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LOOKS LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS ARE READY.
IS STAFF READY TO BEGIN? STAFF READY, AV READY? DO WE NEED ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE LIVE STREAMING TODAY?
[Call to Order]
IT IS TWO 10 AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL TODAY'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER STAFF, CAN WE DO THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA PRESENT.COMMISSIONER ROHR ALLEG GREENY PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER JUDY COLOR, YOU PRESENT? COMMISSIONER RAMOS PRESENT.
CHAIRMAN GARCIA PRESENT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
[Citizens to be Heard]
THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SPEAK NOW OR WAIT FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL ITEM TO BE BROUGHT TO THE HEARING TO SPEAK.
AT THAT TIME, REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND EACH CITIZEN WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? UM, IF IT'S POLL, YOU CAN SPEAK NOW IF YOU WISH.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK ON THAT ONE.
THIS IS THE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN, UH, POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE CHAIR, WE CAN CALL THOSE PEOPLE UP SO THEY CAN SPEAK.
OKAY? UM, WE'LL DO, WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND, UH, WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY SIGN WITH TO SPEAK ON.
IT'S ACTUALLY WITHDRAWN, NOT POSTPONED.
THE FIRST, UH, PERSON WHO SIGNED TO SPEAK IS ACTUALLY ON AN ITEM THAT WAS DURING THE WORKSHOP.
IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, SO WE'LL HAVE THEM COME UP AS WELL.
THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S GOING TO BE WITHDRAWN AT THE PODIUM.
ALL RIGHT, SO DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE HIM UP? CALL 'EM UP.
UM, I, I HAVE THE, THE SIGN IN SHEET AND I'M GONNA START WITH, UM, TERRY BURNS.
HE'S DECIDED TO SPEAK ON THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND, UM, UH, BOARD, UH, COMMISSION.
I'M A RETIRED, UH, PHYSICIAN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE CHAIR OF THE ALAMO SIERRA CLUB, UH, LOCAL, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ORGANIZATION, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT.
SO I ATTENDED AND WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THE, UH, REPORT AT THE WORKING SESSION ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN FOR SAN ANTONIO.
AND WHEN THE TIME COMES, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PLAN AND, UH, SUPPORT ITS, UH, PASSAGE BY CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER.
I, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS, AS MR. SANCHEZ SAID, UH, ASPIRATIONAL IN MANY RESPECTS.
AND, UH, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF DETAILS CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION THAT, UH, WE WILL ALL NEED TO WORK HARD ON OVER THE NEXT, UH, COMING MONTHS.
BUT CLEARLY AS WE SEE AROUND THE WORLD AND THE AMAZON AND RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH OUR, UH, UH, EXTENSIVE HIGH HEAT DAYS, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE IS REALLY HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, THE DAYS OF, UH, DENIAL I THINK ARE CLEARLY PASSED AND IT IS REALLY TIME TO, UH, TAKE ACTION.
AND EVERY CITY, EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THE WORLD CAN HELP IN THIS EFFORT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE, AND THE FUTURE LIVABILITY AND, UM, HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTIONS MAY SEEM SMALL, INDIVIDUALLY, BUT COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER AS, UH, EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION,
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THEY CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE THE FOR THE BETTER.THEY CAN CHANGE OUR AIR QUALITY FOR THE BETTER, CHANGE OUR TRANSPORTATION FOR THE BETTER AND IMPROVE OUR HEALTH, IMPROVE OUR LIVING AND WORKING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THEY'RE VITAL TO OUR FUTURE.
SO THE TIME TO BEGIN IS NOW WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THESE CHANGES WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO REPLACE OUR COAL PLANTS AND IMPROVE OUR QUALITY.
WHAT WE LACK IS POLITICAL WILL.
WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT, UH, UH, THE POLITICAL WILL ARISES TO THE OCCASION AND THE NAYSAYERS ARE IGNORED AND PUT ASIDE BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME.
UM, FOR NEXT SIGN UP TO SPEAK IS GERALD HESS.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
GERALD, GERALD HESS, 1 58 MONTROSE.
UM, I'M SPEAKING, UH, FOR 1 38 HERMITAGE, UM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE REPRESENTING AN UNTRIED CHALLENGE TO THE RECENT BROOKS, UH, COMMUNITY PLAN.
SO I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AS THIS, UH, CASE MOVES FORWARD AND YOU HEAR FROM ME AGAIN THAT THE HISTORY OF HOT WELLS IS UH, BASICALLY A HISTORY OF INAPPROPRIATE ZONING SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL, MULTI-FAMILY, 33 ON, UH, SMALL RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE WAS NO UNIFORM UNIFORMITY AND HAD OLD CODES FROM THE FORTIES AS WELL.
ALL THIS LED TO CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY AND A LARGE AREA REZONING, UH, TOOK PLACE THREE YEARS AGO.
AND SO NOW ALL OF THE LOTS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATELY ZONED TO R FOUR AND R SIX.
THESE LOTS ON HERMITAGE THAT ARE PART OF THIS POLL CASE FOR NOW ARE, WERE ALSO, UH, DOWN ZONED AT THAT TIME.
SO YOU WANNA SKIP FORWARD TO THE RECENT ADOPTION OF THE BROOKS REGIONAL PLAN AND IT CONTINUES.
THE PREVIOUS COMMUNITY INPUT THAT THE SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY PLAN ADOPTED WAY BACK WHEN, UM, TAKES, YOU KNOW, IT JUST BASICALLY REINFORCES A LOT OF THINGS IN THAT PLAN AND IT KEEPS INTACT ELEMENTS WITHIN THAT PLAN.
NOW WE HAVE THE BROOKS PLAN AND IT'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PAST INAPPROPRIATE ZONING AND IT NOW PROVIDES FOR CONTINUITY OF THE LARGE AREA REZONING.
SO WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE DOING, UM, ANY CHANGES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THESE LOTS ARE, IS GOING TO ALLOW REGRESSIVE CHANGES TO START HAPPENING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE STARTING TO SET BAD PRECEDENTS AND IT'S GONNA TEAR AT THE FABRIC OF OUR OLDER, UNPROTECTED NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE INSIDE, NOT FROM THE EDGES, FROM THE INSIDE AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THERE IF IT GOES UNCHECKED.
NEXT TIME NOTE TO SPEAK IS BRADY ALEXANDER.
I RESIDE AT 1 3 9 18, I'M SORRY, 1839 EAST PI AND 7 8 2 2 3.
HOT WELLS IS A WONDERFUL AREA.
IT IS THE AREA I CHOOSE TO LIVE IN.
I DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THERE, BUT I WOULD NOT LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE IN SAN ANTONIO.
DOES THE COMMUNITY PLAN MATTER? THIS PLAN WAS RECENTLY ADAPTED AFTER A TWO YEAR INPUT PROCESS AND REFLECTS THE CURRENT VIEWS OF THE RESIDENCE IN URBAN LOAD DENSITY DESIGNATION AREAS.
IT IS DISALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING APPROACHING AN MF 33 DESIGNATION, WHICH IS WHAT THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR.
THIS PROPERTY IS EMBEDDED IN SUCH A DESIGNATED AREA.
THE APPLICANT ALSO OWNS TWO HOUSES AND VACANT TWO HOU, TWO VACANT HOUSES AND LOTS AT ONE AT 1603 AND 1607 LINEN, WHICH IS ACROSS MERRIMACK STREET FROM 1 8 3 HERMITAGE.
WOULD THESE BE PART OF THE PROPOSAL IN THE FUTURE? THESE AND OTHER PERTINENT QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED DUE
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TO THE APPLICANT'S RELUCTANCE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.UM, THEY HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO US, UM, IN ANY WAY WE EVEN QUESTIONED OUR DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE ON HER POSITION ON THIS HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE EXCEPT THAT SHE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY PROPOSAL SPECIFICS.
UM, THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
OUR ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY MEMBERS WELCOME PROPER INFILL AND GROWTH THAT IS COHESIVE WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PLAN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT ON THIS PROPOSAL AND OTHERS FOR FUTURE ONES INSIDE IN OUR AREA TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.
THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION OPPOSES THE PLAN AS IT WAS SUBMITTED.
WE CAME DOWN HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS THAT AND OF COURSE IT WAS PULLED AT THE LAST MINUTE.
UM, THIS IS A COMMON TECHNIQUE I'VE I'VE SEEN BEFORE AND UM, WE JUST WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE SO THE NEXT TIME WE COME UP HERE, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGREEMENT AND THE PROCESS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT TO ALL.
OUR FIRST AGENDA IS THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
CASES THAT ARE PLACED ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ARE CASES WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUIRE FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION AND NO ONE OF THE AUDIENCE IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
ALL CASES WILL BE RUN INTO THE RECORD FOR ONE UNIFIED MOTION AND IF SOMEONE HAS SIGNED TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, THAT ITEM WILL BE MOVED TO THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
THE SECOND AGENDA IS THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
THESE ARE CASES, UH, THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MAKING A MOTION ON THE ITEM.
[Consent Agenda]
BEGIN WITH THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.CURRENTLY WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER 1 2 7 10 16 17 19 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN ON THE LIST TO INDIVIDUAL? OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO AND I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 10 WAS ALSO PULLED.
THAT BEING SAID, CAN STAFF READ UH, THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA INTO THE RECORD? DOES ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY ITEMS THAT ARE STILL ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA? THERE BEING NONE AFTERNOON.
CHRIS MCCOLLUM, SENIOR PLANNER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS TWO 10 AND 17 WHICH HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM TODAY'S AGENDA.
UH, ITEMS NUMBER ONE 16 AND 19 WILL BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND SEVEN, WHICH IS BEING PULLED TO BE CONSIDERED IN A SEPARATE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA DUE TO RECUSAL.
THE BALANCE OF TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE READ CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER A SINGLE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
I THINK WE DO, WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PECK AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER RAMOS ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
UM, TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 17, I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS POSTPONED.
IS THERE A DATE SPECIFIC THAT IT'S POSTPONED TO? NOT YET.
THEY HAVE A SIX MONTHS TO LET US KNOW WHEN THEY'RE READY TO REINITIATE AND WHEN THEY DO, THEN WE SEND OUT NEW NOTICE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA? THERE BEING NONE.
