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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 20TH, 2020.
COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
THE TIME IS 9:26 AM WE'LL BEGIN TODAY WITH AN INVOCATION
[1. Invocation]
GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER REBECCA VRAN.IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE DR.
SHE'S A MEMBER OF SANTA FE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
REYES BARENT WAS FIRST LOOKING TO MOVE TO SAN ANTONIO.
SHE AND HER FAMILY WANTED A PLACE TO CALL HOME IN WHICH THEY COULD IDENTIFY WITH.
UPON MOVING TO SAN ANTONIO, THEY CHOSE THE NEW KENNEDY APARTMENTS IN THE SOUTH SIDE, LOCATED ON THE BROOKS CAMPUS IN DISTRICT THREE.
SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE PURCHASED A HOME IN THE DISTRICT NEAR THE BROOKS CAMPUS AND ARE COMMITTED TO THE SOUTH SIDE.
SHE'S AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AT TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO.
SHE EARNED HER PHD IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY AND ALSO HOLDS A MASTER'S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM DUKE.
RES BARRAS ALSO HOLDS A BA IN SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES AND AN MA IN SPANISH FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.
REYES BARAS IS A FELLOW AT THE JG TOWER CENTER FOR POLITICAL STUDIES AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
AND SHE HAS PUBLISHED IN ACADEMIC JOURNAL POLITICS GROUPS AND IDENTITIES.
AND ON THE ONLINE FORUM, BAPTIST NEWS GLOBAL.
REYES ES IS A PROUD CHILD OF THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDERLANDS.
AND SHE'S A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE FROM A MEXICAN WORKING CLASS IMMIGRANT FAMILY.
AND SHE CALLS LAREDO, TEXAS HOME.
REYES ENTENTES ALSO SERVES ON THE BOARD OF BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AS MY DISTRICT THREE APPOINTEE.
SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE, UM, FRIEND, MOTHER, AND ADVOCATE.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
AND THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG FOR THIS INVITATION.
UM, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK FOR DISTRICT THREE.
ALRIGHT, UM, DIVINE, PRAY WITH ME, DIVINE MOTHER.
WE COME TO YOU TODAY TO ASK THAT YOU GUIDE THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IN THEIR PURSUIT OF ALL THAT IS GOOD FOR THE BEAUTIFUL
GRANT, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THE DESIRE TO FOLLOW YOU.
THAT IN ALL OF THEIR ENDEAVORS, THEY MIGHT SEEK JUSTICE, LOVE, MERCY.
AND WHILE HUMBLY ALONGSIDE YOU, BLESS THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL WITH WISDOM THAT EVERY VOTE THEY TAKE WOULD BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR HOLY WILL FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR PEOPLE.
KEEP THE LEADERS OF OUR CITY FROM THE TEMPTATION TO HOARD POWER AND ACCUMULATE EXCESS WEALTH.
INSTEAD, CONVICT THEM TO ADVOCATE FIERCELY FOR THE LEAST OF THESE, THE POOR, THE UNDOCUMENTED, THE INCARCERATED, THE DETAINED, THE INFIRM, THE ORPHANED, THE
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ABUSED.AND TO OPENLY AFFIRM THE HUMANITY OF ALL PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES.
WE PRAY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE SO INVESTED IN THEIR CONSTITUENCIES THAT THEY WOULD KNOW THE HOMELESS PEOPLE OF THEIR DISTRICT BY NAME.
GRANT OUR LEADERS THE WILL TO INVEST IN AND VALUE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE WHO, IN TERMS OF PRESTIGE AND POWER, HAVE LITTLE TO OFFER IN THEIR RESOLUTION.
TO CREATE AND ENFORCE POLICIES THAT ERADICATE POVERTY AND VIOLENCE IN ALL ITS FORMS FROM OUR BELOVED CITY.
AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND PUBLIC RESOURCES SUCH AS OUR LIBRARIES AND PARKS.
WE PRAY FOR AN END TO WHITE SUPREMACIST PATRIARCHY, AND WE ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FOR OUR ANCESTORS'.
COMPLICITY IN THE EVILS OF COLONIZATION IN SAN ANTONIO, NAMELY ENSLAVED, NAMELY, ENSLAVEMENT, GENOCIDE, AND LAND THEFT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE STAND TODAY ON THE SACRED LAND OF THE AWA.
FORGIVE US FOR THE SINS WE HAVE COMMITTED AGAINST THEM, AND HELP US TO WORK TOWARD ATONEMENT, SANCTIFY OUR HEARTS THAT WE MIGHT BE WILLING TO RENOUNCE OUR PRIVILEGES SO AS NOT TO BE COMPLICIT IN THE OPPRESSION OF PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRIVILEGES HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY DENIED.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR THE GIFT OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
TEACH US TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY ALL YEAR LONG, NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT OR A ADDENDUM, BUT A CENTRAL TO OUR COLLECTIVE STRUGGLE.
