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GOOD MORNING.WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 9TH, 2019.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA.
THE TIME IS NOW 9:12 AM WE'LL BEGIN BY AN INVOCATION GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
FATHER JUAN CARLOS MORALES TIINA, NO, I'M SORRY.
FATHER JUAN CARLOS MORALES TEJEDA WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1985 IN SAN JOSE VILLANUEVA, DEPARTMENT OF LA IN THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR.
HE WAS ACCEPTED TO THE PRIESTLY FORMATION AT THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OLD.
HE FINISHED PHILOSOPHY STUDIES AT THE HIGHER INSTITUTE OF ECCLESIASTICAL STUDIES IN MEXICO CITY IN 2008 AND THE SAME YEAR, HE CONTINUED PRIESTLY FORMATION AT ASSUMPTION CEREMONY, I'M SORRY, ASSUMPTION SEMINARY AND ALSO THEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SAN ANTONIO.
HE CULMINATED HIS MASTER'S OF DIVINITY AT OBLATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND HIS ECCLESIASTICAL BACHELOR'S OF THEOLOGY FROM ST.
PAUL'S UNIVERSITY IN OTTAWA, CANADA.
IN 2016, HE WAS ORDAINED A PRIEST ON JUNE 18TH, 2016, IN HIS HOMETOWN IN EL SALVADOR.
HIS PRIESTLY ASSIGNMENT WAS AT SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL AS ASSOCIATE PASTOR AND IS CURRENTLY THE PASTOR OF ST.
TIMOTHY'S CHURCH IN, ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR CITY SINCE JULY 1ST, 2018.
AND HE REPLACES FATHER MIKE, WHO WAS THERE AT THE PARISH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO VERY BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT THE CONGREGATION AT ST.
TIMOTHY'S IS SO HAPPY TO HAVE FATHER JUAN CARLOS GUIDING THEM.
LEMME START BY SAYING THAT YOU ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO CHOSE YOU TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS REGARD, IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO RECALL THE ATTITUDES OF THE POLITICIAN PROPOSED BY VIETNAMESE CARDINAL.
WAYNE INE A FAITHFUL WITNESS TO THE GOSPEL WHO DIED IN 2002.
HE 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 WITH THE FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND NOT HIS OR HER OWN INTEREST.
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, PLUS IT BE THE POLITICIAN WHO IS WITHOUT FEAR.
EVERY ELECTION, A REELECTION IN EVERY STAGE OF PUBLIC LIFE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN TO ORIGINAL POINTS OF REFERENCE THAT INSPIRE JUSTICE AND LAW.
ONE THING, CERTAIN GOOD POLITICS IS A SERVICE OF PEACE.
IT RESPECTS AND PROMOTES FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, WHICH ARE AT THE SAME TIME, MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS, ENABLING A BOUND OF TRUST AND GRATITUDE TO BE
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FIRST BETWEEN PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.GOD, FATHER CREATOR, HERE WE ARE GATHERED HERE YOU ARE HEAVINESS WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT GATHERED IN YOUR NAME.
INSPIRE US WHAT WE SHOULD DO, BE OUR ONLY SPITE, AND THE AUTHOR OF OUR DECISIONS.
DO NOT LET US MAKE MISTAKES AGAINST JUSTICE.
LET IGNORANCE NOT, NOT RA 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.
THANK YOU TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES, ANTONIO PUNTO.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE UP THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 10TH THROUGH THE 11TH.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM UH THREE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES.
VERY BRIEFLY, BEFORE WE GET OUR VOTING SESSION TODAY, UH, I DO WANNA TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND, UH, RECOGNIZED TWO INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WERE LOST THIS PAST WEEK.
SAN ANTONIO SUFFERED THE LOSS OF TWO EXTRAORDINARY MEN.
DAN MARKSON WAS A PIONEER IN DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES.
HE WAS A VISIONARY, HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN.
HE WAS IN INCORPORATE HE WHO INCORPORATED A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
IN ALL OF HIS WORK, THE DAN MARKS AND I'LL REMEMBER WAS STILL IN AN NECK BRACE WHEN HE WAS PUSHING HIS SON MAURY.
DURING THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCH, UH, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, THE DAN MARKS AND THAT WE WILL RECOGNIZE BUILT THIS CITY AND MADE IT AFFORDABLE AND MADE IT LIVABLE FOR SO MANY GENERATIONS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM HIS SERVICE.
AND ON MONDAY, WE ALSO LOST DR.
GRANVILLE COGS, A MEMBER OF THE FAMED TUSKEGEE AIRMEN FROM WORLD WAR II.
MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM AS A DISTRICT EIGHT RESIDENT.
WE BROUGHT HIM INTO THE CHAMBERS IN 2013, AND HE WAS VERY DELIGHTED TO MEET A NUMBER OF US.
THESE PIONEERING AIRMEN WERE TRAILBLAZERS WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE BLACK AVIATORS DURING A TIME OF RACISM AND SEGREGATION.
SAN ANTONIO WAS BLESSED TO HAVE HAD DAN MARKSON AND GRANDVILLE COGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY MAR MADE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.
SO PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THESE TWO WONDERFUL MEN.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM THE, THE AGENDA THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
SO FAR, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX PULLED FOR RECUSAL.
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WAS PULLED OFF OF THE AGENDA BY STAFF.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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, MAYOR NURENBERG, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M.
WELL, ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, I DO, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, IT'S ABOUT UNDER MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL.
AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR, TO SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE 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, UH, BASICALLY REACH INTO THE TAXPAYER'S WALLET.
AND JACK, YOU'RE A SIGN UP FOR ITEMS 12 AND 14.
KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR JUST, JUST TO THANK YOU FOR PULLING.
ITEM 15, YOU CAN PULL IT PERMANENTLY FOR ALL I CARE.
RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION TO THE ECHO EAST APARTMENTS OF APPLICATION FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF H 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.
YOU CALL IT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE UP A DIFFERENCE, UH, IN THE, WHEN THE, UH, THE MONEY FALLS SHORT.
THE, THE POOR, POOR GUYS WHO HAVE TO MAKE UP DIFFERENCE IS THE TAXPAYERS.
UH, THE, UH, THE, THE COMPANY THAT'S DOING THIS, IT WANTS TO APPLY FOR OUR TAX CREDIT.
AND TO DO THAT, IT'S GOTTA ASK, UH, YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAY, WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT SAYS.
AND WHAT, UH, I GUESS THE THING THAT REALLY BOILS MY VINEGAR IS THE FACT THAT, WELL, IT'S LIMITED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THIS ARE AS THEY SAY.
WELL, MR. VISSION MAY HAVE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU WOULD, ON THE AUDIO VISUAL THERE.
IT SAYS, OF THE 22 211 UNITS, ALL WILL HAVE RENT RESTRICTED TO 60% AND BELOW OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AS DEFINED BY TDCS RENT AND INCOME UNIT.
THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE MAKING ONLY 60% OF EVERYONE ELSE IN THE AREA, YOU GET, YOU GET SOME FREE RE FREE RENT OR REDUCED RENT COURTESY OF THE TAXPAYERS.
AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM TO DELIVER A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SUCH AS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CONTROL.
AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CONTROL.
IS THAT DEALING WITH THE, THE SUBJECT OF ABSTINENCE EDUCATION OR IS IT, UH, ABSTINENCE PLUS.
UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT? YES.
UM, I WANTED, I'M VERY EXCITED, UH, TO SEE ITEMS EIGHT, NINE AND 10, UH, ACCEPTING, UH, DONATIONS FROM STR, THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRAUMA.
UM, IS MARIA HERE? SORRY, DID YOU WANNA HIGHLIGHT, COULD YOU SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE? THANK YOU.
SO THIS THREE ITEMS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE EXCITED TO ACCEPT A DONATION FROM STRAC.
ALL THREE ITEMS COMBINED IS CLOSE TO $1.2 MILLION.
THESE DOLLARS ARE GONNA BE DEDICATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EITHER FACING, UM, OPIOIDS, UH, ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND INSTEAD OF, UH, TRANSPORTING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE APPROPRIATE CARE THAT IS NEEDED, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT.
UM, ALSO FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, UM, OUR M I H TEAM WILL BE ASSISTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, TRANSPORTING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL IF NEEDED OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE LOCATION AS
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WELL.UM, AND FINALLY, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO BEING PROVIDED DOLLARS TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
UM, THESE ITEMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
ONE, BECAUSE ASSIST, THEY ASSIST OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF OUR E M S, UM, UH, PROGRAM AS TO WHERE WE ARE NOT TAKING INDIVIDUALS TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN WE CAN PROVIDE THE CARE EITHER AT, AT ANOTHER CLINIC AND PROVIDING THEM THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED SO THEY DON'T FIND THEMSELVES IN THE, IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH STRAC AND, UH, EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS AT $1.2 MILLION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS FOR WHOEVER WROTE THAT, UH, GRANT, UH, APPLICATION.
AND, UH, VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THE, THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WILL BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN SOME OF OUR E M S TIMES AND, UH, AND ALLOW OFFICERS MORE TIME TO, TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WILL BE ASSISTING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON OTHER CALLS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO OUR POLICE, UM, UH, RESOURCES TO BE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY PATROL.
MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13.
UM, BUT MY, A DIFFERENT COUNCIL COLLEAGUE PULLED THIS OFF THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UM, WERE YOU GOING TO PULL IT OFF ON CONSENT FOR NO, NO.
