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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION OF JANUARY THE 30TH, 2019.
COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, COUNCIL MEMBER HALL COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN IS ATTENDING THE N L C BOARD OF DIRECTORS ORIENTATION VIA WEBINAR, AND SHE'LL BE HERE SHORTLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GOT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
THE TIME IS 2:18 PM WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, JUST FOR INTRODUCTION HERE THIS AFTERNOON ON THE ONE ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS, UH, GOES BACK TO 2017 WHEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED SENATE BILL SIX, UH, WHICH ALTERED THE ANNEXATION PROCESS.
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE TENURED ON THE CITY COUNCIL RECALL THAT ENTIRE SESSION AND THE CONVERSATION.
THERE WAS A PROVISION IN SENATE BILL SIX THAT ALLOWED CITIES TO CALL A VOTE TO ALLOW FOR EITHER ANNEXATION OR LAND USE CONTROLS CONSISTENT WITH THE MOST RECENT JOINT BASE LAND USE STUDY WITHIN FIVE MILES OF A MILITARY BASE.
SO IN AUGUST OF 2018, AT THE REQUEST OF JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION REQUIRING AN ELECTION IN TWO AREAS OF OF BEAR COUNTY, WEST OF CAMP BOLUS AND CAMP CAMP STANLEY, ALONG THE I 10 CORRIDOR AND THE SECOND AREA BEING WEST OF LACKLAND MEDINA TRAINING ANNEX ALONG THE WEST LOOP OF 1604 CORRIDOR.
THE VOTERS CHOSE THE LAND USE CONTROLS OPTION OPTION TWO IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS AT THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2018 ELECTIONS.
AND SINCE THE ELECTION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WITH THE MILITARY STAKEHOLDERS OFFICE OF MILITARY AFFAIRS, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND BEXAR COUNTY TO DEVELOP THE LAND USE CONTROLS TO RE REGULATE LAND USE ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IMPOSE MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS, SOUND ATTENUATION REQUIREMENTS, AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS, AND OF COURSE, THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE PROTECTIONS ALSO TO REINFORCE THE TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
SO, UH, D S D, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL FOLLOW THE SA SPEAK UP ON OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO INCLUDE SURVEYS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND OUTREACH, UTILIZING THE SPEAK UP CALENDAR.
AND MIKE SHANNON IS HERE, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TODAY, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS, THE INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAND USE CONTROLS THAT WE HAVE THE PERMISSION TO GO FORWARD WITH IN THE TWO ANNEXATION AREAS FOLLOWING OUR, UH, LEGISLATION.
SO, MIKE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I'M HAPPY TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, REALLY WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, THE MILITARY PROTECTION, UH, AREAS.
UH, AS CHERYL MENTIONED, THE ANNEXATION VOTE HAPPENED, AND I'LL, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS TO ENACT THOSE LAND USE CONTROLS, UH, IN THE, IN THOSE, UH, AREAS.
SO, WE'LL, WE WILL, UH, START HERE.
SO AS MENTIONED, UH, WE ALL REMEMBER SENATE BILL SIX AND, UH, IT WAS EFFECTIVE IN DECEMBER, 2017.
UH, SO YOU HAD SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS IN, UH, 2018 TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE AUTHORIZED AS A CITY, UH, TO GIVE VOTERS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE MILITARY BASES A CHOICE.
WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM A CHOICE TO WHAT EITHER BE ANNEXED, UH, OR TO WHICH OPTION TWO WOULD BE TO, IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE ANNEXED, THE CITY WOULD THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT APPROPRIATE LAND USE CONTROLS, UH, AND, AND, AND WORK TO ESTABLISH THOSE IN THE AREAS.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
BUT AGAIN, THAT THE MAIN FOCUS, THIS WAS ALL BASED ON THE PROTECTION OF THOSE KEY AREAS AROUND, AROUND THE MILITARY BASES.
AND YOU ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THAT OVER THE YEARS.
SO I, I WON'T TALK, UH, TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OUR, UH, FOLKS FROM THE MILITARY, OUR OFFICE OF MILITARY AFFAIRS HERE TODAY.
UH, BUT IT'S SUCH A KEY INITIATIVE, A KEY PROGRAM, KEY, UH, UH, ISSUE FOR US HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, SO JUST TO GO BACK IN AUGUST, UH, AUGUST 2ND, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH BRIDGET AND HER TEAM IDENTIFIED THE
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AREAS TO CONSIDER, AND WE CHOSE THE AREAS, UH, TWO AREAS, UH, TO LOOK AT, UH, JUST WEST OF CAMP BULLIS, CAMP STANLEY, UP ALONG THE I 10 AREA, UH, AS WELL AS AROUND LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE.UH, SO WE CHOSE TO HOLD AN ELECTION.
WE HAD ALL THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, WITH PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS.
UH, AND ON NOVEMBER 6TH, UH, THE VOTE HAPPENED, UH, CLEARLY AS WAS ANNOUNCED, UH, WE ALL KNOW THE VOTE, UH, WAS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE ANNEXED, AND THEY CHOSE OPTION TWO.
UH, WHICH, UH, ARE THE LAND USE CONTROLS? SO LET'S LOOK AT, UH, THE AREAS JUST A LITTLE BIT JUST TO REMIND OURSELVES WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO AROUND THE LACKLAND AIR FORCE, UH, BASE MEDINA TRAINING ANNEX, UH, IT'S ABOUT 20 SQUARE MILES, RIGHT? UH, ABOUT 40,000, UH, POPULATION ESTIMATED, UH, ABOUT 15,000 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
ABOUT 59% OF THAT AREA IS VACANT.
UH, CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL ACTIVITY THERE.
UH, FUTURE GROWTH, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO CERTAINLY THAT WAS WHY WHAT THIS AREA WAS IDENTIFIED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER AREA, CAMP BULLIS AROUND CAMP STANLEY AND THAT AREA, ALMOST THE SAME SIZE, A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, 22 SQUARE MILES, UM, 18,000, I'M, I'M SORRY, UH, ABOUT 18,000 POPULATIONS.
THE POPULATION A LITTLE BIT LESS, OF COURSE, UH, ONLY ABOUT 7,000 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, ABOUT 36% VACANT.
SO BOTH AREAS HAVE, UH, HAVE BEEN SOME DEVELOPED OF COURSE, BUT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT CAN STILL HAPPEN AND ENCROACH ON THE MILITARY.
SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PUT APPROPRIATE, UH, CONTROLS, LAND USE CONTROLS ON THOSE AREAS, WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT MOVING FORWARD THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE J L STUDIES.
SO WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE DO THIS? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS, UH, BECAUSE THE ANNEX ANNEXATION LAW WAS CHANGED.
SO NOW WHAT DO WE DO? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST, UH, TWO MONTHS, UH, WORKING WITH MY STAFF PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND A LOT OF OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS ALREADY TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE CAN AND HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING IT, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST HAVE AN EXACT PROCESS TO FOLLOW.
SO OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO USE, UH, OTHER RESOURCES.
AND WE HAVE BEEN ALREADY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, JUAN AND HIS GROUP IN THE MILITARY AFFAIRS OFFICE, CERTAINLY BEXAR COUNTY, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WITH THEM ALREADY.
UH, THEY'RE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD, UH, UH, THAT WE WORK WITH, UH, EACH MONTH.
UH, THE MILITARY, AS I SAID, IS HERE, CITIZENS TALKING WITH LANDOWNERS ALREADY, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO START THAT PROCESS, UH, THAT OUTREACH TO GET THE EXACT DETAILS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
SO LET'S GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT, UH, THESE AREAS ARE IN OUR E T J.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN THE E T J.
