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WHICH HELPS, UH, BRING DOWN THE COST OF UTILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE.
THIS PROJECT TWO SHOULD BREAK GROUND, UH, WITH THE REHAB PROJECT STARTING IN JULY, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING A ROLLING REHAB, BRINGING FAMILIES, UH, RENOVATING FIRST WITH THE VACANT UNITS AND AND UNITS, AND THEN MOVING FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMPLEX AND THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
ALL UNITS THERE ARE BELOW 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS ARBORS AT WEST AVENUE BY PROSPERA IN DISTRICT ONE RECOMMENDED FOR $2 MILLION.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL COMBINE TWO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LOCATED NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
WEST AVENUE APARTMENTS WILL BE FULLY REHABBED AND ARBOR PLACE APARTMENTS WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND FULLY RECONSTRUCTED.
THE PROJECT HAS, UM, SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES THAT ARE ALSO BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE REHAB.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PARAMETERS.
THIS PROJECT ALSO FEATURES UNIT SIZES UP TO FOUR BEDROOMS, AND, UM, IT'S ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO TALK ABOUT SHOVEL READY.
IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW AND IT SHOULD BE FULLY DONE, UM, BY APRIL, 2024.
COTTAGE CREEK IS A PROPERTY OWNED BY OPPORTUNITY HOME IN DISTRICT TWO, AND IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR $1.7 MILLION OF AN AWARD.
THIS PROJECT FEATURES IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING LOT, TO THE SIDE SIDEWALKS, REPLACING THE HVAC UNITS, LOOKING AT SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS REPLACING THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
THIS PROJECT IS, UM, HALF OF IT FEATURES INCOME-BASED HOUSING UNITS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN THOSE UNITS ONLY PAY A THIRD OF THEIR INCOME.
THE REST OF THAT RENT WOULD BE SUBSIDIZED, UM, BY THE PROPERTY RESERVES OR OTHER FEDERAL SUBSIDIES.
SO IT'S REALLY VERY, VERY AFFORDABLE.
AND THE, UH, REHABS CAN START AS EARLY AS APRIL.
PECAN HILL, ALSO OWNED BY OPPORTUNITY HOME IS IN DISTRICT ONE AND RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $438,000.
THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO FEATURE UPGRADES AND REPAIRS TO THE PASSENGER ELEVATORS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY, ALONG WITH BUILDING CODE LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THIS IS ALL IMPORTANT TO HELP THE FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING THERE HAVE MORE ACCESSIBILITY AND ENSURING THAT CODE ISSUES, UM, ARE ADDRESSED AND THE PROPERTIES BROUGHT UP TO CODE.
THE IMPROVEMENTS CAN START AS EARLY AS APRIL, 2023 AND THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
ALL 100 UNITS ARE INCOME-BASED HOUSING.
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OWNED BY OPPORTUNITY HOME IN DISTRICT EIGHT, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF ALMOST $6.8 MILLION.THIS, UH, PROJECT IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE WILL BE HELPING INCENTIVIZE, UH, THE CONVERSION OF 53 UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT 80% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME DOWN TO 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
IN ADDITION, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY INCLUDE REPLACING WINDOWS, SIDING DOORS, PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, A D A IMPROVEMENTS, SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS, ALL OF THAT AGAIN, TO HELP IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE COMPLEX FOR THE FAMILIES.
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY CAN START AS EARLY AS APRIL, 2023.
SO, MOVING ALONG TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION, WE HAVE, UM, OVER $9 MILLION OF FUNDING AVAILABLE BETWEEN BOND FUNDS AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
THIS SCORING, UM, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY BY YOU ALL THIS PAST AUGUST, HAS A HEAVY FOCUS ON THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE PROJECT.
AND I'LL EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT AFFORDABILITY, WE LOOKED AT TWO THINGS.
ONE, WHAT WAS THE SALES PRICE PROPOSED FOR THE HOME, BUT ALSO WHAT SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES DID THE HOME HAVE THAT WOULD HELP ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE, THE HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE BUYING IT HAD A LOW COST OF HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE LONG TERM.
SO NOT JUST AN UPFRONT LOW ENTRY LEVEL PRICE.
WE AGAIN, HAD REPRESENTATION ON THE SCORING COMMITTEE FROM CITY STAFF EXPERTS WITH THE HOUSING BOND PARAMETERS, AND WE HAD REPRESENTATION, UH, FROM THAD RUTHERFORD AND LORI TIPS, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BOTH OF THEM.
AS SERVING AS CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF FUNDING, WE LOOKED AT INCENTIVIZING HOUSING UP TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
WITH CITY INCENTIVES, WE USUALLY CAN GO UP TO 120%, BUT THESE WERE THE PARAMETERS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO PRIORITIZE.
SO REALLY LOOKING AT FAMILIES WHO OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE HOME OWNERSHIP AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
AND WE HAD $5 MILLION IN FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THIS FIRST ROUND.
UM, AGAIN, HALF OF WHAT WE HAD AVAILABLE.
WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF FOUR PROPOSALS REQUESTING JUST OVER $8 MILLION IN FUNDS.
AND ULTIMATELY, THE COMMITTEE SELECTED THREE PROJECTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE PROPOSALS, THE SCORING THAT WE RECEIVED FOR ALL OF THE PROPOSALS.
