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>> HAVRDA: WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR FEBRUARY 18TH PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL ROLL?
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THE FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 18C SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.ARE THERE ANY EDITS OR ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINUTES? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[LAUGHTER]. ANY OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE IMPORTANT TOO.
ARE THERE ANY FOLKS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SIGNED UP? NO? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE AGENDA, BUT I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT, A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW AND I JUST FEEL COMPELLED TO SAY THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF FEAR AND CONCERN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THE ONGOING IOS RAIDS THAT ARE TARGETING NEIGHBORHOODS'S THE COUNTRY, I WANT TO BE CLEAR NOT IN SAN ANTONIO. WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AGENCIES TO UP HOLD THE LAW AND KEEP THE CITIES SAFE, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT OUR FAMILIES, OUR CO-WORKERS AND OUR CHILDREN'S CLASSMATES DO NOT LIVE IN CONSTANT FEAR THAT THEIR LOVED ONES COULD BE TAKEN FROM THEM AT ANY MOMENT. THESE ARE THE SAME FAMILIES WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURE, ECONOMY, SPIRIT OF SAN ANTONIO WHO MAKE SAN ANTONIO AND OUR COUNTRY SO GREAT. WE HEAR OF RAIDS IN OTHER CITIES. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, NOT SAN ANTONIO, THAT ARE JUST -- THEY'RE NOT JUST TARGETING INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED OF CRIMES, AND IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF CONCERN. WE'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT IT HERE AT CITY HALL AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS. IN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER REPORTS OF RAIDS AND NO MATTER YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS, YOU HAVE RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT EVERY SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT KNOWS WHAT THOSE RIGHTS ARE. SAN ANTONIO IS A CITY THAT STANDS TOGETHER, WE'RE A CITY OF FAMILY, OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND A CITY THAT BELIEVES IN DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR EVERYONE. I WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED, PROTECTED AND TREATED WITH THE FAIRNESS THAT THEY DESERVE.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I WANT THE CONVERSATION TO REMAIN PRODUCTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE SO I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF TO BRING A PRESENTATION FORWARD AT A FUTURE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING TO ADDRESS THIS. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AGAIN THAT I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, BUT IT IS A CONCERN SO I FEEL LIKE WE
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NEED TO ADDRESS THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS -- THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON CONSENT.DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANYTHING? OKAY.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON CONSENT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AAYE? ANY OPPOSED?
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MOTION PASSES. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. ITEM 4 IS FOLLOW-UP TO A COUPLE OF CCRS RELATED, THE PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES IN SAN ANTONIO.
THERE WAS A CCR THAT WAS FILED BY COUNCILMAN PELÁEZ AND WE PRESENTED A COUPLE OF TIMES TO THIS COMMITTEE AND THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF MADE THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CITY HAD AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD TO A B SESSION AT THE TIME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS ANOTHER CCR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA WHO WAS ALSO ADDRESSING THE SAME ISSUES OR SIMILAR ISSUES IN A DIFFERENT MANNER.
SO WHAT WE PRESENTED AT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WOULD HEAR THAT SECOND CCR AND THEN WE WOULD BRING BOTH CCRS TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL AT A B SESSION. SO TODAY, MARIA VILLAGÓMEZ IS GOING TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON BOTH CCRS AND OPTIONS FOR THIS COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW TO ADDRESS THIS, BOTH CCRS IN A WAY THAT WE BELIEVE ACHIEVES THE INTEREST OF BOTH CCRS AND PROVIDES A GOOD BALANCE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO MARIA. >> GOOD MORNING. MAR VIA VARGAS, DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED COMMUNITY SAFETY. I'LL BE PRESENTING ON OVERSIZE VEHICLE PARKING.
TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT AN OVERSIZE VEHICLE IS, THE DEFINITION BY CITY
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CODE SECTION 35-A101 IS A MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAILER WHICH EXCEEDS THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS, ANY ONE OF THEM, WHICH IS 24 FEET IN LENGTH, EIGHT FEET IN WIDTH OR EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT. AND THIS IS EXCLUSIVE OF APPURTENANCES SUCH AS ANTENNAS, LUGGAGE RACKS AND MIRRORS. RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AN OVERSIZE VEHICLE.THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION YOU WILL HEAR THE TERM OVERSIZE TRUCK, OVERSIZE VEHICLE OR OVERSIZE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ALL USED INTERCHANGEABLY TO REFER TO THE DEFINITION AS YOU SEE HERE. AS MS. VILLAGÓMEZ MENTIONED, THE ORIGINAL CCR COMING FROM CITY COUNCIL DATA, COUNCILMAN PELÁEZ IN 2022, REQUESTED TWO THINGS, ONE TO READVISE THE CITY CODE TO REGULATE OVERNIGHT PARKING OF OVERSIZE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. TWO TO EVALUATE REGULATIONS IN MAJOR TEXAS CITIES. THIS WAS HEARD BY GOVERNANCE IN DECEMBER OF 2022 AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 AND MARCH OF 2024.
THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FROM THE ORIGINAL CCR FROM COUNCIL DATA.
SOME OF THE EXAMPLE STREETS WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING, THE KEY STREETS TO HIGHLIGHT ARE BECKWITH BOULEVARD, DATA POINT DRIVE AND PARKDALE DRIVE.
IN APRIL OF 2024 A CCR FROM COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA WAS AUTHORED.
IT REQUESTED THREE THINGS. THE FIRST WAS TO CONDUCT MORE OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR FROM DRIVERS AND RESIDENTS REGARDING POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE CITY CODE THAT WOULD IMPACT OVERNIGHT PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES.
THE SECOND WAS AN ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE SPACES THAT ALLOW OVERSIZE PARKING FOR RENT OR FREE OF CHARGE. AND THIRD WAS A PLAN TO INITIATE A DESIGNATED FACILITY FOR OVERSIZE PARKING WITH CITY-OWNED LAND.
THIS WAS HEARD BY GOVERNANCE IN MAY OF 2024. THIS TIMELINE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH THESE TWO CCRS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IT BEGINS IN MAY OF 2022. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, TWO PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS WERE HELD.
IN MARCH OF 2024 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE APPROVED MOVING PROPOSED CODE CHANGES TO A COUNCIL B SESSION AND THEN IN APRIL OF 2024 IS WHEN THE SECOND AND SEPARATE CCR FROM CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 WAS ISSUED. THIS WAS HEARD IN MAY OF 2024. AND IN AUGUST OF 2024 THE ICSO PRESENTED ON THE CURRENT STATE OF TRUCK PARKING IN SAN ANTONIO AT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
IN OCTOBER OF 2024 A SURVEY WAS RELEASED SEEKING RESIDENT TRUCK DRIVER FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE AND IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 TWO VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS WERE HELD BY THE CITY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. THIS SLIDE AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDE ARE TO DEMONSTRATE TRUCK PARKING CITATIONS AND I WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE CITATION IN TWO SLIDES. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE VOLUME OF TRUCK CITATIONS ISSUED BY YEAR FROM 2020 TO 2024.
AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TOP LOCATIONS FOR THESE CITATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2024.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EXISTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT HIGHLIGHT RESTRICTED TRUCK PARKING. THE FIRST THREE ROWS ARE THE EXISTING REGULATIONS.
THERE IS A STATE LAW TRANSPORTATION CODE, A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THE CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH IS SECTION 19-149 ALPHA THAT I REFERENCED PREVIOUSLY AND THE TWO CITATION SLIDES RELIED UPON. THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN RELY ON ANY THREE OF THESE, BUT THEY CURRENTLY FOCUS ON THE MUNICIPAL CODE AS IT IS SUFFICIENT TO RESTRICT AND ENFORCE TRUCK PARKING.
THE FOURTH ROW IN THIS TABLE IS THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGE.
IT WOULD RESTRICT PARKING IN NONRESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHIN 1,000 FEET FROM A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 A.M., EXCEPT WHEN ACTIVELY LOADING AND UNLOADING OR MAKING EMERGENCY REPAIRS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE THREE EXISTING REGULATIONS, IT IS CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED FOR THESE VEHICLES TO PARK IN RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS. THIS MAP SHOWS ON THE LEFT THE CURRENT RESTRICTED AREAS, SO THE YELLOW PORTIONS OF THE MAP ARE RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS. THESE VEHICLES, OVERSIZE TRUCKS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK IN THESE AREAS. THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE 1,000-FOOT BUFFER.
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AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS THE DARK RED LINE OUTLINING THE YELLOW RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS. THAT IS THE 1,000-FOOT BUFFER WHERE IT IS PROPOSED TRUCKS BE RESTRICTED FROM PARKING. FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS CURRENTLY COMPRISE 210 SQUARE MILES.THE 1,000-FOOT BUFFER WOULD INCREASE THE RESTRICTED PARKING TEAR A TOTAL OF 401 SQUARE MILES. THECY OF SAN ANTONIO CURRENTLY SITS AT 200 SQUARE MILES AND THIS WOULD LEAVE 110 MILES LEFT FOR OTHER REGULATIONS RESTRICTING TRUCK PARKING. THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE GOING TO EXPLORE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY THE CCR ISSUED FROM CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4. A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FROM OCTOBER 4TH TO NOVEMBER 1ST OF 2024 TARGETING RESIDENT TRUCK DRIVERS.
EMAILS WERE SENT TO CDL DRIVERS, CDL TRAINING PROVIDERS, 45 SMALL TRUCKING COMPANIES IN SAN ANTONIO AND TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS WITH LOCAL AFFILIATES.
