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IS ANTONIO IN SAN ANTONIO? GOOD MORNING
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EVERYONE.WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION.
THE TIME IS 9:06 AM ON THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 2023.
WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION.
UH, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE COUNCIL IN ITEM THREE WILL BE SWORN IN TODAY.
UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME BEGIN OUR MEETING BY RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER CAST WELCOME OUR INDICATOR.
TODAY I INVITED PASTOR LILIANA PADILLA.
PASTOR PADILLA WAS BORN IN DECIA CHIHUAHUA AND RECEIVED HER THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN JUAN WESLEY METHOD METHODIST SEMINARY IN MONTEREY, IN MEXICO.
SHE WAS THE FIRST ORDAINED ELDER IN HER CONFERENCE IN 1997 AND WAS ORDAINED AS PASTOR IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
SHE IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AND STUDIED AT THE PERKINS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY.
SHE'S CURRENTLY MARRIED TO REVEREND MIGUEL PADILLA AND HAS TWO SONS, MARCOS AND ISAI, 23 AND 21 YEARS OLD.
SHE HAS SERVED HER ROLE AS A PASTOR IN MANY CONGREGATIONS ACROSS TEXAS.
IN 2020, SHE FOUNDED RIO AS A COALITION OF SIX CONGREGATIONS THAT YOU, THAT UNITED THEIR STRENGTHS AND RESOURCES TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
IN 2022, SHE OPENED THE DOORS OF EMPATICO COMMUNITY CENTER AT TWO 11 NORTH PARK BOULEVARD, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO HER DISTRICT FIVE CONSTITUENT SERVICES OFFICE, WHERE THEY SERVE, WHERE SHE SERVES AS, UM, THE THE DIRECTOR.
AND THEY SERVE ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE MONTHLY.
THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, CREATING, SUPPORTING NETWORKS AND TRAINING, DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING LEADERS THAT TRANSFORM THEIR COMMUNITIES.
BA PADILLA ALWAYS WORKS WITH PASSION FOR THE CAUSE OF THE POOR BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT OPENING DOORS AND PROVIDING THE RIGHT RESOURCES CAN CHANGE THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES MAKING OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND FOR YOUR SPIRIT.
LORD, WE ASK TODAY FOR WISDOM.
HELP MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
PLEASE, LORD, WE PRAY TOGETHER FOR PEACE IN OUR CITY.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR SPIRIT AROUND US.
HELP US TO LOVE LIKE YOU, LOVE US.
HELP US TO SERVE LIKE YOU, SERVE US AND HELP US TO FEEL PASSION FOR YOUR WORK.
EVERY DAY WE PUT IN YOUR HANDS OUR LIVES, AND THIS TIME YOU KNOW EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW OUR HEARTS.
WE WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FOR COMMUNITY.
GIVE US THE DIRECTION, CLARITY, AND WISDOM.
HELP US TO HEAR YOU VOICE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SISTER.AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THINGS OFFICIAL IN OUR TERM, BEGINNING JUNE 1ST, 2023 TO MAY 30TH, 2025, UH, WITH THE SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND WILL AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.
THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK, UM, NOW WE'LL HAVE, UH, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN CANVASSED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO THE FRONT, INCLUDING OUR NEWEST COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AS A GROUP.
AND SO EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO SO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND I WILL BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND, DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND THIS STATE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, CONTINUE NOW WITH OUR AGENDA TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 10, 11, 17, AND 18, 20 23.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES,
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
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ALL RIGHT.[CONSENT AGENDA ]
WE HAVE A FULL CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.ALL ITEMS ARE LISTED UNDER CONSENT.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? ITEM 10.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEM SAY FOR ITEM 10.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'D HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, OR EXCUSE ME, ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ITEMS. JACK FINGER ON ITEM 12 AND 15.
WELL, MAYOR BERGEN, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M.
FINGER AND, AND MR. WHITE, UH, WELCOME ABOARD.
UH, YOU'LL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT, THAT I AM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD, UNDOCUMENTED, UH, GADFLY.
AND SO, YES, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, EXPOSING A NUMBER OF THINGS THERE, AND WE'LL SEE HOW WELL YOU, YOU, UH, UH, ADHERE TO YOUR CONSERVATIVE IDEALS,
UM, ANYWAY, A FEW, A COUPLE ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UH, UH, TO THIS, UH, UH, TO TODAY'S MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS ABOUT, UH, WELL, A CONTRACT WITH SAM MINISTRIES AND THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE ENDEAVORS COMPANY FOR, UH, TENANT-BASED RESIDENT ASSISTANCE FOR AND HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES.
UH, UH, BUSINESS, BASICALLY, YOU'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING ABOUT, UH, OH, WHAT IS IT? SEVEN, $7 MILLION, BUT FROM, FROM THE FEDS TO, UH, GIVE TO THE HOMELESS HERE, HERE IN TOWN FOR THEIR SUPPOSED TO, UM, UH, NEEDS THERE.
HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING FOR THEM? WELL, MR. UMAB PUT THAT UP THERE.
I, UH, ACCIDENTALLY CROSSED OUT SOMETHING THERE, BUT YOU CAN READ IT THERE.
I THINK THERE, UH, I WROTE IT THEN.
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION GETS ABOUT, UH, 2 MILLION AND SOME ODDS, UH, CHANGE THERE.
AND THEN ALSO SOMETHING CALLED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GETS AROUND $10 MILLION.
UM, UH, THANK YOU MR. AUDREY TO RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD.
THE, UH, SO VARIOUS QUESTIONS COME UP ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS, HOMELESSNESS, PREVENTION, UH, BASICALLY, FIRST OF ALL, ARE THE HOMELESS BEING, UH, SCREENED FOR, ARE THEY EVEN HERE LEGALLY? YOU KNOW, AS IN ILLEGAL ALIENS? OF COURSE, THAT'S A BAD NAME TO OFFER.
I, I, I THINK I'LL RENAME IT UNDOCUMENTED DEMOCRATS, THAT THAT'S A BE BETTER WAY OF DESCRIBING THEM.
UH, ARE THEY, UH, IS OUR TAX DOLLARS GOOD GOING FOR SUCH? THERE, UH, ALSO IS, UM, HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO IS OR IS IT, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE HOUSED IN ONE OF THE HOTELS? MR. MAYOR, UH, UH, MR. BRAVO, HE, HE HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, UH, I THINK I, WE HEARD, UH, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT EARLIER AND WE WERE JUST WONDERING HOW, HOW WELL THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO.
AND ALSO, UM, ALSO THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER BIG THING, AND HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO BE FOR THE HOMELESS? IS IT, UH, JUST TILL THE MONEY RUNS OUT AND YOU WAIT FOR SOME MORE? OR, OR HAVE YOU PUT ANY CRITERIA THERE? ALSO, THE, UH, UH, THE BIG, BIG QUESTION ABOUT, WE NOTICED THAT THE SALVATION ARMY IS GOING TO, UH, GET, GET SOMETHING THERE.
UH, BIG QUESTION IS FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU, YOU GOT AFTER THE CHICK-FIL-A BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THEIR RELEASE NOW.
