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TIME IS 10:01 AM ON APRIL 19TH, 2023.
WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, AS YOU READ THE ROLE, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
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ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY.WE HAVE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 24TH, 2023.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES.
SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
ANY CORRECTIONS DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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OF FOUR AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.AND, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE WHO HAVE APPLIED.
AND, UM, OUR CLERK'S OFFICE IS REACHING OUT TO THOSE APPLICANTS WHO WE, WE THOUGHT WERE GONNA BE HERE TODAY, BUT ARE NOT HERE YET.
UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT HERE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED WRITTEN STATEMENTS.
UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE GONNA TAKE INTERVIEWS AND AS PER USUAL, WE'LL DO, UH, TWO MINUTES FOR EVERYBODY WITH AN FOR AN OPENING STATEMENT THAT WE'LL GO AROUND WITH THE COMMITTEE WITH QUESTIONS.
UH, IF YOU ARE NOT BEING INTERVIEWED, YOU'LL WAIT IN THE HOLDING AREA.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IN FOLKS ONE AT A TIME.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UH, BREAK INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE WILL DISCUSS, AND THEN WE'LL COME OUT AND MAKE A DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENTS AFTER THAT.
SO, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROCESS? OKAY.
UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHO IS HERE? AND WE'LL TAKE INTERVIEWS, I GUESS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
HUH? UH, WE HAVE, UH, JOHN BEEZ HERE, BUT MR. UMOR, I BELIEVE, SUBMITTED A, UH, WRITTEN STATEMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE WRITTEN STATEMENT? UH, WE'LL JUST DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN MR. BROWN, I MEAN, MRS. BROWN, EDITOR BROWN.
THE ONES WITH THE CHECK MARKS ARE HERE AND THESE ARE THE ONES WE'RE TRYING TO REACH.
WE HAVE, UH, MR. BONIS, MS. BROWN, MS. HAYES AND MR. RHI ARE ALL HERE.
UM, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ESCORT FOLKS OUT AND WE'LL TAKE OUR FIRST INTERVIEWEE.
OUR FIRST APPLICANT IS JOHN BONNI.
AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR FOLKS TO FILTER OUT BEFORE WE WE START.
ALRIGHT, MR. BONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
UH, AS I STATED, WE'LL HAVE A TWO MINUTE OPENING STATEMENT THAT WE'LL GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS.
UH, MAYOR BERG DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL BOARD OF MEMBERS.
I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
UH, MY NAME IS JOHN MATTHEW BONNI.
UH, BOTH MY PARENTS WERE BORN AND RAISED HERE AS WELL.
I GREW UP NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE AS WELL ON THE INNER WEST SIDE.
UM, AND AT ABOUT AGE 12, MOM FOUND US A MORE AFFORDABLE APARTMENT IN THE ALAM HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WAS ABLE TO GO OVER THERE 'CAUSE SHE WANTED BETTER FOR ME.
UH, AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I THEN COMPLETED MY BACHELOR'S AT TEXAS STATE.
UH, MY EARLY CAREER WAS IN EDUCATION.
UM, I WORKED WITH TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS.
AFTER THAT, I THEN MOVED INTO THE CORPORATE WORLD, UH, WHERE I WORKED MY WAY UP TO VP OF SALES AND OPERATIONS.
UH, OVERSEEING THREE TEXAS MARKETS, SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS, AND HOUSTON.
UH, WITH THE EXPERIENCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I GAINED THERE, I THEN LAUNCHED MY OWN BUSINESS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IN 2017.
MY BUSINESS PROVIDES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVICE AND PROVIDE, TO MEET AND SERVICE, UH, FOLKS FROM ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO, NORTHEAST, SOUTH AND WEST.
EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, I'M IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND I'VE SEEN ALL THE GREAT CHANGES AND THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HERE.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE POINT OF MY STORY IS THAT, THAT I KNOW, UH, I LOVE AND I OWE EVERYTHING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ITS CITIZENS.
UH, WE ARE A DIVERSE CULTURE AND WE HAVE A HISTORY UNLIKE ANY OTHER PLACE IN AMERICA.
AND I THINK OTHERS ARE NOW SEEING THE POTENTIAL THE ALAMO CITY HAS.
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AN ABUNDANCE OF GROWTH HERE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.UM, AND THERE'S NO PROJECTION OF ITS SLOWING DOWN.
WE HAVE BUSINESS OWNERS, INVESTORS, DEVELOPERS, AND FAMILIES MOVING HERE AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE 'CAUSE THEY SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
UM, NOW FOLLOWING THE CITY MASTER PLAN AND COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, UM, HELPS TO ENSURE US THAT WE DO MOVE FORWARD APPROPRIATELY AND SUCCESSFULLY.
WITH ALL THESE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE BY FOLLOWING THESE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY PLANS, THE CITY MASTER PLAN, WE CAN THEN MAKE THE CORRECT ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CORRECT ZONING CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE FOR ALL THIS GROWTH TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT WOULD BE MY HONOR AND MY PRIVILEGE TO ASSIST THE ZONING BOARD OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WE'LL GO AROUND TO QUESTIONS NOW, UH, FROM MY COLLEAGUES, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
THANK YOU MR. BOEZ FOR, FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS.
UH, UH, I HAVE TWO REALLY QUICK, EASY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN A MORE IN DETAILED ONE.
UM, WE'VE EXPERIENCED QUORUM ISSUES WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
DOES YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOW YOU THE TIME TO COMMIT TO BE THERE AND FOR THE HEARINGS AT OVER HERE? IT, IT, IT DOES.
THAT'S WHY I DEC DECIDED TO APPLY.
'CAUSE I DO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO, TO BE HERE.
UM, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH CITY'S U D C? YES, MA'AM.
THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE? YES, MA'AM.
AND SO, AND THE BIG ONE IS, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, A LOT LATELY, BUT HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR BACKGROUND WILL HELP YOU D DETERMINE REQUESTS MADE BY PROPERTY OWNERS FOR SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS, UM, VARIANCES AND APPEALS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER 28? WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT, THAT IS MY BUSINESS.
