[Call to Order]
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SO WE WILL TRY TO MOVE ALONG AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND TAKE A FEW THINGS OUT OF ORDER JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME GUESTS IN THE ROOM THAT MIGHT LIKE TO GET ON WITH THEIR DAY.
[1. 19-7773 Approval of the minutes from the August 12, 2019 Planning and Community Development Committee Meeting]
WE WILL START WITH APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 20TH, 2019 MEETING IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO APPROVE.SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE, UH, MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 12TH.
I SAY, UH, ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.
UM, WE ARE GONNA TAKE A FEW THINGS OUT OF ORDER HERE JUST TO, UM, UH, MOVE THINGS ALONG, ALTHOUGH
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME ITEMS ON CONSENT.UM, ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR ARE ON CONSENT.
UM, ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES SHOULD HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THOSE ITEMS. COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON CONSENT? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEMS. UH, NUMBER TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FEW THINGS OUT OF ORDER AND I, WE GO BACK BECAUSE I'M PLAYING THAT.
I AM JUST TRYING TO MOVE THIS ALONG 'CAUSE UH, WE HAVE A, A VERY ROLL CALL, LONG AGENDA.
SO CAN I GET A, UM, ROLL, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN.
MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA TAKE SOME THINGS OUT OF ORDER AND
[7. 19-7757 Consideration of At-Large Appointments to the Building Standards Board (4 Slots) [Leticia M. Vacek, City Clerk]]
WE WILL START WITH, UM, THE CONSIDERATION OF AT LARGE APPOINTEE FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.SO WE HAD FOUR SLOTS AVAILABLE, AND I THINK THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE THAT, UH, ARE HERE TODAY, UM, THAT HAD APPLIED FOR THE POSITIONS.
UM, AND I, LOOKING FOR THE LIST OF NAMES HERE, MS. ME? THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THERE'S HERE.
AND SO I'LL JUST START HERE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
UM, ERNA PERON, ARE YOU HERE? NO.
COULD YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND PLEASE, UM, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US TWO MINUTES ABOUT WHY YOU WANNA SERVE ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS.
UH, SO MY NAME IS, UH, JOSHUA POWELL.
UM, I APPLIED FOR THIS A LOT AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.
UH, BEEN A PARAMEDIC FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.
UM, TAKES ME INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AROUND THE CITY.
GET TO SEE A LOT OF, UM, ANOTHER APPLICANT, DIFFERENT, UM, BUILDINGS IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
UM, JUST LOOKING FOR A WAY TO KIND OF SUPPORT THE CITY AND DO WHAT I CAN.
UM, I'M A NEW HOMEOWNER, UM, FOR ABOUT LESS THAN A YEAR NOW, SO LOOKING FOR A WAY TO KIND OF SUBMIT MY, UM, SELF IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
UH, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, KNOW THAT THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN QUITE LENGTHY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL SOME POSITIONS.
WOULD YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE MAKING IT TO THE MEETINGS ON? NO.
UM, I, I WORK A 48 HOUR SHIFT FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SO I'M AVAILABLE, UM, EVERY THURSDAY.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR JOSEPH? JOSHUA? SORRY.
MR. THIA, COULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT AND, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF? GOOD AFTERNOON.
BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, RETIRED MILITARY, UM, STRONG ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING BACKGROUND DRAFTSMAN FOR LIKE 15 YEARS.
BEEN IN AND OUTTA CONSTRUCTION
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SITES, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL FOR YEARS.UM, AND I JUST WANNA SERVE, SERVE MY, MY COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, ALSO A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY LENGTHY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONFLICTS THAT MAY PREVENT YOU FROM NOT COMING TO THE MEETINGS? NONE AT ALL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YEAH, GO AHEAD, JOHN.
HAVE YOU, SIR, BEEN ANY OTHER BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? NO, SIR.
UM, MR. OPIA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, GO AHEAD AND MR. OPIA, THERE'S A QUESTION.
GO AHEAD AND COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
I JUST REMEMBERED BECAUSE YOU HAD, UM, PUT YOUR NAME IN FOR TWO DIFFERENT, UH, TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
IS THERE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WOULD LIKE MORE THAN ANOTHER? THERE'S THE ARCHITECT AND THERE'S, WHEN ADAPTIVE REUSED HISTORIC BUILDINGS, PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE MY, MY FIRST CHOICE, JUST THE ARCHITECT.
BUT ANYWHERE I CAN SERVE, I'D LIKE TO JUST GET FAMILIAR AND GET TO KNOW, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED AND, AND DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP.
SO WE, UH, MISS, UM, LENCIA GILROY IS ON HER WAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HERSELF.
UM, SO PERHAPS WE CAN JUST, UH, PUT THIS ON HOLD FOR A MINUTE, MOVE ALONG WHEN SHE ARRIVES, ALLOW HER TO, UH, INTRODUCE HERSELF.
SO THEN WE'LL TAKE THIS ITEM UP.
CAN I ASK AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES, CAN I JUST ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF? YES, YES, PLEASE.
UH, JUST SOME QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW OF STAFF, UH, ABOUT THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
ARE WE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING QUORUM AT THESE MEETINGS? YES.
HOW ARE YA? I'M GONNA JUMP UP TO THE MIC AND HELP ANSWER, PLEASE.
UM, YES, ACTUALLY, UH, MIKE SHANNON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, WE, UH, STAFF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD DEALS WITH A LOT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT STUFF THAT WE DEAL WITH.
SO THERE'S SO MANY VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE, UH, WITH QUORUMS. WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, HAD TO GO DOWN TO, UH, NOT EVERY THURSDAY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S MADE UP OF 14 MEMBERS.
UH, HOWEVER, IT'S ACTUALLY TWO PANELS OF SEVEN MEMBERS EACH.
SO DUE TO THE VACANCIES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE KIND OF ONE PANEL GOING.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY CRITICAL THAT IF WE CAN GET SOME APPOINTMENTS, UH, AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
UM, BUT, UM, SO WE'RE REALLY ANXIOUS, UH, TO SEE THESE MOVE FORWARD.
AND, UM, WHAT ARE THE CURRENT TERMS RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE WHO ARE ON THE BOARD? UH, THEY RUN THROUGH, UH, MAY OF NEXT YEAR OF 2020.
AND, UM, ALSO, WHAT IS OUR, UH, WHAT IS THE MAKEUP OF OUR BOARD AS WELL, MEANING, UM, IN THE TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES? MALE, FEMALE, AND DISTRICTS? THERE ARE FOUR AT LARGE.
THE, THE FOUR AT LARGE RIGHT NOW VACANT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND THEN THE REST ARE, UH, DISTRICT APPOINTED TO 10, UH, DISTRICT APPOINTED.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, I'LL JUST COUNT 'EM UP.
1, 2, 2 OF THE FIVE, UH, THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT AREN'T, THAT AREN'T, UH, VACANT OR HOLDOVER YEAH.
SO, AND THEN, SO WE, BUT WE HAVE THREE WHO ARE MOVING, WHO ARE REQUESTING TO BE IN THE CATEGORY OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.
AND SO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE TO, IS IT ABOUT THE CATEGORIES FILLING THOSE CATEGORIES? OR THEY CAN BE IN ANY CATEGORY? YEAH.
SO WHAT WAS, UH, MODIFIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO THROUGH CONS ACTION WAS THESE CATEGORIES, RIGHT.
SO, UM, 'CAUSE WE WANTED A GOOD MAKEUP OF EXPERTISE.
UH, SO WE'RE, UH, ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.
SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY FIT MULTIPLE CATEGORIES.
SO WE WILL MOVE THEM INTO DIFFERENT SPOTS.
WE HAVE VETERANS, SOME OF THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, MAYBE A VETERAN ALSO.
SO WE CAN MOVE THOSE AROUND AS NEEDED A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK HAVING TWO HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IS, IS DEFINITELY NEEDED MM-HMM.
THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
NO, UM, WE KNOW THAT, UH, MIKE, OR MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE CLERK, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT APPLIED THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY FIT THE CATEGORY, BUT THERE ARE VACANCIES ON COUNCIL SLOTS, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, SO PERHAPS WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS GET THOSE APPLICATIONS TO
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FILL THOSE SLOTS IF THE PERSON'S AVAILABLE, AND MAYBE THEY EVEN LIVE IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT WHERE THERE'S A VACANCY.SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY THOSE ALONG TO MATCH THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOARD HAS, UH, HAD TROUBLE MEETING QUORUM, BUT ALSO, UM, THAT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF MEETINGS, RIGHT? SURE.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, WE KNOW THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME OF THE DEMOLITIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I DID HEAR THAT MS. UH, LENCIA ARRIVED.
UM, WE WERE JUST, UH, GOING THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS, UH, AND ASKING EACH PERSON TO GIVE, UH, TWO MINUTES, UH, TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
UH, AND THEN THE COMMITTEE MIGHT HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
I MOVED HERE DUE TO THE MILITARY.
I RETIRED FROM THE, UH, ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY.
I WAS, UM, THERE FOR, UH, MY BACKGROUND IS ACTUALLY FINANCE, BUT PRIOR TO, I WAS ACTUALLY MEDICAL SERVICE.
AND A PART OF THE REASON WHY I ACTUALLY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE COUNCIL IS SERVICE, IS WHAT I DO ACTUALLY.
UM, I SERVED IN MY, UM, I SERVED MY COUNTRY.
AND THEN GROWING UP, SERVICE WAS A PART OF WHAT WE DID AS KIDS.
SO STARTING OUT, WE VOLUNTEERED IN THE NURSING HOME THAT MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY, UH, AUNT ALWAYS WORKED AT.
SO, YOU KNOW, REFILLING THE WATER BOTTLES OR ACTUALLY, UM, HELPING WITH THE ELDERLY THERE.
AND SO WHEN I GOT HERE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS INVESTED PART OF THE COMMUNITY HERE.
SO REGARDLESS OF HOW I'M ABLE TO SERVE.
AND SO WHEN I FOUND THAT I COULD BE A PART OF THE, UH, COUNCIL HERE, I LOOKED INTO WHAT I COULD ACTUALLY DO.
AND SO FIRST I LIVED INTO SOUTHEAST SAN ANTONIO, AND I SAW HOW IT WAS THERE, AND THEY STARTED TO BUILD UP.
AND THEN I MOVED INTO THE DIS, THE PEARL DISTRICT AREA.
AND SO I'M A PART OF DISTRICT ONE, AND SO LIVING A RIVER HOUSE, THERE ARE SOME BUILDINGS THERE THAT ARE, SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T MOVED OUT, BUT THE BUILDINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DISPARITY A PART OF IT, YOU KNOW? AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT REGARDLESS OF HOW I CAN SERVE.
I JUST WANNA BE A PART OF SERVICE.
AND, UM, I KNOW I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AND THEN JOHN MM-HMM.
JUST BE A PART OF THE CITY ITSELF AND DEVELOPING IT.
AND SO I LOOKED INTO IT AND I GOT ACTIVE.
AND SO YOU FOUND IT, LIKE, ON, BY DOING ONLINE SEARCHES OR, I GUESS MM-HMM.
SO JOHN, UH, I'LL DEFER COUNCILMAN TO RIGHT NOW.
UH, REALLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, MS. GUILLORY, YOU'RE EXACTLY THE KIND OF PERSON, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON THAT BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
UH, WHEN WE RE REVAMPED IT YEARS AGO, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAD THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THAT BOARD THAT COULD, UH, REALLY IDENTIFY WITH A LOT OF THE EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCES SOME OF THESE FOLKS WERE GOING THROUGH.
IT IS, UH, IT IS A KIND OF COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY HAS, UH, SOME AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE AS, UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ MENTIONED, UH, THE, THE, SOMETIMES THE NEED TO DO A DEMOLITION.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR APPLYING IN THE SERIOUSNESS IN WHICH YOU TAKE THIS, THIS, THIS APPOINTMENT.
AND I THINK YOU'LL REPRESENT US WELL.
AND I KNOW THIS IS AN AT LARGE APPOINTMENT, SO THAT'S GOOD.
YOU'LL BE SERVING THE WHOLE CITY.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A QUESTION TOWARDS MIKE SHANNON.
SO, UM, UH, YOU COULD JUST, MIKE SHANNON'S OUR DIRECTOR, IF YOU JUST WANNA HAVE A SEAT.
WELL, ARE ARE WE DONE WITH QUESTIONS FOR YES.
YEAH, YOU CAN, I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW THE PROCEDURE, YOU CAN JUST STAY, HAVE.
HAVE A SEAT, UH, MIKE IN LOOKING.
IN, IN LOOKING AT THE LIST OF CANDIDATES WE HAVE TODAY AND THE LIST OF VACANCIES BECAUSE OF RESIGNATIONS MM-HMM.
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SAY THEY'RE IN HEALTHCARE, OR THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THEY APPLIED.AND I WAS LOOKING AT OUR LIST, AND I SEE THAT WE'VE HAD TWO ARCHITECTURAL HOLDERS RESIGN, TWO HEALTH PROFESSIONAL HOLDERS, RESIGN MM-HMM.
BUT I ALSO SEE WE HAD A MILITARY VETERAN RESIGNED.
UH, AND SINCE OUR, OUR LAST SPEAKER ALSO IS A VETERAN, COULD SHE THEN HOLD THAT POSITION AS A VETERAN? YES.
