Mar 07, 2024 City Council Zoning and Land Use Session

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2024. WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH A ROLL CALL.

[ Roll Call  ]

>> CLERK: AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I AM WAITING FOR MY ANNOTATED AGENDA FOR ZONING, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE -- ONE CASE WITH A NUMBER OF FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I GOT IT. WE HAVE A FAIRLY BRIEF

[Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Adoption and Amendments of the Neighborhood, Community and Perimeter Plans as Components of the Master Plan and Zoning Cases. Plan amendments and Zoning cases presented by Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services unless otherwise noted.  ]

THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE ON THOSE. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: YAY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MOTION CARRIES.

ITEMS 2 AND 7 ARE SLATED TO BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 4TH. IF THERE'S NO DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONTINUING ITEMS 2 AND 7 TO APRIL 4TH.

>> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND.

WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 7. JACK FINGER.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CITY COUNCIL.

FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. ON ITEM NUMBER 7, IN MS. ROCHA GARCIA'S DISTRICT, YES, MA'AM, THIS IS ABOUT PLACING 79 DWELLING UNITS IN A LITTLE AREA OVER ON WEST VILLARET BOULEVARD. 79.

DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF SHOEHORNING THERE, MADAM? I'M SORRY, I THINK IT WAS CONTINUED FOR SOME GOOD REASONS BECAUSE THERE WAS STILL SOME UNSETTLED QUESTIONS ON THAT, MADAM. OF THEM.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SAY NO TO THAT ONE BECAUSE OF THAT VERY REASON.

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CAN. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 2 AND 7 CONTINUED TO APRIL 4TH? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: YAY. YES. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: CAN YOU GIVE ME A THUMBS UP IF IT'S YES? OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: YAY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOT IT. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER 5.

>> CLERK: 55.727 ACRES TO 12.196 ACRES ON PARCELS 1, 2 AND 3 WITH AN AMENDED SITE PLAN.

FOUR NOTICES HAVE BEEN MAILED, ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. OUTSIDE THE 200-FOOT BOUNDARY SEVEN NOTICES IN FAVOR AND PETITION FOR 83 SIGNATURES RECEIVED IN

OPPOSITION. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 5. SO I'LL CALL FOLKS IN ORDER OF SIGN-UP.

JENNIFER MILLION DOLLARY. MILDY. >>

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I'LL CALL YOU IN JUST A SECOND, DANIEL.

BRIAN TYRANNY. >>

DANIEL ORTIZ. YOU WILL HAVE NINE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. DANIEL ORTIZ, ORTIZ MCKNIGHT, 112 EAST MCKNIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THE PROPOSED USER SAMM SAMMINISTRIES. I HAD A FULL-BLOWN PRESENTATION.

I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT, INSTEAD JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS. THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS HERE.

SO BROOKS, LEO GOMEZ AND CONNIE GONZALES, SAMMINISTRIES, ALAMO ARCHITECTS AND PAPE-DAWSON. WE ARE APPLYING FOR IDZ3 WITH USES ALLOWED IN MF-33, C-2 AND A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS. THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITY WITH 219 UNITS. 18 OF WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR YOUTH 18 TO 24 TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WITH WHICH I THINK IS PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH DURING THIS PROCESS. THERE WAS PROBABLY DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS. WE HAD THREE IN-PERSON COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH ABOUT 20 TO 50 PEOPLE AT LEACH MEETING.

WE HAD TWO VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE HAD THREE TOURS FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS FROM THE PROPOSED SITE OF AN EXISTING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITY. AND ALL OF THAT WHILE I CAN'T REPORT TO YOU THAT WE MAY HAVE ELIMINATED OPPOSITION, I WOULD SAY DID YIELD SUPPORT.

WE HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, SOME HANDWRITTEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE MISSING AREA OR IN THE PROPOSED AREA, RATHER AND PERHAPS JUST AS IMPORTANTLY WE HEARD THE FEEDBACK WHICH YIELDED RESULTS IN THE FORM OF DECREASING THE ORIGINAL ACREAGE FROM 56 ACRES TO THE 12 ACRES THAT MELISSA MENTIONED WHICH WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF. AGAIN, WHILE SOME MAY STILL BE OPPOSED, IT WASN'T FOR LACK OF EFFORT AND THEIR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS DID NOT GO UNHEARD.