UH, IN FACT, THAT WAS A MISSPEAK.
SO IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT, I'LL DO THAT.
SO I, UH, JUST, NO, IT'S, IT'S BEEN PULLED FROM THE, IT'S, IT'S FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF CONSENT, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT ITEM.
SO, FOR MAINTENANCE TO AMEND THE MOTION FOR CONSENT, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PUT IT BACK ON CONSENT.
SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AMEND THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ANDY, GO AHEAD AND TELL US WHAT WE NEED.
I THINK SIMPLY IF THE COUNCILMAN TAKES IT OFF, YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION, MAYOR.
SO DO WE NEED TO RESTATE THE CONSENT VOTE? YEAH.
BUT, UH, SIMPLY BY THE COUNCILMAN TAKING IT OFF THAT YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION TO PUT IT BACK ON.
SO THE MOTION AND THE SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ALL ITEMS SAFE FOR SIX, SEVEN, AND 14.
SO, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MISSION DE LAGO TOURS, AND THIS STARTED BACK IN 1999.
BUT, UM, 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 DE 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 NEW T J X DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS, UM, THE GROWTH OF THE SOUTH SIDE AND TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO.
SO THIS AREA IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL STAY AFFORDABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I WANNA THANK THE, UH, SOUTH STAR AND EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND WITH THE RESIDENTS.
I'M, UM, 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 ZONI, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, PETER ZONI, WILL YOU STAND PLEASE? BECAUSE HE KNOWS THIS, UM, PLAN VERY WELL.
HE KNOWS OTHERS IN THE SOUTH SIDE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND, UM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU, PETER, FOR YOUR WORK, UM, IN AND AROUND THESE TURS IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THAT.
OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR SIX, SEVEN, AND 14.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER SIX.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES ONLY.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MAYOR PRO TIM HALL WILL TAKE THE CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX? MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX.
SO THERE'S A MOTION IN SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, WE'LL GET YOU.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE.
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YOU WANT.ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS AN ORDINANCE AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO R E C 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 ALAMO DOME EAST HOT WATER LOOP REPAIR PROJECT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
UM, PETER, CAN YOU COME ON UP? PETER IS PROBABLY THINKING, WHAT IN THE HECK IS COUNCILMAN PERRY PULLING THIS ITEM FOR? AND IT'S, UH, IT WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY AND I MISTAKENLY PUT 14 ON THERE AND IT, UH, TOOK THAT AWAY FROM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GRO, AND I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, TO GET YOU UP HERE.
AND I, I WANTED TO, UH, UM, ACTUALLY MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU AS PART OF THIS.
I'M, I'M GONNA MOTION THAT THIS BE APPROVED, BUT, UH, UM, THIS IS ON ITEMS SIX AND I MEAN, UM, WHAT WAS IT, SEVEN AND 13.
CAN I DO THOSE TOGETHER, SIR? OKAY.
I GOT THE NUMBERS STRAIGHT NOW, AND WE, WE WILL MAKE THIS MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVING BOTH OF THEM.
BUT, UH, 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 ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT NONE OF THAT TOOK FOR YOU TODAY, PETER.
GOOD, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR, UH, LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT I DID WANNA MAKE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO YOU.
UH, SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE ALONG WITH YOU DOWN TO CORPUS AND, UM, KIND OF CHANGE YOUR IMAGE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE SUN AND, UH, UH, BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY DOWN THERE.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE YOU THIS PRESENTATION AS A SPECIAL GIFT FOR ME ON THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WISHING YOU GOOD LUCK DOWN THERE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
SO, WITH THAT, SIR, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE STAGE HERE AND GO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TO WHAT, WHAT? THERE YOU GO.
YOU CAN GET IT, YOU CAN TRADE IT IN FOR, FOR, FOR ANOTHER.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I HAD IT ON RIGHT, BUT, UH,
THERE WAS A MOTION THAT I HEAR A SECOND FOR ITEM SEVEN AND 14 SECOND.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEMS SEVEN AND 14.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ITEM 14.
I'M GONNA ASK THE CITY STAFF TO MAYBE GIVE A PRESENTATION AND THEN, UH, FOLLOWED BY, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, GERVIN HAWKINS.
CAN WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP PLEASE? I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA THANK YOU.
VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A VERY NICE HAT, PETER.
UM, SO THIS IS AN ITEM FOR A 4% HOUSING TAX CREDIT RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS ECHO EAST ON THE CITY'S, UH, EAST SIDE DISTRICT TWO.
THIS IS A 4% NON-COMPETITIVE APPLICATION.
SO THEY COME TO CITY COUNCIL ON A ROLLING BASIS.
UH, CITY COUNCIL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO ADOPTED THE POLICY FOR BOTH A NINE AND 4% TAX CREDITS TO AWARD RESOLUTIONS FOR THESE.
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FOLLOWED THAT PROCESS.AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE ECHOES DEVELOPMENT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE FOR A 211 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, ALL AT 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME FAMILIES.
THE HOUSE CREDIT VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY 12.5 MILLION WITH THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST, APPROXIMATELY 33.5 MILLION.
THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS TO HAVE THIS START IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019 WITH COMPLETION IN DECEMBER, 2020.
UM, WE HAVE THE UNIT MIX FOR THE BEDROOMS AS WELL AS THE PROJECTED MONTHLY RENTAL RATES.
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THE 200, UH, 11 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.
UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THERE.
BUT THE DEVELOPER IS ALSO HERE.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, BETO, THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY IS THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.
THE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION.
AND THEN, UH, UM, ERIC, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVENTUALLY WE NEED TO UPDATE THE AGREEMENT SO THAT THERE'LL BE ANOTHER CHECK BY COUNCIL AT LEAST AT SOME POINT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.
UH, THAT WAS, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE DEVELOPER.
UH, THE, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY WILL NEED TO BE, UM, AMENDED AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT WITH THE DEVELOPER THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
THAT'S NOT PART OF TODAY'S ACTION.
DID WANNA HEAR FROM THE DEPART REPRESENTATIVE? YES.
REPRESENTATIVE GERVIN HAWKINS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I COME TODAY TO FIRST OF ALL SAY THANK YOU FOR MOVING OUR PROJECT FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, ECHO E STARTED SOME TIME AGO TO REALLY BE A CATALYTIC PROJECT FOR DISTRICT TWO.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS I MET WITH SOME OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT TO BE NOT JUST, UH, LIVING UNITS, BUT ALSO RETAIL THAT IS STILL IN PLACE.
THE ONLY THING WE MODIFIED BASED ON THE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTCRY AND THE CITY'S NEEDS WAS TO GO FROM A FULL MARKET RATE PROJECT TO ADD SOME WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING.
THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT RETAIL IS STILL THERE.
AND I WANT Y'ALL TO THINK OF THIS THING AS NOT JUST THE 10 ACRES, UH, 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 ARE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF, OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK IT IS A, IS A PROJECT YOU'LL ALL BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF.
AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU, I, YES, THE GERVIN CENTER IS A NON-TRADITIONAL DEVELOPER, BUT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER $50 MILLION IN PROJECTS.
SO WE ARE NOT NEWBIES TO THIS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SINCE THE, THE NINETIES.
AND SO, UH, AND ALSO YOUR CHECKS AND BALANCES ARE NO BANK WILL APPROVE A PROJECT THAT THEY DON'T THINK IS FINANCIALLY VIABLE.
AND SO THERE ARE MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE, AND I'LL BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, REPRESENTATIVE, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR ME.
I KNOW THERE'S 10 ACRES THAT, THAT YOU OWN ON, ON COMMERCE.
THERE'S 10 ACRES THAT THE CITY OWNS ON, ON THE BEHIND THAT.
UH, SO DESCRIBE WHAT'S GONNA BE ON EACH OF THOSE PRI EACH OF THOSE PARCELS AND DESCRIBE WHERE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GONNA BE AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NOT LOST THE MIXED USE PIECE.
SO THE, UM, THE 10 ACRES THAT THE URMAN CENTER OWNED WAS ACCUMULATED OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
AND, UH, WE ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE THE, UH, THE 10 ACRES THAT THE CITY HAD SOME TIME AGO, BUT THERE WAS A, A DIFFERENT OWNER AND THINGS WENT ASTRAY WITH THEM.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO START PHASE ONE WITH THE, WHAT IS KNOWN AS 3 0 1 SPRINGDALE.
AND THERE WE ARE PROPOSING APPROXIMATELY 211 UNITS, WHICH WILL ALL BE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF 60% A M I.
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 IT WILL BE, IT WILL, THE END PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE JUST ONE BIG DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE BACK 10 ACRES.
YOU SAID IT WOULD BE 211 RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING? CORRECT.
THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CORRECT.
AND THEN WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THE FRONT 10 ACRES MARKET RATE, ABOUT 300 UNITS AND ABOUT 25,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL.
SO WE HAVEN'T LOST THE RETAIL, NO,
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WE HAVEN'T LOST THE MIXED USE.UH, JUST ADDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING BASED ON, ON THE NEEDS OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE THAT YOU HAD WAS THE, THE, THE DEVELOPER.
UH, CAN YOU JUST GO THROUGH THAT? FOR SURE, FOR SURE.
WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT, UH, I HAD MET A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OUT OF MICHIGAN.
I WENT TO A A G C CONFERENCE, OH, SOME ABOUT, ALL, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND MET A GROUP THAT I FELT REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT CAN WORK WITH OUR PROJECT.