AND IN THAT CASE, WHAT WE REALLY HAVE IS A VETERAN TO HEALTHCARE AND AN ARCHITECT, WHICH REALLY FITS INTO THE POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OF THEM, UH, ACCEPTING, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE SHOULD THE COMMITTEE MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
SO I LOOK, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, THIS COMMITTEE, UH, RECOMMENDED THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, ALL FOUR CANDIDATES TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.
ONE IS A VETERAN REPRESENTATIVE, TWO IS, UH, HEALTHCARE REPRESENTATIVES, AND ONE IS AN ARCHITECT, ADAPTIVE REUSE, HISTORICAL BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE.
SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT WE HAVE, UH, SOME QUESTIONS.
SO I KNOW MR. TAPIA, UH, PREFERRED THE ARCHITECTURE, NOT NECESSARILY ARCHITECTURE, ADAPTIVE REUSE.
SO IF WE COULD MAKE, UM, THAT CHANGE AND, 'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE AN OPENING FOR THE, UM, FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL REUSE.
I WOULD JUST WONDER, IS IT HARDER TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT, THAT PARTICULAR AREA AS OPPOSED TO JUST A GENERAL ARCHITECT? THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S YEAH.
AND HE'D STILL SERVE REALLY THE SAME CAPACITY.
SO MIGHT WE ASK HIM, UH, IF HE WOULDN'T MIND JUST SERVING AS AN ARCHITECT? THAT WAY IT LEAVES AN OPENING FOR, I MEAN, AN ARCHITECT WITH, UH, THE REUSE OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS THAT LEAVES US OPEN TO ANY ARCHITECT THAT MIGHT WANT A POSITION, I THINK.
I THINK HE SAID IT WAS, IT WAS OKAY EITHER WAY.
BUT ON THE OTHER POINT, UM, YOU SAID WE'RE, WE'RE MISSING SOMEONE FROM A VETERAN STANDPOINT.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR WE'RE JUST MISSING SOMEBODY FROM DISTRICT FOUR? I SAID RICHARD W ZAG ROCKY RESIGNED AS A VETERAN MEMBER.
BUT THAT WAS A DISTRICT, WAS THAT A DISTRICT FOUR APPOINTEE? YES, THAT WAS A DISTRICT FOUR APPOINTEE.
SO IT HAS TO BE A DISTRICT FOUR APPOINTEE, TAKE THAT PLACE.
BUT AGAIN, UH, SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR APPOINTEES ACTUALLY HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, SURE.
SO AS THE GROUP, UH, CHANGES THROUGHOUT TIME, I SEE YOUR POINT.
THEY CAN SLIDE INTO OTHER CATEGORIES.
THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF HOW WE SET IT UP A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND I JUST WOULDN'T WANNA TAKE OVER, TAKE AWAY THE, UH, POWER OF DISTRICT FOUR TO, TO APPOINT SOMEBODY.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A HEALTHCARE OR VETERAN HERE.
AN DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, YEAH.
JUST TO REITERATE, REITERATE IT, IT, UH, THE, THEY'RE LISTED AS FOUR AT LARGE COUNCILWOMAN, BUT ONCE THEY'RE IN, UH, AS MIKE SAID, THEN HE CAN MOVE THEM OR THEY CAN BE MOVED TO FIT THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE A NEED IN THAT SPECIFIC CATEGORY.
AND CATHERINE
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT, AND ANDY AND MIKE, YOU MIGHT, UH, COMMENT ON THIS AS WELL, IS THAT, UH, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE, UH, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ON THAT BOARD, AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING WITH SOME OF THE SOCIAL AND HEALTH ISSUES THAT COME ALONG WITH, WITH, UH, THE ISSUES THAT THIS STANDARDS BOARD IS LOOKING AT.
SO A LOT OF THIS IS, IS INTERCHANGEABLE.
UM, I THINK WE, WE SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE ON SOME OF THESE DESIGNATIONS.
AS LONG AS WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT, SOME OF THESE ISSUES AS HEALTHCARE, UH, SOCIAL, UH, ISSUES THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKER IN THERE AS WELL.
BUT THERE'S ALSO THE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS.
SO HAVING THIS, THIS COMBINATION IS, IS REALLY THE KEY.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE FORWARD, ALTHOUGH, I'M SORRY.
UM, LETICIA, UM, MS. UM, SHAVEY SHAER, DID SHE SUBMIT A LETTER? SHE DID NOT.
WE ASKED HER TO, BUT SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO, BUT SHE'S VERY INTERESTED.
SHE'S A NURSE AND SHE HAD A DIFFERENT SHIFT TODAY AND THAT PREVENTED HER FROM BEING HERE.
WILL, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO MAKE THURSDAY'S MEETINGS? SHE SAID SHE WOULD.
AND THERE'S, UM, EVERY SIX MONTHS OR SO WE REVIEW.
IF SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE, UM, ATTENDING, THEN WE CAN REVIEW IT AT THAT TIME.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD.
UM, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I JUST NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.
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SEVEN AND I WAS LOOKING FOR, UM, FOR HER.I MOVED IT AROUND SO THAT, SO EVERYBODY COULD GET BACK TO WORK.
[8. 19-7637 Briefing on the implementation of the Alamo Plan [Douglass McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, The Alamo]]
AND SO THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO I M NUMBER EIGHT, BRIEFING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALAMO MASTER PLAN.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A BRIEFING ON THE ALAMO PLAN.
AND BY ORDER OF BACKGROUND, THE CITY, THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, AND THE ALAMO TRUST, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLAN FOR THE ALAMO.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OWNS THE PLAZA, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH AND THE LONG BARRACK, AND THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OWNS THE CHURCH AND THE LONG BARRACK.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS ON ONE, A MASTER PLAN FOR THE ALAMO, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2016, AND AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE ALAMO, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER IN 2017.
THE ALAMO PLANNING EFFORTS ARE LED BY A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES TWO MEMBERS FROM EACH OF THE ENTITIES INVOLVED.
SO YOU HAVE TWO MEMBERS FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, TWO MEMBERS FROM THE ALAMO TRUST, AND THEN TWO MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND THIS INCLUDE CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER VITO TRAVINO.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS A BRIEFING AND STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALAMO PLAN.
IT'LL BE PRESENTED BY DOUG MCDONALD, WHO IS THE C E O OF THE ALAMO.
WE'LL BE TALKING HIGH LEVEL ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, THE PROJECT'S UNDERWAY, AND THEN WE DO HAVE A POSTED EXEC SESSION IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR A DESIRE TO GO INTO EXEC TO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AT THIS MEETING, SUCH AS ANY ILLEGAL ACTION OR ARCHEOLOGY.
SO I'M GONNA ASK DOUG MCDONALD TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND PRESENT.
SO, CAN I ASK, SO REALLY QUICK? SURE.
SO, ANDY, DOES THAT MEAN, CAN WE ASK ABOUT HERE, CAN WE ASK ABOUT, THERE WAS A RECENT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT HUMAN REMAINS FOUND DURING THE DIGGING.
CAN WE ASK HERE, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE THAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE SUBJECT OF LITIGATION, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE GO TO EXEC, AND AS LORI SAID, WE HAVE ONE, WE HAVE A LITIGATION UPDATE ON, UH, THURSDAY WHEN WE HAVE OUR EXEC SESSION.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION YOU WANNA ANSWER TODAY, WE CAN GO INTO EXEC SESSION TODAY.
BUT YES, THAT'S DIRECTLY TIED TO THE LITIGATION.
THANK YOU CHAIR GONZALEZ, MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE, UH, COMMITTEE.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
I THINK THAT AS WE DISCUSS THIS, THE ALAMO PLAN, I THINK SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IS WE'RE, TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CAUGHT UP IN THE DETAILS AND WHICH WE HAVE TO BE 'CAUSE WE'RE IN THE EXECUTION, WHICH IS EXCITING.
BUT I ALWAYS LOOK LIKE TO SIT BACK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY? UH, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS? WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN FOR THE ALAMO? UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS IN THE NATION TODAY.
IT'LL TRANSFORM THE WAY WE SEE AND EXPERIENCE OUR DOWNTOWN.
IT'LL EXPER, IT CREATES WONDERFUL NEW CIVIC SPACES, AND IT, AND IT RECLAIMS THE HISTORIC SITE.
SO THE PEOPLE COME TO THE ALAMO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE FULL HISTORY OF THE ALAMO.
YESTERDAY I WAS SPEAKING WITH A LADY WHO'S LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 34 YEARS.
SHE SAID, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, I'VE BEEN TO THE ALAMO ONCE.
I THINK MY CHILDREN WENT ON A SCHOOL TOUR.
THIS PLAN IS ABOUT CHANGING ALL OF THAT.
THIS PLAN IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE COME AND UNDERSTAND THE FULL STORY.
WE HAVE MORE VISITORS FROM EUROPE COME TO THE ALAMO THAN FROM SAN ANTONIO.
THIS, WE HAVE A, MOST OF THE PEOPLE COME, ONLY 30% OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE ALAMO TODAY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A MISSION.
MOST PEOPLE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE COME TO THE ALAMO TODAY, LOOK AT THE CHURCH, AND THEY SAY, WELL, THAT IS THE ALAMO.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S NOT.
AND THIS PLAN CHANGES THAT PEOPLE COME TODAY AND THEY SAY, THEY LEAVE, THEY SAY, OH, IT'S SO SMALL, THIS PLAN CHANGES THAT.
SO I THINK AS WE GET INTO WHAT I THINK ARE A LOT OF EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS, SINCE THE DECISION WAS MADE A YEAR AGO, UH, TO LEASE THE PROPERTY, TO PUT THIS UNDER UNIFIED CON UH, MANAGEMENT, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY IN 2014, AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT, LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE LARGE VISION.
THIS REALLY AMOUNTS TO, AND OUR ROLE IN ALL OF THAT.
HOW DO I ADVANCE THIS? IS THERE A CLICKER HERE OR SOMETHING? IT'S PROBABLY SITTING HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
SO, UM, SO THIS SHOWS YOU THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED, UH, IN 2014 BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROJECT SINCE IT BEGINNING, AND THAT THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES CONTINUE TO BE
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A PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WE HONOR THESE IN, IN EVERY RESPECT.THE, UM, THIS IS ALSO CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT OKAY, THAT THERE ARE FIVE OBJECTIVES OF THE ALAMO PLAN.
THESE HAVE BEEN THE OBJECTIVES FOR THIS PLAN SINCE ITS VERY INCEPTION WHEN IT WAS CREATED.
THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO PRESERVE THE CHURCH IN LONG BARRACK, TO REESTABLISH CLARITY AND ORDER, UH, TO THIS SITE, UH, TO RECAPTURE THE HISTORIC MISSION FOOTPRINT OF THIS SITE, AND TO BUILD A WORLD-CLASS MUSEUM AND VISITOR CENTER, AND TO CREATE A SENSE OF ARRIVAL TO THE SITE AND ENHANCE THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE SITE AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES.
THIS IS A PROJECT WHICH HAS LOTS OF OVERSIGHT AND LOTS OF INVOLVEMENT.
THERE HAVE BEEN PLANS THROUGHOUT THE DECADES IN TERMS OF HOW WE WOULD REFORMULATE OUR CENTER CITY AND HOW WE'D REALLY RE ACCOMPLISH THIS.
THOSE PLANS NEVER CAME TO FRUITION BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A BROAD AND VARIED INTERESTS ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE REAL POINTS OF PRIDE IN THIS PROJECT IS THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOURS, TRULY.
I'M HERE TRYING TO CARRY OUT A PLAN THAT WAS ARRIVED AT AND DETERMINED BY THE VISIONARIES OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, AND, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IS TRANSFORMATIONAL AND WHY THIS PLAN WILL REALLY CHANGE THE CITY AND WHY IT'S, IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT AND IT'S GOING TO BE, AND I BELIEVE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR SINCE THE CITY HAS, UH, SIGNED THE LEASE, UH, WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, THIS PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE G L O, THE ALAMO PLAZA WAS LEASED TO THE G L O AND ALAMO ARCHEOLOGIST, UH, WAS HIRED.
THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION APPROVED THE CHURCH IN LONGBERG PRESERVATION PROJECT.
THE MUSEUM AND VISITOR CENTER ARCHITECTS WERE HIRED, AND THE RESEARCH AND THE HISTORY OF THE CROCKETT BUILDINGS AND CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY, UH, WAS CONDUCTED.
THE ARCHEOLOGY WAS BEGUN TO ALLOW THE CHURCH PRESERVATION PROJECT TO BEGIN.
AND AS THE PRE ARCHEOLOGY BEGAN, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION COMMENCED WEEKLY ONSITE VISITS TO OBSERVE THE PROCESS.
THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS UPDATED ON THE PROJECT, AND THE PUBLIC PROTECTION WAS INCREASED.
I'M ALSO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ONE OF THE LATEST THINGS WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ACTUALLY RETAINED A PROJECT MANAGER, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THIS THAT BROUGHT US ASSOCIATES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE GILBERT AND HAVE GILBERT INTRODUCE HIMSELF AS PART OF, OF, UH, BROAD US ASSOCIATES.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS LARGE AND IT'S COMPLEX, AND WE REALLY NEEDED SOMEBODY WHO COULD HELP BRING ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS TOGETHER.
AND WE WENT THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS AND HAD GREAT FIRMS FROM ALL OVER TEXAS THAT APPLIED, AND WE ENDED UP DECIDING ON BROADEST ASSOCIATES.
I'M THE ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF BROADEST AND ASSOCIATES.