PUSH CARDS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO NINE SAN ANTONIO TRUCK STOPS AND 168 SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT TRUCK DRIVERS RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES TO THIS SURVEY. THE PIE CHART ON THE LEFT IS FOR THE QUESTION: DO YOU STRUGGLE TO FIND PARKING? THERE WERE 88 RESPONSES.
73 OR 83% SAID YES, THEY STRUGGLE TO FIND PARKING. THE PIE CHART ON THE RIGHT THE QUESTION WAS DO YOU CURRENTLY PARK YOUR TRUCK IN SAN ANTONIO, AND TO SELECT ALL THAT APPLY, ON SO THIS WAS A MULTI-ANSWER RESPONSE. 91, OR 58% OF THE RESPONDING TRUCK DRIVERS, SAID THAT THEY PARK IN THE STREET OR OTHER PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
ALSO FROM THIS SURVEY THE AVERAGE RESPONSE FROM TRUCK DRIVERS INDICATED THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO RESTRICT PARKING, THE 1,000-FOOT BUFFER, WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WHERE THEY CURRENTLY PARK. A FOUR ON A SCALE OF ONE TO FIVE. THERE WERE 66 COMMENTS SUBMITTED, 39 COMMENTS OR 59% OPPOSED ADDITIONAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS. 30 COMMENTS OR 45% INDICATED TRUCK PARKING IN SAN ANTONIO IS DIFFICULT OR THAT MORE PARKING IS NEEDED.
AND FIVE COMMENTS OR EIGHT PERCENT WERE IN FAVOR OF ADDITIONAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS. THE CITY ALSO CONDUCTED TWO VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. THE FIRST ONE WAS TARGETING TRUCK DRIVERS AND THE SECOND WAS OPEN TO CITY RESIDENTS AND TRUCK DRIVERS. YOU WERE REQUIRED TO REGISTER VIA SASPEAK UP UP. IT COMPRISED A PRESENTATION AND PANEL QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AND IT WAS COMPRISED OF CITY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
TO SUMMARIZE THE ENGAGEMENT AT THE VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS, THE PARTICIPANTS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH OVERSIZED VEHICLES PARKED ON THE STREETS ADJACENT TO THEIR HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY HIGHLIGHTED CONCERNS WITH SCHOOL BUSES HAVING DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING AROUND THE PARKED TRUCKS. CHILDREN AND OTHER PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE ROADS UNSEEN AND LINE OF SIGHT ISSUES WITH CURBS AND OBSTRUCTED VIEWS OF PLAYGROUNDS, PLACES OF BUSINESS AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS. THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED DAMAGE TO THE ROADS AND NOISE.
THE DISTRICT 4 CCR ALSO PROVIDED AN ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE PARKING.
THERE ARE 15 LOTS OF FACILITIES IN THE CITY LIMITS.
THESE ARE GAS STATIONS AND TRUCK STOPS. THE AVERAGE COST TO USE THESE FACILITIES IS APPROXIMATELY $28 PER DAY OR PER NIGHT OR $160 PER MONTH.
THESE LOCATIONS ARE CONCENTRATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 WITH SEVEN LOCATIONS AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 WITH FOUR LOCATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONDUCTED A TRUCK PARKING STUDY PUBLISHED IN 2020. THIS SLIDE WHICH WAS PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY AT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SHOWS THE EXISTING PRIVATE TRUCK STOPS THAT EXISTED AT THAT TIME. THE CCR ALSO REQUESTED AN ANALYSIS OF LAND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED BY THE CITY TO DEVELOP A TRUCK PARKING LOT OR FACILITY.
THIS MAP SHOWS IN PINK THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE INDUSTRIALLY ZONED, HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $10,000 OR LESS, AND THIS RESULTED IN APPROXIMATELY 1600 TOTAL
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VACANT PROPERTIES, WHICH COMPRISE 7800 ACRES OF LAND. THESE PLOTS RANGE IN SIZE FROM LESS THAN ONE ACRE ALL THE WAY TO 176 ACRES. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO PRESENT SOME OPTIONS FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER IN RESPONSE TO THESE CCRS.THE FIRST OPTION TAKES ADVANTAGE OF AN EXISTING PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ONSTREET PARKING RESTRICTION PROCESS. THE GRAPHICS THAT ARE IN BLUE ARE THE CURRENT EXISTING PROCESSES THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS TO EVALUATE ONSTREET PARKING. THIS PROCESS BEGINS WITH A 311 REQUEST WHERE PUBLIC WORKS DISPATCHES AN ENGINEER TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AREA OF CONCERN.
IF A TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE IS VERIFIED, THEN RESTRICTED PARKING SIGNAGE IS INSTALLED. THAT RESTRICTED PARKING SIGNAGE IS THE RESULT OF A SEPARATE 311 REQUEST AND THESE TWO DIFFERENT 311 REQUESTS HAVE AN SLA OF 30 DAYS EACH. IF NO TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE IS SAVED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER, THEN AUSPICIOUS REQUIRED TO RESTRICT PARKING.
IF THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF SIGNATURES FROM PROPERTY OWNERS IS ACHIEVED, THEN RESTRICTED PARKING SIGNAGE CAN BE INSTALLED. THE PROCESS BEING PROPOSED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE GRAPHICS IN BROWN WHERE IF AN ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO TRAFFIC SAFETY, BUT IT IS RELATED TO OVERSIZE VEHICLE PARKING, THAT AN EVALUATION OF THE REQUEST WOULD BE CONDUCTED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT OR SAPD SAFE.
IF QUALITY OF LIFE OR COMMUNITY WELFARE ISSUES ARE VERIFIED BY THE TRUCK PARKING, THEN OVERSIZE VEHICLE PARKING RESTRICTED SIGNAGE WILL BE INSTALLED.
IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROPOSED PROCESS, AN ORDINANCE CHANGE WOULD BE REQUESTED. THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, CITY CODE SECTION 19-193, ALLOWS THE CITY TO RESTRICT PARKING AT ALL TIMES IN AREAS WHERE IT HAS ERECTED A SIGN.
THE LOCATIONS WHERE SIGNS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ARE PERIODICALLY UPDATED BY ORDINANCE THAT ADDS CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE SCHEDULE.
THE CHANGE WOULD BE TO AMEND THE CODE SCHEDULE G TO INCLUDE OVERSIZED VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY OVERSIZE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, AS A SPECIAL SUBCATEGORY OF NO PARKING AT ANY TIME, WITH EXCEPTIONS THAT ALIGN WITH SECTION 19-194, WHICH PROHIBIT OVERSIZE VEHICLE PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THOSE EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE WHEN THEY ARE ACTIVELY LOADING OR UNLOADING OR MAKING EMERGENCY REPAIRS. AND AN EXCEPTION WOULD BE PRESENT FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. AN ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ORDINANCE CHANGE WOULD BE FINES. THE CURRENT FINE STRUCTURE FOR AN OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE IS $500 UNDER SECTION 19.3A. ADDITIONALLY SECTION 19.38 HAS A TYPICAL FINE FOR PARKING IN A NO PARKING ZONE OF $35.
A PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD BE TO AMEND SECTION 19-3A TO INCREASE THE FINE FOR PARKING AN OVERSIZED VEHICLE IN A NO PARKING ZONE FROM $35 TO $500.
THERE IS ALSO THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT WAS PROPOSED, WHICH IS THE 1,000-FO.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE SECTION 191194 AND PROPOSES TO RESTRICT PARKING IN NONRESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHIN 1,000 FEET FROM RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SIX A.M. EXCEPT WHEN LOADING AND UNLOADING AND MAKING EMERGENCY REPAIRS. INSTALLATION OF SIGNAGE WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE WITH THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CITYWIDE.
IF AN ORDINANCE CHANGE TAKES PLACE REGARDLESS OF ANY OPTION PURSUED, THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THE ENFORCEMENT APPROACH THAT SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD TAKE. SAFE OFFICERS WOULD BEGIN EDUCATING DRIVERS AND RESIDENTS WILL UPCOMING CHANGES THROUGH HOA CONTACTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTCOME AND ONCE RESTRICTED PARKING SIGNAGE IS INSTALLED, SAFE OFFICERS WOULD TAKE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR INITIAL ENFORCEMENT. IT WOULD BECOME A REGULAR ASSIGNMENT OR CHECK IN FOR SAFE IN THE AREA. SAFE WOULD ALSO COORDINATE WITH PATROL OFFICERS TO ENSURE THAT CALLS TO DISPATCH ARE HANDLED IN THE SAME MANNER. THE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES THE TYPICAL PROCESS FOR SAPD FOR TRUCK PARKING VIOLATIONS. OFFICERS WOULD HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ISSUE A WARNING FIRST AND CITATIONS WOULD FOLLOW. TOWING WOULD ONLY OCCUR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL MANUAL SUCH AS WHEN VEHICLES POSE A TRAFFIC HAZARD.
STAFF IS REQUESTING INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON OPTIONS PRESENTED TODAY AND TO MOVE THE CCRS TO A B SESSION. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE OPTIONS
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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I WILL BE PRESENT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANDDIRECTOR MICHAEL SHANNON IS ALSO HERE WITH QUESTIONS. >> HAVRDA: THANKS SO MUCH, MARIA AND THANKS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
BEFORE MOVING TO COMMENTS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, COUNCIL MEMBER PELÁEZ?