WE'RE AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE LAW.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE SOME REGULATIONS, AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP THOSE REGULATIONS AND THOSE PROCESSES ARE DEVELOPED.
BUT JUST TO REMIND OURSELVES, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TREE ORDINANCE IS, IS APPLICABLE IN THE E T J, OUR, OUR TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.
AND, AND WE FEEL WE HAVE THE BEST TREE ORDINANCE IN THE STATE.
IT'S A VERY BALANCED ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS NOT ONLY THE PROTECTION OF TREES, BUT ALLOWS YOU TO DEVELOP, UH, AND, AND WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT, AND THAT'LL BE PART OF US MOVING FORWARD IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE E T J, UH, THE PLATTING REGULATIONS, OUR SIGN ORDINANCE, MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLANS, MILITARY NOTIFICATION ISSUES.
SO ALL OF THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP THAT, ACTUALLY, WE'LL STRENGTHEN THAT BY MAKING SURE IT'S PART OF OUR MILITARY PROTECTION AREA ORDINANCE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
BECAUSE IF IN THE FUTURE, UH, IT WERE TO CHANGE WHERE WE WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY THROUGH STATE LAW TO MAYBE NOT BE ABLE TO REGULATE, UH, TREES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE E T J, UH, WE BELIEVE THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT PROTECTION AROUND THE MILITARY BASES WHERE IT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
UH, SO I, WE THINK THAT'S A KEY ISSUE, UH, FOR US TO, TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
SO NOW, WHAT ABOUT PROPOSED REGULATIONS? SO, WHAT OTHER THINGS DO WE NEED? AND, AND THE STATE LAW, THE ANNEXATION CHANGE WAS VERY CLEAR ON THIS.
WE ASKED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE MILITARY AS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOST CURRENT J LS.
SO IF YOU LOOK BACK, UH, OUR, OUR JOINT LAND USE STUDIES THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AROUND THESE TWO AREAS.
SO LACKLAND HAD ONE DONE IN 2011, CAMP OAS IN 2009.
BUT THAT IS A WIDE, BIG STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, NOT ONLY WITH THE MILITARY, NOT ONLY WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY, BUT PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, CITIZENS, WHAT IS NEEDED TO PROTECT THE MISSIONS AROUND THOSE MILITARY BASES.
SO WE ESTABLISH THESE J LOOS, THEY'RE OUT THERE, AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO, UH, CREATE REGULATION OR RULES OR REGULATIONS THAT COINCIDE WITH THAT.
THE CITY'S ALREADY DONE THAT, EXCUSE ME, IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS.
YOU'VE HEARD ROD SANCHEZ GET UP HERE AND TALK, AND ME TALK ABOUT ALL THE ORDINANCES THAT WE'VE CREATED IN SAN ANTONIO OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS IN RESPONSE TO PROTECTING THE MILITARY THROUGH A BALANCED APPROACH, WORKING WITH
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DEVELOPERS, UH, THE MILITARY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.SO WHETHER IT'S THE TREE ORDINANCE, WHETHER IT'S THE SOUND AND LIGHTING ORDINANCES, WHETHER IT'S THE ENDANGERED SPECIES, ORDINANCE, ALL OF THOSE, AND I, I'M ONLY LISTING ABOUT HALF OF THOSE, UH, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP LISTENING TO THAT AND KEEP APPLYING THESE, UH, THESE APPROPRIATE, UH, PROTECTION MEASURES.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS, ON THESE PROPOSED REGULATIONS, WE'LL ADD A NEW ARTICLE TO OUR, UH, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT'LL IDENTIFY MILITARY PROTECTION AREAS, TWO OF THEM, UH, ONE AROUND EACH BASIS, THE THE AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
AND WE'LL ESTABLISH THOSE RULES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE APPROPRIATE J L.
SO THEN THE QUESTION, BECAUSE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO UTILIZE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
AND FOR MANY OF YOU, THIS IS VERY, UH, FAMILIAR.
WE JUST UPDATED THE CITY, JUST UPDATED LAND USE CATEGORIES.
SO I KNOW BRIDGET AND HER TEAM AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, THEY HAD, THEY FINISHED THE, A PROCESS OF UPDATING THE LAND USE CATEGORIES THAT WE CURRENTLY USE, UH, FOLLOWING OUR ESSAY TOMORROW COMP PLAN.
SO THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN UPDATED.
SO WHAT WE'RE WE'LL PROPOSE TO DO IS ESTABLISH ON EACH AND EVERY PARCEL IN THESE AREAS, A LAND USE CATEGORY, NOT NECESSARILY A ZONING CATEGORY, LIKE A ZONING DESIGNATION.
AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE LAND USE CATEGORY WILL GIVE A RANGE OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWED ON THAT PROPERTY, NOT JUST ONE TYPICAL ZONING DESIGNATION.
AND WORKING WITH THE MILITARY AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS, WE BELIEVE THAT IT HAS THE APPROPRIATE, UM, REGULATIONS AND SAFEGUARDS TO REGULATE THINGS LIKE DENSITY, UH, APPROPRIATE USES, AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT THE MILITARY NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE J LS.
SO, THE OTHER GOOD THING ABOUT USING THE, THE EXISTING LAND USE CATEGORIES, IT'S ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS, RIGHT? WE ALREADY USE A PROCESS, UH, WHICH IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO NOT ONLY ESTABLISH LAND USE CATEGORIES, BUT IF SOMEONE WERE TO EVER WANT TO CHANGE, UH, THEIR, UH, LAND USE CATEGORY, THEY COULD APPLY FOR THAT, GO THROUGH AN OPEN PROCESS, EVENTUALLY COME TO CITY COUNCIL WITH STAFF AND CITIZEN INPUT, AND A DECISION CAN BE MADE.
UH, AND ALSO THAT PROCESS ALREADY INCLUDES THE MILITARY NOTIFICATION AS WELL.
I JUST TOOK A SNAPSHOT, IF YOU REMEMBER.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A BIG TABLE WITH ALL THESE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
UH, BUT AGAIN, JUST JUST SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL, REGIONAL MIXED USE, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO A, A MULTITUDE OF USES WITHIN THAT UMBRELLA OR THAT LAND USE CATEGORIES.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO GO, UH, ON THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE PROPOSING MOVING FORWARD AS WE START THIS, UH, OR WE CONTINUE THIS PROCESS.
NOW, I JUST SAID IT WASN'T ZONING, AND NOW I'M GONNA SAY, WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ZONING.
OKAY? SO IF YOU REMEMBER, I JUST SAID MILITARY SOUND ATTENUATION, MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAYS.
SO THAT IS ALSO GONNA HAVE TO BE PLACED ON, UH, AREAS IN, IN THESE TWO AREAS.
SO SOME PARCELS WILL GET THIS.
SO THAT'LL ACTUALLY BE A ZONING OVERLAY.
SO THERE'LL BE A LAND USE CATEGORY WITH A ZONING OVERLAY.
AND IF ANYONE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT PROCESS OR CHANGE THOSE REGULATIONS, THERE IS AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS THROUGH ZONING AS WELL.
SO, AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY USING LAND USE CATEGORIES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, ZONING OVERLAYS, AND THAT REALLY ADDS THE PROTECTION NEEDED IDENTIFIED IN THOSE JLU STUDIES.
SO IT'S ONE THING TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATION OR LAND USE CONTROLS, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UH, ENFORCE IT? HOW ARE WE GONNA REVIEW FOR IT? HOW ARE WE GONNA IDENTIFY WITH A DEVELOPER, A PROPERTY OWNER? THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO.
