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IT IS TWO O'CLOCK.WE'RE GONNA CALL THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER ZUKI PRESENT.
CAN I HAVE THE SPANISH ENGLISH INTERPRETER PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO AGENDAS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA CASES ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ARE CASES WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
PLANNING COMMISSION DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY DETAILED DISCUSSION, AND NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
ALL THOSE CASES WILL BE, UH, HEARD AND READ INTO THE RECORD IN ONE UNIFIED MOTION.
THE SECOND AGENDA IS THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
ANYTHING ON INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA WILL BE HEARD SEPARATELY BEFORE THE COMMISSION TAKES ACTION ON THE ITEM.
SO WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS I HAVE, EVERYTHING IS ON CONSENT EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 12, 13, AND 15.
AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER BUSA MONTE HAS TO RECUSE FROM ITEMS ONE, FIVE AND SEVEN.
SO WE'RE GONNA ASK HIM TO LEAVE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER BUSANTE HAS LEFT THE MEETING.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTION ON THAT? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MILLER, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
SHALL PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE.
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TO SKIP AND START OFF THE MEETING WITH ITEM 15 AND IT IS 2 0 2.AND COMMISSIONER BUSANTE HAS REJOINED THE MEETING.
I'LL WAIT FOR THE WELL, HI EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME TO BE HERE TODAY AND LISTEN TO, UH, MY PRESENTATION ON THE FY 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET.
I'M THE INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, AND I'LL BE WALKING YOU THROUGH THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK TODAY TO COMPLETE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, WHAT IT ENTAILS, AND SOME QUICK FACTS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT BE MOST INTERESTED IN.
SO THIS ISN'T CHALLENGING FISCAL YEAR.
AND DESPITE THOSE CHALLENGES, UM, WE ARE PROUD OF THE BUDGET PLACED IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TODAY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HARD DECISIONS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE, UM, SIMILAR TO THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT YOU ALL MANAGE THE CITY FACES, RISING COSTS, UH, SLOWING REVENUES, AND ALL OF THAT, UH, HAVE TO BE FACTORED INTO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO WHEN WE STARTED, UM, OUR BUDGET PROCESS IN THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, WE TOOK NOTE OF OUR REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND GROWING BY 2.3% COMPARED TO EXPENDITURE GROWTH OF 6.9%.
SO OUR PRIMARY FOCUS THROUGHOUT BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND THE WORK THIS SUMMER WAS TO ALIGN THOSE PERCENTAGES TO WHAT WE CALL BALANCE THE FUND.
UM, THROUGH THAT FORECAST, WE IDENTIFIED A SHORTFALL OF NEARLY $158 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UM, AND SO THE BUDGET THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TODAY ADDRESSES THAT $158 MILLION SHORTFALL AND NOT ONLY ACHIEVES ADDRESSING A $0 ENDING BALANCE, BUT PROVIDES A $49 MILLION ENDING BALANCE AT THE END OF FY 2028.
UM, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY CITY IN TEXAS OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO'S DEALING WITH THESE CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW.
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING THE SAME PROBLEMS. UM, SOME OF SOME CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT RESOURCES OR DIFFERENT CHALLENGES.
ONE THING THAT MAKES THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO UNIQUE IS THAT WE HAVE A TWO YEAR BUDGET.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CITY'S GENERAL FUND, WE NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE UPCOMING 12 MONTHS IN OUR RESOURCES, BUT WE LOOK AT THE 12 MONTHS AFTER THAT.
ANY DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS PART OF THIS BUDGET OR ANY NEW INVESTMENTS
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THAT WE MAKE, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THEM, AND THAT WE HAVE ENSURED THAT WE CAN MANAGE THOSE RESOURCES, UM, OUT INTO THE FUTURE.AND SO THIS PROPOSED BUDGET DOES JUST THAT AS PART OF OUR STRATEGY OF MAINTAINING FINANCIAL STABILITY.
UM, SO LASTLY, UM, WHILE THIS IS A TWO YEAR BUDGET, UM, WE ARE PREPARED TO ADDRESS, UH, CONTINUING CHALLENGES AS PART OF FY 29 IN THE OUTER YEARS.
WHEN WE PRESENTED OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF 2031, WE IDENTIFIED A $264 MILLION DEFICIT, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR REVENUES AS UNALTERED WOULD, UM, BE LOWER THAN OUR EXPENDITURES BY $264 MILLION.
UH, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY CUTS THAT IN ABOUT HALF.
AND, UM, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR FINANCIAL PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THE REMAINING SHORTFALL IN THE YEARS TO COME AS WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
OUR BUDGET IN FY 27 IS $4.4 BILLION ACROSS ALL OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES.
AND FY 26, OUR BUDGET IS 4.06 BILLION.
AND SO THAT GROWTH OF ABOUT 300 MILLION, UM, PRIMARILY REPRESENTS GROWTH IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH MY COLLEAGUE, UH, CHRISTIE CHAPMAN WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON.
SO, OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS OUR LARGEST BUCKET, UM, AT 1.76 BILLION.
AND THIS COMPRISES OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE PRIMARILY TAXPAYER FUNDED, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY STREETS, HOUSING, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, PARKS, LIBRARIES, UM, THINGS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH SALES AND PROPERTY TAX, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S, UH, CPS REVENUE SHARE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ABOUT $1.2 BILLION BUDGETED IN RESTRICTED FUNDS.
THESE RESTRICTED FUNDS COMPRISE OF THINGS SUCH AS OUR AIRPORT OR THE SOLID WASTE FUND WHERE REVENUES GENERATED BY A SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ACTIVITY GOING TO PAYING FOR THAT ACTIVITY.
IF YOU PAY TO PARK AT THE AIRPORT, THEN THAT REVENUE GOES INTO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE AIRPORT.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE ABOUT $1.4 BILLION IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
THE BULK OF THIS IS GONNA BE AT THE AIRPORT, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TERMINAL C CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THEN MOVING INTO OUR POSITIONS, WE ARE SEEING A NET INCREASE OF SEVEN POSITIONS IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, OUR CIVILIAN COUNT WILL BE DECREASING BY 51 POSITIONS, HOWEVER, WE'LL BE ADDING A DELTA TO OUR UNIFORM COUNT.
UM, ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT I WANT TO GET INTO, UM, WITH OUR POSITION COUNT IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING 101 CIVILIAN POSITIONS FOR REDUCTION.
UM, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, 54%, 54 OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE FILLED, AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED PLACEMENTS FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES.
SO AS PART OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY LAYOFFS OR ANY PERMANENT IMPACT TO EMPLOYEES SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO ACCEPT AND OFFER THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THEM IF COUNCIL APPROVES OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STRATEGIES TO CLOSING THAT $158 MILLION, UM, DEFICIT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED.
OUR STRATEGIES CAN BE SUMMARIZED IN THREE MAJOR WAYS, REDUCE SPENDING, UH, EXAMINE OUR PROPERTY TAX CAPACITY AND INCREASE FEES TO ALIGN WITH COST RECOVERING FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
SO, UM, WITH REDUCING SPENDING, WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE OUR SPENDING THE GENERAL FUND BY ABOUT $90 MILLION.
SOME OF THAT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT AND IS A TRUE EFFICIENCY, AND SOME OF THAT WILL HAVE SOME SERVICE LEVEL IMPACT.
UM, THESE REDUCTIONS CAME OUT OF AN ANALYSIS THAT WE DID IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS PART OF THE FORECAST WHERE WE LOOKED AT WHAT SERVICES BY CHARTER ARE WE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE, WHAT SERVICES ARE MANDATED, SO TO SPEAK, EITHER BY CHARTER OR BY LAW, WHAT SERVICES ARE A PRIORITY AS COMMUNICATED BY OUR RESIDENTS OR OUR CITY COUNCIL? AND THEN WITH THE REMAINING SERVICES, THE REMAINING INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE, WHAT OPPORTUNITY DO WE HAVE WITHIN THEM TO EXAMINE HOW WE'RE PROVIDING OUR SERVICE? UM, AND SO THE BULK OF OUR PROPOSED $90 MILLION OF REDUCTIONS COME FROM THAT REMAINING CATEGORY.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE ALLOWS US TO USE SOMETHING CALLED A PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT.
WHAT THAT IS, IS, UM, BY STATE LAW, WE CAN GROW OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES BY 3.5% EVERY YEAR WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL.
UM, THAT 3.5% GROWTH CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH WOULD BY, UM, NATURE INCREASE OUR COLLECTION.
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ESTABLISHED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT, OR IT CAN BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH A RATE INCREASE OR SO, OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF.AND FY 26, WE DID NOT ACHIEVE 3.5% GROWTH, NOR DID WE PROPOSE AN INCREASE TO THE RATE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THIS YEAR IS TO UTILIZE THE INCREMENT THAT WE DID NOT USE AS PART OF OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET TO HELP US CATCH UP WITH OUR REVENUE GROWTH.
UM, AS PART OF THE STRATEGY, WE WOULD INCREASE OUR REVENUES BY $28 MILLION IN FY 27 AND AN ADDITIONAL 64 MILLION IN FY 28.
UM, THE TEXAS STATE LAW, UM, AS AMENDED BY STATE, UH, SENATE BILL TWO WITH THE 86 LEGISLATURE, UH, CHANGED THE THREE POINT, CHANGED THE GROWTH TO A 3.5%.
SO WITHIN THIS PRACTICE, WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THAT.
AND LASTLY, ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE TOOK AN OP, WE TOOK A LOOK AT COST RECOVERING FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AS PART OF THIS BUDGET.
UM, SO IF WE PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT HAS A USER FEE, BUT WE'RE MAYBE NOT COST RECOVERING FOR THAT, UH, WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THAT.
WE'LL TOUCH UPON THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, BUT THROUGH THIS, WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE OUR FEES BY $30 MILLION.
