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GOOD MORNING.WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SEATED? THANK YOU.
WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 11TH, 2019.
COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVINO HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER HALL HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRAND WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY.
SHE'S ATTENDING THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD SUMMIT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TODAY.
BEFORE WE REALLY GET STARTED TODAY, I, WE'VE LOST A COUPLE OF KEY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UH, FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS.
ONE IS THE GREAT DICK COLE, WHO IS THE LAST OF THE LEGENDARY DOOLITTLE RAIDERS, WHO BOOSTED AMERICAN MORALE WITH A DARING AIR RAID ON JAPAN IN THE FIFTH OF THE MONTH OF WORLD WAR II.
HE DIED TUESDAY MORNING IN SAN ANTONIO AT THE AGE OF 103.
ALSO, A DEAR FRIEND OF OURS AND A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, SAN ANTONIO, LOST A GREAT COMMUNITY LEADER THIS WEEK.
CHARLIE CONNOR WAS A FAMILY MAN, A BUSINESSMAN, A NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST, A VOLUNTEER ON NUMEROUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD.
AND MY DEAR FRIEND, THIS MORNING, WE OFFER OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO CHARLIE'S WIFE, FORMER DISTRICT EIGHT COUNCIL, WO WOMAN, BONNIE CONNOR, AND THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY.
SO PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF, OF SILENCE FOR CHARLIE CONNOR AND THE GREAT DICK COLE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
THE TIME IS 9:18 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2019.
TO START US OFF TODAY, I'D LIKE TO, UH, HAND THE, HAND THE FLOOR OFF TO OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER HALL TO WELCOME MY INDICATOR.
UH, DANETTE BROWN IS ONE OF OUR DISTRICT TWO STAFF MEMBERS, AND WE HAVE INVITED HER PASTOR REVEREND CARLY GARMIN, A PASTOR OF EMMANUEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND, REVEREND GARMIN IS A RETIRED SENIOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE US ARMY.
HE'S THE RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS.
HE'S SERVED AT VARIOUS DUTY STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE US AND ABROAD.
IN 1992, HE WAS ORDAINED IN AN ITINERANT DEACON AND AN ITINERANT ELDER IN 1995 IN THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
IN NOVEMBER, 2014, HE WAS APPOINTED AND ASSIGNED AS PASTOR TO EMANUEL, A M E C, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI.
AND WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT HIS BIO IS THE NEXT FEW PHRASES HERE.
PASTOR GARMIN HAS BEEN HONEYMOONING WITH HIS, HIS PARTNER, FRIEND, WIFE, AND LOVE OF HIS LIFE, UH, JANICE, FOR OVER 40 YEARS, THEY HAVE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN, RACHA CALLED CARL JR.
AND JOSEPH, NINE AMAZING GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER.
PASTOR GARMIN LET US SPRAY NOT BY POWER, NORBY MIGHT, BUT BY YOUR SPIRIT, SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY GOD AND OUR FATHER LORD, AND SAVIOR JESUS THE CHRIST.
WE ARE ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY AT THE CALL OF MAN.
HOWEVER, UNDER THE CANOPY OF HEAVEN, WE'RE BLESSED TO BE HERE, NOT BECAUSE OF HOW GOOD WE ALL HAVE BEEN, WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR UNMERITED FAVOR, WE SEEK YOUR DIVINE DIRECTION.
TODAY BECAUSE OF DECISIONS WILL BE MADE, LIVES WILL BE CHANGED, AND DESTINY WILL EITHER BE CLOUDY OR CLEAR, BECOME AND STAND ON THE CORE VALUES OF THIS CITY'S ADMINISTRATION.
AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO UNDERSTAND THAT TEAMWORK IS WHAT MAKES A DREAM WORK.
WE PRAY FOR COORDINATED EFFORTS OF ALL INVOLVED, THE UNITY AND DIVISION, AND
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RATHER NOT DIVISION, BUT WE BRING HOPE AND NOT DESPAIR.WE THANK YOU FOR THE INTEGRITY, THE MEMORIAL, ETHICALLY AND SOUND DECISIONS TO BE MADE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ONE ANOTHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR INNOVATION THAT SHOW COMMON NEW METHODS WOULD BE INTRODUCED AND THAT WE WILL LEARN TO BE TOLERANCE FOR ONE'S ABILITY WITH RESPECT RATHER THAN POSITION, TENURE OR AFFLUENCE.
WE'RE PRAYING FOR THEIR CHARACTERS, THOSE THAT SERVE THAT WILL NOT BE QUESTIONED THE RESPECT OF WHO THEY ARE.
IT'S BY YOUR AUTHORITY, PRESENCE AND POWER THAT THEY ARE EMPOWERED TO DO THE WORK BEFORE THEM.
LET THEM DO A DIVINE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM WHICH ONLY YOU GIVE, THEREFORE INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
YOUR PRESENCE IS ALL OF YOU AND NONE OF US.
YOUR PRESENCE MEANS TO DO IT WHAT YOU DESIRE, MAKING IT OUR DESIRE.
YOUR PRESENCE MEANS TRANSFORMING OUR FORCE TO YOUR THOUGHTS.
YOUR PRESENCE MEANS EVEN WHEN WE MAKE ISSUES PERSONAL, WE IMMEDIATELY KNOW THAT IF IT'S PERSONAL, IT IS NOT YOU.
YOUR PRESENCE MEANS NOT A PHYSICAL BUT A HOLY AGENDA.
WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO CHANGE OUR POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT TO CHANGE OUR POLITICAL HEARTS THAT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE CHANGED FOR ALL OF WHICH YOUR OMNI PRESIDENT.
YOUR OMNISCIENCE LET'S YOUR THOUGHTS BE OURS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU'RE THE OMNIPOTENT GOD, WE PRAY ANOINTED POWER PRESERVED FOR ONLY YOU THIS DAY.
THANK OUR FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER DOUBT, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE WORLD.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL BEGIN TODAY WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF MARCH 6TH AND MARCH 7TH.
IT IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 6TH AND SEVENTH.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I'LL START, UH, BY RECOGNIZING A, A GREAT GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND RECOGNITION OF THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD.
TODAY WE RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES OF OUR MILITARY FAMILIES AND ESPECIALLY ON CHIL THE, THE, THE SACRIFICES OF THE FAMILIES ENTIRELY, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN ON BEHALF OF OUR NATION.
BY HONORING THE MILITARY MONTH OF THE CHILD, MILITARY CHILDREN FACE MANY CHALLENGES THAT THEIR CIVILIAN COUNTERPARTS WILL NEVER ENCOUNTER, SUCH AS SEPARATION FROM ONE OR BOTH PARENTS DURING DEPLOYMENTS, FREQUENT MOVES, LOSS OF CLOSE FRIENDS, AND THE ANXIETY OF CHANGING SCHOOLS.
MID-YEAR MILITARY FAMILIES MOVE 10 TIMES MORE FREQUENTLY THAN CIVILIAN FAMILIES AVERAGING A MOVE EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS.
THE AVERAGE MILITARY CHILD WILL CHANGE SCHOOLS SIX TO NINE TIMES DUE TO THE LONG EMPLOYMENT DEPLOYMENTS OR RESTRICTED OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS.
MANY MILITARY FAMILIES HAVE TO GIVE UP THEIR BELOVED PETS.
SINCE NINE 11, MORE THAN 2 MILLION MILITARY CHILDREN HAVE SEEN ONE OR BOTH OF THEIR PARENTS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN AT LEAST ONCE SINCE NINE 11, MORE THAN 5,200 SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN WOUNDED IN COMBAT, AND AT LEAST 90 970,000 VETERANS HAVE SOME DEGREE OF OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED DISABILITY AS A RESULT OF OUR NATION'S WARS.
OVER 80% OF THE ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE STATIONED IN SAN ANTONIO DO NOT LIVE ON A BASE.
THEY LIVE IN THE 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AROUND THE ALAMO REGION.
THEY'RE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS CITY.
TODAY, WE'RE PROUD TO SHOW OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR OUR MILITARY FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY OUR MILITARY CHILDREN.
THEY'RE AMONG OUR NATION'S TREASURES AND WE VALUE THEM GREATLY.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WHO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL UP MS. PHIPPS AND IF YOU COULD, UH, KIND OF TELL US ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND WHY ALL THE COLORS TODAY.
SIR, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, ON BEHALF OF, UH, LACKLAND, I S D, RANDOLPH FIELD, I S D AND FORT SAM HOUSTON, I S D, YOU HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY BEHIND US, OUR MILITARY KIDS.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 35,000 PLUS MILITARY STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SAN ANTONIO AREA AS INDICATED, AND THEY SERVE TOO, RIGHT ALONGSIDE THEIR FAMILIES.
SO THIS MONTH IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, AND YOU INDICATED SOME OF THOSE, THE CONSTANT TRANSITIONS,
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THE UNKNOWN, THE UNSTABILITY OF WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS, IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT THEY'RE PREPARED AND THEY'RE VERY RESILIENT CHILDREN AND THEY SERVE TOO, RIGHT ALONGSIDE THEIR MEMBERS.SO AGAIN, MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD IS APRIL, AND WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL.
AND TOMORROW IS PURPLE UP DAY.
SO THE STATE OF TEXAS WILL DECLARE HAS DECLARED TOMORROW PURPLE UP DAY AND ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE WILL BE TURNING IT PURPLE.
SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT THE 35,000 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO AREA THAT YOU SUPPORT.
AND WE THANK YOU TRULY FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT EVERYONE OFFERS FOR OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.
AND, AND I DO HAVE MY PURPLE SHIRT READY FOR TOMORROW, SO I'LL BE PURPLE UP TOO.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, WE REALLY SHOULD APPRECIATE OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES ALONG WITH THE CHILDREN.
UM, THERE IS A BIG SACRIFICE THAT GOES ALONG WITH BEING IN THE MILITARY AND THE FAMILIES THAT MOVE ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTS AROUND, AROUND THE WORLD.
I SPENT ALMOST 21 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE, AND I HAD THREE CHILDREN AS WELL.
WE WENT TO ENGLAND, WE MOVED TO GERMANY, AND WE MOVED BACK HERE TO THE STATES.
IT'S A LOT OF STRESS ON THE FAMILIES, IT'S A LOT OF STRESS ON THE, ON THE CHILDREN.
AND EACH ONE OF YOU OUT THERE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, CHANGING SCHOOLS, CHANGING FRIENDS.
UM, SO YEAH, I'M PROUD OF EACH ONE OF YOU HERE TODAY, AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL SPREAD THE WORD TO THE REST OF THE REST OF THE KIDS IN YOUR SCHOOLS, THAT YES, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AND I JUST WANT TO GO ON TO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MILITARY CHILDREN.
MILITARY KIDS ARE MORE RESILIENT.
THEY GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE MORE, UH, MORE BETTER THAN, UH, KIDS THAT DO NOT MOVE AND DO NOT HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN.
DIFFERENT CULTURES MORE ROUNDED.
AND GUESS WHAT, EVEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE'VE GOT LACHLAN, FORT SAM, AND RANDOLPH, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY LISTENS TO THIS.
ALL THREE OF THOSE ISDS GOT THE HIGHEST RATING BY THE T E A I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THAT A BIG APPLAUSE HERE TODAY.
AND HERE IS MILITARY CITY U SS A.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HOST THE MILITARY FOLKS HERE AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN.
SO FROM SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE ALL THE, UH, ALL THE MILITARY BRANCHES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, EVEN THE NAVY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WATER HERE, BUT WE STILL HAVE NAVY PEOPLE HERE, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND RECOGNIZE ALL THREE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND ALL THE CHILDREN IN ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE GIVING TO OUR COUNTRY, JUST, JUST AS MUCH AS THE MILITARY MEMBER THEMSELVES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AS FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT, UH, YOUR PARENTS AND THEIR SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY.
WE ALL DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAKE A SACRIFICE TOO.
IT'S HARD TO BE AWAY FROM YOUR, YOUR PARENT, UH, FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
AND AS THE COUNCILMAN SAID, IT'S HARD TO MOVE.
UH, I, I RAISED CHILDREN WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY.
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS FOR THEM.
UH, MY WIFE CAME FROM MILITARY FAMILY AND SHE MOVED ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH, UH, WITH HER FAMILY.
AND SO WE RECOGNIZE, UH, THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE, BUT ALSO, UH, THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE TO YOUR PARENTS WHO ARE IN THE MILITARY.
AND THAT'S A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR SUCCESS AND YOUR SCHOOLS.
AND ALSO, AS YOU MENTIONED, THOUSANDS OF OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAN ANTONIO WHO DO AS YOU DO, SUPPORTING YOUR FAMILIES AND HELPING SUPPORT OUR COUNTRY.
COUNCILMAN HALL AND I, TOO MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO, TO CHIME IN AND SAY THANK YOU, UH, MS. MS MS. FITZ FOR RECOGNIZING THE KIDS, UH, AND RECOGNIZING THEIR SACRIFICE IN THEIR ROLE IN, UH, IN SUPPORTING THE PARENTS.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES I SPEAK ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
UM, BUT THEN I ALSO SPEAK ABOUT THE KIDS, UH, THAT GREW UP FATHERLESS, UH, TO SUPPORT THEIR, THEIR FATHER IN THE WORK HE THAT HE DID.
THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN MILITARY FAMILIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS GO AROUND, UH, DOING LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS FOR OUR COUNTRY, UH, BUT TOO OFTEN WE FORGET ABOUT, UH, THE, THE FAMILY BEHIND, UH, THE PERSON THAT'S UP FRONT AND THE CHILD BEHIND THE, THE PERSON'S UP FRONT AS WELL.
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I'M A MILITARY KID AS WELL.MY DAD DID 22 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE.
UH, MY, MY BROTHER FOLLOWED HIM AND WENT TO WEST POINT AND DID HIS FIVE YEARS IN IN THE ARMY.
UM, MY DAD DID A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SACRIFICE.
UH, HE, HE FOUND A, A MILITARY BASE THAT HAD, THAT NOBODY WANTED TO GO TO, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN VINNO, WHICH WHICH WAS UP IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
AND, UH, AND HE, HE WAS ABLE TO STAY THERE IN LUBBOCK FROM OUR, FROM FIVE YEARS OLD.
AND THEY STILL LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE THAT WE GREW UP IN.
UM, AND HE FORWENT PROMOTIONS SO THAT HE COULD KEEP US IN ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, HE SACRIFICED A LITTLE BIT ON HIS SIDE SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN BENEFIT.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT THE CHILDREN PLAY A BIG ROLE.
THE FAMILY PLAYS A, PLAYS A BIG ROLE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT.
COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR, UH, COMING IN TODAY AND WISH YOU A HAPPY MILITARY FAMILY MONTH AND, UH, TO THE STUDENTS AND THE CHILDREN AT LACKLAND I S D, GREAT JOB, UH, ON YOUR TESTING AND YOUR SCORES.
AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR FAMILIES MAY LEAVE US IN A FEW MONTHS OR YEARS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR HOME, AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE WELCOME HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, I WAS A, UH, MILITARY CHILD MYSELF.
UH, MY MOTHER DEPLOYED, UM, TO OPERATION DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM WHEN I WAS 17.
AND SHE LEFT US FOR, UH, A YEAR AND ACTUALLY WAS IN THE PANAMA INVASION, DID THE SAME THING.
MY FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, AND THEN THERE WAS MANY TIMES WHEN I HAD TO LEAVE WHEN I WAS SERVING, I LEFT MY FAMILY.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I ALWAYS REMEMBER IS, UH, WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR RETIREMENTS AND PEOPLE LEFT THE SERVICE THAT THE FAMILY WAS HONORED JUST AS MUCH AS, AND I KNOW COUNCIL, BUT THE FAMILY WAS HONORED JUST AS MUCH AS THE PERSON RETIRING, THE SPOUSE, THE CHILDREN, EVERYBODY WAS A PART OF IT.
WE'RE HONORED THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY, AND YOU'LL BE IN OUR PRAYERS AND BEST WISHES, UH, FOR YOUR FAMILY AND THEIR SAFETY.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR US, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR GREAT EVENT TODAY.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND JOINING US TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE SCHOOL.
I'M SURE THEY HAD TO GET PERMISSION, SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S A SPECIAL DAY FOR YOU ALL, AND MAYBE YOU GET TO DO SOME OTHER FIELD TRIPS OR SOMETHING WHILE YOU'RE HERE AND OUTTA SCHOOL FOR THE MORNING AT LEAST.
UM, MY HUSBAND WAS A MILITARY FAMILY, AND HIS CHILDREN WERE ALSO A PART OF THE MILITARY FAMILY.
AND MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY HUSBAND'S CHILDREN ARE ALSO, UH, NOW MILITARY FAMILIES.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY REALLY SUFFER WHEN THEIR FATHER'S GONE FOR SUCH LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR FACES, I SEE THOSE OF ALL MY GRANDCHILDREN, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN NEW JERSEY.
SO I HOPE THAT, UM, UH, YOU ALL FEEL A LITTLE SPECIAL TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HEAR IT HERE ON, UH, THE DAIS, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE OTHER CHILDREN, UH, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO I HOPE THAT THEY'RE BEING HONORED IN SOME OTHER WAY AS WELL.
I I THINK IT'S ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, SO I HOPE THEY'RE FEELING SPECIAL TODAY, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS FEEL SPECIAL TODAY TOO.
AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR, UH, BRINGING IN SUCH, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL FACES AND SMILES INTO THE CHAMBER.
I HOPE THAT IF THIS IS ONLY ONE STOP IN THE JOURNEY THAT YOU ALL WILL TAKE, THAT YOU'LL, UH, CONSIDER IT ONE OF THE MORE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PLACES, UH, HERE.
THIS IS YOUR CITY, AND WE ARE PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND THE TERM RESILIENCE IS, IS ONE IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU AS YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH BEING ADAPTABLE AND FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE, UH, IN WAYS THAT OTHER STUDENTS ARE NOT.
AND SO, UH, WE, WE REALLY JUST, UH, YOU BRING SO SUCH JOY AND SMILES TO OUR FACES TO JOIN US HERE THIS MORNING AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR SERVICE AND WE'RE HONORED THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE YOU THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
AND, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO BE WEARING PURPLE AS WELL.
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING WITH US.
I TOO WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN WE, WE THANK OUR MILITARY VETERANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE ARE MILITARY CITY U S A, SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE OTHER FACES THAT, UH, ARE PART OF THE FAMILIES OF OUR MILITARY.
AND WE JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND KNOW THAT, UH, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE NOT JUST YOUR PARENTS, BUT YOU, AND ALL THAT YOU DO TO, TO HELP SUPPORT THIS GREAT CITY.
KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND LIKE COUNCILMAN SAG SAID, WE HOPE THAT YOU REMEMBER SAN ANTONIO AS A, AS A TRULY WELCOMING CITY.
AND YOUR HOME WILL ALWAYS BE SAN ANTONIO.
AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR COMING OUT AS A GREAT REMINDER, UH, TO WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.
AND I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, U SS A A WHO IS HERE.
I KNOW I SAW EMILY CHRISTIE, UH, WHO'S HERE TODAY.
UH, U S A A HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT BACKBONE TO OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY, AND I WANNA THANK YOU THEM AS WELL.
SIR, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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AND A FEW OF THE STUDENTS WITH YOUR PERMISSION, UH, HAVE SOME, UH, TOKENS OF THEIR APPRECIATION THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PROVIDE YOU GUYS.THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
I HAVE ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT BEFORE I DO, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL OUR TRANSLATION ANNOUNCEMENT.
I DO HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION, UH, TODAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL ON OUR C E O OF VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT, AS WELL AS OUR CHAIR OF METROPOLITAN TRANSIT.
UH, HOPE ADE AND JEFF AREN'T PLEASED TO COME FORWARD, MAKE OUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS MOMENT THIS MORNING.
UH, LAST MONTH, THE TEXAS TRANSIT ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION IN EL PASO.
UM, AND AT THAT CONFERENCE, THEY ALWAYS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE A SERIES OF AWARDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE STATEWIDE RECOGNITION.
SO IT GIVES ME THE MOST UTMOST PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR VERY OWN TRANSIT CHAMPION ON THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT FOUR COUNCILMAN RAY SALANA, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH A FRIEND OF TRANSIT AWARD BY THE TEXAS TRANSIT ASSOCIATION.