THEY DID YIELD RESULTS IN COORDINATION WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN'S OFFICE.

THIS PROJECT MEETS THE SHIP GOALS. IN FACT, IT MEETS BY ITSELF 20% OF THE GOALS STATED IN THE SHIP WHICH WAS TO PROVIDE 1,000 OF THESE TYPES OF UNITS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. THE CITY, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED $11 MILLION TOWARDS THIS EFFORT.

CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING SUPPORT, ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED SUPPORT.

I WILL ASK YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR, VOTE FOR BROOKS AND VOTE FOR SAMMINISTRIES.

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THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. ORTIZ.

GRADY ALEXANDER. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SING MIN KIM.

>> MY NAME IS BREE ALEXANDER, I REPRESENT THE HOT I'M HERE TO REQUEST YOU DO WHAT OUR D3 REPRESENTATIVE DOES NOT, MEET WITH US.

LISTEN TO US. CARE AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS.

MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR A MEETING HAVE BEEN DENIED AND IGNORED.

BROOKS HAS CREATED AN ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED CAMPUS WHILE PERPETUATING THE PRE-EXISTING SEGREGATION IN EXISTING COMMUNITIES SUCH AS OURS.

THIS DEMARCATION IS DEFINED BY SOUTHEAST MILITARY, WITH THE HOUSING TO THE NORTH PRIMARILY INCOME DETERMINED. ON THE SOUTH ON BROOKS IS PRIMARILY MARKET RATE.

IN ORDER FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE TO REINTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS TO QUALITY FOOD AND MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT.

THIS PROPOSAL IS OVER ONE MILE FROM THE VIA TRANSIT CENTER ON BROOKS AND FROM THE CLOSEST GROCERY STORE. IF THIS PROPOSAL WAS PLACE ON AVAILABLE LAND, ON SIDNEY BROOKS WITHIN THE BROOKS CAMPUS, IT WOULD BE ONLY YARDS AWAY FROM THESE NECESSARY RESOURCES WHERE THEY COULD GET TO THE TRANSPORTATION CENTER TO GET MEANINGFUL, GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, TO GET BACK FROM THE GROCERY STORE BEFORE THE ICE CREAM OR FROZEN FOOD FELTS. THEY ARE VERY LIMITED.

THE CLOSEST BUSINESSES ARE THE VAPE SHORE, STRIPES. THIS IS NOT A WAY FOR HEALTHY LIVING AND TO REINTEGRATE PEOPLE. SEGREGATING THOSE IN NEED ONLY FURTHER STIGMATIZES THEM AND HINDERS FUTURE POTENTIAL.

HOT WELLS ALREADY IS A MARGINALIZED AREA WITH FEW RESOURCES FOR THEM.

IT IS NOT A GOOD LOCATION FOR THIS TYPE OF FLAT. -- FACILITY.

WE ORIGINAL SERVE THIS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY AS MUCH OR MORE THAN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IN TOWN WITH THE STATE HOSPITAL AND OTHER ITEMS IN THERE.

THE LOSS OF TAX DOLLARS FROM THIS TAX EXEMPT PROJECT, SCHOOL CLOSURES, THE DISINVESTMENT IN OUR REGION, THE DAMAGE THAT THIS KIND OF HIGH DEVELOPMENT WILL DO WILL CAUSE A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY OF THE STATE HOSPITAL AREA.

CENTRALIZING WASTE TREATMENT AND REFUSE TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL IS A GOOD IDEA.

TREATING PEOPLE LIKE TRASH AND CRAP AND PUTTING THEM IN THE SAME AREA IS WRONG.

THE UNFORTUNATE RESULT OF THIS IS SAN ANTONIO IS THE MOST SEGREGATED LARGE CITY IN AMERICA AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO AS LONG AS THIS POLICY IS CONTINUED.

WE ASK THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE THIS RENDITION AND WAIT FOR AN IMPROVED RENDITION IN A BETTER LOCATION. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. ALEXANDER. SING MIN KIM.

MR. KIM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THERESA IBANEZ. >> OKAY.

