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>> ROCHA GARCIA: ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 10:00 A.M.
ON JANUARY 23RD AND THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL GET STARTED WITH A ROLL CALL.
>> MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> NO.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: WONDERFUL. WE'LL START WITH ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MEETINGS FROM DECEMBER 13TH. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR PACKET AND YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION -- >> ROCHA GARCIA: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? NO OPPOSITION, NO ABSTENTIONS.
NUMBER TWO IS BRIEFING ON COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRAN ON PLANNING COMMISSION DIVERSIFICATION. WE WILL START THE
PRESENTATION. IT'S ALL YOURS. >> WE WERE TASKED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIVERSIFICATION. THIS WAS A CCR, SORRY, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WORKING THE EQUIPMENT. BACKGROUND, A CCR WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN ON JUNE 19TH, 2024, DIRECTING THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK TO INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ILLICIT PLANNING COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, DIRECTING STAFF TO EXPLORE OPTIONS AND DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS FOR DIVERSE REPRESENTATION WITH THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION. THAT THEN WENT TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 16TH, 2024. THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ASSIGNED THIS TO THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
THE CCR PRESENTED TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ON OCTOBER 24TH AND PCDD RECOMMENDED EXPANDED OUTREACH AND APPLICANTS TO ENSURE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.
SO THIS IS THE CURRENT PLANNING COMMISSION COMPOSITION.
THERE ARE FIVE VACANCIES AND WE WILL BE GOING FORWARD TO SOLICIT APPLICATIONS FOR THESE POSITIONS. SO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE ADDED FIVE QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS. THESE QUESTIONS WERE DESCRIBING THE KNOWLEDGE OF MAJOR GROWTH IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY, NORTHSIDE, SOUTHSIDE, WESTSIDE AND EASTSIDE. AND THEN ALSO WE ADDED A QUESTION ASKING APPLICANTS WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS THEY HAD LIVED IN.
IF THEY CURRENTLY LIVE IN DRAFT 3 OR THEY LIVED IN DISTRICT 9 BUT THEY HAD LIVED IN DISTRICTS 1 AND 3. WE WANTED TO KNOW THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH ISSUES IN THAT PART OF THE CITY. BASED ON THAT WE CONDUCTED OUTREACH AND THE SA SPEAK UP-E BLASTS POSTINGS FROM THE CITY CLERK, TRADE ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS. WE DID OUR NORMAL SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT ROLLOUT, WHICH INCLUDED FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LINKED IN AND THE TV SA CHANNEL SLIDES.
WE DID THAT THROUGH PDF FLYERS AND SUCH. WE DID A CITYWIDE TEXT INNOVATION. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE DID THAT.
THIS CHANGED FROM WHAT OUR NORMAL PRACTICES WERE. AND DSD AS IN THE PAST DISTRIBUTED FLYERS TO ALL INTERESTED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SENIOR CENTERS, LIBRARIES AND COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES.
SO THIS IS THE PROCESS. WE HAD A CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FROM DECEMBER THIRD TO DECEMBER 31ST, AND AGAIN WE THE DEPARTMENTS WILL THE LION'S SHARE OF SPREADING THAT INFORMATION. WE'VE RECEIVED 28 APPLICATIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY. THOSE ARE CURRENTLY BEING VETTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I WANT TO NOTE HERE THAT WE INCLUDED ANYONE WHO HAD A CURRENT APPLICATION, THE OLD APPLICATION, IN OUR SYSTEM, WE INVITED THEM TO REAPPLY, AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE 13 OF THOSE, AND TWO REAPPLIED. FROM THERE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, WE REQUESTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE BE ESTABLISHED.
THE MAYOR HAS ASSIGNED COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLO HAVRDA AND COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE ON THE COMMITTEE. AND THEY WILL BE SHORT LISTING TO NO MORE THAN 12 APPLICANTS. THEN THE INTERVIEW SHORT LIST OF APPLICANTS WILL OCCUR AT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 19TH. AND FROM THERE THOSE NAMES BROUGHT FORWARD WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE THINKING IT WILL BE THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH AND THAT'S THE FIRST MEETING AVAILABLE AFTER THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MEETING. AND THAT IS ALL OUR UPDATES.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO START BY
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THANKING MY COLLEAGUE IN D3, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN BY SUBMITTING THIS CCR.AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE KNOW REPRESENTATIONS RIGHT NOW FROM DISTRICTS 3 HARNESS 5, WHICH HAPPEN TO BE IN THE ROOM TODAY. AND ALL OF THE DISTRICTS ARE ON THE SOUTHSIDE AND SO THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. AND I FEEL THAT WE MUST DO A BETTER JOB OF RECRUITING ON THE SOUTHSIDE AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU ALL. I ALSO THINK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE TIME OF THE MEETINGS OR THE TIME THAT THE MEETINGS ARE HELD.