>> PELÁEZ: THANK YOU. I HAVEN'T HEARD A CITY COUNCIL PERSON YET THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO WHO HAVE SIGNALED ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS, SO I DON'T HAVE A REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HEAR ANY TODAY. I'LL SKIP OVER THE PART ABOUT WHY THIS IS NECESSARY. I THINK WE COVERED IT. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS PRONE SOMETHING. I WASN'T GOING TO DO THIS UNTIL I SAW THE PRESENTATION, THAT WE NOT SEND IT TO THE B SESSION, BUT STRAIGHT TO AN A SESSION. LET ME TELL YOU WHY, I FILED A CCR IN 2022.
THREE YEARS FROM PASSED. WE DO UDC UPDATES FASTER THAN A SIMPLE ORDINANCE LIKE THIS. WE APPROVED A MAJOR -- NOT A MAJOR LEAGUE, BUT A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PARK FASTER THAN WE DO THE -- AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS.
WE DRAFT A 4 BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET FASTER THAN WE DO A SIMPLE ORDINANCE THAN THIS.
WE DID A CHARTER AMENDMENT, MAJOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS FASTER THAN WE DO THIS.
SO COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA WERE AT A REALLY FUN TOWN HALL THIS WEEKEND AND TWO THINGS WERE MENTIONED, RIGHT? ONE THING I MENTIONED, THAT IF YOU CAN'T TRUST US WITH THE LITTLE THINGS YOU CAN'T TRUST US WITH THE BIG THINGS.
AND MY FRIEND THE COUNCILWOMAN SAIDING THIS SOMETHING THAT STUCK WITH ME AND SAID CITY HALL HAS TO WORK FOR YOU. AND I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE LOOKING AT THIS PRESENTATION AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS AND I THINK THAT THE SLOW GRIND OF GOVERNMENT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THINGS RIGHT, BUT THREE YEARS IS -- IT KIND OF SHOCKS THE CONSCIOUS, RIGHT, WHEN WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS AS QUICKLY AS WE ACCOMPLISHED.
SO MY REQUEST IS FOR Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT -- DOES ANYBODY HERE REALLY THINK THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE AT B SESSION? THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MUCH MORE INTERESTING DISCUSSION AT B SESSION THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE HERE? THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
AND WE HAVE -- AND BY THE WAY, NONE OF US GOT REQUESTS FROM OUR DISTRICTS TO BUILD A BALLPARK, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE -- I THINK WE'VE GOT AN OBLIGATION TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR CUSTOMERS, WHO ARE ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND IT SPEAKS TO HOW UNIMPORTANT IT IS TO US WHEN WE TAKE THIS MUCH TIME. AND IF YOU CAN TELL, I'M FRUSTRATED, I'M FRUSTRATED.
BUT I'M EQUALLY GRATEFUL, COUNCILWOMAN, BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE JUST PUT THIS ON FOR THE NEXT MONTH, BUT YOU PUT IT ON TODAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AS FOR SIGNAGE, MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT THE SIGNAGE BE BIG ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO SEE. YOU KNOW, WE DID THOSE PANHANDLING SIGNS AND THEY'RE REALLY SMALL. AND NOBODY REALLY CAN SEE THEM.
AND SO THE LAST THING I WANT IS TO BE UNFAIR TO THE TRUCK DRIVERS WHO ARE IF THEY CAN'T SEE THE SIGNS IT DOESN'T HELP ANYBODY BECAUSE IT MEANS IT WILL COST THEM 500 BUCKS. SO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EVIDENT THAT THIS IS A NO PARKING ZONE. LASTLY I'LL TELL YOU, THERE'S TWO THINGS. ONE IS WHAT THIS IS NOT IS A WITCH HUNT DIRECTED AT TRUCK DRIVERS. THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
THESE ARE MOMS AND DADS WHO PAY THE BILLS WITH THEIR TRUCKS.
AND WHAT THIS IS IS IT'S A BALANCE OF INTERESTS BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, NEARBY COMMERCIAL ZONES, AND THE INTEREST OF DRUG DRIVERS, AND WE GOT RULES AND THOSE RULES NEED TO BE FOLLOWED, RIGHT? AND SO I'M SENSITIVE TO THE NEED FOR TRUCK DRIVERS TO HAVE PARKING AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT DR. ROCHA GARCIA IS EQUALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE HAVE A SECOND CONVERSATION ABOUT CREATING FACILITIES OR IDENTIFYING FACILITIES FOR THESE PEOPLE TO PARK, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S PASSION TOO IT'S EQUITY.
AND THANK YOU TO ROBERT AND MELANIE, THESE TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THE POINTY END OF THE STICK AND SOME OF THE SQUEAKIEST WHEELS IN TOWN BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAVING THESE TRUCKS AND THE PARENTS AND BUS DRIVERS WHO CAN'T FEEL SAFE WHEN TRUCKS ARE PARKED THERE. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS COULD GO TO A SESSION. I WILL LISTEN -- I'LL
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ENTERTAIN THE MOTION IN A MOMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME AND THAT WAS A FUN FORUM, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE TRUCK DRIVERS AND THE -- THAT WHOLE INDUSTRY WAS BEING AFFECTED. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE NOW. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM
ANYBODY? COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE? >> ALDERETE: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN PELÁEZ. IT HAS TAKEN WAY TOO LONG. I DO AGREE WE NEED COMMUNITY INPUT BUT THIS IS BUREAUCRACY AT ITS FINEST AND RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED TO ALL OF US ABOUT THIS BEING A PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THAT ACCORDINGLY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THOUGH.
ON -- I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO COMPARE EIGHT TO 16 BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING WHERE THE CITATIONS ARE, BUT THERE'S ALSO NOT PARKING OPTIONS FOR THEM.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF CITATIONS ON ONE PART, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARKING OPTIONS. SO AS COUNCILMAN PELÁEZ WAS SAYING THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, SO I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE THE THOUGHT OF FINING THEM OR TICKETING THEM IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THEM OPTIONS.
I ALSO THOUGHT THAT ON SLIDE 19 THE SIGNAGE OPTION, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD OPTION AT ALL BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY GOING TO BE REACTING.
WE JUST DEALT WITH AN ISSUE IN DISTRICT 7 WHERE WE PUT NO PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND THEN THEY PARK ON THE OTHER. WE'RE JUST CONSTANTLY CHASING THE PROBLEM, IT TIES UP RESOURCES AND IT'S JUST NOT US ACTING SMART AS A CITY AT ALL. THE TXDOT STUDY, I'M ALSO MAD ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE FOREVER. I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE ANY ACTIONABLE FOLLOW-UPS FROM THERE THAT WE CAN THINK OF OURSELVES.
SO TO ME THAT'S JUST GOING TO DELAY IT EVEN FURTHER. I LIKE THE BUFFER -- THE OPTION OF THE 1,000-FOOT BUFFER. MY ONLY QUESTION ON THIS IS WHY DID WE PUT THE TIME FRAMES? BECAUSE WE'RE -- I REMEMBER BLOCK WALKING AND SEEING THESE 18-WHEELERS PARK IN NEIGHBORHOODS AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS ON THE TIME FRAME.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, I CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. WHEN WE MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION IN OPTION A, WE LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, AND BASED ON THAT WHAT WE IDENTIFIED IS THE VEHICLES TEND TO PARK OVERNIGHT AND THEN THAT THEY STAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
SO IF YOU DON'T ALLOW THEM TO PARK OVERNIGHT, THEN YOU'RE DISCOURAGING THEM FROM PARKING THERE TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE IT'S TYPICALLY THE OVERNIGHT THAT -- WHERE THE PARKING STARTS AND THEN THEY JUST KEEP THEM THERE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
SO THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE HAD PROPOSED TO DO IT OVERNIGHT TO DISCOURAGE THAT
BEHAVIOR. >> ALDERETE: OKAY. BECAUSE WE DO DEFINITELY SEE SOME TRUCKS PARKED DURING THE DAY, WHICH IS JUST AS BAD OF A HAZARD AS IT IS AT NIGHTTIME. BUT I THINK THAT THE LONG STORY SHORT HERE IS THAT WE NEED MORE PARKING OPTIONS. PROBABLY IN DISTRICTS LIKE 8 AND 9 OR 6 WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTED CITED, PEOPLE ARE GETTING TICKETED. AND -- BUT THEY ALSO NEED AN OPTION TO GO SOMEWHERE, THEY NEED TO PARK SOMEWHERE. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU. ISN'T THAT COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA'S CCR, TALKING ABOUT DESIGNATED PARKING FACILITY?
>> YES, IT IS. >> HAVRDA: WHAT WAS THE CONCLUSION ON THAT?
>> WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE LAND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED FOR
TRUCK PARKING LOT OR FACILITY. >> SO I GUESS TO ADD TO THAT, QUON, COUNCILWOMAN, SO PARKING SPECIFICALLY FOR BIG TRUCKS ACROSS THE TEXAS, SO THEY PUBLISHED THAT REPORT AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE GAPS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE DISTRICTS THAT THEY SERVE. RIGHT NOW HOUSTON IS FOCUSING ON -- I'M SORRY, TXDOT IS WORKING WITH HOUSTON ON THE HOUSTON DISTRICT TO ADDRESS THOSE GAPS AND WHAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IS THAT THEY FOCUS IN THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT SO THEY PRIORITIZE US TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR TRUCK DRIVERS. NOW, WHEN MARIA MENTIONED WE DID DO AN ANALYSIS, WHICH IS --
>> AND IF I MAY, TXDOT HAS BEEN STUDYING BANDERA ROAD SINCE 1997, SO I'M NOT
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HOPEFUL THAT ANYTHING WILL GET DONE QUICKLY. >> UNDERSTOOD, COUNCILWOMAN.
