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COUNCIL MEMBER TINO HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL.
WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THE FIRST ONE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A, A COUPLE ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT ARE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
SO WE DO WANT TO MOVE ALONG, UM, EXPEDITIOUSLY.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT'S REVISED 20 18 23 STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED FOR ACCREDITATION, SO IT IS JUST A VERY QUICK BRIEFING FROM THE CHIEF AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SEED CHIP AND ICE CRIP DISCUSSION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS, UH, THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN CONCLUDED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
UH, THE CHIEF HAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PROCESS FOR UPDATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL AS THE PURSUIT OF ACCREDITATION.
SO WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROCESS.
IT IDENTIFIES SIX PLANNING GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW MISSION STATEMENT.
HE'S ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT STANDARDS THAT COVER, UH, AND ADDRESS POSSIBLE RISKS TO THE CITY AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
AND HE WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S GOAL TO BECOME AN ACCREDITED FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST TIME, UH, FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE SPRING OF 2019.
SO CHIEF HOOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND WE'RE READY FOR YOUR SUMMARY PRESENTATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A BRIEF, BASICALLY TO CHECK A BOX FOR OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IT'S BEING DONE BY THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE.
IT LOOKS AT A FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT, UM, INFORMATIONAL DECISION MAKING, UH, REALISTIC SELF-ASSESSMENT, AND THEN IT LOOKS AT CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WE ARE, UH, DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS AT THIS TIME.
SO WHAT THIS ACCREDITATION DOES, IT ADDS A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE AND VALIDATION TO COUNCIL, TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT, UH, THE ACTIONS OF THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE STRATEGIC IN NATURE, UH, THAT THEY ARE WELL PLANNED OUT, AND THAT WE ARE OPERATING PROPERLY AS ONE OF THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, LESS THAN 1% OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE A I S O RATING OF A NUMBER ONE.
WE ACHIEVED THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE PUT IT ON SIDE OF OUR FIRETRUCKS.
UH, AND THEN WITH BEING ACCREDITED, THERE'LL BE, UH, ABOUT 70 DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
MOST OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE SMALLER MASTER PLAN, PROBABLY COMMUNITIES VERSUS A LARGE METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT SUCH AS OURS.
SO, UH, WE WOULD BE ONE OF A FEW, UH, PROBABLY LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE POINT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ACCREDITED.
AND, UH, I S O CLASS ONE, UH, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF THAT.
IT REPLACES OUR PLAN THAT WE DID IN, UH, 2013, WHICH LASTED APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS TO 2018.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THAT PLAN.
UM, SO THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE HAS, UH, GIVEN US A, UH, CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH US ON THIS PLAN.
WE HAD AN INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, UH, STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.
SOME OF THESE NAMES ON HERE, UH, SOME OF YOU KNOW VERY WELL, SOME OF THEM ARE FROM YOUR HOAS, FROM YOUR, UM, COMMUNITY, FROM YOUR DISTRICTS, UH, THEIR PARTNERS OF OURS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO WE BROUGHT THEM IN AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUES IN THE FIRE SERVICE, THEIR NEEDS, THEIR PERCEPTION OF OUR SERVICES.
UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY RANKED.
NUMBER ONE WAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, BUT IT WAS A CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I THINK IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT WILDLAND FIRES, THAT MIGHT HAVE BUMPED UP AFTER WHAT WE SAW, UH, OVER THE SUMMER WHEN WE HAD ALL THE FIRES IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE OUR FIREFIGHTERS WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A HOLISTIC LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND THE CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD, AND THEY ARE RANKED.
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BROUGHT IN OUR INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, OUR CIVILIANS, WHO WAS AS IMPORTANT AS ANY FIREFIGHTER, UH, TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVES.AND THEN WE BROUGHT IN, UM, CROSS, UH, CROSS REPRESENTATION FROM ALL THE RANKS IN OUR ORGANIZATION, UM, AGAIN, TO GET THEIR INPUT.
SO WHAT WE DID COME UP WITH IS A NEW MISSION STATEMENT.
SOMETIMES YOU SEE MISSION STATEMENTS AND THEY ARE A COUPLE SENTENCES LONG.
UH, NOBODY REMEMBERS WHAT THEY ARE.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE CHANGED HOURS.
AND SO WE'RE DEDICATED TO DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND DOING THE RIGHT THING MEANS SO MANY THINGS.
IT COULD BE A CAR FIRE, A HOUSE FIRE, THE LITTLE OLD MAN THAT FALLS OUTTA BED AT FOUR IN THE MORNING, OR HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER.
SO WE'RE DEDICATED TO DOING THE RIGHT THING, PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY FROM ALL HAZARDS WITH COMPASSION, WHICH I THINK IS CRITICAL IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
AND PROFESSIONALISM, OUR VALUES, UH, WE LOOK AT SERVICE.
WE, UH, PROVIDE SERVICE IN SO MANY WAYS.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS IS WE DO IT INTERNALLY, TAKING CARE OF OUR MEMBERS.
UH, WE DO IT EXTERNALLY, TAKING CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS WHO ARE HAVING THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES.
SOMETIMES WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS.
THIS IS NOT JUST MEANING ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS MEANS THAT WE INDIVIDUALLY ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS.
UH, WE BELIEVE IN TAKING CARE OF OUR FAMILY, JUST LIKE WE TAKE CARE OF YOURS, AND WE ARE DEDICATED.
UM, AS I THINK CHERYL MENTIONED, THERE WERE SIX GOALS, ENHANCED TRAINING.
UH, I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT, UM, AFTER THE INGRAM INCIDENT AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING THAT WE HAVE DONE, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED AS FAR AS PERSONNEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING AS MUCH TRAINING AS WE POSSIBLY CAN MAINTAIN.
AND, UH, A MODERN AND APPROPRIATE FACILITIES AND ASSETS.
I JUST DID A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING.
UH, WE HAVE JUST ADDED 18 NEW E M S UNITS TO OUR FLEET, STATE OF THE ART.
UH, AND SO WE HAD 'EM ALL LINED UP IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING ANOTHER 21 NEXT YEAR.
SO EVERY 200,000 MILES WE, UH, REPLACE THOSE AMBULANCES.
SO WE WANT THE CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GET A AN E M S UNIT FROM THIS CITY, IT IS THE TOP OF THE LINE, THE, THE BEST POSSIBLE UNIT YOU CAN BUY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IT HAS A, UH, A GERM KILLING DEVICE THAT YOU CAN SHUT THAT UNIT DOWN AND TURN ON SOME U V L LIGHTS.
IT WILL SANITIZE THAT VEHICLE.
SO WE'RE PROTECTING OUR MEMBERS FROM GETTING SICK.
WE'RE ALSO PROTECTING THOSE CITIZENS WHO ARE IN THE BACK OF THOSE AMBULANCES.
AND WE'RE NOT SPENDING TIME WITH GLOVES, UM, DECONNING CLEANING LIKE WE NORMALLY DO.
SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO HAVE THE BEST STATIONS, THE BEST FACILITIES.
THAT IS A GOAL ENHANCING STAND AND STANDARDIZE OUR INTERNAL COMMUNICATION PROCESSES.
WE'RE DEALING WITH MILLENNIALS NOW, SO HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM? WHAT ARE THE BEST MEDIUMS FOR COMMUNICATION? ENHANCE OUR, OR IMPROVE OUR EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH IS FIRE PREVENTION.
IT'S, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UH, HOW DO WE ALERT THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO ADVANCE, UH, OUR OPERATIONS? WE JUST TRAINED RECENTLY, UH, WITH OUR DRONES, WE HAVE A DRONE PROGRAM.
SO IN A WILDLAND SITUATION, WE CAN PUT UP A DRONE.
WE CAN PUT A DRONE IN A BUILDING WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA RISK A FIREFIGHTER.
SO WE LOOK AT ALL THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECTS AND WE ALWAYS WANNA ENHANCE THEM.
AND THEN LAST TO ENHANCE CURRENT OPERATIONS.
UH, HOW DO WE RESPOND TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT? HOW DO WE RESPOND TO A COORDINATED COMPLEX ATTACK? HOW DO WE RESPOND TO A LARGE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE, SUCH AS WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY? SO, AGAIN, HOW DO WE ENHANCE OUR CURRENT SERVICES AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY PREPARED? AND THEN HOW DO WE, UM, PREPARE FOR THE GROWTH? AND SO WE TRY TO DO THAT.
WE JUST, UH, HAD A EXERCISE OUT BY STATION 48.
AND, UH, YEARS AGO WHEN WE OPENED THAT STATION, PEOPLE WERE SAYING, UM, WHY YOU HAVE THIS BIG OLD STATION OUT HERE WITH THREE BAYS AND FOUR PEOPLE, IF ANYBODY'S BEEN TO 1604 AND VERDE, WE WERE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE 10 YEARS AGO? 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT AREA'S GROWN UP.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THE EXPECTED POPULATION GROWTH.
SO COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT, STANDARD OF COVER.
UM, EACH COMMUNITY, UM, HAS CHARACTERISTICS IN IT.
AND SO WE BROKE THESE UP INTO ZONES.
AND SO IT LOOKS AT THE AGENCY PROGRAMS, THE SAFETY PREVENTION PROGRAMS. WHAT IS THAT COMMUNITY'S RISK? SOME COMMUNITIES MAY BE MORE PRONE TO FLOODING, SOME MAY BE MORE PRONE TO URBAN INTERFACE ISSUES.
UH, COMMUNITY LOSS AND VALUES.
WHAT ARE THOSE? UH, MOST OF THE TIME WE SAVE MORE THAN WE LOSE.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT VALUES OF THINGS AND FIGURE OUT INSTEAD OF HOW MUCH WE LOST, HOW MUCH DID WE SAVE? WHAT ARE THE RISK AMOUNT RISK ASSESSMENTS IN THOSE AREAS? AND THEN THE PLANNING ZONES.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THOSE PLANNING ZONES AT YOUR OFFICE.
UH, AND SO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS EXAMPLES TO WHERE YOU LOOK AT A A PARTICULAR ZONE.
AND, AND I'M GLAD THERE'S SO MANY CITIZENS THAT ARE IN HERE TODAY, BECAUSE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THESE PLANNING ZONES.
WE KNOW WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE, WE KNOW WHERE THE HOSPITALS ARE, WE KNOW WHERE ALL THOSE TARGET HAZARDS ARE, WHETHER THEY'RE REFINERIES OR, UH, YOU KNOW, LARGE, BIG BOX
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STRUCTURES.WE KNOW WHAT THE NIGHTTIME POPULATION IS, THE DAYTIME POPULATION.
WE KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER ONE CALL IS IN YOUR AREA.
WE KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER ONE RESPONSE IS FOR US.
AND SO THIS INFORMATION IS AMAZING.
AND AGAIN, BEFORE I FORGET, AND, UH, I WANNA THANK MY STAFF WHO'S ALL SITTING OVER HERE.
WE HAVE DEDICATED STAFF TO JUST WORK ON THIS ASSESSMENT FOR THE ACCREDITATION.
SO THIS ANALYSIS, MOST CITIES DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
SO FOR THOSE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN HERE, UH, BE VERY PROUD THAT WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
SO YOU LOOK AT STANDARDS OF COVER, AND SO WHAT ARE THE COMMUNITY FACTORS? WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT IS THE CONSISTENT LEVEL OF, OF SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THERE? UH, WHAT'S OUR DEPLOYMENT MODEL LOOK AT? AND THEN WE LOOKED AT, UH, CRITICAL TASK ANALYSIS.
WHAT'S OUR BASELINE PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK STATEMENTS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A MINUTE.
AND THEN AGAIN, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE HAVE TO ALWAYS CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPROVE AFTER EVERY INCIDENT, AFTER ANYTHING THAT COMES UP THAT WE, UH, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH IS HOW DO WE IMPROVE AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE? AND, UH, THIS IS KIND OF A WORDY SLIDE, BUT BASICALLY, UH, WE LOOKED AT EVERY TYPE OF INCIDENT, WHETHER IT'S A HEART ATTACK, A CAR FIRE, A HOUSE FIRE, OR A HIGH-RISE FIRE.
AND SO WE KNOW AS A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR A HOUSE FIRE, IT'S GONNA TAKE AT LEAST 15 FIREFIGHTERS FOR A STANDARD HOUSE FIRE.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA LOOK AT A CREW OF THREE ENGINES, ONE LADDER AND A BATTALION CHIEF.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A FIRE, THERE ARE, UH, A MULTITUDE OF FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO, UH, SOME DEPARTMENTS RUN WITH THREE PEOPLE.
THREE PEOPLE IS NOT SAFE, THREE PEOPLE IS NOT EFFECTIVE.
UH, RUNNING WITH FOUR ALLOWS US TO, TO DO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT SIDE AS FAR AS COMMAND, WATER, SUPPLY, ATTACK, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO IF YOU LOOKED AT A HIGH-RISE FIRE, I'D BE SENDING ABOUT 40 PEOPLE TO A HIGH-RISE FIRE AS A STANDARD OF COVER.
IF YOU LOOK AT A CARDIAC ARREST IN THIS CITY, I'M GONNA AT LEAST BE SENDING SIX TO EIGHT AS A STANDARD.
SO, UH, NO ONE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT SENDING ENOUGH RESOURCES.
WE SEND THE PROPER AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AS FAR AS EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE.
AND THIS IS A NATIONAL STANDARD THAT WE ARE ABIDING BY.
UM, RESPONSE TIME, TIME REPORTING, FRACTILE TIMES, UH, IS A 90 PERCENTILE.
AND, UH, OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME RIGHT NOW IS SEVEN MINUTES AND 56 SECONDS.
BUT WE WANT TO BE AS ACCURATE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS SOME RESIDENTS WHERE WE CAN GET TO YOUR HOUSE IN ONE MINUTE.
THAT'S NOT A REALISTIC RESPONSE TIME.
THERE ARE SOME HOUSES THAT IT TAKES US 15 MINUTES TO GET TO.
THAT IS ALSO NOT A REAL, REAL REALISTIC TIME.
IT, WE, IT MAY BE STORMING, UH, WE MAY HAVE A BIG FIRE.
SO THIS IS A MORE REALISTIC WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BREAKING THIS DOWN INTO, INTO INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS.
AND SO FOR THE ALARM HANDLING PIECE, WE ARE DISPATCHED, UH, BY 24, UH, FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTERS.
UH, AND SO WHEN THAT CALL GOES OUT, IT IS DISPATCHED THROUGH A COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH A G P SS THAT PULLS UP THE CLOSEST UNIT.
SO THAT PIECE OF THE ALARM HANDLING TIME IS A MINUTE AND 20 SECONDS.
OUR TURNOUT TIME IS, UH, ABOUT TWO MINUTES, AND THAT IS THE TIME TO GET OUT OF BED, TO GET ON THE PROPER PROTECTIVE OF CLOTHING, TO STRAP INSECURITY, TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND TO GET THAT VEHICLE OUT OF THE STATION.
THE FIRST IN TRAVEL TIME IS LOOKED AT.
AND THEN THE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE TIME.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE ME TO GET ALL OF MY UNITS THERE, UH, TO WHERE I CAN PERFORM THAT FUNCTION? SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT WAY OF, OF REPORTING.
AGAIN, NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.
THIS IS A STANDARD THAT, THAT MOST OF THE COUNTRY'S GOING TO A BASELINE.
SO FOR 90% OF ALL CALLS THAT JUST KIND OF EXPLAINED IT, THE TOTAL RESPONSE TIME FOR THE FIRST IN UNIT WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO PERSONNEL, WHICH WOULD BE AN AMBULANCE, IS THE 1104 I TALKED ABOUT IN URBAN AREAS IS 1210 OR FOR RURAL AREAS.
WE'VE ANNEXED STATION 52, 53, THEY'RE WAY OUT THERE.
UH, WE HAVE AREAS 40 EIGHTS, 40 SIXES, 40 SEVENS.
IF THAT FIRST DUE COMPANY IS OUT, IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE TO GET COMPANIES UP THERE.
IF WE HAVE A FIRE, YOU MAY BE WAITING 10 OR 12 MINUTES FOR ANOTHER UNIT TO GET THERE.
SO THE BENCHMARK IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT A 10%, UM, DECREASE IN IN OUR CALL VOLUME IF WE CAN.
WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BENCHMARK IS GONNA BE.
THE PROCESS STARTED WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DONE.
UH, WE BECAME A REGISTERED AGENCY.
WE CREATED THE, UH, COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT.
UM, AND THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS WE HAVE BECOME AN APPLICANT, UH, APPLICANT AGENCY.
UH, WE HAVE PERFORMED A SELF-ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
THERE ARE 252 AREAS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT AT, UH, 88 OF THEM ARE CORE.
SO IF WE DIDN'T PASS ONE OF THOSE 88, WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'VE CHECKED ALMOST EVERY SINGLE BOX AND WE'RE GONNA CHECK ANOTHER ONE AS SOON
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AS I GET DONE.SO, UM, BECOME A CANDIDATE AGENCY.
UH, OUR SITE VISITS WILL BEGIN JANUARY 6TH.
SO WE WILL HAVE, UH, ASSESSORS IN HERE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE GONNA PICK 'EM UP ON, ON, UH, THAT SUNDAY.
THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AND SEE FROM 1604 EAST TO 1604 WEST ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THESE ARE FIRE, FIRE PROFESSIONALS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DINNER WITH 'EM THAT NIGHT.
THE MANAGER AND AND ERIC ARE GONNA BE THERE WITH US.
THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR THAT WEEK LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO VERY COMPREHENSIVELY, AND I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA PASS.
UH, AND THEN AFTER THAT, AFTER THE SITE VISIT CONCLUDED, THEN WE'LL HAVE A COMMISSION HEARING, WHICH WILL BE IN MARCH.
ERIC'S GONNA GO WITH US OUT THERE.
UH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SIT IN THEM IN DALLAS, SAW DENVER FIRE DEPARTMENT GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND IT IS, UH, WOULD BE KINDA LIKE A, A COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION WHERE YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF SMART PEOPLE ASKING YOU A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE BY THAT TIME.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS LATER ON, FEEL FREE TO CALL US.
UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
UM, UH, AGAIN, THIS WAS JUST A LEGAL BRIEFING, SO IF WE CAN HOLD COMMENTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTION, UH, QUESTION.
BUT, UH, WE, WE WILL SCHEDULE SOME IN INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS FURTHER.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
CHIEF, UH, COUNCILMAN SALDANA.
SORRY, MAYOR, I CHECKED IN AT THE LAST MINUTE THERE.
I DIDN'T GET THAT PIECE AROUND.
THIS IS A, A LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO COME AND PRESENT TO US.
UH, SO ARE THERE CERTAIN GUARDRAILS THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE HAD ANSWER? THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT I TALKED ABOUT HERE THAT HAVE BEEN CHECKED OFF, THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID HAVE TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND REPORT BACK.
SO WE HAVE REPORTED INITIALLY TO THE BUDGET SESSION LAST SUMMER.
WE MET WITH PUBLIC SAFETY TWICE AND BRIEF THEM.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE FINAL BRIEFING BEFORE WE HAVE THE FACILITATORS.
FACILITATORS COME IN FOR THE SITE VISITS, AND THEN WE GO TO CALIFORNIA FOR THE, UH, COMMISSION HEARINGS.
SO YOU, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH WHAT IS A METHODICAL AND LAID OUT PROCESS ABSOLUTELY.
FOR ACCREDITATION FACILITATED BY THEM.
THEN MAYBE I'LL JUST ASK ONE, ONE QUESTION AND IF IT'S OUTTA BOUNDS, YOU LET ME KNOW.
IT'S ABOUT YOUR TIME ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT.
I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND QUESTION MARK FOR ME IS, OKAY, ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT.
SO, UM, MY CIVILIANS ARE INVOLVED EVERY LEVEL OF THE FIRE SERVICE INVOLVED.
SO WHEN WE HAD THOSE, UH, MEETINGS AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY, THAT'S WHERE WE BROUGHT IN 40 PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THEIR INPUT AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
SO ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE 80 OF THOSE 252, UH, THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND THE THE 88 CORE, YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS TO BE INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S FIRE PREVENTION, WHETHER IT'S SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S AVIATION, IT'S A HOLISTIC VIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN WE SAY ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT, IT IS A WHOLE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I WAS GONNA ASK ANOTHER QUESTION AND I FEEL LIKE, GO AHEAD.
UH, DO YOU, AS YOU'RE GOING ALONG ACCREDITATION AND, AND WE WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE ACCREDITATION, DO YOU, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF, OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE FOR YOU TO GET ACCREDITATION? OR YOU CAN DO SO WITHOUT, NOT AT ALL HAVING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT? NOT AT ALL.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE HERE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE, THAT WE HAVE PLANS FOR.
SO EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS STAFFING PROMOTION.
EVERYTHING IS MOVEMENTS, EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE WHEN THEY, THEY LOOK AT STAFFING.
SO WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE, IF WE WERE RUNNING THREE PERSON CREWS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE ACCREDITED BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR, UH, RESPONSE FORCE WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
SO EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS ON A NATIONAL STANDARD.
THERE'S NOTHING WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING THAT IS GOING TO ENHANCE OR, UH, YOU KNOW, DIMINISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
YES, THANKS MAYOR AND COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHIEF AND HIS TEAM.
THIS WILL BE ANOTHER FIRST FOR SAN ANTONIO TO HAVE AN ACCREDITED FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY STARTED THIS PROCESS.
COUNCILMAN SALDANA MOORE, THAN A YEAR AGO.
TODAY, UH, JUST A YEAR AGO, OCTOBER OF 2017, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL REQUESTED A REVIEW OF OUR CITY INCENTIVES SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INVESTMENT POLICY, AS WELL AS THE INNER CITY REINVESTMENT INFILL POLICY PROGRAMS. UH, IN JANUARY OF 2018, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A MORATORIUM, YOU MAY RECALL ALMOST A YEAR AGO, UH, SO THAT WE COULD DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE POLICY AND RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH SOME RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE PROGRAMS, UH, COMMISSION AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY OF THESE INCENTIVES TO EVALUATE THE
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PROGRAM'S SUCCESS BECAUSE THESE WERE PUT IN PLACE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO TO, UH, ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT NEED HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS THE MOST.UM, WE'RE PROPOSING VARIOUS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PROGRAM STUDIES AS WELL AS INPUT FROM EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND GROUPS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, DEVELOPERS.
SO STAFF HAS PRESENTED THESE PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING OR COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE TWICE AS WELL AS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE.
AND OF COURSE WE DID ANOTHER B SESSION JUST IN NOVEMBER.
YOU ASK US TO LOOK AT A FEW MORE CHANGES IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE DONE THAT OVER THE PAST MONTH AND WE'RE HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO PRESENT THOSE, UH, AMENDED RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS B SESSION.
THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING AT 6:00 PM TO GET MORE INPUT AND THEN WE ARE RECOMMENDING COUNCIL ACTION TOMORROW AT THE A SESSION MEETING, UH, AS IT IS OUR LAST MEETING OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LORI HOUSTON.
WANT TO COMPLIMENT LORI AS WELL AS VERONICA GARCIA, UH, FROM OUR CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND THEY'VE WORKED TOGETHER ON PUT PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION, LORI? OKAY, GREAT.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TODAY'S BRIEFING IS ON THE CENTER CITY HOUSING AND INCENTIVE POLICY IN THE INNER CITY REINVESTMENT INFILL POLICY AND IS AN UPDATE TO THE NOVEMBER 14TH B SESSION.