AND SINCE THE DEVELOPER WAS FROM OUT OF TOWN OR OUTTA 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 WHO'VE EVER PUT FORTH ANY PROJECTS.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CONSULTANTS THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH, AND SOMETIMES THE, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK OUT.
AND FOR US, IN THIS CASE, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY THE NUMBERS, THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS, AND THE RISE IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT COSTS.
AND SO WE MOVED FORWARD TO GARDNER CAPITAL, WHO'S OUR DEVELOPER, NOW, BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY.
THEY HAVE 11 ACTIVE PROJECTS IN AUSTIN.
THEY HAVE A MASS AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, OF RESOURCES.
THEY'VE PUT UP DOLLARS THEMSELVES, SO THEY HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME.
UH, AND SO THEY'RE JUST ONE OF THOSE PREMIER COM COMPANIES TO MAKE THIS TO FRUITION.
AND I ALSO WANNA SHARE COUNCILMEN TO MAKE PROJECTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL OR TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL.
YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA BRING IN PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT MAKE SURE THINGS HAPPEN.
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
THERE MAY BE OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
AND SO I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, FOR ITEM SEVEN AND 14, WE MAY BACK BIFURCATE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE'LL, UM, UH, I'LL DEFER TO THE COUNCILMAN ON THAT, BUT LET ME JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ON MY OWN AND, AND, UH, UH, THEN I'LL PASS IT ON TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I, I'VE INHERITED, UH, THIS ISSUE AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THE HISTORY HAS BEEN.
UM, A COUPLE THINGS THAT I TRY NOT TO DO IS I TRY NOT TO GOVERN BY MEDIA AND I TRY NOT TO GOVERN BY TITLE.
AND, UM, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNOR HAWKINS IS, IS HERE AS A, AS A PROPERTY OWNER, AS A DEVELOPER.
BUT THE FACT THAT SHE HAS REPRESENTATIVE IN FRONT OF HER NAME SHOULD BE OF NO ISSUE TO, TO ME OR ANYBODY ELSE.
UM, I, I, I WANT TO TREAT HER JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DEVELOPER THAT'S COMING IN AND WANTS TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SHE HAS HI A HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING PROJECTS AND SO FORTH.
AND SO WHAT I'VE ASKED STAFF TO DO IS NOT TREAT HER ANY MORE FAVORABLY OR UNFAVORABLY THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH ANYBODY ELSE, UH, THAT, THAT'S LOOKING TO DO, UH, PROJECTS WITHIN, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO HOPEFULLY I'VE DONE THAT.
I KNOW KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF MEDIA, UH, OUT THERE, POTENTIAL MEDIA OUT THERE.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING I I TRY NOT TO DO IS GOVERNED BY, BY MEDIA.
UM, I LOOK AT THE, THE ISSUE ITSELF.
I LOOK AT THE ITEM ITSELF AND, UM, 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 THINGS.
UH, NUMBER ONE, WE NEED SOME GOOD PROJECTS.
UH, SOME GOOD MIXED USE 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% A M I, THIS PROJECT.
I'VE, I'VE HEARD OF OTHER, OTHER DEVELOPERS DOING PERCENTAGES, 20%, 40%, 80%, THAT KIND OF THING OF, OF, OF, UH, CERTAIN CATEGORY OF A M I, THIS PROJECT DOES A HUNDRED PERCENT AT THE 60% A M I, EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT ON, ON OUR 10 ACRES THAT, UH, UH, THAT'S IN, IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
WE NEED IT AS A CITY, BUT WE ALSO NEED IT AS, AS A DISTRICT.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE DON'T LOSE OUT ON THE MIXED USE, WHICH IS ON THE FRONT PART OF THAT.
AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE BALANCING OF THE NUMBERS WILL OCCUR, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH THE MARKET RATE AND SO FORTH.
AND SO I TRY TO LOOK AT THIS, THIS PROJECT COMPREHENSIVELY, BUT THE FRONT END AND THE BACK END, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALSO TRYING TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES AROUND, UH, AROUND THE PROPERTY.
SO IT MAY GROW, UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR, FOR DISTRICT TWO, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, AND, UH, OVER $50 MILLION OF PROJECTS, AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT, THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL DEFER TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE COMMENTS.
COUNCILMAN HALL, COUNCILMAN VIA GRANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HALL FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, CLARIFICATION THAT THIS IS JUST FOR THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.
PETER, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU THOUGH.
SO, UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT AFTER THIS LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.
UM, WILL THERE, I, I KNOW IN THE PAST WITH THE OTHER, UM, THING THAT WE HAD SET UP BEFORE, WE HAD CERTAIN PROVISIONS, CERTAIN TIMELINES, CERTAIN DEADLINES THAT WE LOOKED TO, 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 NO OBJECTION, OR DOES THAT COME AFTER
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THE FACT? YEAH, THAT'LL COME AFTER THE FACT AS CITY MANAGER WALLACE SAID, UH, THERE'LL BE A SEPARATE ITEM COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW WEEKS OR SO.UH, THAT TIMELINE IS, IS, UH, MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND THE NATURE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE.
THAT WAS IN THE TIMELINE, UH, THAT WAS IN THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, THE CONVERSATION GOING AND TAKING PLACE AT THE TSS THAT IS HAPPENING WHEN, UH, THE, THE, OKAY.
SO THIS GROUP ALSO PUT A $3 MILLION REQUEST IN TO THE, UH, TS, UH, THAT IS ON, UH, THEIR AGENDA, UH, THE STAFF'S AGENDA, THE STAFF'S REVIEWING THE TOURS.
AND THEY'LL PRESENT THAT AT A AIR MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UH, QUESTIONS.
UH, COUNT, UH, STATE REP, UH, HAWKINS GMAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND I, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY DEDICATED TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND OH, YEAH.
UM, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT, THAT YOU AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN ALL OF YOUR WORK HAVE ALWAYS STRIVED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER THAN THE WAY YOU, YOU FOUND IT.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO OWE YOU AN ENORMOUS DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN HALL THAT, UM, WELL, ACTUALLY, I DISAGREE WITH HIM.
I, I THINK THAT THE EAST SIDE DOESN'T NEED GOOD PROJECTS.
UM, AND, UM, THE PROJECT THAT Y'ALL HAD BROUGHT TO US BEFORE HAS CHANGED, UH, SOMEWHAT.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE AFFORDABILITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED.
WE'RE STILL GONNA 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, UH, THE, UH, UNIT, THE, THE AFFORDABILITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY THINGS, AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.
SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS CHANGE AND ALL THAT.
WHY DID THIS ONE CHANGE? MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE, THE DEMAND FROM THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I, YOU KNOW, AND I, I'M NOT HERE IN MY POSITION AS A STATE REP.
I'M HERE IN MY POSITION AS A, AS A, UH, EX LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION AND AS A COMMUNITY PERSON.
SO IT CHANGED BECAUSE OVER THE LAST COUPLE 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 SPEAK, I HAVE TO LISTEN.
AND SO WHAT MY ORIGINAL IDEAS, UH, AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO, TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY, WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
SO, UH, TO COUNCILMAN HALL'S POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TREATING EVERYBODY ON AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS TREATED DIFFERENTLY OR THE SAME, UM, I WOULD INSIST THAT, YOU KNOW, IF EVER I BROUGHT A PROJECT OF MINE TO THIS CITY, COUNCILMAN THAT I'D BE, OR THIS CITY COUNCIL, THAT I'D BE SCRUTINIZED MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY, UH, INOCULATE WELL, TO INOCULATE OURSELVES FROM THE ARGUMENT THAT MAYBE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, BENEFITING ME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MY TITLE, TITLE.
SO, UM, I WOULDN'T, I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU WOULD SCRUTINIZE MY PROJECT MORE, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE HIGHER STANDARD TO WHICH WE AGREE, UM, WITH, THAT'S THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE ENTER INTO WHEN WE, UH, RUN FOR POLITICS.
I'M, I, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPEED AT, YOU KNOW, AT WHICH WE'VE MOVED WITH THIS CHANGE.
UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN BRIEFED ONCE ON THIS.
I GOT MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, UH, PROJECT THAN, UM, THAN I'VE GOT ANSWERS MORE AND MORE QUESTIONS THAN THIS TIME PERMITS.
AND SO I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE GONNA GET, YOU KNOW, UH, ROBUST SUPPORT ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT PROCESS WISE, SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS, THAT I GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO LIVE WITH IT.
I MEAN, VETO, THIS IS YOUR PROJECT.
UM, I MEAN, WERE YOU PLANNING ON COMING AND TALKING TO ME, OR WAS IT JUST AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE WE WE'RE GONNA TALK? OKAY.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE'LL TALK, BUT THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION THAT I JUST ASKED YOU.
COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, REPRESENTATIVE, THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT, YOU WERE NOT THE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, OF THE AREA.
IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS, AND I LOOK AROUND
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THE DAIS, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE HERE WHEN THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE THE TOURS BOARD MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.IN FACT, I, I RECALL DIEGO AL BEING THE COUNCIL 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.
UH, AND SO IT HASN'T JUST BEEN ONE OR TWO YEARS SINCE, SINCE PROJECT HAS COME BEFORE US.