SO WE IDENTIFIED IN SLIDE 18 VACANT LAND THAT POTENTIALLY COULD SERVE AS A PARKING FACILITY. THAT IS FOR DISCUSSION OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE'RE NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY TO BUILD A FACILITY OR TO GO INTO THE PROCESS OF PARTNERING PERHAPS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DO THAT.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHERE I THINK THAT WAS COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ WHO REQUESTED THIS AT THE LAST TIME WE BRIEFED THE COMMITTEE, WHAT AREAS OF TOWN HAD POTENTIAL VACANT LAND IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO PURSUE THAT --.
>> AND I DO THINK THIS IS FAIR BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE THEM OPTIONS.
I FEEL THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO HAVE THAT BUFFER FOR -- IF WE'RE GOING INTO HIGHLY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, WE'LL WANT TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT CAN BE DONE IN A GOOD WAY.
BUT I DO THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THE CITATIONS ARE AND ALSO THE
LACK OF PARKING. IT SEEMS LIKE -- >> RIGHT.
AND ALSO ON SLIDE 18 YOU ALSO SEE THE LACK OF VACANT LAND ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN AS
WELL. >> JUST A SECOND. SO GIVEN THAT DISCUSSION, THERE'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA'S CCR.
>> IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 25 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO A SESSION. THE FIRST ONE IS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DEVELOP TO CREATE A 1,000 FEET BUFFER FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO -- TO RESTRICT PARKING AND SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE AREAS. AND OF COURSE WE WOULD ENFORCE IT. OPTION B IS A MORE TARGETED APPROACH, AND THIS WILL BE BASICALLY ADDRESSING THOSE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE RESIDENTS ARE CALLING ABOUT HAVING AN ISSUE. AND BY CHANGING THE ORDINANCE IT WILL GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT PARKING ONLY FOR BIG TRAILERS OR OVERSIZE VEHICLES. SO RESIDENTS COULD CONTINUE TO PARK BUT IT'S ONLY THOSE LARGE TRUCKS THAT WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM PARKING THERE.
AND THAT WILL BE PERMANENTLY OR 24 HOURS A DAY. IT ALSO INCREASES THE FINE TO $500, AND WE FELT THIS COULD BE A GOOD OPTION FOR THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT TARGETS THOSE AREAS AND IT DOESN'T LIMIT THOSE OTHER AREAS WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE PARKING TODAY THAT PERHAPS IT DOESN'T POSE A PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE.
SO WE FELT THAT COULD GIVE US A GOOD BALANCE TO ADDRESS BOTH CCRS.
AND THEN WE'RE NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, ON BUILDING A PARKING FACILITY, WE JUST IDENTIFIED THE VACANT LAND.
WE'RE OPEN TO HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO EXPLORE. >> ALDERETE: I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGER POINT, RIGHT, IS MADE A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT IT'S TAKEN LONG TO GET THROUGH THIS PIPELINE, BUT WE'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT, COMPLICATED DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW ABOUT THIS AND EVERY TIME WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO PUBLIC SAFETY THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD. SO YEAH, I THINK OF COURSE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, BUT LET'S MOVE IT FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
BUT NOT DELAY BASED ON STUDIES. ALTHOUGH I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE TO BRING IT BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN BECAUSE THERE'S NUANCES TO THIS ISSUE THAT ARE MAYBE NOT GOING TO BE ADDRESSED WHEN IT GOES TO AN A SESSION.
>> WHAT I WOULD SAY IF THE COMMITTEE HYPOTHETICALLY CHOOSES ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS, LET'S SAY OPTION B WE MOVE FORWARD THAT TO COUNCIL, THE ORDINANCE APPROVES, IT PROVIDES MORE TOOLS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE TODAY.
IF THE COUNCIL WANTED THE CITY TO CONSIDER BUILDING A FACILITY FOR THESE TRUCKS TO PARK, THAT WOULD NEED A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT. IT WILL HAVE PROBABLY WE NEED TO BE A BOND PROJECT
BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE. >> HAVRDA: I THINK WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT OTHER CITY OWNED PARTNERS LIKE VIA. THERE'S SOME LOTS THAT MAYBE WE COULD USE ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE OWNED BY OUR PARTNERS THAT WE CAN USE. BUT WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE TO MOVE IT QUICKLY. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WHYTE.
>> ALDERETE: SORRY, TO CLOSE OFF. I DO THINK THAT BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS ARE -- NONE OF THEM ARE THE SILVER BULLET ANSWER, BUT I'M ALSO NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO FIND ONE. THIS IS A NUANCED, COMPLICATED PROBLEM. I'M LEANING DEFINITELY TOWARDS OPTION A.
OPTION B SEEMS WAY TOO REACTIVE FOR ME. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS TO ADDRESS TRUCK PARKING SHORTAGES THAT COSA WILL WORK WITH TXDOT.
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AGAIN, I DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND THE NEED OF US WORKING WITH TXDOT.WE COULD DO THIS STUFF ON OUR OWN. SO I FEEL TXDOT IS JUST GOING TO SLOW US DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> WHYTE: ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PELÁEZ FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND SOMETHING YOU SAID UP THERE A FEW MINUTES AGO STUCK WITH ME, AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE BALANCE OF INTERESTS HERE AND STRONG SUPPORTERS OF SMALL BUSINESS I THINK WE ALL ARE AROUND THIS TABLE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY DAY-TO-DAY IS TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR PEOPLE, AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT THE COUNCILMAN IS CORRECT THAT WE GET CALLS IF NOT WEEKLY, AT LEAST EVERY OTHER WEEK ABOUT THESE OVERSIZED VEHICLES PARKING DIRECTLY NEXT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THIS HAS TAKEN TOO LONG.
I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE. I AM FOR OPTION A AS WELL. I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT IN PLACE AND GO FROM THERE. I WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SIGNAGE AROUND THESE AREAS AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN LET THESE TRUCK DRIVERS KNOW WHERE THEY CAN AND CAN'T PARK. BUT HERE'S MY CONCERN: IS
IT GOING TO BE SAPD THAT'S GOING TO BE ENFORCING THIS? >>
>> YES, PRIMARILY YES. >> WHYTE: SO I'LL TELL YOU THAT JUST IN THE LAST WEEK WE'VE GOTTEN CALLS ON PEOPLE PARKING, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S NO PARKING SIGNS NEXT TO SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S PICKUP AND DROPOFF AND PARENTS ARE GETTING REALLY FRUSTRATED WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE PARKING WHERE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR CHIEF.
AND WE TALKED TO OUR SAFE OFFICER AND OTHER FOLKS WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE RULES.
AND SO HERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POTENTIALLY ANOTHER ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SAPD TO ENFORCE IT. DO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO DO IT? >> ONE OF THE DISTINCTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE ISSUE, COUNCIL MEMBER, IS A LEGAL DISTINCTION, I GUESS. THOSE PARENTS WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CARS BEING BACKED UP, THOSE CARS ARE STANDING, NOT PARKING.
SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN THE CAR WAITING IT'S NOT A VIOLATION.
>> WHYTE: WELL, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. THERE'S ALSO -- THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S NO PEOPLE IN THE CARS. THEY'RE PARKING IN AREAS THAT ARE CLEARLY SIGNED NO PARKING. AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICERS ARE STRETCHED THIN, RIGHT? THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING A BUNCH OF THINGS AND WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET SOMEBODY THERE TO ENFORCE THESE NO PARKING AREAS. SO MY QUESTION IS JUST ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
ENFORCE A NEW ORDINANCE LIKE THIS? >> AND I GUESS MY RESPONSE IS I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CALLS WOULD COME IN, BUT THEY ARE A LOW PRIORITY CALL, AS YOU BROUGHT UP. SO WHEN OFFICERS GET AROUND TO IT, AS THEY'RE KNOCKING OTHER CALLS OFF THE BOARD, THEY WOULD HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF CALLS.
BUT IT IS CHIEF, IS THAT BUDGET SEASON IS COMING UP AGAIN HERE PRETTY SOON.
AND THESE ISSUES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING MORE AND MORE OFFICERS OUT THERE AND ON PATROL AND ON THE STREETS, THESE ISSUES SOMETIMES GET FORGOTTEN ABOUT, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF POLICE WE CAN'T ALWAYS ENFORCE ORDINANCES LIKE THIS, AND THAT'S OF GREAT CONCERN TO OUR CITIZENS.
SO I WOULD ASK US ALL TO REMEMBER THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO BUDGET SEASON THIS YEAR. ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH APPEALS IF A TRUCK DRIVER SAYS NO, I WASN'T WITHIN THE THOUSAND FEET, HOW DO WE
DEAL WITH THAT? >> I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE STRIKE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSED ROUTES WHERE THE 1,000 FEET CITYWIDE WE CAN'T PUT SIGNS CITYWIDE EVERYWHERE THAT'S 1,000 FEET FROM A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREA, WHEREAS IF WE DO THE TARGETED RESPONSE, WE CAN PUT THE SIGNS AND THE TRUCK DRIVERS WILL KNOW AND THE OFFICERS WILL KNOW THIS IS A NO PARKING ZONE FOR
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OVERSIZED TRUCKS, AND IT REDUCES THE SCOPE THAT SAPD HAS TO DEAL WITH FOR ENFORCEMENT. AND SAFFE AND PATROL CAN MAKE THE HOT SPOTS IN THIS AREA A REGULAR ASSIGNMENT WHERE IT'S NOT SO REACTIVE AND THEY CAN BE MORE PROPROACTIVE. >> WHYTE: I DON'T THINK THAT THE SIGN ISSUE IS EXCLUSIVE TO ONE OR THE OTHER. WE COULD STILL DO OPTION A AND WHERE WE ARE FINDING MOST OF OUR ISSUES MAKE SURE WE GET SIGNS IN THOSE AREAS,
RIGHT? >> WE CAN. THAT COULD BE AN OPTION, COUNCILMAN, BASED ON WE HAVE THE TOP PEN LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE CITATIONS.