UH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A KEY, UH, PART OF THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME LEGWORK AND HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO NOT ONLY YOU ALL, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT EXISTING REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES ALREADY, SO WE KNOW HOW TO DO PLATS.
WE KNOW HOW TO DO TREE PERMITS, WE KNOW HOW TO DO SIGN PERMITS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
WE WILL NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL THERE.
NOW, I TALKED ABOUT BEAR COUNTY AND I SEE SOME BEAR COUNTY, UH, MEMBERS HERE, UH, FROM THE FIRE OFFICER'S OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND WE ALREADY WORK WITH THEM DAY TO DAY, WEEK TO WEEK, MONTH TO MONTH ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN AND AROUND, UH, THE E T J.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WILL LIKELY UPDATE AS WE ESTABLISH THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT EACH ONE OF US WILL HAVE, UH, AND MAKING SURE THIS WORKS WELL.
UH, WE'LL IDENTIFY THAT BY EITHER UPDATING THE MASTER I L A INTO LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY WITH THE COUNTY.
AND THAT SHOULD SOUND FAMILIAR BECAUSE WE JUST RECENTLY, UH, UPDATED THAT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
UH, BUT WE CAN ADD AN AMENDMENT TO THAT TO FURTHER DEFINE IN THESE AREAS, SOME THINGS TO DO.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA NOT ONLY TELL US HOW TO DO IT, UH, IN A STREAMLINED FASHION AND REVIEW AND ENFORCE, BUT IT REALLY TELLS THE CITIZENS AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN THOSE AREAS THAT THERE'S A VERY STREAMLINED BLACK AND WHITE PROCESS TO EASILY VERIFY MILITARY PROTECTION, REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE, AS WELL AS A NORMAL REG, UH, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
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SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING, UH, MORE ON THAT, THE COMPLIANCE WITH ADOPTED REGULATIONS.SO AS WE ESTABLISH THE NEW REGULATIONS IN THESE AREAS THAT AREN'T THERE NOW, UH, THE CITY OF, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SO D S D STAFF WILL REVIEW THOSE DEVELOPMENTS FOR THOSE MILITARY PROVISIONS PROTECTION PROVISIONS.
SO WE'LL HAVE A, A STREAMLINED REVIEW PROCESS, AND WE'LL REVIEW THINGS LIKE DENSITY OR LAND USE OR HEIGHT OR WHATEVER RESTRICTION OR REGULATION IS ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND WE WILL ISSUE A MILITARY PROTECTION COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.
UH, BUT IT WILL BE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO BUILD OR BEFORE, IF THE BEXAR COUNTY, UH, ISSUES FOR THAT COMMERCIAL, UH, THEY CAN'T ISSUE THAT PERMIT UNTIL WE REVIEW AND SIGN OFF ON IT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE WILL, WE WILL USE AND TALK TO OUR CITIZENS AND TALK TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UH, THAT ARE BUILDING THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE REALLY WANNA STREAMLINED PROCESS, BUT OF COURSE, IT'LL BE OUR JOB IN THE CITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THESE MILITARY PROTECTION INITIATIVES.
THEN FINALLY, UH, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.
SO IF SOMEONE DOESN'T COMPLY, IF SOMEONE PROPOSES OR STARTS BUILDING AND DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THESE REGULATIONS, WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT, UH, PROVISIONS RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULD ADD THOSE TO THESE AREAS THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, CERTAINLY WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, UH, AND, AND THE COURT SYSTEM, UH, CERTAINLY WORKING WITH BEXAR COUNTY OR THE DA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT ALL HAS TO BE DEVELOPED.
BUT, UH, THAT'S ALREADY HAD DISCUSSIONS AND, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE, UH, ENFORCEMENT, UH, PROVISIONS.
SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FROM A TIMELINE? UH, AS YOU KNOW, I JUST KINDA DESCRIBED A FEW THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO, UH, GETTING READY FOR, UH, BUILDING UP, UH, OPTION TWO, THESE LAND USE REGULATIONS.
SO WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO DO, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO OUR LARGE AREA REZONING PROCESS THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE, IS YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET OUT THERE, WE HAVE TO TALK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE HAVE TO TALK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED SOME INITIAL PROJECTS THROUGH MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF THOSE IN THESE AREAS.
SO AS WE ESTABLISH THOSE LAND USE CATEGORIES TO PUT ON THESE PARCELS, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY IF THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO OR NOT.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA AGREE AND MATCH UP PERFECTLY WITH WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED, BUT WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THAT THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLANS, I THINK MANY OF US UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS A, THAT IS A START OF A PROJECT, AND IT COULD BE USED FOR GRANDFATHERING THAT PROPOSED USE MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE HAVE TO BE REAL CAREFUL AS WE GO THROUGH THAT.
UH, WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, INDIVIDUAL, WE'LL HAVE LARGE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE'LL USE THIS ESSAY SPEAK UP, UH, PROCESS THAT YOU'VE HEARD MUCH ABOUT.
WE'VE ALREADY SAT DOWN WITH JEFF AND HIS TEAM AND I, AND KIND OF STRATEGIZE ON WHAT WE COULD AND SHOULD DO.
SO WE'LL GET OUT THERE TO GET THAT MEANINGFUL INPUT TO MAKE SURE THE ORDINANCE IS EITHER, YOU KNOW, WELL UNDERSTOOD, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MISSING THAT MAYBE, UM, WE NEED TO TWEAK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL DO THAT OR COMPLETELY CHANGE.
SO, UH, BUT THAT'S HOW WE'LL WORK, UH, THROUGH THAT IN THE FEBRUARY MARCH.
AND THEN IN APRIL AND MAY, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS, BECAUSE THESE ARE U D C UPDATES, UH, DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES.
THERE IS AN ESTABLISHED, UH, FEW STEPS I HAVE TO DO.
I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, IT'LL GO TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UH, WITH AN UPDATE.
AND THEN WE EXPECT TO BE, UM, AT COUNCIL FOR FULL CONSIDERATION IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
AND THAT WILL ESTABLISH THE LAND USE REGULATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
SO I WOULD SAY, UH, REALLY OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY, UH, IS, UH, WE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS AS I JUST OUTLINED.
UM, THE MILITARY PROTECTION AREA IS, UH, IS, IS, IS KEY IN THESE AREAS.
UH, SO WE HAVE SOME CONTROLS AS THIS, THIS IS GONNA DEVELOP MORE.
UH, AND, UH, WE THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO, UH, TO, TO FOLLOW THIS PATH THAT THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND FOLLOWING THIS ESSAY SPEAK UP WILL BE CRITICAL TO THAT.
AND WITH THAT, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND JUST TO, UM, COME BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT HOW WE PROCEEDED WITH ANNEXATION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
BUT ONE PLACE WE ALL DID AGREE ON WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO PROTECT OUR MILITARY BASES.
SO I WAS PLEASED IN, IN THE COUNCIL'S ACTION TO MOVE THESE FORWARD AND, AND THE VOTERS, UH, FOR MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD.
WE ALL ENDED UP AT OUR COMMON GROUND, WHICH IS OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT THE BASES.
UM, AND TO UNDERSCORE, THE CURRENT PROTECTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HERE THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE DON'T AFFECT CURRENT RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH, UH, BASIC JAIL LIST REQUIREMENTS.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION.
UM, ON ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU MENTIONED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY GONNA COVER? SO RIGHT NOW WE
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HAVE A, A MASTER IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY THAT ACTUALLY HANDLES A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IN THE E T J.SO WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO PLAT OR DO A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE HAVE OUTLINED WITH BEXAR COUNTY, UM, WE, WE, FOR EXAMPLE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS THE ONE STOP INTAKE OF THAT PLAT AND THAT REVIEW AND THAT PROCESS.
