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GOOD MORNING.WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019.
COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY GHOST SPURS.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA.
THE TIME IS 9:17 AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GET STARTED TODAY.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR FORMAL MEETING, UH, I'LL ASK OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, TO INVITE OUR INDICATOR.
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS HONOR FOR ME TO INTRODUCE, UH, ARCHBISHOP, UH, GUSTAVO.
UH, HE, UH, DOES RESIDE IN DISTRICT SEVEN, NOT TOO FAR FROM, UH, FROM WOODLAWN LAKE.
UH, HE'S JOINED US ONCE BEFORE AND HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS IN MOVING JOB IN, UH, PROVIDING US SOME OPENING WORDS OF, OF REFLECTION.
AND I'VE INVITED HIM BACK AGAIN TO, TO DO THE SAME, UH, THE ARCHBISHOP HALES FROM THE SAME TOWN AS MY MOTHER, UH, IN MEXICO.
THAT IS, UH, SAN LUIS, UH, POTOSI.
SO HE HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN, IN MY HEART, AND I'M SURE HE, UH, HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN EVERYBODY'S HEART AS WELL.
SO, ARCHBISHOP MAYOR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE COME TOGETHER TODAY AS MEMBERS OF A LARGE AND DIVERSE CITY COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THIS DIVERSITY IS A SOURCE OF OUR STRENGTH AND SOMETHING FOR WHICH WE CAN BE PROUD.
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF MANY IN OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITY, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE FROM AMONG POLITICAL LEADERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, EDUCATORS, AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS, WE HAVE FORGED A COMMUNITY OF TOLERATION AND MUTUAL ACCEPTANCE.
THIS PAST SEPTEMBER DURING HIS TRIP TO AFRICA, POPE FRANCIS ADDRESSED THE LEADERS OF THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
WITH THESE WORDS, YOU POSSESS AN AUTHORITARIAN VOICE, ONE THAT HAS TAKEN ON LIFE, A VOICE THAT CAN REMIND US THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE LASTING PEACE.
WHEN WE START WITH A CONVICTION, THAT DIVERSITY IS A BEAUTIFUL THING WHEN IT CAN CONSTANTLY ENTER INTO A PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION AND STILL A SORT OF CULTURAL COVENANT RESULTING IN A RECONCILED DIVERSITY.
THIS, IN TURN, SERVES AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD TRUE FELLOWSHIP WITHIN THE GREATER HUMAN FAMILY WITHOUT FEELING THE NEED TO MARGINALIZED, TO EXCLUDE OR REJECT ANYONE WHILE REJOICING IN OUR DIVERSITY IN SAN ANTONIO.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE PAINFULLY AWARE OF DIVISIONS AMONG US, NOT SIMPLY DIVISIONS OF IDEOLOGY, BUT IN THE MOST GLARING WAY ECONOMICALLY.
THAT IS MARCH, WORK AHEAD OF US TO HELP RAISE UP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.
WHILE SOME ARE REAPING THE FRUITS OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND GROWTH,
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MANY REMAIN MIRRORED IN A NEARLY HOPELESS CYCLE OF POVERTY AND DISADVANTAGE.YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY, YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AS, UH, POLICYMAKERS TO OPEN THE ROAD OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MANY DECISIONS YOU MAKE.
WHETHER OF A SIMPLE ZONING VARIANCE IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OR OF A TAX INCENTIVE FOR A LARGE INDUSTRY HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE LIVES OF REAL PEOPLE.
THEREFORE, IT IS RIGHT TO PRAY BEFORE BEGINNING THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR WE NEED THE DIVINE WISDOM TO DECIDE RIGHTLY AND WELL.
GOD OUR CREATOR, YOU HAVE GIVEN US A RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS THROUGH YOUR INSPIRATION AND BY HUMAN WISDOM, WE HAVE DIVIDES MEANS OF GOVERNING OURSELVES AND ADMINISTERING OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE AGES AS REVEALED BY SACRED SCRIPTURE.
YOU HEAR THE CRY OF THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.
YOU LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF THE OPPRESSED, AND YOU GIVE US A THIRST FOR JUSTICE.
WE HUMBLY ASK YOU, THEN, GOD, OF EVERY BLESSING TO ENLIGHTEN US WITH YOUR SPIRIT, SPARK WITHIN US, A THIRST FOR JUSTICE FOR CERTAIN THINGS, RIGHT? AND WHEN WE ARE TEMPTED BY WEAKNESS OR BY FATIGUE, PLEASE RENEW OUR STRENGTH TO SERVE YOU THROUGH LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR.
RAISE UP OUR HEARTS, BE DEFENDERS OF WHAT IS TRUE AND RIGHT AND GOOD.
AND MOST OF ALL, WE ASK YOUR WISDOM THAT WE MAY DECIDE HONESTLY IN THE WELL FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
DO YOUR CARE, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ANNA SANDOVAL, AS SHE SWORN IN AS MAYOR PRO TERM, AND WE ENTRUST TO YOU THIS NEW INITIATIVE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF TONY PARKER IN OUR CITY AS A MAN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE WELLBEING, THE JOY, THE ENTERTAINMENT OF OUR PEOPLE.
WE ASK THIS IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME, AMEN,
WELL, PERHAPS THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, GETS PEOPLE TO THEIR FEET AS QUICKLY AS THE ARCHBISHOP IS THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS
AND I THINK, UM, FOLKS KNOW WHY, UH, WE'RE DRESSED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TODAY.
IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO, UH, ANNOUNCE THIS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE MEASURE OF A GREAT CITY RESTS IN THE STRENGTHS AND TALENTS OF ITS INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS.
AND SAN ANTONIO IS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST UNIQUE CITIES BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE MOST ADORED SPURS PLAYER, THE 28TH OVERALL PICK IN THE 2001 N B A DRAFT, ONE OF THE QUICKEST PLAYERS IN THE N B A, THE POINT GUARD FROM FRANCE, MR. WILLIAM ANTHONY PARKER, JR.
AND WHEREAS EARLY IN THE 2001 AND 2002 SEASON, COACH POPOVICH PUT TONY INTO THE STARTING LINEUP.
TONY PUSHED THE TEMPO, HIT OPEN JUMPERS, GOT THE SPURS BETTER SHOTS, AND RAN PLAYS THROUGH DUNCAN AND ROBINSON.
AND BY THE END OF THE SEASON, THE ROOKIE LED SAN ANTONIO AND ASSISTS IN STEELS, AND WAS NAMED TO THE ALL ROOKIE FIRST TEAM BECOMING THE FIRST FOREIGN BORN GUARD TO EARN THE HONOR.
AND WHEREAS PARKER PLAYED 17 SEASONS WITH THE SPURS, AND HIS CAREER HAS BEEN FILLED WITH MANY ACHIEVEMENTS, INCLUDING FOUR N B A CHAMPIONSHIPS, SIX ALL-STAR GAME SELECTIONS, FOUR, ALL N B A PICKS, AND A 2007 N B A FINALS M V P AWARD, A TESTAMENT OF HIS OUTSTANDING TALENT IN THE SPORT.
AND WHEREAS PARKER'S PRESENCE EXTENDED FAR BEYOND THE HARDWOOD AS HE SUPPORTED CHARITABLE CAUSES, INCLUDING DONATING TICKETS TO UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH FOR EACH HOME GAME, FUNDRAISING SUPPORT FOR CASA MORE, AND GRANTING WISHES TO KIDS WITH LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES THROUGH THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION,
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FRANCE.NOW, THEREFORE, IRAN NURENBERG MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DUKE, HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 9TH, 2019 TO BE TONY PARKER DAY AND EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION TO TP FOR ALL HE HAS DONE FOR THE ALAMO CITY MAYOR C TONY.
AND, UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, TO SPEAK ON TONY'S BEHALF, THE COYOTE TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
COUNCIL, WANT TO COME DOWN? COME ON.
YOU GONNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS? AND, UH, WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW THEIR SPIRIT, UH, THEIR SPUR SPIRIT, UH, OF COURSE, FOR TONY PARKER ON SATURDAY BY WEARING THEIR JERSEY.
AND OF COURSE, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE GAME OR WHEREVER THEY'RE WATCHING THE GAME, TO, UH, DON THEIR BEST TONY GEAR ON SATURDAY, AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR, UH, FOR THE BILLBOARDS PEOPLE WILL BE SEEING ALL AROUND TOWN THAT HAVE A COMMEMORATION OF TONY PARKER.