WE STARTED ORGANIZATION ABOUT 19 YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR ENDEAVOR.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST THING THAT'S HAPPENED WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ADVOCATE IN YOUR BEHALF AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I'M A NATIVE SOUTH TEXAN, SEVENTH GENERATION, LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE.
I LIVED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO DATE.
WE JUST FORMALLY GOT ON BOARD OCTOBER 1ST.
A LOT OF THINGS TO DO, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING.
BUT WE'RE HERE AND WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROCESS, UH, MOVES FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WE'RE ADVOCATING IN A TRANSPARENT WAY, AND WE PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY, UH, SUPPORT, UH, MOVING FORWARD IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM FOR ALL THE THREE ENTITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS, UM, THE, THE PURPOSE FOR THE ARCHEOLOGY THAT'S BEING UNDERTAKEN.
WE ARE REALLY PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCH.
WE HAVE A 300 YEAR OLD BUILDING, AND WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT HAS LOTS OF CHALLENGES.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN IMPORTANT MAIN GOALS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PRESERVE THE CHURCH AND TO PROTECT IT AND MAKE SURE IT LASTS FOR ANOTHER 300, 600,000 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE ARCHEOLOGY THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS TO DELINEATE THE ARCHITECTURAL EVOLUTION OF THIS TWO STRUCTURES.
TO LOCATE THE HISTORIC BUILDING FABRIC AND PROPERLY DATE IT, PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ARCHITECTURAL ASSESSMENT TO PERFORM A STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING, TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE DETERIORATION, AND UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF MOISTURE.
ALL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE ULTIMATELY TO HELP US IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO ENSURE THE STRUCTURES CONTINUE TO STAND FOR ANOTHER 300 YEARS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT STAGE OF THE PRO PROJECT IS COMPILED IN HISTORIC DOCUMENTS ON THE TWO BUILDINGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, INCLUDING THE 150 PROJECTS OF THE CHURCH IN LONG BARWICK.
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ALL THE INFORMATION HAS THEN BEEN COMBINED INTO A SERIES OF DRAWINGS, DRAWING A DATABASE AND VISUAL MAPPING.AND DURING THE 216 2016 MASTER PLAN, A LASER SCAN OF BOTH BUILDINGS IS UNDERTAKEN TO CAPTURE THE BUILDING'S CURRENT STATE.
A PARALLEL VISUAL ASSESSMENT WILL TRANSPIRE DURING THIS STAGE TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF STRUCTURAL DISTRESS ON A PARALLEL TRACK.
WITH THE LASER SCAN OF BOTH BUILDINGS.
THE BUILDING IS REALLY USING, REALLY THE LATEST IN, IN, UH, TECHNOLOGY TO DO THESE ASSESSMENTS.
WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS SLIDE IS WE'RE USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR, AND THIS RADAR SCANS THE INTERNAL ANOMALIES OF THE BUILDING, TELLS US WHERE THERE'S VOIDS, TELLS US WHERE THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE STONES BONDING TOGETHER AND OTHER FEATURES.
IT ALSO HELPS US LOCATE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF DESTRUCTIVE MINERAL SALTS IN THE WALL STRUCTURES THEMSELVES.
WE'RE USING THERMAL INFRARED IMAGING, SURFACE PENETRATING RADAR AND MOISTURE METERS.
AND THE EXPERTS ARE MAPPING THE ANOMALIES, MEASURING THE STONE THICKNESS, LITTLE ALIENATING THE VOIDS, ASSESSING MATERIAL MOISTURE LEVELS, AND DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF MINERAL SALTS.
WE'RE ALSO USING RADAR TO FIND OUT WHERE THE STEEL REINFORCEMENTS ARE AND THE AREAS OF CORROSION THAT CREATE RISK OF THE CEILING.
THE CEILING OF THE STRUCTURE IS NOT ORIGINAL.
THERE WAS NO ROOF IN 1836 OR 1831.
UH, THE ROOF WAS PUT ON BY THE US ARMY AT A LATER TIME PERIOD, AND THEN LATER THAN THAT, A ROOF WAS PUT ON, MADE OUT OF, OF CONCRETE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS THAT CONCRETE ROOF DONE TO THE STRUCTURES? IS IT CONTRIBUTING TO, OR ANY PART OF THE FAILING OF THE STRUCTURAL WALLS? AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT, UH, THE RIGHT TREATMENT FOR THE FUTURE.
THE SACRISTY ASSESSMENT IS VERY INTERESTING.
YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SACRISTY, THIS INTERIOR SPACE IS REALLY ONE OF THE UNIQUE INTERIOR SPACES OF THE ALAMO CHURCH.
IT'S THE SPACE THAT ACTUALLY HAS PAINTINGS.
IT HAS, HAS MOSAICS ON THE WALLS.
WE, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A FINISHED SPACE THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE 10 YEARS AGO, BUT TODAY WE KNOW THERE WERE FLORAL PATTERNS INSIDE THE SPACE.
WE KNOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT SPACE.
HOW DO WE THEN TELL THAT STORY AND EXPLAIN THAT PUBLIC IN TERMS OF THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL EVIDENCE OF THE MISSION ERA OF THIS CHURCH.
AND IN ONE OF THE SPECIAL SPACES, THE CEILING THAT YOU SEE ON THE INSIDE IS ACTUALLY THERE'S A VOID.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH ON YOUR, ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF THAT IS ABOVE THAT CEILING.
AND WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN DE DETERIORATION IN THAT CEILING SPACE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T WAKE UP SOMEDAY AND FIND THAT THAT REALLY PRECIOUS ORIGINAL CEILING SPACE OF THE ALAMO CHURCH THAT WAS THERE IN ALL OF, FOR MOST OF ITS HISTORY, DOESN'T END UP ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THAT ROOM.
SO THESE ARE THE VERY DELICATE AND PAINSTAKING, UH, MEASUREMENTS WE'RE GOING THROUGH TO MAKE THESE DETERMINATION.
WE'RE ALSO INSTALLING NEW ROOF MONITORS AND WALL MONITORS TO TRACK AND MEASURE THE INTEGRITY OF STRUCTURE INTO THE FUTURE.
THE CHURCH AND THE LONG BAR HAVE SPECIFIC ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION GOALS.
AND THESE ARE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION METHODS OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES TO UNDERSTAND THE ARCHITECTURAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE IN THE LONG BARRACK.
AND TO ALLOW THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTS TO PLACE EQUIPMENT BELOW GRADE TO MONITOR WATER MOVEMENT.
IN JANUARY, WE MOVED THE EXHIBIT FROM THE LONG BARRACK AND CLOSED THE BUILDING IN THE PUBLIC, AND NECESSARY MEASURES FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE WALLS, THE PRE-FIELD ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE SITE.
UM, THE THINGS THAT WOULD, WHICH HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE A DIG CAN START, INCLUDE, UM, ARCHIVAL RESEARCH, REVIEW OF PREVIOUS ARCHEOLOGY, LOCATION OF PREVIOUS AND CURRENT UTILITY IMPACTS THE REMOVAL OF THE EXHIBIT FROM THE LONG BARRACK, A TEST REMOVAL OF FLAGSTONE AND CONCRETE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMAN REMAINS TREATMENT PLAN.
IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE EARLY STAGES OF AN EXCAVATION UNIT INSIDE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE LONG BARRICK.
THE PROCESS OF ARCHEOLOGY IS VERY PRECISE.
ELEVATION MEASUREMENTS ARE CONSISTENTLY RECORDED THROUGHOUT THE DIG.
THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE IMPORTANT TO NOTATE THE EXACT LOCATION OF FEATURES AND ARTIFACTS.
AND THE DIRT IS REMOVED AND IT IS RECORDED, SO THEY MAY BE RETURNED TO THE SAME LEVELS IN WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY REMOVED.
IT WAS REPLACED IN THE SAME ORDER, IT WAS REMOVED.
ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE MAPPING THE STONES OF THE LONG BARRACK FOUNDATION.
THIS IS AN EXTERIOR WALL OF THE LONG BARRACK ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CALVARY COURTYARD.
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THIS TYPE OF MAPPING IS CONDUCTED IN EVERY ONE OF THE UNITS.THIS MAP SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT WORK AREAS ON THE SITE TODAY.
THE ALAMO REMAINS OPEN DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS DURING ALL THESE INVESTIGATIONS, AND THESE MAPS ARE UPDATED AND RELEASED WEEKLY.
IN 2018, THE ALAMO ISSUED REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, UH, FOR MUSEUM, FOR, UH, TO DO THE ART, DO THE MUSEUM DESIGN, AND THE VISITOR CENTER DESIGN.
35 FIRMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD APPLIED FOR THIS WANTS, WANTS IN A LIFETIME PROJECT.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT.
UM, H K SS IS THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD, UH, WHO'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THROUGHOUT THIS NATION.
UM, AND MICHA STI, A FIRM THAT IS KNOWN FOR THE KENNEDY CENTER AND THEATER AND, UH, AND STUDIO ARTS.
UH, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GLOBAL CENTER AND THE DENVER MUSEUM OF ART WELCOME CENTER WAS CHOSEN AS THE DESIGN ARCHITECT.
UH, MICHA AND TI UH, BOTH PARTNERS ARE FROM ARGENTINA.
THEY UNDERSTAND SPANISH COLONIAL, UH, THEY'RE GREAT DESIGNERS.
UH, SVE, UM, UM, UH, JORGE TI WAS ACTUALLY IS WHEN, BEFORE HE RETIRED, WAS THE HEAD OF THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF DESIGN.
AND SO HE'S A HIGHLY REGARDED PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT WHO UNDERSTANDS THE UNIQUENESS OF THE ALAMO AND IS REALLY, AND IS PERSONALLY ENGAGED IN THIS PROJECT.
WHENEVER WE TAKE ON A PROJECT THIS LARGE, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO SEE WHAT THE END TIMELINE IS AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE TASKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND WE HAVE A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT, INCLUDES THE CITY, INCLUDES SOME ELEMENTS OF STATE, INCLUDES SOME ELEMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
COORDINATING ALL THESE ELEMENTS OF KEEPING THEM TOGETHER WILL BE OUR, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES BECAUSE OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE THIS PROJECT COMPLETE BY 2024, WHICH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALAMO CHURCH BUILDING THAT STRUCTURE.
AND WE THINK THERE'S NO FIT BETTER FITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE THAT 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALAMO CHURCH.
THEY HAVE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED AS A PART OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
THE ONE THING THAT I, THAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE ALAMO IS EVERYBODY WANTS TO, EVERYBODY HAS A A POINT OF VIEW.
EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION, AND EVERYBODY WANTS MORE INFORMATION.
AND WE'VE TRIED TO BE PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.
UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A WEBSITE, UH, IT'S CALLED SAVE THE ALAMO, UH, DOT COM.
AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT WEBSITE.
THEY CAN FIND ALMOST ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE PROJECT AND WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT BY GOING TO THAT PUBLIC WEBSITE.
WE ALSO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THE ALAMO WEBSITE, THE ALAMO.ORG, WHERE A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMMING IS PUT UP FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ALSO UPDATES ON THIS.
WE ALSO THOUGH, HAVE CREATED A, A WEEKLY, UH, UPDATE EMAIL THAT GOES OUT.
AND THIS EMAIL GOES OUT TO EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IT'S SENT TO ALL OF YOU, EACH ONE OF YOU, UH, EVERY WEEK.
AND YOU GET AN UPDATE ON THIS.
UH, IT ALSO GOES TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IT GOES TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
IT GOES TO ALAMOS STAFF, AND IT GOES TO OTHER STAKEHOLDER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO, VISIT SAN ANTONIO LEGACY PARTNERS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND WE ALSO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP FOR THIS TO LET US KNOW, WE'D BE GLAD TO ADD YOU TO THE LIST, UM, SO YOU CAN GET THE WEEKLY UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AS A PART OF THE PROJECT.
I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, LOTS OF QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
I'LL START WITH COUNCILWOMAN VRAN.
UM, SO I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UM, HOW IS, WELL, LET'S START AT THE END WHERE YOU JUST FINISHED.
UM, BECAUSE COMMUNICATION IS KEY.
WHEN DID YOU START WITH THE WEEKLY UPDATES, UH, OF THIS? WE STARTED THAT IN IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
WE STARTED THAT IN JULY, WHICH WAS BEFORE WE STARTED THE ARCHEOLOGY THAT WAS STARTED.
AND SO IN THOSE UPDATES, UM, THAT STARTED IN JULY.
WHY WAS THERE, 'CAUSE WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS TO OUR OFFICE SAYING, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT ARE THESE BALLISTERS GOING IN THERE? OR THE BALLISTERS, I DON'T KNOW HOW FRONT THE BALL OF GOING IN AND GOING OUT AND EVERY, ALL OF THE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA REHASH THE PAST, BUT I THINK THERE WAS SOME ISSUES AT THE BEGINNING PUTTING UP ALL OF THE FENCES AND THE SIGNAGE AND EVERYTHING.
WITHOUT THE PROPER COMMUNICATION TO US, I DON'T THINK WE'D DONE A GREAT JOB.
SO WE'D PUT CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT WE WEREN'T INCLUDING, UH, ALL OF THAT.
WHEN WE GOT THAT, WHEN THAT ISSUE WAS RAISED, WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER.
AND SO WE, WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PUT ALL OF YOU ON THE LIST.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE FORMAT, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE WHOLE THING.
WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE CITY ON THAT, AND SO THEN WE,
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WE EXPANDED THE LIST.'CAUSE WE WANNA, WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO EVERYONE IN AND AROUND THE AREA.