AND I FEEL LIKE SOME PEOPLE DON'T PARTICIPATE BECAUSE IT'S DURING WORK HOURS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S CONSIDERATION. I'LL GIVE AS AN EXAMPLE, THE BEXAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE MOVING SOME OF THEIR MEETINGS SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE EVEN CONSIDERING DOING ONE LIKE ON THE WEEKEND. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S THE SAME CONSIDERATION THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN, BUT JUST WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS FOR OTHERS TO ENGAGE. AND I KNOW THAT ENTITIES ACROSS THE CITY ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS MY COLLEAGUES GENERATE THEIR THOUGHTS, BUT I'LL START OFF OBVIOUSLY WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE CCR, WHICH IS COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. COUNCILWOMAN?
>> VAN >> VIAGRAN: I'M GOING TO NEED EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF OUTREACH. I THINK THE DATES, 123RD THROUGH THE 31ST WAS PROBABLY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF THE HOLIDAYS.
SO I NEED TO SEE PROOF THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE AND I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM DID NOT MEET IN DECEMBER, IT'S THEIR POT LUCK. I KNOW I WENT TO THREE AND NONE OF THEM MENTIONED IT.
SO I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT. THE OTHER PROBLEM I HAVE, WHICH I FEEL LIKE I DID NOT WANT THIS TO STAY WITH GOVERNANCE.
GOVERNANCE IS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE ALL SIT IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR. THE OTHER ISSUE IS -- EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. AND THE OTHER THING IS THREE OF THE FOUR ARE RUNNING FOR MAYOR, SO IT'S ALL STILL JUST PROBLEMATIC. MY AREA OF TOWN, THE RURAL PART OF SAN ANTONIO, IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE CITY.
AND IF WE DO NOT HAVE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND IT, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE MEETINGS TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GO BACK AND HAVE MEETINGS, AND THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO TWICE THE WORK BECAUSE THE PLANNING COMMITTEE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEIR VIABILITY OR THEIR USEFULNESS IS REALLY NEEDED IF THEY DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE CITY AND ONLY UNDERSTAND THE NORTHSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO I -- I THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING. I WOULD LIKE A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE 28 APPLICANTS, HOW MANY ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU PUT THE INVITE OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAD FILLED IT OUT BEFORE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ONE AND IT'S EIGHT AND IT'S ENGINEERS AND THERE'S NOBODY FROM THREE, FOUR AND FIVE THERE. SO I AM STILL -- I DON'T THINK GOVERNANCE QUITE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR THIS, BUT IF YOU COULD GET ME THE DATES AND THE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT WERE PUT OUT FOR OUTREACH, AND WHAT WAS SENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND ON WHAT DATES, BECAUSE WHAT I AM GETTING FROM THE MAJORITY OF MY COMMUNITY IS NOBODY'S TELLING THEM, THEY'RE NOT BEING TOLD. AND IF MY OFFICE GOT THIS AND WE PUT IT ON OUR E-BLAST, THAT WAS THREE WEEKS FOR THEM TO DO THIS. SO I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S PROBLEMATIC AND THEN -- AND I THINK WE AS A PLANNING COMMITTEE NEED TO REALLY PUSH GOVERNANCE ON SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES WE HAVE SOME TERMS OF COUNCILMAN'S CASTILLO'S CCR ON COMMITTEES. OF THE 28 ARE JUST ONE, EIGHT AND NINE, I'M STILL STUCK, WHICH MEANS ANOTHER MEETING ON PLANNING, ADDITIONAL MEETINGS ON PLANNING, MORE WORK FOR ME, MORE WORK FOR DSD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE DEVELOPING.
THANK YOU. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
>> WE'LL PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION. >> ROCHA GARCIA:
COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> [INAUDIBLE].