SOJOURNER TRUTH AND JINA LEE OVERWHELM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH UNWAVERING FAITH, UNEXPECTED RESILIENCE, LOVE IN ABUNDANCE, AND PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
WE CALL UPON YOU TO DELIVER EVERLASTING PEACE AND PROSPERITY TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND NOW MOTHER, I PRAY A FRANCISCAN BENEDICTION OVER THE COUNCIL.
MAY YOU BLESS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH DISCOMFORT AT EASY ANSWERS.
HAVE TRUTHS AND SUPERFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT THEY MAY LIVE DEEP WITHIN THEIR HEARTS.
MAY YOU BLESS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH ANGER AT INJUSTICE, OPPRESSION, AND EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MAY WORK FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND PEACE.
MAY YOU BLESS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH TEARS TO SHED FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM PAIN, REJECTION, STARVATION, AND WAR, SO THAT THEY MAY REACH OUT THEIR HANDS TO COMFORT THEM AND TURN THEIR PAIN INTO JOY.
AND MAY YOU BLESS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH ENOUGH FOOLISHNESS TO BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SO THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT OTHERS CLAIM CANNOT BE DONE.
FOR ALL THIS, WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER, THE FRUIT OF HER WOMB AND THE FEMINIST SPIRIT.
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA AND NATION IN LIBERTY, JUSTICE.[3. Approval of Minutes for the Regular City Council Meeting of January 16, 2020, the Special City Council Meeting of January 21, 2020, and the Regular City Council Meeting of January 29, 2020]
ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 16TH, 21ST AND 29TH.THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MIGHT NEED A REBOOT ON A COUPLE OF THESE MACHINES.
UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR BUSINESS AGENDA, I'LL START, I'LL START BY CALLING ON COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA.
AS CHAIRWOMAN OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT ON ITS RECENT AWARD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT'S EDUCATION CENTER FOR ITS TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES PROJECT.
THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW IN A ROW.
THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS AWARD.
TO GIVE A FEW REMARKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO ASK A MUNICIPAL COURT, OUR NEW MUNICIPAL COURT PRESIDING JUDGE, UH, CARLO EVA, TO GIVE A FEW REMARKS, PLEASE.
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THANK YOU.COUNCILMAN HDA, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, AND CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, WE RECEIVED WORD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT'S EDUCATION CENTER THAT THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT'S ENTRY INTO THE HIGH VOLUME CATEGORY OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES PROJECT HAD WON AND WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AT THE 2020 TRAFFIC SAFETY CONFERENCE IN AUSTIN ON APRIL 7TH.
SO WE WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON APRIL 7TH AT THAT CONFERENCE.
I WANNA THANK FRED GARCIA AND HIS TEAM OF DEDICATED STAFF WHO COORDINATED EVENTS AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, AND TOOK THE TIME TO APPLY FOR THIS AWARD TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF MUNICIPAL COURT STAFF, ALL MUNICIPAL COURT STAFF, AND ALL THE JUDGES TO PREVENT IMPAIRED DRIVING AND PROMOTE TRAFFIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AT MUNICIPAL COURT AND OUR PASSIONATE DEDICATION TO OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND ESPECI, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, WE'RE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR COURT BEING RECOGNIZED AS A BEST PRACTICE COURT.
UM, EARLY LAST YEAR, THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY TO ESTABLISH A TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM THAT WOULD INCLUDE OUTREACH TO OUR EVERYDAY PUBLIC SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OUR STAFF.
ALTHOUGH WE SEIZED OPPORTUNITIES TO MAXIMIZE AWARENESS DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND NATIONAL AND, UH, NATIONAL AND STATE AWARENESS DATES, WE BELIEVE IT WAS THROUGH OUR CONTINUOUS SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL, OUR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND COLLABORATION WITH STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL NONPROFITS, AND OTHER CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENTS THAT HELPED TO WIN THE AWARD.
WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE AWARD TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
WE WON THIS YEAR UNDER THE HIGH VOLUME COURT CATEGORY, AND WE ASPIRE TO IMPROVE ON WHAT WE HAVE BUILT IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENTS, STATE AGENCIES, AND LOCAL NONPROFITS IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARENESS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER GABRIEL VARDA FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND I ALSO WANNA CONGRATULATE THE WHOLE TEAM AT, AT MUNICIPAL COURT FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY IS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I, I THINK A MEMBER, A NUMBER OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK ZY IF HE'S HERE TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
RAZZY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I WANNA THANK THE WHOLE T C I STAFF.
UM, YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA, UH, FOR ONE OF OUR MOST DETERIORATED ROADS OFF OF THE NORTHEAST SIDE.
AND SO I WOULD WANTED TO DO A SPECIAL, UM, PRESENTATION WHEN WE HAVE A MOMENT SO YOU CAN JUST PUT OUT THERE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, WE KNOW RIMAN ROAD IS ONE OF THE ROADS THAT H U V, UM, DISTRIBUTION AND WAREHOUSE HAS KIND OF TORN UP A AMONG THE YEARS.
