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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 9, 2019.
>> MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA.
[1. Invocation]
WE'LL BEGIN BY AN INVOCATION, GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES.>> GONZALES: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
FATHER JUAN CARLOS TEJADA WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1985 IN SAN JOSE IN THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR.
HE WAS ACCEPTED FOR THE PRIESTLY FORMATION AT THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OLD.
HE FINISHED PHILOSOPHY STUDIES IN MEXICO CITY IN 2008 .
IN THE SAME YEAR HE CONTINUED PRIESTLY FORMATION AT ASSUMPTION SEMINARY AND ALSO THEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SAN ANTONIO.
HE CULMINATED HIS MASTERS OF DIVINITY AND HIS IN 2016.
HE WAS ORDAINED A PRIEST ON JUNN EL SALVADOR.
HIS PRIESTLY ASSIGNMENT WAS AT SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL AS ASSOCIATE PASTOR AND IS CURRENTLY THE PASTOR OF ST.
TIMOTHY'S CHURCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR CITY SINCE JULY 1, 2019.
AND HE REPLACES FATHER MIKE, WHO WAS THERE AT THE PARISH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
VERY BIG SHOES TO FILL BUT THE CONGREGATION AT ST. TIMOTHY'S IS SO HAPPY TO HAVE FATHER JUAN CARLOS GUIDING THEM.
>> LET ME START BY SAYING YOU ARE IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE PEOPLE CHOSE YOU TO BE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ARE IMPORTANT.
IN THIS REGARD IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO RECALL THE BEATITUDES OF A POLITICIAN, PROPOSED BY A FAITHFUL WITNESS TO THE GOSPEL, WHO DIED IN 2002.
IT READS BLESSED BE THE POLITICIAN WITH A LOFTY SENSE AND DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HIS ROLE.
BLESSED BE THE POLITICIAN WHO PERSONALLY EXEMPLIFIES CREDIBILITY.
BLESSED BE THE POLITICIAN WHO WORKS FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND NOT HIS OR HER OWN INTERESTS.
BLESSED BE THE POLITICIAN WHO REMAINS CONSISTENT.
BLESSED BE THE POLITICIAN WHO WORKS FOR UNITY.
BLESSED BE THE POLITICIAN WHO WORKS TO ACCOMPLISH RADICAL CHANGE.
BLESSED BE THE POLITICIAN WHO IS CAPABLE OF LISTENING.
BLESSED BE THE POLITICIAN WHO IS WITHOUT FEAR.
EVERY ELECTION IN EVERY STAGE OF PUBLIC LIFE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO POINTS OF REFERENCE THAT INSPIRE JUSTICE AND LAW.
ONE THING IS CERTAIN, GOOD POLITICS IS A SERVICE OF PEACE.
IT RESPECTS AND PROMOTES FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS, WHICH ARE AT THE SAME TIME MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS
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ENABLING TRUST AND GRATITUDE TO BE FORGED BETWEEN PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, SO THEREFORE LET US PRAY.GOD, FATHER, CREATOR, HERE WE ARE GATHERED HERE WITH YOUR WITNESSES.
BE OUR ONLY INSPIRER AND THE AUTHOR OF OUR DECISIONS.
DO NOT LET US MAKE MISTAKES AGAINST JUSTICE.
LET IGNORANCE NOT [INAUDIBLE] US NOR SYMPATHY BEND US.
INVITE US TO YOU SO THAT WE BECOME ONE AND THAT NOTHING DEBATES US FROM THE TRUTH, BECAUSE WE ARE ONE.
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, FATHER TEJADA.
WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES.
[3. Approval of Minutes of the City Council Regular Meetings of April 10 - 11, 2019]
AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE UP THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 10 THROUGH THE 11.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 3, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 10 AND 11.
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VERY BRIEFLY BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR VOTING SESSION TODAY, I DO WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND RECOGNIZE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WERE LOST THIS PAST WEEK.SAN ANTONIO SURVEYED THE LOSS OF TWO EXTRAORDINARY MEN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
DAN MARKSON WAS A PIONEER IN DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES.
HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN WHO INCORPORATED A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE IN ALL OF HIS WORK.
DAN MARKSON WAS STILL IN A NECK BRACE WHEN HE WAS PUSHING HIS SON, MAURY, DURING THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCH JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
HE BUILT THIS CITY AND MADE IT AFFORDABLE AND LIVABLE FOR SO MANY GENERATIONS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM HIS SERVICE.
AND ON MONDAY WE ALSO LOST DR. GRANVILLE COGS FROM THE AIRMEN.
THEY PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE BLACK AVIATORS.
SAN ANTONIO WAS BLESSED TO HAVE THEM BOTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY MADE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.
SO PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THESE TWO WONDERFUL MEN .
[Consent Agenda]
THANK YOU.AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
SO FAR WE HAVE ITEM NO. 6 PULLED FOR RECUSAL.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ITEMS 7, 13, AND 14.
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ANY OTHERS? ITEM 15 WAS PULLED OFF OF THE AGENDA BY STAFF.HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON REMAINING ITEMS. JACK FINGER.
>> WELL, MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER.
WELL, ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA I DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
YES, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ITEM 15 WAS PULLED.
IT'S ABOUT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL.
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL.
AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN CITIES CLIMATE CHALLENGE.
I GUESS THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE ALL KINDS OF FEEL-GOOD INITIATIVES TO BASICALLY REACH INTO THE TAXPAYERS' WALLET --
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: JACK, YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR 12 AND 14, SO IF YOU COULD KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE.
>> JUST A THANK YOU FOR PULLING ITEM 15 YES, RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION TO THE ECO EAST APARTMENTS.
APPLICATION FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
WHAT IS THIS? WELL, BASICALLY A COMPANY IS GOING TO OFFER SOMETHING CALLED WHAT I CALL WELFARE HOUSING.
MR. MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, YEAH, WELFARE HOUSING.
YOU CALL IT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE MONEY FALLS SHORT.
AND THAT'S US, THE POOR GUYS WHO HAVE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE IS THE TAXPAYERS.
THE COMPANY THAT'S DOING THIS, IT WANTS TO APPLY FOR A TAX CREDIT.
AND IN DOING THAT IT'S GOT TO ASK YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, TO SAY WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT SAYS.
I GUESS THE THING THAT REALLY BOILS MY VINEGAR IS IT'S LIMITED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THIS IS ARE, AS THEY SAY -- MR. AUDIO-VISUAL MAN, PUT THAT ON THE AUDIO-VISUAL THERE.
ALL WILL HAVE RENT RESTRICTED TO 60% AND BELOW OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AS DEFINED BY THE RENTED INCOME UNIT.
THANK YOU, MR. AUDIO-VISUAL MAN.
THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE MAKING ONLY 60% OF EVERYONE ELSE IN THE AREA, YOU GET SOME FREE RENT OR REDUCED RENT.
THANK YOU FOR SOMEBODY FOR SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
ALSO ITEM NO. 12, AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CONTROL.
HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CONTROL, IS THAT ABSTINENCE PLUS EDUCATION OR --
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.
SO MANY SCANDALS, SO LITTLE TIME.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT? OKAY.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE ITEMS 8, 9, AND 10, ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM STRAC, THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRAUMA.
IS MARIA HERE? DID YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT -- COULD YOU SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE? THANK YOU.
THE THREE ITEMS I MENTIONED WE'RE EXCITED TO ACCEPT A DONATION FROM STRAC.
ALL THREE ITEMS COMBINED IS CLOSE TO $1.2 MILLION.
THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THE FIRE AND DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EITHER FACING OPIOID ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE APPROPRIATE CARE THAT IS NEEDED, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT.