HELLO. MY NAME IS SING MIN KIM. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH KOREA. I'M SORRY, I'M VERY NERVOUS AND THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL TOPIC. I WAS IN THE -- OR AM IN THE HOUSING PROGRAM OPERATED BY SAMMINISTRIES. I FIRST MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO IN 2010 TO PURSUE MY EDUCATION. AND AFTER ABOUT A YEAR, I BECAME THE VICTIM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT. I SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY FROM PTSD.

I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW TO REPORT THE CRIME. SO I SUFFERED IN SILENCE UNTIL 2013 WHEN I WENT BRACK TO SOUTH KOREA TO VISIT MY FAMILY.

AND PEOPLE SUGGESTED THAT I -- BECAUSE I HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, THAT I

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BECAUSE THAT WAS MY GOAL. MY LIFE WAS COMPLETELY UPTURNED.

I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD. MY STUDENT VISA EXPIRED. I NEEDED TO GET A VICTIM VISA. AND SO I NEEDED ASSISTANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND IT WAS A LONG, ARDUOUS PROCESS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ALL TO GO BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE IDENTIFICATION. I STAYED AT DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S HOUSES, I COUCH SURFED. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I SLEPT OUTSIDE. I WAS HOMELESS. AND THEN LUCKILY SOMEONE TOLD ME ABOUT HAVEN FOR HOPE AND I GOT INTO THE HAVEN FOR HOPE PROGRAM.

I DID HAVE TO GO TO A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AGAIN BECAUSE OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. AND MY PTSD. I SUFFERED FOR MANY YEARS.

AND THEN FINALLY I GOT INTO THE PROGRAM WITH SAMMINISTRIES WHERE I FELT SAFE. THEY HELPED ME GET INTO AN APARTMENT AND IT WAS GOOD FOR ME. I FELT SAFE. MY CASE MANAGER CAME TO CHECK ON MY FREQUENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS SAFE. AND TO PROVIDE -- MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF MY NEEDS WERE BEING MET. THEY HELPED ME GO THROUGH THE VISA PROCESS AND I FINALLY GOT MY VISA, WAS RENEWED IN 2019.

IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT. MY CASE MANAGER WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE.

A STRONG SUPPORT. I BEGAN FEELING WELL ENOUGH THAT I COULD SEEK EMPLOYMENT AND I SECURED EMPLOYMENT WITH HPB2342019. I STILL STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF MY EMPLOYMENT WITH SYMPTOMS. SAMMINISTRIES SUPPORTED ME CONTINUOUSLY. I HAVE MAINTAINED MY JOB AT HEB.

MY SITUATION HAS IMPROVED. I HAVE MOVED TO ANOTHER APARTMENT WHERE I ALSO FEEL SAFE AND SECURE, AND THAT WAS OBTAINED THROUGH SAMMINISTRIES AND THEIR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM. I HAVE FACED A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

I HAD MY APPENDIX BURST AND I HAD TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS DUE TO THE MASSIVE INFECTION. AND AT THAT TIME I WAS ONLY WORKING PART TIME. AND BENEFITS WERE A PROBLEM. AND SO I STILL HAVE A MOUNTAIN OF HOSPITAL BILLS THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR. THEN COVID HIT.

AND I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE WHAT I CALL ASIAN HATE. A LOT OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON MY RACE. AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS FEEL SAFE TRAVELING ON THE BUS BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. AND SO I FELT LIKE I NEED TO DO BUY A CAR, WHICH I AM MAKING PAYMENTS ON. LUCKILY THEN MY JOB CONVERTED TO FULL TIME AND I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD TO PURCHASE THE CAR. AND RIGHT NOW I AM MANAGING MY LIFE WELL BECAUSE OF THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM THAT I WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THROUGH SAMMINISTRIES. THE THERAPY, THE COUNSELING HAS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY, AND NOW I CAN DO WITHOUT MEDICATION. WHICH WAS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT AND I THINK THAT I AM READY TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE INDEPENDENT AND MORE INDEPENDENT. AND SO I AM A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE HOUSING

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PROGRAM. PERMANENT SUPPORTED HOUSING. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. KIM. THERESA IBANEZ. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY GAY

LYNN SWENK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, MAYOR NIRENBERG AND CITY MANAGER WALSH. MY NAME IS THERESA IBANEZ. I LIVE IN MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 1438 NAPE YES AVENUE. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE SAMMINISTRIES PROJECT, THE COMMONS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

I CHAIRED TIER 1 NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION'S HOMELESS ISSUES COMMITTEE FROM 2021 TO 2023. THE COMMITTEE USED MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO IDENTIFY PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS ON THE ISSUE OF HOMELESS AND UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS.

AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT CITY AND COUNTY RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE FOR MY NEIGHBORS TO USE AND FOR THE UNSHELTERED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

ONE OF THE PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WE NURTURED WAS BUILDING COMMUNICATION LINES BETWEEN OUR SAFFE OFFICERS, THE NATIONAL PARK POLICE AND THE BEXAR COUNTY POLICE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT ENOUGH SINCE IT DID NOT HELP SOLVE THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. THE COMMITTEE READ ARTICLES AND LOOKED AT DATA ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES WERE IMPLEMENTING TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS, UNSHELTERED PEOPLE.

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. THE COMMONS AT A SAKIA IS IMPLEMENTING BOTH.

SAMMINISTRIES HAS A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING THE HOMELESS UNSHELTERED PEOPLE WITH SERVICES LIKE CLOTHING, FOOD AND HEALTH. AND HAS EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THIS PROJECT WILL HOUSE THE UNSHELTERED AND HAVE ON-CAMPUS SERVICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND GUIDANCE TO SUCCEED. IT IS ALSO NEAR TWO MAJOR CORRIDORS, SOUTH PRESA CORRIDOR WHICH NOW CURRENTLY HAS VIA THAT GOES NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THE MILITARY DRIVE CORRIDOR. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS REZONING AND PROJECT AS A SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS. AS ONE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS. AND TO MEET THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S GOAL TO

ADDRESS THE HOUSING PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, MS. IBANEZ. GALE SWENK. >>

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. IS ANYONE ELSE YIELDING TIME TO NAKESHA?

YOU ARE UP NEXT. YOU WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN VETERAN AND TO EACH OF YOU -- COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN AND TO EACH OF YOU AT THE DAIS. MY PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF SAMMINISTRIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COUNCIL AND DEDICATED STAFF. FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, SAMMINISTRIES HAS WORKED TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS FACING HOMELESSNESS. OUR ORGANIZATION STARTED ON STEPS OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHEN IN DR. LEWIS JR. FOUND A HOMELESS PERSON PASSED AWAY ON THE STEPS. IT REMAINS THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR WORK TODAY.

THIS PAST DECEMBER OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATED THE LIVES OF 322 INDIVIDUALS WHO PASSED AWAY WHILE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS LAST YEAR.

OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS ARE DYING AT ALARMING RATES BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO SIMPLY DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

THE CITY IS MAKING BOLD MOVES TO REMEDY THIS THROUGH THE VOTER APPROVED 2022 HOUSING BOND AND THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL RESOURCES PROVIDED BY BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY MAKING $42.5 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THE COMMONS AT ASAKIA TRAILS HAS BEEN AWARDED FUNDING TO

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SAN ANTONIO HAS ADOPTED AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK AND IN CONSIDERATION FUNDING PROJECTS WITH THE DEEPEST AFFORDABILITY ARE SCORED HIGHER IN HOPES OF PROVIDING HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSE TO GO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY OF THIS PROJECT AND ALTHOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN SLOW IN GETTING STARTED, THERE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT ATTEMPTS FOR OUTREACH SINCE THE START OF NOVEMBER.

WE HAVE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT NOT HAVING THE SITE FULLY MASTER PLANNED.

WE HAVE AMENDED OUR APPLICATION AS A CONCESSION TO THE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED 55-ACRE TRACT. CONCERNS AROUND PARKING AND ACCESS TO TRANSIT OR TRANSPORTATION HAVE ALSO BEEN RAISED.

GIVEN THE INCOME LEVELS OF CLIENTS MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, FEWER THAN 25% OF VEHICLES OF THEIR OWN LIMITING THE TRAFFIC IMPACT.

IN REGARDS TO TRANSIT, VIA IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND A TRANSIT LINE IN FRONT OF OR ADJACENT TO THE SITE IS CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS.

THE COMMONS AT ASAKIA TAILS HAS BEEN DEPICTED AS A DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL PROMOTE ECONOMIC SEGREGATION. TO THE CONTRARY, PLACING UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS, MOST OF WHOM HAVE LITTLE OR NO INCOME, INTO HOUSING AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM INDEPENDENCE FACILITATES HOUSING STABILITY, CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS.