AND TO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOW COMING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT TRULY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR MANY YEARS, WIN, WIN, WIN, AND NOW WE CAN GIVE THEM AN ANSWER.
AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WE PUSH FORWARD THE SAFETY AND THE UPKEEP OF OUR ROADS AND STREETS.
AND SO, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A MOMENT TO, UH, WHEN WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ROSIE BACK UP TO DO THE FULL PRESENTATION OF WHAT THIS TRULY MEANS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD REPAIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN AND, AND RAZZI, WE'LL CALL YOU UP WHEN, UH, WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UM, WELL, I'LL TAKE THIS MOMENT NOW TO TO OFFER A, UH, MY OWN COMMENTS AND I THINK, UH, SOME OTHERS WILL WANT TO CHIME IN AS WELL.
UH, IT IS WITH, UM, A BIT OF A HEAVY HEART THAT WE ARE ANNOUNCING THAT SAN ANTONIO CITY CLERK, LETICIA VASIC, WILL RETIRE ON MARCH 6TH, 2020.
AFTER SERVING CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS ITS CLERK FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS, LETICIA HOLDS AN ASSOCIATES FROM SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE, A BACHELOR IN MA MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD.
SHE WAS APPOINTED FIRST BY MAYOR ED GARZA AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE OF 2004.
SINCE HER APPOINTMENT, SHE SERVED FIVE MAYORS, OVERSAW ELECTIONS FOR NINE COUNCIL TERMS, AND SERVES AT THE PLEASURE OF 101 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SEVERAL OF WHOM WERE REELECTED.
DURING HER TI TENURE WITH SAN ANTONIO.
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CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SIGNED OVER 17,000 OFFICIAL SETS OF MINUTES, ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.SHE'S BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OVER $9.2 MILLION OF OPERATING REVENUE BUDGET DURING ELECTION YEARS.
SPREAD OVER THE VITAL RECORDS DIVISION, PASSPORT DIVISION, ARCHIVES, DIVISION, RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, AND LEGISLATIVE DIVISIONS.
SHE'S PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE IMPLEMENTING THE CITY'S PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITY, OF WHICH WE ARE PROUD OF HER, AND THAT HAS GENERATED OVER $5 MILLION IN REVENUES TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, WHICH WILL CONTINUE AT A REVENUE RATE OF A MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, LETICIA HAS BEEN AN INNOVATOR AND A LEADER IN THE INDUSTRY FOR CITY CLERKS NATIONWIDE, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER TENURE.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, LETICIA, I WANTED TO OFFER YOU THIS OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO LETICIA M VASIC IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR 16 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE AS A CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
OVER THE YEARS, YOU HAVE SERVED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FIVE MAYORS AND MANAGED THE OPERATIONS OF THOSE SAID DIVISIONS.
AND YOUR EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF OUR COMMENDATION.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PROUD TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON A JOB WELL DONE.
MAY YOUR RETIREMENT OPEN UP NEW VISTAS WITH NEW CHALLENGES, NEW INTERESTS, AND ABOVE ALL, CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
CONGRATULATIONS, LETICIA, YOU.
WE'LL HAVE THE WHOLE COUNCIL COME DOWN, TAKE A PICTURE.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE AT THE PODIUM.
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I WANNA GET A PICTURE.OH, YOU WANT A PICTURE? ABSOLUTELY.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THIS, UH, WONDERFUL CERTIFICATE AND FOR MY TIME HERE, IT JUST SEEMS THAT EVERY TIME I SAW PEOPLE RETIRING, I WAS SITTING OVER THERE AND I JUST NEVER THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS DAY WOULD COME FOR ME, BUT IT'S HERE.
AND, UM, I'M GLAD THAT, UH, NOW I'M ON THIS SIDE, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WON'T MISS.
I WON'T MISS THE, THE TEMPERATURE IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS
TODAY IS THE EXCEPTION TODAY, IT'S ACTUALLY WARM, BUT I WON'T MISS THAT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I WILL MISS, INCLUDING ALL OF YOU.
AND, UM, I JUST FEEL AFTER SO MANY YEARS, WE BECOME VERY CLOSE AND IT'S ALMOST FAMILY, AND I GUESS IT IS TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, UM, 60% OF OUR TIME WE SPEND IN THIS, IN THIS BUILDING WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND, AND YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE FUN IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH.
AND SO I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA LET THIS GET ME DOWN.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING, UH, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE.
AND, UM, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, MAYBE SEEING Y'ALL AGAIN IN ANOTHER, IN ANOTHER, UH, PLACE OR ANOTHER POSITION OR ANOTHER TIME, UM, ONCE I DECIDE TO REALLY, REALLY RETIRE
SO I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.