AND WE WORK WITH, UH, BEXAR COUNTY AS A REVIEWING AGENCY TO REVIEW, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE SOME REVIEW AUTHORITY ON THAT.
BUT WE'VE STREAMLINED THE PROCESS FOR THE, THE APPLICANT, IF YOU WILL, ON HOW TO REVIEW FOR CONFORMANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE U D C REGULATIONS.
SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF OUR NATIONAL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY.
SO WHAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD SEE IS THAT THAT WOULD BE MODIFIED FOR THESE PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE WE WOULD ADD MORE OF OUR REVIEW FOR THESE NEW MILITARY PROTECTION REGULATIONS, WHATEVER THEY END UP BEING.
AND IT WILL BE SOUND IN ATTENUATION OR LIGHTING OR, UM, DENSITY, LAND USE, CONTROL, HEIGHT, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
SO WE WOULD REVIEW THAT AND TAKE THAT APPLICATION IN, BUT STILL COORDINATE WITH THEM IN THEIR PROCESS IN THESE AREAS.
SO WE JUST, WE, WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DEFINED ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TWEAKED, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE MILITARY PROTECTION NEW REGS, UH, ARE THERE.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S AN EXISTING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
UH, ROD, DID YOU WANNA I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE TALKED ABOUT COMPLIANCE THAT WE CERTAINLY, SO WE WOULD, WE, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD ALSO, AND AS ROD MENTIONED, WE WOULD ADD THE, PROBABLY THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE, AND THAT'S JUST THE TERM I'M USING RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT REALLY THEY WOULD COME TO US PROBABLY RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME, OR EVEN BEFORE GOING TO, UH, IF IT'S A BUILDING PERMIT THROUGH THE COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL, THEY NEED TO COME TO US FIRST AND TELL US, WHAT'S YOUR PROJECT? WHAT'S IT GONNA LOOK LIKE? DOES IT FIT THESE LAND USE CATEGORIES? IS IT GONNA HAVE SOUND ATTENUATION? IS IT GONNA HAVE LIGHTING THAT POINTS DOWN? AND WE WOULD REVIEW THAT AND ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE BEFORE THEY CAN START BUILDING.
SO WE HAVE TO DEFINE THOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH BEXAR COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEY'RE ON BOARD.
'CAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE, WE'VE DONE.
AND IT'S GOOD TO ESTABLISH THOSE IN WRITING SO THAT IF I'M NOT HERE TOMORROW, MAYBE MELISSA, I'M, I'M GONNA BE HERE FOREVER, HOPEFULLY, BUT IF I'M NOT HERE TOMORROW, UH, THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS, THIS IS THE WAY WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND REALLY, OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WANTS THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY WANT, THEY WANT THAT PROCESS KIND OF NICE AND EASY AND KNOW WHERE TO SUBMIT, WHO'S GONNA BE REVIEWING WHAT AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
SO, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK THAT, TO CONTINUE THAT.
BUT I, I DO FORESEE WE'LL HAVE TO TWEAK THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, WITH, WITH THAT ISSUE HERE.
SO THE, THE ENFORCEMENT OF, UH, TREE ORDINANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED THE SAME WAY THEY CURRENTLY ARE CURRENTLY? YEAH.
UM, SO YOU, YOU SKIP FROM PLANNING TO, UH, OVERLAYS.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE'S NO BASE ZONING IN ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES? YEAH, CURRENTLY WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING NOT TO USE THE SPECIFIC BASE ZONING, RIGHT? SO AN R SIX OR AN MF 25, OR WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO USE THE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
AND WE'VE TALKED WITH THE MILITARY ABOUT THIS.
WE FEEL THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND AS WE HEARD THROUGH THE ANNEXATION VOTE AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WAS, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T WANT ANY CONTROLS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
WELL, WE KNOW THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER.
WE DO FEEL IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF LAND USE CONTROL, WE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT WITH THAT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT ADDS SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT IT DOES GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT APPROPRIATELY.
AND THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE PROPOSED THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE BUY-IN ALREADY.
UH, CONCEPTUALLY, AND WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT PROPOSED MAP.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF 'EM YET, AND WE NEED THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT FOR THAT MM-HMM.
BUT THAT'S THE STRATEGY WE'RE USING.
SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I THINK THE MILITARY FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
WE, WE BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'LL BE WHAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
I THINK THAT WE WANT IT TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
THE GUIDANCE AND THE J LIST IS ONLY ABOUT LAND USE CATEGORIES TOO.
THE LAST QUESTION I HAD, UM, I KNOW THERE'S SOME, UH, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK BROADLY IF JEFF IS STILL HERE, IF THERE'S, UH, PENDING LITIGATION.
I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED SOME ON MONDAY, AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, UM, UPDATES TO THAT ON, ON THE LEGISLATIVE FRONT? YEAH.
UM, I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF LEGISLATION AROUND SSB SIX, BUT NOT MUCH OF IT AFFECTING US.
IF, IF YOU RECALL, THE BILL ONLY APPLIED TO THE CITIES IN THE BIGGEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
AND THERE WILL BE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO TRY TO EXPAND THAT AND MAKE THE ANNEXATION VOTER REQUIREMENT STATEWIDE.
UH, LOCALLY MORE LOCALLY, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON MONDAY, THERE IS A BILL FROM SENATOR CAMPBELL, UH, THAT, UH, WOULD PROHIBIT FEES AND FINES IN AREAS WHERE, UH, SOMEONE HAS VOTED NO, UH, TO ANNEXATION.
AND WE MET WITH HER MONDAY AND ASKED HER ABOUT IT.
SHE SAID HER CONCERN WAS EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WHO VOTE NOT TO BE ANNEXED THEN BEING HIT WITH FINES AND FEES FROM THE CITY.
AND, AND SO WE EXPLAINED, WELL, GREAT.
OUR, OUR FEES AND FINES RELATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU'RE AN EXISTING, UH, HOMEOWNER THERE, UH, YOUR LIFE'S NOT GONNA CHANGE HAVING VOTED NO
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ON THE ANNEXATION.SO, UH, I FOLLOWED UP WITH HER CHIEF OF STAFF YESTERDAY AND WERE PROPOSING, UH, SOME AMENDED LANGUAGE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN A EXISTING HOMEOWNER AND A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
UH, IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP US APPRISED ON THAT.
AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS NOT AT ALL, AND HOPEFULLY ZERO REVENUE.
IF THERE'S NO, NO ISSUES, UH, THE, THE POINT OF IT WOULD BE JUST TO ENFORCE THE, THE MILITARY PROTECTION.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, MIKE.
WE'LL BE ANXIOUSLY WATCHING THE REST OF THIS.
YOU'VE ANSWERED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ALREADY, BUT ONE, UH, WHO HAVE WE INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS UP TO TODAY? SURE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, CERTAINLY THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THE MILITARY, AS WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A FEW OPTIONS OF WHAT TO DO, THAT WAS OUR FIRST STEP.
UH, WE DID REACH OUT TO A COUPLE LOCAL LAND USE ATTORNEYS, UH, AND, AND PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA PROPOSE.
UH, DO YOU WANT US TO CREATE A BRAND NEW PROCESS? WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TRY TO UTILIZE ONE OF OUR CURRENT PROCESSES? THIS IS THE CONTROLS WE NEED.