SO THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION TO ADD SIGNAGE IN THOSE AREAS TO AVOID WHAT
YOU JUST DESCRIBED. >> WHYTE: I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AN ONGOING EVALUATION OF WHERE THE CITATIONS ARE COMING FROM AND CONTINUALLY BE
ADDING THE SIGNS OVER TIME. >> CORRECT. AND ALSO, COUNCILMAN, I WANTED TO ADD IN ADDITION TO SAPD, CCDO AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ALSO ENFORCE THAT PORTION OF THE CODE WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING. SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE MORE OF, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CITE IF THERE
WAS A CALL. >> WHYTE: GREAT. I MEAN, THERE IS NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING THAN WHEN RESIDENTS CALL US AND THEY POINT OUT A CLEAR CODE VIOLATION OR A CLEAR VIOLATION OF SOME ORDINANCE, AND WE HAVE TO SAY LISTEN, WE'RE TELLING OUR CODE PEOPLE, WE'RE TELLING SAPD, BUT THERE'S JUST NOT THE BANDWIDTH THERE TO ENFORCE THESE ORDINANCES. SO WE MAY AS WELL NOT HAVE THEM IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE THEM. SO LET'S KEEP THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE BETTER IN THAT REGARD. THANKS, CHAIR.
>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WHITE. COUNCILWOMAN DR. KAUR.
>> KAUR: THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE COMMENT IS SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER GAVITO AROUND THAT, WHERE WE DON'T GET A LOT OF CALLS IN DISTRICT 1 ABOUT THIS, BUT A LOT OF VIOLATIONS WERE ON I-10. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT LONG-TERM PARKING SOLUTIONS FOR THAT.
SO JUST EMPHASIZING THE POINT THAT SHE MADE. SECONDLY, I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN PELÁEZ WAS HERE EARLIER AND SAID THIS HAS TAKEN A LOT OF TIME.
I WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU PRESENTED TO US LAST YEAR THAT WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
WE HAD PEOPLE COME UP FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND PRESENT TO US AND SAY THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR VOICE IN THIS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MORE SEVERE PENALTIES FOR THEM. BASICALLY IT'S MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM. I UNDERSTAND WHY THE FEEDBACK IS WHAT WE RECEIVED. BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE TOWN HALL.
DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN, MAYBE A BACK SLIDE OF MAYBE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE IN THE TOWN HALL AND WHERE THEY WERE FROM? >> I CAN GET YOU THAT
INFORMATION. >> KAUR: OKAY. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY
PEOPLE? DO YOU -- WAS IT -- >> I BELIEVE IT WAS APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN PARTICIPANTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
>> KAUR: OKAY. FOR THE SECOND ONE THAT INCLUDED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> KAUR: AND THE SURVEY RESPONSES THAT YOU LISTED THERE FROM FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE TRUCK DRIVER COMMUNITY, WERE THEY ALSO THE STADIUM
PEOPLE IN THE TOWN HALL OR WAS IT TWO DIFFERENT? >> THERE WAS A SURVEY IN OCTOBER AND TOWN HALLS IN NOVEMBER. IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE WHO TOOK THAT SURVEY WAS PRESENT IN THE TOWN HALL.
>> KAUR: YEAH. SO OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN FEEDBACK -- I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE SLIDE RIGHT. ON SLIDE 12 IT SAYS IS IT A STRUGGLE FOR YOU TO FIND PARKING, THE BIG PERCENTAGE IS YES, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> KAUR: I GUESS I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FOLKS ARE -- THEY ARE A SMALL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'RE STILL A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL SO WE'RE JUST FIGURING OUT LONG-TERM PARKING SOLUTIONS FOR THEM. SO ECHOING THE CHAIR'S COMMENTS ABOUT PUSHING FORWARD, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA'S CCR AS WELL. SO THE SIGNAGE, THE SIGNAGE ISSUE, I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE FOR TARGETED SIGNS, WE CAN'T GO AROUND.
SIGNS ARE EXPENSIVE AS I'M LEARNING. BUT IS THAT JUST GOING TO -- IF WE PUT A SIGN UP OR PUT SIGNS UP ALL OVER DISTRICT 8 ARE THEY JUST GOING TO MOVE OVER AND START PARKING THERE? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW THERE'S A CITATION AND JUST LIKE A PENALTY THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO
THAT? >> THE SIGNS WOULD DESCRIBE THE PENALTIES, TYPICALLY ON THAT SIGNAGE IT WILL SAY FINE AND IT WILL HAVE THE RANGE OF THAT FINE.
DISPLACEMENT CONCERNS I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT'S WHY THE MORE TARGETED APPROACH IS TO STILL RESERVE PLACES WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO PARK ON THE STREET WITHOUT JUST DOING A BLANKET NO PARKING IN ALL STREETS AROUND RESIDENTIAL
AREAS IS ONE CONSIDERATION. >> KAUR: CAN WE AT LEAST CREATE A MAP OR SOMETHING
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LIKE THAT FOR AT LEAST THE FOLKS THAT RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY AND SEND IT BACK TO THEM AND SAY HEY, THESE ARE THE PLACES THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY STILL PARK AT?FROM A RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE. >> SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, COUNCILWOMAN. REGARDLESS OF THE OPTION THAT WE DO, WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR SAFFE OFFICERS AS THEY WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO HELP US WITH THE EDUCATION PIECE OF WHATEVER ORDINANCE THAT THIS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TO A SESSION. THE SECOND THING, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE MAP.
WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH I.T. AND CREATED A TOOL THAT IF YOU ENTER YOUR ADDRESS, SIMILAR TO FIND YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS THERE ARE AREAS WITHIN THE 1,000 BUFFER THAT MAY BE INDUSTRIAL THAT IS ALLOWED TO PARK, SO THAT REQUIRES MORE WORK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AREAS.
WE'LL GO BACK AND CHECK HOW TIMELY THAT WOULD BE. IS IT DOABLE?
YES, IT'S JUST THE TIMING TO GET TO THOSE AREAS. >> KAUR: UNDERSTOOD.
OR MAYBE EVEN A MORE COST EFFECTIVE OPTION WOULD BE JUST TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CAN BE AVAILABLE TO HELP SOMEONE FIND PARKING WITHIN THEIR AREA.
SO IT'S MORE OF LIKE A CASE SUPPORT BASIS VERSUS A TOOL, IF THE TOOL IS TAKING TOO LONG. I'M JUST THINKING OF WAYS THAT -- BECAUSE WE DID REACH OUT -- I REMEMBER LAST TIME WE ONLY HAD TWO PEOPLE FROM THE TRUCKING COMMUNITY THAT RESPONDED AND NOW WE HAVE, I GUESS, CONTACT FOR ALMOST 100.
SO AT LEAST WE HAVE MORE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THOSE PEOPLE, ASSUMING WE GOT
THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. >> I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT.
>> KAUR: OKAY. JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BE PROACTIVE.
>> WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT, COUNCILWOMAN. >> KAUR: AWESOME.
I APPRECIATE THAT. THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS COUNCILMAN WHYTE WAS TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. WHILE OURS MAY NOT BE OVERSIZE VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE DO GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT PARKING ENFORCEMENT. WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING -- I KNOW WE JUST FILED THAT CCR LAST WEEK. WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT CCR WOULD ADDRESS?
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL, COUNCILWOMAN, YES. >> KAUR: WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT CCR WILL ALLOW FOR RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS TO MOVE IT -- TO MOVE FORWARD LOW ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS AND WILL HELP WITH THE ENFORCEMENT.
AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN DR. KAUR.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION? >> NEED TO BE SPECIFIC, RIGHT?
>> HAVRDA: I NEED A MOTION ON WHICH OPTION. >> WHYTE: I WOULD MOVE TO
USE OPTION A AND ADVANCE IT DIRECTLY TO A SESSION. >> HAVRDA: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
I WILL ASK THAT THERE'S A BRIEFING WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT AREN'T ON THIS COMMITTEE JUST SO A SESSION --
>> HAVRDA: OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS -- I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
FIVE AND SIX IS IT -- >> YES, CHAIR WOMAN. THESE ARE OUR STATISTICS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024, SO CHIEF FRAUSTO WILL GO OVER THAT PRESENTATION. AND RIGHT AFTER SHE CONCLUDES, THEN CHIEF MCMANUS WILL PROVIDE THE CRIME STATISTICS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
CALENDAR YEAR 2024. SO CHIEF FRAUSTO? >> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU. I AM FIRE CHIEF VALERIE FRAUSTO.