THANK YOU, MR. AFTER THE SALVATION ARMY.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL TAKE COUNCIL DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM EIGHT, A LEASE AND CONCESSION AGREEMENT, UH, WITH, UH, S S F SERVICES, UM, FOR OPERATION OF THE TRAILBLAZER CAFE WITHIN THE TERMINAL BUILDING OF STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, RIGHT OFF MISSION ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
OF COURSE, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE SAN ANTONIO HAS TWO AIRPORTS, AND STINSON IS, UH, OUR LITTLE GEM ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
A PILOT AND ARMY VETERAN, NOTICED THE VACANT SPACE ON, SAW THE WEST FACING WINDOWS, AND HAD THIS GREAT IDEA TO START A NEW BUSINESS TRAIL BASICS CAFE OPENED IN JANUARY, 2023 WITH A SHORT-TERM
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LEASE AGREEMENT TO ALLOW THE TENANT TO, UH, FINALIZE THE LONG-TERM AGREEMENT.SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CAFE IS PARTICIPATING IN BOTH THE READY TO WORK SA AND ALAMO WORKFORCE SOLUTION PROGRAM TO OFFER MEANINGFUL ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS TO YOUNG SOUTH SIDE SAN ANTONIONS READY TOIN CAREERS.
THE OTHER THING T BAYER'S CAFE DOES IS THEY ARE FOCUSED ON HIRING STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN AVIATION, CULINARY ARTS, IT AND HORTICULTURE.
UM, THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY.
I INVITE YOU ALL OUT FOR LUNCH WITH ME SOMETIME, OR TAKE YOUR TEAM ON YOUR OWN, BUT I, I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRIN, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UH, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 11 IN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH U UH, THE UT HEALTH AND SCIENCE CENTER, UH, FOR A FOOD INSECURITY ASSESSMENT.
I AM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS ITEM COME TO FULL COUNCIL, BECAUSE FOOD DESERTS AND A LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS ARE ISSUES FELT DISPROPORTIONATELY BY BLACK, BROWN, AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY.
I COLLABORATED WITH FORMER COUNCILWOMAN ANAS SANDOVAL AND A C C R TO GUIDE, UH, THE CITY AND THE CREATION OF A FOOD ACCESS MASTER PLAN FOR SAN ANTONIO.
AND THIS AGREEMENT TODAY IS A GREAT STEP TOWARD THIS GOAL, ONE IN WHICH WE ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO CAN ACHIEVE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE BY ACCESSING HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS FOODS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA.
IT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER IN HOUSTON TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT ON THE NATURE AND SEVERITY OF FOOD INSECURITY.
THIS IS PART OF METRO HEALTH'S 2022 ESSAY FORWARD PLAN.
THE ASSESSMENT WILL LOOK AT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS AND POLICIES TO GIVE US AN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FOOD INSECURITY, CHRONIC DISEASE, UH, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH INEQUITY ARE LINKED.
FOOD INSECURITY AFFECTS MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A CLICHE NOW, BUT, UH, OF COURSE, THE PANDEMIC IS REALLY WHAT'S SHONE A LIGHT ON A LOT OF OUR ISSUES, BUT ONE OF THEM BEING OUR FOOD INSECURITY.
AND I WANNA ALSO MENTION THAT THIS VERY HEAVILY AFFECTS OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.
OUR MILITARY FAMILIES CANNOT SURVIVE ALONE ON A MILITARY MEMBERS', UM, SALARY.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO TO OUR FOOD BANK THAT ARE IN MILITARY SERVICE.
IN MY BOOK, THAT'S UNCONSCIONABLE.
WE'RE WORKING GENERAL ALA AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THAT, BUT IT AFFECTS OUR FAMILY'S WELLBEING, EDUCATION, AND FUTURE.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE FARM BILL EXPIRES THIS SEPTEMBER.
SO THIS ASSESSMENT WORK IS CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I'VE BEEN CONCERNED WITH FOOD INSECURITY, UM, IN PLACES LIKE EDGEWOOD IN MY DISTRICT.
IT'S A, IT'S COMPOUNDED BY A LACK OF ACCESSIBLE FOOD STORES.
AND THE CITY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ABOUT ADDING HEALTHY CORNER STORES.
UM, BUT THAT ONLY ADDRESSES PART OF THE PROBLEM.
I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE STEP TO MOVE, UM, TO, TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY.
IT'S A SMART STEP THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED WITH AN EFFICIENT PLAN AND RESOURCES FOR ACTION.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP.
YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND WELLBEING, UM, THE MOST VULNERABLE, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY ARE THE STANDARD BY WHICH WE SHOULD MEASURE OUR COMMUNITY'S SUCCESS.
AND THIS ASSESSMENT WILL MEASURE THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MEET THAT STANDARD.
SO, THANKS TO ERIC, THANKS TO CLAUDE, AND ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE, HAVE DONE THIS WORK, UM, AND THE WORK THAT WE KNOW IS STILL TO COME.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS SAFE FOR ITEM 10, PLEASE VOTE.
BEFORE WE GET TO ITEM 10, UH, I DO WANT TO
[POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE ]
TAKE A FEW MOMENTS, UH, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, AND I THINK THERE MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT WANT TO COMMENT AS WELL.UH, FIRST OF ALL, SAN ANTONIO REMAINS A CITY THAT IS WELCOME TO ALL AND WHERE EVERYONE'S DIGNITY IS RECOGNIZED, UH, AND THAT WE TREAT PEOPLE WITH COMPASSION.
UM, JUNE BEGINS JUNE 1ST BEGINS PRIDE MONTH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND SO YOU WILL SEE ON TOP OF CITY HALL STARTING TODAY THAT THE PRIDE FLAG WILL BE FLYING, UH, FROM JUNE 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
SO, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT WE WILL HAVE A PROCLAMATION IN GUESTS NEXT WEEK.
UH, BUT AGAIN, REASON FOR, UH, THAT AND WANTED TO, TO EXPLAIN THAT AND DRAW ATTENTION TO IT.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT IS HAPPENING, UH, JUNE 2ND THROUGH FOURTH IS THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO WEAR ORANGE, AND THAT IS TO RECOGNIZE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS.
UH, WEAR ORANGE DAYS ARE JUNE 2ND THROUGH FOURTH, AND WE WILL BE LIGHTING UP CITY HALL ORANGE DURING THOSE DAYS.
AND WE WILL ALSO BE RECOGNIZING JUNE.
UH, NEXT MO NEXT WEEK, WE'RE RECOGNIZING
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THE MONTH OF JUNE AS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.UH, OF COURSE THAT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT HERE IN TEXAS, IN THIS PART OF TEXAS, GIVEN THE TRAGEDIES THAT HAS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED BY OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO WE INVITE EVERYONE TO ADJOIN IN THOSE RECOGNITIONS AND ALSO, UH, WORK TOWARDS, UH, ADDRESSING THESE, THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE ON ALMOST A DAILY BASIS.
UM, FURTHER, UH, I NOTE THAT A NUMBER OF US UP HERE AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY LOST A DEAR FRIEND THIS PAST WEEK.
UH, THERESA YVONNE CANALES PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY.