UM, AND WE, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK THAT THE THEMES WERE, IF YOU CAN UTILIZE SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAVE.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROCESS.
AND I WOULD SAY EVERYBODY, BUT MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS, AS WELL AS MAKE SURE IT'S STREAMLINED, MAKE SURE WE CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT THE PROCESS IS GONNA BE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE ENTITIES LIKE US, LIKE BEXAR COUNTY, LIKE MILITARY NOTIFICATION, WHATEVER THAT IS.
AND THAT, THAT GETS US TO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, LANGUAGE.
SO, UH, BUT, BUT REALLY WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS STARTED THAT REALLY LARGE NETWORK OUTREACH.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
WE'LL BE STARTING THAT, BUT WE WANTED FEEDBACK CERTAINLY FROM YOU ALL, UH, BASED ON THESE INITIAL IDEAS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO YOU HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM INDUSTRY THEN? YES.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA REALLY WORK HARD AT THIS NEXT STEP TO GET INDUSTRY FEEDBACK FOR THIS PROCESS FROM HERE ON OUT? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
NO, I MEAN, WE, WE, WE'VE SAT DOWN WITH, LIKE I SAID, OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, TASK FORCE FOLKS THAT SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THEIR TEAM EXPLAINING, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS WAS A, A CHALLENGING ISSUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THE VOTE HAPPENED, THEY CHOSE, MEANING THESE AREAS CHOSE OPTION TWO RATHER THAN OPTION ONE.
SO NOW IT'S HOW DO WE EXECUTE IT? UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE USING SOME OF THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT.
AND AGAIN, FOR THEM, THE KEY ISSUE IS, LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, MAKE IT STREAMLINED.
UH, NOT A LOT OF FEES CAME UP A COUPLE TIMES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANNA STREAMLINE THE REVIEW PROCESS, UH, SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO CHARGE A LOT OF FEES.
UH, SO I THINK ALL THAT IS KIND OF, THOSE THEMES ARE GONNA BE INCORPORATED, BUT AS WE GO FURTHER OUT, THERE'LL BE MORE COMMUNITY INPUT, MORE STAKEHOLDER DEVELOPMENT INPUT, UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S KEY, UH, TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THESE PROCESSES, WHETHER IT'S THIS A CODE CHANGE OR A LARGE AREA REZONING IN INSIDE THE LIMITS.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE, UH, ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, ZONING, THEY MAY HAVE BUILDING PERMITS, ET CETERA, ISSUED, UH, AND THAT THEY MAY BE GRANDFATHERED.
UH, WHAT, WHAT POSITION DOES THAT PUT THE CITY IN TO ENFORCE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES? SURE.
SO CERTAINLY IF THEY HAVE, UH, ANY TYPE OF PERMIT, THE STATE LAW SAYS IF YOU HAVE A PERMIT, YOU START YOUR PROJECT, RIGHT? AND ANY TYPE OF PERMIT GENERALLY STARTS THAT PROJECT.
AND I'M, I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING, BUT MOST OF THE TIME WHAT WE SEE IS SOMETHING CALLED THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND THEY'VE GIVEN US AN IDEA OF THEIR PROJECT, AND WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS THAT'S ALREADY HERE.
SO THEY'VE GIVEN US, THIS IS THE START OF MY PROCESS.
THIS IS WHAT I PROPOSE TO DO, WHETHER IT'S ALL SINGLE FAMILY OR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT AND, AND MULTIFAMILY OR COMMERCIAL OR MIXED.
AND IF THEY FOLLOW THE PROCESS, THERE'S TIMELINESS, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS THAT THEY CAN KEEP THAT VALIDITY THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW STATE LAW.
IF THEY DO, THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR PROJECT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, UM, AND BUILD IT LIKE THAT.
EVEN IF WE ESTABLISH LAND USE CATEGORIES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
OKAY, NOW, THEY CAN ALSO LOSE THEIR VALIDITY OR THAT, THAT IT KIND OF EXPIRES IF THEY DON'T GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT STEP.
SO MY TEAM, MELISSA AND HER TEAM HERE, UH, THEY SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME WORKING ON OUR EXISTING MDPS.
AND THIS IS ALL OVER THE CITY, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT JUST IN THE E T J, BUT THIS IS ALL OVER THE CITY.
UH, SO THE DEVELOPER OR THE OWNER, THEY DO HAVE TO CONTINUALLY PROVE TO US THAT THEIR PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD THROUGH ESTABLISHED STEPS, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE,
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AND WE DO THAT THIS AREA ALONG WITH OTHERS, HAVE SOME ESTABLISHED VALID MDPS ALREADY.AND THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT THAN THE LAND USE CONTROL THAT WE WE PLACE ON THEM.
THAT'S WHY THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER, WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH THEM AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO, UH, THAT'S A PRETTY TIME CONSUMING, BUT IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE.
UH, SOMETIMES THEY LINE UP PERFECTLY, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
AND, UH, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW STATE LAW ON THAT ISSUE.
WOULD WE BE IN A POSITION TO MAYBE NEGOTIATE FOR THESE BUILDERS TO ACCEPT SOME OF, UH, THESE NEW, UH, YOU KNOW, OVERLAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE? YEAH, SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPERS THAT COME IN, THEY UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK, I THINK THE MAYOR TOUCHED ON IT RIGHT IN FRONT, THE DEVELOPERS, THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT TO HELP THE MILITARY, THEY WANNA PROTECT THE MILITARY.
SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL EXAMPLES WHERE WE'VE SAT DOWN, THE MILITARY COMES IN, WE, THE DEVELOPER, THE OWNER, WHATEVER, THEY COME IN, THEY SIT DOWN, WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES ON THIS PARCEL? WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO? CAN YOU MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND? CAN YOU MOVE THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY? YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE DEALING WITH A LARGE ACREAGE ATTRACT, MOVE IT A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE BASE, YOU KNOW, UH, PROPERTY LINE AND MAYBE MOVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAT MAY WORK.
AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES THE DEVELOPER SAYS, SURE, I CAN DO THAT.
AND, AND SO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY THAT I, I, IN MY EXPERIENCE, MOST OF THEM DO TRY IF THEY CAN.
AND, UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE HARD CONVERSATIONS WE'LL BE HAVING.
COUNCILMAN S THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, MIKE, UH, FIRST LEMME TELL YOU, I, I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO'S, WHO'S, UH, WHO ARE STILL SORE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HAVING LOST THE ANNEXATION, UM, YOU KNOW, A FIGHT.
AND THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE SORE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, IN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND ALL THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY CONSTITUENTS, IF NOT ALL OF 'EM, I, I DON'T THINK THEY, THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH OR APPRECIATE THE, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THE, THE STEPS THAT WE GO THROUGH AND THE ENERGY EXPENDED, YOU KNOW, BY YOUR TEAM AND, AND BY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BLOCK AND TACKLE FOR MILITARY JOBS AND CONTINUED MILITARY INVESTMENT AND THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THEIR MISSIONS.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT ANY CONSTITUENTS GONNA COME AND THANK US ANYTIME SOON FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, OR YOU, FOR THAT MATTER OVER, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MILITARY CONTINUES TO SUCCEED, THAT'S OKAY TOO.
WE DON'T DO THIS TO GET THANKED.
UH, HOWEVER, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IF WE EVER LOSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE BASES, UM, THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP TO CITY HALL WITH, YOU KNOW, HUNTING FOR SCALPS.
AND, UH, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA ASK US, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU DO RIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T HAPPEN? AND I WANNA LOOK 'EM IN THE EYE, AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY UP HERE WANTS TO LOOK 'EM IN THE EYE AND SAY EVERYTHING.