I WILL BE PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY WITH A FOCUS ON THE FIRST QUARTER. SO SAFD INCIDENTS BY FISCAL YEAR, HERE WE SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS HANDLED BY ASFD OVER THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS. MEDICAL INCIDENTS CONTINUE TO RISE AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE A MAJORITY OF OUR RESPONSES, WITH YOU'LL SEE A STEADY INCREASE EACH YEAR.
NONMEDICAL INCIDENTS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME. ACTUALLY, THEY'VE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO FISCAL YEAR 2024. NEXT SLIDE IS SAFD INCIDENTS FOR FIRST QUARTER.
AND THAT'S OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF FISCAL YEARS 2023 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025. SO IN THIS SLIDE LOOKING AT THE FIRST QUARTER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR WE DO SEE A SIMILAR TREND. MEDICAL INCIDENTS CONTINUE
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TO INCREASE YEAR TO YEAR WITH NONMEDICAL INCIDENTS REMAINING RELATIVELY STABLE.NEXT SLIDE IS SAFD RESPONSES BY DIVISION FOR FISCAL YEAR. SO BREAKING IT DOWN BY DIVISION, FIRE AND EMS, THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESPONSES BY EMS AND FIRE UNITS. WHILE WE SEE A SLIGHT DECLINE IN EMS UNIT RESPONSES, FIRE UNIT RESPONSES HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT.
THESE NUMBERS REFLECT ONGOING DEMAND FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS ASFD RESPONSES BY DIVISION. FIRST QUARTER, OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, WE OBSERVE A DECREASE IN BOTH FIRE AND EMS RESPONSES FROM FISCAL YEAR 2023 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025.
AND THIS COULD INDICATE FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS OR FLUCTUATIONS IN EMERGENCY DEMAND. NEXT SLIDE IS SAFD RESPONSE TIMES.
SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS. THIS SLIDE COMPARES OUR MEDICAL AND NONMEDICAL TIMES ACROSS FISCAL YEARS, WHILE OUR RESPONSE TIMES REMAIN WITHIN ACCEPTABLE RANGE, WE DO SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND WE CONTINUE TO UTILIZE OTHER RESOURCES AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AS FAR AS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. THIS SLIDE IS A TOP 10 MEDICAL CALL TYPES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. SICK PERSON REMAINS THE MOST COMMON CALL TYPE.
FOLLOWED BY MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS AND FALLS. SO THESE STATISTICS HELP GUIDE OUR TRAINING, RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION INITIATIVES.
WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, HERE WE SEE A DECLINE IN WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES OVER THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 0.28 FIRES PER DAY IN 2025. THIS REDUCTION REFLECTS IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. ALSO CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 10. HIGHER VOLUME FOR WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES. SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE -- OVERALL WE CONTINUE TO SEE A STEADY RISE IN MED INCIDENTS AND STRUCTURE FIRES ARE -- WE'RE SEEING A DOWNWARD TREND. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO ANSWER THOSE. >> WE'LL GO TO SAPD CRIME STATS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE
QUESTIONS. >> CHIEF MCMANUS: I WAS QUICKLY OUT OF A JOB.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT FBI REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLAIN HOW WE DO THAT NOW VERSUS BEFORE, THE CRIME STATISTICS FOR 2024 AND FINALLY STRATEGIES WE USE TO REDUCE CRIME BOTH VIOLENT AND PROPERTY. SO I THINK YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE FROM ME, BUT LET ME REFRESH, IF I MAY. SO USED TO BE PRIOR TO NIBRS, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM, FBI USED TO REQUIRE US REPORT UNDER THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING SYSTEM. UNDER UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING THERE WERE I BELIEVE SEVEN OR EIGHT PART 1 CRIMES.
LET ME SEE, MURDER, ROBBERY, RAPE, THEFT, BURGLARY, VEHICLE THEFT, ARSON, AND I THINK I'M LEAVING ONE OUT, BUT THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT UCR PART 1 CRIMES THAT WE USED TO REPORT ON. AND WHEN WE REPORTED ON THEM, ALL IT WAS WAS THE
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MOST SERIOUS CRIME IN A CRIMINAL EVENT. IF SOMEBODY BREAKS INTO A HOUSE AND ASSAULTS SOMEONE, ONLY THE MOTION SERIOUS CRIME GOT REPORTED.UNDER NIBRS, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ISSUES DENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM, WE REPORT ALL THE CRIME EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN ONE EVENT. SO IF SOMEONE BREAKS IN A HOUSE, THEY ASSAULT THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, THEY FIRE A GUN AT SOMEBODY, ALL THOSE CRIMES ARE REPORTED IN ONE REPORT. SO IT'S A MUCH MORE THOROUGH WAY OF REPORTING CRIME. IT CAPTURES EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN ONE CRIMINAL EVENT. THERE'S GROUP A WHICH ARE THE MOST SERIOUS CRIMES, THE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, PROPERTY AND SOME OF THE, AND THEN GROUP B OFFENSES WHICH THERE'S ONLY TEN OF THOSE AND THEY ARE ONLY REPORTED IF AN ARREST IS MADE. WHAT THOSE 24 CATEGORIES MEAN OF GROUP A AND WHAT IS AN OFFENSE TYPE. ONE EXAMPLE, SO HOMICIDE WOULD BE ONE OF THE 24 CATEGORIES. AND THE EVENT TYPES THAT WOULD COME UNDER HOMICIDE WOULD BE JUSTIFIED, MURDER, OR MANSLAUGHTER. THAT'S WHAT THE 50 OFFENSE TYPES ARE UNDER THE HEADING OF THE MAIN OFFENSE. UNDER GROUP B, THE TEN CATEGORIES, YOU HAVE JUST TO MENTION A FEW, BAD CHECKS, CURFEW VIOLATIONS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, DWI, PEEPING TOM, THOSE SORTS OF OFFENSES COME UNDER GROUP B.
IN 2024, WE RECEIVED OVER 2.2 MILLION CALLS. AND OUT OF THOSE 2.2 MILLION CALLS, SAPD OFFICERS RESPONDED 1.8 MILLION TIMES. YOU'VE GOT ALL THOSE CALLS COMING INTO DISPATCH AND SAPD RESPONDING TO ALL THOSE CALLS WHICH KEEPS EVERYBODY BUSY ON THE STREET AND EVERYBODY DOWN IN DISPATCH. RESPONSE TIMES, LOOKING BACK TO 2022, OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES HAVE IMPROVED EVERY YEAR.
CURRENTLY IT'S FIVE MINUTES AND 56 SECONDS. OUR NON-NEW JERSEY TIMES WE WENT UP IN 2023 FROM 2022, BUT WE'RE DOWN BY A COUPLE SECONDS THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR. AND THEN OUR ARRESTS, I WOULD SAY IF I COULD CAPTURE WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE IN ONE SENTENCE IT WOULD BE CRIME IS DOWN, WORKLOAD IS UP. CRIME IS DOWN, WORKLOAD IS UP.
SO OUR WORKLOAD, LOOKING AT ARRESTS HAVE GONE UP EVERY YEAR SINCE 2022 AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON FROM THE PROSECUTOR QUARTER, OUR ARRESTS ARE GOING UP. "-FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. IT MAINTAINS ORDER ON THE STREET AND DETECTIVES ARE CLEARING THEIR CASES. OUR NIBRS STATS LOOKING BACK AGAIN AT 2022, WE HAVE A 2.4% DECREASE IN CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY, PRETTY GOOD DROP, 7% DECREASE. AND CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY, IT SHOWS IT'S UP -- CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY ARE ONLY WHEN AN ARREST IS MADE.
SO AGAIN WORKLOAD IS UP. CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, ALL VIOLENT CRIMES HAVE DECREASED. HOMICIDES AND SEX OFFENSES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE ONLY INCREASE WAS IN NON-FORCIBLE SEX OFFENSES AND YOU SEE ONE FOR AN INCREASE OF 100%. THAT IS THE ONLY CATEGORY WE DID NOT SEE A DECREASE IN. CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY AGAIN WE SEE 1.5% INCREASE PRIMARILY BECAUSE ARRESTS ARE UP IN THOSE CATEGORIES. CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY, THEY DECREASED WITH EXCEPTION OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, DESTRUCTION OR VANDALISM IS NOT LISTED IN THE TEXAS PENAL CODE. IT IS CLASSIFIED AS CHILL MISCHIEF. THAT IS THE ONLY OFFENSE CATEGORY THAT WE DID NOT SEE A DECREASE IN. EXCEPT FOR BRIBERY, THAT REMAINED THE SAME.
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AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD SAY THAT THE STRATEGIES THAT WE USE TO REDUCE CRIME INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF ENFORCEMENT AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.AND TOGETHER THESE STRATEGIES WE THINK ARE -- HELP US WORK BETTER WITH THE COMMUNITY IN REDUCING CRIME AND REDUCING THE FEAR OF CRIME.
AND THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MYSELF OR ANY OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
NO QUESTIONS, OKAY, THANK YOU. >> HAVRDA: OKAY, BUY.
[LAUGHTER] THANKS, CHIEF MCMANUS AND CHIEF FRAUSTO.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE POLICE FORCE. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE REPEATEDLY TOLD US THEY WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE CAN BE PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TOGETHER. THE EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT CRIME IS DOWN OVERALL BY WHAT
PERCENT? >> CHIEF MCMANUS: VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN I THINK 2%.