SO, THIS HONOR IS GIVEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES NOT WORK IN A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, ALTHOUGH I THINK AT TIMES YOU PROBABLY FELT LIKE YOU WERE RIGHT.
UH, BUT HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO FURTHER A TEXAS TRANSIT AGENCY OR TRANSIT IN, IN GENERAL.
AND SO, UH, THE COUNCILMAN'S ON HIRING LEADERSHIP TO HELP IMPROVE FUNDING FOR VIA AND THEREBY IMPROVING FREQUENCY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON OUR SERVICE EVERY DAY IS THE BASIS OF THIS STATEWIDE RECOGNITION.
AND COUNCILMAN, I HAVE A PLAQUE THAT YOU
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CAN KEEP THIS TIME.AS A COMMEMORATION OF THIS AWARD.
JUST WANT YOU AROUND THE FACE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONALLY BRING THIS AWARD, UH, TO THE COUNCILMAN.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF THE V BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE RIDERSHIP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH A CHAMPION FOR, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND NEVER GIVING UP.
BUT I ALSO WANNA SAY, MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BUT TO ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT VIA PLAYS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR VIA THANK YOU.
SO, IN CLOSING, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT MY PERSONAL GIFT TO YOU IS I WILL NOT SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM HERE.
UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT AS OUR CHAIR NOTED, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, AND WE'RE, WE'RE THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY MOVE THIS ALL FORWARD.
SO YOU ALL ARE FRIENDS OF TRANSIT AND, UH, TO COMMEMORATE THAT EACH OF YOU IN THE SPIRIT OF OPRAH WINFREY WILL RECEIVE YOUR OWN BUS.
IT'S COMING THIS WAY, YOU'LL HAVE TO DRIVE IT YOURSELF.
BUT, UH, THAT'S OUR COMMEMORATION OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOU TODAY.
UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, JEFF, INSTEAD OF A A BUS, I'D LIKE A PUPPET.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE LEFT OVER? NO.
NO, I JUST WANNA OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS, RAY.
I THINK ANYONE WHO'S BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR WORK OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS KNOWS THAT YOU'VE BEEN, UH, ONE OF THE STRONGEST VOICES THIS COUNCIL HAS HAD IN RECENT MEMORY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WATCH IT AND GREAT TO SUPPORT IT.
AND, UH, ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'RE UP 30 TO 40% ON THOSE 18 ROUTES THAT CITY COUNCIL INVESTED IN.
AND IF THERE IS PROOF TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE CONNECT SA STRATEGY THAT'S COMING FORWARD, UH, IT IS THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A CHAMPION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WASN'T EASY.
AND, UH, KUDOS TO YOU AND KEEP GOING.
YEAH, MAYOR, JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN.
I, I WAS, I WAS COMMENTING TO, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE $10 MILLION AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT WE GET, HUH?
AND SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS AND THE STATISTICS, UH, AND THE LIVES THAT I THINK ARE, ARE IMPACTED AND CHANGED, AND YOU ALL DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB PRESENTING TO US THE RESULTS OF THE FINDING, THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTMENT, THE INCREASED FREQUENCY THAT HAS REALLY BOOSTED UP RIDERSHIP.
AND, AND THE GREAT JOB WAS THE VIDEO THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE TELLING US THOSE STORIES.
AND FOR, FOR FOLKS THAT MAY NOT RIDE THE BUS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY, UH, OF BUS RIDERS THAT KNOW ONE ANOTHER, THAT HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK, UH, WE GOT TO GET A SNIP A SNIPPET OF THEIR, THEIR LIVES THROUGH THOSE VIDEOS.
AND, AND YOU ALL DO A TREMENDOUS JOB.
AND, UH, REALLY IT'S JUST, JUST THE BEGINNING OF, OF REALLY THIS NEW REIMAGINED, UH, VIA THAT WE'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE PLAYED SUCH A SMALL PART, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HOPEFULLY, UH, PLAY A STRONGER PART IN COLLABORATING WITH, WITH OUR TRANSIT AGENCY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD, BUT, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE RESULTS.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SO FAR.
WE HAVE ITEM FOUR FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
MAYOR, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU FOR THE FLOOR MAYOR IN AN EFFORT TO ATE, UH, THE AIRPORT CONCESSION CONTRACT FROM MARCH 21ST.
I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING I WILL MOVE TO AMEND SOMETHING PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ON MARCH 21ST, 2019, RELATED TO ORDINANCE 2019 DASH ZERO THREE DASH TWO ONE DASH 2 21, THE FOOD, BEVERAGE, AND RETAIL PRIME CONCESSION CONTRACT WITH IDE LA AT S A T L L C FOR OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET IN TERMINAL A AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WITH THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE OF $2,165,000.
FOR THE DIRECT PURPOSE OF RESCINDING THE AMENDMENT TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, I AM FOLLOWING SECTION 35 OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
AND AS SUCH, THIS WOULD BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND WOULD REQUIRE A MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS
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TO BE DEBATED ON MAY 2ND.I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY AND CITY, THAT WE SEND A NATIONWIDE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE AN ALL-INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING CITY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DEBATE NEXT THURSDAY ON AN AGENDA, THIS ITEM, AND CORRECTING WHAT I SEE AS AN EGREGIOUS DECISION BY THIS CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, ITEMS 13 AND 16.
COUNCILMAN TREVINO? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I JUST WANNA RESPOND TO, UH, THE PREVIOUS MOTION, WHICH WAS A SURPRISE TO ME, AND I SUSPECT, UH, TO MY, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, I, I, I'M NOT CLEAR WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE, UH, OR DO WE, DO WE NEED TO, IT WASN'T A MOTION, SO ANDY CAN CLARIFY THE LEGALITY OF WHAT WAS RIGHT.
UH, AGAIN, UH, THE COUNCILMAN IS MAKING A NOTICE UNDER ROBERT'S RULES, COUNCILMAN, SO TO THE EXTENT THERE'S DEBATE ON WHETHER THAT WILL EVEN BE DISCUSSED, THAT WILL BE FOR NEXT WEEK.
UM, WELL, SO I GUESS NO MOTION.
UM, I'LL HAVE TO CONSULT WITH MY STAFF IN A MINUTE.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE AGENDA? ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES? NOT TO PULL, BUT OKAY.
AND IF YOU CAN CHIME IN WHEN WE TAKE THE MOTION FOR CONSENT.
WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.
WE'LL TAKE THEM AS SOON AS WE GET A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 13, 16, AND 20.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4, 13, 16, AND 20.
I'LL TAKE THOSE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM LYNN OSBORNE, BOBBIT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BACK WRENCH PARK CONSERVANCY.
OUR BOARD CHAIR, JOE CALVERT'S HERE, AND ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, LUKE AND GILLAND, WAS HERE BUT HAD TO LEAVE THE PARK SYSTEM PLAN, WHICH IS TO BE DISCUSSED A LITTLE LATER, EMPHASIZES THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PARKS, TRAILS, AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
WORK HAS BEEN DONE OVER A YEAR WITH WIDESPREAD SOLICITATION FOR PUBLIC INPUT, AND THE CONSERVANCY ENDORSES THE WORK.
MR. UTI HAS STATED IN THE B SESSION THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DEVELOPING NEW PARKS OR GREEN SPACES, IT IS ALSO ABOUT IMPROVING EXISTING PARKS OF THE PARK SYSTEM AND ENSURING THEY'RE MAINTAINED IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY.
IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ZOO'S PLAN TO MOVE THE KITTY PARK, I CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A TWO YEAR PUBLIC PROCESS SURROUNDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2017.
IT CODIFIED THE GOAL TO LOOK AT THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK HOLISTICALLY, NOT IN PART.
IT ALSO SHOWED HOW CRITICAL PUBLIC INPUT WAS.
WE LISTENED AND WE LEARNED IN THAT PROCESS, THE MASTER PLAN DETERMINED THAT ANYTHING THAT WOULD P POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE PARK MUST BE CONSIDERED CAREFULLY.
IN ADDITION, THE CONSERVANCY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THAT COUNCIL APPROVED STATES THAT THE SIT, THE STATE, THAT THE CONSERVANCY SHOULD BE CONSULTED ABOUT ANYTHING DONE IN AND AROUND BRACKEN RIDGE PARK.
THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSULTANTS CONSERVANCY WAS NOT CONSULTED DURING THE ZOO'S YEAR LONG PROCESS OF DISCUSSION WITH RAD WEAVER, THE OWNER OF THE KITTY PARK.
WE CHALLENGE MR. MORROW'S STATEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT THE ZOO DOES NOT ASK FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
THE ZOO IS IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK, AND IT IS SUBJECT TO FOLLOWING PROCEDURES OF THE HISTORIC DESIGN AND REVIEW COMMISSION.
THE PARK IS FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, AND IT'S NOT SOLELY A TOURIST DESTINATION.
THE GOAL TO SAVE KITTY PARK IS A WORTHY ONE.
THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY SUPPORTS THAT EFFORT.
HOWEVER, THE ZOO MADE A UNILATERAL DECISION TO RELOCATE THE KITTY PARK WITHOUT INPUT, WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
THE PROPOSED LOCATION WITHIN THE ZOO FOOTPRINT DIRECTLY INTERFACES THE PARK, WHICH WILL CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE SENSITIVE AREAS NEAR THE RIVER AND IMPACT THE KA AND CYPRUS PAVILIONS WITH THE ESTIMATE.
AND IT'S THEIR ESTIMATE OF BRINGING 125,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY INTO THAT AREA OF THE PARK.
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND NOISE WILL BE
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OF CONCERN, AND THIS WOULD BE A PERMANENT CHANGE TO WHICH WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.THERE ARE MANY MORE ISSUES THAT I COULD DISCUSS, BUT NOT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME.
THE POINT IS, BRACKENRIDGE PARK IS A VERY UNIQUE URBAN SPACE.
ANY PLAN THAT WOULD ALTER THE PARK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WITH AT LEAST AS MUCH CARE AND WITH PUBLIC INPUT CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED.
WE ASK THE COUNCIL TO INTERCEDE TO SLOW DOWN THE ZOO PROCESS SO THAT ALL PARTIES CAN COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS WHAT IS BEST FOR BRACKENRIDGE PARK.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH, WHICH WE HAVE ALL FOLLOWED IN THE PAST, WHICH HAS BEEN TO DO WHAT'S EXPEDIENT FOR PARTICULAR ATTRACTIONS OR ENTITIES WITHOUT HAVING REGARD FOR THE ENTIRE PARK AS A WHOLE.
I'D LIKE TO CITE ONE EXAMPLE OF ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND IT, AND IT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SECURE A BOND FUNDING TO BUILD THE GARAGE ON TOLEDO, WHICH WILL SERVE BOTH THE ZOO AND THE VISITORS TO THE PARK.
AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER ON THAT.
THANK YOU, MS. BOBBIT, GEORGE GRIMES.
MR. GRIMES, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL LOCKRIDGE, MAYOR NURENBERG, COUNCILMAN HALL, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT FOUR 15 PARLIN, UH, WITHIN THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 14 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THE UPDATE OF THE MANKEY PARK, N C D, AND I ALSO WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, THE PLANNING TEAM FOR THE ORIGINAL N C D I ADOPTED IN 2008.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, JONI BROOKS, BUTCH HAYES, LAURIE SHERWOOD, ISABELLE GARCIA, FRANCIA RADMAN, SCOTT DAY, AND ALTERNATE MARY EVANS.
I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THIS UPDATE.
UH, AS A RESULT OF SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2017, THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASKED THE CITY TO, UH, PREPARE AN UPDATE OF OUR N C D.
AND THIS WAS INITIATED BY A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST DATED MARCH 1ST, 2017, WITH THE INTENT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND DESIGN STANDARDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT A KICKOFF MEETING IN OCTOBER, 2017, A COMMITTEE OF VOLUNTEERS WAS SELECTED TO REVIEW THE N C D.
WE WERE CONCERNED THAT ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THAT COMMITTEE, SPECIFICALLY, THAT WE THOUGHT FELT THAT RESIDENTS WERE UNDERREPRESENTED AND NON-RESIDENTS WERE OVERREPRESENTED.
SUBSEQUENTLY, A FEW MEMBERS FROM THE ORIGINAL N C D TEAM WERE ADDED TO THE MEETING.
THE COMMITTEE MET MONTHLY FROM FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER, 2018, AND IT BECAME CLEAR THAT ON A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ITEMS, THE COMMITTEE WOULD NOT REACH CONSENSUS.
AS A RESULT, WE BEGIN TO BEGIN TO VOTE ON EACH ITEM OF THE N C D.
MANY OF THOSE VOTES WERE DECIDED BY ONE OR TWO VOTE MARGINS.
EITHER WAY, DEPENDING ON WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING, BASED ON THE COMMITTEE'S WORK AND INPUT FROM PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, HELD BY THE CITY STAFF, THE STAFF PROPOSED A ORDINANCE TO THE ZONING COMMISSION.
AT THE ZONING COMMISSION'S HEARING ON FEBRUARY THE 19TH, A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS SPOKE BOTH FOR AND AGAINST, UH, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND THE COMMISSION DEFERRED ACTION, AND ASKED THE STAFF TO ATTEMPT TO REACH A CONSENSUS.
CATHERINE HERNANDEZ MET SEPARATELY WITH TWO GROUPS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND MORE OR LESS MEDIATED AND, AND WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY, AND SHE'D A GREAT JOB, UH, A CONSENSUS WHICH, UH, WENT BACK TO THE ZONING COMMISSION AND, UH, WAS APPROVED, UH, OR RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY.
AND SO THAT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT'S, UH, INCLUDED IN ITEM 14 TODAY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE.
MICHAEL LOCKRIDGE, FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.
HELLO, MICHAEL LOCKRIDGE, 5 6 4 PERSHING.
I WAS ALSO ON THE, UM, TASK FORCE WORKING ON THIS STUFF.
IT, I AM LIKE THE REST OF THE TASK FORCE RICH AND WHITE, AND COULD AFFORD TO MISS WORK TO GO DO THIS.
UM, IT WAS NOT A PROCESS WHERE THE PUBLIC WAS HEARD.
IT WAS NOT A PROCESS WHERE THE TASK FORCE OUTCOMES OR DESIRES CAME TO BEAR.
IT WAS A PRE, UH, CONCEIVED CONCLUSION, UM, FROM STAFF IN
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FAVOR OF SOME SPECIAL INTERESTS.AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH LETTING DEVELOPERS DEVELOP.
MANKEY PARK HAVE EMAILED ALL YOUR OFFICES THIS WEEK WITH MAPS AND BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION.
IT WOULD TAKE EIGHT HOURS TO EXPLAIN ALL THE INTRICACIES ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND WHAT MANKEY PARK IS MADE OF.
BUT WE ARE A LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPRISED OF A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, DIFFERENT PLATTS BETWEEN FORT SAM HOUSTON, AMO HEIGHTS, AND TERRELL HILLS.
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MILITARY BASE AND SOME OF THE OLDEST MONEY IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR GENERATIONS, A UNIQUE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH VERY DIVERSE HOUSING STOCK WHERE MILLIONAIRES AND BUSBOY LIVE AS NEIGHBORS.
WHAT THE N C D DOES IS IT SEEKS TO REP TO RECOGNIZE AS ACCEPTABLE, A VERY SMALL DEMOGRAPHIC, AND SAY, THIS IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GOING FORWARD.
SPECIFICALLY REGARDING MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES, WE HAVE ONLY 41 LEFT IN MANKE PARK, YET THEY STILL REPRESENT 51% OF OUR HOUSING UNITS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
0% OF THEM ARE CONFORMING UNDER THE N C D STANDARDS NOW, AND 0% WILL BE CONFORMING UNDER THE N C D STANDARDS IF YOU ADOPT THEM AS THEY ARE BEFORE YOU.
THE STANDARDS, AS THEY ARE DO, DO, MAKE LIVING WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AND, AND RESTORING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING EASIER.
IT MAY HELP SAVE SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES, BUT IT WILL NOT SAVE THE HOUSING FOR THE BUS BOYS, FOR THE WAITERS, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR.
THE APARTMENTS PREDATE ALL OF US ON THE COMMITTEES.
ALL OF US IN THE MASTER PLAN WRITE-UPS THAT ALLOW THE N C B PASSED WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSENT BEFORE TWO THIRDS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN WE WERE AT THAT POINT IN THE PROCESS, ASKED FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY STANDARDS TO BE EITHER HEAVILY MODIFIED OR COMPLETELY TAKEN OUT OF THE N C D, YET THEY HAVE NOT BEEN 0% OF THE PEOPLE YOU GUYS PASSED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP MOVE.
0% OF THEIR HOUSING WILL BE MADE ACCEPTABLE BY THIS N C D.
BUT WITH THE MODIFICATION OF EXEMPTING MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES, THERE WILL BE RULES, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE WRITTEN TO REFLECT EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND PROTECT THOSE MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS IF YOU DON'T EXEMPT THEM.
NOW, IT'S EASIER TO WRITE A RULE THAN TO REMOVE A RULE.
TAKE IT OUT, AND WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN A, IN A YEAR FIXING IT.
UM, PLEASE LET US NOT LOOK JUST LIKE TERRELL HILLS IN AMO HEIGHTS.
LET US BE UNIQUE AND PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE, NOT JUST THE RICH WHITE GUYS LIKE ME.
JACK FINGER, FOLLOWED BY CONNIE SHIPLEY.
WE GO, MAYOR NURNBERG, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON SOME EARLY ACTIONS JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT A MUNDANE HOLE IN THE WALL CITY CONTRACT A FEW WEEKS AGO WOULD RESULT IN THE CONTROVERSY OF YOUR KICKING OUT A PRO-FAMILY COMPANY FROM THE AIRPORT AND RESULTING IN A MAJOR MAYORAL ELECTION CONTEST DEBATE ISSUE? WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT, WHO KNEW? ALSO, I SAW EARLIER, I SAW VIA HANDING OUT A LOT OF GOODIES TO YOU GUYS AROUND THE ES THERE.
NOW, IF ONLY VIA WOULD HAND OUT TO US BUS RIDERS SOME DECENT BUSES THAT, UH, ARE NOT SO ROUGH RIDING AND WHOSE SEATS ARE NOT SO SKIPPY, YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE CURRENT ONES.
THEY, THEY, THEY AREN'T WORTH IT.
AND VIA IS THE ONLY BIG, BIG GAME IN TOWN, SO WE WON'T SEE ANY BETTER ONES FOR ANOTHER 10 OR 20 YEARS.
THEY AREN'T THE ONES THAT YOU WROTE ON A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
NOW, THE, UH, ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM 16, WHAT DOES IT SAY? WELL, THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 36 ENTITLED, SMOKING YEAH.
EXPAND SMOKE-FREE IN TOBACCO-FREE AREAS IN CITY PARKS AND PUBLIC PLAZAS.
NOW ALREADY, YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE SHOWN YOUR YES HYPOCRISY.
YOU RAISE THE AGE OF SMOKING TO 21 YEARS OLD FROM 18, AND YES, YOU, YOU ARE STOPPING THE, UM, SALES AS TOBACCO FOR TO, TO THOSE IN THOSE, UH, AGE GROUPS THERE.
BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CITE AND ARREST ANY, UH, UH, 18 TO 21 YEAR OLD FROM SMOKING.
YOU SPECIFICALLY THREW THAT OUT
I GUESS MAYBE YOU THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE WAY TOO CONTROVERSIAL NOW, SMOKING.
IT'S STILL A, UH, A LEGAL PRODUCT.
PEOPLE STILL CAN USE IT, BUT YOU YES, MR. AUDIO WISHMAN SHOULD SHOW THE UNDERLINED AREA, IF YOU WOULD.
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LET'S SEE, BY TOPING, THIS POLICY, THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY, IS HELPING REDUCE THE RATE OF TOBACCO USE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DEMONSTRATING THAT THEIR BELIEF THAT TOBACCO USE AND SECONDHAND SMOKE JUST DOESN'T BELONG IN PARK AREAS AND PUBLIC PLAZAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GO TO IMPROVE THEIR FITNESS AND ENJOY NATURE.PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM THERE.