CAN STAFF DO THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
COMMISSIONER ROHR ALLEG GREENY? YES.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA AND LET'S
[7. 19-6402 180411: Request by Alyssa Ramones, for approval to subdivide a tract of land to establish Waterwheel Park Collector Subdivision, generally located northwest of the intersection of Wind Gate Parkway and Culebra Road. Staff recommends Approval. (Richard Carrizales, Planner, (210) 207-8050, Richard.Carrizales@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)]
GO AHEAD AND DO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS BEING WITHDRAWN FOR PURPOSES OF RECUSAL.IT IS 2 24 AND COMMISSIONER PECK HAS LEFT THE ROOM.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, SO MOVE SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER RAMOS, A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ STAFF PLEASE TO THE ROLL CALL COMMISSIONER MICHAEL MICHAEL GARCIA.
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COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES.PLEASE LET, UH, COMMISSIONER PNO HE CAN RETURN.
IT IS 2 25 AND COMMISSIONER PECK HAS RETURNED.
[1. 19-6495 Public hearing, briefing and consideration of the City of San Antonio’s FY 2020 Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget. (Presented by Zachery W. Kuentz, Assistant Director, Office of Management & Budget and Razi Hosseini, Interim Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements Department)]
NEXT WE'LL SEE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, CITY BUDGET.CAN YOU PUT THE POWERPOINT UP? ALRIGHT, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
I'M HERE TO THIS AFTERNOON TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020.
UM, FIRST TO GO OVER THE HIGH POINTS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED HIS PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS MONTH ON AUGUST 8TH.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE BUDGET IS BALANCED AS IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE BUDGET DOES REFLECT THE INPUT OF OVER 8,600 RESIDENTS AS WE RECEIVED THEIR INPUT THROUGH OUR ANNUAL ESSAY SPEAK UP CAMPAIGN.
THE BUDGET ALSO REFLECTS CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AS DETERMINED WITH OUR ALL DAY GOAL SETTING SESSION THAT WE HELD WITH THE MAYOR COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE.
THERE IS NO CITY PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE PROPOSED WITH THIS BUDGET, WHICH MAKES IT THE 27TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE CITY HAS NOT PROPOSED TO INCREASE ITS PROPERTY TAX RATE.
THE BUDGET ALSO REFLECTS THE RECENTLY ADOPTED CITY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AS WELL.
THE BUDGET DOES REAFFIRM A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL POLICIES, WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL ENDORSED IN JUNE, INCLUDING MAINTAINING A MINIMUM ENDING BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND OF 15% OF SPENDING.
IT KEEPS PUBLIC SAFETY BELOW 66% OF THE GENERAL FUND WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING A STRUCTURAL BALANCE WHERE OUR CURRENT REVENUES MATCH OUR CURRENT EXPENSES AND WE ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET IN BOTH FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2021 2020 BUDGET IS COMPOSED OF THREE MAIN PARTS AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PIE CHART.
THE FIRST IN THE ORANGE IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER COMPRISE OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS OF 937 MILLION.
THESE ARE FUNDS WHICH HAVE A DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE, WHICH BY EITHER FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL STATUTE MUST BE USED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
AS AN EXAMPLE, THE AIRPORT IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL LAW, WHICH MANDATES THAT ALL REVENUES EARNED BY THE AIRPORT MUST GO TO FUND AIRPORT OPERATIONS.
THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND WAS ALSO SET UP BY LOCAL STATUTE TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT RELATED FEES THAT THEN TURN AND FUND ALL LAND AND BUILDING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HOUSED IN THIS BUILDING.
THE GREEN WEDGE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF 715 MILLION COMPRISES THE CITY'S LONG RANGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF THE 2017 VOTER APPROVED BOND PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING OUT AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN THE BLUE WEDGE AT $1.27 BILLION IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS THE GENERAL FUND, AND THIS IS THE CITY'S PRIMARY OPERATING ACCOUNT, WHICH PROVIDES THE MOST BASIC CITY SERVICES, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, STREETS AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
BALANCING THE BUDGET PRESENTS CHALLENGES EACH YEAR BUT HEADED INTO 2020 WE FELT THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES THAN WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE.
C P S REVENUES ARE A VERY PRIMARY SOURCE OF SUPPORT WITHIN THE BUDGET AND AS WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR, OUR REVENUES ARE LOWER THAN THE BUDGET BY ABOUT $14 MILLION AND WE ARE PROJECTING THAT TREND TO CONTINUE INTO FY 2020 BY AN ESTIMATED DECREASE OF 9 MILLION.
AND THIS IS DUE, AND I SAY THIS WITH A FIRM SMILE ON MY FACE DUE TO MODERATE WEATHER, UM, AS WELL AS THE FLUCTUATING PRICE OF NATURAL GAS.
UM, WE ALSO EXPERIENCED TWO MAJOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGES UP IN AUSTIN WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR, WHICH AFFECTED OUR FINANCIAL POSITION MOVING FORWARD.
SSB TWO, UH, WHICH IMPOSED A REVENUE CAP UPON THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS TOOK UH, MUCH OF THE PRESS, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A BIG CHANGE THAT AFFECTED US IN SENATE
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BILL 1152.UM, SB 1152 CHANGED THE WAY THAT THE CITY MAY ASSESS RIGHT OF WAY FEES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES WHO PROVIDE BOTH TELEVISION AND INTERNET SERVICES UNDER THE PRIOR LAW.
IF A COMPANY PROVIDED BOTH TELEVISION AND INTERNET, THEY PAID TWO RIGHT OF WAY FEES FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UNDER THE NEW LAW, THEY ONLY PAY ONE, WHICH IS WHICH WHATEVER ONE IS HIGHER AND NOT BOTH, WHICH WILL DECREASE REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND BY APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION.
IN ADDITION TO LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, WE ALSO ARE EXPERIENCING LOWER INTEREST INCOME.
THE CITY DOES INVEST ITS CASH IN SHORT-TERM SECURITIES, WHICH ARE DEPENDENT UPON INTEREST RATES SET BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE, WHICH WHICH OPTED TO LOWER RATES EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH THEN IN TURN LOWERS THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THE CITY EARNS BY APPROXIMATELY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE REVENUE LOSSES AND TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET IN KEEPING WITH THE PRIORITY DEANS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE BUDGET DOES PROPOSE TO MAKE A NUMBER OF CHANGES.
UH, NUMBER ONE IS THAT WE ARE OPTED TO REDUCE SPENDING AND REDIRECT THOSE FUNDS TO TOWARDS FUNDING THE PRIORITIES OUTLINED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO OPTED IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET TO INCREASE THE TRANSFER FROM THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM.
UM, AS THE OWNER OF THE WATER SYSTEM, THE CITY DOES RECEIVE CAN RECEIVE UP TO 5% OF THE SYSTEM'S GROSS REVENUES.
CURRENTLY THE CITY RECEIVES 2.7% OF GROSS REVENUES AND AS PART OF THE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE REVENUE CHALLENGES, THIS BUDGET, UH, DOES INCLUDE AN INCREASE OF THAT TRANSFER FROM 2.7 TO 4%.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION ANNUALLY AND THE RATE OF WHICH SAWS CONTRIBUTES TO THE CITY HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE AGENCY WAS CREATED IN F Y 1992.
UH, FINALLY THE CITY, UH, THE CITY PROPOSED BUDGET DOES OPT TO SHIFT, UH, $3.6 MILLION OF EXPENSES WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND.
THAT FUND IS SUPPORTED BY A MONTHLY FEE PAID BY THE RESIDENTS ON THEIR C P S BILL.
WE ARE OPTING TO DECREASE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE PAID BY THE SOLID WASTE CUSTOMERS AND THEN SHIFT THAT OVER TO THE PARKS FUND TO SUPPORT SANITATION, MOWING AND TREE TRIMMING COSTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE BORNE BY THE GENERAL FUND.
MOVING TO WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, THE BUDGET ADDRESSES PRIMARILY FIVE KEY AREAS, INCLUDING STRONG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, POLICE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS OUTER RING REPRESENTS THE REVENUES THAT ARE RECEIVED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY REVENUE ACCOUNT.
THE YELLOW WEDGE IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER IS THE TRANSFER FROM C P SS ENERGY TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AT 353.7 MILLION OR 28% OF THE BUDGET.
AND THIS IS A TRANSFER THAT THE CITY RECEIVES AS THE OWNER OF C P SS ENERGY OF 14% OF ITS GROSS REVENUES AS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS THE CITY'S SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE HEALTH OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
WE ARE FORECASTING THOSE REVENUES AT 313 MILLION OR 25% OF THE BUDGET.
IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER IN THE SILVER COLOR IS PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AT 381.3 MILLION OR 30% OF THE BUDGET.
AND LASTLY, IN ORANGE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER ARE OUR OTHER RESOURCES, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY THE CHARGES FOR SERVICE SUCH AS E M S TRANSPORT FEES.
THESE REVENUES THEN FUND THE SERVICES THAT YOU SEE ON THE INSIDE OF THE CIRCLE.
PRIMARILY POLICE AND FIRE COMPRISE THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUDGET AT JUST OVER 64%.
STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE THE NEXT LARGEST AT 113 MILLION PARKS AND RECREATION AT 50, RECREATION AT 52 MILLION.
AND THEN THE REMAINING BUDGETS ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, INCLUDING LIBRARY ANIMAL CARE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
MOVING TO THE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED IN THE F Y 2020 BUDGET, THE BUDGET PROPOSES AN INCREASE OF $1 MILLION FOR STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
HALF OF THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED OR DEDICATED TO A COMPREHENSIVE MEDIA CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THE REMAINING 500,000 IS PROPOSED TO BE RESERVED FOR FUTURE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING AS THE RESULT OF A CITY FORMED COMMISSION THAT WILL PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO CITY COUNCIL IN THE SPRING.
AND THEN COUNCIL WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE HOW TO ALLOCATE THE SECOND 500,000.
IN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY VIOLENCE INITIATIVES, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR IT TO ESTABLISH A TRAUMA-INFORMED CERTIFICATION PROCESS.
TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, UH, IS DESIGNED TO HELP BUFFER THE EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, WHICH IS THEN DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE LATER IN LIFE.
ESTABLISHING A LOCAL CERTIFYING PROCESS WILL FACILITATE AND STANDARDIZE THE BEST PRACTICES IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE THAT ARE MOST APPLICABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
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THIS WILL BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM TO DEVELOP THIS EFFORT AND U H C AND THE CITY WILL WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SEEKING TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.MOVING INTO THE AREA OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS $479 MILLION.