SO I MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, UM, THAT OUR STRATEGY TO BALANCE A GENERAL FUND IS STARTING WITH THE DEFICIT OF 158 MILLION AT THE END OF FY 27.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, UNAFFECTED, WE WOULD ONLY BE GROWING OUR REVENUES BY 2.3% WHILE EXPENSES WOULD BE GROWING BY 6.9%.
HOWEVER, THROUGH THE WORK THAT I JUST LAID OUT WITH THOSE THREE STRATEGIES, WE ARE NOW PROPOSING, UM, REVENUE GROWTH OF 5.1%, ACCOUNTING FOR THE NEW REVENUE STREAMS, AS WELL AS EXPENDITURE GROWTH HELD AT 4.1% GROWTH ACCOUNTING FOR THE, UM, RECOMMENDED REDUCTIONS.
UM, THROUGH THESE, WE WOULD END THE TWO YEAR PLAN WITH A BALANCE OF $49 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT $49 MILLION CAN BE USED, UM, FOR THINGS THAT ARISE IN THE, UM, FY 29 AND OUTER YEARS.
SO I MENTIONED OUR TOTAL FROM REDUCTIONS IS ABOUT $90 MILLION.
UM, OVER THE TWO YEARS, WE WOULD COLLECT ABOUT $90 MILLION AS WELL IN PROPERTY TAX CAPACITY, UM, $30 MILLION FROM FEE INCREASES.
AND THEN WE'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON OUR EXPENSES, UM, BOTH TO REVISE OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS TO GENERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE SAVINGS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, ONE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEW SPENDING CATEGORY WOULD BE TO PERMANENTLY, UM, EXTEND SENIOR CENTER HOURS.
RIGHT NOW, SENIOR CENTER HOURS ARE FUNDED THROUGH AN EXTENSION WITH ARPA DOLLARS.
HOWEVER, AS THOSE FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS DIMINISH, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO TRANSITION THAT TO THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WE'VE HEARD REALLY POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT AND IS IN DEMAND BY OUR COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS.
SO, UM, TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON PROPERTY TAX, UM, OUR TAXABLE VALUES ARE DECLINING BY 2.7% WITH, UM, AS THE, AS, UM, WE WERE INFORMED BY THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
THEY GAVE US A PRELIMINARY NUMBER IN APRIL, WHICH GUIDED OUR FORECAST OF ABOUT 2.2%.
HOWEVER, THIS SCENARIO IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS WORSE THAN THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A DECREASE IN BASE VALUES BY 4%.
AND THEN, UM, MODEST, UH, NEW VALUE, NEW PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION FROM NEW RESIDENT NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN FY 25, WE WERE, UM, WE HAD A STRONG BASE VALUE GROWTH IN FY 26.
WHILE OUR BASE VALUES DECREASED, UM, THAT WAS OFFSET BY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, IN FFY 27, OUR INCREASE FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE DECREASE IN OUR BASE VALUES.
UM, SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE HOMEOWNER IN SAN ANTONIO? UM, THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER WOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN THEIR MONTHLY PROPERTY TAX BILL OF $2 AND 95 CENTS.
THIS IS AN AVERAGE, SO THAT DEPENDS ON THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME AS WELL AS ANY OTHER EXEMPTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT WE HAVE 156 MILLION AND FOREGONE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THROUGH, UM, OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS THROUGH OUR SENIOR EXEMPTIONS.
WE ARE THE LARGEST CITY IN TEXAS TO HAVE A, UM, PROPERTY TAX FROZEN FOR SENIORS.
AND SO THAT IS REVENUE THAT IS FORGO FOREGONE THAT WE OTHERWISE COULD COLLECT.
UM, AND SO WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY MODIFICATIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE EXEMPTIONS.
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UM, ONE THING THAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I THINK IS OF NOTE IS THAT 47, UM, PERCENT OF HOMESTEADS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THIS BECAUSE THEY RECEIVE, UM, SOME EXEMPTION OR THEIR VALUES ARE FROZEN.SO THIS, UH, DOES IMPACT, UM, A FEWER, UM, POPULATION OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO LOOKING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD AT THE FEE INCREASES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET OVER THE TWO YEARS, WE WOULD BE COLLECTING $30 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE THE FOUNDATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IS WHERE ARE WE NOT COST RECOVERING FOR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE? AND IS THERE A WAY TO COST RECOVER, UM, THAT FITS WITHIN OUR VALUES AS A CITY? SO WITHIN THE, UM, THIS $30 MILLION, ABOUT 20 MILLION OF IT IS GOING TO COME FROM OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND THESE, UH, REPRESENT INCREASES IN OUR EMS FEE.
OUR AID ONLY FEE, UM, ARE ALARM PERMITS AND THEN LARGELY RELATING TO TOWING WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE PROPOSED THE FIRE INCREASES, UM, LAST YEAR TO CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, WE PROPOSED THEM AS A FEE INCREASE THAT WE WOULD IMPLEMENT IN FY 27.
SO THIS IS US FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, UM, PART OF LAST YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND WITH REGARDS TO, UM, POLICE IN TOWING, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONTRACTUAL EXPENSES AND, UM, WE HAVE TIME THAT OUR OFFICERS SPEND.
AND SO THIS HELPS US RECOUP SOME OF THE COSTS THAT, UM, WE'RE SPENDING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELATING TO TOWING SERVICES.
UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER FEES IN HERE ACROSS NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO EACH OF THEM SPECIFICALLY.
ONE OF THE NOTABLE ONES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS A IS TO BEGIN CHARGING A NON-RESIDENT FEE TO BEAR COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO USE THE LIBRARY, BUT WHO ARE NOT CITY RESIDENTS.
UM, THEY DON'T PAY PROPERTY TAXES TO THE CITY, AND THEY STILL UTILIZE LIBRARIES.
ABOUT 26% OF OUR LIBRARY USERS ARE NON-RESIDENTS.
SO IN DECEMBER, WHEN THE LIBRARY, UM, CARDS ARE UP FOR RENEWAL, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO, UM, CHARGE $20 FOR LIBRARY, UM, NON-RESIDENT LIBRARY USERS.
AND THAT ALLOWS THEM THE SAME ACCESS TO OUR LIBRARY THAT THEY CURRENTLY RECEIVE.
SO, UM, ON OUR REDUCTIONS, I MENTIONED $90 MILLION IS PROPOSED 101 POSITIONS OF WHICH 54 ARE FILLED.
SO THIS SLIDE BREAKS OUT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE, AND THEY CAN FIT INTO WHAT'S PREDOMINANTLY THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST ARE SERVICE REDUCTIONS.
THESE ARE IMPACTS, THESE ARE REDUCTIONS THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT, UM, TO A POPULATION OR SERVICE.
HOWEVER, WE FEEL AS THOUGH, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE WHOLE SERVICE OF WHAT THE CITY PROVIDES, THESE ARE SERVICES THAT, UM, WE CAN DO WITHOUT.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT TRANSFERRING FUNDING FROM OUR GENERAL FUND TO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, EITHER THAT HAVE CAPACITY OR THAT MAYBE ARE A DECENT FIT.
UM, AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO TRANSFER FUNDING FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR GENERAL FUND FOR STREETS TO OUR CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UM, NEW STREETS THROUGH THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, TO MOVE FUNDING FROM OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR MINOR REPAIR TO, UM, VARIOUS OTHER FUNDS SUCH AS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND AND OUR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUND.
UM, AND WE ARE PROPOSING A FEE INCREASE IN THE PARKS ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, UM, OF 25 CENTS TO HOMEOWNERS.
AND WITH THAT, WE CAN MOVE $2 MILLION FROM OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND INTO THIS FEE SUPPORTED FUND.
UM, SO ALL IN ALL, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GOING ON WITH OUR REDUCTIONS, UM, BUT WE DID A, WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
SO OUR BUDGET IS GUIDED BY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY PRO PRIORITIES.
WE COMPLETED IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT PART DEPARTMENT, A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY IN MAY AND JUNE.
AND THAT IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY SURVEYS OF HOMELESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, POLICE STREETS, AND FIRE AND EMS. THOSE ARE LARGELY CONSISTENT WITH PRIORITIES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF OUR GOAL SETTING SESSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR SENIORS, HOUSING AND HOMELESS, AS WELL AS, UM, COMMUNITY SPACES.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN OUR BUDGET IN ALL OF THESE AREAS, AND WE'RE BEING MINDFUL
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AND JUDICIOUS ABOUT HOW, UM, REDUCTIONS IMPACT THE SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE IN THESE CATEGORIES.UM, SO TO SPEAK ABOUT A FEW OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN, WE ARE INVESTING $38.8 MILLION INTO OUR HOMELESS SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE WORK THAT THEY WILL COMPLETE AS PART OF THE 27 BUDGET.
UM, THE FOCUS OF THEIR WORK IN 2027 WILL LARGELY BE TO COMPLETE A FINAL SHELTER AND HOUSING FRAMEWORK, WHICH WILL GUIDE THEIR EFFORTS IN FUTURE YEARS.
UM, PART OF THIS FUNDING INCLUDES $9 MILLION OF CAPITAL FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY RELOCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS, UM, EXPERIENCING A SUDDEN, UM, NEED FOR SUPPORT.
UM, ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY IS THIS BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY FUNDING FOR LOW BARRIER SHELTER.
SHELTER, WHICH WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED IN PAST YEARS.
UM, MOVING FORWARD INTO HOUSING, WE HAVE A $37.7 MILLION INVESTMENT IN, INTO SUPPORTING HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, THIS WORK IS LARGELY GUIDED BY THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, THROUGH THAT WE ARE ESTIMATING 29 UNITS, OUR HOMES TO BE TARGETED.
UM, AND AT THE END OF 27, WE WILL BE 50% COMPLETION WITH ABOUT 14,000 HOMES, UM, RECEIVING SOME SORT OF MODIFICATION OR REPAIR.
UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE ARE U TAPPING INTO TO SUPPORT HOUSING, OUR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUND, UM, BEING AN EXAMPLE, WHICH RECEIVES REVENUE FROM THE TURS BOARDS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE UTILIZING SOME OF THE CAPACITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEASURES THIS YEAR, WHICH IS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THAT FUNDING.
AS STATED IN OUR TURS GUIDELINES, UM, WITHIN OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.
UM, THE BIG INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS TO OPEN A NEW HOSPITAL ON THE WEST SIDE.
UM, THIS IS APPROVED BY VOTERS AS PART OF THE 2022 BOND, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS FACILITY TO OPEN IN THE WINTER OF 2027.
UM, WITH THIS, WE'RE ADDING ABOUT 10 POSITIONS AND $1.9 MILLION.
UM, AND THIS IS GONNA INCREASE THE SPAY AND NEUTER FOR SURGERIES THAT WE PERFORM BY 5.2% BY INCREASING OUR CAPACITY.
UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE MAKING EFFORT TOWARDS SOME OF THE CRITICAL MEASURES THAT COUNCIL HAS CHARGED US WITH, UM, WORKING TOWARDS.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, WE ARE, WE WILL RESPOND TO MORE CRITICAL CALLS.
WE HAVE A GOAL OF 98%, UM, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS OUR PEAK PERFORMANCE.
UM, AND, UM, WE ARE SEEKING TO COMPLETE MORE SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES.
UM, IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST INVESTMENT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE INVESTING ABOUT 670, UM, $7 MILLION.
UM, WE ARE ADDING WITH THIS BUDGET, 27 OFFICERS FOR THE AIRPORT AS PART OF OUR TERMINAL SEA OPENING.
THEY WILL NEED OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AT THE AIRPORT.
AND SO WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO CONVERT 22 PARK POLICE VACANCIES INTO, UM, PARK POLICE, SORRY, INTO POLICE OFFICERS.
THOSE POLICE OFFICERS, UM, WILL RECEIVE THE SAME TRAINING AND THEY WILL COVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES FORMALLY HELD BY THE PARK POLICE.
UM, SO WE'VE INCLUDED $5.4 MILLION OF REDUCTIONS PRIMARILY IN OVERTIME, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, LINE ITEM REDUCTIONS AND A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT IS JUST NOT RECEIVING THE UTILITY THAT IS WORTH THE INVESTMENT.
THAT'S ABOUT $800,000 OF AN EFFICIENCY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN LAST DEPARTMENT I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH A PROPOSED BUDGET OF $451 MILLION.
UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD NINE PO UNIFORM POSITIONS, AND THIS IS LARGELY TO OFFSET WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DONE BY OUR UNIFORM PERSONNEL USING OVERTIME.
UM, SO WITHIN OUR TRAINING ACADEMY AND OUR RECRUITMENT, WE'LL BE ADDING, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD EIGHT POSITIONS, AND THAT WILL BE OFFSET BY AN EQUIVALENT OVERTIME REDUCTION.
WE'RE SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS NOW.
WE WOULD JUST RATHER, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO HIRE PERMANENT POSITIONS TO COMPLETE THAT WORK.
AND THEN SAME THING WITH THE ONE POSITION FOR SCHOOL FIRE INSPECTIONS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTY CHAPMAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL DELIVERY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHRISTY CHAPMAN.
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ON BEHALF OF ART REINHARDT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND MIKE SHANNON, THE CAPITAL DELIVERY DIRECTOR.SO BEGINNING ON SLIDE 15, THESE ARE THE MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA BE DELIVERING IN FY 2027.
THESE ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER YEARS.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE, THEIR PRIORITIES FOR STREETS, THEIR BUDGET IS ALMOST 130 MILLION, AND THEY'LL BE DELIVERING 534 MILES OF PROJECTS.
SIDEWALKS IS 12.8, ALMOST 13 MILLION, 22 MILES OF SIDEWALK GAPS AND REPAIRS.
UM, CHANNELS AND CREEKS, THEY'LL BE DOING 36 CHANNEL RESTORATION PROJECTS AND 80 MILES OF NATURAL CREEK WASTES MAINTAINED VEGETATION.
THEY WILL MOW ALMOST 25,000 MILES IN 2027.
UM, THEY WILL SWEEP ALMOST 40, A LITTLE OVER 44,000 GUTTER MILES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
PAVEMENT MARKINGS IS 11.3, A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND MILES REMARKED.
TRAFFIC SAFETY AND OPS, THAT'S THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM WHERE THEY APPLY 1 MILLION TO TRAFFIC CALMING SAFETY MEASURES, ITS AND SIGNAL COMMS. THAT'S OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM.
UM, PROGRAMMING THE SIGNALS, UPDATING THE SOFTWARE AND THE HARDWARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THE SCHOOL PED SAFETY, THAT'S THE ANNUAL PROGRAM THAT RE REMARKS, SCHOOL CROSSWALKS, UPGRADE SIGNS, UM, INSTALLS, FLASHERS.
IT'S JUST A FIVE YEAR ANNUAL PROGRAM WHERE THEY CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THE SCHOOL ZONES.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THE ALMOST SIX, FIVE AND A HALF MILLION.
THEY'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING 12 NEW WARRANTED SIGNALS ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS CONSIDERING THE NUMBER AND THEN MOVING ON.
MOVING ON TO CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT ON SLIDE 16.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT IS NEW IN FY 2026.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON DELIVERING LARGE SCALE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY THE BOND PROGRAMS. WHY PUBLIC WORKS CAN FOCUS ON RECURRING MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THIS CITY.
SO OUR MISSION FOR OUR DEPARTMENT REALLY IS FOCUSING ON DELIVERING THOSE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN BUDGET TO THE REQUIRED QUALITY STANDARDS WITH INCREASED COMMUNICATION AND STRONG, STRONG STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION AND INVOLVEMENT.
UM, AND THIS IS REFLECTIVE IN OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND IT'LL ALSO HELP US PLAN AND DELIVER THE FUTURE 2027 BOND PROGRAM.
ON SLIDE 17, THESE ARE OUR DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE STRATEGIES.
SO NEW IS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER OUR VERTICAL DIVISION, WHICH OVERSEES ALL OF OUR PARKS AND OUR FACILITY PROJECTS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE VERY CLOSE MONITORING AND COORDINATION ON THOSE PROJECTS.
IN ADDITION, UM, WE'RE ALSO USING A NEW CA, CRADLE TO GRAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH.
UM, PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, OUR PROJECT MANAGER, WE HAD A TEAM THAT DESIGNED THE PROJECTS, AND THEN WE HAD A TEAM THAT CAN OVERSAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO COMBINE THOSE TEAMS. AND ONE PROJECT MANAGER WILL OVERSEE A PROJECT FROM PLANNING INITIAL PRES SCOPING THROUGH SCOPING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCIAL CLOSEOUTS.
IT'LL BE ONE PROJECT MANAGER, WHICH WE FEEL WILL REALLY HELP, UM, WITH INFORMED DECISION MAKING.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, UM, IT HAS THAT KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
AS FAR AS IMPROVED COMMUNICATION, WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY, WE'VE JUST HAD ONE MEETING DURING DESIGN, ONE MEETING DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THOSE.
SO AT A MINIMUM, WE'LL HAVE FOUR PER PROJECT, TWO DRAIN DESIGN, TWO DRAIN CONSTRUCTION, AND WE CAN ADD IF, IF IT'S NEEDED.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INCREASE OUR DIGITAL OUTREACH EFFORTS, WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, E-BLASTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, NEWSLETTERS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR AND IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
UM, AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, IMPLEMENTED SOME BUSINESS FOCUSED STRATEGIES.
WE'VE, UM, FOR THOSE, UM, PROJECTS, HIGH PROFILE PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER IMPACT.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING RECURRING MONTHLY MEETINGS.
WE'VE, UM, HELPED BUSINESSES WITH SCRIMS ADVERTISING WAY FINDING TO GET THE INDIVIDUALS TO THEIR BUSINESS, UM, AS WELL AS EVEN HIRING SOME SHUTTLE SERVICES TO TAKE PEDESTRIANS TO THE BUSINESSES.
SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON HELPING THEM MAINTAIN THEIR LEVEL OF, UM, BUSINESS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, ALSO WE'VE DONE REGULAR BOND UPDATES.
SO WE'VE GONE TO TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'VE GONE TO B SESSION AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AS FAR AS UTILITY COORDINATION, WE DO HAVE A SAWS MEMORANDUM OF
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UNDERSTANDING, WHICH REALLY LAYS OUT ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, COORDINATION OF PROJECTS, COMMUNICATION, AND WE'RE WORKING ON AN MOU WITH CPS.UM, WE'VE ALSO EMPLOYED THIS NEW SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING APPROACH, WHICH BASICALLY JUST IDENTIFIES AND MAPS UNDERGROUND UTILITIES TO, TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THOSE RISKS AND THOSE CONFLICTS THAT WE SOMETIMES ENCOUNTER WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND ALSO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT COORDINATION WHEN WE REACH THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, REALLY MONITORING AND ENSURING STRONG CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A PROJECT INCENTIVE PAY.
SO IF A, UM, CONTRACTOR DELIVERS A PROJECT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY WE'VE BUILT INTO THE PROJECT TO PAY THEM UP TO 10% OF THE CONTRACT VALUE IF THEY DELIVER THE PROJECT ON TIME, OR ACTUALLY AHEAD, NOT ON TIME AHEAD.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS ORDINANCE, WHICH WE CONTINUE TO ENFORCE IN THAT AREA.
AND WE HAVE AN IMPROVED SCORECARD THAT WE IMPLEMENTED JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UM, TO REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE CONTRACTOR'S PERFORMANCE, AND WE IMPLEMENTED IT FOR THE CONSULTANTS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE DO ASSESS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT THROUGH OUR CONTRACT, AND WE HAVE ASSESSED THOSE AS WELL.
WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME PROJECTS IN FY 2026 THAT WILL START IN 26, BUT THEN ALSO BE COMPLETED.