OKAY, SO, SO YOU WANNA, IF SMOKING, OKAY, LET'S FIND OUT IF YOU REALLY MEAN THIS, FOLKS, IF SMOKING IS THAT BAD FOR OUR HEALTH, WHY AREN'T YOU BANNING IT ENTIRELY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY? HUH? WHY AREN'T YOU SEIZING ALL TOBACCO SALES? WHY AREN'T YOU? UH, AND THEN CONSEQUENTLY, ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR SMOKING.
IF IT'S THAT BAD FOR THEIR HEALTH, LET'S SEE.
YOU REALLY MEAN IT AND DO THAT.
CONNIE SHIPLEY, FOLLOWED BY HOMER HAYES.
HI, MY NAME IS CONNIE SHIPLEY AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT, OR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, MANKEY PARK BOARD AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND WE JUST WANNA SAY WE SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, LIVE AT THREE 30 ELMHURST, UH, IN MANATEE PARK.
A FORMER BOARD MEMBER AND A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKED DILIGENTLY, UH, FOR OVER A YEAR TO REVISE THE N C D.
AND I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF WHAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN THE ORDINANCE AND THANK STAFF FOR THE HOURS THEY PUT IN AND THE HELP THEY PROVIDED US TO PROVIDE WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TO PROTECT MANATEE PARK.
THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.
WHERE'S MIKE SHANNON? UH, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, NUMBER 15.
AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS AND WHO ALL WAS INVOLVED IN THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE GOT THIS THING RIGHT? SURE.
SO, VERY QUICKLY, UM, THIS IS AN UPDATE TO OUR CITY'S, UM, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE HABITAT COMPLIANCE FORM.
SO WHAT THAT IS, THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, A, UM, ENGINEER AND PROPERTY OWNER ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE US INFORMATION ON A COMMUNICATION TOOL THAT WE USE AND FORWARD ON TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.
AND ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, WE HAD AN INSTANCE THAT HIGHLIGHTED, UM, SOMEONE IMPROPERLY USING IT OR FILLING IT OUT, AND IT CAUSED SOME CONCERNS.
SO WE WERE ASKED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, UM, AND UPDATE IT AS NEEDED.
AND REALLY WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING, WE GOT THE MILITARY INVOLVED.
THIS IS A MILITARY PROTECTION INITIATIVE.
THE FORM ITSELF WAS CREATED 10 YEARS AGO, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE A DOZEN OR SO INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE DONE AS A CITY TO HELP PROTECT THE MILITARY MISSIONS AROUND CAMP, UH, BOLUS, UH, AND THE OTHER, UH, MILITARY MISSIONS, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO THIS ONE, UH, NEEDED SOME UPDATES.
SO THE MILITARY GOT TO THE TABLE.
UH, WE HAD DEVELOPMENT, UH, OWNERS AND, UH, AND ENGINEERS.
WE HAD BIOLOGISTS AT THE TABLE.
UM, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP REPRESENTED AT THE TABLE, AND WE REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET THEM INVOLVED.
US FISH AND WILDLIFE, OF COURSE, TEXAS PARKS AS WELL.
SO WE WORKED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO UPDATE IT, MAKE IT MORE CLEAR.
WE ANSWERED SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT OWNERS, ENGINEERS, AND US FISH HAD ON THE FORM.
AND THIS FORM WILL NOW BE USED TO PROVIDE THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO BETTER ENFORCE ENDANGERED SPECIES, UH, AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THOSE PROTECTED AREAS.
REMEMBER, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, GOLDEN CHEEK WARBLERS AND THE KARSTEN VERTEBRATES THAT ARE PROTECTED, UH, THE, THE BIRDS AND BUGS, UH, PART OF OUR ORDINANCE.
SO IT WAS REALLY A GREAT COLLABORATION, UH, WORKING NOT ONLY WITH THE MILITARY, BUT OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, UH, PRESENT THIS UPDATE.
I, I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.
WHEN, WHEN YOU SAID, UH, BRINGING ALL OF THE PLAYERS TO THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHERE WE WERE GOING WITH THIS AND WHY, UH, WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES, PARTICULARLY UP ON THE NORTH SIDE ON, UH, UH, ROUND CAMP BULLIS, THAT, UH, CAUSED SOME GREAT CONCERN, NOT ONLY FROM THE MILITARY, BUT ALSO FROM THE RESIDENTS UP THERE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, WITH THEIR, WITH THE, WITH THE HABITAT UP THERE.
SO, UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
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NOT DOING ANYTHING OR BEING PROACTIVE TO PROTECT OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
UM, AS WELL AS PROTECTING OUR HABITAT FOR THOSE ENDANGERED SPECIES.
YOU CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE ABOUT THE, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES, UM, ACT, BUT IT'S THERE.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED.
AND I THINK THIS NEW FORM AND NEW COLLABORATION EFFORT IS GONNA DO JUST THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE T'S ARE CROSSED AND I'S, ARE DOTTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT OUT OF, OUT OF BOUNDS THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF AND CAN MAKE THEIR COMMENTS IN.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EFFORT.
UH, FIRST I WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, WE HAVE OUR FOURTH DISTRICT TWO CANDIDATE, UH, THAT'S HERE CHATTING WITH ME, UH, THIS WEEK.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO DENISE GUTIERREZ, HOMER FOR, FOR BEING HERE WITH ME TODAY.
UH, I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, HOMER HAYES, UH, WHO SPOKE, UH, ON THE MANKEY PARK, UH, ISSUE TODAY.
AND HE IS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF ST.
AND SO I WANTED TO, TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND THANK HIM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE, UH, FOR THE COLLEGE AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO ITEM 14, UH, I WANTED TO SAY THAT THE N C D WAS CREATED IN 2008.
AND IN 2017, UH, THERE WAS A MOVE TO, TO UPDATE IT, AND THAT WAS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AGO WHEN I CAME ON BOARD.
I'VE GOT A, A TON OF EMAILS, UH, FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS WITH REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
AND WHAT I HAD NOTICED AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS THAT THERE WERE BASICALLY FOUR DIFFERENT FACTIONS, FOUR DIFFERENT POSITIONS ON THIS ISSUE.
UH, WE HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND A FACTION WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE HAD THE TASK FORCE, AND THEN WE HAD CITY STAFF.
UH, EACH OF THEM HAD DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS ON IT.
AND KATT AND MIKE WILL TELL YOU THAT I WAS READY TO JUST ABSOLUTELY DO NOTHING BECAUSE I, I PREFER CONSENSUS NUMBER ONE.
AND THEN I, I TYPICALLY LIKE TO LEAN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR DIRECTION AND SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY DO REPRESENT, UH, A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN A PARTICULAR AREA.
AND SO, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS AGAINST THE, THE PROPOSAL.
UM, BUT DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF, OF KAT, AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU KATT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS.
THIS IS JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE ISSUE IN ONE DISTRICT.
AND I'M SURE YOU DEAL WITH A LOT OF THIS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO YOU, YOU DID A YEOMAN'S WORK IN, IN, IN SHEPHERDING THIS AND, AND PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER.
UH, BUT TO BE ABLE TO PULL SOME VERY HEATED AND ANIMATED AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, STRONG ADVOCATES FROM FOUR DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND CONSOLIDATED DOWN INTO, INTO ONE THAT, UH, THAT WE CAN AGREE ON, UH, I THINK WAS ABSOLUTELY GREAT ON YOUR PART.
UM, AND MR. LOCKRIDGE, I KNOW THAT YOUR, YOUR POSITION, AND I'VE, I'VE HEARD YOU AND I'VE SEEN EMAILS AS WELL ON THAT SIDE.
UH, MIKE HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT IN THESE SORTS OF SITUATIONS, NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET EVERYTHING THEY WANT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING BETTER THAN WE HAD BEFORE.
AND, UH, SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'M GONNA SUPPORT, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FOR ITEM 14.
AND I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE ITEM AND FOR THE TASK FORCE FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS ITEM.
UH, MIKE, UH, WHERE'S MIKE SHANNON? IT, HE DISAPPEARED.
MIKE, UH, REALLY JUST THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
I KNOW HOW MUCH, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE PUT INTO THIS.
AND I, UNDER, UH, I WAS THERE WITH YOU WHEN WE BOTH TOOK LOTS OF BARBS AND SLINGS AND ARROWS AND ALL THAT AT THESE MEETINGS.
THESE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS WERE FURIOUS AND, UH, THEY HAD EVERY REASON TO BE FURIOUS.
AND WHILE THIS CERTAINLY DOESN'T REPLACE ALL THE TREES, UH, THAT WERE SHAVED OFF THAT HILL, UM, IT CERTAINLY DOES MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME WE'RE READY, UH, FOR SOME OF THE SHENANIGANS THAT TOOK ON THERE.
SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, UH, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN AND BRIEF US, UH, IF, UH, I, IF I, I PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER? ABSOLUTELY.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ONE OF THEM IS ITEM 11, AND IT IS A SUBMISSION FOR A GRANT APPLICATION.
UH, WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT, UH, SUPPLYING FOR, WELL, IT'S NOT FUNNY,
SO I, I HOPE THIS ONE WILL BE AWARDED.
AND I WANTED TO THANK, UH, RUSS HANDY AND HIS WHOLE TEAM AND THE AIRLINE PARTNERS FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS.
WHAT IT IS, IS AN APPLICATION FOR, FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, UM, ELECTRIFICATION OF
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GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, UH, TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OR POLLUTION.BASICALLY, AT THE AIRPORT, WE'RE, WE'RE APPLYING FOR $3 MILLION TO HELP US REPLACE THAT EQUIPMENT, AND WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR IT, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR NON-ATTAINMENT, OUR MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT DESIGNATION WHEN IT COMES TO OZONE.
SO, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THAT WAS BAD NEWS TO BE IN NON-ATTAINMENT, THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, GOOD THINGS THAT COMES OF THAT IS WE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE FUNDS TO ELECTRIFY, UH, THE AIRPORT AND HOPEFULLY GET US INTO COMPLIANCE WITH AIR QUALITY STANDARDS SOONER.
UM, SO WHILE THIS DOES BENEFIT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE BIGGEST BENEFIT WILL REALLY BE TO THE WORKERS AT OUR AIRPORT WHO WORK AROUND THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND WHO WE WANT TO ALWAYS KEEP, UH, HEALTHY.
UM, AND ALSO IT'LL BE A BENEFIT TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE SURROUNDING THE, THE AIRPORT.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THIS APPLICATION GO FORWARD.
UM, WE ARE ALSO APPLYING FOR, UH, ALMOST $800,000 IN FUNDING FROM THE C D C, UH, IN FOR METRO HEALTH.
SO I'M ACTUALLY VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT APPLICATION GO FORWARD AS WELL.
THANK YOU, JENNIFER, FOR, UH, YOUR WORK ON THAT.
AND I, I KNOW THAT WE APPROVE, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS, BUT ONE THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE, UM, RELATED TO PARKS ALLOWS ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST DO A QUICK PLUG FOR MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT, UM, FINDING MONEY WHERE SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND MONEY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO FIND SOMEBODY ON STAFF WHO'S DONE THAT SUCCESSFULLY.
I WANNA POINT OUT SANDY JENKINS, WHO IS HERE AT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
SHE FOUND A MILLION DOLLARS FOR, UH, THROUGH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT, OF WHICH THEY ONLY GIVE 4 MILLION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE.
AND SAN ANTONIO AND PISO PARK RECEIVED A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THAT GRANT, UH, BECAUSE SHE WAS DOING, UH, YEOMAN'S WORK AS A SLEUTH GOING THROUGH GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT THE STATE OFFERS.
AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS A REAL LEVERAGE POINT FOR US AS A STAFF THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOLKS, ERIC, WHO ARE GOING AROUND AND, AND MAKING THE CITY MONEY.
SO SHE DESERVES A RAISE, ERIC, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I WAS CHIMING IT.
OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT IS ALL ITEMS SAFE FOR 4, 13, 16, AND 20.
OKAY, I'M SORRY, 13 4, 13, 16, AND 20.
THAT THIS IS THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT MOTION.
AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT, PLEASE VOTE.
UH, THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED ITEM 20 IS THAT THAT HAS BEEN PULLED FOR RECUSAL.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ONE FIRST.
I'LL ALLOW OUR COLLEAGUE TO STEP OFF THE DAAS AND WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 20.
ITEM 20 IS THE RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO THE REQUEST FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, TO INCUR DEBT NOT IN EXCESS OF $4,353,750 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION AND PURCHASE OF A LADDER TRUCK.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 20, PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FROM THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM FOR A IS A BRIEFING BY THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM ON IMPACT FEES.
AND FOUR B IS AN ORDINANCE SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR MAY 16TH, 2019 TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, PLAN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, AND UPDATED IMPACT FEES FOR THE SERVICE TERRITORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OR PUENTE, MIKE FRISBEE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WHEREVER HE MAY BE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER WALSH.
UH, THIS IS SAS'S FIRST MEETING IN FRONT OF OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.
SO ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD AND OUR EMPLOYEES, CONGRATULATIONS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A, A WORK, A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, THIS NEW CITY MANAGER, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UHS IS REQUIRED TO COME BEFORE YOU AND TALK ABOUT IMPACT FEES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, MIKE FRISBEE WILL ACTUALLY GIVE, UH, THIS PRESENTATION IN MUCH MORE DETAIL, BUT IT'S, IT IS, IMPACT FEES ARE ESSENTIAL TOOL THAT IS USED TO MAKE SURE GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH.
SAS WANTS TO ENSURE THAT ITS EXISTING CUSTOMERS WHO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE EVERY SINGLE MONTH IN THEIR BILL AREN'T FOOTING THE ENTIRE BILL FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES OUR WAY THIS YEAR.
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HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SAUL STAFF, ALONG WITH THE CITIZENS APPOINTED, UH, COMMITTEE THAT, UH, CAME FROM Y'ALL, REACHED AN AGREEMENT AS TO WHAT THOSE FEES SHOULD BE.WHAT'S PARTICULAR ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT IS THAT THIS, UH, COMMITTEE BY LAW HAS TO BE, UH, HAVE, HAS TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, BUILDING INDUSTRY TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS ON IT.
SO THE FACT THAT IT CAME TO A COMPROMISE WAS A VERY GOOD, UH, UH, GIVE AND TAKE ON BOTH SIDES.
UH, WE ARE THRILLED, AS I MENTIONED, WITH THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION, AND I THINK IT WILL ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND INVITE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THIS AREA.
NOW, AT THIS POINT, UM, MY NOTES SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A PREGNANT PAUSE, AND I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE A JOKE ABOUT MIKE FRISBEE AND, UH, HIS, UH, COMING OVER TO SACE, BUT I'LL LET MIKE SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CITY, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.
UH, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AND, UH, TO TALK ABOUT, UH, IMPACT FEES AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, IMPACT FEES ARE NOT, UH, NEW AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VARIETY OF 'EM.
AND FOR, UH, SAW AS WE'VE HAD IMPACT FEES IN PLACE SINCE THE EARLY NINETIES.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THE OTHER TEXAS CITIES THAT, UH, CHARGE IMPACT FEES AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE ONE TIME PAYMENTS MADE BY NEW DEVELOPMENT AT THE TIME OF CONNECTION, UH, TO PROVIDE THE FINANCING NEEDED FOR THE SYSTEM, SYSTEM EXPANSION SPECIFICALLY FOR GROWTH.
SO TODAY WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS TO ASK YOU TO, UH, MAKE A, MAKE A PASS, AN ACTION TO SET THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING DATE WE'RE PROPOSING MAY 16TH IS THAT DATE.
SO THAT'S THE ACTION TODAY, AND THEN WE'LL BE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT, UH, MONTH OR COURSE AND AND BEYOND.
TO TALK IN MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, UNDER MR. PUENTE'S, UH, LEADERSHIP IN THE PAST, UH, OVER 10 YEARS NOW, SASS HAS EMERGED AS A SOPHISTICATED, UH, LEADING EDGE PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
I WANNA SHOWCASE, YOU KNOW, THREE AREAS THAT, THAT SHOW THAT WELL, AND THAT'S THE AREA OF CONSERVATION.
BEING A NATIONAL LEADER IN CONSERVATION, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, THE, THE PER CUSTOMER USAGE OF WATER HAS BEEN CUT ALMOST IN HALF, ALMOST IN HALF, DUE TO A LOT OF THE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY THAT SAWS HAS, HAS DEPLOYED.
UH, ANOTHER AREA IN THAT CENTER PICTURE, UH, YOU'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
THERE ARE H TWO OAKS, UH, FACILITY BRINGING REALLY, UH, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO WATER SUPPLY.
SO TWO WATER SUPPLY SOURCES, SOURCES, THE WATER DESALINIZATION PROGRAM AND THE AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY PROGRAM, UH, OPERATING OUT OF OUR HT O H TWO OAKS FACILITY.
UM, THE THIRD ONE THERE ON THE RIGHT, ON THE RIGHT IS THE PURPLE, PURPLE PIPE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT EFFLUENT, WHICH IS A REALLY HIGH QUALITY EFFLUENT THAT'S LEAVING OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT DO RIOS, IS BEING PIPED ACROSS THE CITY, UH, FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH AS TOYOTA, UH, FOR THEIR USES, AND ALSO TO, UH, WATER GOLF COURSES AND OTHER MAJOR LANDSCAPING EFFORTS.
SO, UH, GREAT EFFORTS, UH, AND THOSE ARE JUST TO NAME THREE AREAS.
SO LET'S LOOK AT, UH, IMPACT FEES SPECIFICALLY.
THERE'S FIVE AREAS OF IMPACT FEES.
WE HAVE THE, THE WATER SUPPLY FEE, THE WATER DELIVERY FEE, UH, IN TWO CATEGORIES, THE FLOW, WHICH IS REALLY THE, THE 12 INCH TO 20 INCH, UH, PIPES, UH, NEEDED FOR THE NEW GROWTH.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UH, WHAT'S NOT IN THE IMPACT FEES, UH, REGARDING PIPES ARE THE, THE SMALLER PIPES THAT DEVELOPERS PUT IN WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENTS, THE EIGHT INCH, SIX INCH PIPES, THE LATERALS TO THE HOMES AND SO FORTH.
UH, SEPARATE FROM THE IMPACT FEES AS THEY GO IN.
UH, THE WATER DELIVERY, UH, IMPACT FEE, THAT'S THE MOVEMENT OF WATER THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, THROUGH THE TANKS, THE PUMPS, UH, AND OUR BIG, UH, TRANSMISSION LINES 24 INCH AND GREATER.
AND THEN THE TWO CATEGORIES OF WASTE WATER, UH, IMPACT FEES, WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, UH, SAN ANTONIO IS BUILT ON A HILL.
WE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OF ELEVATION DIFFERENCE NORTH TO SOUTH.
AND SO HOW THAT IMPACTS, UH, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT COST IS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR IMPACT FEES WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WATER, UH, ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON IN THE NORTHWEST, NO NORTHEAST, IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO SERVICE THAT AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE PUMPING, MORE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS TO GET WATER INTO THOSE AREAS.
WHAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT WASTEWATER THAT IT FLOWS DOWNHILL IS TRUE.
OUR TREATMENT PLANTS ARE IN THE LOWER ELEVATION AREAS OF THE CITY BECAUSE THE WASTEWATER DOES, UH, FLOW, UH, ON A GRAVITY SYSTEM.
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DEVELOPMENT OCCURS A LONG WAYS AWAY FROM THOSE TREATMENT CENTERS, THERE'S MORE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS WELL.SO THOSE IMPACT FEES ARE HIGHER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE CATEGORIES HERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE WATER THAT'S, THAT'S RELATED TO ELEVATION, BUT IT'S ALSO RELATED TO THE IMPACT FEES.
THEY'RE HIGHER IN THOSE AREAS.
SHOWN STATE LAW GOVERNS, UH, HOW IMPACT FEES ARE, ARE IMPLEMENTED, THE PROCESS AND SO FORTH.
UM, EVERY AN IN-STATE LAW, IT REQUIRES US TO LOOK AT A 10, EXCUSE ME, A 10 YEAR WINDOW OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND A FIVE YEAR AND, AND THEN RE-LOOKING AT IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
WE'RE AT THE, TOWARDS THE END OF THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
COMING BACK TO YOU ALL AT THIS POINT.