SHE'S BEEN A FRIEND TO OUR CITY IN MANY, MANY WAYS, UH, BOTH FROM A A ON THE POLITICAL SIDE OF THINGS, BUT ALSO AS AN AID TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UM, TO RECOGNIZE HER, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRANDE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, AND THEN WE'LL RECOGNIZE HER WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
UH, I KNEW THAT ESSA FOR OVER 23 YEARS.
WE WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL TOGETHER AT U T S A.
SHE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 17TH, 1971 IN FORT CAVASSO, TEXAS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FORT HOOD TO MARGARITO AND ESPERANZA MARTINEZ CANALES, THE FOURTH OF THEIR SIX CHILDREN, AN ARMY BRATT THAT'S CHILDHOOD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS WERE SPENT TRAVELING IN EUROPE.
THOSE EXPERIENCES INSTILLED IN HER A PASSION AND CURIOSITY FOR LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES, WHICH DEEPENED THROUGHOUT HER LIFE.
SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TIME TO LEARN ALL, UM, ALL THAT SHE WANTED TO KNOW, WHICH WAS EVERYTHING.
BUT SHE FILLED HER TIME LEARNING ALL.
SHE FILLED HER TIME WITH ALL SHE WANTED TO KNOW.
THE WORLD WAS ALWAYS HER CLASSROOM, AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS BE AN, AN ENTHUSIASTIC TEACHER, AN INSATIABLE STUDENT AT ELLISON HIGH SCHOOL IN KILLEEN, TEXAS.
FROM WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 1989, THAT ESSA WAS A POPULAR CHEERLEADER AND OBOE PLAYER.
SHE ENROLLED IN INCARNATE WORD COLLEGE, NOW THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD, WITH THE INTENT OF BECOMING A NUN.
SHE CHANGED HER MIND ON THAT CAREER PATH, BUT STILL WANTED TO BE AN EDUCATOR.
GRADUATING IN 1994 WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH AND A TEXAS CERTIFICATION FOR SECONDARY ENGLISH AND WRITING EDUCATION.
VANESSA'S WORK IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM BEGAN AS AN UNDERGRADUATE INCARNATE WORD, THOUGH NEVER THE NONE SHE'D ONCE ENVISIONED HERSELF.
TERESA'S LIFE AND WORK WAS ONE OF SERVICE OF LIVING OUT WITH HER FAITH TO DO GOOD FOR OTHERS.
DRIVING HER WORK WAS HER BELIEF THAT PEOPLE SHOULD DO BETTER BY ONE ANOTHER AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
EDUCATION, COMMUNITY, SERVICE AND POLITICS WERE THE AVENUES SHE USED TO CHANNEL THIS PASSION.
MOST IMPORTANT TO HER WERE CHILDREN, THEIR HEALTH, SAFETY, EDUCATION, AND DEVELOPMENT.
IF THEY WERE TO GROW INTO COMPASSIONATE AND WELL-INFORMED ADULTS, THEY NEEDED ALL THE EDUCATION SHE AND OTHER TEACHERS COULD GIVE.
HER TEACHING STINTS INCLUDED, UM, THE DISTRICT, WHITE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN EDGEWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL LEVELS OF E S L AT BROOKS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
BUT TERESA KNEW SHE COULD INCREASE HER IMPACT ON HER STUDENTS BY HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE POLICIES WHICH WOULD SHAPE THEIR LIVES.
SHE KNEW HER WAY AROUND THE COMMITTEE ROOMS AS WELL AS CLASSROOMS. DURING THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE 75TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 1997, SHE WORKED FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IRMA RONEL, WHO CHAIRED THE TEXAS COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION.
THERE SHE WOULD CLERK, ORGANIZE, DISSEMINATE INFORMATION, RESEARCH BILLS, AND SHE WOULD COME HOME TO SAN ANTONIO AND WORK WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN SOME CAPACITY, INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE GONZALEZ, MAYOR ED GARZA, STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE VIAL, COUNTY COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT, CITY COUNCILWOMAN REBECCA AND PHYLLIS VRAN, AND MAYOR RON NURENBERG.
HER EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE INCLUDED, BUT WASN'T LIMITED TO BEING A VOLUNTEER COACH FOR GIRLS ON THE RUN OF BEAR COUNTY KITCHEN, VOLUNTEER AT HAVEN FOR HOPE IN ST.
VINCENT DE PAUL, FORMER BOARD MEMBER FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
VOLUNTEER, E S L, CITIZEN TEACHER AT VELASQUEZ LITERACY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THERE WASN'T MUCH SHE WASN'T INTERESTED IN AND COULDN'T DO.
GARDENING, CALLIGRAPHY, ASTRONOMY, BOTANY, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF VARIOUS CULTURES, SCIENCE, ART, LITERATURE, MUSIC, SHAKESPEARE, AND HISTORY.
AND SHE COULD SPEAK ON EACH OF THESE KNOWLEDGEABLY.
SHE WAS TALENTED AT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT DENNIS'S GREATEST GIFT WAS ZET FOR LIFE.
LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL AND PETITE, SMILING FORCE OF NATURE WAS A SOURCE OF LIGHT, GOOD CHEER, AND STRENGTH FOR ALL.
WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER, AND THERE ARE MANY, BUT AT THE CENTER OF HER LIFE WAS HER LOVE FOR CHILDREN.
SHE WAS A MOTHER TO ALL CHILDREN IN HER LIFE AND HAD
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A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OF HER NIECES AND NEPHEWS.VANESSA PASSED AWAY ON MAY 25TH.
AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH, SHE WAS THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR ST.
SHE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER, ESPERANZA MARTINEZ CANALES.
SHE'S SURVIVED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND A GRATEFUL CITY AT THIS TIME.
LET US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[City Code Amendments ]
TO OUR ONE ITEM TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.SO, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE CAPTION? COULD ITEM NUMBER 10 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28, SIGNS OF THE CITY, CODE OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS BY ADOPTING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE BUILDING RELATED AND FIRE CODES, APPEALS AND, AND ADVISORY BOARD.
AND CHAPTER 35, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 35 DASH 3 9 3 3 9 0.01.
BY MODIFYING THE DESIGN CRITERIA OF THE ADOPTED CORRIDOR PLAN FOR GC ONE HILL COUNTRY GATEWAY CORRIDOR, ONE ORDINANCE ALSO PROVIDES FOR PENALTIES, PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALRIGHT, UH, BEFORE I HAND IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 10.
COLLEEN WAPAC, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT.
AND ON MY OWN BEHALF, AS A CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SIGN CODE AND UPDATE COMMITTEE, I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO VOTE AGAINST ITEM 10.
A VOTE FOR THIS ITEM WOULD REVERSE THE ZONING COMMISSION'S 2015 BAN ON ON-PREMISE DIGITAL SIGNS IN THE HILL COUNTRY GATEWAY CORRIDOR ON I 10 FROM U T S A BOULEVARD NORTH TO THE CITY LIMITS.
I ASK YOU INSTEAD TO UPHOLD THE BAN, BUT TO ALLOW THE SIGNS PERMITTED PRIOR TO TODAY TO CONTINUE AS NON-CONFORMING SIGNAGE AS WAS APPROVED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, EACH OF THE CITY'S CORRIDORS WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT AN ENVIRONMENT UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO'S CULTURE AND HISTORY.