ALSO FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, OUR MIH TEAM WILL BE ASSISTING THOSE
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INDIVIDUALS, TRANSPORTING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL IF NEEDED, OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE LOCATION AS WELL.AND, FINALLY, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO BEING PROVIDED DOLLARS TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
THESE ITEMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
ONE, BECAUSE THEY ASSIST OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF OUR EMS PROGRAM AS TO WHERE WE ARE NOT TAKING INDIVIDUALS TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN WE CAN PROVIDE A CARE EITHER AT ANOTHER CLINIC AND PROVIDING THEM THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED SO THEY DON'T FIND THEMSELVES IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.
SO, AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH STRAC AND EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS $1.2 MILLION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MARIA.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR WHOEVER WROTE THAT GRANT APPLICATION.
AND VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WILL BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN SOME OF OUR EMS TIMES AND ALLOW OFFICERS MORE TIME TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
>> THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCILWOMAN.
IT WILL BE ASSISTING OR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON OTHER CALLS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO OUR POLICE RESOURCES TO BE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY PATROL.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
>> VIAGRAN: MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13, BUT A DIFFERENT COUNCIL COLLEAGUE PULLED THIS OFF THE AGENDA.
COUNCILMAN PERRY, WERE YOU GOING TO PULL IT OFF ON CONSENT FOR --
SO IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT, I'LL DO THAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PUT IT BACK ON CONSENT.
SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AMEND THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> I THINK SIMPLY IF THE COUNCILMAN TAKES IT OFF, YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION, MAYOR.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.
SO DO WE NEED TO RESTATE THE CONSENT VOTE?
>> THAT YOU DO, BUT SIMPLY BY THE COUNCILMAN TAKING IT OFF, YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION TO AFFIRM THAT.
SO THE MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ALL ITEMS SAVE FOR 6, 7, AND 14.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MISSION DEL LAGO TIRZ.
AND THIS STARTED BACK IN 1999.
BUT THERE WERE SOME, I GUESS, LEGAL ISSUES THAT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL.
AND NOW IT IS UP AND RUNNING IN GREAT STRENGTH.
AND BY OFFSETTING THIS, THE COST OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE BENEFITS, THE DEVELOPER IS ABLE TO KEEP THE LOT PRICES VERY LOW.
MISSION DEL LAGO HOMES THAT SELL FOR AS LOW AS $140,000, AND THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR THE COMMUNITY IS $180,000.
IN THIS AREA WHAT IS CLOSE TO IT IS MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON CENTER, IS THE GROWTH OF THE SOUTH SIDE AND TEXAS A&M SAN ANTONIO.
SO THIS AREA IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND WED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL STAY AFFORDABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE SOUTH STAR AND EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND WITH THE RESIDENTS.
I'M HAPPY THAT THIS IS STAYING ON CONSENT AND MOVING FORWARD.
AND TO ANOTHER POINT, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PERSON AND MAKE HIM STAND UP.
PETER ZANONI, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
PETER ZANONI, WILL YOU STAND, PLEASE? HE KNOWS THIS PLAN VERY WELL AND OTHERS IN THE SOUTH SIDE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU, PETER, FOR YOUR WORK IN AND AROUND THESE TIRZ IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THAT.
SO THANK YOU, PETER, VERY MUCH.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS SAVE FOR 6, 7, AND 14.
[6. Ordinance awarding a construction contract, including an additive alternate, in the amount of $4,367,118.02 authorized payable to Texas Sterling Construction Co., of which $385,261.00 will be reimbursed by San Antonio Water System and $125,559.15 will be reimbursed by CPS Energy for necessary adjustments to their existing infrastructure for Phase 1 of the S. Foster Road Project. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Interim Director, Transportation and Capital Improvements]]
PLEASE VOTE.>> ITEM NO. 6 IS FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES ONLY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND MAYOR PRO TEM HALL WILL TAKE THE CHAIR.
>> HALL: IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NO. 6?
>> HALL: SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE.[Items 7 & 14]
>> ITEM NO. 7 IS AN ORDINANCE AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO REC INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, IN THE AMOUNT OF $737,000 AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 COMMUNITY AND VISITOR FACILITIES FUND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $937,859 FOR THE ALAMODOME EAST HOT WATER LOOP REPAIR PROJECT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 2.
PETER, CAN YOU COME ON UP? PETER IS PROBABLY THINKING WHAT IN THE HECK IS COUNCILMAN PERRY PULLING THIS ITEM FOR? AND IT WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY -- AND I MISTAKENLY PUT 14 ON THERE AND TOOK THAT AWAY FROM COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
BUT, ANYWAY, TO GET YOU UP HERE -- AND I WANTED TO ACTUALLY MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU AS PART OF THIS.
I'M GOING TO MOTION THAT THIS BE APPROVED, BUT THIS IS ON ITEMS ? 7 AND 13.
CAN I DO THOSE TOGETHER, SIR? OKAY.
I GOT THE NUMBERS STRAIGHT NOW.
AND WE'LL MAKE THIS MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF BOTH OF THEM.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET YOU UP HERE AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
USUALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN PERRY KIND OF PUTS PEOPLE ON THE SPOT AND ASKS DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, THAT KIND OF THINGS, BUT NONE OF THAT TO YOU TODAY, PETER, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO YOU.
SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE ALONG WITH YOU DOWN TO CORPUS AND KIND OF CHANGE YOUR IMAGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE SUN AND BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY DOWN THERE.
SO, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOU THIS PRESENTATION AS A SPECIAL GIFT FROM ME ON THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, YOU KNOW, WISHING YOU GOOD LUCK DOWN THERE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
WITH THAT, SIR, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE STAGE HERE AND GO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TO THEM.
YOU CAN TRADE IT IN FOR ANOTHER ONE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I HAD IT ON RIGHT.
THERE WAS A MOTION FOR ITEM 7 AND 14.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEMS 7 AND 14.
FOR ITEM 14 I WANT TO ASK CITY STAFF TO MAYBE GIVE A PRESENTATION AND THEN FOLLOWED BY REPRESENTATIVE GERVIN HAWKINS.
COULD WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A VERY NICE HAT, PETER.
SO THIS IS AN ITEM FOR A HOUSING TAX CREDIT RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS ECHO EAST ON THE EAST SIDE'S DISTRICT 2.
THIS IS A FOUR-PERSON NON-COMPETITIVE APPLICATION, SO THEY COME TO CITY COUNCIL ON A ROLLING BASIS.
CITY COUNCIL, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, ADOPTED THE POLICY FOR BOTH A 9 AND 4% TAX CREDITS TO AWARD
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RESOLUTIONS FOR THESE.AND SO OUR EVALUATION FOLLOWED THAT PROCESS.
AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE ECHO EAST DEVELOPMENT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2.
THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE FOR 211-UNIT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, ALL AT 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME FAMILIES.
THE HOUSE CREDIT VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY $12.5 MILLION WITH A TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST OF APPROXIMATELY $33.5 MILLION.
THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS TO HAVE THIS START IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019 WITH COMPLETION IN DECEMBE.
WE HAVE THE UNIT MIX FOR THE BEDROOMS AS WELL AS THE PROJECTED MONTHLY RENTAL RATES.
AND, AGAIN, ALL OF THE 211 UNITS WILL BE FOR FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND HERE'S A LOCATION MAP SHOWING WHERE THIS PROPOSED MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO GO.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT THE DEVELOPER IS ALSO HERE.
>> HALL: JUST TO BE CLEAR, VERO, THE ONLY THING WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY IS THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.
THE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION.
>> HALL: ERIK, MY UNDERSTANDING IS EVENTUALLY WE NEED TO UPDATE THE AGREEMENT SO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHECK BY COUNCIL BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.
AND WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE WITH DEVELOPER.
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY WILL NEED TO BE AMENDED.
AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT WITH THE DEVELOPER THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
THAT'S NOT PART OF TODAY'S ACTION.
>> DID YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER?