NOW, I WILL SAY, AS, AS ROBERT MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE AT THIS POINT A, A UNANIMOUS, UH, SUPPORT AT THE C I A C, WHICH IS THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU ALL APPOINT, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, THEY CAME UP AFTER, AFTER MONTHS OF WORK, CAME UP WITH A, UH, A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE THERE, AND ALSO A UNANIMOUS VOTE AT THE SAS BOARD COMING TO YOU.
NOW, THAT WAS DIFFERENT BACK FIVE YEARS AGO.
UH, THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND, UH, YOU ALL AT THAT TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, UH, REACHED A, A CONCLUSION FROM THERE.
SO, I WANNA, I WANNA MENTION THAT THE, THE C I A C, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR EIGHT MONTHS ON THIS EFFORT.
THERE'S BEEN, UH, 13 PUBLIC MEETINGS.
IT'S BEEN QUITE THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR WORK BECAUSE THEY, THEY LOOK AT, UH, THE LAND USE ASSUMPTION PLAN, UH, WHICH THE LAND USE ASSUMPTION PLAN FOR SAWS IS TAKEN FROM, IN THIS CASE, THE SA TOMORROW, UH, CITY APPROVED PLAN.
SO WHATEVER THE CITY APPROVES FOR LAND USE, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE APPROVED.
UH, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THEY LOOK AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, AND DIVE INTO THAT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WHAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED, UH, FOR THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEY, UH, BY LAW SET, UH, THEN RECOMMEND A MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE AND ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
SO BASICALLY, THE, THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF IMPACT FEES ARE EXISTING CUSTOMERS DO NOT SUBSIDIZE NEW CUSTOMERS.
NEW CUSTOMERS DON'T SUBSIDIZE THE EXISTING CUSTOMERS.
UH, THE FEES ARE APPLIED FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY TO ALL, AND GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH.
I DO WANNA THANK, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL OUT BY NAME.
UH, AND YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE FOLKS THAT, THAT YOU ALL APPOINTED ON THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK.
UH, ARLENE FISHER, SUSAN WRIGHT, DEBORAH GUERRERO, MICHAEL COUD, MICHAEL HOGAN, BRIAN HUGHES.
I KNOW BRIAN HUGHES IS HERE TODAY.
SHE'S ALSO HERE TODAY, OF COURSE, AS SAWS BOARD MEMBER AND PART OF THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL.
WE THANK YOU FOR, FOR HER LEADERSHIP, UH, MICHAEL MOORE AND STEVEN CAULEY.
NOW, THERE IS A, A SPECIAL GENTLEMAN THAT WE WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, BECAUSE HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.
UH, DAN KOSSEL, MANY OF YOU KNOW DAN FROM OVER THE YEARS, UH, HE HAS, HAS DONE A LOT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, STARTED WITH THE C I A C BACK IN 1997.
SO OVER 20 YEARS AGO, I WAS THE VICE CHAIR IN 2006 AND BECAME THE CHAIR IN 2010.
AND SO HE IS BEEN A CHAIR FOR THESE EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, UH, TREMENDOUS SERVICE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, A A A GREAT GENTLEMAN AND LEADER, AND HE'S TRULY GONNA BE MISSED.
BUT HE HAS LEFT A TREMENDOUS LEGACY FOR ALL OF US HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEYOND THE, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, I GET INTO A TABLE THAT'S GOT A FEW NUMBERS.
WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH THAT WITH YOU ALL.
WHAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW IS THAT THE, ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, SETS THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE IN THOSE CATEGORIES.
WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CANNOT EXCEED? AND THEN, UH, THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF C I A C AND THE, AND THE BOARD, UH, THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE TO APPROVE THE MAXIMUM.
UH, THAT'S AT, AT YOUR DISCRETION.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE, THE RECOMMENDED MAXIMUMS. SO LET ME ORIENT YOU TO THE TABLE.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE HEADING AT THE TOP IT SAYS MAXIMUM.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ALONG THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF THE IMPACT FEE, WATER SUPPLY, AND SO FORTH.
ON DOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT COLUMN OVER IS THE CURRENT IMPACT FEE.
UH, AND THEN WHAT IS THE, THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM FEE, UH, THAT WE CANNOT EXCEED BY LAW.
AND THEN WHAT IS THAT CHANGE IN BETWEEN? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT SHOWS A 9%.
SO IMPACT FEES ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE GROWTH IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
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BUT OVERALL AVERAGE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 9% INCREASE IN THE IMPACT FEE.IF ALL THE MAX IMPACT FEES WERE IMPLEMENTED.
UH, THE C I A C AND THE SAWS BOARD BOTH AGREED THAT, THAT, AND APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THOSE ITEMS IN BLUE, WE SHOULD GO WITH THE MAX.
BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT WATER SUPPLY FEE AND A RECOMMENDATION TO COME OFF OF THAT.
SO THOSE FOUR AREAS IN BLUE, UH, THEY'LL HAVE 20 TO 40 PROJECTS IN THOSE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS.
OTHERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE, AND SOME ARE THE LATER PART OF THAT 10 YEARS.
BUT IN THE, IN THE WATER SUPPLY AREA, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROJECT, UH, THAT IS IN THAT, THAT CATEGORY, AND THAT'S THE VISTA RIDGE PROJECT.
AND THE VISTA RIDGE PROJECT IS GONNA BE DONE IN A YEAR.
SO THE C I A C REALLY STRUGGLED AND DISCUSSED IN DEPTH.
DO WE, DO YOU REALLY PUT, IF YOU DO THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE, THEN YOU'RE CHARGING DEVELOPERS FOR 10 YEARS FOR A PROJECT THAT'S DONE THE FIRST YEAR.
AND A BASIC PRINCIPLE OF THE IMPACT FEES IS IT'S FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THAT CAPITAL PROGRAM.
SO THEY, THEY DEVELOPED A HYBRID SOLUTION.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, BASICALLY IT LOOKED AT THAT, THAT FIRST ROW AT THE TOP WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE MAXIMUM OF 33 22 THAT CAN BE APPLIED BY LAW.
THE, THE, THE MINIMUM, IF VISTA RIDGE WAS NOT IN THE IMPACT FEE, WOULD BE THAT 26 37.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT ONE YEAR OUT OF 10 YEARS, THE HYBRID THAT WAS, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY, BY BOTH BODIES IS THE 27 0 6.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A, A SLIGHT REDUCTION FROM THE PREVIOUS, UH, WATER SUPPLY FEE.
DOESN'T WANT ME TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE? THERE WE GO.
SO THIS, THIS SHOWS THAT, UH, ADJUSTMENT IN THERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE HEADING AT THE TOP IS THE RECOMMENDED, UH, FEES AND, UH, INCLUDES THAT WATER SUPPLY FEE.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, UH, HAS A 0% INSTEAD OF THAT 9% IS A 0%.
SO WHILE, YOU KNOW, COST OF LIVING'S CHANGING AND SO FORTH, UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT OVERALL INCREASING IMPACT FEES, KEEPING 'EM RELATIVELY FLAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IMPACT FEES ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE DEVELOPING IN THE CITY.
AGAIN, THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR, FROM OUR TREATMENT PLANT AS WELL.
WE HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS OUTREACH PROGRAM DURING THIS LAST YEAR.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE 13, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, AGAIN, POSTED THROUGH SAS AND, AND THROUGH THE CITY CLERK.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, THE ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
UM, AND THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF INPUT AND DISCUSSION THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
UH, OUR, OUR, UH, SAS DEVELOPMENT, UH, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER INFORMATIONAL UPDATES WEBSITES AND SO FORTH, WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOME OF YOU.
UM, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY AVAILABLE TO MEET MORE AS WE PROCEED THROUGH THIS NEXT, UH, MONTH.
SO THIS IS THE TIMETABLE, AGAIN, WE'RE COMING UP ON THAT, THE COMPLETION OF THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD WHERE WE NEED TO, BY LAW, NEED TO REASSESS THE IMPACT FEES.
UH, WE ARE ASKING TODAY FOR ACTION, UH, TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR MAY 16TH.
UH, THEN WE CAN CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE AS WELL IN BETWEEN.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW THE IMPACT FEES TO GO INTO EFFECT IN JUNE, WHICH IS THE, THE, UH, FIVE YEAR, WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
NOW, WHEN WE COME BACK, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING COMING BACK ON MAY 16TH, UH, WHEN WE COME BACK, UH, BY LAW, WHAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD LOOK AT IS THE SAME ITEMS THAT THE C I A C AND THE SAWS BOARD APPROVED.
AND THAT'S THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS PLAN, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RELATED TO GROWTH FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THE MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE LEVELS STILL HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE MAX.
AND THEN, UH, A RECOMMENDATION TO COME OFF OF THE MAX FOR THE WATER SUPPLY FEE, AS I DISCUSSED.
BUT TODAY, COMING BACK TO TODAY, IT'S BASICALLY, WE, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO, UH, TAKE ACTION TO ESTABLISH THAT PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR, UH, MAY 16TH, AND THEN WE WOULD PROCEED THROUGH THE, THE REQUIRED PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, IF OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR.
AND, UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK.
WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND THAT IS JACK FINGER.
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WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG, ONCE AGAIN, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M, FINGER WATER IMPACT FEES.WELL, WHAT ARE THEY? WELL, THESE ARE FEES THAT DEVELOPERS PAY.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS BEFORE THEN.
EVERYBODY, ALL THE, EVERYBODY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WEST SIDE, EAST SIDE.
IF YOU LIVED THERE, YOU WERE REQUIRED TO PAY THROUGH YOUR, YOUR SAUL'S BILLS MONEY FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE FOR EVENTUALLY FOR WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO FORTH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
THEY, UH, THEY SAID THEY, THEY, THEY ROSE UP AND SAID, NO CITY THEN CITY COUNCIL, THEY SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
YOU NEED DEVELOP DEVICES SYSTEM TO WHERE DEVELOPERS PAY FOR THE, THESE THINGS THAT, THAT FOR THEIR BRAND NEW PROJECTS.
AND SO THEN CITY COUNCILS DID THAT.
IT WAS ABOUT 2030 OR SO YEARS AGO.
SO WATER IMPACT FEES, AND THESE ARE DECIDED BY SOME, A PA PANEL, A BOARD, A COMMITTEE THAT IT, IT TIES WHAT IS FAIR FOR DEVELOPERS TO PAY IN AREAS THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, UH, WILL, UH, REFLECT THE, UH, THE EXPENSES FOR NEW, UH, PROJECTS THAT SAUCE IS BUILDING.
NOW THE QUESTION IS, WHAT SHOULD THOSE FEES BE? WELL, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE FOR IT NOW.
AND SO WHAT ARE THE NEW FEES? PERIODICALLY, THEY, THEY, THEY LOOK AT 'EM, THEY REFLECT ON 'EM, THEY CHANGE 'EM.
UH, SO WHAT THE, THE, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I WAS LOOKING JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT.
I WAS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THE, UM, THE CHARTS WOULD SHOW US AS AS SHOWN TODAY.
THAT'S ALL WE NOTICE WE HAVE TODAY, THIS MORNING, IS THIS CHART RIGHT HERE ON THIS THING THAT IF, UH, SUSAN DIDN'T KNOW, HE WOULDN'T EVEN SEE THAT, EXCEPT TO SEE SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN HERE.
CONSEQUENTLY, NOTHING, NOTHING IN THE BACK DOCUMENTS.
MAYBE YOU GUYS DIDN'T SEE THIS UNTIL THIS MORNING.
THE CHARTS HERE SHOWING WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE IMPACT FEES THAT DEVELOPERS WILL BE PAYING.
ONE CHART SHOWS A PROPOSED MAXIMUM OF ABOUT, WELL, VERY CORNER TAIL END OF THE CORNER HERE, 9%, ANOTHER, AT THE END OF THEIR END OF THE SPECTRUM IS 0% ON THIS OTHER CHART.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S FAIR? WE DON'T KNOW.
MAY, MAYBE ZERO IS FAIR, MAYBE IT ISN'T.
YEAH, YOU'LL HAVE SOME MORE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
WE CAN IN HEARINGS AND SO FORTH, BUT WE, THE CITIZENS WOULD LACK A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY ON THIS.
AND, AND THANK YOU, UH, ROBERT AND MIKE FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE, WE DID HAVE, UM, UH, A ROBUST DISCUSSION, OF COURSE, WITH THE C A C AND, UH, UH, WE HAD CONSENSUS IN THAT, WITH THAT GROUP.
I BELIEVE IT, IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
UM, AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE AMY HARBERGER HERE.
CAN CAN I ASK YOU TO COME UP AND MAYBE SPEAK TO, UH, TO THAT PROCESS AND, AND TALK ABOUT HOW, HOW IT WENT AND HOW WE HAVE, UH, SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONSENSUS THROUGHOUT THE BOARD AND C A C? YEAH, I AM, I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE CONSENSUS THIS ROUND.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE LAST TIME, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, I WAS THE LONE NO VOTE.
UM, BUT THIS TIME I FELT LIKE, UH, WE DID GET TO A PLACE THAT EVERYBODY, UM, WAS ABLE TO AGREE.
SO I AM THANKFUL FOR, I KNOW ALMOST ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE WERE ACTIVELY COORDINATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR APPOINTEES.
I THINK THAT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR THE PROCESS.
UM, JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHERE THE CONVERSATION WENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE LANDED WHERE WE DID.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE REAL ISSUE IS ON WATER SUPPLY.
AND THE WATER SUPPLY IMPACT FEE IS CALCULATED SOLELY FROM VISTA RIDGE.
UM, ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT PLAY INTO THE IMPACT FEE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT.
THERE WAS NO CONFLICT THERE AT ALL.
SO REALLY THE CONVERSATION, UM, CENTERED ON BOTH THE PROCESS.
SO WE, WE REALLY TOOK OUR TIME.
WE REALLY, I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT STAFF.
WE GAVE THEM A LOT OF EXTRA WORK, UH, AND THEY REALLY ROSE TO THE OCCASION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BRIAN IS ALSO HERE, SO I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HIM.
BUT, UM, HE WAS REALLY INTEGRAL IN LOOKING AT THE,
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THE INFORMATION THAT BUILDS UP TO THE AMOUNTS, UM, AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE THAT, I THINK, A MUCH MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS ALONG WITH MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, PARTICULARLY SUSAN WRIGHT, WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.UM, EACH YEAR WE SEE, OR EACH CYCLE WE SEE A LIST OF PROJECTS.
THEY HAVE NAMES AND NUMBERS, AND THEN THAT ARE ALL INCLUDED IN WHAT CAN BE COMPUTED INTO THE IMPACT FEE.
AND THEN FIVE YEARS LATER, WE SEE ANOTHER LIST.
UM, AND THOSE LISTS DON'T ALWAYS, UH, COORDINATE.
SOME OF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY VERY LEGITIMATE.
THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE PROJECTING OUT FIVE YEARS THAT THEN THEY DECIDE WE DON'T NEED THAT.
THIS IS THE BIG CITY PRIORITIES BUBBLE TO THE TOP.
AND SO THAT HAS TO TAKE THE PLACE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW WAS, ARE THESE NUMBERS ACCURATE AND WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM, AND HOW DOES THIS PROJECT TRACK WITH THIS PROJECT? AND WE TRUST, OF COURSE, SAS STAFF, AND WE REC, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S FLEXIBILITY AND THAT IT'S A DYNAMIC SITUATION, BUT WE WANTED TO QUICKLY BE ABLE TO MATCH THE THING.
SO THEY WENT BACK, SAW STAFF, WENT BACK AND TOOK WEEKS AND FIGURED OUT WAYS TO COORDINATE SO WE COULD LOOK AT EVERY PROJECT OVER 15, 20 YEARS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PROJECT.
AND IS IT STILL IN PROCESS? DID IT GET SCRAPPED COMPLETELY? DID IT GET DELAYED? AND I THINK FOR FUTURE CYCLES, THAT'S GONNA BE INCREDIBLY, UH, USEFUL BECAUSE IT IS A VERY DETAIL ORIENTED.
SO, UH, I'LL TURN NOW TO THE COMPROMISE.
UM, WE, THE, THE, THE ISSUE WAS WHETHER OR NOT, FRANKLY, WHETHER OR NOT VISTA RIDGE FELL INTO THE TYPE OF CATEGORY THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN AN IMPACT FEE ASSESSMENT.
UH, AND THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
UM, AT THE BEGINNING, SOME PEOPLE FELT LIKE THAT IT REALLY WAS AN O AND M BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE OWNING THE SYSTEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THE SAS ATTORNEYS DID SOME RESEARCH AND REC AND, AND SORT OF INFORMED US THAT IT FELL WITHIN, IN THEIR OPINION, THE STATUTORY DEFINITION, WHICH IS THAT IT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICALLY FOR A UTILITY.
I PERSONALLY FELT, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP FELT THAT BECAUSE WHEN, UH, SAS CAME TO CITY COUNCIL TO GET THE APPROVAL OF VISTA RIDGE, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TOUTED AS NEEDED FOR GROWTH.
SO IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR US, THAT HAS BEEN LAID OUT FOR, NECESSARY FOR OUR GROWTH TO NOT BE TAKEN INTO, IN CONSIDERATION WITH IMPACT FEES, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT REASON.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF FEES ASSOCIATED WITH VISTA RIDGE.
WE WERE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPONENT BECAUSE HAD SAWS BEEN BUILDING IT, THAT WOULD BE THE PART THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO BE ASSESSED AS PART OF IMPACT FEES.
UM, ONE OF THE TRICKS OF THIS IS THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED IN ONE YEAR, AND THE IMPACT FEE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE ADOPTING IS OPEN FOR FIVE YEARS UNLESS IT'S OPEN TO RECONSIDERATION.
UM, AND SO ULTIMATELY, AND I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SEPARATING OUT TWO THINGS THAT OFTEN GET CONFLATED THE INTEGRATION SYSTEM.
SO THE PART THAT SAWS THIS BUILDING THAT WILL ACCEPT THE WATER, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 200 MILLION THAT AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO IMPACT FEES.
THAT'S A VERY TRADITIONAL, UM, CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEING DONE BY SAS.
SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS THE PIPELINE THAT GARNEY IS BUILDING.
UM, AND SO, WHICH I, I'M NOT GONNA REMEMBER THE NUMBER.
I WANNA SAY 800 MILLION, IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? 900 MILLION.
SO IT WAS THE 900 MILLION THAT WAS REALLY, UM, UNDER DISCUSSION.
UH, THE WAY THAT IMPACT FEES WORK, AND IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, SOMEBODY JUST YELL OUT, UM, IS THAT WHEN IT'S IN THE CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY, IT IS ON ONE SIDE OF THE BOOKS, AND THEN WHEN IT GETS SORT OF TURNS INTO THE EQUITY SIDE, IT MOVES OVER TO THE EQUITY SIDE OF THE BOOKS, AND THOSE CALCULATIONS GO INTO IMPACT FEES DIFFERENTLY.
OFTEN WHAT WE DO IS IF SOMETHING IS GONNA BE COMPLETED SOMEWHERE IN THOSE FIVE YEARS, WE PUT IT IN AS CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN WE REVISIT IT AND CHANGE IT AROUND, UM, TO ITS APPROPRIATE PLACE, UM, IN THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON, BECAUSE VISTA RIDGE IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED, UH, THE CONTRACT SAYS, SO IN A YEAR, THE AGREEMENT WAS TO PUT IT IN THE SIDE OF THE LEDGER OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ONE YEAR THAT IT IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN SORT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE MOVE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE LEDGER THAT IT'S GONNA BE ON FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, BECAUSE THAT MEANT TWO DIFFERENT IMPACT FEES SAW STAFF RECOMMENDED TO US THAT IT'S MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE.
SO WE DID A WEIGHTED AVERAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
SO THAT LESSER THAN MAXIMUM NUMBER, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER WOULD BE TO LEAVE THE 900 MILLION IN THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THE LEDGER FOR THE FIVE YEARS, AND THEN IT WOULD BE SORT OF RECALCULATED IN FIVE YEARS.
THE CONCERN WAS, QUITE FRANKLY, THAT THE SAS ATTORNEYS SAID THAT, THAT WE CAN ALWAYS REQUEST THAT THE BOOKS BE REOPENED.
AND, UM, THE IDEA OF GOING THROUGH THIS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, JUST SO THAT WE COULD FIX THAT MOVE THAT WE KNEW CONTRACTUALLY WAS COMING, A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF WHEN THAT'S
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GONNA HAPPEN.THAT'S WHAT LED TO THE COMPROMISE.