EACH CORRIDOR HAS ITS OWN SPECIFIC SET OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE AREA'S UNIQUE NATURE, LYING BETWEEN THE TWO OF THE CITY'S LARGEST NATURAL AREA PARKS, EISENHOWER, AND FRIEDRICH, AND NEAR CAMP BULLIS.
THE CORRIDOR SERVES TO HIGHLIGHT THE AREA'S UNIQUE CHARACTER BY REDUCING VISUAL CLUTTER OTHER THAN HIGHWAY 1 51.
THIS IS THE ONLY CORRIDOR THAT DOES NOT ALLOW DIGITAL BILLBOARDS.
NEVERTHELESS, THE AREAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND BUSINESS IS THRIVING.
A HANDFUL OF DIGITAL SIGNS EXISTED IN THE QUARTER PRIOR TO THE BAN, AND SEVERAL WERE PERMITTED AN ERROR AFTER THE 2015 BAN.
DIGITAL SIGNS ARE DESIGNED TO DRAW THE MOTORIST ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY.
THE SPEED ALONG OF TRAFFIC ALONG I 10, DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO EXCESS DISTRACTIONS.
OTHER METHODS OF ADVERTISEMENTS, SUCH AS TEXT SIGNS INDICATING SERVICES OFFERED AT AN UPCOMING EXIT SERVE AS SAFER ALTERNATIVES.
THE CITY HOSTED NUMEROUS PUBLIC MEETINGS REGARDING REGARDING THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
THESE MEETINGS WERE NOTICED AS REQUIRED FOR HIS ZONING CHANGE TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, DESPITE THE TIME, EFFORT, AND EXPENSE DIRECTED TO THIS EFFORT.
NOT A SINGLE BUSINESS OWNER FROM THE AREA WHO DID NOT ALREADY HAVE A DIGITAL SIGN ATTENDED TO INDICATE THE NEED FOR DIGITAL SIGN ON-PREMISE SIGNAGE TO ALLOW HIS OR HER BUSINESS TO THRIVE OR TO CONTINUE AS A VIABLE ENTITY.
THROUGHOUT THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORKED WITH THE, WITH THE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBER, OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SIGN INDUSTRY TO CRAFT REGULATIONS WHICH WORKED FOR BOTH THE SIGN INDUSTRY AND, AND, UH, BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY.
CERTAINLY, UH, WE DID NOT ACHIEVE THAT.
ALL THAT WE DESIRED, HOWEVER, CAME TO AGREEMENT ON MOST ITEMS EXCEPT DIGITAL SIGNAGE IN THIS HILL COUNTRY GATEWAY CORRIDOR.
THIS IS NOT A CASE OF NOT IN MY BACKYARD.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESIDE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY.
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE STROVE TO PROTECT IN IMPORTANT VIEW, SHEDS, HISTORIC AREAS, AND OTHER UNIQUE AREAS.
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PLEASE VOTE AGAINST REMOVING THE BAN.ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 10.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10.
UH, I'VE MOVED TO APPROVE THIS, BUT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SECTION F IN THIS PROPOSAL.
SECTION F DEALS WITH, UH, PROVIDING UP TO 48 DIGITAL SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THESE DIGITAL SIGNS ARE VERY DISTRACTING TO DRIVERS.
UH, I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, SOME NOTES ON HOW THIS MAY DISTRACT DRIVERS.
UH, LOOKING AT THE RESEARCH PERTAINING TO DIGITAL BILLBOARDS AND DISTRACTED DRIVING, THERE WERE FIVE OVERARCHING, UH, CATEGORIES.
WHILE NOT MUCH RESEARCH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED, THERE IS EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT DIGITAL BILLBOARDS CAN BE DISTRACTING.
FOR SOME DRIVERS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG AND EXPERIENCED DRIVERS, UH, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED DWELL OR GAZE TIME.
DIGITAL BILLBOARDS HAVE AN EFFECT ON GAZE TIME BY ATTRACTING MORE AND LONGER GLANCES THAN REGULAR SIGNS.
THE CONTENT OF BILLBOARD, THE MORE COMPLEX ASSIGNED, THE LONGER THE FIXATION BY THE DRIVER.
STUDIES SHOW SOME DRIVERS HAD A LONGER FIXATION THAT IS MORE TIME SPENT READING THE SIGN, AS OPPOSED TO CONCENTRATING ON DRIVING IF THE SIGN IS MORE COMPLEX.
SPEED TIME STUDIES SHOW THAT THE AVERAGE SPEED DECREASES WHEN DIGITAL BILLBOARDS ARE PRESENT.
WHILE THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A GOOD THING, SLOWER SPEEDS ON HIGHWAYS CAN CAUSE UNWARRANTED TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENTS HEADWAY.
STUDIES FOUND THAT CARS TRAVELED SIGNIFICANTLY CLOSER TO THE LEAD VEHICLE IN THE PRESENCE OF DIGITAL BILLBOARDS.
AGE OF DRIVER, YOUNGER DRIVERS 17 AND 25 WERE MORE LIKELY TO DEVIATE FROM SAFE DRIVING TIPS IN THE PRESENCE OF DIGITAL BILLBOARDS.
NOW, THE CITY HAS A DISTRACTED DRIVING ORDINANCE THAT SAYS, WE DO NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE USING THEIR CELL PHONE EITHER TO TEXT OR EVEN TO BE READING MESSAGES ON IT WHILE THEY'RE DRIVING.
YET WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE CAN ALLOW DIGITAL BILLBOARDS ANOTHER 50 OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO GO AHEAD AND BE PUT AROUND OUR CITY.
AND, AND WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF DIGITAL BILLBOARDS? THEIR PURPOSE IS TO SELL ADVERTISING.
AND SO THEY'RE THERE PURPOSELY TO DISTRACT EYES OF DRIVERS FROM THE ROAD TO SELL PRODUCTS.
I DON'T THINK THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF ASSISTING ADVERTISERS.
THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER SOURCES FOR THAT.
THERE'S NEWSPAPERS LIKE THE EXPRESS OR THE CURRENT, UH, AND NUMEROUS LOCAL ONES.
THERE'S FOUR TV STATIONS IN TOWN TO ADVERTISE.
THERE'S SEVERAL CABLE STATIONS THAT YOU CAN ADVERTISE ON.
THERE'S DOZENS OF RADIO STATIONS FOR ADVERTISING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA WITH HUGE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVERTISE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE WANNA ADD ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADS, BUT PARTICULARLY TO DISTRACT THE EYES OF DRIVERS FROM THE ROAD.
UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT THIS IS ILL-ADVISED AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD STRIKE SECTION F FROM THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSAL, NOT TOUCHING ANY OTHER PART OF IT AT THIS TIME.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION BEFORE US TO STRIKE SECTION F, WHICH WOULD ENABLE MORE, UH, DIGITAL SIGNS AROUND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
MAYOR, IF I MAY, PROCEDURALLY THE, THE COUNCILMAN IS, IS AMENDING THE MOTION SO WE COULD HAVE A SEPARATE MOTION TO APPROVE.