THE CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS LED BY JOHN JACKS, ADMINISTER BOTH OF THESE POLICIES AND THEY'RE CRUCIAL TO THE REVITALIZATION OF SAN ANTONIO AS THEY PROVIDE PROJECTS THAT MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS INCENTIVES ON AN AS OF RIGHT BASIS.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF EACH POLICY AS WELL AS OUR RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
THESE CHANGES ARE BASED ON SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, THE SA TOMORROW PLANNING MEETINGS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND THE REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO THANK SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY IN THE ROOM, AS HE HAS HELPED, HELPED US REVIEW THIS POLICY.
AND THAT INCLUDES NATALIE GRIFFITH WITH HABITAT HUMANITY.
WE ALSO HAVE JENNIFER GONZALEZ AND MICHAEL SHACKLEFORD WITH ALAMO GROUP, LEELA POWELL WITH LISC, DAVID ALMAN WITH AREA REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, DEBORAH GUERRERO WITH N R P GROUP AND JIM PLUMMER WITH GRACEFUL AND GIULIANI.
LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER PETER ZONI.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ARE VERY COMPLEX POLICY ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE DONE IN A VACUUM.
WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEVELOP A POLICY THAT HELPS US TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM OF DEVELOPMENT.
IT ALSO HELPS US LEVERAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES CITYWIDE.
WE KNOW THAT THE C I P AND THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM ALONE CANNOT ADDRESS SAN ANTONIO'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT WHEN PARTNERED WITH OTHER TOOLS, IT CAN LEVERAGE OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, VERONICA SOTO AND HER DEPARTMENT WILL DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEY'LL DEVELOP A DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY TO LOOK AT HOW INVESTMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS IMPACT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND FINALLY THEY'LL DO AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT LOOKS AT HOW OUR RECENT INVESTMENT HAS IMPACTED CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.
IN ADDITION TO TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS HIGHLIGHTING OUR AS ASSESSMENT OF THE POLICIES AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT HOW THIS POLICY WILL MOVE A MOVE FORWARD.
OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY.
THE FIRST POLICY I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IS THE INNER CITY REINVESTMENT INFO POLICY, WHICH WE REFER TO AS THE ICRP.
THIS IS A PLACE-BASED STRATEGY THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2010 AS A RESULT OF THE EAST SIDE SUMMIT.
IT ADDRESSES AN 84 SQUARE MILE AREA AND PROVIDES PROJECTS AS OF RIGHT INCENTIVES TO INCLUDE CITY FEE WAIVERS AND SAUCE V WAIVERS.
PROVIDED THEY ARE WITHIN A CERTAIN BOUNDARY.
ELIGIBLE PROJECTS ARE VERY FLEXIBLE AND INCLUDES HOUSING, COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SINCE 2010, WE'VE ISSUED OVER 11,000 FEE WAIVERS, WHICH RESULTED IN $4.4 BILLION IN INVESTMENT.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE 10,000 HOUSING UNITS, WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN 42% AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
WE ARE PROPOSING A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ICRP.
THE FIRST IS WE WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME TO THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM.
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WANT TO FOCUS LESS ON THE PLACE AND MORE ON WHAT SAN ANTONIO NEEDS.SO WE KNOW THROUGH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE MEETINGS AS WELL AS THE ESSAY TOMORROW MEETINGS THAT THERE IS A DESIRE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LIMITED THE ABILITY FOR PROJECTS TO GET FEE WAIVERS AND IT MUST MEET ONE OF FOUR CATEGORIES.
AND THAT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, WHICH CURRENTLY YOU CANNOT GET FEE WAIVERS FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, HISTORIC REHABILITATION, AS WELL AS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND LEGACY BUSINESSES.
SO WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM HAVING TO DEVELOP WITHIN AN 84 SQUARE MILE AREA AND ONLY FOCUSING ON THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED AND THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THAT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING OC, OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND LEGACY BUSINESS AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
NOW WE'VE DEFINED THESE CATEGORIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR NON-PROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS AND OWNER, I'M SORRY, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT IS ANY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED BY A FOR-PROFIT OR NON-PROFIT THAT WILL PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO FAMILIES MAKING UP TO 120% A M I.
THIS IS WHAT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE AS THE NEED WITHIN THE FOR SALE PRODUCT.
WE'VE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL CATEGORY, WHICH YOU CURRENTLY CANNOT GET FEE WAIVERS FOR OUR OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS. SO THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT VERONICA SOTO AND HER TEAM ADMINISTER, WHICH INCLUDE THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM AND OUR LEAD PAINT PROGRAM.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE CITY FEE WAIVERS.
SO WE CAN DO MORE OF THE REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION BY WAIVING SOME OF THESE FEES.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON HISTORIC REHAB.
SO ANY PROJECT THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO BE DESIGNATED AS HISTOR AS A HISTORIC REHAB PROJECT WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO GET THESE CITY FEE WAIVERS.
NOW IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE DESIGNATED, BUT IT HAS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE DESIGNATED AND IT STILL MUST GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES AS IF IT WERE A HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
THEN ALSO WE'RE WORKING ON PROVIDING FEE WAIVERS TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
SO RENEE DOMINGUEZ, WHO IS HERE TODAY, HE PRESENTED TO UM, CITY COUNCIL IN A B SESSION, HIS TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND HIS GUIDELINES FOR THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM LAST WEEK, AND THEY'LL BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW.
BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED LEGACY BUSINESSES AS AN ELIGIBLE TYPE OF PROJECT IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF SOME PROJECTS, UM, THAT THIS NEW POLICY WILL HELP.
AND SO THE PICTURE UNDER OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, THAT IS A PICTURE OF A BEFORE AND AFTER HOME, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS AND THEY HAVE TO BE 80% A M I OR BELOW AND THEY GO THROUGH A LOTTERY SYSTEM OPPORTUNITIES FOR A FORGIVABLE LOAN TO REHAB OR RECONSTRUCT THEIR HOME.
THAT LOAN IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 75,000 OR 95,000.
WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM FEE WAIVERS TO HELP THEM OFFSET THAT COST.
SO VERONICA SOTO CAN USE A SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET TO DO MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND ACTUALLY IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 ALONE, WHICH IS OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, THEY'VE ALREADY QUALIFIED 43 APPLICANT APPLICANTS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEIR GOAL IS 81 FOR THE FULL YEAR.
WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING INCENTIVES OR FEE WAIVERS TO THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
UM, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED $4.25 MILLION IN THIS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE A $1 MILLION DONATION THIS PAST MONTH TO ADD TO THAT PROGRAM.
AND PRO PROJECTS IN THAT PROGRAM RECEIVED FUNDING UP TO $14,000 TO REPLACE THE ROOF WITH A WHITE ROOF.
AND THEY ALSO ARE ABLE TO GET TREES AS A RESULT OF THAT INCENTIVE AND THAT HELPS US STABILIZE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO HOW ARE WE HELPING STABILIZE NEIGHBORHOODS? THAT'S THROUGH IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT VERONICA SOTO AND HER TEAM ARE DOING.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT UM, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO FOR THE FOOD WAIVER PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THIS PROJECT RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S A PROJECT ON JOE BLANKS, IT'S WITHIN DISTRICT SIX AND IT'S BEING DEVELOPED BY ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP.
NOW ALAMO DEVELOPS NON-PROFIT HOUSING AND THIS PROJECT IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE DID THROUGH OUR RENEW SA PROGRAM.
SO UNDER VERONICA SOTO'S DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE, UM, A PROGRAM THAT ACQUIRES LOTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, PURCHASES A LOTS, SELLS 'EM TO A NON-PROFIT,
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER AT A DISCOUNTED RATE, AND THEN ALSO UPFRONT FINANCES THEIR PROJECT SO THEY CAN BUILD THE HOME.AND THEN WHEN THEY SELL THE HOME, WE GET THE MONEY BACK AND IT GOES INTO A REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
BY PROVIDING FEE WAIVERS TO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, WE CAN DO MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
AND IN FACT, SINCE 2013, WE'VE DONE 98 PROJECTS WHERE WE'VE ACQUIRED A PARCEL IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEVELOPED AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXAMPLE I WANT TO DISCUSS IS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING QUITE A BIT WITH HABITAT.
THEY USE THIS PROGRAM FOR ALL OF THEIR HOMES AND IN FACT, IN FISCAL YEAR 2018 ALONE, THEY DID 56 HABITAT HOMES.
WE PROVIDED THEM $280,000 IN SS FEE WAIVERS AND $71,000 IN CITY FEE WAIVERS.
IF THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT INCENTIVE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ONLY DO 51 HOMES.
SO OUR INCENTIVES HELP THEM DO FIVE ADDITIONAL HOMES.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM TO OUR LEGACY BUSINESSES.
SO THIS PICTURE UNDER HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IS DE BRAVO RECORDS IN DISTRICT SIX ON OLD HIGHWAY 90 IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST LEGACY BUSINESS DESIGNATED BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
NOW TO BE A LEGACY BUSINESS, YOU HAVE TO BE IN OPERATION FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THAT AREA.
IF DELL BRAVO RECORDS EVER WANTED TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS, WE WANTED HELP THEM DO THAT.
AND SO NOW AS A RESULT OF THESE PROPOSED CHANGES, THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE TYPES OF FEE WAIVERS, WHICH WILL HELP THEM EXPAND AND STAY IN THE AREA.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON THE BURNS BUILDING, WHICH IS A HISTORIC BUILDING AND DAVID, ADAM, AND WITH AREA REAL ESTATE IS REDEVELOPING THAT BUILDING AND ONCE COMPLETE, IT'LL BRING 250 JOBS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND RENOVATE A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE 2015.
AND THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WE WANT FEE WAIVERS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
UM, AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES IS BASC FOX.
THIS IS A PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, DAN MARKSON WILL BE REDEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE HAS ACCESS TO THESE FEE WAIVERS SO HE CAN REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
AND SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE FOCUSING ON WHAT WE WANT IN THE COMMUNITY AND LESS ABOUT THE PLACE.
NOW, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT IRIT PROGRAM? THE CURRENT I IRIT PROGRAM HAS A BOUNDARY.
HOWEVER, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GET THOSE FEE WAIVERS IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE THAT BOUNDARY.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LIMITED THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT CAN GET THOSE INCENTIVES.
AND SO NOW OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB CAN GET THOSE INCENTIVES, THEY COULDN'T GET 'EM BEFORE.
LEGACY BUSINESSES CAN GET THOSE INCENTIVES, THEY COULDN'T GET 'EM BEFORE.
WHAT YOU CAN'T DO IS YOU CAN'T GET INCENTIVES IF YOU'RE A MARKET RATE HOUSING PROJECT AND NOT HISTORIC OR DEVELOPING A, A BUSINESS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO UNLESS YOU'RE IDENTIFIED AND RENEE DOMINGUEZ IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SMALL BUSINESS STRATEGY, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE INCENTIVES.
WE'VE REALLY LIMITED TO THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT CAN GET THESE FEE WAIVERS.
SO OUR FEE WAIVER PROGRAM GOALS INCLUDE FOCUSING ON THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, PRIORITIZING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROJECTS, PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING IT FROM UNWANTED DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO WE HAVE, UM, PLACED A PROHIBITION IN THE, UM, PART IN THE PROGRAM THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE USING THAT PROPERTY AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, YOU CANNOT GET A SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERMIT FOR A TYPE TWO PROPERTY IF YOU ARE GONNA BE RECEIVING FEE WAIVERS.
AND SO HOW WE'LL MONITOR THAT IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO RENOVATE A HISTORIC HOME AND YOU GET THE FEE WAIVERS, WE'LL PLACE YOU IN A DATABASE THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND FOR FIVE YEARS, IF YOU WERE EVER TO GO AND TRY TO PULL A SHORT-TERM PERMIT FOR THAT PROPERTY, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THAT TYPE TWO PERMIT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT.
WE ALSO SUPPORTING OTHER CITY POLICIES SUCH AS THE ESSAY TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND ANOTHER UM, CONCERN WE HEARD FROM OUR HOUSING PROVIDERS BOTH FOR PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT, ARE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SECURE ALLOCATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FEE WAIVER AND THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE LARGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OR LARGE SEA CHIP PROJECTS THAT WILL COME IN AND EAT UP THAT CAPACITY.
SO WE'VE CREATED A PROTECTED ALLOCATION FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
THE NEXT POLICY I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AS A CENTER CITY HOUSING AND INCENTIVE POLICY.
NOW THIS POLICY WAS CREATED IN 2012 AS A RESULT OF THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN.
THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT IS HELPING US DEVELOP
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OUR DOWNTOWN.IT IS A HOUSING FIRST STRATEGY AND THE THOUGHT IS HOUSING IS A FOUNDATION OF EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU SATURATE AN AREA WITH HOUSING AND YOU CREATE A 24 7 VIBRANT AREA WITH THAT BRINGS DISPOSABLE INCOME THAT WILL HELP TIP THE RETAIL.
SO IF YOU'RE A DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT MOST OF THE RETAIL IS FOCUSED ON THE TOURIST AND NOT ON THE RESIDENT.
SO WHEN YOU BRING DISPOSABLE INCOME WITH RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN THAT AREA, THAT'LL HELP CHANGE THE TYPE OF RETAIL.
AND THERE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IN THE RIVER NORTH MIDTOWN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE THE MEDICAL CLINIC THAT POPPED UP OVER ON JOSEPHINE STREET AND BROADWAY AND THEN THERE'S A C V S GOING IN THE MOSAIC PROJECT OFF BROADWAY.
THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL THAT RESIDENTS NEED.
WE KNOW THAT A VIBRANT URBAN CORE IS NECESSARY TO ATTRACT THE MILLENNIAL WORKFORCE.
WE WANT MILLENNIALS TO CHOOSE SAN ANTONIO TO MOVE TO WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.
WE WANT THEM TO BE, WE WANT TO AT LEAST BE AN OPTION AND FOR THEM TO CONSIDER US.
AND THAT'S HOW WE ATTRACT THAT MILLENNIAL WORKFORCE.
WE KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE HOUSING, IF YOU CREATE RETAIL, YOU HELP CREATE LONGER STAYS BY OUR TOURISTS AND THIS WILL HAVE A GREATER IMPACT ON THE OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND THEN A MIXED USE URBAN COURSE NECESSARY TO ENHANCE AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT DOWNTOWN HOUSING IS VERY CHALLENGING.
WE HAVE LAND PRICES THAT ARE HIGH.
OFTENTIMES THEY'RE TWO TO THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN OTHER MARKETS.
CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE HIGHER BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING ON SMALLER PARCELS AND YOU MUST EITHER BUILD PARKING GARAGES AS A RESULT OF THAT OR YOU'RE RENOVATING A HISTORIC BUILDING OR YOU HAVE THE RIVER IMPROVEMENTS OVERLAY DISTRICT AND OTHER REGULATIONS THAT REGULATE HOW YOUR BUILDING LOOKS AND FEELS, WHICH CAN INCREASE THE COST OF YOUR PROJECT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT AUTHENTICITY IN THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO THOSE REGULATIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
OUR RENTAL RATES CURRENTLY DO NOT SUPPORT THE SUPPLY OF OUR LAND PRICES AND OUR CONSTRUCTION PRICES.
WE HAVE AGED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN DOWNTOWN.
SO IF YOU'RE BUILDING A MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECT, OFTENTIMES YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING YOU.
AND WE HAVE IRREGULAR SHAPED PARCELS.
WE'RE NOT THE NICE CLEAN SQUARE RECTANGULAR PARCELS.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE DEVELOPED ON TRIANGULAR PARCELS OR OTHER SHAPES, UM, THAT ARE BIFURCATED EITHER BY THE RIVER OR OTHER UM, STREETS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THE AS OF RIGHT POLICY, WHAT IT MEANS RIGHT NOW IS IF YOU BUILD TWO OR MORE HOUSING UNITS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE YOUR CITY AND SAWS FEE WAIVERS, A TAX REIMBURSEMENT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT BASED ON THE A VALOREM TAXES THAT THE DEVELOPER PAYS TO THE CITY FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENT AND THEN A LOW INTEREST LOAN OR GRANT.
SO THOSE ARE THE INCENTIVES YOU RECEIVE IF YOU BUILD TWO OR MORE HOUSING UNITS.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AS A RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 64 PROJECTS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED REPRESENTING $1.4 BILLION OF INVESTMENT.
WE'VE PROVIDED $102 MILLION IN INCENTIVES TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTS HAPPEN, OF WHICH 75% OF THAT INCENTIVE AS A TAX REBATE IN WHICH THE DEVELOPER IS PAYING THE TAXES AND THEY'RE GETTING THAT REBATE BACK.
IT'S NOT TAXES FROM OUR GENERAL FUND, IT'S THE DEVELOPER'S TAXES THEY'RE PAYING AS A RESULT OF THEIR IMPROVEMENT.
17% OF THAT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS INCENTIVE IS COMING FROM THE SAS FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, WHICH SAS ALLOCATES ANNUALLY, TYPICALLY ABOUT $3 MILLION ANNUALLY.
THE REST, WHICH IS LESS THAN 10 MILLION, IS COMING FROM THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, WHICH CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES TWO TO TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INCENTIVE POLICY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND THAT HELPS PROVIDE LOAN AND GRANTS TO THESE PROJECTS.
WE'VE A BEEN ABLE TO FACILITATE 6,800 HOUSING UNITS, 230,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND 28,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE.
IT'S ALSO WORTHY TO MENTION THAT AS A RESULT OF THE SEED CHIP 11 BROWNFIELD SITES WERE REDEVELOPED.
WE HAVE SEVEN OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRY PROGRAM.
AND SO THESE INCENTIVES HELPED MAKE THESE PROJECTS AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN 13 SITES WERE SURFACE PARKING LOTS.
JUST AN INTERESTING FACT, OVER 60% OF OUR DOWNTOWN AREA IS SURFACE PARKING LOTS AND THOSE PARKING LOTS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONVINCE SOMEONE TO REDEVELOP THAT PARKING LOT, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INCENTIVE.
OFTENTIMES THOSE PARKING LOTS ALSO HAVE CONTAMINATION ISSUES, SO THAT ALSO INCREASES THE COST.
AND SO THIS WAS ABLE TO CONVERT 13 PARKING
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LOTS TO MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS.NOW WE ALSO LOOK TO SEE WHAT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS AS A RESULT OF THIS POLICY.
AND SO WE TOOK ALL 64 PROJECTS AND LOOKED AT WHAT THEY WERE PAYING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PRE-DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF YOU LOOKED AT ALL 64 PROJECTS AND LOOKED AT THE TAX ROLLS PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY WERE PAYING THE CITY OF SAN SAN ANTONIO $350,000 ANNUALLY.
NOW THEY WERE PAYING S A I S D AND OUR OTHER TAXING ENTITIES ABOUT 1.3 MILLION ANNUALLY.
NOW WE ASSUMED THAT ALL PROJECTS WERE CONSTRUCTED AND CAME ONLINE AND WE LOOKED AT A YEAR ONE, WHAT WOULD THEY DEVELOP OR RETURN TO THIS CITY AND YEAR ONE.
AND SO IN YEAR ONE AND IF WE NETTED OUT THE TAX REBATES, WHICH WERE ABOUT $5.7 MILLION ON THESE 64 PROJECTS, THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE $2.3 MILLION IN TAXES.
SO 350,000 PRE AND THEN $2.3 MILLION AFTER THEY'RE ALL DEVELOPED.
SO THAT'S SIX TIMES WHAT WE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE PROJECTS BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES ARE RECEIVING ABOUT $28.5 MILLION WITH S A I SS D GETTING $16 MILLION FOR THOSE INCENTIVES AS A RESULT OF THOSE INCENTIVES.
SO THE PROJECT AND THE C CHIP ARE PROVIDING GREAT RETURNS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR OTHER TAXING ENTITIES.
WE ALSO DID A TAX ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AND STEVE NIVAN BELIEVE IS HERE IN THE CROWD.
STEVE DID AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AND LOOKED AT ALL 64 PROJECTS AND LET LOOKED AT WHAT THEY RETURNED TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC OUTPUT.
AS A RESULT OF THE 64 PROJECTS, 8,000 JOBS WOULD BE ADDED TO THE SAN ANTONIO MARKET.
THERE'LL BE A $1.1 BILLION TO THE G D P AND A $2.2 BILLION ECONOMIC OUTPUT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'LL BE $3.2 MILLION IN SALES TAX THAT THE C CHIP PROJECTS WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE CITY AS A RESULT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT 3.2 MILLION IS ON TOP OF THAT 2.3 MILLION YEAR ONE RETURN.
SO THERE IS A VERY LARGE RETURN TO OUR INVESTMENT IN THESE PROJECTS AND IT WORKS OUT TO BE FOR EVERY $1 THE CITY INVEST AND INCENTIVES, WE GET $13 BACK IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
WE ALSO ASKED T X P, WHICH IS JOHN HAWKINS'S FIRM OUT OF AUSTIN TO DO A PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.
THEY WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT OUR CCHI PROJECTS.
THEY INTERVIEWED SEVERAL DEVELOPERS, NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING MAYOR HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT, UM, I'M SORRY, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE.
AND WHAT THEIR REPORT SAID IS THE CIP WAS THE KEY TO CLOSING THAT FINANCIAL GAP TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTS WORK.
THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE INCENTING DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
THE CCHI ALONE CANNOT MEET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEMAND, BUT IT CAN SUPPORT AFFORDABILITY AND WE NEED TO MODIFY THE BOUNDARY TO ENSURE GREATER DEVELOPMENT COMPATIBILITY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE STILL NEED MARKET RATE HOUSING IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
WE NEED MARKET RATE TO CONTINUE TO BE ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE NATIONWIDE.
WE HAVE U S A A THAT WILL BE BRINGING 2000 JOBS DOWNTOWN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WE HAVE U T SS A THAT WE'RE BRINGING 11,000 STUDENTS AND A A HUNDRED, I'M SORRY, 1500 FACULTY AND STAFF TO DOWNTOWN.
AND WE HAVE COMPANIES LIKE PRICEWATER COOPER, JEFFERSON BANK, WEWORKS, CREDIT HUMAN, AND OTHERS THAT HAVE RELOCATED OR MOVED TO DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR EMPLOYERS WANT TO BE.
SO THEY KNOW IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT EMPLOYEES, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY WANT TO WORK.
AND THAT IS WHY U S A A AND OTHERS ARE COMING DOWNTOWN.
AND SO WE NEED HOUSING FOR THAT GROWTH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND WE LOOKED AT 14 MARKET RATE HOUSING UNITS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
ALL OF THEM HAVE OCCUPANCY LEVELS OF 90% OR ABOVE.
THE AVERAGE VACANCY RATE OF THOSE UNITS IS ABOUT 7%.
THERE IS DEMAND STILL FOR MARKET RATE HOUSING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND WE NEED HOUSING AS THESE EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS MOVE DOWNTOWN.
NOW WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A TWO YEAR EXTENSION TO THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INCENTIVE POLICY.
AND WE'LL EVALUATE THIS THROUGHOUT THAT TWO YEARS, WE'VE ALIGNED THE POLICY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SA TOMORROW PLAN, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT.
WE'VE ALSO ALIGNED IT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'VE PLACED A FOCUS IN ON DENSITY AND
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AFFORDABILITY.NOW OUR PROPOSED BOUNDARY, INITIALLY IT WAS A 5.4 SQUARE MILE BOUNDARY AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CREATED A LEVELED SYSTEM OR A TIERED SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE THREE LEVELS.
LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO IS THE DOWNTOWN AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND LEVEL.
DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN AREA ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LAND PRICES WITHIN THOSE TWO AREAS.
DIFFERENT RENTAL RATE ATTAINMENT AS WELL AS UM, DIFFERENT MARKET RATE SUPPLY.
AND THEN LEVEL THREE WILL INCORPORATE THE SA TOMORROW REGIONAL CENTERS AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ALONG THE 2040 PLAN THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED BY VIA.