RIGHT? AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, IF WE'RE HEARING FROM THE MILITARY SAYING, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE'VE VETTED IT AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE DONE, I'M, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE.
MY, I'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR SPEAKUP EFFORTS, UM, AND AS WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BOY, I MEAN, IT'D BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD HAVE THE MILITARY THERE TELLING THE STORY, THE SUCCESS, RIGHT? AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I LIKE YOU, AS MUCH AS I TRUST YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVING, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL BUREAUCRATS AND FUNCTIONARIES OUT THERE TELLING THEM THIS IS GOOD FOR THEM AND GOOD FOR US, MAY NOT BE AS CONVINCING AND COMPELLING AS IF, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME GENERAL YAS FRIENDS COME IN AND TALK TO US.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, UM, THIS IS FOR, UH, ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS.
HOW DO WE EXERCISE JURISDICTION FOR PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT? HOW DO WE EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER SOMEBODY, UM, TO FIND THEM IF THEY'RE NOT WITHIN CITY LIMITS OR VIOLATING RULES, RIGHT? SO HOW DOES OUR, HOW DOES OUR COURT, YOU KNOW, EX YOU KNOW, HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT WHILE THEY COME UP HERE? I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A POINT.
HE SAID HE LIKED ME, AND THEN HE CALLED ME A MUNICIPAL BUREAUCRAT.
GENERALLY, WE DO NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE IN OUR MUNICIPAL COURT FOR OFFENSES, BASICALLY IN THE E T J.
HOWEVER, THERE IS AUTHORITY, UH, BEEN DEFINED BY THE COURTS THAT IF WE HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO ACT, TO REGULATE, THEN WITH THAT COMES THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE, INCLUDING IN MUNICIPAL COURT.
HAS, HAS THAT BEEN TESTED, UH, HERE LOCALLY? I MEAN, HAS ANYBODY SAID, NOT IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION.
SUSAN, CAN YOU COME BACK UP? I WANTED TO FOLLOW THAT LINE OF THINKING FOR A SECOND.
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IF, IF FOR SOME REASON ARE MORE TRADITIONAL FORMS OF ENFORCEMENT WERE TO BE REMOVED, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT, UM, THE ONLY OTHER COURSE OF ACTION WE WOULD TAKE ON A BUSINESS OR RESIDENT IF THEY, YOU KNOW, LAID A SQUARE INCH IN VIOLATION OF, UH, A MUNICIPAL, UH, THE MILITARY PROTECTION WAS TO TAKE 'EM TO COURT? DEPENDS ON HOW LIMITEDUM, IF WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO IMPOSE ANY FINES, FEES, OR ENFORCEMENT, BASICALLY WE WOULD BE LEFT WITH LEGAL ASKING, PLEASE, WOULD YOU DO IT? AND THAT WOULD BE ALL WE HAVE.
I THINK I, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE COUNCILMAN.
UM, AND I THINK I, I THINK I GOT YOU.
UM, OBVIOUSLY NOT A, NOT A PREFERRED OUTCOME.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, AND, AND I'LL JUST ADD, AND I WON'T TRY TO ANSWER THE LEGAL QUESTION, BUT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO, AS PART OF THIS, AND I HAVEN'T MENTIONED, IT'S OUR UTILITY COMPANIES, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE TOOLS I HAVE IN MY TOOLKIT AS THE CODE OFFICIAL, UH, FOR SAN ANTONIO IS I CAN USE CURRENT MUNICIPAL COURTS OR FEES AND FINES AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, BUT I CAN ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, PULL THEIR POWER OR PULL THEIR UTILITIES, OR I WORK WITH SAWS AND C P S, AND WE ALREADY DO THAT IN A COUPLE OF NON ANNEXATION AREAS, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE TIMBERWOOD PARK.
SO IF SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T, UH, WHILE IT'S NOT IN COSTA, BUT THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO GET THE PERMITS, IF THEY DIDN'T DO IT, THEN I CAN CERTAINLY WORK, AND I'VE, AND I'VE DONE THIS, I'VE WORKED WITH C P S, HEY, WE'RE GONNA PULL YOUR POWER UTILITIES THAT A LOT OF TIMES HAS SOME OF THE BIGGEST TEETH BECAUSE A HOMEOWNER OR A, A BUSINESS DOESN'T WANNA OPEN WITHOUT POWER, RIGHT? I MEAN, OR DOESN'T WANNA BE OUT WITHOUT POWER UTILITIES.
SO, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO WORK THROUGH.
UM, COUNCILMAN BROADCAST, DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP? COUNCILMAN? UH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OFF AND ON ABOUT THE J LUS.
WHEN IS THE, UM, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TURN TIME OF UPDATING THIS THING IF BOLUS IS OH NINE AND, UH, LACHLAN'S 2011 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I MEAN, WE'RE DEALING WITH 10 YEAR OLD DOCUMENTS.
IS THERE ANY PROCESS IN PLACE OR REGULAR TURN TIME? WELL, UM, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN MEETING AND WE MEET REGULARLY WITH ACOG.
UM, SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THEIR RECENT, UM, PROJECTS IS TO, UH, REACH OUT AND GET A GRANT TO DO THAT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE APPLYING FOR A GRANT TO UPDATE THESE J LS, MAYBE COMBINE 'EM INTO ONE DOCUMENT THAT HAS DIFFERENT PIECES.
SO, UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF APPLYING FOR A GRANT.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S A COUPLE MONTH PROCESS, WHETHER THEY GET IT OR NOT.
AND THEN CERTAINLY AFTER THAT, THE TIMELINE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, IF, IF THOSE STEPS HAPPEN WOULD BE LATE 2020, EARLY 2021, BECAUSE IT'S A LONG, IT'S A, IT'S JLO DOES USUALLY TAKE A GOOD YEAR OR SO.
SO HOW LONG THEY NORMALLY STAY IN PLACE? I, I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT ACOG IS WORKING ON TO, TO GET SOME GRANT MONEY TO GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS.
THE, THE, THE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO USE THE LATEST, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UH, THERE IS SOME EFFORT AND THE QUESTION, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE IMPOSING THESE RESTRICTIONS ON CITIZENS WHO VOTED IN OPPOSITION OF ANNEXATION AND COUNCILMAN PEZ IS CORRECT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF HURT FEELINGS OVER, THIS ISN'T WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING INTO.
WE THOUGHT WE CAN VOTE NO AND SAN ANTONIO GO AWAY.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S OCCURRING TO THEM.
SO THEN WE TURN AROUND AND WE WE'RE CALCULATING THIS ON A 10 YEAR OLD STUDY.
HOW MUCH IS THE COST OF UPDATING THAT ACOG IS LOOKING FOR? I'M, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE COST OF A JAIL IS? I, I DON'T, BUT I COULD, I COULD ASK AND GET THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN A'S CLOSE TO A MILLION.
OH YEAH, JUAN, MAYBE JUAN KNOWS.
YEAH, THESE ARE, UH, THESE ARE LONG DRAWN OUT AND INVOLVES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THE LAST ONE I SAW WAS ABOUT IN THE 750 TO A MILLION K, UH, PER ONE, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT IT INVOLVES.
BUT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, UH, ON, ON THE COST SURE.
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE IT, IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME RIGHT AS MILITARY CITY U S A AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE TAKING THESE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO HINDER PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CLEARLY STATED THEY DO NOT WANNA BE ANNEXED, THEY WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE MOST UPDATED CURRENT.
I MEAN, 10 YEARS IS A LONG TIME IN THE MILITARY FOR ANYTHING TO OCCUR.