THE COMMONS AT ASAKIA TRAIL IS A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION. IT IS IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION THAT STARTED WITH SAMMINISTRIES FOUNDING AND THAT CONTINUES TODAY ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY THAT I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE COMMONS AT ASAKIA

TRAILS TO PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MS. BAKER. TONI ELIZONDO. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY

KEVIN SECULA. >> MY NAME IS TONI. I WAS LIVING AT HAVEN FOR HOPE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I WAS LIVING IN THE MEN'S DORM. PRIOR TO THAT I WAS LIVING ON THE STREETS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. MY DRUG ADDICTION LED TO MY HOMELESSNESS.

I LOST MY HOUSE AND FAMILY. I WAS REFERRED TO SAMMINISTRIES FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AT THE HUDSON APARTMENTS. THEIR SITE-BASED PROGRAMS AND CASE MANAGERS HAVE HELPED ME GET INTO HOUSING AND GET CONNECTED TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. I NOW HAVE THE CAPACITY TO WORK ON MY SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, GET A NEW ID, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, AND I WANT TO START LOOKING FOR A

PART-TIME JOB. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. KEVIN SECULA. OKAY.

KATIE GIVENS. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY NAOMI NUSSBAUM.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS KATIE GIVENS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT FOR CLOSE TO HOME, FOR AMERICALY SARA, THE SOUTH ALAMO ALIGNS FOR THE HOMELESS HERE REPRESENTING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KATIE WILSON WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY AS WELL AS OUR ORGANIZATION CLOSE TO HOME AND OUR PARTNERS THE ALLIANCE TO HOUSE EVERYONE. WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT AND URGENCY TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE SAMMINISTRIES COMMONS AT SECULA TRAILS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT THAT IF APPROVED WILL PROVIDE OVER 200 HOUSEHOLDS WITH SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES IN A STABLE, SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT THEY CAN CALL HOME. BEYOND JUST A PLACE TO CALL HOME, THESE HOUSEHOLDS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REINTEGRATE INTO A PERMANENT COMMUNITY AND LIVE WITH

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THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN EXPANDING STREET OUTREACH THAT WITHOUT PSH OUR COMMUNITY WILL STRUGGLE -- CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND AS WELL THE CONCERNS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAT COME WITH A GROWING UNSHELTERED POPULATION.

PROVIDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN RELYING ON EMERGENCY SERVICES SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND JAILS. BY ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAN REDUCE RELIANCE ON COSTLY CRISIS INTERVENTIONS INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE COUNCIL APPROVED STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OR SHIP CALLED FOR 1,000 UNITS OF PSH OF WHICH THIS PROJECT ALONE WOULD OFFER 20% TOWARDS THAT GOAL. AND CURRENTLY THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED WITH FUNDING FROM THE CITY'S HOUSING BOND, FUNDING FROM HUD AND SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST. WE HOPE TO SIGNAL TO BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE VOTING NEXT WEEK THAT THIS PROJECT IS URGENT AND NEEDS THEIR APPROVAL.

SAMMINISTRIES HAS BEEN A TRUSTED PARTNER IN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR DECADES AND HAS CONTINUOUSLY INCREASED FUNDING FOR PSH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND OPERATIONS EVERY YEAR. IN ADDITION, SAMMINISTRIES' PSH PROJECTS HAVE A 96% SUCCESS RATE FOR HOUSING RETENTION. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE MERIT OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS NOT AT ISSUE. THIS WELL-DEVELOPED PROFESSIONAL WITH ONE OF OUR TOP-PERFORMING PARTNER AGENCIES HAS CROSS-SYSTEM SUPPORT INCLUDING OURS TO ENSURE ITS SUCCESS. WE URGE THE CITY TO SUPPORT THIS CRITICAL PROJECT FOR ZONING AND FOR OUR FUTURE MOMENTUM TO SOLVE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

THE CITY HEARD UNSHELTER HOMELESSNESS AND THIS IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR

HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU. NAOMI NUSSBAUM. >> I YIELD MY TIME.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. YOU ARE YIELDING YOUR TIME. OKAY.

JENNIFER FRANTZ. >>

DON'T THINK I CALLED YOU. >> SEE. ALL RIGHT. DAVID URDIALIS.