AND I, FOR ONE, UH, IN THE SIX YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THIS DAIS, HAVE SEEN PROJECTS CHANGE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UH, IN FACT, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I URGED MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE SUPPORT ME ON A PROJECT AT ALASAN WAS BECAUSE WE HAD NOT SEEN ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.
UH, ONLY TWO PROJECTS STARTED AND COMPLETED IN SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF REASONS WHY A PROJECT MIGHT CHANGE, UM, THAT THE FINANCING MODELS WERE DIFFERENT, THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THE MARKET CHANGED.
UH, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF, OR RATHER, THERE WAS AN ANTICIPATED MARKET THAT PERHAPS DID NOT COME TO FRUITION.
UH, IT HAPPENED AT PEANUT FACTORY LOFTS WHEN THEY ANTICIPATED IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHEN THEY ANTICIPATED THAT 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, UH, THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
I THINK THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LARGE PROJECTS, UH, THE TYPES THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAD NOT SEEN A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CORE, UM, IN MANY DECADES.
UH, AND THEN SUDDENLY THERE WERE DIFFERENT MODELS AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS TO USE, INCLUDING INCOME, UH, TAX CREDITS, INCLUDING HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, INCLUDING ICRP AND CCHI AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT DID NOT EXIST, UM, I THINK 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, UH, ADMIT TO FEELING JEALOUS THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A PROJECT LIKE THIS ON THE EAST SIDE, AND WE COULDN'T GET A COMPARABLE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO, UH, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, AS I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, AND I JUST WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
YES, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN MOVING THIS PROJECT ALONG.
AND I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT WHY THAT IS ABOUT, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION IN THIS CITY.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT GOT DEVELOPED MUCH FASTER AND MUCH EASIER THAN OTHERS.
UH, AND YET HERE ON THE NEAR EAST, I CAN REALLY ONLY SPEAK FOR THE NEAR WEST SIDE, UM, THAT I KNOW VERY WELL.
BUT THAT PROJECTS HAVE STALLED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, SOME OF THEM FOR REASONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SOME OF THEM, UM, I HAVE QUESTIONED THE DELIBERATENESS OF WHY THOSE PROJECTS HAVE NOT PROCEEDED.
UM, SO I, UH, FEEL LIKE, UM, YOU HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME AND THAT THE CITY HAS CREATED UNNECESSARY ROADBLOCKS FOR YOU IN THIS PROJECT.
YOU BECAME THE REPRESENTATIVE, A SEAT WAS OPENED UP, UM, ALSO, UH, AND YOU BECAME THE REPRESENTATIVE AND HAVE BEEN A FAITHFUL, LOYAL, HARDWORKING, DEDICATED MEMBER OF, OF THE LEGISLATURE.
AND AS SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE MANY, MANY YEARS SINCE I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A LOT LONGER THAN THAT.
UH, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.
UH, I, I MEAN, I, I, I'VE, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AND SEEING IT COME TO FRUITION.
UH, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT ANY LONGER FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN, UH, WHEN THERE IS THE FINANCING AND THE SUPPORT AND THE PHYSICAL SPACE, UH, TO DO SO.
SO, I JUST, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU GOT OVERWHELMING SUPPORT ON THE TOURS BOARD FOR THIS PROJECT, AND, UH, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO OFFER THE LETTER OF SUPPORT, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL THING TO DO.
IT WAS APPROVED IN COMMITTEE, UM, NOW OVER MAYBE THREE WEEKS AGO.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, YET WE CONTINUE TO, TO DELAY THIS PROJECT, AND I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN.
SO, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UH, GOOD MORNING, REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, I DO HAVE, UH, SOME QUESTIONS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR, FOR VETO OR PETER, BUT, UH, THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT HAVING TO CHANGE OUR CONTRACT COMING BACK TO CHANGE OUR
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CONTRACT ON THIS PROJECT AND, AND REPRESENTATIVE.I THINK THAT'S, UM, AT LEAST IN MY CASE, THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING SOME OF THE PAUSE, IS THAT, UM, I SEE THIS AS INTERTWINED WITH THAT, UH, WITH THAT CONTRACT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
UH, SO, SO PETER, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? YEAH.
SO THE, UH, THE AGREEMENT THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO HAD CERTAIN, UH, STIPULATIONS IN THERE TO INCLUDE A HIGH-END DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, WAS TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THE PEARL, A PEARL ON THE EAST SIDE, WAS HOW IT WAS DESCRIBED AT THE TIME.
UH, TODAY WE'VE HEARD THAT IT'LL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT TO A MORE, TO MORE OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPER, UH, SHOULD BE MODIFIED TO REFLECT THAT DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TYPE THAT'LL TAKE PLACE.
DO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT? WHY IS THAT JUST THEIRS? RIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT BECAUSE THE CITY IS ESSENTIALLY GIVING THE 10 ACRES OF PROPERTY, UH, TO THE DEVELOPER, THAT CITY PROPERTY.
AND THROUGH AN AGREEMENT, UM, THE CITY IS TURNING OVER THE, THE PROPERTY, UH, THE DEVELOPER WILL PAY FOR IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA PAY THEM BACK OUT OF TS PROCEEDS.
SO ESSENTIALLY, THE DEVELOPER RECEIVES THE 10 ACRES FOR FREE FROM THE CITY.
AND SO IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT, THAT, UM, CONTRIBUTION OF THE TERRITORY OF THE PROPERTY, THE CITY PROPERTY, UH, 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.
UH, BUT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT MAY START AS IT WAS DESCRIBED TO BE STARTING, AND THE AGREEMENT TODAY, WHICH WAS, UM, IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
UH, SO TWO TIMELINE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE AGREEMENT IS THE, 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.
UM, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, I, I WISH THAT HAD BEEN PART OF IT, UH, ORIGINALLY, BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY ARE WE APPROVING THIS LETTER BEFORE WE CHANGE THE CONTRACT TO CHANGE THAT AGREEMENT THAT WE, RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THAT'S ONE WE ASKED AS WELL TO THE DEVELOPER.
SO THE DEVELOPER HAS TO GET THEIR FINANCING TOGETHER AS STEP ONE, UH, FOR THE TRANSACTION OF TURNING OVER THE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, 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.
UH, THIS IS A, A GOOD PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST, BUT THEY'LL NEED OTHER COMMITMENTS, OTHER FUNDING, UH, THEY HAVE A REQUEST INTO BEXAR COUNTY, AS AN EXAMPLE, SOME PRIVATE BANKS.
AND THEN WE KNOW, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING, THAT THEY HAVE A TURS REQUEST, WHICH IS ALSO NEW THOUGH, OF $3 MILLION.
AND SO, UH, IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE FUNDING, UH, UH, PROCESS AND SECURING THE FUNDING, UH, THE DEVELOPER IS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS TAX CREDIT APPROVED NOW.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
AND THEN SOON AFTER, WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CHANGE.
SO JUST, UH, REAL QUICK, A QUESTION FOR, FOR ANDY.
IT JUST SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT WE HAVE ONE AGREEMENT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, IN CONFLICT WITH, WITH THAT AGREEMENT.
SO CAN, WELL, CAN YOU ADVISE US? WELL, AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN? YES.
WE WE'RE ONLY, THE COUNCIL'S ONLY CONSIDERING THAT NO OBJECTION.
AND USUALLY THE TIMING IS DIFFERENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE AGREEMENT OR THE UNDERSTANDING IN PLACE.
UH, WHAT'S DIFFERENT HERE IS THAT, UH, 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.
AND CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE, THE TIMING OF THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR YOU OR FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPER.
CAN, WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED THOUGH, IS THAT TO, UM, TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE T D H C A BOARD, UH, THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO INITIATE A REQUEST.
AND BASED ON OUR, 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, YOUR, UH, MAYOR KEN SACKS.
I'M THE DEVELOPMENT ATTORNEY FOR THE ECHOES PROJECT.
UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR OUR, UH, FINANCING, UH, WE HAVE THREE LETTERS OF INTEREST ALREADY FROM OUR, UH, UH, FROM OUR LENDERS.
AND WE'RE DOING THOSE, UH, THROUGH GARDNER CAPITAL, WHO WE BROUGHT IN.
I GOT INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
I'VE REPRESENTED THE GEORGE GERVIN YOUTH CENTER FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
I GOT MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE NEEDED TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
WE, I BROUGHT IN GARDNER CAPITAL.
THEY GOT 11 PROJECTS IN HOUSTON, UH, I WANNA SAY FOUR PROJECTS IN, I'M SORRY, IN DALLAS.
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OR FIVE PROJECTS IN HOUSTON ON THAT ARE, UH, OFF THE GROUND.UH, THEY, THEY HAVE A, A, A, UH, HISTORY OF SUCCESS.
THEY'VE DONE OVER A HUNDRED PROJECTS IN 25 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER FAILED.
THEY HAVE NEVER SOLD A PROJECT IN THOSE 25 YEARS.
SO, UH, I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT TEAM TOGETHER.
UH, AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER, UH, THE, UH, THE LENDERS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT I WANNA MOVE FORWARD THAT THEY'VE DEALT WITH BEFORE ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE, UH, THAT BELIEVE IN OUR PROJECT THAT HAVE GIVEN US LETTERS OF INTEREST HAS BEEN, UH, PROVIDED TO CITY STAFF, UH, AND UNFOR.
WELL, FORTUNATELY, THIS IS A PART OF THE PROCESS.
PART OF OUR 4% IS, IT, IT, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THAT RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION LETTER.