AND THESE ARE VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREAT PROJECTS.
THE COMMUNITIES AND THE COUNCIL ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT 'EM.
WE HAVE THE SOUTH FLORES POLICE DUB STATION IN DISTRICT THREE.
WE HAVE VILLE ROAD, CASTANO PARK, THE VET HOSPITAL, UM, WE ALSO HAVE LARGE DRAINAGE, PROJECT CEILING CHANNEL, OAK CAVEN EISENHOWER, AND THEN ALSO WHAT WILL BE COMPLETED.
WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT SOUTH ALAMO AND ZNO CULTURE ALL GOT COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO COMPLETED NORTH, NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS.
WE'VE COMPLETED SOME PARK PROJECTS, SOUTH SIDE LYONS MILLERS, TOM SLICK.
WE'VE COMPLETED SOME CLUBHOUSES TO SOME BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CALDER ON AND EAST SIDE.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, SOME OTHER PARKS AND SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS.
AND THEN ON SLIDE 19, SO THIS IS OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR FY 2027.
THE LARGE MAJORITY OF IT IS OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE INTEND TO DELIVER IN 2027.
UM, OUT OF THE $317.6 MILLION, 32 OF THAT IS OPERATING COSTS, PAYING FOR OUR STAFF TO OVERSEE THE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
AND THEN ALMOST 286 MILLION IS IN FACT IN CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE WILL DELIVER ON SLIDE 20.
I THINK CRAIG HAD THIS IN HIS POWERPOINT.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE FY 2027 CAPITAL BUDGET, 1.4 BILLION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AIRPORT DOES REPRESENT THE LARGEST PORTION.
UM, THEY'RE 61% FOLLOWED BY STREETS.
UM, WE HAVE PARKS CITY FACILITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
CDD WILL MANAGE, AS I MENTIONED, ALMOST 286 MILLION OF THAT 1.4 BILLION.
AND THEN ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE FY 2027 CIP OR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE SOME NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.
MOST OF THEM ARE DRAINAGE RELATED.
UM, WE HAVE ALMOST DAM UH, GREAT REPAIRS.
WE HAVE THE VITAL CREEK VICAR, LOW WATER CROSSING, UM, RED BERRY DAM.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME LIBRARIES THAT ARE VERY CRITICAL FOR THE HVAC REPLACEMENT.
THEY SERVE AS COOLING CENTERS, SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE REPLACE THOSE.
WE'VE ALSO, UH, HAVE THE CORRUGATED METAL PIPE REHAB, WHICH IS THE, UM, THE PIPES UNDER SUBSURFACE PIPES THAT WE, UM, TELEVISE MAINTAIN.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THE NEW WARRANTED SIGNALS THAT I'D MENTIONED EARLIER.
NOW ONTO THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM.
SO AS OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, WE ARE 78% COMPLETE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, WITH 21% REMAINING IN DESIGN BY THE FALL OF THIS YEAR.
SO BY DECEMBER WE WILL HAVE 162 PROJECTS COMPLETE OR UNDER DESIGN, OR 87%.
AND THEN THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE AT 96%.
SO THIS PAST YEAR, AND THE NEXT NEXT YEAR REALLY IS THE BULK OF CONSTRUCTION, IS WHERE WE HAVE MOST OF OUR PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND YOU'LL BE SEEING HIGHER PERCENTAGES COMPLETE AS WE GET INTO THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM.
AND THEN ON SLIDE 23, UM, JUST WRAPPING UP AT
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THE END OF FY 2027, ALWAYS PLANNING AHEAD.SO THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE WILL COMPLETE 68 PROJECTS AND WE WILL GO INTO FY 2028 WITH 85 PROJECTS REMAINING.
AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE NEW 2027 BOND PROGRAM, AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY NEW PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE 28 CAPITAL BUDGET.
UM, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE SOME REALLY BIG PROJECTS.
THE ELLA AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER, THE D ONE PARKS, MULTIGEN CENTER.
WE'RE GONNA COMPLETE SOME FIRE STATION REPLACEMENTS, 21, 52 AND 53.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO COMPLETE SOME LARGE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, GARDENDALE, WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE F STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE IN THE 22 BOND, AS WELL AS ALL THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2020, UM, AT THE END OF 2027, WE'LL STILL HAVE KENWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, FATHER RAMON, BARBARA DRIVE, EAST SIDE AREA STREETS, THE D THREE AQUATICS FACILITY, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
FIRE STATION 33, WE HAVE SOME LARGE STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, MAR ROCK, WEST BROADVIEW, UM, VERDE ROAD.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
NOW I AM GONNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT MIKE ALSO PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UM, FOR THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM.
WE ARE PLANNING TO RETURN TO COUNCIL B SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND AT THAT TIME, WE'LL PROVIDE A HISTORY OF THE BOND PROGRAM SINCE 2007.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOND CAPACITY, WHICH IS STILL MUCH VERY UNDER DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, AND WILL BE UNTIL THE, UM, THE BUDGET IS PASSED.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PROPOSITIONS BASED ON THE BOND CAPACITY, THE PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT STAFF IS USING TO EVALUATE THE PROJECTS.
WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL IS THE BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS AND THE APPOINTMENTS, THE TRI CHAIRS, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, AND THEN JUST THE OVERALL PROJECT OR PROGRAM TIMELINE.
AND THE PROGRAM TIMELINE IS WHAT I'M GONNA GO OVER NEXT.
SO THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WE'VE BEEN, UM, LOOKING AT PROJECTS, DEVELOPING THEM, MEETING WITH COUNCIL, MEETING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, MEETING WITH THE VARIOUS CITY BOARDS, THE STREET ADVISORY BOARD, THE DRAINAGE LIBRARY BOARD, GETTING THOSE PROJECTS, EVALUATING THEM, COST, ESTIMATING THEM.
AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AND WE'RE GONNA PRESENT A PRO A RECOMMENDED PROJECT LIST AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN WHAT REALLY IT'S CRITICAL IS OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY REALLY LOOK AT THE PROJECTS.
THEY EVALUATE 'EM, THEY ASK QUESTIONS, PEOPLE COME TO TALK.
SO THEY REALLY NARROW DOWN THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND THEN IN JANUARY, THAT'S WHEN WE, WE TAKE THE PROJECTS, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE, UH, THE COMMITTEES TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THEY WILL CALL FOR THE ELECTION IN FEBRUARY FOR THE VOTE IN MAY.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I THINK CRAIG AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND INFORMATION.
UM, IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? WE'LL START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, BUS.
UM, SO THE CITY COLLECTS FILO FEES.
IS ANY OF THE BUDGETARY AMOUNTS OFFSET BY THOSE FEES OR EVEN FEES COLLECTED BY THE, BY, LET'S SAY TREE, TREE PRESERVATION FUNDS? OR CAN YES.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME 22 BOND PROJECTS THAT HA ACTUALLY, YES, THEY HAVE STORMWATER REGIONAL, WHICH IS THE STORMWATER REGIONAL FUND IS THE ONE THAT COLLECTS THE REVENUE FROM THE PHIL.
SO WE DO HAVE PROJECTS THAT, UM, HAVE REGIONAL FEES APPROPRIATED TO THEM.
AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME BUDGETS FOR THE ALAMO DOME, LIKE TO REPAIR THE ROOF AND THE PUMP STATIONS.
IS THE ALAMO DOME BEING SUCH A SIZABLE FACILITY, IS THAT IN ANY WAY PARTIALLY SELF-SUSTAINING? OR IS, OR HOW, HOW, HOW WAS THAT FACILITY WORKING OUT? I'LL LET CRAIG TAKE THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO THE ALAMO DOME RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION.
IF YOU COME TO SAN ANTONIO AND YOU STAY IN ONE OF OUR HOTELS, THEN YOU'LL PAY ABOUT A 16%, UH, CHARGE ON THAT HOTEL STAY.
AND THAT TAX GOES TO FUND OUR ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THE ALAMO DOME, THAT REVENUE, UM, AND A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS VISIT SAN ANTONIO.
SO THE REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED AT THE ALAMO DOME IS ENHANCED OR SUPPLEMENTED BY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS.
WE DO NOT UTILIZE GENERAL FUNDS DOLLARS FOR THE ALAMO DOME.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX THAT GOES INTO, BECAUSE I, I'M JUST WONDERING 'CAUSE WHAT THEY,
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YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY COLLECT IN CONCESSIONS, LET'S SAY, OR PARKING YEAH.ATTENDANCE FEES OR TICKETING FEES THAT ALL GET YOU INVESTED INTO THE, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS, WHY THEY HAD ANYTHING ON THIS BUDGET, IF, IF THEY'RE COLLECTING FUNDS FROM THESE DIFFERENT AVENUES, LIKE WHY WASN'T IT ENOUGH, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT IT NEEDED? AND, AND SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
ANOTHER QUESTION IS, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE THE, THE ABILITY TO, UM, UP VALUES 3.5% PER YEAR, BUT, BUT I ALSO SAW THAT YOU COULD GO BACK A YEAR AND AND DO IT TWICE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, UM, USING.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY WE'RE USING THE INCREMENT.
UM, SINCE OUR VALUES DID NOT INCREASE BY 3.5% LAST YEAR, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK THIS YEAR IN SAYING WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT INCREASE THAT WE DID NOT, UM, COLLECT.
SO IF THE CITY DOES THAT AND, AND THAT'S AN ASSESSMENT VALUE BEYOND WHAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S DOING.
SO IF, IF THE CITY SAYS YOU HAVE THIS COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE AND IT'S WORTH 3.5% MORE MONEY, CAN THE, CAN THE APPLICANT AT THAT POINT IN TIME SAY, WELL, IF THE CITY'S ASSESSING IT OR THIS MUCH, DOES THAT ALSO RAISE THAT 50% THRESHOLD BEFORE IT'S CONSIDERED, UM, SUBJECT TO NEW CODES, IF YOU DO A RENOVATION, SO THE ASSESSMENT THAT THE BEX COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT ASSESSES THE HOME OUT WOULD BE IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY PROPERTY TAX RATES, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS THE RATE WHICH WOULD BE APPLIED AGAINST THAT VALUE.
THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR STA YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? WHERE IF I SEND MORE THAN 50% OF THE VALUE OF A BUILDING, IT CAN BE SUBJECT TO NEW CODES.
IF THE CITY RAISES 3.5% TIMES TWO, DOES A, DOES A A BUILDING UNDER CON THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OR DO THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE APPRAISED, THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT VALUE? I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I THINK WITHOUT, WITHOUT HAVING THE CODE IN FRONT OF ME, I THINK WHAT IT SAYS IS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO REPAIR ON A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE UP TO 50% OF THE REPLACEMENT COST, NOT THE APPRAISED VALUE.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DETERMINATION TO CALCULATE THAT REPLACEMENT COST.
VERY RARELY DOES A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE TO REPAIR A STRUCTURE? JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF A DECISION BY THIS, THIS PROCESS HAS AN EFFECT ON OTHER ISSUES.
NO, BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT, AND CRAIG, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOUR PROCESS DEALS MORE WITH TAX RATE ON APPRAISED VALUE, NOT REPLACEMENT COST IN CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TED.
I HAVE A QUESTION THAT WAS EARLY ON IN THE BUDGET, UH, UH, PROPOSAL.
I NOTICED YOU ONLY ALLOTTED $1 MILLION TO, UM, RESEARCH AND DO THE WORK ON STREETS THAT ARE NEEDING SOME CONTROL OF SPEED.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A LADY KILLED, YOU KNOW, NOT TOO LONG ON THE NORTH SIDE, UM, BECAUSE THAT PERSON WAS GOING DOUBLE THE SPEED MM-HMM
AND, UH, I NOTICED $1 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE ENTIRE CITY FOR PEOPLE THAT APPROACH YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EXCESSIVE SPEEDING AND NEEDING CONTROL ON THOSE ROADS.
I'M GONNA LET, UH, CHRISTY CHAPMAN, LET'S TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO THAT'S THE 1 MILLION THAT'S ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM.
AND SO HISTORICALLY THE 1 MILLION, IT'S ONLY DEPENDING UPON THE SCOPE OF WORK, IT CAN ONLY DO BETWEEN TWO AND THREE PROJECTS PER YEAR.
BUT PUBLIC WORKS DID INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 500,000 FOR CONSULTANT EVALUATIONS AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENTS SO THAT THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY'RE GONNA LEVERAGE THAT MONEY TOWARDS THE 1 MILLION SO THEY CAN DO MORE PROJECTS, MORE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS, IF THAT HELPS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA FOCUS ON SMALL AL TACTICAL BUILDS.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE A YEAR TO BUILD A ROUNDABOUT.
THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT QUICK FEASIBLE WAYS TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN WITH THE ADDITIONAL, SO IT'S ACTUALLY 1.5 MILLION, THE 1 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN 500,000 FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONSULTANT SUPPORT.
IT ANSWERS MY QUESTION AND I JUST DON'T FEEL IT'S SUFFICIENT.
UM, YEAH, I, I I HAVE A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, MS. MR. ECK, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
UM, SO I THOUGHT THAT, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THERE WAS SOME MONEY BEING REMOVED FROM THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, BUT THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU MEANT TO SAY THAT THE MONEY WAS JUST COMING FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE TOWARDS MINOR REPAIR.
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YES, THE, THAT IS CORRECT.WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE INVESTING INTO OUR MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ELIGIBLE FUNDING SOURCES TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF WORK THROUGH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND AND THROUGH OUR, UM, TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUND.
UM, MY QUESTION WAS, IS IN THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE REDUCTIONS, WHICH IS THE $89 MILLION REDUCTION, OKAY, I'VE NOTICED SOME OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH A TRANSFER OF THE BUDGET TO ADDITIONAL FUND YES, LIKE THE PARKS AND CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO THAT MEANS IT IS NOT PART OF THE CITY BUDGET ANYMORE.
SO IT IS A PART OF THE CITY BUDGET.
IT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH MEANS IT IS NOT COMPETING FOR THOSE, UM, SCARCE TAX RESOURCES, UM, GENERATED FROM C-P-C-P-S SAWS, SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX.
BUT IT IS PART OF THE CITY'S OVERALL $4.4 BILLION BUDGET.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IF THOSE CAPITAL BUDGET OR THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS GOT OUT OF MONEY? HOW THEY GET? YEAH, SO WITH THE, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT FUTURE YEAR NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
THAT'S PART OF WHY YOU SEE US IDENTIFYING $7.3 MILLION IN 27, BUT THEN ONLY 3.3 MILLION IN THE SECOND YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT $4 MILLION WILL BE NEEDED FOR OTHER RESOURCES.
UM, WE FEEL AS THOUGH THE, UH, NUMBERS PRESENTED AS PART OF THIS ARE, UM, SUSTAINABLE FOR THE OUTER TERM.
AND IF, UM, AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL FORECASTING APPROACH, WE WOULD IDENTIFY IN THE SPRING IF WE CAN'T UTILIZE THOSE LONG-TERM RESOURCES AND WE WOULD SEEK COUNSEL, UM, RECOMMENDATION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO REPRIORITIZE THEM WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND OR FIND ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE.
SO OVERALL, THE, THE 89.6 MILLIONS THAT HAS BEEN CUTTING OFF FROM THE DEFICIT WAS MOTIVATED BECAUSE WE HAVE A 1 53 MILLIONS COMING FROM THE PREVIOUS BUDGET CYCLE.
THEN WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE PROACTIVE BY CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO A MECHANISM TO AVOID HAVING THESE PITFALLS IN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND IF WE CAN ABLE TO DO THIS IN ONE YEAR, WHY YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE YEARS AND START FROM NOW.
SO TO CLARIFY, OUR SOLUTION IS A TWO YEAR PLAN, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TWO YEARS OF NUMBERS.
UM, SO WE ONLY FEELS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE $158 MILLION IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET AS PART OF A TWO YEAR PLAN.
UM, WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE OUTER YEARS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF VARIABLES THAT ARE RATHER UNCERTAIN THAT LOSE, YOU KNOW, STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
SO AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL FORECAST PROCESS, WE'LL ADDRESS, UM, EVERY YEAR WITH THE LATEST AND GREATEST OF INFORMATION.
AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS WE'RE MAKING AS PART OF THIS BUDGET MIGHT NOT, UM, COME TO FRUITION AND WE WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL, UM, STRATEGIES OR ALTERNATIVELY THERE COULD BE SOME NEW REVENUES OR SOME NEW RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND SO WE FEEL AS THOUGH WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND, UM, SOLVE THE $264 MILLION DEFICIT AT THE END OF OUR FIVE YEAR TERM.
NOW IF, UM, SOMETHING WERE TO CHANGE THAT.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL AND A SECOND, UH, BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
[Comprehensive Master Plan Amendments ]
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GOOD AFTERNOON.ALEXA RATANA PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE I 10 EAST CORRIDOR PERIMETER PLAN FROM URBAN LIVING TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 4,400 BLOCK OF THETO DRIVE, THERE WERE 60 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET, THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET, THERE ARE 27 OPPOSED.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM URBAN LIVING TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND NP 10 NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LAND USE IS CONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND USES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING LAND USE OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ALONG WITH OTHER COMMERCIAL ZONING DESIGNATIONS.
THE PROPERTY FRIENDS IH 10, WHICH COULD SERVE AS AN APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR BUT IS CURRENTLY LIMITED TO THE CURRENT LAND USE OF URBAN LIVING, WHICH ONLY PERMITS LIMITED SPECIALIZED DISTRICTS.
THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LAND USE WOULD ALLOW FOR MODERATE COMMERCIAL USES AT A CAPACITY THAT CAN SERVE THE RAPIDLY GROWING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? HELLO, ERNAN GIO WITH
UH, WE MASTER PLAN THIS PROPERTY MANY YEARS AGO THIS WAS REQUESTED TO BE A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BACK IN THE MASTER PLAN AND UH, RIGHT NOW THE PROPERTY HAS THREE ZONINGS.
IT HAS COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT, IT HAS THAT LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE, AND IT HAS UM, UH, MXD, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL, UH, AND THE FRONT.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THREE STRIPES OF COMMER OF ZONING IN THERE AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET IT ALL TO COMMERCIAL.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
FIRST UP IS JOE MOST, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, JOE, MOST 1 0 7 6 2 G COUNTY DRIVE.
UM, I WAS HERE LAST TIME AND I SHOWED A BUNCH OF PICTURES.
THIS TIME I'M ONLY GONNA SHOW THE ONE.
SO ON THIS PICTURE WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS, IS THIS HOUSE IS RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE PROPERTY IS.
SO WHERE THAT ALL THOSE WEEDS ARE, THAT'S WHERE THE PROPERTY ENDS.
UH, THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM AHEAD AND SCOOT IT UP.
UH, THAT IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO IT GOES DOWN TO THE END OF THE STREET AND THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
ALL ALONG THAT SIDEWALK WOULD BE PART OF THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S NOT BEHIND IT OR IN FRONT OF IT.
SO, UM, A C TWO ZONING WOULD ALLOW BUSINESSES THAT THAT WOULD BE INVASIVE RIGHT NEXT TO SOMEONE'S HOME.
SO ORIGINALLY THE LANDOWNER SUGGESTED PUTTING A 24 HOUR, UM, GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE THERE, WHICH WOULD SHOW THE BACKEND BEING TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THIS WOULD, UH, BE VERY INVASIVE TO SOMEONE LIVING THERE AS WELL AS PEOPLE GOING FOR WALKS ALONG THE SIDEWALK.