AGAIN, THE THREE RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD, UH, MEET MANY OF THE HOUSING BOND PARAMETERS THAT THEY'RE ASKED, AND THEY'RE ALL DONE, UM, BY NON-PROFIT PARTNERS.
THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD ARE ALL BUILDING.
EVERY SINGLE HOME WITH THIS FUNDING WILL BE BUILT FOR FAMILIES AT 80% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW, AND FUNDING AWARDS RANGE FROM $218,000 UP TO ALMOST $4.4 MILLION.
THE FIRST HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECT RECOMMENDED IS RANCHO CARLOTTA IN DISTRICT FOUR PROJECT BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, RECOMMENDED FOR ALMOST $4.4 MILLION IN FUNDING THIS PROJECT, UH, FEATURES UNITS, UH, THAT HAVE THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM FLOOR PLANS.
THE PROJECT IS 63, UH, UNITS IN TOTAL.
THIS SUBDIVISION IS AN EXTENSION OF THE RANCHO CARLOTTA SUBDIVISION THAT THEY HAVE, AND ALL OF THE HOMES BUILT WILL BE FOR FAMILIES BETWEEN THE 20% UP TO 80% A M I RANGE.
HABITAT HAS A VERY UNIQUE MODEL WHERE THEY UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD THE HOMES, AND THE STARTING PRICE FOR HOMES IN THIS SUBDIVISION WILL BE ABOUT $115,000, SO VERY AFFORDABLE.
THE SECOND PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD IS THE WEST SIDE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE, RECOMMENDED FOR, UH, $218,000.
IT'S A PROJECT BY OPPORTUNITY HOME, WHICH WILL FEATURE, UM, MANY SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES THAT HELP MAKE THE HOME A VERY AFFORDABLE ON FOR THE LONG TERM OF THE, OF THE HOME FLOOR MODELS ARE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
THEY CAN START CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT AS EARLY AS MARCH.
AND THE FINAL PROJECT RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IS WEST SIDE AFFORDABLE HOMES BY OUR CASAS.
THIS IS AN INFILL HOUSING PROJECT IN DISTRICTS FIVE AND THREE, AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD OF $225,000.
THESE HOMES WILL BE BUILT FOR FAMILIES BETWEEN 60 TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND IT ALSO FEATURES SUSTAINABILITY, UM, FEATURES SUCH AS COOL SURFACES, COOL ROOF, DARK SKY, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, AND, UH, ALL THE HOMES WILL BE EV READY.
AS REQUESTED BY A MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE LOOKED AT DOING A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT APPLIED FOR BOND FUNDING.
THIS ASSESSMENT WAS DONE BEFORE ANY AWARD CONSIDERATIONS WERE, WERE FINALIZED.
EVERY PROJECT DID THE INITIAL SCREENING AND ONLY THREE PROJECTS HAD TO DO THE MORE IN-DEPTH
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SECONDARY SCREENING, WHICH WAS DONE BY OUR TEAM.THAT SECONDARY SCREENING LOOKED AT THE 28 DIFFERENT INDICATORS, LOOKING AT THE CENSUS TRACK AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE PROJECT, AND ALL OF THEM RESULTED IN, UH, LOW RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT IN THEIR STUDY AREA.
THESE ASSESSMENT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE IN ADVANCE OF ANY SCORING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BEING FINALIZED.
SO, IN SUMMARY, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WITH THE, UH, 40, ALMOST $44 MILLION OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING 14 PROJECTS FOR AWARD.
THIS WILL HELP INCENTIVIZE OVER 2,500 UNITS OF NEW AND PRESERVED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, RENT RENTAL HOUSING, AND HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN TOTAL, 22% OF THE UNITS WITH THIS FUNDING WILL BE PUBLIC HOUSING OR INCOME-BASED HOUSING, AND ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL THE HOUSING THAT WE ARE INCENTIVIZED WILL BE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE.
THIS, UH, MAP SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THE PROJECTS.
WE KNOW THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEEDED IN EVERY SINGLE PART OF OUR CITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE, WE HIGHLIGHTED WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO THE VOTERS THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS NEEDED.
IT'S CRITICAL FOR FAMILIES TO THRIVE WITHOUT A STABLE HOME, SO MANY OTHER FACTORS OF THEIR LIFE ARE IMPACTED.
AND WITH THESE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, WE CAN SEE THAT ALL PARTS OF THE CITY WILL BENEFIT FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND INVESTMENT.
AND THIS WILL REALLY HELP BRING A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS, MANY DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOME IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, NEXT STEPS AFTER TODAY'S BRIEFING, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE'LL BE GOING FOR A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE FUNDING AWARDS ON DECEMBER 15TH.
AND FINALLY, I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, CATEGORY.
WE HAD $25 MILLION OF BOND FUNDS TO HELP BRING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS HOUSING THAT FOCUS ON TRULY THE MOST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS OR OTHER SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF PERSONS WHO MAY BECOME CHRONICALLY HOMELESS WITHOUT SOME SORT OF SUPPORT.
WE HAVE $25 MILLION OF BOND FUNDS, BUT WE WANTED TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL BEFORE RELEASING THE R F P, SO WE TOOK EXTRA TIME TO DO THAT.
WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE ALSO WORKING VERY HARD TO BRING THIS TYPE OF HOUSING TO SAN ANTONIO, OTHER EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD.
SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY, COLLECTIVELY ARE, WE ARE, WE'VE RELEASED ONE R F P MAKING UP TO $45 MILLION OF FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPERS WHO CAN PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS R F P WENT OUT ON MONDAY, IT CLOSES IN JANUARY, AND WE HOPE TO BRING FUNDING AWARDS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN APRIL.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ERIC, DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? I WAS JUST GONNA, I WAS JUST GONNA, UH, UM, KIND OF REFER BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE.
THE, THE VOTERS APPROVED $25 MILLION AND WHAT, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY JOINTLY DEVELOPED THIS R F P FOR $45 MILLION WORTH OF, OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO THAT IS, THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE A BIGGER DENT IN THIS AREA WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A, A MUCH GREATER NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I WAS GONNA, UH, MENTION THAT AS WELL.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY THE POWER OF COLLABORATION WITHIN THE SPACE OF HOUSING THAT HAS BEEN, UNFORTUNATELY, A RECENT PHENOMENON, I'D SAY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT IT'S REALLY COME TO FRUITION AS A RESULT OF, UH, THESE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF REVENUE.
UH, AND SO I KNOW MARK IS HERE AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARK, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO COORDINATE ALL OF THAT.
UM, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF OUR HOUSING COMMISSION, I SEE OUR CHAIR, SHER GONZALEZ HERE.
UH, I THINK OTHER MEMBERS MIGHT BE IN THE AUDIENCE.
LEMME THANK YOU AS WELL FOR ALL OF THE GREAT DILIGENT WORK QUICK WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS, UH, TO GET THIS OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE, WE HAVE AND TO THE STAFF AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, PROCESSING THIS SO QUICKLY AND, AND, UH, UH, DELIBERATELY.
UH, I WOULD SAY THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
UM, BUT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING, ONCE AGAIN, GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF THE PUBLIC'S TRUST, UH, WITH THE RESOURCES THEY PROVIDED WITH, UH, FOR HOUSING.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I'M VERY EXCITED.
WHAT IS THAT? 2,500 OVER 2,500 UNITS PRESERVED, REHABILITATED, PRODUCED IN A SPACE THAT WE NEED MORE AND MORE.
SO, UH, THIS IS A BIG SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND I'M EXCITED TO TELL ALL OF OUR PEERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, WHO ARE ALSO STRUGGLING IN THIS AREA, HOW
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WE'RE DOING IT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.UH, IT'S BEEN PHENOMENAL TO WATCH THE WORK IN THIS AREA, AND I ONLY KNOW IT'S, UH, IT'S JUST BEGUN.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS OUT ON THE 15TH.
SO LET ME MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
UH, I, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO AND I WERE SUPER EXCITED TODAY.
I FELT LIKE, I'M SURE WE FELT LIKE CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, SO WE CAN'T, WE DID NOT WANT THIS ITEM PUSHED TILL TOMORROW.
BUT THANK YOU, LORI AND, UH, PETE AND IAN AND SARAH AND, UH, VERONICA TIMES TWO.
UM, AND MARK, OF COURSE, I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH, WITH WHAT YOU ALL HAD PROVIDED.
I ALSO WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE P C D C.
UM, WE PUSHED FOR MORE AFFORDABILITY AT P C D C, AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
WE ALSO, UM, CHANGED AROUND SOME OF THE POINTS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED, FOR INSTANCE, ABOUT THE LOCAL PREFERENCE BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, BENEFIT FROM THE, THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN THROUGH THE BOND AS WELL.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD PROJECTS IN HERE, HERE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED, UM, VERONICA SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, RIGHT? AND SO I WANNA FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY, UM, UH, MEMBERS THAT EXPRESSED ORIGINALLY DISAPPOINTMENT AND THAT FUNDS WERE GONNA GO TO PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE BECAUSE THEY ASSUMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE AFFORDABLE OR WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE CITIZEN COMMITTEE.
CAN YOU HELP THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT AND, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS AFFORDABILITY? YEAH, THERE'S LOSS OF AFFORDABILITY.
YOU, YOU WILL RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FORWARD BECAUSE THEY WERE IN OUR PIPELINE.
I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THESE WERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT, UH, WE WERE COUNTING ON.
WE WERE HOPING THAT WOULD BE BUILT AND BUT FOR THESE FUNDS, THEY WILL NOT HAPPEN.
AND THEY HAVE, UM, ARE LEVERAGING.
SO IT'S NOT JUST OUR FUNDING THAT'S BEING USED TO CREATE THIS AFFORDABILITY.
THEY ARE LEVERAGING THE 4% AND THE 9% TAX CREDITS, WHICH MEANS OUR DOLLARS ARE GOING THAT MUCH FURTHER.
WE'RE WITH ALL IN TOTALITY, OUR $1 OF OUR FUNDS IS LEVERAGING OVER $7 IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT KIND OF ACROSS ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, AT THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE PIPELINE, THAT IS HOW THEY GOT TO BE IN THE PIPELINE.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAD AFFORDABILITY BUILT IN.