SO, UH, ENJOY THE MURALS THAT ARE ON THE BUILDING.
UH, ENJOY THE GREAT SPURS SPIRIT, UH, THANK YOU COYOTE, AND TO THE REST OF THE SPURS ORGANIZATION FOR MAKING ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE TODAY.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE NOW, SO I'LL, UH, RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP ON MONDAY? I, ALRIGHT.
WELL, IT'S VETERANS DAY, AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR VETERANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION AND OF OUR FREEDOM.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT, UH, WHERE IT SAYS, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
WELL, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE, AND WE HAVE MANY VETERANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND OUR SURROUNDING AREA THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THAT FREEDOM.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE THAT, UH, HAS, UH, CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
AND HERE, ESPECIALLY IN SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE PROUD OF THOSE VETERANS.
AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE ON MONDAY.
WE'VE GOT A WHOLE BIG, UH, ROUND OF ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY TO INCLUDE A PARADE.
AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND WATCH THAT AND HONOR OUR, OUR MILITARY AND OUR VETERANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, UM, IF YOU SEE A VETERAN AROUND, PLEASE, UH, TELL THEM THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR PROTECTING OUR FREEDOMS HERE IN AMERICA.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, UH, LET'S, LET'S JUST HAVE
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THE VETERANS HERE THAT ARE HERE TODAY STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED.SO AGAIN, COME AND ENJOY SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OVER THE WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY.
AND, UH, PARTICIPATE AND THANK YOU, SIR.
UM, HAVE ANOTHER POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
AND, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING UP IN DISTRICT 10.
UH, WE ARE HAVING A CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND IN RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, AND, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME ACTIVITIES COMING UP AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE VANCE BLACK, BLACK FOX TO COME ON UP HERE AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE GOING ON.
COME ON UP, VANCE O GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
I'M A CITIZEN OF THE CHEROKEE NATION, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
THANK, I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO, UM, TO, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, UM, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND ALL THE OTHERS HERE WHO SERVE AS COUNSELORS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THIS SATURDAY WE'LL BE GATHERING AT COMANCHE LOOKOUT PARK FOR WHAT WE HOPE TO BE AN ANNUAL EVENT.
'CAUSE THIS IS OUR SECOND ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION.
UM, IN THE BE, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT, UM, IN THIS PLACE WE ARE, WE ARE STANDING ON THE LAND THAT IS ORIGINALLY THE LANDS OF THE KOI TEIN AND TAWA PEOPLES.
AND BECAUSE OF MY PASSION TO CELEBRATE THOSE PEOPLES IN ALL NATIVE PEOPLES, I COME TO THE TABLE, UM, IN DISTRICT 10 AND IN A CITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CELEBRATE THOSE TWO PARTICULAR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, BUT ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ACROSS THIS LAND, I THINK SOMETIMES IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY THAT HAS BEEN BUILT HERE IN THIS PLACE AND BEEN ACCEPTED.
AND AS, UM, ARCHBISHOP MENTIONED, UM, TOLERATED AT FIRST, UM, AND THEN BECOME ACCEPTED.
WE OFTENTIMES FORGET THAT THIS CITY WAS BUILT ON THE BACKS AND BUILT ON THE ORIGINAL AND INDIGENOUS BIRTHRIGHT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE FIRST.
AND SO IT'S MILDLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT AND TO CELEBRATE THAT.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT STARTING LAST YEAR DURING THE 300 YEAR CELEBRATION WAS, UH, A BEAUTIFUL SYMBOL OF WHAT IT, WHAT, WHAT, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THIS CITY TO DO SO.
SO WITH THAT, UM, OUR ACTIVITIES, THIS, THIS SATURDAY WILL BE A, A WONDERFUL FEAST AT NOONTIME.
SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER MOTIVATION FOR YOU TO BE WITH US, PLEASE BE WITH US FOR THAT.
THE WONDERFUL FOLKS AT AMERICAN INDIAN, TEXAS OF THE SPANISH COLONIAL MISSIONS BE PROVIDING A FEAST, UM, SPONSORED OF COURSE BY DISTRICT 10.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO, IN THE MORNING TIME BE HAVING BE BE, WE WILL BE HAVING A, UH, A PRAYER SERVICE, THE PRAYER'S AT THE PEAK.
SO COME AND HIKE TO THE TOP OF THE PEAK AT COMANCHE LOOKOUT PARK, AND JOIN US IN PRAYER TO CELEBRATE THE LAND AND TO GIVE THANKS TO CREATOR FOR THIS BLESSING THAT WE LIVE UPON MOTHER EARTH.
AND THEN, UM, AROUND 10 O'CLOCK WE WILL BE, UM, HAVING A, AN EXERCISE, AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EXERCISE THAT I WILL HOST CALLED THE BLANKET EXERCISE THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH A VARIETY OF, UH, MOMENTS OF HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY, UM, BETWEEN THE NATIVE FOLKS THAT WILL LIST UP THE, THE STORIES OF NATIVE FOLKS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE POLICIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HOW IT'S AFFECTED US AS NATIVE PEOPLE.
THEN OF COURSE, THE FEAST AT NOON.
AND THEN AT ONE O'CLOCK WE'LL HAVE A VARIETY OF PRESENT CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM ACROSS SAN ANTONIO, AND MAYBE EVEN FROM OUR NEIGHBORING SISTER, CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS TIME TOGETHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT UP THE IMPORTANCE OF A RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND OUR HERITAGE AND OUR CULTURE, AND ALSO FOR YOU, THE SUPPORT YOU MIGHT GIVE TO US AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW INTO THE FUTURE.
THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT THAT I BELIEVE CAN BE, UH, A MAJOR SYMBOL FOR HOW SAN ANTONIO SUPPORTS ITS INDIGENOUS FOLKS.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WADO, WADO, WADO, WADO.
SO, I, I JUST WANT TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT IT IS SATURDAY FROM NINE TO THREE, AND, UH, IT'S AT COMANCHE LOOKOUT AND JULIA YATES SIMS LIBRARY, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE ON NACODOCHES AND JUDSON ROAD.
IN FACT, COME ON OUT AND GO UP TO THE TOP OF COMANCHE LOOKOUT.
IT IS THE HIGHEST POINT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO COME ON OUT, ENJOY THE, THE, UH, DAY'S ACTIVITIES AND, UH, PARTICIPATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, UH, HAS APPOINTED PERSON THIS.
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YOU MAYOR.UH, I KNOW THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE MY FAVORITE VETERAN.
YOU'RE MY SECOND FAVORITE VETERAN.
UH, MY VERY FAVORITE IS A GENTLEMAN, ST.
SITTING, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE NAMED, UH, DR.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, DR.
ELIZONDO SHOWED UP TODAY TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE MARINE'S BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS SUNDAY, RIGHT? UM, AND, UH, DR.
ELIZONDO SERVED IN THE MARINES A LONG TIME AGO IN 1951.
HE, UH, WAS IN COMBAT IN KOREA.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE MARINES TODAY, UH, SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON SUNDAY.
UH, BUT ALSO I THINK IT'S RIGHT TO DO THAT BY, UH, WELCOMING DR.
ELIZONDO TO OUR, TO OUR CHAMBERS.
ELIZONDO FOR JOINING US TODAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AS WELL.
UH, THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, UM, AND VETERANS IN THE, IN THE IN THE CHAMBER TODAY.
UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT, UM, SATURDAY IS THE VETERANS DAY PARADE, UH, ON HOUSTON STREET.
UH, HOPE TO GET MANY PEOPLE TO COME OUT ON SATURDAY.
AND ALSO WE HAVE A, A SPECIAL LUNCH THAT WE'RE, THAT, UH, MY OFFICE IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE V F W POST 76 IS HOLDING FROM ONE TO THREE O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, TO ALL OF THE VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED, WHO ARE STILL SERVING.
'CAUSE IF YOU ARE IN THIS ROLE, YOU ARE CONTINUING TO SERVE.
SO THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, MY FELLOW VETERANS, UM, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO VETERANS FOR SERVING YOUR CITY AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, DISTRICT TWO IS IS MY HEART.