AND I PERSONALLY FELT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO TRY TO COME TO YOU GUYS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH A CONSENSUS.
AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE REACHED IT.
WELL, I IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT, THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
AND JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, I I THINK THIS IS ALSO PROVING OUT THAT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA GET THIS MOVING BECAUSE AS YOU POINTED OUT, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS LAID OUT FOR, FOR THE FUTURE.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
UH, ROBERT AND MIKE, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, IT'S WITH THAT, THAT, UM, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD.
SO I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR A AND FOUR B.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B.
MIKE, I'M GONNA HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU.
AND IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH, UH, MR. DAN KOSEL, IF YOU COULD PUT HIM BACK UP THERE OR THAT SLIDE.
I JUST WANTED, UH, I HAVE PERSONALLY KNOWN DAN SINCE THE EARLY NINETIES, UH, THROUGH A PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY, SOCIETY, AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS, AND DAN WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THAT ORGANIZATION, AND HE WAS VERY ACTIVE, AS YOU SAID, IN THIS, THIS ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY SAY THAT HE WILL BE MISSED, UH, IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT, THAT HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH, AS WELL AS THE COMPANY THAT HE WORKED FOR IS P DAWSON, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT AGAIN.
UH, VERY DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL, VERY METICULOUS, VERY PRECISE IN WHAT HE DID ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND, AND HE PROVIDED A LOT FOR THIS CITY AND FOR, FOR SAS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, I, UM, DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IMPACT FEE AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT IT'S FOR AND HOW WE USE THAT.
I, I WANT TO GO BACK TO A STATEMENT THAT MR. PUENTE SAID IS THAT GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN ALL CASES, RIGHT? UH, WE DO WAIVE THE IMPACT FEES FOR CERTAIN CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAS A, A, A FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, AND SAS IS PART OF THAT.
SO WHAT SAS DOES EACH YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IS ESTABLISHED $3 MILLION THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED, UH, BY CITY COUNCIL AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, UH, FEE WAIVER OPPORTUNITIES, AND, UH, AND THEN THAT CAN BE USED IN THAT WAY.
IT'S 3 MILLION, THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN, $3 MILLION PER YEAR.
AND THEN THE, THE, THE CAP ON THE CARRYOVER IS $5 MILLION TO CARRY OVER, NO MORE THAN THAT INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
SO HOW MUCH HAVE WE ACTUALLY GIVEN IN, LET'S SAY, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS LAST FIVE YEAR PERIOD? SO IT'S FIF, UM, 3 MILLION PER YEAR TIMES FIVE, RIGHT? ROUGH, ROUGHLY THAT 15 MILLION, 15 MILLION, THAT, THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
AND, AND WE EXPECT TO CARRY OVER.
HOW MUCH THIS NEXT YEAR DO WE HAVE THAT, IS IT THE 5 MILLION? THE 5 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE, UH, YOUR, YOUR STAFF, CITY STAFF, I THINK BEN MIGHT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, UH, IF HE'S HERE EVIDENCE, BUT IT IS HANDLED BY THE CITY.
UH, BUT Y'ALL MAKE THAT CON CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY, CORRECT.
AND SO OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 15 MIL, 15 MIL THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY, RIGHT? WHERE, WHO, WHO EVENTUALLY PAYS FOR THAT $15 MILLION OVER THAT LAST THREE YEARS.
UH, WHO, WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT 15 MILLION FOR THE WAIVER OF THE, UH, OF THE FEES? YES.
SO WHEN YOU SAY GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS ARE OUT OF THEIR WATER, BILL IS PAYING FOR SOME OF THAT, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS A REQUEST BY CITY COUNCIL YES.
BY Y'ALL, UH, FOR US TO PUT MONEY ASIDE SO THAT Y'ALL CAN WAIVE THE FEES OR NOT.
RIGHT? IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, OBVIOUSLY, THEN Y'ALL NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO WAIVE THOSE FEES.
I'M JUST POINTING THIS OUT THAT, UH, THE, THE RATE PAYERS ARE PAYING FOR SOME GROWTH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
ABOUT HOW MUCH DOES THAT EQUATE TO A TYPICAL USER IN E D U? I'M SORRY.
HOW, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH DOES THAT END UP
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IN FOLKS'? WATER BILL FOR THAT $15 MILLION? SO WE, WE RAN THAT, THAT 3 MILLION IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT ONE AND A HALF CENTS PER, PER MONTH.SO WITH THAT, LOOKING AT THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF, HOW MUCH ARE WE GETTING BACK, YOU KNOW, IN THIS $3 MILLION A YEAR? DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF FIGURES THAT WE CAN EQUATE TO? WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT? IS THERE ANYTHING OUT THERE? RENEE, CAN YOU, UM, SAY A COUPLE WORDS ON THAT? I, NOW THAT FEE WAIVER PROGRAM IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR, UH, COMPONENTS.
UH, COUNCILMEN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVERSEAS, ONE OF THE FOUR, THEY ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ONE THAT E D D OVERSEES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, THE OVERALL PURPOSE IS REALLY TWOFOLD.
ONE IS SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND THE SECOND IS THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF, OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY PROJECTS.
I'LL ALSO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY OF THE 3 MILLION, THAT PORTION, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PIECES IS 800,000.
SO A SMALL PORTION OF THE, OF THE 3 MILLION.
SO TO GET BACK SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION, WE TRADITIONALLY DO ONE TO TWO PROJECTS A YEAR ON THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND A RECRUITMENT PROJECT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, TRADITIONALLY BUSINESS RETENTION PROJECTS LIKE COLT, CAT CREDIT, HUMAN, UH, MORE RECENTLY H E B RECEIVED THESE, AND THEY'RE ALL TIED TO SPECIFIC JOB CREATION, JOB RETENTION AND INVESTMENTS.
SO EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS CERTAINLY HAVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT NUMBERS.
I'D HAVE TO KIND OF BREAK THAT OUT AND PRESENT THAT TO YOU SEPARATELY.
THE OTHER MORE EXCITING ASPECT OF AT LEAST THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROGRAM IS THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM, UH, THAT WAS RECENTLY REVISED HERE IN 2019 PER COUNCIL DIRECTION.
AND THAT TRADITIONALLY HELPS, WE HOPE, AROUND 25 SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED VETERAN BUSINESSES A YEAR.
AND ON AVERAGE, AROUND $10,000 IS AWARDED IN TERMS OF A SAWS IMPACT FEE WAIVER.
THE OVERALL GOAL FOR THAT PROJECT REALLY IS TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAPITAL TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SO THEY CAN CREATE JOBS, EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY.
SO ONE AND A HALF CENT PER HOUSEHOLD OR PER BILL, UH, AVERAGED ACROSS THE CITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT THAT WE ARE, THAT THERE ARE RETURNS ON THOSE INVESTMENTS FOR THOSE IMPACT FEES.
AND, UH, WE GOTTA BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR THOSE IMPACT FEES THAT WE'RE WAIVING, UH, HERE ON CITY COUNCIL FOR OTHER, UH, GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN TOWN.
UM, JUST FOR COMPARISON, DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS HOW OUR IMPACT FEES COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, OTHER LARGE CITIES HERE IN TEXAS? I DO HAVE, I DO HAVE A BACKUP SLIDE FOR THAT.
SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, SAWS IS SHOWN IN, IN THE GREEN, AND SO WE SHOW IT THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO THE CURRENT IMPACT FEE AND THEN THE C I A C RECOMMENDED ASS BOARD APPROVED, UH, IN THE MIDDLE THERE.
AND THEN THE MAXIMUM IF YOU WENT TO THE MAX.
SO WE'RE RIGHT THERE E EITHER WAY, WE'RE RIGHT THERE BELOW NEW BRAUNFELS AND GEORGETOWN FOR, UH, SOME OF THE HIGHEST IMPACT FEES, UH, IN THE STATE AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AUSTIN AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE'RE SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THESE OTHER CITIES, BECAUSE IT, IT'S IMPORTANT IN LOOKING AT BUSINESSES ON WHERE THEY WANT TO RELOCATE TO EXPAND, THAT KIND OF THING.
UH, BECAUSE THIS, THIS, THIS IS REAL MONEY THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY ON, ON, UH, EXPANDING OR MOVING TO SAN ANTONIO COMPARED TO, LET'S SAY FORT WORTH OR HOUSTON.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE AREAS, THEY, THEY GET A BETTER DEAL.
AND, AND WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH GETTING NEW BUSINESS HERE, HERE TO SAN ANTONIO.
SO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE SEE THESE DIFFERENCES AND HOW CAN WE BEST SPIN THAT THAT STORY TO OTHER, OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT SAN ANTONIO.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A REAL BALANCE BETWEEN THE IMPACT FEES AND THEN THE RATES TO EXISTING CUSTOMERS.
SO I WANT TO, WE HAVE THIS, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, WE'RE AT ON IMPACT FEES.
AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE, THIS, THIS ONE HAS TO DO WITH OUR AVERAGE, UH, RESIDENTIAL BILLS COMPARED TO, SO THIS IS HAS TO DO WITH, WITH THE RATES.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE AT THE LOWER END OF THAT.
SO IMPACT FEES, WE, WE COLLECT, UH, ABOUT 10% OF SIZE BUDGET.
$70 MILLION COMES FROM IMPACT FEES.
UH, IF THAT GOES UP OR DOWN, THEN THAT CAN CHANGE THIS PICTURE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RATES.
SO, UH, HERE WE'RE, WE'RE ONE OF THE LOWER, ON THE LOWER END OF THE RATES.
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UPPER END ON THE IMPACT FEES, UH, WE FEEL THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD BALANCE.OKAY, THIS IS REALLY GOOD DATA BECAUSE WE, WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE THIS WHEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY RENEE, WHEN Y'ALL ARE GETTING OUT THERE, UH, TRYING TO SELL IT.
BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT BACK ON THAT OTHER SLIDE, IT LOOKS PRETTY SCARY, UH, ON WHAT WE'RE CHARGING FOR NEW GROWTH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND I, UH, I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT MORE AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
IS THERE ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN SEE ABOUT RATCHETING THAT BACK TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH THESE OTHER, UH, WITH OUR BIG, BIG COMPETITORS OUT THERE? BECAUSE THIS IS FRONT END COSTS THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY AND THAT COMES INTO DECISION MAKING ON WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE.
SO, WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT.
UM, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
I, I DO HAVE, UH, I DO HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS.
UH, WHEN DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DECISION MADE? SO THE END OF THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, STATE LAW SAYS WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS IS JUNE 1ST.
UH, WE FEEL THAT THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR ACTION IN MAY.
UH, IF IT WAS PUSHED INTO JUNE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S NOT OUR RECOMMENDATION.
UH, WE CAN STILL WORK WITH THAT IF IT HAD TO BE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO STAY WITHIN THAT TRUE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW.
WELL, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS E EVEN BY THE END OF JUNE, AS LONG AS YOU GET IT, GET IT DONE BY THE END OF JUNE, RIGHT? WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE FEES IN JUNE.
UH, WE'D LIKE, WE'D LIKE TO GET APPROVAL IN MAY AND THEN IMPLEMENT IN JUNE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
BUT WE COULD, YOU COULD GET APPROVAL IN JUNE AND IMPACT, I MEAN, AND ENFORCE IT IN JUNE, GET IT, GET IT DONE IN JUNE.
WE COULD, IF THAT WAS THIS DECISION OF THE COUNCIL.
I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, UH, CURRENT SITTING COUNCIL MAKING A DECISION THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL IS GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT EXAMPLES OF VISTA RIDGE CONRAD BUILDING THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF BIG, BIG EXPENDITURES THAT IT'S APPROVED RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE SITTING COUNCIL THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL HAS TO LIVE WITH.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TO LET THIS GO UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL IS SITTING TO, UH, MOVE ON WITH THIS.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'D, UM, I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE AND, AND LET THEM GET IT SPUN UP.
DO THE ONE-ON-ONES TO GET THEM SPUN UP AND, UH, HAVE THEM, UH, VOTE ON THAT IN JUNE AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT IN JUNE.
I'S ALL MY COMMENTS, SIR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND SO, UH, MIKE, LET ME, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE THE ONE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, BUT IF NOT, Y'ALL CAN, UH, REVERT.
SO I KNOW THAT, UM, THE FEES ARE RELATED TO PROJECTED GROWTH.
ROGELIO SIGNS COME TO OUR C P C MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, AND I WOULD INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO ATTEND OR ANYBODY'S INTERESTED.
HE WAS A DEMOGRAPHER THAT DID SOME OF THE RESEARCH FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
AND THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 60 TO 80% OF THE GROWTH IS INTERNAL AND THAT IT'S 85% LATINO.
AND SO IF THE GROWTH IS MOSTLY INTERNAL, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT? AND, AND SO I SAY THAT THE GROWTH IS INTERNAL AND HOPE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT AS A COUNCIL IS THAT FOR THAT GROWTH TO HAPPEN, UH, IN OUR EXISTING AREAS, WE DON'T WANNA BE SUBSIDIZING SPRAWL ANYMORE.
SO WE WANT THE GROWTH TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS THAT HAVEN'T SEEN AS MUCH GROWTH LIKE IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.
SO HOW DO THOSE FEES THAT YOU ALL HAVE HERE, UH, HOW ARE THEY RELATED TO THAT INFORMATION? SO FOR THE LAND USE ASSUMPTION PLAN, THAT'S LOOKING AT THE NEXT 10 YEAR WINDOW OF, OF HOW GROWTH IS ASSUMED TO HAPPEN.
SO AT SAS, WHAT WE DO IN THE C I A C, WE LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY'S APPROVED.
SO IN, IN THE SA TOMORROW PLAN, THERE IS A LAND USE ASSUMPTION PLAN IN THERE.
SO WE HAVE ADOPTED WHAT THE CITY'S ADOPTED.
NOW, IF THE CITY A YEAR FROM NOW, TWO YEARS FROM NOW ADOPTED SOMETHING DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT THAN THIS, IT, IT MAY, IT WOULD CAUSE US TO LOOK, TO RE-LOOK AT IT DOWN THE ROAD, UH, WITH THESE IMPACT FEES TO SEE IF WE NEED TO SHIFT, UH, SOMEWHAT TO LINE UP THAT POPULATION PROJECTION.
BUT, UH, WE JUST, WE KEEP IT SIMPLE.
WHATEVER THE CITY'S APPROVED, THEN WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THAT.
AND UM, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A MENTION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AMY OR ONE OF YOU ALL SAID THAT THIS WAS MOSTLY RELATED TO THE VISTA RIDGE.
WELL, THE, OKAY, OF THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF THE IMPACT FEE, ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS IS THE WATER
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SUPPLY FEE.AND THAT THE, THE ONLY PROJECT IN THERE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS VISTA RIDGE.
AND VISTA RIDGE IS GONNA BE COMPLETE IN A YEAR.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROJECT IS THAT'S IN THERE TODAY.
AND SO THAT, THAT PROJECT IS OF COURSE, UH, FOR GROWTH, UM, UH, BUT IT IS COMING IN A FAIRLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OF THAT 10 YEAR WINDOW.
AND SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL OF THE, UM, SO MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, UH, IS PRIMARILY WITHIN FOUR 10.
WE NEED MORE DENSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND AN SA TOMORROW PLAN AND A TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND WE REALLY KNOW FOR THOSE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THEY HAVE TO BE IN A MORE CONCENTRATED AREA.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THOSE FEES, UM, MIGHT BE DIFFERENT IF WE WERE IN A MORE CONCENTRATED AREA, OR IS THAT, DO THEY, MIGHT THEY BE DIFFERENT IF WE HAD A MORE CONCENTRATED EFFORT OF WHERE WE WANT THE GROWTH TO OCCUR? SO THEY WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF THE LAND USE PLAN THAT THE CITY ADOPTED, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE, THE C I A C AND SAWS ADOPTED, IF THAT LAND USE PLAN FORMALLY CHANGES, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE DELIBERATION OF THE CITY, THEN IT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO RE-LOOK AT IT.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE GONNA GO BASED ON WHAT CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED AT SASS, WE'RE GONNA USE THAT.
UH, THE CITY'S HAS THE EXPERTISE ON THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THAT.
SO IF IT CHANGES, UH, IT COULD ALTER THE IMPACT FEES IN THE FUTURE AND WE WOULD REVISIT THAT, UH, AT LEAST ON THAT FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
IT COULD BE REVISITED SOONER, BUT NO LESS FREQUENT THAN FIVE YEARS.
AND SO I THINK COUNCILMAN PERRY, AN ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
SO EVERY FIVE YEARS, THAT'S IN JUNE, BUT, UM, UH, WHAT THE ACTION THAT IS REQUIRED TODAY IS TO SET THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT'S, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ALL, THAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY? THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.
I FEEL LIKE WE, UM, STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO WE'LL HAVE TIME TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE A FORMAL VOTE.
UH, AND I GUESS JUST MY FINAL, UM, AND I WOULD ASK FOR THIS ANALYSIS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UM, THAT IF WE ELIMINATED IMPACT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND INFILL PROJECTS, WHAT WOULD BE THAT REQUIREMENT? I KNOW THAT THE 3 MILLION IS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, UM, ROUGHLY WHAT WE HAVE FOR IMPACT FEES, UM, WOULD THAT GROW IF WE WERE TARGETING ONLY THOSE, UM, ONLY THOSE PROJECTS? SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT INFORMATION.
I SUSPECT YOU DON'T HAVE IT, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, AND, UH, AND AS WE'RE DOING OUR, UM, INFORMATION GATHERING.
THA ROBERT, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I'M SORRY, COUNCIL NEWMAN, I WAS JUST GONNA GET UP AND NOT A ACTUALLY ADDRESS WHAT YOUR CONCERNS WERE, BUT JUST TO MENTION THEN THAT JUNE 8TH IS THE DAY THAT THIS HAS TO PASS.
IT'S FIVE YEARS FROM THE PREVIOUS PASSAGE.
AND SO, UH, JUNE 8TH IS THE DATE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS, UH, IN PLACE.
SO WE HAVE HAD, YOU HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THIS COUNSEL BY THEN.
SO ANY DELAY IS NOT, UH, WOULD PUT US IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW? UH, I HAVE TO GO UP TO AUSTIN AND EXPLAIN OURSELVES.
SO WE, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR AN EXTENSION? UH, NO, IT'S THE STATE STATUTE.
HEY, MIKE, DIDN'T WE FIRE YOU OR GET RID OF YOU? WHATCHA ARE DOING HERE? I'M BACK.
UH, WE, WE ALL MISS YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S ELECTION SEASON, RIGHT? AND SO ALL OF US, WE HAVE TO FILL OUT THESE, UM, QUESTIONNAIRES AND ALL THAT, AND I'VE BEEN FILLING SOME OUT AND THERE'S, AND GOING AND DOING INTERVIEWS AND ALL THAT.
AND FREQUENTLY THE QUESTION'S COMING UP, UM, THERE.
AND ALSO WHEN AT TOWN HALLS RECENTLY I GOT SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT I THINK OF VISTA RIDGE AND WHAT AM I GONNA DO TO GET RID OF IT? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TURN THE CLOCK ON THAT ONE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, A A LOT OF, I IMAGINE A LOT OF THE, THE RATIONALE BEHIND KEEPING THESE FEES FLAT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE 9% AVERAGE INCREASE THAT YOU WERE SHOWING US I HEARD CORRECTLY, RIGHT? IS BECAUSE VISTA RIDGE IS, IS HERE, UH, OR IT'S IMMINENT, UH, FOR COMPLETION, RIGHT? RIGHT.
VISTA RIDGE, AND AS WE, WE KNOW VISTA RIDGE BRINGS, UH, THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT COMES WITH THAT PROJECT IS, IS, IS THE SAME AS 20% OF WHAT THE METRO
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CONSUMES TODAY.WE'RE GONNA NEED, UH, NEW WATER SOURCES WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THE FACT THAT IT'S ALMOST HERE, IT'S, IT'S WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED IN A YEAR.
AND, UH, THAT WATER WILL BE FLOWING, UH, TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS OR A BIG, BIG SHARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS A YEAR FROM NOW.