AND PART OF OUR REQUIREMENT CHECKLIST FOR OUR, UH, OUR LOANS, INCLUDING OUR CONSTRUCTION LOAN, IS, UH, IT IN, IT REQUIRES THAT, UH, RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION AS A FORMALITY FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR THE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION.
UH, I WANTED TO KIND OF CORRECT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, UH, UH, MR. ZONI STATED.
WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR, UH, TIMELINE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE WITH, UH, GETTING THIS, UH, UH, UH, TOGETHER BEFORE, UH, OUR DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2019.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, NO NEED TO AMEND THE, THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT THREE 80 AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE, UH, BECAUSE WE MAY, IF WE ARE NOT READY IN SEPTEMBER, WE CAN ASK FOR, I THINK THE CONTRACT, UH, ALLOWS FOR A THREE MONTH EXTENSION THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO THE THREE 80 AGREEMENT, SO THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO, TO MOVING FORWARD.
UH, AS FAR AS THE CHANGE IN, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD'VE REQUIRED OR WOULD REQUIRE AN A, A CHANGE OR OUR, UH, THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT TO THE THREE 80 AGREEMENT AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THIS GREAT PROJECT.
UH, IT'S, UH, WE'VE PUSHED FORWARD ON THIS AFFORDABLE PIECE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE, LIKE, UH, MS. UH, HAWKINS HAD INDICATED THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THIS, THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED.
UH, AND WE, WE ANSWERED THAT CALL, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED.
UH, AND I KNOW THE CITY STAFF WAS PRESENT AT SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND, AND ALSO, UH, COULD ECHO THAT, UM, THAT TO COUNCIL IF NECESSARY, BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD.
AND WE, WE WE'RE ASKING JUST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, NO OBJECTION THIS MORNING.
AND, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK LATER IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS ANY OTHER MATTERS.
UH, SO VERO, FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW, WE'VE WORKED ON A POLICY FOR LITECH, UH, SCORING LETTERS OF NO OBJECTION AND, AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
UM, I JUST DIDN'T SEE THAT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
I ALSO DIDN'T SEE THE LITECH APPLICATION, UH, ATTACHED TO, TO THE AGENDA.
SO CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH, UM, OUR, OUR GUIDELINES AND, AND HOW THIS PROJECT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS? SURE.
UM, IN THE MEMO, WE DO MENTION THE SCORING THAT THIS APPLICANT RECEIVED.
SO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PROCESS FOR ALL THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
WE HAVE APPLIED FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD.
UM, THIS YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE HAD NINE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED THAT PROCESS.
SO IT'S A CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PROCESS WHERE THERE IS SCORING.
SO WE DO MENTION WHAT THE SCORE WAS IN THE PACKET.
TYPICALLY FOR ALL THE FOUR PERCENTS, WE DON'T PUT THE INTERNAL APPLICATION OR THE, THE TOTAL SCORING, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.
BUT WE DO MENTION HOW THEY SCORED FOR THE FOUR PERCENTS, THEY HAVE TO GET A MINIMUM OF 50 POINTS.
UM, AND THAT IS IN, IN THE BACKUP, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE, UM, THE INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY SCORED IN EVERY CATEGORY, BUT ALL THE CATEGORIES UTILIZED FOR ALL NINE AND FOUR PERCENTS.
AND IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL BACK IN, UM, I WANNA SAY IT WAS NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OF 2017.
SO IT'S A CURRENT POLICY THAT THIS BODY ADOPTED.
SO I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD, UH, PUT IN THE POLICY WAS, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS WAS RECOMMENDING, UH, ENGAGEMENT.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO HOW THAT CORRECT? UH, SO AGAIN, UM, THE 4% CAN EARN BETWEEN 50 AND A HUNDRED POINTS.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION RECEIVED 75 POINTS, AND WHAT I PUT IN THE MEMO HAS, UH, THE EXPERIENCE POINTS.
UM, 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 SCORE IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, MAYBE I HAVE IT IN MY INBOX ALREADY.
IF THEY MET THE MINIMUM, THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENTED.
UM, AND SO THEY, THEY MET THE MINIMUM FOR THE 4%.
AND, AND THIS IS COMING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THAT.
BUT I WILL GET THE SCORING FOR YOU.
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YOU VERY MUCH, RO AND THEN, UH, PETER, I JUST WANTED TO WRAP UP THE QUESTION ABOUT CHANGING THE CONTRACT AND NOT CHANGING THE CONTRACT.WELL, YEAH, YOU CAN PROBABLY SPEAK BETTER TO THAT THAN I, BUT, UM, I, WHAT I STATED WAS, UM, WAS, UH, WHAT I FELT TO BE ACCURATE.
AND SO THE, THE TI IF TODAY IS, UH, MAY, UH, IF WE THINK THAT THE CONTRACTOR CAN GET THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED BY SEPTEMBER, THEN WE WOULDN'T CHANGE THE CONTRACT.
BUT BASED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND FUNDING, IT'S, IT'S, UH, PROBABLY LESS LIKELY THAT IT WOULD.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER.
ALSO, THE CONTRACTS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE THERE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT, YEAH, AND IT, IT DOES TALK ABOUT A VERY HIGH END, VERY UPSCALE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
IN FACT, IN OUR CRITIQUE OF THE, AN ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, WE MADE, AND WE PUT ON THE RECORD THAT WE THOUGHT THE RENTS THAT WERE TO BE CHARGED AND THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WERE TOO HIGH FOR THE AREA, UH, AND THAT THEY WERE HIGH BECAUSE IT WAS THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO, UH, THOSE ARE KIND OF, UH, AGREEMENTS OR STIPULATIONS FOR THE CITY TO BASICALLY GIVE THE PROPERTY TO, UH, THE DEVELOPER.
AND SO WE FEEL THAT THOSE SHOULD BE CHANGED, BUT ANDY, UH, CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE DETAIL IF NECESSARY.
IF I MAY, MARY, IN FACT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER SENT A LETTER TO THE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, LAST WEEK OUTLINING THAT THE AGREEMENT WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED, UH, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE OF 'EM BEING THE TIMING THAT PETER JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UH, BUT PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS CHANGED, UH, IT, IT, UH, THE SCOPE OF IT HAS CHANGED, THEREFORE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILWOMAN.
SO YES, THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS WHY, UH, THE AGREEMENT WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO CLARIFY IS, AS THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS THIS, UH, NO OBJECTION, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEN WE, UH, THE COUNCIL'S COMMITTED IN TERMS OF APPROVING THESE AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'LL BRING LATER ON.
BUT IF WE DON'T APPROVE THOSE, THEN THE, THEN THE AFFORDABLE PROJECT CAN'T GO FORWARD.
SO THAT'S, IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS JUST ONE STEP ONE INTO THE OVERALL CONSIDERATION OF THAT.
UM, REPRESENTATIVE, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS INCORPORATING, UH, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT.
UM, I STILL HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE, THE TIMING OF IT AND, AND THE AGREEMENT.
SO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU MAYOR, AND FIRST COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL.
I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE CONCERN.
UH, LET, LEMME JUST TELL YOU AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE AGREEMENT IS CURRENTLY, THERE IS A TIMELINE TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR FINANCING BY SEPTEMBER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET, I'M I'M ASSUMING APPLIED TO THE STATE, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING SUBMITTED TO THE STATE BY TOMORROW.
AND SO PART OF THAT REQUIRES A LETTER OF NO OB OBJECT, UH, OBJECTION.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE NEEDED TO, TO VOTE TODAY ON THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.
SO AT LEAST THEY CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS WITH REGARD TO, UH, UH, APPLYING TO THE STATE FOR, TO MEET THESE, THE SEPTEMBER TIMELINE.
UM, NOW WITH REGARD TO, AND, AND SO I'LL MENTION A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, I'VE GOT, UH, KEITH, TONY AND JADA SULLIVAN HERE, UH, TO COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND'S POINT.
UH, BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS, IS GONNA CONTINUE, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITERATIONS THAT HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY GETS STARTED.
AND SO ONE OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS WILL BE HERE SITTING IN THE SEAT TO HELP CARRY IT FORWARD.
AND THEY'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON, ON THE WHOLE ISSUE.
THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT AND SO FORTH.
AND SO THEY WILL BE READY TO, TO, UH, TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS DOWN THE LINE.
UM, BUT IF WE, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION TODAY, THAT THAT THROWS OFF THEIR TIMING FOR THEIR FINANCING, WHICH THROWS THE WHOLE PROJECT OFF.
SO, UH, I'M PUSHING FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE LETTER OF NO OBJECT, NO OBJECTION TODAY, SO THAT THEY CAN GET THAT FINANCING PUT TOGETHER.
COUNSEL WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THE, THE, THE PROJECT.
UH, AND, AND, AND BLESSED WITH THIS, THIS CHANGE THAT, THAT MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO OCCUR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ONE PERSPECTIVE THAT IT MAY NOT, UH, NEED TO OCCUR, BUT EITHER WAY, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER CHECKPOINT FOR COUNSEL TO HAVE, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND AS ANDY POINTED OUT, SUPPORTING THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT.
IF, IF, IF COUNSEL AT THAT TIME DOESN'T FEEL THAT IT SHOULD, 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, UH, OF THE PROJECT PULLED TOGETHER.
THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS ON THIS.
UM, AND SO ANY ONE OF THESE PARTS THAT ARE THROWN OFF REALLY THROWS THE, THE WHOLE PROJECT OFF.
AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THAT, UH, THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION.
REPRESENTATIVE HAWKINS, UH, WELCOME INTO THE CHAMBER.
AND, UH, I, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS PROJECT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT, UH, ONE, ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, CAN YOU GIMME A PULSE CHECK ON, ON WHERE THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AROUND THE AREA AND THE COMMUNITY
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MEMBERS, UH, WHERE THEY ARE WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROJECT? 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE MIGHT THINK, OH, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT PROJECT.THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT PARCEL OF LAND FOR A WHILE.
UH, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I SAW ON IN THE, ON TELEVISION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
HOW, HOW ARE THEY FEELING ABOUT, UH, THE, THE WELCOME OR THE, THE NEWS, THE, THE UPDATES? UH, JUST SO I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW COUNCILMAN HALL, MAYBE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL, 'CAUSE THAT'S SORT OF A GUIDING LIGHT FOR A LOT OF US WHO DON'T REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IS, IS WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEIR FEELING? THE COMMUNITY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND EVERY DAY I GET A QUESTION, WHEN IS IT GONNA START? SO THINK ABOUT IT, THIS PROCESS OF LAND BEEN VACANT NEARLY 40 YEARS.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS I'M SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE JUST WANTING IT TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S A SENSE OF WHAT I WANT TO, TO KNOW.
AND THIS ISN'T THE FINAL CHECKPOINT FOR GETTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THE FINAL PROJECT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE PROMISED THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WILL BE ENGAGED AT EVERY LEVEL BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO HAVE INPUT.
YOU KNOW, DISTRICT TWO IS A UNIQUE COMMUNITY, AND I'VE BEEN IN IT FOR 30 YEARS, 38 YEARS.
AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENCE IS, IS KNOWLEDGEABLE, EMBRACIVE AND A PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO A BIG PART OF THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE RETAIL WILL CREATE JOBS, AND SO BEING ABLE TO CREATE JOBS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE JOBS BECAUSE THE GERVIN CENTER HAVE 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 HOW WE BEGIN TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD HOPE BEFORE, GAIN HOPE, GET JOBS, AND, AND BE PROUD OF WHO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WAS AS SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE THEM AND WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THEM.
SO THIS IS A BIG PROJECT RELATED TO MORE THAN JUST BRICKS AND MORTAR.
BRICKS AND MORTARS IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE OUTCOMES.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK IF YOU KNOW THAT CORRIDOR WELL, UM, LEADING RIGHT TO THE AT AND T CENTER, IT TIES RIGHT INTO ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND IS GOING ON NOW.
SO I THANK ALL OF Y'ALL WILL BE IMMENSELY PROUD OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
FEEDBACK AND, AND REALLY THE, THE, UH, HOUSING TAX PROJECTS AND, AND, AND THE, THE SUCCESS I'VE SEEN OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS OR THE FAILURE OF THAT REALLY HINGES ON WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS.
AND, AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE RECOGNIZING IS THAT, UH, YOU, YOU ALL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF IT, OBVIOUSLY, AS, AS A REPRESENTATIVE, YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE OF IT AS WELL.
AND YOU'VE GOT PRACTICE AND EXERCISE IN, IN GETTING THAT FEEDBACK IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IN THAT CONVERSATION.
SO, UH, I, I'M GRATEFUL TO KNOW THAT AND, AND, UM, I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN HALL HAS BEEN INHERITING THIS AND, AND THE FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL INHERIT THIS, BUT THERE IS NOT AN END TO THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE HAWKINS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND SO I, I'M ALSO ON THAT TOURS BOARD WHERE WE'VE SEEN YOU MAKE SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND EVEN BEFORE THIS ITERATION OF THE PROJECT, UM, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE, THE PROJECT ITSELF, THE DESIGN ELEMENTS, UM, REALLY RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE, THE, THE CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD, THE NEIGHBORHOODS YOU MADE, IT CONNECT BETTER TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS YOU MADE IT CONNECT BETTER OR RESPOND BETTER TO TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, BECAUSE WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT NONE OF THAT SEEMS TO BE CHANGING.
THAT'S THE PART THAT, THAT IS STILL A PART OF YOUR EFFORTS, THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE TOOK COMMENTS, NO DOUBT, FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS AT THE CHURCH BOARD ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE THOSE CONNECTIVITIES, MAKING SURE THE BUFFER IN BETWEEN THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, MAKING SURE THE INGRESS AND EGRESS IS PROPER.
UH, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN REALIZING THAT, UM, THE, THE COMMUNITY INPUT IS SO VALUABLE IN TERMS OF BUY-IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, USABILITY.
ALL OF THAT IS A MAJOR FACTOR.
NOT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMMUNITY FOLKS AS WELL AS MYSELF AS A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SOMEONE WHO'S THERE EVERY DAY.
AND SO, NO DOUBT WE'VE TAKEN IN ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED.
AND NOW WITH THIS AFFORDABILITY, UH, COMPONENT, UH, YOU'LL BE BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE TOURS BOARD FOR ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
SO, AND, AND I WANNA BE CLEAR, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, UH, VISION, UH, AND IN THE AGREEMENT WE HAD 132 UNITS OF MARKET RATE.
WE'VE NOW MOVED TO 211, UH, IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE U UH, UNITS.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, THAT THE COMMUNITY IS A PART OF IT.
AND THAT TELLS YOU OUR LEVEL OF COMMITMENT OF ENGAGEMENT IS THAT IF THE COMMUNITY RISE BY SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T BE A PART
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OF, THAT'S A NEGATIVE.BUT IF THEY CAN BE A PART OF IT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S A POSITIVE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT THOSE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THAT CAN COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BE A PART OF THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, REPRESENTATIVE.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN THE, UH, THE SS B C CENTER AT THE TIME THE COUNTY BROUGHT THAT IN.
THEY, THEY, WE BUILT IT DOWN THERE, AND THAT WAS GONNA REVITALIZE THAT WHOLE AREA.
NOTHING'S REALLY HAPPENED SINCE THERE.
HOW LONG HAS THAT PLACE BEEN THERE NOW? WELL, THE AT T HAS BEEN THERE ABOUT 11 OR 12 YEARS AND 20 YEARS OF THE SS B C CENTER.
SO HERE'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT DOWN THERE TO REVITALIZE THAT AREA.
NOTHING HAS REALLY HAPPENED SINCE THEN.
AND WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS, I SAID, HEY, THIS IS GREAT.
I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY, UH, COMPONENT OF IT.
BUT I THINK IF IT'S, UH, UH, UM, MIXED USE WITH SHOPPING, UM, MARKET RATE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER, UH, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WERE, HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR DOWN IN THAT AREA.
BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, MOVING THAT, THAT SPORTS CENTER DOWN THERE, AND THEN WITH THE RODEO AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES AROUND THAT AREA, THIS, THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THAT AREA.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO, UM, I'M CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS AND WHAT THE LAYOUTS AND THE, UM, THE, UH, CONCEPTS ARE GONNA BE WHEN, WHEN Y'ALL ARE GONNA GET THAT ON PAPER SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT TO THIS AREA.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE SOMETHING ACTUALLY STARTING IN THAT AREA NOW.
SO, WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I, I APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATION.
THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS SEVEN AND 14.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, ONE CITY MAN, ONE, ONE REPORT TODAY.
AND, AND SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE, UM, HAVE, UH, COMMENTED ON IT.
UM, UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK IS, UH, PETER'S LAST WEEK WITH THE CITY, UH, BEFORE HE MOVES ALONG TO, UM, HIS NEW JOB AND RESPONSIBILITIES DOWN IN CORPUS CHRISTI AS A CITY MANAGER OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
AND, UM, WE ARE, UH, SAD TO SEE, UH, A GOOD FRIEND, A GREAT COLLEAGUE, UM, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE HIM TAKE ON THAT CHALLENGE.
AND, AND, UH, WE'RE ALL CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF PETER.
UM, PETER HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 22 YEARS.
UM, I WAS, UH, THINKING ABOUT IT, UH, THE OTHER DAY.
I, I THINK I SAT ON THE INTERVIEW PANEL, UH, IN THE BUDGET OFFICE WHEN, UH, PETER CAME INTO, UM, UH, INTERVIEW.
UM, THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE, AND PETER, SO PETER AND I WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS IN THE BUDGET OFFICE.
THERE'S ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S STILL WITH THE CITY, THAT'S STILL IN THAT ORIGINAL GROUP.
AND SO, UM, WE KNOW EACH OTHER REALLY WELL.
AND I WILL CERTAINLY MISS HIM AS A TRUSTED COLLEAGUE.
AND, UH, SOMEONE WHO IS CAPABLE AND, UM, UH, ALWAYS IS, UH, HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY AND, AND, AND DOESN'T GET TO, UH, NEVER GETS RATTLED.
UM, HE HAS BEEN A, UH, A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS.
PRIOR TO THAT, SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT HE WAS THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, UN THE UNFLAPPABLE BUDGET DIRECTOR, UM, AND, UH, DID A GREAT JOB IN LEADING THAT EFFORT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UM, PETER HAS, UM, A NUMBER OF MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDERNEATH HIS BELT.
HE'S BEEN, UH, THE KEY PLAYER ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRE-K FOR SA PROGRAM.
UM, HE HAD A MATTER OF, IN A MATTER OF MONTHS, STOOD UP, UH, ALONG WITH A LARGE TEAM, UH, UH, A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO BEGIN CLASSES.