UH, OTHER THINGS THAT CT WOULD ALLOW WOULD BE TIRE SHOP, TIRE SHOPS OR LIQUOR STORES, WHICH ALSO WOULD BE INVASIVE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I MEAN IMAGINE LIVING NEXT TO A LIQUOR STORE.
SO, UH, IN MY VIEW, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSIONS WERE CREATED WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT BUSINESSES STAYED WITHIN WHERE BUSINESSES ARE AND HOMES STAY WITHIN WHERE HOMES ARE, WHICH ARE NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALSO, THE IT 10 EAST CORRIDOR PLAN WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCKS.
THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A VALID PLANNING BASED REASON TO ALTER THAT.
SO THAT'S, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
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WE LIVE IN A VERY NICE, PEACEFUL, TRANQUIL NEIGHBORHOOD.IF COMMERCIAL IS ALLOWED THERE, IT IS NOT GONNA BE THAT WAY.
IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC FLOW AS WELL AS OTHER PROBLEMS. SO, UM, THE LANDOWNER WHEN THEY CREATED THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD HAVE PUT MORE HOUSES THERE, BUT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T, NOW HE'S ASKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ACCEPT HIS BAD DECISION BACK THEN AND CAUSE OUR PROPERTY VALUES TO GO LOWER WHEN HE COULD HAVE RESOLVED THIS YEARS AGO WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED.
SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT YOU'LL SEE IT'S TIME, WHAT OUR POINT OF VIEW IS AND DENY THIS REQUEST.
OKAY, NEXT UP IS, UH, LAURA, IS IT MATHIS? I THINK SHE LEFT.
UH, AMELIA PEACOCK MY ADDRESS TOO.
MY NAME'S AMELIA PEACOCK IN 28 0 7 MILLIKEN DRIVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS AMELIA PEACOCK AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE PALOMA COMMUNITY AND A VETERAN IN BOTH ROLES.
I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT SAFETY, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSIBLE PLANNING.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY IN OPPOSITION OF THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM URBAN LIVING TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
WHILE THAT MAY APPEAR REASONABLE ON PAPER, IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST AROUND THIS SITE.
VISIBILITY IS LIMITED IN SEVERAL AREAS.
THERE ARE A FEW TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN PLACE, SUCH AS MISSING STOP SIGNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
STREET LIGHTING IS INADEQUATE, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY REMAINS A CONCERN.
AND BEFORE INCREASING DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY, THESE EXISTING SAFETY ISSUES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED RATHER THAN COMPOUNDED BY THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS ANOTHER CONCERN.
OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY STRESSED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE SURROUNDING ROADWAY NETWORK WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, NOT INCREASED COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC, DELIVERY VEHICLES AND HIGHER VOLUME DAILY ACTIVITIES.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
MANY RESIDENTS CHOSE THIS AREA BECAUSE IT PROVIDED BALANCE, CLOSE ACCESS TO CITY AMENITIES WHILE PRESERVING THE QUIET CHARACTER AND PREDICTABILITY OF A RES RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCES INCREASED TRAFFIC, NOISE, LIGHTING AND ACTIVITY THAT ARE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE ENVIRONMENT RESIDENTS EXPECTED WHEN PURCHASED PURCHASING HOMES IN AN URBAN LIVING AREA.
THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU IS NOT WHETHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BELONGS SOMEWHERE WITHIN OUR GROWING COMMUNITY.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITATIONS, ROADWAY DESIGN, AND PROXIMITY TO SURROUNDING HOMES.
AT ITS CORE, THE AMENDMENT ASKS OUR NEIGHBORS TO ABSORB ADDITIONAL IMPACTS WITHOUT FIRST ADDRESSING THE DEFICIENCIES THAT ALREADY EXIST TODAY.
FOR THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMISSION TO DEN DENY THIS, THIS AMENDMENT AND INSTEAD SUPPORT PLANNING THAT PRIOR PRIORITIZES SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY, AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY STABILITY.
ALONG WITH THE, UM, DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS, THERE ARE NOW COYOTES AND BUNNIES RUNNING THROUGH OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHT, WHICH IS ANOTHER SAFETY CONCERN WHICH ARE BEING DISPLACED FROM ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY GOING ON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE CANDACE BRELAND.
MY NAME IS CANDACE BRELAND AND I LIVE AT 1 0 3 5 1 FRANCISCO WAY IN THE PALOMA NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY, UM, IN OPPOSITION OF THIS CHANGE, UM, AS MY OTHER, UM, RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY STATED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, CONGRUENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH, UM, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR AREA.
UM, WE MOVED INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE, UM, AS MS. AMELIA SAID, WE WANTED TO LIVE SOMEWHERE THAT WASN'T SO OVERCROWDED AND OVER INDUSTRIALIZED.
YOU KNOW, WE LIKE OUR AREA OF TOWN AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO STAY
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OUR AREA OF TOWN.UM, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE PREFER PLANS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, AS WELL AS SAN ANTONIO'S VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW INITIATIVE.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2015 FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGH 2040.
UM, THERE ARE SIX SUB AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY TO BE ADDRESSED BY THIS PLAN, AGAIN THROUGH 2040 AND THE FAR EAST COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THIS PARCEL OF LAND AND OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.
UM, FAR EAST, UH, SUB AREA PLAN.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA READ, UH, FROM THE SA TOMORROW WEBSITE.
UH, IT SAYS SA TOMORROW IS AN INITIATIVE THREE-PRONGED PLANNING EFFORT TO GUIDE THE CITY TOWARDS SMART SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN AUGUST, 2016 AND IS INTENDED TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING THROUGH 2040.
UM, THE PURPOSE IS TO PROACTIVELY ACCOMMODATE PROJECTED GROWTH AND PROVIDE MORE CHOICES FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS.
THIS PLAN PLACES RESIDENTS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
UM, AND AGAIN, WITH THIS PROPOSED, UH, ZONING CHANGE, WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS TAKING US TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, AS A COMMUNITY IS, UH, THE REDUNDANCY OF, UM, A GAS STATION.
AGAIN, IS IT GUARANTEED THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE BUILT THOUGH? NO, BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS SPECIFICALLY PROPOSED TO US BY THE CURRENT LANDOWNER.
UH, WHEN WE HAD A ZOOM CALL IN JULY, UH, AS WHAT HE WANTED AND IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO GET ANSWERS FROM HIM ON CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT, UH, WE FINALLY HEARD FROM HIM THAT HE DID HAVE A DEVELOPER ALREADY IN THE WINGS WHO WOULD BE DEVELOPING A GAS STATION SLASH 24 HOUR CONVENIENCE STORE.
WE HAVE ONE JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
WE CAN ACCESS IT THROUGH BACK ROADS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GET ON I 10 OR FRONTAGE ROAD.
SO, YOU KNOW, HIS, HIS PLEA WAS YOU CAN HAVE THIS AND IT'LL BE VERY CONVENIENT.
WE DON'T NEED IT, WE DON'T WANT THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA COME WITH THAT.
UM, THE PROPOSED PLAN HE SHOWED HAD TWO ENTRANCES OFF OF NIDO ROAD, WHICH AGAIN IS OUR MAIN ENTRANCE IN AND OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE OTHER ISSUES.
THAT WAS THREE MINUTES, BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION LATER.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START ON THE RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER MILLER.
MAY I KNOW THE ACTUAL PLAN FROM THE APPLICANT, WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING TO DO? YES, WITH THIS COMMERCIAL THERE, THERE WAS A, WE HAD COME BEFORE WE WERE ASKING FOR A SPECIAL, UH, UH, ZONING BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A CL A PERSON INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY AND THEY HAD TOLD HIM, IT'S LIKE, HEY, CAN WE PUT A GAS STATION? HE HAD THIS PROPOSED, THIS POSSIBLE CLIENT TO BUY THE PROPERTY.
AND SO FOR THAT, FOR THAT, UM, SPECIAL, UH, ZONING THAT WE REQUIRED THAT WAS NEEDED, WE REQ, WE WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN.
THAT SITE PLAN HAD A CAR WASH.
THAT'S WHY WE NEEDED A SPECIAL ZONING SINCE WE HAD THAT ZOOM MEETING THAT WAS THIS, UH, BROUGHT UP EARLIER, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCONTENT WITH A GAS STATION, WITH A, WITH A CAR WASH.
SO WE DECIDED TO GO BACK AND JUST REQUEST A CLEAN SEAT, UH, COMMERCIAL ZONING THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THE SPECIAL ZONING FOR THE CAR WASH.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE, THE DEVELOPER JUST WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SELL THIS PROPERTY.
I DON'T DID YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING THAT I COULD SHOW YOU SIR? I, I DID.
THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THE ZONE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS ALREADY, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO POINT OUT THE WAY THAT THE PROPERTY IS RIGHT NOW.
THE PROPERTY HAS C TWO ZONING IN THE FRONT.
IT HAS LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE AND IT HAS, UH, COMMERCIAL ZONING IN THE BACK.
SO HE ACTUALLY HAS COMMERCIAL ZONING ON KINDA SANDWICHING A LARGE LAB RESIDENTIAL.
HERE IS THE MASTER PLAN THAT HE HAD.
HE EX THAT THIS SAME DEVELOPER, UH, GOT APPROVED BACK IN, UH, 2000 AND LORD, I'M SORRY, 2009.
AND UM, IF YOU COULD SHOW THIS PROPERTY THAT, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN SEE, UH, FROM THE VERY OUTSET
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OF THIS, WHEN WE, WHEN HE FIRST EVEN, HE HAD NOT EVEN PUT ONE LOT IN THIS PROPERTY.HE ALREADY KNEW THAT HE WANTED THIS, THIS PROPERTY RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL UNIT TWO.
IT WAS ALWAYS GONNA BE COMMERCIAL.
AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE MASTER PLAN WAS OBVIOUSLY APPROVED BEFORE WE EVEN PUT ANY RESIDENTIAL IN THERE.