PUENTE WAS UP THERE BEFORE HE INTRODUCED YOU.
HE SAID HE WAS TAKING A PREGNANT PAUSE, UH, TO SORT OF LET IT SINK IN THAT MR. FRISBEE WAS COMING.
BUT IN KEEPING WITH A PREGNANCY THEME, I, I GUESS IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE PREGNANT, MR. RIDGE IS HERE, RIGHT? AND IT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY ANYTIME SOON, RIGHT? IT'S, UH, IT'S WELL UNDERWAY AND, UH, AND IT IS, UH, ON, IT'S ON SCHEDULE AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR, FOR IT A YEAR FROM NOW.
AND THEN WE, WE HAD A CITIZEN COMPLAINING THAT TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE ALL HEARING ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR ALSO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT IT REPORTED OUT OF THIS ROOM THAT WE'RE TAKING I, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTION TODAY TO APPROVE THESE IMPACT FEES.
IN FACT, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT AT A FUTURE HEARING, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
I, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S BEEN A ROBUST PUBLIC PROCESS OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH THOSE 13 PUBLIC MEETINGS AND SO FORTH.
BUT YES, THIS IS STILL THE OPPORTUNITY NOW AS YOU, UH, AS YOU ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, AND THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY? AND, AND THIS IS, I MEAN, TODAY IS NOT EVEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS A MEETING ABOUT A MEETING IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AND, AND AT THAT MEETING, WE ARE NOT GONNA BE MAKING A, A, A DECISION.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE A, A DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC IF, IF THE PUBLIC SHOWS UP, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW, THE, THE REQUEST IS THAT THE COUNCIL ACTION BE ON THE SAME DAY AS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, AND SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A, A COMBINED EFFORT THERE.
UM, THAT IS THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN, UM, AFTER THAT IS WHEN WE GET TO APPROVE DISAPPROVE, DO WE HAVE THE OPTION TO TAKE YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUGGESTION UNDER ADVISEMENT AND COME UP WITH OUR OWN NUMBERS IF WE WANT TO? WELL, THAT, YES.
CITY COUNCIL HAS, HAS DISCRETION, FULL DISCRETION WITHIN THE LAW.
UH, YOU, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT AS TWO BODIES UNANIMOUSLY COMING TOGETHER ON IT, BUT CITY COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IT IS ULTIMATELY YOU ALL'S DECISION.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE, WE'RE NOT ASKING HOMEOWNERS TO CARRY THE COST OF THESE, RIGHT? WE'RE ASKING DEVELOPERS TO DO THAT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO, I MEAN, GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH.
SO THAT, THAT IS THE PLAN IS THAT'S WHY THE IMPACT FEE IS THERE TO HAVE THE DEVELOPERS AT THE TIME THAT THEY'RE CONNECTING TO THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM, THEY PAY THOSE IMPACT FEES, OKAY? AND AT THAT TIME THAT WE VOTE, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE PREGNANT, RIGHT? YOU'LL BE SETTING THOSE, THOSE NEW IMPACT FEES FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT TERM.
AND I'LL INVITE YOU TO THE BABY SHOWER THEN.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG BABY SHOWER AND A VERY LONG PREGNANCY.
SO, UM, THANK YOU MIKE, AND TO THE SAS TEAM FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR, UH, THE BRIEFING YOU PROVIDED EARLIER, UH, THIS WEEK.
ALSO, LIKE TO THANK, UM, MS. HARDBERGER FOR, UH, FOR HER WORK ON THIS AND THE COMPROMISE THAT SHE'S BROUGHT TO US.
UM, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, UH, ON US UP HERE.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK APPOINTEE BRIAN HUGHES, THE SMARTEST PERSON I KNOW.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS SMARTEST PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW, UM, OUR LOCAL ROCKET SCIENTIST WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO, TO THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WHERE, IN THIS BOOK, OR MAYBE IT'LL BE IN THE ORDINANCE, CAN I SEE A SCHEDULE OF WHAT I WILL PAY IF I AM A DEVELOPER? UH, AND I HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M BUILDING 10 HOMES.
UM, THERE ARE THREE BED, TWO BATH HOMES.
WHERE DO I SEE THAT? WELL, SO EVEN IN THE, THE CHART, I WAS SHOWING HOW IT SHOWS WHAT THE IMPACT FEE WILL BE PER EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S THE CALCULATION AS THEY GO THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT SUBMITTAL, UH, WITH SAWS, THEN THE NUMBER OF ED IS, UH, CALCULATED FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
SO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, YOU KNOW, AN APARTMENT IS AT ONE HALF A POINT, FIVE E D U, UH, WHEREAS A TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD IS ONE E D U.
SO WHATEVER THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS, IT, THERE WILL BE A, A CALCULATION THAT SAYS IT IS THIS MANY EDUS.
AND THAT'S A SIMPLE MULTIPLIER ACROSS THOSE, UH, IMPACT FEE RATES.
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THEIR, THEIR, SO EVERY SCENARIO IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT, EVEN THOUGH THE IMPACT FEES ARE SET BASED ON DEVELOPMENT.SO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, BEFORE THE HEARING IS HOW YOU'LL CALCULATE THAT, WHETHER I COME TO YOU WITH A TWO BED, TWO BATH, UH, ONE BED, ONE BATH, UM, RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING SOUNDS DISCRETIONARY AND I, UM, AND MAYBE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, NO, IT'S NOT.
SO, SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT, OR IF SAAS COULD PROVIDE THAT SCHEDULE, THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
YEAH, IT'S VERY, UH, VERY OBJECTIVE, VERY SPECIFIC, UH, SURE.
UM, BUT I, I THINK IT SHOULD BE, UM, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IT OPEN AS ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'LL REVIEW BEFORE THE, THE VOTE.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION, UH, I WANTED TO ASK IS, SO THIS NEGOTIATION OR, OR THIS COMPROMISE HAD BEEN REACHED REGARDING THE VISTA RIDGE, UH, SORRY, THE WATER SUPPLY FEE THAT ONLY HAD TO DO WITH VISTA RIDGE, AND I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, IT WOULD BE COMPLETE IN THE FIRST YEAR, UM, BUT IT'S STILL, SO WE'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE THE IMPACT TO BE COVER PART OF IT, BUT IT WAS STILL, IT STILL HAD TO BE BUILT AND PAID FOR, RIGHT? SO WHERE IS THE REST OF THAT COST GOING? RIGHT? SO REMEMBER THAT, SO THE VISTA RIDGE PROJECT, THERE'S A, A PRIVATE CONSORTIUM THAT IS PAYING FOR THAT, BUILDING IT, AND THEN SAWS IS, IS PAYING BACK TO THAT THROUGH THE USE OF THE WATER A YEAR FROM NOW.
SO THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO VISTA RIDGE.
THERE'S 60% OF IT IS A CAPITAL COST, AND 40% IS THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO IT, VISTA RIDGE IS, IS COVERED THROUGHOUT IN THE IMPACT FEES AND OUTSIDE THE IMPACT FEES TO COVER THAT, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS, YOU KNOW, IMPACT FEES ARE RELATED TO CAPITAL COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT VISTA RIDGE IS ALSO AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COST, UH, TO SIZE AS WELL.
SO IT IS, IT IS COVERED IN BOTH.
SO IMPACT FEES IS NOT COVERED AT 100%.
I THINK MAYBE I'LL HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION O O OFFLINE ON, ON THAT ONE.
AND SO IN TERMS OF, UM, PAYING THE PROJECT, I'M SORRY, AGAIN, ONLY, UH, IT WOULD BE COMPLETE IN THE FIRST YEAR.
SO THERE WAS A, LIKE A, A PRO RATING OF IT, OF THAT IMPACT FEE, BUT IS THAT THE ONLY PROJECT IN THE WHOLE CAPITAL LIST OF PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE BEFORE THE, THE 10 YEAR SPAN? WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE WATER SUPPLY FEE OF THE, OF THOSE FIVE, IT ONLY HAS THE ONE PROJECT OF VISTA RIDGE, AND THAT PROJECT HAPPENS TO BE BEING COMPLETE THE FIRST YEAR.
THE OTHER FOUR CATEGORIES HAVE 20 TO 30 PLUS PROJECTS IN THERE.
SOME ARE, SOME ARE GONNA BE GOING TO CONSTRUCTION SOON WITHIN THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD.
OTHERS IN THE MIDDLE, OTHERS AT THE BACK END.
SO THEY'RE ALL GROUPED TOGETHER.
SO THAT WAS WHAT THE C I A C WRESTLED WITH IS YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IF WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AFTER VISTA RIDGE WAS COMPLETE, IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE IMPACT FEE AT ALL.
IT WOULD NOT BE BECAUSE STATE LAW SAYS YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE 10 YEAR FUTURE WINDOW OF AND SAY, WHAT CAPITAL PROJECTS DO YOU NEED FOR GROWTH? IT'S ALREADY DONE, SO IT WOULDN'T BE IN THERE.
THE PROJECT, THE VISTA RIDGE PROJECT WILL STILL BE IN THE IMPACT FEE THAT IS, WAS EXPLAINED EARLIER.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROJECT BEING IN WHAT'S CONSIDERED C I P AND THE PROJECT BEING INEQUITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THAT, THAT THE VISTA RIDGE PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE IMPACT FEE GOING FORWARD BEYOND THE ONE YEAR.
IT'LL BE IN THERE FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THERE'S A ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO BE UTILIZED BY ADDITIONAL GROWTH THAT COMES TO SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT WILL BE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 10 YEARS, BUT PROBABLY MORE LIKELY THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER AND, UH, I DID GET THE EMAIL RESPONSE THAT, THAT YOU SENT TO ME NONETHELESS, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA BRING THIS UP WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ ALLUDED TO IT IN TERMS OF HOW WE WANT TO DEVELOP AND WHERE THE GROWTH IS OCCURRING.
UM, AND YOU SAID THAT DEPENDS ON THE LAND USE, UH, ON THE LU APP, THE, THE LAND USE PLAN.
SO, UM, I GUESS OFFLINE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT HOW THAT LAND USE PLAN IS, UH, IS USED IN, IN THIS.
AND I'M, I'M SURE BRIAN WAS THOROUGHLY INVOLVED IN ALL OF THAT, BUT I THINK THAT HELPS US IN FUTURE POLICY MAKING IF WE DO WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT IN ONE DIRECTION VERSUS ANOTHER.
UH, IT, IT HELPS US TO SEE HOW THOSE TWO TIE TIE
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TOGETHER.UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF REVIEWING A CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN.
UM, AND THAT HAS TWO PARTS, RIGHT? HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE ADAPTATION PART, POSSIBLY MORE DROUGHTS IN THE FUTURE, AND HOW DO WE DEAL WITH, UM, EVEN WATER DEMAND, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE PROPOSALS IN THE, IN THE DRAFT PLAN IS REDUCING, UH, WATER CONSUMPTION.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD RATHER HAVE INCENTIVES AS OPPOSED TO REGULATION.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE IS HOW WE CAN, UM, FRAME THE, FRAME THE IMPACT FEES, MAYBE NOT THIS TIME, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN FEWER THAN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, HOPEFULLY, UH, SO THAT WE INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, USES LESS WATER.
UM, AND THAT HELPS US PREPARE FOR DROUGHT PERIODS, BUT IT ALSO HELPS US, UH, CONSERVE CONSERVE WATER.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT BE, UH, IT'S KIND OF LATE IN THE GAME TO, TO DO THAT NOW, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS EXPLORE MAYBE GETTING TOGETHER, UH, A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM SAS IN THE CITY AND, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN TIE THAT INTO OUR NEXT ROUND OF, OF IMPACT FEES.
UM, SO I'D JUST LIKE TO, TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UH, NUMBER ONE, UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, AMY'S, UH, PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.
UH, I'VE KNOWN HER AND HER FAMILY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I, I, I, UM, TRUST HER INTELLECT.
I TRUST HER, UH, ABILITY FOR FAIRNESS AND FOR HER TO GO FROM, UH, A NAY TO A YAY ON THIS ALONGSIDE THE, UH, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I THINK IS, IS FOR ME, A SELLER.
UM, AND WE GOTTA KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE HAVE, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT COMPROMISE THAT I, I THINK WORKS.
UM, AND THAT I'LL AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, THAT I LIKE THE TWO SLIDES OF THE, THE FEE COMPARISONS, UH, THE IMPACT FEE COMPARISONS VERSUS THE PER PERSON RATES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CONSTANT BALANCE THERE.
I THINK, MIKE, YOU, YOU EXPLAINED, IF ONE GOES UP, THEN THE OTHER'S GOTTA GO DOWN AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, IF WE LESSEN IMPACT FEES, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THE PER PERSON TO GO UP.
SO THAT'S A CONSTANT BALANCE THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL, UH, ARE WORKING ON.
I WILL RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH, WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY ON, ON THE ISSUE OF PUSHING IT OFF TO, TO THE NEXT COUNCIL.
ONE THING I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE COUNCIL, I GUESS 15 YEARS AGO, WAS THERE HAD BEEN A ZONING ISSUE THAT HAD BEEN CONTROVERSIAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
AND, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE TIME PUSHED IT OFF UNDER ME.
AND SO MY FIR MY FIRST ZONING, UH, CASE WAS A CONTROVERSIAL ONE, AND I HAD NO PROBLEM JUST DECIDING.
UM, UH, BUT I, I THINK TOO OFTEN WE, WE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO THE NEXT PERSON AS OPPOSED TO MAKING THE DECISION, UH, THAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE RIGHT HERE, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND SO I, UH, IN MY OWN ROLE IN DISTRICT TWO FOR THIS INTERIM, I'M TRYING TO RESOLVE AS MANY ISSUES AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT COMES IN INTO THE SEAT HAS VERY LITTLE CONTROVERSY AND, AND THINGS ARE RESOLVED, UM, DURING MY TENURE AS OPPOSED TO PUSHING SOMETHING NEGATIVE DOWN THE LINE.
SO MY, MY PUSH WAS, WAS TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE, OF THE SCHEDULE THAT, UH, THAT SAS HAS BEEN, HAS PLACED IN FRONT OF US, AND TRY TO GET IT RESOLVED BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL GETS, UH, INTO OFFICE.
UH, I, I DO THINK THAT, UM, HAVING NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THIS LEVEL OF, OF, UH, COMPLEXITY WITHIN A MONTH'S PERIOD OF TIME, ON TOP OF ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT THEY HAVE TO GET THROUGH AS NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE.
UH, BUT I DO, SENATOR, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE JUNE 8TH DEADLINE.
UH, I THINK THAT GIVES AT LEAST ME SOME, SOME, UH, INCENTIVE TO, TO PUSH FOR US TO MAKE IT AS A PUSH AS OPPOSED TO PUSHING IT DOWN THE ROAD.
THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL 13, 15 YEARS AGO, UM, ONE OF THE STUDIES THAT I, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK FOR IT, UH, AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT TO RENEE ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S A STUDY OUT THERE THAT, UH, THAT WENT OUT AND ASKED ALL THE CITIES, ALL THE COMPANIES THAT TURNED DOWN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO GO TO OTHER PLACES, UH, WHY THEY CHOSE TO GO TO OTHER PLACES, NOT SAN ANTONIO.
AND I THINK FOR ME, THAT WAS JUST A GOOD ANALYSIS AS TO WHERE WE NEED TO WORK ON AND, AND, AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED.
AND THE THREE TOP THINGS THAT WERE ON THAT LIST WERE WATER AVAILABILITY WAS THE AIRPORT.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UH, THERE WAS NO PHD, UM, UH, PROGRAMS, UM, IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE'VE WORKED ON ALL THOSE THINGS.
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AIRPORT'S THE ONE MISSING PIECE, UM, AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS BEING A, UH, A HUB, BUT I KNOW WATER'S BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR MANY YEARS.AND, UH, I'VE, I'VE APPRECIATED EVERYTHING THAT SAWS HAS DONE TO, UH, TO MAKE US, UH, ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESSES IN THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND, UM, ALSO DURING THAT PERIOD, UH, THIS IS TO ONE OF COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S POINTS IS CONSERVATION, AT LEAST WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL 13, 15 YEARS AGO, WAS THE BIG PUSH.
AND I KNOW SAS HAS A HUGE WHOLE DEPARTMENT THAT THEIR SOLE PURPOSE IS FOCUSING IN ON CONSERVATION.
I KNOW THEY, THEY VISITED ISRAEL, UH, WHICH HAS, UM, IT DOES VERY WELL WITH CONSERVATION AND, AND IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF THOSE PRACTICES.
BUT AT THAT POINT, 13 YEARS AGO, UH, THE STATISTIC THAT I REMEMBER IS THAT, AND I GUESS THEY, I THINK THEY MEASURED IT OVER 25 YEARS, THAT WE HAD GROWN 50% AS A CITY, BUT WE USED 50% LESS ON OF WATER.
UH, SO FOR ME, THAT WAS, THAT WAS HUGE.
AND WHAT THAT TOLD ME WAS SAWS IS DOING A COUPLE THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, IT'S FOCUSING IN ON THE, UM, ON THE CONSERVATION PIECE SO THAT WE USE AS LITTLE WATER AS WE CAN.
UH, BUT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S PLANNING 50 YEARS, 75 YEARS, A HUNDRED YEARS INTO THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PIPELINE OF WATER IS AVAILABLE, UH, LONG TERM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO I KNOW IT'S A CONSTANT BALANCE.
UM, AND I DON'T MIND, UH, ADJUSTING RATES AND FEES AND SO FORTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLAN AHEAD FOR THE FUTURE, UH, AS, AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO, UH, I THINK AS COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WAS, WAS ADVOCATING THAT WE CONTINUE TO BALANCE THAT WITH, ALRIGHT, LET'S, LET'S TRY TO DO, LET'S TRY TO CONSERVE WATER, UH, AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE'RE, FOR US, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN APPLAUSE FACTOR FOR ME WITH SAS IS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THINGS ON BOTH ENDS AND YOU'RE DOING IT WELL.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UH, A FEW THINGS IN MY, MY THINKING.
AND YES, MIKE, COULD YOU COME UP, UM, THE ESTIMATE ON, UH, ON THE, ON THESE CHARGES ARE BASED ON, UH, HOW MANY FUTURE EDS DO YOU ANTICIPATE OVER THE 10 YEAR PERIOD? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO APPROXIMATELY 140,000 EDUS.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR WASTEWATER THAN IT IS FOR WATER, BECAUSE THE SERVICE AREA IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO, AND YOU SAID APARTMENTS WERE COUNTED AS A HALF AN E D U? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING PROBABLY OVER 200,000 USERS PROBABLY RECEIVING WATER OVER THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
IT'S KIND OF A ROUGH ESTIMATE, GIVE OR TAKE HOW MANY APARTMENTS.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS, UH, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WAS $3,322, UM, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE 2,706 FOR WATER, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE WHOLE BILL.
AND SO, UH, WHAT IS THE, UM, TOTAL VALUE OF THE DIFFERENCE OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN CHARGING $3,322 A UNIT AND $2,706 A UNIT? ABOUT HOW MUCH DOES THAT COME TO OVER THE 10 YEAR PROJECTION? SO WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
WE RAN THAT IT'S ABOUT $9 MILLION A YEAR, SO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 80, 80 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE 10 YEAR PERIOD.
AND, UH, WHAT WAS YOUR ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE PER PAYER? I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS YEAH, WE RAN, YOU KNOW, UH, DOUG EVANSON WHO CAME UP WAS OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND THAT WAS RUN THROUGH THE FINANCIAL MODEL.
AND SO THAT DIFFERENTIAL WAS, WAS ABOUT, UH, 5 CENTS PER CUSTOMER PER MONTH WAS THE DIFFERENTIAL FROM GOING FROM THE MAX DOWN TO WHAT'S RECOMMENDED.
SO WE'RE SAYING THAT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO FOREGO $87 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAT WE COULD ASSESS IF WE DID THE MAXIMUM.
BUT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO MORE OR LESS A HYBRID, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS A MINIMUM.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE MINIMUM, BUT IT IS A HYBRID YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, AMY AND THE RESTA AND BRIAN AND THE REST OF THE C A C.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLEX WORK THAT'S DONE FROM A DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE WITH RELATION TO OUR, OUR WATER UTILITY.