AND WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THESE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS IS THEY MET THE AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, BUT A LOT OF THEM WENT BEYOND THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WAS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SHARED A SIDE ON EVERY SINGLE PROJECT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUST DOING AN AFFORDABLE UNIT.
THEY HAVE AMENITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE.
THEY HAVE ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE AND THEY FEATURE, UM, LOTS OF THINGS LIKE ACCESS TO WALKING TRAILS, ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
SO ALL OF THAT REALLY CREATES THAT NEIGHBORHOOD EXPERIENCE AND THAT HELPS THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE REALLY HAVE THAT SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO FEEL THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR HOME.
UM, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING ALL OF THE ADDED AMENITIES.
I THINK DEFINITELY THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, THE CATTLEMAN LOFT IS GOING TO INJECT SOME LIFE AND GUARANTEED AFFORDABLE UNITS IN A REDEVELOPING AREA, AND THAT'S HARD TO ACCOMPLISH WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP.
SO, UM, I AM HAPPY THAT THERE'S SO MANY PARTNERSHIPS AND, AND PEOPLE WILLING TO COME TO THE TABLE.
UM, AND THEN ALLAN IS GONNA BE EXPANDING A HISTORIC PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS IT'S WITH COMMUNITY INPUT.
ON THAT ALLAN PROJECT THOUGH, I SAW A RENDERING, IT WAS A SLIDE.
I SAW AN AC UNIT, UM, ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON THAT.
SO AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT THAT'S JUST THE EXISTING PROPERTY THAT YOU ALL HAVE? YES, I IS THAT THE RENDERING OF THE NEW LEMME CHECK ON THAT.
YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, IAN, IAN BENAVIDES, INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A NET ZERO BUILDING, SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ANY AC UNITS THAT ARE WINDOW UNITS.
SO IT MIGHT JUST BE AN OLD RENDERING, BUT WE WILL CONFIRM THAT.
'CAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S, UH, PROPER.
SO, SO LET'S, LET'S DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
AND THEN ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY IF ANY OF THE VACANT PROPERTIES AROUND MAYBE WEST MARTIN AND NORTH MEDINA WERE SUBMITTED AS POTENTIAL PROJECTS? UM, I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE PROPERTIES AROUND HAVEN FOR HOPE AND THE VIA TRANSIT CENTER, CATTLEMAN SQUARE, ANY OF THOSE.
UH, WE'LL GO BACK AND SEE WHICH ONES, IF ANY OF THEM SUBMITTED PROPOSALS AND WE CAN GET THAT TO YOUR OFFICE.
AND, UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, RENTAL REHAB.
I THINK ALL OF THEM HAVE EXISTING, BUT THEY HAVE VACANCIES ON SITE.
SO FOR MANY OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT FAMILIES AREN'T DISPLACED.
THEY ALL HAD TO PRESENT A, UH, A PLAN
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HOW THEY WOULD REHAB THE UNITS, CONSIDERING THAT THERE ARE OCCU OCCUPANTS AND MANY OF THEM HAVE THE ROLLING, UH, REHAB WHERE THEY'LL REHAB STARTING WITH THE VACANT UNITS, AND THEN FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO LOCATE WITHIN THEM.I WAS JUST HOPING THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD TO PROVIDE THEM SOME SORT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING, RIGHT? YES.
AND THAT THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST TO MOVE BACK IN, I'M ASSUMING? EXACTLY, YES.
ON, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATION OF RANCHO CARLOTA, UM, WHICH IS IN D FOUR.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND SEVERAL DEDICATION CEREMONIES AND SO WONDERFUL FAMILIES THAT ARE MOVING IN.
I THINK THE MAYOR HELPED, UM, BUILD A COUPLE OF THOSE HOMES.
SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR, FOR GOING OUT THERE.
UM, THE FAMILIES THAT ARE EVENTUALLY GONNA LIVE IN THOSE 63 UNITS ARE GONNA BE, UH, LIVING IN A VERY CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY.
THERE'S SCHOOLS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE INVESTMENT AROUND THE AREA, INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIGHTS.
IN FACT, I THINK, UM, EARLIER TODAY I SAW, UH, NATALIE, UH, FROM HABITAT AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THE LAST 12 FAMILIES CLOSED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
SO VERY EXCITING FOR THEM TO CLOSE JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, AND THEN IN THE SLIDE, FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PLACED ON THE MAP, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU MAYBE TO ADD A COMPONENT OF HOME OWNERSHIP, REHAB AND PRESERVATION ON THAT MAP AS WELL.
THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF VISUALIZE THE FULL IMPACT OF THE HOUSING BOND.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FORWARD FROM THE P S H R F P, OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH FAMILIES THAT ARE OUT OF HOMES.
AND SO EVERY CORNER HAS SOME, UM, I, MY FINAL QUESTION IS GONNA BE WHEN IS THE R F P GOING OUT FOR THIS SECOND ROUND? SURE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS RING, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH WITH THIS ROUND, WHICH IS, UM, JUST GO FIRST TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE YOU WANNA KEEP THE SAME SCORING MATRIX AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE R F P FOR OUT FOR AT LEAST SIX WEEKS.
AND SO WE EXPECT THAT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AS EARLY AS MARCH OR APRIL.
DID HE JUST TELL YOU ALL MY QUESTIONS? NO, GO AHEAD.
UM, IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP.