IT'S, IT'S THE PART OF SAN ANTONIO THAT RAISED ME.
AND SO SATURDAY FROM 10 TO TWO, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR FIRST ANNUAL DISTRICT TWO FAMILY REUNION, AND WE'RE INVITING THE WHOLE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE MOST POSITIVE PART OF DISTRICT TWO, WHICH IS HOW WE UNITE HOW WE COME TOGETHER, HOW WE FELLOWSHIP, AND HOW WE GIVE BACK TO ONE ANOTHER.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TREE ADOPTION FROM PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, COME EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS TO PROVIDE FOR YOU AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SO MUCH FUN WITH GAMES TO YOU.
UM, UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD, WE'LL BE BRINGING OUT THE CARDINAL.
SO YES, WE KIND OF STOLE FOR THE DAY, AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE SOME GOOD FOOD FOR MR. AND MRS. G'S.
IT'S JUST A TIME TO COME TOGETHER, A TIME TO TRULY UPLIFT EACH OTHER.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF MY DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS AND ALL OF THE REST OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UH, DR.
HE LIVES NOT TOO FAR FROM ME IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
UM, AND I, I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE ONE PERSON THAT ALWAYS IS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR GREAT FRANCHISE OF SPURS IS, IS, UH, ONE THAT REMAINS A GOLD STANDARD.
SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, SHAMEIKA HUDSON, WHO'S IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY.
THANK YOU SHAMEIKA FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE SPURS, MEGAN, FOR JOINING US TODAY TOO.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, AND WE'LL START WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH AND 12TH.
SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER AND 11TH, 11TH AND 12TH.
ALRIGHT, ITEM FOUR IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR MAYOR PRO TEM.
JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,
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END OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.
THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE STATES.
AT THIS TIME, OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING IS LISTED ON CONSENT.
I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
I DO HAVE SOME LISTED FOR HIGHLIGHTING.
UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA PULL ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, LET ME KNOW.
NOW I HAVE ITEM 15, PULLED 28.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? ACTUALLY, YOU CAN KEEP 17 ON CONSENT.
ANY OTHERS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? UH, IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 15 AND 28.
THERE'S A MOTION, UH, WAS THERE A SECOND? YES.
MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, OR EXCUSE ME, OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ITEMS, UH, CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO, TO SPEAK? OKAY, NO CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.
UM, I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT IT, UH, BEFORE THE VOTE, BUT LET ME HIGHLIGHT IT AFTER, UH, WE DID JUST APPROVE, UH, THE GRANT FUNDS FOR, UH, THE CIVIC TECH DIVISION PILOT PROGRAM, UH, WITHIN GEEK DE'S BROADER INCUBATOR PROGRAM.
AND I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE PROGRAM'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORT TO TEAMS AND COMPANIES THAT ARE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO HELP THEM CREATE PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS CIVIC CHALLENGES.
BY DOING SO, THIS PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS THE CITY AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO PILOT OR PROCURE THOSE NEW TECHNOLOGIES WHEN THE TEAMS COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
NOT ONLY WILL THIS PROGRAM HELP US IDENTIFY A SOLUTION AIMED AT ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS, MANY OF US SEE EVERY DAY IN OUR CITY, BUT ALSO THE CHANCE TO CONTINUE SUPPORT, TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SAN ANTONIO'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR TARGETED INDUSTRIES.
SO I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM GEEKDOM HERE TO THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UH, THE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS EXCITING INITIATIVE, I THINK IS GOING TO BE, UH, A MODEL PERHAPS IN HOW WE CAN WORK ON OTHER, UH, INDUSTRIES AND INCUBATORS WITHIN THOSE INDUSTRIES.
SO, UH, ALL OF US HERE ARE HERE, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUCCESS.
HOPE TO HEAR FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW WE CAN FINE TUNE IT, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK OVER AT GEEKDOM.
I WANTED TO EYE HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS AND THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, FIRST I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM, UH, NUMBER EIGHT.
IT'S A BOND PROJECT IN DISTRICT SEVEN, NOT FAR FROM JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S THE RECONSTRUCTION OF, UH, A WHOLE STREET, INCLUDING THE SIDEWALKS ON FUR DRIVE FROM FREDERICKSBURG, UH, TWO CAPMAN ROAD.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST, UH, OUR OLDER STREETS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, AND WE'LL LEVERAGE SOME SAWS IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE'LL BE GETTING A BIGGER BANG, UH, FOR OUR BUCK.
AND ONCE COMPLETED, FUR DRIVE WILL CONNECT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL TO THE DECO DISTRICT ON FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, UH, GIVING FOLKS ACCESS TO THE PRIMO BUS ROUTE, UH, LOCAL H E B, THE WOODLAWN THEATER AND, UH, AREA RESTAURANTS, WELL AREA RESTAURANT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY THAT MANY YET,
AND I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM 19.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY FOLKS FROM THE AIRPORT ARE STILL HERE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
I THINK, UM, IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, LET ME GRAB IT.
IT IS ACTUALLY AN AGREEMENT WITH UBER TECHNOLOGY FOR THREE YEARS AT THE AIRPORT SO THAT WE CAN, UH, TRACK THEIR RIDES AND THEIR PICKUPS, AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE PAYING FEES, UM, AND PROVIDING, UH, BACKUP TO, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN UP ON THE HONOR SYSTEM UNTIL NOW.
UH, SO I KNOW OUR INDEPENDENT TAXI OPERATORS HAVE, UH, HAVE WANTED THAT TO BE
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A LITTLE BIT, UH, TIGHTER REGULATED.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK WITH, UH, WITH UBER.
UM, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, MY SBAC APPOINTEE WHO IS HERE.
UH, MELANIE TA WILL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MELANIE, FOR STEPPING UP TO SERVE, UM, UH, ALREADY A FANTASTIC BUSINESS OWNER, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
'CAUSE THE WORK OF THE SS A C IS, IS SO CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE UPON AWARD OF UP TO $100,000 FOR THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, VOICES FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CHALLENGE TO RAISE THE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY.
AND SO, UM, I WAS REVIEWING THE AGENDA AND SAW THIS ITEM, AND WE KNOW THAT POVERTY HAS COME, UH, TO THE FOREFRONT OF OUR CITY IN RECENT MEDIA REPORTS.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DR.
BRIDGER AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE HOW WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRANT.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? HOW DID WE APPLY? OR WHY DID WE APPLY? AND WHAT MIGHT WE EXPECT TO GET AS A RESULT OF THIS FUNDING AGREEMENT OR THIS STUDY? OR, OR MAYBE YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE, RIGHT? AND SO, REALLY AS, UM, HUMAN SERVICES IS PART OF THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON THAT POVERTY REPORT, AND WE CAME ACROSS THIS GRANT DURING THAT PROCESS IN SEPTEMBER, THE GATES FOUNDATION RELEASED THE GRANT.
AND THE GOAL REALLY IS FOR COMMUNITIES TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE IDEAS TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND POVERTY LOCALLY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S A PLANNING GRANT, REALLY, SO IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONE TIME TO, UM, CREATE A PLAN THAT WOULD ADDRESS, UM, THAT CONVERSATION.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS AROUND, UM, WORKING WITH THE ARTS AND YOUTH, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO INFORM, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY ALL POPULATIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE POOR, WHAT THE CAUSES OF POVERTY ARE, AND START A DISCUSSION THAT WILL CONTINUE, UM, WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ON HOW TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND SO THIS IS DESIGNED FOR CITIES BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES AS CITIES, WE'RE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ISSUES LIKE POVERTY REALLY REQUIRE LOTS OF FEDERAL MONEY AS WELL, LOTS OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT IS PERHAPS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT A CITY CAN DO.
SO THIS IS DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE, IT'S DESIGNED FOR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO, UM, A LOT OF TIMES FOUNDATIONS DON'T ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO APPLY, BUT THIS ONE IS ALLOWING, UM, BUT A NONPROFIT COULD APPLY, UM, A COLLEGE UNIVERSITY REALLY, UM, THEY'RE NOT LIMITING THE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO WE WERE, ARE WE ACCEPTING THE GRANT? WE WERE ALREADY AWARDED IT.
AND SO THIS IS JUST TO ACCEPT IT, OR WE'RE GOING OUT TO PRIDE.
THIS IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO SUBMIT IT.