UH, ONE THAT, UH, REFERENDUM WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.
UM, AND, AND HE GOT IT DONE AND HE DID IT WELL.
PETER'S ALSO BEEN THE POINT PERSON ON, ON A NUMBER OF OUR MAJOR BOND PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST, UH, THREE CYCLES.
UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, UM, ADHERE TO OUR COMMITMENTS TO THE PUBLIC, THAT WE FINISH THOSE PROJECTS ON TIME AND ON BUDGET, AND SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR, UH, FUTURE INVESTMENT, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE PETER, UM, WISH HIM GOOD LUCK.
TELL HIM WE'RE GONNA MISS HIM.
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I, I ASKED HIM TO FIND A GOOD FISHING GUIDE 'CAUSE, 'CAUSE MY FISHING GUIDE IS KIND OF RUN OUT OF GOOD SPOTS FOR ME.BUT, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS UP, UH, THE ROAD, PETER, AND, AND ANYTHING YOU NEED, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA MISS YOU.
JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MAYOR, UH, ONE OF THE THING THAT, UM, WE, WE'LL, WE HAVING A GOING AWAY, UH, SMALL CELEBRATION TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, OVER IN THE GALLERY.
WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S ON EVERYBODY'S CALENDAR.
AND, UM, UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, THAT'S THE ONLY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
WE DO HAVE A, A FOLLOW UP, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, BUT BEFORE WE GO, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH PETER WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH, ERIC AND, UH, PETER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK OVER THE YEARS WITH THE CITY.
UM, I CAME ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME WHEN PRE-K FOR SA WAS JUST GETTING OFF THE GROUND AND IT WASN'T LOST ON ANYONE THAT, UH, THAT PROGRAM WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT, UH, WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED, UH, LET ALONE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, IF NOT FOR YOUR GREAT EFFORTS TO REALLY, UH, MAKE IT REAL AND BRING ACTION TO IT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT COLLEAGUE.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR BOND PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.
UH, 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, UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE CHANGING THE DIRECTION THE CITY AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING ON THINGS LIKE HOUSING.
UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF MY SON JONAH, HE'S NOT GONNA MISS YOUR SON, UH, REALLY RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND EVERYBODY ON THE LACROSSE FIELD EITHER.
BUT WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU, PETER, AND WE WISH YOU BEST OF LUCK IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
COUNCILMAN PEDRO ZONI, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SIT THERE AWKWARDLY AS I HE PRAYS AND, AND TELL FUNNY STORIES ABOUT YOU.
BUT, UH, I, UH, WANNA START WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN ERIC AND I, UH, WERE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, WHEN, WHEN THE NEWS BROKE THAT YOU WERE INTERVIEWING FOR CORPUS, UM, I SAID, SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE WORD? WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SELFISHLY, I WAS HOPING YOU WOULDN'T GET THE JOB.
I WAS HOPING YOU'D, UH, PERFORM POORLY AT YOUR INTERVIEW, THAT THEY WOULD, UH, SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE IN YOU.
AND ERIC SAID, LOOK, PETER COULD SHOW UP IN FLIP FLOPS, UH, HUNG OVER, AND HE WOULD STILL GET THAT JOB.
THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW GOOD, UH, HE'S BEEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA, HE'S GONNA GET THE, HE'S GONNA GET THE POSITION WITHOUT TRYING.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE.
UM, YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP IN FLIP FLOPS, I DON'T THINK.
UH, I ALSO WOULDN'T RECOMMEND YOU SHOW UP ON YOUR FIRST DAY WITH, UH, THE HAT THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY GAVE YOU, NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GREAT HAT, UH, BUT BECAUSE YOU GOT A GOOD HEAD OF HAIR, IN FACT, UH, I THINK, I THINK NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE, I'LL BE THE, THE SEC THE SECOND PLACE FOR BEST HAIRLINE.
UH, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD HEAD OF HAIR.
ALTHOUGH IT'S A GREAT HAT THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, GIFTED TO YOU, YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY, I'M SURE, UH, A A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE, UH, UP IN CORPUS.
WE'RE, WE'RE SURE GONNA MISS YOU A WHOLE HECK OF A, OF A LOT.
I HAVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH YOU LONGER THAN I HAVE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WHO SAY THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE GO-TO GUY.
UH, AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR HISTORY AND YOUR LEGACY, BECAUSE FOLKS KNOW THAT YOU GET THE JOB DONE.
AND, AND WHETHER IT WAS PRE-K OR BOND PROJECTS OR DRAINAGE ISSUES OR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, THERE WAS NEVER ANY OTHER ANSWER.
BUT, UH, YEAH, WE'LL GET IT DONE.
AND, AND YOU CAME THROUGH EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO I WANNA SAY ON BEHALF OF ME AND THE RESIDENTS THAT, UH, MYSELF AND, AND THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU'VE SERVED, UH, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I SERVE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY, AND I'M SURE THAT YOU WILL DO, UH, FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE, AND A LOT OF ANXIOUS FOUR YEAR OLDS WHO ARE GROWING, HAVE HAVE YOU TO THANK AS WELL.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET YOU, GET A PHOTO UP, UH, OF YOU AT SOME OF THE PRE-K CENTERS SO THEY KNOW WHO REALLY GOT TO BUILD THE PLACE.
SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
COUNCILMAN SALANI, COUNCILMAN VIA GRANT.
I COULDN'T PASS THIS MOMENT TO, TO THANK PETER FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
AND, UH, FIRST TIME I MET YOU, YOU WERE IN THE BUDGET OFFICE, UM, YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, NEVER PULLING PUNCHES AND ALWAYS TELLING US STRAIGHT.
AND, UM, I, I REALLY, AND I, I'M GOING TO ALSO MISS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR, UM, JUST WHEN MY FAVORITE THINGS, I STILL HOLD ONTO THAT WHEN I SAID, WHAT IS WRONG, PETER? WHAT? SO JUST TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG.
AND YOU JUST SAID, GENERALLY EVERYTHING IS WRONG, COUNCILWOMAN
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR JUST, UM,
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SHARING, JUST BEING STRAIGHT WITH US, JUST TELLING US YOUR CONCERNS AND BEING THERE FOR THE BOND PROJECTS, FOR REALLY BELIEVING IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND ESSAY TOMORROW, AND KNOWING THE POTENTIAL AND SEEING IT, AND INVESTING IN THAT.AND, UM, WRITING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE DIFFICULT OBSTACLES WITH ME AND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE.
I WILL MISS YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR, UM, JUST STRENGTH AS PART OF THIS TEAM, AS A CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT YOU DESERVE TO BE A CITY MANAGER.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE HOW, UH, CORPUS CHRISTI WILL CONTINUE TO GROW WITH YOUR, YOU AT THE HELM AND THE LEADERSHIP THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GRO, COUNCILMAN TREO.
AND, AND I REALLY MEAN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN PRAISED FOR ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND I THINK WHEN SOMEBODY GOES THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT UP HERE, OFTEN, UH, ALONGSIDE WITH YOU, YOU GET TO SEE THE MEASURE OF, OF SOMEONE WITH, WITH THE WAY THEY REACT AND THE WAY THEY, THEY HELP YOU GET IT THROUGH.
AND, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE PROUDEST PROGRAMS THAT, THAT I FEEL WE HAVE IN THE CITY IS THE SAN ANTONIO UNDER ONE ROOF.
UM, YOU KNOW, ON EASTER, I GOT A CALL FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAD JUST RECEIVED THE ROOF, AND IT'S A, UH, SOME GRANDPARENTS WHO TAKE CARE OF FIVE, FIVE OF THEIR GRANDKIDS.
UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN LIVING WITH A, WITH A HOLE THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL IN THEIR ROOF.
AND IT HAD 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, I WANT TO JUST PUBLICLY THANK YOU BECAUSE I, I, I REALLY CONSIDER YOU A CO-CREATOR OF THAT PROGRAM.
UM, IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT THROUGH.
AND, AND I MEAN THAT, UM, THERE'S MANY, MANY HOMES THAT, THAT RECEIVE THAT PROGRAM.
UH, I GET MESSAGES FROM, FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE ROOF THROUGH INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK, OR OTHER WAYS THAT, UH, DURING THE NIGHT WHEN IT'S RAINING, THEY SAY THEY'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.
AND I MEAN, I, FROM THE BEGINNING, PETER, YOU SAW THE BENEFITS OF THAT PROGRAM WHEN OTHERS DIDN'T.
I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE, UH, TAKING TO CORPUS CHRISTI IS THAT ATTITUDE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE GOOD ROOFS OVER THEIR HEADS.
UH, KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME, UH, HELPING YOU AND SUPPORTING YOU IN WHATEVER YOUR ENDEAVORS ARE.
UH, I FLY INTO MUSTANG ISLAND A LOT, SO SHOULD YOU EVER, EVER WANNA A QUICK TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO
UH, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, PETER, I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
UH, MY STAFF HAS ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
COUNCILMAN TREVINO, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
UH, PETER, YOU, YOU'VE BEEN RECEIVING ACCOLADES.
UH, WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU AND, AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOW I'VE INTERACTED WITH YOU, I THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, BOY SCOUTS, YOU KNOW, A SCOUT AS TRUSTWORTHY, LOYAL, HELPFUL, FRIENDLY, COURTEOUS, KIND, OBEDIENT, CHEERFUL, THRIFTY, BRAVE, CLEAN, AND REVERENT.