>> HALL: YES, REPRESENTATIVE GERVIN HAWKINS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I COME TODAY TO FIRST OF ALL SAY THANK YOU FOR MOVING OUR PROJECT FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, ECHO EAST STARTED SOMETIME AGO TO REALLY BE A CATALYTIC PROJECT FOR DISTRICT 2.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS I MET WITH SOME OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT TO BE NOT JUST LIVING UNITS, BUT ALSO RETAIL.
THE ONLY THING WE MODIFIED BASED ON THE COMMUNITY OUTCRIES AND THE CITY'S NEEDS WAS TO GO FROM A FULL MARKET RATE PROJECT TO ADD SOME WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING.
I WANT Y'ALL TO THINK OF THIS THING AS NOT JUST THE TEN ACRES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM THE CITY, BUT IT IS A TOTAL 20-ACRE PROJECT.
AND SO LOOK AT IT MORE COMPREHENSIVELY, AND WE'RE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID.
I HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO I THINK IT IS A PROJECT YOU WILL ALL BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF.
AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU, YES, THE GERVIN CENTER IS A NON-TRADITIONAL DEVELOPER, BUT WE HAVE DEVELOPED OVER $50 MILLION IN PROJECTS.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SINCE THE '90S.
AND ALSO NO BANK WILL APPROVE A PROJECT THEY DON'T THINK IS FINANCIALLY VIABLE.
SO THERE ARE MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE.
AND I'LL BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> HALL: REPRESENTATIVE, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM ME.
THERE'S TEN ACRES YOU OWN ON COMMERCE AND TEN ACRES THE CITY OWNS BEHIND THAT.
SO DESCRIBE WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON EACH OF THOSE PARCELS AND DESCRIBE WHERE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOING TO BE AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NOT LOST THE MIXED-USE PIECE.
SO THE TEN ACRES THAT THE GERVIN CENTER OWNED WAS ACCUMULATED OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
AND WE ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE THE TEN AREAS THAT THE CITY HAD SOMETIME AGO, BUT THERE WAS A DIFFERENT OWNER AND THINGS WENT ASTRAY WITH THEM.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO START PHASE ONE WITH WHAT IS KNOWN AS 301 SPRIGGSDALE.
AND THERE WE ARE PROPOSING APPROXIMATELY 211 UNITS, WHICH WILL ALL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT ALSO WE'LL BE BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THE PROJECTS BECOME CONTIGUOUS.
AND SO THAT THE SERVICES, THE ACTIVITIES, THE AVAILABILITY OF RETAIL, AND THE END PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE JUST ONE BIG DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THAT'S THE BACK TEN ACRES.
YOU SAID IT WOULD BE 211 RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THE 60% AMI.
>> HALL: WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE FRONT TEN ACRES?
>> MARKET RATE [INDISCERNIBLE].
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>> HALL: SO WE HAVEN'T LOST THE RETAIL.
WE HAVEN'T LOST THE MIXED USE.
JUST ADD AFFORDABLE HOUSING BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE THAT YOU HAD WAS THE DEVELOPER.
WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT, I HAD MET A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OUT OF MICHIGAN.
I WENT TO AN AGC CONFERENCE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND MET A GROUP I FELT REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT COULD WORK WITH OUR PROJECT.
AND SINCE THE DEVELOPER WAS FROM OUT OF TOWN -- OUT OF STATE, BASICALLY, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
I SAW THE COST RISING AND I SAW SOME THINGS THAT I WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH.
AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHOEVER HAS PUT FORTH ANY PROJECTS, SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CONSULTANTS THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH AND SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T WORK OUT.
AND FOR US, IN THIS CASE, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY THE NUMBERS.
AND THE RISE IN PREDEVELOPMENT COST.
AND SO WE MOVED FORWARD TO GARDENER CAPITAL, A BILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY.
THEY HAVE 11 ACTIVE PROJECTS IN AUSTIN.
THEY HAVE A MASS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.
THEY'VE PUT UP DOLLARS THEMSELVES, SO THEY HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME.
AND SO THEY'RE JUST ONE OF THOSE PREMIER COMPANIES TO MAKE THIS TO FRUITION.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SHARE, COUNCILMAN, TO MAKE PROJECTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL OR TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU'VE GOT TO BRING IN PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THINGS HAPPEN.
>> HALL: THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE.
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
THERE MAY BE OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM 7 AND 14.
WE MAY BIFURCATE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I'LL DEFER TO THE COUNCILMAN ON THAT.
BUT LET ME MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON MY OWN THEN I'LL PASS IT ON TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I HAVE INHERITED THIS ISSUE -- AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THE HISTORY HAS BEEN.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I TRY NOT TO DO IS I TRY NOT TO GOVERN BY MEDIA AND BY TITLE.
AND REPRESENTATIVE GERVIN HAWKINS IS HERE AS A PROPERTY OWNER, AS A DEVELOPER, BUT THE FACT SHE HAS REPRESENTATIVE IN FRONT OF HER NAME SHOULD BE OF NO ISSUE TO ME OR ANYBODY ELSE.
I WANT TO TREAT HER JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DEVELOPER THAT'S COMING IN AND WANTS TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SHE HAS A HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING PROJECTS AND SO FORTH.
WHAT I HAVE ASKED STAFF TO DO IS NOT TREAT HER ANY MORE FAVORABLY OR UNFAVORABLY THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S LOOKING TO DO PROJECTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO HOPEFULLY I'VE DONE THAT.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF POTENTIAL MEDIA OUT THERE.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING I TRY NOT TO DO IS GOVERN BY MEDIA.
AND LOOK AT BOTH THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT ITEM AND I VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THE EAST SIDE NEEDS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, WE NEED SOME GOOD PROJECTS.
NUMBER TWO, WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IN FACT, THE ENTIRE CITY NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THE SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE NEED IS THE 60% AMI.
I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER DEVELOPERS DOING PERCENTAGES, 20%, 40%, 80% AND THAT KIND OF THING OF CERTAIN CATEGORY OF AMI.
THIS PROJECT DOES 100% AT THE 60% AMI, EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED, AND 100% OF THAT ON OUR TEN ACRES THAT'S IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
WE NEED IT AS A CITY BUT WE ALSO NEED IT AS A DISTRICT.
AND THEN AGAIN WE DON'T LOSE OUT ON THE MIXED USE ON THE FRONT PART OF THAT.
THAT'S WHERE THE BALANCING OF A LOT OF THE NUMBERS WILL OCCUR.
I TRY TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT COMPREHENSIVELY, BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK END.
YOU'RE ALSO TRYING TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES AROUND THE PROPERTY SO IT MAY GROW, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR DISTRICT 2, THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE.
I APPRECIATE REPRESENTATIVE'S EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPMENT AND $50 MILLION IN PROJECTS, AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WITH THAT, I'LL DEFER TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE COMMENTS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HALL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HALL, FOR THOSE QUESTIONS AND A CLARIFICATION THAT THIS IS JUST FOR THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION RIGHT NOW.
PETER, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU THOUGH, EXCUSE ME.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT AFTER THIS LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.
WILL THERE -- I KNOW IN THE PAST WITH THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAD SET UP BEFORE WE HAD CERTAIN PROVISIONS, CERTAIN TIMELINES, CERTAIN DEADLINES THAT WE LOOKED TO MEET BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY THAT WAS A PART OF IT.
SO WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE DISCUSSED? IS THAT A PART OF THIS LETTER OF
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NO OBJECTION? OR DOES THAT COME AFTER THE FACT?>> YEAH, THAT WILL COME AFTER THE FACT, AS CITY MANAGER WALSH SAID.
THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE ITEM COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR SO THAT WILL LOOK TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED.
AS YOU REFERENCED AS AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS STIPULATIONS ON FUNDING TIMELINE AND CONSTRUCTION INITIATION TIMELINE, AS WELL AS COMPLETION.