IT'S DUE ON NOVEMBER THE 13TH.
UM, WE ARE TALKING TO THE AREA FOUNDATION, UNITED WAY, A PARTNERSHIP, UM, ABOUT PARTNERING ON THIS.
UM, SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD BRING OUR PARTNERS IN AS WELL, UM, TO ENSURE THAT, THAT WE REALLY ARE, ARE GETTING TO GRASSROOTS, UM, LEVEL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, LEADERS.
AND IS THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT, UM, TO, UH, WHAT WOULD, HOW WOULD THAT MONEY BE USED TO? YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A PLANNING GRANT, BUT DO THEY BRING PEOPLE OR THEY JUST BRING FUNDS AND THEN WE GO OUT AND HIRE SOMEONE, OR WE DO IT WITHIN OUR EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THAT INFORMATION? OR WHAT, WHAT MIGHT HELP? WE WOULD DO THAT WITHIN THE EXISTING ORGANIZATION.
UM, WE WOULD USE THE DOLLARS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HOLD COMMUNITY, UH, NETWORK MEETINGS TO PROVIDE, UM, TRAINING OR EDUCATION, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE WORKING IN THE ARTS TO CREATE THE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP MATERIALS AS WELL.
UM, POTENTIALLY EVEN PUBLIC SERVICE TYPE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THE MONEY CAN BE USED, BUT IT WOULD NOT, WE WOULD, UM, NOT BE SUBCONTRACTING IT MOST LIKELY, OR, YOU KNOW.
SO IT WOULD MOSTLY STAY IN HOUSE.
UM, I JUST, UM, WANTED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND HOPE THAT IT HELPS US, UH, ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OF POVERTY THAT IS, UM, BECOMING WELL AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT.
UM, A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN SOME PARTS OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY MY DISTRICT, BUT IS ALSO, I MEAN, IT'S A CITYWIDE PROBLEM AND SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.
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THANK YOU.THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15.
UH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, I MEAN, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY DURING B SESSION, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE OTHER TWO COMMITTEE CHAIRS ARE DOING IN THE GATHERING OF THE DATA, UM, AS, AS GAPS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THAT NEXT ROUND OF, OF INFORMATION THAT DR.
BRIDGER AND THE STAFF ARE PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, FRANKLY, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE THERE AREN'T, THERE AREN'T, UM, UH, LIMITS ON WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO AS, AS THAT CONVERSATION CONTINUES, IF WE SEE THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION THAT THERE'S A NEED TO FOCUS ON AN AREA, THEN I, I THINK THE, THE STRUCTURE YOU'VE PUT IN PLACE INFORMALLY THROUGH, THROUGH THE MEMO, UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND USE IT IN A TARGETED WAY AS YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR DISCUSSIONS.
UH, I WANT TO COMMEND, UH, THE CITY, UH, FOR PURSUING THIS.
AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO ASK THAT PART OF THE RESEARCH BE ABOUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST OF LIVING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO? UH, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR NOT TO BE IN POVERTY? I THINK WE RECOGNIZE POVERTY WHEN WE SEE IT AMONG THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE LIVE WITH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT WHAT IS THAT LEVEL? I KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SETS A CERTAIN MONETARY LEVEL THAT SAYS, IF YOU'RE BELOW THIS LEVEL, YOU'RE IN POVERTY.
BUT WHAT DOES IT REALLY COST FOR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY TO LIVE ABOVE THE POVERTY LEVEL? AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED IN THIS, THIS MONEY COULD BE PART OF THAT EXPLORATION, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT THE REAL COST OF LIVING IS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, FOR A COUPLE, FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR OR A FAMILY GREATER, IT'LL HELP US UNDERSTAND THOSE LEVELS OF POVERTY AND WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO LIFT PEOPLE ABOVE THOSE LEVELS.
SO I HOPE THAT WE'LL REALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, IN WITHIN THE ACTUAL CITY LIMITS.
AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ FOR, FOR PULLING THIS ITEM ALMOST FEELS LIKE A PART TWO OF OUR CONVERSATION FROM, FROM YESTERDAY.
UH, AND, AND ERIC, I, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ABOUT THIS A LOT LAST TERM.
UM, THE FIRST THING WE DID BEFORE WE EVEN GOT INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS WHEN WE WERE ESTABLISHING AN, AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT HAS KIND OF RESONATED NOW THROUGHOUT THE CITY ORGANIZATION, IS THAT WE HAD DR.
RENAN COME IN AND TELL US ALL OF THE SORTED HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING POVERTY ARE SH ARE, ARE SCRATCHING THEIR HEAD AND, AND REALLY PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT ABOUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
I, I MEAN, I HEARD YESTERDAY DR.
BRIDGER SAID, THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENT WE CAN MAKE AS A COMMUNITY.
NONE OF IT, UH, NOT ALL OF IT IS OURS IS AN EDUCATION.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY INSTRUCTED IF WE CAME BACK TO THE DATA, UM, THAT DR.
RENAN REPORTED AND DO A RECALIBRATION WITH IT TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT IT IS THE EQUITY PROCESS, THE EQUITY LENS, THE EQUITY, UM, PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO INFUSE IN THE CITY, THAT THAT IS REALLY GOING TO, UM, HELP US FOCUS AND STAY FOCUSED ON, ON THIS ISSUE.
I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW WE DIDN'T GET HERE OVERNIGHT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET OUT OF IT OVERNIGHT.
BUT A, A FOCUSED EFFORT TO RESTORE EQUITY IN COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, LEFT BEHIND FOR GENERATIONS WOULD, WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND ALSO TO CONTINUE TO EMPOWER THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO BUILD THOSE PRINCIPLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY ORGANIZATION.
AND THAT INCLUDES OUR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WOULD'VE EASY TO CREATE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES AND, AND END UP GETTING CROSSWAYS AND MAYBE EVEN, UM, WORKING AT COUNTERPRODUCTIVE PUR, YOU KNOW, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE ENDS.
BUT, UM, IF WE STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, ESPECIALLY UNDERSCORING THE PROCESS OF EQUITY THAT WE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY DELIBERATELY, UM, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ FOR BEING, YOU KNOW, A A REALLY, UH, SHARP, TRUE NORTH FOR US FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY EVEN GOT TO THAT POINT.
UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, SO I GUESS IN SOMEWHAT WHAT I WOULD BE ASKING IS IF WE COULD DO ANOTHER, ANOTHER SESSION PERHAPS WITH DR.
RENAN OR A PANEL OF FOLKS, AND THEN ALSO IF, IF I CAN ENCOURAGE US TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO EMPOWER THE EQUITY COM EQUITY OFFICE TO GO BRING US THROUGH TRAININGS, NOT IN IN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO OUR CITY COUNCIL OFFICES, OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE, UH, REALLY GOING BACK TO THAT TOUCHSTONE OF RESTORING
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EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.UM, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND I HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT, BUT I, UM, PERHAPS YOU WANT TO SHARE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING SPEAKERS COME FORWARD, ABOUT YOUR IDEA ABOUT HOW YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
UM, SO ONE OF THE, I THE WAYS THAT WE DISCUSSED ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF POVERTY WAS TO HAVE, UM, NOT, NOT PANELS, BUT UH, SORT OF LIKE A SUMMIT.
UM, THEY HEARINGS, UH, HEARINGS ON POVERTY.
AND I WONDER IF THAT IS ONE WAY WE COULD USE THAT FUNDS IS TO HAVE HEARINGS ABOUT, UH, AND I THINK IT, IT LENDS ITSELF TO WHAT THE MAYOR'S TALKING ABOUT, UH, IN AREAS THAT WE CAN IMPACT AT THE CITY THROUGH WORKFORCE, THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND THROUGH PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION WITH NOT JUST A, NECESSARILY AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK, BUT ACTUALLY COMING FROM A POVERTY PERSPECTIVE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS THAN EVEN EQUITY, UH, IS IF YOU START WITH POVERTY AND HOW, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO IT WAS A WAY TO PERHAPS FRAME THE DISCUSSION AROUND POVERTY, UH, AND ADDRESSING IT IN A MUCH MORE IMMEDIATE WAY.
UH, I, I HAVE ADDRESSED IT AS A, AS A DISA AS A NATURAL DISASTER.