I KNOW EVERY TIME I'VE SAT THERE AND I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK UP HERE, I, I'M ALWAYS HOPEFUL THAT THEY DON'T TAKE SO LONG.
SO,
AND I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU, ERIC, ANDY, UH, OF COURSE, ALL OF THE E L T, UH, OF COURSE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MY STAFF THAT IS HERE, SOME OF THEM, WOULD YOU STAND STAFF, UH, THESE ARE, AND TINA, TINA STAND UP.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE STAFF.
OF COURSE, ALL OF THEM COULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE WE DO MAN, UH, SEVERAL SERVICE OFFICES OVER ON SEVEN 19 SOUTH SANTA ROSA, WHERE, BY THE WAY, YESTERDAY, THANK YOU FOR STANDING.
UM, BY THE WAY, YESTERDAY, THEY ISSUED OVER 550 BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES.
SO IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE IF WE CLOSED THAT OFFICE DOWN FOR THEM TO COME HERE, AND THE CUSTOMERS WOULD BE A LITTLE UPSET.
SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU TO THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO.
THANK YOU TO OUR PASSPORT AGENTS FOR WHAT THEY DO, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINE DAY TO DAY.
AND I JUST NEED TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
I ALSO WANNA THANK THE, UM, THE CUSTODIANS.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO NICE TO ME WHEREVER YOU ARE.
UM, EVERY MORNING WHEN I SEE THEM, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A BIG SMILE ON THEIR FACE, AND I WONDER WHY THEY'RE SMILING ALL THE TIME.
BUT THEY ALSO, UM, MEAN A LOT TO ME.
UM, THE SECURITY GUARDS ARE ALWAYS SO WONDERFUL, UM, AND HAVE BEEN, AND ALWAYS HAVE LOOKED OUT FOR OUR SAFETY AS WELL AS OUR UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU ARE IN THIS ROOM.
UM, AND OF COURSE, UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE MAYOR STAFF.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, ON THE STAFF THERE.
AND Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB, AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY.
A LETICIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS.
UM, WE ARE GONNA MISS YOU, UH, FOR THE RECORD.
YOUR CAREER HAS BEEN, UH, OUTSTANDING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND FOR SO MANY PEOPLE,
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UH, YOU'VE TOUCHED THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR TENURE HERE TOGETHER.UH, I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM MY FATHER WHO QUITE OFTEN CALLS YOU AS WE SEND IN THOSE REPORTS EVERY QUARTER.
UH, HE ALSO HAS ENJOYED YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR CONGENIALITY OVER THE PHONE.
UH, YOU ARE A GOOD, UH, FACE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UH, HAD BEEN SINCE YOU STARTED.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, LETICIA, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE DOORS DURING THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS WITH NO CLUE ON WHAT I WAS DOING, I JUST KNEW THAT IT WAS A MISSION THAT I WAS CALLED TO DO.
AND YOU GUIDED ME AND WALKED ME THROUGH A PROCESS THAT I SAT IN YOUR OFFICE FOR THREE AND A HALF HOURS TO DO ALONE WITH YOUR DEDICATED STAFF WHO WAS VERY KIND TO SAY, PRINT IT OUT.
AND FROM THAT DAY, YOU HAVE ALWAYS, ALWAYS HAD OUR BACKS.
FROM CAMPAIGN REPORTS TO ETHICS CHARGES, YOU ALWAYS HAD OUR BACK.
YOU GUIDED US LIKE A MOTHER GUIDING A CHILD.
YOU'VE BEEN A SUPPORT TO US, AND YOU'VE BEEN ONE OF THE STRONGEST ROCKS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I THANK YOU AND I ASK GOD TO CONTINUOUSLY BLESS YOUR LIFE, YOUR FAMILY'S LIFE, AND YOUR JOURNEY THAT YOU ARE HEADED INTO.
YOU ARE A SHINING STAR, AND WE WILL TRULY HAVE A SPARKLE THAT WE WILL MISS HERE IN THIS CHAMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, LETICIA, EXCEPT, UH, I HATE TO SEE YOU GO.
UH, I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
I FELT LIKE YOU WERE A GREAT PROFESSIONAL IN EVERYTHING THAT, UH, WE WORKED ON TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, MY WIFE'S GONNA MISS YOU TOO, BECAUSE SHE USED TO CALL YOU ALL THE TIME AROUND REPORT TIME.
WHAT DO I DO TO TURN IN THIS REPORT? YOU WERE SO HELPFUL.
UH, I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN OPERATING YOUR DEPARTMENT AND SERVING THE ENTIRE CITY, AND OF COURSE, ALL OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN THE NEXT PHASE IN YOUR CAREER.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE SEE YOU AROUND SOME MORE, UH, AND THAT, UH, WE ALWAYS MAINTAIN THAT CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SO LONG.
UM, I, LETICIA, I'M SO SORRY TO SEE YOU GO.