UM, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND I'M DOWN THERE CONSTANTLY.
UM, AND I'VE ATTENDED VERY, A BUNCH OF ZONING MEETINGS.
THAT'S WHAT GOT ME INTERESTED IN TO THE ZONING.
UM, I'VE MYSELF OVER TIME HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS THREE TIMES.
UM, SO MY EXPERIENCE AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND THEN MY, MY SELF EXPERIENCE WITH MY OWN PROPERTIES ITSELF AND REQUESTING VARIANCES AND THOSE THINGS, I THINK HAS HELPED ME KIND OF BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
UM, AND, AND, UM, RELATE TO BUSINESS OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND INVESTORS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE CHANGES.
BUT, UM, ONCE AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO BE APPROPRIATE TO, TO WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT ARE WE DOING AND IS IT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? AND, UM, IS IT, IS IT WITHIN THE PLAN? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER REPLI? YES, SIR.
UH, I, UH, I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE CASES MAY REQUIRE YOU TO GO OUT AND DRIVE AROUND AND, UH, ACTUALLY PUT EYES ON THE PROBLEM.
UM, NOTHING IMPEDING YOU FROM DOING THAT.
LIKE I SAID, EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, I, YOU KNOW, I'M DRIVING AROUND TOWN.
UM, AND, AND I, I, I LOVE THAT.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM DRIVING AROUND AND, AND GETTING MY EYES ON THINGS AND, AND SEEING WHAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE YOU CAN BE THERE ONE WEEK AND YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH THAT SAME NEIGHBORHOOD A MONTH LATER AND, HEY, THERE'S A BUILDING.
HEY, THERE'S THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO, NO, I I VERY MUCH, I I ENJOYED THAT.
I JUST WANNA REITERATE A QUESTION THAT WAS JUST ASKED OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY DO NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU COULD MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE.
ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM BEING AVAILABLE TO ANY OF OUR MEETINGS? NO, SIR.
AS I SAID, MY, MY SCHEDULE IS, IS DICTATED BY, BY MYSELF.
UH, I DO HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT PICK UP SLACK WHEN I'M NOT AVAILABLE TO.
UM, AND I, I WOULDN'T HAVE APPLIED FOR THE POSITION HAD I NOT BEEN AVAILABLE.
UH, WHEN I DO SOMETHING, I DO WANNA PUT MY FULL EFFORT BEHIND IT AND MY AVAILABILITY BEHIND IT.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH ANY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, ISSUES PRIOR ON YOUR OWN? UH, OTHER THAN THE CASES I BROUGHT FORWARD, FORWARD PREVIOUSLY, UH, BUT THEY, THEY DID GET APPROVED, UH, BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH THE PROPER ZONING, UH, REQUIREMENTS, GETTING A HOLD OF MY COUNCILMEN BEFOREHAND, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING WITH THE PIECE OF LAND, UM, THEN TURNING IN THE APPLICATION, ATTENDING THE MEETING, THOSE THINGS.
COULD YOU GIMME AN EXAMPLE OR TWO OF WHAT, ONE OR TWO OF THE ADJUSTMENTS YOU HAD ASKED FOR? YEAH, SO YEARS AGO I REZONED, UH, SEVEN 12 SEIN, WHICH USED TO BE, AND AND THAT'S OVER BY WALTERS IN 35, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO A TACO BELL, A MCDONALD'S.
AND THERE'S A K F C THERE NOW.
UH, I PURCHASED THAT PIECE OF LAND, IT WAS INDUSTRIAL.
UH, BUT I ATTENDED A ZONING MEETING, UH, AND I SAW THAT THEY WERE REZONING SOME OF THOSE PLATS NEXT TO ME TO RETAIL COMMERCIAL FOR RESTAURANTS.
UM, THAT'S WHEN I THEN DECIDED, OKAY, WELL I MIGHT AS WELL FOLLOW THE BIG GUYS.
SO I DID THAT WITH THAT PROPERTY AT SEVEN 12 SGU, WE REZONED IT FROM, UH, I INDUSTRIAL EYE TO, UH, C TWO TO HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY THAT WERE REJECTED? UH, NO SIR.
YOU, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU EVER PUT THE APPLICATION IN, YOU KNOW, IT'S WISE THAT YOU GET AHOLD OF YOUR COUNCILMAN, YOU GET AHOLD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
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OR WHATNOT, YOU GET AHOLD OF EVERYBODY WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF YOU, AND YOU GET ALL THOSE APPROVALS BEFORE YOU EVER PAY THE MONEY AND STEP FORWARD.COUNCIL MEMBER KURDS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION, MR. MELINA.
I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING FORWARD AND, AND, UH, WE'LL BRING IN OUR NEXT APPLICANT.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT APPLICANT, UH, THAT IS HERE IS MS. EVELYN BROWN.
THESE TWO DELEGATION THAT OKAY.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION, UH, FOR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
UH, AS YOU HEARD, WE'LL HAVE A TWO MINUTE OPENING STATEMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS.
IS THE MICROPHONE ON OR NOT? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO, I GUESS NOT.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CLOSER TO IT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW,
WELL, I'LL TRY TO SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER.
MY NAME IS EVELYN BROWN AND I'VE BEEN ON THE B SS B, WHICH IS THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
SINCE THE INCEPTION, WHICH IS PROBABLY COMING UP ON 10 YEARS NOW, I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
I'VE BEEN ELECTED BOARD CHAIR SIX TERMS IN A, UH, IN ALMOST IN A ROW.
WE HAVE TWO PANELS, AND I ATTEND ALL MEETINGS BECAUSE WE LISTEN TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CASES THAT REQUIRE DIFFERENT DISC UH, DECISIONS BASED ON THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE.
I GUESS YOU ALL WANNA KNOW, UH, WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE B O A ALTERNATE POSITION.
MY PRIORITY IS TO REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO.
YES, I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO AND BE A STABLE MEMBER OF THE PANEL AS A CITIZEN OF SAN ANTONIO, IN THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES TO REPRESENT THEM.