AND IF WE ADDRESSED IT AS A NATURAL DISASTER, UM, IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE WOULD, IF IT WERE A HURRICANE OR, UM, UH, A FLOOD, UH, WE MIGHT GET MORE ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE.
AND SO, UM, I HOPE THAT WE CAN EVOLVE IN THAT WAY THROUGH HEARINGS, UH, PERHAPS IN OUR COMMITTEES, IF THE CHAIRS, UM, WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT ACTION AND, UH, HOPE THAT WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBLE USE OF THE FUNDING AS WELL, IS TO FUND, UH, HEARINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVED WITH.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A, AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE A BROADER DISCUSSION ON THE ISSUE.
AND, UM, I PLAN TO TAKE UP THE COUNCILWOMAN SUGGESTION ON THAT, UH, IN EARLY, UH, EARLY 29, SORRY, 2020 ALREADY, UH, TO HAVE, UH, HEARINGS WITH, WITH MY COMMITTEE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
OR IT COULD BE HERE, UM, ON THINGS RELEVANT TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY THAT COULD ALSO ADDRESS, UH, THE POVERTY ISSUE HERE.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND THAT SUGGESTION AND, UM, UH, MORE NEWS ON THAT LATER AS WE PLAN IT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS ITEM AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR DOING THE WORK, UH, RESEARCHING, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE AND LOOK FOR ALL THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS AVAILABLE TO REALLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THE ISSUE OF POVERTY IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC SEGREGATION, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR YEARS.
NOW, REDLINING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NEW.
IT WAS A POLICY THAT WAS MADE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, YEARS AND YEARS, 50, MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO.
SO WE WERE, WE ARE DEALING WITH IT AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
AND ERIC, I AM GLAD THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS IN A WIDER SCOPE.
RENAN DOES HAVE HER PRESENTATION.
I THINK WE CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE ON THE CONVERSATION, UH, TO THIS.
AND, UM, I WILL, I DO WANNA, I DO WANNA ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES IN WHEN N L C IS HERE, THEY HAVE THE RACE EQUITY, UM, THEY HAVE A REAL, UH, IT'S CALLED REAL R E A L, UM, PANEL AND DISCUSSION.
AND IT IS SOMETHING PHENOMENAL THAT YOU ALL SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO AND BE A PART OF.
IT GIVES GREAT INFORMATION, HISTORY, BACKGROUND FOR ALL CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT IT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE IMPACT HERE.
SO I WANTED TO PUT OUT, PUT THAT OUT THERE, ERIC, SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, ERIC COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND WHAT WE'LL DO IN TOMORROW'S END, THE WEEK REPORT, WE'LL INCLUDE LANGUAGE OR, UH, REFERENCES TO THAT SESSION AND, AND MAYBE SOME LINKS SO THAT IF COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN ADVANCE OF N L C, THEY CAN, THEY CAN LOOK AT IT THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR PULLING THIS ITEM AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CONTINUOUSLY HEAR AS WE GO THROUGH OUR DISTRICT IS THAT THE REPRESENTATION OF EXACTLY HOW THE CITY LOOKS IS NOT REPRESENTED HERE IN THE ACTUAL CITY OFFICE.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN AREA THAT LIVED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS AS THEY CONSIDER IT, YOU CONTINUOUSLY LOOK AT AN AREA THAT IS, IS ALWAYS LEFT IN, UH, KIND OF A RAVAGED AND OVERLOOKED AREA.
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OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE IS HOW WE ARE LEFT IS HOW THEY CONTINUOUSLY, UH, PERPETUATE THE CYCLE OF POVERTY.SO HAVING SOMETHING THAT TRULY ADDRESSES EXACTLY THE SOURCE OF HOW WE AS A CITY CAN BE FIRST IN SO MANY THINGS, BUT STILL NUMBER ONE IN POVERTY IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE NOT ONLY AT JUST PAPER, BUT TAKE IT FOR A HUMANITARIAN STANDPOINT.
ALL OF US DESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND HAVE A SUSTAINABLE LIVING SOURCE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME.
SO I AM SO HONORED THAT WE AS A CITY ARE TRULY TAKING A STEP TO TRULY TACKLE THE ISSUE OF ECONOMIC SEGREGATION AND THE CRISIS OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15.
ITEM 28 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN ASSIGNMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FROM ANO LAND GROUP LP TO SOUTH STAR AT ANO L L C, LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR, FUNDED BY ANO TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE TS NUMBER 28.
UH, VERO, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST GO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S SEVEN SLIDES, BUT I ALSO, UH, IF YOU COULD DO THAT PLEASE.
'CAUSE THIS IS A VERY, VERY EXCITING, UH, ITEM.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO PULL IT IN AND HIGHLIGHT IT, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME IN THE COMING.
VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORK SINCE 2007, SO IT IS A LONG TIME UPCOMING.
THE, UH, VERANO TOURS IS LOCATED, UM, IN SOUTH SAN ANTONIO, AND IT INCLUDES THE TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AND CAMPUS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, UH, AGAIN, CREATED IN DECEMBER, 2014, AND IT IS A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE WHERE THE TAX INCREMENT GENERATED IT'S REIMBURSED TO THE DEVELOPER.
UM, OVER 3000 ACRES IN THIS TUR YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY IS, AND THE DEVELOPER PLANNED TO BUILD OVER 5,000 SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY UNITS, SQUARE, UH, 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SPACE.
AND IN A, IT'S AN AREA THAT WE KNOW HAS SEEN A LOT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO SOUTH STAR, UH, WHO HAS ALREADY, UH, DEVELOPED IN THE AREA AND IS NOW LOOKING AT THIS PLAN.
AGAIN, THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL THAT WERE ESTABLISHED, UH, EARLIER ON.
AND ANY CHANGES TO THE PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN WOULD OF COURSE COME TO A CITY COUNCIL.
BUT TO BEGIN WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT TO SOUTH STAR, THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT FIRST PHASE IN ALIGNMENT AND FOCUS ON THE HOUSING.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE HOUSING THEY'RE BUILDING IN THE FIRST PHASE IS GONNA BE FOR FAMILIES AT 60% A M I UP TO 120% A M I.
AND SO THIS WILL BE, UH, A MIXED COMMUNITY, MIXED INCOMES, BUT IT WILL HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM VERANO TO VIDA SAN ANTONIO, GIVE IT NEW LIFE IN THAT WAY.
AND CONSTRUCTION, UM, SHOULD YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM WOULD START NEXT YEAR, AND WE WOULD HAVE UNITS IN THE GROUND BY 2021.
UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE RANGE OF, UH, HOU HOUSES, SINGLE FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY, AND THE INCOME LEVELS THEY'RE PROPOSING TO SERVE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED, UH, TO FINALLY BE HERE.
UM, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ASSIGNMENT, UM, TO SOUTH STAR AND OF COURSE THEY ARE HERE PRESENT, UH, MR. THA RUTHERFORD, UH, WITH SOUTH STAR AND PART OF HIS TEAM ARE HERE.
UM, BUT WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND WE ARE EXCITED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
VEL, CAN YOU PLEASE JUST PUT UP SLIDE NUMBER THREE? I THINK IT IS, UM, FOR MY, UH, COLLEAGUES AND FOR MY, UH, FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE, THIS IS THE AREA JUST SOUTH OF FOUR 10 IN FRONT OF THE 3000, WELL, THE ACRES IN FRONT OF, UM, TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO.
AND AGAIN, UM, FOR WHAT FIRST WE STARTED IN 2007 WHEN THERE WAS A WHOLE OTHER, UH, SET OF PEOPLE HERE.
AND THEN IN 2016 WE EVEN MADE CHANGES, UM, GOING FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND THEN TODAY, HERE WE ARE IN 2019, IT WAS LAYING STAGNANT FOR SO LONG THAT WE STILL DIDN'T
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EVEN HAVE MEMBERS ON THE TOURS THAT WERE EVEN, UM, ACTIVE.AND I BELIEVE WITH THIS, WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IN THIS AREA IS TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO IS PART OF ONE OF OUR SA TOMORROW REGIONAL CENTERS.
SO WE ARE ALREADY MEETING AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STUDENTS AT TEXAS A AND M WITH THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THIS AREA.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS EVERYBODY ALWAYS ASK WAS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO VERANO? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH VERANO? SO NOW THIS IS OUR MISSING PIECE AND OUR LINK IN THIS, OF COURSE.
