* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:18] IN SAN ANTONIO, GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 16TH, 2020, A NEW DECADE. COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ IS ON HER WAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO BERDA HDA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLIA. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. UH, APOLOGIZE FOR, UH, THE DELAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WERE KICKING OFF. UH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH. UH, I DO WANNA START TODAY, UH, WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR A, UH, IMPORTANT, UH, FRIEND TO OUR COMMUNITY, SOMEONE WHO SERVED THIS COMMUNITY FOR DECADES. AND THAT IS THE LATE JUDGE RAY OLIVA, UH, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS FAMILY, BRENDA WIFE, JEFF GRANDSON, AS WELL AS LAUREN DAUGHTER. UH, WE ARE WITH YOU AND I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, HONOR YOUR DAD, YOUR GRANDDAD, AND OUR FRIEND, JUDGE RAY OLIVETO, WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [1. Invocation] THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS OUR INVOCATION, UH, AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME UP RABBI MA NATHAN, SENIOR RABBI OF TEMPLE BETHEL. MARA NATHAN IS THE SENIOR RABBI AT TEMPLE BETHEL IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WHERE SHE HAS SERVED SINCE 2014. SHE'S THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS SENIOR RABBI OF A MAJOR CONGREGATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. RABBI NATHAN HAS MADE COMMUNITY BUILDING SOCIAL JUSTICE, WORSHIP, INNOVATION, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, HER MAIN PRIORITIES. PREVIOUSLY, RABBI NATHAN SERVED AS THE ASSOCIATE RABBI AND DIRECTOR OF CONGREGATIONAL LEARNING AT LARCHMONT TEMPLE IN LARCHMONT, NEW YORK, WHERE SHE WORKED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES FROM 1994 TO 2014. DURING HER ALMOST 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AT LARCHMONT TEMPLE, SHE PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF CONGREGATIONAL LIFE, INCLUDING SPIRITUAL WORSHIP, RITUAL, AND LIFELONG LEARNING. RABBI NATHAN WAS ORDAINED BY THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION IN NEW YORK. IN 2000, SHE WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE STEINHARDT FELLOWSHIP, A SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO RABBINICAL STUDENTS TO FURTHER INFORMAL EDUCATION WITH TEENS AND COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS, AND RECEIVED ACADEMIC AWARDS FOR HEBREW HISTORY AND TALMUDIC STUDIES. SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN HISTORY, AS WELL AS CERTIFICATES IN JEWISH STUDIES AND WOMEN'S STUDIES FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN 1993 AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, SHE STUDIED FLUTE AT THE JULLIARD CONSERVANCY PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM, HER EXTENSIVE MUSICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, AND ENABLES HER TO INCORPORATE HER VOICE, HER FLUTE AND GUITAR INTO HER SERVICE LEADING IN OTHER PROGRAMS. RABBI NATHAN [00:05:01] HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE CENTRAL CONFERENCE FOR AMERICAN RABBIS AND MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS CO-CHAIR FOR THE C C A R CHIEF EXECUTIVE SEARCH COMMITTEE. SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S RABBINICAL NETWORK AND HAS SERVED ON THE FACULTY OF UJS GREEN FAMILY CAMP IN BRUCEVILLE, TEXAS, AND EISNER CAMP IN GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. RABBI NATHAN AND HER HUSBAND LARRY, HAVE THREE CHILDREN, ISAAC, WHO IS A FANTASTIC ACTOR, SOLOMON AND MIRIAM, MY FRIEND, RABBI NATHAN. THANK YOU MARY NUREMBERG, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IT IS AN HONOR TO ONCE AGAIN, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AN INVOCATION AND SET THE TONE FOR YOUR WORK HERE TODAY. SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES ARE FILLED WITH BUSYNESS. IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO REMIND OURSELVES TO PAUSE AND REFLECT ON THE MISSION AND THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK WE DO. IT IS FAR TOO EASY TO FOCUS ON GETTING OUR TASKS COMPLETED WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE FULL IMPACT EACH DECISION MAY HAVE WITHOUT MAKING SPACE FOR INTENTIONALITY, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS INTENTIONALITY THAT ENABLES US TO CREATE GREATER MEANING IN OUR LIVES AND ADD A LAYER OF SACRED PURPOSE TO THE WORK WE DO, BOTH BIG AND SMALL. WORKING FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REQUIRES INTENTIONALITY, REFLECTION, AND FOCUS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT IS YOUR JOB TO SHARE NOT JUST YOUR OWN IDEAS, BUT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE HOPES AND NEEDS OF THOSE YOU REPRESENT. AT TEMPLE BETH EL, CREATING A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL WHO WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS FEEL WELCOME, IS AT THE CORE OF OUR MISSION AS A CONGREGATION AND OUR ELEGANT SANCTUARY, BEAUTIFUL STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, GRACE, BOTH WALLS AND ON THEM ARE BIBLICAL TEXTS THAT AFFIRM THE IDEALS OF OUR TRADITION AND THE IDEALS OF OUR CONGREGATION'S FOUNDERS. BACK IN 18 74, 1 OF MY FAVORITE TEXTS IS FROM THE BOOK OF SAMUEL, CHAPTER 16, VERSE SEVEN, WHICH READS, BUT THE LORD SAID TO SAMUEL, PAY NO ATTENTION TO HIS APPEARANCE OR HIS STATURE FOR I HAVE REJECTED HIM FOR NOT AS MAN SEES DOES THE LORD SEE, MAN SEES ONLY WHAT IS VISIBLE, BUT THE LORD SEES INTO THE HEART. THIS TEXT INSPIRES ME TO LOOK HARDER AT PEOPLE AND TO TRY AND SEE THEM FOR THEIR GIFTS AND THEIR PASSIONS. IT INSPIRES ME TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND THEIR HURTS AND CONCERNS, AND IT INSPIRES ME TO LOOK BEYOND APPEARANCE AND STATURE TO NOTICE AND HONOR THE HOLY HUMAN BEINGS I ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY. AND SO, AS YOU CONVENE FOR YOUR MONTHLY OR YOUR, YOUR WEEKLY MEETING OF THE SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL, BUT THE FIRST OF 2020, I OFFER YOU THIS TEXT AS A GIFT AND A BLESSING WHOLLY. ONE, A BLESSING GRANT, THAT THESE DEDICATED LEADERS FIND SPACE FOR INTENTION AND COMPASSION AS THEY WORK TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. MAY THEY STRIVE TO ASK DEEPER QUESTIONS, LISTEN MORE CLOSELY. MAY THEY ASPIRE TO HONOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR TALENTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. AND MAY THEY WORK TO PROTECT THOSE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE AND COMPASSION AND THIS NEW DECADE OF CIVIL SERVICE, MAY THEY EACH FIND WAYS TO BRING A SENSE OF HOLINESS AND SACRED MISSION TO THE SACRED AND SECULAR WORK THEY DO, SEEKING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HEART OF WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO SO SPECIAL. AMEN. I PLEDGE [2. Pledge of Allegiance] ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, RABBI. ALRIGHT. [3. Approval of Minutes for the City Council Special Meeting of October 7, 2019, the City Council Regular Meetings of November 6 - 7, 2019, November 13 - 14, 2019 and December 4, 2019.] FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 7TH, NOVEMBER 6TH, SEVENTH, 13TH, AND 14TH, AS WELL AS DECEMBER 4TH. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES OF OCTOBER 7TH, NOVEMBER 6TH, SEVENTH, 13TH, 14TH, AND DECEMBER 4TH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. AS YOU MIGHT SEE, WE HAVE ALSO A NEW, UH, VOTING SYSTEM HERE. SO, UH, APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY TECHNICAL OR HUMAN ERROR THAT MIGHT OCCUR OVER THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL HOURS. BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE VOTING, UH, AND RECORDS OF VOTING MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT FOR OUR PUBLIC. A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UH, ITEM [4. Councilmember Clayton H. Perry will be sworn-in as Mayor Pro-Tem, serving the term January 18, 2020 - March 28, 2020] NUMBER FOUR IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW MAYOR, PORT TAM, FOR A TERM OF JANUARY 18TH THROUGH THE 20TH, UM, EXCUSE ME, 18TH THROUGH MARCH 28TH. AND THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY. ITEM FOUR. [00:10:01] YEAH. JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I CLAYTON PERRY. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR PROIN OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WELL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND WELL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTIONS AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE STATES. AND OF THE STATES. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. [Additional Item] OKAY. WE HAVE ONE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER RO UH, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND CONGRATULATIONS. UH, CLAYTON PERRY IS MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, I WANTED TO START OFF THIS MORNING BY SAYING I'M SUPER EXCITED. WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, WOMEN IN THE CROWD, VERY STRONG WOMEN THAT I ADMIRE. AND SO, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA READ FROM A FEW OF MY BULLET POINTS, BUT, UM, UNI IS IN THE HOUSE, SO, UH, IT'S ALL ABOUT UNI TODAY. , UM, THANK YOU PETRA AND VIOLA FOR BEING STRONG LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO TRANSFORMED A MOMENT OF DESPAIR INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE AND IMPACT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE YOU MEET AND INSPIRE THROUGH YOUR WORK. THE STORY OF THESE TWO WOMEN, PET AND VIOLA WHO STARTED AND THE ORIGIN OF ARE A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. YOU ALL EMBODY A SPIRIT OF HOPE THAT DOES NOT FADE IN MO MOMENTS OF DISTRESS. THE CLOSING OF THE LEVI STRAUSS COMPANY DEVASTATED SO MANY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND IT DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE LIVELIHOOD OF MANY PERSONAS. MANY WOMEN, INCLUDING SINGLE MOTHERS, WERE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY DISCLOSURE. AND SO MANY OF THEM SERVED AS A PRIMARY WAGE EARNERS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. WITHOUT THESE WAGES, MANY OF THESE DISPLACED WORKERS DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. ES, VIOLA AND ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS OF MAKE ME VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT A COMMUNITY THAT NOTICED FIRSTHAND THE EFFECTS OF LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES AND STILL MANAGES TO CARVE A NICHE FOR THEMSELVES. MEN, WE OWE IT TO ALL THE STRONG WOMEN AT UNI WHO FOR OVER 30 YEARS HAVE VIOLENTLY FOUGHT FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES, AND WHO HAVE SERVED AS THE VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS, THE DISENFRANCHISED, THE UNDERREPRESENTED, THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LONG BEEN OVERLOOKED. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO TO HELP THOSE WITH LIMITED MEANS, AND FOR SHOWING PEOPLE THAT THEY MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY [00:15:01] NO MATTER WHERE THEY RESIDE. A LACK OF FORMAL EDUCATION OR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DOES NOT MEAN INDIVIDUALS DO NOT HAVE A MARKETABLE SKILL OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT. LA SHOWS US TOGETHER WE CAN ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH MORE AND FIGHT FOR CAUSES WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT. I'M SPECIALLY PROUD, PROUD OF RA'S YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY PRIDE, WHILE EMPOWERING OUR YOUNG RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY SKILLS. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO BE A PART OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CELEBRATION LAST SUMMER. I ENJOYED SPEAKING TO THE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS AND LEARNING MUCH MORE ABOUT A REMARKABLE ORGANIZATION AND HOW THEY'RE PREPARING THE FUTURE LEADERS. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE DRESS I'M WEARING WAS DESIGNED AND MADE BY THE LADIES OF . THANK YOU FOR THIS LOVELY GARMENT, AND I HAVE A LOT OF THEM FOR THIS LOVELY GARMENT AND FOR MY OUTFITS, INCLUDING SOME OF MY STYLISH GUVERA SHIRTS, SE GUVERA DRESSES, ZA AND MARIA NADINA MONTE ARE EXCEPTIONAL SEAMSTRESSES, AND I AM A FAN OF THEIR WORK. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE FOR SON'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY, AND I'M CONFIDENT WE WILL ALSO MARK THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER DECADE OF EMPOWERING OUR RESIDENTS AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS FOR THANK YOU, MAYOR. SHE'S GONNA SAY IN SPANISH, SHE'S GONNA SAY IN ENGLISH, WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? MM-HMM. . YEAH. I'M GONNA DO IT. YEAH. AFTER THIS. OKAY. . OKAY. SO, [00:21:35] JUAN, BLAH, BLAH. UH, GOOD. UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. UH, UH, COUNCIL UNA, UH, ADRIANA, I'M VERY EMOTIONAL. THANK YOU FOR THOSE BEAUTIFUL WORDS. SEE, REALLY HIT, HIT MY HEART. I COULDN'T, I, I SAID I WAS GONNA KIND CRY, BUT THOSE WORDS REALLY CAME, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS. I HAVE A FEW WORDS THAT I, I WANNA, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SAY YOU, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING TODAY FOR THE WOMENS OF NIA. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR THIS RECOGNITION. WE HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US AND VALUE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THIS IN THE FUTURE. THIS STRUGGLE HAS NOT BEEN ONLY OURS. WE, WE, WE ARE HERE WITH 1,100 WOMEN WORKERS WHO ARE ALSO LEFT WITHOUT JOBS IN 1990. WE ARE HONOR THEM AND WE HONOR THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON. WE HONOR THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND WE REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE PART, PART OF OUR STRUGGLE, OUR VISION AND OUR LABOR. OUR VISION FOR OUR LABOR JUSTICE IS THAT THAT CITY BECOMES BETTER PREPARED FOR F CLOTHES. SO THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO US DOESN'T HAPPEN TO, TO ANYBODY ELSE. 30 YEARS. THE 30 YEARS AGO, THEY THREW US OUT OF OUR WORKPLACE. 30 YEARS LATER, WE'RE THROWN, THROWN OUT OF OUR HOMES. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, PLEASE JOIN, PLEASE JOIN OUR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM INFORM YOU HOW, HOW TO WORK TO OUR SOLUTIONS. PLEASE RESPECT THAT JOBS AND OUR WORK IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILIES TO ADVANCE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALL OF ALL OF US. WE WANT YOU, WE WANT TO, WE WANT YOU TO GIVE US THE SAME RESPECT THAT YOU GAVE US AND UNI TODAY TO REMEMBER OUR COMMUNITY, TO ALL OUR FORMS, TO ALL TO ALL LIVES FORM IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WE RECEIVE ON BEHALF OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND IN THE HONOR OF ALL THE PEOPLE AND ALL LIVES FORMS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN HOPE THAT YOU WILL TREAT US WITH THE SAME RESPECT. AND SHOW US, THEY [00:25:01] SHOW US, SHOW US HERE TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND, AND WE DO HAVE, UH, COMMENTS FROM, FROM OUR COLLEAGUES HERE WHO WANT TO ALSO PRAISE YOUR WORK. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. UH, DO HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT FOR ANY COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY ANY CITY GOVERNMENT, UH, IS A MORE EQUAL JUSTICE, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO FOR THREE DECADES NOW. AND SO IT'S GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO OFFER A OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY TO FUERZA JUANITA, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE 1990, YOU HAVE BEEN A VEHICLE TO ENHANCING THE SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS AND TO THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITY. YOUR DEDICATION TO UNITING AND EDUCATING GARMENT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PROUD TO JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING THIS MILESTONE OCCASION AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY, PRESENTED THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2020, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE, AND YOU BRING US, UM, GREAT CHALLENGE, UH, TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF THE PAST. AND WHILE SOMETIMES, UH, THAT CREATES GREAT FRICTION, IT'S THAT FRICTION WHERE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A COMMUNITY. SO, ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE CITY, AND THOSE WHO HAVE BENEFITED SO MUCH FROM YOUR UNDAUNTED WORK, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR MAKING SAN ANTONIO MORE JUST AND A MORE EQUAL, UH, COMMUNITY FOR US ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. OH, WELL, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND REALLY MEANINGFUL. UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, TODAY I'M FEELING A LITTLE EMOTIONALLY FRAGILE, SO I WON'T MAKE TOO MANY COMMENTS. BUT I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, PATTY RALE HERE, AND ALSO COUNCILWOMAN GALVAN, UH, BOTH OF THEM SERVING, UH, ON DISTRICT FIVE AND, AND ALSO ALWAYS STANDING STRONG WITH . UM, AND ALSO PATTY'S OUR S A S D BOARD MEMBER, AND LOURDES SERVES AS OUR SARAH BOARD, SO THEY CONTINUED ON WITH THEIR, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE. AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE ERNEST HERE ALWAYS FOLLOWING, UM, WITH HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS. BANDITO, UH, ERNEST, UH, ARE YOU TODAY? UM, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO REALLY, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING THEM AND ALLOWING US TO CELEBRATE YOU ALL TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT LADIES, UH, THAT YOU MAKE, UH, THE MEN HERE, UH, BETTER MEN EVERY SINGLE DAY, UH, BY SETTING A REALLY IMPORTANT EXAMPLE. AND, AND I SEE FACES, UH, IN THAT CROWD, UH, OF FOLKS WHO I ADMIRE VERY MUCH. AND, AND PARTICULARLY, UH, AMY CALEY. UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE STANDING, UH, IN A CROWD WHERE AMY CALEY IS, YOU'RE IN A PRETTY CLASSY CROWD. UH, AND SO THANK YOU, AMY, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND, UH, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH PAT RAD FOR, FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. UH, I I WANNA TELL YOU, THIS MORNING I WAS DRIVING MY MOST IMPORTANT CONSTITUENT, UH, TO SCHOOL. UH, MY, UH, MY DAUGHTER SOPHIA. AND WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT LEADERSHIP, AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING THE RIGHT THING EVERY SINGLE MORNING, UH, ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL. AND THIS MORNING, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF. SHE SAYS, DAD, I, I, I WANT TO HEAR A SONG THAT I HEARD AT SCHOOL AND WE LISTENED TO AN OTIS REDDING SONG. UH, TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS. DO Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT SONG? UH, AND, UH, SO WE WERE SINGING IT AND, UM, SHE'S PRACTICING IT ON UKULELE. SO WE'RE, UM, AND THAT SONG IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. AND WHILE YOU WERE TALKING TO US, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT SONG, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU SAID TWO THINGS THAT STUCK WITH ME, AND I WROTE 'EM DOWN, , RIGHT? THAT WORD FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT, THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND SPANISH, THEY DIDN'T SAY THEY LAID US OFF, OR THEY FIRED US, THEY THREW US OUT OF OUR JOBS, RIGHT? AND EVEN TODAY, THEY CONTINUE TO THROW US OUT OF OUR HOMES, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THE ONE THING THAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UH, AND I TALK A LOT ABOUT IS HOW UP HERE WE ALMOST ALWAYS END UP WORKING ON PROJECTS THAT PROBABLY WILL RESULT IN HELPING FOLKS THAT JUST WON'T VOTE FOR US, RIGHT? THESE ARE F FOLKS WHO'VE JUST GOT SURVIVAL ON THEIR MIND, RIGHT? AND, UH, WHO DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON THEIR MINDS. UM, AND WHAT WE DO, UH, AND I KNOW THAT OUR, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS DO, IS THAT WE TRY TO APPROACH THESE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WITH TENDERNESS, RIGHT? AND IF MORE PEOPLE HAD TENDERNESS IN THE WORLD, WOULDN'T THIS BE A MUCH BETTER WORLD? UM, AND I, IT'S, IT'S STUNNING [00:30:01] TO ME OF HOW CRUEL WE CAN BE SOMETIMES AND JUST SAY, WELL, HEY, IT'S NOT PERSONAL, IT'S JUST BUSINESS, RIGHT? AND SO, I, I CONGRATULATE YOU ALL FOR BRINGING TENDERNESS, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE CONVERSATION, BUT, UH, WITH A, UH, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT URGENT SENSE OF POWER TO THAT TENDERNESS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF SOPHIA FOR GIVING, ALSO FOR GIVING HER VERY FEW EXCUSES TO DO SMALL THINGS. YEAH. THANK YOU LADIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ELA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS UP SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THIS. AND I WANT TO ALSO CONGRATULATE ADE , UM, FOR ALL YOUR AND YOUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. AND AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE HAD OUR CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE HAD BEEN ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THINGS, BUT YOU ALL MAKE US BETTER. YOU MAKE US BETTER, BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS ARE THE ONES THAT PUT THE ISSUES AND THE VOICES IN FRONT OF US. AND EVERY DAY, WE MAY NOT LIVE UP TO WHAT YOUR HOPES ARE, BUT WE ARE FIGHTING EVERY DAY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN ORDER TO DO THAT, TO BE BETTER, TO DO BETTER, AND TO BE BETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU DO FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UM, LIKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE, UH, IAN, AND I'M THANKING MAYBE ALL COUNCILWOMEN NEED TO HAVE ONE WITH OUR LITTLE, UH, BRAND, WITH OUR LITTLE LOGO ON IT TOO, JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. UM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, AND, UH, FE THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GERRAN. I'M, I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN. I THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. BUT , THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN DR. GARCIA FOR, UH, FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ALL THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN IN THEIR HARD WORK IN LA CA. THEY WOULD SEND HER HOME REGULARLY BECAUSE THE WORK, UH, RAN OUT, RIGHT? UH, SO EVENTUALLY SHE FOUND A JOB, SOME, SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I, I DO REMEMBER HER BRINGING HOME THOSE, UH, THE BACK POCKETS WITH THE, WITH THE LITTLE V IN, IN THE BACK. SO CIA AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SHOPPING, UH, FROM ALL YOUR WONDERFUL WEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO VERA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT FOUR FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION TODAY. THERE'S, UH, THIS CHAMBER HAS SEEN A LOT OF POWERFUL PEOPLE COME IN AND OUTTA HERE, BUT TODAY, THERE IS A LOT OF POWER IN THIS ROOM, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO COUNT MANY OF YOU AS FRIENDS AND MENTORS, PATRICIA, FELLOW ATTORNEYS. I SEE YOU BACK THERE, , , UM, EVEN A, A PROFESSOR, ONE OF MY OLD PROFESSORS FROM ST. MARY'S, . I DOUBT YOU REMEMBER ME, BUT THANK YOU, . UM, THERE ISN'T, THIS ISN'T JUST A LOT OF POWER, BUT IT, TO ME, IT'S THE BEST KIND OF POWER BECAUSE IT'S THE POWER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU BRING. SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND CONGRATULATIONS. AND HERE'S TWO 30 MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HOWEVER, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AM SO HUMBLED BY EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU THAT ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF ME. UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR ALWAYS BRINGING LIGHT AND BRINGING HONOR TO THOSE THAT ARE DOING THE WORK. WE APPRECIATE THAT HERE ON COUNCIL. AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE WHAT WE DON'T DO, BUT YOU STAND IN FRONT OF US TO SHOW US WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE PULL TOGETHER TO TRULY MAKE SOMETHING BETTER FOR EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE OF US. AND TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE STANDING WITH WOMEN AND MEN THAT TRULY SPEAK FOR THOSE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE, SAYS MORE ABOUT WHAT WE AS A CITY COUNCIL NEED TO DO AMONGST OUR CONSTITUENTS IN OUR DISTRICTS. I SEE THE SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION, AND WHEN I TELL YOU THAT THEY DO THE WORK AND THEY DO IT WITH A SERVANT'S HEART, AND IT TRULY HELPS US SEE WHERE WE NEED TO STEP UP AS A CITY COUNCIL, I LOOK AT WOMEN THAT ARE OF POWER, THAT ARE OF BROWN SKIN, THAT SETS A TONE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WHEN YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT. AND WE NEED TO BRING BACK THOSE THAT ARE INS, STREET, [00:35:01] THOSE THAT CREATE FROM A MINDSET THAT NO ONE CAN EVER SEE. AND AS WE PUSH FORWARD, WE'RE HOPING THAT MOST OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE CLOSED AND DILAPIDATED, MAYBE YOU CAN TURN A DREAM INTO REALITY FOR THOSE THAT ARE OF BROWN AND BLACK SKIN TO SAY, CREATE, DRIVE, AND MAKE SURE YOU FORGE A PATH FOR OTHERS BEFORE YOU. SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS I, UH, SAT HERE LISTENING AND, AND LOOKING AT YOU, IT REMINDED ME OF THOSE 30 YEARS AGO WHEN THOSE PLANTS WERE CLOSED, AND SO MANY OF YOU AND SO MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, UH, WERE PUT OUTTA WORK. IT WAS A TRAGEDY FOR THIS COMMUNITY. UH, BUT BORN FROM THAT TRAGEDY CAME AN ORGANIZATION NOW THAT HAS FOUGHT FOR AND WORKED HARD FOR THE RIGHTS OF SO MANY DIFFERENT WORKERS, PROVIDING, UH, ALL KINDS OF HELP AND ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE LIFT THEMSELVES UP FROM, UH, THE, THE POOR SITUATIONS THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES IN. AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOB OR THEY WERE KICKED OUT, OR A COMPANY WANTED TO GO SOMEPLACE WHERE THEY COULD DO SOMETHING CHEAPER. FORGETTING ABOUT ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT MANY OF YOU AND MANY OF THEM PUT INTO THIS OVER THE YEARS. SOMETHING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME THOUGH IS THAT ALTHOUGH ALL THE GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE FOR SO MANY YEARS, BY SO MANY OF YOU STANDING RIGHT IN THE FRONT, I SEE BEHIND YOU A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING WITH YOU, WHO ARE STEPPING UP, UH, TO CARRY THAT TORCH FORWARD, TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND, AND I COMMEND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE WORK THAT WILL COME IN THE FUTURE TO, UH, HELP THE, THE WORKERS AND, AND THE POOR, AND THE PEOPLE WHO NEED SUPPORT FROM THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO ECHO ALL THE WORDS AND SENTIMENTS OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT, IT REALLY STRIKES ME THAT, UM, YOU HEAR BEFORE US TODAY BECAUSE, UH, AS WE LOOK AT YOU, WE, WE SEE A LOT OF AMAZING, AMAZING PEOPLE, AMAZING FACES, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS DAAS AND SEE THE DAUS THAT YOU'VE SHAPED. THIS IS REALLY AMAZING, RIGHT? AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE THAT RESPECT YOU, THAT CARE ABOUT YOU, AND WELCOME YOU HERE AT CITY HALL. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS FOR SAN ANTONIO. WE ARE HERE WITH YOU. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OFTEN, AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DO UP HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND, AND AS YOU EXIT, I DO WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY THANK YOU TO DELILAH FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR SASHES AND VESTS FOR FIESTA EVERY YEAR. UM, WE'RE ALWAYS THRILLED. WE KNOW THAT FIESTA IS IN THE AIR WHEN WE GET THOSE SASHES UP HERE, AND WE ENJOY THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME, UM, [Consent Agenda] I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR, UH, AUDIENCE. ITEM SIX HAS BEEN PULLED BY STAFF AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. SO ITEM SIX HAS BEEN PULLED. UH, ARE THERE ITEMS FROM WHICH, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, HIGHLIGHT? OKAY. ANY ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT? UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAP INTO THE NEW SYSTEM AND I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AT THE TIME, ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME, SO IF YOU'VE QUEUED THOSE UP, I NEED TO HEAR THEM UP HERE. OKAY? AGAIN, I HAVE NO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO, OKAY. NO, THESE ARE FOR CONSENT. THESE FOR HIGHLY ON CONSENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF, OH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO . ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO, IF THERE ARE NONE, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS, UH, SAY FOR ITEM SIX, THAT'S NOT BEING HEARD TODAY. [00:40:02] UM, ERIC, YEAH, WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO I'LL CALL THOSE FOLKS NOW. UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND START, UH, IN ORDER, WE'LL CALL UP IAN COCHRAN. MR. COCHRANE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL NEPAL. MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME'S IAN COCHRAN. I'M GOING TO BE DEDICATING MY MINUTES TO MARGARET GRANADOS. MR. GRANADOS, COULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? OKAY. YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. I'LL CALL YOU WHEN YOUR, WHEN YOUR NAME IS UP. MR. GRANADOS. UH, MICHAEL SHILL. KNE. I'M SORRY FOR THE BEST PRONUNCIATION. MY NAME'S MICHAEL ESPO, AND I DONATE MY MINUTES TO MARK GRANS AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. GRANADOS, YOU'RE UP. YOU'LL HAVE NINE MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. UH, WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DEBATE, UH, A ZONING CASE. AND THIS IS ZONING CASE THAT'S FILED BY STAFF AGAINST OUR WISHES ON A HISTORIC RE REQUEST. AND I SPENT MY LIFE CONFUSED, AND I'M PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE CONFUSED TODAY THAN MOST DAYS. UM, WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY 'CAUSE IT HAD ZONING THAT WE NEEDED. AT NO POINT WAS THERE ANY, ANY HINT THAT IT IS A HISTORIC PROPERTY. WHEN A CITIZEN APPROACHES A CITY ABOUT ZONING, REDEVELOPMENT, THERE'S AN IMPLIED COVENANT OF CONSISTENCY OF APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCES. SO I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE'RE HAVING A HISTORIC DISCUSSION ON THIS BUILDING. WHEN THE EARL LABELS BUILDING IN DISTRICT, UH, NINE WAS HISTORIC IN THE TRUEST SENSE, ICONIC LOCATION, CLASSIC MID POSTMODERN, MID-CENTURY DESIGN OPERATE TILL THE DAY IT CLOSED. BUT IT WAS DEMOED IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAVE THE MALTHOUSE, WHICH IF YOU WANTED TO DO BUSINESS IN WEST SAN ANTONIO, IF YOU HAD A SOCIAL MEETING IN WEST SAN ANTONIO, YOU WENT TO MALTHOUSE TILL THE DAY IT WAS CLOSED, BUT IT WAS DEMOED. I HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR NINE YEARS THAT THE TENANT THAT SUPPOSEDLY WAS THE REASON IT WAS HISTORIC HAS BEEN GONE FOR 40 YEARS. AND NO ONE EVER BROUGHT UP THAT THIS WAS HISTORIC. WHAT HAPPENED, AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IS WE BOUGHT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, WENT TO REZONE IT THE WHOLE TIME. CHRIS VILLA FROM THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE WANTED TO REZONE THE NORTH SIDE TWO, WE SAID, NO, THEY'RE OWNED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS. SO NO ONE SAID ANYTHING. WHEN WE GO TO DEMO IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES HISTORIC. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IT MEETS NONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR BEING HISTORIC. I'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO WITH THAT'S GONNA HAND IT TO SOMEBODY. OKAY? YOU HAVE TO MEET THREE THINGS FOR IT TO BE HISTORIC. IT DOESN'T MEET THE TWO ARCHITECTURAL THINGS LISTED, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT MEET, THEY SAY IT HAD TWO SOCIAL, UH, MEANINGS. ONE OF THEM IS THAT THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1926 AND HAS BEEN AT THIS LOCATION FOR THE WHOLE TIME. SO IT'S HISTORIC BECAUSE IT HASN'T MOVED. IF THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF HISTORIC, THEN THE ENTIRE CITY OTHER THAN THE FREMONT HOTEL IS HISTORIC. AND SINCE THE CRITERIA IS IT MUST BE UNIQUE AND SIGNIFICANT, IT CAN APPLY IF IT APPLIES TO EVERYTHING, IT'S AN OXYMORON. EVEN I KNOW THAT WORD. THE SECOND IS THAT IT WAS HOME TO THE TUDOS MARKET. THE TODOS WERE A FAILED BUSINESS STAFF DIDN'T EVEN REACH OUT TO THE TUDOS FAMILY. I TRACKED DOWN WILSON TODOS. HE TOLD ME THE WHOLE HISTORY WHY THEY FAILED. THEY WANT NO PART OF THE BUILDING. THEY DON'T WANT THEIR NAME ON THE BUILDING. IN FACT, STAFF THINK SO LITTLE OF THE TU THIS FAMILY THAT THEY SUED THEM AT BUENA VISTAS AND COMMERCE AND THE CITY, THE, THE FAMILY HAD SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF TIME FIGHTING THEM. SO WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT ISN'T TO WORK. WE HAVE SOCIAL ISSUES, WHICH, WHICH MAKE NO SENSE. THE, THE ISSUE THAT BROUGHT UP BY STAFF WAS THAT IT WAS A, THE SECOND FLOOR WAS A SOCIAL GATHERING PLACE. IT WAS THAT FOR 13 YEARS. IT HASN'T BEEN A SOCIAL GATHERING PLACE SINCE 1936. SO I, I QUESTION WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE USE FOR THE BUILDING. I CAN'T COMPLY WITH ANY ORDINANCE. I WOULD ASK ROD SANCHEZ WHETHER HE HAS ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO GIVE ME A BUILDING PERMIT OR A CO I HAVE 11 PARKING SPACES FOR 21,000 SQUARE FEET. I DON'T MEET ANY REQUIREMENT. AND IF WE GO TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. THEY'LL CLOSE MY [00:45:01] CONTINUOUS CURBS, I'LL END UP WITH FOUR SPACES. I CAN'T EVEN MEET A D A REQUIREMENTS. AND A D A IS FEDERAL. IT TRUMPS STATE AND CITY. SO WE CAN GO THROUGH ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. FETCHER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORIC COMMISSION ALREADY TOLD MICROTECH TECH, YOU'LL GET ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? IT MAKES NO SENSE. IF IT'S DEEMED HISTORIC, ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENS. THE BUILDING SITS THERE FOREVER. YOU CAN'T FORCE ME TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT. OR I CAN MAKE THE ALTERNATIVE AND FIND A USE THAT I CAN DO, WHICH ASKING COUNCILMAN TREVINO WILL TELL YOU ISN'T A DESIRED USE, WHICH IS I CAN MAKE IT A DORMITORY, JUST LIKE THE DORMITORY AT WILL AT WOODLAWN AND FREDERICKSBURG AND I 10 WHERE PEOPLE LOITER ALL DAY AND DEFECATE AND URINATE ON THE SIDEWALK. IS THAT DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY? WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF GOING INTO DEPARTURE TOWN THAT NOBODY WANTS TO GO INTO. ANNA, HOW MUCH HAVE I DONE ON FREDERICKSBURG ROAD? BANDERA ROAD? OKAY. BANDERA WOODLAWN. WE TORE DOWN AN ORPHANAGE TO MAKE A WAY FOR THE BIG CENTER THERE, OKAY? WE TEAR DOWN BUILDINGS IN THIS TOWN, RIGHT AND LEFT. AND HERE WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT NO ONE CAN THINK OF ANY REASON WHY WE WON'T BE DEEMED HISTORIC, BUT WE WANT TO CLAIM IT THAT WAY. WE CAN GET OUR ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IF WE SIMPLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND TEAR IT DOWN. DID I GET TO KEEP GOING? OKAY. UM, ALSO, THERE'S A QUESTION OF PROCESS. SHANNON MILLER HAS TAKEN HER, HER, HER STEPS BASED ON AN R I D FROM 2014, WHICH ON ITSELF SAYS IT EXPIRES BY LAW. IF IT ISN'T CODIFIED IN THE NEXT U D C AMENDMENT IN, IN 2015, SHE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS. THE FORM SHE'S USING TO START THE PROCESS ISN'T EVEN PART OF THE U D C. IT'S NEVER BEEN PROMULGATED, SO YOU DON'T TECHNICALLY HAVE A WAY TO EVEN START THE ENGINE OF THE PROCESS. HER GRANTING POWERS UNDER THE U D C DO NOT ALLOW HER TO MAKE UP FORMS. THEY ALSO DON'T ALLOW HER TO, TO VIOLATE MY DUE PROCESS RIGHTS. SO THIS IS A DISASTER. EVERWHERE POSSIBLE. WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A BRAND NEW SHOPPING CENTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO BUILD IT IF WE HAVE THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA IN FRONT OF US. OKAY? WE BOUGHT THIS IN GOOD FAITH WITH NO THOUGHT OF THERE EVER BEING AN HISTORIC DESIGNATION. AND TO THIS DAY, NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHY WE'RE HERE. BUT THE REAL TRAGEDY HERE ISN'T THE BUILDING. I'VE SPENT 20 YEARS WORKING WITH ROD SANCHEZ TO DO THINGS PEOPLE NEVER THOUGHT COULD BE DONE IN THIS TOWN. WE WORKED OUT COMPROMISES. WE FOUND SOLUTIONS, WE FOUND WAYS TO DO THINGS, AND THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER FOR IT. COUNCILMAN TRAVINO, I I REDID THREE PROPERTIES ON COLLIBRA ROAD IN YOUR DISTRICT, TORE DOWN, USED CAR, LOTS, VACANT BUILDINGS, AND GAVE YOU SHOPPING CENTERS AND DENTAL CLINICS. THAT WAS A BENEFIT TO COLLIBRA ROAD. AND WE DID IT BECAUSE ROD AND MIKE SHANNON AND KEVIN COLLINS WORKED WITH US. BUT NOW WHAT, WHAT GETS LOST HERE IS I'M GONNA HAVE TO SPEND THE NEXT YEAR FIGHTING WITH ROD IN COURT OVER THIS ISSUE. ROD DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE IN STAFF. HE, HE, HE LOOKED AT ME AND THE EYE AND SAID, I'VE GOTTA SUPPORT STAFF BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IT. HE DIDN'T SAY HE BELIEVES IT. HE SAID THEY BELIEVE IT. SO I THINK WE'RE ENTITLED TO A FAIR HEARING ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WANNA SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG AND MAKE IT CONSENT AND NOT TALK ABOUT THESE ITEMS. WE CAME HERE IN GOOD FAITH. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY CITY FUNDS. WE ARE DOING THIS ON OUR OWN. THIS PUTS A COLD CHILL ON PEOPLE WANTING TO GO INTO THE PARTS OF TOWN WE DO BUSINESS WITH. WHEN YOU NOW HAVE TO WONDER, GEE, AM I GONNA GET DEEMED HISTORIC AND NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE, TAKE DOWN BUILDINGS TO DO THINGS? YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN PERRY, WE TORE DOWN BUILDINGS AT NADOS AND THOUSAND OAKS TO BUILD A SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S LEADING TO REVITALATION OF THE NADOS CORRIDOR, WHICH IS AN AREA PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO REVITALIZE UNDER THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY STAFF. THEY COULD HAVE PREVENTED US FROM DOING IT BY SAYING THAT THE ONE CENTER WAS A HISTORIC OF METAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FROM THE MID SEVENTIES. AND IT WAS DEVELOPED BY JESSE OPPENHEIMER, WHO WAS A PROMINENT LOCAL ATTORNEY. THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE. AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT. SO I REALLY DON'T WANNA FIGHT WITH ROD. I LIKE ROD PERSONALLY AND I RESPECT WHAT HE'S DONE WITH US OVER THE YEARS. OKAY? I LIKE MOST THE STAFF, OKAY? THEY WORKED WITH US. THEY FIND WAYS TO FIND SOLUTION. SO AGAINST MY BETTER WISHES, I DID SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER DONE OR BELIEVED IN. WE OFFERED A COMPROMISE. THANK YOU, MR. GROP. BUT THAT WAS ONLY SIX MINUTES. WAS THAT SIX OR YEAH, NINE. THAT WAS NINE MINUTES. CAN I JUST TELL YOU THE COMPROMISE WE OFFERED TO, TO MAKE IT HISTORIC? WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, NEXT INDIVIDUAL. THANK [00:50:01] YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. CHRISTOPHER GARCIA. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR PROAM AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF BEING REAPPOINTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE PROPER AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR SAN ANTONIO. GRACIAS. THANK YOU MR. GARCIA. UH, JACK FINGER, COULD THE CLERK SET THE TIME TO THREE MINUTES, PLEASE? I HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO SPEAK AND ALREADY IT'S GOING THERE. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA TODAY. YES. UH, BUT JUST TO DECIDE TO, TO THE ITEM THAT I'VE JUST SPOKEN UPON, THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE THERE, I, I, I MUST INFORM YOU, SIR, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UH, IF YOU BUY AN OLD HOUSE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. NO, NO TELLING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO DEMOLISH IT AND REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING BETTER. IF SOMEBODY THINKS THAT THING IS HISTORIC, BEWARE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET RID OF IT. UNFORTUNATELY. OTHER ITEMS ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. ITEM NUMBER 21, WHAT IS IT? WELL, IT SAYS HERE, BASICALLY IT'S ABOUT APPROVING, UH, SOME, SOME PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE'S MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION WAIVER PROGRAM. KNOWN, KNOWN AS THE TEXAS HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S A LOT OF WORDS THERE, BUT BASICALLY, BASICALLY WE'RE JUST GETTING A LOT OF FUNDING FOR SOME CERTAIN PROJECTS HERE IN OUR CITY FROM THE STATE FOR OUR HEALTH ONE. AMONG THOSE PROJECTS, THERE'S ONE THAT I CIRCLED RIGHT THERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. MR. AUTO VISUAL MAN. SEE WHAT IT SAYS. THE CIRCLED AREA THERE. DOES IT CAN, DOES IT SHOW ANYTHING? IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. THERE WE GO. YEAH, IF YOU CAN BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT THERE. YEAH. UH, AMONG THE PROJECTS WE ARE GETTING F FUNDING FOR IN OUR, OUR, OUR HEALTH AND OUR DISTRICT HERE IS S SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, H I V PREVENTION. OKAY. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WELL WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT? AND UH, I LOOKED AT THE BACK MORE OF THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS AND I SAW IF YOU LOOK WHERE THE CIRCLED AREA IS THERE, AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS, IT IS THE BUDGET FOR THAT THING. THAT'S WHAT THAT FOR THE H I V PREVENTION. SCROLL DOWN IF YOU WOULD, MR. AUDIO, VISUAL MAN TO THE COLUMN THERE. WHERE LITTLE THING. KEEP, KEEP SCROLLING. THERE YOU GO. WHAT DOES IT SAY HERE? CHEMICAL, CHEMICAL THINGS AND DRUGS THERE? YES, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. REMOVE THAT IF YOU WOULD AND RETURN THE CAMERA, UM, TO THE PODIUM. YES. UH, JUST TO DECIDE TO, TO MADAM CLERK. MY TIME SAYS THREE MINUTES HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT HERE, BUT I DUNNO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. ANYWAY, I ASKED THE, UM, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN HEALTH HERE, AND, UH, THEY TELL ME NO, UH, THAT DOES INCLUDE, UH, CONTRACEPTIVES AND QUITE FRANKLY, THOSE OF US WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE PROMISE DUTY PROMOTED HERE IN OUR, OUR AREA, WE THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA. PERHAPS MAYBE SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT AND SAY, NO, NO MORE, UH, MONEY TAX DOLLARS FOR THESE THINGS. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, COUNCIL FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR PROAM. I WANTED TO, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS, UH, GETTING APPROVAL TODAY FOR A NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT ALLOW THEM TO DO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. UH, SOME OF THEM FROM THE STATE AND SOME OF THEM FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE THEM, UH, FOR, UH, BEING SO EFFECTIVE IN DOING THAT. AND ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PARTICULAR GRANT IN THERE THAT'S COMING FROM THE STATE IS TO SUPPORT THE ASTHMA PROGRAM THAT OUR COUNCIL APPROVED. UM, KIND OF, WE TOOK A RISK. UM, UH, WELL, WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A GOOD THING, BUT IT WAS NEW. AND, [00:55:01] UH, WE SET ASIDE SOME MONEY FOR IT. OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS, THE STATE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO FUND THAT PROGRAM. SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF US FOR APPROVING THAT IN THE BUDGET AND TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILWOMAN CAB HDA. THANK YOU MAYOR PORT, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM EIGHT. UM, D SIX RESIDENTS ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT PRESERVING AND ENHANCING OUR PARKS IN GREEN SPACES. EXCUSE ME. WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING DISTRICT IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE'RE KNOWN FOR OUR VAST GREEN SPACES THAT ALL SAN ANTONIOS EN ENJOY. I SUPPORT THIS ITEM PROVIDING WALKWAYS, GRADING, AND REVEGETATION IMPROVEMENTS ALONG ULAA CREEK. I WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING OUR ART OUTDOOR SPACES WHILE MANAGING THE GROWTH IN DISTRICT SIX. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE APPOINTING MS. CATALINA MUNOZ TO THE SAN ANTONIO MAYORS COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN FOR DISTRICT TWO. UH, CATALINA IS A VERY BRIGHT YOUNG LADY WHO HAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN, UM, CIVIC DUTIES. AND NOT ONLY THAT, SHE IS A FORMER STUDENT OF ONE OF OUR VERY OWN MR. CHARLIE MOOKA. AND BECAUSE OF CHARLIE, SHE SAYS THAT SHE FOUND HER PASSION FOR CIVIC DUTY. SO CHARLIE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND BECAUSE OF YOU, WE HAVE A YOUNG BRIGHT LADY GOING INTO, UH, VOLUNTEERING FOR THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION. UM, ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT MS. NINA DANG, WHO WILL BE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LINEAR CREEKWAY PARKS ADVISORY BOARD FOR DISTRICT TWO. ALSO, I JUST WANNA PUT A PITCH IN TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT ON THE 20TH, WHICH IS MONDAY, THAT YOU TRULY COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE LARGEST MARCHES IN THE NATION THAT WE HOST RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND THAT IS THE DR. M L K JUNIOR MARCH. IT WILL START AT 9:00 AM AT THE FREEDOM BRIDGE, WHICH IS LOCATED OFF OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU THERE. WE KNOW THAT IT'LL PROBABLY START OUT A LITTLE CHILLY, BUT WE ALWAYS WARM IT UP, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MATT PROPHET. MATT, GO AHEAD AND STAND UP. YOU'RE HERE WITH US TODAY. UH, MATT IS ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND HE'S FROM FOREST OAK AND HE'S BEING CHOSEN TODAY FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT JOB THAT WE, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM WORKING, UH, IN THAT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS GO A LONG WAY ON WHAT REALLY HAPPENS HERE IN THE CITY FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, MATT, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR, THE, WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MATT. ALRIGHT, UM, COUNCIL, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANTED TO ALSO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE CONNIE GONZALEZ, WHO IS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE. UM, SHE HAS A BUSY WEEK BECAUSE SHE'S ALSO ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF L SS A FOR FIVE. SO, UM, SHE'S A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY. GLAD TO HAVE HER HERE. AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM MULTIPLE, UM, MEMBERS OF ITEM 23. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. AND I DO WANNA NOTE ALSO I APPRECIATE, UM, PETER VELA, WHO HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY IN, IN MANY, MANY WAYS, OVER MANY DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAS, UH, ALSO, UH, AGREED AND WILL BE APPOINTED TODAY, UH, AS MY DESIGNEE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEM SIX. PLEASE VOTE. VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. UH, BEFORE THAT, DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S [City Manager's Report] REPORT? YES, MA'AM. JUST ONE ITEM AND I'LL ECHO, UH, WHAT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN TALKED ABOUT. UM, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, THE M L K COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE HELPED, UH, PREPARE, UH, FOR OUR M L K MARCH ON MONDAY. [01:00:01] UH, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN AND, UH, DR. KEELEY PETTY, UH, THE CURRENT M L K COMMISSION CHAIR. UH, WHEN I MET WITH THE, WITH THE COMMISSION EARLY LAST YEAR, UM, THEY, TYPICAL HISTORICALLY, THE CITY MANAGER HAS ALWAYS DESIGNATED SOMEBODY TO BE THE LIAISON POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE COMMISSION. UM, AND I APPOINTED MYSELF. AND, UH, IT HAS BEEN A, UH, A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE WORK, THE HARD WORK THAT GOES ON REALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST, UH, THE WEEK BEFORE THE MARCH, UH, AND ALL THE EVENTS FOR THE WEEK. WE HAVE SHARED WITH ALL THE COUNCIL, UH, ALL OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS. AND I DID WANT TO, UH, UH, UH, HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING OVER 300,000 PARTICIPANTS NEXT MONDAY. UH, AND WE WILL ALSO BE DOING, UH, TWO SPEAK UP ESSAY SPEAK UP CAMPAIGNS DURING THE MARCH, UH, AT, AT CRITICAL POINTS TO GET INPUT ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. AND THAT'S A SURVEY, UH, THAT'S BEING CONDUCTED, UH, THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF INNOVATION. AND THEN A PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE, UH, SURVEY, UH, THAT WE'LL BE UTILIZING, UH, THE MARCH, UH, PARTICIPANTS. THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A BIG PRESENCE, UH, REGARDING THE CENSUS AND, UH, MAKING SURE FOLKS ARE AWARE THAT, UH, IT HAS BEEN A, UH, GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME OVER THE LAST YEAR, UH, TO BE PART OF THAT. AND, UH, HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE ON MONDAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, ERIC. UM, BEFORE WE BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WE DO HAVE A BIRTHDAY TO CELEBRATE. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO WILL BE TURNING, WHAT, 49TH? I DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD. A SPRIGHTLY 49, UH, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH, SO LET'S WISH HIM A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. CAKE IN THE BACK. OH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. YEAH, I HAD ONE MORE THING. SORRY, I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS SYSTEM'S WORKING, BUT I DID WANT TO ALSO, UM, UH, BRING A, THE MAYOR MENTIONED IT EARLIER, BUT JANUARY IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH, AND, UM, WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR PART. AND IF YOU WANT TO GET ENGAGED AND INVOLVED OF WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH, WANNA INVITE EVERYONE TO, UH, TONIGHT THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER IS HOSTING AN EVENT CALLED SONG FOR SURVIVORS. IT STARTS AT 8:00 PM AT FLORA COUNTRY STORE. UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THEY GO OUT SO THEY CAN, UM, HELP RAISE FUN AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. OKAY. UH, WE [Executive Session] DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING FROM YESTERDAY. SO THE TIME IS NOW 10:36 AM ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2020. THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL NOW MEET EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS ITEMS POSTED ON THE JANUARY 15TH, 2020 B SESSION AGENDA, BUT NOT REACHED OR COMPLETED AT THAT TIME. [Zoning Consent Agenda] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING SESSION AGENDA. THE TIME IS 2:22 PM CITY RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE START A LITTLE BIT LATE. UM, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR ITEMS TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. WE DO HAVE ITEM Z 23, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. AND I HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS, UH, LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ALREADY. UM, ACTUALLY BEFORE I LIST THOSE, I'LL ASK FOR THE TRANSLATION SERVICE VIDEO TO RUN. OKAY. ITEMS TO BE HEARD FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, UH, WILL BE Z ONE, P ONE AND Z FIVE, Z SIX P TWO, AND Z SEVEN P THREE, AND Z EIGHT, Z 12, [01:05:01] Z 15, Z 16, Z 25, AND Z 27. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UH, ITEM Z 23 WILL NOT BE HEARD. IT WAS POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. AND I'LL BEGIN TO CALL FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT. LET ME JUST CHECK TO SEE WHO THOSE ARE. START WITH JACK FINGER AND THEN WELL MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER AND BE, BEFORE WE GET ONTO THE BUSINESS' HAND, JUST WANNA OFFER A FRIENDLY INVITATION TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR THAT MATTER, THE ENTIRE PUBLIC TO THE ANNUAL EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON, TWO TO 4:00 PM THE ANNUAL OBER PRO-LIFE EVENT, OBSERVANCE OF THE ROVER ROE VERSUS WADE ANNIVERSARY. EVERYBODY'S INVITED TO COME AND BE INSPIRED BY PRO-LIFE SPEAKERS THERE. YES. UH, ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, A FEW THINGS. WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION. YES. IN, UH, WE'LL JUST START OFF RIGHT HERE. UH, MS. SULLIVAN, A LOT OF 'EM IN YOUR DISTRICT RIGHT HERE, P ONE Z FIVE, A LOT OF RED, RED FLAGS IS THE PLANNING STAFF UNITED, THE ZONING STAFF UNITED, THE, THE, UH, ZONING COMMISSION UNITED, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAPPY ABOUT THE BIG ENCROACHMENT OF COMMERCIALISM YOU USE INTO AN ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S RIGHT THERE. I I 35 THERE. I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, YOU MAY WANT TO SAY NO TO THAT ONE. THERE ALSO, UM, JUST NEXT DOOR TO THAT ONE IS, UH, Z SIX. YEAH. THE STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. WHAT WAS IT? UH, WELL, TWO DWELLING UNITS BEING PLACED THERE ADDS TOO MUCH DENSITY IN THE AREA THERE. YEAH. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT THERE. UH, ALSO, UM, WELL, P TWO AND Z SEVEN . SO SIX SINGLE FAMILY UNITS INTO SHOEHORNED, INTO THE THREES THE SINGLE, UM, AREA, THE DIG, THE DITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSES THAT ONE THERE. AND, UH, OH YEAH, THE, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? JUST QUITE, QUITE, QUITE A FEW SCANDALS TODAY THERE. YES. A LITTLE MORE THAN NORMAL . UM, Z Z SIX Z 16. YES. Z 16. THAT'S IN, UH, UM, WELL, WELL, WELL, MS. GONZALEZ, THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. JACK, IF YOU CAN, UH, KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT, PLEASE. I AM, I'M TALKING ABOUT Z 16, SIR. Z 16 WITHIN MS. SHIRLEY GONZALEZ AREA HERE. YEAH. QUITE A FEW. THAT ITEM'S ON INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. JACK, YOU SIGN UP FOR CONSENT? I ITEMS? YEAH. WELL, AND, AND THAT'S RIGHT. THAT, AND, UH, I DID ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS. I THINK YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK ABOUT ALL OF 'EM AT THIS TIME? IS THAT RIGHT, MR. MAYOR? GOOD. I'LL DO THAT. Z 16. YES. MS. SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP THERE. YES. THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PLANNED. THE ZONING COMMISSION, THE THOUGHT WAS A BAD IDEA. AS LONG, AS, LONG AS AT LEAST ONE FIFTH, 20% OF ALL THE SURROUNDING PEOPLE OVER THERE. YEAH. ALSO THE HISTORIC WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE OPPOSED IT AS WELL. THERE YOU MAY WANNA SAY NO TO THAT ONE MA'AM. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE SPOKE AGAINST IT OVER THE ZONING HEARINGS, SIR, THAT YEP. THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY BAD WHEN YOU GET MORE THAN ONE OR TWO THERE. SO YES. ALSO, FINALLY, Z UH, TO 2025. YES. AND, UM, MR. PERRY. OH, MR. PERRY'S NOT HERE TODAY. WELL, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. UH, SPEAKING ON Z NINE RAUL GARBE. I ALREADY HAVE MY ANSWERS, UM, ON BOARD. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. GARBE ON Z 11. GREG OSME, YOU CAN COME FORWARD. I'M SORRY IF I GOT THE PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR NAME. I'M THE OWNER OF THE, THAT PROPERTY AND BASICALLY I'M FOR, UH, CHANGING THE ZONE. THE ONLY REASON IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ZONE AS A SINGLE FAMILY AND I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE SINGLE FAMILY UNDER THE CONDITIONAL USE IN CASE IF I HAVE TO REBUILD, I WILL JUST REBUILD, UH, AS A FOURPLEX BASICALLY THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW. [01:10:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. OSMER. OKAY, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR Z ONE, P ONE AND Z FIVE, Z SIX P TWO AND Z SEVEN P THREE AND Z EIGHT Z 12, Z 15, Z 16, Z 25 Z 27, AND Z 23, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTPONED. UM, PLEASE VOTE CHRISTIE. I LOVE IT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, ITEM Z [Z-1. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700187 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-3NA HS RIO-4 NCD-1 AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Historic Significant River Improvement Overlay South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District, "RM-4 NCD-1 AHOD” Residential Mixed South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District and “IDZ RIO-4 NCD-1 AHOD” Infill Development Zone River Improvement Overlay South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "C-2 NA" Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales District and "MF-25" Multi Family District to "IDZ-3 HL RIO-4 NCD-1 AHOD" High Intensity Infill Development Zone Historic Landmark River Improvement Overlay South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “C-2” Commercial District, uses permitted for multi-family with up to 39 dwelling units, and a Hotel and "IDZ-3 NCD-1 AHOD" High Intensity Infill Development Zone South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “C-2” Commercial District, uses permitted for multi-family with up to 39 dwelling units, and a Hotel (all overlays remain the same) on Lot 9, the west 42.8 feet of the south 22 feet of Lot 10 , the north 125 feet of Lot 10 and the east 46.2 feet of the south 22 feet of Lot 10, NCB 2979, located at 141 Jacobs, 143 Jacobs, 1714 South Saint Mary’s Street and 1722 South Saint Mary’s Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from December 5, 2019.)] ONE Z ONE FROM C THREE NA RM FOUR AND I DZ WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO NA AND MF 25 TO I DZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO LOCATED AT JACOBS IN SOUTH SAN ST. MARY'S STREET STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION. RECOMMEND, RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 38 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR. FIVE OPPOSED. LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS AN OPPOSITION AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 20TH. OKAY. WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO BE HEARD ON THIS ITEM. CATHERINE DOUCETTE. THANK YOU. SINCE IT'S BEING CONTINUED, I'LL ABSTAIN TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. DOUCETTE COUNCILMEMBER TRAVINO. MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO FEBRUARY 20TH. ZONING, ZONING HEARING. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z ONE UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TH. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEMS P ONE AND Z FIVE, [Items P-1 & Z-5] P ONE AND Z FIVE AMENDING THE GOVERNMENT. HAIL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FROM R SIX TO NC, LOCATED AT 25 51 NORTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. 22 NOTICES MAILED NINE IN FAVOR FOR OPPOSED GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCES IN SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS ASIDE ENOUGH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS P ONE AND Z FIVE. I'LL CALL EVERYONE IN ORDER. I'LL CALL, I'LL START WITH THE FIRST NAME AND I'LL CALL THE NEXT NAME IN THE LIST IF YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. WE'LL BEGIN WITH FERNANDO LOZANO. MR. LOZANO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JOSE VALENCIA. HELLO, I'M, I'M WIELDING MY, UH, TIME TO MATT BATTERS, MY ATTORNEY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU MR. LOZANO. JOSE VALENCIA, I'M YOU MY TIME AS WELL, MR. BATTER. GOT IT. THANK YOU. MR. VALENCIA. MATTHEW BATTERS. MR. BATTERS, YOU'LL HAVE NINE MINUTES. YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DAVID RAZZI. ZUKI. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THIS CASE. FROM DECEMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE OF CONCERN. UM, GOT A SHORT PRESENTATION HERE JUST TO, SINCE A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING THAT REFLECTS A DESIRED CHANGE IN USE FOR A PROPERTY. THIS WAS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE THAT MY CLIENT WHO'S IN THE BUSINESS OF RESTORING OLD HOMES, UH, INVESTED A CONSIDERABLE SUM IN RESTORING. AND THEN OVER THE WEEKS AND MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED AS HE WAS LISTING IT FOR SALE, USED IT TO SHOW CLIENTS THAT HAD THE IDEA, THIS SHOULD JUST BE MY OFFICE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN ITS LOCATION. UM, IS THERE A PROCEDURE TO USE TO FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, COULD YOU OH, RIGHT HERE. MM-HMM. , THIS ONE. OH, THERE YOU GO. YOU GO. THIS MAP GIVES YOU SOME CONTEXT WHERE IT IS IN DISTRICT TWO, AND, AND IT'S RIGHT ON THE INTERSECTION OF IH 35 AND NORTH PANDA EXPRESSWAY. THE BEFORE PICTURES, IT WAS A BARGAIN FOR A REASON. AND AS WITH MOST HISTORIC HOMES, ONCE YOU START TEARING INTO WALLS, YOU DISCOVER PROBLEMS THAT YOU DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. NEVERTHELESS, UH, MY CLIENT WAS ABLE TO SOLVE ALL OF THEM, AND IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD JEWEL BEFORE EVER BRINGING THE APPLICATION. UH, WE CHECKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING TO SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WOULD BE ON USING IT AS AN OFFICE INSTEAD OF JUST DRIVING BY RANDOMLY AND SHOWING IT TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS. AND THEY SUPPORTED, AND THAT'S WHY WE BEGAN. UH, THIS MAP SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE 200 FEET AFFECTED. UM, THERE'S ONE OPPOSED, AND I BELIEVE HE'S SCHEDULED TO SIGN IN TODAY. I NOTE THAT HE PURCHASED HIS HOUSE AFTER, UH, WE GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS. HERE'S AN AERIAL. SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE [01:15:01] BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS, REGARD PARKING AND THE PLAN AS OUTLINED IN PINK, APPEARS TO USE THE BACKYARD FOR THE PARKING SPACE. THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO NOT HAVE TO PARK ON THE ROAD TO TURN IN THROUGH A GATE THAT'S EXISTING IN THE BACK FENCE. AND THERE'S AT LEAST FIVE SPACES, ONE HANDICAP SPACE. UH, THE SETBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORING BOUNDARY LINE IS ACTUALLY FURTHER THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED. YOU CAN PUT UP A PRIVACY FENCE OR SOME LANDSCAPING TOO, TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE. AND THERE'S ONE MORE SPACE IN THE FRONT THERE ON THE I 35 FRONTAGE ROAD. THIS PUTS IT IN GREATER CONTEXT. UH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND IT'S RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WALTER STREET AND 35, WHERE THE OVERPASS IS. UM, WANTED TO GIVE SOME HISTORY TOO ABOUT WHERE THE ZONING CAME FROM IN THIS PART OF THE CITY. SEVERAL, NO, NOT SEVERAL, MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO. THERE WAS A BLANKET REZONING WHERE WHAT WAS ASSIGNED WAS ITS THEN EXISTING USE, UM, VERSUS WHATEVER ELSE IT HAD BEEN SINCE THEN. THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHANGED QUITE A BIT. THEY'VE WIDENED WALTERS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH BY ADDING TWO LANES IN A MEDIAN. UM, SOME OF THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS THAT ARE RIGHT AT THE CORNER AND OUTLINED IN BLUE HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE LEFT, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSAL. THIS IS AN AERIAL TOO THAT JUST SHOWS MORE OF THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. AND FINALLY, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST ONE. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCEDURAL HISTORY THAT EXPLAINS THE CURIOUS EVENTS AT ZONING PLANNING AND COMMISSION. UH, THIS CASE WAS RESET SEVERAL TIMES, AND SO ZONING GOT TO VOTE ON IT BEFORE PLANNING, UH, ZONING DID NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE INFORMATION YOU ALL HAVE JUST RECEIVED. UM, I THINK JUST ONE SHORT TWO MINUTE COMMENT WAS MADE ON WHAT WAS TRYING TO BE DONE. I DIDN'T APPEAR THAT DAY. AND SO HAVING NOT GONE TO PLANNING YET AND HAVING VERY LIMITED INFORMATION, IT WAS VOTED DENIAL. WHEN WE WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY SAW THE SAME INFORMATION YOU'VE REVIEWED TODAY, AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THIS. AND SO TODAY WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU JUST TO ASK TO SUPPORT THE DECISION THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MADE. WE THINK THAT ZONING COMMISSION AND STAFF MIGHT'VE MADE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION IF PLANNING HAD GONE FIRST AND THEN IT HAD GONE IN THE CUSTOMARY ORDER. UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT WILL BE THERE. AND SOME OF THE REASONS THE NEIGHBOR SUPPORT THIS ARE BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDING. MY CLIENT INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN FIXING THIS HOUSE UP CORRECTLY. EVERY PERMIT WAS PULLED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. FOR EXAMPLE, AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON A ROOF TO PREVENT COPPER THEFT. VARIANCE WAS GOT AND GRANTED. AND THEY'VE NOTICED THAT THEIR TAXES HAVE GONE UP BECAUSE IT'S BEING COMPARED TO THIS PROPERTY. IF THIS IS REZONED AS COMMERCIAL, IT WILL NO LONGER BE USED AS A COMPARABLE FOR TAX PURPOSES AND GIVE THEM SOME RELIEF THAT WAY. THEY'RE ALSO DELIGHTED AT WHAT MY CLIENT HAS DONE IN TAKING A HOUSE THAT WAS KIND OF A BLIGHT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'LL ITS PAST USE WAS NOT NECESSARILY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND CLEANING IT UP INTO SOMETHING NICE WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING AND GOING DURING THE DAY WHEN MANY OF THEM ARE AT WORK AND THEN AT NIGHT NOBODY'S THERE. AND IT'S QUIET. UH, PROVIDING A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN THE BUSY FRONTAGE ROAD AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS BEHIND IT. UH, SOME OF THE OTHER CONFUSION THAT WE'VE HAD ON THIS. THERE IS ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR REZONE THAT'S MUCH MORE OF A DRAMATIC IMPACT FROM R I THINK R SIX TO C THREE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THAT CASE IN OURS. WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT THE GAS STATION. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SEEKING TO PUT ANYTHING UP. WE'RE NOT SEEKING TO TEAR ANYTHING DOWN. WE JUST WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY THIS PROPERTY IS USED BASED ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN INVESTED INTO THIS CITY AND INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING. THERE'S A PLAN TO ADD FIVE SPACES AS OPPOSED TO ON STREET. AND I WANT TO RESERVE THE REST OF MY TIME FOR QUESTIONS. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR MR. MAYOR, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. BATERS. WE'LL, WE'LL CALL YOU UP IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, DAVID RESU ZUKI. YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY RICHARD NABIT. BAD. I'M YIELDING MY TIME. ROSE HILL TO ROSE HILL. YES. OKAY, MS. HILL, I SEE YOU BACK THERE. OKAY. UH, IS RICHARD NOT A BIT OF DAD HERE? I'M YIELDING MY TIME AS WELL. TO, TO MS. HILL? YES. OKAY, MS. HILL, YOU'RE UP. MS. HILL, YOU'LL HAVE NO NINE MINUTES. AND MR. ORTIZ? UH, LORENZO ORTIZ, YOU'LL BE UP NEXT. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE. UH, THE APPLICANT CAME TO OUR MEETING ON OCTOBER THE 29TH AND PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY WAS IN FAVOR OF THE ZONING AND IT WAS VOTED UPON BY THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, THIS LETTER, UH, THAT WE HAVE GIVEN, UH, [01:20:01] ZONING PLANNING AND TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE IN FAVOR AND DO SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE. BUT LET ME STEP BACK ONE STEP BACK FURTHER HERE. THE GOVERNMENT HILL, BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS COME INTO GOVERNMENT HILL, WE'VE DEVELOPED A PROCESS IN ORDER TO MAKE IT FAIR AND TO MAKE IT TRANSPARENT TO EVERYBODY. AS YOU MANY WELL KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE, WE DO OUR BEST FOR THROUGH, UH, GETTING FUNDS THROUGH OUR MEMBERSHIP. UH, WE PASSED OUT FLYERS. UH, WE PUT IT ON NEXT DOOR. IT WAS ADVERTISED. WE HAD THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE EVERYBODY WAS ASKED TO COME TO THE MEETING TO BE, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT. AND, UH, WE DID EVENTUALLY, UH, TAKE A, TAKE A VOTE. THERE WERE TWO CITY PEOPLE AT THAT MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO UNDERHANDED OF A VOTE TAKEN. SO THEREFORE, THAT'S WHAT WE, HOW WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION. THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE BOARD DOES NOT VOTE ON IT. WE TAKE IT TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE, UM, HAVE INPUT ON IT. UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT IS COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SO FAST, WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT. UH, A TREMENDOUS BURDEN HAS BEEN PUT ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE DEVELOPED THIS PROCESS IN ORDER TO FIND A WAY TO BE FAIR, HONEST, AND TRANSPARENT, AND BE ABLE TO OUTWEIGH THOSE IN OPPOSITION AND THOSE IN FAVOR. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE'VE DONE, THE EASIEST THING WE KNOW HOW TO DO IS TAKE YOU TO A VOTE. NOW WE GO WITH THE, WITH WITH A VOTE. AND IN THIS CASE, IT WAS IN FAVOR. SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S SOME FOR, BUT THE ONLY WAY TO BE FAIR, HONEST, AND TRANSPARENT, IS TO TAKE A VOTE SO THAT IT'S DOCUMENTED SO THAT IT'S, UH, SO THAT IT'S THERE AND IT, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. BUT THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TODAY, CITY COUNCIL, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO RECOG. MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REGISTERED AND ESTABLISHED TO REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE BURDEN WE'RE CARRYING ON OUR SHOULDERS. WE'RE TRYING THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TEACHERS TO REACH OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON. BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO KNOCK ON EVERY SINGLE DOOR. EVERY TIME A ZONING CASE COMES UP. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN. AND I KNOW I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF PRESIDENTS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S HAPPENING IN ALL YOUR DISTRICTS, ALL 10 DISTRICTS. IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S HAPPENING SO FAST. BUT WE ARE TRYING AS PRESIDENTS, UH, WE ARE THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING AS YOU ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE DOING. WHEN YOU HEAR THE CONSTITUENTS COME HERE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT TOO. ARE WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO OUR MEMBERS THAT ELECTED US AND ARE HOPING THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST THING WE CAN, UH, TO DO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE, THE PRESIDENTS, WE'RE NOT PERFECT PRESIDENTS. WE MAKE MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE CARE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WANT THE BEST THING WE DO. SO I'M JUST TELLING, LETTING YOU ALL KNOW TODAY, THAT HAVING ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN ACROSS THE BOARD TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. BUT, AND WE SOMETIMES KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO BE FAIR AND UNDERSTANDING. SO I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'LL TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION. AND THIS PARTNER THAT CAME IN THIS HOUSE WAS ABOUT TO BE DEMOLISHED. AND THEY CAME IN AND THEY RESTORED THE HOUSE. THEY HAVE COME TO MEETINGS, THEY HAVE ANSWERED QUESTIONS, THEY HAVE DONE, THEY HAVE FOLLOWED OUR GOVERNMENT HEALTH PROCESS AND THE PROCESS OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE ASKED THEM QUESTIONS ALL ALONG THE WAY. SO THEREFORE, I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT THAT WANTS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND A GOOD PARTNER, AND IT'S IN A LOCATION WHERE IT'S NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MS. HILL, LORENZO ORTIZ. MR. ORTIZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DORA PEREZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, MAYOR MS. DELPHIA HAS ALSO SIGNED UP. SHE WANTED TO KNOW IF SHE COULD ACTUALLY GIMME HER TIME. MR. UH, MS. DELPHIA? YES, SIR. UH, YO. YOLANDA? YES. OKAY. YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES, MS. ORTIZ. THANK YOU, SIR. MY NAME'S LORENZO ORTIZ. I ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY LOCATED NEXT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AT 25 47. MY PROPERTY'S 25 47 IH 35 NORTH. I PURCHASED IT OVER A YEAR AGO. IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER WHAT MR. LAZANO PURCHASED HIS, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON IT. UM, I PURCHASED IT 'CAUSE OF THE ACTUAL, THE AREA IT'S IN, THE COMMUNITY IT'S IN, AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY STANDS FOR. [01:25:01] IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY. A LOT OF OLDER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M NOT TOTALLY IMPOSED OF MY NEIGHBOR RUNNING HIS BUSINESS. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOOD TO RUN A BUSINESS TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT COMMERCIAL. I DON'T BELIEVE HE ACTUALLY NEEDS THAT TO RUN HIS BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, TO RUN A BUSINESS AS AN OFFICE. UM, HE HAS A LOT OF EMPLOYEES. UH, THERE'S SIX TO EIGHT CARS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE SIDE STREET. IF HE'S ACTUALLY GONNA PUT FOUR PARKING SPACES WHERE THE CUSTOMER'S GONNA PARK, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THERE'S A BIG CONFLICT THERE. ON TOP OF THAT, UM, PER OUR LAST MEETING, ROSE HILL STATED THAT THERE WAS NO SIDEWALKS AND NO DRIVEWAYS ON THE COMMUNITY. IF ANYBODY TAKES A DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET, THERE IS SIDEWALKS, THERE IS DRIVEWAYS ON THE ACTUAL STREET IN QUESTION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ROSE HILL IS ACTUALLY TRULY ACKNOWLEDGED OR KNOW ABOUT OUR SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY. SHE'S THE H O A, BUT SHE SHOULD KNOW WHAT SHE'S ACTUALLY STATING. I AM A HOMEOWNER THERE. I AM PRESENT THERE. I GO EVERY DAY. GRANTED, MY HOUSE IS ACTUALLY BEING BUILT. I'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR OVER A YEAR. UM, THE ATTORNEY OF MR. LOZANO STATED JUST A WHILE AGO THAT HE'S ACTUALLY DONE ALL THE PERMITS. I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DOWNTOWN. THERE'S BEEN ONE PERMIT THAT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, PASSED. NOT NOTHING ELSE. THAT ACTUAL, ON TOP OF THAT, THE BIG OPEN, UH, POLICY HAS NOT ACTUALLY EVEN BEEN, THERE HASN'T BEEN A FINAL. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ATTORNEY'S ACTUALLY GETTING THIS INFORMATION. I'M A HARDWORKING CITIZEN. I BELIEVE IN EQUALITY, MAKING SURE THAT I TAKE CARE OF MY, MY, MYSELF, MY FAMILY. AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY. AND, AND, AND IN SAYING THAT I'M OPPOSED OF HIM ACTUALLY MAKING THAT PROPERTY COMMERCIAL. ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT OPPOSED OF HIM ACTUALLY MAKING IT A BUSINESS FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WITH AN ADDENDUM, HIM JUST OPERATING IT AS A BUSINESS, HE DOESN'T NEED COMMERCIAL. YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEIGHBOR TO MY LEFT, HE DOES HAVE GREEN CHECK MARKS ON YOUR ACTUAL, ON, ON THE SLIDE EARLIER, BUT AS OF YESTERDAY, HE HAS DECIDED HE'S NO LONGER A CHECK MARK. NOTHING WAS STATED ABOUT HIM, AND NOTHING WILL BE STATED ABOUT HIM. EVERYBODY TO THE EAST OF, OF THE STREET, ONCE AGAIN, THEY ARE GONNA BE ALL CHECKED 'CAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S CAPITAL GAINS TO BE MADE ON IF QT GOES IN. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I'M A HOMEOWNER AND I'D LIKE TO STAY A HOMEOWNER IN THE GOVERNMENT HILL COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. ORTIZ. DORA PEREZ. MS. MAYOR, I WANT TO GIVE MY TIME TO STATE, PLEASE. UH, STEVE VERTE? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, YOU'LL BE UP MOMENTARILY, STEVE. UM, NEXT UP IS, IS ETTE COLE. MS. COLE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MR. VERSTEIN. OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS DIA COLE AND I LIVE AT 1 0 5 RENO STREET. JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM THIS PROJECT, I'M ACTUALLY HERE TODAY TO READ A STATEMENT FOR ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO IS UNABLE TO BE HERE. HER AND HER HUSBAND ARE UNABLE TO BE HERE, SO I'M GONNA READ A STATEMENT FOR HER, AND IT IT GOES AS FOLLOWS. MY NAME IS JASMINE BURGESS, MY HUSBAND, FIRST LIEUTENANT ARMANDO ZAVALA AND I CURRENTLY ARE, ARE CURRENTLY STATIONED AT FORT BLISS IN EL PASO, TEXAS. OUR HOME IS LOCATED ON EAST CARSON. WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PERMANENT REZONING OF A RESIDENTIAL LAW IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMERCIAL USE FOR USE BY A COMPANY. AND UPZONING OF THIS NATURE WOULD LEAD WAY TO MORE UPZONING IN OUR AREA AND CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LOVE. IF A COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE OPTIONS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE REZONING OR DISRUPT HARDWORKING HOMEOWNERS PEACE AND LIVELIHOOD, INCLUDING ONE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO BUSINESS WITHOUT REZONING THE LOT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE VACANT LOTS AND LOTS WITH BUILDINGS ALREADY ZONED FOR THIS PURPOSE NEARBY. THE LOTS AND BUILDINGS ARE NOT BEING USED. AN UPZONING OF THIS NATURE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT APPROPRIATE. PLEASE CONSIDER OUR VOICE WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISION. WE AS HOMEOWNERS, LOCKED INTO A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE WITH OUR DREAM HOME. DO NOT HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS AS A COMPANY. IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BECOME LESS LIKE THE HOME WE CHOSE AND LOVE. WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU, OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO BE OUR VOICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MS. COLE. [01:30:01] STEVE VERTI, AND YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. MR. VERTI. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M STEVE VERTI. I ALSO LIVE AT 1 0 5, 1 0 5 RENO. UM, UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, THIS CASE. SO THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. UM, HOW DOES IT, HOW DOES IT GO? IT'S JUST RIGHT THERE. JUST RIGHT THERE. AH, OKAY. UM, SO AS WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, UM, PLANNING DID, UH, TRY TO DENY IT THE FIRST TIME, BUT, BUT, UH, AS, AS HE SAID, UH, I GUESS IT WAS LOOKED AT DIFFERENTLY. UM, UM, BUT, UH, I GUESS IT'S LOOKED AT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE G H A MEETING THAT THEY SPOKE ABOUT IN OCTOBER. WE WERE THERE AND MR. BATTER SAID, NO FAMILY WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO A GAS STATION, SO BETTER TO USE AS AN OFFICE. UM, AND, UH, THEN WE HEARD, I HEARD IT PLANNING THAT HIS OTHER OFFICE WAS TOO EXPENSIVE, SO THAT'S WHY HE WAS COMING HERE. AND THEN, UH, LAST MONTH WE HEARD THAT IT WAS TO HELP HIS NEIGHBORS WITH THEIR TAXES. UM, I LOOKED@ZILLOWANDREALTOR.COM. HIS FOUR BEDROOM IS, UH, I LOOKED AT THESE LAST MONTH. IT SHOWS MUCH LESS THAN THE OTHER FOUR BEDROOM ON THE BLOCK AND PRETTY COMPARABLE, SLIGHTLY LESS THAN OTHER THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATHS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO PRICE, UH, APPRAISALS ARE BASED ON LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. I THINK EVERYONE'S HEARD THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT, UH, HIS SPECIFIC HOUSE IS. UM, THE, THE ZONING STAFF WHO, UH, I WOULD THINK, UH, IT KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS, THE Z THE S ZONING, THE ZONING STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS, UM, THEY BOTH RECOMMEND NOT TO APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE. UH, JUST AS WE'VE HEARD, THEY CAN RUN THIS BUSINESS, THEY CAN DO IT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE. UM, IT, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WE HEARD FROM THE STATEMENT FROM JASMINE, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO BUSINESSES. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IMPROVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT. BUT IF, IF, IF YOU DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THE ZONING, THEN, THEN WHY ARE YOU ASKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING? UM, THE CONDITIONAL USE IS GONNA ALLOW THAT. UM, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE, THE PLANNING DONE, UM, FOR WHEN THEY WIDENED. UH, MR TALKED ABOUT THEM WIDENING THE ROAD. THIS WAS A OVER A HUNDRED PAGE REPORT, AND THEY TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY SAID, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE ONE RETAIL ON THE CORNER THERE, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMMERCIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH, UH, PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT UP AND THEY'RE READY TO DO THAT. UH, BUT THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO TALK ABOUT REZONING, UH, WHERE THIS, UH, IS BEING PROPOSED. UM, SO, UM, THE, THE OTHER THING THAT IS BOTHERSOME TO ME IS THAT MR. BATTERS CAME TO THE FIRST ZONING MEETING ABOUT THE GAS STATION, UM, AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF IT. UH, HIS CLIENT DOESN'T EVEN LIVE THERE. UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT, BECAUSE IT, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S RISK TO THE NE UH, THERE'S RISK TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO WALK BY. THERE'S HEALTH RISKS TO THE NEIGHBORS. THE, WE'RE DESTROYING THE HISTORIC CULTURE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IF WE'RE GONNA JUST START REZONING EVERYTHING. UM, ONE REASON MIGHT BE THIS. HE'S TOLD, UH, HE'S TOLD, HE'S TOLD PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD, IF THE GAS STATION COMES IN, THEN WE CAN JUST GET A STARBUCKS IN OUR BLOCK AND, AND WE WILL WALK AWAY WITH A BAG OF MONEY TOO. SO THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE THE REASON THEY DON'T WANNA FOLLOW THE ZONING COMMISSION. AGAIN, THE ZONING COMMISSION OUGHT TO, OUGHT TO KNOW WHAT THE PROPER USES ARE. AND, AND THEY SAID HE CAN RUN THIS OFFICE WITHOUT CHANGING THE ZONING. SO PLEASE MOTION FOR DENIAL. DENIAL, PLEASE VOTE FOR DENIAL. AND THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR CONTINUED, UH, SUPPORT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL VISION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RSTI. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MR. UH, BATTERS. [01:35:03] THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH GETTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE REQUESTED OF YOU, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING. UM, WE KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE HEARD THE FIRST TIME. THIS CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT. UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ABOUT THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE THE NAME WHEN IT COMES TO FROST BANK TRUSTEE, WHO ACTUALLY IS THAT AND WHAT PROPERTY ARE, IS IT OCCUPIED? IS IT NOT OCCUPIED? I NEEDED TO, TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION. I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. AGAIN, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. IF WE COULD PULL UP MY PRESENTATION OR IN THE MATERIALS YOU HAVE. MM-HMM. , IF YOU'LL LOOK OVER HERE ON THE CHECK BOX MAP, FROST BANK IS THE PARCELS THAT ARE ALL IN A ROW RIGHT HERE. THESE WERE ONCE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THEY'VE BEEN DEMOLISHED FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND, UM, AND SO THEY ARE DIFFERENT TRACKS. THEY'RE ALL OWNED BY OR HELD IN TRUST WHERE FROST BANK IS THE TRUSTEE AND THEY DON'T GIVE APPROVALS EASILY. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I JUST NEEDED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THE NEXT THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, DURING THE, UH, COMMENTS WAS THAT YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PERMIT. DO YOU HAVE COPIES OF THE OTHER PERMITS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED? I DO NOT. BUT THERE'S NUMEROUS PERMITS BECAUSE EVERY, AND I ASSISTED FERNANDO LOZANO IN OBTAINING THEM. EVERY SINGLE COMPONENT OF THIS HOUSE HAD TO BE REDONE. THE FOUNDATION, IT WAS SPLITTING IN HALF. THE ELECTRICAL HAD TO BE REDONE. THE PLUMBING HAD TO BE REDONE FROM THE WATER MAIN THROUGH THE BACKYARD INTO THE HOUSE. THE ROOF HAD TO BE REDONE. I MEAN, EVERY, EVERY PART OF THIS HAD TO BE REDONE. AND PART OF THE CONFUSION IN HIS RESEARCH IS THAT FERNANDO LOZANO IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CONTROLS LOZANO HOMES, L L C, AND THAT WOULD BE THE PERMIT APPLICANT. ALSO THE CONTRACTING ARM OF WHAT HE DOES IS CALLED PECAN TREE REALTY. IF YOU CAN RESEARCH THOSE TWO NAMES, YOU'LL FIND THE REST OF THE PERMITS. AND AGAIN, THOSE PERMITS DISCLOSE, OR AT LEAST TO A CERTAIN POINT, HOW MUCH MONEY SOMETIMES YOU INTEND TO SPEND ON THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE TAX ASSESSOR IS PICKING IT UP. OKAY. AND THEN HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY THERE ON THE PREMISES ON A DAILY WORK BASIS? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED. MY CLIENT HAS TWO EMPLOYEES. ONE OF THEM IS FULL-TIME, ONE OF THEM IS PART-TIME. HE HAS AT THE MOMENT, FOUR AGENTS THAT AREN'T AT THE OFFICE. THEY'RE EITHER AT A TITLE COMPANY, CLOSING OFFICE, OR THEY'RE SHOWING PROPERTIES FOR SALE TO CLIENTS AROUND SAN ANTONIO. UH, IT WAS COMMENTED AND IT'S CORRECT THAT OTHER CLIENTS WILL COME AND GO AGAIN. HE RESTORES HOUSES OFTEN. HE'LL BUY THE HOUSE AND THEN SELL IT TO A NICE COUPLE THAT WANTS TO FIX IT UP. KING WILLIAM MONTE VISTA, DITY HILL, YOU KNOW, THEY COME AND GO USUALLY WHEN THEY CAN COME AFTER WORK. AND I TALKED ABOUT THE SHOWROOM COMPONENT. THE REASON CONDITIONAL USE WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE IS THAT THAT IMPOSES TIME RESTRICTIONS. YOU CAN ONLY OPERATE IT FROM EIGHT TO FIVE. A LOT OF TIMES THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SEE HOW YOU RE RESTORE LONGLEAF PINE FLOORS, HOW YOU KEEP USE THE EXISTING WHATEVER YOU WAVY GLASS WINDOWS, THEY WANNA SEE THAT. AND THEY CAN ONLY COME BY AFTER WORK IN THE EVENINGS. SO CONDITIONAL USE WOULD LIMIT THEM. WHY WOULD HE WANT TO ACCEPT, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE USE THAT'S MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN JUST WHAT IT IS NOW. UM, IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS CHEAPER THAN HIS CURRENT OFFICE ON SAN PEDRO. WELL, YEAH. HE OWNS THIS PLACE. HE RENTS THE OFFICE SHOWROOM HE HAS ON SAN PEDRO. THAT'S NOT UP FOR DISPUTE, BUT THE, THE CARS THAT ARE THERE FULL-TIME, TWO EMPLOYEES, ONE OF THEM FULL-TIME. ONE OF THEM PART-TIME. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU. I KNOW BEFORE WHEN WE, UM, BROUGHT THIS UH, FORWARD, YOU WERE SAYING THAT IF THE APPROVAL IS NOT GIVEN FOR THE CHANGE OF CONDITION, UM, BASED ON ZONING, THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUPY THE RESIDENCE. IS THAT STILL THE SAME OR NO? WELL, IT WILL NEED TO BE A PRIMARY RESIDENCE THEN. I MEAN, PROBABLY HANG ON TO IT FOR SO LONG AS IT IS USEFUL AS A EXAMPLE OR SHOWCASE OF WHAT THEY DO ON RESTORATIVE WORK. IT'S A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE THAN BUYING A HOUSE AND KING WILLIAM AND USING THAT AS YOUR, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASE OF HISTORIC RESTORATION WORK. UM, BUT AS FAR AS USING IT AS A HOME OFFICE, NO. IF IT'S HIGHEST AND BEST USE AT THE INTERSECTION OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND A FOUR-LANE ROAD IS NOT GOING TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, THEN IT MIGHT HAVE TO JUST CONTINUE TO BE A RESIDENCE IF IT CAN BE. UM, BUT TO, TO ADD AGAIN, THE, THE COMMERCIAL CHANGE, THERE'S MORE THAN JUST RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL. WE'RE ASKING FOR NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, THE LOWEST LEVEL OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. AND UH, I THINK AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICATIONS [01:40:01] GOING ON. WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THOSE. HAVE NOTHING AGAINST, DON'T REALLY CARE EITHER WAY, BUT WE ARE NOT SEEKING C THREE OR C FOUR. WE'RE SEEKING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, WHICH AGAIN, NOT PUTTING ANYTHING UP, NOT TEARING ANYTHING DOWN, JUST WANNA CHANGE THE WAY THIS PROPERTY IS USED. OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER THING TO SAY. I KNOW GOVERNMENT HILL IS, IS ONE OF OUR MOST DIVIDED NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH TRULY HARDENS AND DISHEARTENS MY HEART BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A HISTORICAL COMMUNITY. WHEN I HEAR THAT NEIGHBORS ARE BEING THREATENED BECAUSE THEY GIVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT. WHEN I HEAR THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD IS DIVIDED AND NOT BEING BROUGHT TOGETHER TO FIND THE BEST USE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AS THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, IT HURTS. THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NOT ONLY, THIS IS NOT JUST THE DISTRICT I GREW UP IN. THIS IS THE DISTRICT THAT MADE ME AND RAISED ME. UNITY IN THIS DISTRICT TRULY NEEDS TO BE THE FOREFRONT OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD. I ALWAYS SAID THAT I WILL LISTEN TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. I WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS AND THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES. IT IS MY MOTION THAT I APPROVE THE USE OF THIS AS A RESIDENTIAL, UM, AS A R SIX. BUT I DO WANT TO TRULY SAY THAT IF IT'S GONNA BE USED AS A BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE CONDITIONAL USE, I HOPE THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE FURTHER. SO I WILL ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TH. OKAY. UM, SO LET ME JUST ASK TO CLARIFY. THE MOTION IS A, A MOTION CONTINUE. MOTION TO CONTINUE UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TH. GREAT. OKAY. UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM. WERE WE ON Z TWO Z P ONE AND Z FIVE, UH, TO FEBRUARY 20TH, PLEASE VOTE. SO TO CLARIFY, UM, THIS IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z FIVE TO FEBRUARY 20TH. A YES VOTE WOULD BE TO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION OF CONTINUANCE. OKAY. WE HAVE A NEW VOTING SYSTEM. I APOLOGIZE FOR SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. YEAH, YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER MADE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE, SO WE JUST NEED TO PUT THAT INTO THE RECORD. OKAY. DID WE GET THAT RIGHT? PRICE OF 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY FOLKS, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WORK OUT THE KINKS. IT, YOU'RE GOOD? YEAH. YEAH. WHY DON'T I TAKE A VOICE VOTE OF THE COUNCIL ON THE CONTINUANCE AND THEN WE CAN ENTER THAT INTO THE RECORD AS NECESSARY. OKAY. SO THE MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM FE OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z FIVE TO FEBRUARY 20TH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NOW [Z-6. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700220 CD (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 EP-1 MLOD-3 MLR-2 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Facility Parking/Traffic Control Martindale Army Airfield Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "R-4 CD EP-1 MLOD-3 MLR-2 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Facility Parking/Traffic Control Martindale Army Airfield Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District with Conditional Use for two (2) residential dwelling units on Lot 18 and the east 9 feet of Lot 17, Block 4, NCB 1422, located at 419 Belmont. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval. (Continued from December 5, 2019)] WE'LL MOVE TO ITEMS OR ITEM Z SIX. ITEM Z SIX FROM R FOUR R FOUR CV WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT FOUR 19 BELMONT. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 39. NOTICES MAILED SIX IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED JEFFERSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z SIX. YEAH, PLEASE VOTE. [01:45:06] MOTION CARRIES ITEMS [Items P-2 & Z-7] P TWO AND Z SEVEN P TWO AND Z SEVEN AMENDING THE DINU HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW DENSITY MIXED USE FROM I D Z TO ALLOW THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO I D Z TWO TO ALLOW SIX SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LOCATED AT 9 0 9 NORTH HACKBERRY STREET. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 26. NOTICES MAILED EIGHT IN FAVOR. THREE OPPOSED DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO APRIL'S SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. OH, OH. THEY'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR A CONTINUATION TO APRIL 16TH. APRIL 16TH. THANK YOU. SO MOTION TO CONTINUE TO APRIL 16TH. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE, UH, OF ITEMS, ITEMS P TWO AND Z SEVEN TO WHAT WAS THE DATE AGAIN? IT WAS APRIL 16TH. APRIL. COME FROM APRIL. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. YES. OKAY. ALL GOOD. MOTION CARRIES ITEMS [Items P-3 & Z-8] P THREE AND Z EIGHT P THREE AND Z EIGHT AMENDING THE DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW DENSITY MIXED USE FROM R FIVE TO I D Z WITH USES PERMITTED FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 3 34 BURLESON STREET. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 36 NOTICES MAILED ZERO AND FAVOR. 12 OPPOSED DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EX EXCEEDING 20%. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, THE OPPOSITION OR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UH, THOSE RESIDENTS AND ADDRESSED THEIR CONCERNS. SOME OF THE CONCERNS WERE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY USE, WHICH IT IS SINGLE FAMILY USE. UM, THE OTHER CONCERNS WAS THE STRUCTURES WERE NOT GONNA BE LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ADDRESSED THAT THROUGH THE NEW CHANGES IN THE U D C AND, UM, HISTORIC, UH, PRESERVATION. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE. EACH HOUSE ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING WELL, TO HAVE TWO PARKING SPOTS PER STRUCTURE. SO WE HAVE ADDRESSED ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS. WE DID GET SOME THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION NOW IN FAVOR BECAUSE THEY HAD THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SO I MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. THERE WAS A MOTION. AND, OKAY. AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P THREE AND Z EIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 12. [Z-12. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700283 CD (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "RM-4 H AHOD" Residential Mixed Dignowity Hill Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District to "RM-4 CD H AHOD" Residential Mixed Dignowity Hill Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Professional Office on Lot 3, Block 15A, NCB 576, located at 1512 East Houston Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] ITEM Z 12 FROM R M FOUR RMM FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 1512 EAST HOUSTON STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 32 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 20TH. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE MOTION TO CONTINUE TO FEBRUARY 20TH TO GIVE DIGNITY WITTY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. TIME TO HEAR THIS, UM, ZONING. GREAT. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 12 TO FEBRUARY 20TH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 16 [Z-15. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700272 CD (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2NA" Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales District to "C-2NA CD" Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales District with Conditional Use for a Construction Contractor Facility on Lot 2, Block 11, NCB 10876, generally located southwest of Southeast Military Drive and Emory Oak Drive. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval, with Conditions.] OR Z 15. I APOLOGIZE. Z 15 FROM C TWO N A TO C TWO N A C D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FACILITY GENERALLY LOCATED AT SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHWEST MILITARY DRIVE AND EMORY OAK DRIVE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. SOLID SCREEN FENCING FACING SOUTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY. NO FREESTANDING POLE SIGNAGE, NO L E D OR FLASHING SIGNAGE, NO. TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, BANNERS, PENANCE, PROMOTIONAL FELL FLAGS OR FLYERS. DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING. NO AMPLIFIED OUTSIDE SOUND OR SPEAKERS. HOURS OF OPERATION ARE LIMITED TO 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS? NO. 24 HOUR OPERATION THE NOTICE. 33 NOTICES WERE MAILED. ZERO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR. I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON THESE CONDITIONS, INCLUDING INCLUDED IN THE ZONING REQUEST. THIS IS A NEW [01:50:01] DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AND SO PEOPLE ARE EXCITED, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE SURE WE HAD SOME CONDITIONS AND I WANTED TO THANK MY, UM, OFFICE TEAM, CHRIS VIA FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE DID AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITIONS AS READ. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS, ITEMS Z 15 WITH CONDITIONS AS RED PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 16 [Z-16. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700242 CD (Council District 5): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “C-2 MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD” Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to “C-2 CD MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD” Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District with Conditional Use for Auto and Light Truck Repair (all overlays remain the same) on Lot 12, Block 7, NCB 2358, located at 2520 Monterey Street and 312 South Zarzamora Street. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommends Denial.] Z 16 FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR. LOCATED AT 25 20 MONTEREY STREET AND THREE 12 SOUTH ZAMORA STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 20 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. FOUR OPPOSED. HISTORIC WESTWARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION. PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. OKAY, WE HAVE A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z 16. I'LL CALL THEM IN ORDER. STARTING WITH CHARLIE LOPEZ. MR. LOPEZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LINDA ORTEGA. UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M OPPOSED TO THE ZONING CHANGE AS A NEW HOMEOWNER THAT JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE LAST YEAR IN THIS AREA. UM, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO GO FOR THE WEST SIDE. AND, UM, THAT'S IT. IF I YIELD MY TIME TO ROLAND OR IS IT? NO, UH, YOU CAN EITHER TAKE IT OR YIELD IT. SO YOU'VE TAKEN IT SO, UH OH. OKAY. WE'LL, WE'LL CALL THE NEXT PERSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. LOPEZ. LINDA ORTEGA. MS. ORTEGA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ROLAND MOOKA. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMAN JUAN GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M LINDA ORTEGA. I LIVE AT 25 0 5 SAUNDERS. I LIVE WITHIN THIS AREA AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I OPPOSE IT. UH, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE NEED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF FAMILIES AND, UH, THIS IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS, UH, IS, IS FULL OF HISTORIC HOUSES. AND THIS IN PARTICULAR, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC HOUSE AND WE DO NOT SEE IT, UH, AS BEING A PLACE THAT WOULD, UH, REPAIR CARS. THE AREA IS VERY SMALL, VERY, VERY SMALL TO HAVE A, A CAR REPAIR. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. ORTEGA. ROLAND MAZUA. MR. MAZUA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY UMA HOFFMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UH, I AM ROLAND MOOKA. I LIVE AT 25 11 MONTEREY STREET. UH, LIKE ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS, I RECEIVED NOTICE BECAUSE I'M WITHIN 200 FEET OF THIS. AND THESE PICTURES ARE PICTURES OF AUTO REPAIR SHOPS THAT ARE WITHIN SIX BLOCKS OF, UH, THE OTHER WAY, AH, TOO FAR. AH, JUST GO TO, JUST GO TO THE END. THERE'S ONLY FOUR AND, UM, I'M, I'M AGAINST THIS BECAUSE IT WILL REALLY LOOK, UH, JUNKY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE THREE LOTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE NEXT TO IT. UH, AND I CAN EASILY SEE THE BEING SUCCESSFUL AND GOING INTO THE NEXT BLOCK, THE NEXT LOT, AND EVEN THE NEXT LOT, WHICH IS A HOME, BUT IT'S, IT'S OWNED BY THEM. SO ALL THESE, YOU'RE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT NOT VERY WELL, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CARS THERE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. ON MY SIDE OF THE BLOCK IS, UM, USED TO BE LAREDO NATIONAL BANK. IT'S B B V A AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS THERE. THEY PARK IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND I'M FOUR HOUSES DOWN. THIS LOT IS, UM, STANDARD 50 BY 150. I DON'T KNOW WHERE CARS ARE GONNA PARK AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PROVISION FOR PARKING. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT'S A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION ALREADY WITH BANK PEOPLE COMING TO THE, TO, UH, DO BUSINESS AND LEAVING THROUGH THAT SAME STREET. MOST OF US AVOID IT DURING BUSY HOURS. AND SO ONLY IN THE EVENINGS DO WE USE THAT, THAT INTERSECTION NOW, UM, [01:55:02] THE NOISE LEVEL WILL INCREASE, THE TRASH LEVEL WILL INCREASE. THERE IS, UM, ALREADY THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CHURCHES FRIED CHICKEN ACROSS FROM THE BANK, THIS PLACE AND THEN, AND THEN A LAUNDROMAT. AND SO, UH, I AM ALWAYS PICKING UP TRASH. UM, AND LASTLY, IT'LL JUST LOOK BAD. UM, AND I DON'T WANNA SEE IT EVERY DAY WHEN I WALK OUT OF MY HOUSE. AND I WOULD SEE IT EVERY DAY. I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MOST OF MY LIFE AND I'VE BEEN IN THAT CORNER HOME WHEN I WAS A CHILD. IT'S ONE OF THE FEW HOUSES IN THE AREA WITH A BASEMENT. AND BECAUSE IT HAS A BASEMENT, IT HAS AN EXCELLENT FOUNDATION. UM, EDMA HOFFMAN IS GONNA SPEAK NEST NEXT, AND SHE HAS A PICTURE OF OF THE HOUSE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINES, EVERYTHING IS AT RIGHT ANGLES. IT'S STRAIGHT AS A NARROW, THE HOUSE WOULD BE GREAT. SO THE HOUSE ON WALTER STREET, I WISH SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO IT. WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF. IT'S ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL, SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF, AND WE AREN'T EITHER OF, OF CHANGING IT BACK TO RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT FITS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF AUTO REPAIR SHOPS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. ZUKO. IRMA HOFFMAN, THANK YOU. EDMA HOFFMAN FROM, UH, HISTORIC WESTSIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION. AND WE DO HAVE A PHOTO OF THIS LOVELY LITTLE HOME. UM, THERE YOU ARE. IT'S GOT A VERY NICE LITTLE PORCH AND IT'S, UM, IT'S A SWEET HISTORIC HOME. AND, UM, WHEN WE MET, UH, ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS CASE, UM, WE, WE HAD A, A VERY NICE CONVERSATION, BUT WE ENCOURAGED THEM IF THEY COULD MAYBE CONSIDER A LITTLE COFFEE SHOP OR A LEARNING CENTER OR A FLOWER SHOP. UH, BUT THAT, UH, WAS NOT IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR CREATIVE, UH, PLANS. SO AGAIN, WE, UH, RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THIS AND, UH, HOPE THAT THIS STILL HAS A, A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR SOMETHING NICE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, AGAIN, THAT WILL FIT NICELY, UH, SUCH AS, AGAIN, A FLOWER SHOP OR, UM, A COFFEE SHOP OR SOMETHING. BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT FOR AN AUTO AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. HOFFMAN. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. MOTION TO DENY. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEMS. ITEM Z 16, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z [Z-25. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700146 (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “I-1 AHOD” General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District to “L AHOD” Light Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 14, Block 4, NCB 12574, located at 9010 Tesoro Drive. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommends Denial for lack of a motion. Continued from December 5, 2019] 25 Z 25 FROM I ONE TO L LOCATED AT 90 10 TESORO DRIVE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL FOR LACK OF A MOTION. EIGHT NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED. AND THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I'M DOING THIS FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UM, A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO FEBRUARY 20TH ZONING HEARING. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 25 TO FEBRUARY 20TH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 27 [Z-27. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700292 (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "I-1 IH-1 AHOD" General Industrial Northeast Gateway Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-3 IH-1 AHOD" General Commercial Northeast Gateway Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 4, Block 2, NCB 14952, located at 11407 Wayland Way. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] Z 27 FROM I ONE A I H ONE H O D TO C THREE LOCATED AT 11 40 47 WAYLAND WAY. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. EIGHT. NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 20TH ON THIS ONE AS WELL. THAT IS CORRECT. AND COUNCILMAN PERRY, I MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO FEBRUARY 20TH ZONING HEARING. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND [02:00:01] FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS Z 27 TO FEBRUARY 20TH. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. WE WERE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.