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WE NEED MORE REPRESENTATION FROM THE SOUTHSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS A HUGE CHUNK OF DISTRICT 5. AND I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT I THINK DEBBIE BECAUSE IN OUR ONE ON ONE MEETINGS SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO GIVE ME UPDATES ON WHO HAS BEEN APPLYING FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND SHE SHARED WITH ME THERE HAVE BEEN APPLICANTS FROM DISTRICT 5, SO I MADE AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET FOLKS TO APPLY.I DON'T THINK THEY COMPLETED THE APPLICATION, BUT GRATEFUL THAT SHE KEPT ME UP TO DATE ON WHO WAS APPLYING FOR THE COMMITTEE. I DO SEE OPPORTUNITY AND I'M NOT TOO SURE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING DONE WITH POTENTIALLY TARGETED SOCIAL MEDIA ADS TO SPECIFIC ZIP CODES WITHIN DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE OR WHATEVER AREAS THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING PARTICIPATION OF APPLICANTS TO FOCUS -- TO TARGET THOSE ZIP CODES TO SEE IF WE COULD INCREASE INTEREST TO APPLY FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT AGAIN, I DO AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. ROCHA. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS AREN'T MOVING AND I'M NOT TOO SURE IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT WE'RE IN. HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT I'M GRATEFUL THAT THIS CCR IS BEING CONSIDERED.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN EXPLORE TARGETED SOCIAL MEDIA ADS TO SEE IF WE COULD RECRUIT IN THESE AREAS AND GRATEFUL THAT DEBBIE HAS BEEN KEEPING ME UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF TRENDS IN APPLICANTS WITH THE D5
PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU YOU. I THINK THAT MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS GO BACK TO THE MAYOR, WHO CHAIRS THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, AND EXPLAIN -- TO BE FAIR, THE MAYOR HAD ASKED COUNCILMAN COURAGE, COUNCIL MEMBER HAVRDA AND MYSELF TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AND HE WAS THERE TOO BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A QUORUM OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE SO WE HAD TO REMOVE IT. AND -- THIS WAS YESTERDAY.
AND MY STAFF REMINDED ME THIS MORNING, WAIT A SECOND, THEY'RE ALREADY REPRESENTED.
THE WHOLE POINT WAS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE. SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AS A COMMITTEE AND OPEN TO OTHER MEMBERS.
I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE IN BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE SO I WAS KIND OF HAPPY THAT I WASN'T ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SEE IF WE COULD PLACE OTHER MEMBERS, AND PARTICULARLY FROM THIS GROUP. AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE SITS ON OURS, SO IF HE'S ALREADY GOING TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, MAYBE IT COULD BE A JOINT GOVERNANCE PCPD. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED, BUT IT GIVES US EXAMPLE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER THERE'S ANOTHER TWO MEMBERS HERE ON THIS COMMITTEE WHO ARE NOT RUNNING FOR MAYOR. SO IT WOULD BE NICE, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD BE DONE. I GUESS THAT'S A CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE QUESTION.
CAN THERE BE A JOINT PCDC GOVERNANCE SUBCOMMITTEE? >> THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD PROBABLY CHECK ON IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT VIOLATING MY QUORUM ISSUES BECAUSE NOW IT'S TWO COMMITTEES COMING IN TOGETHER FOR THAT, BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND MAKE SURE THAT
THAT IS ALL. >> ROCHA GARCIA: AND THIS WOULD BE A SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO FOR SUBCOMMITTEES IT WORKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR QUORUM OR NO?
ENCOURAGE. >> DEPENDING ON HOW THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE PUT TOGETHER.
BUT AS FAR AS A JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING, SAME RULES FOR OPEN MEETINGS FLY.
IF THE QUORUM OF EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE WOULD BE PRESENT, WE WOULD JUST
NEED TO POST THAT. >> ROCHA GARCIA: I'M SO SORRY, I DIDN'T MAKE MYSELF CLEAR. I WOULDN'T WANT A JOINT COMMITTEE OF PCDC GOVERNANCE. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SEMI NEEDS TO BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE PCDC AND MEMBERS OF GOVERNANCE TO KIND OF HAVE A FAIR SHOT.
>> YES. SO THE QUORUM REQUIREMENTS WOULD STILL APPLY BECAUSE OF
THE MEMBERSHIP ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE. >> ROCHA GARCIA: SO I WOULD ONLY SEE TWO MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE. SO ESSENTIALLY ONE FROM PCDC AND ONE FROM GOVERNANCE. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN THAT KIND OF KEEPS IT. OR THREE STILL KEEPS IT UNDER GOVERNANCE. SO EVEN IF WE PLACED COUNCILMAN COURAGE -- I GUESS THAT WOULD MAKE A COMMITTEE -- THAT WOULD MAKE A QUORUM OF PCDC IF COUNCILMAN COURAGE CONTINUED ON IT AND WE PLACED BOTH, FOR INSTANCE,.
SO WE WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE OF THEM, THREE OR FIVE WITH COURAGE POTENTIALLY, TO NOT
VIOLENT OUR QUORUM LAWS. GOT IT. >> WE'LL HAVE THAT
DISCUSSION, MA'AM. >> ROCHA GARCIA: AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO THAT BRINGS US -- ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? OKAY.