THIS ALSO REMOVES THE AREAS OF URBAN LOAD DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS REMOVE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE BOUNDARIES.
AND SO IF IT'S WITH WITHIN A REGIONAL CENTER, ANY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS LOW TO MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IS REMOVED FROM THE BOUNDARY OF THAT AREA.
AND SO HERE ARE THE TWO MAPS SIDE BY SIDE.
WE HAVE THE PROPOSED CENTER CITY, WHICH IS LEVEL ONE AND TWO.
LEVEL ONE IS THAT YELLOW PEACHES AREA.
AND THEN LEVEL TWO IS THE PINK AREA.
AND THEN LEVEL THREE IS THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE GREEN, WHICH INCLUDES THE REGIONAL CENTERS AS WELL AS THE CORRIDORS.
NOW TO BE ABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVES THROUGH THE CIP, AT MINIMUM YOU MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY.
YOU MUST BE SUBJECT TO DESIGN REVIEW.
ALL PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE REZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE INCENTIVES THROUGH THIS POLICY.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE WITHIN LEVEL ONE, YOU MUST BE TWO OR MORE HOUSING UNITS, BUT HAVE A DENSITY OF 50 UNITS PER ACRE.
LEVEL TWO, YOU MUST HAVE 10% OF YOUR UNITS AT A WORKFORCE RATE OF WHICH IS 80% OR BELOW, AND THEN 10% AT 60% OR BELOW OR BE ABOVE FIVE STORIES.
AND THEN LEVEL THREE, AT MINIMUM, YOU MUST HAVE 20% OF YOUR UNITS AT 60% A M I.
AND OF COURSE YOU MUST MEET THE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE CHART.
NOW FOR THE INCENTIVES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO EACH OF THESE LEVELS, LEVEL ONE WHICH IS THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, YOU'D BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A CITY FEE WAIVER OF UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR CITY FEES.
AND A SAS FEE WAIVER THAT'S CAPPED AT A MILLION DOLLARS.
YOU'D ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 15 YEAR TAX REBATE AT 75%.
AND THEN IF YOUR PROJECT DOES INCLUDE AFFORDABILITY, YOU GET A BONUS GRANT OF UP TO 10,000 PER AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT TO HELP YOU WITH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YOUR PROJECT.
NOW, LEVEL TWO, YOU HAVE TO MEET THAT WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT OR GO ABOVE FIVE STORIES AND YOU'D BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CITY FEE WAIVER OF UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND THEN THE SO P WAIVER IS CAPPED AT 500,000, THEN YOU RECEIVE A 10 YEAR TAX REBATE AT 75% AND YOU WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRANT.
AND THEN LEVEL THREE, WHICH IS 20% AT 60% A M I, YOU MUST, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR CITY FEES WAIVED UP TO 250,000 OF YOUR SAWS FEES WAIVED AND YOU'LL GET A 10 YEAR 75% REBATE.
NOW WE'VE DEVELOPED THESE PROGRAMS AND THESE LEVELS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
AND WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LISTENING TO CONCERNS IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE MEETINGS, THE ESSAY TOMORROW MEETINGS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND OTHER MEETINGS, WE HEARD SEVERAL CONCERNS AND I'VE IDENTIFIED THEM ON THIS SLIDE FIRST, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE TRYING TO SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION AND INCREASED DENSITY? WHY ARE YOU INCENTING LUXURY PRODUCT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS? WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH REGARDS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DISPLACEMENT? AND HOW DO WE PROTECT THAT? DOES THIS ALIGN WITH THE REGIONAL CENTERS? AND HOW DOES THIS ALIGN WITH A MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE? SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE AND EXPLAIN HOW WE'VE ACCOMMODATED THAT IN THIS POLICY.
THE FIRST IS DENSITY AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO WHY ARE WE INCENTING DENSITY? AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING THAT SUBURBAN DEVELOPER AN OPTION TO DEVELOP DOWNTOWN.
WE'D RATHER DEVELOPERS COME IN THAN GO OUT.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE LESS BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOSPITALS, WE HAVE THE FIRE STATIONS, WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY THERE.
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POLICY TO SUPPORT THAT DENSITY.WE'RE ALSO WANTING TO SUPPORT A MORE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO MOVING DOWNTOWN GIVES SOMEBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELIMINATE THE CAR OR GO DOWN TO ONE CAR WHERE A MORE WALKABLE AREA AND IT SUPPORTS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
AND SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS ALSO ADDED IN THE C CHIP IS THAT ANY PROJECT THAT RECEIVES INCENTIVES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM MUST ACCOMMODATE BIKE PARKING AND SCOOTER PARKING ON THEIR SITE.
NOW, LUXURY PRODUCT, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT IS WHY ARE YOU INCENTING MILLION DOLLAR CONDOS? AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE PLACED A CAP ON THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT CAN GET INCENTIVES.
SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO SELL YOUR PRODUCT FOR MORE THAN $360,000, THE PROJECT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THESE INCENTIVES.
NOW $360,000 IS THE CAP 'CAUSE THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN GET THROUGH AN F H A LOAN.
NOW WE KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE PRODUCTS THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS TYPE OF INCENTIVE AND THAT INCLUDES THE TERRAMARK PRODUCT THAT'S DONE BY JOHN COOLEY.
AND THAT IS A THREE BEDROOM, TWO, TWO AND A HALF BATH TOWN HOME.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY IN THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, BUT THEY PROVIDE A HOME FOR THAT FAMILY THAT WANTS TO LIVE DOWNTOWN AND WHO DOES NOT WANT TO RENT.
AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY THE PRICE POINT IS ANYWHERE FROM 200,000 TO 325,000.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT AND GIVE REASONS FOR FAMILIES OR GIVE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES TO MOVE DOWNTOWN.
WE'VE ALSO PLACED A CAP ON THE RENTAL PRODUCT.
SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE GETTING INCENTIVES TO THIS SEED CHIP, YOUR APARTMENT CANNOT BE RENTED FOR MORE THAN 2 75 A FOOT.
SO THAT'S THE AVERAGE RATE FOR A PROJECT 2 75 IS THE NUMBER BECAUSE THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD NOT NEED INCENTIVES IF YOU'RE DOING A STICK-BUILT FOUR STORY, UM, HOUSING PROJECT.
NOW, IF YOU WERE TO GO ABOVE FIVE STORIES, THAT 2 75 BUMPS TO 2 85.
AND THEN WE DO ADJUST IT FOR INFLATION OVER THE YEARS, UM, IN LINE WITH THE INFLATION FOR THE AREA MEANING INCOME.
NOW IF A PROJECT WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING THESE INCENTIVES GOES ABOVE THIS RENTAL RATE, THE ENTIRE INCENTIVE PACKAGE IS COMPLETELY RECAPTURED.
NOW IF THEY, IF THE RENTAL RATE GOES ABOVE AFTER YEAR FIVE, THEN THE REBATE STOPS AND THEY NO LONGER GET THE REBATE AFTER THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO WE HAVE PLACED PROTECTIONS IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CONTINUING TO INCENT HIGH DOLLAR OR HIGH RENTABLE SPACES.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED A PROVISION THAT IF YOU'RE A PROJECT AND YOU'RE GOING TO RES INCLUDE HOTEL IN YOUR PROJECT, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THESE INCENTIVES.
NOW, NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'VE INCORPORATED SEVERAL MEASURES INTO THIS POLICY.
FIRST, PROPERTY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL OR INELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVES UNDER THIS POLICY.
AND ANY PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN REZONED FROM SINGLE FAMILY SINCE 2016 IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVES UNDER THIS POLICY.
AND SO THAT HELPS US WITH THAT SPECULATION WHERE DEVELOPERS WERE PURCHASING PROPERTIES AND REZONING THEM IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS POLICY COMING FORWARD.
WE ALSO HAVE PLACED A PROVISION IN THERE THAT IF YOUR PROPERTY IS ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION OR IT ALLOWS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING, IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVES UNDER THIS POLICY.
AND THEN REZONING THE PROPERTY TO THE ELIGIBLE ZONING TYPE DOES NOT MAKE YOU ELIGIBLE.
SO THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T GRANT THEM INCENTIVES, IT JUST MEANS THEY WON'T GET THEM AS OF RIGHT AND THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, A PROCESS AND COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE'VE ALSO PUT IN A PROVISION IN THERE TO PROTECT SOME OF THE AREAS.
I KNOW THIS IS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FIVE, WHERE YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT IT'S ON A PARCEL THAT'S ZONED MULTI-FAMILY.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOME AS WELL.
AND SO IF THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A SITE THAT'S ZONE MULTIFAMILY, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THESE INCENTIVES.
SO THAT USE TRUMPS THE ACTUAL ZONING IN THAT CASE BECAUSE THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO REZONE TO CAPTURE, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN LEVEL THREE.
THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.
'CAUSE LAST, UM, REITERATION AT THE B SESSION, WE DID NOT HAVE LEVEL THREE AND LEVEL THREE ARE THE REGIONAL CENTERS AND THE CORRIDORS, UM, IN THE VIA 2040 PLAN.
SO TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVES IF YOU'RE WITHIN LEVEL THREE CITY COUNCIL MUST HAVE APPROVED YOUR LAND USE PLAN.
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THE LAND USE PLANS IN THE REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.THE CLOSEST ONE, I BELIEVE IS BROOKS.
AND AS THEY COME FORWARD, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH ZONING AND THE, THE COMMUNITY IS DECIDING WHERE THEY WANT TO SEE CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO ONCE THAT IS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, THEN THE PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE INCENTIVES THROUGH THE CIP AND THE SAME FOR THE 2040 PLAN.
AND SO AS VA GOES FORWARD AND IDENTIFIES AND DESIGNATES THESE CORRIDORS, THEY CANNOT RECEIVE THESE INCENTIVES UNTIL THAT OCCURS.
ANY PROJECT RECEIVING INCENTIVES IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SHORT-TERM PERMIT FOR A TYPE TWO PERMIT.
AND SO ONCE AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THE ONLY PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNER OCCUPIED THAT ARE DOING THE SHORT-TERM PERMITS CAN, CAN GET THESE INCENTIVES.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT OWNER OCCUPIED, YOU CANNOT GET THE C CHIP INCENTIVES AND ALSO HAVE A SHORT TERM PERMIT, UM, SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERMIT.
AND THAT WILL BE FOR THE TERM OF YOUR AGREEMENT.
SO IF YOUR TAX REBATE IS FOR 10 YEARS, IT'S FOR 10 YEARS.
IF IT'S 15 YEARS, IT'S FOR 15 YEARS.
AND THEN ALL PROJECTS MUST RECEIVE HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW, COMMISSION APPROVAL.
AND THIS REALLY HELPS US LOOK AT THE QUALITY AND MAKING SURE THAT PROJECT IS IN LINE WITH THE SURROUNDING, UM, DESIGN AND UM, COMPONENTS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WANNA STRESS THAT PROJECTS RESULTING IN DIRECT DISPLACEMENT OF TENANTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THESE INCENTIVES.
AND SO IF YOU WERE TO BUY A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT AND RELOCATE THOSE TENANTS AND THEN COME TO THE CITY AND ASK FOR SEA CHIP INCENTIVES TO REDEVELOP THAT PROPERTY, YOU WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE.
AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A PROJECT THAT ENCOURAGES OR AN INCENTIVE THAT ENCOURAGES DISPLACEMENT.
AND HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY? THAT WAS A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION AS WELL.
SO LEVEL ONE, IF YOU'RE WITHIN LEVEL ONE, WHICH IS A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, YOU CAN STILL BUILD MARKET RATE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT EQUAL TO 10,000 PER UNIT.
NOW, LEVEL TWO, YOU MUST EITHER BE HIGHER THAN FOUR FIVE STORIES OR HAVE UP TO 10% OF YOUR UNITS AT A WORKFORCE RATE OF 80% A M I OR BELOW AND 10% AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE OF 60% A M I OR BELOW.
AND THEN LEVEL THREE, AT LEAST 20% OF YOUR UNITS MUST BE AT 60% A M I OR BELOW.
AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, EVERY CCHI PROJECT MUST CONTRIBUTE TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, AND THAT IS 25% OF THEIR TAX INCREMENT THEY'RE PAYING TO THE CITY WILL GO INTO A FUND TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AT 60% A M I OR BELOW.
UM, OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, ASSUMING WE GET DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ALL 13 REGIONAL CENTERS AND LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS OR THE PFCS OR OTHER AREAS, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL GET ABOUT $1 MILLION ANNUALLY WHEN THEY ALL HIT THE GROUND IN THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
VERONICA SOTO AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL USE THAT FUND TO SUPPORT GAP FINANCING FOR 60% A M I UNITS OR BELOW.
NOW, THEY'LL BE DEVELOPING THE ACTUAL PARAMETERS FOR HOW THAT FUND IS USED WHEN THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY, BUT IT WILL BE DEDICATED TO 60% A M I OR BELOW.
AND THEN OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOLS.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE KNOW THAT THE SEED CHIP IS NOT THE ONLY TOOL THAT CAN HELP LEVERAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND WHEN USED ALONE, IT'S DIFFICULT TO, TO HELP LEVERAGE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT USED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT POLICY OR PROGRAMS LIKE THE 4% OR 9%, IT CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO THE MUSEUM REACH LOFTS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT PRO, THAT TYPE OF LEVERAGING AND LAYERING THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST P F C WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT ANY P F C PROJECT THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE P F C BOARD, WHICH THE P F C BOARD IS COMPRISED OF, COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FIVE, UM, THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WORK ON CRAFTING DEALS SPECIFIC TO THAT DEAL.
AND SO IF THEY RECOMMEND THAT THAT PROJECT SHOULD RECEIVE INCENTIVES THROUGH THE CCHI P THEN THEY'LL RECEIVE CCHI P INCENTIVES.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING THE P F C BOARD THE, THE LEEWAY TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THOSE PROJECTS AND CRAFT A DEAL SPECIFIC FOR THAT AREA.
AND THEN THEY'D RECEIVE THE CCHI INCENTIVES.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING DISPOSING
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OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY TO HELP LEVERAGE THE NEED OF 60% A M I OR BELOW.NOW THE MUSEUM ALOFT PROJECT, THIS IS A PROJECT WE TOOK TO COUNCIL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'VE LAYER LEVERAGED AND LAYERED INCENTIVES TO MAKE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT WORK.
AND SO THAT PROJECT WAS 17 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
IT HAD 94 HOUSING UNITS, OF WHICH THE MAJORITY, ACTUALLY EVERY UNIT EXCEPT EIGHT UNITS WERE BELOW 60% A M I.
AND SO WHAT THE CITY AND THE STATE DID IS WE LEVERAGED OUR INCENTIVES.
SO WE PROVIDED THE TSS GRANT, OUR INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND GRANT, AND OUR C CHIP, AND THEN THE, THE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
SO THE 94 UNITS IN THAT PROJECT EACH RECEIVED ABOUT $160,000 INCENTIVE PER UNIT TO MAKE THAT PROJECT WORK.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT IS REALLY THE INCENTIVE THAT MADE THOSE PROJECTS WORK.
BUT LAYERING ON THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND AND THE SEED CHIP AND THE TURS HELPED TO HELP REALLY CLOSE THAT GAP.
BUT THE HEAVY IN THAT IS A TAX CREDIT OF 112,000 PER UNIT.
WE ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING PROPERTY DISPOSITION AND WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO DISPOSE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY, WHERE WE WOULD PACKAGE A PROPERTY STATE THAT THE PROPERTY'S ELIGIBLE FOR C CHIP INCENTIVES AND POTENTIALLY GO TO COUNCIL AND REQUEST SUPPORT FOR A 9% TAX CREDIT DEAL.
SO WHEN WE ISSUE AN R F P, WE MAKE IT VERY COMPETITIVE TO GET THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY WE WANT, AND WE WORKING CLOSELY WITH VERO AND HER TEAM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS ON THOSE RFPS.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ARE DOING.
UM, THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET INCLUDED $25 MILLION TO HELP WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OF WHICH 17 MILLION WAS NEW FUNDING.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A $1 MILLION GRANT FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
AND THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH NONPROFIT PROVIDERS ON PROGRAMS LIKE THE RENEW S A, UM, TO HELP US BRING MORE HOUSING TO THE DOWNTOWN.
THEY'VE DONE 33 UNDER ONE ROOF PROJECTS THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE, 47, UM, FAMILIES HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED FOR THAT OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM.
THEY'VE PROVIDED, UM, HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE CLASSES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN 18 FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO CLOSE ON THEIR HOMES.
AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR RISK MITIGATION FUND, WHICH WAS PART OF THE $25 MILLION THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN THIS PAST, UM, BUDGET YEAR.
AND SO IN THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY THEY'LL BE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, UM, THEY WILL LOOK TO SEE HOW THEY CAN MEET THE GOALS AND IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT.
AND THE CCHI P AND ICRP WILL BE TOOLS INCORPORATED IN THAT STRATEGY.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
AND THEN THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLARS I SPOKE OF EARLIER.
THEY'LL BE DEVELOPING A DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY THAT'LL COME TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, AND ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY 2019 THAT WILL LOOK AT HOW WE CAN HELP INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE INCENTED BY THE CITY, AS WELL AS, UM, THE RESULTS OF AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING RAPID NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE.
BUT I DO WANNA STRESS THAT THE SEA CHIP DOES NOT INCENT PROJECTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY DISPLACING, UM, INDIVIDUALS OR TENANTS.
AND THEN I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.
SO FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS POSTED TO A PUBLIC ONLINE DATABASE FOLLOWING RENEE DOMINGUEZ AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHO'VE PLACED ALL THEIR INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS ON AN ONLINE DATABASE.
ALL PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE H D R C REVIEW, WHICH REQUIRES A, A PUBLIC INPUT.
WE'RE ALIGNING IT WITH THE SA TOMORROW REGIONAL CENTERS, WHICH ALSO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS BEFORE THEY GO TO COUNCIL FOR THE LAND USE PLAN ADOPTION.
UPON EXECUTION OF OUR C CHIP AGREEMENTS, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER AND THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE WE ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE SO NO ONE IS CAUGHT OFF GUARD ABOUT A PROJECT HAPPENING.
AND THEN WE'LL DO AN ANNUAL UPDATE AT MINIMUM TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
AND THEN FINALLY, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WORKED ON WITH OUR NONPROFIT PROVIDERS IS DOING MORE MONITORING AND OUTREACH AND DOING A SURVEY THAT WE CAN HAVE OPEN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHTS OF THE, THE DEVELOPERS, THE NON-PROFIT DEVELOPERS, THE FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH AM MAYORS HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A DEDICATED REVENUE
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STREAM TO HELP WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.WE ARE UTILIZING THE HUD AREA MEDIAN INCOME LEVELS.
WE'VE PRIORITIZED OUR CITY INCENTIVES TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH FOR SALE AND RENTAL.
WE HAVE RENT AND INCOME RESTRICTED OUR C CHIP PROJECTS, AS WELL AS WE'RE INCREASING PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS.
WE DID LOOK AT OUR 10 YEAR HOUSING GOAL, LOOKING AT THE HOUSING, UM, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO CAN ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST 10% OF THAT GOAL.
AND WE BELIEVE THE OTHER REGIONAL CENTERS CAN ACCOMMODATE THE REST, AND THAT'S OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD.
HOWEVER, THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE WORK WITH VERO SOTA AND HER TEAM ON DEVELOPING, UM, THE HOUSING AFFORDABLE STRATEGY.
AND THEN THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE ESSAY TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'VE ALIGNED THE INCENTIVES WITH OUR REGIONAL CENTERS.
WE HAVE A FOCUS ON DENSITY, FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, WE ARE, WE ARE ELIMINATING THE ABILITY FOR PROJECTS TO RECEIVE INCENTIVES IF THEY'RE ON THE E T J OR THE AQUIFER.
AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE PLANNING EFFORTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH.
WE HAVE GONE TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE TWICE.
UM, WE HAVE GONE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS AND HAD MEETINGS WITH OUR DEVELOPERS, BOTH MARKET RATE AND NON-PROFIT.
WE'VE WORKED ON OUR, ON WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING COMMITTEES THAT ARE THROUGH THE REGIONAL CENTERS, ALSO WORKING ON OUR, WITH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CENTRO.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH THE ESSAY TOMORROW EFFORTS IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT.
AND IN FACT, WE WENT THROUGH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE.
WE HAD ONE MEETING WITH THE FULL COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE HAD THREE TO FOUR COMMITTEES WITH INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS.
AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WE HAVE MET WITH THE LEADERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THE LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO.
AND WE HAVE ASKED THAT THOSE, UM, INVITE US TO COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT AND GET FEEDBACK.
WE'VE INCORPORATED A LOT OF THAT FEEDBACK IN THIS REVISED POLICY, AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.
WE'VE HAD MEETINGS UP UNTIL YESTERDAY.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS ON THE POLICY AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT HAS.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, AS WE'RE MEETING WITH SEVERAL OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS, THERE MAY BE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP THAT AREN'T RELATED TO THE POLICY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT CAN ADDRESS.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING 'EM IN CONTACT WITH THE CORRECT PERSON SO THEY GET THEIR, THEIR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR THOSE ISSUES.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO TO CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW FOR CONSIDERATION OF BOTH THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM AND THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INCENTIVE POLICY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS, EITHER THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY OR THE FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY, ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LORI, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS AND WE'LL TRY TO MOVE, UH, AS THOUGHTFULLY AND QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
BUT, UM, IT'LL TAKE SOME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
WE PUT THE, UM, MORATORIUM IN PLACE, UH, ESSENTIALLY IN DECEMBER.
IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL, BUT, UM, I WANNA REFLECT A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE ASKED THIS COMMUNITY TO DO, UH, TWO EXTREMELY HEAVY LIFTS AT THE SAME TIME.
ONE OF THEM IS TO IMPLEMENT A SAN ANTONIO MORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ADDRESS ISSUES OF NEEDED DENSITY AND ACCOMMODATION OF THE GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND, UH, POPULATION DOUBLING A MILLION PEOPLE COMING, UH, BEING BORN HERE OVER THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF DECADES.
WE'VE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED, UH, THE REORIENTATION OF OUR HOUSING MARKET TO ADDRESS THE GROWING AFFORDABILITY GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE ALL KNOW, UH, VERY CLEARLY THAT WE ARE GUIDED NOW BY A COMPASS, UH, FROM THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE REPORT, UH, WHICH CLEARLY OUTLINES, UH, SEVERAL PRIORITIES, UH, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ON.
UH, AND I'LL JUST NAME THEM VERY BRIEFLY, A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, PUBLIC PROCESS, UH, AFFORDABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN OF COURSE, PREVENTION OF DISPLACEMENT.
UM, SO, BUT I ALSO WANNA REFLECT A MOMENT BECAUSE WE ALSO OFTEN THROW OUT A PHRASE, PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IN THIS SITUATION THAT WE RISK, UM, RISK THAT VERY THING.
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WHEN I LOOK AT THIS POLICY AND I, I ASK MYSELF, WHAT HAVE WE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PUBLIC INPUT AND COUNCIL DEBATE? UM, I SEE THAT THIS POLICY IS VERY CLOSE, UH, TO ONE THAT WE WOULD THINK ADDRESSES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PRIORITIES.UM, BUT I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT TRY TO ADDRESS THIS, TRY TO ADDRESS IT COMPASSIONATELY, TRY TO ADDRESS IT, UH, STATISTICALLY, UH, TRY TO ADDRESS IT FROM A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, PERSPECTIVE.
THEY FAIL, UH, BECAUSE THE CITY OR THE COMMUNITY GETS, UH, PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, THE PRIORITIES END UP IN CONFLICT.