IT'S CONTENTIOUS, IT'S CONTROVERSIAL SEEMINGLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UH, BUT MIRACULOUSLY NOT THIS YEAR WITH AMY, AGAIN, AS A MEMBER OF THE SAWS BOARD, WORKING ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO, UH, ON THE C A
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C AS WELL.SO, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN WORKING AND LEANING IN ON THIS ISSUE.
I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND COMPROMISE, UH, AND CONSENSUS ON AN ISSUE LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHANGING NATURE OF OUR, OUR, UH, WATER PORTFOLIO.
UH, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE DID, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, GETTING THIS DONE AND, AND GETTING IT DONE ON TIME.
UH, MY THOUGHTS ON, ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS ISSUE, I THINK IN AND OF ITSELF WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR A NEW COUNCIL, UH, TO TACKLE THIS RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL THAT ARE SEASONED ENOUGH, UH, TO SEE THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
AND SO, WELL, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD ON THE TIMING OF THE, THE HEARING AND LOOK FORWARD AGAIN TO AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF GREAT WORK DONE BY THE CIAC AND SAWS.
SO, WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS FOR A AND FOUR B, PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM 13, ITEM 13 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 33, APPENDIX H, STORM WATER DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL TO INCLUDE UPDATED RAINFALL DATA FOR DRAINAGE AND FLOODPLAIN DESIGN FROM THE FEDERAL ATLAS 14 RAINFALL STUDY.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN I'VE PULLED BOTH OF THE ITEMS
SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, FOR INDULGING ME.
BUT I DO BELIEVE ITEM 13 IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND I WANNA, UH, THANK THE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE, THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THIS.
AS YOU KNOW, STORM WATER IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DEPARTMENTS, NEFI.
SO, UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE THE PRESENTATION WITH US.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU, UH, THIS, UH, NEW AMENDMENT.
I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT, UH, WATER, CONTINUE WITH THE THEME OF WATER, UNLIKE MIKE WHO TALKED ABOUT POTABLE WATER AND, AND, AND SEWER WATER.
I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT RAINWATER AND, AND, AND TODAY.
TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE AT, WE'RE REQUESTING COUNCIL TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 35, UH, APPENDIX H THAT WILL INCORPORATE ATLAS 14 VOLUME 11 RAINFALL DATA.
I WANNA TAKE A STEP BACK, UH, AS BEFORE I BEGIN TALKING IN DETAIL ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.
THIS, UH, IMAGE ON THE SCREEN THERE SHOWS THE, THE, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER WATERSHED THAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN WHERE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIES THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HOW OUR INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WA THAT WE ARE BUILT ON THE SIDE OF A HILL.
WATER THAT COMES, THAT RAINS ON OUR AREA IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT WATERSHEDS, AND ULTIMATELY JOIN THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER WATER THAT EXITS OUR CITY, GOES INTO BEXAR COUNTY, WILSON KEARNEY, UH, WILSON COUNTY, KARNS, AND GOLIAD COUNTY, AND EVENTUALLY MEETS UP WITH THE GUADALUPE RIVER BEFORE EMPTYING INTO THE, THE GULF COAST.
THIS CONNECTION OF, OF SYSTEM NATURAL CONNECTIONS OF STREAMS AND RIVERS, WHAT MAKES IT, UH, AN INTERESTING AND, UH, INCREDIBLE ECOLOGICAL, UM, AREA THAT WE LIVE IN.
THE, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE NATIONAL OCEANIC ATTER, UH, ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION OR NOAA, HAS PUBLISHED A NEW DOCUMENT KNOWN AS ATLAS 14, VOLUME 11 THAT LOOKS AT RAINFALL FREQUENCIES AND INTENSITIES.
THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN THERE SHOWS A PICTURE OF, UM, THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALL THOSE BLUE DOTS.
SO THE DOTS THAT YOU SEE THERE ON, ON THE SCREEN ARE THE NUMBER OF GAUGES USED TO EVALUATE THIS, UH, INTENSITY.
THEY USED ALMOST 4,000 RAIN GAUGES THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND MANY OTHER GAUGES OUTSIDE OF TEXAS TO HELP ESTABLISH THE RAINFALL INTENSITY CRITERIA.
AND IT TAKES INFORMATION RANGING FROM THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS ALL THE WAY UP TO 2017.
ONE OF THE DATASET THAT YOU, THAT THEY USE INCLUDES, UH, HURRICANE HARVEY WAS INCLUDED IN THE DATASET.
WHILE THIS IS NOT A FEDERALLY MANDATE, IT'S NOT A FEDERAL MANDATE TO USE THIS.
OUR OWN UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES US TO USE THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
THIS ATLAS UPDATES THE PREVIOUS MAP THAT WE USED, UH, THE LAST TIME WE CHANGED
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THIS RAINFALL TOTALS WAS BACK IN 2009.THE RESULT OF THAT CREATED A SITUATION WHERE THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS HAD TO REEVALUATE THE, UM, THE RAINFALL TOTALS.
THIS NEW ATLAS, THIS NEW MAP THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IMPACTS THE ENTIRE STATE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE THE DI A LITTLE DIFFERENCES THERE.
IF I CAN DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MAP THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE COLORS INTENSIFY OR, OR CHANGE IN COLORS AS THEY GO TOWARDS THE HOUSTON AREA.
AND IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE SAN ANTONIO IS, YOU SEE THIS BLUE AREA CUTTING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
THAT AREA HAPPENS TO BE ALONG THE ESCARPMENT OR THE, UM, THE EDWARDS ESCARPMENT THERE, THE BA BAI'S FAULT AIRLINE.
AND WE RECEIVE QUITE A BIT OF INTENSE RAINFALL AS YOU, AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW.
NOW, ZEROING IN INTO BEXAR COUNTY AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, THE TWO IMAGES THAT YOU SEE THERE, IF I COULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST ONE, THE BLACK AND WHITE ONE THAT HAS THE, THE LITTLE GHOST STAR ON IT.
THAT IS THE CURRENT RAINFALL ATLAS THAT WE USE TODAY.
THIS TODAY AFTER, UH, WE USE 10 INCHES.
OVER 24 HOURS, CONSTITUTES A 100 YEAR STORM ATLAS 14 UPDATES THAT THOSE, THOSE, UH, VALUES BY LOOKING AND ADDING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS TO THE DATA SET TO DEVELOP, UH, NEW PROPOSED VALUES.
WE LEARNED TWO THINGS FROM THIS STUDY.
ONE IS THAT OUR PREVIOUS, UH, 10 YEAR, OR OUR PREVIOUS 100 YEAR STANDARD THAT IDENTIFIED IT AS 10 INCHES IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LOW.
OUR, OUR CURRENT VALUE THAT WE USE IS MORE LIKE A 75 80 YEAR EVENT, THE ACTUAL 100 YEAR.
THIS STUDY TELLS US THAT 100 YEARS MORE IN LINE, IT'S ACTUALLY 10 TO 30% GREATER THAN WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY, UH, BELIEVED.
THE OTHER THING THAT IT DOES IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF THE EXISTING CONDITION, WE USE 10 INCHES EVENLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
THIS STUDY TELLS US THAT STORMS VARY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UH, VARY FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH WITH, UH, LIKE I SAID, RANGING FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10% INCREASE TO UP TO 30% INCREASE.
NOW, ONE THING I WANNA BE CLEAR IS THIS ACTION DOES NOT MAKE IT RAIN MORE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THAT'S, I, I, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
'CAUSE WE, I HAVE BEEN ASKED, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS AND WE'VE LOOKED AT THE IMPACTS THAT THIS STUDY, UH, DOES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE CIRCLED IT INTO THREE, THREE GROUPS TO THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, UH, TO THE CITY ORGANIZATION OURSELVES, AND TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
THIS, UH, INCREASE IN RAINFALL STANDARDS OR DESIGN STANDARDS WILL CERTAINLY CHANGE OUR FEMA FLOODPLAIN MAPS.
I CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S GONNA INCREASE IT.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA INCREASE, BECAUSE AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, THROUGH OUR BOND AND THROUGH OUR IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE DONE MANY PROJECTS TO REDUCE THE FLOOD RISK.
SO, WHILE ATLAS 14 IS GONNA, IS COMING IN, IT WILL CHANGE OUR MAPS.
WE'VE DONE SOME ANALYSIS AND LOOKING AT IT, UH, IN DIFFERENT SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE WILL BE, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THE INCREASE WILL BE INCHES THAT WON'T REALLY BE MAPPABLE, IT WON'T BE ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OTHER AREAS.
WE WON'T KNOW THE EFFECTS OF THAT UNTIL THE MAPS THE FEMA MAPS GET UPDATED.
WORKING WITH, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH FEMA AND THROUGH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, THEY WILL BE UPDATING THE FEMA MAP WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS.
SO WE WILL HAVE, UH, MAPS COME OUT WITHIN TWO TO THREE YEARS.
NOW, THE, THE FEMA FEDERAL PROCESS WILL REQUIRE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS TO GO OUT SO WELL BEFORE THE MAPS EVEN BECOME DRAFT OR FINAL.
UH, THE REQUIREMENT IS TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND NOTIFY THEM OF ANY, ANY POTENTIAL MAP CHANGES.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE FLOOD PLANNING INCREASING OR CHANGING, THERE WILL BE CHANGES TO THE NUMBER OF STRUCTURES IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
FLOOD INSURANCE WILL BE REQUIRED TO THOSE AREAS.
ALSO, LOOKING AT THE, HOW IT IMPACTS THE CITY ORGANIZATION, UH, THE 2017 BOND THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED, WE'VE RECEIVED, WE WILL BE GOING IN AND LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE BOND PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO.
SO IF A PARTICULAR PROJECT AIMED TO REDUCE THE FLOOD RISK WITH ATLAS 14, WE NEED TO VERIFY THAT IN FACT, THAT IS, THAT IS STILL OCCURRING.
SO WE WILL BE EVALUATING CASE BY CASE EVERY SINGLE BOND PROJECT.
AND THE LAST IMPACT IS OBVIOUSLY TO OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT,
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UM, WILL INCREASE AND CAN POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE COST TO, UH, TO DEVELOPMENT.OF COURSE, THAT'S GONNA DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S GONNA DEPEND ON THE LOCATION, UH, AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THERE MAY BE AN IMPACT TO THOSE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GONNA BE WIDER EASEMENTS POTENTIALLY THAT COULD OCCUR, AS WELL AS MAYBE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SUBDIVISION LAYOUT.
BECAUSE OF RECOGNIZING THESE, UH, IMPACTS, WE BEGAN LAST YEAR REACHING OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS.
WE RE WORKING THROUGH, UH, A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE, THE BEAR REGIONAL WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP THAT INCLUDES, UM, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY AND BEXAR COUNTY.
WE BEGAN WORKING A PROCESS AND WORKING WITH TXDOT AND INCLUDING SAS AND SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS RAINFALL ATLAS, WHAT IT MEANT TO US HERE LOCALLY.
WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND PRIVATE PRACTICE, AS WELL AS THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER GROUP MEETINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED THE IMPACT OF THIS, WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO OUR, OUR CURRENT, OUR, OUR, OUR CITIZENS.
AND THE WHOLE GOAL OF THIS STAKEHOLDER MEETING WAS REALLY TRANSLATE WHAT ATLAS 14 INTO SOMETHING USABLE, UH, A USABLE DATA SET FOR THE CITY, FOR THE CITY.
THIS, UH, NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE TIMELINE THAT WE BEGAN LAST YEAR, WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS LAST MAY.
AND THROUGH ALL THAT, HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY A COUPLE OF TIMES.
ON THIS VERY SAME TOPIC, WE'VE GONE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, TASK FORCE, AND VARIOUS, UM, PRIVATE, UH, OR, OR, UH, VARIOUS GROUPS THAT WE PRESENTED THIS.
BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THIS MAP SHOWS THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, TO SEE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD ONE RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA SEE FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS, THE DIFFERENT SHADINGS THERE HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTED, UH, NEXT TO THAT TABLE.
SO BASICALLY, IF I CAN WALK THROUGH, THROUGH THIS PA ONE OR PRECIPITATION AREA, ONE BEING FAR NORTH.
BEXAR COUNTY, STRADDLING THE BEXAR COUNTY LINE IN THE AL AND, UH, KENDALL COUNTY AREA.
THAT AREA WILL INCREASE FROM 10 INCHES TO ROUGHLY 12.87 INCHES FOR A 100 YEAR PRECIPITATION AREA.
TWO BEING NORTH OF U T S A STONE OAK AREA OUTSIDE OF, IN, IN 1604 AREA WOULD GO FROM 10 INCHES TO 12.5.
AND, UH, PRECIPITATION AREA THREE, WHICH COVERS DOWNTOWN.
YOU SEE THAT INCREASE FROM 10 TO 11.97 ALL THE WAY DOWN SOUTH, UH, THROUGH HIGHWAY, UH, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90, PRECIPITATION AREA FOUR, INCREASING FROM 10 TO 11.5, AND THEN SOUTH BEXAR COUNTY OVER BY THE TOYOTA AREA.
TOYOTA PLANT AREA FROM 10 TO 11.15.
THIS IS THE MAP THAT WILL GOVERN.
SO IF YOU'RE DOING A PARTICULAR DEV, UH, DEVELOPMENT OR STUDY IN ONE OF THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS YOU USE AT CORRESPONDING RAINFALL TOTOS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ISSUED AN INFORMATION BULLETIN AVAILABLE THROUGH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND NEW DEVELOPMENT TO OUTLINE AND DETAILS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT TALKS ABOUT ADVERSE IMPACTS, UH, COMPLIANCE, UH, CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPLIANCE PHASE MITIGATION, FLOODPLAIN MAPPING, AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, UH, TO REVIEW.
SO TODAY'S PROPOSAL IS WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, COUNCIL ACTION FOR APPROVAL TO THE U D C, UH, AMENDMENT, AMENDING CHAPTER 35, APPENDIX H, TO INCORPORATE ATLAS 14, VOLUME 11 RAINFALL DATA.
THANK YOU NEFI, FOR, FOR THAT VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
I ACTUALLY HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH, THROUGH MOST OF THEM.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOU AND, AND THE STAFF OR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR YOUR, UH, PROACTIVE OUTREACH WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF WHAT YOU HEARD FROM, UH, FROM THE FOLKS THAT YOU WORKED WITH? UH, YOU SAID REX A, UH, PROFESSIONAL, UH, ENGINEERS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AND, UH, A FEW COMPANIES AS WELL.
CERTAINLY, WE, VERY, VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO GET INFORMATION OUT, UH, SO THAT THEY, UNDER, SO FOLKS UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, WHILE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS RAINFALL INCREASE IS NOT BEING GENERATED, IT'S NOT THE CITY THAT'S MAKING THESE INCREASES, THAT THIS IS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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APPRECIATIVE THAT WE BROUGHT THEM IN EARLY TO TALK ABOUT THAT SO THAT IT CAN BEGIN PLANNING FOR THEIR NEXT, WHETHER IT'S DEVELOPMENT OR IN THEIR NEXT PROJECTS.UH, SO A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REACH OUT TO THEM BECAUSE AS, AS THEY'RE WORKING TO GET CLIENTS, AS THEY'RE WORKING TO, UM, TO CONTINUE THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS STANDARD HAS INCREASED.
AND I WANTED THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS INCREASING.
SO IT'S BEEN VERY, IT'S BEEN VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
SO I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, EXAMPLES OF US, UH, OF THE CLIMATE CHANGING THE BEST DATA, SHOWING US WHAT'S HAPPENING TO RAINFALL, AND THUS US ADAPTING TO THAT TO ENSURE THAT OUR POPULATION AND OUR DEVELOPMENT IS SAFE, UM, GOING FORWARD.
UM, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEN THE FEMA MAPS GET RELEASED.
UM, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CONTROVERSY IN THAT WHEN YOU HAVE MORE PROPERTY, LIKE RIGHT NOW, DISTRICT SEVEN HAS THE MOST STRUCTURES IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
AS YOU'VE, AS YOU'VE, AS YOU'VE TOLD US, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO INCREASE, UH, IN TWO TO THREE YEARS.
WE WON'T BE DONE WITH ALL OF THE DRAINAGE WORK, UH, BY THEN.
AND THAT MEANS PEOPLE'S PROPERTY VALUES WILL BE AFFECTED, UM, WHICH CAN MAKE A GREAT CASE WHEN YOU'RE APPEALING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
BUT, UM, BUT IT DOES WORK AGAINST YOU IN, IN THE FACT THAT YOU WILL NEED FLOOD INSURANCE.
AND, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AND WHEN YOU THINK WE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE DISCOUNTS TO OUR RESIDENTS? CA COUNCILWOMAN, WE ARE, AS A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE NATIONAL FOOT INSURANCE PROGRAM.
NOW, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM OR C R S.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, FEMA WILL BE COMING IN MAY TO PERFORM AN AUDIT UPON, ON OUR STAFF AND OUR WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING NOT ONLY THEIR STANDARDS, BUT WE'RE ALSO PROVING TO THEM THAT WE'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, THOSE STANDARDS.
AND, UH, IT IS OUR HOPE THAT WE CAN, WE WILL, UH, FILE THE APPLICATION AND MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, AND HOPEFULLY ENTER C R S SOON.
AND, UH, WE WILL KEEP YOU AWARE OF THOSE, OF THOSE PROGRESSES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 13, COUNCILMAN CURRY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO GET AN IDEA, WHEN DO WE THINK WE'LL GET, UH, UP UPDATED FLOOD MAPS? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY IN FEMA, WHO'S ACTUALLY DOING THE, UH, THE, THE WORK THEMSELVES.
THE INITIAL ANALYSIS HAS STARTED, AND THEY HAVE STARTED LOOKING, COLLECTING THE INFORMATION.
BUT THEIR PROJECTION RIGHT NOW IS THAT IN 2021, WE WILL BE RECEIVING INFORMATION, THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FOR THE SATO, THE LEON MEO CREEK, THE SLO CREEK, AND PARTS OF THE MEDINA RIVER.
AND THEN IN 2022, WE'LL, WE'LL START SEEING THE UPPER SAN ANTONIO RIVER, WHICH IS KIND OF THE CENTER PORTION OF THE CITY.
UH, AND THEN, UH, IN 2023 WILL BE THE REMAINDER OF MEDINA RIVER, WHICH IS FAR SOUTH OF IT.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING A FEW YEARS OUT.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY THE CITY AND EVEN THE COUNTY AND THAT ARE GOING ON THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY.
ARE THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS BASED ON THE CURRENT, UH, ESTIMATES FOR RAINFALL? AND WILL THEY BE SATISFACTORY FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THESE NEW ESTIMATES MAY BE PREDICTING AND, UH, WHAT THE NEW FLOOD MAPS MAY BE SHOWING US? COUNCILMAN? K THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD, NOT ONLY THROUGH OUR BOND, BUT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
THE COUNTY'S ALSO DOING A NUMBER OF, UH, OF PROJECTS WHEN WE DESIGN.
UM, AND TERMS OF YOUR QUESTION IS, YES, THEY ARE BASED ON TODAY'S RAINFALL TOTALS, BUT WHEN WE DO THE DESIGN, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE MAKE THEM DO IS WE MAKE THE ENGINEERS DESIGN FOR WHAT WE CALL THE 100 YEAR ULTIMATE CONDITION.
THAT'S A HIGHER STANDARD THAN FEMA.
WE MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYTHING THAT DRAINS TO IT IS FULLY BUILT OUT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT'S THE WORST, WORST CONDITION IS.
SO WE LOOK AT THAT AND THEN WE ADD WHAT WE CALL SOME FREEBOARD BECAUSE WE, A MARGIN OF ERROR, IF YOU WILL, INTO THAT DESIGN, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE AND CAPTURE ANY, ANY, UH, FLUCTUATION IN THERE.
WE HAVE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ADDING ATLAS 14 TO SEE HOW DO THEY PERFORM, UH, GIVEN THE CURRENT DESIGN.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT WE LOOKED AT, WHILE IT'S EATING UP IN, INTO THAT
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FREEBOARD, IT'S STILL WELL CONTAINED INTO THAT, WITHIN THAT PROJECT.SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE BUILDING TODAY, UH, AND WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THEM, ALL THE ONES THAT WE HAVE EVALUATED SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY, AND THAT STILL WORK, WHICH HAS VERY, BEEN VERY POSITIVE FOR US.