I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD'VE STAYED, UH, FOR MY OWN, UM, PERSONAL REASONS, AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF LONGER, UM, BECAUSE, UH, OF ALL YOUR PERSONAL ATTENTION, UH, TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND, UM, REALLY GUIDING US, UH, ALONG WHAT CAN BE VERY UNCERTAIN TIMES, ESPECIALLY AS WE WERE CHANGING, FILING DEADLINES, UH, AND AS WE ARE JUST NAVIGATING THROUGH NEW SYSTEMS. AND I, I FEEL LIKE YOU WERE, UM, HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A, A WONDERFUL, CONFIDENT AND, AND TRULY ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET.
UM, I WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR LIFE.
I KNOW THAT, UM, RETIREMENT WAS IN YOUR FUTURE, BUT I THINK NOT QUITE AS URGENT AS YOU HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE US.
SO I KNOW YOU STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORKING YEARS, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, YOU'RE ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING WOMEN, UH, THAT I'VE EVER MET.
AND AS LATINAS AND AS MOTHERS, UH, WE, WE PUT A LOT OF OF EFFORT INTO OUR WORK DAY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU SPEND, UH, ALL OF YOUR TIME HERE WORKING VERY HARD, UH, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US AND, AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE WHOLE CITY.
SO YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
AND, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE PUT OUR NAMES ON THE BALLOT, UM, WHETHER YOU GET THE POSITION OR NOT, UH, THE VERY FIRST INTERACTION WITH CITY GOVERNMENT IS WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WHEN WE GET SWORN IN.
AND I CAN REMEMBER THAT VERY FIRST DAY COMING AND, AND COMING WITH MY MOM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING MY NAME AND RAISING MY RIGHT HAND AND GETTING SWORN IN, AND IT, IT IS, UM, WAS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR ME, UH, AS I SIT HERE ON THIS COUNCIL.
AND, AND YOU WERE THAT FIRST ONE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, FOR, FOR ME OVER THE YEARS.
AND I WISH YOU WELL, UH, IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR.
AND THAT YOU HAVE, UH, PEACE AND JOY AND THAT YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, YOU WERE AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO THIS ENTIRE TEAM AND THIS ENTIRE CITY.
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AS YOU STEP ON THAT SIDE OF THE PODIUM, THINGS ARE ALREADY BREAKING DOWN.UM, AND ALL SERIOUSLY, THE CUES, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT UP HERE.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT A SIGN.
UM, LETICIA, THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR KINDNESS, FOR YOUR WORK ETHIC, FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FOUND OUT YOU HAD WORKED AT MACALLAN, I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
SO WE HAD THAT CONNECTION, AND I THINK YOU, YOU'VE, YOU'RE HEARING FROM A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I THINK YOU MAKE MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE UP HERE FEEL VERY SPECIAL, VERY CONNECTED.
AND I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT HOW YOU, UM, HOW YOU CARED ABOUT EVERYBODY AND, UH, HOW YOU PAID ATTENTION TO, TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FOLKS THAT WORK IN THIS BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR JOB MATTERS, AND YOU ARE RESPECTED AND YOU'RE ADMIRED.
I APPRECIATED ALL, ALL THAT YOU DID FOR ME AND MY OFFICE AND MY STAFF.
AND, UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOUR STAFF UP HERE CHEERING FOR YOU, LIKE YOU JUST SCORED A TOUCHDOWN.
UH, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MADAM CITY CLERK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE TO MEET YOU 16 YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN I WORKED FOR THEN MAYOR ED GARZA, AND HE AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, APPOINTED YOU AT THE TIME.
SO I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE KNOWN YOU THAT LONG.
THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION THAT YOU'VE SHOWN, UH, IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO THE COMPASSION THAT YOU'VE SHOWN.
AND APPARENTLY, IT'S NOT JUST ME.
YOU'RE ALWAYS REALLY NICE TO YOU AND HELPFUL
UM, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO WILL ALWAYS CONSIDER YOU ONE OF OUR OWN.
UM, THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SPENT HERE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.
AND I CAN SAY FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ALSO COMING IN HERE, I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND YOU WERE ALWAYS SO KIND TO SHOW ME, TELL ME, SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH ME ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVELY AND, AND BEING A PART OF THIS, A PART OF THIS BODY.
SO I PERSONALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, LETICIA.
BUT YOU SAID ONE THING THAT, UH, UH, WAS REFLECTIVE OF YOUR DAY-TO-DAY DEMEANOR IS THAT YOU GOTTA HAVE FUN ALSO, RIGHT? AND THIS, THIS CAN BE KIND OF TENSE AND STRESSFUL UP HERE AND, YOU KNOW, NO
SO, UM, LISTEN, GOOD LUCK TO YOU, GODSPEED, AND I HOPE YOU COME BACK ONCE IN A WHILE TO VISIT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY DOOR WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN FOR YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
I AM SO PROUD TO, UM, HAVE WORKED WITH YOU IN, IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
SO I MET YOU MORE THAN A DECADE AGO HERE, UH, WHEN I WAS A CITY STAFFER, AND YOU WERE ALWAYS SO NICE TO ME, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T VERY NICE.