AND WE FIGURE AND, AND WE DON'T FIGURE OUT WAYS, UH, OTHER THAN TO BRING EVERYTHING TO A GRINDING HALT.
AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, JUST TO OUR NORTH, UH, RECENTLY.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, SO I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AS I GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, LORI, UM, OF HOW WE'VE ADDRESSED, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT, THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOU AT COUNCIL.
AND SO I CAN ILLUSTRATE WHY I BELIEVE, UH, THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT POLICY FOR US, UH, IN GENERAL, AND IT'S THE RIGHT POLICY FOR US NOW.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE DEFINITION OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND WORKFORCE HOUSING.
AND SO WE'VE DEFINED WORKFORCE HOUSING AS ANYTHING BETWEEN 61% AND 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ANYTHING BELOW 60% A M I.
AND THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TAX FORCE REPORT.
AND THAT'S IN, THAT'S BOTH THE NEW CITY CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM AND CCHI.
ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WE HEARD, UM, AND YOU KNOW, IS, IS REFLECTED IS THE FACT THAT NOW THE, UH, AND WE NEED THIS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR, UH, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, AS THE COMMUNITY HAS DIRECTED US ON SA TOMORROW THAT WE NEED DENSITY, UH, WE NEED SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 13 REGIONAL ECONOMIC CENTERS, AND NOW CCHI P HAS EXTENDED INTO THOSE AREAS.
UM, TELL ME ABOUT THAT AND WHAT, AT WHAT POINT CAN, UH, THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING CCHI IN THOSE AREAS? AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS THEY GO FORWARD WITH THE REGIONAL CENTER PLANS FOR EACH OF THOSE REGIONAL CENTERS.
AND SO THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER AND I ATTENDED SEVERAL OF THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CENTER PLANNING MEETINGS ALONG WITH THE ONES, UM, IN THE SOUTHERN AREA IN THE BROOKS.
AND WE'RE ASKING THEM, WHERE DO YOU WANNA SEE DEVELOPMENT? SO WE CAN REZONE, IDENTIFY LAND USE, AND DURING THOSE MEETINGS, WE'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE HOUSING? AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT.
AND THAT WAY WE'RE NOT INCENTING ANY PROJECT THAT IS GOING IN A LAND USE AREA OR REGIONAL CENTER THAT HAS NOT GONE THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS.
SO I WANNA STRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BROOKS, UM, REGIONAL CENTER PLAN THAT'S GONE THROUGH A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT, UM, THE DEVELOP, UM, THE COMMUNITY HAS IDENTIFIED WHERE THEY WANT TO SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND ONCE COUNCIL ADOPTS THAT, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO SEE HOW THEY CAN GET HOUSING OKAY.
WELL, AND, AND, AND I MIGHT ASK VETO IF YOU CAN COME UP FOR A MINUTE.
UH, BECAUSE THERE'S COMMUNITY INPUT AND THERE'S COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND OUR INPUT PROCESS IS ONLY SO GOOD AS THE HOUSING SYSTEM CAN ACCOMMODATE AND IMPLEMENT.
AND ONE OF THE, THE TOP PRIORITY OF THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE IS A COORDINATED SYSTEM.
WHAT WE HEARD COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, AND I HEARD VERY CLEARLY FROM THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOODS IS THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE, UM, EQUIPPED ENOUGH, HAVE STRONG ENOUGH MANPOWER TO ACCOMMODATE THE REQUESTS AND THE PLANNING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHERE ARE WE ON THE COORDINATED SYSTEM, VERO? SURE.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, VERONICA SATOU NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES.
SO FIRST WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH C C D O, UM, ON THE INCENTIVE POLICIES.
AND SOME OF OUR STAFF HAVE ATTENDED THE MEETINGS THAT LORI HAS BEEN AT AS WELL WITH REGARDS TO THE COORDINATED HOUSING SYS HOUSING SYSTEM.
JUST, UH, EARLIER TODAY I GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ ABOUT, UH, ALL OF OUR BUSINESS PLANS.
AND WE SPOKE ABOUT, UH, UH, STAFF THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT ON THAT IS PART OF THAT COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE HIRED THE STAFF THAT IS GOING TO HELP US LEAD THE EFFORT AND REACH OUT TO
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ALL THE PARTNERS.AND OUR FIRST MEETING FOR THAT COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE HOSTED IN JANUARY.
WE'RE WAITING FOR A LOCATION, BUT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OVER 30 HOUSING PROVIDERS, AND WE ARE ALSO INCORPORATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS PART OF THAT COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
SO THE STAFF IS ON BOARD AND WE'RE MOVING AHEAD AND ATTENDING MEETINGS WITH, UH, OTHER PARTNERS ALREADY.
AND I THINK ONE THING THAT WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE VERY CLEAR IS THAT THE COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM IS ABOUT KNOCKING DOWN SILOS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ONE ENTRY, ONE DOORWAY INTO THE HOUSING SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO LED BY AN EXECUTIVE, AND, AND THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND MAYOR, UM, YOU YOU'LL RECALL, AS PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WE PRESENTED IN AUGUST, WE HAD A THREE YEAR PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HOUSING TASK FORCE.
IN FACT, WE JUST PROVIDED YOU, UM, OVER, UH, IN NOVEMBER AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE ALREADY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.
AND THE GOAL, UH, OVER THIS TIMEFRAME IS TO BRING ALL THE HOUSING FUNCTIONS TOGETHER, UM, UNDER ONE UNIT, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, RATHER THAN SILOS, THE INTEGRATED APPROACH AND COORDINATION AMONG ALL OF OUR PROVISION OF HOUSING SERVICES.
SO THAT IS PROCEEDING, UM, AS WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE HOUSING TASK FORCE OF MANPOWER, UM, THAT WE HEARD CLEARLY, AGAIN WHEN WE WENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO AS WE DO THAT PLUS ACCELERATE LARGE AREA REZONES, WE'RE GONNA NEED PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST THERE AT THE MEETINGS WITH, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY INCORPORATING THEIR FEEDBACK INTO THE PRODUCTS THAT WE PRODUCE.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT, UH, OH, WELL BACK ON THE, ON THE ALIGNMENT OF THE REGIONAL CENTER, SOME OF THOSE REGIONAL CENTERS ARE IN THE, ARE BLEED INTO THE E T J AND INTO THE RECHARGE ZONE OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, WHERE WE CURRENTLY DON'T INCENT IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE? SO YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE, IF YOU'RE WITHIN A REGIONAL CENTER, BUT ON THE E T J, IN THE E T J, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE INCENTIVES.
WHAT ABOUT THE RECHARGE ZONE? SAME THING.
SO ON THE RECHARGE ZONE IN THE REGIONAL CENTER, YOU DID NOT RECEIVE INCENTIVES.
UM, THE MOST SENSITIVE AREA OF ANY OF THESE POLICIES HAS TO DO WITH THEIR IMPACT ON DISPLACEMENT.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, WOULD BE A, A DIRECT DISPLACEMENT MM-HMM.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT OR, OR THOSE IMPACTS THAT ARE BEYOND THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT ACTUALLY CAUSE THE, UH, PROPERTY VALUES TO, UM, RISE INORDINATELY AND, AND PUT PRESSURE ON RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF RENT AND PROPERTY TAXES.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA ASK VERONICA SOTO TO SPEAK TO THAT THEY ARE DEVELOPING A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT AND WOULD BE COMING TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN EARLY 2019.
SO THIS IS ABOUT THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, BUT ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT DISPLACEMENT OVERALL.
UM, OUR FIRST PRIORITY WITH OUR STAFF WAS TO, UH, IDENTIFY THE POLICY FOR THE RISK MITIGATION FUND.
AND THOSE ARE THE MEETINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED.
WE HAVE HAD, UM, AS OF TODAY, FIVE MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE WAS A MEETING HOSTED EARLIER TODAY.
UM, SO WE HAVE HAD FIVE MEETINGS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS BEFORE COMING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE IN JANUARY.
AND HOPEFULLY, UH, AT THE END OF JANUARY FOR THAT.
THE NEXT STEP FOR THAT STAFF AFTER WE PRESENT THOSE ITEMS IS TO LOOK AT THE LARGER DISPLACEMENT ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ARE, UH, GOING TO BE UNDERTAKING AN IMPACT, UM, A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
UM, THE SCOPE OF THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW, UM, AS WE RAMP UP THE DRAFT OF THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY, THAT'S THE $1 MILLION FUND.
AND THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT IS NEXT FOR THAT, UM, STAFF.
AND THAT, THAT STUDY WILL, WILL BE COMPLETED THE IMPACT'S UNDERSTOOD BEFORE ANY PROGRAM RENEWAL? CORRECT.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE, THE, THIS PRO, THIS PROGRAM HAS RECEIVED LARGER ATTENTION IS BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP SAYING ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER THAT WE'VE GIVEN TAX INCENTIVES TO LUXURY APARTMENTS THAT NOBODY CAN AFFORD.
TELL ME HOW WE'RE GONNA PREVENT THAT UNDER THESE PROGRAMS. AND SO IN THIS PROGRAM, IN THE NEW POLICY, WE ARE STATING THAT ANY PROJECT THAT IS FOR SALE FOR OVER 360,000 WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE INCENTIVES.
AND THAT 360 MAY ADJUST OVER YEARS 'CAUSE IT'S IN LINE WITH A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN GET IN A F H A LOAN.
NOW, UH, THIS WOULD PREVENT PROJECTS LIKE THE ARTIST RESIDENTS FROM GETTING INCENTIVES.
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THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF, OF HOW THIS WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.NOW, WE ALSO PLACED A CAP ON THE RENTAL LEVEL THAT A PROJECT CAN HAVE IN THEIR PROJECT.
SO IF YOUR PROJECT IS RENTING ON AVERAGE AT 2 75 A FOOT OR GREATER, YOU WOULD NOT RECEIVE INCENTIVES FOR THIS POLICY.
AND SO EXAMPLES THAT WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM THE POLICY TODAY WOULD BE THE SELLER'S PROJECT AT PEARL OR THE FLOODGATE, WHICH IS ON COMMERCE ON THE RIVER.
AND SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE RENTING AT NORTH OF $3 A FOOT, AND THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE THESE INCENTIVES.
NOW, WE'VE ALSO PLACED SOME PROTECTIONS IN THERE.
SO IF A PROJECT RECEIVES INCENTIVES TODAY, AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE AT 2 68 A FOOT, AND THEN NEXT YEAR THEY GO TO 2 85 A FOOT, WE WILL RECAPTURE THE ENTIRE INCENTIVE, AND THAT WILL STAY IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.
NOW, IF THEY EXCEED THAT 2 75 ADJUSTED RATE, UM, AFTER FIVE YEARS, THEN WE WOULD CANCEL THE REBATE AND THEY WOULD STOP RECEIVING THE REBATE.
BUT THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE A COMPLETE RECAPTURE PERIOD.
WELL, I, I'LL SAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UH, LIKELY FOR TOMORROW, BUT I, I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS, THIS PROGRAM, THESE, THESE PROGRAMS WILL PROBABLY BE THE MOST MONITORED AND HAWKED PROGRAMS, I THINK, UH, THAT THE CITY'S EVER UNDERTAKEN JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH PROFILE NATURE AND THE INPUT, THE, UH, PRIORITY WE'VE PLACED ON AFFORDABILITY, BUT ALSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND REVITALIZATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, OFTEN I ASK, UH, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? UM, FIRST OPTION IS WE COULD SIT WHERE WE ARE NOW AND CONTINUE TO STUDY.
UM, SECOND OPTION, DO NOTHING, ESSENTIALLY.
SECOND OPTION WOULD BE WE COULD REVERT BACK TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE, WHICH IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE.
UH, AND THE THIRD OPTION WOULD BE WE MOVE FORWARD ON WHAT I, I BELIEVE IS AN EXCELLENT POLICY PROGRAM.
UM, AND TO ME, THE THIRD OPTION, UH, IS BY FAR THE MOST COMPELLING BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE, UH, TO SEE THE REVITALIZATION OF THE URBAN CORE, BUT, BUT PROVIDES, UH, FOR A MORE CLEARLY DEFINED POLICY THAT PREVENTS DISPLACEMENT AND WHERE DISPLACEMENT OCCURS, PROVIDES PROGRAMMING AND RELIEF, UM, ADDS AFFORDABILITY COMPONENTS TO PROGRAMS AT ONCE, DID NOT HAVE THEM.
AND CCHI P AGAIN, NOW LEVERAGING AFFORDABILITY.
AND THEN THE THIRD, UH, IS DIRECTLY INSTITUTING PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR AND ADDING RESOURCES TO THEM.
OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB NEEDS RESOURCES.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT NOW THAT IS BAKED INTO, UH, THE CCHI POLICY, UM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION PRIORITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANY MORE OF OUR HISTORIC STOCK THAT'S DESIGNATED AND THAT NEEDS HELP TO GET, UH, PRESERVED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, AIDING IN SMALL BUSINESS, UM, RETENTION AND GROWTH.
UH, YOU KNOW, LORI, WE'VE ASKED YOU TO COME UP WITH A POLICY, MAKE REVISIONS, LISTEN, UH, TO THE CONCERNS AND IMPACTS THAT, UH, CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS, UH, THAT WE'VE HEARD.
AND I SEE NOTHING BUT ANSWERS TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND SO I'M CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, DO I THINK WE HAVE A PERFECT POLICY? I DON'T THINK SO.
UH, DO I THINK ONE EXISTS? I DON'T THINK SO EITHER, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN, WE CAN HOPE FOR UNTIL WE GET MORE DATA THAT WILL TAKE US, UH, QUITE SOME TIME TO GET, UH, YEARS AFTER WE SEE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, BASED ON THESE POLICIES.
SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMENTS AND THE QUESTIONS, UH, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE VOTE TOMORROW.
THANK YOU, LORI FOR THE PRESENTATION, VERONICA, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
UM, VERO, UH, AS WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL OF OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO THE COMMUNITY WHO'S MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD, AND TO ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS BEING A PART OF THIS.
I ALSO WANT TO, UM, THANK MAYOR NUREMBERG BECAUSE, UM, UP UNTIL THE POINT WHERE WE PUT A PAUSE AND ASKED FOR THIS MORATORIUM AS A COUNCIL, THERE WAS NO SUNSET ON THIS, ON THIS, UM, CCHI WAS THERE, WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON.
NO, THE WAY IT WAS, OR WAS THERE, THERE WAS AFTER HOW MANY YEARS? WELL, THERE WAS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM.
SO WE WERE, UM, IT WAS COMING UP ON A REVIEW OF THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE UNDERTAKEN OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS SCHEDULED A BIT EVEN LATER THAN BEFORE JUNE OF 2018, IS WHEN THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN REVIEWED.
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SO I THINK WHAT WAS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE SAW, AND WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE A PAUSE AND LOOK AT THIS AGAIN SOONER THAN BEFORE.AND I THINK WHAT'S ALSO VERY PRUDENT RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE PUTTING TWO YEARS INTO THIS BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, UM, ACT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
I HAVE RECEIVED SOME LETTERS AND SOME EMAILS FOR SOME RESIDENTS REGARDING SOME QUESTIONS, UM, OF THE CCHI IN PARTICULAR MM-HMM.
AND SO I DID WANT TO ASK SOME OF THESE, THESE QUESTIONS.
I THINK, UM, LORI, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE ADDRESSED THEM IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I WANNA ASK THEM FOR SPECIFICALLY, SO YOU CAN SPECIFICALLY, UH, REFER TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AGAIN.
ONE OF THEM IS FROM A, A RESIDENT, A PRESIDENT OF A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, LIZ TRAINOR.
ONE OF THE, THE QUESTIONS WAS, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A STUDY AND THAT NEEDS TO BE THE PASS.
WE SHOULDN'T PASS THIS UNTIL THIS IS STUDIED FURTHER.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE? SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE TWO STUDIES, AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, AND THEN AN ASSESSMENT STUDY OF THE CCHI P POLICY.
THOSE WERE DONE BY STEVE NIVAN AS WELL AS T X P OUT OF AUSTIN.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING ANOTHER STUDY, WHICH WILL BE LED BY VERO SOTO AT HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
AND THAT STUDY WILL LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF AN AREA THAT IS EXPERIENCED A LOT OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO LOOK TO SEE HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO VERA WILL BE UNDERTAKING THAT STUDY IN 2019, WHICH WILL HELP INFORM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY THAT SHE'S WORKING ON, AND WILL DEVELOP AND PRESENT TO COUNCIL IN SUMMER OF 2019.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THAT.
ANOTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND WANTING TO KNOW THE DANGER OF PEOPLE BEING, UM, DISPLACED.
SO COULD YOU AGAIN REITERATE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH, UM, I, THE MEN, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT MM-HMM.
SO FIRST I WANNA STRESS THAT THE SEED SHIP WILL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY PROJECT THAT IS DIRECTLY DISPLACING ANY RESIDENTS.
NOW, VERONICA SOTO IS WORKING WITH HER TEAM ON DEVELOPING A DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY THAT WILL USE THE RISK MITIGATION FUND THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2019.
COUNCIL CHOSE TO ADOPT A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP WITH THE DISPLACEMENT ISSUES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.
NOW, SHE'LL COME FORWARD TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE IN EARLY 2019 WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT STRATEGY THAT'LL LOOK AT HOW THEY ADDRESS PROJECTS THAT ARE INCENTED FROM THE CITY, HOW THEY SHOULD ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT, HOW AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING RAPID NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE SHOULD, UM, HOW THEY SHOULD ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN THEY'LL BE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THREAT OF EVICTION OR HOMELESSNESS AS A PHASE TWO OF THAT STRATEGY.
AND THAT'LL BE COMING TO COUNSEL IN EARLY 2019.
UM, I HAVE RECEIVED OTHER LETTERS I THINK MANY OF US HAVE THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR.
AND I WANTED TO ASK SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT SPECIFIC CONCERNS ARE OF THE FOLLOWING, OF REGARDING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO, WELL, WE HAVE BEEN VERY, UM, INVOLVED IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE MEETINGS.
AND SO WE HAD STAFF AT THOSE MEETINGS.
WE WERE LISTENING TO THOSE CONCERNS, AND WE HAVE A REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS THOSE CONCERNS.
SO THAT'S ONE LEVEL OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ATTENDING THOSE REGIONAL CENTERS PRIMARILY, UM, THE ONES AT BROOKS AND DOWNTOWN, AND LISTENING TO CONCERNS THERE.
SO WE'VE ENGAGED THE PUBLIC THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS.
WE'VE ALSO MET WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS AND WENT TO SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS REQUESTING INPUT.
AND WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED IN THOSE MEETINGS.
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS GOING TO THE DIGNA WHITTY HILL AND GOVERNMENT HILL MEETING WE HAD WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
INITIALLY, WE HAD PROPOSED THAT WE PROHIBIT ANY PROJECT THAT RECEIVES CITY FEE WAIVERS AND SEA CHIP INCENTIVES FROM GETTING A SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT.
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THERE SAY, THAT IS HOW I MAKE ENDS MEET.I RENT A ROOM OUT IN MY HOME ON AN AIRBNB, AND THAT'S HOW I MAKE MY MORTGAGE.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH, OKAY, WE'RE ONLY GONNA PROHIBIT THOSE, UM, PROJECTS FROM GETTING SEA CHIP INCENTIVES IF THEY WERE GETTING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERMIT FOR A TYPE TWO PROPERTY.
AND SO WE'VE, WE HAD A LOT OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE WE WOULD, WE WOULD TALK TO RESIDENTS, THEY'D GIVE US SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTIONS WERE ALSO ONE OF THOSE.
AND ACTUALLY THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN THAT IF YOU DESIGNATE A PROPERTY, THEIR PROPERTY VALUES COULD GO UP.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, AS PART OF OUR DEFINITION FOR HISTORIC, UM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, YOU CAN TAP INTO THAT FEE WAIVER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE DESIGNATED, YOU JUST NEED TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE DESIGNATED, AND YOU'LL BE TREATED AS IF YOU'RE DESIGNATED.
BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT DESIGNATION FOR FEAR THAT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES WOULD GO UP, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
SO WE LISTENED TO A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS.
WE ALSO LISTENED TO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE, THE NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO ARE BUILDING THE PRODUCT, REALLY WANNA UNDERSTAND THEIR MODEL AND WHAT TYPE OF INCENTIVES THEY NEED.
UM, AND SO ALL OF IT, UM, WAS INCORPORATED THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THERE IS MORE TO DO, AND VERA SOTO AND HERB TEAM WILL DO THAT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY AND THE DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY.
UM, DO YOU HAVE THE SLIDE WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND OR THE RISK MITIGATION FUND AND HOW MUCH IN, UM, DOLLARS YOU HAD A SLIDE ABOUT THE DOLLARS OF HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE GOING INTO THIS, THIS FUND.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT THE OVERALL GOALS IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN AND LOOKED AT WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT PROJECTS WE KNOW THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, AND THEN WORKED WITH, UM, VERA AND HER TEAM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PROJECTS THEY'LL BE WORKING ON WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
AND WE FEEL OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE COULD INCENT UP TO 5,000 HOUSING UNITS AS A RESULT OF THIS POLICY.
NOW, IF ALL 5,000 WERE TO BE COMPLETELY TAXABLE, THEN THEY WOULD, THAT COULD PRODUCE UP TO 1.1 MILLION ANNUALLY, AND YOU'D SEE THAT MONEY COME TO THE CITY FOR THE FUND IN PROBABLY YEAR THREE OR YEAR FOUR.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT, UM, AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.
AND IT SAYS THE AFFORDABLE REQUIRE OR AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE PROPOSED POLICIES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT AND DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE TASK FORCE REPORT.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT AGAIN, PLEASE? WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS FUND IS A TOOL THAT WILL BE USED TO HELP PROVIDE THAT GAP FINANCING NECESSARY TO HELP PRODUCT THAT'S 60% A M I OR BELOW.
AND THAT WAS THE AREA THAT WE NEED THE MOST.
AND SO 60% A M I OR BELOW WAS THE AREA THAT THE HOUSING TASK FORCE, UM, FOCUSED ON WHEN IT CAME TO RENTAL.
AND SO THE FUNDING COMING FROM THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP THAT.
NOW ALSO IN THE TIER THREE OR LEVEL THREE AREAS, WE'RE STATING THAT 20% OF THE PRODUCT MUST BE AT 60% A M I OR BELOW.
SO WE'VE ALIGNED IT WITH, WITH THAT POLICY.
AND THEN IN TIER TWO, AT AT LEAST 10% MUST BE AT 60% A M I OR BELOW.
SO WE'VE ALIGNED IT WITH THE NEEDS.
AND THEN FOR SALE PRODUCT, WE SAW THAT THE NEED IS FOR 60% TO 120% A M I FOR THE FOR SALE PRODUCT.
AND THAT IS THE DEFINITION TO GET THE FEE WAIVERS FOR THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION IN PARTICULAR, UM, I'M GOING TO BRING UP THIS, UH, APARTMENT MM-HMM.
LIKE THIS WITH CENTER WITH CCHI INCENTIVES.
NO, THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CCHI PROGRAM IF THERE WERE TO BE INCENTIVES AS A RESULT OF THAT PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED.
IF IT WERE EVER TO BE REDEVELOPED, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND THEN FI ONE LAST THING ON THIS.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT STUDY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO, UM, DO AND WORK WITH IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATURES AND OUR STATE, UM, LEGISLATURES WHEN IT COMES TO THE APPRAISAL, UM, OF OUR PROPERTY APPRAISALS.
AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT IN OUR, IN THIS NEXT ALLEGED SESSION AND SEE HOW IS THIS GONNA IMPACT
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OUR CITY? UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IMP PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO TAKE PLACE IN MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS.WE NEED TO HAVE THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.