>> I WAS GOING TO YIELD ME TIME. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: TO

WHO? >> YOU ARE GOOD. OKAY. JACK FINGER.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER.

AND TO MS. VIA BEGAN, THIS ITEM IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S ABOUT A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT. AND THE OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT, MS. VIAGRAN, IS NOT FROM THOSE WHO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST RACE OR ETHNIC BACKGROUND, AS THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE ORIENTAL BACKGROUND MENTIONED EARLIER. IT IS ABOUT THOSE WHO WOULD DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CRIME. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE THERE AROUND THE CLOCK, RESIDENTS, THEY KNOW THAT BEING A HALFWAY HOUSE, THAT THE RESIDENTS THERE ARE NOT NECESSARILY COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THEIR CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS.

THEY STILL MAY HAVE TENDENCY TO COMMIT CRIMES. RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE DON'T LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY THEY -- THAT'S WHY, YES, MA'AM, WHAT WAS IT? THEY HAD AS MANY AS 83 SIGNATURES PETITIONING TO OPPOSE IT. YOU HAD AS MANY AS FIVE PEOPLE COME TO THE HEARING SAYING NO, DO NOT DO THIS. THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO, MS. VIAGRAN. THE FACT THAT THE HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSES THIS. NUMEROUS RED FLAGS HERE. NOW, YES SHE IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT THE SAMMINISTRIES HAS BEEN SENSITIVE TO THOSE WITH THE

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YES, NOW, THOSE WHO COME HERE SUPPORTING IT, I'M GLAD THEY ARE SUPPORTING A HALFWAY HOUSE, BUT ARE THEY LIVING THERE AROUND THE CLOCK? OR ARE THEY LIVING SAFELY AWAY FROM IT, MILES AWAY? NO, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THOSE WHO DO HAVE TO LIVE AROUND THERE.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO SAY NO TO IT. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU CAN ALL HEAR ME. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE'RE

NOT GETTING YOUR AUDIO YET. >> VIAGRAN: CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: YES. >> VIAGRAN: I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED THE MEETINGS. THEY REACHED OUT TO THE OFFICE. THEY HAD QUESTIONS. OF COURSE, YOU HEARD THE SPEAKERS TODAY, NAKESHA, WHO ADDRESSED ALL THE ISSUES AND SHE'S DONE THAT MULTIPLE TIMES AND EVERYONE WHO SPOKE. I WANT TO THANK SAM MINIMUM TREES, BROOKS, THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE, AND THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFERS MARK CARMONA.

IF YOU KNOW THE AREA IN THIS PART ON ROOSEVELT AND SOUTH PRESA, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SOME MOTELS IN AREAS THAT ARE BASICALLY FUNCTIONING AS NO BARRIER OR LOW-BARRIER HOUSING FOR OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES OR SUPPORT TO GET THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WAS ESSENTIAL TO OUR SHIP. WE NEED THAT THIS WAS GOODING TO HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUES BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE RIGHT ANSWER. AND THE THING THAT I THINK THEY COMMUNICATED TODAY AND WE HAVE POSTPONED THIS TO AGREES THE ISSUES -- TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF RESIDENTS, IT'S READY TO GO AND WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER. WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

THIS IS A PROBLEM WE HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF FOR WORKING WITH ORTIZ AND MCKNIGHT IN THE REDUCTION OF THE ACREAGE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SURE AS WE MOVE ON THE OTHER PARCELS OF THIS 55 ACRES THAT WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THAT -- AND YOU HEARD THE SUCCESS STORIES ALREADY OF SAMMINISTRIES AND THERE'S SO MANY. AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE AND SUCCEED IN THEIR LIVES. SO AT THIS TIME WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL NOW MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 5 AS AMENDED. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK NAKESHA AND THE BROOKS STAFF AND EVERYBODY HERE IN SUPPORT TODAY. DANIEL ORTIZ AND THE TEAM. WE DEFINITELY NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST ONE STEP.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT MY COLLEAGUES THAT SIT ON THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST ALSO DO. IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER SYSTEM AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT MODEL FOR US TO FOLLOW IN THE FUTURE IN OTHER AREAS. I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A FOCUS ON REINTEGRATING FOLKS AND THAT FOCUS IS -- IS CRITICAL.