SO WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3, WHICH IS BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION -- THANK YOU SO MUCH -- ON EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR NEW CEMETERIES WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OTHER TEXAS CITIES. AND THAT'S MIKE SHANNON.
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WELCOME BACK, MIKE SHANNON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M MIKE SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT VERY QUICKLY ABOUT CEMETERY REGULATIONS. THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES OVER THE PAST YEAR AT THE STATE LEVEL SO I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THAT.
REALLY THE OVERVIEW WAS WE HAD A BRIEFING ON THE EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ANY NEW CEMETERIES WITHIN THE CITY. AND WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING, AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THAT BASED ON A NEW STATE LAW A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
SO BEFORE HB783, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 2023, WE WERE REALLY BANNED FROM ANY NEW CEMETERIES IN SAN ANTONIO WITHIN FIVE MILES.
BUT WITH THE NEW STATE LAW IT ALLOWS CITIES TO DEVELOP REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL SO PEOPLE CAN ASK FOR IT. WE CAN REVIEW THAT AND HAVE A PROCEDURE FOR ANY NEW CEMETERIES. SO IT'S RELATIVELY NEW. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS BANNED WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE CITY BEFORE THAT. CURRENTLY WE HAVE RULES ON THE BOOKS, AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE SUBDIVIDED THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS. THERE HAS TO BE A CEMETERY MAP FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK, THAT'S A STATE LAW. AND OUR UDC EVEN BEFORE THIS CHANGE, WE HAD REGULATIONS WHEN THE 2001 UDC WAS DEVELOPED, IT HAD REGULATIONS SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENED THAT WOULD ALLOW A CEMETERY AND SOMEBODY WANTED THAT, WE DO HAVE ZONING REQUIREMENTS. IT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR NEW CEMETERIES. SO THAT RULE KIND OF PREDATES THE FIVE MILE BAN THAT WE HAD. THAT'S BEEN IN OUR UDC GOING BACK 50 OR 60 YEARS, 65 ADDITION TO THE UDC THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE.
RIGHT NOW WE DO REQUIRE IF ANYBODY ASKS TO GIVE SPECIFICALLY THE AUTHORIZATION, WHICH IS THE ZONING PROCESS THAT IS IN THE BOOKS.
SO WHAT HAVE OTHER CITIES DONE? WE LOOKED AT AUSTIN,
DALLAS,. >> ELLIS:,. >> ELLIS: PASS SEW, HOUSTON. OTHER CITIES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO US.
IT IS ALLOWED NOW WITH THE NEW LAW. IT DOES REQUIRE A SPECIAL ZONING REQUIREMENT. CEMETERY MAP, WHICH IS A STATE LAW, OF COURSE, AND A SUBDIVISION PLAT. NOW, HOUSTON WE TALKED TO THEM ACTUALLY IN DECEMBER, SOME OFFICIALS THERE. THEY HAVE NOT MODIFIED. HOUSTON DOESN'T HAVE ZONING LIKE WE HAVE ZONING, BUT THEY JUST HAVE NOT WE'LL CERTAINLY MONITOR THAT. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER THREE CITIES ARE SIMILAR TO US. THERE IS A PROCESS FOR US TO CONSIDER. WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE TO REQUIRE IT, BUT IT IS THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS. SO A QUICK PRESENTATION, SOME NEW STATE LAWS, BUT WE HAVE A PROCESS ON THE BOOKS THAT WE GO THROUGH AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> ROCHA GARCIA: GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THIS IS ALSO COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN'S REQUEST TO PUT ON, BUT I'M HAPPY TO LEARN ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE AT THE LEGISLATURE.
AND I FEEL LIKE DRAFT 3 AND DISTRICT 4 HAVE THE MOST LAND STILL AVAILABLE SO IT PRESENTS SOME DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. SO LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD CAREFULLY AND SO IT'S VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC.
AND I APPRECIATE THE SENSITIVITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND INDUSTRIAL THAT WOULD BE SO CLOSE TO THE PROPERTIES AND TO THEM, IT MIGHT BE CONCERNING. SO ANYWAY, SO DOES THIS, WITH THE CURRENT -- WITH OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS WILL ANYTHING CHANGE WITH THIS NEW LAW FROM THE STATE?
>> WELL, GENERALLY IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO CREATE A NEW CEMETERY.
NOW A PROPERTY OWNER CAN ASK TO CREATE A NEW CEMETERY ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS. THERE IS NO PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT. IT WOULD NEED A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT ZONE, THEY WOULD APPLY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE WOULD REVIEW THAT.
WE DO A CANVASSING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, OTHER AGENCIES, SAWS, CPS, TXDOT, ET CETERA. AND THEN IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. SO THAT'S THE CHANGE.