WE NEED TO HAVE REVITALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, REVITALIZATION IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE A PROTECTION OF THE, UM, LEGACY HOMEOWNERS AND THE GENERATIONAL HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE BUILT AND CREATED THE CHARACTER AND THE IDENTITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THO THAT THOSE FAMILIES WHO'VE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS ARE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND NOT APPRAISED OUT OF THEIR AREA EITHER.
UM, TO ME, UM, ON THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INCENTIVE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO COME IN INTO CERTAIN AREAS, UM, TO HELP, UM, INJECT THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT WHERE WE NEED, UM, I THINK OF ONE PARTICULAR PARCEL IN THE DISTRICT THAT PEOPLE HAVE WANT, HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS AND HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL STORY.
AND, UM, BUT THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THE ICRP BOUNDARY BY, UH, TWO STREETS.
AND SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT NOW, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HIT ALL OF THESE PARAMETERS, THEY COULD BE, UM, A GREAT ASSET INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THAT STABILITY HERE.
UM, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT, AND WHAT I MENTIONED TO BOTH, UM, YOU, LORI AND VERONICA IS SPECIFICALLY ON OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
AND THESE TYPE, UH, THAT TYPE TWO WOULD BE, UH, EXCLUDED MM-HMM.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE OWNER OCCUPIED PEOPLE MOVE INTO A HOUSE, STAY THERE TWO, THREE YEARS, AND THEN THEY DECIDE MM-HMM.
THEY TAKE THE TWO, THEY LIVE THERE TWO OR THREE YEARS, THEY GET THE INCENTIVES AND THEN THEY DECIDE TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.
WHAT SAFEGUARDS OR PARAMETERS WE HAVE, UM, IN, IN ORDER TO KNOW THAT WE JUST DIDN'T FUND, UH, THE TAXPAYERS DIDN'T JUST PUT THEIR TAX INCENTIVES IN THERE OR THEIR FEE WAIVERS, YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THEM FOR THAT TWO OR THREE YEARS? I'M GOING TO HAVE VERONICA, SO TO SPEAK, TO THE REHAB AND RECON PROGRAM.
UM, SO, UM, FOR THE OWNER OCCUPIED PROGRAM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CLAWBACK PROVISIONS.
SO FAMILIES ARE SUPPOSED TO LIVE IN THE HOME 10 YEARS, AND IF THEY DO NOT, THEN THEY HAVE TO REPAY THE INVESTMENT THE CITY MADE IN REHABBING THEIR HOME.
SO WE HAVE THAT CLAWBACK PROVISION.
UH, IF THE HOUSE IS SOLD, THEY HAVE TO REPAY AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THAT.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY WHATEVER, UM, WELL BRING CLARIFICATION, CLARITY FOR ME AND THEN END ANY CONFUSION THAT ARE THERE.
BUT VEDO, I HAVE ONE MORE, UH,
ONE MORE THING I HAVE IS, UM, THIS IS BEING PRESENTED BY C C D O AND, UH, OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
YOU ARE OVER, UM, OUR HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
SO ARE YOU ALSO, ARE YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOUR AREA, Y'ALL ARE APPROVED, UH, RECOMMENDING THIS POLICY MOVING FORWARD AS WELL? THIS IS GETTING US A LOT CLOSER TO MEETING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THERE'S ALIGNMENT WITH THE TASK FORCE.
SO YES, WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK OF C C D O.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, FOR THAT.
AND, UM, I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY, UM, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND WHEN I HAVE SOME MORE OR IF I NEED SOME MORE CLARIFICATION POINTS, I WILL BE SURE TO, UM, BRING THEM UP TOMORROW.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I THINK THIS HAS BEEN VERY THOROUGH AND VERY, UM, THOUGHT FORWARD.
AND WE ARE, I THINK THE TWO YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A PARAMETER THAT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME.
SO WE CAN RE-LOOK AT THIS OVER AGAIN.
BUT FOR THAT, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMAN SALDANA.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, LAURA, I SHOULD APOLOGIZE.
I HOPE NOBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO ME AS YOUR PRESENTATION WAS GOING THROUGH.
I THINK I YAWNED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES,
SO I'VE BEEN, UH, TRYING MY BEST TO KEEP UP WITH, WITH YOUR SLIDES.
YOU, YOU GAVE ME NO WARNING, SHIRLEY.
UM, BUT NO, I'M, I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THIS AND I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND IT, EVEN AS IT'S CHANGING AS, AS RECENTLY AS MAYBE TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO WHEN YOU CAME TO OUR COMMITTEE AND WE SAID,
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HEY, WE STILL NEED SOME REFINEMENTS.CAN YOU GO BACK AND, UH, AND LOOK AT MAKING, UH, A FEW EDITS AND ADJUSTMENTS AND, AND, AND YOU, YOU HAVE, AND YOU'VE COME AND YOU'VE PRESENTED THOSE TO US.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, YOU'RE DOING THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU CAN IN TERMS OF TAKING SOME MARCHING ORDERS FROM POLICY MAKERS WHO ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE SOME OBJECTIVES ON THIS.
UM, BUT LET ME JUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND, AND REWIND THE CLOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE KNOW WHERE WE STARTED, HOW WE GOT HERE, AND, AND, UH, IN 2012 WHEN WE KICKED THE KICKED OFF SEED CHIP WHEN WE KICKED OFF THE HOUSING FIRST, I WANNA MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT.
I DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, YOU SHOULDN'T APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT, WHICH IS, IN 2012, POLICYMAKERS SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE, WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE HOUSING COME INTO THE DOWNTOWN, AND WE SET THAT ORDER TO OUR CITY STAFF TO EXECUTE ON THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO USE IN, IN TRYING TO SAY, HEY, WE, WE, WE, WE WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR WE WANTED TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY.
WE DIDN'T PUT THOSE PARAMETERS, UH, IN 2012 TO ASK FOR THINGS LIKE AFFORDABILITY, LIKE WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS NOW A DIFFERENT TIME, UH, SIX YEARS LATER.
AND, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A FEW DIFFERENT PARAMETERS.
AND I THINK, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN 2012, WE WANTED TO SEE, UH, EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, WHICH IS HOUSING STARTS AND HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND, AND IT WAS A MARKET RATE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T DISTINGUISH AND DISCRIMINATE TO SAY WE WANTED AFFORDABILITY.
BUT, UH, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE TO SAY SOME OTHER THINGS.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS, WE SET A GOAL.
UM, WE WANTED TO SEE 5,000, UH, UNITS BEING BUILT, NEW UNITS BEING BUILT IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT WAS IN SA 2020 MM-HMM.
AND, AND THEN WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AFTER GETTING A RESEARCH, UH, GROUP IN THAT SAYS, THAT'S TOLD US, HEY, LOOK, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HIT, UM, A SERIOUS INERTIA, UH, ESCAPE VELOCITY TO ALLOW THE MARKET TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF, AFTER A CERTAIN POINT, YOU'LL BUMP UP THAT NUMBER TO 7,500 NEW UNITS IN THE DOWNTOWN.
AND BY OUR COUNT, WE'RE AT 6,800.
I STILL BELIEVE WE SHOULD TRY TO MARCH TOWARDS 7,500 UNITS IN THE DOWNTOWN, AND WE'RE 800 UNITS AWAY FROM THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE VERY FAR AWAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, HERE'S WHERE, HERE'S MY REQUEST TO THE MAYOR.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE, THE, WHAT WE TURNED ON IN 2012 WAS, AS OF RIGHT, WAS C CHIP.
IT WAS ABOUT THREE THINGS IN MY MIND.
IT WAS ABOUT SPEED, IT WAS ABOUT PREDICTABILITY AND, AND IT WAS ABOUT EFFICIENCY FOR, FOR PRIVATE MARKETS.
SO THAT THEY WOULD SAY TO US, LOOK, WE'D LOVE TO BUILD INTO THE DOWNTOWN.
WE'D LOVE TO SATISFY YOUR POLICY OBJECTIVES AND TRY TO REINVIGORATE THE URBAN CORE.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN BARRIERS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DO THAT.
NAMELY, UH, THAT EVERYBODY WHO OWNS LAND DOWN THERE, WHETHER IT'S A PARKING LOT OR AN OLD ABANDONED STRUCTURE, THEY WANNA HOLD OUT FOR A HOTEL.
MY, THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY IS MARKETED FOR A HOTEL, AND I CAN MAKE MUCH MORE MONEY WAITING FOR THAT HOTEL TO KNOCK ON MY DOOR THAN TO SAY YES TO A BUILDING APARTMENT UNITS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ACQUIESCED AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA DELIVER AS A RESPONSE TO THAT ARGUMENT, SPEED AND PREDICTABILITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE AS OF RIGHT WAS MM-HMM.
AND SO ONCE WE TURN THIS ON, IT'S STILL GONNA PROVIDE SPEED AND PREDICTABILITY, I THINK, WHICH IS, WHICH IS WHY I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AS WE'RE VETTING THIS.
AND, AND SO THE REQUEST THAT I'M MAKING IS ONCE WE TURN THIS ON, IT'LL GO QUICKLY.
AND, AND WHETHER IT HAS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OR INTENDED CONSEQUENCES, IT'LL BE HARD TO PULL BACK BECAUSE THE SPEED AT WHICH, UH, IT MOVES, AS WE'VE RECOGNIZED HISTORY HAS TOLD US, IS QUICKER THAN WE CAN COME BACK AND, AND TAKE EVALUATION.
SO, AS MUCH AS I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA BE HAWKISH AND EVALUATING AS QUICK AS QUICKLY, AND, AND, AND ADJUSTING, I THINK IT'S GONNA MOVE SO QUICKLY THAT WE'VE GOT SUCH A BACKLOG OF FOLKS WHO WANT TO DEVELOP INTO THE DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
BUT WHAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE QUICK ON AND, AND HAVE A TON OF SPEED ON IS THE VETTING PROCESS FOR THIS.
AND SO, AS A, AGAIN, AS OF THREE WEEKS AGO, WE GAVE YOU A DIFFERENT SET OF INSTRUCTIONS, AND YOU CAME BACK TO US WITH A PROPOSAL.
AND, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR OR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR APPETITE FOR, FOR NOT THIS CITY COUNCIL TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE COMPLICATED NATURES OF EACH SLIDE, BECAUSE EACH SLIDE COULD GO INTO A VERY LONG DISCUSSION OF A COMPLICATED NATURE, BUT SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD ALSO GET THEIR HANDS AROUND IT.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WELL TOO.
I ACTUALLY DO THINK WITH EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS, AND I'VE STUDIED IT AS, AS BEST AS I CAN, THAT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO A, A POLICY THAT MEETS OUR OBJECTIVES.
YOU, YOU'VE GIVEN US SOME, SOME, SOME, UM, GUARDRAILS FOR, FOR LUXURY.
YOU'VE GIVEN US SOME GUARDRAILS.
I'M GONNA ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE A M I AND AND THE, THE LUXURY PRODUCT.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE DOING ICRP.
WE'RE ONLY DOING THESE KIND OF, THESE FOUR THINGS.
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WE'RE DOING INCENTIVES, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO NOT GONNA INCENTIVIZE LIKE WE USED TO.UH, BUT A FEW OF THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND, AND I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M UNDERSTANDING IT AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK THE GOLD STANDARD IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AS WELL TOO.
UH, I'D LOVE TO SEE US NOT TAKE THIS VOTE TOMORROW WOULD BE MY REQUEST.
I'D LOVE FOR US TO, TO AT LEAST GO FORWARD AND TAKE A, TAKE ANOTHER SHOT AT GETTING SOME, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND I SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE, UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF WRITING ON THIS ISSUE.
THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE LAST MONTH.
BUT I THINK, UH, SOME PUBLICATIONS HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT CCHI, SOME PUBLICATIONS HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THE ICRP THAT IT'S EXPANDING.
UH, BUT EVEN IF YOU WERE THE SHARPEST STUDENT, THE A PLUS STUDENT, UH, IN THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC, YOU WOULD'VE HAD MAYBE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS TO REALLY CONSUME THIS.
AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH OUR TIME, UH, AS WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A POLICY THAT MOVES WITH, WITH, UH, PRETTY DILIGENT SPEED BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT INTENTIONALLY MAKING THE MARKET SPEED TO MARKET AND PREDICTABILITY IMPORTANT FOR THE FOLKS WHO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY MY REQUEST BEFORE I GET INTO A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO HERE'S ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, LORI, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS.
BACK WHEN WE FIRST DID THE STUDY ABOUT WHAT THE MARKET RATE WAS FOR SQUARE FOOT, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN IN 2012, IT WAS MUCH LOWER THAN IT IS TODAY.
I THINK WE'RE CLOSER TO, UM, I THINK WE'RE ABOVE $2 A SQUARE FOOT.
WE WERE USED, WE USED TO BE BELOW $2 A SQUARE FOOT.
AND WHAT I'M GETTING TO WITH THE QUESTION IS, WHEN DO WE RE WHEN DO WE REALLY ACHIEVE THAT ESCAPE VELOCITY? SEED CHIP WAS INTENDED TO BE IMPORTANT FOR A TIME PERIOD NOT INTO PERPETUITY.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR PREDICTION ON WHAT THAT ESCAPE VELOCITY IS? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GIVING US SOME CENTS WITH 2 75.
UM, THE, THE AVERAGE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, THERE, THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS ON AVERAGE AT ABOUT A DOLLAR 70 TO $2 A FOOT.
WE'RE NOT AT A COMPLETE AVERAGE OF $2 A FOOT FOR OUR HOUSING PROJECTS YET NOW WE'VE PLUGGED IN 2 75 FOR A FOUR STORY STICK BUILT HOUSING PROJECT.
AND WE KNOW THAT AT THAT LEVEL WITH THE LAND PRICES AND CONSTRUCTION PRICES, IT CAN SUPPORT A PROJECT.
NOW, IT CAN'T SUPPORT HIGH RISE, BUT IT COULD SUPPORT A FOUR STORY PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S HOW, HOW WE KNOW THE 2 75 WORKS, BUT WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR AN AVERAGE OF $2 A FOOT ACROSS CITI.
WOULD IT BE SAFE TO SAY THAT IF WE DID IN THE FUTURE GET TO 2 75 IN FIVE OR SIX YEARS THAT WE'D BE OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF INCENTIVIZING, UH, MARKET RATE IN THE DOWNTOWN? WOULD THE MARKET CARRY ITSELF, WHICH IS WHAT WE, WE, WE WOULD HOPE.
HOW ARE WE NEED TO REEVALUATE IT? WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO CONSTRUCTION PRICES COULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE OR THEY COULD STABILIZE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REEVALUATE THIS IN TWO YEARS AND KEEP OUR TABS IN THE MARKET.
LOOK AT THE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT'LL COME ONLINE IN THE NEXT NINE TO TO 15 MONTHS.
LOOK AT THEIR OCCUPANCY LEVELS, LOOK AT THEIR RATES, AND THAT'LL GIVE US THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IN TWO YEARS.
IF WE GO, IF WE TURN THIS BACK ON, WHICH I, I PREDICT WE WILL AT SOME POINT, WHETHER IT'S IT'S, UH, TOMORROW OR, OR NEXT MONTH.
BUT WHEN WE DO AND WE ACHIEVE 7,500 UNITS, UM, ON THE BOOKS AND, AND, AND, AND PLANNED, UH, WHAT THEN DO WE REEVALUATE? BECAUSE IF I WERE TO MAKE A PROPOSAL, I WOULD ALMOST PROPOSE THAT ONCE WE GET TO OUR LIMIT OF 7,500, THAT WE GO BACK TO A, A COUNCIL VETTED INDIVIDUAL CASE BY CASE BASIS.
AND I MAKE THAT ARGUMENT BECAUSE IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE EACH ONE OF THE, EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE REVIEWED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, SOME THAT WE'VE LIKED AND SOME THAT WE DIDN'T LIKE, HAVE A UNIQUENESS TO IT.
AND, AND BECAUSE OF THAT UNIQUENESS, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THIS COUNCIL SHOULD BE PART OF THE OLD WAY OF DOING IT, WHICH IS, UM, WHICH TAKES A LITTLE LONGER.
I GRANT YOU THAT, BUT IT IS A SORT OF CASE BY CASE COUNCIL, DO YOU APPROVE THIS AS A PROJECT GOING FORWARD? DO WE DO THAT AT 7,500 UNITS? MAYOR, COULD I COMMENT ON THAT AND GIVE LORI A BREAK? WHO'S DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB? FIELDING, UH, QUESTIONS AND GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS.
THE 7,500 GOAL CAME OUT OF OUR ESSAY 2020 MM-HMM.
DO I RECALL? THAT WAS 5,000 AND THEN WE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO 75.
THERE WAS AN ADJUSTMENT AT SOME POINT.
WE, WE DID A STRETCH GOAL TO 7,500, UM, TO 75.
WE SET A STRETCH GOAL TO 10,000.
BUT THE WHOLE, REMEMBER THE WHOLE IDEA THERE WAS FOCUSED AT THAT TIME ON MARKET RATE.
HOUSING, TRYING TO BRING MARKET RATE HOUSING TO THE, THE CENTER CITY.
AND BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE, THE LAND IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS MORE EXTENSIVELY NEEDED, UM, IN, IN THOSE AREAS IN TERMS OF UPGRADES.
BUT YES, THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER THAT.
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OF THE OTHER, YOU COULD, AND YOU SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT AT, IN, WHEN WE GET TO THE 7,500, PERHAPS 10,000, UM, AT WHATEVER POINT THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE.BUT LET ME SAY THIS, ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID AS OF RIGHT, AND YOU KNOW, I WASN'T A TRUE BELIEVER IN THAT AT THE BEGINNING WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT SHOULD IT BE ON A CASE BY CASE OR SHOULD WE GO AS OF RIGHT.
AND WE WERE CONVINCED AS WE STUDIED OTHER BEST PRACTICES IN, IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND GIVEN SIMILAR DOWNTOWN VALUES, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY NEEDED SOME CERTAINTY.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT.
AND AT THE WHIM OF, WE LIKE THIS PROJECT, WE DON'T LIKE THIS PROJECT, THEY WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR CRITERIA SO THAT THEY COULD PLAN AHEAD.
IT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO ASSEMBLE LAND, TO REMEDIATE, TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS.
AND SO THE AS OF RIGHT, WAS IN THIS FIRST PROGRAM FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BEFORE THAT WE WERE DOING HOUSING PROJECTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AND EVERYONE WAS DIFFERENT.
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY QUEST, CAREFUL, CAREFUL, CAREFUL.
THAT IS SANTA CLAUS COMING THROUGH
LET'S HAVE A MAINTENANCE PERSON JUST TO GET OUT.
SO WE COULD COUNCIL MEMBER, AND IT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED, UM, AND A CONSIDERATION IN A FUTURE POLICY.
BUT THAT REALLY WAS THE EMPHASIS OF THE PROGRAM AT THE TIME.
THAT IS HOW, HOW DO WE PREDICT SOME CERTAINTY SO THAT DEVELOPERS AS THEY LOOK FOR THOSE, AND THERE ARE MANY RIGHT NOW, LORI, SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES WHERE THEY'RE HAVING, UH, CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STAFF ABOUT LAND AND PURCHASE, AND DO THEY GO INTO AN AREA, BUT PART OF THAT PLANNING MEANS THAT THEY'RE ALSO, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS WITHIN WHICH, UH, THEY CAN CONSIDER THIS INVESTMENT.
SO IT'S, UH, TO BE DISCUSSED, BUT CERTAINLY SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AS YOU OUTLINE, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, IS NOT ONLY MADE A COMMITMENT AND STUCK TO IT, UH, AROUND OUR ORIGINAL CCHI P WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN JUST ABOUT ACHIEVING OUR GOAL AT 6,800.
AND THAT'S A, WITH A ONE YEAR MORATORIUM.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE IF WE HADN'T DONE THE ONE YEAR MORATORIUM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN THERE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THE REASON, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, I THINK YOU, YOU AND A FEW OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL THOUGHT TO US TO STOP AND PUT A PAUSE ON IT, WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T THINK WE'D BE FULLY PROUD OF WHAT WE SAW AT THE END OF THAT IF WE HADN'T PUT SOME GUARDRAILS ON IT.
BECAUSE WE DO, WE DO KNOW SOME PROJECTS THAT, UH, DON'T LOOK GOOD ONCE YOU REALLY START TEASING APART WHAT IT IS THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZING.
SO IF, IF I WERE TO MAKE A PROPOSAL, IT WOULD BE THAT WE GET TO 7,500 UNITS AND THEN WE GO BACK TO A DIFFERENT SYSTEM OR THAT IF WE'RE GONNA DO AS OF RIGHT.
UM, THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
I'M TRYING TO GET AFFORDABILITY IN FRONT, IN THE FRONT OF THE LINE BECAUSE I THINK WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, IS WE'RE GONNA TURN IT BACK ON AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN THE DOWNTOWN IS STILL GOING TO GO AFTER THE FIRST BITES OF, OF MARKET RATE PROJECTS.
SO HOW DO I GET AFFORDABLE PROJECTS IN FRONT OF LINE IN TERMS OF THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE LURING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EASIER TO TAKE ON.
AND I THINK THAT MAYBE WHEN WE GET TO 7,500 UNITS, COULD YOU CONSIDER A PROPOSAL WHERE, WHERE ONLY THE ONLY AS OF RIGHT ARE AFFORDABLE PROJECTS OR THE MIXED INCOME COMPONENTS WITH AFFORDABILITY.
AND THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS WE DO HAVE 6,800 PROJECTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED SEA CHIP INCENTIVES.
WELL, THAT OR WILL RECEIVE SEA CHIP INCENTIVES.
NOW THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE EITHER ONLINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
IN THE RECENT THREE PAST THREE MONTHS, WE'VE HAD TWO PROJECTS MM-HMM.
THEY COULD NOT GET THEIR INCENTIVES.
SO THEY, WE'VE TERMINATED THEIR SEED CHIP AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE, THE HEDRICK BUILDING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOUSING AND THAT DROPPED OUT.
SO IT'S 6,800 PLANNED, BUT PROJECTS ARE DROPPING OUT 'CAUSE THEY CANNOT GET THEIR FINANCING SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WILL HAVE 6,800 PROJECTS ONLINE.
SOME OF THEM COULD, UM, STEP BACK, ASK THAT THEY HAVE MORE TIME TO GET THEIR FINANCING.
NOW, CHERYL HAD MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A 10,000 STRETCH GOAL.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD 13,000 HOTEL ROOMS AT THE TIME OF THE SEA CHIP ADOPTION.
WE WANNA BE IN BALANCE WITH OUR HOTEL UNIT COUNT IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
AND SO WITH 10,000 HOUSING UNITS IN ADDITION TO THE 3,300 THAT WE ALREADY HAD, THAT WOULD BRING US IN BALANCE AND WANNA MAKE
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SURE THAT WE ARE NOT PRIMARILY A HOTEL MARKET IN OUR DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE THAT HOTEL MARKET IS WHAT'S DRIVING LAND PRICES.AND IT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THE TYPE OF RETAIL.
I MEAN, THERE IS, THERE'S RETAIL IN DOWNTOWN, BUT IT'S NOT THE TYPE OF RETAIL THAT WOULD SUPPORT SOMEONE LIVING DOWNTOWN.
YOU STILL HAVE TO GET IN YOUR CAR TO GO TO A GROCERY STORE TO BUY SOME OF THOSE AMENITIES OR BUY THOSE THINGS THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
AND SO UNTIL WE HAVE THAT BALANCE, WE'RE NOT GONNA ACHIEVE THE TYPE OF RETAIL MIX THAT WE NEED.
AND WE'RE GONNA ALWAYS BE A HOTEL MARKET.