THIS BUDGET DOES HAVE A FOCUS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROPOSES 16 NEW UNIFORM POSITIONS.
SIX SERGEANTS ARE ADDED TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS AT EACH SUBSTATION.
AND ADDITIONALLY, 10 NEW SAN ANTONIO FEAR FREE OR SAFE OFFICERS ARE PROPO ARE ADDED TO SUPPORT THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS. THESE ADDITIONAL SAFE OFFICERS WILL SUPPORT THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS AND PROVIDE FOLLOW UP TO THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AT 30, 60 AND 90 DAY INTERVALS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE THERE WAS VIOLENT CRIME AND OVERLAID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMES AND THOSE OFFICERS ARE PROPOSED TO BE DEPLOYED IN THOSE AREAS.
IN ADDITION, $272,000 IS ADDED TO PROVIDE POLICE PROTECTION AT FIVE ENTERTAINMENT AREAS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ATTRACT LARGE CROWDS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THESE INCLUDE SOUTH TOWN, THE PEARL BREWERY, THE ST MARY'S STRIP.
IN BETWEEN SAC AND TRINITY MAIN STREET AND ALONG SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST MILITARY DRIVE.
AS THE CITY'S PARK SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GROW, THE BUDGET DOES PROPOSE TO ADD 312,004 NEW PARKS POLICE OFFICERS.
THESE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ADDITIONAL ACRES THAT ARE ADDED TO THE PARK SYSTEM AS WELL AS TO GROWTH OF SIX MILES OF TRAILS THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO THE LINEAR GREENWAY SYSTEM.
LAST LASTLY, WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE F Y 2020 BUDGET INCLUDES AN ENHANCED SQUAD AT FIRE STATION 44.
THESE ENHANCED SQUADS ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO UTILIZE A LIGHTWEIGHT, LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLE WITH SMALLER CREWS TO RESPOND TO MEDICAL CALLS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE RESPONDED TO WITH AN ENGINE COMPANY THUS FREEING UP THE ENGINE FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE CALLS.
THIS ADDITIONAL SQUAD INCLUDES THREE NEW FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL AS ONE VEHICLE.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF A ONE NEW FIRE CAPTAIN TO THE NEWLY INFORMED INCUMBENT TRAINING DIVISION.
THIS DIVISION WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE FINDINGS IN THE TEXAS STATE FIRE MARSHALS REPORT AND THE INCUMBENT TRAINING DIVISION PROVIDES TRAINING TO OVER 1000 OFFICER FIREFIGHTERS WITHIN THE FIRE SUPPRESSION DIVISION.
THIS, THE ADDITION OF THIS CAPTAIN IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE DIVISION AND TO IMPROVE THE CONTINUITY, CONTINUITY OF TRAINING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
IN ADDITION, THE BUDGET INCLUDES $3.4 MILLION TO REPLACE OUTDATED FIRE FIRE ENGINES AT STATIONS 52 AND 53, AS WELL AS A CLEAN CAB INITIATIVE, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO REMOVE THE UH, SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS BOTTLES FROM INSIDE THE CAB AND PUT THEM ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE ENGINE.
WE HAD THE BUDGET ALSO FUNDS ADDITIONAL REPLACEMENTS FOR FURNITURE, FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND STRETCHERS FOR EACH OF THE FIRE STATIONS.
MOVING INTO THE NEXT AREA THAT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS ANOTHER PRIORITY OUTLINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE TOTAL HOUSING BUDGET FOR F Y 2020 IS RECOMMENDED AT 30 34 0.4 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 23.3 MILLION FROM A COMBINATION OF GENERAL FUND HOME AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES LEVERAGING, LEVERAGING FUNDING FROM THE COORDINATED HOUSING PARTNERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.9 MILLION TO INCLUDE THE LOCAL INITIATIVE SUPPORT CORPORATION OR LISC, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, AS WELL AS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $6.2 MILLION FROM FIVE CITY INITIATED TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES IN THE SAME VEIN AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 500,000 OF THIS FUNDING TO BE DEVOTED TOWARDS HAVEN FOR HOPE TO EXPAND SUPPORT FOR THE HAVEN CAMPUS OPERATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY.
THE FUNDING IS IN ADDITION TO THE 4.6 MILLION THE CITY ALREADY PROVIDES TO HAVEN FOR HOPE AND THE F Y 2019 BUDGET AND WILL FUND SAFE SLEEPING OPERATIONS IN THE COURTYARD AS WELL AS OUTREACH AND SECURITY.
ADDITIONALLY, $560,000 WILL BE RESERVED TO EXPAND SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS SERVICES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
PENDING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE IN MARCH OF 2020.
THESE PROPOSALS WILL BE FUNDED FROM A 50 CENT INCREASE TO THE TICKET PRICES AT BOTH THE RIVER BARGE AS WELL AS THE TOWER OF THE AMERICAS.
IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST QUICKLY COVER TWO OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS.
THE STORMWATER OPERATING FUND IS A RESTRICTED FUND OF $55 MILLION ANNUALLY AND FY 2016.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A FIVE YEAR RATE PLAN THROUGH FFY 2020, WHICH IS THE LAST YEAR OF THIS PLAN.
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AND THIS THE FEE INCREASE PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR WILL GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION AND WILL HAVE AN IMPACT OF APPROXIMATELY $1 AND 30 CENTS TO THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER AS WELL AS $8 AND 90 CENTS FOR THE AVERAGE NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER.THESE FUNDS WILL BE DEVOTED TOWARDS INCREASED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, STREET SWEEPING, HIGH WATER DETECTION, AS WELL AS SIX ADDITIONAL STORM WATER PROJECTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT, THE SOLID WASTE FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS GARBAGE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS COLLECTIONS WITHIN OUR CITY IS SUPPORTED BY A MONTHLY FEE PAID BY OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
FOR F Y 2020, WE ARE PROPOSING A $2 REDUCTION FEE TO THE SMALL CART TO FURTHER INCENTIVIZE OUR RESIDENTS TO RECYCLE MORE.
IN ADDITION TO THE CHANGES IN THE MONTHLY RATES, THE MEDIUM, THE MEDIUM GALLON CART OF 64 GALLONS WILL BE THE PRIMARY DEFAULT SIZE FOR NEW RESIDENTS TO THE CITY AND DID THE SOLID WASTE FEE.
DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CHANGES PROPOSED FOR THE MEDIUM OR THE LARGE CART.
I'LL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, BEFORE I HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO RAZZIE FOR ADDITIONAL UH, CONTEXT FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FY 2020 TOTALS 715 MILLION AND CONTAINS 400 437 PROJECTS SPREAD AROUND THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE CHART.
AND THEN OUR OUTREACH COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS CONTINUE THROUGH BUDGET ADOPTION, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT MONTH.
WE HAVE HELD OUR TWO COMMUNITY DAYS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AT TRADER'S VILLAGE AS WELL AS AT THE RUSTIC OUT AT THE RIM.
TONIGHT AT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WE WILL HAVE A BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS OUR HEARING ON OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING HOLDING OUR TELEPHONE TOWN HALL VIA PHONE AS WELL AS FACEBOOK AT SIX 30 AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IN ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, OUR NEXT STEPS DO INCLUDE CONTINUING TO PRESENT THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
AND THOSE WILL WRAP UP ON SEPTEMBER 11TH BEFORE MARIN COUNCIL CONTINUES OR CONSIDERS ADOPTING THE BUDGET ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH.
AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO RAZZIE TO DISCUSS THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONER.
I'M REZI HOI, INTERIM DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEERING FOR TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR FY 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET.
OUR 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET IS 750,000,437 PROJECT FROM THIS PROJECT T C I, WHICH OUR DEPARTMENT HANDLES 296 PROJECT.
SOME OF OTHER PROJECTS IS HANDLED BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS ONE, THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE STREETS, WHICH IS MOST OF OUR 2017 BOMB PROGRAM.
STREETS IS GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
THE NEXT ONE IS NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES.
119 MILLION PARK IS 160 MILLION 2017 BOND.
WE HAD A 75 PARKS PROJECT WAS INCLUDED ROUGHLY 25% OF OUR PARK WAS GETTING SOME TIME IMPROVEMENT.
PART OF THIS BOND, WHICH IS LATE THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR THEY WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION DRAINAGE.
WE HAVE 40 84 MILLION WHICH WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION LATER ON THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS THE ONE'S GOING TO IMPROVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FLOODING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAN ANTONIO.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 53 MILLION AIR TRANSPORTATION, 52 MILLION AND OF COURSE POLICY FIRE 11 MILLION EQUITY BASE STREET MAINTENANCE FUNDING IN 2018.
YEAR ONE SS M P, WE HAD 99 MILLION BUDGETED FOR THIS EFFORT.
64 MILLION OF THAT DISTRIBUTED BASED ON ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
35 MILLION WAS DISTRIBUTED ALLOCATED BASED ON ANY DISTRICT HAD P C I SCORE OF BELOW 70 P C I IS A STAND FOR PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX, NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROADWAY, WE GIVE THEM 100 OR EXCELLENT AND OF COURSE THE ONE THAT SAYS ZERO IS BASICALLY FAILED ROADWAY.
P C I AGAIN STAND FOR PAYMENT CONDITION IS INDEX.
IN 2019 WE HAD 110 MILLION YEAR TWO SS M P 64 MILLION OF THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED BASED ON ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
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DISTRICT WITH P C I OF LOW BELOW 70 AND 11 MILLION WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR PIPE C AND D STREET WITHIN LUKE 14 AND OLDER AREA OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE.GOING FORWARD IN 2020, IT STILL IS GOING TO BE 110 MILLION.
THE ALLOCATION IS GOING TO BE 55 MILLION BASED ON SIZE OF THE DISTRICT.
ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MORE ROADWAY.
THEY WILL GET MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN MORE ROADWAY AND ANOTHER 55 MILLION ALLOCATED BASED ON CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK.
ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS POOR ROADWAY.
WE ARE PLANNING TO THEM TO GET MORE MONEY BECAUSE IT COSTS MORE MONEY TO MAINTAIN THOSE POOR ROADWAY SIDEWALKS.
WE HAVE OVER 5,000 MILE LEFT SIDEWALK.
WE HAVE SLIGHTLY UNDER 1900 SIDEWALK GAPS.
WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD 40 MILES OF SIDEWALK.
GOING FORWARD, WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE 17 MILLION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE 2 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD.
2019 5 MILLION FROM ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT IS COMING AND 7 MILLION FROM BOND.
BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO DO MORE THAN WHAT WE DID IN 2019 OR WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN 2019.
THE REASON FOR THAT, WE HAVE RECENTLY CREATED SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM.
THE IDEA IS ANY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOME SIDEWALK IS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED, NOT USABLE.
IF WE CAN REPAIR SOME OF THOSE DAMAGED AREA, WE CAN PUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD BE ABLE TO USE THOSE SIDEWALK.
THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE 41 MILE UP USABLE SIDEWALK WITH 17 MILLION FUNDING.
AS YOU CAN SEE FOR LAST FIVE YEARS WE HAD THE FATALITY DATA FROM JANUARY TO JUNE.
WE ARE TRYING TO MEASURE AT THE SAME AMOUNT ON EVERY YEAR.
OF COURSE, UNFORTUNATELY CERTAIN AREA THE FATALITY HAS BEEN GONE UP AND CERTAIN AREAS STAY FLAT AND SOME AREA HAS GONE DOWN.
FOR VISION ZERO WE ARE PROPOSING 1 MILLION FOR FIVE.
NEW PROJECT TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
CRASH DATA ANALYSIS AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, 1,000,012 NEW SCHOOL FLASHING BACONS 205 SCHOOL FLASHING BACON MAINTAIN 210 SCHOOL ZONE SIGN, UPGRADED AND OF COURSE 800.
THE SCHOOL ZONE CROSSWALK REMARKED BIKE MASTER PLAN.
THE LAST ONE IS 2011, ALREADY EIGHT YEARS OLD.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT HAS BEEN CHANGED.
WE ARE LOOKING IN 2020 1.2, 1.2 MILLION FOR BIKE MASTER PLAN, WHICH FROM THAT 1 MILLION WILL GO FOR BIKE MASTER PLAN, UPGRADE BIKE LANE RE STRIPING SS M P ENHANCEMENT S A BIKE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
AND OF COURSE WE ARE ALSO ASKING COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE US TO HIRE THREE POSITION FOR 219,000.
OVERALL WE HAVE 173 LANE MILES, 13 PATH MILES AND OF COURSE 74 ROUTES.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE STREET WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN 2020.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 279 MILLION.
THE BIGGEST ONES OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE STREET MANAGE PROGRAM 60, ALMOST 7 MILLION BROADWAY CORRIDOR, 12 MILLION.
AND OF COURSE YOU SEE PRU ROAD IS 8.5 MILLION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A DESIGN BUILD, WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.
NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY PROGRAM, 119 MILLION.
WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE RENOVATION IS GOING TO BE DONE ON EXISTING MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BE ON EXISTING FACILITY.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS ONE IN ALSO NEXT YEAR.
PARKS PROGRAM, 160 MILLION AS I MENTIONED, 2017 BOND PROGRAM HAD 75 PARKS PROGRAM.
MAJORITY OF THEM IS GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.
THE BIGGEST ONE IS OF COURSE HAS A EDWAR AQUA PROTECTION PROGRAM, 20 MILLION ELECTRIC 3.2 MILLION U T S C ATHLETIC COMPLEX 3.6 MILLION.
AND WOODLAWN LAKE PARK MULTI-GENERATION CENTER IS ALMOST 4 MILLION DRAINAGE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT
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NEED IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REGARDING THE DRAINAGE.WE HAVE UH, NEXT YEAR, 884 MILLION.
WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT BARBARA DRIVE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ALMOST 4 MILLION.
UM, CEILING CHANNEL IS THE LARGEST PROJECT WE HAVE IN WOODLAWN AREA.
THAT'S WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION 3.2 MILLION AND PORTES A IS 5.8 MILLION.
THAT'S ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
ALSO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 53 MILLION AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A NUMBER OF THE PROJECT.
THE BIGGEST ONE IS RADIO AND SYSTEM REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS 28.4 MILLION.
AIR TRANSPORTATION 50 MILLION, 52 MILLION.
AND YOU SEE THERE IS A NUMBER OF THE PROJECT IS LISTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
POLICY AND FIRE IS 11 MILLION.
AS PART OF THE 2017 BOND WE ARE REPLACING EXISTING UH, FIRE STATION 24 THAT WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMING NEXT YEAR.
UPDATE ON 2017 BOND PROGRAM LAST TWO YEARS.
MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH YELLOW ON THE LEFT.
AND STARTING UH, THIS YEAR AND GOING NEXT 2020 AND 2021.
MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION COME MAY OF 2022.
MOST OF THEM WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED AS OF TODAY FROM A 2017 BOND PROGRAM FROM 850 MILLION, WHICH WE HAD 180 PROJECT 13 PROJECTS HAS COMPLETED 7% 30 PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS 17%.
128TH PROJECT IS UNDER DESIGN, 71% AND WE HAVE A NINE PROJECT UNDER PRE-DESIGN CHAIRMAN THAT'S END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE FROM ME OR ZACH COMMISSIONER'S.
LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA.
TODAY I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUES OR A FEW QUESTIONS, SORRY AND SOME FOR ZACH AND SOME FOR OZZIE.
UM, I GUESS I'LL TAKE IT WITH ZACH.
FIRST ON THE SHIFT OF PARK EXPENSES TO PARK ENVIRONMENTAL FEE, HOW MUCH EXACTLY DOES THAT ENTAIL AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN TO ME ON THE PARK EXPENSES TO PARK ENVIRONMENTAL? SO CURRENTLY WE IMPOSE A $1 PER MONTH IN PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FEE, WHICH UH, PAYS FOR CERTAIN CLEAN AND GREEN SANITATION MOWING TYPE EXPENSES.
SO IN ORDER TO FREE OUT CAPACITY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND FOR HIGHER PRIORITY SERVICES, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TAKING THE EXACT SAME FEE WHICH IS IMPOSED ON THE SOLID WASTE SIDE OF THE C P S BILL.
WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THAT FEE AND THEN SHIFT THAT 50 CENTS THAT WE'RE REDUCING THE SOLID WASTE FEE BY TO THE PARK SIDE SO THAT WE CAN NOW REALLOCATE SOME OF THE, THE SANITATION AND MOWING EXPENSES WHICH RESIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND MOVE THEM TO THIS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO FREE UP ADDITIONAL FUNDING WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND FOR OTHER PRIORITY AREAS.
OKAY, SO THE SOLID WASTE FEE IS AT WHAT? SO RIGHT NOW AND THEN THAT WOULD SHIFT THE PARKS FEE TO A DOLLAR 50? YES.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THE SOLID WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL FEES IS $2 AND 24 CENTS PER MONTH.
WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THAT TO $1 76 CENTS.
SO IT'S A NET ZERO TO THE RATE PAYER AND SOLID WASTE.
DAVID MCCAREY FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH NO LIKE IMPACT OBVIOUSLY ON HE'S REDUCING HIS FEE ON THE SMALL UH, CARTS AND THEN YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DEAL WITH SOME OTHER CHALLENGES.
SO I JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR CICI CITIZENS WILL BE STILL AT THE SAME PAR THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TODAY AND NOT DECREASED BASICALLY.
THEY HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FINANCIAL POSITION IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE STORM WATER INCREASE ALSO.
UM, IT'S BEEN INCREASED THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
I GUESS CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH IT'S INCREASED LIKE WITH THIS ONE INCLUDED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I BELIEVE ON AVERAGE THE RATE INCREASES WERE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND 5%.
IT WAS THE METHODOLOGY THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2016 MOVING TO A UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER.
I THINK THIS YEAR IS A COMMISSION IS GOING TO INCREASE ONLY 11 CENT PER MONTH, WHICH IS A DOLLAR 30 ANNUALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL.
AND THE IDEA IS TO PAY FOR MAINTAINING OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM WHEN WE DON'T MAINTAIN THIS THEN LOSE THE CAPACITY AND IT'S NOT CAUSING FLOODING.
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I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA AND WE DON'T REALLY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER BUT IT WASN'T, THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE 2.25%.I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
NO, THAT GIVES ME A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A WHOLE DOLLAR 30 THAT IT WAS INCREASING BUT ONLY 11 CENTS.
11 11 CENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL DOLLAR 30 ANNUALLY FOR ENTIRE YEAR.
NO, THAT'S MORE FEASIBLE AND DOABLE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
UM, AND I GUESS ALSO I WANTED TO KNOW WHEN THOSE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS ARE PER DISTRICT, ARE Y'ALL GOING OUT TO EACH DISTRICT OR IS IT JUST UM, THE FACEBOOK AND THE OTHER CITY? WE HAD ALMOST EVERY NIGHT OTHER THAN FRIDAY NIGHT ON EVERY DISTRICT AND WE, I ATTENDED ONE LAST NIGHT IN DISTRICT ONE AND WE HAD AT THE SAME TIME IN DISTRICT TWO.
MANY NIGHTS WE HAVE IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATION AND ALSO WE HAD TWO SATURDAYS TO MAKE CONVENIENCE WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT COME AT EVENING.
THEY COULD COME ON SATURDAY AND ALSO OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IF THEY WANT TO CALL IN.
UM, I GUESS ONE LAST THING ON UM, SLIDE 27, THE EDWARDS AQUIFER SAW, THAT'S $20 MILLION.
IS THAT THE LAST YEAR OF THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR HOW IS THIS WORKING? 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PART OF A SALES TAX, UH, THE QUARTER SALES TAX.
SO WE ARE UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UH, WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO HIT THE, THE CAP ON THE SALES TAX IN UH, SPRING OF 2021.
SO WE'LL STILL HAVE ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF TO COLLECT THE SALES TAX BEFORE IT MAXES OUT.
JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT COMMISSIONER GUILLO LEFT THE ROOM AT 2 54.
WELL ONE STAFF, PLEASE CLARIFY OUR ROLE TODAY WITH THE BUDGET YOU'RE RECOMMENDING BODIES, YOU'LL BE PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE BUDGET TODAY, BUT JUST FOR THE CAPITAL PORTION I BELIEVE YES, BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST ONE MOTION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ISOLATE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PORTION.
QUESTION ON THE 1 MILLION FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE IN THAT 600,000 FOR TRAUMA CARE.