UH, WE JUST WANNA LET COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA KNOW THAT ALIZA WILL NOT HAVE WINDOW UNITS.
UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING SO OPEN TO THE INPUT THAT MY OFFICE HAS HAS PROVIDED ON THE SELECTION OF PROJECTS DURING THIS BOND.
UM, ONE OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH, HEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COST OF PARKING.
UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU FOUND? SURE.
AND WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED ON EVERY SINGLE SUMMARY THE COST OF THE PARKING PER UNIT.
UM, WE DID SPEAK WITH EVERY DEVELOPER ABOUT THE OPTION OF WHETHER THEY WOULD BUNDLE PARKING, COULD THEY SEPARATE IT TO GET THE PROJECTS? FINANCE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT NOT TO INCLUDE PARKING AS PART OF THE FINANCING.
A LOT OF THEM ALSO, UH, WERE CONCERNED WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH PARKING WOULD, UM, MAYBE HINDER LEASING UP.
WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE COST OF THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES LOOK FOR.
UM, BUT HAVING PROJECTS THAT WERE LOCATED WITH OPTIONS THAT DON'T JUST REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A PRO A CAR.
SO VIA TRANSIT LINES OR WITHIN, THAT WAS ALSO ONE OF OUR PRIORITY PARAMETERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO THE NUMBER THAT YOU PUT FOR PARKING PER SPACE IS THAT'S PER HOW MUCH PER YEAR? PER PER MONTH? WHAT IS THAT? UH, THAT'S A TOTAL COST TO BUILD THOSE SPACE BASED ON THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE PARKING LOT DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
UM, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE LIKE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OF THE SPACE, IF YOU'LL, OKAY.
UM, IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, RENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED OR CONSIDERED MM-HMM.
SO EVERY PROJECT WILL HAVE TO AGREE TO ACCEPT ALL FORMS OF INCOME.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, COMPLY WITH OUR HOUSING VOUCHER ORDINANCE.
UM, THE PROTECTIONS ALSO, IF THEY ARE, AND MANY OF THESE ARE P F C, SAN ANTONIO P F C PARTNERSHIPS, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESIDENT PROTECTIONS THAT THEY'VE ADOPTED.
THE CITY HAS NOT ADOPTED OUR RESIDENT PROTECTIONS, BUT THEY HAVE THERE SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WILL FALL UNDER THAT.
SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESIDENT PROTECTIONS LIKE, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO P F C DOES.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD SHARE WITH US? SURE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HASN'T ADOPTED AS A BODY, YOU SAID? UH, NOT FOR EVERY DEVELOPMENT IN SAN ANTONIO.
BUT WE HAVE OUR HOUSING VOUCHER ORDINANCE.
AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, ANY PROJECT THAT ACCEPTS A CITY SUBSIDY HAS TO ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHERS OR ANY KIND OF ALL FORMS OF INCOME THAT A FAMILY MAY HAVE.
THEY CAN'T USE THAT TO DISCRIMINATE.
WAS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT, UM, THE TYPES OF FEES THAT MIGHT BE CHARGED TO TENANTS, LIKE LATE FEES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THEY DO SOMETHING WRONG, WE, WE'VE READ ABOUT THINGS IN THE STORIES IN THE PAPER WHERE THOSE FEES CAN REALLY
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ADD UP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE MAY END UP BEING EVICTED FOR, FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT AND THESE FEES.UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN.
I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE ADDITIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES IN SOME OF THE REHAB PROJECTS.
HAS THERE BEEN, UH, OR WILL THERE BE A QUANTIFICATION OF WHAT THE ENERGY SAVINGS WILL BE AND, UH, AND COST SAVINGS TO THE RENTER AS A RESULT? SURE.
UH, WE DID NOT REQUIRE THEM TO SUBMIT THAT, BUT WE CAN, WE WILL BE MONITORING ALL THE PROJECTS FOR THE DURATION OF THE AFFORDABILITY COVENANT SO WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND GET THAT, UH, SAVINGS INFORMATION.
UM, AND, UH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WEST AVENUE PROJECT.
YOU SAID IT WAS ALREADY UNDER RECONSTRUCTION.
UM, THAT, WELL, A A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WILL THE NUMBER OF UNITS BE THE SAME? IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL, BUT WILL THE RENT BE THE SAME? SO THEY DID NOT TALK ABOUT RAISING RENT JUST BECAUSE THE REHABBING UNIT AND THAT PROJECT HAS NUMEROUS OTHER SOURCES BEYOND OUR BOND FUNDS.
SO THEY DIDN'T, UH, THE RENTS THERE RANGE FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, $900 UP TO $1,200 PER UNIT.
SO THAT WE DIDN'T TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THIS WOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN THE RENT FOR THE FAMILIES.
IT'S JUST SIMPLY MAKING SURE THAT THE, UH, UNITS THEMSELVES ARE REHABBED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN NEED OF THAT.
AND THAT THE OTHER, UH, PROJECT IS ABLE TO BE FINISHED AS, AS ORIGINALLY SPECED.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAD SOME ISSUES.
IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT HAD SOME ISSUES FROM INFLATION SURPRISE, UM, CONSTRUCTION COSTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO THESE FUNDS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THEY CAN FINISH THE PROJECT AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED WITHOUT HAVING TO SCALE BACK ANY OF THE SCOPE.