AND THAT'S WHY THE 10,000 HOUSING GOAL, THE 10,000 STRETCH GOAL WAS PUT IN PLACE.
I, I'LL JUST PERSONALLY SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M CONVINCED THAT WE SHOULD GET TO 10,000 AND STILL BE PART OF THE INCENTIVE PROCESS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD GET TO, TO 10,000.
BUT 7,500 IS PROBABLY WHERE I MIGHT SAY I GET OFF THE TRAIN IN TERMS OF THE POLICY MAKERS AND, AND, AND INCENTIVES BEING STILL PART OF THE GROWING PROCESS.
I WOULD JUST SAY IF YOU GET TO 10,000, IT WOULD BE 7,500 IS, UH, UP TO THE POINT THAT THE CITY HELPS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, TO GET TO 10,000 IS, IS REALLY THE PRIVATE MARKET.
'CAUSE WE'VE, MY HOPE WOULD BE AFTER SIX, SEVEN YEARS, YOU'VE ESTABLISHED THE MARKET IN THE DOWNTOWN.
I'M SEEING WHEN I LOOK AT THE TRENDS OF THE GROWING PER SQUARE FOOT, UH, THAT YOU COULD COMMAND A BIT MORE.
BUT AGAIN, YOU, YOU'LL COME BACK TO ME AND TELL ME.
BUT THERE'S STILL SOME ISSUES WITH, WITH HOTEL PRICES.
THERE'S STILL SOME ISSUES WITH THE UNIQUENESS OF SOME CITY BLOCKS.
UM, AGAIN, I, LET ME, LET ME SET ASIDE CCHI, BECAUSE I, I THINK, UH, I UNDERSTAND IT PRETTY WELL.
I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS IT AS WELL, TOO, AS MUCH AS I THINK THEY CAN IF WE OFFER THEM A BONE AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE TIME AND MAYBE OFFER THEM ANOTHER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING.
BUT LEMME TALK ABOUT, UM, THE I CRIP AND, AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE THE CITY'S FEE WAIVER PROGRAM.
2010 WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF I CRIP.
UM, I, I THINK YOU WERE AROUND THEN.
UH, LORI, TELL ME AGAIN WHY, WHY IT BECAME TO BE IN THE FIRST PLACE MM-HMM.
'CAUSE I HAVE MY OWN IDEAS AS TO WHY WE, WE DEVELOPED I CRYP IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, SO JUST TELL ME WHY WE'RE, WHY WE HAVE I CRYP TO, IT WAS ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE EAST SIDE SUMMIT PLANNING MEETINGS THAT WERE LED BY THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR MM-HMM.
AND WHAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS IF WE COULD PROVIDE BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPMENTS, WAIVERS OF THEIR FEES THAT HELPS STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND HELPS THEM, ONE, SAVE FUNDING, BUT ALSO HELPS THEM ACCELERATE AND WORK THROUGH, UM, THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS CREATED, AND IT WAS IN COURT.
IT WAS APPLIED TO AN 84 SQUARE MILE AREA.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LARGER AT THE TIME.
WE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL, I BELIEVE IN 2013 TO RIGHTSIZE IT TO 84 SQUARE MILES TO REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS WHERE, UM, THERE WERE, UM, LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, UM, HIGHER POVERTY RATE.
UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF, UM, ENFORCEMENT ISSUES IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT AREA.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF BUSINESSES BENEFIT FROM IT, AND A LOT OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS BENEFIT FROM IT.
UM, HABITAT FREE HUMANITY, THEY CAN BUILD ABOUT 45 TO 55 HOMES ANNUALLY, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE FEE WAIVERS, WHICH HELPS 'EM BUILD MORE HOMES.
AND SO IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL.
BUT IT CAME OUT OF THAT 2010 EAST SIDE PLANNING SUMMIT.
I'M HOPEFUL FOR MORE TIME BECAUSE I THINK WHEN PEOPLE REALLY START TO GET THEIR HANDS AROUND WHAT THE INTENDED GOAL IS FOR CCHI P AND FOR THE CITY WAIVER PROGRAM, THEY'LL NOD THEIR HEAD IN AGREEMENT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WANT, BUT THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT PRETTY WELL FROM, FROM ITS INTENDED OBJECTIVE TO EVEN POTENTIALLY WHAT INDIRECT CONSEQUENCES IT MIGHT HAVE.
'CAUSE I'LL, I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I WAS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION TO EXPAND ICRP BECAUSE I WANTED ICRP IN MY DISTRICT.
AND, AND AT THAT TIME, UM, THERE WAS EVEN A COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT 10 WHO SAID, I WANT RYP IN MY DISTRICT.
I WANT IT UP AND DOWN AUSTIN HIGHWAY.
BECAUSE THE IDEA WAS WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CONSTITUENTS TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, HOW, HOW COME MY SIDE OF TOWN DOESN'T GET THE KIND OF AMENITIES THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN GETS? YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT NEW MOVIE THEATERS, THEY'VE GOT NEW RESTAURANTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILDING NEW HOUSES, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA GIVE US A SHOT AT GETTING SOME DEVELOPMENT? SO IN, IN MANY WAYS, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ ECHOES, UH, A GREAT DEAL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHO GETS INVESTMENT, WHO AND WHO DOESN'T, IS THAT WE LOOKED AT ICRP AS A PLACE TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE EXIST TOO, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND WE WANT SOME DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOMES BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT TELL US THEIR LOW, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR STUDENT POPULATION IS DWINDLING.
SO YOU CAN ACHIEVE SOME IMPORTANT GOALS WITH ICRP BECAUSE IT TELLS, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE BUILDING HOMES OR MAKING INVESTMENTS IN BUSINESSES OR THE CVSS OF THE WORLD, OR YOU NAME IT, UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT MY CONSTITUENTS WANT THAT DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DRIVE TO, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.
THEY SAY, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THEM IN OUR BACKYARD? AND WE THOUGHT TO OURSELVES THAT ICRP WOULD BE PART OF THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD AT LEAST GATHER PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND SAY, UH, WE WANT SOME DEVELOPMENT.
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I IMAGINE HAPPENED IN 2010 WHEN THE EAST SIDE SUMMIT EXISTED.AND WE SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRING IN INCENTIVES TO GET THE FREDERICK UH, ICE BUILDING TO TURN INTO SOMETHING OTHER THAN A VACANT, UH, STRUCTURE? SO THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE COMPONENTS TO THE I CRYP, BUT IF YOU DON'T THINK, IF YOU'RE ONLY THINKING ABOUT GETTING SOME INVESTMENT, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, WHICH IS, I THINK WHAT FOLKS IN WHO ARE HERE, UM, LISTENING IN ON THIS ISSUE, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS POTENTIAL DISPLACEMENT THAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF INVESTMENT.
BECAUSE FOLKS REALLY DO WANT, UH, SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD AND DON'T WANNA HAVE TO TRAVEL TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, SO I THINK SA THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FEE WAIVER PROGRAM CAN BE A VERY GOOD THING, UH, IF USED APPROPRIATELY.
AND YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S ONLY FOUR REAL REASONS WE'RE GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA EXIST.
THE PURPOSE FOR ITS EXISTENCE, IT'S GONNA BE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, HISTORIC REHABILITATION, AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF I HAVE A, A WOMAN WHO OWNS A A, A TAX SERVICES BUILDING AND SHE WANTS TO TURN IT INTO AN EXPANDED OPERATION, SHE COULD TAP INTO, UH, THE ICRP.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE CONCEPT? AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR IF YOU HAD A WOMAN THAT OWNED A, WHAT SHE OWNS A SMALL BUSINESS.
SHE DOES TAXES FOR FOLKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, SHE WANTS TO BUILD OUT ON A PIECE OF LAND THAT SHE'S CURRENTLY OWNS.
IS THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I IMAGINE IN MY HEAD ARE POSITIVES OF AN I CRYPT BECAUSE I WANT MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, I'M GONNA ASK RENEE DOMINGUEZ SPEAK TO THAT 'CAUSE THEY HELP DEVELOP THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPONENT OF THE FEE WEAVER PROGRAM.
AND SO ONE OF THE, THE GREAT THINGS WE DID BEGINNING AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR IS, IS BIFURCATE THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM AND THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOK OWNERSHIP OF, OF THAT PORTION OF IT.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST YEAR COUNCILMAN TO DEVELOP OUT THAT AND HAVE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY THE SMALL BUSINESS PIECE.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE CREATED A TIERED PROGRAM IN WHICH A SMALL MINORITY WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESSES, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE AT, WOULD RECEIVE THOSE FEE WAIVERS.
AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS TO HOLD UP AS PART OF THE ICRP.
THERE'S GOOD THINGS TO HOLD UP AS PART OF THIS NEW AMENDED CIP.
AND THE, THE QUESTION FOR ME IS NOT WHETHER I THINK IT'S A GOOD POLICY.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND IT BEFORE WE TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON IT.
AND THAT'S THE REQUEST THAT, THAT I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AND I THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT, UH, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME SHOCK CLOCK TELLING US THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IT ON, UH, BY TOMORROW.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TIP IT BACK TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S PRESSING TIME.
UM, AND I, I HOPE NOT TO NECESSARILY REPEAT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF GREAT POINTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
UH, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS AND, UH, BUT VERONICA, THANK YOU AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THERE WAS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RECENT CHANGES TO THIS POLICY, BUT I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GETTING, YOU'RE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK AND YOU'RE INCORPORATING IT INTO, INTO THIS POLICY.
UM, SO I'M GONNA, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SEED CHIP, WHAT I THINK SEED CHIP IS, WHAT IT DOES, AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THE CORE AND TO OUR CITY FOR THAT MATTER.
UH, OF COURSE, BOTTOM LINE IS WE DON'T WANT LARGE PARCELS OF LAND IN, IN DOWNTOWN TO CONTINUOUSLY LIVE VACANT.
AND, AND THIS IS A, A GREAT POLICY TO HELP BRING PRO PROJECTS TO OUR CORE.
AT THE HEART OF THIS IS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BUILD IN, IN DOWNTOWN.
AND I'M GONNA LIST A COUPLE THINGS OF ADDITIONAL COST BURDENS OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
AND YOU LISTED SOME OF THEM, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO DOWN THE LIST.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S H D R C REVIEW PROCESS TIME.
YOU GOTTA GET PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION, DESIGN DRAFTS FOR RECONSTRUCTION, SIGNAGE, PARKING, ET CETERA.
APPROPRIATE HIGHER COST MATERIALS TO CONFORM WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND OVERLAYS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OF AGING SAWS LINES, IMPROVEMENTS OF AGING STREETS, IMPROVEMENTS OF AGING C P S AND OTHER UTILITY LINES RIGHT AWAY, PURCHASING HIGHER COST, STREET CLOSURE NEEDS FOR DOWNTOWN STREETS.
UH, TIME COSTS FOR STREET CLOSURE WINDOWS, AVOIDING CONFERENCES OR CONVENTIONS, FIESTA BROWNFIELD MITIGATION, RIVER OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS, HIGHER LAND VALUES, REZONING COSTS, PARKING MITIGATION OR SHARED PARKING AGREEMENTS.
PIT FEES ARE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE STABILIZATION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
UM, BUT I WANNA POINT OUT AGAIN, THE OTHER KEY POINT TO MAKE IS THAT DENSITY'S GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.
AND IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT, UH, WE DETERMINED THAT AS A CITY, UH, THAT WE SHOULD BE, UH, THAT SHOULD BE IN REGIONAL CENTER AREAS AND ADJACENT TO TRANSIT AND SERVICE AREAS.
AND DOWNTOWN ABSOLUTELY EXEMPLIFIES THIS.
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AND SO WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, HIGH DENSITY MARKET RATE HOUSING IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THEN DOWNTOWN IS, IS A GOOD PLACE FOR, IN A GOOD OPTION.I ALSO WANNA MAKE THE CASE, UH, AS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, I HEARD MY COLLEAGUES TALKING ABOUT, UM, HOW, WHY WE'RE INCENTIVIZING THIS AND, AND, AND THE OVERALL VALUE OF, OF, OF, OF THESE, UH, THESE PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOTTA THINK, THINK BIG PICTURE AND THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY HELPING TO MITIGATE A LOT OF THE SPRAWL.
HOW EXPENSIVE IS IT TO, TO BUILD ALL THESE CONNECTIONS OUT TO THE OUTER AREAS WHERE OUR CITY KEEPS EXPANDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY YEARS FROM NOW, THE SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN AREA IS GONNA BE KNOWN AS A MEGAPOLIS, NOT A METROPOLIS.
AND, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US.
AND, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE BOUNDARIES ARE.
AND THAT'S VERY HARD FOR CITY PLANNING.
SO I REJECT THE NOTION THAT, THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLAN.
UM, AND, AND INVESTING IN THE CORE IS A SMART APPROACH.
AND, YOU KNOW, I I ALSO TOOK TIME TO, TO, TO LOOK OVER THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THERE WERE SOME KEY POINTS RIGHT IN HERE.
AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, POINT OUT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S PLENTY OF THEM, BUT PAGE 23, WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES, UH, AND ECONOMIC ECONOMIC VIABILITY, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, VULNERABLE AREAS IS, IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT.
AND OF COURSE, ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, CAUTIONING OUR OVERSPENDING.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU THINK, WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, IF WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE INCENTIVES BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING OUT A GREAT CITY WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS OVERSPEND.
THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS, IS, UH, UH, PUT SOMETHING DOWN THAT IS, THAT IS, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO, TO ANYBODY FOR THAT MATTER, BECAUSE IT, IT IT'S REALLY ABOUT, UH, WASTEFUL SPENDING OR, OR OVERSPENDING IN, IN SOME, IN SOME WAYS.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY, VERY CAUTIOUS IN, IN TERMS OF HOW WE, UH, ARE LOOKING AT, AT THESE INCENTIVE PACKAGES BECAUSE CCHI IS A, IS IS A TOOL.
AND, AND LORI, SO JUST TO REITERATE, YOU, WE CARVED OUT 25% OF THE REBATES TO, TO HELP ADD TO A FUND FOR AFFORDABILITY.
AND I THINK THAT IS A, THAT IS A BIG STEP.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S GONNA HELP OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE MORE SUITED FOR STABILIZING STRUCTURES, UH, HELPING NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, BUT, BUT SEA CHIP IN ITSELF, IT'S, IT CAN'T CARRY THE, THE WEIGHT OF THE ENTIRE AFFORDABLE, UH, STRATEGY FOR OUR CITY.
UH, WITH THAT, I WANT TO ASK, AND I MAY, MAYBE VERO DID MENTION THIS, BUT THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE? THEY ARE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'LL BE COMING BACK TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL.
SO, ONE, ONE OTHER POINT, THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE ONE POINT YOU MADE WAS THAT, UH, YOU'LL BE EVALUATING THROUGHOUT THE TWO YEAR MM-HMM.
HOW, HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA BE EVALUATING THIS? WELL, WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE OCCUPANCY LEVELS OF THE MARKET RATE HOUSING THAT COMES ONLINE.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERSATURATED THE MARKET FOR, FOR A PRODUCT THAT THERE ISN'T DEMAND FOR.
AND SO THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON FLORES, AND THAT'S THE SOUTH FLORES LOFTS.
AND THE PROJECT WAS FORMALLY THE HERITAGE PLAZA.
THOSE WILL BE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THEIR RENTAL RATES, LOOKING AT THEIR OCCUPANCY RATES, REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW DEEP THE MARKET IS.
WE'LL BE DOING THAT WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS COMING ONLINE.
AND THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR EVALUATION.
AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, MOST LIKELY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE, UM, ON A, AT LEAST AN ANNUAL BASIS, IF NOT MORE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING EVERYBODY UP TO DATE ON OUR MONITORING.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE NONPROFIT PROVIDERS.
NATALIE GRIFFITH AND I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT DEVELOPING A SURVEY THAT WE ASK PEOPLE TO UPDATE MAYBE MONTHLY THAT ARE EITHER DEVELOPERS, EITHER NON-PROFITS OR FOR-PROFIT.
AND THEN ALSO DEVELOPING A SURVEY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY FEEL THE CIP IS WORKING AND HOW IT'S EITHER BENEFITING OR IMPACTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT STEP.
AND MAYBE WE CAN PROVIDE SOME KIND OF A TIMELINE OR EVEN A CALENDAR SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT INFORMATION COMING OUT.
UH, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY, THEY WANT TO BE INCLUDED.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, WITH, WITH THESE PROJECTS.
SO IF WE CAN MAYBE CREATE A TIMELINE, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
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SO SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST ASKED BEFORE I WALKED IN HERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS NOTION THAT, UH, FIVE STORIES AND ABOVE IS, IS VERY DIFFERENT.WHY, LORI, WHY IS FIVE STORIES? YOU? BECAUSE IF YOU GO BY FIVE ABOVE FIVE STORIES, YOU'RE CHANGING THE MATERIALS OF YOUR PROJECT.
SO YOU'RE NO LONGER A STICK BUILT PROJECT, YOU'RE GOING TO STEAL IN CONCRETE, WHICH ADDS COST TO YOUR OVERALL PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER BIG POINT I WANNA MAKE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE AND A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE.
AND I, I, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF, OF, OF HARVEY ALONG THE COAST.
AND, AND THAT CREATED A LOT OF, UM, SPIKES IN OUR CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
UH, WE LOST A LOT OF LABOR IN THE AREA.
AND OF COURSE THEN THERE'S JUST THE, THE MARKET FORCES ITSELF.
BUT, UH, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY PREDICT WHAT THOSE CONSTRUCTIONS CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GONNA BE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S SUCH A BIG, UH, NATURAL DISASTER SO CLOSE TO US.
UM, YOU ALSO POINTED OUT SOMETHING THAT I, I THINK WAS, IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF STABILIZATION OF AREAS, AND THAT'S, YOU COMPARE THE, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TO HOME OWNERSHIP.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHY IS THE GOAL TO HAVE MORE HOME OWNERSHIP IN, IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO? WELL, IF YOU PROVIDE MORE HOME OWNERSHIP OR, UM, RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT BRINGS MORE DISPOSABLE INCOME TO AN AREA THAT HELPS US BRING THE SERVICES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ALSO ARE DOMINATED BY HOTELS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 14,000 HOTEL ROOMS IN THE DOWNTOWN AND SURROUNDING AREA.
UNTIL WE CAN INCREASE OUR HOUSING SUPPLY, WE'RE GONNA ALWAYS BE A HOTEL MARKET, WHICH WILL DRIVE LAND PRICES AND ALSO DRIVE A TYPE OF RETAIL THAT YOU'LL SEE IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND I THINK, AND I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, HOME OWNERSHIP HELPS TO STABILIZE AREAS.
UH, WE'VE SEEN THAT THERE'S PROTECTION FOR MM-HMM.
AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT ALSO ADDS TO, TO THAT BALANCE.
UM, ON PAGE 34, YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE TRANSPARENCY AND, AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL BE DOING.
UM, AND I, AND I, I WOULD POINT TO THAT SLIDE BECAUSE IT REALLY OUTLINES WHAT I THINK IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ENGAGED APPROACH.
AND, UH, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD, UH, TALKING WITH AS MANY COMMUNITIES AS POSSIBLE, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT A PERFECT POLICY, BUT, BUT IT'S A STEP FORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT WE'VE GONE COME A LONG WAY, AND YOU'VE RESPONDED IN, IN, IN MANY WAYS TO, TO HELP HAVE THIS POLICY BECOME SORT OF PART OF A, OF AN OVERALL EFFORT THAT I, I THINK THE, THE, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE ENDORSES THIS IDEA THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO TACKLE IT FROM, FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
AND, UH, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THIS POLICY CURRENTLY IS, UH, HAS A COUPLE OF, OF PROJECTS THAT ARE, ARE JUST WAITING FOR THIS TO, TO, UH, TO BE DONE.
ONE OF THEM IS THE, THE ALAMO GROUP.
AND, UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, OF A GREAT PROJECT THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, FIGURED OUT HOW TO LAYER ON ALL THE, THE INCENTIVES TO, TO CREATE THAT AFFORDABILITY IN A VERY DIFFICULT AREA, TO PROVIDE THAT AFFORDABILITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE, WE KEEP, WE KEEP DOING, UH, THIS, THIS TYPE OF POLICY WORK FOR A REASON, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T, THERE'S REALLY NOT A SILVER BULLET.
AND, AND TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING AT ALL THE ISSUES, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE ARISING, WHETHER IT'S ZONING, WHETHER IT'S, UH, DEMOLITION PRACTICES.
UH, WE REVAMPED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, UH, FOR THAT VERY REASON, UH, WE'VE ADDRESSED, ADDRESSED COMPATIBILITY ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY IS, IS GONNA HELP, UH, THE MOMENTUM OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
AND, AND WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT, MOMENTUM IS EVERYTHING, AND TIMING IS EVERYTHING.
AND SO WE CAN SAY, WELL, MAYBE IN FIVE YEARS, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THIS OR THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT FIVE YEARS LOOKS LIKE FOR THE CITY.
AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, UH, AND STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT.
UM, WE'RE COMPETING ULTIMATELY WITH, WITH, UM, WITH URBAN SPRAWL.
WE'RE COMPETING WITH, UH, THE NOTION THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN SIM YOU CAN, YOU CAN BUILD OUT, UH, AS FAR OUT AS POSSIBLE.
AND, AND THAT'S NOT AN EFFICIENT WAY FOR A CITY TO RUN.
AND I, UH, SO, UH, MAYOR, UH, THANKS, UH, FOR, FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
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I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO TOMORROW'S VOTE.UM, YOU KNOW, LORI, GREAT JOB.
UH, I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS, IS, UH, VERY, VERY, UM, UH, WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF THIS ENGAGEMENT.
SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN, UM, UH, FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF A TIMELINE TO, TO GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN, UH, PARTICIPATE IN.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WANNA MAKE THIS AS UNDERSTANDABLE AND RELATABLE AS POSSIBLE.
UH, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, SPANISH TRANSLATION FOR OUR CITY, BUT WHAT WE, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS, IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND HOW IT WORKS AND WHY, UNDERSTANDING THE BIG PICTURE OF, OF HOW THIS IS GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, YOU, UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND, UH, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE AND LORI, FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, AND I, I RECOGNIZE THE URGENCY OF HOUSING, UH, IN OUR, IN DISTRICT FIVE ESPECIALLY.
THAT'S WHY I DID THE HOUSING PRO PILOT RIGHT AWAY.
I DIDN'T WAIT FOR POLICY DISCUSSIONS OR ANYTHING BECAUSE EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE GETTING DISPLACED BECAUSE THEIR HOUSES ARE FALLING APART.
UH, AND SO I THOUGHT I, I'VE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING URGENTLY, AND SO I, UH, ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR FOLKS TO HELP ME WITH, UM, SOME FUNDING TO CREATE THE HOUSING CENTER.
UH, THAT WAS AT M AND THAT WAS A PILOT THAT WE ORIGINALLY STARTED.
SO THERE WOULD BE ONE PLACE TO GO FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEIR HOUSING OPTIONS WERE.
THE OTHER THING, UH, THAT WE DID RIGHT AWAY IS WE HAD A HOUSING FAIR.
AND WHAT ROSE TO THE SURFACE OF THE NEED, UH, IN ADDITION TO, UM, FOUNDATION REPAIRS AND SORT OF, UM, REFITTING HOMES FOR, UM, ELDERLY PEOPLE, UH, WAS THE NEED FOR A TITLE CLEARANCE PROGRAM.
AND SO WE SPENT ABOUT 150,000, WE CLEARED, I WANNA SAY A HUNDRED AND 131 TITLES, SO THEN PEOPLE COULD GET THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEEDED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, UM, TO UPDATE THEIR HOMES.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO DO IN MY, UH, HOUSING PILOT WAS, UH, TO WORK WITH SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS.