THAT TIMELINE IS -- MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST AND THE NATURE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE.
THAT WAS IN THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.
SO A SEPARATE ITEM WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND THAT AGREEMENT.
>> VIAGRAN: AND THEN THE CONVERSATION GOING AND TAKING PLACE AT THE TIRZ, THAT IS HAPPENING WHEN?
SO THIS GROUP ALSO PUT A $3 MILLION REQUEST IN TO THE TIRZ.
THAT IS ON THEIR AGENDA, THE STAFF'S AGENDA.
THE STAFF IS REVIEWING THE TIRZ AND THEY'LL PRESENT THAT AT A NEAR MEETING TO THE TIRZ.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
STATE REP HAWKINS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW YOU'RE VERY DEDICATED TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT YOU AND ALL OF YOUR WORK HAVE ALWAYS STRIVED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER THAN THE WAY YOU FOUND IT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO OWE YOU AN ENORMOUS DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN HALL THAT -- ACTUALLY, I DISAGREE WITH HIM.
I THINK THAT THE EAST SIDE DOESN'T NEED GOOD PROJECTS, IT NEEDS EXCELLENT PROJECTS.
AND THE PROJECT THAT Y'ALL HAD BROUGHT TO US BEFORE HAS CHANGED SOMEWHAT, RIGHT?
>> THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE AFFORDABILITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A TOP-TIER PROJECT, SO THE TUSCAN LOOK, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL STILL REMAIN THE SAME.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED -- WELL, I'LL SAY TWO THINGS.
THE DEVELOPER CHANGED AS WELL AS THE AFFORDABILITY.
>> PELAEZ: AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.
>> MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE MAN FROM THE COMMUNITY -- ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT HERE IN MY POSITION AS A STATE REP.
I'M HERE IN MY POSITION AS AN X LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION AND AS A COMMUNITY PERSON.
SO IT CHANGED BECAUSE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE CITY HAS PUT OUT THE NEED FOR AFFORDABILITY.
ALSO THROUGH THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING WE WANT A PLACE THAT WE CAN LIVE AT.
AND SO, FOR ME, YOU KNOW IF THE COMMUNITY SPEAKS, I HAVE TO LISTEN.
AND SO WHEN MY ORIGINAL IDEAS AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY, WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
SO TO COUNCILMAN HALL'S POINT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TREATING EVERYBODY ON AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS TREATED THE SAME, I WOULD INSIST IF EVER I BROUGHT A PROJECT OF MINE TO THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT I'D BE SCRUTINIZED MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF POSSIBLY -- TO INOCULATE OURSELVES FROM THE ARGUMENT THAT MAYBE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BENEFITING ME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MY TITLE.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU WOULD SCRUTINIZE MY PROJECT MORE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE HIGHER STANDARD TO WHICH WE AGREE WITH -- THAT'S THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE ENTER INTO WHEN WE RUN FOR POLITICS.
STATE REP GERVIN-HAWKINS, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS BUT I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPEED WE HAVE MOVED WITH THIS CHANGE.
I HAVE ONLY BEEN BRIEFED ONCE ON THIS.
I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAN I'VE GOT ANSWERS, AND MORE QUESTIONS THAN THIS TIME PERMITS.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE GOING TO GET ROBUST SUPPORT ON THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PROCESS-WISE SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS THAT I GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO LIVE WITH IT.
VERO, THIS IS YOUR PROJECT, RIGHT? OKAY.
I MEAN, WERE YOU PLANNING ON COMING AND TALKING TO ME OR WAS IT JUST IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN WE WERE GOING TO TALK.
>> PELAEZ: I KNOW WE'LL TALK BUT THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PELAEZ.
>> GONZALES: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE, THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT YOU WERE NOT THE
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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AREA.IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS, AND I LOOK AROUND THE DAIS AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE HERE WHEN THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE THE TIRZ BOARD MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
IN FACT, I RECALL DIEGO BERNAL BEING ONE REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT TIME.
IT'S BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS SINCE I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR THE FIRST TIME, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
>> GONZALES: AND SO IT HASN'T JUST BEEN ONE OR TWO YEARS SINCE THIS PROJECT HAS COME BEFORE US.
AND I, FOR ONE, IN THE SIX YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THIS DAIS HAVE SEEN PROJECTS CHANGE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I URGE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE SUPPORT ME ON A PROJECT AT ALAZAN WAS BECAUSE WE HAD NOT SEEN ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.
ONLY TWO PROJECTS STARTED AND COMPLETED IN SIX YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF REASONS WHY A PROJECT MIGHT CHANGE, THAT THE FINANCING MODELS WERE DIFFERENT.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF -- OR RATHER THERE WAS AN ANTICIPATED MARKET THAT PERHAPS DID NOT COME TO FRUITION.
IT HAPPENED AT PEANUT FACTORY LOFTS WHEN THEY ANTICIPATED, IN DISTRICT 5, WHEN THEY ANTICIPATED THERE WOULD BE A LARGE STUDENT POPULATION THAT NEVER DID MATERIALIZE, AND THEREFORE THAT DEVELOPER HAD TO RETURN MONEY TO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T COMPLY WITH THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
AND THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
I THINK THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LARGE PROJECTS THE TYPES THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAD NOT SEEN A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CORE IN MANY DECADES.
AND THEN SUDDENLY THERE WERE DIFFERENT MODELS AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS TO USE, INCLUDING INCOME TAX CREDITS, INCLUDING HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, INCLUDING ICRIP AND CCHIP AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT DID NOT EXIST WHEN THIS PROJECT STARTED.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS I DID THE VERY FIRST TIME I HEARD IT.
AND, IN FACT, I WILL ADMIT TO FEELING JEALOUS THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A PROJECT LIKE THIS ON THE EAST SIDE AND WE COULDN'T GET A COMPARABLE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, AS I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.
AND I WOULD JUST URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
I FEEL LIKE THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN MOVING THIS PROJECT ALONG AND I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED WHY THAT IS, THAT WE HAVE A HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION IN THIS CITY.
WE KNOW THERE WERE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT GOT DEVELOPED MUCH FASTER AND MUCH EASIER THAN OTHERS.
AND YET HERE ON THE NEAR -- I CAN REALLY ONLY SPEAK FOR THE WEST SIDE THAT I KNOW VERY WELL, BUT THAT PROJECTS HAVE STALLED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SOME OF THEM FOR REASONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
SOME OF THEM I HAVE QUESTIONED THE DELIBERATENESS OF WHY THOSE PROJECTS HAVE NOT PROCEEDED.
SO I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME AND THAT THIS CITY HAS CREATED UNNECESSARY ROAD BLOCKS FOR YOU IN THIS PROJECT.
YOU BECAME THE REPRESENTATIVE, A SEAT WAS OPENED UP, ALSO, AND YOU BECAME THE REPRESENTATIVE AND HAVE BEEN A FAITHFUL, LOYAL, HARD-WORKING, DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.
AND SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE MANY, MANY YEARS SINCE I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A LOT LONGER THAN THAT.
>> GONZALES: YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.
I MEAN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AND SEEING IT COME TO FRUITION.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT ANY LONGER FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN WHEN THERE IS THE FINANCING AND THE SUPPORT AND THE PHYSICAL SPACE TO DO SO.
SO I JUST -- I KNOW THAT YOU GOT OVERWHELMING SUPPORT ON THE TIRZ BOARD FOR THIS PROJECT AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO OFFER THE LETTER OF SUPPORT, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL THING TO DO.
IT WAS APPROVED IN COMMITTEE NOW OVER MAYBE THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO DELAY THIS PROJECT.
AND I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES.