I HAVE REPRESENTED DIGNITY, WHITTY HILL AND DISTRICT TWO IN MANY WAYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT, EXCUSE ME, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BY, UH, REVIEWING PROPERTIES FOR THE BUILDINGS AND REHAB CONSTRUCTION.
I HAVE BEEN ON SEVERAL U D C COMMITTEES AND HAVE APPEARED AT MANY O H P MEETINGS FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH CITY CODES WHILE REVIEWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AND INFIELD PROJECTS FOR MY AREA.
I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO AS A STABLE MEMBER, ONE OF THE, UM, FOR THE, ONE OF THE ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. BROWN.
UH, WE'LL GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS NOW.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
MY FIRST TWO QUESTIONS ARE, ARE EASY FOR YOU, AND, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING QUORUM ISSUES AT THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
DOES YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOW THE TIME TO ATTEND THE, THE MEETINGS? YES.
I'M RETIRED FROM AT AND T, SO I, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO DO EVERY DAY.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S U D C? I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING THROUGH 'EM.
I SIT ON THE, THE COMMITTEES WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE U D C.
SO THE, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES AN ABUNDANCE OF KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW THE U D C.
THERE'S A LOT TO IT, SO I'M, YOU KNOW, LEARNING AS YOU GO.
AND THEN MY THIRD QUESTION IS, DO YOU FEEL THAT YOUR BACKGROUND, UM, WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU DETERMINE REQUESTS MADE BY PROPERTY OWNERS FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANCES AND APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OR DECISIONS AS, UM, AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW AND LOCAL ORDINANCE? I DO.
I, UH, FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE PROBABLY BETTER THAN SOME AT THAT POSITION, BECAUSE I ALSO SIT ON A COMMITTEE THAT I HAVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S CALLED AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND BECAUSE DIGNITY HILL IS ONLY ONE SQUARE MILE, WE REVIEW ALL, ALL DEVELOPMENT AND ALL REHAB BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE US TO FIND OUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS OR NOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE GOOD FOR THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPLYING AND I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOUR
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MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF, UH, MEDIATION EXPERIENCE.I WAS A MEDIATOR AT THE BEXAR COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
COUNCILS MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCILS MEMBER PAPA.
SO WHY DO YOU WANNA DO THIS?
LIKE YOU'VE, YOU'VE DID, UH, YOU DID THE STANDARDS BOARD FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE APPLYING TO DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, HAVEN'T YOU HAD YOUR FILL? UH, NO, NOT YET.
SO I'M, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING.
THE CASES THAT WE GET AT B S B ARE VERY INTERESTING.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT IS JUST AMAZING HOW PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT YOU RIGHT IN THE EYE AND, YOU KNOW, SAY NO.
AND I'M SAYING YES, AND THEY SAY NO, OR VICE VERSA.
SO IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.
AND, UM, I'VE HAD MANY, MANY, MANY CASES, UH, REVIEWED OVER THE YEARS AND, UH, IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY, REALLY FUN.
SO, I, I'M ASKING ALL THE APPLICANTS THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, AND I WONDER IF THIS APPLIED TO YOU, TO YOUR SERVICE ON THE, THE B S B.
UM, DID YOU HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE FIELD AND LOOK AT SOME OF THESE CASES? AND LIKE FOR THIS ONE, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO, UM, AND ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO THAT? YEAH.
I CAN DO THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE VARIANCES THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR.
'CAUSE MOST OF, MOST OF THE CASES ARE FOR VARIANCES.
AND, UM, SO I WOULD LOOK AT IT AND PROBABLY HAVE A TAPE MEASURE IN MY HAND.
AND, UH, GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, AND LOOK AT THE VARIANCE AND SEE IF THEY ARE ENTITLED TO IT.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY COME TO THE BOARD OF JUSTICE, THAT'S LIKE THE LAST DRAW.
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD NO, NO, NO.
AND SO THEY COME TO THE BOARD OF JUSTICE FOR THAT VARIANCE OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, YOU KNOW, TO GET, BECAUSE I, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS.
I'M THINKING ABOUT MANY, MANY THINGS GOING THROUGH YOUR BRAIN AT ONE TIME.
SO I DON'T WANNA GIVE THE WRONG, UH, ANSWER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO, I'M NOT TRYING TO PACIFY THEM EITHER, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE, THE BEST DECISION WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE.
LISTEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE DRC.
THAT DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER IS A, IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.
AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, BUT IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER S COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
NOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
YOU'VE SERVED ON A ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT BEFORE.
UH, ON THAT BOARD, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WAS MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DECISIONS THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT MAYBE CON CONTINUES TO STICK WITH YOU TODAY? WELL, I, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LEAVE THE BUILDING, I'M OUT OF THERE, YOU KNOW, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, EVERYTHING, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE MADE THE, THE MOST ACCURATE DECISION WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US BY THE CODE OFFICERS AND THE APPLICANT.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE LOOK AT IS A BUILDING THAT'S, THAT'S UP FOR DEMOLITION AND HOW WE CAN SAVE THAT.
BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO A VACANT LOT.
AND, UH, WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE LOOK AT WHO IS THERE TO REPRESENT THE OWNER, OR IS THE OWNER THERE, DO THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO, UM, TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY? AND IF THEY DON'T, AND IF THEY DON'T BRING IN THE ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT'S REQUESTED, IF THEY DON'T BRING IN, EXCUSE ME, IF THEY DON'T BRING IN THE, UH, THE, THE WORK ORDER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN SAVE THE BUILDING.
AND WE'VE HAD MANY BUILDINGS THAT ARE VERY SALVAGEABLE, BUT THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO REPAIR IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOSS TO THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S LOST REVENUE AND IT'S LOST, UM, PROPERTY.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANY TIME YOU MADE A DECISION AND THEN LATER ON YOU FELT LIKE MAYBE IT WASN'T THE RIGHT ONE, YOU GOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? WAS THERE ANY FURTHER ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN THAT MIGHT'VE CHANGED ANY OF THAT? NO.