UH, AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN I CONTINUED ON AND, AND LATER CAME BACK, UH, ON THE E R B, EVERYTHING ABOUT MY PROCESS BEING APPOINTED AND THEN BECOMING CHAIR, YOU WERE ALWAYS SO PROFESSIONAL.
I, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE THE LONG NIGHTS.
UH, YOU PERSONALLY STAFFED, UH, THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS LONG INTO THE, UH, LATE HOURS WHEN YOU WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY.
AND SO I ALSO WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR SHARING YOU, UM, WITH US, BECAUSE YOU WERE A CRITICAL PART OF THIS COUNCIL.
UM, THE, WHEN I WAS, UH, ELECTED, YOU WERE THE FO PROBABLY LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST PHONE CALLS THAT I GOT, CONGRATULATING ME.
UH, AND SO IT MEANT A LOT THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, AND YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT, AND I JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE.
UM, BUT THAT WAS YOU BEING PROFESSIONALS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT YOU'RE ONE OF THE STRONGEST WOMEN THAT I KNOW, AND I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE, UH, NOT ONLY ARE YOU ALWAYS POSITIVE AND FRIENDLY AND SMILING, BUT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, MAKES SOMEONE, UH, STRONG AND, AND LIKABLE.
AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AT AT THAT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M ALWAYS GONNA REMEMBER WAS THAT YOU WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME, DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU NO.
AND SO YOU'VE TOLD ME THAT SEVERAL TIMES ON DIFFERENT
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OCCASIONS WHEN I'VE BEEN TOLD NO, YOU KIND OF ENCOURAGE IT.YOU SAID, NO, YOU, YOU CAN'T, YOU SHOULD NOT BE TOLD NO.
AND SO I'M GONNA KEEP THAT, UM, UH, THAT AS YOUR BEST ADVICE.
AND I'M GONNA BE CONTINUING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS ME NO.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOT MORE VACATIONS NOW, AND WE'LL JUST FOLLOW YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON ALL OF YOUR POSTS.
UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ALSO ON TRAINING A WONDERFUL STAFF.
UM, I THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE A GREAT LEGACY BEHIND, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH THEM AND CONTINUING YOUR, YOUR LEGACY THROUGH THEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA LETICIA.
I CONCUR WITH ALL OF THESE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, SHARED UP HERE.
MANY OF THE WOMEN HAVE ALREADY, AND MEN HAVE ALREADY SHARED THINGS, LITTLE INSIGHTS AND TIDBITS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING SO WELCOMING AND GENEROUS WITH MY MOM.
SHE, UH, SHE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THE STAPLE HERE ANYMORE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR GENEROSITY TOWARDS MY MOM.
AND AS WAS MENTIONED, UM, YES, WE HAVE WORK TO DO, BUT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE FUN.
THANK YOU FOR DANCING WITH US IN THE CHAMBERS, UM, CELEBRATING WITH US WHEN WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER AND, UM, WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM AND MAKING SURE YOUR TEAM IS THERE FOR US WHEN WE NEED THEM AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE MANY, AND YOU ARE A GREAT WOMAN OF, OF FAITH, AND YOU ARE, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, FAITHFUL, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WON'T FORGET JUST THE, THE DIFFICULT TIMES DURING THE WHOLE N D O CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD.
UM, BUT THAT YOU WERE JUST THERE, A CALMING PRESENCE BECAUSE YOU SIT THERE AND YOU JUST LOOK AT US AND YOU SMILE OR YOU NOD.
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT THAT COMES IN.
AND THAT MEANS SO MUCH IN THAT MOMENT WHEN WE CAN FEEL, UM, OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, HAVING RISING TENSIONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, EMOTIONS, BUT YOU SIT THERE AND YOUR PRESENCE IS A CALMING, STEADY PRESENCE.
AND, UM, I'M JUST GONNA CLOSE WITH A VERSE THAT YOU ARE CLOTHED AND STRENGTH AND DIGNITY.
YOU CAN LAUGH AT THE DAYS TO COME.
SHE SPEAKS WITH WISDOM AND FAITHFUL INSTRUCTION IS ON HER TONGUE.
AND I WISH YOU THE BEST ON YOUR NEXT JOURNEY.
I KNOW IT'S NOT OVER, THIS WAS JUST AS, AS LONG AS IT WAS FOR THE CITY.
IT REALLY JUST WAS ONE SHORT CHAPTER IN ALL THAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF DOING, UH, AS A, AS A PROFESSIONAL.
UM, WE ARE ONLY 10, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HERE.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU'VE HELPED AND THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH.
AND I THINK WE WERE VERY LUCKY IN THAT WHEN WE GOT HERE, SO MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS ALREADY SET UP BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID IN THE YEARS BEFORE, UM, THE VOTING SYSTEM THAT WE JUST GOT.