>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS -- AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR VERO
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OR PETER, BUT THERE WAS MENTION OF HAVING TO CHANGE OUR CONTRACT ON THIS PROJECT.AND, REPRESENTATIVE, I THINK, AT LEAST IN MY CASE, THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING SOME OF THE PAUSE IS THAT I SEE THIS AS INTERTWINED WITH THAT CONTRACT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
SO, PETER, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT, PLEASE?
SO THE AGREEMENT THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A LITTLE OVER A YEARS AGO HAD CERTAIN STIPULATIONS IN THERE TO INCLUDE A HIGH-END DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WAS TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THE PEARL.
A PEARL ON THE EAST SIDE WAS HOW IT WAS DESCRIBED, AT THE TIME.
TODAY WE'VE HEARD THAT IT WILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT TO MORE OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AT LEAST HALF OF IT WILL.
SO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPER SHOULD BE MODIFIED TO REFLECT THAT DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TYPE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
>> SANDOVAL: DO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT?
>> WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT BECAUSE THE CITY IS ESSENTIALLY GIVING THE TEN ACRES OF PROJECT TO THE DEVELOPER.
THAT'S CITY PROPERTY, AND THROUGH AN AGREEMENT THE CITY IS TURNING OVER THE PROPERTY.
THE DEVELOPER WILL PAY FOR IT BUT WE'RE GOING TO PAY THEM BACK OUT OF TIRZ PROCEEDS.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE DEVELOPER RECEIVES THE TEN ACRES FOR FREE FROM THE CITY.
SO IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT CONTRIBUTION OF THE TERRITORY, OR THE PROPERTY, THE CITY PROPERTY, WE WORKED WITH CITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOP AN AGREEMENT OF WHAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED ON THE CITY PROPERTY, AS WELL AS AT WHAT TIME WOULD IT BE DEVELOPED.
AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT MAY NEED TO BE CHANGED BASED ON INPUT FROM THE DEVELOPER.
BUT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT MAY START AS IT WAS DESCRIBED TO BE STARTING IN THE AGREEMENT TODAY, WHICH WAS IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO TWO TIMELINE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE AGREEMENT IS THE FINANCING, WHEN THE DEVELOPER SECURES ALL THE FINANCING.
AND SECONDLY WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS AND WHEN IT FINISHES.
AND SO THOSE TIMELINES MAY HAVE TO BE AMENDED IN THE AGREEMENT ALONG WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WISH THAT HAD BEEN PART OF IT ORIGINALLY.
BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY ARE WE APPROVING THIS LETTER BEFORE WE CHANGE THE CONTRACT TO CHANGE THAT AGREEMENT?
THAT'S ONE WE ASKED AS WELL TO THE DEVELOPER.
SO THE DEVELOPER HAS TO GET THEIR FINANCING TOGETHER AS STEP ONE FOR THE TRANSACTION OF TURNING OVER THE PROPERTY.
AND THEY'RE USING THIS FINANCING MECHANISM, THE 4% AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
AND UNTIL THEY SECURE THAT FUNDING, THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THEY CAN'T SECURE THEIR OTHER FUNDING.
THIS IS A GOOD PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST BUT THEY'LL NEED OTHER COMMITMENTS, OTHER FUNDING.
THEY HAVE A REQUEST IN TO BEXAR COUNTY, AS AN EXAMPLE, SOME PRIVATE BANKS.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING, THAT THEY HAVE A TIRZ REQUEST, WHICH IS ALSO NEW, THOUGH, OF $3 MILLION.
AND SO IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE FUNDING PROCESS AND SECURING THE FUNDING, THE DEVELOPER IS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS TAX CREDIT APPROVED NOW.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
AND THEN SOON AFTER WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CHANGE.
SO JUST REAL QUICK, A QUESTION FOR ANDY.
IT JUST SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT WE HAVE ONE AGREEMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THAT AGREEMENT.
THE COUNCIL IS ONLY CONSIDERING THE NO OBJECTION.
USUALLY THE TIMING IS DIFFERENT THAN WE WOULD HAVE THE AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING IN PLACE.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT HERE IS THEY DO HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION.
THERE'S A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHY THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERING THE NO OBJECTION BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MAKE THE CHANGES.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE TIMING OF THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR YOU.
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE TDHCA BOARD, THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO INITIATE A REQUEST.
AND BASED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING LAST WEEK, THAT HADN'T HAPPENED YET.
SO THE SOONEST BOARD DATE IS ABOUT 75 DAYS FROM NOW.
BUT LET ME HAVE THE DEVELOPER TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> IF I MAY, MAYOR, KEN SACKS.
I'M THE DEVELOPMENT ATTORNEY FOR THE ECHO EAST PROJECT.
THE REQUIREMENT FOR OUR FINANCING, WE HAVE THREE LETTERS OF INTEREST ALREADY FROM OUR LENDERS.
AND WE'RE DOING THOSE THROUGH GARDENER CAPITAL, WHO WE BROUGHT IN.
I GOT INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
I REPRESENTED THE GEORGE GERVIN YOUTH CENTER FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, GOT MORE INVOLVED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE NEEDED TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
THEY HAVE 11 PROJECTS IN HOUSTON, I WANT TO SAY FOUR
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PROJECTS IN -- SORRY, IN DALLAS AND I THINK FOUR OR FIVE PROJECTS IN HOUSTON THAT ARE OFF THE GROUND.THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF SUCCESS.
THEY'VE DONE OVER 100 PROJECTS IN 25 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER FAILED.
THEY HAVE NEVER SOLD A PROJECT IN THOSE 25 YEARS.
SO I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT TEAM TOGETHER.
AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE LENDERS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD THAT THEY HAVE DEALT WITH BEFORE ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT WILL IN OUR PROJECT, THAT HAVE GIVEN US LETTERS OF INTEREST.
IT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO CITY STAFF.
AND FORTUNATELY THIS IS A PART OF THE PROCESS.
PART OF OUR 4% IS THERE'S A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THAT RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION LETTER.
AND PART OF OUR REQUIREMENT CHECKLIST FOR OUR LOANS, INCLUDING OUR CONSTRUCTION LOAN, IS IT REQUIRES THAT RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION AS A FORMALITY FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR THE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION.
I WANTED TO KIND OF CORRECT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MR. ZANONI STATED.
WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR TIMELINE, DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE, WITH GETTING THIS TOGETHER BEFORE OUR DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2019.
THERE'S ALSO A NO NEED TO AMEND THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT, 380 AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE, BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT READY IN SEPTEMBER WE CAN ASK FOR -- I THINK THE CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR A THREE-MONTH EXTENSION.
THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO THE 380 AGREEMENT.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO MOVING FORWARD.
AS FAR AS THE CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE, OR THE AMENDMENT TO THE 380 AGREEMENT AS WELL.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GREAT PROJECT.
WE PUSH FORWARD ON THIS AFFORDABLE PIECE BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE, LIKE MS. HAWKINS HAD INDICATED THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED.
AND WE ANSWERED THAT CALL AS FAR AS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED.
AND I KNOW THE CITY STAFF WAS PRESENT AT SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ALSO COULD ECHO THAT TO COUNCIL, IF NECESSARY.
BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD AND WE'RE ASKING JUST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION NO OBJECTION THIS MORNING, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK LATER IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS ANY OTHER MATTERS.
SO, VERO, FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW WE HAVE WORKED ON POLICY FOR SCORING ELECTION OF NO OBJECTION AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
I JUST DIDN'T SEE THAT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
I ALSO DIDN'T SEE THE LIETECH APPLICATION ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH OUR GUIDELINES AND HOW THIS PROJECT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE QUEST.
IN THE MEMO, WE DO MENTION THE SCORING THAT THIS APPLICANT RECEIVED.
SO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PROCESS FOR ALL THE LOW-INCOME TAX CREDITS.
IT'S THE SAME POLICY WE HAVE APPLIED FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD.
THIS FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE HAD NINE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED THAT PROCESS.