OVERALL -- >> HAVRDA: IS IT GOES TO 6? CLOSE TO 6%, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT YOU MENTION THAT
THE WORKLOAD IS UP. >> CHIEF MCMANUS: CORRECT. >> HAVRDA: THAT'S SIGNIFICANT DROPS IN PROPERTY CRIMES, CAR THEFTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT SHOWS OUR TARGETED APPROACHES PATROLS AND JUST GOOD OLD-FASHIONED POLICE WORK IS REALLY WORKING.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO, BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT'S -- THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. A 6% DECREASE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, CLOSE TO 6%, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU.
I WANT TO MOVE OVER TO CHIEF FRAUSTO REAL QUICK. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK POINT THAT WHEN CHIEF FRAUSTO WAS FIRST APPOINTED, ONE DAY LATER SHE CAME TO DISTRICT 6 AND TALKED AND DID A BANG-UP JOB. I THINK YOU ARE LEADING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN A REALLY POSITIVE WAY AND THANKFUL FOR ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE BACKUP THAT THEY NEED. TO KEEP US ALL SAFE.
I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> HAVRDA: COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE.
>> WHYTE: THANKS, CHAIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF FROST -- FRAUSTO AND CHIEF MCMANUS.
IN THE FIRST OCCUR OF 2025, LOOKS LIKE AN INCREASE OF 700 MEDICAL CALLS, 3500 NON-MEDICAL CALLS. ANY PARTICULAR REASONS, IS THE TREND TYPICAL FOR THE
FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR? >> FRAUSTO: YES, I WOULD SAY SO.
AND IT TENDS TO HAVE EBBS AND FLOWS AND EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT.
HARD TO FORECAST. >> WHYTE: ANY FACTORS DO YOU THINK THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
THAT? >> FRAUSTO: I WOULD SAY POSSIBLY WEATHER MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF MVCS, MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS, AND ALSO STRUCTURE FIRES, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL VARIABLES THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER.
>> WHYTE: OKAY. MORE GENERALLY, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT YOU THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS AS YOU LOOK FORWARD FOR THE REST OF 2025
AND BEYOND? >> FRAUSTO: OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON PROCESSING THE INCOMING CALLS, GATHERING, YOU KNOW, FACTS FROM THE CALL-TAKER, AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE WE DISPATCH THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND CLOSEST UNIT. SO WE'VE STARTED TO INCORPORATE ENHANCED SQUADS IN OUR ENHANCED PACKAGES AND JUST SENDING FEWER UNITS TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF
OTHER UNITS TO RESPOND TO OTHER CALLS. >> WHYTE: SPEAK OF THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER UNITS, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT OVER THE HOLIDAYS, OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK WHERE ONE OF THE STATIONS IN MY DISTRICT, THE MAIN ENGINE WAS IN THE SHOP, I GUESS. IT NEEDED SOME REPAIR. AND THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME, I BELIEVE, A FEW HOURS, MAYBE SIX HOURS WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE A BACKUP FULL FIRE ENGINE READY TO GO. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN, NUMBER ONE. WHY WAS THAT THE CASE AND WHAT CAN WE DO MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN AGAIN? >> FRAUSTO: YES, SIR, AND I DO RECALL THAT PARTICULAR
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INCIDENT, AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED IT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE. FOR THAT DAY THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE READINESS OF OUR SPARE UNITS AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.IN NORMAL CASES WE DO MOVE UP UNITS SO THAT THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE RESPONSE AREA
TO PROVIDE COVERAGE DURING THE DOWN TIME. >> WHYTE: OKAY.
SO IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH JUST HAVING -- DID YOU SAY REPAIR PARTS OR ALTERNATE VEHICLES
AVAILABLE? >> FRAUSTO: THAT WAS JUST SOME BATTERIES THAT WE DID NOT FORESEE THEM BEING DEAD. SO THE SPARE UNIT NEEDED TO HAVE A BATTERY REPLACEMENT,
SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE DOWN TIME. >> WHYTE: BUT WE'RE
CONFIDENT GOING FORWARD -- >> FRAUSTO: WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OTHER PROCESSES
TO ENSURE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> WHYTE: GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHIEF MMANUS, LOOKS LIKE RESPONSE TIMES WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS FROM EMERGENCY CALL RESPONSE TIMES DOWN ABOUT 24 MINUTES.
HOW DID WE DO THAT? >> CHIEF MCMANUS: GOOD QUESTION.
>> WHYTE: 24 SECONDS. 24 SECONDS, YEAH. OPERATIONAL CHANGES?
IS THAT A BIG CHANGE OR NO? >> CHIEF MCMANUS: IT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN REDUCING RESPONSE TIME, YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE CALL VOLUME AND HOW QUICKLY THE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO GET ON THEM, HOW QUICKLY THEY ARE ABLE TO CLEAR CERTAIN CALLS AND HOW QUICKLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO THE NEXT ONE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY MAGIC FORMULA, BUT YOU EITHER REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CALLS, THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT WE RESPOND TO OR YOU INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATROL OFFICERS HANDLING THOSE CALLS.
>> VILLAGÓMEZ: COUNCILMAN, TO ADD TO WHAT CHIEF MENTIONED IS PATROL AVAILABILITY. AS COUNCIL HAS APPROVED MORE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ADDED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING OFFICERS, THEIR AVAILABILITY HAS
INCREASED. >> WHYTE: ABSOLUTELY, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR TWO YEARS. THE MORE OFFICERS ON PATROL, THE QUICKER WE CAN GET TO CRIMES AND STOP AND DETER THE CRIME.
>> CHIEF MCMANUS: WE'RE JUST GETTING THAT ADDITIONAL BATCH OF 117 NEW OFFICERS ON THE STREET. IT'S NOT LIKE ALL THOSE 117 WERE JUST ON THE STREET READY TO GO. THEY ARE JUST STARTING TO GET OUT OF THE ACADEMY NOW, JUST STARTING TO GET OUT ON THEIR OWN. AS THEY CONTINUE TO
GRADUATE, YOU WILL SEE THAT -- >> WHYTE: CONTINUED
IMPROVEMENT THERE. >> CHIEF MCMANUS: YES. >> WHYTE: THE CHAIR MENTIONED THE HOT SPOT POLICING PROGRAM, ARE WE STILL SEEING RESULTS THERE?
>> CHIEF MCMANUS: WE ARE. I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT WE ARE STILL SEEING IMPROVEMENT THERE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE GOING TO DISCONTINUE. >> WHYTE: YEAH, OKAY. LAST QUESTION, THE DOWNTOWN CAMERA PLAN, RIGHT? TELL ME ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE'RE UTILIZING IT TO PREVENT NOT JUST VIOLENT CRIMES BUT ALSO PROPERTY CRIME.
>> CHIEF MCMANUS: THOSE CAMERAS AREN'T QUITE UP YET. >> WHYTE: HOW ARE WE
DOING? >> CHIEF MCMANUS: WE HAVE HIRED ADDITIONAL -- RICK, DO
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? YOU WERE -- >> COUNCILMAN, RICK RILEY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SAPD. AS CHIEF WAS STARTING TO MENTION, WE'VE HIRED FOUR CALL-TAKERS TO MONITOR THOSE CAMERA FEEDS WITH THE IDEA BEING SINCE THEY ARE TRAINED, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IMMEDIATELY DURING SPECIFIC TIMES OF THE DAY. NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE WORK FROM 3:00 TO 11:00 DAILY, THAT'S WHEN THE HIGHEST CALL VOLUME OCCURS IN DOWNTOWN CORRIDORS WHERE CAMERAS WILL BEING DEPLOYED AND THERE WILL BE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO GET OFFICERS ON THE SCENE IN CASE THERE'S AN INCIDENT
THAT OCCURS IN THAT AREA. >> WHYTE: OKAY. AND DO WE KNOW AN ESTIMATED -- WHAT WE THINK THE RESPONSE TIME IS GOING TO BE FROM WHERE THE
OFFICERS WILL BE COMING FROM TO THE LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN? >> IT WILL DEPEND WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE WHEN DISPATCHED. BIKE PATROLS ARE THERE, BUT
I DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE. >> WHYTE: WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S A COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN THE FOLKS LOOKING AT THE CAMERA FEED AND WHOEVER IS DOWN THERE TO
HAVE IT ACTUALLY BE EFFECTIVE. >> YES, SIR.
>> WHYTE: THAT'S IT. >> HAVRDA: COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO.
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>> GAVITO: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST HAD A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS. I'LL START WITH CHIEF FRAUSTO.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ON SLIDE 7 FOR THE SICK
PERSONS, HOW MANY OF THESE ARE REPEAT CALLERS? >> FRAUSTO: I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA, BUT I COULD GET THAT FOR YOU.
>> GAVITO: I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MANY OF THEM ARE REPEAT CALLERS OUT OF LIKE 12 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS CALLING TEN MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE DOING DIFFERENTLY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THEM THE CARE THEY NEED BUT NOT TYING UP OUR VALUABLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT RESOURCES. >> FRAUSTO: YES, MA'AM. AND WE DO HAVE WHAT COMMITTEE CALL HVUS, HIGH VOLUME USERS, WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT WILL ADDRESS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FREQUENT CALLERS. THERE ARE MEASURES BEING TAKEN. I DON'T HAVE THE DATA WITH ME AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> GAVITO: AND IF YOU DON'T MIND FOLLOWING UP SO WE CAN SEE THAT DATA AND UNDERSTANDING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GIVEN THE CARE THAT THEY NEED, BUT ALSO NOT TO NECESSARILY TIGER UP CRITICAL RESOURCES IF
THERE'S ANOTHER WAY WE COULD CARE FOR THEM. >> FRAUSTO: OFTENTIMES IT'S MAKING SURE THEY GET THE HELP THEY NEED AND HELPING WITH THAT
NAVIGATION. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU. AND THEN ANOTHER -- ACTUALLY THAT WAS ALL I HAD FOR THE FIRE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CHIEF, I HAD -- THANK YOU FOR BRINGING DOWN THE EMERGENCY CALL TIME.