SO ALL THE FAMILIES THAT LIVED THERE NOW OR LIVED THERE A FEW MONTHS AGO BEFORE THEY WENT INTO PROJECT MODE MM-HMM.
I MEAN, PROVIDED NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THEIR END IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME, BUT WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO TO LIVE THERE.
THIS DOESN'T CHANGE THE RENT THAT THEY'RE CHARGED.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
CAN I JUST ADDRESS SOMETHING REAL QUICK? YOU HAD TWO QUESTIONS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED UP HERE THAT WERE RENTAL, THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH A HOUSING TRUST OR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND THEY DO HAVE POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THE CAPS ON THE TYPES OF FEES THAT PEOPLE CAN CHARGE.
SO THERE ARE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE ALREADY.
AND THEN YOUR PARKING QUESTION, I KNOW THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING AND THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING IS, IF YOU ARE RENTING AN APARTMENT FROM SOMEONE AND YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR, ARE YOU GOING TO BE CHARGED IN YOUR RENT FOR A PARKING SPACE? AND WE WILL GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.
WAS THAT THE QUESTION YOU WERE ASKING? THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE QUESTION I'M ASKING.
AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU OR NOT.
AM I SUBSIDIZING SOMEBODY ELSE'S PARKING EVEN THOUGH I'M IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THANK YOU.
AND IN TERMS OF THOSE, UH, AGREEMENTS THAT YOU SAID THAT THE P F C HAS AND WAS THAT THE HOUSING TRUST? UM, THE HOUSING TRUST UHHUH AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
IF THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FUNDING THAT ARE NOT ALSO FUNDED BY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK AT RENTER PROTECTIONS FOR ALL FOR PROJECTS THAT WE FUND IN OTHER WAYS.
UM, SO IF WE COULD EXPLORE THAT, UH, PERHAPS THAT COMMITTEE LATER, THAT'D BE GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HAS A FLOOR.
I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL, UH, CONSIDERING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HOUSING MARKET, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN THIS CITY.
WE NEED HOUSING, UH, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS, ALL DIFFERENT COST AREAS, UH, BUT WE'RE SEEING RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND WE'RE SEEING RISING INTEREST RATES, WHICH MEANS THE FUNDING COSTS A LOT MORE TO BUILD THESE.
UH, SO DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY OF THAT COULD, UH, BE DETRIMENTAL TO ANY OF THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD? I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK THAT THEY COULD HAVE.
UM, LIKE ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD, THEY HAD ALL THEIR FINANCING.
THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION AND THEY HAD SURPRISE COSTS AND NOT ENOUGH CONTINGENCY AVAILABLE TO COVER IT.
UH, WE WORKED WITH EVERY SINGLE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD A CONTINGENCY BUDGET BEYOND, UM, THE FUNDING THAT WE WERE PROVIDING.
UM, AND EACH ONE WENT THROUGH A THOROUGH UNDERWRITING ANALYSIS.
SO WE HAD OUR UNDERWRITERS THAT REVIEWED EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, AND IT WAS A PRELIMINARY REVIEW, BUT THEY PROVIDED THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY THOUGHT THAT THE AMOUNT REQUESTED, THE PROPOSED COSTS MADE SENSE, AND THAT THESE BOND FUNDS WOULD CLOSE
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A GAP AND BE SUFFICIENT TO CLOSE A GAP.SO WE DID DO THAT ANALYSIS FOR THE PROJECT.
HOW MANY HAVE FUNDING GAPS THAT, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS HAD FUNDING GAPS, SO EVERY SINGLE ONE.
UM, WE, WE RELY A LOT ON F H A M I A M I AND THAT CONTINUES TO GO UP EVERY YEAR.
WE USE THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO BRAUNFELS REGIONAL A M I BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HUD USES.
UM, IT IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN IF YOU LOOKED AT IT FOR JUST OUR CITY.
UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE USE WHAT HUD USES BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THESE PROJECTS DO NOT USE JUST CITY FUNDS.
THEY ARE LAYERING OUR FUNDS WITH OTHER FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS USING A CERTAIN A M I STANDARD, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THAT SAME STANDARD, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT OUR FUNDING TO BE COMPLICATED OR DETRIMENTAL TO ALL OF THE OTHER FUNDS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN A PROJECT.
UM, RECOGNIZING THAT OUR A M I FOR SAN ANTONIO IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT THE REGIONAL A M I IS, THAT IS WHY, UM, IN OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE ADOPTED A LOWER AFFORDABILITY STANDARD.
SO FOR HUD REASONS, THEY WOULD GO UP TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND WE ONLY GO UP TO 60% AGAIN, TRYING TO ADJUST OUR STANDARD BASED ON OUR, UM, REAL INCOMES.
UH, BUT WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT HOW MANY UNITS ARE WE BUILDING HERE IN THIS FORECAST, UH, OVER 2,500 UNITS AND RIGHT.
AND, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IF PROJECTED RENTAL RATES WITHIN THOSE 2,500 UNITS? SURE.
KIND OF FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP, SO TO SPEAK.
THERE'S A RANGE, WE CAN GET YOU THAT BREAKDOWN, BUT THE 30% UNITS CAN START AS, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON SIZE AS LOW AS AROUND $400 A UNIT, MORE OR LESS.