UM, THAD AND SOUTH STAR HAS BEEN VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO, WITH MISSION DE LAGO BEING A PART OF THAT.
THEY ALSO HAVE BECOME, WITH THEIR TOURS AT MISSION DE LAGO BECOME A, UM, A STANDARD OF SORTS OF HOW TO DO A TOURS, UH, CORRECTLY AFTER WE GOT THOSE THINGS FIGURED OUT, UH, SOME YEARS AGO, BUT ALSO TO LOOK AND SEE HOW WE CAN PUT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GREAT QUALITY HOUSING AT A VERY RESPECTABLE PRICE POINT FOR EVERYONE.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ON WHEN THEY'RE MOVING TO VERANO.
THEY'RE ALSO INCLUDING MOBILITY OPTIONS, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, A BEAUTIFUL LOOP THAT'S GOING TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY UP TOWARDS FOUR 10.
AND IT, MY, UM, PARTICULARLY I'M HAPPY THAT IT'S CALLED VIDA, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT VIDA BECAUSE IF YOU SEE THE ENTRANCE, UH, OFF OF FOUR 10, THE ENTRANCE INTO TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, THEY HAVE A TOWER AND IT'S CALLED THE TORRE ESPERANZA.
SO YOU HAVE THE ESPERANZA TOWER, AND THEN YOU HAVE A LOCATION CALLED VIDA.
I THINK IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER HERE TO BREATHE THE NEW LIFE INTO THIS PART OF SAN ANTONIO THAT HAS NEEDED IT AND WANTED IT FOR SO LONG.
I WANNA THANK THAD AND BLAKELY AND GRETCHEN HOWELL AND HER TEAM THAT ARE HERE.
AND I WANTED TO ALSO ASK IF THAT COULD COME UP AND JUST SAY A FEW WORDS.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA, UM, WHO HAS BEEN HERE AND BEEN A PART OF IT, UM, AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
VERY THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE A LITTLE EARLIER AND THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME, THIS IS THE RIGHT TEAM, THIS IS THE RIGHT PLAN.
SO WE ARE VERY THRILLED TO BE HERE.
VERY HOPEFUL FOR VITA SAN ANTONIO.
UM, WE LOOK AT THIS AS AGAIN, THE RIGHT TIME.
CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK, UH, VERONICA AND MIKE AND ALL OF THEIR TEAM AND STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD, A LOT OF HOURS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
WANNA THANK THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND LORI HOUSTON AS WELL, KEEPING US ON TRACK.
CERTAINLY DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FOUR SUPPORT.
IT TOOK A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF COORDINATION TO COME UP WITH THE IDEA OF VITA.
AND UH, I ALSO REALLY WANT TO THANK, UM, THE VERANO LAND GROUP.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THEIR ORIGINAL VISION SO LONG AGO, I'LL, ALBEIT BEAN FOR SO LONG, UH, I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT VITA.
SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THEIR, UH, OWNERSHIP, JOE DE SIMONE, KEEPING IT TOGETHER THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BE THANKFUL FOR.
AND, UH, EVERYBODY AT THE SOUTH STAR TEAM IS VERY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE A PART OF THE SOUTH SIDE BUSINESS NETWORK.
AND YES, THEY, THEY KEPT IT TOGETHER FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS AND THEY NEVER GAVE UP.
SO I DO APPRECIATE THE BRANO LAND LAND GROUP AND GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
THANK YOU, UH, MIKE, AND THANK YOU LORI AS WELL FOR STEPPING IN AND FOR, FOR DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND ALL THE TOURS BOARD MEMBERS AS AS WELL.
UM, WITH THAT, I MOTION TO APPROVE.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 28.
AND I AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT THREE, AND IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR THE SOUTH SIDE.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS A VERY LONG TIME, LIKE WE SAID, SINCE 2007, UM, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BEGIN.
AND WE'RE READY TO SEE THE DIRT TURN IN THE RAIN.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ALREADY.
UM, I WANT TO COMMEND ALSO DR.
MATSON FROM TEXAS A AND M, UH, SAN ANTONIO FOR STAYING THE COURSE AND FOR BUILDING THAT BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS THAT COUNCILMAN VERAN WAS REFERENCING EARLIER, UH, SOUTH OF FOUR 10 WITH LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE AROUND.
AND SHE HAS BEEN A TRUE CHAMPION FOR THAT.
SO SHE'S A A, A TRUE, UM, TRUE GROUNDBREAKING SPIRIT.
UM, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 6,500 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT A AND M RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS A TESTAMENT TO HER LEADERSHIP AND THE STEWARDSHIP, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HER.
UM, IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T BEEN TO TEXAS A AND M I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO VISIT.
IT'S JUST AWESOME AND YOU PROBABLY WANNA GO SEE IT NOW BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL WANNA GO SEE THE AFTER AS WELL.
SO, UM, FEEL FREE, I CAN DRIVE YOU OVER THERE IF YOU WANT, AND I AM SURE COUNCILWOMAN VRAN WILL, WILL ALSO, UH, VOLUNTEER.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR, THEY'RE EXCITED.
I'VE ALSO HEARD GREAT COMMENTS FROM, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE LEO PACHECO, AND I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH THE SCHOOL
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DISTRICT AND EVERYBODY IS EXCITED.SO THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR, UM, TAKING THE, UH, THE, UH, INITIATIVE, UM, IN, IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS.
I WANNA THANK SOUTH STARS SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMITTING, COMMITTING TO THE COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MIXED PRODUCT, MIXED PRICING, A MIX OF FOR SALE AND FOUR RENT UNITS.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE NAME TOO, THE VIDA SAN ANTONIO.
DEFINITELY BREATHING SOME NEW LIFE INTO THIS.
THANK YOU, VERONICA, MIKE, AND LORI, UM, AND ALL WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD AGAIN TO THAT GROUNDBREAKING IN APRIL, AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
COUNT COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA AT LONG LAST, LET THERE BE LIFE AT VERANO.
ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 28.
OKAY, UH, WE DO HAVE A ZONING AGENDA TODAY AT 2:00 PM IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR.
UM, AND, UM, I, I HELD THIS FROM, UH, LAST WEEK BECAUSE, UM, I WANTED TO DO IT TODAY.
YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CIV TECH, UH, UH, DURING YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER, MAYOR, AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGER ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, RECEIVED A PROGRAM EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR OUR WORK WITH CIV TECH SA.
UM, IT WAS, UH, RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR ITS INNOVATIVE APPROACH AND, UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU'RE, UH, RECOGNIZED, UH, BY YOUR OWN PROFESSION.
BUT, UH, THEY CERTAINLY SAW THE VALUE OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL.
WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WELL ACTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN HAS SOME COMMENTS, BUT DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF HER COMMENTS, WE MIGHT ACTUALLY END EARLY.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
UM, I WANTED TO DO MY ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT NOW, UM, AT DISTRICT THREE IS HAVING THEIR FIVE K AT STINSON AT THE STINSON HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THIS WEEKEND.
UM, ALSO ON AT, UH, AT, ON VETERAN'S DAY OR PARADE DAY.
BUT, UM, SINCE THE PARADE STEPS OFF AT NOON, YOU CAN GO DO YOUR FIVE K IN THE MORNING AT THE BRAND NEW STINSON HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AT 8:00 AM WE WANNA INVITE EVERYONE TO COME OUT THERE.
WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL ZONING AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL WILL NOT BE HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING AGENDA.
THE TIME IS 2:12 PM UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY AND, UM, YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY, SIR? YES.
WE HAVE A WITHDRAWAL FOR Z 19.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO WITHDRAW THIS CASE.
OKAY, Z 19 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
I HAVE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS ON OUR ZONING AGENDA LISTED AS P ONE AND Z THREE, Z FOUR, Z SIX P THREE, AND Z NINE, P SIX AND Z 17, Z 18 Z 19, AND P SEVEN AND Z 22.
THOSE ITEMS THAT I JUST READ, ACTUALLY Z 19 AGAIN, UH, PULLED, UH, FOR WITHDRAWAL.
UH, BUT THOSE ITEMS I JUST READ WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY.