NOW, UM, YOU'VE TOLD ME YOUR STORIES OF WHAT THIS WAS LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST GOT HERE AND HOW YOU HAD TO UP BRING IT TO MODERN TIMES.
UM, THE PASSPORT, THE ARCHIVE CENTERS, ALL THAT IS, UH, IS YOUR DOING.
AND WE NEVER HAD TO WORRY ONE BIT ABOUT IT.
IN FACT, WE, WE ONLY KNOW A FRACTION OF, OF WHAT YOU DO.
UM, EARLY ON YOU GAVE ME A TOUR OF SEVEN 19 SOUTH SANTA ROSA, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, UH, TO VISIT IT.
UM, SHE HAS SOME, OR OUR CLERK'S OFFICE HAS RELICS AND, UH, REALLY HISTORICAL ITEMS THERE THAT I, I HONESTLY CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE JUST SITTING THERE IN THAT PLACE AND NOT HERE LIKE A, A MUSEUM HANGING FROM, FROM THE WALLS OR, OR IN A SPECIAL DISPLAY ROOM HERE, BECAUSE THE WHOLE CITY DESERVES TO SEE THAT ALL OUR VISITORS DESERVE TO SEE THOSE.
AND, UM, AND I THINK YOU GAVE THEM THE CARE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GIVE.
UH, BUT SO, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT LETTER FROM, IS IT SANTANA? YEAH.
AND, UH, HANGING THERE, AND THEN THE ORIGINAL MINUTES OF SOME OF THE FIRST MEETINGS OF THE, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO THANK YOU FOR VALUING, UH, FOR VALUING THOSE.
UM, AND I, I WANNA CLOSE BY THANKING YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE FOR A MEETING THAT, UH, WE DON'T ALWAYS, UH, PRIORITIZE TOO MUCH, BUT IT'S ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AND IT IS NOW CALLED PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND LETICIA NEVER FAILS TO BE PRESENT TO HEAR WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, WANT TO SHARE WITH US.
AS LONG AS THAT GOES, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALWAYS HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS TAKING THE COMMENTS OF THE RESIDENTS.
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SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU.COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS, THANK YOU.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, LETICIA IS MY, UH, SECRET WEAPON.
UM, AND I, I DO CREDIT HAVING WON TWO ELECTIONS, UH, BE BECAUSE OF LETICIA MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS YOUR SECRET WEAPON WHEN YOU WERE THE D EIGHT COUNCILMAN, BUT SHE IS SO CONNECTED TO HER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ENGAGED NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN, CROWN RIDGE, THAT LETICIA COMES TO ME EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND SAYS, ALL RIGHT, YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS LADY, AND YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS GUY.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN IS UPSET ABOUT THIS AND ALL THAT.
AND THEN, UH, MY ENTIRE CONSTITUENT SERVICES CALENDAR IS SORT OF BUILT AROUND TIPS I GET FROM LETICIA AND, UH, UH, SO LETICIA'S NOT JUST DOING THE JOB OF A CITY CLERK, BUT SHE'S OUT THERE.
WELL, I DO, I DO, I DO BECAUSE YOU'RE, I KEEP GIVING 'EM YOUR NUMBER.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS ASK ME, UH, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THEY WANT, THEY WANNA KNOW WHO'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ON CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, IS IT THE MAYOR? IS IT, IS IT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER? AND I WAS TELLING HIM IT'S LETICIA, UH, BECAUSE ANY OF US COULD GET HIT BY A VIA BUS TOMORROW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NEED SOMEONE TO STAMP THE DEATH CERTIFICATE,
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, SHE RECORDS, SHE RECORDS BIRTHS.
UH, SHE, YOU KNOW, KEEPS THOSE DOCUMENTS HANDY FOR US.
UH, LETICIA, I, IN ALL, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THERE IS NOTHING THIS CITY DOES THAT DOESN'T PASS THROUGH YOUR HANDS, DOES IT, AND, UH, GETS YOUR STAMP.
AND, UM, I, I THINK, THINK IF I HAD TO LEAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU WITH ONE WORD, IT'S THE WORD PRECISION.
UM, YOUR JOB IS THE ONE THAT, UH, REQUIRES THE MOST PRECISION, UH, IN THIS CITY AS EVIDENCED BY A DOCUMENT THAT HAS A TIMESTAMP WITH 11:01 AM THAT WE RECENTLY SAW, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE WHOLE SCOOTER DEBACLE OF 2019.
BUT, UH, I, I WILL TELL YOU, UH, THAT THAT'S EVIDENCE OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOTHING BUT PRECISE AND YOU DON'T, AND YOU STAND BY THE EXCELLENCE OF THAT WORK.
UM, AND YOUR STAFF, THE STAFF THAT YOU'VE BUILT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE.