SO IT'S A CITY COUNCIL-APPROVED PROCESS WHERE THERE IS SCORING.
WE DO MENTION WHAT THE SCORING WAS IN THE PACKET.
TYPICALLY FOR ALL THE 4% WE DON'T PUT THE INTERNAL APPLICATION OR THE TOTAL SCORING.
BUT WE DO MENTION HOW THEY SCORED.
FOR THE 4% THEY HAVE TO GET A MINIMUM OF 50 POINTS, SO THEY DID SCORE THAT, AND THAT IS IN THE BACK UP.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY SCORED IN EVERY CATEGORY.
BUT ALL THE CATEGORIES UTILIZED FOR ALL 9% AND 4% AND IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL BACK IN -- I WANT TO SAY IT WAS NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OF 2017.
SO IT'S THE CURRENT POLICY THAT THIS BODY ADOPTED.
SO I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD PUT IN THE POLICY WAS FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS WAS RECOMMENDING ENGAGEMENT.
>> SO, AGAIN, THE 4% CAN EARN BETWEEN 50 AND 100 POINTS.
THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION RECEIVED 75 POINTS.
AND WHAT I PUT IN THE MEMO HAS THE EXPERIENCE POINTS.
WITH THE ENGAGEMENT, IT WAS MORE FOCUSED ON THE 9%, BUT WE ALSO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT HERE AS WELL.
SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE SCORING IN FRONT OF ME, MAYBE I HAVE IT IN MY INBOX ALREADY, BUT WE DID LOOK AT THAT.
IF THEY MET THE MINIMUM, THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENTED.
AND SO THEY MET THE MINIMUM FOR THE 4%.
AND THIS IS COMING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THAT.
BUT I WILL GET THE SCORING FOR
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YOU.AND THEN, PETER, I JUST WANTED TO WRAP UP THE QUESTION ABOUT CHANGING THE CONTRACT AND NOT CHANGING THE CONTRACT.
>> ANDY CAN PROBABLY SPEAK BETTER TO THAT THAN I.
BUT WHAT I STATED WAS WHAT I FELT TO BE ACCURATE.
IF WE THINK THAT THE CONTRACTOR CAN GET THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED BY SEPTEMBER WE WOULDN'T CHANGE THE CONTRACT.
BUT BASED UPON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRACT AND CONSTRUCTION IT IS PROBABLY LESS LIKELY THAT IT WOULD.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONSIDER.
ALSO THE CONTRACT IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE THERE.
>> IT DOES TALK ABOUT A VERY HIGH-END UP-SCALE DEVELOPMENT.
IN FACT, IN OUR CRITIQUE IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WE MADE AND PUT ON THE RECORD THAT WE THOUGHT THE RENTS TO BE CHARGED IN THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WERE TOO HIGH FOR THE AREA.
IT WAS HIGH BECAUSE IT WAS THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE ARE THE AGREEMENTS AND STIPULATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER.
WE FEEL THOSE SHOULD BE CHANGED.
BUT ANDY COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE DETAILS.
>> IF I MAY, MAYOR, PRESENT A LETTER TO THE REPRESENTATIVE LAST WEEK OUTLINING THAT THE AGREEMENT WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE OF THEM BEING THE TIMING THAT PETER JUST TALKED ABOUT.
BUT PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS CHANGED.
THE SCOPE OF IT HAS CHANGED, THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THAT, COUNCILWOMAN.
SO, YES, THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS WHY THE AGREEMENT WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO CLARIFY IS AS THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS THIS NO OBJECTION, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEN THE COUNCIL IS COMMITTED IN TERMS OF APPROVING THESE AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'LL BRING LATER ON.
>> SANDOVAL: BUT IF WE DON'T APPROVE THOSE, THEN THE AFFORDABLE PROJECT CAN'T GO FORWARD.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS JUST ONE STEP ONE INTO THE OVERALL CONSIDERATION OF THAT.
REPRESENTATIVE, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS INCORPORATING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT.
I STILL HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE TIMING OF IT AND THE AGREEMENT.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
>> HALL: FIRST, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU AS FAR AS THE AGREEMENT IS CURRENTLY, THERE IS A TIMELINE TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR FINANCING BY SEPTEMBER.
SO THAT'S -- SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET -- I'M ASSUMING APPLY TO THE STATE, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING SUBMITTED TO THE STATE BY TOMORROW.
SO PART OF THAT REQUIRES A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE NEEDED TO VOTE TODAY ON THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION, SO AT LEAST THE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS WITH REGARD TO APPLYING TO THE STATE TO MEET THE SEPTEMBER TIMELINE.
NOW, WITH REGARD TO -- SO I'LL MENTION A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, I HAVE KEITH TONY AND JADA SULLIVAN HERE, TO COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN'S POINT, BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY GETS STARTED.
AND SO ONE OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS WILL BE HERE SITTING IN THIS SEAT TO HELP CARRY IT FORWARD.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE WHOLE ISSUE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT AND SO FORTH AND THEY WILL BE READY TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS DOWN THE LINE.
BUT IF WE DON'T APPROVE THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION TODAY, THAT THROWS OFF THEIR TIMING FOR THEIR FINANCING, WHICH THROWS THE WHOLE PROJECT OFF.
SO I AM PUSHING FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION TODAY SO THAT THEY CAN GET THAT FINANCING PUT TOGETHER.
COUNCIL WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THE PROJECT AND BLESS IT WITH THIS CHANGE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO OCCUR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ONE PERSPECTIVE THAT IT MAY NOT NEED TO OCCUR.
BUT EITHER WAY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHECKPOINT FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.
AND, AS ANDY POINTED OUT, THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT.
IF COUNCIL AT THAT TIME DOESN'T FEEL THAT IT SHOULD CONTINUE, YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THIS LETTER OF NO OBJECTION, ALL THIS ALLOWS THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO DO IS GET THEIR FINANCING PUT TOGETHER AND GET THAT ASPECT OF THE PROJECT PULLED TOGETHER.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS ON THIS.
AND SO ANY ONE OF THESE PARTS THE WHOLE PROJECT OFF.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THAT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HALL.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION.
REPRESENTATIVE HAWKINS, WELCOME INTO THE CHAMBER.
I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS PROJECT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS CAN YOU GIVE ME A PULSE CHECK ON WHERE THE
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RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AROUND THE AREA AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHERE THEY ARE WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROJECT? ONE MIGHT THINK, OH, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT PROJECT.THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT PARCEL OF LAND FOR A WHILE.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING I SAW ON TELEVISION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
HOW ARE THEY FEELING ABOUT THE WELCOME OR THE NEWS, THE UPDATES? JUST SO I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, COUNCILMAN HALL, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL.
THAT'S SORT OF A GUIDING LIGHT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T REPRESENT THE DISTRICT.
>> THE COMMUNITY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE.
AND EVERY DAY I GET A QUESTION WHEN IS IT GOING TO START.
THIS PARCEL OF LAND HAS BEEN VACANT NEARLY 40 YEARS.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
I'M SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE JUST WANTING IT TO HAPPEN.
>> SALDANA: THAT'S A SENSE OF WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
AND THIS ISN'T THE FINAL CHECKPOINT FOR GETTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THE FINAL PROJECT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I PROMISED THE COMMUNITY IS THEY WILL BE ENGAGED AT EVERY LEVEL.
BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO HAVE INPUT.
WE HAVE A UNIQUE COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE BEEN IN IT FOR 38 YEARS.
AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE, EMBRACIVE, AND A PART OF THE PROCESS.
THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE WE HAVE RETAIL, WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE JOBS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE JOBS.
BECAUSE THE GERVIN CENTER HAS A LONG HISTORY, SINCE '91 IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE ENGAGING THAT PIECE TO IT.