SO THERE WAS A PLAN A A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE IT WAS REQUIRED FOR US TO GET A SPECIAL ZONING TO GET A CAR WASH IN THERE.
THE PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE THE CAR WASH, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE THAT, SO WE WENT, WE ARE COME, WE'RE BACK FOR JUST REGULAR COMMERCIAL ZONING.
AND AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE, UH, HAVING A A GAS STATION WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE, IT'S KIND OF ALREADY DYING OFF BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A SCHOOL, UH, THAT'S COMING UP ACROSS THE STREET AND I BELIEVE THAT WOULD PUT IT WITHIN A CERTAIN ZONE THAT THEY COULDN'T SELL ALCOHOL AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HE'S NOT EVEN ALL HE WANTS TO DO, HE'S DEVELOPED THIS PROPERTY SINCE UNIT ONE AND HE JUST WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
AS THE PROPERTY STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT HAS, UH, RESIDENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
THAT IS NOT THE TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE RIGHT NEXT TO H 10.
IT'S AN OLD ZONING THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE LEFT SQUEEZED IN THERE BETWEEN TWO, UH, COMMERCIAL SLICES OF BREAD.
THE MIXED USED AREA IN THE BACK OF THE AREA IN THE BACK OF THIS LOT WOULD ALLOW COMMERCIAL.
ACCORDING TO THE MXD PLAN, IT IS, UH, SET FOR COMMERCIAL AND THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE FOR A GAS STATION WITH A WASHING.
UH, WELL, IT WOULD PERMIT LIKE A, UM, DEFINITELY A CONVENIENCE STORE.
NOW GOING ON TO LIKE CON UH, GAS STATIONS, WE HAVE REGULATIONS ON DISTANCE YES.
SO THEY WOULD ALSO STILL NEED TO DO A SPECIFIC USE.
BUT AGAIN, A CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT THE GAS WOULD BE PERMITTED.
SO AS OF NOW, THERE IS PERMITTED IN THE BACK OF THE LOT AND IN THE FRONT OF THE LOT.
CAN WE RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION AS WELL? NO, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER SIEGEL, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW, CURRENTLY THERE IS NO PLANS ON WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
NO, BECAUSE I NOTICED EVEN THE PROPERTY TO THE LEFT OF IT.
DO YOU OWN THAT PROPERTY TO THE LEFT OF IT? UH, DIDN'T HE SELL THAT TO THE SCHOOL? THE, THE, TO THE LEFT? IT'S THE OFFICE.
NO, HE DOESN'T OWN THAT PROPERTY.
IF, IF YOU WANNA SEE THE, THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN OF WHAT HE OWNS IS THAT PIECE RIGHT THERE TO, TO THE RIGHT OF IT.
UM, SO BY CHANGING IT, IT IT COULD BE ANYTHING COMMERCIAL.
NO, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THAT SPECIAL ZONING ANYMORE.
THAT WOULD'VE ALLOWED A CAR WASH AND A, AND A GAS STATION.
WE'RE ASKING JUST FOR, UH, FOR C TWO ZONING AND WHAT IS COULD BE IN C TWO ZONING.
SO ACCORDING TO, UH, C TWO DISTRICTS ACCOMMODATE COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USES THAT ARE, UM, THEY GENERATE, UH, TRYING TO SEE HERE.
I I CAN GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
MEDICAL OFFICES, UH, RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, UH, LIKE KELLY MENTIONED, RETAIL SHOPS USUALLY HAVE A SMALLER VARIETY.
WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THE C3, THE MOST INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT USES THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN C TWO WOULD BE LIKE HOME DEPOTS, BIG GROCERY STORES, UH, AUTO SALES.
THOSE ARE THOSE LARGER, UH, COMMERCIAL USES OF A REGIONAL DRAW WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE C TWO.
SO LIKE A LITTLE STRIP MALL THAT WOULD HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
MA'S PUBLIC COMMENT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED, MA'AM? PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.
SO YES, A STRIP MALL FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
ANY, A LOT OF YOUR BASIC RETAIL, BUT ALSO, UM, THEY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME OF THE CAR OPTIONS LIKE LUBE AND OIL, BUT NOT A FULL FLEDGED MECHANIC SHOP.
AND SO HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT DIFFER FROM TO, FROM MDX? THE MDX IS MIXED USE DISTRICT, AND AGAIN, IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH A SITE PLAN, WHICH IS BASICALLY ON THE SCREEN THERE.
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WITHIN THIS PROPERTY, THAT'S MX DM, SORRY, NOT MDX, BUT MXD IS NOTED ON THE SITE PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL USES.SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THE PE THE PERSON LIVING ON THE END OF THE STREET ALREADY IS NEXT TO WHERE IT COULD BE COMMERCIAL? THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, THE, THE, THE POTENTIAL UD ZONING THAT THE, THE CURRENT PLAN USE ALLOWS FOR, WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A MAJOR NODE OR A MINOR NODE? I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
IN, IN UD ZONING, THOSE ARE TY NODES ARE TYPICALLY DESIGNATED AS PART OF THE CHANGE OF ZONING PROCESS.
SO WITHOUT IT ALREADY BEING ZONED UD IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY HYPOTHETICAL.
YEAH, THE, THE UDC TALKS ABOUT LIKE IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, FRONTING A CLASS OF STREET OR WITHIN A QUARTER MILE.
LOOK, I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WITH THE UD ZONING DESIGNATION, THEY COULD GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF COMMERCIAL AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT EXPLORED, UH, THEIR POTENTIAL WITH THE UD.
UD ZONING CARRIES WITH IT A LOT OF DESIGN CRITERIA THAT TENDS NOT TO BE THOUGHT HIGHLY OF BY DEVELOPERS, BUT THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION.
AND THE, AND THE, AND THE, DURING THE STATS REVIEW OF THIS, THEY FELT LIKE THE, UM, THE CHANGE IN, IN, UH, FUTURE LAND USE WAS, WAS APPROPRIATE THAN THEM GOING THROUGH THE RIGMAROLE OF BEING THE UD? YEAH, I, I THINK THAT C TWO IS A SENSIBLE ZONING DISTRICT OFF OF I 10.
UH, I WILL RESERVE MY QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ZONING RELATED, SO I WILL SEE Y'ALL NEXT TUESDAY.
I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, HOWEVER, WHEN I'M RUNNING THE MEETING, PLEASE DON'T SPEAK UP UNLESS YOU'RE ADDRESS 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA CALL Y'ALL UP TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU THOUGHT.
BUT Y'ALL KEPT YELLING DURING, NOT YOU.
YOU'RE RIGHT MS. PEACOCK, COME ON UP, ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
SO MR. PEACOCK, I THINK YOU WOULD, AS WELL AS YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS BEING A LIQUOR STORE, CORRECT? YES SIR.
UH, AND SO THIS IS A ZONING ISSUE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK IS, AND IF YOU CAN'T COME, I WANT TO ASK YOU NOW.
UM, IF, IF WE WERE TO RESTRICT THE ABILITY TO SELL ALCOHOL AT THIS PROPERTY, WOULD THAT ALLEVIATE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS? SOME, NOT ALL, SOME JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL? NOT ALL BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS MENTIONED, SIR.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHARTER SCHOOL, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE STREET FROM NIETO? IS THAT WHAT IT'S, IF I'M BACKWARDS, CAN I, WHERE'S THE ACTUAL MAP THAT HAS NETTO DRIVE THAT GOES? YEAH, IT'S THAT SIDE OF THE, OKAY, SO WHERE WE SEE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL RIGHT HERE, IS THAT, THAT'S THE DOGGETT FACILITY, CORRECT? OH, NOW WE HAVE, YES.
THE EXISTING COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST YEAH.
IS DOGGETT AND I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL IS TO THE EAST.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE.
AND MS. PEACOCK, SO JUST RIGHT ACROSS THAT STREET THERE, IS IT, IS IT BUILDING RIGHT THERE? YES, SIR.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TELL US BRIEFLY? SIMPLY THE, THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE NUMBER ONE, HONESTLY, AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AS WELL AS THE WILDLIFE DISPOSITION.
LIKE WE HAVE COYOTES AT PEOPLE'S HOUSES AT THEIR DOORSTEP AT NIGHT.
UM, THAT'S NOT SAFE FOR ANY OF US.
OH, IS THAT IT? COMMISSIONER BUSMAN? I'M SORRY.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? NOT WHILE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS AGAIN, UH, TO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH IS THE 23RD.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BUSANTE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 23RD.
AND WAS IT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORIAN? ALL SHALL PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
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NO.SO NOW WE WILL MOTION TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ZUKI TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ERT, PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER WALLER SAID, YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST BY COMMISSIONER ORIAN.
THE ONLY OPTION LEFT WAS I WAS THERE.
COMMISSIONER COOPER SECOND, PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
ALEXA RATANA PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE ARENA DISTRICT EAST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
LOCATED AT 1 4 2 GAMBLER ROAD.
THERE WERE 43 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
AND UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIALS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TWO IDZ THREE HIGH INTENSITY INFIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR PARKING LOT COMMERCIAL, A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT ANIMAL AND PET SERVICES, OUTDOOR TRAINING, BOARDING RUNS, PENS OR PADDOCKS PERMITTED ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AND FARM EQUIPMENT, SELF SERVICE OR STORAGE.
THE PROPOSED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
WHILE ADJACENT LAND USES ARE DESIGNATED AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THEY'RE CONCENTRATED AWAY FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY DIRECTLY ABUTS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND CURRENTLY FUNCTIONS AS A TRANSITION BETWEEN MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE WEST.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD ELIMINATE THIS BUFFER ALLOWING FOR INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
RECENT CITY INITIATED AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT EFFORTS, SPECIFICALLY ESTABLISHED THE CURRENT COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, SUITE 1385.
UM, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK AND EXPOSITION ASSOCIATION.
UH, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY IS WILL SPRINGS GOLF COURSE.