ONCE WE, ONCE WE MAKE OUR ORDER, ONCE WE MAKE AS A BOARD, IF THE PERSON WANTS TO APPEAL IT, YOU HAVE TO GO TO, TO COURT AND, 'CAUSE WE WERE LIKE THE LAST STOP ON THE RAILROAD.
AND, UH, SO NO, I, I'VE, I DON'T REGRET ANY DECISIONS THAT I'VE MADE ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
I HAVE 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THERE.
AND SO I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT CALL TO MAKE AND I KNOW I UNDERSTAND WHY I MADE IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS IS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AT ONE TIME.
YOU, YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, UH, THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT'S PRESENTED MM-HMM.
AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY REGRETS BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE AN ORDER FOR A DEMO, IT'S GONE IN ABOUT 30 DAYS.
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DAYS.AND IF YOU GIVE AN ORDER FOR REPAIR AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO THAT WITH, WHICH IS WASN'T PRESENTED OR IS PRESENTED, THEN IT'S JUST ROUND ROBIN RIGHT BACK TO US MM-HMM.
AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY OFTENTIMES GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
UH, AND SO YOU WORK WITH YOUR COMMUNITY BOARD.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY'S, UH, INPUT IN THIS KIND OF A PROCESS? IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT IN A, AN EIGHT FOOT, AN EIGHT FOOT HIGH FENCE, OR IT COULD BE THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE OR SOMETHING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THOSE THINGS? I, I WOULD TAKE THAT AS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, BECAUSE NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO CRACK HOUSES.
THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A HOUSE OF I REPUTE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO MANY, MANY THINGS.
AND IF WE SEND OUT, OR YOU ALL SEND OUT, UH, THE 200 FOOT, UH, LETTERS, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANNA LIVE NEXT TO A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO, UH, SOMEBODY WHO'S ENCROACHING ON THEIR, THEIR LAND OR AN OVERHANG THAT'S IN THEIR YARD OR MAYBE A TREE OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE MANY, MANY REASONS, AND I WOULD, I WOULD USE THAT AS PRIORITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER K MS. BROWN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
WE WILL, UM, PROCEED WITH OUR OTHER INTERVIEWS AND THEN DELIBERATE BEFORE WE COME OUT.
OUR NEXT IN-PERSON APPLICANT IS MS. LENCIA HAYES.
MS. HAYES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
AND, UM, AS YOU HEARD, WE, WE WILL HAVE A TWO MINUTE OPENING STATEMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO SINCE 2017.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT I NEED TWO MINUTES.
UH, MY PRIOR BACKGROUND IS FINANCE, UH, WITH THE MILITARY.
UH, SINCE ARRIVAL TO SAN ANTONIO, I'VE SOUGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY EITHER IMMEDIATELY, LOCALLY, WHERE I LIVE OR FAR REACHING.
I VOLUNTEERED WITH, UH, HAVEN FOR HOPE, RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, AND I SIT ON VARIOUS BOARDS HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, WHY SERVE THE B O A TO PROVIDE A NEW PERSPECTIVE, UM, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND HELP SHARE SHAPE AND DEVELOP OUR CITY THROUGH THE THREE OPTIONS THAT THE CITIZENS MAY HAVE.
UM, WE'LL GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS.
HOW COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, THANK YOU LENCIA FOR, FOR WANTING TO APPLY TO THIS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, I NOTICED THAT YOU ALSO HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD, SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MY FIRST TWO QUESTIONS ARE QUICK.
UM, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS EXPERIENCED QUORUM ISSUES LATELY.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, TO COMMIT TO ATTEND THE HEARINGS, ET CETERA? DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR THAT? YES, I DO.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S U D C, THE CITY U D C UHHUH
AND SO HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT YOUR BACKGROUND WILL HELP YOU DETERMINE REQUESTS MADE BY PROPERTY OWNERS, INCLUDING SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANCES AND APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OR DECISIONS AS AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW? SO REACHING BACK FURTHER TO MY EXPERIENCE, I, AS A COMMANDER, I WAS WORKING IN KOREA AND WE WERE BUILDING A HOSPITAL.
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME.
YOU MAY HAVE A SET PARAMETER OF WHAT YOU MAY REQUIRE AT THAT TIME, BUT THEN YOU'LL DISCOVER NEW THINGS, MAYBE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE, UH, ADJUSTMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER APPLIES MM-HMM.
UM, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE A VERY BUSY PERSON.
YOU GOT, YOU GOT TIME TO GET ON I 10 AND GO DRIVE AROUND.
UH, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.
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I'M NOT SURE IF YOU REALIZE YOU ARE MY NEIGHBOR,I'M, AND I HAVE WORKED WITH MY COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SAFE COMMUNITY AND THEN JUST DRIVING AROUND AND UNDERSTANDING THE CITY.
SO ANYTHING THAT I CAN LOOK AT TO GET FADED OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, I'M INVESTED IN MY COMMUNITY.
WELL NOW, NOW THEY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE SO CLOSE TO ME.
NOW I HAVE TO ASK IF HE'S, UH, UM, COMPLYING WITH ALL THE CODE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ARE MAKING CHANGES TO WHAT THE PROPERTY MAY BE EXPECTED TO CONFORM TO.
SOMETIMES IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE ADDING A CARPORT OR, UH, MAYBE IT'S DOING ANOTHER BUILDING THAT EXTENDS CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE OR, OR THINGS OF THIS MAY BE PUTTING UP A EIGHT OR 10 FOOT FENCE FOR SOME REASON.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU ALSO HEAR AT THESE MEETINGS IS WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
UH, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IN YOUR DELIBERATIONS, UH, IS THE VALUE OF WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT TEXAS IS A PROPERTY RIGHT? STATE AND PEOPLE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THINGS WITH THEIR PROPERTY, BUT HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE INPUT THAT THAT'S GONNA BE RECEIVED BY NEIGHBORS ABOUT SOME OF THE MAYBE EXTRAORDINARY TYPE OF ADJUSTMENTS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR? I BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL AS WE HAVE WITH THE B S B.
WE HAVE CITIZENS COME IN AND THEY SPEAK ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY WANT IT SHAPED.