UM, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHEN, SO ON THIS WEEKLY UPDATE, YOU'RE ALSO GIVING US A TIMELINE OF WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT? YES, WE ARE.
UM, IF THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THE AREA, SO OUR, UM, SO WHAT WE TRY AND DO IS BEFORE WE CHANGE ANY OF THE, WHAT I, THE WAY I DEFINED IT TO OUR TEAM INTERNALLY WAS IF WE CHANGE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE ACTUALLY CHANGE THAT FOOTPRINT OF THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING.
AND THAT'S JUST A SIMPLE WAY FOR US TO KIND OF INTERNALLY PUT OUR HEADS AROUND, IS IT, ARE WE CHANGING THE CONSTRUCTION OR NOT? AND SO WE MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT OUT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE DEFINE THAT MM-HMM.
AND SO WHAT IS THE TIMELINE OF ALL OF THESE, OF, OF EVERYTHING BEING UP? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S DURING THE ARCHEOLOGICAL DIGS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO IS WHEN ARE, HOW LONG DO WE EXPECT IT TO STAY LIKE THAT? UNTIL 2024.
SO THE GENERAL IN OFFICE IS MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU SEE ON ALAMO PLAZA.
SO, UM, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE PUT A LOT OF FENCING UP THAT WENT UP THIS LAST WEEK, UH, AROUND THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH AND ON ALAMO PLA ON ALAMO STREET.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS A CURB THERE.
SO AS PEOPLE WALKED OFF THE, BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINALLY A STREET, SO THERE WAS A CURB, AND WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD WALK OUTTA THE ALAMO AND WOULD WALK TOWARDS THE ALAMO PLAZA AND THEY WOULD FALL OFF THAT CURB AND TRIP.
AND WE HAD, AND LIKE IT HAPPENS LIKE MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY AND FALL, SOME FELL QUITE HARD.
AND I'VE WATCHED PEOPLE CARRY, TAKEN AWAY AMBULANCES FROM FALLING OFF OF THAT.
AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ELIMINATING THAT CURB.
SO THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THAT'S ABOUT.
AND, AND, AND THE, THE PROJECTED TIMELINE ON GETTING THAT CURB REMOVED, AND THEN THE, THE CURB THAT GOES INTO THE CENTER OF ALAMO PLAZA IS TO HAVE THAT, ALL THAT DONE BY, UH, BY THANKSGIVING, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SA, THE SECURITY BOLLARDS.
UH, I THINK THE SCHEDULE ON THAT IS TO HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, IS WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON GETTING DONE.
SO, AND, BUT THAT'S SORT OF IN PHASES.
SO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THAT WILL BE, WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, I GUESS I WANT TO ASK ABOUT, UH, THE NEW, THE GROUP, UH, BROUGHT US IN, ASSOCIATES MM-HMM.
UM, I KNOW YOU HAD ON THERE, UH, THE OTHER, UM, ARCHITECT OF RECORD AND DESIGN ARCHITECTS ON HERE, BUT FOR BROADEST AND ASSOCIATES, WHAT OTHER PROJECTS HAVE YOU WORKED ON? HAVE THEY WORKED ON AND YOU ALL SELECTED THEM, CORRECT.
BUT, UM, UH, BROADEST ASSOCIATES, UH, DOES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT IN TEXAS EVERY YEAR.
UM, THEY'RE HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTIN.
THEY'VE GOT A LARGE SAN ANTONIO OFFICE THAT GILBERT HEADS UP THAT DOES ALL OF OF SOUTH TEXAS.
UM, THEY, THEY'VE DONE PROJECTS.
WE, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS, THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WAS A PART OF THAT.
WE ACTUALLY ALSO IN, UH, INCLUDED, UH, CITY STAFF THAT WORKED WITH MAJOR CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION HERE IN THE CITY.
SO HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT FOR THAT? UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE BID ON THAT WENT TO THAT? OR WAS THAT JUST, THAT WASN'T AN R F P PROCESS, THAT WAS JUST YES, IT WAS, IT WAS A FULL R F P PROCESS.
SO HOW MANY PEOPLE? WE HAD SIX FIRMS. I THINK THAT THAT SUBMITTED FOR THAT.
UM, COUNCILMAN THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE OF THE SIX FIRMS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S OPEN RECORD, SO WE CAN REQUEST WHO ALL OF THOSE WERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHO ALL OF THOSE WERE THAT JUST PUT THEIR NAME IN THERE FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THE MUSEUM AND SITES.
UM, AND SO YOU SAID THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT WHAT OTHER PROJECTS HAVE THEY MANAGED? GILBERT, DO YOU WANNA GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHER PROJECTS YOU'VE MANAGED? YES, AS BACKGROUND, UM, I, WE, UH, OUR ORGANIZATION STARTED OFF WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM.
JAMES BROADUS WAS DIRECTOR OF O F P C, OFFICE OF FACILITIES PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION.
UH, MY TERRITORY IN TERMS OF DESIGN CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL THE UT COMPONENTS WAS EVERYTHING SOUTH OF AUSTIN.
SO I HANDLED ALL THE PROJECTS HERE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS 1604 INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURE, HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER DOWN IN THE VALLEY AS WELL.
SO THAT, I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
WE'VE MANAGED PROJECTS ON THE FORT RINGOLD, ALSO FORT BROWN DOWN IN BROWNSVILLE, GOING THROUGH A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS.
UH, WE'VE MANAGED MULTIPLE PROJECTS, VERY COMPLEX
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PROJECTS, UM, BIOLOGICAL SAFETY.UH, WE'RE ALSO MANAGING THE LARGEST, UM, ACUTE CARE FACILITY AT METHODIST HEALTHCARE, UH, HERE AT METHODIST IN, UH, HOUSTON, AT MD ANDERSON.
WE'VE DONE THE, UH, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CURRENTLY HERE, FOUR $50 MILLION.
WE ALSO MANAGE THE, UH, THE, THE LATEST HOSPITAL HERE, EXPANSION FOR U H SS.
UH, SO WE'VE MANAGED MANY PROJECTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
WE ALSO HAVE, AS PART OF OUR TEAM, WE HAVE A SCENT.
UH, THEY, THEY'RE CULTURAL EXPERTS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THEM AS PART OF OUR TEAM, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE AND ALL THE NECESSARY, UH, UH, RESOURCES WE HAVE THAT ARE PART OF THAT PARTICULAR TEAM ARE ALSO ON BOARD.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE LEVEL EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF, AND COMPLEXITY OF PROJECTS.
WE HAVE, THE HISTORICAL RESOURCES AS WELL AS PART OF OUR PARTICULAR TEAM.
UH, SO WE, WE'VE UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE, QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 YEARS AND, UM, UH, SO WE'RE, WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAPPENS PROPERLY.
UM, SO, UM, ON THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, OH, ON THE PROJECTS THAT YOU WORKED ON THERE, THEY'VE BEEN ON TIME AND ON BUDGET OF WHERE WE'VE NEEDED, YOU'VE NEEDED THEM TO BE.
AND THEN I THINK I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, LORI, I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHO, UM, ARE THE TEAM MEMBERS WITH THEM BESIDES ASCENT, UM, TOO, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR US.
UM, THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW ON, ON THIS 12 MONTH PROGRESS YOU HAVE THE CROCKETT, THE CROCKETT BLOCK RESEARCH HAS BEGUN THIS SUMMER, AND IT SAYS RESULTS OF BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO BY NOVEMBER.
UM, SO WHEN IN NOVEMBER ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT RESULTS? I'D HOPED BY THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER, BUT WE JUST, UM, IN LOOKING AT WHAT THE PRE, WHAT THE RE KIND OF PRELIMINARY RESULTS WERE, WE REALIZED THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH WE NEED TO DO.
SO WE JUST ACTUALLY MADE AN ADDENDUM TO THEIR CONTRACT, SO PROBABLY BE SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL BE HAPPY IF WE MAKE IT BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.
SO YOU, WHEN YOU SAY YOU ALL MADE THE END ADDENDUM TO THE CONTRACT, YOU THE ALAMO TRUST OR YOU, THE ALAMO ALAMO TRUST.
SO YOU ALL, YOU ALL MADE THIS CHANGE, THE ALAMO TRUST? NO, WE'RE FUNDING THAT.
AND WHAT DID THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FIND? THERE'S STILL, YOU Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS WERE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRELIMINARY WERE? WE'VE NOT RELEASED ANY FINDINGS ON THIS YET.
SO THOSE ARE, THEY'RE STILL WORKING THAT UP.
AND IT WAS, IS A MATTER, THEY NEEDED TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH.
AND SO BEFORE, THEY HAVE NOT MADE THEIR CONCLUSIONS YET.
SO WILL WE KNOW, UM, WHAT THEY WERE, WHEN WE GET, WHEN YOU ALL GET THE FINDINGS OR WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA GET IN NOVEMBER WHEN THE REPORTS DONE, WE'LL DO, LIKE WE HAVE ON EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'LL PUT IT ON SAVE THE ALAMO.COM, WE'LL PUBLICLY SEND IT.
NO, BUT WHAT MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE IT TO THEM WHAT WAS BEFORE THE ADDENDUM AND THEN AFTER THE ADDENDUM, IF THE NEED MORE WE RESEARCH WAS, NO, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN THEY, THEY CAME BACK TO US AND THEY SAID, IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS THESE, THESE ISSUES THAT WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, AH, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO MORE RESEARCH.
WELL I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, THAT INFORMATION AND WHAT WE, UM, WHAT WE FIND THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL KNOW THIS.
THIS WAS ONE OF OUR BIG STICKING POINTS WITH THE WHOLE CONVERSATION OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING WITH THAT AREA ON CROCKETT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE NOW, BUT I, I THINK I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR OTHER QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO EXECUTIVE ON THURSDAY OR WEDNESDAY.
IS IT WEDNESDAY? IT'S THURSDAY.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR CURRENT FUNDING SOURCE AND WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET? UM, SO WE'VE GOT THE 125 MILLION THAT THE STATE'S APPROVED FOR THE PROJECT.
I THINK THE CITY IS THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT BOND ISSUES, HAS AUTHORIZED, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, ALAMO TRUST IS SET TO RAISE 150 PLUS MILLION FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING AND WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER FUNDING MODELS TO, TO FINISH OUT THE REST OF THAT.
BUT THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY HAVE HAS, HAVE THE FUNDING PROMISES THAT YOU'VE HAD SO FAR BEEN FUNDED, OR IS A LOT OF IT TO BE COMING LATER? LONG? SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF FUNDRAISING IN MY LIFE.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK I, I ACTUALLY KEPT A TALLY OF HOW MUCH I RAISED IN CINCINNATI.
I RAISED OVER $500 MILLION WHILE WAS THERE.
SO THE CRITICAL THING FUNDERS WANNA KNOW IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I INVESTING IN? RIGHT? AND SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THIS PROCESS IS WE'VE BEEN VERY IN THIS PROJECT IS MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW A PROCESS.
AND IT'S SOMETHING I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE VERY WELL, IS THERE'S A PROCESS, WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS, WE GET TO THE, TO THE, THE BEST OUTCOMES.
AND THE SAME THING IN FUNDRAISING.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING ANY DONORS FOR
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ANY SUPPORT FOR THIS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THEY'RE FUNDING.IF WE GO TO THEM TOO EARLY, WE'LL GET MUCH SMALLER CHECKS AND WE'LL GET, IF WE GO TO THEM WHEN WE HAVE THE FULL PLAN IN PLACE.
SO, SO WE ARE, WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, WE'RE KEEPING THEM APPRISED.
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING IN FUNDRAISING, UM, ASK FOR MONEY, YOU GET ADVICE, ASK, ASK FOR ADVICE, YOU GET MONEY.
SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY IN RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE IN THAT FIRST STAGE.
WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR ADVICE AND COUNSEL, TALKING TO PEOPLE, GETTING THEIR THOUGHTS AND IMPRESSIONS AND SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROJECT IS.
SO WE COME AROUND TO ACTUALLY NEEDING THEIR INVESTMENT.
THEY'LL BE WILLING TO DO THAT.
WELL, I GUESS WHAT I WAS REALLY REFERRING TO AS FROM THE CITY AND STATE'S PERSPECTIVE, CERTAIN AMOUNTS ARE ALLOCATED.
HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU DRAW DOWN THOSE? SO WE DRAW THAT DOWN THROUGH A, UH, THROUGH A M O U.
WE HAVE BETWEEN THE CITY AND ALAMO TRUST AND THROUGH THE STATE AND ALAMO TRUST.
AND THEN SOME OF THE MONIES HAVE BEEN SPENT THROUGH DIRECT FUNDING, UH, BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
SO PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EXPENDITURE TO DATE HAS BEEN ON THE CHURCH PROJECT.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THOSE ARE DIRECT CONTRACTS ARE HELD BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, UH, TO DO THAT.
UM, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE.
SO LET, LET ME JUST ASK A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN, THE, THE, I WROTE IT DOWN HERE SO I CAN ASK YOU CORRECTLY, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ALAMO LAND TRUST, THE G L O, UM, AND THE MUSEUM AND THE DIFFERENT, ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT? WHO'S THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY? SO, SO LET ME MAKE SURE I'VE GOT UNDERSTAND.
SO YOU, YOU WANT ME TO UNDERSTAND TO EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL THE ENTITIES? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? YES.
SO THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE CREATED, UH, BY THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IN 1836.