IS THAT THE FIRST, IS THAT, ARE THOSE NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE TAKING ON? MIGHT BE MIXING IT UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I I WANNA SAY THIS IS, UH, BEGINNING IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WE BEGAN WITH THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD, UH, EDUCATION OR ACES.
SO THAT WAS A NEW INITIATIVE THAT BEGAN WITHIN, WITHIN METRO HEALTH TO START AT LEAST GETTING THE COMMUNITY AWARE ABOUT TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.
AND SO THIS IS NOW GOING TO START PUTTING IN THE BUILDING BLOCKS TO HAVE A FORMAL RUBRIC FOR MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND, AND PEOPLE IN THE RELATED FIELDS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO RECOGNIZE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE HAD UH, TRAUMA IN THEIR LIVES AND TO TRY AND MITIGATE THAT SO IT DOESN'T PROGRESS INTO CHRONIC CONDITIONS LATER IN LIFE.
THAT GOES FOR THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PORTION TOO.
UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERTAINMENT ZONES, HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THOSE FIVE ZONES? THOSE WERE DETERMINED BY CHIEF MCMANUS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN FROM RESIDENTS.
UM, IT'S PRIMARILY BEEN FOR THOSE LATE NIGHT, THOSE LATE NIGHT AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE BARS EMPTY OUT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND UH, PEOPLE COMMITTING UM, PROPERTY CRIMES OR UNFORTUNATELY USING FRONT OF THE YARDS AS RESTROOMS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S BASED UPON FEEDBACK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ON THE PARK POLICE, IS THERE SOME RULE OF THUMB ON HOW WE CURRENTLY ARE AS FAR AS NUMBER OF PARK POLICE AND, AND I GUESS IS, IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT PER, PER CERTAIN HOURS OF THE NIGHT OR DEPENDING ON EVERY MILE OR SO, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I BELIEVE IT'S BASED UPON ACREAGE AND LINEAR MILE WITHIN THE CREEKWAY.
I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT EVERY YEAR WHEN WE MEET WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THERE IS A FORMULA THAT THEY USED DEPENDING UPON THE AMENITIES OR THE ACREAGE ADDED AS TO SO MANY MANPOWER THAT THEY NEED TO ADD.
THEY ARE APPROPRIATELY UH, SECURE ON ALL OF OUR PARKS.
A FEW QUESTIONS FOR RAZZIE PLEASE.
OH YES, THE FIRST SLIDE, I BELIEVE YOU COMPARE 20 18, 19 AND 20.
IS THERE A REASON WHY WE STAYED AT EXACTLY 110 MILLION? UH, THE SAME AS WE DID LAST YEAR? SO SLIDE 11, I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE BUDGET WE COULD GET 110 MILLION.
LAST 10 YEARS OUR STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET HAS BEEN INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
STARTING IN 2000 AND I BELIEVE EARLY 2010 WE HAD 35 MILLION GRADUALLY INCREASED FOR 64 MILLION IN 99 MILLION AND OF COURSE 110000001ST OF ALL, THAT'S REALLY A BUDGET OR HAND COULD HANDLE.
SECONDLY, OUR PROGRAM IS TO DELIVER THIS ONE IN TWO YEARS.
MAJORITY WILL BE DONE IN ONE YEAR, 75%
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OR SO.WE ARE EXPECTING 85 MILLION TO SPEND IN ONE YEAR.
EVEN AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO GET MORE THAN THIS MONEY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WE COULD DELIVER MORE THAN THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACTOR RESOURCES BECAUSE ANYTIME WE DO PROJECT, JENNIFER KNOWS WE HAVE SAS AND C P S AT AND T AND OTHER THEY ALSO HAVE TO PARTICIPATED.
IF WE PUT MORE PROJECT OUT THERE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH US AND DELIVER THIS PROJECT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE BASICALLY HAVE THE RIGHT FIGHT.
WE CAN DELIVER WHAT WE PROMISED BECAUSE OTHERWISE PUBLIC IS NOT GOING TO TRUST US FOR ON THE FUTURE YEAR.
THERE MAYBE A COUPLE GAPS THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY BECAUSE WE ARE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET MORE THAN 110.
I THINK WE ARE HAPPY REALLY 110 MILLION? YEAH.
AND THEN HOW YOU'RE ALLOCATING HALF AND HALF.
THE WAY I'M READING THAT IS HALF OF IT IS BASED ON JUST SIZE AND THE OTHER HALF IS BASED ON NEED.
YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING SEE, SEE HALF, CAN WE DISTRIBUTE MONEY NO MATTER IS 99 MILLION OR A HUNDRED OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE TO BE FAIR AND EQUITY, ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MORE RED TO MAINTAIN.
WE DECIDED THAT THEY DESERVE TO GET MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE MAINTAINING MORE AREA.
AND ALSO ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS POOR NETWORK MOST OF THE TIME OLDER PART OF THE TOWN.
THEY EITHER THEY'RE AGE OR THEY'RE NOT REALLY BUILT.
THE WAY WE BUILD THE ROADWAY TODAY, THEY SHOULD ALSO GET THE MONEY.
THAT'S THE REASON 50% OF THE 110, WHICH IS 55 MILLION GOING FOR THE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE NETWORK.
CERTAIN COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MORE ROADWAY THAN OTHER AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO HAS A MARCH AND THE OTHER 55 MILLION TO GO BASED ON CONDITION OF THEIR POOR.
THEIR ROADWAY IS FALLING APART.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY TO CATCH UP WITH THOSE OTHER AREA HAS A NEWER STREET SIDEWALKS.
WE HAD 17 MILLION I THINK FOR THIS YEAR.
WHAT DID WE HAVE LAST YEAR? I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON HERE.
WE HAVE 17 THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING ONLY 5 MILLION FROM A D T.
LAST YEAR WE WERE GETTING 9 MILLION, WE HAD 4 MILLION ADDITIONAL BUT WE ARE GETTING 2 MILLION MORE THIS YEAR FROM BOND THAN WE GOT LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR WAS 10 MILLION THIS YEAR AS WE ARE GETTING BUT STILL WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD MORE THAN WHAT WE BUILT LAST YEAR FOR 19 MILLION.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TABLE IS 41 MILE.
WE WE ABLE TO USE THE BUFFER TO CLARIFY THIS BUDGET IS JUST TO ADDRESS THE GAPS IN REPAIRS, NOT BUILD NEW SIDEWALKS.
THE GAP IS REALLY NEW BUT THERE IS NO SIDEWALK TODAY.
IT STILL WILL BE BRAND NEW SIDEWALK WHEREAS THERE IS NO SIDEWALK TODAY.
AND SO WE'RE 61% COMPLETE WITH OUR 40 MILES.
WHERE WOULD, WHERE WILL WE BE BY THE OR DO WE DO WE EXPECT TO BE BY THE END OF 2020? WE ARE EXPECTING TO FINISH BY END OF SEPTEMBER ALL OF THE 2019 SIDEWALK AND 2020 WE WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER 41 MILE MORE SIDEWALKS.
AND THEN QUESTION I I GUESS FOR BOTH OF YOU ALL, UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW ON THE TOP TWO OR THREE UM, CONCERNS IF YOU WILL, FROM THE COMMUNITY? WHAT'S GIVING THEM HEARTBURN THAT MAY NOT BE INCLUDED OR THEY FEEL IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED? THE ONES I ATTENDED LAST NIGHT, MAYBE MY MEMORY IS FRESHER THAN Z WAS, THE COMPLAINT WAS ABOUT HOMELESS.
WHAT CITY CAN DO FOR HOMELESS PANHANDLING WAS ANOTHER ONE.
CAN CITY BUY SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES? THEY'RE REALLY IN BAD SHAPE AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS NOT MAINTAINING CAN CITY BUY THOSE PROPERTY.
AND OF COURSE THE O OTHER ISSUE MORE REALLY RELATED OR CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE THAN REALLY A BUDGET ISSUE.
SIMILAR ITEMS AND THEN USUALLY IN OTHER AREAS READS AND INFRASTRUCTURE OR UM, ADDITIONAL SAFE OFFICERS, PUBLIC SAFETY TYPE THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE BICYCLE PLAN.
THE BARRIERS ON THE STREETS EVER BEEN IN THE PLAN? UH,
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WE HAVE A BIG BOND PROGRAM.2017 NUMBER OF THEM IS GOING TO HAVE BICYCLE LANE.
SOME WILL BE PROTECTED, SOME WILL BE JUST BUFFER.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE ON PROTECTED BIKE LANE 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DRIVER, YOU REALLY CANNOT PHYSICALLY CREATE PHYSICAL PROTECTION 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE OPENING FOR THE DRIVEWAY.
BUT MOST OF OUR BOUND PROJECT OR NUMBER OF THEM IS GOING TO BE HAVING BIKE LANE ON EVERY BOUND PROJECT WE DO EXAMINE.
CAN WE INCLUDE BIKE LANE? SOME OF THEM DO THE FUNDING OR LIMITED RIGHT AWAY WE CANNOT.
BUT GOOD NUMBER OF THEM WE ARE GOING TO HAVE.
AND ALSO ON STREET MAINTENANCE, ANYTIME WE PAVE THE ROADWAY, OUR STAFF LOOKS OVER THERE, IS THE PAVEMENT AS WIDE ENOUGH? CAN WE CREATE BIKE LANE ON THIS ROADWAY? EVEN THE EXISTING ONE THEY DID NOT HAVE.
ONE THING I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID WAS THAT UH, PHYSICAL BARRIERS, UH, DIDN'T PROVIDE PROTECTION THROUGH PROTECT YOUR BIKE PROTECTED LANE, YOU REALLY HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING PHYSICALLY FEW INCH, LIKE MAYBE SIX INCH HIGH CURB OR SOMETHING HIGHER TO PROTECT BECAUSE STRIPING IS REALLY NOT A PROTECTION BECAUSE CARVER CAN EASILY GO OVER.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE DRIVEWAY, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME BIKE LANE IS BY THE CURB, WHEN YOU HAVE DRIVEWAY YOU HAVE TO CREATE OPENING PEOPLE IS USING THAT DRIVEWAY CAN TURN, THEREFORE YOU END UP HAVING A LOT PIECES OF A CONCRETE OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S THE REASON I'M SAYING CERTAIN AREA, WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY DRIVEWAY IS NOT PRACTICAL TO BUILD SMALL SECTION OF THE CURB, IT END UP BEING MORE DANGEROUS THAN REALLY PROTECT, PROVIDE PROTECTION.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE UH, THE NICE PRESENTATION.
UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IN THE FUTURE YOU THINK YOU MIGHT SEE MORE INCREASE IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AS WE START LOOKING AT THE CLIMATE PLAN AND STUFF FOR THAT NATURE, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT OR DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE SEEING MORE UM, WORKING WITH UH, DOUG MELNICK IN THE OFFICES OF SUSTAINABILITY? WE DO, THEY DO LOOK AT THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THERE'S MONEY IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT OUR FACILITIES.
THE LAST ONE WE DID WAS PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO, SO IT IS A BIT DATED.
AND SO LOOKING AT, THEY'VE DONE A NUMBER OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS SINCE THAT PROGRAM STARTED ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO.
SO NOW WITH THE FACILITY STUDY WE WILL GO AND UPDATE OUR INVENTORY FACILITIES AND SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE HEADWAY AND AS WELL AS ROZY AND HIS TEAM WHENEVER WE BUILD A NEW FACILITY, LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN USE THOSE FACILITIES AS BEST WE CAN.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WAS WONDERING SINCE WE'RE UH, TAKING MORE FROM SAWS THIS YEAR TO MAKE UP FOR OTHER SHORTFALLS, I'M ASSUMING SAWS WENT THROUGH AND MADE SURE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY, UH, WATER ISSUES BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING MORE.
THIS HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH SAWS.
UM, I I DO ALSO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONES.
YOU MENTIONED MILITARY DRIVE, ARE THEY STILL CRUISING UP AND DOWN MILITARY? THEY SURE ARE.
MILITARY DRIVE SOUTH TOWN AND THEN NORTH SAN MARY? YES.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE, MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE MEMORIAL BRANCH LIBRARY IN MONTEREY PARK GETTING SOME FUNDING FOR SOME PROJECTS.
I KNOW THIS AREA IS VERY WELL FROM BACK IN THE DAY.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT 2.9 BILLION TOTAL BUDGET AND WE'RE GETTING 10 MORE SAFE OFFICERS, WHICH I KNOW GOING TO VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, THE COMMUNITY'S ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE SAFE OFFICERS AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOW, UH, INVESTING IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS. AND IT SOUND LIKE THERE'S SOME, DID YOU MENTION HOMELESS PROGRAMS AS WELL? YES.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? YES.
NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION ABOUT THE PLAN, BUT I GUESS IT WAS A QUESTION, UM, FOR PROCESS AND MAYBE WHAT THE CITY DOES.
HAVE WE EVER HAD OR DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOMEONE OR TEAM THAT DOES, UM, OVERALL AN AUDIT OF EFFICIENCIES AREAS WITHIN THE CITY WHERE WE CAN BECOME MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR MONEY? AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A FINANCIAL AUDIT, BUT ARE THERE AREAS WHERE WE COULD CUT THE FAT AND PERHAPS SAVE MORE? UM, DO WE, DO WE HAVE AN EFFICIENCY OFFICER TEAM THAT DOES THAT?
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YES, WE DO.WE HAVE AN ENTIRE, UH, OFFICE OF INNOVATION THAT'S LED BY BRIAN DILLARD.
AND SO THEY TAKE ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS EACH YEAR LOOKING AT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, LEAN SIX SIGMA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND OFTENTIMES DEPARTMENTS WILL VOLUNTEER THEMSELVES TO HAVE A PROCESS STUDY BY BRIAN AND HIS TEAM.
AND SO THE, OFTENTIMES THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL TRICKLE DOWN INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS THROUGH EFFICIENCIES AND SUCH.
DO THEY, DO THEY ANALYZE ALL DEPARTMENTS OR IS IT ON A ROLLING, UH, BASIS THAT THEY WILL, UH, INVESTIGATE CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS? IT'S ON A ROLLING BASIS SINCE WE HAVE 35 DEPARTMENTS AND THEY'RE A RELATIVELY SMALL SHOP, SO THEY TAKE THEM ON A ROLLING BASIS.
IN ADDITION, WHAT HE SAID, ALSO, EVERY YEAR STARTUP, MAY WE START WORKING ON OUR BUDGET BUDGET, ASK US TO CUT 3% EVEN AS MUCH AS WE HATE IT, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO SHOW WE CAN ALSO CUT THE FAT AND WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PROPOSE SOME CUT ON EVERY YEAR IN OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UM, JUST A KIND OF A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO, UM, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, UM, CONNIE RIGHT HERE ON THE 110 MILLION, I KNOW RAZZIE YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THE LEVEL THAT YOU ARE FULLY FUNDED.
I REALIZE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD DECREASES IN OTHER AVENUES, BUT AS WE GET THE FINAL NUMBERS, C P S YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN.
IT, IT C P S IS ALWAYS VERY HARD TO, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE IN AUGUST AND THE SEPTEMBER AND THE DEAD HEAT'S COMING IN AND WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT 14% MAY INCREASE.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WE LOOK TO INFRASTRUCTURE, STREET MAINTENANCE KIND OF MOVING.
IF, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT MONEY TO BE CONSIDERED.
I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT TO BE CONSIDERED TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS AS FAR AS SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS AND, AND FILLING IN THOSE GAPS.
UM, ALSO ON UH, THE BOND PROGRAM.
I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, UM, IN 2010 WE DID A REEVALUATION OF THE OH SEVEN BOND.
YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE REALLY LOW AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A LOT OF ADDITIONAL MONEY AND REALLOCATE THOSE MONIES TOWARDS NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROJECTS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN DO Y'ALL DO THAT? LIKE FOR THE 2012, HAS THAT BEEN DONE TO REANALYZE HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SAVED AND THEN NOW LOOKING AT THE 2017, IF THOSE PROJECTS ARE ON TARGET WITHIN THE SPENDING LIMIT? YEAH.
FOR 2012 BOND WE HAVE DONE A CLOSE GOOD NUMBER OF THE PROJECT.
NOT ALL OF THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PROJECT IS DONE, WE HAVE ONE YEAR WARRANTY AND WE HAVE RELEASED SOME NUMBER AND THOSE NUMBERS FUNDING NEW PROJECT TO BE DESIGNED ON CONSTRUCTION FOR 2017.
WE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE WE ALREADY FINISHED A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECT, WE WANNA FINISH AT LEAST 80% OF THE PROJECT.
EITHER IT'S DONE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE DON'T WANNA CELEBRATE TOO EARLY.
WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE SOME SAVING TO SPEND TO DO MORE PROJECT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET.
SO THE 2012 WAS DONE AND THAT PROCESS, HOW DID IT GO BACK? I MEAN, DID Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, GATHER 20 MILLION, THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL AND THEY FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHICH PROJECTS ARE LEFT OR DOES IT GO TO THE DISTRICT THAT SAVE THE MOST MONEY? OR HOW ARE THEY DISTRIBUTED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY? IT DOESN'T GO TO DISTRICT, IT GOES BACK TO THE DEBT PROPOSITION.
LET'S SAY ROADWAY STREET HAD, I'M JUST DOING SOME NUMBER 5 MILLION SAVING, GOES BACK AND WORK WITH THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE, DISTRIBUTE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, EITHER FUND THE EXISTING PROJECT OR CREATE NEW PROJECT.
AND AND REAL QUICK, SO IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ANOTHER 110 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED USING THE, THE EQUITY FUNDING EQUATION.
AND THAT WAS THE SAME METHODOLOGY THAT WAS USED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
I'M GONNA GO SLIDE NUMBER 21 2019.
WE USED THE ALSO EQUITY BASE JUST WE USED DIFFERENT FORMULA.
WHAT THAT MEANS, WE USE THE BOND.
HOW MUCH COUNCIL DISTRICT GOT ON THE BOND PROJECT.
WE USED PARKS PROJECT, WHAT CAN PARK AND WE USE THE STREET MAINTENANCE, MAKE SURE SERVE EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT GOT EQUAL ON THESE THREE AREA PARKS, PROJECT, BOND PROJECT AND STATE MAINTENANCE.
THE OTHER 35 MILLION COMPLETELY WENT FOR FOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT AND BASICALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, 5, AND 10 HAD P C I PAYMENT INDEX CONDITION INDEX LOWER THAN 70, THEY GOT 35 MILLION.
THE OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICT DID NOT GET ANYTHING.
THE REMAINING 11 MILLION WENT FOR ALL OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT MAJORITY WAS WITHIN LOOK 14 AND TWO.
COUNCIL DISTRICT DOESN'T FALL IN 14, WHICH IS OLDER PART OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE.
THEY GOT PART OF THAT 11 MILLION.
OF COURSE GOING FORWARD WE DECIDED TO BE BASED ON THE SIZE AND THE CONDITION.
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OKAY, THANK YOU.ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THERE BEING NONE.
UH, ONE MORE COMMENT JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.
UH, MY EMPLOYER DOES HAVE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET, UH, FOR BOND PROJECTS JUST TO BE TRANSCRIPT.
I MOTION FOR MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER RAMOS AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA FOR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE CITY BUDGET AT 2.9 BILLION.
STAFF PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER ROHR ALLEG GREENY.
[16. 19-6350 PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA-2019-11600039 (Council District 5): A request by Juan M. Ramirez, applicant, for approval of a Resolution to amend the Guadalupe/ Westside Community Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the future land use from “Low Density Residential" to "Neighborhood Commercial" on Lot 11 and 12, Block 6, NCB 3163, located at 2234 and 2238 South Laredo Street. Staff recommends Denial. (Associated Zoning Case Z-2019-10700145 CD) (Mirko Maravi, Planner (210) 207-0107, mirko.maravi@sanantonio.gov; Development Services Department)]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 16.ALL RIGHT, MARK AVI, ZONING PLANNER FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON NUMBER 16 IS PLAN AMENDMENT 2019 DASH 63 9.
LOCATED AT 2234 AND 2238 SOUTH LAREDO STREET.
REQUEST A CHANGE OF FEATURE LAND USE AT THE GUADALUPE WESTSIDE COMMUNITY PLAN.
FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, 34 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
FOUR WERE RETURN IN FAVOR TO AN OPPOSITION.
COLIN GARDEN'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR NO RESPONSE FROM THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THE PETITION OF 16, UH, NEIGHBORS THAT IS IN FAVOR WAS TURNED IN.
UH, STAFF HAS FOUND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACT IN NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR MID-BLOCK NOR PREDOMINANTLY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
MAY WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? UH, RAMIREZ.