WE CAN GET YOU THE EXACT AVERAGE AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE MARKET RATE UNITS BUILT IN.
SO HOW MANY OF THE UNITS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ARE OUR MARKET RATE? UH, LET'S SEE.
IN TOTAL WE HAVE, WE HAVE 114 UNITS THAT ARE AT 70% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SO THAT IS JUST OVER WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AFFORDABLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 181 UNITS THAT ARE CONSIDERED MARKET RATE.
NOW, OF THOSE 181 UNITS, UH, THERE IS ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE INCOME BASED.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE MARKET RATE, THEY MAY HAVE A FAMILY WHO'S LIVING IN THERE THAT, UM, HAS A VOUCHER.
AND THAT, I HEAR YOU SAY THAT ALL OF THESE UNITS WILL BE ACCEPTING HOUSING VOUCHERS.
UH, IF THE FAMILY HAS A HOUSING VOUCHER, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO ACCEPT IT IF THEY WANNA LIVE THERE.
AND IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA FOR MOVING IN, I GUESS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS SOUNDS VERY GOOD.
I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW ALONG AND SEE HOW THE ACTUAL RENTS BEFORE OCCUPANCY TEND TO RISE.
A LOT OF THESE UNITS, UH, MAY TAKE A YEAR, 18 MONTHS, TWO YEARS, AND I'M JUST WORRIED THAT EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW THEY MAY LOOK AFFORDABLE, HOW AFFORDABLE WILL THEY BE IN A YEAR OR TWO? SURE.
DEPENDING ON WHAT GOES ON WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS, REAL ESTATE COSTS, MARKET RATES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I HOPE THAT WE'LL FOLLOW THAT SO THAT WE WILL, BY THE TIME THESE ARE ARE BUILT AND OCCUPIED, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN KEEPING THEM AS AFFORDABLE AS WE CAN.
SO YES, AND EVERY PROJECT OF THE NEW RENTAL PROJECTS HAVE ABOUT A 40 YEAR AFFORDABILITY COVENANT.
SO IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE SO MANY AT 30% A M I, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT OVER THAT ENTIRE DURATION, AND WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT.
HOW LONG IS THAT AVERAGE PERIOD OF TIME? COVENANT TIME? UH, 40 YEARS.
AND, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU VERONICA AND YOUR TEAM, AND ALSO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES WHO SERVE ON P C D C FOR HELPING PUSH FOR MORE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE, UH, ENERGY, YOU KNOW, LOW ENERGY BILLS IS PART OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, UM, ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THAT R F P WENT OUT.
UH, I COULDN'T WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, AND, UH, THE, I GUESS THE ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF AS A CITY IS COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC HOW EFFECTIVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS AND
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HOW THAT'S A COST EFFECTIVE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.SO I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON THAT.
AND TEAM, UM, I HOPE ROSIE'S NOT LISTENING, BUT WHEN I RECEIVED THIS PRESENTATION, I LET VERONICA KNOW THAT THIS WAS MY FAVORITE PRESENTATION OF ALL TIME.
UH, AND I WANNA EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE SCORING COMMITTEE, UH, AND EVERYONE WHO SERVED ON THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE.
UM, MY APPOINTEES IN PARTICULAR, KAMI, KAMI, UH, KAYLA, AMY AND LINDA, UM, FOR, FOR SERVING.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING HERE.
UH, LAST WEEK I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO CHICAGO WITH THE LOCAL PROGRESS HOUSING LAB.
AND WHAT I HEARD FROM ELECTED LEADERS FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, WAS RECOGNIZING THAT THEIR PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK WAS, UH, VALUABLE, RIGHT? UM, BUT ALL THAT RISK OF, UM, BEING REPLACED WITH MIXED INCOME HOUSING WITH NO PLAN FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTS TO RELOCATE TO.
AND I HAD JUST RECEIVED THIS BRIEFING, SO I, I SHARED RIGHT, THE PROCESS OF ONE COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO APPOINT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, TO CREATE THE PARAMETERS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMMUNITY WHO SHAPED AND PUT FORWARD AMENDMENTS AND VOTED TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE DEEP AFFORDABILITY WITH THIS HOUSING BOND.
SO SHARING THAT, IT WAS, UM, ONE, RIGHT? HAVING A MAYOR WHO ALLOWED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS.
AND TWO, UM, EACH OF US APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS TO SHAPE WHAT THAT HOUSING BOND LOOKS LIKE.
AND TWO, ULTIMATELY SECURING THE LANGUAGE, UH, TO SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY HOME.
SO, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE MY TEAM'S RESEARCHING, BUT WE MAY BE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO INVEST IN THEIR PUBLIC HOUSING.
UM, I NEED TO VERIFY THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S VERY INSTRUMENTAL AND A HUGE SHIFT IN WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD BEEN GOING BEFORE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, RIGHT, I ALSO WANNA EXPRESS THANKS TO THE P C D C COMMITTEE AND MY P F C COLLEAGUES FOR, UM, SECURING LANGUAGE THAT SUPPORTS PROJECTS WITH DEEP AFFORD AFFORDABILITY THAT SUPPORTS TENANTS, THAT ENSURES, UM, THAT THERE ARE TENANT PROTECTIONS AS WELL AS TO THOSE NON-PROFIT, UM, AND FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS WHO OFFER PROTECTIONS TO TENANTS.