UH, THEY WERE ESTABLISHED, UH, ONE OF THE PRIMARY ROLES THEY HAD WAS ACTUALLY THEY WERE ESTABLISHED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE, UM, EVERYBODY WHO WAS A PART OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION GOT LAND GRANTS.
AND SO THEY ENDED UP BEING ONE OF THE REALLY EARLY MAPPING ENTITIES, UH, FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND JUST DYSFUNCTION REALLY IS THE STATE OF TEXAS'S DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.
UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE GIVEN AUTHORITY OVER THE ALAMO AS AN ACT OF LEGISLATION, UM, I THINK IN 2014.
AND IN DOING THAT THEY, THEY, UH, AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS, THEY ESTABLISHED A PROCESS THAT ALLOWED FOR THEM TO UTILIZE A PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS IN CARRYING OUT THESE PROJECTS.
AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNER THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH IS ALAMO TRUST.
UM, THAT ALAMO TRUST IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION.
IT HAS, IT, IT'S AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY, HAS ITS OWN BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, IT FUNCTIONS, UM, AS ANY TYPICAL NONPROFIT I WOULD GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF, BUT IT'S MANAGES THE STATE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE ALAMO I WOULD USE A COROLLARY IN SAN SAN ANTONIO.
AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, SO I, SO I DON'T GET TOO, TOO CONFUSED.
YOU SAID THAT THE G L O CONTRACTED WITH ALAMO TRUST, WHICH IS A PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITY MM-HMM.
I WOULD GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT PROBABLY FAMILIAR ALL OF YOU IS THE WITTY MUSEUM.
THE WIT OAK MUSEUM'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
BUT THE WITTY MUSEUM HAS ITS OWN PRIVATE NONPROFIT BOARD THAT RAISES MONEY FOR THE WITTY, MANAGES THE WITTY, AND MANAGES ALL THE DAY-TO-DAY AFFAIRS.
IT'S REALLY A VERY SIMILAR COMMON STRUCTURE AND USED IN MANY MUSEUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
TO RA TO BE ABLE TO RAISE MONEY.
UM, DONORS, PRIVATE SECTOR DONORS ARE USUALLY VERY RETICENT TO GIVE MONEY, GIVE MONEY TO, TO GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU USE THE PRIVATE SECTOR ENTERPRISE.
AND HOW ABOUT YOU? WHO DO YOU WORK FOR? UH, I HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, UH, I'VE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND I'M GONNA BE SIGNING A NEW CONTRACT WITH ALAMO TRUST.
I'VE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, UM, AND I WILL SOON BE, ANTICIPATE A NEW CONTRACT WITH ALAMO TRUST.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO SORT OF THE DECISION MAKING THAT HAPPENS, LIKE SORT OF REGULARLY JUST GENERAL OPERATIONS, WHO GIVES THE DIRECTION? IS THAT YOU, SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING OF THE ALAMO, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROGRAMS WE CONDUCT? NO, JUST REGARDING THIS, REGARDING THIS PROJECT.
THE DIGGING AND THE, UM, DAILY REPORTING, WHO DOES IT GO TO? UH, SO DAILY REPORTING ON THE ACTIVITIES ARE GIVEN TO
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THE, UM, SO RIGHT NOW ALL THE ACTIVITIES ARE UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.AND SO THEY GO TO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, THEY GO TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES HAPPENING AND ANDY, YOU CAN STOP ME ANYTIME.
UM, WHO IS THE REPORTING AUTHORITY? SO, UM, UH, TRYING TO SEE HOW I ASKED THE QUESTION, UH, IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T GET ANYBODY IN TROUBLE.
UM, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, A PERSON, I MEAN, WHEN THEY CLOSE UP SHOP, DO THEY REPORT TO SOMEBODY? DID THEY SAY I'M DONE FOR THE DAY? LIKE WHO IS THE, UM, HOW, HOW DO I, I JUST, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND LIKE HOW, WHO ONE REPORTS TO, ARE THERE DIFFERENT ENTITIES? YEAH.
IF I MAY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UM, AND I THINK DOUG CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF, I THINK IT VARIES BY ACTIVITY.
AND AGAIN, WITH THE, ANY ACTIVITY THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE LITIGATION, WE'D ANSWER THAT IN EXEC.
WELL, AND NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFIC TO THE LITIGATION, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP AT WORK EVERY DAY, WHO DO THEY WORK FOR? SO THE ARCHEOLOGISTS THAT ARE THERE ON SITE, WHO DO THEY WORK FOR? SO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE HAS A CONTRACT WITH PROJECT CONTROL INC.
SO I THINK THAT COUNCIL MAYBE ON SORT OF EMPHASIZE THE QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE HERE WORKING, RIGHT? LIKE THEY'RE FIXING THIS ROOF AND ALL THAT.
WHO DO THEY WORK FOR ON THE SLIDESHOWS, ON THE SLIDESHOW? THESE PEOPLE, WHO ARE THEY WORKING FOR? YEAH, SO, SO THEY ARE, SO I'M, I'D HAVE TO BE, I'M JUST NOT, I'M TRYING TO BE CAREFUL AND BE PRECISE SO YOU GET EXACTLY THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
SO ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT SLIDE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
AND THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE HAS HIRED PROJECT CONTROL INCORPORATED A SAN ANTONIO BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIRM TO ACTUALLY MANAGE THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, ALONG WITH, OKAY.
SORRY, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT COMPANY AGAIN? PROJECT CONTROL INCORPORATED.
AND THEY'RE THE, IS THAT WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN HERE WORKS FOR GILBERT GALLEGOS.
IT'S A DIFFERENT FIRM THAT HAS BEEN DOING THE FIRST PART OF THIS PROJECT.
THAT PROJECT STARTED BEFORE WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY GONE THROUGH.
THEY REPORT TO JEFF KAUFMAN, WHO IS THE HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
AND I KNOW THIS, LIKE ROBERT KISSNER IS IN HERE AS WELL.
WHO DO THEY WORK FOR? THEY, THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND REPORT TO JEFF KAUFMAN OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE ALSO.
SO, UM, THE PEOPLE DOING THE SURVEYING AND THE PEOPLE DOING THE PHYSICAL WORK ALL WORK FOR THIS OTHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OR THIS OTHER COMPANY? COMPANY? NO, THEY, THEY ALL HAVE DIRECT CONTRACTS WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND REPORT TO JEFF KAUFMAN.
SO THEY'RE ALL SEPARATE CONTRACTS THAT GOES TO THIS COMPANY THAT REPORTS TO THE G L O? RIGHT.
AND THAT WAS ALL DONE ALSO IN AN R F P PROCESS, OR HOW WAS THAT COMPANY SELECTED? PROJECT CONTROL.
SO ALL OF THEIR WORK IS ON STATE PROPERTY.
SO NONE OF THAT WORK IS ON CITY PROPERTY.
UM, IN THE SLIDES THAT YOU SEE THERE, THE BALLARD PROJECTS, SOME OF THAT IS ON, ON SOME CITY PROPERTY, BUT I HAVE TO PARSE THAT, CAN'T BELIEVE ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE ADMINISTERED THE SAME WAY THROUGH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
WELL THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST UNDERSTAND HOW SORT OF THINGS ARE GOING.
AND LET ME JUST ASK YOU THIS SORT OF TECHNICAL QUESTION.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT, THAT SOME OF THE STUFF DONE WAS REGARDING THE ROOF.
AND SO YOU SAID THAT THERE WASN'T A ROOF AND THEN THERE WAS A ROOF.
UH, UM, AND THEY'RE REPAIRING THE ROOF.
UM, I MEAN, YOU SHOWED SOME PICTURES HERE OF LIKE, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE DIGGING AND THEN THEY'RE REPAIRING THE ROOF.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING AN ANALYSIS ON THE ROOF.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN AND RUN, UM, KIND OF A SONAR SYSTEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALL THE REBAR IN THE ROOF FROM END TO END.
AND THAT SONAR ACTUALLY GIVES US A READING THAT TELLS US WHAT THE RUST LEVEL IS ON THE REBAR IN THE ROOF STRUCTURE.
WE'RE THEN MAPPING THAT OUT IN THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES, AND THAT WILL SHOW US WHAT THE LEVEL OF RUST IS INSIDE THE, THE CONCRETE.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT INSIDE THE CONCRETE, WHICH WILL BEGIN TO GIVE US AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE ROOF.
UH, IS, IS THE ROOF SOMETHING WE THINK WILL, WOULD, IF WE JUST LEFT IT ALONE, IS IT GONNA BE GOOD FOR ANOTHER A HUNDRED YEARS OR IS IT GONNA DELAMINATE, DO THE RUSTING AND CORROSION SO THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO ADDRESS IT, UH, SOONER THAN THAT.
AND SO THAT IT ORIGINALLY HAD A ROOF OR ORIGINALLY DID NOT HAVE A ROOF.
IT NEVER HAD A ROOF UNTIL THE ARMY PUT IT IN, IN THE 19, IN THE 18, UH, FIFTIES.
UM, I, I GUESS JUST, UH, I, I'M, I'M VERY
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CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING THE FUNDRAISING, UM, ON THE PROJECT.SO YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU FUNDRAISE IS YOU ASK FOR YOUR ADVICE AND THEY GIVE YOU INPUT, AND THEN PERHAPS, UM, YOU WOULD RESPOND TO SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK FROM YOUR DONORS.
SO WHAT LIMITATIONS DO YOU HAVE IN THE DONORS, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT GETS PRESENTED? BECAUSE THAT CAME UP, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION OF THE ALAMO REGARDING THE FUNDING.
AND WE KNOW THAT FUNDING IN GENERAL, WHETHER IT'S THE WITTY OR THE ALAMO, OR JUST ABOUT EVERY PROJECT IN THE CITY COMES PRIMARILY FROM WHITE MEN.
SO HOW DO WE TELL THE STORY OF THE ALAMO IF THE FUNDERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADVISING, UH, AND THEN DIRECTING FUNDS FOR THE, FOR THE SITE? HOW DO YOU CONTROL THAT? WELL, I THINK IF YOU, UM, I FIND THAT DONORS GENERALLY, THEY DON'T DICTATE EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO.
YOU CREATE A VISION AND YOU PRESENT THE VISION TO THEM, AND YOU ASK THEM TO ACTUALLY INVEST IN THE VISION.
SOME PEOPLE WILL DO THAT, OTHERS WON'T, UH, SELDOM DO DONORS ACTUALLY PRESCRIBE, AND GENERALLY, IF THEY PRESCRIBE NON-PROFITS, DECLINE THE PRESCRIPTION.
UM, SO I'M, SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A VERY GOOD PROCESS.
BUT THE FUNDRAISING IS GONNA BE JUST FOR THE MUSEUM PART OF IT.
WE'RE NOT DOING FUNDRAISING FOR THE OTHER ASPECTS OF IT.
SO, SO THAT'S JUST THE MU SO THE FUNDRAISING ALL, IT WILL ALL BE FOCUSED ON THE MUSEUM BUILDING ITSELF ON THE MUSEUM, BUT THEY WON'T, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE MM-HMM.
SO THE CONTENTS, I FELT LIKE PART OF, I REMEMBER FIGHTING VERY HARD EARLY ON TO GET LANGUAGE IN THERE, UH, ABOUT THE CONTENTS AND WHO CONTROLS THE CONTENTS INSIDE THE MUSEUM ONCE IT'S BUILT.
SO THE CONTENT INSIDE THE MUSEUM WILL BE REALLY BE DONE BY ALAMO TRUST, BY PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
AND THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT OF HISTORIANS, WE'VE GOT A LIST OF HISTORIANS THAT HAVE A BROAD RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE VERY INCLUSIVE OF, OF KIND OF LIKE EVERY PERSPEC UM, EVERY ELEMENT AROUND THE ALAMO.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A FACT-BASED HISTORICAL RECORD.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF MYTHOLOGY AROUND THE ALAMO.
AND WHILE WE THINK THE MYTHOLOGY IS INTERESTING, UH, WE, WE THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE MYTHOLOGY AND WHAT THE REAL FACTS AND WHAT THE PROVABLE FACTS ARE.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT NEW INFORMATION CAN COME FORWARD, BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S THE PART WHAT ALAMO TRUST AND OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF WILL, UM, WILL BE IN CHARGE OF.
SO HOW THEN, UM, I GUESS I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS AS WE PROCEED, UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S MANY YEARS TO COME, BUT IF THE ALAMO TRUST IS A NONPROFIT THAT WILL GO OUT AND FUNDRAISE, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? MM-HMM.
SO THEN HOW DO YOU THEN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALSO DICTATING THE CONTENTS INSIDE THE MUSEUM OF THE STORY? SO, SO FUNDAMENTALLY, WE ARE COMMITTED.
ALAMO TRUST IS COMMITTED TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2014.
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES REALLY DETERMINE THIS.
EVERY R F Q WE'VE SUBMITTED TO ANYBODY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT HAS INCLUDED IN THE R F Q, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
SO WE'VE STARTED THE OUTSET BY TELLING EVERYBODY, DO YOU AGREE? YOU HAVE TO AGREE AND SIGN OFF ON THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
EVEN THE PROGRAM MANAGERS WHO YOU COULD SAY A PROGRAM MANAGER DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH DETERMINING CONTENT, BUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE EMBEDDED IN THAT.
SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRACK RECORD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, AND, AND THE RESULTS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE BASED IN THE END, IT'S BEEN AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS.
COUNCILMAN, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID THE VISIONING AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS FIRST WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL AGREED ON WHAT THE ALAMO WAS GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE BEFORE THEY STARTED THEIR FUNDRAISING.