I THINK THAT DOES WEIGH HEAVILY ON, ON THAT AS WELL.
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT THE NEED IS FOR THAT PROPERTY REQUEST.
MS. HAYES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE INTERVIEWS AND DELIBERATE BEFORE WE COME OUT WITH THE DECISION.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT IN-PERSON, UH, APPLICANT IS LAWSON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION AS YOU HEARD.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TWO MINUTE OPENING STATEMENT THAT WE'LL GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TODAY REGARDING MY INTEREST IN SITTING ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS THROUGH ONE OF THE AT LARGE POSITIONS.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT WITH MY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THROUGH ADVOCACY FOR EQUITABLE ACCESSIBILITY TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES, THANK YOU, UH, SERVICES AND GOODS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE IN THE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRY, I CAN OFFER VALUE TO THAT GROUP.
I HAVE LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR A LITTLE OVER 12 YEARS, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE ROOTS HERE AND FEEL INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO CALL SAN ANTONIO HOME PROFESSIONALLY.
I'VE HAD INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE US THAT INCLUDE AREAS OF AVIATION, TRANSIT, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, BIKE PLANNING, COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS, STRUCTURAL PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS.
THROUGH MY WORK, I'VE HAD A FRONT ROAD OF UNDERSTANDING THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO ENSURING CONSIDERATE THOUGHT IS GIVEN TO HOW STATE AND LOCAL ORDINANCES AND CODES ARE APPLIED DURING THE PROJECT AND THE INFLUENCE IT HAS ON DESIGN LOCALLY.
I'M AWARE OF THE GROWING OPPORTUNITIES APPROACHING SAN ANTONIO AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON OUR CITY'S DEVELOPMENT, BOTH.
SO I DON'T TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY LIGHTLY AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL SEE THE VALUE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO OFFER IN THIS ROLE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ALL.
OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. PICASSO.
WE'LL GO AROUND NOW WITH QUESTIONS STARTING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
UH, LAWSON, WELCOME BACK TO CITY HALL.
YEAH, I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL GO INTO, UH, UH, ONE THAT'S MORE IN DEPTH.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED QUORUM ISSUES AT THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
DOES YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOW THE TIME TO BE THERE AND FOR THE HEARINGS, ET CETERA? ABSOLUTELY.
MY SECOND ONE IS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH CITY'S U D C CODE? YES.
AND SO THE THIRD ONE, UM, HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR BACKGROUND WILL HELP YOU DETERMINE SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT ARE MADE BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, VARIANCES AND APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OR DECISIONS AS AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW? YEAH, ABSO LAW.
SO I, AS I MENTIONED, I'VE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE WORKING WITH, UH, FOLKS AT A FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVEL ACROSS US, RIGHT? SO, AND BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLANNING WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR, FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THAT EXPERTISE ALONG WITH THE COMBINED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SAN ANTONIO AND THE MAKEUP OF SAN ANTONIO LOOKS LIKE, FULLY FEEL LIKE THAT IS
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A, A GOOD VALUE AND A GOOD, UH, VALUE PROPOSITION AND ASSET THAT I WOULD BRING TO THE, THE POSITION.COUNCIL MEMBER ROI GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ASKING, AND, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU'LL SAY YES, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU WILLING TO GET IN THE CAR AND GO OUT AND SEE THESE CASES WHERE, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY PUT FEET ON THE GROUND AND ABSOLUTELY.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT? IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, IF WE, IF YOU DRIVE FROM ONE SIDE OF ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER, THE MAKEUP LOOKS DIFFERENT, RIGHT.
AND THE THE NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT.
SO I BELIEVE I, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL TO PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY FIRSTHAND UNDER HAVING A VISUAL OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
COUNCIL MEMBER EZ COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, I SEE THAT YOU'VE SERVED, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO IN THE PAST, SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR QUITE A BIT WITH WHAT GOES ON AT CITY HALL AND THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, WERE YOU EVER INVOLVED WITH, UH, WITH THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE MAYBE COMING IN, LISTENING IN ON MEETINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT FUNCTIONS? YES.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING ASKED TO, UH, THE PROPERTY, UH, WHETHER IT'S AGAINST, UH, THE ZONING OR SOMETIMES AGAINST WHAT'S ALREADY, UH, ON, UH, DEEDED RESTRICTIONS OR THINGS LIKE THAT MM-HMM.
UH, WHAT DO YOU, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I RECOGNIZE WE ARE A PROPERTY RIGHTS STATE, AND SO SOMEBODY WHO OWNS A PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS A RIGHT TO DO THINGS WITH THEM WITHIN CERTAIN BOUNDS.
UM, BUT WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS THE VALUE OF COMMUNITY INPUT ON SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT MAY BE ASKED, UH, BY A PROPERTY OWNER? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, COUNCILMAN I'VE, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHERE, WHERE COMMUNITY CAN, CAN COMPLETELY HALT A PROJECT REGARDLESS OF IF THE, UH, AGENCY FEELS LIKE IT IS THE, THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S WORTH UNDERSTANDING AND WEIGHING THAT WHAT THE TECHNICAL, UH, EXPERTISE THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER.
UM, SO TO YOUR POINT THERE, THERE OBVIOUSLY ARE THINGS THAT A PROPERTY OWNER CAN DO WITHIN THEIR MEANS, BUT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE BE A BENEFIT TO THAT PROPERTY OR MAYBE NOT BE A BENEFIT, THIS IS WHERE THIS POSITION WOULD COME IN.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES ALWAYS.
YOU'RE STILL INVOLVED IN COMMUNICATIONS.
WERE YOU WORKING, UH, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNICATIONS? YES.
UH, DO YOU THINK WORKING ON, ON THIS BOARD MIGHT CAUSE ANY KIND OF A CONFLICT WITH YOUR JOB? UH, YOU COULD BECOME UNPOPULAR IN SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE OR THINGS LIKE THAT? I'M NOT USED TO BEING UNPOPULAR
I JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SPEAK PRETTY.
AND YOU'RE CERTAIN YOU DO HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MEETINGS? YES.