YEAH, I'M, I'M PARTICULARLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
'CAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT YES, SIR, THAT ARE ONGOING THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ARE, ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE, THE FLOOD CONTROL AND THE SAFETY FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN LET US ALL KNOW BY DISTRICT IF WE'VE GOT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS GOING, UH, THAT YOUR ESTIMATES ARE GONNA STILL PROVIDE SOME, UH, SAFETY FACTORS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THOSE, THOSE, UH, FLOODING AREAS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
GREAT INFORMATION AND, UH, GREAT OVERVIEW.
BUT, UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE.
UM, YOU, YOU SHOWED SOME PICTURES OF THE ATLAS 14 WITH THE, UH, UM, INCREASED RAINFALLS AND THAT KIND OF THING, UH, IN COLOR CODED, BUT I DIDN'T SEE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SHOW A SIDE BY SIDE WHAT THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE? I DO.
THIS IMAGE HERE, SLIDE SIX SHOWS, UH, ON THE, THE BLACK AND WHITE, UH, IMAGE THAT YOU SEE THERE, THAT'S WHAT WE USE CURRENTLY.
SO WHERE YOU SEE THAT DARK, UH, LINE GOING THROUGH, UH, BEXAR COUNTY, THAT'S THE 10 INCH CONTOUR LINE THAT IS THE RAINFALL TOTALS THAT WE, WE CURRENTLY USE TODAY VERSUS THE OTHER IMAGE WITH THE VARIOUS COLORS.
YOU SEE AN 11, A LINE THAT HAS 11, ONE THAT HAS 12, THAT'S JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN WAY UP THERE IN NEW BRAUNFELS AREA, YOU SEE THAT 13.
SO YOU, WE START CREEPING UP TO THAT AREA.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SIDE BY SIDE THAT WE GOT.
UM, UH, WITH THE, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE MAPS, AND IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE BY SAWS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS UP NORTH, FLOW SOUTH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE INCREASED RAINFALL LEVELS NORTH OF US OBVIOUSLY AFFECTS US HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND ALL OF THIS HAS, UH, GIMME SOME IMPACTS WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO EXISTING, UH, HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, THAT KIND OF THING.
I, I, WE'RE NOT REALLY HIGHLIGHTING WHAT, WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THESE NEW FLOODPLAINS.
YOU, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR INITIAL EVALUATION OF THAT, WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
AND OUR EVALUATION IS SHOWING THAT BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE'RE BUILT ON A HILL AREAS THAT HAVE RELIEF MEANING, OR THAT HAVE ELEVATION, WE'RE SEEING THAT THE FLOODPLAIN IN THOSE AREAS, THE INCREASE IS VERY, VERY MINOR.
BUT IN AREAS THAT ARE FLAT, WE'RE SEEING THAT INCREASE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
SO WE'RE, IT'S THROUGH IT, IT, IT VARIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY BASED ON TERRAIN, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TREES, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF VEGETATION, ALL OF THOSE ARE FACTORS THAT GO IN THERE.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO TELL YOU THEY'RE ALL GONNA INCREASE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE.
UH, IN CERTAIN AREAS THERE WILL BE INCREASES IN OTHER AREAS THERE WE WILL NOT SEE ANY INCREASES.
SO IT, IT, IT VARIES THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF THAT UNTIL THOSE FEMA MAPS COME OUT.
THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE'RE GONNA SEE THE, THE IMPACTS OF IT.
AND THESE FEMA MAPS, WHO'S ACTUALLY DOING THESE MAPS? THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY IS CON IS IS WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF ENGINEERING TEAMS OF ENGINEERS THAT ARE ANALYZING, UH, THE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS.
AND THEY HAVE HIRED THOSE, THOSE FIRMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEMA WHO'S ALSO PROVIDING FUNDING TO THIS.
AND THEY WILL BE DEVELOPING THOSE, UH, ALL THE PARAMETERS NEEDED TO GO INTO THE CALCULATION THAT EVENTUALLY DEVELOPS THESE, THESE FLOOD MAPS.
AND WHY IS FEMA NOT DOING THIS WHOLE PROJECT? WHY IS SARAH A PART OF THAT? FEMA HAS A LONG PROCESS TO UPDATE MAPS.
SO WHEN LOCAL COMMUNITIES WANT TO UPDATE THEIR MAPS SOONER, UH, THEY REQUIRE, THEY REQUIRE THE LOCALS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT.
AND FORTUNATELY, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY IS A, IS A PARTNER WITH FEMA, AND THEY'VE BEEN ACTUALLY DELEGATED, UH, CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP, THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT WORK MORE OFTEN.
BUT, BUT YES, WE DO THROUGH THEIR, UH, THROUGH THEIR WORK, THEY HAVE TO, THEY'RE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR UPDATING THOSE MAPS.
BUT FEMA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE MAPS, RIGHT? YES, YES.
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MADE THE DECISION AT SARAH THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPEDITE THIS AND DO THIS QUICKER AND TAKE ON MORE OF A RESPONSIBILITY? WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT TO, TO REALLY, TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO THIS UPDATE.SO ATLAS 14 JUST HAPPENED TO, UH, OCCUR RIGHT WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO THIS.
SO THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO THIS UPDATE.
ANYWAY, IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS THE LAST TIME THAT THEY UPDATED THE MAPS.
UH, SO THEY WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO DO THAT UPDATE.
IT HAPPENED TO BE THAT ATLAS 14 OCCURRED.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SCHEDULE AND INCLUDE THAT DATA SET.
SO THEY WANTED TO DO IT MORE QUICKLY, UH, AND TOOK THIS ON.
HOW MUCH EXTRA IS THAT COSTING US? BECAUSE I, I REMEMBER SEEING, UH, AN INCREASE FROM SARAH ON OUR LAST, UH, UH, PROPERTY VALUES.
UH, THERE YOU ON PROPERTY TAXES, SIR, HOW MUCH SIR EXTRA DID THEY TAKE ON BECAUSE OF THEM WANTING TO DO THIS MORE QUICKLY? COUNCILMAN, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
I DO NOT HAVE THE, THE COST OF WHAT THAT STUDY IS, IS WHAT THE FEMA MAPS, UH, COST IS AND WHAT THAT, UH, CHANGE IN, IN, UH, IN THAT TAX RATE.
I, I, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THEY WANTED TO DO IT MORE QUICKLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT WAS TRANSLATED TO ALL OF OUR BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS YES.
TO BEAR THAT COST TO DO IT MORE QUICKLY.
UM, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, IN THE OVERALL, AGAIN, GOING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, WHAT IMPACTS ON DEVELOPMENT, LET'S SAY OUT IN THE COUNTY, IS THE COUNTY GONNA ENFORCE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON DEVELOPMENT? SO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH BEXAR COUNTY, THEIR CODE IS WRITTEN SUCH THAT WHEN THIS BODY, UH, ADOPTS THIS NEW STANDARD, THEIR UPDATE, THEIR CODE AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES, UH, THEIR STANDARD.
SO BY US, BY BY YOU ADOPTING THIS NEW CHANGE, THEIR CODE AUTOMATICALLY UPS IS UPDATED AS WELL.
SO BEXAR COUNTY WILL BE FOLLOWING THE VERY SAME STANDARDS THAT WE ARE, THAT WE FOLLOW.
AND I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THIS, UH, LETTER FROMA.
UM, IT SAYS, WE KNOW SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE CREATED AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPACTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, AND WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THAT DATA FROM ON OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA CREATE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS? SO, FINANCIAL IMPACTS THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THEY, UH, WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T JUST WORK HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THEY WORK IN AUSTIN, IN HOUSTON, THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BECAUSE THEIR RAINFALL VALUES INCREASED A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEY MADE THE DECISION TO REGULATE DEVELOPMENT TO THE 500 YEAR.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT, MAYBE IF WE WERE IN HOUSTON, MAYBE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT HERE LOCALLY, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS WE BROUGHT THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY, WE BROUGHT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AND WE SAID, THIS IS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH THIS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S APPROPRIATE AND CORRECT FOR OUR REGION AND OUR AREA.
SO WHAT WE MADE THE DECISION IS TO STICK TO OUR CODE.
OUR CODE SAYS WE DESIGNED TO THE A HUNDRED YEAR ULTIMATE CONDITION, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE THAT.
NOW, THE A HUNDRED YEAR ITSELF IS CHANGING, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.
UH, CITY OF AUSTIN HAS CHOSEN TO GO TO 500 YEAR AND REGULATE THAT, AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS SEEING THAT.
AND THAT'S PERHAPS WHERE THEY'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S CAUSING, UH, FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THEM BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REGU TO DEVELOP TO THE 500 YEAR.
WE, WE, WE CONTINUE WITH THE A HUNDRED YEAR ULTIMATE CONDITION.
AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE.
US BRINGING, BRINGING THEM IN, HELPING FORMULATE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS.
AND THAT'S A, THAT LETTER WAS A RESPONSE TO THAT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY NOW WAITING ON THESE MAPS TO YES, SIR.
SHOW US WHAT THAT TRUE IMPACT IS GONNA BE.
AND, AND IT, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE IMPACTS ON FLOOD INSURANCE REQUIRING PEOPLE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE IF THE FLOODPLAIN CHANGES, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THERE WILL BE FINANCIAL IMPACTS THAT I DON'T THINK WE CAN SAY THERE WON'T BE FINANCIAL IMPACTS.
THERE WILL BE BASED ON, ON THESE NEW, UM, CONTOURS AND WHERE, WHERE THAT LAYS OUT HERE FOR THE CITY.
I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY FOR SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME FLAT AND LOW LYING AREAS MM-HMM.
AND, UM, UM, WE, WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN HOW THIS IS GONNA IMPACT OUR CURRENT
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RESIDENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT BE FORCING PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR HOMES THAT MAY NOT HAVE FLOODED EVER BEFORE, BUT THESE NEW MAPS MIGHT BE SHOWING THAT, THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO STAY THERE ANYMORE BECAUSE OF AN INCREASED FINANCIAL IMPACT.SO, UH, I'M GONNA BE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS WHEN SARAH COMES AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE NEW MAPS THAT THEY HAVE ACCELERATED AT A FINANCIAL COST THAT RAISED THEIR, THEIR TAXING AUTHORITY TO, TO OUR RESIDENTS.
SO, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION, SIR.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, NEPHI.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR THE DRAINAGE TOWN HALLS WE'VE BEEN DOING IN DISTRICT FIVE AND TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEXT STORM WATER TOWN HALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH FROM SIX TO EIGHT AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE, THREE 14, LEAVE US.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE STYLE THAT YOU ALL USE.
UM, IT'S, I THINK, THE BEST ONE THAT WE'VE EVER DONE.
UH, EVEN MYSELF HERE NOW SIX YEARS.
UH, WHEN WE DID THE FIRST ONE, A COUPLE OF, UH, MONTHS BACK, WE HAD THE MAPS LAID OUT, PEOPLE COULD FIND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE SORT OF SEPARATED OUT BY, IF YOU LIVE IN THIS PART OF TOWN OR IN THIS PART OF THE DISTRICT, UH, FIND YOUR MAP HERE.
AND EVERYBODY JUST COULD CIRCLE WHERE THEY LIVED AND, UH, WHERE THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THAT THEY WERE HAVING IN THEIR DISTRICT, UM, OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND, AND I REALLY CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ABILITY TO NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT THE MORE TECHNICAL ISSUES LIKE YOU HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU TO BEFORE US TODAY, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE CONSTITUENTS, UM, ABOUT WHY THEIR STREETS CARRY WATER, UH, AND HOW THEY, WHAT THEY CAN DO AS INDIVIDUALS TO IMPROVE THAT.
AND THEN WHAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GO AND FIX IT.
UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND TO YOUR TEAM.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TOWN HALL.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT I THINK A COUPLE OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE USED THAT SAME STYLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT FORMAT.
AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ.
AND THANK YOU NA FOR THE GOOD WORK.
THIS IS, UH, DIFFICULT WORK, UH, BUT IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE'VE SEEN THROUGH THE, UH, SEVERE EVENTS ALL ALONG OUR COAST AND EVEN DEATHLY CLOSE TO OUR CITY.
SO, UH, THANKS FOR THE GOOD WORK.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS AHEAD.
AND WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 13, PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM 16 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF THE CITY CODE OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ENTITLED, SMOKING TO EXPAND SMOKE-FREE AND TOBACCO-FREE AREAS IN CITY PARKS AND PUBLIC PLAZAS, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A, A LONG TIME COMING, UH, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, A SMOKE-FREE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED BY THIS COUNCIL.
I, OF COURSE, WAS NOT HERE FOR THAT.
I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I THINK AT THE, AT THE TIME.
UM, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THE ORDINANCE PARKS.
AND TODAY I THINK IT'S, IT'S HISTORIC IN OUR LITTLE CITY THAT OUR BIG CITY THAT WE'RE ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE.
AND, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR WORK AND GO AHEAD AND GIVE US THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU COUNCIL AND MAYOR, UM, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, TOBACCO USE IS A LEADING CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DISEASE, DISABILITY, AND DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER, HEART DISEASE, UH, IT IMPACTS DIABETES DRUG USE, AND ALSO, UM, CREATES PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS.
IT CAUSES OVER HALF A MILLION DEATHS ANNUALLY.
AND OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS SINCE THE 1969 SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT WAS PUT OUT, IT'S CAUSED 20 MILLION PREMATURE DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS A REVISION TO CHAPTER 36 OF THE CITY CODE.
THE CURRENT CODE ONLY PROHIBITS SMOKING IN PAVILIONS PLAYGROUNDS LOCATED WITHIN CITY PARKS, THE USE OF E-CIGARETTES, OTHER ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES AND NON-COMBUSTIBLE TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE ONLY ADDRESSED WITHIN, WITHIN THE ORDINANCE WITH REGARDS TO PERSONS UNDER 21.
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PROPOSED REVISIONS WILL RESTRICT USE OF ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN ALL CITY PARKS AND PUBLIC PLAZAS.WE DID, AS, UM, XAVIER HAS SHARED WITH YOU ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, UM, INTERACT WITH MANY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, THIS TIME WHERE WE WERE, UH, LOOKING AT THE PARKS PLAN.
UH, ONE OF THOSE, UH, STAKEHOLDERS WAS THE WOOD LONG LAKE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD OVER 400 INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED A PETITION REQUESTING THAT WE MAKE OUR PARKS SMOKE AND TOBACCO FREE.
UH, WE ALSO, UM, MET WITH MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SESSIONS.
AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, UM, WE GOT VERY STRONG STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT FROM THE PARKS FOUNDATION, PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK ASSOCIATION, LATA, AND ALSO MARKET SQUARE.
UH, THE FINE FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE TOBACCO USE IN PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND PAVILION PAVILIONS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
THE VIOLATIONS WILL NOW APPLY TO ENTIRE PARK AND PUBLIC PLAZA UNDER THE NEW LANGUAGE.
SO THERE WILL REALLY BE NO ADDITIONAL FISCAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND ALL OF THE REVENUE FROM THESE FINES WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO CHAPTER 36 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED SMOKING TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN CITY OWNED PARKS AND PUBLIC PLAZAS.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND THEIR LONGTIME PRESIDENT, MR. ALEJANDRO SOTO.
HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, UM, BUT FOR HIS STRONG AND STEADFAST ADVOCACY ON THIS OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M GLAD WE ARE SEEING THE DAY COME WHEN, WHEN THIS IS GOING TO BE ADOPTED.
UM, COULD YOU, UH, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EDUCATION PROCESS BEFORE THE, THE ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT? SO I BELIEVE THERE, THERE'LL BE EDUCATION GOING ON BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, AND I'LL LET XAVIER SHARE.
SO, YES, WE'RE PROPOSING A JUNE 1ST IMPLEMENTATION.
SO IN THE INTERIM OF ONCE THE ITEM IS PASSED TODAY, WE WILL WORK WITH OUR, UH, PR FOLKS TO ROLL OUT AN EDUCATION, UH, PLAN AS WELL AS THEN WE WILL BE CREATING SIGNAGE.
UH, WE HAVE A GRANT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT THEY RECEIVED THAT WILL HELP US THEN PAY FOR THAT SIGNAGE THAT THEN WE WILL, UH, PUT IN THE DIFFERENT PARKS.
BUT REALLY LOOKING AT A POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SWIM, UH, IN A PARK SMOKE FREE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PICNIC, TO RUN, TO BIKE IN A PARK SMOKE FREE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ULTIMATELY WHAT THE SYSTEM PLAN LOOKED AT IS REALLY SUPPORTING MODELING, UM, BEHAVIOR OF, OF, UM, GREAT LIFESTYLE.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HOW DO WE TIE THAT IN TO RECREATIONAL USES AND REALLY LOOKING AT A MORE HEALTHY, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES.
UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE.
JUST A QUICK COMMENT TO, TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
SO I WAS ON COUNCIL JOIN THE, THAT THAT VOTE.
IN FACT, UH, THAT WAS THE ONE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE THAT EVERYWHERE WE WENT, EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHARLES'S ISSUE WAS, WAS HOUSING OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT, BUT THAT'S THE ONE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT.
AND IT WAS VERY CONTROVERSIAL.
UH, I DO FEEL OLD NOW BECAUSE, UH, YOU WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT THE TIME, BUT, UH, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT, UH, ORDINANCE THEN.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ONE NOW.
COUNCILMAN HALL AND TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE WHEN ONE ISSUE WAS CONTROVERSIAL DURING YOUR TIME.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR ENTIRE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR LEADING OUT WITH THIS EFFORT.
I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S HIGH TIME AND THAT WE GET THIS DONE.
AND, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO JENNIFER, THANK YOU TO DR.
BRIDGER, UM, AND TO XAVIER, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND FOR THE COUNCIL FOR GETTING IT DONE SWIFTLY.
SO WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 16, PLEASE VOTE.
IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR.
UM, I AM, UH, PROUD TO PRESENT, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE CITY'S 2018 EXTERNAL AUDIT.
UH, THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDIT, UH, WAS CONDUCTED BY GRANT THORNTON AND WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE EXTERNAL AUDIT IS REQUIRED,
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UH, TO BE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY BY AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER AND STATE STATUTE.UM, OBVIOUSLY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PROVIDE A TRANSPARENT LOOK AT THE CITY'S OVERALL FINANCIAL POSITION, AND WE RELY HEAVILY UPON, UH, THAT INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, THE RATING AGENCIES, INVESTORS, AND IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY.
UM, THIS YEAR'S RESULTS, UM, ARE AN EXAMPLE OF A WELL RUN FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION AND A, AND, AND TRULY A TESTAMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE, UH, THAT WE PLACE ON, UH, FINANCIAL REPORTING.
UH, I'M PROUD TO ALSO REPORT THAT THIS YEAR, UH, THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY FINDINGS OR ADJUSTMENTS, UH, FOR THE FINANCIAL AUDIT.
AND GIVEN THE SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, THIS IS TRULY AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, AND A MEMO DETAILING THE RESULTS OF THE, UH, AUDIT AND THE PRESENTATION PACKAGES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO YOUR OFFICERS LATER TODAY.
YOU SAW, UH, A LARGE GROUP OF FOLKS COME IN HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO, UH, THAT ARE STILL HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR SUCH A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.
UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO MELANIE KEATON WAVE MELON.
MELANIE KEATON, OUR, UM, UH, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR OF VICTORIA RADER, THE CITY'S CONTROLLER, UH, AND VERONICA KOREA, WHO OVERSEES THE, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM THAT WE'VE GOT THROUGHOUT THE, THE, UH, THE CITY AND EACH DEPARTMENT, THE ENTIRE ACCOUNTING TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT FISCAL ADMINISTRATORS.
UH, THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, THE GREAT WORK.
OH,
MAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AND MANY MORE.
USUALLY FOR MY BIRTHDAY I PLAY HOOKY AND GO WATCH THE RED SOX.
UM, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY 'CAUSE I CAN'T MISS A COUNCIL SESSION.
IT MEANS A LOT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO WATCH THE RED SOX LOSE AGAIN TONIGHT.
WE, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION
CONSULT STATES WITH ATTORNEY LITIGATION RELATED TO OPIOID MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS AND PROMOTERS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SETTLEMENT OFFERED IN THE LAWSUITS STYLED ROSANNA ROCHA VERSUS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.