AND SO IN OUR LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE FOR THE PLAZA, WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE OVERALL MUSEUM EXPERIENCE, WE SPECIFICALLY SAY THEY MUST FOLLOW THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WHICH TALK ABOUT TELLING ALL THE STORIES.
AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS THAT THEY MUST FOLLOW ALL THE STORIES AND FOLLOW THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THAT LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN THE PROPERTY THROUGH THAT LEASE.
WELL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
I KNOW THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
THERE'S, I KNOW MORE PRESSING ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THURSDAY.
UH, BUT, UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE, THIS PLAN IS A LONG TIME COMING, SO, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK SUFFICIENT TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR A BRIEFING BACK IN JULY.
AND SO I THINK FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THAT BRIEFING, BUT WE'RE HAVING IT TODAY.
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DIALOGUE AND I CAN, COUNCILWOMAN WANTS TO ASK A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.YEAH, I THINK JUST ONE COMMENT TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING, UH, MADAM CHAIR, IS THAT, UM, TO YOUR POINT, WHEN THE GROUP IS GOING OUT AND SAYING THAT WE'RE RAISING MONEY FOR THIS, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT IS IT FOR THE, WHAT IS IT FOR? IS WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, THEY SAY FOR THE STORY THAT WE'RE GONNA TELL AT THE MUSEUM, WELL, WHAT STORY IS THAT? I KNOW WE SAID THE FULL STORY, BUT HOW DOES THAT INTERPRET IT IN ALL THE PE IN, IN PEOPLE WHO GO OUT THERE? SO I THINK THAT'S WHY CONTINUING, HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND WITH YOU, UH, LORI, BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT GROUP, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE UPDATES BECAUSE I WAS REMINDED OF A QUOTE FROM GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ, WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, BUT WHAT YOU REMEMBER AND HOW YOU REMEMBER IT.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA REMEMBER THIS HERE WITH OUR, UM, WHAT THAT MEANS.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, REITERATE YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONCLUSION.
DOES HE ASK ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
JUST ONE CO ONE QUICK COMMENT, DOUG, ONLY BECAUSE I MEAN, I THINK PART OF, I JUST WANT TO ADD TO KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IN TERMS OF WHAT THE DONORS, UH, TO LOOK AT.
UM, PART OF IT IS IS THAT THE, THE ARCHITECTS ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNING THE MUSEUM AND AS WAS STATED, UH, A BIG PART OF THAT IS, IS ALSO THE REPORT OF THE CROCKETT BLOCK BUILDING.
SO THERE'S JUST, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, ARE AT PLAY HERE.
AND I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD SUBMIT THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT, UH, A LOT OF THE DONORS WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THIS MUSEUM, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? IS IT GONNA, IS IT GONNA INCORPORATE THE, THE PARKING GARAGES TO THE WEST? THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS, UH, THAT, THAT SPEAK TO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUNDRAISING.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'LL JUST LOOK FORWARD TO REGULAR BRIEFINGS.
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE SCHEDULE REGULAR BRIEFINGS, SORT OF AS WE SEE FIT, AND ESPECIALLY AS THE DIG IS ONGOING, UH, THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME REPORTS TO THE COMMITTEE.
SORRY I COULDN'T BE HERE IN JULY.
I WAS AT THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL MUSEUMS CONFERENCE IN KYOTO, JAPAN.
IT WAS A LITTLE LARGE, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT OUR TRYING TO BE PROFESSIONALLY ENGAGED AND, AND VERY INCLUSIVE.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT TRUST IS FULLY COMMITTED TO TELLING THE ENTIRE STORY AND TELLING THE STORY OF EVERYONE IN OVER THE 300 YEARS OF HISTORY WHO LIVED, WHO FOUGHT, WHO DIED, AND IS BURIED ON THAT SITE.
THIS IS A SPECIAL SITE, IT IS A SPECIAL HISTORY, AND WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO HONORING THAT ENTIRE HISTORY.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND WE STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW OTHER ITEMS. SO, UH, WE WILL MOVE ALONG.
I'LL JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO HANG IN THERE WITH ME, UM, AS
[5. 19-6574 Briefing and Possible Action on the Downtown Area Regional Center Plan [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Bridgett White, Director, Planning Department]]
WE, UH, THEN GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER, UH, SIX, PLANNING, UM, PLANNING AND, UH, POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.AND, UH, BRIDGET, I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE BRIEF.
DO YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION? GOOD AFTERNOON.
SO, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS THEY PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, I'LL JUST BRIEFLY SAY THAT AS NOTED ON THE AGENDA, THIS ITEM IS FOR THE BRIEFING ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, THE FIFTH IN THE SERIES OF SUB AREA PLANS THAT IMPLEMENT THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2016.
SO THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS NOTED IN ORANGE ON THIS MAP AND IS ONE OF THE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE REGIONAL CENTER SERVED AS ONE OF THE FOUR BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE PLAN AND WERE IDENTIFIED AS MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR CLOSE TO HAVOC AT LEAST 15,000 JOBS.
THE DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER CONTAINS KING WILLIAM LAVACCA, LONE STAR AND ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION AND SMALL PORTIONS OF DITY HILL, DENVER HEIGHTS, AND THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES Z AL, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER WALK AND SAN PEDRO CREEK.
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS.
THE ALAMO DO THE CONVENTION CENTER IN HEMISPHERE.
THE LONG RANGE PLANNING EFFORT WAS LED BY A PLANNING TEAM MADE UP OF AN AREA, MADE UP OF AREA NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS PARTNERS REPRESENTING MAJOR BUSINESSES AND AGENCIES IN THE AREA.
THESE INCLUDED CENTRO SAN ANTONIO, U T S A, THE SAN ANTONIO HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION HAVEN FOR HOPE, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY VIA VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THROUGHOUT THE 24 MONTH PROCESS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED AND FACILITATED 10 FORMAL PLANNING
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TEAM MEETINGS, THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH INTERCEPT EVENTS, FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS, AND ATTENDED COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OTHER MEETINGS OUT IN THE AREA.SOCIAL MEDIA SUCH AS TWITTER AND FACEBOOK AND A PROJECT SPECIFIC WEBSITE WERE ALSO UTILIZED.
THE PLANNING TEAM AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WORKED TO DEVELOP A SHARED COMMUNITY VISION AND IDENTIFIED SEVERAL IMPORTANT THEMES THAT WERE NOTED IN THE GOALS TOGETHER.
THE VISION GOALS REFLECT THE VALUE OF DOWNTOWN'S, UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAIN STREETS, AND RESPOND TO THE AREA'S UNIQUE ASSETS AND CHALLENGES.
STAKEHOLDERS WANT AN AREA THAT'S INCLUSIVE, PROSPEROUS, ACCESSIBLE, AND HEALTHY, AND WHERE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS REFLECT THE LOCAL CULTURAL LANDSCAPE.
AS FAR AS THE PLAN ITSELF, MOST OF THE PLAN IS ORGANIZED AROUND THE PLAN FRAMEWORK, WHICH OUTLINES KEY IMPROVEMENTS AND CONCEPTS THAT WILL SHAPE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
EACH ELEMENT WAS STUDIED IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA AS WELL AS EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE PLANNING TEAM SHARED THEIR INPUT REGARDING AREA ASSETS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE REGIONAL CENTER AND TO IDENTIFY THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES AND PRIORITIES.
ADDITIONAL OUTREACH WAS CONDUCTED TO CAPTURE INPUT, INPUT FROM A BROAD RANGE OF DOWNTOWN AREA RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
THE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE SUB AREA PLANS IS THE FOUNDATION OF EACH PLAN AND THE FUTURE.
LAND USE POLICIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, REGIONAL CENTER SUPPORT, STABILITY IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS, AND ADDITIONAL HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOUSING DIVERSITY TO COMPLEMENT DOWNTOWN'S EMPLOYMENT ACT ANCHORS, MAIN STREET'S, NATURAL AND CULTURAL ASSETS, LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS, ENCOURAGE GROWTH AND INCREASED DENSITY AT VARIOUS SCALES IN MIXED USE CENTERS AND FOCUS AREAS, AND ALONG KEY TRANSIT AND COMMUNITY CORRIDORS.
EVALUATING THE VARIOUS TOOLS AND ZONING WITHIN THE C B D CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
REVIEWING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS AND ACHIEVING THE VISION OF THIS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, AS WELL AS COORDINATING OF PARKING RESOURCES FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION.
THE FOCUS AREAS FOR IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY AND PROJECT TEAM IS THOSE MOST SUITED FOR GROWTH AND CHANGE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THE FIVE IDENTIFIED FOCUS AREAS ALL PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR STRATEGIC LOCATION TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH WHILE FURTHERING THE ESSAY TOMORROW.
GOALS OF CREATING COMPACT WALKABLE PLACES.
THE PLAN ALSO IDENTIFIES SIX CORRIDORS THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE MIXED USE AREAS AND UNIQUE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING INVESTMENT AREAS.
THROUGH THE PLANNING EFFORT, THE PLANNING TEAM AND COMMUNITY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AREAS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF DOWNTOWN AND THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF PLANNING ATTENTION AND INVESTMENT, AND THAT THAT INVESTMENT SHOULD BE CONTINUED.
THEY INCLUDE BROADWAY AREA AND THE HEMISPHERE AREA, AND A THIRD AREA WILL BE THE Z OF CULTURAL AREA.
THE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA IS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS AN AREA OF IMPORTANCE.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS FORMULATED SUPPORT HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS ENJOYABLE PUBLIC SPACES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE BY MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND THAT COMPLEMENT EXISTING AND POTENTIAL FUTURE AMENITIES.
IN REGARDS TO MOBILITY, THE DOWNTOWN AREA HAS AN ESTABLISHED STREET, STREET GRID AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
HERE, INSTEAD OF EXPANDING ROADWAYS, IT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO DIVERSIFY TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS SO THAT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE AFFORDABLE, CONVENIENT, AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES.
MOBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS, FOCUS ON CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, CREATING MORE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE MOBILITY OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, CREATING NEW CONNECTIONS TO ADJACENT AREAS AND SUPPORTING ENHANCED TRANSIT SERVICES.
COMMUNITY INPUT EMPHASIZED THAT PUBLIC SPACES, INCLUDING PARKS, PLAZAS, AND STREETSCAPES, SHOULD BE IMPROVED TO SERVE DOWNTOWN'S VISITORS, AS WELL AS A GROWING RESIDENT AND WORKFORCE POPULATION FROM IMPROVED TREE, TREE CANOPY, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC ART TO HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS.
IN SUPPORT OF DOWNTOWN'S CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS ARTICULATED THE NEED FOR IMPROVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DISTRICTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHILE PLANNING TO ENSURE DOWNTOWN IS INVITING AND ENGAGING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
TWO CATALYTIC PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER, AND SELECTED FOR MORE DETAILED CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FUTURE.
THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS DEPICTED IN THE FOLLOWING IMAGES HELP DEMONSTRATE A NUMBER OF THE PLAN'S RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF COMPACT, WALKABLE MIXED USE PLACES, A WIDER VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS PER AREA TRANSIT, SUPPORTIVE LAND USES AND STREETS SCAPES, AND DESIGNING FOR TRANSITIONS BETWEEN NEW AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
THE FIRST AREA IS COMPRISED OF FOUR SURFACE PARKING LOTS ADJACENT EVA NEVA STREET BETWEEN SOUTH ST.
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MARY'S STREET AND MAIN PLAZA STREET, ALONG THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER WALK.THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE AREAS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST.
THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT SHOWS VARIOUS VER VERTICAL MILK MIXED USE BUILDINGS THAT SUPPORT THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING AND RESIDENT SUPPORTING SHOPS AND SERVICES.
STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE SHADE WIDE SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, AND PLEASANT GATHERING SPACES, SUPPORT WALKABILITY AND THE USE OF RAPID TRANSIT SHOWN IN DEDICATED LANES ON NAVARRO AND ST.
MARY'S STREETS, REDUCING THE RELIANCE OF CARS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THE SECOND CATALYTIC SITE IS THE 27 ACRES OF ALAMO DO PARKING LOTS.
THE CONCEPT REPLACES APPROXIMATELY 2,600 SURFACE PARKING SPOTS WITH A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, MIXED USE BUILDINGS AND GREEN SPACES FOR PARKS AND ACTIVE RECREATION, BUT IS MINDFUL THAT THE EXISTING PARKING SERVES THE ARENA AND INTEGRATES PARKING STRUCTURES TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH ALAMO DO VISITORS AND RESIDENTIAL PARKING.
THE VISION FOR THIS SITE CREATES A MIXED INCOME MIXED USE COMMUNITY WITH A DESIRABLE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT SPACE INTEGRATED WITHIN MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
GREEN SPACE AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL RE RECREATIONAL SPACES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, TAILGATING, AND FAN SPACE.
THIS CONCEPT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE TRANSITION FROM NEWER TALLER DEVELOPMENTS NEXT TO EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN REGARDS TO HOUSING.
AS DEMAND CONTINUES TO GROW, THERE IS A NEED TO MAINTAIN AND CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS ALONG WITH MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT DOWNTOWN'S EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AMENITIES AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE POPULATION.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHOULD INCLUDE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW AND VERY LOW INCOMES.