THE CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL LIVING AND LEARNING IS WHAT IT WAS CALLED WHEN I WORKED AT SAMMINISTRIES OVER IN CASTLE HILLS AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

IT WAS LIFE-CHANGING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE REASON I WANTED TO COMMIT TO DO ALL MY WORK FOR NONPROFITS IS THE WORK SAMMINISTRIES DOES.

I'M HONORED TO SUPPORT THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE PROJECTS.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. >> PELÁEZ: THANKS.

LEO GOMEZ, CAN YOU COME UP HERE? I PROMISE THE QUESTIONS WILL BE EASY. WHILE YOU ARE COMING UP HERE, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD FRANCESCA STANDING IN FRONT OF US AND THE SAME OBJECTIONS. NOT NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME AND BURN OUR HOUSE DOWN AND STEAL OUR CARS, DO DRUGS IN MY BACKYARD AND ALL THAT. AND YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING THAT A LONG TIME AGO IN THE EARLY '90S WHEN SAMMINISTRIES PURCHASED THAT

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IN FACT, EVERY TIME THIS COMES BEFORE US WE GET CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO CHANGE AND COME WITH THE SAME ARGUMENTS.

I'M NOT A HEART-HEARTED PERSON, I JUST DON'T WANT THESE POOR PEOPLE NEAR ME BECAUSE IT'S BAD FOR THE POOR PEOPLE. THEY NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE IT'S BETTER FOR THEM. WE'VE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. LEO, A LONG TIME AGO I HIRED YOU AS THE CEO OF BROOKS WHEN I WAS THE CHAIRMAN. YOU HAD A LOT MORE HAIR THEN AND IT WAS BLACK, NOT WHITE.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DID EARLY ON WAS CREATED A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

WE HIRED SOME CONSULTANTS AND THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, REMIND ME IF I'M WRONG, THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE BROOKS A CENTER OF ACTIVITY, LIVE, WORK, PLAY, THRIVE CAMPUS FOR EVERYBODY IN SAN ANTONIO REGARDLESS OF INCOME. HAS THAT CHANGED?

>> NO, COUNCILMAN, IT HAS NOT. IN FACT, SINCE THEN WE PARTICIPATED WITH THE CITY IN COMPLETING OUR SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW PLAN FOR THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER. IN FACT, IT WAS THE FIRST ONE COMPLETED. AS PART OF THE THAT WE REVISITED OUR VISION TO MORE SPECIFICALLY EMPHASIZE OUR EFFORTS TO HELP A COMMUNITY THAT NOT ONLY DEVELOPED 1300 ACE BUT CREATED PROSPERITY IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. I WOULD SAY TO YOU IN THE LAST TEN YEARS THE POVERTY RATE IN THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER HAS GONE DOWN BY 7%.

HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HAVE GONE UP BY 24%. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES HAVE GONE UP. WE'VE BUILT A LOT OF MARKET RATE HOUSING ON THE BROOKS CAMPUS. WE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND WE WILL BE BUILDING A SENIOR INDEPENDENT AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A MULTI-FAMILY AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE NOW PROUD TO BE HERE WITH SAMMINISTRIES WITH NAKESHA AND HER TEAM AND THE PASSION THEY HAVE FOR THEIR MISSION. WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU ARE SETTING OUT TO DO AND THAT IS TO HELP THEIR CLIENTS INTEGRATE INTO A MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THEM AND OTHERS TO DEVELOP THAT ON THOSE 55 ACRES.

>> CASTILLO: YOU JUST VALIDATED WHY IT WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE TO HIRE YOU WAY BACK THEN AND I'M PROUD OF YOU. I DO WANT TO TELL YOU ALSO, ANYBODY WHO DOUBTS COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN IS NOT DOING HER JOB AND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING ON THIS ISSUE HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS LADY WORKS REALLY HARD, VERY ASTUTE, KNOWS WHAT KIND OF HOUSING MIX THEY NEED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, NEVER TAKES ACTIONS THAT HURT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND I SUPPORT HER 100% IN THIS EFFORT. LASTLY, SAMMINISTRIES, IF EVER YOU WANT TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS IN DISTRICT 8 BRING IT.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THIS COMPASSIONATE AND WONDERFUL IN MY

DISTRICT. THANKS, FOLKS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA.