YEAH, I WAS, AND THEY CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT I WAS ASKING TO, UM, MAKE, MAKE THAT AMENDMENT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CURD, IF YOU COULD MAKE YOUR AMENDMENT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A, A MOTION THAT THE ITEM NUMBER 10 B APPROVED STRIKING SECTION F.
THERE'S A MOTION MOTION, UH, AGAIN, COUNCILMAN YOUR MOTION IS TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A MOTION TO AMEND, NOT A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION TO AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION STRIKING SECTION F.
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UM, SECTION F FROM THE PROPOSAL.SO WE'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THAT PROPOSAL.
NOW, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER COO HAVERTY? YEAH, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT SECTION F IS? GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.
UM, SECTION, I BELIEVE IT'S 28 54, 4 F IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
UH, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL FOR THE DIGITAL, UH, BILLBOARD CONVERSION, UH, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT PROCESS.
UH, WHAT IT WOULD ALLOW IS THE NEXT STEP OF UP TO EIGHT EXISTING BILLBOARDS.
THOSE ARE THE LARGE BILLBOARDS ON, ON THE HIGHWAYS, UH, THAT ARE STATIC RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY COULD BE CONVERTED TO DIGITAL FACES.
SO THAT COULD BE UP TO 16 FACES PER YEAR TIMES UP TO THREE YEARS MAXIMUM.
UH, HOWEVER, THE BILLBOARD, UH, OPERATOR WOULD HAVE TO TAKE DOWN AT LEAST FOUR.
UH, IT'S A FOUR TO ONE TAKE DOWN RATIO.
UM, AND THEY WOULD BE HELD TO ALL THE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS, UH, AS WELL OF THE, UH, DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, WHICH IS A TELL TEN SECOND DWELL TIME.
UH, MEANING THEY CAN'T MOVE FOR 10 SECONDS.
UH, IN ADDITION, IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO IN CERTAIN CORRIDORS.
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, UH, 2 81, UH, I 10 GATEWAY CORRIDOR.
THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT IT'S THE DIGITAL CONVERSION, UM, BILLBOARD CONVERSION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE APPROVED IN 2019.
SO JUST, UH, TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, IF SO, IN ORDER TO PUT UP A NEW BILLBOARD IN AREAS OUTSIDE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED DOWNTOWN, UM, THOSE DIFFERENT CORRIDORS, UM, YOU HAVE TO TAKE DOWN FOUR YES.
SORT OF TRADITIONAL SIGNS, RIGHT? YES.
BUT TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE NOT PUTTING UP A NEW BILLBOARD.
YOU'RE CONVERTING AN EXISTING BILLBOARD FROM A NON-DIGITAL TO DIGITAL.
SO THE LOCATIONS OF WHERE THESE STRUCTURES ARE IS NOT BEING ADDED TO.
UH, YOU'RE JUST CONVERTING AN EXISTING ONE.
THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT ALLOW THEM, UH, TO BUILD A NEW ONE AND THEN MAKE THAT, UH, DIGITAL.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE DEALING WITH THE, THE EXISTING INVENTORY.
SO YOU'RE NOT ADDING, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNS.
BUT, UH, ONE IS BEING, ONE COULD BE CONVERTED TO DIGITAL, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THE OTHER THREE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE DOWN FOUR OF THOSE LARGE ONES.
UH, SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S EXCLUDING CERTAIN AREAS.
YEAH, THE COMMITTEE, THE, THE COMMITTEE, AND I THINK BOTH PARTIES, BOTH SIDES SAID, HEY, WE DO NOT WANT ANY DIGITALS TO BE ADDED, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH IS DEFINED IN HISTORIC, UH, OVERLAYS OR ANY AREAS THAT WAY.
UH, THE 2 81 OVERLAY AND THE HILL COUNTRY, UH, OVERLAY.
UH, SO THERE'S A FEW AREAS NOW.
THERE'S ALSO A FEW OTHER AREAS IN TOWN THAT ALREADY HAVE SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS AGAINST IT.
UH, BUT THOSE WERE, UM, AGREED TO SAYING WE WOULD NOT DO THIS DIGITAL CONVERSION IN THOSE AREAS.
SO, AND YOU MENTIONED FURTHER PROTECTION, OTHER PLACES WHERE IT'S ALREADY PROHIBITED, LIKE 1 51, SO THERE'S A LOT MORE AREAS THAN JUST THE ONES YOU MENTIONED.
THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S EXISTING AREAS THAT HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS ALREADY.
I APPRECIATE, UM, THE AMENDMENT.
I, I, I DON'T THINK I'LL SUPPORT IT.
I, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE, THE MORE TRADITIONAL SIGNS COMING DOWN AND HAVING LESS SIGNS OUT THERE.
UM, UH, AND, AND THEN OF COURSE REPLACED WITH THE, THE LESS UNSIGHTLY, I GUESS, DIGITAL SIGNS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HARVARD, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
AND IF YOU WOULD JUST SIGNAL ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ON THE, UH, AMENDED MOTION.
I, I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN'S COURAGE.
COURAGE IS, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT DISTRACTED DRIVING.
I, I AM, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT DISTRACTED DRIVING, UH, CAN BE DANGEROUS.
I'M JUST WONDERING, MIKE, DO YOU KNOW IF, IS THERE ANY DATA ON, UH, DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, UM, BEING, UH, A, A, UH, THE CAUSE OF ANY CAR CRASHES? UH, THERE WE DO, WE DO NOT.
UM, THERE'S BEEN STUDIES, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, I THINK BACK TO 2008 WHEN WE DID OUR FIRST PILOT PROGRAM, WHEN WE INTRODUCED DIGITAL BILLBOARDS IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, THE CITY EVEN STUDIED SOME TRAFFIC DATA FOR A YEAR AFTER THEY WERE INSTALLED.
UH, THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, UH, UH, ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN AROUND THOSE AREAS.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY NATIONAL STUDIES SHOWING.
YEAH, SO THERE'S SOME OTHER STUDIES I CAN THINK OF ONE IN 2014, UH, AND A FEW OTHERS THAT SAY, UH, THAT, THAT THE BILLBOARDS ARE NOT A HAZARD, UH, MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER HAZARDS OUT THERE.
UH, CERTAINLY I THINK TO COUNCILMAN'S POINT, UH, SIGNS IN GENERAL ARE INTENDED TO GET SOME GLANCES AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
BUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT THERE'S, UH, AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC HAZARDS AROUND THESE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA.
THE INCENTIVE FOR REMOVING EXISTING SIGNS, YOU HAD 40
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HOURS PER YEAR FOR P S A ANNOUNCEMENTS.AND SO MY QUESTION IN GENERAL IS IF WE TAKE UP THE AMENDMENT, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT'S OFF THE TABLE, EVEN WITH OTHER BILLBOARDS, OR HELP ME EXPLAIN THAT.
AS PART OF THE, THE SECTION THAT, UM, IS, IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO BE REMOVED TO THIS AMENDMENT AT 28 54 F INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL IS, UH, THAT THE BILLBOARD OPERATOR, IF, IF AND WHEN THEY TAKE DOWN THE FOUR, UH, STATIC ONES AND THEY DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS, UH, WHEN THEY GET THAT PERMIT AND INSTALL IT, THEY'RE ALSO AUTHORIZING UP TO 40 HOURS A YEAR OF P S A FOR THE CITY TO UTILIZE, UH, FOR ANY OF OUR MESSAGING THAT WE WANT PER FACE.
