* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:36] GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 15TH, 2018. COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NURENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH A FEW TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. THE TIME IS NOW 9:19 AM UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO, UH, ALERT MY COLLEAGUES. THE SPEAKER QUEUE IS WORKING, SO IF YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK, GO AHEAD AND PRESS YOUR BUTTON AS NORMAL VOTES WILL BE DONE AS A VOICE VOTE THOUGH, BECAUSE THE VOTING BUTTON DOES NOT WORK ON YOUR MACHINE. SO ON EVERY ITEM FOR ACTION, WE WILL TAKE A VOICE VOTE OF THE COUNCIL. ALRIGHT, I'LL ASK NOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW TO WELCOME OUR INOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, GOOD MORNING ALL, UH, THIS MORNING. WE'RE, UH, BLESSED AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE REVEREND DR. TREVOR D ALEXANDER HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. HE WAS BORN IN ROMFORD ESSEX IN ENGLAND AND MARRIED TO EMMA, AND THEY HAVE THREE WONDERFUL LITTLE GIRLS. REVEREND DR. ALEXANDER HOLDS AN UNDERGRAD DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IN CARNEY WORD, AS WELL AS A MASTER OF ARTS IN PASTORAL MINISTRY FROM THE OBLATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND DOCTOR OF DIVINITY FROM ST. THOMAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AND SEMINARY. HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING AS A PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN FOR THE UNIVERSITY, THE OFF THE OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY MISSION AND MINISTRY, AND AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD, REVEREND DR. ALEXANDER IS ALSO THE SENIOR PASTOR OF TRUE VINE CHURCH, AND HAS RECENTLY APPOINTED BISHOP DESIGNATE FOR THE TEXAS SOUTHWEST REGION WHERE HE HAS CARRIED HIS HEALING MESSAGE TO PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD TO INCLUDE CANADA, THE WEST INDIES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. IN 2016, HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE SAN ANTONIO BLACK WORSHIP HALL OF FAME. REVEREND FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. MAYOR, AND TO THIS WONDERFUL BODY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO OFFER THIS INVOCATION AND BEFORE OFFER THIS INVOCATION. I HAVE A SHARP POEM THAT I, I FIND VERY INSPIRATIONAL. I HOPE YOU WILL FIND IT AS WELL. IT'S BY DR. BENJAMIN MAYS, WHO WAS A PRESIDENT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE. AND, UM, THE TITLE IS GOD'S MINUTE AND IT SAYS, I'VE ONLY JUST A MINUTE, 60 SECONDS IN IT FORCE UPON ME. I CAN'T REFUSE IT, DIDN'T SEEK IT, DIDN'T CHOOSE IT, BUT IT'S UP TO ME TO USE IT. I MUST SUFFER IF I LOSE IT GIVEN ACCOUNT IF I ABUSE IT. JUST A TINY LITTLE MINUTE, BUT ETERNITY IS IN IT. LET US PRAY. HOLY GOD, WE PAUSE TODAY BEFORE THIS WORKED OF THIS WONDERFUL BODY TO CONFESS THAT WE NEED YOUR GUIDANCE TO GIVE YOU THANKS, TO SHARE OUR BURDENS AND TO PRAY FOR OUR CITY, THE CITY WORKERS, AND THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE OFFER THAT SOMETIMES THAT WE ARE WARY AND WARNED BY POLITICAL CLIMATES THAT OFTEN DIVIDES US, NOT UNITE US. BUT WE PRAY TODAY THAT YOUR PRESENCE WILL BE WITH THIS CITY MEETING GOD OF JUSTICE AND MERCY, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE. WE COME BEFORE YOU TO PRAY FOR THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT YOU, THEY HAVE TAKEN THIS AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE THE PE THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. HELP THEM TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION. HELP THEM TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL. HELP THEM TO SPEAK WITH CHARITY AND RESTRAINTS GRANTED TO THEM. THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE. REMIND US ALL THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY. GUIDE THEM AS THE LEADERS OF THIS CITY THAT WE NEED. HELP THEM TO SEE THE HUMANITY AND DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO THEY MAY DISAGREE. AND FINALLY RENEW THE STRENGTH AND WITH YOUR PRESENCE OF JOY AS THEY BUILD THIS COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY CALLED SAN ANTONIO. [00:05:01] A COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE A BEACON OF LIGHT FOR OTHERS TO EMULATE. WE ASK THIS AS YOUR BLESSINGS OF YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ARE KNOWN BY MANY, BY MANY NAMES. BUT TODAY WE PRAY TO THE ENCOUNT WORD. THE WORD MAY FLESH, AMEN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REVEREND. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES INTERPRET. ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL SESSIONS OF OCTOBER 10TH AND 11TH. SO MOVED. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 10TH AND 11TH. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS APPROVING THE FOLLOWING THREE ORDINANCES RELATED TO THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2018 ELECTION. MARION COUNSEL, I'LL MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. SO THIS IS THE CANVASSING RESULTS FOR THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2018 CITY ELECTION. SO THE UNDER VOTES WILL REPRESENT ELECTRONIC AND PAPER BALLOTS, WHICH WERE VOTED WITH NO MARKING OR SELECTION, AND THE OVER VOTES REPRESENT MORE THAN ONE MARK ON A PAPER BALLOT CHARTER AMENDMENT, A DECREASING REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES TO 20,000 FOR REFERENDUM PROCESS. THE NUMBER FOUR IS 164,448 VOTES AND AGAINST IS 197,837 VOTES WITH SEVEN OVER VOTES AND 26,923 UNDER VOTES. CHARTER AMENDMENT B TERM LIMIT AND SALARY CAP FOR CITY MANAGER FOUR IS 216,701 VOTES AGAINST HIS 149,423 VOTES WITH NINE OVER VOTES AND 20,082 UNDER VOTES. CHARTER AMENDMENT C BINDING ARBITRATION FOR FIREFIGHTERS FOUR IS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR THREE SEVENTY ONE AND AGAINST IS 178,920 VOTES FOUR OVER VOTES AND 22,920 UNDER VOTES. SO THE VOTE TABULATION TOTAL VOTES CAST, INCLUDING OVER, UNDER AND OVERSEAS BALLOTS IS 386,215. REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS 801,748 FOR A TOTAL TURNOUT OF 48,017. FOR THE CANVASSING REPORT FOR CAMP BULLIS AND CAMP STANLEY MILITARY BASES, THIS IS OPTION ONE GARNERED 398 VOTES AND OPTION TWO WITH FOUR UH, 9,487 VOTES NO OVER VOTES. AND 212 UNDER VOTES FOR THE VOTE TABULATION FOR CAMP BULLIS, CAMP STANLEY. TOTAL VOTES CAST ARE 10,097 WITH REGISTERED VOTERS IN THAT AREA OF 15,030. VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE AREA IS 67 POINT 18%. FOR LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE MEDINA TRAINING ANNEX OPTION ONE GARNERED 1,827 VOTES. OPTION TWO 9,550 VOTES OVER VOTES BY ONE UNDER VOTES BY 670. THE [00:10:01] VOTE TABULATION FOR THAT AREA IS 12,048. TOTAL VOTES CAST. REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THAT AREA IS 26,020 VOTES. VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE AREA IS 46.3%. THE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS, AS YOU KNOW, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TABULATION. THEY ARE 908 OUTSTANDING COUNTYWIDE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS, AND NONE OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS TODAY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE TABULATION OF THESE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS. AS NONE HAD MARGINS SMALLER THAN 4,900 VOTES. ONCE PROVISIONAL, UH, BALLOT VOTES ARE TABULATED, A FINAL ORDINANCE WILL BE SUBMITTED AND COMPLETE RESULTS WILL BE UPDATED. AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THAT NUMBER AT 4,900 IS NOT CORRECT. IT'S 5,451 VOTES. SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S UP TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THE CANNABIS RESULT OF THE VOTES TODAY FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION AND THE TWO SPECIAL ANNEXATION ELECT ELECTIONS WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE PROVISIONAL VOTES BE ADDED WHEN AVAILABLE FROM BEXAR COUNTY. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. WE DO HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS IN MINISTERIAL ACTION BY THE COUNCIL. CALL UP THE FIRST STANLEY MITCHELL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M STAN MITCHELL, THE NUMBERS GUY FOR SAMBA SAN ANTONIO, MAKING BUREAUCRACIES ACCOUNTABLE. I WILL REFER BRIEFLY TO REVELATIONS THAT ARE POSTED AT OUR WEBSITE YOU RECENTLY RECEIVED SAMBAS EMAILED REVELATION NUMBER 36, MARKED URGENT, WHICH SUMMARIZES REASONS FOR THE STRONG APPROVAL OF CHARTER AMENDMENT TWO AND OUTCOME. EXPRESSING NO CONFIDENCE IN MS. SCULLY'S ADMINISTRATION AS YOU EVALUATE HER ROLE, CONSIDER TWO CONSTRAINTS ON MAYOR NIRENBERG'S LEADERSHIP OF WHICH YOU SHOULD BE AWARE. FIRST, THE MAYOR WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THE COUNCIL'S SCULLY DELIBERATIONS DIRECTING YOU TO SUPPORT THE OUTCOME HE WANTS. ALTHOUGH ART CHARTER SAYS, ALL POWERS OF THE CITY SHALL BE VESTED IN AN ELECTIVE COUNCIL, WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF 11 MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR. THIS REALITY IS REINFORCED IN THE 2017 HANDBOOK FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS PUBLISHED BY THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. QUOTE, DECISION MAKING IS TO BE EXERCISED BY THE FULL COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR IS TO BE CONSIDERED THE SAME AS ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR POLICY PURPOSES. WE WITNESSED THE MAYOR'S INTIMIDATION AT REVELATION 25 WHEN HE UNILATERALLY ORGANIZED THE REORGANIZED THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. HE HAS DONE IT BEFORE, HE'LL DO IT AGAIN. NUMBER TWO, MAYOR BERG WILL REFER TO SCULLY'S CONTRACT, BUT SHE HAS NO CONTRACT. AS ATTORNEY DAVID VAN OSS HAS ADVISED BECAUSE SECTION 45, PART TWO OF OUR CHARTER SAYS, MS. SCULLY IS SUBJECT TO AND AT WILL EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENT THAT GIVES THE COUNSEL THE POWER TO DISMISS HER AT ANY TIME. AND BY IMPLICATION FOR ANY REASON, MR. NIRENBERG WILL DISPLAY AN ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE THAT USES THE WORD SCULLY AND CONTRACT, BUT AN ORDINANCE DOES NOT OVERRULE OUR CHARTER. AN ORDINANCE IS ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL. THE CHARTER IS ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE. WE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE AT ITEM TWO OF REVELATION 25. THE MAYOR HAS OVERRULED THE CHARTER WITH AN ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU'LL DO IT AGAIN. I HAVE ADDRESSED YOU MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL BECAUSE OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES MUST FAITHFULLY REPRESENT. AND OUR NOVEMBER 6TH, NO CONFIDENCE VOTE. WE ELECTED OUR COUNCIL. WE DID NOT ELECT CHERYL SCULLY. IN CLOSING, I REPEAT THE NOW FAMOUS QUOTE AT THE FOOT OF REVELATION NUMBER 32. QUOTE, GOOD GOVERNMENT IS BASED IN GOOD LAW, THE TYRANT GOVERNS BY WHIM. I HAVE COPIES OF THE, UH, PRESENTATION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL. JACK FINGER, WELL, MAYOR [00:15:01] RON NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER YES. CANVASSING OF THE VOTES. THIS IS THE, UH, THE ACTION WHEREBY YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES, UH, WHAT WAS RECORDED BY THE THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. WE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE, UH, WE CONTRACT WITH THIS. YOU CAN RETURN THE CAMERA FOR, TO THE, TO THE PODIUM FOR A MOMENT IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU. WE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE CONTRACT WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY TO CONDUCT OUR ELECTION FOR US. THEY, IN TURN APPOINT AN ELECTION, UH, UH, UH, MANAGER FOR THE, UH, ELECTION PROCESS. THAT PERSON THIS TIME WAS, UM, THE, THE BEXAR COUNTY ELECTION DIRECTOR, MS UH, JACQUELINE JACKIE CALLANAN. NOW, MS. CALLAN HAS COME UNDER FIRE FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS IN RECENT DAYS, BUT IN MY OPINION, THERE ARE ALL THE WRONG THINGS. SHE'S, SHE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE DONE A DECENT JOB ELSEWHERE IN HER JOB, BUT, UH, IN ONE BIG, BIG BLACK SPOT, SHE'S DONE A VERY TERRIBLE JOB. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT POLL WATCHERS. POLL WATCHERS ARE A CREATION OF THE LEGISLATURE. THEY ARE THERE TO REPRESENT CANDIDATES SO THAT, SO THAT THEY, THE WATCHERS CAN WATCH OVER THE SHOULDERS OF, OF, OF POLL WORKERS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS DONE PROPERLY. WELL, MS. CALLAN HAS FLOUTED THAT LAW FOR NOT JUST THIS TIME, BUT FOR YEARS TIME, AFTER TIME, AFTER TIME, ELECTION, AFTER ELECTION, AFTER ELECTION. HOW DO WE KNOW THE RESULTS OF ANY RACE? ANY BALLOT PREP MEASURE ARE BONAFIDE IF YOU CANNOT HAVE PEOPLE DOING THEIR JOB PROPERLY. MR. AUDIOVISUAL MAN, UH, DISPLAY WHAT WAS SENT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE TEXAS. YEAH, MR. CHARLES PENNEY, SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS, LET'S SEE. BLOW UP THAT UNDERLINED AREA. HE, IN A LETTER TO THE ONE OF THE COUNTY, UH, POLITICAL PARTY CHAIRS, SHE, HE SAID, NO, THE COUNTY MAY NOT, AND I UNDERLINED, NOT EXCLUDE POLL WORKERS WATCHERS FROM THE TABULATION ROOM 33, ET CETERA OF THE ELECTION CODE ALLOWS A POLL WATCHER TO OBSERVE ANY ACTIVITY AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE WATCHER IS SERVING AND ALLOWS THE POLL WATCHER TO SIT OR STAND CONVENIENTLY, NEAR THE ELECTION OFFICIALS CONDUCTING THE, THE, UM, THE OBSERVED ACTIVITY. THEY CANNOT PREVENT THE WATCHER FROM ABLE TO OBSERVE THE PROCESS. NOW, MS. CALLAHAN STOPPED ALL OF US, AT LEAST EIGHT OF US THAT NIGHT. RETURN THE CAMERA, PLEASE. THAT NIGHT ON THE ELECTION DAY SHE DID THAT AND SHE, SHE FAILED TO EVEN SWEAR US IN. HOW DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? VOTE IS RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE CANVASING OF THE VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6TH. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. HEY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? AND THAT IS FOR A, B, AND C. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AT THIS TIME, I WILL, UH, ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR 17 AND EIGHT, PLEASE. ITEM 17 AND ITEM EIGHT? YES. OKAY. COUNCILMAN SALANA. ITEM NUMBER 14 AND NUMBER 21. 1421. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE ITEMS 8, 14, 17, AND 21 TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. THE BALANCE WILL BE ON CONSENT. UH, IF THERE ARE NOTHING ELSE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. EXCUSE ME. 20. 20 ALSO 20. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, COUNCILMAN GRO. OKAY. OH, OKAY. SO THERE, THERE IS A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? SECOND. AND THAT IS FOR ALL ITEMS, SAVE 8, 20, 21, 14, AND 17. ALRIGHT, AND WE DO HAVE A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. JACK FINGER, [00:20:06] WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WONDERFUL SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, INTERESTING TO SEE HOW Y'ALL HAD NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESS WHATSOEVER, EVEN WHEN A CITIZEN COMES UP AND POINTS IT OUT TO YOU. WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER SCANDALS THEY CAN IGNORE TODAY. THERE? YES. ITEM NUMBER. WELL, LET'S START WITH THE NUMBERS HERE. NUMBER ITEM NUMBER 17. YES. IS A, UH, WELL, WHAT IS IT? IT'S A RESOLUTION. YEAH. RESOLUTION, SUPPORTING WOMEN'S SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SOUNDS PRETTY INNOCUOUS, OF COURSE, ON THE, AT LEAST ON THE SURFACE. BUT WHEN YOU START ASKING YOURSELF ABOUT IT, WELL, WHAT IS THERE NOT TO SUPPORT ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH, ECONOMICS, OPPORTUNITY, ET CETERA, HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? WHO, WHO WOULD POSSIBLY BE AGAINST IT? I MEAN, WHAT? DON'T THEY ALREADY HAVE IT? I MEAN, WOMEN ARE SUPPOSEDLY HAVE BEEN CREATED EQUAL. WHO, WHO, WHO SAYS THEY'RE NOT GETTING A FAIR SHAKE, AND IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING A FAIR SHAKE, DO WE NOT ALREADY HAVE LAWS STOPPING THEM FROM NOT GETTING A FAIR SHAKE? WELL, I LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ON THIS AND, UH, YEAH, LET'S SEE WHAT IT SAYS. BASICALLY. WELL, MR. ORIGINAL MAN, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THE, THE WHOLE, UH, PARAGRAPH HERE WITH CIRCLE THERE. IF YOU WOULD, BACK UP DOCUMENTS. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TO SAY ABOUT THIS ANYWAY? YEAH. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. IN JANUARY, 2018, THE COUNCILMAN VIA GRANT RECOMMENDED A REVIEW OF GENDER AND MINORITY IN INEQUITIES IN THE CITY'S BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. SO THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS AN EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT COMPLETED IN OCTOBER, REVEALED THAT 39% OF THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY'S BOARD AND COMMISSIONS TO COMPRISE OF WOMEN, WHILE THE 17 POPULATION COMPRISE OF MORE THAN 51%. THE RESULT OF THE ASSESSMENT IS AN ACTION PLAN DESIGNED TO ENHANCE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO INCREASE DIVERSITY, DIVERSITY ON CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND REDUCE IMPLICIT BIAS. YES. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ ALSO HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY TO EXAMINE GENDER COMPOSITION OF THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. DIVISION. MAYOR, PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA. MY QUESTION TO COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. COUNCILMAN VIA GRANT, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A QUOTA BILL, A QUOTA RESOLUTION. YOU WANT CERTAIN NUMBERS OF WOMEN TO BE ON COMMISSIONS. I TAKE IT REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITIES AND THEIR MERITS. UH, I'M SORRY, THAT DOESN'T CUT IT. ALSO, MR. VISAL MAN, IN YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. YES. NUMBER 20. I SAW THIS A LOOK AT THE CIRCLED AREA THERE. IT SAYS, UH, OPPOSE, CITY OPPOSES REDUCED ROLLBACK. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. PROVIDE MINIMUM NO RELIEF TO TAXPAYERS. COUNCILMAN GRO, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM NUMBER NINE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A BOND PROJECT WITH HARLANDALE PARK FOR A VERY LONG TIME, WE'VE BEEN NEEDING, UM, SOME WORK DONE AT THE PARK, AND I WANNA, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT AND VOICED THEIR CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT WHAT THIS PARK AND WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE GONNA LOOK LIKE. AND SPECIFICALLY, I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE TEENS THAT USE THE PARK BECAUSE THEIR PERSPECTIVE ALLOWED US TO MAKE THESE CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED TO IN THE BOND PROJECT. SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN VIRON. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ? DID YOU? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AL RACHA. I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S HERE OR NOT, BUT HE WAS RECENTLY REAPPOINTED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, COMMITTEE, AND I JUST, AND HE'S ALSO SERVES AS ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 8 14, 17, 20, AND 21. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, EXCUSE ME. WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP ITEM 17 BECAUSE OF A GUEST IN THE GALLERY. UH, FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 14. ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING WOMEN'S SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, COUNCILWOMAN GRO. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, SO IF WE COULD HAVE THAT PLEASE. THANK YOU, MARIA. WE GET TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, OUR RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, [00:25:01] ITEM 17 IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING WOMEN'S SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THIS, UH, RESOLUTION IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILWOMAN REBECCA VIAGRA, GRAND COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, AND COUNCILWOMAN ANNA SANDOVAL. THERE ARE THREE POLICY PRIORITY AREAS THAT ARE IN THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, AND THAT INCLUDES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN AND ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. AS A WAY OF BACKGROUND, AND OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH 1.4, UH, MILLION IN POPULATION, 51% OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS ARE WOMEN. WOMEN PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL AND INDISPENSABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY PROSPERITY IN THE AREA OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. FACTUAL DATA INDICATES THAT WOMEN ARE IMPACTED MORE BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THIS AREA HAVE INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS. IN MAY OF 2018, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, COMBINE EFFORTS AND PRESENT IT TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. THE DATA IN TERMS OF CASES ACROSS THE CITY AND WHERE THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. TO ADDRESS THIS AREAS OF CONCERN, THIS WORK CONTINUES AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT THE ONLY PROVIDED PROVIDER OF SERVICES IN THIS AREAS, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO COMBINE ALL THE DATA AND PRESENT A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SAN ANTONIO WITH THE GOAL TO ALIGN CITY SERVICES WITH OUR PROVIDERS AND EVALUATE THE IMPACT AND DO A, A BETTER IMPROVEMENT AND PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF OUR SERVICES IN THE AREA OF HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN. TWO SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WOULD HIGHLIGHT TEEN PREGNANCY. IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE TEEN PREGNANCY RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY, EMBERG COUNTY, AND WE HAVE SEEN A 53% DECREASE SINCE 2006. HOWEVER, SAN ANTONIO'S RATE OF TEEN PREGNANCY IS STILL 49% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE RATE FOR THE AGES OF 15 TO 19 ON TEEN WOMEN IN THE AREA OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHCARE PROGRESS. THIS HAS STALLED IN RECENT YEARS. OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, TO THAT END, HAS MADE THIS A KEY PRIORITY AND THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WILL BE WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON THOSE AREAS. IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. SAN ANTO, THE FACTS ARE THE SAN ANTONIO WOMEN EARN LESS MONEY ON FEWER BUSINESSES AND HAVE LESS ACCESS TO CAPITAL THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS ADDRESSING THIS, UM, CONCERN AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND HIGHLY SKILLED WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAUNCH SA AND PROJECT QUEST, THEY ARE SUPPORTING WOMEN IN CREATING AND GROWING BUSINESSES AND COMPLETING EMPLOYMENT TRAINING WHILE PROVIDING ROLE MODELS AND MENTORS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AS AN EXAMPLE, WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY PROGRAM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART, WHEN WE COMPARE THE WOMEN HAVING CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY AND MINORITIES IN 2011 TO 2017, WE HAVE A SEEN A 14% INCREASE IN THIS AREA. SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT MORE WORK TO DO AS PART OF OUR EQUITY STRATEGY. THE OFFICE OF EQUITY WILL BE WORKING WITH ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO NORMALIZE, ORGANIZE, AND OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY IN OUR CITY BUSINESSES. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITY AND ITS DEFINITIONS. WE'RE BUILDING PARTNERS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION AND WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS EQUITY ON CITY SERVICES. AND WE'LL BE USING THESE TOOLS TO ADDRESS THE THREE KEY PRIORITY AREAS OF THIS RESOLUTION. THAT INCLUDES ELIMINATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, PROMOTING POSITIVE WOMEN'S HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND ADDRESSING INEQUALITY IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MARIA. WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 17. WE'LL TAKE [00:30:01] THEM NOW. WE'LL BEGIN WITH SOPHIE TORRES. MS. TORRES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MONICA TREVINO. ORTEGA. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NUREMBERG. COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS SOPHIE TORRES. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HISPANIC CHAMBER. I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION PRESENTED, UM, SUPPORTING WOMEN'S SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE VALUE AND PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN IN OUR SOCIETY AS UNSUNG HEROES WHO PREFER TO WORK D DILIGENTLY FROM THE SHADOWS AND TAKE CENTER STAGE. IN REALIZING THE IMPORTANCE WOMEN HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER COMMISSIONED AN ECONOMIC STUDY BY THE ED RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON WOMEN IN THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMY EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH THE FINAL REPORT TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT YEAR. EARLY FINDINGS IN THE STUDY. IN THE STUDY, HIGHLIGHT INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING ACCOUNTING FOR AN INCREASED NON-MARKET HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION. I E THE AMOUNT OF WORK WOMEN DOES AT HOME AS UNCOMPENSATED LABOR, THE WAGE GAP, AND HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT. IN SUMMARY, WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO GENERALLY EARN 83 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR A MAN EARNS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE SAN ANTONIO. IN SAN ANTONIO ALONE. IF WOMEN WERE PAID THE SAME AS THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS, THE VALLEY AND THE VALUE OF UNPAID WORK, WOMEN USUALLY PERFORM AT THE WAGE EARNER. THE G D P FOR THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA COULD BE AS MUCH AS 40% HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT 109 BILLION REPORTED IN 2016, WHICH WOULD ADD TO OUR ECONOMY AS INCREASED SPENDING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES. PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS. WE WORK TIRELESSLY AS ADVOCATES FOR SWIM BEE AND ZETA PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY, HIGHLIGHTING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS GIVEN LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES COMPARED TO THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. TO START A BUSINESS, STUDIES SHOW THAT WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS FOCUS ON STABILITY OF THEIR BUSINESSES TO PRODUCE STEADY REVENUE, GROWTH, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THEIR FAMILY. THE SOCIAL AND PERSONAL DYNAMICS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE OVERALL LIVELIHOOD OF WOMEN AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR ECONOMY. DESPITE VARIOUS EFFORTS TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TEEN PREGNANCY RATES AND IMPROVE MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH IN SAN ANTONIO CONTINUES TO FACE CHALLENGES IN THESE AREAS. EACH YEAR, WE CELEBRATE UNSUNG HEROES AMONG US DURING OUR ANNUAL WOMEN'S AWARDS LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON MARKING A WOMEN MARKING A MARK ON THE WORLD. SINCE 2009, WE HAVE HONORED OVER 75 WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS RESOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUITY BY SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT STRESS, SAFETY, HEALTH AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. TORRES. MONICA TREVINO ORTEGA, FOLLOWED BY BRIELLE INSULAR GREETINGS. MY NAME IS MONICA TREVINO ORTEGA, AND I HAVE MADELINE MENDEZ. SHE HAS YIELDED HER TIME TO SPEAK FOR ME OR TO SPEAK FOR ME TO SPEAK FOR HER. UM, I'M HERE WITH MY GROUP, THE LATINO LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, A PROGRAM THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE LATINO LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IS A SIX MONTH PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BUILD THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND CONFIDENCE THAT TODAY'S LATINO LEADERS NEED TO SUCCEED IN THE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS OF RUNNING FOR ELECTED OFFICE, APPLYING FOR POSITIONS ON LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL BOARDS, APPLYING FOR WHITE HOUSE APPOINTEE POSITIONS, AND THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT. I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS PROGRAM, AND I STAND HERE TODAY WITH MY SISTERS. WE ARE A GROUP OF 90 WOMEN STRONG. GOING INTO OUR FOUR FOURTH COHORT IN 2019. WE RECENTLY WROTE A LETTER TO COUNCILWOMAN VIE GRAND SANDOVAL AND GONZALEZ IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR AN EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT. IN THE LETTER, WE APPLAUDED THE EFFORTS TO ENSURE EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION IS REPRESENTED WITH DIVERSITY AND GENDER EQUITY. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED TWO EQUALLY IMPORTANT AREAS FOR CONCERN, FOR CONSIDERATION FOR WOMEN, AND THAT WAS THE GENDER PAY GAP AND WOMEN'S HEALTH. I'M HERE TODAY TO PUSH FOR PAY EQUALITY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE RECENTLY OF WRITING FOR LOCAL PUBLICATION ON TOPICS OF THE HISTORY OF WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE, AS WELL AS THE MONUMENTAL LEAPS AND BOUNDS WOMEN HAVE MADE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. IN RESEARCHING IMAGES FOR THIS ARTICLE, I CAME ACROSS SEVERAL PHOTOS OF WOMEN PROTESTING FROM THE 1920S ON UP TO PRESENT DAY. THE MOST ALARMING THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THAT WHEN YOU PUT THESE PHOTOS IN BLACK AND WHITE, YOU REALLY CAN'T TELL WHICH ERA THEY'RE FROM. YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY BECAUSE [00:35:01] ALL THE SIGNS READ THE SAME EQUAL PAY, GENDER PARITY, EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK. IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE GENERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. TODAY, I'M STILL FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLES THAT MY GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER FOUGHT. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, A THREE YEAR OLD AND A 10 MONTH OLD, AND I'VE MADE IT MY LIFE'S WORK SO THAT 30 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'RE NOT FIGHTING MY BATTLE OF EQUAL PAY. THE LATINO LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IS READY, ACTIVATED, CONNECTED, AND MOBILIZED. PLEASE CONSIDER OUR GROUP FOR ANY OUTREACH, RESOURCES, COMMITTEES, OR ADVOCATES FOR THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. RENO. BRIELLE INSULAR, FOLLOWED BY MADELINE MENDO. MORNING EVERYONE. WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS MAKE 41% LESS THAN MALE ENTREPRENEURS, 41%. YOUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WOMEN MAKE GREAT ENTREPRENEURS. WE TAKE RISKS. WE START MULTIPLE BUSINESSES. WE HAVE INCREASED BUSINESS RETURNS AND PAYOUT. WE START BUSINESSES WITH ONLY HALF AS MUCH CAPITAL AS MEN. IF WE HAVE A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWO, WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY TO EVEN ENGAGE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AND IF WE DO START A COMPANY AS A MOTHER, WE FACE MANY MORE HURDLES IN OUR MALE COUNTERPARTS. THE BARRIERS WE FACE ARE SIGNIFICANT AND EQUITY IS A HUGE PART. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. IT'S TIME WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE STAKE AT REVENUE, CAPITAL AND GROWTH. I REPRESENT A GROUP OF 191 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, WOMEN WHO OWN TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, MARKETING FIRMS, HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE COMPANIES, WOMEN OF ALL AGES, RACE AND BACKGROUNDS. WE ASK EACH OF YOU TO THINK OF EQUITY AS YOU MAKE INVESTMENTS INTO OUR CITY AS WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE WAY CITY DOES BUSINESS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND IN WAYS YOU HELP PREPARE OUR WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE BET ON WOMEN, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ARE A SHORT BET. IN THE LAST DECADE, THE NUMBER OF WOMEN OWNED FIRMS NATIONWIDE HAS GROWN OVER BY OVER THREE POINT BY MILLION, REPRESENTING 38% OF ALL BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES. AND IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WOMEN OWNED AND FOUNDED BUSINESSES IN SAN ANTONIO GREW AT 45% COMPARED TO MEN'S GROWTH AT 9%. WE ARE A FORCE IN THIS GROWING CITY. WE ARE CREATING JOBS AND EXPANDING THE CITY'S TECH BASE. SAN ANTONIO'S THE SEVENTH MOST POPULAR CITY FOR WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS. AND LET'S MAKE IT THE FIRST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. LER, MADELINE MENDEZ. OKAY. SHIELDED HER TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, NO. ONE FURTHER IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. COUNCILMAN GONZ. COUNCILWOMAN GRO. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU LADIES, THE LATINA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR BEING HERE. UM, THE LEADERS OF TODAY, OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND, AND, AND OUR FUTURE. UM, I HAVE TO THANK MY, UH, TO THANK MARIA VIA GOMEZ AND ALEX, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION. UM, THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HER LEADERSHIP. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE TO THANK MY, UM, DAUNTLESS COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WHO WORK, UM, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, UM, ON THIS, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE, AS WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THIS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND I HAVE BEEN HERE, UM, FOR A WHILE AND COUNCILWOMAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT WE'VE WORKED ON, UM, UH, SINCE YOU WERE, I THINK, THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE A BABY, UH, SINCE OF BEING HUNG ON , NOT ON COUNCIL, BUT HERE ON COUNCIL, WORKING ON, UM, LACTATION ROOMS AT CITY HALL AND IN OUR AIRPORT, UM, WORKING ON SAFETY AS PEOPLE ARE WALKING AS WOMEN WALK TO PARKING GARAGES IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. AND GETTING ANOTHER THOUGHT OF WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE FOR A WOMAN TO WALK TO A PARKING GARAGE DOWNTOWN AT NIGHT BY THEMSELVES? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHERE WOMEN ARE AND TO, UM, THE WOMEN HERE AND TO THE CITY STAFF, AND TO, UM, ALL OF THE WOMEN HERE? AS SOON AS, AS LONG AS I'M ON HERE AND I THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PLATFORM FOR THIS CONVERSATION, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT MIRROR LOOKING AT OURSELVES TO SEE WHAT ARE WE DOING CORRECTLY AND WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING CORRECTLY AS A CITY, AS A CITY ORGANIZATION, AND AS A CITY AS A WHOLE. IN MY, UM, IN MY [00:40:01] INAUGURAL SPEECH, I GUESS THIS PAST IN 2017, PART OF IT DISCUSSED HOW I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT A STOP TO INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SEXISM. I THINK THIS IS A PART, THIS RESOLUTION IS ONE STEP THAT WE CAN, ONE, BE REFLECTIVE OF OURSELVES, AND TWO, MAKE THOSE STEPS, UM, POSSIBLE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN OUR CITY WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, I KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME, IS WHEN I WAS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO PUT THOSE PRIORITIES MOVING FURTHER, NOW WE HAVE A RESOLUTION WORKING WITH HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES. WE HAVE OUR CHAMPION EXPERT NOW ON THE COUNCIL WITH COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND OUR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. I KNOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND, UM, ALSO HER WORK WITH CHILD ABUSE. WE WILL CONTINUE. I KNOW I WILL CONTINUE TO HELP, UM, TO USE OUR VOICE TO LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP AND LIFT UP THE ISSUES OF THE WOMEN HERE ON THE COUNCIL TO LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP AND WORK TO COLLABORATIVELY AND NOT TO TEAR ONE ANOTHER DOWN OWN. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT WAS MENTIONED, THOSE UNSUNG HEROES, THOSE WOMEN THAT WORK EVERY DAY THAT MAYBE DO NOT HAVE A TITLE OF, UM, C E O OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WHO WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOICES GET HEARD. AND I KNOW SOME OF THOSE WOMEN ARE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. I THANK YOU. I, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN LIKE THE LATINA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, LIKE THE LASKO MADRES PUBLIC POLICY AND TRAINING PROGRAM. THESE HELP GET, UM, WOMEN INTO THE POSITION TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE AND THEY CAN BREAK STRONGHOLDS TOGETHER, AND THAT WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER. AND I'M APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE OF THE C C R NOW. WE ARE MAKING THESE STRATEGIES TO EMBED EQUITY IN THE ENTIRE CITY ORGANIZATION AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WILL REDUCE THE IMPLICIT BIAS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY ARE APPLYING PROPORTIONATELY, THEY'RE GETTING APPOINTED PROPORTIONATELY TO WHAT THEY'RE APPLYING. BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING ENOUGH WOMEN APPLY FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. BUT WHEN THEY APPLY, WE AS A BODY ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM THAT CHANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE QUALIFIED AND THEY ARE, UM, READY TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE 51% OF THE WOMEN HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND THEY ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY. I THINK OF, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE, UM, WORK THAT IS HAPPENING THAT IS GOING TO, THAT IS LONG OVERDUE AND THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. BECAUSE AS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS A CITY, WE NEED TO CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN WHEN THEY WORK, WHEN THEY GET THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT. WE HAVE TO PROMOTE THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL TO USE OUR PRIORITIES TO FOCUS ON WOMEN IN THESE AREAS. SO THIS IS, UH, JUST ONE STEP, BUT, UM, I DO WANNA READ JUST, UH, A SAYING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR ME AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE, UM, ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE A FIXED AMOUNT OF TIME, AND THAT WE CAN DO ALL THE GOOD THAT YOU CAN BY ALL THE MEANS. YOU CAN IN ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN, IN ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN, AT ALL THE TIMES YOU CAN TO ALL THE PEOPLE YOU CAN, AS LONG AS YOU EVER CAN. AND SO, IN THIS POSITION, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN AND TO SAVE WOMEN'S LIVES AS WELL WITH THESE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES AND WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES. SO WITH THAT MAYOR, UM, IT IS MY HONOR AND I HOPE COUNCILWOMAN, UM, AND I'M LOOKING FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE TO SECOND IT. UM, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. SECOND, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILWOMAN VERAN AND SANDOVAL FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SEVERAL OF US, AND PERHAPS SOME OF YOU ALL HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A LUNCHEON. AND THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS A WOMAN NAMED JENNIFER PAUL MARY. AND SHE WROTE A BOOK CALLED DEAR MADAM PRESIDENT, AND SHE WAS [00:45:01] THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO, UH, HILLARY CLINTON WHEN SHE WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. AND ONE OF THE, AND I RECENTLY, WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE BOOK THAT SHE WROTE CALLED DEAR MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THE THING THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THE BOOK WAS ONE PARTICULAR THEME THAT KEPT COMING UP AGAIN AND AGAIN WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON. AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HER THAT I DON'T LIKE. AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HER THAT I JUST DON'T TRUST. AND AFTER DIGGING VERY DEEP, WHAT THEY FOUND AFTER MANY YEARS OF STUDYING, LOOKING BACK, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS WHEN SHE WAS, WHEN HILLARY CLINTON WAS WORKING IN DIFFERENT, UH, CAPACITIES. AND WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT SOCIETY, OUR CULTURE JUST DOESN'T LIKE AMBITIOUS WOMEN. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH AN AMBITIOUS WOMAN WHO DOES IT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF AN AMBITION. IT'S A TRAIT THAT WE RECOGNIZE IN MEN AND WE ADMIRE IN MEN. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO A WOMAN WHO'S AMBITIOUS, WE DON'T LIKE IT. SO THEY TRIED TO CHANGE THE PHRASE FOR, FOR HER, AND THEY SAID THAT SHE WAS DOING IT IN SERVICE TO OTHERS. AND THAT SEEMED TO BE OKAY. SO AS LONG AS WE'RE, AS WOMEN ARE WORKING IN SERVICE TO OTHERS, THEN PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT IT. AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AS A CITY, BUT ALSO AS A COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF ISSUES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE STATE. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF CHILDREN BORN ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS ANYWHERE IN THE STATE. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF SSIDS BABIES DYING, UH, IN RIGHT AFTER CHILDBIRTH IN THE STATE. AND IN ORDER TO REALLY TACKLE THESE ISSUES, WE NEED TO HAVE AMBITIOUS WOMEN WORKING ON THEM. IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE ARE IN SERVICE TO OTHERS, WHICH WE ARE, BUT THIS IS A FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES, AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT FIGHT VERY SERIOUSLY. AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE AMBITIOUS WOMEN ON THIS DAIS. BUT ALL YOU AMBITIOUS WOMEN IN THERE TOO, KEEPING YOUR YOUR POTENTIAL LOW IS NOT GOING TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. WOMEN OF COLOR ARE ALSO REP. NOT ONLY ARE WOMEN, 83% EARNING 83% OF MEN, BUT WOMEN OF COLOR, IT'S EVEN LESS. SOMETHING LIKE 57% WOMEN ARE EARNING, UH, IN COMPARISON TO MEN. AND SO WE'VE GOTTA MAKE THAT GAP CHANGE BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON IT. OUR CHILDREN DEPEND ON IT. AND WE AS WOMEN HAVE GOT TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE EACH OTHER'S AMBITION. UM, I I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THE ITEMS THAT WE, UH, WE APPROVED THIS CANVASSING REPORT, AND THE VOTES THAT CAME UP IN REGARDS TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND HER SALARY AND HER AMBITION AND HER DETERMINATION, UH, WAS A RESULT OF THE, THE FACT THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY DON'T LIKE AMBITIOUS WOMEN. AND SO I URGE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE TO PLEASE HELP US CHANGE THAT STIGMA, THAT WE CAN BE AMBITIOUS AND WE CAN BE FIGHTERS, AND WE CAN BE STRONG, AND WE CAN BE POLITE TO, AND NOT TO MISTAKE THAT POLITENESS FOR A LACK OF AMBITION. SO I'M VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS. IT'S TAKEN US QUITE A LONG TIME TO GET HERE, EVEN ON THE DAIS, BECAUSE I FELT THAT SOME OF THE WORDING THAT WE WERE, WE HAD EARLY ON AS WE WERE ADDRESSING THIS RESOLUTION MADE WOMEN FEEL LIKE VICTIMS. AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH HIGH, HIGH RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH HIGH RATES OF CHILD ABUSE. AND BECAUSE WOMEN ARE THE ONES MOSTLY BEARING THE BRUNT OF THE CHIL FOR THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY, I FELT THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS VERY VICTIMIZING. AND SO I THINK THAT WE'VE FINALLY GOTTEN IT RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE CHANGED THAT LANGUAGE TO BE ONE OF STRENGTH, UH, ONE OF UNITY, UH, ONE OF AMBITION. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT TODAY, UM, WITH THE FACT THAT WE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER IN THAT VEIN AND NOT BE AFRAID OF A WOMAN WHO'S AMBITIOUS, NOT BE AFRAID OF A WOMAN WHO IS TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES THAT MAKE OTHER PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT IT BOILED DOWN TO A WOMAN WHO IS AMBITIOUS, MAKES OTHER PEOPLE FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO START [00:50:01] CHANGING THAT. THAT WAS THE OTHER THING THAT SHE MENTIONED IN HER BOOK, UH, THAT PROFESSIONAL REALLY MEANT MORE LIKE A MAN. AND SO WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE OUR STRENGTHS, UH, AND TO MAKE PROFESSIONALISM FEEL MORE LIKE A WOMAN. UH, AND I HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES THAT TODAY. AND I, I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION, UH, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE VERY, VERY AMBITIOUS WOMEN, UH, ON THIS DAIS, COUNCILWOMAN VIE SANDOVAL, CHERYL SCULLY, MY DEAR FRIEND, KO MESA, UH, AND ALL OF YOU OUT THERE TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE, ALL THE LATINA LEADERSHIP, WOMEN, UH, ALL THE HISPANIC CHAMBER WOMEN, UH, CHRISTINA RETE, CEVA, WHO ARE RUNNING OUR CHAMBERS, UH, AND, UM, LET'S HOLD EACH OTHER UP, UH, AS THE AMBITIOUS WOMEN THAT WE ARE. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST OFF, I WANNA THANK MY FELLOW COUNCILWOMEN, UH, REBECCA BRAN AND SHIRLEY GONZALEZ FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS RESOLUTION. I DO AGREE IT'S SO MUCH STRONGER, AND, UH, WE'VE COME TO A, A WONDERFUL RESOLUTION THANKS TO THANKS TO YOUR WORK. I ADMIRE THE TENACITY THAT YOU HAVE AND THE, THE HARD WORK YOU'VE SHOWN ON, ON CITY COUNCIL. I ALSO WANNA THANK AND RECOGNIZE ALL THOSE COUNCIL WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE US, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN TERMS OF WOMEN'S EQUITY, I IMAGINE IT WAS HARDER 10, 20, 30, 40 YEARS AGO. UM, SO SHOUT OUT TO, TO ALL OF THEM FOR PAVING THE WAY FOR US. MAYOR, YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN, UH, ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, AND THANKS TO THE STAFF, UH, MARIA AND ALEX, UH, AND ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR ASSISTING WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. UM, AND THIS EQUITY IMPACT ANALYSIS, UH, THE RESOLUTION RAISES SOME KEY ISSUES, AND IT PROVIDES SOME GREAT POLICY PRIORITY FOR US. AND, UM, IT'S REALLY SHEDDING A LIGHT ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT. AND IT'S SAYING, WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE WILL DO BETTER IF WOMEN ARE LIMITED. UH, I FEEL THAT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY IS LIMITED. UH, SOPHIE CAME UP HERE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO AND TOLD US WE'RE LIMITING, UH, WE'RE SHORT CHANGING OUR CITY'S G D P BY 40% BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF WOMEN'S EQUITY. SO WHEN WOMEN LOSE, WE ALL LOSE. UH, WOMEN ARE MOTHERS, AND IF THEY CAN'T SUCCEED, NEITHER CAN THEIR FAMILIES AND NEITHER CAN THEIR CHILDREN. UM, I HAD A, I HAD MY STAFF RUN SOME NUMBERS ON HOW MANY WOMEN WE'D HAD ON COUNCIL SINCE, UH, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS IN 1977. AND I WANNA SAY IT'S VERY FITTING, UH, THAT DISTRICT THREE HAS HAD THE ABSOLUTE MOST WOMEN ON COUNCIL SEVEN SINCE, UH, 1977. AND, UM, SO YOU ARE VERY MUCH FOLLOWING IN THAT, IN THAT PATTERN. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NEVER HAD A WOMAN ON COUNCIL. I'LL LET YOU FIND THOSE OUT ON YOUR, ON YOUR OWN . UM, BUT OVERALL, WE'VE HAD, UH, 28, 28 WOMEN MAYORS OR, OR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 75, UH, MEN. SO WE STILL HAVE, UH, A WAYS TO GO. I'M GONNA, UH, WRAP UP WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES, UH, BY JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG. AND SHE SAYS, UH, WHEN I'M SOMETIMES ASKED, WHEN WILL THERE BE ENOUGH WOMEN ON THE SUPREME COURT? AND I SAY, WHEN THERE ARE NINE, PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED, BUT THERE'D BEEN NINE MEN, AND NOBODY'S EVER RAISED A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILMAN PALAIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I, I COME TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY KNOWING THAT I'M GONNA BUMP INTO, UM, SOME VERY STRONG FEMALE LEADERS, AND THAT THEY FIGURED OUT EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. UH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, VERY, VERY STRONG. UH, AND I LEARN FROM THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I'M A BETTER MAN BECAUSE I AM SURROUNDED BY THEM. AND I'M JUST GONNA NAME A FEW, UH, MARISSA BONO, I AND, UH, MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, CHERYL YOU, MEGAN DODGE, UH, LIZ PROVENCIO. I MEAN, UH, THERE'S MORE THAN I CAN NAME THAT I GET TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT JUST MAKE ME A HUMAN BEING THAT IS BETTER THAN THE HUMAN BEING. I WAS THE DAY BEFORE, UM, [00:55:01] AND I, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MARIA, I'M SORRY, WITH MARISSA BONO A, A WHILE AGO. AND I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW, I, I, I FEAR ALWAYS JUMPING INTO THIS TOPIC OF, YOU KNOW, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, BECAUSE I, I DON'T WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF EITHER PANDERING OR, UM, SOUNDING PATRONIZING OR, UM, OR EVEN INVOKING THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER OR MY WIFE, BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, TOO MANY GUYS DO THAT. THEY SORT OF SEE AND TALK ABOUT IT THROUGH THEIR POSITION AS FATHERS AND HUSBANDS OR WHATEVER. BUT, UM, MARISSA SAID, LOOK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AT THE TABLE AND HOWEVER YOU GOT TO THE TABLE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU'RE AT THE TABLE. AND, UM, SO I I, I WILL PREFACE THOSE COMMENTS BY SAYING I'M INFORMED ONLY BY THE FACT THAT I'M THE SON OF A VERY, VERY STRONG WOMAN, AND THAT I'M THE HUSBAND OF A VERY BRILLIANT, SCARY, SMART LADY, AND THAT I'M RAISING A DAUGHTER, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, WHO, UH, I'M, I'M CONVINCED IS THE ANSWER TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE EPISODES OF THE WEST WING, UH, THERE'S A SCENE WHERE MARTIN SHEEN IS TALKING TO LILY TOMLIN ABOUT THIS CONCEPT OF ABU BANAT. AND AN ARABIC ABU BANAT IS, UM, JUST MEANS FATHER OF DAUGHTERS, RIGHT? AND, UM, FATHER OF DAUGHTERS ARE SPECIAL. UM, AND I'LL, I'LL LET YOU WATCH THE EPISODE, BUT I, I'M REALLY BLESSED TO BE THE FATHER OF MY DAUGHTER. AND, UM, I POUR ALL OF MYSELF INTO THE JOB OF BEING HER ABU ALBANNA. AND MY, MY GOAL IS THAT SOPHIA GROWS UP TO BE A PREPARED, COMPETENT, MINDFUL, AND RESILIENT WOMAN. MY GOAL IS THE SAME FOR MY SON AND MY JOB AS, AS A PARENT TO BOTH MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON, IS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE PATH. BUT MY SON'S PATH IS DIFFERENT THAN MY DAUGHTER'S, SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN. MY DAUGHTER IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO BE A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE, AND SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN AND NO OTHER REASON, MY DAUGHTER IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO GET PAID LESS THAN HER BROTHER AND NOT GET A BANK LOAN, AND NOT GET THE JOB THAT SHE MAY DESERVE MORE THAN HER BROTHER. MY JOB AS AB BANAT AND MY JOB AS A CITY COUNCILMAN, AND AS A JOB, MY JOB AS A MAN WHO'S CONSCIOUS OF THESE INEQUITIES IS NOT JUST TO PREPARE MY DAUGHTER FOR THE PATH, BUT THEN ALSO FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR ME TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND DESTROY THOSE REALLY IMMORAL, MANMADE OBSTACLES THAT ARE IN THE WAY OF HER ABILITY TO THRIVE. THOSE OBSTACLES ARE REAL. ANYBODY WHO TELLS YOU OTHERWISE IS MISINFORMED, IS, IS OBTUSE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE. AND, UM, REALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR THEY'RE LIVING IN. BUT, UM, I, I DO GOTTA TELL YOU THAT ONE FACET OF THIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROBLEM THAT WORRIES ME, MAYOR, AND, AND, UM, AND TO THOSE, MY, MY FEMALE COLLEAGUES ON THIS, ON THIS COUNCIL, AND, AND I'M HOPING YOU'LL JOIN ME IN THIS EFFORT, IS TO REALLY TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AS IT AFFECTS OUR L G B T Q UM, COMMUNITY. IT TURNS OUT THAT IF YOU'RE STRAIGHT, UM, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LESS LIKELIHOOD OF BEING PHYSICALLY, UH, ABUSED BY YOUR INTIMATE PARTNER THAN IF YOU'RE L G B T Q. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. UM, IF YOU'RE L G B T Q, YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO AVAIL YOURSELF FOR THE PROTECTIONS OF COURT, UH, INTERVENTION, UH, POLICE INTERVENTION. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. UM, AND SO WE DID, CHERYL, WITH YOUR HELP, WE SET ASIDE EXTRA FUNDS THIS YEAR IN OUR 2019 BUDGET TO, UM, DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR INVESTMENT IN, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT. UM, MY REQUEST FOR THIS COUNCIL IS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT EXTRA RESOURCE AND GOING FORWARD TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT ONE SUBSET OF, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A CITY WHO IS DOING BETTER BY ALL OF ITS CITIZENS WITHOUT REGARD TO WHOM IT IS THAT THEY LOVE. SO, UH, WITH THAT, SHIRLEY AND REBECCA AND ANA, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS, AND, UM, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY, MY LITTLE GIRL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THE OTHER LITTLE GIRLS LIKE HER. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PAL, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE WOMEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. YOU KNOW, NOTHING, ANY WOMAN SAYS OR DOES, SURPRISES ME. I CONSIDER ANY WOMAN TO BE AN EQUAL AND MANY TIMES SUPERIOR TO, [01:00:01] UH, TO ME, AND IN MANY ROLES. UH, I SEE MANY STRONG QUALIFIED LEADERS IN THIS AUDIENCE TODAY. UH, MANY OF YOU WE'VE WORKED WITH, I'VE WORKED WITH, AND UNDERSTAND THE VALUE THAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK AS A CULTURE, WE NEED TO OVERCOME OUR GENDER BIAS AND STRIVE FOR MORE GENDER EQUITY AND GENDER RESPECT AND HUMAN DIGNITY. I THINK THIS RESOLUTION AND OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO INCORPORATING WHAT IT SIGNIFIES INTO OUR CORPORATE CULTURE IS OUR OBLIGATION TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HOPE THAT IT BECOMES SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE THAT 30 YEARS FROM NOW, WOMEN WON'T BE STRIVING FOR EQUALITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IRAN, UH, GONZALEZ, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UM, I REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE THIS RESOLUTION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ALSO THANK, UH, THE PREVIOUS APPOINTEES AND CURRENT APPOINTEES TO THE MAYOR'S, UH, STAT COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, UH, JEANETTE NERMAN, AND CURRENTLY DR. ERIC GONZALEZ, UH, AS WELL AS ALL THE WOMEN, UH, THAT ARE APPOINTED TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE. I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT, YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR COMMITMENT TO, TO THE HARD WORK THAT THAT ROLE REQUIRES OF YOU. IT HAS MADE AN INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT FEMALE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED TRUE LEADERSHIP. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IT HERE SHORTLY ON AN ITEM THAT'S COMING UP. UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, UH, THE WOMEN ON MY STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY KNOWS, MY STAFF KNOWS THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET AWAY WITH MUCH. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME THAT, UH, YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT, AND YOU, YOU'RE COMMITTED TO DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR EVERYBODY. AND, UH, I THINK THAT HAVING RESOLUTION, LIKE THIS IS AN EXEMPLARY EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE, UH, GROWING, EVOLVING AS A CITY, AND WE MUST BE COMMITTED TO LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF OUR CITY. LASTLY, I WOULD JUST SIMPLY LIKE TO THANK MY MOTHER, UH, FOR TEACHING ME THE LESSONS OF RESILIENCY AND HOW TO PERSEVERE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. YOU'RE THE BEST, MOM. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. COUNCILMAN SALDANA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, AND I WANT TO, TO BE SHORT IN SAYING THAT I THINK THAT I AM, UH, FORTUNATE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND FORTUNATE AS A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO TO HAVE, UH, TO GET TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT RECOGNIZES AND KNOWS THE STRENGTH, THE AMBITION, AND THE POWER OF WOMEN. WE'VE SEEN HIM, WE'VE SEEN WOMEN AS, AS MAYORS, WE'VE SEEN WOMEN AS CEOS. WE'VE SEEN WOMEN AS BUDGET DIRECTORS, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, AS FIREFIGHTERS, AS POLICE OFFICERS, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES ASK US TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND, AND REALLY LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS NOT THAT WE SEE THEM, UH, IN SOME CASES, THE ISSUE IS ONE OF MATH. AND, AND THE MATH IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF FEMALE CEOS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, THE MATH IS WHAT WE ARE PUSHING FORWARD IN, IN, IN THESE CASES. AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A RESOLUTION TODAY HAPPENING THAT, UH, THAT THAT IS, IS A SIMPLE MOMENT IN TIME, THAT IS A SIMPLE GESTURE, BUT RECOGNIZE THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE, HAVE PUSHED THIS MESSAGE WITH US INTERNALLY, HAVE PUSHED THIS MESSAGE. UH, AND THAT HAS LED TO HELPING THE MATH. I I KNOW THAT, UH, THE LATINA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OFTENTIMES GET THE ABILITY TO SELECT BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, LEADERS WHO EVENTUALLY WILL, WILL INCREASE IN THE RANKS. AND THEY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO PROMOTE AND TO FIND WOMEN TO HELP STEP UP. AND THE LAST WEEK WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT WHEN WE APPOINTED SOME NEW, UH, STRONG FEMALES WHO OUTPACE ANY MAN I'VE EVER SEEN IN TERMS OF THEIR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND, THE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, THE SKILLS, AND THE TALENTS, AND THE PASSION AND AMBITION, UH, THAT THEY BRING TO THE SERVICE. SO I, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE LIVE IN A CITY THAT GETS TO SEE THESE EXAMPLES AND GRATEFUL TO A CITY THAT, UH, IS LED BY STRONG FEMALE, [01:05:01] UH, COLLEAGUES WHO WANT TO SEE THAT MATH CHANGE. AND, AND AS USUAL, WE ARE FOLLOWING RIGHT BEHIND YOU ALL, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, COUNCILWOMAN VERAN, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO MAKE, UH, PROGRESS IN THIS EFFORT AS WE WORK ON THAT MATH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SALDANA. COUNCILMAN BRO HOUSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JUST A QUICK THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN GRO GONZALEZ AND SANDOVAL. IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. UH, AND IT'LL BE AN HONOR FOR ME TO SUPPORT YOUR RESOLUTION TODAY AND TO STAND WITH YOU. UH, AND JUST A QUICK NOTE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING TO REBECCA, UH, BEFORE I GOT ELECTED, I KNEW YOU RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN, AND, UH, WHEN I CAME ON THIS DAIS, UH, I THINK COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ USED THE WORD AMBITIOUS A LOT. UH, YOU HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY AMBITIOUS ABOUT THIS, AND, UH, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS I THINK IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH YOU IS YOU'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO HELP ME LEARN. AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, AND THAT'S WHY SUPPORT YOU. AND, AND, AND, BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T STOP. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S RELENTLESS AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT YOU. AND, UH, THIS, YOU FIGHT FOR EVERY MINUTE I'VE EVER SEEN YOU SPEAK. I THINK IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC. AND, AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE, UH, TO MORE OF THIS, UH, RELATIONSHIP, UM, GROWING FOR ALL OF US. AND IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE SUPPORTIVE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M LEARNING FROM IT. AND FOR YOU, I THANK YOU ON THAT. YOU'VE TAKEN THE TIME. I THINK WE HAD A BREAKFAST ONE TIME, WE SAT DOWN, YOU WALKED ME THROUGH IT. I MEAN, AND I APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AND HELPING ME BE A BETTER COUNCIL PERSON. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ AND SANDOVAL FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE TABLE SO WE CAN SUPPORT THIS WITH PRIDE TODAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, I TOO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK THROUGH OUR HISTORY, NOT ONLY IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT UH, THE HISTORY OF THE US WHEN, YOU KNOW, WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE GOING BACK AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND, UM, I SPENT 21 YEARS IN THE, IN THE AIR FORCE AND, UH, UM, WOMEN HAVE COME INTO THE MILITARY SERVICE. WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT, WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT YEARS AGO? AND JUST THE OTHER DAY, UH, I WAS DOWN AT COMANCHE PARK AND, AND, UM, UM, IT WAS A, A HALLOWEEN EVENT FOR, UH, CHILDREN. AND THE FIRETRUCK SHOWED UP, AND IT, IT JUST REALLY STRUCK ME. UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIREFIGHTERS GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND, AND, UM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LADY, SHE GOT OUT AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WOW. UH, THIS IS, THIS IS AMAZING TO ME. AND I WENT UP AND TALKED TO HER FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND I SAID, WELL, HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS JOB? AND SHE SAID, THIS IS THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. SHE LOVED IT, AND HER HEART WAS IN IT. AND TO ME, THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE NO LIMITS FOR WOMEN IN, IN ANY, ANY JOB ANYWHERE. AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE, ARE AMAZING. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I AM JUST VERY PROUD TO BE UP HERE ALONG WITH MY, UH, WOMEN COLLEAGUES AND, UM, PROUD THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EQUALS AND AS COUNCILMAN COURAGE SAID, EVEN OUR SUPERIORS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO, UH, I, I WANT TO, TO THANK THEM AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FULLY SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILMAN GRO THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I, I'D BE REMISS I DIDN'T MENTION LIZ PROVENCIO, WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THIS AS WELL. UM, THANK HER VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF HER DILIGENCE ON THIS AND HER PATIENCE WITH ME AS WELL, . I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, ALSO, UM, TO THE POINT OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND GONZALEZ TALKING ABOUT AMBITION, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK TOWARDS AS WELL IS, UM, DISMANTLING IN THE CITY, DISMANTLING A, UM, WHAT'S THAT BATON MENTALITY, UM, BUT NOT TO REPLACE IT WITH A DIFFERENT MENTALITY, BUT TO CREATE AN ALLIANCE, AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD THIS GREAT CITY. AND WE ARE TAKING A STEP HERE. AND THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S JUST A STEP BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL TOWARDS STRATEGIES OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS. AND MARISA BONO, WHO'S WORKED VERY HARD WITH THIS AS WELL. UM, SO I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, TO, TO, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS ALLIANCE. AND I WANNA THANK FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO THANK, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, PELA AND COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE, WHO HAVE SPOKEN INTO THE CHAOS WHEN THEY HAVE SEEN, UM, HI THEIR COUNCIL, UH, COLLEAGUES, THE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN, UM, DOING CERTAIN THINGS WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, ATTACKED ON CERTAIN THINGS. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING INTO THAT CHAOS, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TOGETHER AS A, AS A BLESSED ALLIANCE [01:10:01] FOR THIS CITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GRO. AND I'LL JUST WRAP BY JUST SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE EQUITY A FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. AND I'M, I'M GRATIFIED BY THE WORK OF MY COLLEAGUES TO BRING US, UH, THIS RELU RESOLUTION. UH, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE TO ASK, WHAT IS A RESOLUTION? UH, AND TO ME, IT'S AN AFFIRMATION OF OUR VALUES AS A COMMUNITY THAT'S PLACED INTO THE HISTORICAL RECORD. IT BECOMES PART OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD, AND NOTHING MORE THAN A RECORD UNLESS WE ACT UPON IT. AND I'M, I'M ALSO GRATEFUL THAT THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY, UH, WE SEE, UH, A REVIVAL OF THE SENSE THAT WE CAN DO MORE. AND THAT'S REFLECTED HERE IN MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR WORK, UH, TO DATE AND WORK MOVING FORWARD. IN FACT, ON ANY GIVEN THURSDAY, YOU CAN SCAN THE GALLERY AND YOU CAN SEE ICONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT TWO OF THEM RIGHT NOW, LINDA CHAVEZ THOMPSON, AND CARMEN DE FOYA, RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT ROW WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO, WOMEN INCLUDED. UH, BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR CONTINUED GOODWILL, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. TODAY, IN FACT, IS AN IMPORTANT MARKER FOR SAN ANTONIO AS WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO GENDER EQUALITY. THIS WOMEN'S EQUITY RESOLUTION IS A PUBLIC PLEDGE THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING PROSPERITY FOR ALL SAN ANTONIANS, THE BASIS OF OUR EQUITY PRINCIPLE. SO, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COUNCILWOMAN, REBECCA VIRON, SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, AND ANAS SANDOVAL FOR THEIR ONGOING WORK ON DRIVING EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT AND STRIVING TO MAKE THIS RESOLUTION A REALITY. I ALSO WANT TO, UH, THANK, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THIS AS WELL. OUR CITY MANAGER, CHERYL SCULLY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, UH, MARIA, VE GOMEZ, LORI HOUSTON, UH, AS WELL AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, LIZ PROVINCIO, OUR CITY CLERK, LETICIA VASIC. AND OF COURSE, MY STAFF, UH, MY CHIEF OF POLICY, MARIS BONO. THE HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN TO THE PROSPERITY OF OUR CITY ARE INDISPENSABLE AND IRREFUTABLE. OUR LONG HISTORY OF STRONG WOMEN LEADERS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SECTORS. AND I WON'T LIST NAMES BECAUSE IT WOULD LEAVE SCORES HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT, UH, BUT THE LIST IS LONG AND IT'S MIGHTY, AND IT SETS A STAGE FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE NORMA GONZALEZ, UH, YOU THINK ABOUT THE JANE MACKINS, UH, THE, THE, THE MARIA VARIOUS VALS, THE ROSEMARY KOWALSKI'S, THE LILA COCKRELL OF THE WORLD ARE SAN ANTONIANS BY BIRTH. THE NEED REMAINS, HOWEVER, TO PROACTIVELY ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS A SOON AS A CITY, WE CAN ONLY THRIVE IF EVERYONE IS FREE TO PURSUE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL FOR THAT TO OCCUR. AS THE MATH POINTS OUT, WE MUST REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS WOMEN. WE MUST DECREASE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AROUND MATERNAL CARE THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK, AND WE MUST EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SO THAT MORE WOMEN CAN START THEIR OWN BUSINESS. THIS VISION OUTLINED AND MEASURED IN ESSAY 2020 INCLUDES THESE GOALS, BUT THE COUNCIL WOMEN HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT WE MUST ELEVATE OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR SPONSORING THE WOMEN'S EQUITY RESOLUTION AS ANOTHER STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOWARDS IMPROVING OUTCOMES AND SAFETY, HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY FOR WOMEN, BUT FOR ALL OF US. AND I'D LIKE TO JUST CLOSE BY THANKING, UM, THE STRONGEST WOMAN IN MY LIFE. UH, MY WIFE, ERICA PROSPER, WHO ALSO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, INCLUDING IN HER WORK. UH, AS A CHAIRWOMAN OF THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I WAS SO PROUD, UH, WHEN SHE WAS, UH, CONCLUDED THE WORK ON THE RISE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CURRICULUM, UH, THAT WILL AFFECT SO MANY POSITIVELY AFFECT SO MANY FAMILIES IN YEARS TO COME, NOT JUST IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. AND OF COURSE, THE WORK TO CLOSE THE BERT STUDY ON WOMEN'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THOSE ARE SOBERING REALITY CHECKS FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. UH, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY A FLAG THAT WE CAN BEAR, UH, TOGETHER WITH THE WORK THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STARTED TODAY WITH THE RESOLUTION. SO WITH THAT, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, IS THERE A MOTION? UH, YES, THERE IS A MOTION. AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO SHUFFLE THE DECK A LITTLE BIT. THE COUNCILWOMAN WILL NEED TO STEP OFF THE DICE JUST MOMENTARILY. WE'LL TAKE UP AT THIS TIME. ITEM NUMBER 20, AND I'LL ASK MAYOR PRO TEM TO STEP FORWARD. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CITY STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE 86TH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. [01:15:01] AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE, UH, TWO PEOPLE SCHEDULED TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 20. I'LL CALL HIM UP AT THIS TIME. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JACK M FINGER. HE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY A GROUP, UH, THAT IT WOULD BE JOLENE GARCIA, YANA FLORES, AND AUSTIN DOLAN. EVERYBODY GO. OH, MAYOR PRO TEM. MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR. YES. UM, GIVEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, RECESS UNTIL WE HAVE A QUORUM ESTABLISHED AGAIN, MR. FINGER, I'M SURE YOU DON'T OBJECT. OH, OKAY. WE'LL, UH, WE'LL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL, UH, QUORUM RETURNS. OKAY. WE NOW HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, RECONVENE AGAIN. I'LL CALL UP OUR SPEAKERS, JACK FINGER, FOLLOWED BY GROUP, UH, MS. GARCIA, MS. FOREST, AND MR. DOLAN. AND WE ARE ON ITEM 20. YES. UM, WELL, MR. MAYOR PRO, TIM, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. YES. THE, UH, YOUR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES YOU HAVE FOR THIS UPCOMING SESSION. I WAS LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF 'EM, AND I NOTICED ONE IN PARTICULAR, THE, UH, MR. DIVISION MAN, GO AHEAD AND, UH, PUT THAT ON THERE. AND WE, I THINK IT'S CIRCLED THERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YEAH, THE CITY OPPOSES, MAYBE RE ENLARGE IT A LITTLE BIT IF YOU CAN. THERE, CITY OPPOSES A REDUCED ROLLBACK RATE, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MINIMAL TO NO RELIEF TO TAXPAYERS WHILE LIMITING THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DELIVER PUBLIC SAFETY, ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OTHER CRITICAL SERVICES. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS UPON A, UM, YOU KNOW, TO PAY LOBBYISTS TO GO UP TO AUSTIN AND SAY, WE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DO NOT WANT YOU TO GIVE TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO BY MEANS OF YOUR LEGISLATION. DO NOT WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO ROLL BACK THEIR TAXES. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN BLACK AND WHITE. YEAH. UM, I, I GUESS I REALLY GET TO, I ALMOST HAVE TO CHUCKLE EVERY TIME YOU THE CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR THAT MATTER, THE, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, CHERYL SCULLY, WHO'S NOT IN HER SEAT TODAY, UH, SHE ACTUALLY TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF THE TEXAS SENATE COMMITTEE'S, UH, UH, HEARINGS THAT THE, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD NOT RAISED TAX RATES. AND, AND SHE WAS COMPLETELY, UH, UH, ALMOST RODE OUT ON A RAIL FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE, THE SENATE PANEL KNEW THE TRUTH. THEY KNEW HOW MUCH OUR BLOOD TAX LEVIES HAVE GONE UP HERE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT BASED ON THE, UH, THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WE, THAT OUR PROPERTIES ARE. WELL, IT, IT, LEMME PUT IT THIS WAY. YOU GUYS KEEP THE RATE. YOU SAY YOU KEEP THE RATE THE SAME, BUT IT'S BASED ON THE PROPERTY VALUES. AND BECAUSE THE PROPERTY VALUES HAVE SKYROCKETED YOU, YOU GO, GO AHEAD, [01:20:01] RIGHT AHEAD AND, AND KEEP, UH, WELL, I SAY LYING THROUGH YOUR TEETH AND, AND SAY THAT YOU HAVEN'T RAISED TAXES ON US WHEN THEY HAVE GONE UP, UH, JUST LIKE I SAY, SKYROCKETED. NOW HERE'S A CHANCE WITH LEGISLATURE, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND YOU WANT TO QUASH THAT EFFORT WITH OUR OWN TAX DOLLARS. YOU ARE PAYING TO CITY PAID LOBBYISTS. YOU REALIZE HOW DESPICABLE THAT IS, HUH? I'D LIKE TO SEE Y'ALL ADDRESS THAT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. NEXT, UH, GROUP. JOLENE GARCIA, NTH FLORES. AUSTIN DOLAN. HI, GOOD MORNING. UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD OUR VOICES ON BEHALF OF WORKING TEXANS FOR PAID SICK TIME, UH, TO SUPPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER 20. UH, AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MOVES TO ADOPT ITS 2019 STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, THE WORKING TEXANS FOR PAID SICK TIME COALITION APPLAUDS THE INCLUSION OF THE PRIORITY ITEM ENTITLED PRESERVING LOCAL DECISION MAKING. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR, UM, OF THE PACKET. IN THIS ITEM, THE CITY WILL FIGHT TO PRESERVE LOCAL DECISION MAKING AND FIGHT TO PRESERVE ITS OWN RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENS TO PASS LAWS THAT WE DETERMINE ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR CITY OR FOR THE WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. ON AUGUST 16TH OF THIS YEAR, THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL PASSED A VERY CRITICAL ORDINANCE, AND IT WAS ONE THAT WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH. IT WILL ALSO BENEFIT WORKING FAMILIES, AND IT'LL ALSO BENEFIT BUSINESSES. WE PASSED THE EARNED PAID SICK TIME ORDINANCE, AND NOW IT IS ALL OUR JOBS TO DEFEND IT AT THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE. THERE ARE MANY OPINIONS ACROSS THE STATE ABOUT WHAT'S GOOD FOR SAN ANTONIO. UH, FOR INSTANCE, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FORT WORTH HAS ALREADY PRE-FILED A BILL THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY TAKE AWAY PAID SICK TIME FROM THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIO WORKING FAMILIES. AND THAT'S FROM FORT WORTH. REACHING OVER HERE INTO SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE NOT GONNA STAND FOR THIS. WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT MATTERS MO MOST IS THE VOICE OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, THE DECISIONS MADE BY OUR VOTES AND THE LAWS PASSED BY OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE PAID SICK TIME ORDINANCE THAT WE ALL FOUGHT SO HARD TO PASS. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WILL STAND WITH US TO VIGOROUSLY DEFEND THE PAID SICK TIME ORDINANCE AT THE 2019 STATE, TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEGIS, THE LEGISLATURE IS COMING UP IN JANUARY. WE ARE GONNA BE RE READY. WE'RE MOBILIZING AND WE'RE PREPARED, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US WHEN WE GO TO THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE TO FIGHT, TO DEFEND PAID SICK TIME FOR ALL WORKING FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, GARCIA. THANK YOU MS. GARCIA. UH, JEFF COYLE. YES, SIR. I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US. I DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION. IT'S THE, UH, UH, SAME PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE B SESSION. I CAN DO IT AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE, OR I CAN ANSWER, UH, QUESTIONS, WHICHEVER YOU'D PREFER. WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A, A BRIEF, THE QUICK VERSION? OKAY. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE ALLEGED PROGRAM IS THE, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED, ASSUMING, UH, YOU ALL APPROVE IT TODAY. UH, GUIDELINE FOR US TO GO UP AND ADVOCATE FOR POSITIONS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THIS IS WHAT GIVES US OUR, OUR MARCHING ORDERS AS STAFF, UH, TO REPRESENT THE CITY, UH, ORGANIZATION AND ITS RESIDENTS AT THE LEGISLATURE. UH, I'LL SKIP THROUGH SOME OF THE BACKGROUND HERE. LET ME JUST PAUSE TO SAY THAT THE, UH, THE ELECTION, UH, CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF THE LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE. ON NOVEMBER 6TH, UH, IN THE HOUSE, UH, DEMOCRATS GAINED A NET, UH, 12 SEATS. SO THE, THE MAKEUP IS NOW 83 REPUBLICANS, 67 DEMOCRATS, UH, IN THE SENATE. DEMOCRATS PICKED UP TWO SEATS. UH, AND SO THE MAKEUP, THERE IS 1912 IN THE SENATE THAT IT REMAINS BY ONE VOTE, A SUPER MAJORITY FOR REPUBLICANS, MEANING, UH, UH, THAT THE SUPER MAJORITY IS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BRING UP ANY BILL [01:25:01] FOR DISCUSSION ON THE SENATE FLOOR. AND, UH, REPUBLICANS HAVE THE, THE 19 VOTES TO DO THAT. WE WILL HAVE, UM, A NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. AND IF YOU FOLLOW THE NEWS IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO, UH, DENNIS BONIN, UH, A LONGTIME HOUSE MEMBER, CHAIRMAN UNDER, UH, SPEAKER STRAUSS HAS COME FORWARD, UM, UH, REPORTEDLY WITH 109 VOTES IN THE HOUSE TO BECOME THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. SO THAT CAN'T BE OFFICIAL UNTIL THE HOUSE GAVELS IN, UH, IN JANUARY, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY THE WAY IT'S LOOKING RIGHT NOW. UH, SO OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM IS BROKEN UP, UH, AS SUCH, WITH OUR, OUR PRIORITIES FIRST, THIS IS WHAT WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ON. UH, WE HAVE A FEW EVERY SESSION INITIATIVES THAT REQUIRE A TWEAK IN LAW THAT A DEPARTMENT ASKS US TO MAKE, TO MAKE THEIR JOBS EASIER. IT, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, UH, TO PASS A BILL, SHEPHERD IT THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HIGH PROFILE ITEM. SO WE CALL THOSE INITIATIVES. WE ENDORSE, UH, POSITIONS OF OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE PLEDGE TO WORK WITH. UH, WE FIGHT TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS. WE HAVE SOME PUS LANGUAGE THERE FOR ALL THE OTHER BILLS THAT WILL COME UP, UH, THAT WERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED IN THE FRONT END. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I KNOW COUNCILMAN PLY IS VERY BIG ON US WORKING WITH OTHER GROUPS, AND WE DO THAT EVERY SESSION. SO WHY DON'T I JUST TOUCH ON OUR PRIORITIES AND THEN I COULD ASK, ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS. UH, THERE'S SIX OF 'EM. THE FIRST IS MEANINGFUL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. THE STATEMENT THAT WE ARE MAKING IN THIS PROPOSED AGENDA IS THAT WE SUPPORT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. UH, YOU HEARD, UH, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SPEAK A MINUTE AGO ABOUT ONE OF THE BULLETS ABOUT OPPOSING, UH, A REDUCED ROLLBACK RATE. THAT'S ONE OF ONLY THREE POINTS UNDER MEANINGFUL PROPERTY TAX. WHAT WE SUPPORT IS THE LEGISLATURE PUTTING MORE FUNDING INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE BULK OF MOST PEOPLE'S PROPERTY TAX BILLS, LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES. SO WITH MORE STATE FUNDING, IT ALLOWS FOR A LOWER BURDEN ON THE PROPERTY TAXPAYER, AND IS ULTIMATELY, IN OUR VIEW, UH, THE, THE REAL WAY TO GET TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. THE, UH, ROLLBACK RATE THAT WAS MENTIONED, THERE HAVE BEEN PROPOSALS IN PAST SESSIONS, AS YOU KNOW, TO REDUCE THE 8% ROLLBACK TO A HARD CAP OF FOUR OR FIVE, 6% THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY VOTERS TO GO OVER. AND OUR ESTIMATES IN PAST YEARS WOULD, THAT WAS, THAT WOULD SAVE THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER, UH, TWO TO $3 A MONTH. THE PAST PROPOSALS. SO AGAIN, THE POSITION WE'RE STAKING OUT IS THAT WE AGREE THAT THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES, AND THE WAY TO DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL FOR OUR TAXPAYERS IS TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. SECONDLY, WE SUPPORT, UH, SAWS AND C P S AND WOULD OPPOSE ANY, UH, ANYTHING THAT WOULD HARM THE CITY'S AND THE TAXPAYER'S INVESTMENT IN THOSE UTILITIES. UH, WE PRESERVE LOCAL DECISION MAKING YOUR AUTHORITY AS AN ELECTED, UH, LOCAL BODY TO PASS ORDINANCES THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT CAPTURES A WHOLE, LOTS, A LOT OF ISSUES. UH, WE CONTINUE TO GO UP THERE TO FIGHT FOR MILITARY CITY U S A, YOU HEARD GENERAL AYALA SAY YESTERDAY, THE MILITARY CAN'T GO UP AND ADVOCATE AT THE STATE CAPITOL, BUT WE SEE IT AS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO FOR WHAT, WHAT THEY NEED, GOOD OR BAD. AT THE LEGISLATURE, WE, UH, SUPPORT KEEPING THE CITY COMPETITIVE ECONOMICALLY. THAT MEANS PROTECTING THE EVENTS TRUST FUND THAT WE USE TO HOST EVENTS LIKE THE FINAL FOUR. THAT MEANS OPPOSING THINGS LIKE, UH, DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HURT OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE FOR COMPANIES AND EVENTS. AND FINALLY, WE SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING THAT ALLOWS US TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH THAT COULD BE LOCAL OPTIONS, UH, TO GENERATE MORE FUNDING. IT ALSO MEANS PROTECTING THE VOTER APPROVED PROPS, ONE IN SEVEN THAT HAVE ADDED STATE MONEY TO THE SYSTEM. SO I'LL WRAP IT UP THERE AND I CAN GO BACK TO ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE, BUT THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR AGENDA. THANK YOU, JEFF. UH, COUNCILMAN ELIAS. THANK YOU. IT, IT, MY COMMENTS WILL ACTUALLY BE SHORTER THAN I ANTICIPATED. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH TELLING JEFF COYLE AHEAD OF TIME, WHAT YOU MIGHT ASK HIM, IS THAT HE ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO ASK HIM. OH, SORRY. NOT COOL, COYLE, SORRY. UH, NO, I'M, DON'T APOLOGIZE. YOU DO A GREAT JOB. UM, SO TWO THINGS. ONE, NOWHERE IN THERE IS THERE'RE GONNA BE AN EFFORT TO TALK, UM, OUR LEGISLATORS INTO UNDOING PAID SICK LEAVE ORDINANCES, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST LETTING THAT SORT OF PLAY OUT ON ITS OWN. WE, WE DON'T SPEAK TO IT, UH, AT ALL. OKAY? THERE IS A STATEMENT, AS WAS MENTIONED, THAT SAYS, WE PR WE SUPPORT, UH, PRESERVING YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE LOCAL DECISIONS. NOW, I THINK THIS ISSUE, UH, WHEN YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSED IT AS A COUNCIL, THE, THE MESSAGE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE GROUP IS THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED IT, AND THAT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT THAT APPLIES TODAY. UH, THERE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT THERE LIKELY IS TO BE A DISCUSSION AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT, ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AND, UH, IN SOME CASES, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN A LOCAL ORDINANCE IS REPLACED BY A STATEWIDE LAW THAT [01:30:01] IS A ADEQUATE, AND, AND CLOSELY ENOUGH ALIGNS WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED LOCALLY. AND IN THOSE CASES, WE'LL, UH, WE WILL COME TO YOU AND, AND THEN OFTEN GO BACK UP AND, AND REMOVE OPPOSITION TO IT. THE BILL THAT WAS MENTIONED, UH, SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, UH, IS JUST A FLAT OUT PREEMPTION. THERE'S BEEN ONE BILL FILED TO MY KNOWLEDGE SO FAR THAT JUST SAYS, MUNICIPALITIES MAY NOT REGULATE, UH, REQUIRE BUSINESSES TO OFFER PAID SICK LEAVE. DOES NOT REPLACE IT WITH ANY STATEWIDE FRAMEWORK. UH, BUT WE EXPECT THAT OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION WILL COME FORWARD. AND, AND AS ALWAYS, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER, AND I'VE JUST GIVEN YOU A LONG RAMBLING ONE, IS THAT WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU TO REPORT ON WHAT BILL SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, UH, SO THAT YOU ALL, AS A BODY CAN GIVE US DIRECTION ABOUT, ABOUT WHERE WE GO. THE AGENDA NOW DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE SPECIFICALLY. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, ON ANOTHER TOPIC OF PROPERTY TAXES, I, UH, MY, MY FRIEND, UH, ROBERTO TREVINO, AND I HAVE A VERY GENTLEMANLY DISAGREEMENT FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT WHY PROPERTY TAXES ARE THE WAY THEY ARE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S A DEBATE. WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MY CONCERN, HOWEVER, IS THAT WHEN WE DO GO UP TO AUSTIN, THAT WE REALLY DO TELL OUR STORY ABOUT WHY WE THINK, AND, AND, AND COUNCILMAN TRINO AND I ALSO DO HAVE SOME AGREEMENT AS TO THE UNDERLYING ROOT CAUSES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE WAY THAT APPRAISALS HAPPEN AND WHAT THE COMPTROLLERS NOT DOING CORRECTLY, AND WHAT THE STATE LEDGE COULD BE DOING. UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ALL OF LAST YEAR WHILE THEY WERE PROMISING TAX RELIEF, THEY WERE SPENDING MOST OF THEIR TIME ON CHASING PEOPLE OUTTA BATHROOMS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO REALLY WORRYING ABOUT WHAT IMPACTS EVERY, YOU KNOW, TEXAN. SO MY REQUEST IS, IS THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES TO ACTUALLY TELL THAT STORY AND TALK ABOUT IT, THAT YOU GIVE US SOME HEADS UP AND TAKE US WITH YOU. I, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ENOUGH ISSUE TO ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY DO SEE US OUT THERE ADVOCATING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL TAX REFORM. UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, FUNDING OF SCHOOLS, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND, UH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PATRICK, UM, LOVE TALKING ABOUT TAX REFORM AND LOVE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS, BUT, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, THEY LIKE FINDING WAYS TO NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY CREATIVE ABOUT NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, I, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I, I VOLUNTEER TO GO UP THERE AND, AND HELP TELL THE TAXPAYER STORY. AND THEN ALSO, I'M, I'M, I WILL DOUBLE DOWN AND REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT IT'S IS THAT WE KEEP TRACK CONTINUOUSLY OF CALENDARS AND EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES THAT OTHER GOVERNMENT RELAT SHOPS. JEFF. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE, YOU, YOU'RE DOING THAT NOW MORE THAN YOU GUYS WERE DOING IT BEFORE. 'CAUSE I THINK I'VE BUGGED YOU ABOUT IT FOR SO LONG. BUT , I WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. I, I, I WILL CONTINUE TO BUG YOU ABOUT IT AND, AND SEARCH FOR MORE WAYS FOR US TO BE MORE ROBUST IN THE EFFORT OF, YOU KNOW, BEING MORE IN THE WEEDS WITH, WITH OUR, UH, COUNTERPARTS. THAT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, UM, I, AND, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 20. COUNCILMAN SALDANA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, THANK YOU, JEFF. THIS IS GONNA BE THE, UH, POST JANUARY. THIS IS WHERE YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM EARN YOUR KEEP. AND YOUR, YOUR, UH, PLACE OF RESIDENCY IS SOMET SOMEWHAT FUSED BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN. SO, UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE GOING UP AND TAKING THIS MESSAGE AND OUR AGENDA WITH YOU. I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF INTERPLAY BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING UP TESTIFYING, UH, FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSES THAT, UH, ARE, ARE LAID OUT, WHETHER THAT'S ABOUT MILITARY PROTECTION EXPANSION, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT, UH, FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS. UH, AND, AND YOU'LL SEE ME UP THERE, UH, FIGHTING FOR ANYTHING WHO THAT, THAT PREEMPTS OR GOES AFTER LOCAL DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE HERE AS A COUN, AS A COUNCIL CARTE BLANCHE. IF THAT MEANS, UH, UM, SCOOTER REGULATION, IF THAT MEANS UBER REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, 18, THE, THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PASS TO, TO MAKE, UH, TOBACCO ILLEGAL FOR ANYBODY PURCHASING THAT IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18. I'LL PROTECT THAT. AND I'LL ALSO GO UP, UH, AND PROTECT OUR PAID SICK LEAVE DECISION THAT WE'VE MADE HERE. SO, UH, WHETHER I'M WEARING THE BANNER OF, OF CHAIR OF, OF I G R OR GOING AS A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US. AND I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I REITERATE THAT TO YOU. SO, UH, DON'T BE SURPRISED OR CONFUSED WHEN WE'RE UP THERE FIGHTING FOR THINGS THAT WE'VE PASSED HERE, UH, LOCALLY. SO THERE'S ONLY COMMENTS. AND, UH, WISH YOU ALL LUCK. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WORK FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS STARTING IN JANUARY. THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SALDANA. COUNCILMAN CURRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE MY SUPPORT, AND I KNOW ALL OF OUR COUNCIL SUPPORT ON WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AND HAVING THE, UH, STATE BETTER FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND, AND I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT HOW THAT'LL HELP WITH TAX RELIEF IN OUR COMMUNITY. [01:35:01] BUT I THINK EVEN A GREATER AND MORE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS THAT IT'S THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT DRIVES THIS COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND SUCCESSFUL EDUCATION. AND WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE AT THE, ON THE EDGE OF BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION TO OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE DECLINING AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDING. AND SO, BY ALL MEANS, THIS PRIORITY, UH, NEEDS TO BE WORKED AT VERY HARD. AND, AND I'M COMMITTED TO GO UP THERE AND TALK AS A TEACHER WHO'S BEEN IN THAT CLASSROOM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO DO THEIR JOB, FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE TAX RELIEF AND, UH, FUTURE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO OUR CITY BY HELPING EDUCATE A WORKFORCE THAT'S GONNA ATTRACT MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES TO OUR COMMUNITY. COUNCILMAN, I, UM, UH, I, I THINK, I'M GLAD YOU BRING IT UP BECAUSE THAT IS A REAL, UH, IT'S NUANCED, BUT IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SHIFT IN OUR AGENDA THIS YEAR. WE, WE HAVE ALWAYS GONE UP THERE AND SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, THE REAL SOLUTION IS BETTER STATE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BUT THE I G R COMMITTEE MADE CLEAR TO US THAT IT'S NOT JUST THAT ISSUE ALONE, BUT THAT WE HAVE A VESTED STAKE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO BE, UH, AS, AS OUR CHAIRMAN PUTS IT, WE NEED TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME UP THERE. AND SO WE'VE BROUGHT ALL THE SUPERINTENDENTS INTO I G R, UH, BACK AT THE, UH, IN THE SPRING AND TALKED ABOUT IT. I'M IN REGULAR DIALOGUE WITH MY COUNTERPARTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I JUST WENT THROUGH, UH, NORTH SIDE'S, UH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA OVER THE PHONE, UH, LAST FRIDAY, AND, AND CHERYL, UH, AND I MET WITH DR. WOODS AS WELL. SO, SO WE INTEND TO, FOR THIS TO BE A VERY, VERY, FOR MAYBE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AS PART OF BOTH MEANINGFUL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND SUPPORTING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSED POSITION WE'RE PUTTING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. UH, JEFF, GREAT WORK ON THIS. UH, AS USUAL, THE WHOLE TEAM, THE WHOLE I R G R TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR, UH, CONSULTANTS UP THERE IN AUSTIN. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THE GREAT WORK OF COUNCILMAN UH, SALANA IN SHARING THE I G R COMMITTEE. IT IS GONNA BE A VERY ACTIVE SESSION. I THINK WE'RE GETTING IT FROM A NUMBER OF ANGLES THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK WE'VE SHOWN A LITTLE BIT OF FORTITUDE, UH, THROUGH THE RECENT FIGHTS IN 2017. SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME POSITIVE OUTCOMES. AND AS I'VE HEARD THIS WHOLE DAIS TELL YOU, WE'RE ALL AT YOUR DISPOSAL, UH, IN PURSUIT OF BETTER OUTCOMES FOR SAN ANTONIO. SO DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ANY OF US. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS A LOT, JEFF. WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 20. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM 14, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING VERY PATIENTLY IN THE, IN THE GALLERY, AND WE WILL, UH, GET THROUGH THAT SO THEY CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR DAY. SO ITEM 14. ITEM 14 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE U D C CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY CODE, REPLACING CURRENT LANGUAGE IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS. ITEM 14 A IS 18 DASH 6 2 8 7, SECTION 35 DASH 3 43 I D Z INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE. ITEM 14 B IS 18 DASH 6 2 8 9, SECTION 35 3 41 DASH MIXED USE DI DISTRICT N 14 C IS 18 DASH 6 2 9, SECTION 35 DASH THREE 10.05. A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. COUNCILMAN TNO, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, COUNCILMAN TNO WILL TAKE IT IN JUST A MINUTE. WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGN UP TO SPEAK, SO LEMME CALL THEM FIRST. THANKS, MIKE. UM, WE'LL START WITH PASTOR PATRICK JONES. IS PASTOR JONES STILL HERE? AL. RAYMOND BRYANT. RAYMOND BRYANT, CYNTHIA SPIELMAN. HELLO, I'M CYNTHIA SPIELMAN. I'M A MEMBER OF THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD. I WANNA INTRODUCE MARK SPIELMAN, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF OUR ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE, WHO WILL MAKE OUR STATEMENT. YES, WE'D LIKE TO URGE YOU TO, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, UH, ISSUE BEFORE YOU. WE THINK IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT ONE. THERE'S BEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF, UH, WORK ON THIS. IT'S BEEN THOUGHTFULLY, UH, PROPOSED. IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT A PERFECT, UH, SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS. BUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S SO OPEN, WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH [01:40:01] THE I D Z, WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE EASIER FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES TO COME UP WITH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS. IT WILL ALLOW FOR A LOT MORE, UH, GUIDELINES THAT WILL, WILL, UH, MAKE THE SITUATION GOING FORWARD A LOT MORE, UH, VIABLE RIGHT NOW. TWO, THE ISSUES THAT ARE, UH, COMING UP BEFORE COMMITTEES ALL THE TIME ARE THE SETBACKS, PARTICULARLY, AND, UH, USING THE I D Z AS A, A WORKAROUND FOR SITUATIONS WHERE A DEVELOPER HAS GONE IN AND, AND, UH, WORKED WITHOUT PERMITS TO, UH, GET HIMSELF INTO A SITUATION WHERE HIS PROPERTY REALLY DOESN'T CONFORM ANYMORE. AND IT SEEMS IN INAPPROPRIATE, IN SOME OF THE WAYS THAT, UH, I D Z CAN BE APPLIED. THESE GUIDELINES, I THINK, WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND AGAIN, URGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UH, CYNTHIA AND MARK SPIELMAN. UH, SEAN PRICE, FOLLOWED BY RICKY KUSHNER. GOOD MORNING, SEAN PRICE. I'M 1747 WEST LAUREL STREET. UM, I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING DISTRICT ONE, SPECIFICALLY WEST END IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. AND I'M HERE TODAY AS A CO-CHAIR OF THE WEST END HOPE AND ACTION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND WE WANT TO EXPRESS, UM, THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT HAS COME OUT TO THE ZONING CODE BASED UPON THE EFFORTS OF THE I D Z TASK FORCE, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE R ONE AND THE R TWO, UM, ZONING CODES. UM, THESE CODES ARE VERY IMPERATIVE TO THE WEST END, UM, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE IT TO WHERE CONSTITUENTS ARE THERE WHO LITERALLY WORK PAYCHECK FOR PAYCHECK IN ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET. UM, RIGHT NOW, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, COMMUNITIES LIKE THE WEST END, WHICH ARE LOW INCOME AND ALSO IN THE INNER CITY, HAVE BEEN ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN DONE INTENTIONALLY, BUT BASED UPON THE PROCESS THAT'S REQUIRED, IT IS VERY IMPLICIT. FOR EXAMPLE, UM, TODAY, IF ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE A HOME THAT SITS ON A LOT, UM, THAT IS THEMED SUBSTANDARD, THAT'S A LOT, THAT'S UNDER 3000 SQUARE FEET. IF THEY WANTED TO GO DOWN THE D S D TO PULL PERMITS TO MAKE ANYTHING, WHICH IS MORE THAN A MINOR REPAIR TO THEIR HOMES, THEY'LL HAVE TO GO TO DO WHAT'S CALLED REZONING I D Z, WHICH REQUIRE A NUMBER OF MORNING MEETINGS, A SITE PLAN BEING SUBMITTED, AND FEES OF AT LEAST $800 FOR THESE CONSTITUENTS. IT BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE. AND WITH THAT, IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THERE IS, UM, ALMOST DISCRIMINATION WRITTEN INTO THE ZONING CODE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S BEEN BURNT DOWN, THAT'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN FOR VARIOUS REASONS, INSTEAD OF IT BEING BUILT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, IT WOULD REMAIN AS A VACANT LOT. AND THESE SAID COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE SCENARIOS TO WHERE THEY BECOME EYE SOURCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO BECOME VERY PALATABLE FOR CRIME AND FOR DRUGS AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE. AND THEN IT CONTINUES THE NARRATIVE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PROP PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING, THESE CONSTITUENTS DO NOT HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. I PRAY AND HOPE THAT TODAY YOU HAVE NOT COME HERE TODAY WITH YOUR MINDS ALREADY MADE UP BASED UPON THE FEAR OF DEVELOPERS LOOKING FOR A LOOPHOLE TO MAKE MONEY, BUT RATHER THAT WE USE EMPATHY TO CONSTITUENTS TO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN SUPPRESSED AND NEED VOICELESS. THANK YOU VERY SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. PRICE. RICKY KUSHNER, FOLLOWED BY JOHN COOLEY. I'M FREDERIKA KUSHNER , UH, AND I LIVE IN TOBIN HILL. UH, AND BEFORE I MAKE ANY SORT OF A READ ANYTHING, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS, UH, WE IN TOBIN HILL HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE ZONING. UM, AND IT IS VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. UH, AND YET OUR CITY HAS ENCOURAGED IT. AND SO YOU WILL SEE LITTLE POCKMARKS ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAP [01:45:01] THAT ARE I D Z IN FIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONE. UM, WE WOULD PREFER NOT, WE WOULD PREFER SOMETHING, UH, THAT, UH, THAT WORKS BETTER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE. WHEN YOU FIRST THINK ABOUT THE WORDS , I I, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT INNER CITY, A LARGE BUILDING ON ONE SIDE, A LARGE BUILDING ON ANOTHER, AND A VACANT LOT IN BETWEEN. OKAY, FILL IT IN, IT'S UNDERUTILIZED, FILL IT IN. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. SO I THINK THAT THIS PLAN TO REVISE INFA DEVELOPMENT ZONING, AND ALSO TO ADD R ONE AND R TWO AND M X D IS GOING TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS QUITE A BIT. THE AMENDMENTS TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PERTAINING TO I D Z R ONE AND R TWO AND M X D ZONING DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME INCOMING. THEY'RE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO CONTROL DEVELOPMENT IN THE INNER AND MID-CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. MUCH OF IT BROUGHT ON BY THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THEY WILL HELP BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE DEVELOPERS. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT PERFECT, THEY ARE MUCH BETTER AND LESS UNPREDICTABLE THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW. I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THESE AMENDMENTS. WE NEED THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. KUSHNER. JOHN COOLEY, FOLLOWED BY CHARIS ROHR. AGNI ALLEG GREENY, SORRY, JOHN COOLEY, MS. RO ALLEG EGRIN, DR. CHRISTINE RENAN. HI, I'M, UH, SRIS RO ALLEG GREENY WITH THE LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY, UM, WASN'T GONNA SPEAK, BUT I WILL I WILL SINCE I'M HERE. UM, AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THESE CHANGES. UM, THE LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS AN HISTORIC DISTRICT, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD SOME OF THE PRESSURE THAT SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE HAD. HOWEVER, UH, WE DO FEEL THE, THE PROBLEM WITH, UM, HOUSING AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE INCORRECTLY ZONED. AND SO WE FEEL THAT THESE CHANGES WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, UM, FOR BOTH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS THE WHOLE, UM, INNER CITY, WHICH IS WHERE MOST OF THESE, UM, ISSUES ARE OCCURRING. SO WE STRONGLY SUPPORT, UM, THIS ORDINANCE. THANKS. THANK YOU, MS. ALLEG GREENY, DR. CHRISTINE RENAN, FOLLOWED BY ANN ANGLER. I'VE GOT SLIDES. LET'S SEE IF THEY, IF THEY REMEMBER. THERE WE GO. NO, THAT'S ME. I'M LOOKING FOR SLIDES. WHO KNOWS? IT'S FINE. IT'S FINE. THANK YOU. UM, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE RENAN. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE URBAN STUDIES PROGRAM AT TRINITY UNIVERSITY, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF THE TWO NEW ZONING CODES. THERE THEY ARE R ONE AND R TWO. CURRENTLY, I'VE COUNTED, AND HOPEFULLY I'M FAIRLY CORRECT, ABOUT 2075 LOTS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE UNDER 4,000 SQUARE FEET. 58 ARE VACANT. 1,986 HAVE A SINGLE HOUSE ON 'EM. AND THESE MAPS OF THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS, THE LITTLE TINY TEENY PINK DOTS, ARE THE, ARE THESE LOTS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD AND UNABLE TO BUILD ON, OR HAVE, OR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THEM HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ON THEM. UM, THEY EXIST IN EVERY SINGLE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT, BUT IN DIFFERENT FORMS AND WITH DIFFERENT POTENTIAL. THESE SMALL LOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY VACANT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, GIVEN THE ZONING RESTRICTIONS. THOSE THAT HAVE A HOUSE ARE LARGELY VULNERABLE DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE CURRENT ZONING. YET WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF A SEVERE HOUSING SHORTAGE. MANY SAY THAT THE SOLUTION TO OUR HOUSING CRISIS LIES WITH THE STATE, BUT WE KNOW THAT IF WE WAIT FOR THE STATE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS PRIVATE PROPERTY ISSUE, IT'LL BE TOO LATE AND OUR CRISIS WILL DEEPEN. SO WE MUST LOOK FOR, FOR, AND CREATE LOCAL TOOLS THAT ARE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ALLOW ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHILE PRESERVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS WHY I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE IN FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF R ONE AND R TWO, THUS RECOGNIZING THAT THESE SMALL LOTS ARE A VALUABLE PIECE OF OUR HOUSING INVENTORY. THESE LOTS, THESE TOOLS ARE SOPHISTICATED ONES BECAUSE THEY SERVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS IN DIFFERENT PLACES, AND IF DEPLOYED PROPERLY, ARE CAPABLE OF DIFFERENT OUTCOMES IN DIFFERENT PLACES. IN SOME AREAS, THEIR TOOLS OF PRESERVATION. AND WE, IF WE, AS WE MOVE MORE [01:50:01] AND MORE DEEPLY INTO PROPERTY LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ARE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS BEAR THE COST BECAUSE THEY RESIDE ON PROPERTY THAT IS QUITE POSSIBLY NOT BEING USED AT ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USED IF DEFINED ECONOMICALLY. MANY SETTLED IN THESE, IN SETTLED AND BUILT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ONCE UNATTRACTIVE AND LESS VALUABLE LAND AROUND THE INNER CITY NEAR THE CREEKS, NEAR THE OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSES, NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS. AND WE'VE LOST A LOT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN TIME THAT PROPERTY'S INCREASED IN VALUE AND NOW IS NOW IS DESIRED BY OTHERS, OFTEN DUE TO PUBLIC INVESTMENT. YET WE AS A COMMUNITY, HAVE PLEDGED TO SAVE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO PRESERVE THEM. SO THIS TOOL IS CRITICAL. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THESE SMALL KNOTS ARE CURRENTLY ZONED INAPPROPRIATELY, MOST FREQUENTLY, MF 33, AND MAKING THEM VULNERABLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TOOLS ARE, ARE, ARE, UH, ARE TOOLS OF PRESERVATION, AND THIS WILL ALSO ENABLE US TO CREATE SOME OF THE DENSITY THAT WITHOUT CHALLENGING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS IN OTHER AREAS, THESE SAME TOOLS ARE TOOLS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THERE ARE PLACES WHERE WE'VE HAD VACANT SMALL LOTS THAT CURRENTLY ARE NOT GENERATING THE, THE INCOME THAT WE WOULD DESIRE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DR. RENAN ANN ENGLER, FOLLOWED BY KOA OLN. HI, I AM ANN ENGLER, AND I LIVE IN BELLEVUE, AND I'M ALSO SUPPORTING WITH THE, UM, BOWEN CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCACY. SO, I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ZONING AND PLANNING, SO BEAR WITH ME. BUT I FEEL WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND THE CULTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND ONE OF THE SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE IS IF WE DON'T, LIKE IN BELLEVUE, THE SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS IS GETTING READY TO COME UP IN 2020, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR LAND USE AND ZONING MAPS TAKEN CARE OF, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, INCORRECT DATA TO LOOK AT. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IS OUR ZONING PLAN OF 2002 FOR BELLEVUE. UM, IN THIS MAP, THIS WAS DONE IN ABOUT 2010 MAYBE. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE TWO YELLOW MARKINGS, UM, ON THAT DOCUMENT RUN FROM ESSENTIALLY SAVANNAH TO FREELING. AND THAT'S HOW THE CURRENT LOOK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS RIGHT NOW. HOWEVER, IN LOOKING AT THE NEW G S I, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THE G S I MAP, THAT SAME AREA HAS THOSE DARK YELLOW SPOTS, AND THAT ENTIRE ZONING AREA IS NOW GOING IN FOR A COMPLETE BLOCK, SOMETIMES EIGHT TO 10 HOUSES DEEP, RIGHT OFF THE CORRIDOR OF VANCE JACKSON VERSUS ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE HAVE COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ALREADY ZONED FOR ONLY WHAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE ONE TO TWO HOUSES IN INSTEAD. NOW, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, THIS DATA JUST HAPPENS TO SHOW UP. CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED. AND I FIND THAT TO BE, UM, SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC. SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TURNOVER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. AND I THINK WITH, UH, THE ZONING, UM, THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE YOU, I BELIEVE SUPPORTING THAT WOULD GIVE US THIS EVEN PLAYING FIELD THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT LAST MONTH, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT ONE'S OFFICE, UH, SHOWING ME SOME OF THESE THINGS AND HOW TO USE THE, USE THE G S I MAP, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE'S MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT AS THIS ONE. AND SO I'M LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, AND WE CAN STOP IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE I D Z. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MS. ENGLER COOSA, MCC COLVIN, FOLLOWED BY TONY GARCIA OR MR. GARCIA. IT SAYS, IT SAYS HERE, YOU'RE YIELDING TIME TO MS. COLVIN. MR. GARCIA, ARE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA COME UP AND USE YOUR TIME AFTER? YEAH, I THINK I CAN DO MINE IN THE THREE MINUTES. ALTHOUGH BEFORE I START, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THANK COUNCIL WOMEN, UH, GONZALEZ, AND SANDOVAL FOR THEIR WORK, UM, AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING, UH, THE WOMEN THIS MORNING. AND FOR THOSE WOMEN THAT ARE IN THE ROOM THAT I GET TO WORK WITH AND THAT I RESPECT AND THAT I ADMIRE FOR THAT WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY IN THE CITY. SO APPRECIATE THAT. UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION IS A GROUP OF SAN ANTONIO INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE BROAD-BASED CITIZEN PARTICIPATION [01:55:01] IN PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION ADVOCATES FOR A SENSIBLE BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF SAN ANTONIO'S OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC POLICIES, WHILE PRESERVING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND CULTURE. THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONING, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING, R ONE AND R TWO, AS WELL AS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND VETTED BY THE I D Z TASK FORCE AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE BELIEVE THE PROPOSED I D Z ORDINANCE, WHICH SEPARATES I D Z INTO THREE CATEGORIES BASED ON INTENSITY OF USE, SIZE OF LOTS AND CORRESPONDING LEVELS OF SITE REQUIREMENTS, ADDRESSES NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS THAT PROMPTED COUNCILMAN TREVINOS AND MEDINAS C C R IN APRIL OF 2017. THIS ORDINANCE IS A FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AND PROVIDES AN INCREASED LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND DE DEVELOPERS ALIKE. THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE ALSO SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING CATEGORIES, R ONE AND R TWO. THIS TYPE OF ZONING WOULD ADDRESS IMPROPERLY ZONED SMALLER RESIDENTIAL LOTS FOUND IN SAN ANTONIO'S OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW AN ACCURATE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THESE SMALLER LOTS. THIS NEW RESIDENTIAL ZONING, WHICH RELIES ON SETBACKS AND HEIGHT STANDARDS, WILL BE AUGMENTED BY CURRENT CITY CODES. THIS ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR EXPANDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET IN OUR INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE RESPECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER. FURTHERMORE, THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED M X D ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT OFFERS FLEXIBILITY AND DEVELOPING NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDORS, MAKING FOR A MORE WALKABLE AND SUSTAINABLE MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT. A SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT WITH LOT SPECIFICATIONS AND BUILDING STIPULATIONS OFFERS A LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR A BUDDING SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS WHILE STRENGTHENING CORRIDORS. THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE VIEWS THESE PROPOSED ORDINANCES AS A FIRST IN A SERIES OF COMPROMISING STEPS, ENSURING OUR LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPATION IN SAN ANTONIO'S FUTURE AS A LATERALLY ALIGNED COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ENCOURAGE OUR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS TO SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES, BUT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTED THE, THE MAJORITY OF THEM FAIRLY. WE REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MS. COLVIN. MR. TONY GARCIA. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TONY GARCIA. I LIVE IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT. I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND A STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CITY'S I D Z TASK FORCE. THE ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE OF INFIELD DEVELOPMENT, ZONING, I D Z, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING, R ONE AND R TWO, AS WELL AS THE AMENDED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ZONING, M X D. WE BELIEVE THE PROPOSED I D Z ORDINANCE IS A FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT OUT, THAT BROUGHT OUT, UH, THE C C R BY COUNCILMAN VINNO AND FORMER COUNCILMAN MEDINA BACK IN APRIL OF 2017. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CREATES A SET, A SET OF STANDARDS, WHICH INCREASES THE LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND LEVEL OF CLARITY THAT ALLOWS FOR BETTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS, DEVELOPERS, AND THE CITY. WE BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE IS GOOD FOR BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DEVELOPER. RESIDENTIAL ZONING OF R ONE AND R TWO ADDRESSES A ZONING NEED IN MANY OF OUR INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. SINCE NO ZONING EXISTS IN THE U D C FOR THESE SMALLER LOTS, MANY OF THESE SLOTS CURRENTLY EXIST WITH INAPPROPRIATE ZONING. WE BELIEVE R ONE AND R TWO WITH THEIR BUILD STANDARDS WILL BE A GUIDE FOR APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT AND A STIMULUS FOR AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IN OUR INNER CITY. FINALLY, WE SUPPORT THE AMENDED M X D ORDINANCE, WHICH ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ALONG OUR CORRIDORS AND OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. THE ORDINANCE IS ALSO AFFORDS A LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS. IN SUMMARY, THE ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR OF THESE PROPOSALS AS IT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, INCREASES THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY AND ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEVELOPERS. WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORTING SENSITIVE AND SENSIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, [02:00:01] WE ASK THE SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA, GRACE ROSE GONZALEZ. GOOD MORNING. UM, MY NAME IS GRACE ROSE GONZALEZ, AND I'M A BUSINESS OWNER, THE INCOMING, UH, PRESIDENT OF KEYSTONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. IN THE PAST ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, AND DURING MY TENURE ON ZONING, I SAW SERIOUS NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THIS I D Z ON INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE BEACON HILL, ALTA VISTA, DINWITTY, AND TOBIN HILL. THE ZONING MEETINGS WOULD BE FILLED WITH COMMUNITY AND HOMEOWNERS, DEVASTATED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES THAT DID NOT FIT IN THE FABRIC OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEY FELT OVERWHELMED BECAUSE OF THIS EXPERIENCE I APPROACH COUNCIL MEMBERS TREVINO MEDINA WITH, AND A C C R WAS GENERATED FOR THE WORK ON I D Z. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, ANAS SANDOVAL FOR CONTINUING ON THIS EFFORT, AND COUNCILMAN T TREVINO FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP TO PROTECT RICK RICH, BUT FRAGILE INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. I ALSO WANNA COMMEND TIER ONE, A CONSORTIUM OF OVER 40, 40 INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THEIR WORK TO MAKE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS RESPECTED, PROTECTED, AND, UH, MADE BETTER. AND I JUST SORT OF HAVE A, A, A SMALL STORY. AS WE WERE WALKING THROUGH, UM, I GUESS A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE NEIGHBORHOOD I CONVEYED TO COUNCILMAN TREVINO THAT, UM, AS A, AS A STUDENT IN ARCHITECTURE, I SAT IN FRONT OF HOUSES AT FULTON STREET AND, AND DREW THEM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT WAS AN ASSIGNMENT. YOU HAD TO GO AND FIND SOME REALLY INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURE. AND SO, UM, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I SAW THIS YOUNG MAN PHOTOGRAPHING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS HE DOING? SO I WALKED OUTSIDE AND I SAID, EXCUSE ME. AND HE GOES, OH, I'M AN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT AND I'M PHOTOGRAPHING SOME REALLY WONDERFUL HOMES, AND I LOVE YOUR HOME. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED LEGACY. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I HOPE ALL OF YOU SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. GONZALEZ. UH, ROSEMARY AN GUANO. ZUNIGA. GOOD MORNING. I'M A MEMBER OF THE MISSION SAN JOSE ASSOCIATION, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR ASSOCIATION TO SUPPORT THE I D Z ORDINANCE. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE R ONE AND R TWO ADDITIONS, SINCE BOTH WOULD ALLOW FOR HOMES TO BE BUILT ON SMALLER LOTS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY DOES NOT ALLOW. MANY MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD SMALLER HOMES ON THEIR SMALLER LOTS. OUR ORGAN ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT WOULD ASSIST NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEVELOPERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP MIXED USE CONSTRUCTION THAT FITS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER. THE POLICIES THAT THE I D Z COMMITTEE WORKED ON FOR THE LAST YEAR ARE POSITIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPERS AND FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MS. SENGA ETH FLORES, FOLLOWED BY ROSE HILL. I AM BUENO DIAZ. MY NAME IS JEANNETTE FLORES. I'M WITH THE ESPERANZA CENTER AND BU UM, TODAY WE ARE HERE IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN AND COUNCIL AL. WE BELIEVE THAT IMPLEMENTING R ONE AND R TWO ZONING CODES IS RETURNING POWER TO THE COUNTLESS FAMILIES WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN LOT SIZE BETWEEN 1,002 THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. MANY OF THESE HISTORIC HOUSES ARE A PART OF SAN ANTONIO'S UNIQUE HISTORY. THIS IS A SMALL STEP TOWARDS CREATING A MORE COMPASSIONATE AND COMMUNITY CENTERED CITY. PREVIOUS ZONING CODE HAS MANY OF THESE SLOTS INCORRECTLY ZONED, LEAVING INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONING AS THE ONLY OPTION TO USE, AND ALLOWING FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO EASILY PREY ON OUR COMMUNITY AND ESSENTIALLY WRITE THE CODE THAT BEST PROFITS THEM. WE HAVE SEEN THESE DEVELOPERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR COMMUNITY TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THEY ARE DESTROYING THE VERY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKE SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE MANY BARRIERS THAT CONTINUE TO MAKE ANY UPDATE TO THESE HOMES INACCESSIBLE. AND TODAY WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT IMPLEMENTING R ONE AND R TWO CODING AND DO [02:05:01] SO IN FAVOR OF SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORIC WEST SIDE. GRACIAS. THANK YOU, MS. FLORES, ROSE HILL. I, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, CITY COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMAN CRUZ. MY NAME IS ROSE HILL AND I'M PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, ADVISE YOU THAT GAR GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE HAS WORKED VERY HARD THE LAST THREE YEARS TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE TAKEN THE HARDEST HIT WHEN DEVELOPMENT CAME INTO OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, WERE LOOKING AT WAS THE COMMUNITY INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONFUSES US IS HOW DO YOU STOP GROWTH? HOW DO YOU STOP IT? BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY CAN TELL ME, PLEASE DO, UH, THE TIME, IT'S LIKE A TIME CLOCK. IT, IT, IT DOESN'T STAND. WE DO WANNA PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE? WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US AT THE PEARL BREWERY, UM, JUST TOOK OFF AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS RUNNING THAT FAST. AND HERE WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH IT. UM, I DO, UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE R ONE AND R TWO, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ASK COUNCILMAN RAVI ALSO TO TAKE CONSIDERATION THAT, UH, ON THE SMALLER LOTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT THE BIGGER LOTS? WHEN YOU HAVE THESE BIGGER LOTS THAT, THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR THESE FAMILIES TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT 'EM AT? WE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW THOSE ANSWERS. AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING US EVERY DAY, WE WANNA LIVE IN GOVERNMENT HILL, WE WANNA MOVE IN AND WE WANNA BRING OUR CHILDREN, WE WANNA BRING OUR FAMILIES IN. BUT WHAT DO WE TELL THEM? UH, THAT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT AS A PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. IT'S HARD FOR US AS PRESIDENTS TO COME IN AND BE ABLE TO ASK US QUESTIONS AND BE ABLE TO BE FAITH, FAITHFUL AND HONEST WITH BOTH SIDES, THE ONES THAT ARE FOR IT AND THE ONES THAT ARE AGAINST IT. AND IT PUTS US IN A SITUATION WHERE LIKE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE AND WE ARE, WE'RE GOING LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY? WHAT'S THE WRONG WAY? SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY ANSWERS TO THAT, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS, LET US KNOW. 'CAUSE IT WOULD MAKE OUR JOB A LOT EASIER. UM, AS I D Z IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS BECAUSE THEY'VE COME IN AND I WANNA THANK THE ZONING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE, THEY'RE ADAMANTLY ABOUT TELLING THESE DEVELOPERS COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FIRST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING. AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT PROCESS WITH US. WE, THE BOARD, DON'T MAKE THE DECISIONS. WE TAKE IT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO OUR MEMBERS, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS. SO ULTIMATELY I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR ACTUALLY HAVING THAT, UH, DIALOGUE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE COLLABORATION WITH THE DEVELOPERS. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GOOD AND YOU HAVE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BAD, THAT HAVE ABUSED THE I D Z. AND FORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT. BUT IF ONE DOES COME OUR WAY, THEN MAYBE THIS WILL BE ABLE TO EMPHASIZE ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. HILL. DAWN HANSSEN. DAWN HANSSEN. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 14. OH, I'M SORRY. . SORRY, . THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS DAWN HANSON AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M ALSO A CO-FOUNDER OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOODS FOR EVERYONE. AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR I D Z TWO AND I D Z THREE CURRENTLY IN I D Z. UH, THERE'S NO PARKING REQUIREMENT. UM, AND I JUST WANNA, UH, SAY THAT, THAT I'M OPPOSED TO NOW REQUIRING PARKING WITH I D Z. UH, THE TWO BIGGEST THREATS TO AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MODERN TRANSPORTATION OR TRANSIT SYSTEM ARE A CITY FAILING TO UP ZONE IN A SILLY CITY WITH TOO MUCH PARKING, SAN ANTONIO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP WITH OTHER MODERN CITIES WITH BUS RAPID TRANSIT OR TRACKLESS TRAINS. BUT IF IT DOES, WE WILL QUICKLY LEARN THAT THE POLICIES THAT ARE CREATED TODAY WILL STUNT THE GROWTH OF TRANSIT TOMORROW. THERE ARE NO OTHER EXAMPLES OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY THAT ARE SO COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND HOSTILE TO THE STATED GOALS OF THE CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAN REQUIRING OFF STREET PARKING. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE REQUIREMENT OF OFF STREET PARKING GENERATES ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC INCREASES VEHICLES MILES, MILES TRAVELED, REDUCES EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSIT, CREATES UNSAFE WALKING AND BIKE BIKING ENVIRONMENTS, INCREASES AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS, REDUCES THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND IMPACTS OUR ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM. MANY CITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CINCINNATI, JACKSONVILLE, HOUSTON, OUR CHANGING ZONING AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO REDUCE AND OR ELIMINATE PARKING MINIMUMS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE ADEQUATE AND ARE ADEQUATELY PRICING PARKING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS IN THE URBAN CORE. SOME CITIES LIKE MEXICO CITY ARE EVEN TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER AND GETTING RID OF THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND ONLY [02:10:01] ALLOWING A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS TO BE BUILT. SO CONSIDER THIS A DEVELOPER COULD, INSTEAD OF BUILDING PARKING, BUILD MORE HOMES AND APARTMENTS THAT ARE MORE AFFORDABLE TO MORE PEOPLE. PLACE LARGE CANOPY STREET TREES AND LANDSCAPING NEXT TO THE DEVELOPMENT, INVEST IN WIDER SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES. SO BY THE TIME SHE'S 16, THERE'LL BE NO NEED FOR DRIVER'S LICENSES OR PARKING. THE FUTURE IS SHARED. AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, MASS TRANSIT, WALKING AND BIKING. IF SAN AND ANTONIO CONTINUES TO BUILD USELESS PARKING, IT WILL AGAIN SEE ITSELF DECADES BEHIND OTHER MODERN CITIES WITH ITS POLICIES. IT TAKES POLITICAL WILL TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE GREATER GOOD AND FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION. RATHER THAN DOING WHAT A FEW LOUD CONSTITUENTS DESIRE SANE ASKED THAT YOU REMOVE THE PARK REQUIREMENTS IN THE REFORMED I D Z. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ALSO, UM, STATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND PRESERVING CHARACTER. I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU WHAT THE LEGACY IS PRESERVING. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE HISTORY OF ZONING BACK TO THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES, A LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING WAS CREATED TO EXCLUDE PEOPLE, TO EXCLUDE PEOPLE OF COLOR, TO EXCLUDE PEOPLE OF LOWER CLASS. SO THAT'S THE LEGACY THAT WE'RE PRESERVING WITH PRESERVING THESE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. HANSON. THAT CONCLUDES THE NUMBER OF, UH, SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER 14. UH, GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM AT THIS MOMENT. I THINK, UM, MIKE SHANNON HAS A PRESENTATION TO GO THROUGH AND THEN WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS. THANKS. YES, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, SO I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE PROPOSED I D Z UPDATES, ALONG WITH, UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDING M X D AND R ONE R TWO, WHICH YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. SO, UH, AS YOU HEARD, THIS ALL STARTED, UH, OVER A YEAR AGO WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UH, FORMER COUNCILMAN MEDINA AND, AND ALSO SUPPORTED BY, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, WHICH WAS A C C R THAT ASKED, UH, THE CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT I D Z UH, ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD IS THE, THE CONTINUED USE OF THE I D Z AND THE WAY WE HAVE IT IN OUR CODES NOW HAS PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON SOME EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, SO, UH, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MODIFY OUR CODE TO LOOK AT PROTECTING THE CHARACTER INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SO, UH, WE TOOK THAT ON AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT I D Z, UH, JUST A REFRESHER, THE INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE, PART OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2001. IT'S ONLY ALLOWED INSIDE LOOP FOUR 10, AND IT HAS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, UM, REDUCTION IN SETBACKS, ELIMINATION OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UH, BUFFERS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO THAT HAS LED TO, UM, SOME OF THE CONCERNS, UH, THAT WORKS THAT LED TO THE C C R. SO, WHAT DID WE DO? UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ALWAYS DO WHEN WE TRY TO TACKLE ONE OF THESE LARGE PROBLEMS THAT COULD TOUCH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, DEVELOPERS, UH, AND, AND REALLY A LOT OF OTHERS. SO WE, WE CONVENED THE TASK FORCE THAT YOU HEARD OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE, UH, GET UP AND SPOKE. A LOT OF THEM WERE NOT HERE, BUT WE HAD A VERY BALANCED TASK, FORCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WERE SEEING A LOT OF THIS INFILL PRESSURE, THIS INFILL DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WANTING TO DEVELOP INFILL, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WANT TO COME TO THE TABLE, WANNA WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND FIND THOSE RULES, UH, THAT CAN, CAN, UH, MEET BOTH OF THOSE GOALS. SO WE HAD THAT TASK FORCE. IT WAS GOING ON FOR, UH, FROM OCTOBER THROUGH JULY, AND THEY REALLY DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK OVER, I THINK IT WAS OVER 15 MEETINGS. WE EVEN, UH, WENT OUT TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY AND, AND GAVE, UH, PERIODIC UPDATES. SO THE BIGGEST ISSUE, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH THE I D Z. SO, UH, INSTEAD OF HAVING JUST ONE, UH, I D Z ZONE, WHICH IS IN THE CODE TODAY, WHAT THEY QUICKLY REALIZED IS THAT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT. ALL RIGHT? SO BASED ON THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY OF A DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE TASK FORCE QUICKLY IDENTIFIED THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS, OR THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSED I D ZS. AND WE'RE JUST GONNA CALL 'EM I D Z ONE, TWO AND THREE. I'LL GO OVER THEM HERE IN A FEW SECONDS. UH, THE OTHER ISSUE WAS REQUIRING, UH, SOME MORE INFORMATION THROUGH THE PROPOSED ZONING PROCESS. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO, UH, WANT TO REZONE THEIR PROPERTY, THE CURRENT I D Z REQUIRES A SITE PLAN, BUT IT'S VERY BASIC, ACTUALLY, ALMOST TOO BASIC. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO HOW CAN WE GET A MORE DETAILED SITE INFORMATION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND IT THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THAT CITY STAFF, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND EVENTUALLY THE ZONING COMMISSION AND YOU ALL WHO HAVE TO MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION. SO WE ALSO CREATED SOME REQUIREMENTS FROM MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT, UH, DEPENDING ON YOUR INTENSITY. UH, THE SETBACK ISSUES WERE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN, AND, AND TWO OF THEM, THERE'LL BE SOME MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS. UH, STILL SOME FLEXIBILITY FROM BASIC, BUT, UH, WE'LL GO TO THE 50% NUMBER. SO HERE'S THE COMPARISON SLIDE. I HATE THIS SLIDE 'CAUSE IT'S TOO SMALL, TOO [02:15:01] DETAILED. IT'S A GREAT ONE TO PUT IN YOUR OFFICE TO USE. IT'S A GOOD SUMMARY, BUT I HATE GIVING A PRESENTATION WITH IT, BUT I'LL USE IT. SO, UH, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT THE, UH, LIMITED INTENSITY IDZ ONE, MID INTENSITY IDZ TWO, AND THEN THE THE IDC THREE HIGH INTENSITY. AND REALLY WHAT IT LOOKS AT IS PERMITTED USES. SO YOUR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES GET MORE INTENSE AS YOU GO UP THE LADDER. UH, THE DETAILED SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE GROUND GROUND PLAN. COMPARISON FORM WAS DEVELOPED AS A REQUIREMENT AND THEN ALSO THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. BUT IF THE BIG ISSUE THERE IS THERE'LL BE MORE OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND CITY STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSIONS AND, AND YOU, YOU ALL, UH, TO FIND THE RIGHT I D Z, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITE. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE SITE PLAN AND WE LOOK AT THE BEFORE AND, AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. SO THE BEFORE SITE PLAN WAS JUST, HERE'S MY LOT OR LOTS, UH, AND THIS LEFT WE CALL OUT SOME USES, SOME COMMERCIAL AND MIXED RESIDENTIAL USES. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND WHAT REALLY, THAT DOESN'T GIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A MORE DETAILED SITE PLAN. SHOW US WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE GONNA BE, SHOW US WHERE THE PARKINGS ARE GONNA BE, SHOW US WHERE THE BUFFERS ARE GONNA BE IN THOSE TYPE. IT CAN STILL BE A SCHEMATIC SITE PLAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION SO THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CITY STAFF, ZONING COMMISSIONERS, AND YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WHAT'S COMING. NOW, WHEN WE PRESENTED TO THE COMP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, HOW IS THIS GONNA BURDEN SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BY CREATING A VERY ENGINEERED OR ARCHITECTED EXPENSIVE SITE PLAN? THE ANSWER, OF COURSE, IS NO. UH, YOU'RE STILL ALLOWED TO DO, UM, KIND OF A HAND DRAWN, AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT HELP THEM WITH A HAND DRAWN SITE PLAN USING SOME GRAPHIC PAPER. WE DO THAT NOW, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO, TO DO THAT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. AND AGAIN, THAT SITE PLAN WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL I D Z ONE AND THEN SMALLER I D Z TWO AND THREE. ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE PROCESS WAS THIS SITE PLAN IS WAIVED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS. SO WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS THAT WANT DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. WE ALL KNOW WHAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOOKS LIKE. THERE'S RULES AND SETBACKS. SO I THINK, UH, IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO WAIVE THAT. AND THERE WILL BE A MAJOR AND MINOR AMENDMENT PROCESS ASSOCIATED. THERE'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A, OF A HAND DRAWN, UH, APPROPRIATE, UH, SITE PLAN THAT HAS ALL THE EXTRA INFORMATION AS WELL. SO THE OTHER ISSUE THAT CAME OUT, UH, THIS IS A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU ALL HEAR AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE DO NOW AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ESPECIALLY INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS, IS COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT. SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE TO, ON I D Z ONE OR THE SMALLER I D Z TWO AND THREE IS TO FILL OUT THIS FORM. IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO FILL OUT. IT'S NOT ONEROUS, BUT WHAT IT SAYS IS NOT ONLY WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, BUT WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THOSE PROPERTIES AROUND YOU? WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? ARE THEY SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE STORY HOMES THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOU NEXT TO YOU, NEXT TO YOU, SO THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS? WHAT IS COMPATIBLE? IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO APPROVE OR DENY A PROCESS, BUT IT BRINGS MORE INFORMATION TO THE TABLE. SO HERE'S SOME SITE PLANS ON THE LARGER PROJECTS. 'CAUSE THOSE ARE STILL IN VERY SCHEMATIC. THINK OF THE PEARL BREWERY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THAT STARTED, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS, BUT WE, WE, WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT, UH, FOR THE I D Z TWO THREE THAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW PROPOSED USES AND BUILDABLE AREA. UH, SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, I D Z ONE, TWO, AND THREE, NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BUT IT HELPS US GET MORE INFORMATION, UH, AND MORE OPTIONS TO BOTH THE APPLICANT, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND YOU ALL. EVENTUALLY, UH, WHEN YOU WERE DECIDING ON THESE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, OR YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEXT PART OF THE DISCUSSION WAS, WELL, WHAT ABOUT OUR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UM, ZONING DISTRICT THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE, NO ONE'S USING IT AND WHY? AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT, THE TASK FORCE FOUND OUT WAS, HEY, IT'S BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS OR SO, BUT NO ONE'S REALLY USING IT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY RESTRICTIVE, MEANING THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUSHING TOWARDS THE I D Z BECAUSE IT'S GIVING THEM A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A COUPLE OF TWEAKS TO THE MIXED USE, UH, DISTRICT. UH, WE'RE STREAMLINING THE SITE PLAN REP REQUIREMENTS. WE'RE GONNA ALLOW SOME, UH, AMENDMENT FLEXIBILITY LIKE WE DO WITH OTHERS. UH, WHETHER IT BE A CONDITIONAL USE OR THE, UH, M P D ZONING DISTRICT. WE ADDED SOME SETBACK AND HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, UH, TO THIS, UH, TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MIGHT BE NEXT DOOR TO A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT WANTS TO USE THIS. SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, UH, UH, HEIGHT RESTRICTED IF YOU'RE WITHIN 50 FEET OF THAT. UH, AND, UH, THERE'LL BE SOME LOCATION REQUIREMENTS ON THAT SITE PLAN. SO THEN THE LAST ITEM YOU, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF, UH, TESTIMONY ALREADY OR COMMENTS FROM, UH, CITIZENS WAS THE CREATION OR OF R ONE AND R TWO. AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, OUR SMALLEST R UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT IS R THREE. WE'RE PROPOSING AN R ONE AND R TWO DISTRICT. AND THIS WOULD ALLOW, UH, UH, JUST A BASIC SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R ONE OR R TWO FOR MUCH SMALLER LOTS THAN WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE CODE FOR 3000, UH, MAXIMUM, A [02:20:01] MINIMUM OF 3000 SQUARE FEET. UH, THE R ONE WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 1250, AND THE R TWO WOULD BE 2000. AGAIN, MORE OPTIONS, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TO JUMP TO THE I D Z ZONE AND ASK FOR THAT TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY. THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT WOULD TELL PEOPLE IT'S GONNA BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH BASIC RULES, SETBACKS, HEIGHTS, AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. WHAT ORIGINALLY CAME OUTTA THE TASK FORCE, I WILL TELL YOU, WAS A LIMITATION OF 10 ACRES FOR THAT TO TRY TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL HOMES THAT COULD BE BUILT ON THAT. WHERE WE WENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE, UH, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT, AH, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO GET STARTED WITH. THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO LIMIT THAT TO, UH, ONE ACRE, WHICH IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING TODAY. ONE ACRE DEVELOPMENTS FOR R ONE AND R TWO. AND THERE'S SOME PROS AND CONS AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT ALTERNATIVE TO I D Z, I'VE MENTIONED THAT MAXIMUM USE OF LANDS, UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE, UH, SMALL PARCELS. SOME OTHER REQUIRE THE, THE CONS OR THE, THE NEGATIVES WE HEARD WAS, WELL, THIS MIGHT BE, MIGHT CREATE A VERY DENSE, UH, SMALL HOMED, UH, SUBDIVISION. UH, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED IT SO MUCH IF WE HAVE THE I D Z CHANGE AS WE WILL, BUT WE THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE, UH, WAY TO GO FOR AN R ONE AND R TWO, UH, TO BE ADDED TO THE CODE. SO THE OVERVIEW OF THE UPDATES, UH, THEY'RE LISTED AS A, B, AND C IN THE ITEM TODAY. BUT THE I D Z ONE, TWO AND THREE CATEGORIES, THAT'S A REVISION TO THE I D Z, SOME UPDATES TO THE M X D PORTION OF OUR CODE, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE CREATION OF THE R ONE AND R TWO. WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THE END, IF I CAN HIT THE RIGHT BUTTON. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND THAT WAS THE TIMELINE. SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, UH, FOR, FOR A WHILE. WE, WE CERTAINLY RECOMMEND, UH, THOSE THREE ITEMS AS I JUST DESCRIBED. AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, MANY OF THOSE THAT WERE HERE TO SPEAK ALREADY, UH, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM. THEY PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO THIS, THE TASK FORCE, OUR CITY STAFF, UH, KAT HERNANDEZ, MELISSA RAMIREZ, LED THAT EFFORT FOR US. THEY DO A GREAT JOB, BUT, UH, REALLY THERE'S A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO THIS, UH, TO BRING IT FOR YOU TODAY. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN TRIVIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANKS MIKE. UM, THANK YOU, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, I WANNA THANK ROD, UH, KAT AND MELISSA FOR YOUR HARD WORK. UH, THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A METHODICAL PROCESS, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON IT. I, UH, SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK THE TASK FORCE THAT HAS, UH, WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS, UH, ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SERVED ON THIS I D C TASK FORCE, UH, CREATED IN THE MIDDLE OF 2017, AS YOU POINTED OUT. UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE APPROACH TO THIS. UH, GRACE ROSE, THANK YOU AGAIN FROM WAY BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THIS IS WHY IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO APPOINT PEOPLE TO YOUR COMMISSIONS THAT THAT CAN GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT. AND WHILE SHE WAS NOT MY APPOINTEE, UH, SHE WORKED A LOT WITH MY APPOINTEE, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THESE KIND OF ISSUES AND, AND WHAT IS BEING SEEN, UH, BY THE ENTIRE ZONING COMMISSION AND HOW WE CAN TRY TO ADDRESS, UH, FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES THAT, THAT ARE REALLY, UH, ADDRESSING OR HAPPENING IN, IN LEGACY AREAS. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ZONING MISTRANSLATIONS. UM, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, MIKE. UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD SITE PLANS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE, WE SIMPLY JUST AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE WANT TO KNOW, UH, WHAT'S UP. AND SO I HAD, I HAD, UH, CHRISSY AND MY STAFF JUST COMPILE, AND THIS IS JUST DISTRICT ONE APPROVED SITE PLANS. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF JUST A HAND DRAWN SITE PLAN. SO, JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU WANNA POINT OUT THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT TO, TO GET YOU THERE. THIS IS, THIS IS JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WANNA MAKE IT WORK. AT THE HEART OF THIS IS, IS THAT IS JUST THE FACT THAT IS, WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? UH, I D Z, AND HERE IT IS FOR THE RECORD, I D Z, YOU KNOW, I CALL IT A WILD CARD BECAUSE IT JUST SORT OF DEFAULTED TO THAT. IT'S JUST THE, THE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. UH, SO LET'S GO TO I D Z. AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SIMPLY SAYING IS WE, WE ARE, UH, BREAKING THIS OUT INTO DIFFERENT PARTS SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE MORE CLARITY ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED. IS THAT CORRECT, MIKE? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE CAN WORK WITH A, A PROPONENT, UH, THROUGH THE ZONING APPLICATION PROCESS, WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, BUT THAT'S A KEY ELEMENT IS, UH, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. AND AT THE HEART OF THIS TOO, I MEAN, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S ALSO CRITICAL TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT THIS IS ALSO A GOOD DEVELOPMENT TOOL, RIGHT? SO TO TO KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY, UH, DEVELOPERS, THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPERS FOR THAT MATTER, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE FACT THAT, THAT THIS IS, THIS IS NOT RESTRICTIVE IN ANY WAY. YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY [02:25:01] SAY SO. SO THE, THE TASK FORCE, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF BOTH, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS, NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY WERE REALLY ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE SAME GOAL. WE WANT DEVELOPMENT, WANT COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN. UH, SO THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT PROCESS AND RULES, UH, TO, TO ENSURE THAT KIND OF MUTUAL GOAL. YEAH. AGAIN, AND AS WE KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS, UH, THAT DRIVES A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY WITH REGARDS TO ZONING IS HOW NEIGHBORHOODS FEEL THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED, RIGHT? AND, AND AT THE HEART OF THIS IS, IS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THOSE PLANS AND HOW WE WANNA PROTECT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, UH, THOSE THAT ARE DEVELOPING THEIR PLANS AND HOW WE WANT TO HELP SUPPORT THAT. UH, HOW, HOW DOES THIS ACTUALLY HELP SHAPE SOME OF THIS, THESE ISSUES, UH, THAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, QUITE OFTEN, SPECIFICALLY, UH, IN THE INNER CITY? WELL, I THINK THE PROPOSED CHANGES TODAY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT DISCUSSION OF, YOU KNOW, MORE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HAVING DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO BEST FIT NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPER'S NEEDS, BUT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS NEED TO PROTECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I MEAN, I THINK HAVING MORE OPTIONS LIKE THAT, THAT, UH, WILL, WILL JUST, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS AND DEVELOPERS AND ALSO CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF DEFAULT GOING TO I D Z WITH THE CURRENT CODE, RIGHT? UH, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR A LOT OF PROJECTS, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN TODAY'S TIME, THAT WE, WE NEED THESE PROPOSED CHANGES, UH, TO REALLY FIND THAT RIGHT, I D Z OR THE RIGHT R ONE OR R TWO, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK I MENTIONED ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL, AND I THINK THAT'S THE KEY THAT WE'RE FINDING RIGHT NOW. AND THIS WILL CERTAINLY HELP WITH THAT. YEAH. IN, IN FACT, I MEAN, I THINK IT HELPS TO DRIVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MORE CHOICES, WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS, AND THEREFORE WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BUILD COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S AT THE HEART OF THIS. SO, UH, WE CERTAINLY, UH, APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE, THE WAY WE'RE SORT OF TRYING TO FIT THE, THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER. UH, ONE COMPONENT OF THAT IS R ONE AND R TWO, AND, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. THIS IS AFFORDABILITY. THIS IS HOW YOU DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE'S AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT OF IT. AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AREAS, UH, IN MY DISTRICT AND, AND AS, AS A SHOW AND IN ALL, EVERY DISTRICT THAT, UH, REALLY HAVE THIS, THIS BARRIER FOR, FOR DEVELOPMENT OR IMPROVEMENT FOR THAT MATTER. AND I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT R ONE R TWO CAN HELP ADD TO OUR AFFORDABLE STRATEGY FOR THE CITY. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPLES IN, IN, ON THE WEST SIDE, AS WAS MENTIONED BY, UH, PASTOR SEAN PRICE THAT JUST NEED THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND OUR, OUR ONE R TWO CAN HELP PROVIDE SOME OF THAT. UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN, IN TERMS OF WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT. WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU POINTED OUT, UH, THIS IS, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT AN OPTION, BUT ALSO CORRECTIVE ZONING MEASURE. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, WE WOULD SEE THAT, DEFINITELY. SO, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'RE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TRIED TO DO IN, IN OUR OFFICE IS LAYER ON ALL THESE, THESE, THESE PIECES OF THIS VERY COMPLEX PUZZLE TO HELP ALIGN THE STARS, HELP TO ALIGN, UH, A PATH FORWARD. I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST SIMPLY RECOGNIZE, UH, SOMEBODY ON MY STAFF, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I, I GAVE THIS PERSON A, A, A BIG SWORD AND SAID, GO AND, AND, AND CONQUER AND GET IT DONE. CHRISSY, YOU'VE BEEN SWINGING A BIG SWORD. UH, YOU DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT. UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. AND YOU KNOW, AT THE HEART OF THIS IS, IS WE WANT, WE ABSOLUTELY WANT DEVELOPMENT. WE ABSOLUTELY WANT GROWTH IN OUR CITY. WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEW GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT WE ALSO WANNA BE COMPATIBLE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CHRISSY, YOU'VE TAKEN THAT CHARGE, UH, SERIOUSLY. AND YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR US. UH, THANK YOU. SIMPLY WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE URBAN CORE AND THE HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOODS OF SAN ANTONIO DESERVE OUR PROTECTION AS WE EMBRACE CHANGE, REDISCOVERY AND GROWTH IN THE VERY AREAS, IN THESE VERY AREAS, BY RESPONSIBLY CRAFTING POLICIES THAT PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND PLACES OF OUR INNER CITY, WE WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF MOVING THESE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THE FUTURE. LASTLY, I SOME, YOU KNOW, THE LAST SPEAKER SPOKE ABOUT SIDEWALKS. ABSOLUTELY. UH, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER POSITION, WHICH IS WHY I DEMAND A SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS WHY I WON'T GIVE UP ON SIDEWALKS. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT'S ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, AND I'M NOT GONNA STOP TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS A BIG PUZZLE, AND I'M JUST GLAD WE'RE GETTING [02:30:01] THIS PIECE DONE TODAY. I ENTHUSIASTICALLY MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 14. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. UH, THANK YOU ROD AND, AND THE WHOLE TEAM, AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND CHRISSY FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. I ALSO WANNA THANK MS. GRACE ROSE GONZALEZ, UH, FOR HER ADVOCACY IN GETTING THE C C R, UH, TO COUNCIL IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND FOR SEEING ALL THIS THROUGH BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GRACE ROSE. UM, I WANNA, UH, THANK JORGE LA GARZA FROM THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHO SERVED ON THE TASK FORCE AND LED ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES. AND, UM, AS YOU STATED, THIS IS THE RESULT OF OVER, UH, PRETTY MUCH A YEAR OF WORK, UH, WHICH BEGAN BACK, UH, IN SEPTEMBER. AND, UH, FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, UH, TODAY, AND, UH, THANKS TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. MIKE. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OF QUESTIONS, UM, ON SLIDE SIX, THE, THE BIG SLIDE. YEAH, THAT ONE'S GREAT. MY FAVORITE SLIDE. GOOD WORK. I APPRECIATE IT. UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, THE REDUCED BY 50% UNDER IDZ TWO AND IDZ THREE. IS THAT, DOES THAT APPLY TO BOTH, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL? YES. OKAY. SO, UM, OKAY. UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS BROUGHT UP A, A GOOD POINT ABOUT PARKING REQUIREMENTS. AND I, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING THEM ALL TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, I THINK, UH, WE DO IN THE FUTURE, WANNA LOOK FORWARD AT A COMPREHENSIVE PARKING POLICY THAT WILL ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, TRA TRANSIT USE. UH, I ALSO HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, I THINK IT WAS, UH, SEAN WHO CAME UP AND TALKED ABOUT THE HOURS OF SERVICE AT D S D. ARE THOSE JUST, UH, BASICALLY EIGHT TO FIVE OR OUR TYPICAL SERVICE HOURS ARE SEVEN, UH, 45 TO FOUR 30, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH ACTUALLY WE, WE GENERALLY ARE OPEN TILL ABOUT FIVE 30 SERVING CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE WALKED IN, UH, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE FOUR 30 HOUR. OKAY. SO WE DON'T TURN ANYBODY AWAY IF THEY CAME IN BEFORE. RIGHT. HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY REQUESTS TO HAVE LIKE EVENING HOURS AVAILABLE? UH, SPORADICALLY, I THINK WE HAVE. UM, AND EVEN ON, UH, SOME WEEKENDS, BUT, UH, WE'VE ACCOMMODATED THOSE ON, UH, UNIQUE REQUESTS TO HELP THEM. BUT, UH, IT'S, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR THAT. OKAY. UH, ALRIGHT. I JUST, SOMETHING TO, TO CONSIDER, BUT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, OKAY. SO THANKS FOR YOUR WORK. AND I'LL OH, GO AHEAD, ROD. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY REAL, REAL QUICKLY, WE DID EXPERIMENT WITH HAVING THE, THE CENTER OPEN ON WEEKENDS AND, AND EVENINGS AND, UH, WE, WE TRACKED THE, THE FOOT COUNT THAT WAS COMING IN AND IT JUST DIDN'T JUSTIFY OPENING UP ON SATURDAYS IN THE EVENINGS THAT WE JUST CONTINUED A COUPLE YEARS BACK. OKAY. I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT. THANK YOU, ROD. THANKS. OKAY. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILMAN PERRY. GREAT. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, GREAT JOB AND GREAT, GREAT WAY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER THAT, UH, IS VERY LOGICAL AND, AND, UH, GIVES OPTIONS AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE, UH, THE THING THAT EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING FOR. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, THOUGH, ON THESE SMALL R ONE AND R TWO, UH, AREAS HERE AS FAR AS A LOT SIZE AND THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ON THOSE. AND I KNOW WE'RE, THESE ARE SMALL LOTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO BUILD SOMETHING IN THERE, SMALL HOUSE. BUT ON THE, UH, UH, SETBACK, I THINK THE FRONT SETBACK WAS 10 FEET. I'LL JUST PUT THAT SLIDE, SLIDE BACK. SO THERE'S THE CURRENT PROPOSED, UM, UH, ITEMS TODAY FOR R ONE, R TWO. SO THE, UH, THE, UH, MAXIMUM, UH, THERE'S NO MAXIMUM LOT SIZE PROPOSED RIGHT NOW HERE, BUT THERE'S A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 1250 IN 2000 RESPECTIVELY. AND THE FRONT SETBACKS, UH, 10 FEET FOR BOTH, AND THE SIDE SETS BACKS FIVE. AND THE IDEA WAS THAT YOU WOULD CREATE, UM, JUST VERY DEFINED SIDE AND, AND FRONT SETBACKS LIKE WE DO IN THE R THREES, R FOURS, UH, R FIVES. SO THAT WAS WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH. YEAH. AND, AND THE THING THAT, UH, AND I HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITIES OUT THERE THAT, UM, HAVE THE SINGLE CAR, CAR GARAGE AND THEY'RE NOT VERY BIG. AND NORMALLY THEY TURN INTO STORAGE UNITS, THEY DON'T FUNCTION AS A GARAGE, AND THERE'S A SHORT, VERY SHORT DRIVEWAY THAT THEY CAN'T PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT STICKS OUT OVER THE SIDEWALK. SO IT'S FORCING THOSE PEOPLE [02:35:01] TO PARK IN THE STREETS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE HOUSES FACING EACH OTHER, YOU HAVE TWO CARS OUT IN, YOU KNOW, OUT IN THE STREET. AND IT, IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT TOUGH FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO RESPOND WITH THE, UH, WITH THE STREET SYSTEM THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PASSES, PASSES CODE. SO, UM, HOW, HOW WILL THAT BE HANDLED IN THESE TWO INSTANCES HERE? WELL, THE PROPOSAL IS THE MINIMUM, UH, FRONT SETBACK OF 10 FEET, CERTAINLY, UH, BASED ON THE ACTUAL LOT. UH, IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN 1250 OR BIGGER THAN 2000, IF YOU CHOOSE, YOU CAN CERTAINLY, AS YOU DEVELOP IT, YOU CAN DEVELOP A 12 OR 15 OR MORE. UH, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S A VERY SMALL LOT, UH, COMPARED TO THE TYPICAL, UM, YOU KNOW, R FOUR, R FIVE FOUR OR 5,000 SQUARE FEET. SO, UH, THOSE ISSUES WOULD, UH, WOULD BE HERE AND, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY PEOPLE THEY COULD PARK IN THEIR, THEIR DRIVEWAY, WHETHER IT'S 10 FEET OR MORE, UM, THEY CAN'T EXTEND OVER PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS SIDEWALKS, THAT'S A CODE VIOLATION. MY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS WOULD BE OUT TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THAT. UH, AND THEN CERTAINLY IT IS, IT IS ALLOWED TODAY TO PARK ON STREETS, UH, THAT'S ALLOWED IN EVERY SUBDIVISION, UM, THAT WE HAVE. UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NO PARKING ZONE. BUT I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ON THE STREET WIDTH, UH, BETWEEN, BETWEEN THOSE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ON STREET PARKING ON BOTH, BOTH SIDES? YEAH, I THINK THE PROPOSED R ONE AND R TWO RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS ANY, ANY CHANGES TO THE NORMAL STREET WIDTHS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CODE TODAY. CERTAINLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IF THIS, IF THIS GETS PASSED TODAY AND WE START SEEING THESE, UM, BEING USED, WE COULD KIND OF TRACK THAT, UM, AND, AND LOOK AT OUR 2020 U D C AMENDMENTS SO THAT IF THERE ARE R ONE AND R TWO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TRACKS OF LAND THERE THAT NEED WIDER STREETS, UH, THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT. I'M NOT SURE THAT NEED WILL, WILL, WILL DEVELOP IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT WELL, THAT, THAT HAS DEVELOPED, UH, UP IN DISTRICT 10 AND IN A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS. SURE. AND, AND AGAIN, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS THROUGH THERE. IN FACT, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET A FIRETRUCK THROUGH ON SOME OF THESE, UH, SOME OF THESE STREETS, UM, DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'D DO IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY UP IN THERE. SO, UH, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF, ABSOLUTELY, THAT IF, UH, THESE DEVELOPMENTS DO START HAPPENING, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW GET THE, THEIR CARS OFF OF THE STREETS. UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE SMALL ONE CAR GARAGES NORMALLY TURN INTO STORAGE UNITS AND THEN THEY CAN'T PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY 'CAUSE THEY'RE HANGING OVER THE SIDEWALK. SO ANYWAY, JUST SOMETHING THAT, UH, UM, I'D BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE IF, IF THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS DO, DO OCCUR HERE, WILL DO. AND, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT. UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILMAN SALANA, THANK YOU MAYOR AND, AND MICHAEL AND ROD AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS. AS I, AS I LOOK THROUGH THE ITEM AND READ THE BACKUP, IT REMINDS ME OF, UH, WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO, UH, CAMPAIGN FOR OFFICE WHEN I WAS KNOCKING ON DOORS. I'LL TELL PEOPLE ABOUT EXPANDING THEIR GREEN SPACES AND FILLING POTHOLES AND AMENDING U D C CHAPTER 35 AND HOW I WAS GONNA BE THERE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE MINUTIAE, SAID NO ONE EVER. UH, THIS IS COMPLICATED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'D NEVER REALLY THINK ABOUT WORRYING ABOUT TOO MUCH, UH, UNTIL NEIGHBORHOODS START REALIZING THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT, UH, WE CAN BLOCK, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT, THAT WE CAN EXPAND TOOLS FOR, UH, TO HELP PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, UH, THIS IS ONE THAT IS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF, GOSH, I REALLY ACTUALLY HAVE TO START DIGGING INTO THIS AND UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE WHILE IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO, UH, WELL, IT DOES APPLY TO ALL DISTRICTS, BUT IT'S SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO SOME DISTRICTS WHO SEE THIS A LITTLE MORE. AND, AND TO THAT EXTENT, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY, UH, AN OPEN MIND TO THE WORK THAT IT TOOK TO GET TO THIS POINT. SO I APPLAUD COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND HIS STAFF CHRISTIE AND, UH, THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, WHO'VE, I MEAN, REALLY HAVE BECOME JUST A, A POWERFUL FORCE HERE AT CITY HALL BECAUSE IN MANY CASES THEY KNOW THE U D C CODE AND YOUR JOB MICHAEL, UH, BETTER THAN THAN, THAN SOME OF US DO SOMETIMES. SO, UH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT. SO I'VE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ONE, AND I'VE BECOME OPEN-MINDED. I'VE SHIFTED, IN MY OPINION TO SUPPORT, UH, THE R ONE AND THE R TWO BECAUSE I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED, UH, IN HAVING LARGER DISTRICTS AND, AND DEVELOPERS COME IN AND SAY, TAKE DOWN A 10 ACRE LOT AND GO IN AND START USING THIS NEW TOOL, R ONE, R TWO, WHEN REALLY IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, AS DR. RENAN, UH, POINTED OUT SOME OF THESE SMALLER, UH, EMPTY PROPERTIES AND SUBDIVISIONS OR SMALLER LOTS, UH, TO HELP PROVIDE TOOLS TO FOLKS WHO WANNA INVEST AND BUILD IN. AND SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT NOW, AND IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE FOR ME TO, UH, DIG INTO IT AND [02:40:01] GET TO THE POINT THAT, OKAY, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT MEANS. SO, UM, IN, IN SORT OF PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCING ACT, I'VE TALKED TO A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES AND WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT WAYS WE CAN AMEND IT IF, IF POSSIBLE, TO NOT AFFECT THE WORK THAT, UH, D ONE AND THEIR TEAM HAVE PUT TOGETHER. AND TIER ONE'S, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE COME HERE TO SPEAK, UH, LOOK LIKE. SO I'M GONNA READ, UH, AN AMENDMENT THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN AND I AND HIS STAFF WERE LOOKING AT THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT HIS WORK, BUT WOULD HELP US SORT OF, UH, GUARD AGAINST, UH, WHAT MIGHT BE A LARGER DEVELOPER TAKING DOWN 10 ACRES IN DISTRICT EIGHT OR DISTRICT FOUR, NAME YOUR DISTRICT AND, AND DOING THESE SMALLER HOMES IN OPEN PLOTS. SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S THREE AMENDMENTS. AND SO I WANNA MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM. WELL, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO 14 C UH, ONE, ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM LOT SIZE OF 1,999 SQUARE FEET FOR R ONE AND A MAXIMUM LOT SIZE OF 2,999 SQUARE FEET FOR R TWO. NUMBER TWO, REMOVE THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT FOR R ONE AND R TWO. AND NUMBER THREE, ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM SIZE OF 2,999 SQUARE FEET FOR A ZONING REQUEST FOR R ONE AND R TWO, WHICH SHALL NOT APPLY TO CITY INITIATED ZONING CASES. AND MICHAEL, I DON'T THINK I'M BRINGING THIS UP AS A SURPRISE. IF YOU WANT TO TALK THROUGH ANYTHING WE NEED TO OUT LOUD ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS. NO, I THINK THAT, UM, WHAT THAT STILL DOES, IT STILL ALLOWS THE R ONE AND R TWO, UH, TO BE UTILIZED WHERE IT'S MOST NEEDED. UH, BUT IT DOES ADD A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S REALLY FOR SINGLE LOTS, NOT FOR CREATING LARGE SUBDIVISIONS OF 10 ACRES OR MORE, OR ONE ACRE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, UM, THAT, THAT CHANGE IS VERY CLEAR AND, UH, I THINK WOULD STILL ALLOW, UH, WHAT WAS REALLY REQUESTED. AND SO I I, SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY, HEY, WHY 2,998 SQUARE FEET? AND THE IDEA THAT, SAY, FRIENDLY? YEAH, I, I'D OFFER THAT, THOSE THREE OPTIONS AND THAT I HOPE THAT THE CITY CLERK WOULD READ AND OR HAVE INTO THE RECORD AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, EXCEPT, OKAY, WE HAVE A, A, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ACCEPTED BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND BY HIS SECOND. IS THAT CORRECT? GREAT. OKAY. UH, JUST IF SOMEBODY'S ASKING WHY 2,999? 'CAUSE IF SOMEBODY GOES TO APPLY FOR 3000, THAT WOULD BE AN APPLICATION FOR AN R THREE, CORRECT. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. YEAH. UM, AND IF I'M ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THESE AMENDMENTS, SHOULD I BE WORRIED ABOUT THIS AFFECTING, UH, ALL OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO THIS POINT? NO, THIS ABSOLUTELY, I THINK, UH, KEEPS THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WE, UH, WHAT WE, UH, ATTEMPTED TO DO THROUGH THE TASK FORCE, UH, AND EVEN THE, THE LAST FEW MEETINGS. SO I THINK THIS KEEPS EVERYTHING WHOLE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHAEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU AGAIN. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SALANI. COUNCILWOMAN GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU MIN, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TREVINO AND FOR THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UM, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT, UH, TO HAVE THIS REVIEW OF THE I D Z, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I SIGNED IT ORIGINALLY BECAUSE IT WAS TOO EASY. I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE COMMENTS, IT WAS TOO EASY BEFORE TO BE USED AS A WORKAROUND AND OFFERED UNCERTAINTY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE, THE BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND THE AREA. BUT NOW THIS IS BRINGING CLARITY FOR ALL OF US INVOLVED. UM, AND IT'S ALSO BRINGING CLARITY AND MORE, UH, MORE CLARITY FOR, UM, AREAS WITH THESE, THESE LOTS TO KNOW THAT, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THESE SMALLER LOTS IF NEEDED TO. AND I THINK THIS, UM, ADDITIONAL FRIENDLY AMENDMENT HELPS WITH CLARITY, UM, FOR THE AREA, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY. I'D LIKE TO THANK ROSEMARY ANO ZIKA, WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE FOR THE MISSION SAN JOSE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BECAUSE IT IS HER BIRTHDAY AND SHE DECIDED TO COME HERE. SO I HOPE SHE ALREADY LEFT, UM, , UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THIS. BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF HER WORK AND THE WORK OF EVERYONE IN TIER ONE AND ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHO ALSO CALLED AND EMAILED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE THIS FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VIRON. UH, COUNCILMAN SHAW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT I D Z FOR QUITE SOME TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN GRACE AND I WERE ON ZONING TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS GOVERNMENT HILL. UM, I D Z HAS BEEN LIKE OFTEN MENTIONED, A WE HAD TO GET AROUND THE RULES AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO I COMMAND, UH, THE, THE COUNCILMAN AS WELL AS CITY STAFF FOR LOOKING AT THIS IN DETAIL AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO, WHAT WE CAN DO TO PUT AN INTO OUR ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROTECTED. SO, GREAT JOB, I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH, UM, THE, THE, UM, AGENDA ITEM AS WELL AS THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SHAW. COUNCILMAN PERRY? YEAH, THANK YOU, SIR. JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THERE, COUNCILMAN SADIA. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 'CAUSE THAT REALLY TAKES AWAY MY CONCERN ABOUT DOING ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS, [02:45:01] UM, AND THE WIDTH OF STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UH, YEAH, FULLY SUPPORT THAT AND, AND, UM, THAT, THAT TAKES CARE OF MY, MY ISSUE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. CHECK IT OFF. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY AND, UH, MIKE TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO, YOUR STAFF, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, COLLEAGUES WITHIN THE CITY ORGANIZATION THAT CHIPPED IN FOR THIS, AND CERTAINLY OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE TIER ONE ASSOCIATIONS WHO HAVE KEPT THIS ISSUE FRONT AND CENTER UNTIL WE, UH, FOUND A WAY TO COMPLETE IT, UH, IN A WAY THAT MADE SENSE FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE IN THOSE EFFORTS. SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER, UM, 14 AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMAN SALANA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 21. ITEM NUMBER 21 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH A C G STREET MARY'S, ST. MARY'S, EXCUSE ME, G P L L C, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,875,000 FROM THE TAX INCREMENT FUND FOR THE MIDTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, AND IMPROVING A CHAPTER THREE 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOAN AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $564,000 FROM THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUNDS FOR THE MUSEUM REACH LOFTS PROJECT. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 1500 NORTH ST. MARY STREET AND 4 0 5 WEST JONES, AND WITHIN THE MIDTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. COUNCILMAN SALANI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. I, UH, I DON'T NEED A FULL PRESENTATION ON THIS, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE EXAMPLE, THE MODEL THAT I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO THREAD THE NEEDLE AND GET SOME AFFORDABILITY OPTIONS, UH, IN THE URBAN CORE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF, UH, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS WITH, WITH LAND COSTS, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS WITH ODD SHAPED, UH, PROPERTIES. THIS ONE FITS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE BILLS. IT'S IN THE DOWNTOWN, IT'S AN ODD SHAPE. UH, BUT SOMEHOW WE WERE ABLE TO THREAD THE NEEDLE AND, AND THROW A PERFECT PASS HERE. SO I ALMOST WANNA TALK ABOUT IF, IF YOU CAN, AND PERHAPS WITH, WITH LORI'S ASSISTANCE, TALK ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE D N A OF HOW THIS CAME TO BE. WHAT DID, SO THE QUESTION IS, DID THIS START WITH CCHI? DID THIS START WITH THE P F C? DID THIS START WITH THE, UH, ACQUISITION OF THE 9% TAX CREDITS? HOW CAN YOU REPLICATE THIS? SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW IT, HOW IT CAME TO BE. SURE. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. UM, THE, UH, DEVELOPERS ARE ACTUALLY PRESENT, THEY CAN TELL YOU A LOT MORE ABOUT THE STORY OF HOW THIS CAME TO BE. UM, I THINK THE KEY FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABILITY, HAS BEEN THAT IT DID RECEIVE A 9% LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT AWARD. AND THEY HAVE, UH, OTHER PARTNERS BESIDES THE CITY AS WELL. I KNOW LISC IS, UH, ONE OF THEIR PARTNERS. THEY'RE ALSO PRESENT. AND SO THE LOCAL INITIATIVE SUPPORT CORPORATION IS HELPING WITH THE FINANCING. AND THEN, UM, THE TURS AS WELL AS THE, UH, LOAN THAT IS INCLUDED IN TODAY'S ITEM IS WHAT'S MAKING SURE WE DRIVE THAT AFFORDABILITY, UM, AT, AT THE DEEPER LEVEL THAT THIS HAS ACHIEVED. SO ALL THAT FINANCING, UM, IS WHAT HAS MADE THIS ONE POSSIBLE IN AN AREA THAT HAS NOT SEEN, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENTLY. THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY GREAT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, VERO. WHAT I'D LIKE, UH, UH, I, I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT BEFORE THAT, JUST KIND OF DESCRIBING THE, THE HIGH LEVEL HERE. THIS IS 94 APARTMENT UNITS, AND FOR THE LOCATION OF FOLKS WHO ARE CONSIDERING WHERE IT MIGHT BE, IT'S, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE SAN ANTONIO CURRENT BUILDING, NEXT TO PROVIDENCE. CORRECT. AND CENTRAL CATHOLIC AND SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART. AND I'M READING A BREAKDOWN HERE THAT SHOWS OF THE 94 UNITS, THE, THERE'S GONNA BE NINE UNITS THAT ARE 30% OF A M I, NOT 60%, WHICH WE HOLD AS THE GOLD STANDARD, BUT 30% OF A M I. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR REAL PEOPLE? FOR A, A COST OF A UNIT? SURE. AT 30% A M I, NINE OF THEM, WHICH EXIST HERE. SO, UH, THE UNITS AT 30% A M I HAVE RENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TWO BEDROOM OF 365, SO THAT'S THE, THE RENT, UH, COMPARED TO THAT UNIT AT MARKET RATE WOULD BE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS. ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, $1,008. UM, SO THERE'S THAT DIFFERENTIAL. THEY ALSO HAVE UNITS FOR FAMILIES AT 50% AND BELOW OF THE A M I. THE RENT FOR THAT, UM, IS PROJECTED TO BE, AGAIN, LOOKING AT A TWO BEDROOM [02:50:01] 651. SO A TWO BEDROOM UNIT FOR 30% A M I WOULD BE 365, 50% A M I 6 51, AND THEN THE MARKET RATE WOULD BE 1008. UM, THERE, THE RENT FOR 60%, A M I AS WELL WOULD BE 794. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THOSE RATES. AND YES, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF THREE UNITS THAT ARE FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OR BELOW THE AREA MEETING INCOME. DID YOU SAY THREE UNITS? UH, NINE. NINE UNITS, NINE TOTAL. UM, OH, AND THE REASON AGAIN, THAT I'M PULLING THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S RARE FOR ME TO GET TO SEE ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEED OR TRAFFIC. UM, FRIENDS OF MINE WHO I, WHO I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH, WHO I FOLLOW, AND, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THEY CAUGHT WIND OF IT ON THE NEWS AND SAID, HEY, TO ALL, ALL MY FRIENDS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A UNIT IN THE DOWNTOWN, CRAZY IDEA. BUT YOU CAN SPEND AS LITTLE AS $365 FOR A UNIT IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT TELLS ME TWO THINGS. THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN, WHO ARE FROM SAN ANTONIO, WHO WANT TO BE IN THE DOWNTOWN, AND THAT THERE IS THIS, UH, THIS, THIS ZEST AND FLAVOR FOR FINDING SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE. SO TWO THINGS AT ONCE, AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THIS PROJECT EXISTS, AND SO MAYBE I'LL, I'LL CALL UP THE, UM, THE DEVELOPER HERE ON THIS PROJECT, AND SHE CAN TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT, UH, THE PLAYBOOK ON HOW YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES DOWN, UH, THE SHELF AS A PLAYBOOK THAT IS PLAYED OFTEN. THANK YOU. UM, YES, WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF HANDS WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE DEFINITELY HELPED US ALONG THE WAY. WHAT, WHAT STARTED THIS PROJECT, AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, IS, IS THAT WHAT ATTRACTED US TO THIS AREA IS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE FIVE REGIONAL CENTERS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE COM PLANT. AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE REGIONAL CENTERS, THEY WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU KNOW, WE, WE STARTED TO LAY OUT THESE MAPS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS A HIGH EMPLOYMENT AREA, THIS IS PROJECTED TO BE A HIGH EMPLOYMENT AREA. WE HAVE C P S, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE MUSEUM OF ART THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYERS COMING TO THE AREA. WE, WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE CREDIT HUMAN, WE HAVE JEFFERSON BANK, AND WITH ALL OF THOSE JOBS COMES THE NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING. RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT WAS SPELLED OUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. SO AS WE LOOKED AT THAT AREA, IT KIND OF WAS A PERFECT STORM. THERE WASN'T A TAX CREDIT PROJECT IN THE AREA. UM, THERE ISN'T ANY WORKFORCE HOUSING PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY. AND SO WE MANAGED TO, AFTER DRIVING AROUND A LOT, UM, FIND A COUPLE OF PARCELS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE AND THEN SUBMIT AN A TAX CREDIT APPLICATION. UM, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, IT IS A PERFECT STORM. THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, UM, AND THEY MAY NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. UH, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OTHER WAYS TO KIND OF CREATE THIS OPPORTUNITY? YES, PROBABLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT BEING CREATIVE AND IT'S ABOUT BRINGING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PARTNERS TO THE TABLE. I THINK VETO MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE DID, UM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH LISC, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN TNO AND CHRISSY, AND, AND HIS STAFF WAS CERTAINLY VERY HELPFUL. UM, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE DIEGO, I MEAN, LORI, I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS REALLY HAD A HAND IN HELPING US MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG. AND, AND IT DOES HAVE SOME REALLY DEEP AFFORDABILITY IN IT. THAT'S TERRIFIC. AND, AND CAN I ASK ABOUT SURE. YOU DON'T ALWAYS WANNA WAIT FOR THE PERFECT STORM, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS, IN THIS CASE, I'M GLAD WE GOT IT. I WONDER WHAT KIND OF ELEMENTS, UH, INGREDIENTS EXIST IN A PERFECT STORM, AND IF THE BIGGEST ONE IN THE PERFECT STORM IS RECEIVING THE STATE TAX CREDIT, IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD ACCOMP WOULD YOU SAY IS, IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS? SURE. I MEAN, THE TAX CREDIT IS A BIG COMPONENT. I MEAN, THE TAX CREDITS ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, EQUITY. I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRIVATE EQUITY THAT COMES FROM THE OUTSIDE. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BANKER EQUITY, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, EQUITY FROM THE WELLS FARGOS AND THE BANK OF AMERICAS WHO PULL THEIR EQUITY TOGETHER AND INVEST THEM IN THESE FUNDS THAT HELP US BUY DOWN THE RENTS. MM-HMM. , THEY PROVIDE THAT UPFRONT CAPITAL FOR US TO BUILD THE DEVELOPMENT. BUT THEN IT'S OTHER THINGS LIKE THE TURS, YOU KNOW, THAT NANCY SHEPHERD AND HER DEPARTMENT HELP US PUT TOGETHER. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S THE SEA CHIP INCENTIVES THAT LORI WORKED WITH US ON. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF THE OTHERS THAT COME IN AND LAYER ON TOP OF THAT TO HELP US. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF THAT LASAGNA, RIGHT? MM-HMM. THAT WE HAVE TO BAKE. UM, THAT HELPS US [02:55:01] AGAIN, DRIVE DOWN THAT, THAT RENT. WELL, I THINK WE'VE HIT A FIRST WITH, UH, WE'VE GOT A SPORTS ANALOGY AND WE'VE GOT FOOD ANALOGY. WE'VE GOT A WEATHER ANALOGY. SO IT'S THE TOTAL TRIFECTA ANALOGIES. THAT'S RIGHT. I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE OFTEN RE UH, REFER TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS LASAGNA . OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW. YES. UM, WELL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION OF, OF LAURIE HOUSTON IF I CAN. 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A SLIDE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE FOR THIS. IT, IT ACTUALLY BREAKS DOWN THE CCHI, THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND DOLLARS, THE MIDTOWN TOURS, AND THE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT. UM, CAN WE, CAN WE, CAN WE EXPLAIN EACH ONE OF THOSE PIECES? YES. AND SO IN YESTERDAY'S PRESENTATION, UM, WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING ON THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INCENTIVE POLICY, WHAT WE SPOKE TO WAS THAT TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAPPEN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU REALLY NEED TO LAYER ALL THESE TOOLS TOGETHER. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE DONE A LAYERING OF THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INCENTIVE POLICY, A LAYERING OF THE, WHAT SLIDE IS IT? IF YOU CAN GO TO SLIDE 11, PLEASE. UM, A LAYERING OF THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUNDS A LAYERING OF MIDTOWN TOUR DOLLARS, AND THEN A LAYERING OF THE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT. AND WHAT THAT DID IS IT PROVIDED A SUBSIDY OF $160,000 PER UNIT. I THINK ITS A DIFFERENT SLIDE WE'RE LOOKING FOR, MAYBE TRY 12 OR 10. OKAY. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INCENTIVES. SO YOU HAD CITY FEE WAIVERS. DOES THE LASAGNA HAVE LEVELS? IS THAT WHY WE'RE USING THAT? YES. OKAY. HERE'S THE LEVELS, I SUPPOSE. AND SO YOU HAVE $27,000 IN CITY FEE WAIVERS, $295,000 IN SAS FEE WAIVERS, THE $2.8 MILLION LISC LOAN, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE TS FUNDING, THEN YOU HAVE THE C C D O DEVELOPMENT FORGIVABLE LOAN, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE 9% TAX CREDITS. NOW, WHEN WE DID THE, THE COMPLETE SYNDICATION AND RAN THAT OUT FOR THE TERM, WE SHOWED THAT ALL OF THESE INCENTIVES PROVIDE AT LEAST $160,000 PER AFFORDABLE UNIT IN A SUBSIDY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THE HEAVY IN THERE IS THE ACTUAL 9% TAX CREDIT THAT IS A VERY COMPETITIVE TAX CREDIT. AND AS JENNIFER GONZALEZ WITH ALAMO GROUP JUST ALLUDED TO, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. UM, THEY LOOK AT THE AREA THAT THAT PROJECT IS IN. SO THERE'S A TWO MILE RADIUS, UM, MM-HMM. ISSUE AT THAT, THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. UM, SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THOSE HOUSING TAX CREDITS AND OTHERS, OTHER AREAS OF THE DOWNTOWN LOOKING AT THE P F C AND HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT TO PROVIDE THIS DEEPER AFFORDABILITY. BUT, UM, AS COUNCILMAN TREVINO MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES YESTERDAY, IT'S ABOUT JUST LAYERING ALL THESE TOOLS AND IT'S ABOUT FACILITATION. UM, JENNIFER MENTIONED ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE WORKING WITH HER TO MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN. GREAT. WELL, I THINK THIS, THIS CREATES A, A PROOF OF CONCEPT, UH, ALTHOUGH DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE WITH ALL OF THE PIECES COMING TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE. UM, IT DOES GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST. AND I THINK THE LE THE HEAVIEST INGREDIENT HERE, THE HEAVIEST LA LAYER IS THAT 9%, IT'S 12 MILLION. UM, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS ACCOMPLISH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MRS. GONZALEZ DESCRIBED, WHICH IS THAT IF YOU WERE LOOKING TO BUILD IN AN AREA THAT PROVIDED, UM, EASY ACCESS OR ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, AND LET ME STRESS THAT AS, AS, AS MUCH AS I CAN HERE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, WHO, WHO DRIVE VERY FAR DISTANCES TO GET TO DISTRICT NINE OR DISTRICT EIGHT, WHETHER THEY'RE AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OR THEY'RE AT A CALL CENTER IN, UH, YOU KNOW, 2 81 OR 1604 PEOPLE WILL GO TO WHERE THE JOBS ARE. AND WHEN WE'RE USING PUBLIC POLICY TOOLS, IT, IT'D BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER HOW WE BUILD HOUSING AND ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE IN EMPLOYMENT ARE. THAT'S WHAT YOUR ANALYSIS WENT THROUGH. UH, AND, AND WE NEED TO NOT BE AFRAID OF BIG NUMBERS, UH, LIKE 12 MILLION IF IT ACCOMPLISHES IMPORTANT THINGS FOR OUR RESIDENTS OF ALL SIDES OF TOWN. AND, AND I WOULD ARGUE FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE DOWNTOWN, LIKE I WOULD ARGUE FOR HOW CAN WE GET SOME AFFORDABILITY AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT NODES, UH, THAT EXIST THAT MAY BE OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN, WHETHER IT IS IN THE MEDICAL CENTER OR IT IS, UH, UP BEYOND 16 0 4 2 81, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE JOBS ARE AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE, OR THAT'S WHERE THERE'S, UH, THE QUALITY OF SCHOOL THAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME IN THOSE AREAS. THE DOWNTOWN JUST HAPPENS TO BE A PLACE WHERE I THINK A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER. AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE ONE PROOF OF CONCEPT AND, UM, TO GET TO SEE THE LAYERS SO THAT WE'RE EXPOSED TO IT. IF WE SEE IT AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT, UH, IF A PROJECT IS GONNA WORK, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE THIS LEVEL OF, OF COORDINATION. SO, UM, I'M EXCITED AND PROUD TO, TO, TO SEE THIS, AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL IF THERE IS AN ALREADY ONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SALANI. COUNCILMAN TNO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT AGAIN, THIS IS WHETHER YOU'RE MAKING LASAGNA OR ENCHILADAS, UH, [03:00:01] THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A, MAKE IT WORK. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S ALL THESE LAYERS. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT'S COMPLEX. UM, AS, AS YOU SAW, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO SOME COMPLEXITY ABOUT HOW IT HAPPENS IN THE TIMING OF WHICH I SEE LILA POWELL'S ABOUT TO LEAVE, UH, BUT WANT TO THANK THEM AND LISC FOR, FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. UH, BUT JUST, AGAIN, THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT LET'S, LET'S, LET'S PEEL BACK THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. UM, THOSE 9% TAX CREDITS WERE CRITICAL, AND WE FOUGHT FOR THOSE. WE HAD TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL. IT'S A BIG DEAL. LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT MEETING THE DEMANDS OF COSTS AND HOW, HOW WE CAN ARRIVE THERE. IT'S NOT MAGIC, IT'S CONSTRUCTION BUDGETS, IT'S GOOD DESIGN, IT'S PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND IT'S GOOD PEOPLE LIKE ALAMO, UM, THAT'S REALLY, UH, TRYING TO HELP TRANSFORM THE WAY WE PROVIDE AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY. UH, SO I'M PROUDLY PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. YES. I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE EFFORT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND SOME OTHER SUITABLE PIECES OF PROPERTY IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN AND, UH, THERE'LL BE MORE EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW THE, THE 9%, UH, STATE FUNDING REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO GET. SO I COMMEND EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON THIS PROJECT, AND IT DOES SHOW THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, DOWNTOWN IN THE INNER CITY CORE FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND, UH, AND WORKING INDIVIDUALS. SO, UH, JUST CONGRATULATIONS, I HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS AND REPEAT IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KERS. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 21. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE, UH, HAVE ONE ITEM, UH, STRANDED ITEM IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,664,948 AND 31 CENTS FOR THE CITY'S FUNDING OF THE BROOKS CITY BASE. SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE, LESTER ROAD TO AVIATION LANDING BROOKS CITY BASE, STINSON CORRIDOR RESEARCH PLAZA TO SOUTH PEREZ STREET AND BROOK CITY BASE, INNER CITY CIRCLE, LOUIS BAUER DRIVE TO RESEARCH PLAZA, A 2017 THROUGH 2022 BOND FUNDED PROJECT LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, COUNCILWOMAN GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I DO NOT NEED THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION, BUT THERE'S JUST ONE SLIDE I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO PUT UP. SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. OKAY. OF THE PROJECT LOCATIONS. UM, AND THE REASON I PULLED THIS MAYOR IS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE, UM, VOTERS VOTING TO APPROVE THIS BOND. AND TWO, UM, US BEING PROACTIVE IN ALLEVIATING CONGESTION. HERE WE HAVE, UM, OAK AND B P S THAT WILL BE COMING HERE. WE HAVE THE NEW CA ME HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL BE STARTING IN AUGUST 19TH. AND WE HAVE SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT GOING IN AND AROUND THE BROOKS AREA. WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE OF, UM, ALLEVIATING CONGESTION. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT. BUT THESE WERE ALSO STARTED AND SLATED YEARS AGO. AND SO I THINK BEING PROACTIVE IN OUR, UM, TRAFFIC PATTERNS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND I, I WANNA THANK MIKE AND YOUR STAFF, AND OF COURSE, THE BROOKS STAFF AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A PRIORITY. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. DO WE HAVE ONE? OKAY, WELL, WE, UH, WE, WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS NOW. UM, WE DO, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, CONVENE IMMEDIATELY INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE ALSO HAVE A ZONING AGENDA AT TWO O'CLOCK. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, ITEMS I'D LIKE TO DRAW TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. UH, AND FIRST IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN GRO, UH, WHO WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COLLEAGUE. [03:05:03] UM, THE SECOND IS TO CONGRATULATE COUNCILMAN SALANA AND HIS WIFE JESSICA, FOR THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST BABY CHAPMAN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. , IT'S A BOY. ALRIGHT, . ALRIGHT. AND THE, AND THE LAST ONE IS, UH, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY WHILE WE'RE ON BREAK FOR THANKSGIVING. UH, SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, LEAD OUR COUNCIL NOW IN SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN HAW. WHAT'S THAT, BILL? HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MAN. A FEW WORDS, UH, CHERYL, DO WE HAVE A CITY MAN MANAGER'S REPORT? MAYOR, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU BY EMAIL AND IT'LL BE POSTED. I KNOW WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO MOVE TO. YEAH. OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW 12:21 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2018. THE CITY OF COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL NOW RECONVENE ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT BEGAN ON THURSDAY OR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE ITEMS POSTED BUT NOT COMPLETED OR REACHED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION YESTERDAY, CITY COUNCIL'S RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. UM, I HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, P ONE AND Z ONE P FOUR, AND Z FIVE, Z SIX, AND Z SEVEN. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OTHER THAN THOSE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? THE ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ARE P ONE AND Z ONE, P FOUR, AND Z FIVE, Z SIX, AND Z SEVEN. IF THERE ARE NO, NO OTHER ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. I DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR CONSENT ITEMS. JACK FINGER. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON TO OUR MAYOR, NURNBERG, ANOTHER IN OUR BUSINESS. AS USUAL, CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, AND BY GOLLY, LET'S SEE WHAT WE DO THIS AFTERNOON HERE. A FEW SCANDALS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE PULLED FOR THE LIBERATION AND SOME OF YOU'RE JUST GONNA SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH. WELL, MR. TINO, IN YOUR DISTRICT, P ONE Z ONE, YES. UH, QUITE A FEW RED FLAGS HERE, SIR. PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF, THEY BOTH, THERE'S A RECOMMENDED DENIAL ON, UM, P ONE AND Z ONE. UM, THEY BOTH AND BOTH THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL ON Z ONE AS WELL. THIS TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DEPOSES IT AT LEAST THREE MORE THAN ONE OR TWO, JUST THREE PEOPLE SPOKE AGAINST IT AT THE COMMISSION, AT THE HEAR HEARINGS. AND, UH, AND FOR TWO REASONS, UH, THIS ONE LOCATED ON EAST EUCLID STREET. THE, UH, WELL THE NEIGHBORHOOD THINKS, UH, IT IS, IT'S ACTUALLY A, UM, THE CURRENT STRUCTURE IS A, UM, HISTORIC AND THEY DON'T REALLY WANNA TORN DOWN THERE. SIR, YOU AS AN ARCHITECT SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT HIS HISTORIC LOCATIONS AND THAT THEY THINK THE DENSITY IS TOO HIGH FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL. THEN THAT'S THE BIGGIE RIGHT THERE. MULTIFAMILY 65. YEAH, IT IS. YES. LET'S SEE IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO SAY NO TO THAT THERE. Z TWO, MR. TREVINO, ANOTHER USED CAR LOT. UH, DO WE REALLY NEED MORE OF THOSE THERE, MR. TREVINO? AROUND DISTRICT ONE? HUH? WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY NO TO THESE THINGS, HUH? I MEAN, HOW MANY ARE THERE IN THAT SURROUNDING AND JUST WITHIN A MILE OF IT THERE, HAVE YOU EVER COUNTED THEM? SOMEBODY HAS THE, UM, AND IN, UM, MR. SALIAN, YOUR DISTRICT P FOUR AND Z FIVE, QUITE A FEW RED FLAGS THERE. STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE STAFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION, ALL FOUR OF 'EM HAVE SAID NO TO THIS DARN THING. IT'S A, WHAT IS IT? IT IS A TRAILER PARK. YEP. TRAILER PARK. YEAH, THEY WANNA PUT ONE THERE, BUT THE BIG, AND THEIR BIG, UH, [03:10:01] CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT THE, THE LOCAL AIRCRAFT, UH, LOCATION, THE, UH, AIRPORT. THEY THINK IT'S GONNA CAUSE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR AIRCRAFT NOISE THERE. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO, UH, COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR, SIR. SO MAYBE YOU'D WANNA SAY NO TO THAT. LET'S SEE. UH, MAYBE I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE. NO, I THINK SO. AND FINALLY, UM, Z SIX, MR. BROADCAST, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE WAS CONTINUED FROM, UH, FROM LAST MONTH THERE, SIR. I WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOURS SAYING NO TO IT THERE, SIR. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST, WE'RE GONNA HOLD OUR BREATH AND SAY IT'S JUST GONNA, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN TODAY THERE. YEAH, ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT AND THE, THE MORE TRAFFIC NOISE AND OTHER THINGS. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU SIR. ITEMS, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEMS P ONE AND Z ONE P FOUR AND Z FIVE, Z SIX, AND Z SEVEN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, ITEMS P ONE AND Z ONE. PLAN AMENDMENT 18 0 7 8 AND ZONING K Z 20 18 2 5 0 AMENDING THE TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY MIXED USE AND LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE FROM R M FOUR AND C THREE R TO I D Z WITH USES PERMITTED IN MF 65 AND C TWO LOCATED AT 1817 NORTH ST. MARY STREET AND 8 24 EAST EUCLID STREET. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. 23 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. AND THE APPLICANT HAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE SITE PLAN. GREAT. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS P ONE AND Z ONE FREDA KUSHNER FREDERICA KUSHNER. I AM A RESIDENT OF TOBIN HILL. I HAVE BEEN IN ON THE NEGOTIATIONS IN THE WHATEVER WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPER, UH, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND THERE IS ROOM IN TOBIN HILL FOR ALL SORTS OF DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE MANY SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME DATING FROM THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES, AND THE EAST AND WEST AREAS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY WITH BLOCKS OF NEW APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES. BUT THE LAND USE SECTION OF THE TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH IS THE LEGAL EXPRESSION OF THE INTENT OF THE RESIDENTS AND OWNERS OF TOBIN HILL, RECOMMENDS LOW DENSITY MIXED USE FOR THIS PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL CORE, LOW DENSITY MIXED USE AND TOBIN HILL PLAN, UH, IN THE TOBIN HILL PLAN, CALLS FOR MAXIMUM DENSITY OF MF 25 AND A HEIGHT OF TWO STORIES, WE URGE YOU TO VOTE TO PRESERVE THE PLAN. UM, I WANNA REITERATE THAT THE REQUEST IS FOR HIGH DENSITY IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF TOBIN HILL. THERE'S HIGH DENSITY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION AND THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION IS ONLY ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. M F 25 WILL ALLOW FOR A REASONABLE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS MF 65 WILL ALLOW FOR HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS ALREADY ASKED FOR AT ONE POINT. UH, WANTED TO PUT IN FOR 10 STORIES UNITS OF OF 10 STORIES. UM, I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THE HEIGHT HAS GONE DOWN, UH, BUT THE DENSITY IS STILL TOO MUCH FOR A RESIDENTIAL, A ONE STORY AND TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. I, I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. KUSHNER. COUNCILMAN VEO. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENTS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL. PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST. MARY'S SUITE 2,700, UH, AND WORKING WITH THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE AND BOTH TO AND HILL ASSOCIATIONS, WE ARE AMENDING OUR REQUEST TO LOW DENSITY MIXED USE FOR THE [03:15:01] PLAN AMENDMENT COMPONENT. AND WE'VE SUBMITTED A REVISED SITE PLAN THAT CAPS OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS TO 20 AND NO MORE THAN THREE STORIES AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT AND REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PATRICK. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE STATEMENTS SAYS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEEN, UH, A SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, MODIFIED. WE'VE SPENT MANY MONTHS CONSIDERING THIS PROPERTY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS, UH, THAT DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT COULD HAVE, UH, ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO HEAR THE DIFFERENT VOICES OF THE AREA WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TO ASSIST THE DEVELOPER WITH COMPATIBLE STYLE OF DENSITY. UH, THE PROJECT HAS MOVED FROM FIVE SEVEN STORY TOWERS WITH 31 UNITS TO A MORE CONVENTIONAL TOWN HOME DESIGN WITH A FOOTPRINT OF 20 UNITS. UH, AFTER CAREFULLY WANE IN THE INPUT FROM INDEPENDENT RESIDENTS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THE TOWN HOME DESIGN FOR 20 UNITS. THIS WEIGHTED HEAVILY IN FAVOR OF THE AREA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT STILL ACCOUNTS FOR THE LETTERS AND CALLS WE RECEIVED IN FAVOR OF THE ORIGINAL REQUEST. THEREFORE, I MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z ONE AS AMENDED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS P FOUR AND Z 5 18 0 8 2 AND ZONING KZ 20 18 2 6 2 AMENDING THE WEST SOUTHWEST SECTOR PLAN FROM E A BUSINESS TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER FROM R FOUR AND C THREE SS WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO M H P STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. SEVEN NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 6TH. COUNCILMAN SALVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, THIS IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN DENIED BY ZONING AND PLANNING ON THE WAY HERE'S YEAH, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE, UH, WITH THE GENTLEMAN, BUT I THINK HE MIGHT WANT TO. DID YOU WANNA SIGN UP TO SPEAK? I DIDN'T SEE YOUR NAME LISTED ON THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. WE WANNA CONTACT EACH COUNCIL PERSON INDIVIDUALLY AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE UNTIL THE SIXTH FOR THAT PURPOSE AND THEN PRESENT THE PROPOSAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I, I WILL JUST SORT OF SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE HERE BECAUSE I, IN THIS CASE, THIS IS ONE THAT IF I'M IMAGINING IN MY HEAD, AND IF IN TWO WEEKS IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU LAY OUT THE CASE, IT WON'T CHANGE THE OPINION I HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY. 'CAUSE IT WON'T CHANGE THE OPINION OF, OF THE AIR FORCE AND THE MILITARY IN THIS CASE. AND SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING, YOU KNOW, SAID, I'VE HAD MANY INSTANCES IN WHICH I'D LIKE TO HAVE SEEN DEVELOPMENT ALONG THOSE AREAS, BUT, UH, AND WE, WE'VE PUSHED WHERE WE CAN ON SOME DEVELOPMENT TO TRY TO GET AROUND SOME OF THOSE ACCIDENT PROTECTION ZONES OR THE SOUND ATTENUATIONS, THE MILITARY HAS COME DOWN WITH THE DECISION ON THIS. I THINK MEG WHITMAN IS THE PERSON WHO'S WORKED WITH OUR STAFF AND YOU'VE TALKED WITH MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF IN THIS CASE. UH, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR, FOR DENIAL OF THIS CASE. UH, SIR. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF P ITEMS, P FOUR AND Z FIVE. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS Z SIX Z 20 18 2 56 FROM R SIX TO C TWO NA LOCATED AT 2311 WESTWARD DRIVE. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. AND THE APP, OH, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME. ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL. 20 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR FOR OPPOSED CABLE. WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS ALSO OPPOSED. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 6TH. COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. UH, WE'RE, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS ISSUE AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE, UM, COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON IT. UM, BUT I'M STILL WAITING ON A SITE PLAN. SO, UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND I'M GONNA ASK TO, UH, I'M GONNA MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO DECEMBER SIX, SIXTH IN ANTICIPATION OF A SITE PLAN. SECOND. OKAY. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z SIX TO DECEMBER 6TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM Z SEVEN Z 2018. 3 1 1 FROM OH TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A WELDING SHOP LOCATED AT 12,751 O'CONNOR ROAD. STAFF ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. A SIX FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ALONG [03:20:01] RESIDENTIAL USES UP TO EIGHT FEET, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE. 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER YARD ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE. DOWNWARD LIGHTING POINTED AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL USES, NO VEHICULAR INGRESS EGRESS FROM LAS CAMPANA STREET. 19. NOTICES WERE MAILED. ZERO IN FAVOR TO OPPOSED VALENCIA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. COUNCILMAN PERRY? YES. UH, THANK YOU SIR. UH, CAN YOU READ THE, UH, CONDITIONS? YOU, YOU WANT ME TO READ THEM AGAIN? YES, PLEASE. A SIX FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ALONG RESIDENTIAL USES UP TO EIGHT FOOT NINE, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE. A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER YARD ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE. DOWNWARD LIGHTING POINTED AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL USES. NO VEHICULAR INGRESS EGRESS FROM LAS GAANA STREET. THAT'S THE END OF THEM. OKAY, GREAT. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THESE CONDITIONS AS READ SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z SEVEN WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.