FUTURE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE TOURISM AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, ALONG WITH TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS EXPANDING UTSA'S DOWNTOWN CAMPUS, THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DISTRICT, AND SUPPORTING INVESTMENT IN ENTERTAINMENT, ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL ASSETS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO DIVERSIFY THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AS WITH THE OTHER SUB AREA PLANS, NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILES AND PRIORITIES WERE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO PRIOR PLANNING EFFORTS AND ADDRESS SPECIFIC PRIORITIES FROM PARTICIPATING NEIGHBORHOODS.
EACH PRIORITY ALIGNS WITH EITHER A PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED PLAN, A SUB AREA PLAN RECOMMENDATION, OR WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THERE ARE SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILES AND PRIORITIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
IN THIS FIRST EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRIORITIES ARE CREATING DIVERSE NEW HOUSING, AFFORDABLE TO A RANGE OF PEOPLE, AND IMPROVING STREET CA STREET SCAPES WITH ON-STREET PARKING AND WHITE SIDEWALKS.
DENVER HEIGHTS AND DITY HILL WILL BOTH HAVE ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES AS PART OF THE EAST SIDE AREA COMMUNITY PLAN, AS MOST OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN AREA, THEY BOTH AS PART OF THIS PLAN, HOWEVER, DO SPEAK TO CREATING TRANSITIONS IN SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT.
DOWNTOWN CORE NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED WERE CRE, CREATING A CLEAR HIERARCHY OF DOWNTOWN STREETS AND EXPLORING POTENTIAL REVISIONS TO THE D ZONING DISTRICT.
THE KING WILLIAM NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES INCLUDE CONSERV CONSERVING BUILDINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SUPPORTING BUSINESS GROWTH THAT SERVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON ADJACENT CORRIDORS AND MANAGING PARKING DEMAND.
THAT LAVACCA NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES INCLUDES SUPPORTING MIXED USE GROWTH ON SOUTH PRESA AND SOUTH ST.
MARY'S STREETS, AND ENCOURAGING NEW HOUSING ON EMPTY LAND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FOLLOWS TRADITIONAL PATTERNS OF SCALE AND CON CONFIGURATION.
AND FINALLY, SOME OF THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES WERE IMPROVING ROOSEVELT AVENUE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND TRANSIT SERVICE, IMPLEMENTING LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS IN STREETSCAPE UPGRADES AS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S SH BAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN PROPOSES RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING THE REGIONAL CENTER OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THE IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION LISTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY TOPIC, FOLLOWED BY STRATEGIES FORMULATED TO ACHIEVE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND THUS WORK TOWARDS THE AREA'S DEVELOPED VISION.
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE ADOPTION PROCESS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT WAS RELEASED ON AUGUST 28TH.
UH, INFORMATION ON THE RELEASE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT WAS INCLUDED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S END OF WEEK REPORT ON AUGUST 30TH TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE THAT AVENUE OF COMMUNICATION TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT OF THE SUB AREA PLAN IS RELEASED.
THERE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE WITH OUR TYPICAL PROCESS AS WE BRIEFED THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK.
THE COMMISSION JUST HAD QUESTIONS AND SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION RELATED TO PARTICIPATION, UH, PARKING AS IT RELATES TO PARKING AND THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS, AND THEN ALSO REALLY FINDING THAT BALANCE OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND PARKING.
AND THAT WAS A DISCUSSION REALLY AMONGST THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WE KIND OF, AFTER WE PRESENTED, UH, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS THAT RESULTED IN
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ANY CHANGE BEING MADE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT.AFTER THE BRIEFING TODAY, WE WILL RETURN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEXT WEEK FOR THEIR HEARING WITH ANTICIPATED COUNCIL ADOPTION ON DECEMBER 5TH AT YOUR PLACES IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PLANNING TEAM MEMBER AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COMMITTEE FORWARD THIS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION AT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEEK.
I WAS ALSO ASKED TO QUICKLY PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH A RECAP OF THE PHASES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, THIS SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU AS I PRESENTED AT THE BUDGET HEARING A FEW WE, UH, MONTHS AGO.
UH, SO FAR, FOUR OF THE SIX SUB AREA PLANS HAVE, HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE DOWNTOWN IS, UH, PLAN IS SCHEDULED FOR COUNCIL ADOPTION ON DECEMBER 5TH.
THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY AREA IS THE SIXTH PLAN IN PHASE ONE, AND IS ANTICIPATED TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE IN LATE SPRING AND THEN ONTO COUNCIL NEXT SUMMER.
THE PHASE TWO BEGAN IN EARLY 2019 AND INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR REGIONAL CENTER PLANS AND TWO COMMUNITY AREA PLANS.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ENGAGING THE PLANNING TEAMS AS ONE OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS.
ANTICIPATED ADOPTION OF THESE PLANS WILL BEGIN SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.
PHASE THREE INCLUDES THE FINAL SET OF REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, ROLLING OAKS AREA, STONE OAK AREA, GREATER AIRPORT AREA, FORT SAM AREA, FORT SAM HOUSTON AREA, AND TO TWO COMMUNITY AREA PLANS.
WE ANTICIPATE KICKING OFF THIS PHASE EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND FINALLY, PHASES FOUR AND FIVE ARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINING COMMUNITY PLANNING AREAS.
ANTICIPATED ADOPTION OF THOSE PLANS WILL BEGIN IN THE SUMMER OF 2022 AND 2023 RESPECTIVELY.
AND SO THEN WITH COMPLETION OF ALL 30 PLANS, WE'LL HAVE ONE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE CITY, SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY WHOLE PRESENTATION, UH, CHAIRMAN GONZALEZ, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND I'LL
I WOULD ALSO NOTE, I DON'T KNOW IF IS CENTRO HERE, IS ANYBODY FROM CENTRO, UM, THAT THERE IS SUPPORT FROM CENTRO, UH, FOR THIS PLAN AS WELL.
UM, AND THANK YOU BRIDGETT FOR INCLUDING, UH, Z AND PART OF THIS, UH, PLANNING EFFORT SH REALLY SHOWS THAT THERE'S A, A REAL BALANCE IN, UH, DOWNTOWN GROWTH AND SOME OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EXCITING THINGS TO COME ON THE WEST PART OF, OF DOWNTOWN AND, AND HOW WE DEVELOP THOSE IN THE FUTURE AS PART OF OUR, UH, SA TOMORROW PLANNING.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU TO, UH, TO, UH, TO YOUR STAFF.
UH, AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED, I THINK ARE ALSO CRITICAL TO POINT OUT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO, TO CREATE A LOT OF MASTER PLANNING AROUND MICRO MOBILITY, UH, OR MASTER PLANNING AROUND A LOT MORE SHADE.
AND I, AND I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT MORE TREE COVERAGE OR TREE CANOPY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT IT'S NOT JUST TREE CANOPY, BUT RATHER A SHADE IN GENERAL.
'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE TREE CANOPY AND ARCHITECTURAL SHADE AS WELL.
SO IT, IT'S KIND OF THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO TWO TO, TO, TO, UH, UH, TO GET US, TO GET US TO A, A MUCH, MUCH GREATER COVERAGE OF, OF SHADE DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS VERY, VERY HOT.
UH, LOTS OF ASPHALT AND CONCRETE AND STEEL AND GLASS.
AND, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS I THINK, UH, COULD BE INCLUDED OR REWORDED IN, IN A WAY BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WORK TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER ELEMENTS LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH A, WITH A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING PLAN CAN ALSO BE INCORPORATED, UH, AS WELL IN THIS, THIS, THIS EFFORT.
IT'S, I THINK DUCK HILLS, IT'S BEEN, YEAH.
AND YOU'VE MENTIONED, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR DOING JUST THAT.
AND, UM, AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS I THINK A GREAT, UM, EXAMPLE OF, OF ALL KINDS OF STREETS, ALL KINDS OF CORRIDORS THAT CAN SET THE EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.
AND I THINK WE, UH, WE'RE, UH, DOING A GOOD JOB OF, OF SETTING THIS UP.
UH, I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, ARE PLEASED WITH THIS.
AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO THIS MOVING FORWARD.
SO I, I MOTION TO, TO MOVE THIS TO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
SO THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, TO ACCEPT THE PLAN.
I, I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ALAMO DOME AND TRAFFIC AND THE FIESTA CARNIVAL AND HOW THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS, UM, WITH THE SPACE AND THE USE AND, UM, TAKING AWAY THE PARKING LOTS, HOW, HOW DOES THAT COME INTO PLAY, UM, WITH NEIGHBORS THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THAT VICINITY? UH, WHAT ARE WE, WE LOOKING AT WHEN
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THAT FULL SPECTRUM IS, IS COMING INTO PLAY? SO WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE WORKED WITH THE PLANNING TEAMS AND THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY FOCUS AREAS AND THEN ALSO TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SITES THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, WHAT COULD HAPPEN.THAT REALLY, UH, SPOKE TO SA TAMAR AND THE PRINCIPLE PRINCIPLES OF WALKABILITY, UM, HAVING SAY THE PARKING, UH, HIDDEN FROM ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, THE TRANSITIONS FROM NEWER DEVELOPMENT TO, UH, EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, SO IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, EXAMPLE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CATALYTIC, UH, SITES CHOSEN.
SO THIS IS ONE WHERE THE PLANNING TEAM MEMBERS WANNA SAY, OKAY, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN OR COULD HAPPEN, UH, SO WE HAVE SOME PARKING THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE, YOU STILL HAVE THE SPACE FOR TAILGATING, BUT YOU DO HAVE YOUR MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE YOUR RETAIL SPACES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW THINGS COULD BE LAID OUT IN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
SO THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT JUST THESE ARE THE CONCEPTS OF REALLY LOOKING AT ESSAY TOMORROW AND WALKABILITY, YOUR MIXED INCOME, YOUR MIXED USE OF SPACES, WHAT COULD A DESIGN LOOK LIKE? OKAY.
SO I, I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME COMMENT ON THERE.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UM, SOME OF THE CATALYTIC PROJECTS AND HOUSING AND OTHER AMENITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND, UH, THE DOWNTOWN AREA PLAN, THE REALLY HAVING, AND I'LL LOOK AT, AT YOU, LORI, WHEN IT COMES TO HISTORIC ADAPTIVE REUSE OF BUILDINGS, UM, WE KNOW WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE, UM, THAT A CENTERPIECE.
WE LIKE TO REVITALIZE AND UTILIZE OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND JUST DEMOLISH THEM.
SO I THINK I LIKE HOW WE'RE DOING THE DECON, THE DECONSTRUCTION INSTEAD OF JUST THE DEMOLITION.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO HISTORIC SITES, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE BRIDGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, LOOKING AT HISTORIC SITES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THOSE WHEN PEOPLE MAY BE PUT IN REQUESTS, ET CETERA, THAT WE CAN ALREADY, SO BRIDGETTE, IN YOUR PROCESS WHEN YOU WERE GETTING THE INPUT AND INFORMATION FROM THE RESIDENTS, AND I KNOW 'CAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS AT ROOSEVELT AND OTHERS, PEOPLE ARE PUTTING ON THE, THE SHEETS, OH, THIS IS WHERE I KNOW A, A STATE HISTORIC MONUMENT IS, OR THIS HISTORIC MONUMENT.
SO WE ARE DOING THAT, WE'RE INCORPORATING IT ALL INTO OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, CORRECT? YES.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST GOAL, IT SPEAKS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE, UH, DOWNTOWN'S AUTHENTICITY.
UM, AS PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE DO WORK WITH O H P, UH, SO THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS WE IMPLEMENT THE PLANTS.
AND EVEN THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE, UH, EVEN A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, BUT STILL THOSE THAT WERE MONUMENTAL OCCASIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD POSIT THAT HISTORIC BUILDINGS AREN'T JUST HISTORIC IN THEIR NATURE, BUT IT'S THE INTANGIBLES THAT ALSO MAKE THE, THE STORIES AND HISTORIC.
SO, AND I I WILL SAY THAT EARLY ON IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, WHEN WE STARTED TO LOOK AT EXISTING CONDITIONS, WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING, WE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO KIND OF PUT STICKY NOTES OF WHAT THEY FELT WAS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE.
SO WE HAVE ALL THAT DOCUMENTED.
AND I GUESS, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE GOT SUPPORT FROM ROOSEVELT, UH, AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SUPPORT FROM CENTRO.
HOW ABOUT THE OTHERS OR IS, IS EVERYBODY IN SUPPORT? UM, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE, UM, THE SURROUNDING DENVER HEIGHTS DIGNITY, DO, ARE THEY SUPPORTIVE? UH, GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE? GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE.
THEY HAVE A VERY SMALL SLIVER.
IN THIS PARTICULAR DOWNTOWN PLAN.
SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE IN THE EAST SIDE PLAN.
UH, WE DO HAVE SARAH HERE TODAY.
UH, THE VACA, WHEN WE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION.
IT WAS WITH, UH, LITTLE VACA NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT AND WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS FROM THE PUBLIC DRAFT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT, EXA, YOU KNOW, UH, ADDRESSING ANY CONCERNS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH CENTRAL, MAKING SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE SIGNIFICANT.
IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO GIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.
SO MAYBE I CAN REACH OUT TO MY, THE ONES THAT ARE IN MY DISTRICT.
AND LIKEWISE, I THINK IT JUST HELPS TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPORT, ARE EN ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROCESS.
THIS DOES, UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM TO MOVE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.
THIS SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER, BUT WE DO NEED TO GET A MOTION.
[6. 19-7461 Briefing and Possible Action on proposed Ordinance adopting a policy for the issuance of Resolutions of Support or No Objection for applicants seeking Housing Tax Credits from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING A POLICY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT.IS THAT, UM, IS THAT RIGHT? DO WE NEED ACTION ON THAT? I THINK SO, RIGHT? YES.