AND IF WE'RE COMING IN AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND DOING THESE THINGS IN PROTECTION OF A 10 YEAR OLD PLAN, I, I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO CONSIDER THAT WE SHOULD PARTNER IN AN UPDATE PROCESS HERE TO MOVE THIS ALONG A LOT MORE QUICKLY.
I'M NOT SAYING WE SPENT A MILLION BUCKS BY ANY MEANS, I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS HERE, BUT I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A LOOK.
IT'S GONNA GO, WE'RE GONNA DO IT, BUT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING
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THIS ON A VERY OLD PLAN WITH CITIZENS WHO AREN'T VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.I'M A VETERAN, SO YOU NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, NOBODY UNDERSTANDS BETTER THAN THE, THE MILITARY SERVICE THAN THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SERVED SO WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT, HOLD A SECOND, PLEASE.
LEMME FINISH GENERAL, HANG ON A SECOND.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW THESE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY FEEL ABOUT THIS ANNEXATION CONVERSATION.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S LITIGATION, ALL THESE PENDING ISSUES.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS, 'CAUSE IT WOULD BE REALLY UPSETTING TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS.
AND THEN THE J L S COMES BACK AND EXPOSES THAT WE MAY BE ON THE WRONG TRACK IN CERTAIN AREAS.
I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS, BUT THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE LAST USAGE, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THEIR USAGE IS ACTUALLY DIFFERENT TODAY OR DIFFERENT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
YOU, YOU'RE SIMILAR GOING WITH THAT, WHICH JUST APPEARS TO ME LIKE USING OUTDATED DOCUMENTATION.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED
AND, UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THAT THE J L AND NEW JAIL LOOSE WOULD ALSO FIND OUT THAT THE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THE MISSIONS HAVE EXPANDED, THE GATES HAVE NOT EXPANDED, UH, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE.
SO, AND THE OTHER THING THAT ACOG IS DOING RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE TAKING ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN ALL THE J LOOS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND LOOKING AT, UH, WHERE WE ARE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THEIR STUDY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING.
I KNOW ACOG IS APPLIED TO THE OFFICE, UH, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, TO REDO THESE, UH, THESE J LS.
ONE MORE POINT WITH, WITH WITH YOU ON IT.
UH, ONE MORE POINT FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN PALELLA AT OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, THERE WAS ALWAYS MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY THAT WERE THERE PRESENT, UH, MAYBE NOT IN UNIFORM, BUT THEY WERE PRESENT JUST LIKE THEY ARE HERE.
AND THE MILITARY CANNOT ADVOCATE.
THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE FOR THEM.
HOWEVER, UH, I AND OUR CITY STAFF CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR THEM.
I, I, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, THIS IS THE, THE J LIST IS LIKE ANY PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE.
IT, IT, IT'S GOTTA BE A LITTLE BIT FLUID.
AND, AND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE EXPERIENCE LIFE AND, AND, AND THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS RE RELOOK, REEXAMINE, UH, AND UPDATE THE PLAN.
AND AFTER WE DO THAT, THEN WE'D JUST GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS AGAIN.
WE'D LOOK AT THE LAND USE, MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW PLAN, UH, AND REDO THAT.
WE'D GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC, HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, EXPLAIN HOW THE PLAN HAS CHANGED AND ADJUST OUR PLANS ACCORDINGLY.
SO IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR PLANS TO CHANGE.
AND THEN WE UPDATE FOLLOWING THAT.
AS A PLANNING PROFESSIONAL, DO YOU CONSIDER 10 YEARS TO BE A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME TO NOT HAVE A DOCUMENT UPDATED? THAT IS THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.
WHERE, WHERE WE SHOULD START LOOKING AT THE PLAN AGAIN AND, AND
AND I'M NOT AFRAID OF HAVING TO GO BACK TO CITIZENS AND SAY, WE NEED, THERE'S GREATER PROTECTIONS.
I'M NOT, I'M, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S SCARY TO BE USING OLD INFORMATION.
IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW THAT YOU ITSELF JUST ADMITTED.
WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE THIS UPDATED.
AND HERE WE ARE GONNA COME IN AND LAYER IN REGULATIONS.
UH, WE JUST NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
TRY TO GET THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION.
AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING, A TOPIC FURTHER MAYOR, THAT THE, UH, THAT UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY'S FOLKS CAN FIGURE OUT ABOUT, UH, HOW WE CAN PARTNER TO MOVE ALONG A, UH, A J L A SS UPDATE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT INCLUDES US, YOU KNOW, INCURRING COST ON IT.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT MOST AVAILABLE DATA.
UH, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER WE GET THIS IN FRONT OF A COMMITTEE TO BEGIN ANALYZING WHAT WE ARE DOING.
WE DON'T NEED ACOG DOING OUR JOB FOR US, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE A PART OF IT WITH ACOG AND PUSHING AS FAST AS WE CAN TO GET THIS UPDATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I'M REYES FROM THE FIVE OH SECOND AIR BASE WING, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO.
AND I'M THE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES DIRECTOR.
AND I'M IN CHARGE OF ENCROACHMENT FOR ALL OF JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE, UH, INSTALLATIONS THAT WE DON'T MANAGE SUCH AS MARTINDALE AND CAMP STANLEY.
HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND MY POSITION STOOD UP ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND THE JOINT LAND USE STUDIES THAT WE DID HAVE WHERE THEY ARE LENGTHY, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE AIR FORCE AND THE ARMY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO THE REGIONAL J LS PROCESS BECAUSE WE WANT A MORE HOLISTIC AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER ONES WERE DONE PRIOR TO JOINT FACING, ACTUALLY STANDING UP AND HAVING A FULL SCOPE LOOK AT.
SO WE DAILY MEET WITH YOUR STAFF FOR D S D AS WELL AS THE SUSTAINMENT OFFICE AND LOOK AT WHAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR PROBLEM.
WHAT WE HAD IN THE PAST IS NOT SIGNIFICANT AND NOT SUBSTANTIVE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE AREAS THAT WE NEED.
AND AS A PERSON WHO HAS TO RESPOND BACK TO THOSE DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS, I DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO SAY NO.
MY OPTIONS ARE WE EITHER OBJECT OR WE DON'T OBJECT.
AND WITH THAT, I HAVE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION BEHIND THAT TO STATE WHAT I'M OBJECTING TO AND WHAT I'M NOT OBJECTING TO.
SO IF IT'S SOMEPLACE THAT'S WITHIN THAT MILITARY PROTECTION AREA, MY PREFERENCE OF COURSE WOULD BE NO DEVELOPMENT.
THE REALISTIC PIECE IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
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SO WHAT IS COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT? AND THAT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT IF WE HAVE TO GO TO THE JOINT LAND USE STUDY, WHICH DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE GROWTH OF CITY SAN ANTONIO IN THE SCOPE AT THAT TIME.THEY WERE SILOS AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT THEIR PARTICULAR MISSION.
NOW WE HAVE THE HOLISTIC VIEW AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO GET THERE.
SO YES, YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY CORRECT ON THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE THE REGULAR SEA OF THESE PARTICULAR JOINT BASE OR THESE J LOOSES, BUT THEY DO COST FUNDING AND THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A PARTNER TO DO THAT.
IT'S NOT DONE BY THE MILITARY, IT'S DONE BY COMMUNITY MUNICIPALITY.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE IS WE WERE TRYING TO BE MORE STRATEGIC BY DOING A REGIONAL LOOK.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE THAT'S IN 2009, ONE THAT'S IN 2011, AND THEN RANDOLPH'S WAS 2015.