UH, IF THERE ARE NONE, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, SAY FOR THOSE ITEMS I JUST READ.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR P ONE Z THREE, Z FOUR Z SIX P THREE Z NINE P SIX Z 17, Z 18 Z 19, WHICH HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
AND MAYOR, FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT ON ITEM Z 13 WE RECEIVED, WHICH IS ON CONSENT RECEIVED 18 LETTERS IN FAVOR FOR THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED
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UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT WILL REMAIN ON CONSENT.SO I WILL CALL, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS STARTING AN ORDER OF THE ITEM.
WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MAXWELL WOODWARD.
THIS ONE, JUST THE CASE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE.
OH, I'M, I'M SORRY, MR. WOODWARD, I APOLOGIZE.
THAT ITEM IS ON INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL CALL YOU UP JUST IN A MOMENT.
Z FIVE AND WE'LL START WITH, UM, MIMI QUINTANILLA FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHMIDT.
I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK AFTER ALL.
I'M GONNA WAIVE MY TIME AS WELL.
UM, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE SIX INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z 19, WHICH HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
IF YOU REMAIN IN THE CHAMBERS AND YOU WOULD STILL LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, I APOLOGIZE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER ON THE AGENDA, THERE WON'T BE A VENUE FOR IT.
UH, AND, UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE AGENDA, BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE FAR MORE ENTER OTHER ENTERTAINING THINGS TO DO.
UM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, Z 19 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO THE NEXT ITEM THAT REMAINS ON CONSENT.
AND AGAIN, UM, ITEM Z 13 IS ON CONSENT.
I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP, UH, AND I WOULD CALL, UH, THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL I WOULD ASK.
UH, EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP I THINK IS SIGNING UP FOR THIS ITEM, WHICH IS ON CONSENT.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ASK PAUL VANCE, UH, TO COME UP ALONG WITH THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR ITEM Z 13 AND OFFER YOU THE OPTION OF TAKING YOUR TIME AS A GROUP.
IN WHICH CASE YOU'LL HAVE NINE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
ANYONE IN THAT GROUP CAN SPEAK WHO'S LISTED.
UH, IF THERE ANYONE, IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO DOES NOT WANT TO JOIN THE GROUP, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AT THIS TIME IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR Z 13 AND DO NOT WANT TO JOIN THE GROUP.
SO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP ON Z THREE Z 13 IS COMING UP AS A GROUP.
UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PAUL VANCE AND YOU ALL ALL HAVE NINE MINUTES DIVIDED AS YOU WISH.
WE WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.
ALRIGHT, SO ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS, UM, FOR FOR THE RECORD HAVE SIGNED UP IN SUPPORT OF ITEMS E 13 JOINING THE LETTERS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY COUNSEL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND WE'LL GET THROUGH THE VOTE HERE MOMENTARILY.
TWO ITEMS. I DON'T HAVE THEM LISTED THERE.
THEY WEREN'T LI DID WE PULL THAT? NO ONE PULLED THAT.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN, WE ARE ADDING P FOUR AND Z 14.
YEAH, I WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY HAVE HIM RE HAVE HIM RESTATED 'CAUSE THERE'S A FEW THERE.
SORRY, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.
OKAY, ITEMS P FOUR AND Z 14 ARE ON INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
OKAY, SO OUR LAST ITEM THAT IS NOT BEING HEARD, UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS NOT BEING HEARD IN INDIVIDUAL, UM, FASHION WILL BE Z 20.
WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP FOR Z 20.
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YES SIR.MR. OLGUIN, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z 20.
UH, BASICALLY I WAS JUST GONNA ADD A METER TO THE BACK HOUSE, BASICALLY, THAT'S ALL WHAT I WAS GONNA DO.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? BASICALLY I WAS JUST INSTALLING ANOTHER ELECTRIC METER.
IT'S TWO HOUSES ON THE, ALL I WAS GONNA DO IS INSTALL A BACK METER.
IT'S A SMALL HOUSE, 600 SQUARE FEET.
ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
AND LET ME RESTATE, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 33 P ONE AND Z THREE, Z FOUR, Z SIX P THREE, AND Z NINE, P FOUR AND Z 14, Z 15 P SIX, AND Z 17, Z 18 Z 19, WHICH IS, HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND P SEVEN AND Z 22.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, PLEASE VOTE.
MS. LETICIA, THIS IS THE ALCOHOL VARIANCE FOR Z 33.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE WAIVING THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE SECTION FOUR DASH SIX AND GRANTING A VARIANCE TO MOHAMMED RAMAN FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION BY AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON LOT 18 N C B 1 1 6 8 4.
LOCATED AT 38 19 WEST AVENUE FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION WITH 300 FEET OF WEST AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTION.
OKAY, UH, NO CITIZENS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, UH, ITEM 33.
AND THE, UH, APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A 30 DAY CONTINUANCE.
TO, SO THAT WOULD BE DECEMBER 5TH.
A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 5TH, SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 5TH.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM P ONE AND Z THREE P ONE AND Z THREE.
THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER AREA PLAN FROM URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FROM R SIX TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 2 5 2 CORNELL AVENUE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%.
OKAY, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ON THESE ITEMS. MAXWELL WOODWARD.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
UH, AGAIN, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UH, WANTED TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
OURS IS A PRETTY SLEEPY AREA WEST OF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, AND, UH, WE WELCOME SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT AND HOPE THAT YOU'LL ALL VOTE IN FAVOR.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
AND, UH, THANK YOU MAX FOR, UH, HIS COMMENTS.
AND, UM, WE, WE KNOW IT'S A, AN AREA OF, OF THE CITY THAT IS, UH, LOOKING TO, UH, GET SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROJECT, UH, FEATURES A PARTICULAR TYPE OF MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS SLOT HOMES.
UH, MY CONCERN WITH THESE DEVELOPMENTS IS THAT THEY TYPICALLY FEATURE A NUMBER OF TWO STORY
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STRUCTURES THAT FACE EACH OTHER AND UTILIZE A PRIVATE DRIVE.WHILE THE DESIGN CAN PROVIDE FOR THE GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES WITH NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, THAT CAN ALSO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THEIR UNIQUE DESIGN.
WHEN MY OFFICE SUBMITTED THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING DESIGNATION, COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST BACK IN 20 17, 1 OF OUR MAJOR GOALS WAS TO DEVELOP THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS STYLE THAT WOULD AT LEAST FEATURE UNITS ON THE BLOCK FACE THAT ARE ORIENTED TOWARD THE STREET, MIRRORING THE HOUSES DOWN THE BLOCK.
I COMMEND THE CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY WITH THE VISION IN PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BY AGREEING TO PROVIDE STREET ORIENTED STRUCTURES ON THE BLOCK FACE.
SO I WELCOME THIS PROJECT, AN EXPANSION OF THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z THREE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z FOUR Z FOURS FROM R FORD R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR HARDWARE SALES.
LOCATED AT 7 1 4 VANCE JACKSON ROAD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL.
30 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.
LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
UH, I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE APPLICANT TO JOIN THE RANKS OF OUR CITY'S PROUD SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
UH, THE LOCATION IS NEAR OTHER BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICES ALONG VANCE JACKSON AND WILL SERVE NICELY AS AN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z FOUR, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z SIX Z SIX FROM I ONE TO I D Z THREE H O D WITH USES PERMITTED IN C THREE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL.
24 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.
ZERO OPPOSED WEST END HOPE ACTION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS ALSO SUBMITTED.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z SIX.
COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, AFTER GOING TO THE ZONING COMMISSION, UH, I SPOKE AT THE DIRECTION OF, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S OFFICE TO GO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
UH, I DID THAT AND, UH, THEY UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY, UH, UH, SUPPORTED THE PROJECT.
I'M JUST HERE TO ADD ANY QUESTIONS, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MR. RAMON COUNCILMEMBER TREVINO.
UH, THE LOCATION FOR THIS PROJECT IS AT THE END OF THE RESIDENTIAL BLOCK AND RIGHT ALONG THE SMO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
I COMMEND MR. EDWARD CASTILLO AND HIS TEAM FOR COMMITTING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THEIR PLAN INCLUDES AN EXTENSION OF THE SIDEWALK ALONG LOREANO, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE APPLICANT RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF HIS EFFORTS TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM.