HOW DO WE TRAIN THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS? SO THIS, TO ME, IS MORE THAN JUST BRICKS AND MORTAR.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THOUSAND WE BEGIN TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD HOPE BEFORE GAIN HOPE, GET JOBS, AND BE PROUD WHO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WAS, SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE THEM AND IS A PART OF THEM.
SO THIS IS A BIG PROJECT RELATED TO MORE THAN JUST BRICKS AND MORTAR.
BRICKS AND MORTAR IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE OUTCOMES BUT, AGAIN, I THINK IF YOU KNOW THAT CORRIDOR WELL, LEADING RIGHT TO THE AT&T CENTER, IT TIES RIGHT INTO ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND IS GOING ON NOW.
SO I THINK ALL ■OFY'ALL WILL BE,
[City Manager's Report]
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MAYOR, ONE OTHER THING, WE HAVE[01:10:42]
A GOING AWAY, SMALL CELEBRATION TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 2:00 OVER IN THE GALLERY.WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S ON EVERYBODY'S CALENDAR.
AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, THAT'S THE ONLY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
WE DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT BEFORE WE GO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH PETER WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE DO THAT, ERIK.
PETER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK OVER THE YEARS WITH THE CITY.
I CAME ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME WHEN PRE-K 4 SA WAS JUST GETTING OFF THE GROUND, AND IT WASN'T LOST ON ANYONE THAT THAT PROGRAM WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT -- WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED, LET ALONE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IF NOT FOR YOUR GREAT EFFORTS TO REALLY MAKE IT REAL AND BRING ACTION TO IT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT COLLEAGUE.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR BOND PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU FOR IMPROVING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND TAKING SOME OF THE SHARPEST ELBOWS AND ARROWS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO DO WHAT YOU DO, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY, AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING ON THINGS LIKE HOUSING.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
ON BEHALF OF MY SON, JONAH, HE'S NOT GOING TO MISS YOUR SON RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND EVERYBODY ON THE LACROSSE FIELD.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU PETER AND WISH YOU BEST OF LUCK IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT THERE AWKWARDLY AS I HEAP PRAISE AND TELL FUNNY STORIES ABOUT YOU.
BUT I WANT TO START WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN ERIK AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT -- WHEN THE NEWS BROKE THAT YOU WERE INTERVIEWING FOR CORPUS, I SAID SO WHAT'S THE WORD, DO YOU THINK? SELFISHLY I WAS HOPING YOU WOULDN'T GET THE JOB.
I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD PERFORM POORLY AT YOUR INTERVIEW.
THAT THEY WOULD SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE IN YOU.
AND ERIK SAID, LOOK, PETER COULD SHOW UP IN FLIP-FLOPS HUNG OVER AND HE WOULD STILL GET THAT JOB.
THAT'S HOW GOOD HE'S BEEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO GET THE POSITION WITHOUT TRYING.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE.
YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP IN FLIP-FLOPS, I DON'T THINK.
I ALSO WOULDN'T RECOMMEND YOU SHOW UP ON YOUR FIRST DAY WITH THE HAT THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY GAVE YOU -- NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GREAT HAT BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GREAT HEAD OF HAIR.
NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE I'LL BE THE SECOND PLACE FOR BEST HAIRLINE.
YOU'VE GOT A GOOD HEAD OF HAIR.
ALTHOUGH IT'S A GREAT HAT THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY GIFTED TO YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY, I'M SURE, A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE UP IN CORPUS.
WE'RE SURE GOING TO MISS YOU A HECK OF A LOT.
I HAVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH YOU LONGER THAN I HAVE THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, THAT SAY YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE GO-TO GUY AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR HISTORY AND LEGACY.
FOLKS KNOW THAT YOU GET THE JOB DONE.
WHETHER IT WAS PRE-K OR BOND PROJECTS OR DRAINAGE ISSUES OR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THERE WAS NEVER ANY OTHER ANSWER BUT, YEAH, WE'LL GET IT DONE.
AND YOU CAME THROUGH EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF ME AND THE RESIDENTS THAT MYSELF AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU'VE SERVED, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I SERVE, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR CITY AND I'M SURE THAT YOU WILL DO FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE PHOTO OF YOU AT SOME OF THE PRE-K CENTERS SO THEY KNOW WHO REALLY BUILT THE PLACE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SALDANA.
I COULDN'T PASS THIS MOMENT TO THANK PETER FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU YOU WERE IN THE BUDGET OFFICE YEARS AGO AND YEARS AGO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM .
THANK YOU FOR NEVER PULLING PUNCHES AND ALWAYS TELLING US STRAIGHT.
AND I REALLY -- AND I'M GOING TO ALSO MISS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS, I STILL HOLD ON TO THAT.
WHEN I SAY WHAT IS WRONG, PETER? AND YOU SAID GENERALLY EVERYTHING IS WRONG, COUNCILWOMAN.
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[LAUGHTER] AND SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING, BEING STRAIGHT WITH US, JUST TELLING US YOUR CONCERNS AND BEING THERE FOR THE BOND PROJECTS, FOR REALLY BELIEVING IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND SA TOMORROW AND KNOWING THE POTENTIAL AND SEEING IT AND INVESTING IN THAT.AND RIDING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE DIFFICULT OBSTACLES WITH ME AND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 3.
I WILL MISS YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR JUST STRENGTH AS PART OF THIS TEAM AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
BUT YOU DESERVE TO BE A CITY MANAGER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE HOW CORPUS CHRISTI WILL CONTINUE TO GROW WITH YOU AT THE HELM AND LEADERSHIP THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BEEN PRAISED FOR ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND I THINK WHEN SOMEBODY GOES THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT UP HERE OFTEN, ALONGSIDE WITH YOU, YOU GET TO SEE THE MEASURE OF SOMEONE WITH THE WAY THEY REACT AND THE WAY THEY HELP YOU GET IT THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROUDEST PROGRAMS THAT I FEEL WE HAVE IN THE CITY IS THE SAN ANTONIO UNDER ONE ROOF.
YOU KNOW, ON EASTER I GOT A CALL FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAD JUST RECEIVED THE ROOF, AND IT'S SOME GRANDPARENTS WHO TAKE CARE OF FIVE OF THEIR GRANDKIDS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN LIVING WITH A HOLE THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL IN THEIR ROOF.
AND IT JUST RAINED, YOU KNOW, THAT WEEK.
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW AMAZING IT WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ANYMORE.
AND I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND I WANT TO JUST PUBLICLY THANK YOU, BECAUSE I REALLY CONSIDER YOU A CO-CREATOR OF THAT PROGRAM.
AND IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT THROUGH.
THERE'S MANY, MANY HOMES THAT RECEIVED THAT PROGRAM.
I GET MESSAGES FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE ROOF FROM INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK OR OTHER WAYS, THAT DURING THE NIGHT WHEN IT'S RAINING THEY SAY THEY'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.
AND FROM THE BEGINNING, PETER, YOU SAW THE BENEFITS OF THAT PROGRAM WHEN OTHERS DIDN'T.
I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE TAKING TO CORPUS CHRISTI IS THAT ATTITUDE.
THAT YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE GOOD ROOFS OVER THEIR HEADS.
KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME HELPING YOU AND SUPPORTING YOU IN WHATEVER YOUR ENDEAVORS ARE.
I FLY TO MUSTANG ISLAND A LOT, SO SHOULD YOU EVER WANT A QUICK TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO, I CAN PROVIDE ONE.
BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, PETER, I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
MY STAFF HAS ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINO.
PETER, YOU'VE BEEN RECEIVING ACCOLADES.
WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOW I'VE INTERACTED WITH YOU, I THOUGHT ABOUT BOY SCOUTS.
YOU KNOW, A IS TRUSTWORTHY, LOYAL, HELPFUL, FRIENDLY, COURTEOUS, KIND, OBEDIENT, THRIFTY, BRAVE, CLEAN, AND REVERENT.