ON SLIDE 8 IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS IT FEELS LIKE VIOLENT CRIME IS GOING UP.
I'M CURIOUS -- I BELIEVE I'VE ASKED FOR THIS BEFORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN SEE VIOLENT
CRIME BROKEN DOWN BY DISTRICT. >> CHIEF MCMANUS: I'M
SORRY. >> GAVITO: HOW WE CAN SEE VIOLENT CRIME STATS BROKEN DOWN BY DISTRICT. LIKE I'M CURIOUS TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW VIOLENT CRIME MIGHT FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING UP IN DISTRICT 7, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.
>> VILLAGÓMEZ: I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE HAVE ON OUR DASHBOARD TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THE CRIME STATISTICS, THE SAME STATISTICS WE SHOWED TODAY BY ZIP CODE.
I DON'T KNOW, MARIA, DO WE HAVE IT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT? >> NOT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, BUT BY SERVICE AREA AND ZIP CODE. MOST OF THOSE MAKE IT INTO THE OFFICIAL NIBRS STATS. IF IT'S A TEXAS-SPECIFIC LAW, IT'S NOT A NIBRS STAT
WOULD BE AN ANSWER. >> VILLAGÓMEZ: BUT WE CAN GET YOU THE ONES BY DISTRICT, COUNCILWOMAN, BUT WE HAVE THEM ALREADY BY ZIP CODE ON THE DASHBOARD.
>> GAVITO: THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU.
THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO -- PEOPLE SEE THESE CITY STATS AND THEY SOUND GREAT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REITERATING WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ACTUALLY WHAT IT IS. REALLY QUICK, I DID -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE, FOR ASKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN COUNTER PLAN.
DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS FOR ROLLING THAT OUT IN OTHER PLACES? I THINK IT WAS FINE IN DOWNTOWN. WASN'T NECESSARILY FULLY IN AGREEMENT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PLACES IN OUR DISTRICTS THAT THAT -- THOSE
CAMERAS NEED TO BE DEPLOYED. >> VILLAGÓMEZ: I THINK AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED OTHER LOCATIONS, COUNCILWOMAN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS COMING UP SOON.
>> GAVITO: YEAH OR MAYBE I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S AN AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THOSE CAMERAS FOR A LONG TIME WHETHER IT'S ILLEGAL DUMPING OR OTHER THINGS, WE NEED THOSE EYES AND EARS IN OUR DISTRICTS AS WELL.
>> WE WILL BE CONDUCTING AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS EFFECTS ON OUR RESPONSE TIMES, LIKE COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE MENTIONED HOW FAST WILL WE RESPOND. WE'RE GOING TO BE EVALUATING THIS PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE JUST HOW THINGS CHANGE AND HOW EFFECTIVE THESE ARE AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SOME
INFORMATIVE DECISIONS FROM THEM. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU.
THIS LAST QUESTION NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR OF AND SEE OBVIOUSLY IN THE MEDIA IS THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF JAIL AND HURTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS. AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE VIOLENCE AND REPEAT OFFENDERS AREN'T HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REOFFEND?
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>> CHIEF MCMANUS: I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING EXCEPT MAKE AN ISSUE OF IT WHEN IT DOES.
IT'S BEEN A MATTER I'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, THREE, FOUR YEARS AND I'VE NOT MADE IT A SECRET. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE BAIL REFORM LOOKED AT AT THE LEGISLATURE, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE MAGISTRATES NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION SAYS ABOUT LETTING PEOPLE OUT ON BOND. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEM, TO REMAND THEM OVER WITHOUT BOND. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S
BEING LOOKED AT. >> GAVITO: I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE ALL WANT TO KEEP OUR POLICE OFFICERS SAFE SO WE CAN MAYBE HAVE AN OFF-LINE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> HAVRDA: COUNCILWOMAN DR. KAUR.
>> KAUR: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PUSH-BACKS THAT WE ALWAYS GET IS THE NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME, AND IT FEELS LIKE IT TAKES A REALLY LONG TIME JUST TO FIGURE OUT NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES. LIKE WE ASKED FOR IT AT ONE LOCATION AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A REPORT THAT JUST SHOWS THE CALL CELL PHONES TIMES FOR A LOCATION. -- RESPONSE TIMES FOR LOCATION. I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT PROCESS TO BE EASIER.
JUST A GENERAL COMMENT, IF WE COULD SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE TIME IS AT THAT ADDRESS, EVEN IF THAT'S JUST A COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITY, IT WOULD REALLY HELP WHEN COMB COME AND SAY WE GET GET RESPONSES BECAUSE WE GET THAT ALL THE TIME.
I HAD SOMEBODY IN MY OFFICE YESTERDAY WHO SAYS IT TAKES POLICE TO GET OUT.
I WOULD LIKE FOR THE ABILITY TO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS LAST TIME AND I MADE THAT COMMENT, THIS TAKES FOREVER TO GET FROM SAPD, WE CAN GET IT, BUT WE CAN SHOW WHAT THE RESPONSE TIMES ARE. DATA IS ALWAYS HELPFUL TO MAKE DECISIONS. IT WOULD BE GRADE TO MAKE SYSTEM LIKE THAT.
JUST A THOUGHT TO PUT OUT THERE. THE SECOND IS THE DATA, IF YOU GO A COUPLE SLIDES DOWN TO THE -- ONE WHERE IT LISTS --E NEXT ONE AFTER THIS.
NOPE. I HAD IT OPEN. I WILL TELL YOU WHICH SLIDE NUMBER. THAT ONE. I SAID THIS LAST TIME TOO.
I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO WITH THIS DATA. IT SEEMS LIKE WE GET THIS PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR AND IT'S A REPORT THAT YOU ALL SUBMIT, BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY TAKE IT AND MAKE DETERMINATIONS OF WHAT OUR ACTION IS GOING TO BE.
FOR EXAMPLE, I NOTICE THAT THE WHOLE CIA MOTOR THEFT THING IS OVER SINCE THAT -- KIA MOTOR THEFT VEHICLE IS OVER SINCE THAT HAS DROPPED. THE DESTRUCTION VANDALISM, IS THERE AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO HELP AROUND THE VANDALISM INCREASE.
I WONDER SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE SO WHAT BEHIND THIS. >> VILLAGÓMEZ: AND WE MAYBE CAN EXPAND ON SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT SAPD IS WORKING ON.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO HERE, MAYBE WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB, THE DATA THAT WE REVIEWED -WITH YOU TODAY, THAT FEEDS INTO HOW SAPD DEVELOPS THOSE DIFFERENT STRATEGY AND ALL THAT IS UTILIZED FOR A VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN, THE ANTI-GANG PROGRAM, THE ROBBERY TASK FORCE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO ALL THAT DATA FEEDS THOSE STRATEGIES AND WE'RE TRYING TO SNOW ALL THE STATISTICS WE REVIEW WE USE THEM TO
ENHANCE THOSE STRATEGIES, COME UP WITH NEW ONES. >> KAUR: I GUESS I DON'T SEE THAT CONNECTION. I KNOW THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE AROUND HAVE IN PLACE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DATA IS ACTUALLY INFORMING ANY OF THE DATA.
HOW HOW OFTEN ARE FOLKS GOING BACK AND MAKING DETERMINATIONS BASED ON WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS PART OF THE STRATEGY AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. I DON'T SEE THAT CONNECTION. I CAN'T IN MY MIND UNDERSTAND HOW THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -- THAT ONE IS A HARD ONE, BUT IS THAT CHANGING BECAUSE OF THE DATA FROM THIS LAST YEAR. THAT IS -- I DON'T KNOW WHO
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DOES THAT WORK BECAUSE SAPD I DON'T THINK DOES, SO -- I KNOW YOU MENTIONED TO ME BEFORE WE HAVE A SEPARATE ARM THAT DOES THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH UTSA THAT DOES A LOT OF RESEARCH. I REMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ IF HE WERE HERE WOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT HE WANTED TO CREATE THAT OFFICE THAT JUST LOOKED AT -- AT AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON TO DO SOME OF THIS KIND OF WORK. THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.>> VILLAGÓMEZ: SURE. A COUPLE OF THINGS. I WILL TELL YOU, FOR INSTANCE, THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR INSTANCE THE ANTI-GUN UNIT OR NARCOTICS ARE LOOKING AT THAT DATA CONSTANTLY TO DEVELOP THEIR STRATEGIES AND THE AREAS THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON, AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE CAN TRY TO MAKE MORE DIRECT CONNECTIONS WHEN WE PRESENT TO YOUR POINT.
MARIA VARGAS AND HER OFFICE ARE GOING A LOT OF DETAILED ANALYSIS ON THIS DATA AS WELL AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO THIS COMMITTEE THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE AND HOW SHE USES THAT TO EXPAND ON KNOWS AS WE CONTINUE.
THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE IT GLASS THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THAT.
>> HAVRDA: ANY COMMENTS? THAT WAS JUST A BRIEFING TUNNEL.
THANK YOU GUYS. WITH THAT, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANKS SO MUCH.
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