I THINK FOR HB783, WE WEREN'T REALLY GETTING ASKED.
WE DID SOME RESEARCH. WE FOUND SOME CEMETERY APPROVAL IN 1993.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DON'T GET
THEM, WE HAVEN'T GOT THEM, SO WE MAY NOW. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL START AGAIN WITH COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MIKE. WELCOME BACK.
I WANTED TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CASES IN DISTRICT 3.
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DISTRICT 3 IS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS GROWING. THE OTHER THING IS WE -- AS WE HAVE AN AGING COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, HOW WE PLAN AND TREND OF PLANNING FOR YOUR END OF LIFE AND CELEBRATION OF YOUR LIFE HAS BECOME SOMETHING THAT IS A MARKET THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING NOW. AND SO I REALLY WANTED US TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AS A COMMITTEE AND SAY WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? DO WE NEED TO FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE AND HAVE ACTUAL PLANS WHERE THE CITY TAKES A LOOK AT THE WAY WE'RE GROWING AND SAYS YES, A CEMETERY WOULD WORK HERE, AND SPECIAL USE WOULD BE SUGGESTED THERE. OR WE COME IN AND WE SAY, NO, THAT WOULDN'T WORK THERE. THE OTHER ASPECT IS WHERE THIS PROPERTY LIES AND WHAT IT WILL DO WITH THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S -- THAT QUESTION HAS COME UP, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.THE OTHER QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP IS LOCATION IN TERMS OF LIKE WE DO FOR ANY PROJECT, HOW DO YOU GET IN AND HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF THAT LOCATION AND WHAT DOES IT DO TO TRAFFIC? BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WE WANT TO PLAN FOR THAT. SO I'M GLAD WE HAVE THE SPECIAL USE. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THAT.
I JUST THINK THAT -- AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE OF STAKEHOLDERS TO BRING TOGETHER OR IF IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THE DEPARTMENT CONFINED OF TOOK A LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF PLANNING. AND OKAY, WHY WOULD THIS MAKE SENSE? THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD RECOMMEND IT. THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE CEMETERY SIZE OF THIS MANY ACRES VERSUS THIS MANY ACRES, BECAUSE I -- I WAS ASKED BY THE MEDIA LIKE DO I KNOW HOW MANY ACRES OF CEMETERY PROPERTIES I HAVE IN DISTRICT 3? AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T.
I KNOW I HAVE MISSION PARK HERE. I KNOW I HAVE SMALLER ONES LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THE EASTSIDE WHERE WE HAVE A HUGE CHUNK OF PROPERTY THAT IS CEMETERY. AND THEN I THOUGHT THE COUNTY AS WE GO OUT INTO THE COUNTY WE HAVE THAT TOO. AND SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE THE DEPARTMENT LOOK AT IS HOW DO WE HAVE IT, WHERE IS IT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS BECAUSE AFTER 65 WHEN WE -- WHEN THE STATE TOOK BACK CONTROL OF THIS, WHERE WERE THESE CEMETERIES BUILT AND BASICALLY WHO IS USING THEM? I KNOW THAT IF SOMEONE PASSES YOUNG AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED, THAT THE FUNERAL HOME, THE RESTING PLACE THEY NORMALLY GO TO IS ON THE WESTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. AND -- BECAUSE OF ECONOMICS.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ECONOMICALLY ARE ABLE TO GO VISIT THEIR LOVED ONES WHEREVER THEY ARE. AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS -- I DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT HOUSTON DID. I WANT US TO BE AS THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS PROCESS AS WE ARE ABOUT OTHER ZONING, ESPECIALLY WE KNOW THAT WE ARE PLANNING -- IF WE KNOW THAT SOME AREAS ARE ZONED INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, OR WE WANT TO MAKE THEM RESIDENTIAL, HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THIS IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WANTED US TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT IT, DO WE NEED STAKEHOLDERS, DO WE JUST DIRECT CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT SO THAT THIS DOESN'T BECOME -- SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE MEDIA. THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME A BACK AND FORTH.
PART OF IT IS THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHSIDE, AND I'M TALKING RURAL SOUTHSIDE, IS EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT -- I KNOW THE CITY HAS WITHIN 200 FET COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR I HAVE NOT -- I HAVE PEOPLE THAT FEEL CONNECTED TO WAY MORE THAN 200 FEET BECAUSE THEIR NEAREST NEIGHBOR IS, YOU KNOW, A MILE DOWN THE ROAD OR BECAUSE THEIR H.E.B.