MR. PICASSO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE INTERVIEWS, DELIBERATE, AND THEN WE'LL COME OUT WITH THE DECISION.
OUR NEXT IN-PERSON APPLICANT IS MR. ROSIN RHI.
MR. RHI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION, UH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
AS YOU HEARD, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE A TWO MINUTE OPENING STATEMENT BEFORE WE GO INTO QUESTIONS.
ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FELLOW SAN ANTONIANS, WHETHER ATTENDING IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW FOR THIS POSITION.
MY NAME IS RAMOND RKI AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.
I'D INITIALLY COME HERE FOR SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY TO ATTEND A U T S A WHERE I RECEIVED MY BACHELOR'S IN MASTER'S IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND THE CITY.
AND ITS PEOPLE WERE SO WONDERFUL THAT I DECIDED TO STAY PERMANENTLY THIS TIME.
CURRENTLY, I WORK AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AT U SS A A, UM, WHERE I'M ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING THAT I BOTH ENJOY AND EXCEL AT, UM, IN WHILE ALSO BEING ABLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE MEMBERS THAT U S A A SERVES, WHICH IS SOMETHING I VERY MUCH VALUE IN ANY, ANYTHING I DO.
REALLY, I HOLD A LONGSTANDING PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
AND I CAN THINK OF TRULY NO BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN TO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT CITY.
UH, I FEEL THAT BY SERVING ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, I COULD EXTEND MY PERSPECTIVE TO REPRESENT
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AND UNDERSTAND THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH I LIVE.I UNDERSTAND JUST HOW IMPORTANT ZONING AND ZONING LAWS AND RESTRICTIONS ARE TO BOTH THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL COMMUNITY OF THE FUTURE, THOSE THAT MIGHT MOVE IN LATER ON, OR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT MIGHT BE BORN THERE.
I PLAN TO LOOK AT EVERY ISSUE FROM EVERY POSSIBLE ANGLE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL TO THOSE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS.
A COUPLE OF ISSUES I PERSONALLY CONSIDER MYSELF INVESTED IN ARE THE RELATIVE LACK OF WALKABILITY, MOST AMERICAN CITIES, AS WELL AS THE SKYROCKETING PROPERTY PROPERTY VALUES IN, IN SAN ANTONIO PARTICULARLY, I BELIEVE THAT WE AS A SOCIETY SHOULD BE STRIVING TO MAKE EVERY HUMAN NEED AND NECESSITY AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND OF COURSE, THAT INCLUDES HOUSING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
FINALLY, I AM SOMEONE WITH NO BACKGROUND IN ZONING OR LAND DEVELOPMENT.
INSTEAD, I COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AS AN ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL STRIPES.
MY ONE HOPE IS THAT I'M ABLE TO EVEN SLIGHTLY IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, WE'LL GO INTO QUESTIONS NOW.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
THANK YOU MR. AHI, FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE POSITION.
THE FIRST TWO ARE REALLY SHORT AND EASY.
UH, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS EXPERIENCED QUORUM ISSUES AT RECENT MEETINGS.
WOULD YOU BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND ALL THE MEETINGS, THE HEARINGS? WOULD YOU COMMIT TO THE TIME? ABSOLUTELY.
THE SECOND ONE IS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S U D C? YES, I AM LOOKING INTO IT.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IT IS AND A FEW OF THE, UM, CODES AND CHAPTERS HERE AND THERE.
BUT I, I'M LEARNING ABOUT IT AS I GO.
UM, AND I NOTICED YOU'RE IN AN ANATE CLUB, AND SO, UM,
AND SO, UM, SO OFFLINE, I'D LOVE TO PICK YOUR BRAIN ON, ON SOME OF THAT FOR A VISIT ESSAY THING THAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT, UM, HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR BACKGROUND WILL HELP DETERMINE REQUESTS MADE BY PROPERTY OWNERS FOR, UH, SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, VARIANCES AND APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OR DECISIONS AS, UH, ALLOWED BY STATE LAW? OF COURSE, UH, I BELIEVE THAT MY BACKGROUND WOULD ALLOW ME TO LOOK AT THE INTERESTS OF THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN REGARDS TO THESE MATTERS.
'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING, YES, THE INTERESTS OF THE POP PROPERTY OWNER, THE STAKEHOLDER ARE IMPORTANT, BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, IN MY OPINION, ARE THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THAT PROPERTY EXISTS.
AND SO I WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AS MAYBE EVEN AN ACTUAL CITIZEN OF THAT COMMUNITY OR A POTENTIAL CITIZEN, AND DECIDE BASED ON MY OWN OPINION, MY PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS THE NEEDS AND OPINIONS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE A PO POSITIVE DECISION YOU MAKE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
RIGHT? UM, YOU'RE GONNA BE STUCK ON I 10.
UH, ANYWAY, IF I, IF YOU GO OUT AND YOU VISIT SOME OF THESE SITES AND LOOK AT THE CASES AND PUT FEET ON THE GROUND AND ALL THAT, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YES.
THE EXPECTATION THAT I WOULD HAVE IS THAT YOU ACTUALLY GET OUTTA THE OFFICE AND GO LOOK AT THESE THINGS.
AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT? OH, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT AND, AND PUTTING IN THESE APPEALS AND, AND ASKING FOR THESE VARIANCES.
I BELIEVE IT'D PERSONALLY BE SHAMEFUL NOT TO LOOK AT THIS FROM EVERY ANGLE, NOT JUST FROM WITHIN AN OFFICE, BUT TO ACTUALLY GO THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHY THIS IS BEING REQUESTED, WHAT THE ACTUAL VISUAL IMPACT COULD BE OR WOULD BE, AND TO, YOU KNOW, EVEN POTENTIALLY, UH, TALK TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE AND SEE WHAT THEY, HOW THEY WOULD FEEL ABOUT IT.
AND THEN ARE YOU GOING TO SAN JAPAN? UH,
I WENT LAST YEAR, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOING THIS YEAR.