MY NAME IS JUAN RAMIREZ AND MY ADDRESS IS 2 34, UH, SOUTH LADO.
YOU MEAN, TELL US WHAT THE PROJECT IS.
SO THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND MY PURPOSE FOR IT IS TO MAKE IT AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
I BOUGHT IT LAST NOVEMBER AND I'VE ALREADY ADDED ELECTRICAL AND REPAIRED OTHER THINGS ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, TO THIS POINT THE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY HAPPY BECAUSE, UH, THEY'VE SEEN THE REPAIRS AND THEY'VE SEEN THE IMPROVEMENT.
AND IT WAS, UH, A PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD GO AND SQUAT THERE.
SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY APPROVED.
SO WE WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD ALSO APPROVE THIS SO THAT WAY IT CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS PROJECT.
UH, NEXT WE DO HAVE, UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
HAVE, UH, MARYS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK?
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NO.SO THE, THE NEXT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START ON THE LEFT WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER RO ALEC BEHI.
UM, HAVE YOU MET WITH THE, UH, WEST GUADALUPE WESTSIDE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN ADDITION TO COLLINS GARDENS? AND CAN WE GET THE, UM, TRANSLATIONAL SERVICE, JUST FOR INTERPRETER CLARIFICATION, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ASSOCIATION THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT HE MET WITH THE, UM, I MIGHT BE GETTING THE NAME WRONG, BUT THE GUADALUPE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY, THEY, THEY HAVE A OKAY.
RAMIREZ AND, UM, UM, HER DAUGHTER, UM, THEY, WHEN WE CAME IN, THEY TOLD US TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST.
SO WE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WOULD APPROVE.
UM, WE TOLD THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON BEFORE WE DID THE PROCESS, JUST SO THAT, UM, WE WOULDN'T GET, UM, I GUESS LIKE DENIED BY THE, UM, NEIGHBORS.
AND THEN THE SECOND PROCE, THE SECOND PART, THEY TOLD US TO TALK TO, UM, COLIN GARDENS.
SO WE WENT WITH KAREN AND WE SPEAK, UM, SPEAK TO THEM.
AND THEN, UM, I BELIEVE THE SECRETARY FROM DISTRICT FIVE WAS THERE.
UM, SHE ALSO TALKED TO THE, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, AND THEN AFTER WE DID THAT, THEY TOLD US, OKAY, SO THEN YOU COULD START THE APPLICATION SO THAT WE COULD, UM, LIKE START THE PROCESS.
SO WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, YOU KNEW IT WAS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL? WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW, UM, UNTIL WE CAME IN TO DO, UM, LIKE THE, SO WE HAD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, UM, AND WHO GAVE YOU THAT INFORMATION? THAT IT WAS INDUSTRIAL, THAT IT'S LISTED AS APARTMENTS.
AND I KNOW IT WAS ABANDONED FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S, IT'S LISTING SAYS APARTMENTS RIGHT HERE IN THE SAME OFFICE.
THEY TOLD US THAT IT WAS LISTED AS INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL.
SO, SO THE CITY PLANNER, IT WAS INDUSTRIAL BEFORE YOU PURCHASED THE PROPERTY? YES.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF, UM, TALK TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, TALK TO THE APPLICANTS AND TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS, UH, INDUSTRIAL OR I MEAN MARCO, YOU, IF YOU WANNA ANSWER, I'M NOT SURE WHO THEY SPOKE WITH WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY CAME IN.
THE UH, ARE, ARE YOU ASKING WHO TOLD THEM? IT'S INDUSTRIAL, THE, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S NOT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AT THE MOMENT? NO.
THE LAND USE IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT THE SPECIFIC ZONING FOR THOSE ADDRESSES IS INDUSTRIAL.
SO TECHNICALLY IN THE ZONING WORLD IT'S GONNA BE A DOWN ZONING WHEN IT EVENTUALLY GOES TO ZONING COMMISSION.
OKAY, SO IT WAS ALREADY ZONED FOR THE USE.
HE'S GOT, WELL, JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, I TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DOES NOT PERMIT THE USE THAT HE IS SEEKING.
THAT'S WHY HE'S HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE CHANGE OF ZONING PROCESS.
I TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS THE MOST INTENSE ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY.
SO THE USE HE'S TRYING TO ESTABLISH, ALTHOUGH FAR MORE INTENSE THAN WHAT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, THE WAY THIS PART OF TOWN IS PLANNED
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FOR, UH, IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE REZONED TO ALLOW FOR, UH, THE PARTICULAR USE HE'S TRYING TO ESTABLISH.MY GUESS IS THEN THIS JUST HAS TO DO WITH STRANGE ZONING MANY YEARS AGO THAT OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND JUST TO ALSO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, CLARIFICATION, THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY DID NOT RESPOND.
AND STAFF REMIND ME IF WE HAD ANY IN OPPOSITION.
SO, UM, YOU, I GUESS LOOKING AT THE FACE VALUE OF THIS THING, I GOT A REAL PROBLEM WITH MAKING THIS UM, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AND GOING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE USES AROUND THERE, IT'S LARGELY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD EXCEPT FOR MAYBE ON THE CORNERS.
UM, SO THIS THING IS NOW ZONED I TWO.
BUT IT WOULDN'T EVEN SUPPORT THE USE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
AND FRANKLY THERE ARE VERY FEW I TWO USES YOU COULD ESTABLISH ON A PROPERTY THAT SMALL.
SO WHAT WOULD, UM, WHAT WOULD THE ZONING HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT WORK? TO MAKE THE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO? YES, THEY'RE GOING FOR A C TWO WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR, UH, VEHICLE SALES.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ZONING MAP HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PULL IT UP, BUT WHAT IS ALL IS IS THAT IS ACTUALLY HE'S REZONED ONE, MARCO REZONING C ONE.
THE, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR ALL THIS IS IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THOUGH, CORRECT? YES.
SO THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL ANYWHERE.
I MEAN THERE IS COMMERCIAL IN APPROPRIATE AREAS, BUT RIGHT NOW THE WAY, THE WAY THIS PLAN WAS ADOPTED.
BUT THIS IS MIDLAND AREA IS A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL? CORRECT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PLANS THAT'S GOING THROUGH AN UPDATE PROCESS WITH THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN.
UH, SO EVENTUALLY NEXT YEAR THIS PLAN WILL BE REPLACED BY THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN CALLS THIS OUT AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S STILL GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF WHAT THEY WANNA CALL IT AS.
UM, JUST, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ALSO.
UM, SO THE BAY ZONING'S I TWO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S VERY FEW, UM, THINGS THAT CAN BE PUT ON I TWO BECAUSE OF THE LOT SIZE? YES.
UM, WHAT IS HE, WHAT IS HE TRYING TO PUT ON THERE? IS IT A, A CAR LOT OR BODY SHOP OR, UH, WITH THE APPLICATION IS VEHICLE SALES WITH FULL SERVICE, SO WE'D BE FIXING VEHICLES AND SELLING 'EM THERE.
SO AUTOMOTIVE PLACE ALSO ON TOP OF THE CAR SALES? CORRECT.
AND LAREDO STREET, THAT'S A MAIN, ISN'T THAT A MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN, IN THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY? IT'S, UH, THE CHARACTER OF THE STREET IS A MINOR ACCORDING TO THE MAP.
UM, IT'S NOT ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN? CORRECT.
MY QUESTION TO STAFF WAS WE HAVE TO TURN THIS DOWN THEN HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO TO, UH, ZONING AND GET IT, UH, REZONED BEFORE HE COMES BACK TO US.
IS THAT, SO PLANNING COMMISSION IS A RECOMMENDING BODY WHEN IT COMES TO A PLAN AMENDMENT? ZONING COMMISSION IS A RECOMMENDING BODY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ZONING COUNCIL IS THE FINAL DECISION FOR BOTH.
SO WHATEVER YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT'S PRESENTED TO COUNSEL, WHATEVER THE ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION IS, THAT'S PRESENTED TO COUNSEL AND THEY CAN GO EITHER WAY.
UM, DOES THE APPLICANT UNDERSTAND THAT UH, HE MIGHT REQUEST A CHANGE IN ZONING TO C TWO WITH SPECIAL USE PERMIT? SO HE'S APPLIED FOR A REZONING, WHICH IS WHY HE NEEDS A PLAN AMENDMENT, WHICH IS WHY HE'S HERE TODAY.
UH, WHAT, WHAT IS HE ASKING FOR IN ZONING? IT'S, IT'S C ONE CD FOR THE AUTO, UH, SALES WITH REPAIR.
UM, DO WE, DO WE HAVE THE, SOMETIMES YOU GUYS HAVE THE MAP WITH ALL THE CHECK MARKS OF WHO RESPONDED AND, AND WITH THE YAYS AND THE NAYS.
DO WE HAVE THAT FOR THE STATES BEFORE THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME, UH, WHEN, RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTED.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE CHECK MARKS UP THERE, BUT THE FOUR IS WITHIN THE, UH, 200 FOOT AND I DON'T HAVE THE UH, CHECK MARK BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY WERE LIKE ADJACENT TO THE, ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY OR IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE END OF THE RANGE? I GOT, IF
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YOU PUT THE UH, ZONING MAP UP THERE, THE 2 41 GENE STREET, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTH, UH, EAST A LITTLE BIT THROUGH 31 GENE STREET, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT TO THE THERE YOU GO THROUGH 40 GENE STREET.I WAS JUST GIVING ANOTHER ONE.
UM, 2302 SOUTH LAREDO AND 2228 SOUTH LAREDO.
SO ONE OF THOSE WAS DIRECTLY ADJACENT.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE LEFT, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN APPARENTLY THEY HAD A PETITION OF ABOUT 1616 INDIVIDUALS? YES SIR.
WHAT ELSE WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THAT ZONING AND LAND USAGE CLASSIFICATION? SO ZONING AND LAND USE IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS? YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS UH, BASICALLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES THE I TWO, AGAIN, THOSE ARE YOUR REALLY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES, BUT IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW, UH, OUTDOOR STORAGE.
SO YOU COULD HAVE SOME OUTDOOR STORAGE ON THIS LOT.
I MEANT, UM, THE, HE'S SEEKING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, SO I'M WONDERING WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE ZONING CATEGORY THAT HE IS SEEKING.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WOULD JUST BE THE C ONE AND NC, WHICH IS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND THE USES, OBVIOUSLY BESIDES THE CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO THAT AUTO SALES WOULD BE, UH, JUST KIND OF SMALLER, UM, LESS INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES RESTAURANT.