THAT'S FROM MY SCOUTING YEARS.
BUT MORE SO I REALLY RESPECT YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR INTEGRITY, YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS, YOUR COLLABORATIVE NATURE AND YOUR COOPERATION WITH ME AS A COUNCILMAN.
THE ONLY THING I MISSED IS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR THAT COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN MENTIONED.
MAYBE YOUR HUMOR'S JUST SO DRY IT WENT OVER MY HEAD.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO MY OFFICE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
>> GONZALES: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND SO THE ONE THING I THINK ABOUT PETER LEAVING TO GO TO CORPUS IS THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS BENEFITED SO MUCH FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LEAVE CORPUS TO COME TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY OVER THERE, OR NOT A LOT OF JOBS OR OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I'M AFRAID THAT PETER'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT AROUND AND WE WON'T BENEFIT FROM ALL THE PEOPLE MOVING OVER HERE.
SO I KNOW SOME OF MY VERY BEST FRIENDS ARE FROM CORPUS, PEOPLE THAT I MET IN COLLEGE AND SINCE
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THEN.SO IF YOU TURN THAT AROUND, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET OUR PEOPLE FROM THE VALLEY OR SOMETHING.
OF COURSE GOOD LUCK, PETER, AND I HOPE THAT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TRANSLATES TO A WONDERFUL CITY IN CORPUS AND I HOPE THAT THEY WELCOME YOU AND THAT YOU FEEL WARM AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE THERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CORPUS CHRISTI SUN.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES.
>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
PETER, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
WE'LL ALL BE ROOTING FOR YOU FROM HERE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK FOR THE CITY.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE TWO PERSONAL STORIES OF WHEN -- THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE EMBARRASSING.
OF WHEN YOU REALLY, REALLY HELPED ME AND HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED HAVING YOUR FULL SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING I WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND THAT IS WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THIS TERM AND I HAD A LIETECH PROJECT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN THE DISTRICT AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST PATH FORWARD AND YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY READY TO DO WHATEVER IT WAS I DIRECTED AND TO HELP ME MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR BEING WITH ME THROUGH THAT.
IT WAS MY FIRST WEEKS HERE AND IT WAS EXTREMELY TRYING.
AND YOU DID IT AGAIN WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE BANDERA CORRIDOR STUDY FUNDED.
YOU CAME OUT PERSONALLY TO FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
MY SUCCESS ON COUNCIL IS DUE TO THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD.
AND YOU AND MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES HERE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SALDANA.
AGAIN, PETER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY HERE.
AND PLEASE DO WEAR THAT HAT DOWN THERE.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR PICTURES OF YOU DOWN THERE TO SEE IF YOU'RE WEARING THAT THING.
BUT MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT HE'S A D10 RESIDENT AND I'LL BE SAD TO SEE YOU LEAVE THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU'RE NOT TAKING YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU SO THEY'RE ALL GOING TO STAY HERE IN TOWN TO FINISH OUT SCHOOL, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE KEEPING THE BEST PART OF THE ZANONI FAMILY HERE WITH US IN D10.
THAT MEANS A LOT TO SEE YOU BEING PROMOTED AND TO A NEW JOB.
THAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO LOOK GOOD.
I KEPT YOU IN MY PRAYERS THAT YOU DID GET THIS.
AND MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, SO I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND I HOPE YOU FOUND A PLACE TO LIFT WEIGHTS.
HAVE YOU FOUND A PLACE DOWN THERE YET? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT AS WELL.
BUT GODSPEED TO YOU AND GOOD LUCK.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
>> HALL: I WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THIS GREAT HONOR.
DURING THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ATTRACTING A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE.
AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS THE SOURCE OF A LOT OF GREAT CITY MANAGERS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GREAT CITY MANAGER FOR CORPUS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING DOWN AND VISITING WITH YOU.
STEPHANIE AND I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST 16 OR SO YEARS TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY.
IT'S JUST AS MUCH OF A CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS IT IS YOUR FAMILY.
WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU DOWN THE ROAD.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HALL.
>> BROCKHOUSE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
PETER, JUST A BIG THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
BEFORE I GOT ELECTED I HAD KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS BEFORE THAT AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER WHEN COUNCILMAN SALDANA TOOK OFFICE IN 2011 YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL FOR US BACK THEN, ESPECIALLY AROUND ALL THE BUDGET ITEMS AND THINGS WE HAD WORKED ON WHEN I WAS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF.
AND THEN JUST WORKING WITH YOU HAS BEEN A BLESSING.
AND I'M HAPPY AND PROUD FOR YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS TO REPLACE SHERYL WAS, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER GOT THAT JOB I KIND OF KNEW SOME OTHER FOLKS WERE CAME SUPER FAST FOR YOU.
WE'RE PROUD OF YOU AND WHEN I THINK OF YOU AND THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP ME BE SUCCESSFUL, UNFLAPPABLE IS JUST THE WORD.
I COULD BE COMPLETELY WIGGING OUT AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE, GOT IT, COUNCILMAN.
AND YOUR ABILITY TO STAY CALM AND GET THE WORK DONE IS WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL.
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WILL FOR AS LONG AS CORPUS AND THE NEXT CITY AFTER THAT IS HONORED TO HAVE YOU.MANY BLESSINGS FOR YOUR FAMILY AND WISH YOU GODSPEED IN CORPUS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR SAN ANTONIO.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE.
PETER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU AND I EVER MET.
I HOPE YOU DON'T BECAUSE IT WAS DURING ONE OF THE MOST BORING MEETINGS I'VE EVER SAT THROUGH IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I HAD JUST BEEN APPOINTED TO THE LIBRARY COMMISSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BY MAYOR HARDBERGER, AND YOU WERE TASKED WITH GIVING US THE RULES ABOUT OPEN MEETINGS AND WHAT TO SAY, WHAT NOT TO SAY.
AND THEN YOU GAVE US A BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET AND THE REASON I SAY I HOPE YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK I SLEPT HALFWAY THROUGH IT.
IT WAS LITERALLY ONE OF THE WORST MEETINGS OF MY LIFE.
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, GOSH, I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO SIT THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN I BECAME A CITY COUNCILMAN AND THAT'S ALL WE SIT THROUGH IS MEETINGS LIKE THAT.
IN THE YEARS SINCE THEN I HAVE FIGURED YOU OUT.
YOU'RE ONE OF THE MOST CEREBRAL AND INTELLIGENT MEN I HAVE EVER MET.
YOU COULD EASILY BE ONE OF THOSE BRILLIANT VILLAINS WHO PUTS LASERS ON SHARKS.
BUT INSTEAD YOU DO IT TO HELP OUT YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU DO IT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR TEAM HAS A LEADER AND, MAN, I'M REALLY JEALOUS OF CORPUS CHRISTI BECAUSE THEY WON THE LOTTERY, BROTHER.
AND SO I INTEND TO VISIT YOU QUITE OFTEN AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB DOWN THERE.
IF YOU EVER NEED LEADERSHIP ADVICE, DON'T CALL ME.
CALL ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS DAIS.
BUT QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY OUT THERE QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU LEADERSHIP ADVICE.
IN FACT, YOU'RE KIND OF A WALKING, TALKING LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE SERVED BY YOUR SIDE.
I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU, PETER.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PELAEZ.
AGAIN, PETER, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR SUCCESS AND HAVING A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI MOVING FORWARD.
[Executive Session]
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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.
THE TIME IS NOW 10:41 A.M. ON THIS 9TH DAY OF MAY 2019.
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CHAPTER 551 IN THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE THE SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION OR THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES AND RELATED LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.089, SECURITY DEVICES AND AUDITS, AND SECTION 551.071, LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SETTLEMENT OFFER IN LITIGATION STYLED CHAMPION AND
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