>> HAVRDA: THANKS, MAYOR. THANKS TO SAMMINISTRIES AND NAKESHA.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSE TO ME, THE 18 UNITS THAT YOU ARE USING FOR KIDS AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. A LOT OF US ARE TALKING ABOUT IT TRYING TO DO IT. A LOT OF AGENCIES ARE TRYING TO DO IT.

Y'ALL ARE DOING IT, ACTUALLY GETTING IT DONE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT POPULATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO

HAVRDA. COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO THANK SAMM AND BROOKS AS WELL FOR HELPING MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT BROOKS, OFTENTIMES WHAT I HEAR FROM SIMILAR COMMUNITIES, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR HOUSING THAT SUPPORTS OUR MOST VULNERABLE AROUND OR NEAR THEIR BUSINESSES.

THANKS YOU FOR CHALLENGING AND AND WELCOMING IT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AS CITED BY COLLEAGUES.

IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STREAM HOUSING IMPLEMENT -- STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN.

IF THIS CHAMPIONSHIPS AWAY AT THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PIECE, I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF FOLKS SAID NO TO THIS MUCH NEEDED HOUSING SOURCE.

I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS SAYING YES TO SUPPORTING OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMPLOYEES.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR.

>> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE FOLKS HERE FROM BROOKS, FROM

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BUT I MOSTLY WANTED TO THANK THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME UP AND SHARED THEIR STORIES.

THAT WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND I KNOW YOU CAN SEE US FROM WHERE YOU ARE SITTING AND AND THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO VULNERABLE WITH US.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KAUR.

COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER KAUR TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.

I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO THANK MR. KIM FOR SHARING HIS VERY PERSONAL STORY.

IT RESONATES AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT YOU STOOD UP AND WERE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR STORY WITH US AND THAT YOU DID IT SO GRACEFULLY AND ELOQUENTLY.

AND I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT TODAY. I'M EXCITED TO SEE MORE LIKE THIS HAPPENING, AND LIKE I SAID, MORE EVERYWHERE, MORE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WE HEARD SOME TAKERS THAT ARE WILLING TO SEE MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AS COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO SAID, IT CHECKS SO MANY BOXES OF NEEDS IN OUR CITY AND COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA SAID AS WELL.

SUPER EXCITED. LET'S DO MORE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS COME UP TO SPEAK TODAY. PARTICULARLY MR. KIM FOR SHARING HIS STORY.

MR. ELIZONDO AS WELL. THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS WORK IS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WANTS IT, THEY SUPPORT IT. THEY CAME OUT OVERWHELMING WITH THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE HOUSING BOND WHICH WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT. THEY DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO A GREAT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO ENDING CYCLES OF HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD.

SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE ZONING DAIS AND IN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EITHER ADVANCE OUR BIG LOFTY GOALS ON ENDING HOMELESSNESS OR SET THEY CAN BACK. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS MOVING THEM FORWARD. I WILL SAY THAT THE CONCERNS OF NEIGHBORS ARE NOT EVER LOST ON US AND THAT'S WHY COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO THIS IN ORDER FOR US AS A COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT AND WE NEED IT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PARTICULAR OBJECTIONS AND THAT'S NO DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO SAID THIS IS ONE EFFORT THAT WOULD CHIP AWAY AT IT. 20% IS A BIG HUNK, BUT THESE PROJECTS ARE EXTREME LIGHTHOUSELY IMPORTANT. THEIR CONCERNS ARE BEING HEARD AND THEY ARE BEING ADDRESSED. BUT WE TOGETHER HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR BIGGER GOALS OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN DIGNITY IN THE CITY AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS ONE HUGE GAP THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS FILLING. I WILL ALSO SAY BIG, GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WHEN WE COLLABORATE, AND AS WAS THE WITH HUDSON AND A COUPLE OTHER PROPERTIES WITH THE COUNTY, WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S SUPPORT. WE CAN'T END HOMELESSNESS IN THIS CITY WITHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WORKING TOGETHER.

AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OUTCOME OF THEIR MEETING. AGAIN, GRATEFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS AND TO COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 5. PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: YAY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: MOTION CARRIES. THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA TODAY.

OUR ZONING MEETING IS

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.