RIGHT? UM, AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD IN THE NATION, AND I BELIEVE WE ARE RIGHT WHEN WE APPROVE THIS.
UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THERE ARE OVER 50,000 LOCAL FAMILIES ON THE OPPORTUNITY HOME WAIT LIST.
UM, WHILE WE HAVE ALSO LOST A LOT OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE SOCIAL HOUSING SINCE 1999, AND EVEN, UM, SO MANY MORE UNITS SINCE 2016, RIGHT? SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RECONSTRUCTING THAT HOUSING.
OF COURSE, THERE'S PLENTY MORE WORK AHEAD.
UM, BUT I ALSO JUST REALLY WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THE HOUSING BOND WAS PRIMARILY DEVELOPED BY THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE WHO DEVELOPED THESE PARAMETERS AND EVALUATED THE FRAMEWORK.
SO I WANNA THANK THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM, EACH OF US AND ALL OF OUR APPOINTEES FOR THAT WORK THAT THEY PUT IN.
UM, BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THAT IN MARCH THERE WAS THIS REALLY GOOD OP-ED IN SUPPORT OF THE HOUSING BOND.
AND ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT STUCK WITH ME WAS THE LIST OF DOWNSTREAM CONSEQUENCES, UM, IS EXTENSIVE, WHICH MAKES DIVERSIFYING OUR HOUSING OPTIONS EVEN MORE CRITICAL IF WE ARE TO PRESERVE THE AFFORDABILITY OF OUR CITY.
OUR MAYOR WROTE THAT OFF ED, BY THE WAY,
BUT I WAS GLAD TO READ THAT BECAUSE THE HOUSING BOND HAS PROVIDED CRITICAL UPSTREAM SUPPORT.
UM, AND AGAIN, RIGHT? THERE'S PLENTY MORE WORK AHEAD.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT HOUSING BOND, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE CREATE, UH, THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY, UM, AGAIN, RIGHT? UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT IN OPPORTUNITY HOME, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM WORK TO DO.
GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE LEADING IN THE NATION AND PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR DISTRICT FIVE, RIGHT? THE CATTLEMAN SCARE PROJECT.
I WANNA ALSO THANK ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP, UH, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED THAT PROJECT, UH, I REQUESTED MORE AFFORDABILITY AND THEY WERE AMENDABLE.
THEY CAME BACK WITH DEEPER AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AND NOT ONLY DOES THAT PROJECT HAVE DEEP AFFORDABILITY, IT ALSO HAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AND IT WOULD BE, UM, I BELIEVE ONE OF OUR CITY'S FIRST, UM, 100% TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO IT HAS SO MANY, UH, DIFFERENT FACETS THAT ARE IMPRESSIVE.
UH, AND I THINK THAT ALONE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, UM, TO SHOW TO OTHER COUNTRIES, RIGHT? THAT WE CAN RETROFIT OUR BUILDINGS, UH, THAT WE CAN, UH, PRODUCE DEEP AFFORDABILITY, UM, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING PLENTY MORE WORK AHEAD.
ALSO, WANNA THANK THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, OF COURSE, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, THOSE MEETINGS WERE REALLY LONG, UM, AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE PRODUCE NEXT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU, VERONICA.
AND TEAM, I AM, UH, SO EXCITED
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THAT WE'RE FINALLY TO THIS POINT.I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE START OF, UM, A LOT MORE WORK AHEAD, BUT WE'RE HERE AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND THE, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT YOU HA HAD.
AND I KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST THE MEETINGS YOU HAD WITH ME,
I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO LOOK, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP TRACK OF IS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE IN PROGRESS OF BUILDING, IS THE OCCUPANCY RATES AND JUST HOW FAST THIS, THIS HOUSING GETS FILLED AND THE NEEDS IT MAKES.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THE SECURITY FEATURES.
WE JUST GOT A PRESENTATION AT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY THIS MORNING ABOUT STOLEN PROPERTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE NEW BUILDS AND THESE NEW NEW TENANTS UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THEY CAN DO TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND, AND KIND OF STEM THE TIDE FROM THE STOLEN, THE STOLEN PROPERTY, AND THE RATES THAT ARE INCREASING HERE, UM, AND WHAT THE APARTMENTS CAN DO FOR AND THE MULTIFAMILY CAN DO FOR SECURITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE AND THE AFFORDABILITY AND THE INTERNET THAT'S COMING.
I AM SO PLEASED TO SEE, UM, PROJECTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT NINE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS GONNA PUT PEOPLE CLOSER TO WHERE SOME OF THEIR JOBS ARE.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, OF, OF GREAT HELP TO THEM.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE REHABILITATION PROJECT COMING TO DISTRICT THREE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S SO NEEDED AND I, I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY TO COME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK AND LET'S JUST, ONCE THE BUILD START, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW, HOW QUICKLY WE FILL THESE APARTMENTS UP.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO? GREAT JOB, VERONICA.
UH, THAT'S IT FOR OUR B SESSION TODAY.
TIME IS 4:42 PM ON THE 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022.
WE WILL HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD COMING UP IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU BACK SHORTLY.