AND THAT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT, UH, THEY INHERITED THE HOME.
UM, THEY WERE NOT LIVING THERE.
IT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, BUT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, BUT THEN THEY HAD ACQUIRED THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND SO YOU HAD TWO HOUSES NEXT TO EACH OTHER, NONE OF WHICH WERE LIVABLE.
COULD THEY THEN DEVELOP THAT INTO A SMALL SCALE DEVELOPMENT? AND, UH, I WANTED TO HELP CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE IN THAT SCENARIO AS WELL.
MOST OF THE TIME, THEY ALREADY OWNED FREE AND CLEAR MM-HMM.
SO THOSE WERE WHAT I FELT WERE THE MOST URGENT WAY THAT I COULD HELP MY COMMUNITY WITH THEIR HOUSING NEEDS.
UM, AND SO DO ANY OF THESE, UM, THAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE TODAY, ADDRESS THOSE? WELL, THE, THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM WILL DEFINITELY HELP THOSE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE, THE UNDER ONE ROOF OR QUALIFY FOR THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM THAT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT DOES, OR ANY OF THE NONPROFIT SERVICES THAT, UM, THEY PROVIDE TO HELP WITH OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
BUT PART OF, IN, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, SAID THAT THERE WILL BE NO INCENTIVES IF THE HOUSE IS ALREADY ZONED RESIDENTIAL.
SO FOR THE CIP, SO FOR THE, FOR THE HOUSING INCENTIVE POLICY, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THAT, THAT DENSE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, YOU WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVES IF YOU'RE DISPLACING RESIDENTS OR IF YOU ARE A SINGLE FAMILY, UM, ZONE SINGLE FAMILY.
NOW THAT DOESN'T, SO, SO IN THAT SCENARIO THAT I MENTIONED MM-HMM.
YOU OWNED TWO PROPERTIES NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
HE'S TRYING TO DEVELOP, TO BUILD LIKE MAYBE A, A FOURPLEX MM-HMM.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T HELP THEM THROUGH ONE OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND WE'D WORK WITH THEM EITHER TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMS IN THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OR WE COULD ALWAYS GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND REQUEST AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DID, I HAD THIS SMALL DEVELOPER SCARE FAIR, WE JUST, WE MADE IT VERY NARROW AND TARGETED.
WE HAD ONLY ABOUT 11 OR 12 SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS.
I HAD MIKE SHANNON COME IN, GIVE THE PRESENTATION, HOW DO YOU DEVELOP? UM, BUT IN THAT SCENARIO, WE, THERE WAS NOTHING AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO DO
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THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.AND WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK WAS IS SIMPLY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO BE DEVELOPERS.
WE'RE SMALL SCALE, WE'RE NOT HUGE, WE DON'T MM-HMM.
SO I, I, UM, I, I'M TRYING TO, UM, I GUESS JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT PART OF MY SMALL SCALE DEVELOPER FAIR MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, I I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UH, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I BELIEVE VERY MUCH THAT WE CREATE DENSITY AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP OUR OWN COMMUNITIES MM-HMM.
THEY'RE GONNA BE AFFORDABLE JUST BY THE FACT OF THEIR LOCATION.
UM, THE RENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
BUT IN THAT SCENARIO, YOU MENTIONED THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CITY FEE WAIVERS AND THE SAS FEE WAIVERS IF THEY'RE ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT, BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE, UM, THE CITY FEES, THEY WOULD NEED INCENTIVE.
I MEAN, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THERE WAS THE HOUSE THERE ALREADY, BUT THEY WOULD FOR THE SAWS, BUT THEY WOULD NOT FOR THE, THE CITY FEES.
AND SO IF THEY WERE TO DO RECONSTRUCTION OR REHAB, THERE WOULD BE CITY FEES THAT COULD BE WAIVED.
SO, UM, THE, THE, AND I KNOW THAT THE REHAB, UH, FUNDING WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
SO I TRIED TO ADD MORE MONEY IN THE, UM, OWNER OCCUPIED PROGRAM, THE LET'S PAINT PROGRAM.
WE HAD MORE MONEY FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
SO ALL THOSE WERE, UH, I THOUGHT, UH, IMPORTANT FOR, FOR MY DISTRICT, UH, AS WE WERE, UM, TRYING TO ACT IMMEDIATELY TO HELP PEOPLE THAT WERE GETTING DISPLACED, NOT BECAUSE OF GENTRIFICATION, BUT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT LIVE IN THEIR HOMES ANYMORE.
AND EVEN MORE COMMON, UH, THAT I HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS IS NOT THAT THERE IS THIS RISK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISPLACED.
THEY HAVE TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEIR HOMES ARE NOT NO LONGER SUIT THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY WANNA AGE IN PLACE, BUT TO GET THE HOUSE, UH, COMPLETELY REDONE FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY MM-HMM.
IT'S CHEAPER FOR THEM TO RAISE THE HOUSE AND BUILD A NEW ONE THAN IT IS FOR THEM TO REDO THE ELECTRICAL, TO REDO THE FOUNDATION, TO DO ALL OF THE NECESSARY TO COMPLETELY REDO THE BATHROOMS. UH, BECAUSE, UH, JUST GIVEN THE EXPENSE OF, OF UPDATING TO WHAT IS, UM, THE CURRENT CITY CODE MM-HMM.
AND SO IS THERE SOMETHING FOR MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT MANAGES THE LEAD BA, THE LEAD-BASED BAIT PROGRAM, THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM AND THE SOS P WAIVER PROGRAM, THAT IF YOU ARE RECEIVING INCENTIVES THROUGH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, YOU ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THESE TYPES OF INCENTIVES.
SO CITY COUNCIL, THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR IN THE BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2019, THEY, UM, YOU ALL ALLOCATED SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB.
AND SO THAT PROVIDES AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENT.
SO IF THEY'RE AT THE 80% A M I LEVEL OR BELOW, THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND THAT PROVIDES THEM $75,000 AND A FORGIVABLE LOAN FOR REHAB AND $95,000 AND A FORGIVABLE LOAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
SO THEY CAN WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES TO GET ACCESS TO THAT PROGRAM.
IT IS A LOTTERY SYSTEM, AND THAT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS ALLOCATED THIS YEAR WILL HELP 81 HOMES.
SO WE, WE, WE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF SUCCESS WITH THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND, UH, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE DESIRE FOR MORE OF THAT KIND OF A PROGRAM.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUND THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE SEEN A BIG SHIFT IN OUR BUDGET FOR THAT KIND OF, OF, UM, MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO ADD TO THAT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP WITH OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB.
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DOLLARS? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS CONCERN OF DISPLACEMENT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF THE DISPLACEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S THIS POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, IT'S THAT PEOPLE CANNOT LIVE THERE NOW.
SO CAN THAT MILLION DOLLAR DISPLACEMENT BE USED TO, UH, FOR THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED, PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE? ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND MITIGATION FUND? NO.
THAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, 2019, AND IT WAS DEDICATED TO HELP WITH DISPLACEMENT ISSUES.
AND THAT'LL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, BUT ONLY IN THE EVENT THAT THEY'RE GETTING DISPLACED FOR A NEW PROJECT.
WELL, THAT'S THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS WE DEVELOP IT.
BUT AS WE BRING IT FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL, WE'LL ADJUST THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THEY COME FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
BUT THE ORIGINAL INTENT AS RECOMMENDED, UH, BY THE HOUSING TASK FORCE AND WHAT WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AS PART OF THE BUDGET WHEN WE RECOMMENDED THE 1 MILLION AS PART OF THE BUSINESS PLAN YOU ALL ADOPTED, UH, WAS INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE THAT LORI DESCRIBED.
UM, I, I, I, AND SO THAT'S AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT I JUST FEEL, BECAUSE I DO HAVE THAT PRESSURE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, VERY OFTEN, UH, I'M APPROACHED BY A CONSTITUENT WHO SAYS THEY CAN'T LIVE IN THEIR HOME ANYMORE BECAUSE, UH, OF THE FACTORS THAT I MENTIONED OF, UH, NOT IT NOT BEING WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE OR THE FOUNDATION JUST COSTING TOO MUCH TO REPAIR AND JUST GIVEN THE EXTENT OF THE NEED OF THE HOME THAT THEY, THEY CANNOT LIVE THERE.
AND SO, UM, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE IMMEDIATELY.
AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, UH, PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS.
BUT OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LI THERE ARE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED, AND SO WE TRY TO HAVE PUT THEM IN THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED THEM MOST.
AND THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE I'VE HAD THE MOST, UH, NEED IN, IN MY COMMUNITY IS FOR THAT, UH, THAT KIND OF DISPLACEMENT.
UM, I GUESS, UH, THE OTHER, UM, QUESTION THAT I HAD, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE, UH, SO JUST AS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO ALL OF THEM, BUT, UH, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PRIORITIZE FOR A CORE PROJECT IN THE 9% TAX CREDIT, THE REDEVELOPMENT OFAN, APACHE, UH, HOUSING.
IT'S IN GREAT NEED OF DISREPAIR.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REDO ALSAN OVER THE YEARS THROUGH A 9% TAX CREDIT IS BECAUSE THE EXTENT OF THE NEED IS SO GREAT THAT WHEN THERE'S COMPETING PROJECTS IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY VERY COMPETITIVE, 9%, UM, AT LEAST AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT ALSAN DOESN'T GET POINTS FROM THE STATE, UH, IS BECAUSE WE'RE TOO POOR, THE AREA'S TOO PLIGHTED AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE TOO BAD.
SO IF WE, IF THERE ARE NO COMPETING PROJECTS IN THE CORE, THEN MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDO ALLAN.
AND SO I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT PLEASE PRIORITIZING THIS AS A CITY, UH, THAT WE PRIORITIZE THIS BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY LARGE AREA OF PUBLIC HOUSING, WHICH IS A 30% AND BELOW, UH, 700 PLUS UNITS OF, UH, OF PUBLIC HOUSING, WHICH IS 30% AND BELOW CONSIDERED PUBLIC HOUSING.
OR AT WHAT POINT ARE WE IN THAT RANGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN GREAT NEED? SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, VERO.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, IS 30% OF A M I ARE BELOW CONSIDERED PUBLIC HOUSING YES.
SO, AND IS THERE ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE MM-HMM.
AND SO THIS POLICY WILL HELP WITH THAT.
AND IT DOES HAVE 30%, UM, A M I OR BELOW UNITS.
NOW, THIS SPEAKS TO THE NEED FOR LAYERING.
AND SO AS VERO IS WORKING ON THE STRATEGY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY WILL LOOK TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS TO SEE HOW THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHICH PROJECTS WE WANNA SUPPORT A 9% TAX CREDIT DEAL, AND LOOK AT LAYERING ON THE CIP AND LOOK AT USING OTHER INCENTIVE TOOLS LIKE THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND OR TS.
AND THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR THE MUSEUM REACH.
SO, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND, UH, IN THE MUSEUM REACH ONLY ABOUT 10% WERE AT 30 MM-HMM.
I CAN'T REMEMBER, UM, THE EXTENT OF THEM, BUT I THINK SISON IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WOULD HAVE,
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UM, THEY STILL, THE, THE SISON LOFTS WOULD HAVE ONLY 30%, I'M SORRY, 10% AT 30, BUT THE WHOLE REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD THEN HOPE TO, UH, BRING THE REST OF IT ALONG ONCE WE HAD ONE THAT WAS PRIORITIZED.AND I, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT NOT ALL ABOUT MAKING THAT A CITY PRIORITY SO WE CAN GET THAT REALLY DEEP AFFORDABILITY THAT I THINK WE NEED.
UM, AND SO IN ADDITION, AND, AND I MENTIONED THAT, UH, FIRST OF ALL TO, UH, TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO ASK THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, OF ALSAN.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S THAT THE EXTENT OF THE NEED THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AT 30% AND BELOW, AND A CASE BY CASE BASED, UH, CASE BY CASE ANALYSIS VERSUS, UH, A CITYWIDE MM-HMM.
I, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, LORI, UH, HOW POSSIBLE IS IT THAT THESE KIND OF INCENTIVES WILL GIVE US MORE OF THE 30%, AND, AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO, IT SPEAKS TO THE LAYERING OF THESE INCENTIVES.
AND SO FOR THE 17 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS MUSEUM REACH LOFTS PROJECT, WHICH I'M GOING, SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN US A 30%? UM, WE ALSO PROVIDED INCENTIVES TO THE SAN JUAN APARTMENTS, I BELIEVE MM-HMM.
AND, BUT IT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE DEFINITELY IF, IF IT'S WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OR WITHIN ONE OF THOSE REGIONAL CENTERS.
AND THEN WE, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS ALL THE TIME TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE PROJECTS WORK.
BUT AN AS OF RIGHT INCENTIVE TOOLKIT TYPICALLY ISN'T APPROPRIATE FOR A PROJECT THAT HA THAT HAS THAT LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY.
IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL, AND WE'D HAVE TO CREATE A INCENTIVE PACKAGE SPECIFIC TO THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE LAYERS OF INCENTIVES.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MUSEUM REACH LOSS PROJECT, OF THAT 17 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT, THERE WERE ABOUT 13 TO $14 MILLION IN INCENTIVES TO MAKE THAT PROJECT WORK.
SO, UM, I, I, UH, I, I, I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A, I KNOW THAT I, AS I'VE MENTIONED, UH, TO YOU AND TO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'VE ONLY HAD TWO PROJECTS STARTED AND COMPLETED IN THE SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
UM, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANY OTHERS MM-HMM.
WE HAD, UH, THIS MORNING A PRESENTATION WITH THE HOUSING PROJECT AT, UM, UH, ON GENERAL MCMULLEN, UM, THAT WAS A RE REDO, UH, OF SOME HOUSING, UM, THAT IS EQUALLY NECESSARY BECAUSE, UH, AS THE DATA SHOWS, UH, UH, IN MY DISTRICT, 70% OF THE HOUSING IS, WAS BUILT BEFORE 1960 MM-HMM.
UH, MOST OF THE HOUSES THAT WE HAVE, OR A GREAT PERCENTAGE OF THEM WERE BUILT BEFORE 1960.
AND SO AS WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO MOVE TO THE DISTRICT, PEOPLE TO, NOT JUST TO MOVE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY PEOPLE TO STAY, UH, IS THAT THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO, UM, WHEN THERE IS NOT ENOUGH NEW HOUSING.
AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO, I, I, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE I DO THINK THIS PROVIDES SOME CONTINUITY.
SO IF THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE STARTING TO DO A PROJECT THAT THEY COULD COMPLETE THE PROJECT MM-HMM.
AND MY CONCERN ABOUT THE FINANCING IS THAT IT JUST TOOK TOO LONG TO GET THE PROJECT STARTED.
AND SO BY THE TIME THEY WERE READY TO BREAK GROUND, BY THE TIME THEY GOT THROUGH ALL THE INCENTIVE PROCESS AND GOT THROUGH ALL THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND DID EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO DO, UM, THEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING ANYMORE.
AND SO WE HAVE HAD MORE PROJECTS FAIL, UH, OR I HATE TO SAY FAIL NOT STARTED MM-HMM.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS NOT A PERFECT, UH, POLICY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO INCENTIVIZE ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE CORE.
UM, PART OF IT IS PARKING, AND
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THAT CAME UP IN ANOTHER ONE OF OUR, UM, UH, DISCUSSIONS, IS THAT REALLY THE EXPENSE OF PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN.UH, IN THE PROJECT THAT WE DISCUSSED, IT WAS A $55 MILLION PROJECT.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF WHERE IT WAS IN, OH, THAT, THAT'S IN MY NOTES FOR THE P F C, IT WAS A P F C PROJECT, IT WAS IN THE NEAR DOWNTOWN.
UH, IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUSEUM REACH, THINK IT WAS A BROADWAY, THINK OF IT, $55 MILLION INVESTMENT, 7 MILLION OF IT PARKING.
UH, AND WHEN I ASKED, WHY ARE WE INCENTIVIZING PARKING? WHY ARE WE, UH, WHY IS THIS PART OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, UNIT, UH, IF IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE LIVING THERE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AT 30% A I DON'T HAVE A CAR, WHY DO THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT? MM-HMM.
AND THE RESPONSE WAS, THE INVESTORS WILL REQUIRE THAT LEVEL OF PARKING.
AND SO I ASKED, IS THAT JUST FOR SAN ANTONIO THAT THEY REQUIRE THIS LEVEL OF PARKING? OR IS THAT A NATIONAL, UM, REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE X NUMBER OF DOLLARS OF PARKING, UH, FOR A HOUSING UNIT? AND THE RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH NATIONWIDE.
SO WE PERHAPS CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, IS WHY WE'RE INCENTIVIZING PARKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, AND COULD WE TAKE THAT OUT? UM, BUT THEN MAYBE IT CREATES AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL AND WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT, THOSE POLICY DECISIONS.
BUT, UH, I KNOW IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
I I'M NOT, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE TALKING ABOUT WHY WE SUBSIDIZE HOUSING, I'M SORRY, WHY WE SUBSIDIZE PARKING, UH, ESPECIALLY IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT.
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS COULD WE DO IF WE WEREN'T SPENDING 20% OF THE PROJECT SUBSIDIZING PARKING? UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION SAYING THAT, WELL, NOT, NOT JUST MILLENNIALS SAYING THEY DON'T WANNA DRIVE ANYMORE, BUT SENIORS ALSO SAYING THEY DON'T WANNA DRIVE ANYMORE.
SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, UH, WORK ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S NOT A PERFECT POLICY.
I THINK I'VE POINTED OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT.
UH, BUT I THINK FOR THE URG, THE URGENCY OF JUST MOVING THINGS ALONG THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REAL DEVELOPMENT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF JUST TWO PROJECTS, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE SOME, UH, CONTINUITY, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING OUR CITY AND GROWTH, AND THAT WE HAVE BALANCED GROWTH.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS IF WE HAVE HOUSING OPTIONS, UH, IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ.
AND I JUST, UH, WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME HARD STOPS FOR SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE DON'T WANNA LOSE A QUORUM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE HEARING THIS EVENING.
SO, UH, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY, LET'S MOVE THEM ON, UH, TO THE NEXT QUESTION.
UH, I WANT TO, I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT, THAT I KNOW YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GONE INTO REEVALUATING THIS AND, AND VERO STAFF TOO.
UH, I WANNA MAKE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS.
UH, ONE IS WHEN I SEE THE CHANGE IN THE ICRP, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY THE INNER, UH, CITY REINVESTMENT AND INFILL POLICY, AND, UH, I LOOK AT THE MAP THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AND THE ONE THAT'S ESTABLISHED NOW, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I LOOK AT CCHI P AND, UH, I LOOK AT LEVEL THREE AS BEING AN ADDITIONAL, UH, AVENUE FOR, UH, CCHI APPLICATION.
I START THINKING IT, IT'S GONNA MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SIMPLY BYPASS THE INNER CITY FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL GOAL OF ICRP.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THE ORIGINAL GOAL OF CCHI P EITHER.
BUT CERTAINLY BY EXPANDING THESE AREAS THAT PEOPLE CAN, UH, USE ICRP INCENTIVES OR ICHIP INCENTIVES, YOU, YOU'RE REALLY SKIPPING THE VERY HEART OF THE AREA YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, SHIRLEY.
UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT AREA CAN SIMPLY BE SKIPPED BECAUSE OTHER AREAS WILL NOW QUALIFY FOR THOSE KIND OF INCENTIVES.
SO I, I JUST FEEL, UH, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD GUY AND, AND TO ME, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, ARE ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
UH, BUT WITHIN ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I THINK, UH, A BIG ISSUE IS AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL OF US.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE SEA CHIP DISCUSSION IS REALLY ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER, UH, THE HUD GUIDELINES OR THE CENSUS TRACK, UH, SAN ANTONIO A M I GUIDELINES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEST SUITED FOR OUR POPULATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A, A REAL
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BACK AND FORTH WITH MYSELF, UH, ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE AM I'S AROUND $50,000 A YEAR FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, BUT WITHIN THE, THE COUNTY AND GOING ALL THE WAY USING NEW BRAUNFELS IN THAT HUD A M I, IT'S MORE LIKE 64, 60 $5,000.
AND SO THEN WHEN WE START SAYING, WELL, 80%, WELL 80% OF THAT COUNTY A M I IS ALMOST HIGHER THAN WHAT OUR TOTAL A M I IS FOR THE CITY.
AND SO WHEN WE SAY WE ARE OFFERING 80% AND IT'S AFFORDABLE, WE KNOW IT REALLY ISN'T AFFORDABLE FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHO HAVE TO GET BY ON THAT 50,000 A M I HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THEM ARE LIVING BELOW $50,000 A YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY HALF OF 'EM ARE LIVING ABOVE THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE ARRIVE AT THAT, THAT MIDDLE FIGURE.
AND, AND SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCENTIVES THAT ARE AT 80% OF THE HUD A M I AND ARE THEY REALLY AFFORDABLE? UH, A WHILE AGO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, OR I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, WORKFORCE HOUSING IS CONSIDERED, UH, 80% DOWN TO 60, AND THEN IT'S AFFORDABLE FROM 60 DOWN TO, UH, WHATEVER BELOW THAT.
UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT APPLES AND ORANGES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I STILL DEBATE, UH, OVER AS WE GO THROUGH THESE THINGS.
NOW, I DON'T WANNA INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE REMAINING AND LIVING AT LOW INCOME LEVELS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING WHEN I SAY WE SHOULD BE INCENTIVIZING 50% OF 40% OR 30%.
NO ONE WANTS TO REMAIN IN A, IN A LOW INCOME SITUATION FOR THEMSELVES.
WE HOPE EVERYBODY'S GONNA RAISE THEMSELVES ABOVE THAT.
BUT WHEN WE'VE GOT LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIVING AT THOSE, UH, ECONOMIC LEVELS, WE NEED TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
AND I DON'T THINK THESE PROJECTS ARE, THESE PROPOSALS ARE REALLY HITTING WHERE WE NEED THAT MOST HELP.
ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE, AND I'VE HEARD IT SHARED BY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IS THE DISPLACEMENT ISSUE.
AND IT'S DISPLACEMENT NOT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE'S BUYING A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT IT'S RAISING THE VALUE OF OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA AND LITERALLY DRIVING SOME PEOPLE OUT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW WE'VE SET ASIDE A MILLION DOLLARS TO TRY AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE SOMEWHAT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND IS, UH, AS WE DO THIS IMPACT STUDY ON DISPLACEMENT, I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE A HISTORICAL VIEW OF THIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO DETERMINE HOW HAS CIP IMPACTED THE DISPLACEMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? AND NOT JUST SAY, WELL, LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH WE HAS HAPPENED AS WELL AS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE A POLICY THAT WILL REALLY WORK.
AND, AND HIS HISTORY TELLS US A LOT.
SO I, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO INCORPORATE THAT ON, I, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO BRING IN A THIRD PARTY PERSON, UH, BECAUSE WE HERE LOOK AT IT FROM THE INSIDE, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE DON'T NEED A CONSULTANT WHO HAS DONE SOME OF THIS WORK AROUND THE COUNTRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE AND HELP US RECOGNIZE BETTER WHAT OUR DISPLACEMENT PROBLEMS AND NEEDS ARE GONNA BE.
ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE, AND IT'S A QUESTION, WHY INCENTIVIZE ANY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PRODUCING ONLY MARKET RATE PROPERTIES, NO MATTER HOW TALL THEY BUILD THEIR BUILDING? WE'RE SAYING WHEN YOU GET TO FIVE STORIES, IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE.