A QUESTION I'VE BEEN ASKING, UH, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING IS, UH, HOW THEY VALUE INPUT AS THEY SIT ON A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WHAT WE USUALLY DEAL WITH ARE, ARE CHANGES THAT MAYBE THE NEIGHBORS DON'T EXPECT TO BE ASKED FOR, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING A BIG FENCE OR ADDING A CARPORT, OR, YOU KNOW, ADDING A BUILDING CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE NEXT TO YOU, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, AND, AND OFTENTIMES THE COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD MAY OBJECT TO THESE KINDS OF CHANGES.
HOW DO YOU VALUE THE INPUT FROM NEIGHBORS OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT TEXAS IS A PRETTY STRONG PROPERTY RIGHT? STATE AND FEEL LIKE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THINGS WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
SO HOW DO YOU EVALUATE THAT, OR HOW WOULD YOU VALUE THAT? I BELIEVE THAT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS IMMENSELY VALUABLE.
WHETHER AS AN AID IN DECISION MAKING OR AS A POTENTIAL, UM, OUTLOOK ON WHAT THE RESULT OF SUCH A DECISION MIGHT BE, WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
UH, I WOULD DO WHATEVER I COULD.
I WOULD DO AS MUCH AS I COULD TO RECEIVE AS MUCH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE ON A DECISION BEFORE MAKING
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IT.UNFORTUNATELY, IN, IN OUR, UH, SOCIETY TODAY, MANY PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE OR DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A VOICE.
UH, THEY DON'T BELIEVE THEY CAN, UM, MAKE AN IMPACT WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY OR EVEN THEIR, YOU KNOW, CITY.
AND I WOULD DO WHATEVER I COULD TO SHOW THEM.
BUT NO, EVERY, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS CITY HAS A VOICE, AND THEIR VOICE IS IMMENSELY IMPORTANT.
NOW, I, I KNOW YOU WORK AT U S A A GREAT COMPANY.
BUT THEY HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR A LOT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
ARE YOU RELATIVELY CERTAIN THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE TIME THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO, TO BE A CONSISTENT MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE AND, AND WOULD BE ABLE TO BE THERE? BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS, AS YOU HEARD, WITH NOT HAVING FULL ATTENDANCE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
UM, U S A A IS VERY GENEROUS WITH THEIR P T O, AND THEY'RE ALSO VERY, THEY, THEY HOLD A VERY STRONG OUTLOOK AND OPINION ON PUBLIC SERVICE AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER KURDS, MR. RHI, UM, FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL, I, I AGREE WITH YOUR, UM, THE VISION OF THE CITY, UH, AND, AND LAND USE THAT YOU'VE ARTICULATED.
UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW BOARDS, UH, IN THE CITY THAT HAS STATUTORY AUTHORITY.
IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE AFTER IT GOES TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
AND, AND IN, IN SOME CASES, ONE MIGHT SAY THAT, THAT THE DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MAKES, UH, IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE BROADER VISION THAT YOU JUST ARTICULATED.
MAYBE THE ZONING OR PLANNING COMMISSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HAVE A MUCH DEEPER IMPACT ON, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVING WALKABILITY AND, AND GETTING TO SOME OF THE LARGER CONCEPTS THAT YOU ARTICULATED.
I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO APPLY FOR THE B O A? I THINK THAT WITH REGARDS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, I THINK THAT EVEN A SMALL IMPACT CAN BE GREAT, WHETHER IN TIME OR, OR WHETHER IT'S A SERIES OF SMALL IMPACTS.
AND SO I THINK THAT WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS, AND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S ABLE TO HEAR THE ISSUES THAT IT'S ABLE TO HEAR, I UNDERSTAND THAT MY VISION IS, IS, IS, IS IMMENSE AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ONE PERSON OR EVEN WITHIN A FEW YEARS.
AND SO I, I KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO GET TO WHERE I WANT TO GO, I HAVE TO BE READY AND WILLING TO START SMALL OR TO START WITH SMALLER IMPACTS AND DO WHAT I CAN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT I WANT TO SERVE, AND THE CITY THAT I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE, I SUPPOSE TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL REPEAT THIS TO ALL OF THE APPLICANTS, BUT, BUT I WOULD JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE SAID IS, IS SOMETHING I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE IN, IN TERMS OF THE KIND OF CITY WE WANT TO ULTIMATELY DEVELOP FOR OUR, OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TODAY, TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE BECAUSE THAT, UH, WHAT YOU, AGAIN, WHAT YOU'VE STATED, UH, IS IMPACTED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY AND, AND WE NEED PEOPLE THAT, THAT REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT VISION OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DRIVING TOWARDS.
SO, APPRECIATE YOUR APPLICATION.
I'M VERY, VERY FIRM IN MY BELIEF THAT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A GREAT SOCIETY, ONE HAS TO BE WILLING TO, I THINK IT'S A GREEK PROVERB THAT SAYS THAT OLD MEN HAVE TO BE WILLING TO PLANT THE SEEDS OF A TREE THAT THEY'LL NEVER SIT IN THE SHADE OF.
AND I REALLY WANT TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT MINDSET THAT EVEN IF I DON'T LIVE TO SEE THESE CHANGES BE MADE, I'D LIKE TO PUSH FOR THEM REGARDLESS.
THANK YOU MR. VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION, MR. RAWI.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PROCEED NOW WITH THE OTHER APPLICATIONS AND THEN WE WILL COME OUT WITH A DECISION AFTER OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT, UH, IN-PERSON APPLICANT IS LEVI THATCHER AND HE'LL BE OUR FINAL INTERVIEW FOR TODAY.
OH, MR. THATCHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
UH, AS YOU HEARD, WE'LL HAVE A TWO MINUTE OPENING STATEMENT THAT WE'LL GO AROUND WITH QUESTIONS.
I WAS JUST REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M REALLY NERVOUS AS MY FIRST TIME, TIME BEING OUT HERE, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I GUESS I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY OTHER THAN I WANNA GET MORE INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY.
I'M NOT, I HAVE A LOT OF FREE TIME, SO I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POLITICS OR THIS SIDE OF THINGS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I'M SUPPOSED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. THATCHER.
WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO AROUND WITH THAT, BUT WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
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FOR YOUR INTEREST.I'M GONNA START WITH TWO EASY QUESTIONS.
UM, THE FIRST IS THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS EXPERIENCED FORUM ISSUES AT OUR RECENT MEETINGS.
DOES YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOW THE TIME TO BE COMMITTED TO ATTEND THE VERY IMPORTANT DETERMINATION HEARINGS? YES, DEFINITELY.
THE NEXT ONE IS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S U D C UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE? UH, YES.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS, HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR BACKGROUND WILL HELP YOU DETERMINE REQUESTS MADE BY PROPERTY OWNERS SPECIFICALLY? UH, FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, VARIANCES AND APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OR DECISIONS AS AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW? SO WHAT'S THE QUESTION? SO HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR BACKGROUND OR IS GONNA HELP YOU BE ABLE TO MAKE THE YEAH, IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER S SO THIS IS, UM, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DOES? RIGHT? YES.
UM, AND THEN ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GIVE, JUST FOR MY, FOR MY BENEFIT, CAN YOU GIMME A FEEL FOR WHAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DOES? WELL, I MEAN, LIKE MODIFICATIONS, LIKE ANYTHING YOU DO TO YOUR HOUSE, RIGHT? BASICALLY YOUR HOUSE OR ANY PROPERTY REALLY, Y'ALL HAVE TO, HAS GO THROUGH Y'ALL.
ANYTHING INVOLVING PEOPLE'S PROPERTY IN THE CITY HAS TO GO THROUGH ZONING.
LIKE, YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING OR MODIFY SOMETHING TO YOUR HOUSE AND NEW BUILDING OR SOMETHING.
OR ADD, I DON'T KNOW, ADDITION TO YOUR HOUSE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ZONING.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS.
WHY, WHY THIS BOARD? UM, I WAS NOMINATED.
I DON'T, I MEAN, I'VE APPLIED FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
LIKE I SAID, I REALLY WANTED TO JUST GET OUT AND, UM, GET MORE INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS SIDE OF STUFF CITY ALSO.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHY I DON'T REALLY, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR REASON WHY I PICKED THIS.
IT'S JUST, I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.
SO I'M JUST INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO IT.
I, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A LOT OF FREE TIME, SO THANKS FOR APPLYING.
THANK YOU MR. THATCHER FOR APPLYING.
UH, AS YOU'VE HEARD, UH, THIS PARTICULAR POSITION MAY REQUIRE A LOT OF TIME TO GO TO THE MEETINGS ALSO MAYBE TO GO OUT AND EVEN LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES, UH, FIRSTHAND.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY BARRIERS TO YOU BEING ABLE TO DO THOSE TWO THINGS? NO, SIR.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU MAY DO, UH, FOR A LIVING OR, OR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOUR EXPERIENCE.
COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT? UH, WELL I WAS, UH, I WORKED AT FRONT DESK OVERNIGHT AT A HOTEL FOR A FEW YEARS AT LA QUINTA.
AND THEN BEFORE THAT I WORKED AT LITTLE RED BARN.
STEAK HOUSE WAS MY FIRST JOB WHEN I WAS 16.
AND I WORKED THERE FOR LIKE THREE YEARS, THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
AND THEN I WENT TO THE HOTELS.
WELL, I WENT TO GO WORK WITH MY AUNT IN FLORESVILLE FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN I WAS IN THE HOTELS.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, I'M DISABLED NOW, SO I JUST STAY HOME A LOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ART AND STUFF LIKE THAT AT HOME AND JUST OKAY ON MY PHONE A LOT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A KIND OF DECISION WHERE A PROPERTY OWNER MAY WANNA MAKE SOME CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE NORM FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOMETIMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS RIGHT NEXT DOOR OR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT SAY, WELL, WE DON'T WANT THAT TO TAKE PLACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE VALUE OF NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING TO THEIR PROPERTY, UH, THAT MAY BE COUNTER TO WHAT'S USUAL IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? I WOULD THINK IT'S PRETTY VALUABLE.
I THINK I WOULD BELIEVE THAT IT'S VALUABLE.
IT MATTERS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IT MATTERS SOME A LOT I THINK.
YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE UP EVERYBODY MAD OR UPSET IN ANYBODY, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
TO BE FAIR, THEY ALL GET ALONG, I GUESS.
MR. THATCHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
UH, THE COMMITTEE WILL DELIBERATE BEFORE WE COME OUT WITH A DECISION.
UM, CAM, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE OR SHOULD WE GO INTO THE PRESIDIO ROOM? WE'RE GO INTO THE PRESIDIO ROOM.
WE, CANDIDATES ARE IN, SO, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN, YEAH, WE CAN BRING EVERYBODY IN HERE AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL, UH, GO IN THE BACK.
[Executive Session ]
IS NOW 10:50 AM ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2023.THE CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.
WE'LL MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICER AND TO DELIBERATE, DISCUSS THE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING, DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
TIME IS 11:07 AM ON THE 19TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE'LL NOW PROCEED WITH, UM, A DECISION ON THE INTERVIEWS.
LET ME JUST FIRST SAY THOUGH THAT, UM, FOR EVERYBODY THAT APPLIED, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO STEP FORWARD AND FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, UH, SERVE OUR CITY.
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DOESN'T COME WITH A GREAT DEAL OF SACRIFICE.UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE HAVE FOUR, UH, SLOTS FOR EIGHT APPLICANTS TODAY.
WE ARE IMPRESSED BY ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOU BRING DIFFERENT STRENGTHS.
SO IF YOUR NAME IS NOT SELECTED TODAY, PLEASE DO CONSIDER, UH, APPLYING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES HERE AT THE CITY BECAUSE WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.
AND YOU ALL CLEARLY FIT THAT MOLD.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA TO MAKE, UM, A MOTION.
I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
JOHN MATTHEW BONNI, EVELYN BROWN, LENCIA HAYES, AND RASINE RHI.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, MOVING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR OUR AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF COMMISSION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
THAT IS ALL OF OUR BUSINESS TODAY.
TIME IS 11:09 AM ON APRIL 19TH, 2023 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.