UM, ONCE IT GOES TO C LIKE EXAMPLE OF C TWO WOULD BE LIKE A LUBE SHOP TIRE SHOP.
SO IT WOULD BE BELOW THAT, UM, INTENSITY.
SO MAYBE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT SEE LIKE ON A CORNER STORE OR THAT KIND OF THING? CORRECT.
FOR A BUSINESSES YOU WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, WOULD YOU SAY THAT? CORRECT.
VERSUS A BIG THOROUGHFARE WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR BIG BOX STORES AND THAT KIND OF THING? CORRECT.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY SAID THAT THE LOT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR LIKE 10 YEARS? YES.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST, THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT.
UM, THIS ISN'T REALLY TOUGH FOR ME BECAUSE ON THE SURFACE, UM, ABSOLUTELY THAT USAGE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I KNOW HOW NICE IT IS TO HAVE A AUTO REPAIR PLACE THAT I CAN WALK TO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I CAN APPRECIATE WHY SOME NEIGHBORS MIGHT, UM, SUPPORT IT.
AND OBVIOUSLY MR. RAMIREZ THOUGHT WHEN HE, WHEN HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, THAT THIS USE WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
UM, SO I, I'M, I APPRECIATE THE, THE CONUNDRUM THAT, THAT HE'S IN.
UM, BUT I, I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH CITY STAFF THAT, UM, THE, THE RESIDENTIAL AREA WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED GIVEN THE LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK IF IT WAS ON THE END OF A BLOCK, IF IT WAS SORT OF IN AN ALLEY OR, OR BEHIND.
AND WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE A PLACE LIKE THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S, IT'S ON THE MAJOR STREET AWAY FROM, UM, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
UM, THAT REALLY MAKES AN IMPACT.
SO, UM, I WOULD SUPPORT THE CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL.
UM, AND I, I FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT
OH, IS THAT A MOTION? I MAKE THE MOTION TO SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION SECOND, BUT WITH ONE MORE QUESTION.
THE, UH, UH, APACHE GREEK, UH, CREEK PARK, DO WE KNOW OF ANY ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, UM, TO THAT LINEAR PARK? I'M UNSURE OF THAT.
I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CONNIE GONZALEZ, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OTHER THAN I AGREE THAT THIS IS A CHALLENGING ONE 'CAUSE IT'S AN ABANDONED LOT THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE A, ANY ISSUES WITH IT.
BUT I ALSO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THEN UM, STAFF CAN DO THE ROLL CALL.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS A MOTION TO DENY THAT IS CORRECT.
IT'S UH, TO UPHOLD STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
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SUPPORT THE MOTION.COMMISSIONER ROAR ALLEG GREENY? YES.
I'LL GO AND VOTE YES ON THIS ONE.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 17, I BELIEVE.
WERE THEY GOING? IS THAT THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE FROM THE UM, PODIUM? FIRST WE'RE GONNA READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
[19. 19-6351 PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA-2019-11600060 (Council District 6): A request by RM Development Group, applicant, for approval of a Resolution to amend the West/Southwest Sector Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the future land use from “General Urban Tier” to “Regional Center” on 1.577 acres on NCB 17643, located in the 1200 Block of Richland Hills Drive. Staff recommends Denial. (Associated Zoning Case Z-2019-10700186 CD) (Mirko Maravi, Planner (210) 207-0107, mirko.maravi@sanantonio.gov; Development Services Department)]
WE'RE ONTO 19.MARCO MAVI IS THE ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OUT OF NUMBER 19.
IS LOCATED IN 1200 BLOCK OF RICHMOND HILLS DRIVE REQUEST A FUTURE LAND USE, UH, CHANGE FOR THE WEST SOUTHWEST SECTOR.
PLAN FROM GENERAL IRVING TIER TWO REGIONAL CENTER.
10 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
ONE RETURN IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE TARA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, STAFF HAS FOUND EVIDENCE THAT LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE OR PLAN AMENDMENT CHANGE.
THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL CENTER'S CHARACTERISTIC THAT ACCOMMODATES MOST INTENSIVE USE.
THAT SHOULD BE LOCATED ON INTERSECTION EXPRESSWAYS AND MAJOR ARTERIALS STAFF RECOMMENDS IT NOW.
CAROLINE MCDONALD WITH BRANDON ORTIZ.
ONE 12 EAST PECAN SUITE 1360 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT RM DEVELOPMENT.
I APOLOGIZE, UM, FOR THE LATE UH, NOTICE AND FOR WASTING YOUR TIME, BUT WE ARE WITHDRAWING THIS PLAN AMENDMENT AND WE WILL BE ACCEPTING STAFF'S ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION TO C TWO CD.
SO THERE IS NO, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT REQUIRED AT THIS POINT.
DOES THAT REQUIRE ANY ACTUAL ACTION? THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED SINCE THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THE APPLICATION.
[21. 19-6347 Consideration and Action on the Minutes from August 14, 2019]
BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM IS THE MEETING MINUTES.ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
THEN WE CAN HAVE A MOTION ON THE MEETING MINUTES.
SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PECK AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER RAMOS.
I STILL SHOW THAT, UM, THEY, THAT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER BRUNSON ON THE MINUTE.
DO WE NEED YOU TO ROLL CALL OR CAN WE JUST, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT WAS UNANIMOUS.
[Director’s Report]
IS DIRECTOR'S REPORT.WE HAVE ANY STAFF OR DIRECTOR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING POSTED TODAY.
WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE FOR, UH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATIONS, NOMINATIONS AND ALL THAT STUFF? UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO DETERMINE WHAT UH, DATE WE'RE GONNA BE SCHEDULED FOR, FOR GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATION.
UH, THE, THE OTHER ITEM WAS WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED THE TERMS THAT WERE UP IN OCTOBER AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A LINK TO APPLY FOR THOSE TERMS THAT ARE COMING UP.
LIKE COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA.
I THINK YOUR TERM IS UP IN OCTOBER.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO REAPPLY, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR APPLICATION IS IN.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR A DATE TO BE HEARD BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING THAT ONE AT GOVERNANCE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ALTERNATE APP, UH, APPLICANTS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE IN THE QUEUE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANTED TO ASK ME ABOUT POTENTIAL WORK SESSIONS IN THE FUTURE? UM, OKAY, SO I THINK WE, WHAT DO WE HAVE COMING UP? WE HAVE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT'S COMING UP THAT PROBABLY, I KNOW WE HAD THE PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE WE'D HAVE PROBABLY MORE QUESTIONS.
SO THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE, SO IT'S AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.
AND SO, UM, WE, IF YOU WANNA UH, ANOTHER WORK SESSION BRIEFING, WE CAN, BUT SINCE IT'S AN ITEM ALREADY POSTED, YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S AN ITEM ALREADY POSTED AT THE WORK SESSION.
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YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT.BUT UM, FOR THAT ONE WE PROBABLY WANT TO DO IT EXTENDED.
I COULD IMAGINE MAYBE WE'LL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE.
AND IN GENERAL IN GENERAL, WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF THESE STAFF PRESENTATIONS, 'CAUSE I'VE NOTICED THAT GENERALLY, UM, THE, THE NORMAL AGENDA ITEMS WILL, WILL GOBBLE UP A GOOD PORTION OF THAT 30 MINUTES.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE STAFF PRESENTATIONS, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER, WE START CUTTING THOSE A LITTLE BIT SHORTENED TO THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. OUR USUAL CUSTOMERS.
ALRIGHT, WE CAN PUT IT FOR ONE O'CLOCK AND WE'LL LET THE OFFICES SUSTAINABILITY KNOW.
AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER WORK SESSION COMING UP THAT, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS COORDINATING YES.
RELATED TO THE GROWTH ANNEXATION PLAN AND YES.
ESSAY TOMORROW I BELIEVE, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THE CONSULTANT COME ON OCTOBER 1ST FOR A LUNCH, UH, TO DO A LUNCH WORK SESSION.
UM, THAT IS ALSO A ZONING COMMISSION DAY.
AND SO THE, YOU WOULD HAVE VERY MINIMAL STAFF.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE IT HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RESERVE PARKING SPOTS FOR THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS AND WE HAVE THE BOARD ROOM AND TOBIN ROOM ALREADY TAKEN.
IS IF, IF, IF, IF THAT'S THE SITUATION, I THINK THERE WAS AN ALTERNATE DATE PROPOSED THIS.
IS WOULD IT BE ONE OF THE NORMAL WORK SESSION OR ONE OF THE NORMAL PC DATES? BECAUSE THEN WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE LUNCH, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE PARKING.
IT UM, I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS, I THINK THE ORIGINAL DATE I GOT WAS LIKE THE FIRST OR THE SECOND OR THE SECOND OR THE THIRD.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS TWO DAYS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
SO I JUST PICKED THE FIRST ONE.
THE, THE SECOND WOULD BE AN H D R C DAY AND THEN, UH, THE THIRD IS A COUNCIL DAY.
THAT, THAT WEEK IS KIND OF TOUGH.
UM, CAN, CAN YOU WORK WITH, UH, RUDY TO SEE, I I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE, THE CONSULTANTS ALREADY GOT THEIR ARRANGEMENTS MADE, BUT IF NOT THEN WE MAY NEED TO WORK WITH THEM TO COME OUT AGAIN ON A NORMAL PIECE.
IS WOULD, WOULD THE PREFERENCE BE FOR THEM TO COME ON A NORMAL PC DAY? THAT WOULD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.
'CAUSE THEN WE JUST COME IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN OKAY.
COMING IN ON A WHOLE OTHER DAY.
WE'LL COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMENTS FOR FREE FOOD? I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE WHENEVER.
SP SPEAKING OF FOOD, WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING LITTLE CHOCOLATES ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE UNHEALTHY FOOD.
CAN CAN WE DO FRUIT CUPS? I KNOW THERE'S A, A HEALTH THING.
IT'S THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE CHOCOLATES IF WE DO FRUIT CUPS I'LL BRING THE CHIMO.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? IT WAS THAT HEALTHY EATING ORDINANCE.
BUT WE COULD, WE CAN DO, UH, FRUIT CUPS.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, IT IS 3 42 AND MEETING ADJOURNED.