UH, THAT'S FROM MY SCOUTING YEARS.
BUT YOU KNOW, MORE SO THOUGH, I, I, UH, I REALLY RESPECT YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR INTEGRITY, UH, YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS, YOUR, UH, COLLABORATIVE NATURE, AND, UH, YOUR COOPERATION WITH ME AS A COUNCILMAN.
THE ONLY THING I MISSED IS, IS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN ILLA GRAND MENTIONED.
UM, MAYBE YOUR HUMOR'S JUST SO DRY, IT WENT RIGHT OVER MY HEAD.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO MY OFFICE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
AND, UH, 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 AND NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I'M AFRAID THAT PETER'S GONNA CHANGE THAT AROUND, AND WE WON'T BENEFIT FROM ALL THE PEOPLE MOVING OVER HERE.
SO, UH, I KNOW SOME OF, UM, MY VERY BEST FRIENDS ARE FROM CORPUS, UH, PEOPLE THAT I MET IN COLLEGE AND SINCE THEN.
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UH, SO, UM, IF YOU TURN THAT AROUND, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET OUR PEOPLE FROM THE VALLEY OR SOMETHING.AND I HOPE THAT, UM, THAT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, TRANSLATES TO A WONDERFUL CITY, UH, IN CORPUS.
AND I HOPE THAT THEY, UH, WELCOME YOU AND THAT YOU FEEL WARM AND, UH, HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE, UH, THERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CORPUS CHRISTI SUN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UH, PETER, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
WE'LL ALL BE ROOTING FOR YOU, UH, FROM, FROM HERE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO, TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR YOUR WORK, UH, FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE TWO PERSONAL, UH, STORIES OF WHEN YOU, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE EMBARRASSING, UH, OF, OF WHEN YOU REALLY, REALLY HELPED ME AND, AND HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED HAVING YOUR FULL SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING I WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND THAT WAS WHEN I FIRST, UH, CAME ON THIS TERM.
AND I HAD A LITECH PROJECT, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN THE DISTRICT.
AND, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST PATH FORWARD, AND YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY READY TO DO, UH, WHATEVER IT WAS, I, YOU KNOW, I DIRECTED INTO HELP ME MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND, UH, I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, UH, FOR, FOR BEING WITH ME THROUGH THAT.
IT WAS MY FIRST WEEKS HERE, AND IT WAS EXTREMELY TRYING, BUT THANK YOU.
AND, UM, YOU DID IT AGAIN WHEN WE WERE, UH, TRYING TO GET THE BANDERA CORRIDOR STUDY FUNDED.
UH, YOU CAME OUT PERSONALLY TO, TO FIND OUT HOW TO, HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, MY SUCCESS, UH, ON COUNCIL IS DUE TO THE WORK THAT YOU, UH, HAVE PUT FORWARD AND YOU, AND, AND MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES HERE.
AGAIN, PETER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY HERE.
AND, UH, PLEASE DO WEAR THAT HAT DOWN THERE.
I'M GONNA CHECK, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR PICTURES OF YOU DOWN THERE, SEE IF YOU'RE WEARING THAT THING.
BUT, UM, MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT HE'S A D 10 RESIDENT.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA BE SAD TO SEE YOU LEAVE THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU'RE NOT TAKING YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU.
SO, LUANA, NIKOLAI, UH, NELLO AND TANNER ARE ALL GONNA STAY HERE IN TOWN TO FINISH OUT SCHOOL, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KEEPING THE BEST PART OF THE ZONI FAMILY HERE WITH US IN D 10.
UM, UH, THAT, THAT MEANS A LOT TO SEE YOU BEING, UM, PROMOTED INTO A NEW JOB.
THAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO LOOK, LOOK GOOD.
I'VE, I KEPT YOU IN MY PRAYERS THAT YOU DID GET THIS.
AND, UM, MY ANSWER, MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
SO I'M, I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS, AND I JUST, JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD LUCK TO YOU, AND I HOPE YOU FOUND A PLACE TO, UH, LIFT WEIGHTS.
HAVE YOU FOUND A PLACE, PLACE DOWN THERE YET? ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT AS WELL, BUT, UH, GODSPEED TO YOU AND, UH, GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY, COUNCILMAN HALL, AND PETER, I TOO WANNA ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THIS, THIS GREAT HONOR.
UH, DURING THE CITY MANAGER SEARCH, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ATTRACTING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ATTRACTING A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE, UH, AT THE SAME TIME.
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, IS THE SOURCE OF A LOT OF GREAT CITY MANAGERS.
AND SO YOU'RE GONNA BE A GREAT CITY MANAGER FOR, FOR CORPUS.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING DOWN AND VISITING WITH YOU.
UH, STEPHANIE, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 16 OR SO YEARS TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY.
AND SO, UH, IT'S JUST AS, AS MUCH OF A CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOU AS IT AS IT IS YOUR FAMILY.
SO, UH, WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, PETER, JUST A BIG THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, UH, BEFORE I GOT ELECTED.
I, I HAD KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS BEFORE THAT, AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER.
UH, WHEN COUNCILMAN SALDANA TOOK OFFICE IN 2011, YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL FOR US BACK THEN, ESPECIALLY AROUND ALL THE BUDGET ITEMS AND THINGS WE'D WORKED ON, UH, WHEN I WAS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF.
AND THEN, UH, JUST WORKING WITH YOU HAS BEEN A BLESSING, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY AND PROUD FOR YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, UH, TO REPLACE CHERYL WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER GOT THAT JOB, I, I KIND OF INTUITIVELY, WE KNEW SOME, SOME OTHER FOLKS WERE GONNA IN THE FUTURE GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
IT JUST CAME SUPER FAST FOR YOU.
AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S AN HONOR, IT'S A BLESSING.
AND I THINK WHEN I THINK OF YOU AND THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO HELP ME BE SUCCESSFUL, LIKE UN UNFLAPPABLE IS JUST THE WORD.
LIKE, I COULD BE COMPLETELY WIGGING OUT AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST LIKE, LIKE TWO WORDS.
GOT IT, GOT IT, GOT IT, GOT IT.
AND, UH, YOUR ABILITY TO STAY CALM AND, AND GET THE WORK DONE IS, IS WHAT'S GONNA MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL.
I MEAN, AND IT HAS TO THE LAST 22 YEARS, AND IT
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WILL, FOR AS LONG AS CORPUS IN THE NEXT CITY AFTER THAT, IS HONORED TO HAVE YOU.SO, UM, MANY BLESSINGS FOR YOUR FAMILY.
UM, UH, AND I WISH YOU GOD'S SPEED IN CORPUS, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR SAN ANTONIO.
UH, PETER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU AND I EVER MET.
UH, BECAUSE, UH, I, IT WAS DURING ONE OF THE MOST BORING MEETINGS I'VE EVER SAT THROUGH IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I'D JUST BEEN APPOINTED TO THE LIBRARY COMMISSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BY MAYOR HARDBERGER.
AND YOU WERE TASKED WITH GIVING US THE, UH, THE RULES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OPEN MEETINGS AND WHAT TO SAY, WHAT NOT TO SAY, AND THEN YOU GAVE US A BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET.
AND, UM, THE REASON I SAY I HOPE YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT, IS BECAUSE I, I THINK I SLEPT HALFWAY THROUGH IT.
IT WAS LITERALLY ONE OF THE WORST MEETINGS OF MY LIFE.
UH, 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, UH, IS MEETINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IN THE YEARS SINCE THEN, I'VE ACTUALLY FIGURED YOU OUT, YOU'RE ONE OF THE MOST CEREBRAL, UH, INTELLIGENT MEN I'VE EVER MET.
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, AND I'M GLAD YOU USE THOSE POWERS FOR GOOD AND NOT EVIL.
I MEAN, YOU COULD EASILY BE ONE OF THOSE BRILLIANT VILLAINS WHO PUTS LASERS ON SHARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT INSTEAD, YOU DO IT TO HELP OUT YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU DO IT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR TEAM HAS A LEADER.
AND MAN, I'M REALLY JEALOUS OF, OF CORPUS CHRISTI 'CAUSE UM, THEY WON THE LOTTERY BROTHER.
AND SO, UM, I INTEND TO VISIT YOU QUITE OFTEN.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB DOWN THERE.
AND, UH, AND IF YOU EVER NEED, UH, LEADERSHIP ADVICE, DON'T CALL ME, UH, CALL ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS, UH, ON THIS, UH, ON THIS DIOCESE.
BUT QUITE HONESTLY, YOU'D, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY OUT THERE QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU LEADERSHIP ADVICE.
IN FACT, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF A WALKING TALKING LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE SERVED BY YOUR SIDE.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU, PETER.
COUNCILMAN P PEZ AGAIN, PETER, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR SUCCESS AND HAVING A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI MOVING FORWARD.
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ALL RIGHT.THE TIME IS NOW 10:41 AM ON THIS NINTH DAY OF MAY, 2019.
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CHAPTER 5 5 1, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE V T C S, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL RECESS, NEW EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE THE SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS OF RELATING TECH TO INFORMATION, RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY, NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION, OR THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF SECURITY DEVICES AND RELATED LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.089, SECURITY DEVICES AND AUDITS IN SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SETTLEMENT OFFER AND LITIGATION STYLE CHAMPION AN QUERO VERSUS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.