SO THAT MEANS IF THERE ARE, IS THERE JUST ONE THAT'S 40 HOURS? CERTAINLY IF THERE'S, UH, 48 OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLY THAT BY 40.
UH, BUT THAT SIGNIFICANT P S A TIME, IF WE REMOVE THAT, THEN CERTAINLY THAT WOULD NOT BE IN OUR CODE.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE CODIFIED TODAY.
WOULD THIS SECTION, HOW MANY WOULD IT BE? SO LET'S SAY THAT, THAT THE AMENDMENT FAILS TODAY, HOW MANY WOULD THAT BE? ZERO.
UM, SO I'M SORRY IF IT PASSES.
SO IF IT, IF IT PASSES, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW IS EIGHT PERMITS A YEAR.
AND THAT EACH, EACH OF THOSE COULD BE TWO SIDED, RIGHT? A BILLBOARD COULD BE TWO SIDED.
SO, UH, EIGHT PERMITS PER YEAR TIMES THREE YEARS MAX.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS A BABY STEP, IF YOU WILL.
THE NEXT STEP, UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE DID NOT WANT TO GO AND JUST MAKE THIS THE NORM FOR THE, FOR THE REST OF, UH, TIME.
UH, THEY FELT THE NEXT THREE YEARS THIS WAS APPROPRIATE.
SO IT COULD BE UP TO 48 FACES, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, 16 TIMES 3 48 FACES TIMES 40 HOURS OF P S A.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN.
SO, I, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS DISTRACTED DRIVING.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY, UM, MOVES US INTO WHERE WE'RE GOING TECHNOLOGY WISE.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S JUST BETTER FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE GOING UP PERIODICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IN THE HEAT OR LATE AT NIGHT TRYING TO PUT UP A NEW, YOU KNOW, LAW FIRM AD BECAUSE WE CAN GO DIGITAL.
SO THAT'S WHY I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING, UM, THIS AMENDMENT.
I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE BIGGER CONVERSATIONS AND BRING IN POSSIBLY SA TOMORROW TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN WHERE WE START TO, UH, DEVELOP AND GROW AND WHAT SORT OF IMAGE WE ACTUALLY WANT THERE.
I'M SPEAKING AS A COUNCILWOMAN WHO HAS THE MISSION OVERLAY.
SO THIS IS, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT OUR PROTECTIONS, BUT I, I DO FEEL FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WANTS MORE DIRECTION OF WHAT THEY SAY.
SO I WILL BE APPROVING, UM, THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.
I WON'T BE APPROVING, I WON'T BE FOR THE AMENDMENT, BUT I DO WANNA HAVE LARGER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DISTRACTED DRIVING AND ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT OUR ENTRYWAYS INTO SAN ANTONIO, AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHO, WHO WE ARE AND, AND HOW YOU ENTER IN.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WE HAD
SO ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE PERMITS, IS THAT GONNA BE A SINGLE SOURCE THAT IS AVAILABLE? THESE PERMITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO, NO, THE, THE PROPOSAL IS BROKEN UP.
WE HAVE, UM, SEVERAL BILLBOARD OPERATORS IN TOWN THAT HAVE EXISTING, UH, BILLBOARDS.
THERE'S, UH, JUST UNDER, UH, 900, 8, 800 AND SOME ODD BILLBOARDS IN TOWN.
UM, THOSE ARE DIVVIED UP BY, UH, 10 OR 12 DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT HAVE THOSE.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS BASED ON IF YOU HAVE, UH, OVER 400 OF THOSE PERMITS, WE HAVE ONE COMPANY IN TOWN THAT HAS OVER 400 OF THOSE EXISTING.
UH, THEY, THEY CAN GET FOUR OF THOSE PERMITS, UH, PER YEAR.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE, UH, LESS PERMITS, IT'S BROKEN UP SO THAT YOU CAN GET EITHER TWO OR POSSIBLY ONE OF THOSE PERMITS, UH, PER YEAR, DEPENDING UPON, UH, HOW IT'S BROKEN UP.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IF YOU HAVE MORE INVENTORY, YOU CAN CERTAINLY GET MORE OF THESE DIGITALS BECAUSE YOU'LL BE TAKING DOWN MORE.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH AS A PROPOSAL.
WELL, UM, I REMEMBER THAT DURING THAT DISCUSSION, WE SAW SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT DOWNTOWN DIGITAL.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THE, I THINK THAT THE DIGITAL THING, WE ARE, WE HAVE IT FOREVER NOW.
THE LIBRARIES HAVE IT, THE CHURCHES HAVE IT.
I MEAN, IT'S EVERYWHERE, JOHN.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH HAVE GOTTEN USED TO SEEING IT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS.
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RECALL THAT WE SAW EXAMPLES OF DOWNTOWNS THAT HAVE VERY COLORFUL DIGITAL BILLBOARDS THAT MET THE STANDARDS THE CITY HAD SET.AND PARTICULARLY FOR, UM, THEY WERE DONE BY ARTS AND CULTURES.
AND THEY REALLY LOOKED BEAUTIFUL, AND I LIKED THEM.
AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE KIND OF BILLBOARDS THAT COULD ATTRACT PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND SO I WONDER, ARE WE, ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT, YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW THIS ORDINANCE WOULD LIMIT THAT OR NOT ALLOW THEM? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN AT THE P C D C COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IS A SEPARATE PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT IS NOT PART OF TODAY'S PROPOSAL.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT'S ON, UH, THE AGENDA TODAY.
YOU, AT THE P C D C COMMITTEE GAVE US DIRECTION TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, ON A, A DIFFERENT ARTS AND CULTURE, KIND OF LIKE A, UH, DIGITAL ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT AND HOW THAT COULD BE CREATED AND BRING THAT BACK TO P C D C.
SO WE ARE STILL WORKING BASED ON THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED, UM, AT THE P C D C COMMITTEE.
WE DID PULL THAT OUT OF, UH, IT'S NOT RELATED TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
UH, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LIKELY BRING BACK TO THE P C D C TO FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, IN, IN A FEW MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION.
UM, AND THANK YOU MIKE FOR, UM, THE BRIEFING AT P C D C AND THEN OUR ONE AND ONE ONE AS WELL TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
UH, FOR MY CONSTITUENTS WHO MAY BE WATCHING AND MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND, UM, IF WITH APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, ARE WE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE OF DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, UH, THROUGHOUT DISTRICT FIVE AND THE GUADALUPE CORRIDOR, FOR EXAMPLE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM? SO THERE, THERE'S A POTENTIAL YES.
UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IF YOU'RE, IF IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE PROTECTED AREAS, WHICH IS, UH, KIND OF THE, THE INNER CORE OF DOWNTOWN, UH, CERTAINLY IF IT'S A HISTORIC OVERLAY OR 2 81, UH, THE OTHER, UH, THE GATEWAY HILL COUNTRY, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY IF THERE'S AN EXISTING BILLBOARD TODAY AND THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THAT, CHOOSES TO HAVE THAT AS A, UH, AS THE CONVERSION, CERTAINLY THEY'D HAVE TO TAKE DOWN FOUR OTHERS FIRST.