IS LIKE 15 MINUTES AWAY. SO WHEN YOU TELL THEM THAT SOMETHING IS COMING TO THEIR BACKYARD, WHICH IS MAYBE SEVEN MINUTES AWAY, BUT IT'S OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET, THEY STILL FEEL LIKE, NO, I SHOULD GET A SAY IN THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE THAT'S SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT'S SOUTH SAN, THAT'S EAST CENTRAL, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLAN FOR THAT.
AND [INDISCERNIBLE]. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE COLLEAGUES.
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I THINK RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING MORE FOR DIRECTION OF THETY CITY TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST ASPECT. IF YOU ALL THINK WE NEED TO BRING A STAKEHOLDER GROUP TOGETHER, WE CAN DO THAT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TOHEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. >> I THINK IN 2018 I ATTENDED A SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW TEAM AND I WAS FASCINATED THAT ALL THE SAN FERNANDOS, THE LAND USE WAS MULTI-FAMILY AND THE ZONING WAS MULTI-FAMILY, AND THEN I WAS JUST FASCINATED.
TECHNICALLY IT'S MULTI-FAMILY, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE FOLKS THERE.
[LAUGHTER]. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S SOMETHING -- I KNOW THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE SOUTHSIDE IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. I'M NOT TOO SURE IF IT INCORPORATES THAT RURAL AREA, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THE PLANNING COMMITTEE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IN TERMS OF LAND USE. ULTIMATELY MY POSITION IS TO TAKE STAFF'S DIRECTION ON WHAT THE PATH FORWARD IS FOR CEMETERIES.
AND THIS IS FASCINATING. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE A FAMILY CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF COUNCILWOMAN TALKING ABOUT CEMETERIES A BIT MORE, BUT THAT'S MY DIRECTION AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING STAFF CAN TAKE ON AND WE CAN COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT
CEMETERIES WITH US. >> YEAH, CEMETERIES MULTI-FAMILY.
IT'S NEW TO ME TOO. [LAUGHTER] >> CASTILLO: THOSE ARE ALL
MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. AND I THINK I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE AN EXPERT IN CEMETERIES OR WHO YOUR CEMETERY EXPERT IS, BUT I WOULD MAYBE -- WHO IS THAT? DO WE HAVE ONE?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN EXPERT IN CEMETERIES. CERTAINLY WE HAVE EXPERTS IN
LAND USE AND SOME OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THEY'RE SO EXPERT THAT THEY WERE VERY CREATIVE IN THE LOOPHOLE OF MULTI-FAMILY
APPARENTLY. >> BUT NO, WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE CITY FOR HELP ON EXPERT IN TERMS OF CEMETERIES AND THAT BUSINESS AND THAT INDUSTRIES.
WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY LOOK OUTSIDE. >> ROCHA GARCIA: OKAY.
WONDERFUL. I THINK COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING.
>> VIAGRAN: MIKE, IF WE COULD GET SOMETHING -- I KNOW NOT FOR NEXT MONTH, BUT MAYBE FOR MARCH IN TERMS OF FOLLOWING UP FOR THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF SHOULD WE BRING IN MORE STAKEHOLDERS OR DID Y'ALL FIND AN EXPERT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN THE PACE OF ZONING THAT COMES IN, BUT I DO WANT TO KIND OF SEE HOW WE TAKE INTO THE 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE, AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT SIT ON THE OUTER RING BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY IN TERMS OF WHAT -- WHAT BRINGING A CEMETERY IN IN A LARGE SCALE WOULD MEAN FOR THEM.
AND THEN WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE. AND THEN MAYBE THEN WE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF CEMETERIES, DO WE GO LARGER FOR THIS ZONING IN PARTICULAR THAN THE 200 FEET? WE GO -- DO WE NEED TO CREATE POLICY WHERE WE GO A LITTLE FURTHER BECAUSE THE NEAREST NEIGHBOR OR THE NEAREST COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY 500 FEET OUTSIDE THAT. SO, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS KIND OF MEETING IN THE MEANTIME IN FEBRUARY, BUT THEN COMING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE IN MARCH IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE CHAIR.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: OKAY. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKE. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4, WHICH IS BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF LA VENTANA APARTMENTS BY THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING FACILITY CORPORATION, CREATED BY OPPORTUNITY HOME.
AND IAN, IT IS ALL YOURS. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M IAN WITH THE HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT BY LA VENTANA HOMES FROM SAN ANTONIO HOUSING FACILITY CORPORATION.
THE CITY'S HOUSING AUTHORITY CREATED THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING FACILITY CORPORATION OR SAHFC, WHICH IS A PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S HOUSING TRUST HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR. IT'S AN ENTITY THAT PARTNERS WITH DEVELOPMENTS TO OFFER A TAX EXEMPTION TO MAKE DEVELOPMENTS POSSIBLE.
