* 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. [Call to Order] [00:00:02] I'LL TAKE THE ROLL CALL NOW. MADAM CHAIR SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT REINO. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING, UM, TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. COULD I GET, [1. 20-1881 Approval of the minutes from the January 13, 2020 Planning and Community Development Committee Meeting] UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 13TH. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. UH, MOTION CARRIES COUNCILWOMAN. ANDREW SULLIVAN IS HERE. UH, SO I THINK WE ARE [Consent Agenda] GONNA START THIS MEETING WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, UM, SINCE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT. UM, OH, SO WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE, THOSE ITEMS, RIGHT? THE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT, IS THAT RIGHT? SO, UM, PLUS THERE'S DISCUSSION, RIGHT? UH, SO, UH, ITEM A TWO RESOLUTIONS FOR A 4% PROJECTS. UM, COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE ITEMS ON CONSENT? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. [2. 20-1675 A briefing and possible action on amending City Code, Chapter 10, by requiring the installation of baby changing stations in new or modified buildings with specific types of use. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services]] NOW WE WILL MOVE ALONG, UH, TO ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CITY CODE CHAPTER 10 BY REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION OF BABY CHANGING STATIONS AND NEW ARE MODIFIED BUILDINGS WITH SPECIFIC TYPE USES. SO, MIKE, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, SO I'M GONNA TALK TODAY ABOUT A CONSTANT CONSIDERATION REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE SOME, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY TO REQUIRE, UH, BABY CHANGING STATIONS IN SOME NEW FACILITIES, UH, IN OUR CITY. SO, AS I MENTIONED, UH, UH, LAST YEAR IN, UH, 2019, COUNCILMAN S AUTHORED A, UH, C C R. HE ASKED US TO LOOK AT, UM, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, SORRY, UH, AND LOOK AT REVIEWING OUR, OUR CITY CODES TO SEE IF WE COULD REQUIRE, UH, BABY CHANGING STATIONS. SO I THINK, UH, WHAT THE COUNCILMAN AND OTHERS HAD REALIZED IS WE MAY GO INTO, UH, SEVERAL FACILITIES, WHETHER IT BE RESTAURANTS, RETAIL STORES, UH, HOSPITALS AND SUCH. UH, WE SEE A LOT OF BABY CHANGING STATIONS, MAYBE IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM, NOT IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM AS MUCH, OR SOME NOT AT ALL. AND, UH, SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT, OR SHOULD WE MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT MOVING FORWARD? UH, I THINK, UH, MANY OF US THAT HAVE BEEN PARENTS HAVE PROBABLY CHANGED THE DIAPER, AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT, UH, CLEANEST PLACE. WE ALL HAVE OUR WAR STORIES, I THINK. AND, UH, THIS WOULD HELP US HAVE, I THINK, A MORE EQUITABLE, UM, UH, AND SAFE PLACE, UH, UH, TO BE MOMS AND DADS TO OUR INFANTS. SO, UH, WHAT WE DID WAS, UH, WE, UH, ON OUR CHAPTER 10, WHICH IS OUR BUILDING RELATED CODES, THIS IS WHERE THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT, THAT OVERSEES THE CONSTRUCTION CODES. UH, WE WENT TO OUR, UH, BUILDING RELATED AND FIRE CODE APPEALS AND ADVISORY, UH, BOARD. THAT'S A LONG TERM. I KNOW. UH, WE CALL THAT THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD. UH, BUT THEY HERE AND THEY REVIEW OUR CODES, UH, EACH, UH, EVERY THREE YEARS. BUT WE LOOKED AT THIS ONE. UH, WE, WE GOT THEM ALL TOGETHER. THAT BOARD HAS ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDING CONTRACTORS, PLUMBERS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOME BUILDERS, ELECTRICIANS, ET CETERA. UH, WE ACTUALLY, THEY, THEY GOT A SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, THEY JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE, UH, BRIAN, CHRISTOPHER, ROBERT, AND MAX. SO, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF ALL MEN, AND I KNOW WE TYPICALLY ARE LOOKING FOR VERY DIVERSE, UH, COMMITTEES OR SUBCOMMITTEES. UH, BUT THIS ACTUALLY JUST HAPPENED TO BE, UH, FOUR MEN THAT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BABY CHANGING STATIONS AND MAKING A REQUIREMENT SPECIFICALLY IN MEN'S ROOMS BECAUSE THEY ALL HAD EXPERIENCE, UM, UH, WITH THIS ISSUE. SO WE MET WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. IT'S MAYBE HARD TO SEE THAT TIMELINE ON THE SCREEN. UH, WE STARTED IN JUNE GOING TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, BUT, UH, WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THEM, AND THE IDEA WAS, UH, WHAT COULD WE DO AND WHAT WOULD IT COST TO ADD THIS TO NEW FACILITIES AND, AND WHAT FACILITIES WOULD REQUIRE THIS? SO WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ACTUALLY THE, THE COMMITTEE AND THE WHOLE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED, UH, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO YOU TODAY, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER CITIES AND STATES LIKE DALLAS, UH, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK HAVE A REQUIREMENT RIGHT NOW. WE DO NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY BABY CHANGING STATIONS, BUSINESSES JUST PUT 'EM IN IF THEY WANT TO. UM, BUT THESE ARE THE BABY CHANGING STATIONS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A PICTURE, A VERY COMMON ONE. UH, IT MOUNTED TO THE WALL, PUT IT ON A COUNTERTOP, UH, CAN HOLD, UH, SOMETHING, UH, AN INFANT UP TO 50 POUNDS GENERALLY IS THE STANDARD. AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED, OR THE, THE, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO REQUIRE IT IN ALL, UH, NEW FACILITIES THAT ARE, UH, ASSEMBLY TYPE. SO [00:05:01] PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES, LIKE RESTAURANTS, THEATERS, AMUSEMENT BUILDINGS, ET CETERA. MAYBE STORES LIKE MERCANTILE OR RETAIL STORES THAT HAVE, UH, UH, A RESTROOM, HOSPITALS AND CITY OWNED BUILDINGS. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ROOM, OR POSSIBLY. AND IF YOU HAVE THE FAMILY RESTROOM, THAT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT MANY OF THEM CHOOSE TO DO A FAMILY RESTROOM. YOU CAN PUT IT IN THERE. AGAIN, IT'S FOR NEW BUILDINGS. THIS IS NOT A RETROFIT REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WE WOULD NOT WANT TO GO BACK INTO ALL THESE OLD EXISTING BUSINESSES AND MANDATE THEY REQUIRE THAT. THAT'S NOT NORMALLY HOW WE DO THEM. ONE OF THE ITEMS THOUGH, THAT IF YOU'RE RENOVATING OR DOING A MAJOR, MAJOR RENOVATION IN ONE OF THESE EXISTING FACILITIES, MAJOR RENOVATION IS IF YOU'RE RENOVATING THE BATHROOMS OR CREATING A NEW BATHROOM, ADDING 50 SQUARE FEET OR MORE, UH, WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, TO PUT ONE IN THERE. UH, AND THAT'S IN LINE WITH OUR EXISTING BUILDING CODE. THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE DOESN'T REALLY REQUIRE RETROFITS UNTIL YOU'RE DOING MAJOR RENO, RENO RENOVATIONS. SO, UH, THAT'S OUR, UH, PROPOSAL IS TO MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT. PUT THIS IN, IN CHAPTER 10 OF OUR BUILDING CODE MOVING FORWARD. WE DID LOOK AT THE COST 'CAUSE THAT CAME UP. SO WE TALK ABOUT COST IN OUR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THE COST WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 450 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS. UH, THERE ARE A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH UNIT. UH, IF YOU WOULD TO BUY ONE, UH, ONLINE TODAY, YOU COULD PURCHASE ONE PROBABLY ON AMAZON. I THINK WE LOOKED A COUPLE HUNDRED, $300. THEN YOU'D HAVE THE COST OF INSTALLATION. YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, JUST TO GET ROUNDED ACCESSIBILITY, UH, TYPE THING. SO, UH, THERE IS A COST, BUT WE FELT THAT COST WAS A MINIMAL FOR THE BENEFIT. UH, SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS, UH, WE RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, THE COMMITTEE, UH, WE MOVE THIS TO FULL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. ONE OTHER ITEM THAT CAME UP DURING THE DISCUSSION WAS WHAT ABOUT ADULT BABY CHANGE, ADULT CHANGING STATIONS? THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP AND THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT, UH, MADE COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THIS. SO, ADULT CHANGING STATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. OF COURSE, THEY'RE MADE FOR, UH, PHYSICALLY ADULT OR, OR TEENAGE OR ADULT, UH, PEOPLE THAT NEED ASSISTANCE, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE, UH, PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY DISABLED. AND WE ALL KNOW, UH, THAT THAT'S OUT THERE AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. UH, AT THIS TIME. UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEES CHOSE NOT TO MAKE THAT AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. UH, THERE'S TWO REASONS FOR IT. ONE, WE START ADDING A ADDITIONAL COSTS. THOSE ARE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER UNIT, MUCH LARGER SPACE NEEDED. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST AS A BUILDING OFFICIAL, UH, FOR THE CITY, THE ACCESSIBILITY LAWS IN TEXAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE A D A, THE FEDERAL A D A LAW THAT, THAT CAME IN IN THE EARLY NINETIES. WE, AND THE, I LIKE TO SAY IN THE COUNTRY OF TEXAS, RIGHT? WE, WE, WE DEVELOPED OUR OWN A D A RULES, UH, CALLED THE TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. WE DO NOT HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. ACTUALLY, MY JOB AS A BUILDING OFFICIAL IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT PROJECTS GO THROUGH THAT SEPARATE STATE PROCESS. SO, UH, IT'S KIND OF A, A, A SEPARATION OF DUTIES, STATE AND, AND LOCAL. WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT THE CITY AND OTHERS LOOK TO TRY TO GET THAT PART OF THE STATE CODE. UH, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. IT'S NOT IN THE STATE ACCESSIBILITY RULES YET, BUT ONE THING WE CAN DO, I THINK WE CAN DO, ALWAYS DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN MINIMUMS. UH, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH OUR, OUR T C I, UH, LEADERSHIP. THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK FOR, UH, A CITY OWNED FACILITIES, SO CITY FACILITIES AS WE BUILD THEM IN THE FUTURE. SO NEW FACILITIES, UH, WHETHER IT BE SENIOR CENTERS, LIBRARIES, OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES, WE COULD PUT THAT AS, AS SOMETHING IN OUR SPECS AS WE DESIGN AND BUILD THOSE OUT MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT I THINK IS SOMETHING, UH, WE, WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS A CITY. UH, I'VE ALREADY HAD SOME INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH RAZZI O OVER AT T C I, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO MAKE THAT, UH, MAYBE PART OF OUR SPECS MOVING FORWARD. BUT THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. GREAT. UM, THANK YOU MIKE. AND, AND, UH, I IS COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS HERE TO TALK ABOUT A T C I? I DIDN'T SEE HIM, NO. OKAY. UH, OKAY. SO, UM, I, I GLAD TO SEE THIS, UH, COME UP. I MEAN, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT I DID NOT THINK OF IT. UH, UM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OBVIOUS, UH, THING FOR ME TO THINK OF. AND, UH, UM, SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BELI DID. UM, BUT I DO WANNA ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CITY FACILITIES AND, AND THE ADULT CHANGING STATIONS. SO, UM, I FREQUENT OUR CITY PARKS MM-HMM. AND I HAVE MANY TIMES EXPERIENCED, UM, ADULTS NEEDING ASSISTANCE MM-HMM. . UH, AND SO I, AND I, IT ALSO DID NOT OCCUR TO ME THAT, THAT, THAT MAYBE THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN A REGULAR HANDICAP BATHROOM. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT. SURE. UM, WHAT, WHAT OTHER AMENITIES WE COULD MAKE THAT, UH, AT LEAST IN OUR OWN CITY OWNED FACILITIES THAT WOULD MAKE THAT EASIER. SO, UM, ESPECIALLY SENIOR CENTERS. WE DO HAVE, UH, THAT, BUT I'M JUST, I CAN, I, I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF OUR, OUR CITY PARKS MM-HMM. INCLUDING HEMISPHERE OF SEEING, UH, ADULTS, UH, NEEDING HELP. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JADA, THAT'S ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, MIKE. YOU ALWAYS DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AT YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND MAKING SURE [00:10:01] THAT WE ARE THOROUGHLY BRIEFED PRIOR TO IT. I KNOW, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT WAS EVEN IF WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE JUST A CHANGING ROOM, UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE ABOVE THE 50 POUND WEIGHT, AND WANTED TO FIND OUT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION ON THE COST OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE ADULT CHANGING STATIONS. SURE. WELL, UH, EACH PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON THAT. SO EACH PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WHEN YOU START ADDING SQUARE FOOTAGE TO ANY PROJECT, THERE'S, THERE'S USUALLY A SQUARE FOOTAGE PER, UH, PER TYPE OF FACILITY. SO CERTAINLY A RESTAURANT IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, PER SQUARE FOOTAGE MAYBE THAN TO A GENERAL RETAIL STORE OR A HOSPITAL IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY SQUARE FOOT, YOU KNOW, BALLPARK COULD BE A HUNDRED TO $130 A SQUARE FOOT, THAT'S AN AVERAGE NUMBER. UH, AND TO MAKE A ROOM THAT ACCESSIBLE, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE, THE CHANGING FACILITIES, UM, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU PUT SOME PLUMBING AND AND SANITATION FACILITIES, UH, YOU'RE GONNA NEED, UH, UH, MAYBE ABOUT 200 SQUARE FEET, UH, TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. SO YOU START ADDING ALL THAT UP. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT I THINK IF WE WERE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS AND, AND THOSE CITY BUILDINGS, WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT SOME REAL NUMBERS TO THAT ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCESSIBLE BUILDINGS. BUT THE NUMBER WOULD, WOULD GROW, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, THE, THE DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR EACH FACILITY IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN INDUSTRY. AWESOME. AND THEN I KNOW, UM, WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE NEW, UH, PARK THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR, UH, THOSE THAT ARE SPECIAL, UH, NEEDS, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR US TO MAYBE HAVE THAT IN THE DESIGN SPECTRUM OF THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PARK FACILITY THAT COUNCILWOMAN WAS SPEAKING ABOUT. AND I KNOW YOU WERE GONNA GET BACK WITH ME ON, ON . I FAILED THE MENTION IN MY, AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. I FAILED THE MENTION I TALKED WITH T C I, BUT GOING TO PARKS AND NOT ONLY THEIR FACILITY, BUT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT, I THINK, PLANNED. AND NOT ONLY, UH, ARE THE, THE, THE, THE PARK YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT ALSO IN THE FUTURE, UH, THOSE ARE VERY, UH, PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE. AND I KNOW WE WANT TO NOT ONLY, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT EQUITY AND, AND DISTRIBUTING A LOT OF THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE OR ANY TYPE OF ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES THERE. SO, UM, WE STARTED THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH PARKS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO WE CAN GET YOU SOME CONCRETE INFORMATION ON THAT. CERTAINLY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. OKAY. QUESTIONS. UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. I THINK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MIKE MAY, MAYBE WE, UH, THE PORTLAND LEW THAT WE HAVE, UH, I THINK SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE THIS STATION IN THAT IT, UM, DO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I I DON'T REMEMBER THE PORTLAND LEW HAVING THE, UH, THE ADULT, THE ADULT STATE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BABY CHANGING THE BABY CHANGING. UH, I, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I, I KNOW IT'S, I KNOW IT'S HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE WITH THE, UM, THE SIZES, BUT, UM, I MEAN HERE, SO I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN PARKS. UM, THE ONE OVER AT LYONS FIELD, I THINK, UM, COULD, COULD BENEFIT FROM ONE OF THOSE. SO, JUST, JUST, JUST A THOUGHT. SO, UM, WHICH I THINK, AND CAN SOMEBODY FIND OUT WHILE WE'RE HERE AT THE, AT THE PORTABLE ONE HAS A CHANGE BABY CHANGING THE, UM, BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS AND I THINK THAT, UM, IF IT DOESN'T GO PUT ONE, UH, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY, UH, SIMPLE. SURE. I HOPE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, SOME THINGS ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS, BUT HOPEFULLY WHILE WE'RE SITTING HERE, SOMEBODY CAN GO ASK, JUST SEND A MESSAGE TO, IS IT DOWNTOWN OPERATIONS CENTER CITY JAIL. OH, OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. GOOD. THE MEETING. OKAY, GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO CAN WE MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO FULL COUNSEL OR WE'RE, UH, FULL THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL NEED. IF, IF, UH, WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET THIS INTO THE CODE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. SO IF YOU CAN MOVE IT TO FULL COSTS, THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. CAN I, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE MOVE IT TO FULL COUNSEL FOR THEIR APPROVAL. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO FULL COUNSEL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE [3. 20-1737 Consideration of a Development Agreement with Terramark Interests, LLC for a $242,000 forgivable loan to construct a12-unit multi-family development with six (6) of the units to be available for households earning at or below 60% of Area Median Income (AMI). The rental units will be located at the southwest corner of Frio Street and El Paso Street in Council District 5. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]] ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TERRAMARK INTERESTS L L C FOR A FORGIVABLE LOAN FOR A 12 MULTI-UNIT FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UM, ON CREO AND L AND EL PASO STREET. SO WHO'S GONNA GIVE US THIS ONE? WELL ACTUALLY, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. I WANNA INTRODUCE OUR HOUSING BOND ADMINISTRATOR, JAMIE LALEY DAMRON, TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAMIE. A GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. UM, I BRING FORWARD TO YOU, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE WEST END LOFTS. THIS IS, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS WITH TERRAMARK, [00:15:01] UH, INTEREST FOR A FORGIVABLE LOAN AND FOR THE AMOUNT OF $242,000 TO CONSTRUCT A 12 UNIT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH SIX OF THOSE UNITS AFFORDABLE TO FAMILIES AT 60% A M I, UH, WITH A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $1.9 MILLION. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FREO IN EL PASO IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. SO THOSE SIX UNITS WILL BE AFFORDABLE AT 60% A M I, SO THAT RENT WILL BE AROUND FIVE NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT, UH, DOLLARS A MONTH, SERVING A FAMILY OF FOUR AROUND $42,600. UH, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE TWO BEDROOM UNIT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 700 SQUARE FEET AND 920 SQUARE FEET, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY BATHROOMS THE UNITS HAVE. UH, MARKET RATE UNITS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1,200 AND $1,600. AND ONSITE AMENITIES WILL INCLUDE A COMMUNAL AREA, UH, SIMILAR TO A PARK FOR WALKING YOUR DOGS AND RECREATING. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE $242,000 FORGIVABLE LOAN FOR THE WEST END LOFTS TO MAKE SIX OF THOSE UNITS AFFORDABLE TO FAMILIES AT 60% A M I THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AND THE F Y 20 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET AND THERE IS NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM NOW. UH, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, JAMIE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, THIS IS A, A VERY, UM, DESIRABLE SITE, UH, CLOSE TO THE U T S A CAMPUS, BUT IT'S BEEN VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UH, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST GO ROUND TO TRY TO PUT A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR ACTUALLY ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE. UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN ATTEMPTED A NUMBER OF TIMES, LIKE MAYBE AT LEAST TWO OTHER TIMES, MAYBE THREE, UM, THAT WE'VE TRIED TO GET SOME HOUSING HERE. WHEN I SAY IT'S DESIRABLE, IT'S CLOSE TO THE U T SS A CAMPUS, IT'S CLOSE TO 35. UM, AND SO I, UH, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. IT'S ONLY 12 UNITS. UH, THE SITE IS FAIRLY SMALL. HOW, HOW MUCH, HOW LARGE IS THE SITE ABOUT? IT'S LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE. YEAH, LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE. SO, UH, IT'S AN INFILL SITE. THERE'S CURRENTLY, UM, THERE'S A CAR WASH, WASH, A CAR WASH, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY CURRENTLY A CAR WASH THERE THAT HASN'T BEEN OPENED IN MY LIFETIME. I, YOU KNOW, THAT I CAN RECALL, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS LAST USED AS A CAR WASH, BUT IS THERE A CAR WASH STRUCTURE STRUCTURE? UM, SO, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT GETTING BUILT AND GETTING UNDERWAY BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS IN THE PAST TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE. AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY SUCCESS. AND IS ANYBODY HERE FROM TAR MARK? NO, THERE IS NOT ANYONE HERE FROM TAR MARKET. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL, AND SO JUST 12 UNITS, IT'S PRETTY SMALL, SO I WOULD ASK FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE? IT'S, UH, MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION IN BETWEEN. UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T QUESTION THE WORTHINESS OF IT, BUT BETWEEN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT ASKING FOR 242,000 AND THE ONE THAT WE ADDRESSED IN COUNCIL WITH THE, UH, 48 UNIT CONDOS THAT WERE BEING BUILT RIGHT NEAR THE PEARL, THEY WANTED 282,000. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES WE'RE GIVING FOR A TOTAL OF 11 UNITS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN 11 MORE UNITS AT A, AT A LOWER PRICE THAN THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS INVESTED SO THAT WE HAVE 11 AFFORDABLE UNITS, IS, IS REALLY THE, THE GOAL THAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. I WONDER IF WE WERE OFFERING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO SOME OTHER PROJECT, IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND 30 MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, 150 UNITS IN IT OR SOMETHING. AND SO I WONDER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABILITY, UH, IF THIS, IF THAT MONEY AND THIS MONEY COMBINED, UH, WERE ARE BEING INVESTED IN THE BEST WAY. AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE EVEN MORE CONSIDERATE OF, UH, OF THE CITY'S INCENTIVE MONEY. UH, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZING 11 UNITS JUST FOR A HALF MILLION DOLLARS DOESN'T IMPRESS ME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT AND KIND OF STAKE OUT MY GROUND. DON'T WORRY. STAND ON THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. [00:20:03] YES, THANK YOU CHAIR. AND I, I, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THAT THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, UH, ARE INCREDIBLY COMPLEX AND, UH, NOT EVERY SITE IS BUILT THE SAME. AND, UH, WE'VE GOT, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT LOCATION MATTERS. AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO, IF, IF WE'RE WANTING TO, TO DISTRIBUTE THE, THE HOUSING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY THE WAY WE THINK IS GONNA WORK WITH THAT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTS, THEN WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERY SITE IS, IS EQUAL. NOW, THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OTHER, UH, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH, UH, CREATING BUFFER ZONES AND ADJACENCIES SO THAT, SO THAT WE CAN LOOK A LITTLE BIT PAST SOME OF SOME OF THE AREAS THAT, UH, WOULD ONLY FIT WITHIN CERTAIN BOUNDARIES. BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO JUST PUSH BACK AND SAY, THIS IS THE DIFFICULTY WE FACE IN THE CENTER CITY WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, MUCH, MUCH HIGHER LAND PRICES. AND THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS PUSH FOR MORE URBAN SPRAWL. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, AND YEAH, AND I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, BUT THIS OF COURSE ONE IS VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT, HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. THE LAST PROJECT DONE ANYWHERE AROUND HERE WAS PEANUT FACTORY LOSS, AND IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS, MAYBE. UM, I'M EXAGGERATING. ANYWAY, IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE PEANUT FACTORY L UM, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DEVELOPMENT HERE, UH, IN THIS AREA IN A LONG TIME. AND, AND, UM, WASN'T SOME, UH, I'M CONFUSING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, BUT WAS THIS ALSO BECAUSE OF C P S ENERGY AND HAVING TO BURY POWER LINES OR DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH NO, IT'S NOT RELATED TO THAT PROJECT. OKAY. SO, UM, IT'S COME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH C P S ENERGY, SO PERHAPS THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT EXAMPLE, BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S COME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES. AND WHEN WE GO FROM A, BASICALLY A VACANT LOT TO THE BUILDING SURROUNDED THAT WE'RE WAREHOUSES TO WHAT HAS BEEN AN ABANDONED, UH, CAR WASH, UM, IT CHANGES THE USE SO SIGNIFICANTLY THAT IT ENDS UP COSTING A LOT MORE IN C P S ENERGY. UM, SO IF THIS IS NOT THE SAME EXAMPLE, THERE ARE OTHERS, UH, LIKE THAT, THAT INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF OLD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, UM, IS NO, IT, IT'S JUST NOT, UH, FUNCTIONAL ANYMORE. SO, UM, THIS, I KNOW WE ARE, ARE WE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO TAKE THIS TO FULL COUNSEL? WHAT, WHAT IS A CORRECT, A MOTION TO TAKE IT, UM, TO THE FULL COUNSEL? CAN I GET A MOTION MOVE FORWARD SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I DO. DOES SHE NEED TO SAY MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A SECOND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, WE ARE, UH, LOOKING AT ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, THIS ONE HERE ABOUT THE 242,000 DEVELOPMENT LOAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE PRESENTATION. NO, I DON'T. OKAY. UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. ABSTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER. DID YOU OH, UM, I THINK I'M GONNA ABSTAIN TOO 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE DO HAVE A MAJORITY. SO WE, UM, HAVE MOTION TO PROCEED. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE. SO THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, [4. 20-1626 Briefing on the Growth and Annexation Policy Update; [Lori Houston, Deputy City Manager, Bridgett White, Planning Director.]] WE ARE LOOKING AT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, BRIEFING AND ON THE GROWTH AND ANNEXATION POLICY UPDATES. SO PERFECT. THANKS. SORRY, I KNOW THAT'S THE ONE. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BRIDGETTE WHITE, DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH A STATUS UPDATE AND BRIEFING ON THE GROWTH AND ANNEXATION POLICY PROJECT. MY PRESENTATION TODAY WILL INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE FINDINGS FROM THE PROJECT'S FIRST PHASE OF WORK. AS A MATTER OF BACKGROUND, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS ANNEXED AND GROWN SINCE ITS ORIGINAL 36 SQUARE MILES. MUCH OF THE CITY EXPANSION WAS DONE THROUGH LARGE ANNEXATIONS, MANY UNDER PAST STATE LAW WHERE THE CITY WAS ALLOWED TO DO SO UNILATERALLY. THE CITY HAS OVER TIME UPDATED ITS ANNEXATION POLICY WITH THE MOST RECENT UPDATE BEING COMPLETED IN 2016 AS PART OF THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLANNING PROCESS WITH SENATE BILL SIX. IN 2017, THE ANNEXATION POWERS OF CITIES AND COUNTIES WITH OVER 500,000 PEOPLE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED. THE, THE LAW NOW REQUIRES THAT CITIES OBTAIN LANDOWNER OR VOTER APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION THROUGH AN ELECTION PROCESS. ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE STATE LAW CHANGE WAS THE ABILITY TO HOLD AN ANNEXATION ELECTION AROUND A MILITARY [00:25:01] INSTALLATION, BUT APPLY LAND USE REGULATIONS IF THE ANNEXATION WAS NOT APPROVED. THE CITY WENT THROUGH THAT ELECTION PROCESS IN 2018, AND WE NOW HAVE TWO DESIGNATED MILITARY PROTECTION AREAS IN OUR E T J OR EX EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WITH ASSOCIATED LAND USE REGULATIONS. IN ADDITION, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A NUMBER OF REQUESTS RELATED TO ITS CONSENT OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS REQUESTS FROM OTHER CITIES RELATED TO E E J RELEASES AND MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS. YOU MAY HAVE RECENTLY SEEN IN THE PAPER THAT THE CITY OF KIRBY IS LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR CITY LIMITS AND IS CONSIDERING TALKING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ABOUT THE E T J, AS WELL AS AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE A POLICY THAT ALIGNS WITH STATE LAW CHANGES AND THE OVERALL ESSAY TOMORROW PLANNING PROCESS, THE CITY HIRED ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS TO HELP IN UPDATING THE POLICY. THE POLICY UPDATE IS MEANT TO BUILD ON THE 2016 ANNEXATION POLICY, PROVIDE NEW GROWTH RELATED STRATEGIES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA TO MANAGE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES WITHIN THE E T J, AS WELL AS CONSIDERATIONS FOR MBAS AND E T J RELEASES, RELEASE REQUESTS FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED OVER TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE INCLUDED ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH TO SUMMARIZE AND DOCUMENT MAJOR ISSUES FOR INCLUSION IN THE FORMALLY ADOPTED ANNEXATION POLICY. AND PHASE TWO CONSISTS OF THE DRAFTING OF THE ANNEXATION POLICY ITSELF AND WILL BE WHAT'S PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION. BOTH PHASES INCLUDE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH IN THE FORMATION OF TWO GROUPS TO GUIDE THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. THE WORKING GROUP IS A COMMITTEE COMPRISING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARTNER PUBLIC AGENCIES, INCLUDING BEXAR COUNTY SA C P S ENERGY, AND THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP CONSISTS OF MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCES, ADVOCACY GROUPS, THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY, JOINT BASED SAN ANTONIO, AND ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES. BOTH GROUPS MET AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK. SO THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION IS JUST THE OVERVIEW OF THE PHASE ONE FINDINGS, AS WELL AS INITIAL APPROACHES FOR THE POLICY TO BE COMPLETED AS PART OF PHASE TWO. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, GROWTH IS INCREASING IN THE COUNTY, MUCH OF WHICH IS IN THE CITY'S E T J. BETWEEN 2020 17, 25% OF THE GROWTH. THE AREA EXPERIENCE WAS IN UNINCORPORATED BAYER COUNTY. AS MANY AGENCIES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, JURISDICTIONS ARE IMPACTED BY DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH RELATED ISSUES. IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO UNDERSTAND THAT ENVIRONMENT AND WORK TO MANAGE THIS GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURRED AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT ENVIRONMENT. THE CONSULTANT BEGAN WITH A SERIES OF TOPICS AND QUESTIONS TO MANY OF THOSE IMPACTED BY ANNEXATION. THE TOPICS AND QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON FIRST OBJECTIVES, WHAT IS THE AGENCY'S OR STAKEHOLDER'S OBJECTIVE OR MISSION RELATED TO LAND USE, DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH? SECONDLY, ISSUES AND CONSTRAINTS. WHAT COMMON ISSUES OR PROBLEMS ARE EXPERIENCED UNDER CURRENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES? WHAT ARE THE PRACTICAL LEGAL FUNDING OR POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS TO ADDRESSING THE ISSUES? AND FINALLY, MUTUAL BENEFITS. WHAT ARE SOME COMMON INTERESTS AND COULD ADDRESSING THE ISSUES ADVANCE THOSE COMMON INTERESTS? THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE FROM THE VARIOUS ENTITIES IN FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES, LAND USE, INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICES, AND FINANCIAL. IN REGARDS TO LAND USE, THE MOST OBVIOUS ISSUE IS THE LACK OF ZONING OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. ZONING REGULATES THE TYPES OF LAND USES THAT CAN BE BUILT IN ADDITION TO DI DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS. THE REGULATION OF USE IS IMPORTANT IN AVOIDING CONFLICTS BETWEEN INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT TYPES, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, OR RESIDENTIAL USES CLOSE TO MILITARY FLIGHT PATHS OR WHERE THEIR NOISE IMPACTS. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CANNOT APPLY ZONING IN THE E T J AND COUNTIES IN TEXAS DO NOT HAVE ZONING POWERS. ALSO, WHEN DEVELOPMENT IS UNCOORDINATED AND NON-CONTIGUOUS PATCHWORK DEVELOPMENT PATTERN CAN OCCUR. ALSO, AS AREAS GET DEVELOPED, THERE'S A NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE BUILT AND EXPANDED AS THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE MAY, MAY NOT SUPPORT THAT GROWTH. AND AS IT RELATES TO SERVICES, STANDARDS DO VARY ACROSS THE REGION, WHETHER IT BE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR MUNICIPAL SERVICES STANDARDS. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE TYPE OF SERVICE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE WHITE PAPER IS EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE E T J, WHICH MAY BE AT A LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE THAN WHAT'S PROVIDED BY THE CITY'S FIRE DEPARTMENT. SECOND, AND FINALLY, FISCAL, WE'RE FINANCIAL. FROM THE FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, HOW CAN YOU GROWTH, PAY FOR ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE COSTS? SPECIAL DISTRICTS, WHICH I'LL GO INTO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ARE TOOLS USED TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DEMAND AND, UH, NEED. AND THERE ALSO MAY BE COMPETITION BETWEEN CITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS AS WELL AS SALES TAX AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. SO THERE [00:30:01] ARE A NUMBER OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT EXIST. AND SO WHAT'S SHOWN HERE ON THE SIDE ARE JUST A SAMPLE OF THOSE DISTRICTS. UH, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICTS ARE ONE TYPE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT. OTHERS INCLUDE CITY AND COUNTY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. CENTRAL, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A TYPE OF CITY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CREATED UNDER A PARTICULAR CHAPTER OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. WHILE THE PIS WITHIN OUR E T J OR COUNTY PIS OR SUPER PIDS CREATED UNDER DIFFERENT CHAPTER OF THE CODE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE COUNCIL REQUESTING THE CITY'S CONSENT FOR THEIR CREATION. MOST RECENTLY WERE THE CLEARWATER CREEK PI IN EASTERN MAYER COUNTY AND STOLTE RANCH PIT. IN WESTERN MAYER COUNTY. THERE ARE ALSO WATER ORIENTED DISTRICTS SUCH AS WATER CONTROL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, AND ALSO FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICTS. IN TERMS OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS THEMSELVES, THERE ARE LIMITED PURPOSE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ESTABLISHED FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SUCH AS PROVIDING A PUBLIC SERVICE OR FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE OR PUBLIC FACILITIES. THEY'RE ALL GOVERNED BY DIFFERING SECTIONS OF EITHER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE WATER CODE, AND IN SOME INSTANCES THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, WHICH OUTLINES THE PROCESSES FOR HOW THEY'RE FORMED, GOVERNED AND THEIR REVENUE TOOLS. THEY'RE GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MOST SPECIAL DISTRICTS HAVE THE POWER OF TAXATION AND ALSO TO ISSUE DEBT. THEY HAVE THE HOUR TO, THEY HAVE THE POWER TO SPEND TAX REVENUES ON PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS HIRE STAFF SUED, BE SUED IN SOME INSTANCES HAVE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. AND SO AS PART OF THE ANA ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH, SEVERAL BENEFITS AND POLICY CONCERNS WERE IDENTIFIED. DEPENDING ON HOW SPECIAL DISTRICTS ARE USED AND MANAGED BENEFITS INCLUDE THEIR USE AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING TOOL, AND THAT THEY USE THE VALUE IN TAX REVENUE GENERATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S TO BE DIRECTED BACK INTO THE DEVELOPMENT TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THEY CAN BE USED FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PURPOSES. FOR EXAMPLE, A CITY AND A WATER DISTRICT CAN ENTER INTO A SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR REVENUE SHARING BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTORS. AND WITH THE CITY'S CONSENT TO A COUNTY P THERE'S TYPICALLY A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHICH STATES THAT THE CITY WILL NOT ANNEX FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME AND ALSO OUTLINES CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. IN REGARDS TO CONCERNS, SPECIAL DISTRICTS MAY FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS BEFORE IT'S JUSTIFIED BASED ON THE EXTENT OF CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO OTHER URBANIZED DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTING TO SPRAWL. THEY CAN CREATE A FRAGMENTED GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AS THEY ADD ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT. AND IN SOME INSTANCES, THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS PRIVATIZED. AND WITH THAT COMES THE CONCERN OF FAILED DISTRICTS AND THE NEED FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE TAKEN OVER AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE UPGRADED. ALSO, IN ORDER TO ISSUE DEBT OR RAISE TAXES, VOTER APPROVAL IS NEEDED. HOWEVER, IN DISTRICTS FORMED BY DEVELOPERS, TAXES AND DEBT ARE USUALLY ESTABLISHED AHEAD OF ANY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TRUE RESIDENTS. AND SO SOME NEW RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE FULLY AWARE OF THE DEBT BURDEN WHEN THEY MOVE IN. AND ALSO, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT SPECIAL DISTRICTS MAY EVENTUALLY DRAW AWAY ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND JOBS FOR MUNICIPALITIES AS PART OF THE PHASE ONE WORK, THE ANNEXATION POLICIES FOR THREE OTHER LARGE AND FAST-GROWING TEXAS CITIES WERE RESEARCHED FORT WORTH, HOUSTON AND AUSTIN. EACH CITY IS FACING SIMILAR GROWTH ISSUES IN THEIR E T J FORT WORTH AND AUSTIN HAVE APPROACHES MOST APPLICABLE TO SAN ANTONIO. FORT WORTH HAS SPECI SPECIFIC POLICIES RELATED TO THE SIZE OF DISTRICTS AND BOND FINANCING, FINANCING TERMS. AND LIKE SAN ANTONIO, THEY, THEY FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW IN THE E T J THROUGH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THEIR COUNTY PARTNER FOR A CONSOLIDATED CONCI CONSOLIDATED AND CONSISTENT SET OF STANDARDS AND COMMENTS TO BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS. AUSTIN HAS MORE OF A FORMALIZED POLICY OF E T J ADJUSTMENTS, WATER DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. THEY ALSO, WHAT THEY, UH, THEY ALSO IDENTIFY WHAT THEY CALL DESIRED DEVELOPMENT ZONES WITHIN THOSE POLICIES. UH, HOUSTON, UM, THEIR PRIMARY GROWTH STRATEGY HAS BEEN UNILATERAL, UNILATERAL ANNEXATION. HOWEVER, THEY ONLY NOW CONSIDER ANNEXATIONS INITIATED BY PROPERTY OWNERS OR THE USE OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS. SO YOU MAY RECALL THE MAP SHOWN AT YOUR DECEMBER MEETING OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE AN EXTENSIVE USE OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN THAT AREA. AND THERE'S ALSO A GREATER USE OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS, UH, WITH WATER DISTRICTS IN THE, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED IN THE PHASE ONE PROCESS, THREE MAJOR AREAS FOR GUIDING THE POLICY WERE IDENTIFIED. POLICY ISSUES, THE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT, AND A GROWTH POLICY TOOLBOX. THE ISSUE, THE ISSUES IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES RELATE TO THREE MAIN TOPICS. SO LAND USE CONTROLS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE PROVISION, AS WELL AS FINANCIAL AND FISCAL IMPACTS. SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT HAVING SOME SEMBLANCE OF COORDINATED GROWTH AND PROTECT OUR VARIOUS ASSETS? HOW DO WE [00:35:01] KEEP UP WITH GROWTH WHILE MAINTAINING OR IMPROVING LEVEL OF SERVICE? AND WHAT FINANCING TOOLS EXIST? HOW CAN SPECIAL DISTRICTS BE USED? AND WHAT ABOUT THE DEBT AND THE IMPACT TO RESIDENTS? AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT, IT RELATES TO HOW WE GO ABOUT BETTER DEFINING THE POLICY DIRECTION BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE CHANGES MADE TO THE ANNEXATION POLICY IN 2016 WAS TO ORGANIZE THE ANNEXATION CRITERIA BY WHETHER THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED OR UNDEVELOPED. AND SO BASED ON THE OUTREACH AND ANALYSIS, UH, FOR PHASE ONE, THREE MAIN CONTEXTS WERE IDENTIFIED, AREAS NOT LOCATED IN A SPECIAL DISTRICT, AREAS WITHIN A SPECIAL DISTRICT AND AREAS WITHIN THE FIVE MILE MIL MILITARY BUFFER. AND FINALLY, WHAT ARE THE TOOLS WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT CAN HELP GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OF THE E T J AND HOW SHOULD WE USE SOME OR ALL OF THEM? SOME INITIAL STRATEGY RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE CREATING STANDARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EACH TOOL, DEVELOPING A REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN THAT COULD INC THAT WOULD INCLUDE CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH EXTERNAL AGENCIES SUCH AS J B S A AND SAS AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLANS THAT THEY HAVE. AND THEN OVERALL CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ENTITIES OR MUNICIPALITIES FOR COORDINATED GROWTH IN THE REGION. WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT, COMPLETE STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT ARE WORKING WITH THE, ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE WORKING GROUP AND THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP TO DEVELOP DRAFT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE DRAFT POLICY DEVELOPED WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FULL COUNCIL AT A FUTURE B SESSION. AND AS THE POLICY IS A COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN, THE FORMAL ADOPTION, UH, AND CONSIDERATION PROCESS INCLUDES THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BACK TO FULL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. UH, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I, AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ALSO DOCUMENT ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, BRIDGET. AND, UH, I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE MOMENT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, BRIDGET. UM, I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS, UM, SINCE I'VE COME IN OFFICE ABOUT, UH, HOW CONVERSE IS A PART OF, OF THE ANNEXATION POLICY AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE HAD ENTERED INTO. UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ARE PARTICULARLY DO WE KNOW OF ANY, UM, FAILED AREAS THAT WE'VE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH? UM, THE AREAS MENTIONED PRIMARILY HAVE TO DO WITH SAWS. IN THE WHITE PAPER, WE IDENTIFY ONE OR TWO, UM, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE AREAS THAT SAWS HAD TO TAKE OVER. AND SO THAT'S THE CONCERN. IF THERE IS A SUBPAR DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S PUT IN, THERE'S THIS CONCERN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UM, TAKE THAT OVER AND REPAIR IT. OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW FOR THE GLEN AND CAMELOT, I KNOW SOLID WASTE IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THEIR, THEIR COLLECTIONS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER AREAS WHERE THIS IS STILL IN PLACE, UM, THAT WE KNOW OF? OR IS THAT THE ONLY AREA RIGHT NOW? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE IS THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR CAMELOT. THERE'S NOT ONE FOR THE GLEN AT THIS POINT. UM, THOSE TWO AREAS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF THE E T J RELEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND CONVERSE. SO IN FACT, AT YOUR LAST COUNT, WELL THE JANUARY 30TH MEETING, UM, YOU, UH, APPROVED RELEASE OF THE E T J, THE PHASE TWO. AND SO THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO CONVERSE AT THEIR MEETING. UM, ACTUALLY IT WENT THAT SATURDAY. AND SO THEY'LL HAVE THEIR ELECTION IN MAY. OKAY. AND THEN AS OF TO DATE, HOW MANY AGREEMENTS HAVE WE'VE ENTERED INTO? AND THEN HOW MANY MORE ARE WE LOOKING TO GO INTO? ARE YOU TALKING IN TERMS OF, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS? YES. UM, SO IN TERMS OF AGREEMENTS OR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE COUNCIL IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD ABOUT SIX. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE REDBIRD THAT WENT TO COUNCIL IN DECEMBER. UM, AND SO THOSE ARE SIX PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WITH THOSE ARE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MAY ARE A FEW MORE THAT MAY BE COMING OR, OR ON IN THE PIPELINE, PRIMARILY IN WESTERN BEAR COUNTY. OKAY. AND SO I KNOW YOU SAID THAT, UM, THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO COME SPEAK TO US IS KIRBY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN IN THE PAPER. THERE'VE BEEN TWO NEWSPAPER ARTICLES. UH, THE WAY KIRBY IS ACTUALLY SURROUNDED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EXCEPT ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE THERE'S THE CANDLEWOOD CANDLEWOOD ESTATES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN OUR E T J. UM, AND SO AFTER THE FIRST ARTICLE STAFF REACHED OUT TO, UH, KIRBY AND WE ACTUALLY SAT IN ON A WORK, UH, WORK SESSION. UH, WE HAD ACTUALLY IN 2016 HAD A, A MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT WITH THE CITY OF KIRBY. SO WE JUST WENT TO EXPLAIN WHAT OUR, UM, MUNICIPAL, UH, ANNEXATION POLICY WAS ABOUT AND JUST TO KIND OF HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. SO THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHAT THEY WANNA DO, AND THEN THEY'LL COME TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AWESOME. THANK YOU, BRIDGETTE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, CHAIR. [00:40:02] THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, UH, BRIDGET, VERY MUCH GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. UM, SO IN SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, YOU TALKED ABOUT A POLICY, WELL, WELL FIRST OF ALL, GOING BACK TO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN SAID ABOUT SAS HAD TO TAKE OVER, UM, CERTAIN AREAS, THE AREAS THAT FAILED OR DID NOT WORK OUT WELL. WHERE WERE THEY? THEY, YOU SAID THEY WERE IN THE WHITE PAPER. WHERE WERE THEY? SAN ANTONIO RANCH AND THE NORTHWEST SIDE SAN ANTONIO RANCH. SO IT'S JUST THAT ONE OR THERE WERE TWO? TWO. THERE ARE TWO. AND WE CAN GET YOU THOSE SPECIFIC NAMES. YEAH, I'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE TWO SPECIFICS. AND THEN WHAT WAS IT THAT, UM, DID THEY DEFAULT? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? HI, RUDY AFTERNOON MA'AM. UM, THERE WERE WATER SYSTEM FAILURES ACTUALLY AT THE TIME THAT ULTIMATELY WHEN THE DISTRICT WENT, UH, BECAME DEFUNCT, ULTIMATELY THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM HAD TO GO IN AND UPGRADE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER FOR THAT SERVICE TO BE PROVIDED TO THE . AND WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? EARLY, EARLY 19. IN THE, IN THE EARLY 1990S. IN THE EARLY NINETIES. OKAY. AND WE CAN GET YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, MA'AM. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UM, SO ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, YOU TALKED ABOUT POLICY UPDATE ENGAGEMENT AND THAT YOU MET AS AS RECENT AS LAST WEEK. WHAT DID Y'ALL DISCUSS LAST WEEK? SO THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK WERE FOR WORKING GROUP NUMBER FIVE AND THE COMMUNITY ADVISOR GROUP MEETING NUMBER THREE. AND SO BASICALLY THE WAY THE PROCESS HAS WORKED, WE WILL TAKE THE INPUT AND THEN WE DEVELOP THE PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE WHITE PAPER. AND SO WE JUST BASICALLY STARTED WITH THE DISCUSSIONS BASED ON THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK. WHAT HAS OCCURRED IS THAT BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO COMMITTEE LAST MONTH, YEAH, WE DIDN'T WANNA DELAY MEETING WITH THAT GROUP BECAUSE THAT WOULD PUSH THE POLICY COMING BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO DID THEY OFFER, UM, ANY MORE INSIGHTS OR ANY MORE RECOMMENDATIONS OR, UH, TWEAKS OR ANYTHING LAST WEEK THAT, THAT YOU CHANGED HERE OR NO, NO, NOT TO THE WHITE PAPER. OKAY. SO THE WHITE PAPERS, JUST THE PHASE ONE IN TERMS OF THE FINDINGS, RIGHT? SO THE DISCUSSION WEIGHTED TO THE POLICY ITSELF. SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE CONSIDER CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE MAY WANNA ASK FOR? OKAY. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD AS WE WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPING THE POLICY ITSELF. OKAY. UM, QUESTION ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. UM, ON HERE, YOU MENTIONED IN THE PAST, WHAT IS THAT 17 YEARS? 25% OF THE GROWTH HAS BEEN IN THE, OR AT LEAST YEAH, IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS. 65% HAS BEEN IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND THEN, UM, IN 2017, 15% WAS IN UNINCORPORATED, BUT 77% WAS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GROWTH, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY? LIKE WHAT IS THE DEFINITION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AND USING? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POPULATION, SO IN 27. OH, OKAY. YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE POPULATION. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GROWTH OF THE UNINCORPORATED, UM, DO WE KNOW THE, THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT IN THESE AREAS AS WELL? THAT'S TYPICALLY WE'RE REACHING OUT WITH BEXAR COUNTY BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE KIND OF PERMITS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PULL IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA? YES. NO, BECAUSE IT'S STILL JUST BEXAR COUNTY. RIGHT. WE DON'T COUNT THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ANOTHER CITY OR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. UM, OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE FINANCIAL, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND THE EXAMPLES OF THE DISTRICTS, I, I MEAN, UM, EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT, THE WATER DISTRICTS, UM, TELL ME HOW MANY WATER DISTRICTS HAVE WE HAD RECENT? ANY, OOPS. SO THE MOST RECENT REQUEST THAT WE WOULD'VE HAD WAS REDBIRD, HOWEVER, THAT ENDED UP BEING, OR JUST A RELEASE OF THE E T J AND GOING BACK TO, UH, THERE'S ONE IN FAR, BASICALLY MEDINA COUNTY, SO IT'S WAY OUT IN OUR E T J, THAT'S KINGSGATE. AND THAT WAS DONE IN ABOUT 2008, A CONSENT TO THE WATER CONTROL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN MEDINA COUNTY. MM-HMM. . SO THAT WAS NOT IN BEXAR COUNTY. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT FREQUENT. NO. THESE WATER DISTRICTS, UM, TELL, BUT REDBIRD, THERE WAS ALSO A COURT, UH, RULING AS WELL. YES. AND HOW WILL THAT, DO WE KNOW HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED HOW IT WILL IMPACT OUR WATER DISTRICTS AND WHAT WE HAVE? AND SO WITH THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, WHAT OCCURRED WAS THAT THERE WAS ALSO A CASE IN SALINA MM-HMM. . AND [00:45:01] SO IN LOOKING AT WHAT WAS OCCURRING AT THE TIME, AND THE ATTORNEYS CAN JUMP IN, UH, WHAT WAS OCCURRING AT THE TIME WAS THAT DEPENDING UPON THE OUTCOME OF THAT PARTICULAR CASE, UM, IT COULD IMPACT WHETHER OR NOT SAWS WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO, TO, UH, MAKE, TO, TO HAVE RATES OR TO SET THE RATES MM-HMM. . AND SO THEY WERE WATCHING THAT CLOSELY. AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN REDBIRD CAME BEFORE COUNCIL WITH THEIR REQUEST OF THE FRESHWATER TO WATER CONTROL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS MM-HMM. OR THE RELEASE OF THE E T J, IT WAS DEPENDENT UPON THAT PARTICULAR CASE. MM-HMM. . AND SO WHAT WAS DECIDED UPON IN LOOKING AT, UM, OR FOLLOWING THAT PARTICULAR CASE WAS THAT THE APPEAL WAS NOT UPHELD BY THE P U C. AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO, WE WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST BRING ANOTHER, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. MM-HMM. , WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN THE STOLTE RANCH, BECAUSE SAWS AT THE TIMES SAID IT WOULD HAD BEEN RESOLVED TO THEIR SATISFACTION AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME. OKAY. BUT AS COURSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE P U C CAN CHANGE, OTHER CASES CAN COME UP. OKAY. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH SAWS GOING FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UH, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT, OR THE NEXT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, ARE WE JUST LOOKING AT THE COUNTY PIDS? ARE WE LOOKING AT PIS IN GENERAL? UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS? SO WE WERE AS WELL, LIKE THE T ID THAT WE JUST DID AS WELL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT COUNTY PIS. JUST COUNTY PIS? YES, MA'AM. SO COUNTY PIS ARE UNDER 3 82 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. RIGHT. OKAY. SO I MENTIONED THE CENTRO PID, WHICH IS ACTUALLY UNDER 3 72. OKAY. SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY, UM, FORMED BY, OR FORMED OR CREATED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. OKAY. THE 3 82 PIS ARE COUNTY PIS. THEY'RE CALLED SUPER PIDS BECAUSE THEY COME BEFORE THE CITY REQUESTING CERTAIN POWERS. SO CAN YOU JUST, IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT AND PUT THE DIFFERENT, UH, LOOK, 3 72. 3 82. OKAY. THOSE DIFFERENCES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELP FOR CLARIFICATION. UM, AND THE, I CAN'T READ MY OWN WRITING RIGHT NOW. UM, SO UNDER THE CASE STUDIES YOU HAD FORT WORTH AND THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE A POLICY THAT INCLUDES THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICTS AND UNDER ONE OF THE PROS AND THE CONS UNDER THE CONCERNS WAS, UM, PRIVATIZATION OF, OF PUBLIC SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THEN ALSO, UM, I THINK PART OF IT IS ALSO THE SIZE OF SOME OF THESE PIS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD AS WELL. SO, SO FORT WORTH HAS THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT. THEY HAVE INCLUDED IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THEIR POLICY. RIGHT. THEY DO. UH, IN TERMS OF THE ONES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE, UM, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THEY'VE RATED IN SIZE FROM 250 OR 226 ACRES TO, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EIGHTH 23, NOT NECESSARILY THE UNITS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. YES. THE SIZE OF THE ITSELF. THE SIZE OF IT. OKAY. SIZE. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. AND SO ONE OF MY CONCERNS, AND I THINK I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU ALL BEFORE, I KNOW, UH, LORI, I'VE SHARED IT WITH YOU AND WITH YOU, BRIDGET, IS, AND TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TOO, UM, WITH THE SLOWING DOWN OR WITH A, UM, MORATORIUM OF PIS AND COUNTY PIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD OR IF WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 'CAUSE LOOKING AT THE NEXT STEPS, A COUNCIL B SESSION IN MAY OF 2020, AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION IN MAY OF 2020, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE OF 2020, UM, ONE OF MY CONCERNS THEN BECOMES THAT'S ALREADY, UM, LESS THAN A A YEAR. I MEAN, THERE'S, IT'S JUST A, IT'S, IT'S A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND I'M GLAD WE HAVEN'T STOPPED WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION RIGHT NOW. UH, BUT DURING THAT TIME, ARE WE, I KNOW IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO FROM THE SOUTH AND FROM ALL OF THE, THE GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING IN BETWEEN THE SOUTHEAST AND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SOUTHWEST NEAR HIGHWAY 16, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST, UM, SPEAK FOR MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR. IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND THAT AREA IS CUT UP DIFFERENTLY. AND THERE'S A GREAT SWATH THAT GOES SOUTH TO 1604, BUT THEN THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT LARGE AREA AND YOU KNOW, THE AREA THAT'S COMPLETELY THE COUNTY MM-HMM. . AND WE HAVE THAT ONE PIT RIGHT THERE JUST OUTSIDE OF FOUR 10. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN PUBLIC UTILITIES OR INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN THERE EVER MM-HMM. . AND AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW, WHEN A SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTINUES TO GROW IN ORDER TO HAVE THE HOUSING THAT WE NEED, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A FINANCIAL OR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OR FISCAL THING FOR, UM, DEVELOPERS TO USE IN ORDER TO PUT IN THOSE [00:50:01] UTILITIES TO GROW, BUT GROW RESPONSIBLY AS WELL. UM, AND I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE NECESSARILY, UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS ALL STILL WITHIN 1604 IN THE CITY. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE. UM, IT'S STILL ALL WITHIN 1604. AND WE NEED THESE ALSO EAST TO WEST CORRIDOR CONNECTORS TO ALLEVIATE THE CONGESTION THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT THERE. AND WE NEED THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT OUT IF IT'S SEWER, IF IT'S WATER, IF IT'S, UM, IF IT'S JUST TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. SO I DON'T WANT WHAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT RESPONSIBLY, BUT THAT WE'RE ALSO CREATING THESE MECHANISMS IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT PROPER DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN THIS AREA. MM-HMM. , BUT WE WANNA BE PROACTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS, THIS GROWTH. UM, UH, SO WE ARE GONNA NEED SOME INFRASTRUCTURE HELP TOO. AND IT COULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO, THEN THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT MOMENTUM THAT WE PUT, UH, A, A STALLING EFFECT ON THE GREAT MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE GOING ON OVER THERE. AND THAT, THAT IS MY CONCERN THAT I DON'T, I UNDERSTAND THAT I WANT US TO BE COGNIZANT ABOUT. YES. BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE A MORATORIUM ON, ON THE PIS WHAT, IN TERMS OF SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS. WE REALIZE THAT AS WE PRESENT CASES TO CITY COUNCIL MM-HMM. FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, AND YOU AS A BODY ARE GIVING THE CONSENT, A LOT OF TIMES THE CRITERIA HAS, IT'S KIND OF VARIED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW YEARS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU, YOU HAVE A FULL SET OF THE CRITERIA MM-HMM. IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU LOOK AT AND YOU GIVE THE CITY'S CONSENT. MM-HMM. . SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET THIS BEFORE COUNCIL IN JUNE. UH, TYPICALLY THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US WITH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, OR TYPICALLY ONE OR TWO, UM, IN FACT THEY, ONE IS ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP AND ONE WE SPEAK WITH REGULARLY. UM, SO THEY'RE VERY AWARE OF KIND OF THE DISCUSSION THAT'S OCCURRING IN TERMS OF THE CRITERIA THAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS MM-HMM. . BUT OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT TO YOU IN JUNE AND THEN, UM, WORK TOWARDS, UM, ANY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT REQUESTS THAT COME IN TO GET THOSE BEFORE YOU WITH A CON WITH A CONSOLIDATED CONSISTENT VOTED UPON AND APPROVED SET OF CRITERIA THAT YOU LOOK AT. SO YOU SAID THAT THERE IS NO MORATORIUM. SO TELL ME HOW THERE IS NOT A MORATORIUM. WELL, TELL ME HOW, BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE LAST MEETING OR IN A MEETING BEFORE, YOU HAD A LIST OF ALL OF THOSE PIS, UM, IN THE, IN THE PIPELINE YOU MENTIONED MM-HMM. . SO WHERE, AND WE DON'T HAVE IT HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BACKUP SLIDE, BUT TELL ME WHERE THOSE ARE AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF IT GOING FORWARD? SO THERE ARE TWO THAT WE KNOW HOW, UH, KNOW OF ACTUALLY THREE THAT WE KNOW OF, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED ANYTHING TO THE CITY. SO THEY WILL, TYPICALLY, WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS THAT THEY WILL COME AND TALK TO US, BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE WOULD JUST BE SURPRISED AND AS A REPRESENTATIVE TRIES TO GET ON THE MAY ELECTION, THEY HAVE TO GET TO BEXAR COUNTY BY JUNE, BY UH, FEBRUARY. BUT SOMETIMES THEY WERE COMING TO US IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WHICH DIDN'T GIVE US A LOT OF TIME. SO WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OF THREE THAT UH, THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN CREATING SOME SORT OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. UM, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED ANYTHING TO US. UH, THERE ARE TWO THAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD, WE'VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THEM AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED TO US, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS AND THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. MM-HMM. , BUT WE KNEW ABOUT THOSE FS, BUT THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT THEM UNTIL VERY LATE IN DECEMBER. SO CAN CAN WE GET THAT LIST AGAIN THAT YOU HAD AND JUST WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IT ALL? YEAH. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. MAKE SURE AND WE HAVE A MAP THAT WE CAN SHARE OF WHERE THEY ARE. OH YEAH. OH YEAH. THE PEN TOO. OKAY. UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS I DON'T WANT TO SEE SAN ANTONIO GET LOCKED IN AND SURROUNDED BY EVENTUALLY OTHER COMMUNITIES AND BECOME LIKE DALLAS OR SO MANY OTHER CITIES THAT, THAT CAN'T GROW. AND THE ONLY WAY TO GROW IS TO RAISE YOUR TAXES INTERNALLY. UH, AND SO, UH, I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION WITH A LOT OF THESE PIS THAT ARE DEVELOPING AND THESE PLANNED COMMUNITIES, AND I'LL USE ALAMO RANCH FOR AN EXAMPLE, AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PIS OUT IN THAT AREA THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN FORMED. UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO WANT TO BECOME A MUNICIPALITY? SO IF THERE IS AN AREA THAT WANTS TO BE INCORPORATED, THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO COME AND ASK THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR OUR PERMISSION TO DO THAT. OKAY. AND SO PART OF THE GROWTH AND ANNEXATION POLICY IS TO IDENTIFY IF SOME, IF A MUNICIPAL OR IF AN AREA WANTS TO DO THAT, THE PROCESS THAT THEY WOULD GO THROUGH. SO IT'S EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR E T J? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND, BUT ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SAY NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE IN THE COUNTY, IT WOULD BE IN ANOTHER, UM, [00:55:01] MUNICIPALITY'S E T J. OKAY. GOOD. AND OUR E T J EXTENDS FIVE MILES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY. WELL, AS I SAID, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, UH, WE'RE ENABLED TO CONTINUE TO GROW. AND I REALIZE IT'S A DIFFERENT MECHANISM NOW. YOU ALMOST HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND SAY, ANNEX US OR ELSE HOLD AN ELECTION. RIGHT. BUT WE'RE STILL INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY, UH, SUPPORTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO A GREAT EXTENT. I MEAN, THE COUNTY DOES SOME COUNTY ROADS AND, AND THEY HAVE THEIR SERVICES, BUT WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT, EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY COMES INTO THE CITY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND USES OUR FACILITIES. AND I HATE TO SEE US, UH, CARRYING THAT BURDEN FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT START TO GET DEVELOPED AROUND US. SO I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT. AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE. I WILL SAY THAT IN TERMS OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, IF IT IS APPROVED BY THE, IF OUR CONSENT IS GIVEN FOR THAT DISTRICT TO FORM, TYPICALLY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SAYS 30 YEARS. SO WE WON'T ANNEX THEM FOR 30 YEARS. KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT HAS TO BE CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED AS PART OF OUR POLICY IS HOW CAN WE, UM, HAVE SOME SORT OF, UM, CONNECTIVITY MM-HMM. SO THAT AT 30 YEARS TIME, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANNEX THOSE AREAS. YEAH. 'CAUSE SOME OF THE PIS AREN'T REALLY CONNECTED ANYWHERE NEAR THE CITY RIGHT NOW. THAT IS TRUE. UH, AND SO UNLESS THE CITY ANNEXES A ROAD THAT GOES INTO THAT AREA, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER ANNEX ANNEXING THEM OR THEM, THEM ALLOWING US VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. MM-HMM. . OKAY. UH, DO WE INCLUDE IN EVERY, UH, PIT OR EVERY SIMILAR AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ANNEX THEM EVENTUALLY? YES. IN EVERY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE HAVE A, TYPICALLY A 30 YEAR, UM, AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL NOT ANNEX AND THEY'LL REMAIN IN THE E T J FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. NOW, I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE AGREEMENTS FOR THE PIS ARE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THEM BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THEY HAVE THE TAXING AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND TAX THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE DEVELOPED SO THAT THEY CAN PAY THEMSELVES BACK FOR BUILDING ROADS OR SEWERS OR WHATEVER THEY PUT IN THERE. ARE THERE ANYTHING THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO OR DOES DO TO, UH, TO END THE PIT IF THEY'VE PAID OFF THEIR DEBT? OR IS IT SIMPLY THE NUMBER OF YEARS THEY PUT IN THERE? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A, IF AN AREA GROWS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS AND THEY PAY OFF THEIR DEBT IN 15 YEARS, THEY CAN STILL COLLECT THE TAXES ON THAT FOR 30 YEARS. YEAH. YES. AND IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PUT ANY AGREEMENTS IN THERE IF THEY, IF THEY'RE WITHIN THE CITY, THAT ONCE THEY RE REPAY THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT, THEY BECOME CITY? WELL, WELL, YOU SAID WITHIN THE CITY. YEAH. SO THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ARE NOT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WELL, BUT IF THEY'RE RIGHT ON THE EDGE AND THEY COULD BECOME PART OF THE CITY, WE CAN PUT THAT IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LANGUAGE. YEAH. AND, AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE DO, DO? LANGUAGE. OKAY, GOOD. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. UH, ANOTHER, UH, INSTANCE I FACE IS THAT I'VE GOT SOME VERY OLD, SMALL COMMUNITIES THAT WERE BUILT IN DISTRICT NINE YEARS AGO, 40 YEARS AGO, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEY WERE BUILT BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS. AND THE CITY HAS GROWN UP AROUND THEM, AND THE CITY'S GROWN UP AROUND 'EM FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS. AND, UH, THEY, THEY WANT TO HAVE THE CITY TAKE OVER THEIR ROADS, BUT THE CITY SAYS, WELL, THEY'RE PRIVATE ROADS. 'CAUSE THEY WERE BUILT BY A PRIVATE DEVELOPER. HOWEVER, THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN THE CITY, THEY PAY CITY TAXES, THEY HAVE CITY, UH, SERVICES GO OUT LIKE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, BUT WE WON'T TAKE OVER AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR ROADS. AND, UH, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THIS IN THIS PROCESS, UH, TO HELP GIVE SOME RELIEF TO THOSE COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE 25 OR 30 HOMES AND THEY DON'T HAVE THREE OR $400,000 TO GO AHEAD THEN AND, YOU KNOW, REDO ROADS TO PUT 'EM AT A STANDARD THAT THE CITY WILL ACCEPT. SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO SEE IF THERE CAN BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT REMEDYING THOSE SITUATIONS. THERE'S TWO OR THREE SMALL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I KNOW OF IN MY DISTRICT. SO TYPICALLY WE REQUEST THAT THEY BUILD THE CITY STANDARDS. RIGHT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS WITH, UH, T C I, IF IT'S AN AREA THAT HAD, UM, I KNOW ALONG 2 81 ON BOTH EAST AND WEST SIDES, UH, THERE WERE SOME DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. SO TECHNICALLY THOSE AREAS ARE IN THE COUNTY. THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY. UM, AND SO WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT EX, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I GUESS EXPIRES, YOU COULD SAY, THEN THEY'D BE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY DISCUSSION. WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT ABOUT OLDER AREAS THAT ARE ACTUALLY INSIDE 1604 THAT, UH, STILL DON'T GET SERVICES FROM THE CITY TO REDO THEIR STREETS BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERED PRIVATE STREETS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GATED. WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH T C I AND SEE. OKAY. WELL, I JUST WONDERED IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE CODE OR ANYTHING YOU'RE PURSUING THAT MIGHT, UH, HAVE A WAY OF ADJUSTING THOSE IF THEY OCCUR IN ANY OF THE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY TOO. SO, YEAH. [01:00:01] WE'LL, WE CAN TALK WITH TCC BECAUSE THIS SPECIFICALLY LOOKS AT THE E T J, SO IT'D BE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS. OKAY. BUT IF IT'S AN ISSUE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN DERAN. OH, UH, QUICKLY TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER HAD, UM, ABOUT THE 30 YEARS AFTER THE 30 YEARS, THE CITY, I GUESS IN SOME DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, THE CITY CAN ANNEX THEM OR DOESN'T HAVE TO, OR WE HAVE THE, IS IT DISCUSSION? WE, IT'S AN OPTION. WE, MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A POLICY WHERE WE MAKE THE DEVELOPERS CLEARLY TELL THE RESIDENTS MOVING IN THERE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, IT'S IN THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANNEXED IN HOWEVER MANY YEARS, AND IT'S NOT LIKE A SURPRISE. YOU'RE GONNA GET ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. YES. HI, COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S JAME WILLIAMSON CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. YES. OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS NOW ARE VERY COMPREHENSIVE. THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE PROVISIONS WE PUT IN THERE. OKAY. WHERE WE, UM, REQUIRE THAT, UM, THE DEVELOPERS DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO PREPARE US FOR A POTENTIAL ANNEXATION. UM, A LOT OF THESE AGREEMENTS ARE ARMS LENGTH NEGOTIATIONS. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING OR HOPING TO GET FROM THE COUNCIL, IS DIRECTION FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT OF WHAT WE WANT TO PLACE INTO THESE AGREEMENTS FOR EXACTLY THESE PURPOSES. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR MORE DIRECTION FROM YOU. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO NEGOTIATE ALL OF THOSE POINTS IN EACH AGREEMENT. AND SO THEY, THEY ARE REQUIRED OR TO LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW YES. IF THEY BUY A HOUSE, WHAT, IN 30 YEARS, WE HAVE A CLAUSE, A SPECIFIC CLAUSE IN THE AGREEMENT THAT ACTUALLY SPELLS OUT THE LANGUAGE. OKAY. THAT MUST GO IN ANY INSTRUMENT, ANY DEEDED, ANYTHING, ANY INSTRUMENT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS GONNA BE CONVEYED AND MUST BE FILED IN THE COUNTY RECORDS SO THAT ANY FUTURE BUYER, ANY END BUYER OF A PROPERTY, ONCE IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED IS ON NOTICE OF FUTURE POTENTIAL ANNEXATION AND OTHER ISSUES. AND SO, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING AS WELL TO SAY LIKE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS OR PUBLIC HO A 'CAUSE THESE WOULD USUALLY BE HOAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE COMMUNITY CITY. WE DO THE, WE DO NOT GO AS FAR AS HAVING INFORMATION IN THERE WITH, WITH RESPECT TO HOAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. UM, BECAUSE IT'S SO EARLY SURE. IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHERE WE DON'T GO THAT FAR INTO DETAILS WITH THAT RESPECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , THANK THAT'S HELPFUL. UH, I WONDER BRIDGE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TOURS AND A PI? WELL, THEY'RE BOTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND SO A TAX, THEY'RE BOTH ASSESSED TAXES AND L'OREAL PROBABLY JUMP IN HERE 'CAUSE I SEE YOU MOVING FORWARD. UM, BUT TYPICALLY, LIKE I SAID, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH ARE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHERE THEY PROVIDE EITHER SOME SORT OF, UM, IMPROVEMENT PUBLIC, UH, SERVICE IMPROVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO A TS IS WHEN CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATES A GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND THEY GO AHEAD AND SET A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S GENERAL FUND RECEIVES FROM THAT AREA. BUT IF THE TAX BASE INCREASES IN THAT AREA, THE INCREMENT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER PAYS GOES INTO A FUND, WHICH WE CALL A TAX INCREMENT FUND THAT IS USED TO SUPPORT ELIGIBLE PROJECTS WITHIN THAT AREA. AND THAT IS, BUT IT TOUR IS BASED ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES THAT YOU WOULD BE PAYING YEAR OVER YEAR. A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS WHEN YOU ASSESS THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AGREE TO ASSESS THEMSELVES AN ADDITIONAL TAX. AND THAT TAX IS USED FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. SO TYPICALLY A PI, IT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY PAY IN YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CENTRO'S PI, THE DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE OR THE DOWNTOWN PI, THEY PAY 12 CENTS PER $100 VALUATION. THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY TAXES, THEY PAY TO ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES. MM-HMM. . AND THAT MONEY GOES TO SUPPORT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND OTHER SERVICES WE PROVIDE DOWNTOWN. SO IF AN AREA WANTED TO, UH, ACCELERATE THE INVESTMENT AND ALL PARTIES WERE IN AGREEMENT, YOU COULD HAVE A TS AND API OVERSTATE. YES, I KNOW. WE DO THAT IN DOWNTOWN. WE DO THAT. SO IN DOWNTOWN WE HAVE NUMEROUS TAX COMMIT REINVESTMENT ZONES, AND THEN WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OVER IT. NOW, IF AN AREA WANTS TO CREATE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THEY HAVE TO DO A PETITION WHERE ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT PROPOSED BOUNDARY MUST AGREE TO ASSESS THEMSELVES IN ADDITIONAL TAX. AND I BELIEVE IT'S 51% OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO AGREE TO DO THAT. AND SO, SO [01:05:01] I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN PIT AND THAT'S, UH, OR WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN TUR AND A DOWNTOWN PIT MM-HMM. , UH, WHICH COVERS A VARIETY OF THINGS. UM, BUT, BUT, BUT AN ORGANIZATION OR AN ENTITY CANNOT REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM EITHER ONE, RIGHT? WITHOUT THE, THE COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES, BUT AN ORGANIZATION CANNOT OPT OUT TO PARTICIPATE OF EITHER. YEAH. AND THE TERMS IS NOT ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE ALREADY PAYING YOUR TAXES, IT'S JUST HOW THE TAXES ARE, ARE DIVIDED. ONE GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE OTHER SET GOES INTO A, A SEPARATE FUND. OKAY. THE PIT IS AN ASSESSMENT THAT PROPERTY OWNER PAYS IN ADDITION TO THEIR TAXES. AND IF YOU'RE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF A PI AND IT IS CREATED AND FOLLOWS A STATE LAWS WHERE IT'S CREATION, YOU CANNOT OPT OUT TO PAY THAT ASSESSMENT UNLESS THEY REMOVE YOU FROM THOSE BOUNDARIES. SO, UM, I GUESS I, I UNDERSTOOD THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF INDEPENDENTLY, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW, UM, WE WANT TO NOT ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN SOME AREAS, BUT HOW TO SUPER ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN OTHERS MM-HMM. . UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE AN AREA, I MEAN, EVEN LIKE COUNCILMAN IS TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. UM, AND WE NEEDED TO DO THE FUNDAMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE. UM, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE WANNA OVERTAX PEOPLE 'CAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY A LOT OF TAXES THAT ARE PAYING. BUT, UM, JUST SORT OF THINKING OUT LOUD ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LEGAL TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. MM-HMM. SO WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE REASON THAT THESE AREAS OUTSIDE THE E T J OR OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS CREATE PIS IS TO PAY FOR THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE MM-HMM. WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY CITY TAXES. AND SO IN THE END, THEY DON'T PAY THEIR CITY TAXES, THEY PAY THIS PI, BUT THEN THEY WANNA GET ANNEXED SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE , UM, TO GET THEIR SERVICES, UH, WHICH THEY DIDN'T WANNA PAY BEFORE. SO ANYWAY, I JUST, UM, I AM WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AS WE'RE TO TRYING TO GET DEVELOPMENT IN OUR AREAS. LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOME AREAS, AND THEN PERHAPS NOT ENCOURAGE THEM IN OTHERS WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, FURTHER TO, UM, THE NORTH PRIMARILY AND, AND ENCOURAGE IT TO THE SOUTH. SO, UM, THERE WAS NOT REALLY A QUESTION IN THERE FOR YOU, BUT DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES. ACTUALLY, IN RESPONSE TO THAT COMMENT THAT YOU'VE MADE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INITIAL STRATEGY RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN. SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE PRIORITY, PRIORITY AREAS. SO IF THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE E T J, UH, THAT YOU BELIEVE WE SHOULD REALLY FOCUS ON, SIMILAR TO WHEN WE DID OUR ANNEXATION, UH, POLICY, WE IDENTIFIED KIND OF AREAS ONE, TWO, AND THREE. SO AS WE DEVELOP A REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN, IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE YOU FEEL THAT YOU MAY WANNA HAVE, UM, KIND OF A PRIORITY, A PRIORITY FOR, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN INCORPORATE IN THAT TYPE OF, UM, UH, REPORT. KEEPING IN MIND TOO, THAT, AND DEPENDING UPON WHICH AREA OF THE CITY OR THE E T J WOULD FALL UNDER ANOTHER, UM, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PROVISION BECAUSE THE CITY CANNOT DEVELOP A PIT IN THE COUNTY. UH, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. E BRIDGET, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, PRESENTATION. I THINK THIS WAS JUST FOR BRIEFING, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. JUST A BRIEFING. [5. 20-1758 Staff briefing regarding Status of Poverty Report recommendation related to affordable housing. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]] AND SO I THINK WE DID, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM BRIEFING FROM BRIDGET. SO NOW WE HAVE THE BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF POVERTY REPORT RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WHO'S GONNA GIVE US THIS ONE? MELODY? YES, RICHARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS, UH, ITEM IS GOING TO PROVIDE A QUICK BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF POVERTY REPORT, WHICH WAS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IN METRO HEALTH IN DECEMBER. AND IT ALSO PROVIDES RECOMMENDED AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE PLANNING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER. SO LAST SEPTEMBER, THE CENSUS BUREAU RELEASED 2018 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, ONE YEAR ESTIMATE DATA. ACCORDING TO THIS CENSUS DATA, SAN ANTONIO RANKED HIGHEST FOR POVERTY RATE AMONG THE 25 MOST POPULOUS METROPOLITAN AREAS. IN RESPONSE, HUMAN SERVICES AND METRO HEALTH COLLABORATED TO DEVELOP THE STATUS OF POVERTY REPORT BUILDING ON PREVIOUS EFFORTS, REPORTS, AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE ISSUE OF POVERTY IN SAN ANTONIO. TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS THE FIRST OF SEVEN BRIEFINGS TO COUNCIL COMMITTEES WHOSE SCOPES OF WORK IMPACT POVERTY IN SAN ANTONIO. SO [01:10:01] NEARLY 20% OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS LIVE IN POVERTY. OUR POVERTY RATE HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, THE POVERTY RATE FOR HISPANICS AND AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENCE IS HIGHER THAN FOR WHITE NON-HISPANIC RESIDENTS. WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE LIVING IN POVERTY THAN MEN. TODAY. THE CITY SPENDS MORE THAN $450 MILLION ANNUALLY ON PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE OR RELIEVE POVERTY, INCLUDING EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION, LIBRARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND TRANSPORTATIONS. AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A SMALL LIST. AND SO THE REPORT DOES PROVIDE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE DATA ACROSS ISSUES SUCH THAT IMPACT BARRIERS TO SOCIAL MOBILITY AND CONTINUED ECONOMIC SEGREGATION SUCH AS EDUCATION, ASSET ACCUMULATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. 18% OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA COMPARED TO ONLY 12%, 12.7% NATIONALLY, 16% OF HISPANICS IN BEXAR COUNTY AND 26% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE COMPARED TO 43.1% OF WHITE NON-HISPANIC RESIDENTS. AND AS THIS MAP CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES RESIDENTS IN THE WEST, SOUTH, AND EAST PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE LOWER AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT THAN THOSE IN THE NORTH. ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOLLOW THE SAME TREND WITH WEALTH, INCOME, AND ASSET ACCUMULATION CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS HAVE LOWER MEDIAN CREDIT SCORES, HIGHER DELINQUENT DEBT, AND LITTLE OR NO SAVINGS. THE MEDIAN CREDIT SCORE OF RESIDENTS IN PREDOMINANTLY NON-WHITE ZIP CODES IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THAT OF THE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE ZIP CODES. THIS INCREASES THE COST OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND IT REDUCES ACCESS TO CREDIT, WHICH IS A PILLAR OF ASSET BUILDING. ADDITIONALLY, 35% OF RESIDENTS IN PREDOMINANTLY NON-WHITE ZIP CODES HAVE MEDICAL DEBT AND COLLECTION STATUS COMPARED TO 18% OF RESIDENTS IN PREDOMINANTLY WHITE ZIP CODES. THE PLANNING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH LOOKING AT ISSUES AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THAT DOMAIN, THE REPORT DEMONSTRATES THAT 91% OF LOW INCOME RENTERS AND 70% OF LOW INCOME HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNERS IN SAN ANTONIO ARE COST BURDEN SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING RELATED COSTS. HOMEOWNERSHIP THE GREATEST SOURCE OF ASSET ACCUMULATION FOR MOST HOUSEHOLDS IS ALSO DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF HOMELESSNESS. OUR 2019 HOMELESS POINT IN TIME COUNT SHOWED A 6% IN REDUCTION OF OVERALL HOMELESSNESS, A 12% REDUCTION IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, AND A 28% REDUCTION IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INCREASED BY 18%. CURRENTLY, THE CITY INVESTS MORE THAN 29 MILLION INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING RELATED INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING HOUSING, STOCK FAIR HOUSING, AND DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION. AND ADDITIONAL 36% IS SPENT TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING 10%, 10 MILLION TO HAVEN FOR HOPE AND CAMPUS PARTNERS, AND OVER 13 MILLION TO PROGRAMS IN THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT SUPPORT, UM, POLICE MENTAL HEALTH, AND DOWNTOWN BIKE PATROL UNITS. THE STATUS OF POVERTY REPORT INCLUDES 15 RECOMMENDATIONS ACROSS FIVE CATEGORIES, ALIGNED WITH THE 2019 ASSET FUNDERS NETWORK REPORT ON THE STATUS OF, UH, ECONOMICS IN SAN ANTONIO, FOCUSING ON EQUITY BY ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO THE HIGHEST NEED, UH, GEO GEOGRAPHIES AND POPULATIONS, FOSTERING INTEGRATION OF ASSET BUILDING AND SOCIAL SAFETY NET SERVICES, AND ALSO ENHANCING THAT SOCIAL SAFETY NET OFFERING CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ENHANCE THEIR LONG-TERM VIABILITY AND IMPROVE THEIR OUTCOMES, AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT SUPPORT ASSET BUILDING AND WEALTH ACCUMULATION AND PROTECTION OF ASSETS. THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY PROPOSED FOR OVERSIGHT BY THIS COMMITTEE IS AN ASSET BUILDING AND PRESERVATION STRATEGY THAT CALLS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS, INCLUDING COUNTY AND FEDERAL INITIATIVES, INITIATIVES TO ENSURE THAT HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND FUNDING BENEFIT THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST NEED, INCLUDING LOW INCOME WORKING FAMILIES AND SENIORS AND SINGLE MOTHERS. IN LARGE PART, DUE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES [01:15:01] FROM THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXISTING INITIATIVES AND $29 MILLION IN CITY INVESTMENTS TARGETING THIS RECOMMENDATION TODAY, INCLUDING HOUSING STABILITY, STABILIZATION AND COUNSELING, REHABILITATION AND REPAIR PROGRAMS, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WITHIN THIS BROAD POLICY RECOMMENDATION, WE ARE PROVIDING OPTIONS THAT WOULD EXPAND OUR CURRENT WORK FOR THE PLANNING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE. THESE OPTIONS ARE PRESENTED TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT RESONATES WITH YOU ALL AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE AMONG YOUR MANY COMPETING ISSUES AREAS, POTENTIAL POLICY AREAS TO FOCUS ON COULD INCLUDE EXPANDING PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS RESIDENTS, CREATION OF ADDITIONAL SENIOR HOUSING WHERE THEY CAN AGE IN PLACE, INCREASING RISK MITIGATION OPTIONS AND FUNDING THAT ADDRESSES HOUSING INSECURITY AND EXAMINING USE OF TARGETED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR LOW INCOME HOME HOMEOWNERS TO HELP ADDRESS HOUSING STABILITY. AGAIN, TODAY WE WANT TO GET YOUR INPUT ON WHAT RESONATES FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND GET AN IDEA OF WHAT INFORMATION YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MOVING FORWARD. AS I MENTIONED, THIS COMMITTEE IS THE FIRST OF SEVEN STOPS FOR THIS PRESENTATION. WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETING THOSE BY MAR THE END OF MARCH, AS WELL AS CONDUCTING AN ESSAY SPEAK UP SURVEY TO GET COMMUNITY WIDE INPUT ON PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES. WE WILL ALSO BRIEF OTHER COMMUNITY FUNDERS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS STRESSING THAT POVERTY IS NOT JUST A CITY ISSUE AND THE CITY CANNOT ADDRESS IT ALONE. ONCE EACH COMMITTEE HAS IDENTIFIED THEIR PRIORITY STRATEGIES, WE WILL IDENTIFY A DEPARTMENT LIAISON TO WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE ON RELEVANT TOPIC AREAS AND SPEAKERS FOR FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING ALL OF THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIES TO A B SESSION FOR, UM, THE FINAL BRIEFING IN APRIL. AND SO THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY FORMAL FORMAL PRESENTATION. AND IN SUMMARY, AGAIN, WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR INPUT TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT RESONATES FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND YOUR PRIORITIES. AND I ALSO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES STAFF ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ALONG WITH ME. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELODY. SO, UM, THIS IS A, THE FIRST, UH, GO OF THE POVERTY REPORT, UH, THAT I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I WERE VERY INTERESTED IN FIGURING OUT HOW WE ADDRESS AS THE INFORMATION HAS COME OUT, THAT WE ARE THE LARGE, LARGEST POOR CITY IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO SOME OF US HAVE KNOWN AND FELT FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE WERE VERY POOR AND CONTINUING TO GET WORSE, UH, REGARDLESS OF, OF THE MORE POSITIVE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE CITY. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO ADDRESS THIS AND, AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO MY COLLEAGUES GIVING SOME INPUT HERE. I KNOW THAT THE IDEA OF, UH, HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES, UM, THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE CITY CODES OR CITY, UM, PLANNING OR PLANNING TO REALLY DO HOMELESS HOUSING. COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN DID ONE ON THE EAST SIDE MM-HMM. , UM, THAT I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE THE RESULTS, BUT WASN'T IT ALSO A SPECIAL DISTRICT AND A SPECIAL ZONING THAT WAS REQUIRED AND, UM, THE DEVELOPER WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN ALSO HAD A SPECIAL, UH, UM, I GUESS A MISSION. UM, SO, SO HOW CAN I, I THINK I MIGHT LIKE TO SEE MORE WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT. OKAY. UH, SO THERE WAS A ZONING CHANGE THAT WAS REQUIRED, UM, BUT THAT WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOTH THOSE COMMITTEES WITHOUT, UM, ANY, UH, RESISTANCE REALLY. UM, THERE IS A HOMELESS CAMPUS DESIGNATION THAT SOMETIMES SHELTERS AND THOSE KINDS OF, UM, LOCATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS, UM, WE'LL GO FOR, BUT AS FAR AS RESIDENTIAL, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WOULD JUST NEED RESIDENTIAL, UM, ZONING. SO, SO, UM, I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. SO I THINK MAYBE PERHAPS YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION, IF THERE WERE OTHER THINGS WE COULD DO THAT WOULD, UM, SO, AND I HAD THE, A THOUGHT ABOUT, AND I'M RELUCTANTLY, I MEAN, JUST SORT OF GIVING IDEAS HERE ABOUT THE IDEA OF A DORM LIKE ENVIRONMENT MM-HMM. , SO SIMILAR TO THEY HAVE AT AG AI, UH, THE AI FORUM MM-HMM. , IF I'M CORRECT, IT, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A, UM, LIKE DORM STYLE LIVING MM-HMM. . AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY CAME TO ME GIVING ME A RECOMMENDATION, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT. THAT'S NOT ALLOWED BY CITY CODE [01:20:01] TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT WHERE YOU'RE SHARING BATHROOMS AND YOU'RE SHARING KITCHENS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IS THAT IT, IT IS ALLOWED, UM, BY CODE. IT'S NOT CONSIDERED PERMANENT HOUSING. AND SO WITH PERMANENT HOUSING, YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL HOME, YOU HAVE, UM, BATHROOM, KITCHEN, AND YOU HAVE A LEASE. UM, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S HOW WE DEFINE PERMANENT HOUSING. SO, BUT WE DO HAVE SITUATIONS THIS, UM, SAM TRANSITIONAL SHELTER, UM, OUT ON BLANCO, THE, UM, A G I F. THOSE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE SHARED BATHROOMS AND SHARED AMENITIES AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PERFECTLY UP TO CODE. THEY'RE JUST NOT CONSIDERED PERMANENT HOUSING. OKAY. WELL, MAYBE WE COULD EXPLORE OPTIONS LIKE THAT. I ALSO HEARD THAT THERE'S LIKE MAGDALENA HOUSES AND WHERE YOU HAVE WOMEN THAT ARE LIVING, UM, FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION MM-HMM. AND SORT OF DIFFERENT, UM, RIGHT. MODELS THAT, THAT MAYBE ARE NOT PERMANENT. UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE BRIEFINGS ON THAT, UM, REGARDING THE TARGETED TAX RELIEF, WHICH IS, I WAS TRYING TO GET AT THAT, WHAT THE PI TURS CONVERSATION, LIKE HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN AREAS WHERE WE REALLY WANNA SEE IT? I, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SOME TOOLS, BUT IF WE WERE LOOKING AT IT MORE FROM A POVERTY PERSPECTIVE, PERHAPS THOSE TOOLS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO INVESTMENT IN THESE AREAS, UM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY, UM, TO SOLVE THE QUESTION OF POVERTY, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THE, THE QUESTION OF INCLUSIVE GROWTH. BUT IF WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS POVERTY, WHAT TOOLS MIGHT WE USE, UM, FOR THAT? UM, OF COURSE, UM, EVEN REGARDING THE, THE, UM, WHAT I MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UM, DORM STYLE LIVING, LIKE, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING FOR SENIOR HOUSING AS WELL? MM-HMM. , SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK, I KNOW THAT THE NUNS DO IT LIKE THAT MM-HMM. , UH, IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY, UH, COMMUNITY. AND SO MIGHT THAT BE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT, WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES TO THAT AND HOW MIGHT THOSE GET FUNDED? ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND AS WE'RE TRYING TO ADJUST AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING? AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE USE OF THOSE, UM, INCENTIVES, UH, AND HIS LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THAT KIND OF, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GETTING DOWN TO THE NUMBERS THAT WE REALLY NEED, UH, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PARTNERS IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB. UH, AND OF ALL THE REHAB THAT I KNOW WE'VE GONE ON AND ON ABOUT, BUT PERHAPS, UH, DOING MORE TARGETED EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE EXISTING PROJECTS. SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE, BUT I KNOW, UH, MYSELF, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, WHAT OTHER TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE. AND THERE ARE, AND ESPECIALLY REGARDING TRANSITIONAL OR OR GROUP HOUSING, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS, WHERE YOU HAVE SENIORS LIVING IN, IN GROUP ENVIRONMENTS, SHARING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LARGE LIVING AREA, KITCHEN, UM, AND THEN HAVING THEIR OWN ROOMS. THERE'S, THERE'S JUST A, A LOT OF VARIETY AND INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL. IN SOME COUNTRIES, UM, STUDENTS WILL LIVE WITH A SENIOR, UM, TO, TO HELP WITH SOME OF, YOU KNOW, THEY HELP EACH OTHER, THEY HELP WITH ISOLATION, THEY HELP WITH, UM, MENTORING AND EXPERIENCE. SO THERE REALLY ARE SOME, UM, EXAMPLES OUT THERE THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD. OKAY. GREAT. AND, AND ALSO TTS OR PIS TYPE OF A THING OF A, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, WELL, I'M NOT SURE, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, SO I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JADA HAD SOME QUESTIONS. OH, YEAH. UM, THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, MELODY. UM, SURE. WE KNOW THAT THAT POVERTY IS, IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE MUST TACKLE, ESPECIALLY GETTING READY TO BE THE SIXTH LARGEST CITY IN THE NATION. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT POVERTY, I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING, UM, ALSO AT A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. IF SOMEONE CAN, CAN KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST LOOKS LIKE FOR, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO, THE WAY A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WORKS IS THAT WHEN THERE IS HOME OWNERSHIP, THE LAND, UM, GOES INTO THE TRUST ITSELF. IT CAN BE, UH, AN ENTITY OF THE CITY, OR IT COULD BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND SO, BECAUSE THE LAND IS HELD BY THAT NONPROFIT, IT IS NOT TAXED, BUT THE VALUE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE HOUSE ITSELF IS APPRAISED AND VALUED. SO WHEN A HOMEOWNER BUYS THE HOUSE, THEY ONLY BUY THE IMPROVEMENT, THE HOUSE, NOT THE LAND, WHEN THEY GET THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL. AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS A KEY PART FOR MAKING, UH, COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WORK. [01:25:01] THE VALUATION IS ONLY BASED ON THAT IMPROVEMENT VALUE AND NOT THE LAND. SO LET'S SAY 80% OF THE VALUE, UH, IS THE HOME AND THE LAND IS 20%. SO THEIR TAX BILL IS 20% SMALLER BECAUSE OF THAT. AND SO THAT AFFORDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, IT IS PART OF WHAT THE GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK, A SET OF CONSULTANTS ALREADY WORKING WITH US DOES. AND WHAT WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO DO, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVE, THE, FOR EVERYONE HOME, BUT WE ASKED THEM TO DO THE MODULE, WE'RE GONNA PAY SEPARATELY FOR THAT TO TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND VISIT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE TARGETING THE MONTH OF APRIL TO DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN GAUGE HOW MUCH INTEREST THERE IS AND HOW TO SET IT UP. AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE IT BE A TOTALLY NON-PROFIT MODEL, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE CITY, OR THERE'S SEVERAL, UM, HOUSING RELATED ENTITIES THAT COULD HOUSE A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT EDUCATION SESSION GAUGE INTEREST, AND FROM THERE, DEVELOP A PLAN, UM, TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I, I WANTED TO ASK, WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTAL PLANS FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE SEEING THE MOST IN THE, UM, ECONOMIC SEGREGATION, WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIC PLANS? ARE WE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO, TO ALLY, WHAT WOULD WORK TO INCREASE, UM, THE INCOME THAT IS COMING INTO THE MOST ED AREAS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? I'M THINKING, DO YOU WANNA HANDLE IT? UM, SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THE TEAMS AS PART OF THIS EFFORT. UM, CERTAINLY WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THEY WILL BE ADDRESSING THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE, UM, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA GO TO COUNCILMAN VIRONS, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ECONOMIC WORKFORCE. ANYWAY, YOUR E W SS A, UH, COMMITTEE, AND I THINK YOUR COMMITTEE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS AS WELL, CORRECT. COUNCILMAN? YES. OKAY. DO YOU WANNA ? YES, REAL QUICK. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MICHAEL SINON. I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AS MENTIONED, UM, THROUGH THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT COUNCILMAN VIRON CHAIRS, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING SOME OF THE THINGS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE FINDINGS IN THIS REPORT, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO KIND OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AS YOU'VE SEEN, HIGHLIGHTED, HIGHLIGHTED IN HERE IS SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO TACKLE. AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM, I KNOW THAT ANOTHER PART THAT WE WERE SEEING, UM, WE'RE PILOTING A, UH, PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR SECOND CHANCE INITIATIVES AND THOSE THAT ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED BECAUSE THEY FALL WITHIN THIS HIGHER SPECTRUM OF POVERTY, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET JOBS THAT LIVE UP TO JUST THE BASIC MEANS OF LIVING AND WANTED TO KNOW, UM, THROUGH THE REPORT, HOW IS THAT GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY HANDLED CITYWIDE? UM, WE KNOW A LOT OF IT IS, IS PART OF A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AS WELL MM-HMM. . AND SO ARE WE TACKLING THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE WITH, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING CLINICS AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND, AND HOW THAT FALLS WITHIN THE PLANNING THAT WE'RE DOING? RIGHT. WELL, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATION CATEGORIES AND WHERE A NUMBER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LOCATED IS, UM, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATING ASSET BUILDING AND THAT SOCIAL SAFETY NET, AND THEN ALSO ENHANCING THAT SOCIAL SAFETY NET. AND THAT'S WHERE, TO SOME EXTENT, YOU WOULD SEE THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND THE, UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS SECOND CHANCE PEOPLE EXITING THE, UM, PRISON SYSTEM THAT NEED THAT BOOST IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR FREEDOM, UM, AND, AND BE ABLE TO WORK. AND THEN AGAIN, UM, YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THE WORKFORCE ISSUES AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S OR PEOPLE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ATTACHED TO THE WORKFORCE, ARE EMPLOYED TO THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO BE AND EARNING, UM, THE WAGES THEY NEED IN ORDER TO, UH, PAY THEIR BILLS AND, AND ACCUMULATE ASSETS AND, AND BE FINANCIALLY HEALTHY. AWESOME. AND THEN, UM, SORRY, MY LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE. UM, IT RELATES TO OUR SCHOOL AGE, UM, CHILDREN, THOSE THAT ARE GETTING READY TO TRANSITION OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL AND GOING TO COLLEGE, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE TAUGHT SO MUCH ACCORDING TO THE STAR AND NOT TAUGHT HOW TO PROPERLY PREPARE FINANCIALLY MM-HMM. , UM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REALLY HAVE FINANCIAL AID, GET STUDENT LOANS, UM, AND THEY GO INTO SCHOOL WITH DEBT AND THEN COME OUTTA SCHOOL WITH DEBT. SO IS THERE A PARTICULAR TOOL THAT [01:30:01] WILL BE PLACED OR, OR CURRICULUM OR, UM, A FOUNDATION THAT WILL GO INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ITSELF AND ASSIST THOSE STUDENTS WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO, TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR CREDIT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY CREDIT MEANS, AND SO THEY GET INTO THESE STUDENT LOANS AND THEN THEY GET INTO THE DEBT TRYING TO, TO BE SUFFICIENT, BUT FIND THEMSELVES, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE SCHOOL BECAUSE FINANCIALLY IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE. RIGHT. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY, UM, PART OF THIS PLAN IS GETTING THAT CURRICULUM, UH, DEVELOPED TO HELP THEM WITH THAT? IT, IT CERTAINLY CAN BE. UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT EXPANDING THE, UH, FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND, UH, FINANCIAL EDUCATION PIECE, YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD CERTAINLY BE, UM, A TARGET POPULATION FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, ALSO, WE HAVE, UM, EVEN TODAY CAFE COLLEGE THAT WORKS WITH STUDENTS, UM, AND THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY TO COLLEGE. ONE OF THEIR REQUIRED WORK WORKSHOPS TO GET THAT COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP IS A FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP THAT TALKS TO THEM ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY, UH, PAY THAT OFF AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR LOANS ARE IN GOOD STANDING. AND, AND THAT INVOLVES GOING OVER THE IMPACT OF, YOU KNOW, FAILING TO PAY THE LOANS BACK ON TIME AND, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH YOUR CREDIT. SO THAT, THAT IS GOING ON. UM, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING MORE THAN OTHERS, UM, BUT I, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT STRATEGY. OKAY. AND THEN, OKAY. WELL, I DO HAVE ONE MORE LAST QUESTION, . UM, SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, I, I GUESS, UH, MS. SOTO CAN ANSWER THIS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ABANDONED AND VACANT BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE, I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE PROJECT FOR THE ABANDONED AND VACANT HOMES, BUT DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO MAYBE THE OLD APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT HAS BEEN ABANDONED TO REHAB THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING, TURN IT INTO SOME FORM OF, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE OR, OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PIECE? HAVE WE LOOKED AT, AT OUR STOCK OF, UH, VACANT APARTMENTS? YOU WANNA TAKE THAT? NO. WELL, WE, WE ACTUALLY USE THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRY LIST THAT SHANNON MILLER'S OFFICE, UM, ADMINISTERS. AND IT LOOKS AT BOTH SINGLE FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. AND AS PROPERTIES, UM, COME ONLINE, WE DO LOOK AT IT FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND IF IT'S A CITY OWNED PROPERTY, WE DEFINITELY LOOK TO SEE WHAT THAT TRANSITIONAL USE CAN BE. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING THAT EFFORT TO WORK WITH CHURCHES AND OTHER NONPROFITS TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF LAND THEY HAVE AVAILABLE THAT MIGHT BE UNDERUTILIZED, OR WE COULD LOOK TO SEE IF WE COULD DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. UM, I THINK I MENTIONED AT A MEETING, WE DID A B SESSION, HOW WE DID A MISSION ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT. WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE COME TO THAT AND TELL US THAT THEY HAD LAND, THAT THEY WANTED TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THOSE TO THE PLANNING AND, UM, UM, LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE PROBABLY IN MARCH OR APRIL OF HOW WE NARROWED THAT GROUP DOWN. AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SMALL MASTER PLANS THAT'LL ULTIMATELY RESULT IN A USE THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR MISSION. SOME HAVE SAID WE WANT SENIOR HOUSING, SOME SAY WE LIKE, WE LIKE HOMELESS, UM, EFFORTS, OR SOME HAVE SAID WE LIKE VETERANS. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN LINE WITH OUR MISSION. AWESOME. THANK YOU. LORI. AND THEN TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, I KNOW SHE HAS A PROGRAM THAT IS ASSISTING, UM, FAMILIES GET THEIR DEEDS AND, AND HELP THEM WITH GETTING THOSE PROPER DOCUMENTS. ARE WE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT, UM, HOW A WILL, HOW TRUST GETTING YOUR DEEDED, ARE WE PUTTING THAT INTO PLACE FOR A LOT OF THE FAMILIES? BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS, UM, DON'T HAVE THAT, OR THEY'VE INHERITED A HOME AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINES, THE, THE PROCESS OF OF PAPERWORK IS, IS KIND OF MISPLACED. AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TACKLE THAT ISSUE SO THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE CITY AS WELL. RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WILLS AND SOME OF THOSE, UM, SIMPLE, UH, PROPERTY AND TITLE CLEARANCE, THAT WE DO HAVE A LEGAL SERVICES FUND. SO WE ARE FUNDING, UM, THE, UH, TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, AMERICAN GATEWAYS FOR, AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOR LEGAL, NOT, I'M SORRY, NOT CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN DO YOU WANNA EXPAND ON WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING? YEAH. UM, SO THE, WE HAVE A A D FIVE PILOT THAT HAS A RESOURCE CITYWIDE. UM, AND THAT PILOT SPECIFICALLY WAS ADDRESSING, UH, INHERITED HOUSES OR LEGACY HOUSES LEFT FOR THE FAMILY. SO WE HAVE RESOURCES IN OUR OFFICE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH U T S A, WHERE WE CAN DIRECT PEOPLE AND THEY TOO WILL, UH, HELP A FAMILY WORK THROUGH THOSE LEGAL ISSUES TO HAVE CLEAR TITLE. WE HAVE A RESOURCE BOOK THAT [01:35:01] CAME OUT OF THAT PILOT THAT WE CAN USE ANYWHERE, SO THAT FAMILIES KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT THE STEPS ARE SO THEY CAN RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES AND, AND CLEAR TITLES. THANK YOU. CAN WE ALSO PROVIDE, UM, WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT GO INTO OUR SENIOR CENTERS TO PROVIDE SENIORS WITH INFORMATION ON, ON GETTING THEIR WILLS PREPARED AND, AND SO THAT HOPEFULLY THEIR, THEIR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO, TO WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. AWESOME. THANK YOU, MELODY. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO, UM, GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW, I FAILED TO MENTION THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR ESSAY TOMORROW, SUB PLANS. UM, THIS COMMITTEE DOES PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THOSE PLANS BEFORE THEY GO TO COUNCIL. AND EACH OF THOSE SUB PLANS HAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT IN IT. AND SO AS WE BRING FORWARD THE PROPOSED LAND USE FOR THAT AREA, THAT'S BEEN DONE AFTER A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT. AND THEN, AND THAT IDENTIFIES, YOU KNOW, THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES, THE TYPES OF HOUSING, AND THAT REALLY SETS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT. AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION. AND SO WE ARE VERY COMPREHENSIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO THE SA TOMORROW SUB PLANS. AND IT INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU. SO, I, I JUST WANNA EXPAND ON COUNCIL WOMEN'S, UH, COMMENT ABOUT THE VACANT BUILDINGS MM-HMM. . AND SO I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A TOOL, BUT PERHAPS COULD THERE BE FURTHER INCENTIVE? YES. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK AS IT RELATES TO LIKE WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE MM-HMM. , UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE MORE VACANT THAN OTHERS. MM-HMM. , UH, AND SO COULD WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, AN AREA AND SAY WE'RE GONNA, I, I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE MM-HMM. , BUT INCENTIVIZE THE VACANT BUILDINGS, UM, SO THAT THEY GET ONLINE AND THEN ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO PERHAPS SOMEBODY TRANSITIONING. SO ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON WITH THIS REGISTRY. UM, AND IT MIGHT BE AN ITEM FOR THE RENTER'S COMMISSION ONCE IT'S, UM, UP AND RUNNING, BUT HOW DO WE INCENT BUILDINGS ON THE VACANT BUILDING REGISTRY TO MAYBE BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SO DO WE PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO THE OWNER TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN LEASE IT TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SO WE'RE EXPLORING ALL OF THAT AND WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN TINO? THANK YOU. CHAIR. UM, , AND I WOULD, I WOULD ECHO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS. MY, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, JUST MENTIONED, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE LAND TRUST, BUT I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES. MM-HMM. . 'CAUSE I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT TOOL, I THINK, AT LEAST MY UNDERSTANDING IS VETO. MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT THAT TOOL DOES SPEAK MORE TOWARDS REAL PROPERTY. MM-HMM. AND, AND THE ABATEMENT OF UP TO MAYBE 90%. MM-HMM. . YES. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING, UH, ON THAT ONE TO SEE WHAT THE APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES ARE. AND THAT IS, UM, DIRECT IMPACT TO THE PROPERTY TAXES, UH, FOR CERTAIN STANDARDS, CERTAIN AREAS. AND, UM, IT WOULD BE, UM, THE CITY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT FOR FIVE TO 10 YEARS, IT CAN EXTEND MORE THAN 10 YEARS. UM, IT ALSO IS A VERY DESIGNATED BOUNDARY. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CRITERIA IN PLACE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE LOOKING AT LEGACY HOMEOWNERS, SO FLIPPERS, UM, OR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BUY HOMES FROM FLIPPERS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY QUALIFY, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD QUALIFY. AND THAT, UH, WOULD BE, UM, SHORT TERM. UH, BUT IT WOULD BE REAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. NOT A LOT. 'CAUSE 20% OF THE CITY, UH, IS THE TOTAL TAX BILL, UH, BUT ENOUGH, UH, FOR SOME FAMILIES TO REMAIN IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT I THINK IT COULD POSSIBLY IMPACT, UM, RENTERS TOO. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YEAH. THERE, THERE IS THE OPTION AND OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT RENTERS AS WELL THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE. SO, YOU KNOW THAT, I'M SORRY, LLOYD, I DID WANNA ADD A, A CHALLENGE WITH THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE AS IT APPLIES TO THE, THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING IMPROVED. BUT AS AREAS, UM, EXPERIENCES CHANGE, WE'VE SEEN WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO ISN'T DOING ANY IMPROVEMENTS, THEIR TAXES GO UP. AND SO WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH, UM, THE, UM, I G R COMMITTEE. SO WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT LEDGE SESSION TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPAND THE POWERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE TO NOT ONLY JUST ADDRESS THAT PROPERTY THAT'S BEING IMPROVED, BUT THAT THE ENTIRE AREA THAT'S INCREASING IN TAXES BECAUSE OF JUST CHANGE. SO I WAS GONNA SAY THAT , , UM, YEAH, AND TO, TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION JUST EARLIER TODAY ABOUT RENTERS MM-HMM. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW A NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE REALLY HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THIS CITY. AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE THAT PART OF A LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE AS WE, WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE KINDS OF TOOLS THAT REALLY CAN HELP OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY THE INNER CITY. UH, THESE ARE AREAS THAT REALLY NEED IT BECAUSE THEY'RE ATTACHED AS YOU, LIKE, AS YOU SAID, TO THE STRUCTURES. AND THAT'S REALLY KEY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE SO THAT, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE. [01:40:01] UM, YOU KNOW, SO ANOTHER ANOTHER POINT I WOULD MAKE MELODY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THIS REPORT WE TALK ABOUT 54 4% SAN ANTONIO HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN, LIVING IN POVERTY ARE FEMALE. UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO, TO SEE HOW MANY ARE, ARE, ARE, UM, RENTERS? HOW MANY ARE SINGLE MOTHERS? MM-HMM. , UH, AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE ISSUE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE TACKLING HOME OWNERSHIP, AND I, AND I THINK IT'S A WORTHY CAUSE WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THERE. UH, AND, AND WE CAN, WE CAN TACKLE THE ISSUE OF HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT I, I REALLY WANT US TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUE SEEMS TO RESIDE. AND IN, IN YOUR STATS HERE, YOU DO TALK ABOUT, UH, 91%, UM, OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE COST BURDEN ARE RENTERS. MM-HMM. . UM, IT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS THING. AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE REPRESENT THESE FOLKS. UH, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW HAVING A COMMISSION THAT CAN, THEY CAN, UH, DISCUSS THESE KINDS OF ISSUES AND HELP SHAPE POLICY AS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE, UH, STRATEGIES ON, ON THIS REPORT OF POVERTY. UH, SO MELODY, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, QUITE A BIT. IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW MUCH YOU'VE, UH, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, UH, SORT OF RESIDING AMONGST, UH, SINGLE MOTHERS? SO THE 54% DOES REFER TO SINGLE MOTHERS. AND SO THE SINGLE MOTHER HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE DIS VERY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY POVERTY. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A HUGE ISSUE IN OUR HEAD START PROGRAM. I WOULD SAY 85% OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE ARE SINGLE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD PARENTS. POVERTY, UM, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WOMEN WHO ARE NOT IN A NO LONGER IN A TWO INCOME FAMILY, UH, EXPERIENCE. AND SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA GUESS PROBABLY 75% OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE DEPARTMENT-WIDE ARE, UM, SINGLE MOTHERS, UM, AND CHILDREN. AND THEIR CHILDREN. YEAH. WELL, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT MELODY. I, AS YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M A HEAD START KID. MM-HMM. , I'M ALSO A KID OF A SINGLE MOTHER. UM, YOU KNOW, I, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS I'VE EXPERIENCED MY WHOLE LIFE. UM, AND IN, IN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE FIND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLDING IN TO THE DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, THOSE FAMILIES MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, RENTERS. YES. UH, YOU KNOW, I, I MENTIONED THIS, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE, THE ROOF PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE ROOF PROGRAM ONLY EXISTS FOR HOMEOWNERS, BUT I REALLY WANT US TO EXPAND THIS TO RENTAL PROPERTIES. UM, AND I WANT US TO PUT PRESSURE ON EVERYBODY WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING US WITH THIS TO HELP. AND I'M CALLING OUT C P S, WE JUST APPROVED THE STEP PROGRAM, $70 MILLION, AND WE CAN CARVE OUT, UH, SOME DOLLARS TO HELP EXTEND THE PROGRAM, DOUBLE THE PROGRAM IN, IN, IN, IN MY OPINION. SO, UH, I HOPE WE CAN, WE CAN ESTABLISH THAT IN THIS, THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN CHIP AWAY AT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. SO WHEN I, WHEN I'M SEEING THIS REPORT, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. IT'S, IT'S SORT OF THIS VICIOUS CYCLE THAT IS VERY HARD FOR MOST PEOPLE TO SIMPLY GET OUT OF IT. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST PICKING YOURSELF UP AND, AND GETTING IT DONE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WE, WE STARTED THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM, WHICH WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER TODAY AS WELL. SO IT'S ALL THESE CREATIVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND, AND, UM, I HOPE WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, COUPLE THIS WITH THE NEED FOR RENTERS COMMISSION. WELL, AND THE ISSUES OF ECONOMIC SEGREGATION IS REALLY ONE OF THE REASONS WE LOOKED AT THE ASSET FUNDERS NETWORK REPORT AND LOOKED TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THOSE REALLY ARE THE STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP IMPROVE ECONOMIC MOBILITY, UM, FOR THE LOW INCOME FAMILIES. AND AGAIN, AND GOING BACK TO THE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE IS TALKING, UH, MAKING IT PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE EVICTION LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH EVERY, UM, EVERY JUDGE THAT I, THAT I WENT TO GO VISIT, WHETHER THEY WERE, UH, CONSERVATIVE OR PROGRESSIVE, ALL AGREED, THESE, THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE NOT COMPASSIONATE LAWS. THESE ARE, THESE ARE LAWS THAT NEED TO BE, UH, CHANGED AND ADDRESSED. AND I HOPE WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. [01:45:01] THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL. HEAR THAT. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MELODY FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, OR CHAIR GONZALEZ. AND THANK YOU, UH, COLLEEN AND LORI, EVERYONE. UM, I KNOW THE STATUS OF POVERTY REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE, CORRECT? MM-HMM. CORRECT ONLINE, AND I DO JUST WANT TO READ ONE, UH, PORTION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT WAS VERY, IT'S A VERY GOOD, UM, IT'S VERY GOOD INFORMATION. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT, AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S BEEN AMISS AND NOT RIGHT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I THINK WE HAVE, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK WE HAVE SEEN SOME CHANGES, UM, POSITIVE CHANGES. THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE CENSUS DATA OF LAST YEAR, BUT I THINK IT IS, IT IS COMING AND WE ARE CHANGING, UH, A TIDE, CHANGING, UH, CHANGING THIS RIGHT NOW. BUT IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS IT SAYS IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE YOU LIVE MATTERS AND HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT ON YOUR HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SERVES AS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN CHALLENGING THE INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES THAT PERPETUATE POVERTY AND EQUALITY ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT HAD TO GET IT, IT HAD ME THINKING AND REMEMBERING WHY WE HAVE OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY AS WELL. IT IS TO CHANGE AND TO REFORM THOSE SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL, UM, LINES THAT PERPETUATE POVERTY, RACISM, SEXISM, ET CETERA. AND FOR US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND KNOWING WHERE OUR, OUR FOUNDATION AND OUR GROUNDWORK IS, THIS IS HELPING US MAKE THOSE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO, YEAH, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THIS, BUT IF WE DON'T HEAR THIS AND LOOK AT OURSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND SAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? THEN IT'S, NOTHING'S GOING TO GET TO HAPPEN. AND WE WILL JUST CONTINUE THIS CYCLE THAT IS HAPPENING IN SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES. OR ELSE WE WILL JUST DO ONE BANDAID HERE, ONE BANDAID THERE, AND ANOTHER BANDAID THERE. THAT IS WHY THIS WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK IS ABSOLUTELY AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO. AND ALL OF THESE AREAS, KEY DATA FINDINGS, THE OVERVIEW VIEW, EMPLOYMENT INCOME AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, WEALTH ASSETS, FINANCIAL HEALTH, BUSINESS OWNERSHIP, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS ALL INCREDIBLY KEY. AND I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS OPENLY, UM, PUBLICLY. THAT'S WHY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M, I'M SAYING THESE, THE MAKING THESE COMMENTS NOW. AND IT'S ALSO TO REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND THE ECONOMIC SEGREGATION THAT HAS HAPPENED, THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN OUR CITY FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE REDLINING, BECAUSE OF THE BEFORE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, ALL OF THIS THAT HAS HAPPENED AND THE RACISM AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS, AND THE RACISM, NOT JUST OF THE, UM, LOCALLY BUT FEDERALLY AS WELL, THAT ECONOMIC MOBILITY, UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY OCCURS WHEN CHILDREN HAVE A HIGHER INCOME RANK AS ADULTS THAN THEIR PARENTS DID. AND WE KNOW, UM, THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES OVERALL EITHER. BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN SAN ANTONIO? AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE, UM, BEING AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS. I'M VERY HAPPY THAT COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ DIDN'T WANNA WAIT FOR A B SESSION. SHE'S LIKE, YEAH, LET'S GO. LET'S DO THIS. AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT AND GET THE BALL MOVING AND WE'RE ALREADY DOING GREAT WORK WITH THE ASSESS OF WOMEN REPORT AND TO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER. RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO YOU, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR YOU ALL MOVING FORWARD AND LOOKING AT THESE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, POTENTIAL POLICY, UM, AREAS TO ADDRESS. I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, AREA NUMBER FOUR TO EXAMINE THE USE OF TARGETED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR LOWER INCOME HOMEOWNERS. I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO SEE OUR, UM, OUR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL, WHAT ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT, WHAT ARE MORE CREATIVE COMBINATIONS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT? AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT. 'CAUSE THE MORE WE LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND WHAT HAPPEN WITH TRANSPORTATION, THE MORE WE LOOK AT OUR CONTINUED BOND IMPROVEMENTS THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT INTO OUR AREAS. UM, I'M SO PROUD OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY [01:50:01] AND IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND, AND THE EAST SIDE AND THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AND THE, AND THE WEST SIDE BECAUSE IT'S LONG OVERDUE. BUT NOW WE ARE LIVING WITH, UM, THE GREATNESS THAT WE NOW HAVE, THE AMENITIES THAT WE NOW HAVE AND THE APPRAISALS THAT ARE GOING ON NEXT DOOR TO US THAT IS GOING, IS STARTING TO BE A BURDEN LIKE YOU MENTIONED ALREADY. SO WE NEED TO START REALLY LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS AND LOOKING AT GREAT WAYS AND WHERE WE CAN BE, UM, HA HAVING THIS RELIEF FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS AND OUR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR DATA AND THE ADDITIONAL SENIOR HOUSING. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SO THIS IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, CREATION OF ADDITIONAL SENIOR HOUSING AND THE HOUSING STOCK AND THE HOME OWNERSHIP OR THOSE THAT HAVE THE HOMES, WHAT DO WE HAVE THE DATA ALSO BROKEN DOWN INTO AGE BRACKETS AS WELL? WE DO, YES. OKAY. FOR THE, THE, UH, GAP, THE HOUSING GAP. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO, AND I KNOW, I THINK YOU HAVE THE, THE DATA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PIPELINE OF AFFORDABLE COMING UP AND YOU HAVE THE PIPELINE ALSO THAT IDENTIFIES THE SENIOR HOUSING THAT WE'RE NEEDING. YES. SO IF WE HAVE THAT, AND MAYBE IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS OTHER AREA AS OTHER AREAS, LET'S TRY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, ESPECIALLY NOT NECESSARILY THAT IT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING TOO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH T D H C A AND OTHERS IN ORDER TO GET THAT, UM, TAX CREDITS AND THOSE HOUSING THAT WE NEED TO GET FOR OUR SENIOR HOUSING. SO IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY CAN AGE IN PLACE IN THE COMMUNITIES AND THE CHURCHES AND THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT THEY WANT TO STAY IN. THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SEE MOVING FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND TO ADDRESS HOUSING INSECURITY, UM, I THINK YES, WE NEED TO TAKE A, A LOOK AT THAT, UM, BECAUSE, UM, FOR, FOR MANY REASONS, AND I THINK IT IS EVERY DAY. I KNOW, I KNOW, UM, MELODY, YOUR TEAM IS WORKING WITH SOMEBODY, A FAMILY IN DISTRICT THREE THAT IS UNDERGOING, UH, A VERY SCARY AND SERIOUS, UM, SITUATION RIGHT NOW. UH, SINGLE MOM WITH KIDS MM-HMM. . AND WE, SHE DOESN'T HAVE A JOB. SO WHAT CAN WE DO IN, AND IT'S ALL INTERCONNECTED. EVERYTHING WE ARE, WE'RE DEALING WITH IS INTERCONNECTED AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO CONTINUE TO CONNECT ALL THE, THE DOTS? AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE OUT ALL OF OUR SILOS AND EVERYONE'S SAYING THAT, STAY IN YOUR LANE. NO, THIS WHOLE THING IS OUR LANE. THIS WHOLE CITY IS PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO. RIGHT. UM, SO THAT AND CONTINUALLY, UM, BUILDING AND EXPANDING ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN AND IS DOING IN THE PILOT IN D FIVE WITH THE WILLS, THE CLEAR TITLES, UH, THE LAND TRANSFERS IF NEEDED. WE NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT GETS SO CONFUSING AND IT IS NOT EASY WHATSOEVER. SO WE NEED, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS A LOT OF HANDHOLDING IN THAT. ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND I, I DO WANNA APPLAUD, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE COUNTY CLERK, SHE HAS GONE OUT AND SHE HAS HER MOBILE COUNTY CLERK UNIT THAT'S GOING OUT AND HELPING BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR IN THE CONVERSATION. WE NEED TO HAVE THE COUNTY CLERK IN ON THIS CONVERSATION. 'CAUSE WE KNOW THE CITY CAN'T DO IT ALONE. 'CAUSE EVERYTHING IS ALSO RECORDED IN THE COUNTY. SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT A, IF AFFIDAVITS HAVE TO BE, UM, PUT TOGETHER, ET CETERA, THIS IS A LOT AND IT GETS CONFUSING AND WE NEED TO TAKE DOWN ALL OF THOSE BARRIERS MM-HMM. FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN HAVE THAT. 'CAUSE THEN, 'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEN HOW ARE YOU GONNA BUILD YOUR WEALTH? HOW ARE YOU GONNA HAVE YOUR FINANCIAL ASSETS? SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. UM, ANYHOW, UH, I THINK THOSE THREE ARE THE ONES THAT I WANT TO ABSOLUTELY TAKE AS PRIORITY, UH, FOR MYSELF. I WILL SAY FOR THE, THE, THE HOUSING AND THE, THE RAPID REHOUSING, UM, I KNOW IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE IN DC LAST WEEK. WE HAD A MEETING, UH, WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT DEALS WITH HOMELESSNESS AND LOOKING AT THEIR FEDERAL POLICIES. AND I KNOW THAT HUD IS LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF THEIR POLICY CHANGES AND THEY HAD SOME DATA THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT. UM, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT N L C WAS THERE WITH ME AT THAT MEETING BECAUSE [01:55:01] IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOCAL CONTROL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND LOOK AT VERY SERIOUSLY IF AND WHEN IT MOVES FORWARD. UM, WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, JOHN, DID YOU HAVE ANY THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND UM, I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS 'CAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE HIT HOME RUN WITH WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE OTHER COMMITTEES YOU WERE BRINGING US FORWARD TO. TO ME, THE, THE THREE MAIN ISSUES ARE, ARE GONNA BE EDUCATION AND HOUSING AND ASSET BUILDING, THE FINANCIAL ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE, EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO RUN OFF OF THOSE OR CRISSCROSS WITH THOSE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND SO I'VE, I'VE HEARD SOME VERY GOOD IDEAS ON WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING AT. WE'VE ALREADY UNDERTAKEN A FEW GOOD IDEAS. MM-HMM. , UH, YES. WE HAVE PRE-K FOR SA AND YES, WE HAVE CAFE COLLEGE, SO WE HELP KIDS GOING INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE HELP KIDS COMING OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE MORE WE CAN DO FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS? UH, AND, AND THEN I, I THINK WE'RE, WE JUST LOOKED AT, UH, GIVING EVERYBODY A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. IT WAS A SMALL INITIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, BUT IT, IT KEPT THEIR TAXES FROM GOING UP. AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE PROVIDING A GROWTH IN THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO PROTECT THE VALUE OF THEIR HOME AND NOT HAVE TO PAY HIGHER TAXES. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. WE CAN, UM, RAISE THE EXEMPTION FROM THE AMOUNT IT IS NOW. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, INC INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE EXEMPTIONS HIGHER 'CAUSE THE VALUES OF HOMES ARE GOING HIGHER. UH, SO THERE'S, I THINK A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN WORK ON THERE. AND THEN ALSO I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UM, WHAT THE, UH, LIVABLE WAGE IS IN SAN ANTONIO. AND IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ACROSS THE BOARD. LIVABLE WAGE MAY BE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING THAN IT MIGHT BE IN, UM, TECHNOLOGY. I'M NOT SURE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT IS THE LIVABLE WAGE. UH, I KNOW THE CITY IS PROVIDING $15 AN HOUR AT LEAST. AND I THINK SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS, WELL, IF WE CAN DO IT, WHY CAN'T ANYBODY WHO DOES BUSINESS WITH THE CITY WHO WANTS CITY BUSINESS, WHY CAN'T THEY PAY $15 AN HOUR? HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD THAT RAISE THE INCOME FROM AND MAYBE GET THEM OUT OF POVERTY IF THOSE COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS WE'RE PAYING THE SAME AS AS WE DO. RIGHT. UH, AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT DOES THAT DO IN THE COST OF THE SERVICES THEY'RE PROVIDING. I RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY, IF, IF THERE'S ASSET BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE TO HELP PEOPLE LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, THAT MEANS MONEY IN THEIR POCKET. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE, WE NEED TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO. RIGHT. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SOURCES, UM, ESTIMATES OF LIVABLE WAGE, UM, FOR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE CAN LOOK IN PROVIDING THAT BACK. IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 18 AND $22, I THINK IS WHAT I RECALL. SO ADD BACK TO COUNCILMAN SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UM, ONE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS FOR THE FOOD INSECURITY, I KNOW WE ARE, ARE THERE IS A PLAN TO LOOK AT FLOODPLAIN AREAS AS COMMUNITY GARDENS TO PRODUCE KIND OF LIKE THE FRESHER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO, TO SPEAK ON HOW THAT THAT PLAN IS BEING LAID OUT OR WHAT AREAS WE ARE LOOKING AT AS OF NOW TO, TO KIND OF MAKE THAT STEP? I'M NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF IT. WE, WE WILL FIND OUT. WE'LL FOLLOW. I'LL FOLLOW UP. WE'LL FOLLOW UP. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST, UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR HANGING IN THERE. WE'RE, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A, UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I JUST, UH, WANT TO, UH, JUST GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DR. BRIDGER AND ALL OF THE TEAM FOR WORKING ON THIS. I'M VERY PROUD AND I KNOW SHE IS TOO. THIS IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT. THIS WAS DONE BY OUR CITY STAFF, BY OUR CITY TEAM COMING TOGETHER TO PRODUCE THIS DOCUMENT. AND I THINK IT MAKES IT VERY SPECIAL. 'CAUSE WE DID NOT GIVE THIS ONE TO A CONSULTANT. IT WAS OUR TEAM WITH THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE WORKING WITHIN OUR OWN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEPARATE THIS INTO COMMITTEES THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WILL FIND A PRIORITY SO THAT WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO OUR BUDGET TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY. I FEEL LIKE, UM, THIS IS A, A REALLY EFFECTIVE AND ALSO, UM, IMMEDIATE AND, AND, UH, MY HOPE MORE IMPACTFUL, UH, WAY TO, TO TAKE ON AN ISSUE. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT, UM, PARTICIPATED AND, AND IS REALLY EAGER TO SEE THIS FORWARD BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED IT WOULD NOT BE TAKEN WELL GIVEN THE, UM, SORT OF SERIOUSNESS AND, AND, UM, UH, I DON'T SORT OF DEPRESSING [02:00:01] STATE, BUT I THINK ONCE THE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED, WE COULD NOT TURN OUR BACKS ON IT. AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE GRATEFUL, UH, AT THE END OF IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. BRIDGER, FOR, FOR UM, WORKING, UH, EVERYBODY SO QUICKLY. 'CAUSE IT WAS ALSO FAST. UM, AND, AND GETTING IT PRESENTED AND THE, THE, UH, QUOTES THAT COUNCILMAN VIE GRAND READ WERE STRAIGHT, UH, FROM THE CITY STAFFS, UH, AND THEIR TEAM'S RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HOW THIS BREAKS OUT AND ALL THE COMMITTEES. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU EVERYBODY. * 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.