BUT THEY COULD CHOOSE, AND IT COULD BE IN DISTRICT FIVE OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT THAT'S NOT IN ONE OF THOSE RESTRICTED AREAS.
SO, UM, I KNOW DISTRICT FIVE HAS SOME HI HISTORIC AREAS, BUT IT'S NOT COMPLETELY HISTORIC.
SO, UH, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE.
AND I THINK A, A GOOD POINT WAS RAISED, RIGHT? UM, WE HAVE CITY BILLBOARDS AND MARQUEES THAT ARE DIGITAL, AND THAT'S JUST THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE MOVING IN WITH TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT.
UM, SO I, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE MEDDIN AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE ORIGINAL ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR, UH, BRINGING FORTH AN AMENDMENT AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS, UH, DISCUSSION.
AND I THINK MOMENTS LIKE THIS ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, I DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH MY TEAM AND THEN MEMBERS OF MY, UH, H D R C, UH, COMMISSION, MY H D R C COMMISSION APPOINTEE, AS WELL AS THE ZONING COMMISSION APPOINTEE.
AND, UH, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE ITEM AS IS.
BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE, UH, YOU BRINGING THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
JUST FOR, UH, FURTHER THOUGHT BY THE MEMBERS BEFORE WE VOTE, THERE ARE LIKE 23 OR 24 MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY, MANY OF WHOM ALREADY HAVE AN, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT DIGITAL SIGNS CAN GO INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO AS WE DRIVE ANYWHERE AROUND SAN ANTONIO, THERE COULD BE MORE AND MORE THAN THESE 48 THAT MAY COME UP OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, COULD BE A HUNDRED MORE.
AND I THINK THE, THE HAZARD OF DISTRACTED DRIVING NEEDS TO BE BETTER ADDRESSED, WHICH IS WHY I'M, I'M STRONGLY ADVOCATING FOR THIS, BUT I, I KIND OF HEAR THE SENSE OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FINAL DECISION IS A WISE ONE.
I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, MIKE.
UH, THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO ASKED ABOUT THE, UH, GATEWAY CORRIDOR AND THE SIGNS THAT ARE THERE NOW.
COULD YOU HELP CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR ME ON THOSE? AND, AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
THERE WERE SIX DIGITAL SIGNS THAT WERE PUT UP AFTER THE CITY HAD SAID WE WOULDN'T PUT ANY MORE UP THERE.
AND THE, AND YOUR DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING THAT THOSE SIX BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
UH, BUT UNDER WHAT KIND OF RESTRICTIONS OR GUIDELINES? WELL, COUNCILMAN THAT THE, THE, THE, THE SIGNS IN THE GATEWAY QUARTER, I THINK THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IS, IS SEPARATE THAN THE DIGITAL OFF-PREMISE SIGNS, RIGHT? YES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ONTO A DIFFERENT, RIGHT, IS DIGITAL, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT TOPIC.
THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THE SAME RECOMMENDATION
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THAT CAME OUT OF THE BUILDING AND FIRE COURT BOARD AND P C D C, WHICH IS TO REMOVE THE BAN THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015.SO THOSE WOULD CERTAINLY BE LEGAL, UH, BUT IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW OTHERS TO, TO, UH, ON-PREMISE SIGNS TO BE IN THAT CORRIDOR AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THIS, TO ALLOW MORE DIGITAL ON-PREMISES SIGNS ALL ALONG THE GATEWAY AREA, THE GATEWAY CORRIDOR.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I THOUGHT WE SAID THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT ALLOWING THOSE TO BE GRANDFATHERED UNDER THE OLD, UH, REGULATION.
AND, UH, THEY WOULD BE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UM, LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING.
THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM ZONING COMMISSION, UHHUH
UH, BUT AS I MENTIONED, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM, UH, THE BUILDING AND FIRE, UH, CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, UH, THE P C D C COMMITTEE, UH, WHERE THEY VOTED ON IT.
AND THEN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REMOVE THE VAN AND NOT ACCEPT, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, UH, WHICH WOULD, UH, KEEP THE BAN IN PLACE, UH, BUT CAUSE THOSE OTHER SIX SIGNS TO BE LEGALLY NONCONFORMING.
AND WHY DID THE STAFF REACH THAT RECOMMENDATION? WELL, THAT PROPOSAL WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NOT ONLY THE SIGN CODE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD, AND, AND THEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION OF IT.
UM, WE FELT THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL 2003 STANDARDS OF THAT HILL COUNTRY GATEWAY CORRIDOR THAT ALLOWED, UH, ON-PREMISE DIGITAL SIGNS.
THERE ARE SOME SMALLER LIMITS, UH, THINGS LIKE 25% OF THE NORMAL SIZE ALLOWED AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO WE FELT THAT THAT DISCUSSION WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, AND WE SUPPORTED THAT AS THEY DID.
FOR ME, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I, I WOULD JUST ASK EVERYBODY TO RECONSIDER IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT NOT SUPPORTING THIS, BUT, UH, I UNDERSTAND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? MIKE, CAN I ASK YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE? UM, FIRST, WITH RESPECT TO DISTRACTING DRIVING, I MEAN, I JUST, ABOUT EVERY SINGLE NEW CAR THAT COMES OUT NOW HAS MULTIPLE DIGITAL SCREENS.
SO I'M, WE JUST KICKED OFF DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH YESTERDAY.
AND SO I THINK ABOUT THE MYRIAD CHALLENGES THAT DRIVERS HAD TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT CELL PHONES, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE GAMES THAT THEY CAN PLAY ON THEIR TESLA SCREENS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT DIGITAL SIGNAGE.
WHEN I'M, WHEN I THINK ABOUT DIGITAL SIGNAGE OFF PREMISE, UM, WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THAT IS THAT, NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE GETTING MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT.
THE LIGHTING IS BEING LESS OBNOXIOUS, UH, COMPARED TO WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT.
YOU KNOW, MORE SENSITIVE IN TERMS OF, UH, THE LEVELS OF, UH, ILLUMINATION.
UM, ONE THING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO STAND BEHIND IS, IS REDUCING CLUTTER ON THE ROADWAYS.
I THINK EVERYBODY CAN SUPPORT THAT.
UM, CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, IN 2019, I BELIEVE WE BROUGHT FORWARD A SIGNIFICANT TAKE DOWN EXCHANGE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DIGITAL PERMITS.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? 'CAUSE WE WENT RIGHT INTO THE PANDEMIC SURE.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019 WAS THE, WAS THE CODE CHAINS THAT ALLOWED, UH, WE, WE HAD, UH, 13 EXISTING DIGITAL BILLBOARDS IN THE CITY THAT WERE INSTALLED IN 2008.
WE, WE, WE ALLOWED, UH, THE BACKSIDE OF THOSE EXISTING THIRTEENS TO BE CONVERTED.
YET THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT TAKE DOWN, I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE TO ONE AT THAT TIME.
WAS IT THREE TO ONE? FOUR TO ONE? IT WAS FOUR TO ONE AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
SO IT WAS FOUR TO ONE AT THAT TIME AS WELL, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT.