AND THEN ADDED TO THAT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR AIR INSTALLATION COMPATIBLE USE, WHICH TALKS TO THE NOISE CONTOURS AND APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR AXON POTENTIAL ZONES.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER HAVE BEEN MORE FOCUSED IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO PUT THAT IN OUR SCOPE.
SO YES, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT COME NEXT MONTH WE WILL START OUR JOINT LAND USE PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
CAN I TELL YOU THAT IN 10 YEARS OUR MISSIONS MAY NOT BE AS STATIC AS THEY ARE TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE CHANGING EVERY DAY.
'CAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT'S GONNA COME IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO THEREFORE MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE AS WE ARE TODAY, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF PROTECTION FOR THAT AREA WHILE BEING IN A COMPATIBLE ENVIRONMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION FOR US, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S OUTSIDE OF A CITY ORDINANCE AND IN A ZONING ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CAN, AND THEN THE LAW CALLS THAT THE LAW CALLS FOR YOU TO USE THE MOST RECENT STUDY.
AND YET THEN WE DEAL ON THIS OTHER SIDE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO PASS LAWS AND AND REGULATIONS ON A NEBULOUS WHILE WE TALK TO THESE FOLKS ON THE SIDE.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, THEIR NEED RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD RATHER JUST HEAR IT IN THE STUDY KNOWING CLEARLY NOT THIS BACK CHANNEL DEAL AND THESE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO THEY'RE GREAT, THEY'RE GREAT TO HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS AND WE'RE WORKING BACK AND FORTH.
YOU'RE TELLING US WHAT YOU NEED, BUT THE LAW REQUIRES TO USE THE JAIL.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YES, SIR.
YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
IT'S, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS AND I'M NOT GONNA BE A DEAD HORSE.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEEDS TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT.
SO WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ABSOLUTE MOST NECESSARY, NEEDED CORRECT ITEMS FROM THE MILITARY THEMSELVES, NOT FROM PERSON X TELLING ME THIS IS WHAT THE MILITARY IS SAYING BECAUSE THE MILITARY CAN'T SAY IT.
NOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND.
AND I WRITTEN, DOCUMENTED, STUDIED THOROUGH 'CAUSE WE'RE AFFECTING RESIDENTS HERE.
AND THAT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE, IS THE RESIDENT IN THIS PARTICULAR POINT AND, AND THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TO THEM.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH HERE TODAY.
BUT THERE IS A LONGER CONVERSATION, UH, TO BE HAD ON ENCROACHMENT AND PROTECTING THE MILITARY.
I I I WE'LL WRAP UP 'CAUSE WE CAN MOVE ON.
TURNED THIS INTO A FAIR, SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEETING, SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 10 MINUTES AGO.
I WILL NOW ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME CHIME IN AGAIN.
I, IT IT JUST, UH, UM, KIND OF STRUCK A NOTE WHEN COUNCILMAN ELIAS WAS TALKING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN INCIDENT UP IN DISTRICT EIGHT HERE RECENTLY, THIS, THIS LAST YEAR, UH, WITH A LARGE TAKE DOWN OF A DEVELOPMENT OF TREES ON A HILLSIDE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND, AND I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT THIS HERE, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERSEEING, OVERLOOKING, ENFORCING THAT KIND OF THING ON A MUCH BROADER SCALE.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S, GIMME SOME ASSURANCES, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO BETTER NOW THAN WHAT WE DID ON THAT LAST INCIDENT? WELL, THAT LAST INCIDENT WAS INSIDE SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? AND IF YOU REMEMBER THAT LAST INCIDENT MET OUR TREE ORDINANCE, THERE'S A QUESTION ON WHETHER THEY VIOLATED THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THAT PROPERTY OWNER FOR THAT.
BUT IT MET THE OWNER AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, ACTUALLY, WE GOT DIRECTION FROM, FROM THE COUNCIL, MAYOR COUNCIL TO TWEAK, TO CHANGE OUR PROCEDURES TO BETTER HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE OWNER AND AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT.
UH, THOSE WILL BE COMING SOON, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A TASK FORCE, UH, COMING THROUGH THAT.
UH, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL ISSUE ON THAT, WE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE PROJECT.
WE IMMEDIATELY COMMUNICATED EVERYBODY.
BUT AGAIN, WHEN IT WENT BACK, THEY PROVED TO US THAT THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CITY RULES.
SO, UH, WE SHUT THEM DOWN FOR A GOOD MONTH.
UH, THAT WAS PAINFUL FOR THEM.
I THINK COUNCILMAN
UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE UNDER INVESTIGATION AND THEY, THEY WILL FACE IF THEY, THEY DID VIOLATE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF THAT UNDER THAT.
AND REMEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE FOR THE FEDS ON THAT ISSUE.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, THE AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE HERE TO, TO RULE AND REGULATE, WE WILL HAVE FEES AND FINES.
WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO STOP THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT, BUT EVEN IF THEY GO BUILD AND DON'T DO IT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT COURTS AND I THINK
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I MENTIONED WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL THEIR POWER AND UTILITIES.AND MOST BUSINESSES IN MOST HOMES CAN'T WORK WITHOUT POWER AND UTILITIES.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AND WILL HAVE IN THESE AREAS.
NOW, AGAIN, IF THERE'S MORE TOOLS, I'M, SO I, OVER CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU AND I HAVE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THINGS.
IF WE CAN GIMME SOME MORE TOOLS TO USE THAT, I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO, BUT IF I NEED THEM, THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS WILL ALLOW US TO DO.
AND AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, WORKING WITH, UH, THE, THE, THE BEXAR COUNTY OFFICIALS AND THE DA'S OFFICE THERE AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, WHATEVER TOOLS WE NEED, WE'LL INCLUDE IN THIS ORDINANCE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S OUR JOB TO TO TO GIVE THEM THE RULES, GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THE RULES, AND WHEN THEY DON'T, WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TEETH, UH, TO EITHER STOP THEM OR PREVENT THEM FROM PROCEEDING.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S WHY THIS IS A PROCESS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO HELP ANSWER SOME OF THOSE.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK, UH, WITH SOME INFORMATION FOR COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE.
IS THAT, UH, UH, YES, IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THESE PLANS AGAIN.
AND, AND THANK YOU MEG, FOR YOUR, YOUR WORDS ON THAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE A COMMITTEE HERE THAT DEALS WITH THIS, AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
AND THAT'S THE MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE OF WHICH I AM A TRI CHAIR.
AND TRUST ME, THIS DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED ON THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.
IN FACT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE MILITARY IS SAYING, HEY, YEAH, WE NEED TO UPDATE THIS PLAN, OR ANYBODY ON THE STAFF OR, OR WHATEVER, THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO COME TO.
AND I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP UP SAYING, HEY, WE NEED THE RESOURCES TO FUND THIS.
SO, UH, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT I'M, I'M SURE IT'S SOMEWHERE OUT THERE.
AND, UH, WHEN IT DOES, WHEN IT DOES HIT THE STREETS, WE WILL, WE WILL DEAL WITH IT APPROPRIATELY.
AND, AND JUST TO REITERATE FOR FOLKS, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENT, NOT EXISTING RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES.
SO, UH, AGAIN, FINDING COMMON GROUND, WHICH IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO PROTECT OUR MILITARY BASES.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND GOOD DISCUSSION.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY, SO THE TIME IS NOW 3:09 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 2019.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 0.071 AT THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT EVALUATION, AND DUTIES OF ERIC WALSH.
THE PROPOSED CITY MANAGER FINALISTS AND DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS, AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO GRANT REQUIREMENTS PROMULGATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.