UH, I HATE LEFT AND RIGHT, BUT, UM, TO THE LEFT IS AN INDUSTRIAL USE, ZONED AND, AND PLANNED.
UH, AND THEN THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
UM, SO THIS WAS PART OF THE LARGE AREA REZONING, UH, THAT OCCURRED BY, UH, THAT WAS INSTIGATED BY DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBER JAYLEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UH, OUR PROPERTY WAS ZONED, UH, I TWO, UH, BEFORE THAT, UH, THAT CHANGE.
UH, WE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
OUR, OUR, UM, OUR ORGANIZATION MEETS, MEETS WITH THEM MONTHLY.
UH, AND SO WE WERE IN AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THEM AT THE TIME.
UH, WE HAVE, WE'VE USED THIS PROPERTY FOR OVERFLOW PARKING FOR THE RODEO, UM, FOR ABOUT A MONTH OF A YEAR.
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IT WAS DESIGN, IT IS DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL COM, UH, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.WE WANT, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION AS FOR ZONING FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UH, WE TOOK IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY SAID, LOOK, IT, WE SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO RE-INTRODUCE INDUSTRIAL ZONING, UH, INTO THIS AREA.
SO WE RESUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, THE ZONING APPLICATION.
UH, ORIGINALLY I ONE, UH, OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND NOW IT IS A IDZ, UH, WHICH, WHICH INCLUDES A SITE PLAN.
UM, WE SENT THEM OUR, OUR UPDATED APPLICATION AND THEY WERE, UH, AGREEABLE TO OUR SUBMITTAL.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE.
UH, IDZ, THIS IS A, THIS IS A VERY OLD PLAN, UH, IN THIS AREA.
IT'S PROBABLY 40 OR 50 YEARS OLD.
UM, THE PLANNING PROCESS HASN'T GOTTEN TO THAT, THIS AREA.
UM, AND SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DOING IDZ, WHICH IS NOT INDUSTRIAL.
WE HAVE SOME INDUSTRIAL USES THAT THE, THAT THE RODEO NEEDS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE, THAT'S WHY WE ARE REQUESTING THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PLANNING DESIGNATION.
UH, THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN REALLY.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE A PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
UH, BUT AT SOME POINT WE'D LIKE TO PUT ON, PUT SOME BUILDINGS ON, UH, THE SITE FOR, UH, AGRICULTURAL USES DURING, DURING THE RODEO.
UM, THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
IT, IT HAS BEEN NOT ASPHALT PAY, BUT COLLEGIATE, IT'S USED FOR PARKING DURING THE RODEO.
UH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, THAT'S THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, USE, UH, I'M GONNA SAY TO THE NORTH.
I, UM, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE, UH, WITH THEIR ZONING REPRESENTATIVE AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE ARE, UH, THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UH, THEY DID SEND A, A EMAIL TELLING US THAT THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF THE ZONING REQUEST AS AMENDED.
UH, AND FOR THOSE REASONS, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
SO WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER BUSTA MONTE.
SO IS, IS THIS, IS IT TRUE THAT THE RODEO'S GONNA BE GOING MORE OF AN ALL YEAR SORT OF THING? AND THIS IS WHY THIS IS, THIS SORT OF USE IS IN, IS NECESSARY.
THE BOND, UH, THAT PASSED, UH, WOULD INTRODUCE, UH, UH, MORE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MORE THAN MORE THAN THE MONTH THAT THE RODEO IS ON, ON SITE.
AND THEN ALSO HAVE YOU, IS THERE ANY SORT OF, UM, CONDITIONAL USE THAT GETS YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE? OR IS THIS THE ONLY PATH? IT, THIS IS THE ONLY PATH.
I KNOW I CAN'T GET, YEAH, I CAN'T GET THERE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WALLER.
YEAH, I MEAN, GOSH, THIS IS REALLY HARD BECAUSE WE JUST ADDRESSED THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAME OUT IN FORCE AND THEY CAME OUT IN FORCE TWO OR THREE TIMES, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY FEEL REALLY PASSIONATELY ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK I JUST HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS IDZ YEAH.
RATHER THAN WE WITH, WE MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY, UH, AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE RODEO.
IT WOULD BE SUPER EASY OR IT WOULD BE A MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO SUPPORT THIS IF I HAD SOMETHING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I COULD LOOK AT AND POINT TO TO SHOW THAT THERE, THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN ALIGNMENT ON THIS.
UM, I, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT THEM FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
UH, WE SENT THE APPLICATION IN THE ZONING AND THEY RESPONDED SAYING THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED.
UM, AND UM, SO THEY RESPONDED TO YOU? UH, THEY RESPONDED TO THE RO TO THE RODEO REP? TO THE RODEO.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CONTINUED IT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET SOME SIGN OF NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT, UM, FOR THIS? GREAT.
ARE YOU ASKING ME? I MEAN, UM, I'M JUST KIND OF AIRING A DESIRE, BUT YEAH, I I AM SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT BEFORE ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
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UM, I'M CURIOUS, WHY INSTALLING TEMPORARY STRUCTURES TO SERVE THE RODEO? ARE THESE GONNA BE A TEMPORARY STRUCTURES WITHIN THIS PERIOD OF ONE MONTH OR THIS IS A PERMANENT STRUCTURE THAT YOU GOING TO INSTALL? THEY WILL BE PERMANENT STRUCTURES.THEY WILL, BEFORE THE SPURS MOVE OUT, THEY PROBABLY WILL ONLY BE USED ABOUT 30 TO 45 DAYS A YEAR AFTER THE SPURS MOVE OUT, THEY PROBABLY WILL BE USED MORE.
AND YOU STILL WANTED TO BUILD A PERMANENT STRUCTURE TO SERVE FOR ONE MONTH DURING WELL, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA BUILD IT FOR, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S GONNA BE PARKING PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, LOT TO THE WEST OF YOU TO THE LEFT AND YOU ARE THE BUFFER OF C TWO TO THE RESIDENTIAL, YOU ARE CORRECT.
I'M, I'M LOOKING HERE TO THE ONE STOP MAP.
YOU'RE SAYING I'M THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL CORRECT.
SO I'M JUST THINKING LOUDLY, IF YOU ELECT TO MAKE YOUR STRUCTURES TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOT AND KEEPING THE BUFFER TO THE RESIDENTIAL, WOULD THAT WORK? THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GIVEN, I, IT ALLOWS US TO, TO MOVE AROUND THE STRUCTURES ANYWHERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE.
THAT'S WHERE WE PUT 'EM TO SATISFY THE, THE REQUIREMENT OF THE IDZ SITE PLAN.
SO I'M SEEING HERE ON THE, I'M SEEING TWO LOT C TWO, I'M NOT, DO YOU OWN BOTH OF THEM? YES.
THAT'S NOT A BUFFER, THAT'S JUST A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE RE WE ACQUIRED AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN USING FOR PARKING, BUT WE WILL.
AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONING.
SO HYPOTHETICALLY, JUST, JUST LISTEN TO ME HERE, IS IF YOU COME IN THE FUTURE AND YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO REPL THIS AND YOU CREATE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS AND YOUR ACTUAL LOT, AND YOU WILL ELECT TO MAKE THE WEST SIDE OF THAT LOT TO BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND KEEP THAT BUFFER C TWO, WOULD ANYBODY STOP YOU FROM DOING THAT? I DON'T THINK SO.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT, I CAN'T CHANGE ZONING WITHOUT COMING BACK HERE.
YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE LOT AS I CAN SEE.
IF THE QUESTION IS COULD THEY HYPOTHETICALLY REPL THE PROPERTY AND LEAVE A PORTION OF IT WITH THE EXISTING ZONING? HYPOTHETICALLY THEY COULD, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING ASKED TODAY.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT, BUT HE COULD DO THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE IF HE, IF IF WE ARE NOT GRANTED THIS Y WELL, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE THE PROPERTY.
YEAH, HE WOULD, I MEAN THAT HYPOTHETICALLY.
BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT ANOTHER CHANGE OF ZONING APPLICATION.
SO BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN A BARRIER OR A BUFFER TO THE RESIDENTIAL, THAT BUFFER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE, THE HUGE SIZE OF THIS LAND.
SO YOU COULD DO THIS IN THE FUTURE.
SO TO ME, I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT YOU BECAUSE EVENTUALLY YOU COULD ACTUALLY DO IT IN THE FUTURE IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, MAYBE YOU JUST HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
I I WILL SAY THAT WE DO MEET WITH THEM EVERY MONTH AND, AND WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A BUFFER.
UH, THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
ASK, COULD YOU PROVIDE THIS AS A BUFFER WITHOUT HAVING TO USE THAT SIDE OF THE LOT? SO THAT WOULD MAKE THE BUFFER.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS THE WAY YOU WANT IT.
BUT YOU STILL WANTED TO PROVIDE, IT'S LIKE A COURTESY BUFFER THAT YOU COULD ADD, RIGHT? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO I I DON'T HAVE, YES, WE, WE CAN DO THAT.
I JUST HAVE TO TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.
IS THERE ANY REQUIRED BUFFER BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND THIS REQUESTED CHANGE? NOT FOR IDZ.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER WALLER LEFT THE MEETING AT 3 26.
ANY IDEA WHEN THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY OLD, AS KEN SAID, THIS IS A VERY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN HERE.
ANY IDEA WHEN THIS ONE'S COMING UP FOR, IS IT WAY DOWN THE LINE OR WE JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW? I REALLY COULD NOT TELL.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NOT ENTERTAINING.
[01:30:01]
ON IDZ, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE BUFFERS, BUT CAN COUNCIL IMPOSE A BUFFER ANY WAY IF THEY WANTED TO? IF IT IS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IT.ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER 23RD.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 23RD AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
IS THERE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NOT TODAY.
WHY AM I COMING BACK? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND JUST SAY THE SAME THING.
I'M GONNA, I WANNA SAY SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA SAY IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, IT IS 3 32 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.