SO FOR EVERY FACE YOU DID, YOU HAD TO TAKE DOWN FOUR OF EQUAL SIZE.
IN ADDITION, WE TOOK, WE TOOK DOWN OVER 300 OF THE SMALLER BILLBOARDS.
THEY WERE THE ONES THAT, UH, THEY WERE OFF-PREMISE ADVERTISING.
UH, THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN UP FOR DECADES.
UH, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF CLUTTER THROUGHOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND SMALLER AREAS, NOT JUST ON HIGHWAYS.
SO I THINK THAT CONCEPT OF REDUCING THAT CLUTTER, WHICH IS KIND OF A, A PART OF OUR SIGN CODE TODAY, WHICH ONE OF THE CHARGES AS, UH, WE, WE LIKE TO REDUCE THE OVERALL NUMBER.
WE DID IT IN 2019 SUCCESSFULLY, UH, BY GOING AND GIVING A FEW MORE DIGITAL FACES AND HAVING A LOT OF TAKE DOWNS.
AND, UM, THAT WAS, UH, SO HAVE WE GOTTEN THE PERFORMANCE OUT OF THAT APPROVAL THAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BECAUSE IT WAS SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF REDUCING CLUTTER? YES.
BECAUSE EVERY PERMIT THAT WE ISSUE BEFORE WE ISSUED THE PERMIT, WE CONFIRMED THAT THOSE ARE TAKEN DOWN THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN.
AND ALL OF THOSE, UH, WERE TAKEN DOWN, UH, BEFORE WE ISSUED THE PERMIT.
SO, UH, HUNDREDS OF BILLBOARDS CAME DOWN WITH THAT PROGRAM.
UH, SO IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND, AND SO THAT'S HOW I ENTER THE OFF-PREMISE DIGITAL, UM, PERMIT DISCUSSION IS THE IDEA THAT WE CAN ADDRESS
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A CHALLENGE BY INTRODUCING NEW PERMITS.AND SO THE CHALLENGE I HAVE WITH, WITH, UH, AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD COMPLETELY STRIKE THE SECTION ON DIGITAL IS THAT IT WOULD DISALLOW US FROM DOING THOSE KINDS OF TAKEDOWNS AND REDUCING CLUTTER.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE HILL COUNTRY GATEWAY.
IN FACT, I WAS THE AUTHOR OF THAT 2015 C C R THAT, THAT INTRODUCED THAT PROHIBITION.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE CHALLENGES WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT STRIKES OUR ABILITY TO USE DIGITAL TO REDUCE CLUTTER INTO CONTROL.
THE, UM, THE, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GATEWAY OR ANY OTHER AREA OF TOWN ARE, ARE WHAT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IF IT WAS AMENDED IN SUCH A WAY.
SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT.
UH, I DO HOPE THAT, MIKE, AS YOU GUYS WORK THROUGH PERMITS TO THE EXTENT OF YOUR AUTHORITY AS YOU PERMIT DIGITAL, UH, FOCUS THE TAKE DOWNS IN THE AREAS WHERE THE APPROVALS ARE GOING.
SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS OR, OR ALONG AN, AN AREA WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A HALF A DOZEN, PROBABLY NOT, BUT, BUT SEVERAL NEW BILLBOARDS INTRODUCED.
IF THERE IS A DIGITAL INTRODUCED IN AN AREA, I HOPE THE TAKE DOWNS ARE ALSO BEING FOCUSED ALONG THOSE SAME, SAME ROUTES.
SO, UH, AND I KNOW THE, UH, UH, THE COMPANIES ARE HERE HEARING THAT MESSAGE AS WELL, WE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S COOPERATION AND, AND WORKING WITH US THROUGH THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, THERE IS, UH, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT.
UH, THE AMENDMENT IS TO AGAIN, STRIKE SECTION F FROM THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHAPTER 28.
SO WE'LL GO NOW TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF CHAPTER 28.
UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN INTO DISCUSSION, SO IF THERE IS ANY, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND QUEUE UP ON ITEM 10, WE'LL TAKE DISCUSSION NOW.
ANY DISCUSSION ON CHAPTER 28 BASE MOTION APPROVAL.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
[City Manager's Report ]
TO, UM, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.UH, OUR EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO REALLY HIGHLIGHTS PUBLIC WORKS.
LAST WEEK WAS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, AND, UH, ROD AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST WITH OUR 886 PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES.
UM, THE WORK THEY DO TO MAINTAIN AND BUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, IS, UH, REALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS SHORT VIDEO.
AND I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH THE COUNCIL.
WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE IN THE MORNING TO START YOUR DAY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? HOW DO YOU GET THERE? WHEN YOU FINALLY ARRIVE AT YOUR DESTINATION, YOU PROBABLY DON'T THINK ABOUT HOW YOU GOT THERE.
THE MULTIPLE STREETS YOU DROVE ON, THE TRAFFIC SIGNS THAT GUIDED YOU ALONG YOUR WAY, AND THE INTERSECTION TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT SIGNALED WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO AND TIME TO STOP THE SIDEWALKS THAT GAVE YOUR CHILDREN A DEDICATED PATH AS THEY WALKED TO SCHOOL.
THE CROSSWALKS THAT HELPED THEM GET ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY, AND THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL THAT SHOWED THEM WHEN IT WAS TIME TO CROSS THE STREET.
MAYBE YOU WERE OUT AND ABOUT WHEN IT WAS RAINING AND YOU FOUND YOURSELF AT A PLACE WHERE YOU COULDN'T CROSS, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE THAT KEPT YOU OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
YOU TURNED AROUND AND STILL FOUGHT TO WHERE YOU NEEDED TO GO EVERY DAY.
THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WORK HARD TO CONNECT YOU TO THE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO, CONNECTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES, AND ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS.
SO THIS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, WE WANT TO THANK AND CELEBRATE OUR AMAZING SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC WORKS TEAM THAT KEEPS OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITIES MOVING.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UM, THE, UM, UM, HAVING THE ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS CREWS OVER AT THE DOME FOR THAT EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE,
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UM, AND TALK TO, UH, A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP OF, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, THAT WORK HARD EVERY DAY.UM, I DO SEE FEMI ELLI WHO IS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY, AND FEMI HAS BEEN DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO FEMI, UM, HAS, UH, SERVED ON OUR CLIMATE, UH, EQUITY COMMITTEE.
HE'S ALSO BEEN A TECHNICAL ADVISOR, AND HE IS SERVED ON OUR RATE ADVISORY COMMISSION, UH, RECENTLY FOR C P SS.
SO, FEMI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
WE MISS YOU AND, UH, WE WISH YOU AGAIN WELL IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVORS.
[Executive Session At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the B Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following: ]
WE DO HAVE A EXECUTIVE SESSION.SO THE TIME IS NOW 10:06 AM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 1ST, 2023.
THE CITY COUNSEL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072.
CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE SECURITY OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FACILITIES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT.
CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.076 501.0689, EXCUSE ME, 5 5 1 0.089 AND 5 5 1 0.071.
UM, ONE O'CLOCK, RIGHT, GOOD MORNING.
TIME IS 10:41 AM ON THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 2023.
CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.