THIS INCLUDES A SITE VISIT TO THEIR CURRENTLY OPERATING BUSINESS AS WELL AS AND VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS WITH THE WEST END HOPE AND ACTION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z SIX.
ITEMS P THREE AND Z NINE P THREE AND Z NINE AMENDING THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY MIXED USE TO MIXED USE FROM R FIVE TO C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO RENTAL LOCATED AT NORTH PINE STREET IN DEVAL STREET.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH AN ALTERNATE, I'M SORRY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS A DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF C ONE CD PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
32 NOTICES MAILED FOUR IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN APPROVAL OF THIS ZONING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT HERE TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SIGN UP BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF SHE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THIS TIME.
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I ALSO HAVE, UH, YOU MS. HILL ON, ON, UM, ITEM Z 19.IT'S, IT WAS ON THIS ITEM BE ALL THREE YEAR, ALL THREE PROPERTIES ON THE SAME, UH, SAME APPLICANT.
GOOD, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WELCOME TO A BRAND NEW YEAR COMING UP 2020.
WE'RE GETTING READY, FIRED UP.
AND I SEE Y'ALL ARE FIRED UP WITH A SPURS.
UM, UH, MY NAME'S ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE AND I'M HERE TODAY, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, THE ZONING, UH, PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN PUT BEFORE YOU FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
UH, WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE LOOKED AT IT THOROUGHLY.
THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN DORMANT AND VACANT FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD FOR SOMEBODY TO BUILD ONE TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE APPLICANT.
HE WENT KNOCKED AT EVERY SINGLE DOOR, UH, IN THAT AREA AND GOT, UH, UM, THE MAJORITY, I THINK SEVEN TO EIGHT, UH, UH, MEMBERS TO SIGN, UH, A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
AND THEN ALSO HE CAME AND WAS GRACIOUSLY CAME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT SEVERAL TIMES.
AND IN THAT CASE, WE, UH, VOTED ON IT AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THE ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO BRING TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION IS THAT WE WANNA HAVE GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE GOOD, UH, NEIGHBORS AND HE'S GONNA BE, UH, BUILDING AN ART GALLERY AND, UM, BUILDING, PUTTING A FENCE THERE AND PUTTING SECURITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THE RESIDENTS WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IS, UH, THEY'RE TIRED OF HAVING PEOPLE JUMP IN THEIR BACKYARDS, UH, FROM THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
UH, ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF RATS COME FROM THOSE TRACKS AND THOSE RAILROAD, UH, TRAILERS.
AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP A LOT.
UM, AND SO I THINK HE'S, HE'S PROMISING TO BE A VERY GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND THESE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANNA COME INTO OUR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND WE HAVE, WE KNOW THAT BY DOING A C TWO COULD, COULD BRING ON OTHER THINGS THAT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE THAT WE MIGHT NOT WANT.
BUT HE HAS COMMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE, TO THE COMMUNITY AND AS WELL AS TO THE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION, THAT HE WILL BE A GOOD PARTNER, HE WILL BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, AND, UH, HE WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISES TO THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE NOT WE'RE GONNA HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AND WE'LL BE THERE WATCHING HIM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
SO THEREFORE, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT THE SUPPORT OF OUR COUNCILWOMAN AND THAT WE HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL PASS THIS.
UM, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN KNOWING THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS THE CITY COUNCILWOMAN FOR DISTRICT TWO, I'M ASKING THAT WE, UH, PASS THIS FOR APPROVAL.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P THREE AND Z NINE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES ITEMS P FOUR AND Z 14, P FOUR AND Z 14 AMENDING THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FROM NP 10 TO R FOUR AND MF 33 LOCATED AT 56 45 SINCLAIR ROAD.
STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
92 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED, AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 5TH.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ON THESE ITEMS. CHRIS DAWKINS.
MR. DAWKINS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY EMILY WEISLER.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GET UP AND SAY TO YOU THAT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO OUR, UH, DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL PERSON FOR, UH, CHAMPION, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ZONING.
UH, WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, UH, IN TOTAL YESTERDAY.
SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE, UH, REPRESENTATION.
WE'VE AGREED TO POSTPONE THIS FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS AND WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THIS.
THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO GET UP AND SPEAK TO YOU TODAY IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ABOUT FOUR, UM, AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE AREA.
SINCLAIR ROAD IS A TWO-LANE ROAD, UH, LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM SINCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THERE HAS BEEN NO TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO DO, AND TO WORK ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THOSE KIDS ARE SAFE, NUMBER ONE, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING IN A WAY THAT IS SMART.
SO I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO YOU MORE SO ON THE TRAFFIC ISSUE THAT WE HAVE ON SINCLAIR ROAD AND ASKING THE COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UM, LEADERSHIP OF OUR COUNCIL PERSON, MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THAT TRAFFIC PATTERN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MR. DAWKINS.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.UH, ON BEHALF OF BRANDON NORTHEAST, WE ARE ON HERE ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, APPLICANT AND, UM, WE DID MEET WITH LAKESIDE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE A REALLY GOOD PATH FORWARD.
UM, JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK FOR APPROVAL ON DECEMBER 5TH.
UM, I KNOW THIS ROAD VERY WELL AND TO BE HONEST WITH MR. DAWKINS, I'M GONNA BE A NEW RESIDENT THAT MOVES INTO ONE OF THOSE NEW RESIDENTS THAT'S BUILT OUT THERE AS OF TODAY.
AND SO, UM, THAT SINCLAIR ROAD IS VERY NARROW, SO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THE AREA IS ALREADY ZONED FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS THAT IS BEING BUILT OUT THERE.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO OVER 2,500 NEW HOMES.
AND THAT WOULD BE DECEMBER 5TH.
WELL WE'RE GOING DECEMBER 5TH.
MOTION TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 5TH.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS P FOUR AND C 14 TO DECEMBER 5TH PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 15 Z 15 FOR RMM FOUR TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED AT 2 0 3 DENVER BOULEVARD.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO ALSO DECEMBER 5TH.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
MOTION TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 5TH? YES, MA'AM.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM C.
15 TO DECEMBER 5TH, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES ITEMS P SIX AND Z NINE.
P SIX AND Z 17 AMENDING THE GUADALUPE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FROM I TWO TO C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.
FULL SERVICE LOCATED AT 2 2 3 4 2 2 3 5 AND 2 2 3 8 SOUTH LAREDO STREET.
STAFF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL ZONING.
COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM SATURDAY, 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AND CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, BANNERS, WAIVERS OR PENANCE ON THE PROPERTY.
NO AMPLIFIED SOUND OR SPEAKERS.
37 NOTICES MAILED 10 IN FAVOR.
COLIN GARDEN'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS IS READ.
DID I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P SIX AND Z 17 WITH CONDITIONS AS READ PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 18 Z 18 FROM R SIX TO R FOUR LOCATED AT 33 3, EXCUSE ME.
LOCATED AT 3 32 EAST FEST STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING.
COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
FIVE OPPOSED? LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COULD YOU GIMME JUST A SECOND? I, UM, I THOUGHT THIS ONE WAS ON CONSENT, THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M HESITATING.
I THOUGHT WE HAD A CONSENT ON THIS ITEM.
IS IT MOTION TO APPROVE? TO APPROVE.
SO IS IT A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH FOUR UNITS? YES.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH FOUR WITH, IF THIS IS FOR R FOUR.
SO WITH THE RECOMMENDED ZONING WITH THE RECOMMENDED YES MA'AM.
YOU HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE? YES, MA'AM.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 18.
WHAT? THAT WAS WITHDRAWN, SIR.
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OH, THAT'S RIGHT.UM, AND THERE ARE NO, UH, REMAINING RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NINE ON Z 19.
IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO ITEMS P SEVEN AND Z 22, P SEVEN AND Z 22 AMENDING THE WEST SOUTHWEST SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER FROM C THREE TO AND C THREE N A S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION TO ALLOW A CABINET SHOP TO MF 33 LOCATED AT HOOAH BOULEVARD AND MARKUM DRIVE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR TO OPPOSED CABLE.
WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND THE APPLICANT WAS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 5TH.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDO MAYOR, I MOVE TO CONTINUE P SEVEN AND Z 22 TO DECEMBER 5TH PLEASE.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS P SEVEN AND Z 22 TO DECEMBER 5TH.
THAT IS ALL OF OUR AGENDA TODAY.