MARCUS EQUITIES HAS PROPOSED A PARTNERSHIP TO CONSTRUCT THE LA VENTANA APARTMENTS LOCATED AT 2802 CINEMA RIDGE DRIVE IN DISTRICT 6. AND THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE FULL TAX EXEMPTION. TIPLY WE SEE THOSE IN LOW INCOME TAX CREDIT DEALS. THIS IS NOT A LOW INCOME TAX CREDIT DEAL.
THIS IS JUST WHAT WE CALL A STRAIGHT PARTNERSHIP. HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE
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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BY UNIT MIX. THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE, MARCUS EQUITIES, HE DOES WORK WITH NON-COMMISSION MILITARY VETERANS TO TRY TO FIND THEM HOUSING AND THE INTENTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TO HELP TO HOUSE THOSE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. THE DEVELOPMENT IS HALF AT MARKET RATE OR 136 OF THE 272 UNITS. 10% AT 60% AMI OR 28 UNITS AND 40% AT 80% AMI. THE DEVELOPMENT HAS A MIX OF ONE, TWO AND THREE-BEDROOM.OVER HALF ARE TWO AND THREE-BEDROOM WITH TWO BEDROOM AT 144.
OPPORTUNITY HOME DOES HAVE A DEVELOPMENT POLICY THAT DOES SPEAK TO HOW THEY ENTER INTO THE PFC PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW PROCEEDS FROM THOSE TRANSACTIONS ARE UTILIZED.
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE PROJECT MUST CREATE NEW UNITS BELOW 50% AM AI RI.
OPPORTUNITY HOME TYPICALLY TARGETS 50% AND BELOW. MUST BE USED TO PRESERVE AN UPGRADE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WHICH RESIDENTS TYPICALLY HAVE INCOME BELOW 50% OF AMI AND PROVIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENTS.
THIS COULD INCLUDE THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH IS VERY EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING EVICTIONS AMONG PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS AND THEN TO RESERVE THE FUNDS TO THE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG-TERM.
THIS DEVELOPMENT POLICY IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF WHICH OPPORTUNITY HOME IS A PARTNER.
SPECIFICALLY PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF UNITS AND SUPPORT WITH PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS. SO TYPICALLY IN THE PAST THESE PROJECTS WOULD NOT HAVE COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, HOWEVER, DUE TO RECENT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN SECTION 303 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT NOW REQUIRES ANY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION THAT'S GOVERNED BY NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS MUST OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS LOCATED, WHICH IN THIS INSTANCE WOULD BE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE SAHFC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO THIS WOULD REQUIRE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT FOR THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LA VETERAN TA IN A APARTMENTS. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM OPPORTUNITY HOME TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, IAN.
I'LL START OFF BY ASKING FOR MOST OF WHAT WE LIKE AS A CITY FOCUS ON AND TRY TO PARTNER ON, THAT LOWER AMI IS DEFINITELY THE PRIORITY. CAN YOU MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THIS DEAL HAS MORE MARKET RATE THAN THE ONES THAT WE DO?
>> YEAH. SO THIS DEAL AGAIN IS NOT A LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEAL WHICH IS TIPLY INCLUDE WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE BRING PROJECTS FORWARD.
THE ONLY INCENTIVE IS THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. IT'S NOT ENOUGH INCENTIVE TO PRODUCE THOSE UNITS, BUT AGAIN THIS SERVES AS A REVENUE STREAM FOR OPPORTUNITY HOME TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND THAT AGAIN COULD BE ANY OF THOSE CRITERIA THAT LAID OUT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE HERE, AGAIN, TO CREATE NEW AFFORDABLE UNITS AT THAT LOWER AMI AND HELP PRESERVE AND UPGRADE THE LOW INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
FOR THOSE SAME CLIENTELE. >> ROCHA GARCIA: GOT IT. AND WITH THE BEDROOM MIX, CAN YOU HELP ME TO SEE WHAT THE SET ASIDE FOR EACH AMI RANGE IS PER BEDROOM SIZE?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT FROM THE DEVELOPER IN TERMS OF WHICH UNITS ARE WITH AMI.
WE CAN GET THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK
YOU. >> TIM [INDISCERNIBLE] FROM OPPORTUNITY HOME SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS UNDER THE NEW PFC LAW AND THIS REQUIRED THAT THE UNITS AFFORDABILITY IS PRO RATA ACROSS THE UNIT SIZE.
ANOTHER THING THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPER THAT I THOUGHT YOU WOULD FIND INTERESTING IS THIS NICHE DEVELOPER ACTUALLY TARGETS THE MILITARY OR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. THEY HAVE 300 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST THAT IS MILITARY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND IT IS THE
ONLY NEW PRODUCT IN THIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY. >> ROCHA GARCIA: OKAY.
MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WHAT THE MARKET TELLS YOU OR THE MARKET AREA TELLS YOU ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR LEASE OR FOR HOW FAST THESE WOULD GO.
>> YEAH. WE HAD AN INDEPENDENT MARKET ANALYSIS DONE BY CVRE, AND IT SAYS THAT THERE IS THE DEMAND. IT ALSO SAYS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT BE BUILT BUT FOR THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AT THIS AMI
LEVEL. >> ROCHA GARCIA: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK THAT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO HAD SOME QUESTIONS SO WE'LL START WITH
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COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE AND VALUE THE PRIORITIZATION OF VETERANS. IN TERMS OF THE 300 VETERANS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE WAITLIST, DO YOU HAVE AN AMI BREAKDOWN IN WHICH THE MAJORITY FALL WITHIN, DO THEY FALL WITHIN THE MARKET RATE BUCKET, DO THEY FALL WITHIN THE 60% AMI? WHAT IS THE TREND YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR END?
>> WHEN I TALKED TO THE DEVELOPER, HE'S DONE THE SAME DEVELOPMENT IN LAREDO AND OTHER SMALL TEXAS CITIES. HE DIDN'T TELL ME WHAT THE AMIS ARE. HE DID TELL ME LIKE THE PERCENTAGE ARE MARKET BASED LAPSE LAP MILITARY HAVE RETIRED THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS HE DIDN'T SAY ON THAT LIST HOW MANY WERE IN THE 60% AMI VERSUS MARKET RATE.
>> CASTILLO: I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL DON'T HAVE IT. I THINK THERE WOULD BE VALUE IN GATHERING THAT AND ENSURING IT FOR FUTURE PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT'S AN EXTENSIVE WAITLIST AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE CHIPPING AWAY AT IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND IF IT'S AT 30% OR MARKET RATE, RIGHT, TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE HELPFUL IN FUTURE PROJECTS. IN TERMS OF THE PFC TRANSACTIONS BEING USED TO CREATE NEW UNITS, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY DATA THAT YOU CAN SHARE FROM PAST PFC TRANSACTIONS ON WHERE THAT FUNDING HAS GONE WITHIN
OPPORTUNITY HOME? >> YES. WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T DONE VERY MANY OF THEM, SO I KNOW THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST HAS PROBABLY DONE MORE THAN WE HAVE. SO THIS IS I THINK OUR FOURTH PFC DEAL EVE EVER DONE. WE'RE PRETTY SELECTIVE ON WHICH ONES WE DO, BUT WE CAN. IT GOES TO THESE DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
SO WHENEVER IAN WENT THROUGH THEM, OUR POLICY IS THAT IT GOES 30%, 30%, 30% AND 10 PERCENT. SO 10% IS RESERVED. I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS IS IT GOES 30, 30 AND 10.
>> CASTILLO: YEAH. WITH THE LAST THREE PROJECTS I THINK THERE COULD BE VALUE IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH COUNCIL AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE RETURN HAS BEEN AND WHERE OPPORTUNITY HOME HAS ALLOCATED THOSE FUNDS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, THANK
YOU, CHAIR. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
I BELIEVE THIS ONE REQUIRES -- I'M SO SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
>> VIAGRAN: SO THIS IS GOING TO BE TAKEN OFF THE TAX --
>> YEAH. IT'S CURRENTLY IS DIRT RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S -- IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT YET. AND THEN I THINK WHAT THE
CITY IS DOING A 10-ACRE PARK NEXT TO IT AS WELL. >> VAN EENOO: WHAT SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS THIS? >> IT'S -- >> VIAGRAN: WHAT SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS THIS? >> IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO HOLMES HIGH SCHOOL?
>> VIAGRAN: IS THAT NORTHSIDE? >> VIAGRAN: THAT'S IT FOR
MY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU. I THINK WE NEED THIS ONE TO MOVE FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL TO FULL COUNCIL.
IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5, WHICH IS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AND IT'S RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT FOR MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SEEKING THE NINE PERCENT TAX CREDIT. AND THERE'S MULTIPLE PROJECTS.
THERE'S 22 PROJECTS. THERE'S NINE IN D4. [LAUGHTER].
BUT IT WAS PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AND I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN IT UP FIRST. MY APOLOGIES. HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR
APPROVAL AND QUESTIONS. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: ALL RIGHT. MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
WONDERFUL. WE WILL CONCLUDE OUR MEETING OF PCDC AT 10:38 A.M.
THANKS EVERYONE.
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