BUT IF THEY BUILD AT SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT OR NINE OR 10, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES EVEN LESS EXPENSIVE IN THE LONG RUN, IF YOU PUT IN ALL MARKET RATE PROPERTIES, THEY SHOULDN'T NEED ANY INCENTIVE TO BUILD THAT YET.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING 10 YEAR INCENTIVES.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND YES, WE'RE SAYING 25% OF THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM TO PUT INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, BUT THE OTHER 75% WE COULD USE FOR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO IF SOMEBODY'S BUILDING MARKET RATE, UH, AND THEY'RE BUILDING 6, 7, 8 STORIES, OR THEY'RE BUILDING, I DON'T, I DON'T CARE HOW TALL THEY GET,
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I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE SELLING OURSELVES SHORT AND WE'RE NOT, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO SUPPORT PRIVATE MARKET, UM, DEVELOPMENTS.UM, THEY CAN JUST BUILD TALLER SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD MORE UNITS AND MAKE ALL THE MONEY THEY NEED.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER IN THIS OVERALL PLAN, AND THAT IS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOUSING, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND, AND WE'RE KIND OF SAYING, LET'S INCENTIVIZE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND INNER CITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T COME UP WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE'VE GOT A ROUGH SKETCH, BUT WE'VE GOT CONNECT SA THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING US DEVELOP THAT PLAN.
ARE WE MAYBE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S GET ALL THE HOUSING SET UP AND THEN WORK OUT THE TRANSPORTATION, OR ARE WE GONNA SAY, WHICH I THINK WE ARE, THESE ARE AREAS OF TRANSPORTATION WE WANT TO GO IN.
SO IS THE HOUSING THAT WE'RE INCENTIVIZING GOING TO FIT IN THERE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING? UH, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AS WE DEVELOP, OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE CLIMATE, WITH THE AIR QUALITY.
IS PART OF THIS ALSO BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE CCHI AND ICRP PLANS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT? I JUST HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS IN MY MIND AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE PROGRAM, THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT NOW, IS REALLY ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD.
YOU'RE A MARATHON TIME OUT THERE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND, UH, I'LL, I'LL JUST TRY TO MAKE THIS BRIEF.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S TIME, UH, THAT WE VOTE THIS OUT TOMORROW AND LET'S TURN THIS BACK ON.
UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE MESSAGE WE'RE SENDING, UH, WITH THE LACK OF ACTION.
UM, I THINK THIS THING HAS BEEN VETTED.
WELL, I THINK YOUR TEAM AND YOU, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY A YEAR AGO WHEN I WAS ON, NOT NECESSARILY DECREASING DOWNTOWN, BUT SPREADING THIS EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? LIKE OPENING THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY PIECE OF SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? AND THEN RELYING ON THE, THE BIGGEST THING THAT ALWAYS CONCERNED ME IS WE WOULD TRY TO, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING THE ANSWER TO OUR SOCIAL CHALLENGES ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, NOT USING THEM TO GET TO THE MARKERS AND GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ALL OF US, AND I BELIEVE ALL OF US WANT TO ANSWER THIS HOUSING SITUATION 100% IN DISTRICT SIX.
WE'RE PUTTING IN, UH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOMES.
WE'VE GOTTA ASSESS OUR CHAVEZ FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.
WE ARE DOING THE WORK, UH, THROUGH THE RELATIONSHIPS.
WE GOT A FANTASTIC, UH, KIND OF MINI PEARL COMING IN CALLED YARD ONE 11.
IT'S GONNA BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON PETRANKO ROAD THAT IS GOING TO CREATE ITS OWN LITTLE NODE OF HUMANITY THAT'S TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED, THAT'S DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED.
IT'S, IT HAS A, IT'S GONNA HAVE A MIXED USE HOUSING.
IT'S GONNA BE FANTASTIC, AND IT'S OUTSIDE THE CORE.
SO WE ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT THAT ARE TRYING TO MEET THE LARGER GOALS.
MY WHOLE IMPETUS WITH THIS THING RIGHT, WAS JUST, LET'S DO MORE AND LET'S OFFER THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I THINK YOU WENT BACK AND YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK OVER.
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN
RIGHT? UH, AND YOU KEPT COMING BACK AND YOU KEPT REFINING IT.
AND I THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN TO A GOOD POINT.
AGAIN, DO I THINK IT'S, IT'S PERFECT.
NO, ONLY BECAUSE I WANNA DO MORE.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE WELL PAST THE READY, FIRE, AIM MENTALITY.
LIKE I THINK WE ARE READY TO GO.
LIKE I THINK THE QUICKER WE CAN VOTE THIS, WE SEND A MESSAGE IT SAN ANTONIO ITSELF TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LET'S GET WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE CAN AFFORD THESE INCENTIVES, WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN OR NOT.
AND LOOK, I STILL, WE'RE SITTING HERE ARGUING, WORRYING ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND AT THE MAX, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 7,500 UNITS.
WE HAVE A 250,000 UNITS SHORTAGE ACROSS THE CITY, AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE 7,500 DOWNTOWN.
I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA GET THAT DONE.
AND, AND I HAD TO LEARN, AND YOU HELPED ME THROUGH THIS, THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PIECES TO IT.
THE AFFORDABLE PIECE ISN'T NECESSARILY APPLIED TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
I MEAN, THE, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN MY MIND.
UM, I'VE GROWN INTO THAT WE NEED TO BUILD DOWNTOWN AND WE NEED TO DEVELOP FOR THE FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THERE TO CREATE A, A MORE VIBRANT CORE, WE ALL OWN A PIECE OF THAT.
IT IS THE SMALLER PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE LARGER PICTURE OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS ANOTHER 242,500 UNITS.
AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA JAM 'EM INTO EIGHT STORY UNITS DOWNTOWN IN THE ORIGINAL 30 SQUARE MILES OF SAN ANTONIO.
NO, WE'RE GONNA DO 'EM ON OLD HIGHWAY 90.
WE'RE GONNA DO 'EM ON COLLIBRA, WE'RE GONNA DO 'EM ON PETRANKO.
WE'RE GONNA COME IN AND BUILD THESE THINGS OFF OF PARID AND WE'RE GONNA AFFORD PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE ACROSS THIS CITY.
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA FEAR SPRAWL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT.
PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH ALL THIS IS US TRYING TO PUSH THIS DEVELOPMENT PART ON THE, ON THE MARKET ITSELF, TRYING TO FORCE THESE MARKET
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MOVEMENTS IN THE WAY THAT THE COUNCIL OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE POLITICAL MACHINE BELIEVES IS THE RIGHT PROCESS.I THINK THE MARKET WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
THE INCENTIVES ARE THERE AS A TOOL, ONE TOOL OF THE WHEEL, ONE COG OF THE WHEEL TO GET US GOING IN THE RIGHT POSITION.
SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE.
WE DO MORE OF THIS AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
I WANNA SEE A LARGER, I CRIP FORGET IT.
I DON'T EVEN WANNA SEE AN I CRIP, UH, I WANNA SEE A DEPARTMENT IN D S D THAT WAIVES EVERY FEE POSSIBLE.
IF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER COMES IN, I MEAN, DON'T EVEN CHARGE 'EM ANYTHING.
UH, I, I WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GONNA MEET OUR OVERARCHING DEVELOPMENT GOAL AS A CITY TO BUILD HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT A DOLLAR A DOLLAR ANYWHERE ON THE DEVELOPMENT LEDGER, WHETHER IT'S FEES, INCENTIVES, SAWS, C P S, ENERGY, UH, HEY, YOU KNOW, HABITAT, I WAS TALKING TO NATALIE OUTSIDE.
THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH A LACK OF ACTION, AND WE ARE PUSHING WAY TOO FAR WITH THIS TO WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEVELOPING, AND ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT SIX, SHE'S GOT 54 UNITS THEY'RE WORKING ON.
SHE'S GOT MORE COMING ONLINE, AND IF WE DON'T MOVE, WE LOSE.
RIGHT? SO THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE, LIKE THE MAYOR STATED, UM, WITH TRYING TO GET TO PERFECT OUT OF THIS.
IT, IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME TO GO.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, UM, FOR STANDING UP HERE AND CONTINUING TO WORK AS BEST YOU CAN TO BALANCE ALL THESE COMPETING INTERESTS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, YOU KNOW, AND I, I THINK IT'S GOOD ENOUGH TO GET BY TOMORROW FOR SURE.
UH, AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS WE TRY TO GET THIS GOING.
PEOPLE WANNA LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX, THEY WANNA LIVE IN DISTRICT 10, THEY WANNA LIVE ELSEWHERE, AND WE HAVE TO HELP THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GET THERE.
AND I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
LIKE, WHAT ELSE ARE WE GONNA DO? WHAT THINGS CAN WE DO FOR THEM, UH, THROUGH YOUR TEAM AND RENEE'S TEAM, UM, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES JUST THE SAME AS THE DOWNTOWN FOLKS.
SO WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T NEED TO CUT DOWNTOWN.
WE NEED TO EXPAND AND THINK ABOUT, UM, HOW WE'RE GONNA BUILD THESE UNITS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE CAN'T MARRY OURSELVES STRICTLY TO THE MARIS HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE.
WE CAN'T STICK OURSELVES SOLELY ON SA TOMORROW.
WE HAVE TO PICK PIECES OF EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS AND THEN DO WHAT'S BEST TO, TO BUILD A UNIT, RIGHT? AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT, THE TAXPAYER WANTS 'EM AT THE CHEAPEST COST POSSIBLE, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO INCENTIVIZE $200,000 FOR A, A UNIT.
THAT'S THE LAST THING THE VOTER WANTS TO SEE.
I THINK THEY'RE VERY ENGAGED, AND I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND IT.
UH, THEY UNDERSTAND IN SO MUCH AS THEY WANT THEIR TAX DOLLARS GOING TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE PERIOD.
AND WHEN THEY SEE THINGS THAT DON'T MATCH THAT, THAT'S WHEN THEY SPEAK UP AND THEY RISE UP.
SO I THINK WE PUT THIS IN PLACE AND WE, WE MEASURE IT GOOD FROM GO HERE GOING FORWARD.
I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING I'D ASK YOU IS LET'S MAKE SURE WE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE QUARTERLY UPDATES ON WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR YOU AND THE TEAM SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THIS IMPACT'S LOOKING LIKE AND WHO'S USING THESE INCENTIVES AND IS IT REALLY BUILDING IN THE AREAS WE WANT TO GO? BUT, UM, JUST TRY TO RUSH THROUGH MY THOUGHTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I HAD ABOUT 25 OF 'EM RIGHT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAN, IT'S 5 0 5.
I WENT OUTSIDE TO DO SOME BURPEES TO STAY AWAKE.
SO I'M, I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN TO MAKE IT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THE TEAMWORK.
WELL, THANK YOU TO RENEE, UH, AND LET'S GET THIS VOTE PASSED THIS TOMORROW, AND LET'S SEND A MESSAGE SAN ANTONIO'S OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND WE'RE ALL GONNA ENJOY THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
COUNCILMAN BROCK, HOUSE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, LORI, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK WE ARE IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE WERE A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN YOU CAME WITH THE PROPOSAL.
AND EVEN THAT ONE WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT WE SAW, UM, ORIGINALLY.
UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
I THINK YOU HAVE INTEGRATED ALMOST ALL OF MY CONCERNS THAT I BROUGHT TO YOU.
I REALLY, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THOSE THAT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO INTEGRATE, I KNOW YOU REALLY RAN THOSE TO GROUND AND WE FOUND OUT WHAT THE LIMITATIONS WERE, INCLUDING THE PARKING, UH, REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I STILL BLOWS MY MIND ABOUT HOW WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE SPRAWL, BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET AWAY FROM SUBSIDIZING, UH, PARKING.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK ON THAT LATER AT A, AT A LATER TIME.
UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE GOALS AND TARGETS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THE LIMITS ON, UM, HOW EXPENSIVE A DEVELOPMENT CAN A UNIT CAN BE.
UM, I LIKE THE RENT BEING, UH, THE LEVEL OF RENT BEING A TRIGGER FOR, UM, FOR TERMINATING THE INCENTIVE.
I THINK THAT'S IMPAR IMPORTANT AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, INTEGRATING SPECIFIC LANGUAGE PROHIBITING DISPLACEMENT.
UH, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS DIRECT DISPLACEMENT ANYWAY.
UM, I THINK THE ADDITION OF LEVEL THREE, UH, MAKES SENSE AS WELL.
UM, AND I LIKE THE CONSISTENT DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY, HAVING THAT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE, WITH THE REPORT THAT CAME OUT FROM THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE.
THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, DIRECTLY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY AND YOU HEAR FROM THEM DIRECTLY, UM, INCLUDING THE ESPERANZA
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CENTER, TIER ONE AND, AND OTHERS.UM, I THINK YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB LISTENING TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING COMING OUT OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, UM, BECAUSE YOU IDENTIFIED WHAT THOSE CONCERNS WERE.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAD STAFF THERE LISTENING AND, AND TAKING NOTE OF THAT.
UM, I, I DO THINK, HOWEVER, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE FROM, UH, BEING THERE LISTENING AND PULLING THAT INFORMATION, WHICH AGAIN, I THINK YOU DID VERY WELL.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND HOSTING A PUBLIC MEETING SPECIFICALLY ON, ON CCHI P AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT CCHI P IS, THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.
UH, THIS IS MY PROPOSAL AND I'M TAKING FEEDBACK ON IT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE, WE KIND OF MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY AT THAT POINT TO HEAR FEEDBACK SPECIFICALLY ON THE PROGRAM AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT, THAT I WOULD CHANGE, IT WOULD BE GOING BACK IN TIME, WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T DO.
AND, UM, UH, GOING BACK AND PULLING THOSE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER FROM, FROM THE BEGINNING.
UM, SO, SORRY, I'M GOING THROUGH, THROUGH MY NOTES HERE.
I DO THINK YOU HAVE DONE SOME DILIGENT WORK OVER THE PAST.
I THINK IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE REVISIONS.
YOU'VE WORKED WITH, UH, STEVE NIVAN, A NUMBER OF, OF DEVELOPERS, AND YOU LOOKED AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS, AND YOU ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT WORKS FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN REDESIGNING THIS.
UM, BUT I THINK, UH, AGAIN, IF I COULD GO BACK IN TIME, I WOULD OPEN UP THAT CONVERSATION FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO SOME OF THE OLDER, SOME OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, NOT OLDER, SOME OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS,
UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M PUTTING FORWARD SOME PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WHICH WON'T BE HEARD TOMORROW, BUT IN, IN THE FUTURE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I, I SEE US DOING IN THE FUTURE IS WHEN WE BEGAN A REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY REVISION PROCESS LIKE THIS, IS WE SAY, OKAY, WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS? UM, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE, UH, IMPACT WHO, WHO, UH, BENEFIT FROM IT OR DIRECTLY TAKE PART IN IT, BUT MAYBE THOSE IMPACTED AS WELL, AND THOSE INTERESTED AS WELL, AND IDENTIFY THEM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF, OF THE PROCESS, UH, GOING ON.
UM, AT MY COMMITTEE, WE DID REVIEW, UH, SOME MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
UM, AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE CAN'T GO BACK IN TIME AND IMPLEMENT THOSE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR COUNCIL CAN DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO, UM, SOLID PUBLIC PARTICIPATION BY, UM, TAKING A VERY SMALL BREAK, PERHAPS, UH, FOUR WEEKS TO IDENTIFY WHO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE AND HOSTING A COUPLE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THAT.
SO WE HAVE FOUR REGIONAL CENTERS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE OF OUR REGIONAL CENTERS.
WE HAVE 13, BUT WE HAVE FOUR OF THEM THAT HAVE PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS FORMED.
SO THOSE ARE READY TO GO STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY REACH OUT TO AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS HAPPENING.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, UM, SORRY, THE, THE FOLKS ALONG THE CORRIDORS, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CORRIDORS ARE NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE REGIONAL PLAN.
I THINK THEY'LL BE INCLUDED AT A, AT A SEPARATE POINT.
I THINK WE SHOULD COMMUNICATE THIS PROPOSAL TO THEM, UH, ALONG TO THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE AND THOSE TECHNICAL GROUPS COMMUNICATE THE PROPOSAL TO THEM AND HOST AT MINIMUM ONE PUBLIC MEETING, MAYBE A WEBINAR, AND, UM, MOVE FORWARD AFTER, AFTER THAT POINT.
I THINK MANY OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HEARD, UH, FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SENT ME LETTERS, I THINK MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, BUT I I WOULD STILL RECOMMEND, UH, HOSTING AT LEAST ONE MORE, UH, ONE MORE PUBLIC MEETING WHERE THERE CAN ACTUALLY BE DIALOGUE, SO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE HEARING THAT WE WILL HAVE, UH, TONIGHT.
THOSE ARE MY, UH, UH, COMMENTS.
COUNCILMAN SALANI, JUST A BRIEF CHIME BACK IN, LORI, THE, UM, THE, A MAMI DEFINITION MM-HMM.
SO WE USE HUD TYPICALLY BECAUSE IT'S TIED TO FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TODAY TIED TO FEDERAL FUNDS, DO WE? UM, A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPERS, LIKE OUR NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS, THEY ARE TIED TO FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KEEP THIS, TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENCY.
CAN WE, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT A WORLD WHERE WE BLOW PAST THAT AND JUST MAKE A DEFINITION.
I, IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE TO ME THAT WE CAN, WE CARE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO'S M S A, WE CARE, WE CARE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO'S AREA, IMMEDIATE
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INCOME.I DON'T CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT AL AND, AND NEW BRAUNFELS.
AND I THINK THAT IT, THAT THERES NO PURPOSE TO USE IT IN THIS CASE.
SO CAN WE SEE A, A, A PROPOSAL TOMORROW THAT INCLUDES OUR DEFINITION AND NOT HUDS IT? WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.
I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE PERFORMANCE, WHO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE WORK? UH, YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T MAKE OUR OWN RULES HERE.
UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DEPENDENT ON? UH, YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE, THE FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR LOANS WITHIN THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT MARKET, SO IF YOU WERE TO MAKE A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY, UM, THAT DEVELOPERS LOWER THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THAT'S REQUIRED IN A HOUSING PROJECT THAT WOULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF RENT AND IMPACT THEIR EXPENSES AND REQUIRE THE PROJECTS WOULD NOT WORK WITH A C CHIPP INCENTIVE, AND WE'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH A GREATER INCENTIVE PACKAGE TO MAKE THAT WORK MEANS MORE SUBSIDY FROM THE CITY.
I MEAN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE REFERRED TO IN OUR FIRST, OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS WAS WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH MORE MONEY WE WOULD NEED FOR THE CITY TO GET SOME AFFORDABILITY.
AND IF WE'RE USING A DEFINITION THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF, OF NEW BRAUNFELS AND COMAL, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S OUR TRUE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY.
I KNOW IT'S NOT FOR THE FOLKS THAT I REPRESENT, AND SO I THINK THAT'S, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD REBUTTAL TO YOU MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, THE INDUSTRY OR FOLKS MIGHT KNOW THE INDUSTRY BETTER THAN I DO, BUT I THINK BY TOMORROW I'M GONNA HAVE THAT SAME QUESTION.
SO I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT, LEAVE THAT THERE.
AND THE SECOND PIECE THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU WAS THE QUESTION OF, PARDON MY, MY HUMILITY HERE, BUT $360,000 SEEMS LIKE LUXURY TO ME, MAYBE FROM, FROM MY VANTAGE POINT.
AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO BE, IF WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS TOMORROW, THAT'S GONNA BE A QUESTION I'M GONNA HAVE IS, IS WHY IS $360,000 PER UNIT STILL SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INCENTIVIZING? AND TO, TO TAKE WORDS FROM MY COLLEAGUE, WE SHOULDN'T BE INCENTIVIZING $200,000 A UNIT.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GONNA DO MORE THAN THAT.
WE'RE GREEN LIGHTING, 360,000 POTENTIALLY.
SO I WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER REDUCED.
CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT? SO WE TIED THE $360,000 TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT YOU CAN GET THROUGH AN F H A LOAN.
WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S A CERTAIN PRODUCT TYPE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN DOWNTOWN TO GIVE REASONS, GIVE, GIVE FAMILIES THAT WANT TO LIVE DOWNTOWN, OPTIONS TO LIVE DOWNTOWN.
SO A A FAMILY OF, YOU KNOW, TWO CHILDREN, UM, LOOKING AT A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOUSE IN DOWNTOWN, THAT WOULD BE $360,000 WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD AFFORD, DEPENDING ON THEIR INCOME LEVEL.
BUT IT, WE WANT THAT FAMILY TO LIVE DOWNTOWN.
WE NEED MORE FAMILIES AND WE NEED AFFORDABLE PRODUCT FOR FAMILIES.
SO MOST OF THE CONDOS IN DOWNTOWN ARE $500,000 OR ABOVE.
AND SO IT'S A SPECIFIC PRODUCT TYPE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WILL HELP PROVIDE FAMILIES OPTIONS TO LIVE DOWNTOWN AND HOME OWNERSHIP OPTIONS AS COUNCILMAN.
UM, TREVINO MENTIONED IT HELPS STABILIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD.
YEAH, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT TO POINT OUT, 500,000 IS THE CURRENT MARKET RATE.
IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO A CONDO IN THE DOWNTOWN, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS.
MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN SUBSIDIZE A 500,000 UNIT.
AGAIN, BECAUSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT DOESN'T FIT MY DEFINITION OF, OF NOT BEING LUXURY.
SO I'M ALMOST, I HAVE ISSUE WITH THE TERMS THAT WE'RE USING, UH, ON BOTH CASES.
AFFORDABILITY, USING HUD'S DEFINITION, I DON'T THINK MEETS AFFORDABILITY TO SAN ANTONIO'S DEFINITION AND LUXURY BEING A TERM THAT WE'RE USING, UH, AT, YOU KNOW, $366,000, I MEAN, OR $360,000, LIKE SUBTRACT A DOLLAR FROM THAT.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NO LONGER LUXURY.
I JUST DON'T, I JUST DON'T BUY THAT.
SO I THINK IF, IF WE'RE TAKING THIS ON TOMORROW, UM, WE HAVE TO PUT OUR NAME ON IT, AND IF WE, IF WE'RE SAYING STATEMENTS LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO SUBSIDIZE $200,000 PER UNIT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ENDORSING $360,000 POTENTIALLY, THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT PER UNIT.
SO, UM, I'LL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOMORROW SINCE I, I THINK WE'RE RUNNING A LOW, LOW ON TIME.
LORI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE, VERA.
BUT I, I JUST WANT TO DRAW EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVES ARE GREAT.
YOU KNOW, REBATES ARE GREAT, BUT THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE AND IT'S COMING FROM SOMEONE.
AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE PROGRAMS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXPAYERS MONEY GOING TO THESE INCENTIVES.
SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ON HOW THEY'RE BEING SPENT
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AND, UH, SHOW THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT.AND THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WE'RE GETTING BACK FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING FROM THEIR TAXES MM-HMM.
SO WITH THAT, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON WITH THIS.
I THINK WE'VE, UM, VISITED THIS SUBJECT A NUMBER OF TIMES NOW AND HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
I, I THINK WE'RE AT THAT POINT, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THIS AVAILABLE FOR MORE THAN JUST DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, SIR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LORI, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION.
UM, AND MORE, UH, MORE TO COME TOMORROW.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE REMINDER WE DO HAVE A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING THIS, THIS EVENING.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED TO THAT, UH, BUT THE TIME IS NOW 5:15 PM ON THIS 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2018 PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CHAPTER 5 5 1 IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE V T C S, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO CHARTER AMENDMENTS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT EVALUATION DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND TO DISCUSSED THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS OF THE SELECTION OF THE NEXT CITY MANAGER RELATED LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.