UM, THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IAN BEN'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR.
I'M GONNA BE BRIEFING YOU ON THE UPDATE
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TO THE CITY'S HOUSING TAX CREDIT POLICY, WHICH GUIDES OUR RESOLUTIONS AND NO OBJECTION FOR HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS.AS A QUICK RECAP, HOUSING TAX CREDITS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTERED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
UM, THIS PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS TEXAS.
THE CITY'S ROLE IS THAT WE PROVIDE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT AND NO OBJECTION DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE PROJECT IS A NINE OR 4%.
AND THIS IS NEEDED FOR THEIR STATE SCORING TO RECEIVE THEIR TAX CREDITS.
AS A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR PREVIOUS POLICY, THE PREVIOUS POLICY WAS ADOPTED IN 2017 AND GUIDED THE 20 18 20 19 POLICIES THAT WERE, THAT CITY COUNCIL USED TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT OF NO OBJECTION.
17 PROJECTS IN 2018 WERE GIVEN RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT OF NO OBJECTION.
AND 23 PROJECTS IN 2019 WERE GIVEN RE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT OF NO OBJECTION OVER THE 4% PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
NONE DID PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POINTS, BUT FOR THE 9%, ALMOST 90% DID SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND HALF GOT FULL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POINTS.
WHILE THE CITY APPROVES RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT OF NO OBJECTION, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GUARANTEE.
THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, UM, ARE THE 9% PROJECTS THAT WERE AWARDED AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE 4% PROJECTS THAT WERE CLOSED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND THIS REPRESENTS ALMOST 1700 UNITS, AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WERE BUILT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
IN CRAFTING THIS NEW POLICY, WE FIRST REACHED OUT AND DID UH, PRACTITIONER FOCUS GROUPS.
THIS INVITE WENT OVER TO A, WENT TO OVER A HUNDRED, UM, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
WE REACHED OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED TO N H S D IN THE PAST AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED FOR HOUSING TAX CREDITS IN THE PAST.
WE HELD THESE THREE MEETINGS ON AUGUST 20TH, SEPTEMBER 5TH AND SEPTEMBER 20TH.
IN ADDITION, WE ALSO DID AN ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY THAT WAS OPEN SEPTEMBER 23RD TO OCTOBER 11TH.
WE BRIEF HOUSING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 25TH AND WE OPENED OUR DRAFT POLICY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SEPTEMBER 26TH TO OCTOBER 4TH.
WE'RE HERE TODAY AT PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 14TH BEFORE WE WILL GO BACK TO HOUSING COMMISSION FOR A POLICY REVIEW ON OCTOBER 23RD AND ULTIMATELY TO CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 31ST IN ORDER TO HAVE OUR POLICY ADOPTED IN TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SCORE AND RELEASE RESOLUTIONS TO DEVELOPERS SUBMITTING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID, WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING TAX CREDIT POLICY ALIGNED WITH CITY PRIORITIES, SPECIFICALLY THE HOUSING, UM, POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WE ADOPTED THE SA TOMORROW REGIONAL CENTERS.
AND WE REACHED OUT TO EACH COUNCIL OFFICE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER PRIORITIES THAT CITY COUNCIL OFFICES HAD.
AND THE TWO THAT WE GOT WERE SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND TO MODIFY PROOF OF COORDINATION PROCESS, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION BETWEEN OUR FOCUS GROUPS, WE HAD AROUND 23 TO 35 STAKEHOLDERS AT EACH ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
WHEN WE POSTED THE POLICY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE GOT 10 RESPONSES FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT GROUPS AND OUR PUBLIC SURVEY, THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN EARLIER VERSION, RECEIVED ABOUT 150 RESPONSES.
THOSE SURVEY RESULTS WERE USED TO TELL US WHAT THE COMMUNITY FOUND WAS IMPORTANT THROUGH HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE.
INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO GUIDE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IF PARTICIPANTS ELECT TO DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
THIS INCLUDES RENT LEVELS ALIGNMENT WITH SA TOMORROW, PLANNING AREAS, NUMBER OF APARTMENTS AND OF COURSE TRAFFIC AND PARKING.
IMPORTANT AMENITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY TOLD US WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM WERE TO MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPMENTS WERE NEAR GROCERY STORES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PARKS, THEY INCLUDED LIGHTER PATHWAYS AND SECURITY CAMERAS, THEY HAD ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES, HIGH SPEED INTERNET SERVICES AND UNIT WASHERS AND DRYERS SERVICES INCLUDE ONSITE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN K THROUGH 12, FULL-TIME ONSITE COORDINATORS AND WEEKLY VALET TRASH REMOVAL.
AND THESE AGAIN, WILL BE USED IN OUR SCORING CRITERIA AND THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST, UM, FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE PUBLIC WILL BE GIVEN MORE POINTS.
WITH THAT SAID, THE MAJOR PROPOSED CHANGES FOR THE POLICY INCLUDE A NEW PROXIMITY TO JOBS CATEGORY AND THIS IS TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE'S.
UM, Q A P OR QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLAN, WHICH IS USED TO ULTIMATELY AWARD THE PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY.
UM, DEVELOPMENT SCORED MANY POINTS FOR BEING IN THE URBAN CORE.
THE NEW PROXIMITY TO JOBS CATEGORY WILL OPEN UP OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY, NEW DEEPER AFFORDABILITY AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICIES TO REACH LOWER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY.
BESIDES THE TYPICAL 60%, WHICH WILL BE ALLOWED THROUGH INCOME AVERAGING NEW THRESHOLDS FOR THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OF NO OBJECTION, THE NO OBJECTION IS RAISING FROM 50 TO 60 AND RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT IS GOING FROM 70 TO 75.
WE ARE ADDING THAT A PROJECT CANNOT CAUSE DIRECT DISPLACEMENT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY TS AND OTHER INCENTIVE POLICIES.
NOTIFICATION TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IS NOT GOING TO BE CALLED PROOF OF COORDINATION, IT'LL BE CALLED NOTIFICATION.
WE ARE GONNA INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
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TARGETED AREAS INCLUDING CITY INITIATED TOURS AND TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.WE ARE GONNA ADD ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR AMENITIES AND RESIDENT SERVICES TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE Q A P AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IF INDIVIDUALS ELECT TO GO THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POINTS.
WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE FINAL SCORING THAT REACHES THE A HUNDRED POINTS.
AGAIN, THOSE THRESHOLDS THAT I TALKED TO WILL DI DICTATE WHETHER STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PROJECTS FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OR NO OBJECTION.
AND THAT'S IT IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MAJOR PROPOSED CHANGES.
WERE THESE STATE CHANGES OR THESE ARE OUR, THOSE ARE INTERNAL OR CITY? THESE ARE INTERNAL CITY CHANGES, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE MADE TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE IS ULTIMATELY THE BODY THAT AWARDS THE TAX CREDITS.
WE DON'T WANNA BE COMPLETELY, UM, UNALIGNED WITH THE STATE THAT WOULD PUT AT THAT WOULD PUT OUR REGION AT A DISADVANTAGE TO RECEIVING THE ACTUAL STATE HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
SO WHICH OF THESE ARE OURS? SO DISPLACEMENT OR YES, DISPLACEMENT WOULD BE OURS.
UM, NOTIFICATIONS ARE OURS INCLUDING THE CITY INITIATED T R.
SO THE ADDITIONAL TARGETED AREAS, THE AMENITIES AND UH, RESIDENT SERVICES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE AND THE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY IS ALLOWED THROUGH THE 4% THROUGH INCOME AVERAGING.
BUT IT'S A CITY PRIORITY TO TRY AND INCENTIVIZE THOSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE PROXIMITY TO JOBS DOES ALIGN WELL WITH OUR REGIONAL CENTERS.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S KIND OF UM, YOU KNOW, FORTUITOUS THAT THEY BOTH ALIGN TOGETHER.
SO I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO UM, HOW MANY LETTERS OF NO OBJECTION HAVE WE ISSUED IN THE LAST YEAR? IN THE LAST YEAR? LET ME PULL THAT UP.
SO FOR NO OBJECTION ACTUALLY LEMME SEE IF I BROKE IT DOWN BY YEAR.
BUT WE HAVE ISSUED 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 13, NO OBJECTIONS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND THEN IF WE GO TO THIS SLOT, WHOOPS, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY.
IF YOU GO TO THIS SLIDE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH ANIMATIONS.
I HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THEM ALL.
SO IN 2018, UM, WE DID TWO FOUR PERCENTS, WHICH WOULD BE THE RESOLUTIONS OF NO OBJECTION.
AND IN 2019 WE DID 11 FOUR PERCENTS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION.
HOW MANY OF OUR APPLICATIONS ARE LETTERS HAVE WE ISSUED THAT NO DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN DONE? UM, WELL THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
GETTING YOUR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OR NO OBJECTION IS JUST ONE STEP IN THE PROCESS.
UM, FOR THE NINE PERCENTS, THEY'RE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE GET ABOUT 20 APPLICANTS, THREE OR FOUR MAYBE GET AWARDED WITH THE FOUR PERCENTS, UH, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER TIMELINE.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE RIGHT HERE KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE NUMBER THAT HAVE ACTUALLY CLOSED AT THE STATE LEVEL SO WE KNOW ARE GONNA HAPPEN.
THE OTHER ONES, I MEAN THERE'S SO MANY STEPS ALONG THE WAY THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT DEFINITIVELY RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
AND HOW MANY, WE CAN GIVE YOU A LIST OF THE 2018 AND 2019 THAT WERE APPROVED AND SHOW YOU WHICH ONES HAVE CLOSED AND WHICH ONES ARE STILL PENDING.
AND DO WE KNOW HOW MANY THE ACTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPER HAS PULLED FROM GOING FORWARD AFTER WE ISSUE? YES, WE CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER IF ANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN.
THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
COUNCIL, UH, YEAH, I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHICH ONES ARE STATE AND WHICH ONES ARE CITY AGAIN? STATE AND CITY FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
OKAY, TELL ME JUST THE ONES THAT ARE CITY.
OKAY, SO THE ONES THAT ARE CITY ARE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, THE THRESHOLDS ARE OURS FOR OUR RES UH, INTERNAL CITY.
UH, RESOLUTIONS, DIRECT DISPLACEMENT ARE OURS, ALTHOUGH THE STATE DOES HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY CAN'T CAUSE SOME DISPLACEMENT.
SO THEY'RE NOT, I'M NOT, THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME NOTIFICATION TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ALSO REQUIRED AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT WE ARE DOING A AFFIRMATION OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN AMENITIES AND RESIDENT SERVICES ARE STATES, UH, RES SERVICES AND AMENITIES AND RESIDENT SERVICES ARE THE STATE.
OKAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POINTS? SO THOSE ARE OURS.
SO EXPLAIN TO ME ADDITIONAL TARGETED AREAS.
SO YOU INITIATED TS SO MAJOR PROPOSED CHANGES.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE CHANGE FOR THIS ONE? SO WE GIVE POINTS OUT OF THAT A HUNDRED, LET ME GO HERE IF THEY ARE RIGHT IN A TARGETED AREA.
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IF THEY ARE IN A TARGETED AREA, CORRECT? CORRECT.SO, UM, IF THEY ARE IN A TARGETED AREA AND CAN YOU PLEASE UH, ALSO TELL ME, UM, ABOUT DIRECT DISPLACEMENT AS WELL? THE, UM, IT WOULD BE JUST IF THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEN, OR TAKE A VACANT LOT OR RIGHT.
SO FOUR PERCENTS CAN DO RE REHAB, REHABILITATION REHABS.
AND SO IF THEY DO A ROLLING REHAB WHERE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TEMPORARILY MOVE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY HAVE THAT PLAN SET UP.
IF IT'S A RECONSTRUCTION WHERE THE SITE WILL BE DOWN TEMPORARILY, THEY'RE PROVIDING EITHER HOUSING VOUCHERS OR SOME RELOCATION PLAN FOR THEM.
TO COME BACK AFTER THAT'S BUILT.
AND THEN, UM, THE NOTIFICATION OF COUNCIL PROOF OF COUNCIL MEMBER NOT PROOF OF COORDINATION.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST ABOUT THAT YES, YOU REACHED OUT TO 'EM BUT NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE ARE ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD OR NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
AND PREVIOUSLY WE REQUIRED, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SIGN SOMETHING.
SO THIS TIME THAT WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE THEM SUBMIT SOMETHING TO YOU AND PROOF THAT THEY HAD SENT IT.
BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY, AND I'LL JUST SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES, THAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US BECAUSE IN MY OFFICE, IN MY AREA, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THERE, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WERE IN OPPOSITION TO IT AND IT WAS VERY, VERY LIKE A VERY, VERY CONTENTIOUS UM, CONVERSATION.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UM, RESIDENTS WERE SAYING, WELL, SHE SIGNED THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION OR SHE KNEW THIS SO THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED.
BUT IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THAT IT WAS JUST THEY WERE LETTING US KNOW AND WE SHARED WITH THEM, YOU HAVE TO GO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO, UH, BUT, AND WE NEED A MOTION RIGHT TO UM, CORRECT.
WHAT IS OUR MOTION TO TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 31ST? OKAY.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DID I F DID I GET IT? ALL RIGHT, WE GOT IT.
THANK Y'ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE AND UM, WE'LL SEE Y'ALL NEXT TIME.