AND SO, UM, I READ SOMETHING THAT, UH, A CITY CLERK IS SOMEONE WHO DOES PRECISION GUESSWORK BASED ON UNRELIABLE DATA PROVIDED BY PEOPLE WITH VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE.
UH,
AND I'M GONNA BE SAD TO SEE YOU GO.
BUT, UM, I'M ALSO, UH, VERY HAPPY TO SEE WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISH NEXT.
I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED FOR YOUR FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU DO, WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PLY.
AND IT IS TRUE FOR GREATER THAN 16 YEARS NOW, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS CHAMBER HASN'T REALLY HAPPENED UNLESS IT HAS YOUR SIGNATURE ON IT.
LETICIA, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU.
UM, AND SOMEONE WHO HAS SHARED THAT FOR A LONG TIME AND HAS KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME, UH, I'D LIKE TO NOW RECOGNIZE AND THAT IS OUR ESTEEM, SENATOR JOSE MENENDEZ TO OFFER, UM, HIS THOUGHTS ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE THE INDULGENCE.
I BRING A, A TOKEN OF MY APPRECIATION AND THE CONSTITUENTS, THE 900,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN SENATE DISTRICT 26.
UM, IT'S A RESOLUTION THAT I'D LIKE TO READ BECAUSE YOU HAVE EARNED THIS AMONGST THE, AMONG THE MANY, MANY ACCOLADES THAT YOU'VE EARNED OVER THE YEARS.
AND IT STARTS, WHEREAS LETICIA M VASC IS RETIRING AS A CITY CLERK OF SAN ANTONIO ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2020, DRAWN TO A CLOSE AND EXEMPLARY TENURE THAT HAS SPAN NEARLY 16 YEARS.
WHEREAS MS. VASC WAS APPOINTED SAN ANTONIO CITY CLERK IN 2004, AND THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE INCLUDED OVERSEEING A STAFF OF MORE THAN 30 EMPLOYEES.
AMONG HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SHE INITIATED THE CREATION OF THE PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITY.
AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
UH, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I HOPE YOU GOT YOUR PASSPORT.
EVERYTHING'S GOING, I THINK WELL, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS, AS CROWDED AS THAT BUILDING WAS, EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY, AND YOUR EMPLOYEES WERE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
AND AS A CUSTOMER, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE HOW WELL EVERYTHING WAS WORKING.
AND, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THAT HAS GENERATED NEARLY $5 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE FOR THE CITY, FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, AND I KNOW WE CAN USE EVERY PENNY.
AND SHE DIRECTED THE TRANSFER OF THE VITAL RECORDS DIVISION AND ALSO DEVELOPED AN E-FILE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR CANDIDATES AND OFFICE HOLDERS IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST DIGITAL ARCHIVE COLLECTION OF MUNICIPAL RECORDS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, AND HELPED SECURE GRANT MONEY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INITIATIVES.
WHEREAS A VETERAN PUBLIC OFFICIAL WITH MORE THAN 33 DECADES, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE BIG NUMBER 30 OF MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE, MS. VASIC BEGAN HER CAREER AS AN ASSISTANT CITY CLERK IN HARLINGEN IN 1986.
SHE JOINED THE CITY OF MACALLAN TWO YEARS LATER AND DISTINGUISHED HERSELF AS A CITY CLERK, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL SERVICE AND DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION.
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BELONGS TO THE T TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERK'S ASSOCIATION WAS HONORED AS ITS 2009 MUNICIPAL CLERK OF THE YEAR.SHE WAS ALSO INDUCTED IN THE SAN ANTONIO WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME IN 2014, AND HAS GARNERED NUMEROUS OTHER ACCOLADES, INCLUDING THE TEXAS PRESERVATION HERO AWARD FROM THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THE PROGRAM EXCELLENCE AND GOVERNANCE AWARD FOR INNOVATION COLLABORATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS, A GRADUATE OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
SHE ALSO HOLDS AN I M I I M C CERTIFIED MASTER'S MUNICIPAL CLERK DESIGNATION, AND IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD, WHERE SHE EARNED HER UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTER'S DEGREES.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE, LETICIA VASIC HAS GREATLY BENEFITED THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.
SHE MAY REFLECT WITH PRIDE ON A JOB WELL DONE AS SHE EMBARKS ON THE NEXT EXCITING CHAPTER OF HER LIFE.
SO NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT LETICIA M VASIC BE CONGRATULATED ON HER RETIREMENT AS SAN ANTONIO CITY CLERK, AND SHE BE EXTENDED, SINCERE, BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, NOT JUST TO LETICIA FOR THE 16 YEARS OF SERVICE, BUT TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.
UM, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD, YOU TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD YOU HAVE IT.
AND, UH, BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE WITHOUT PUBLIC SERVANTS SUCH AS YOURSELVES AND LETICIA BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING IT ALL WORK.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
UM, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT, UH, THIS GREAT CITY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
AND I TRY TO KEEP MY DISTANCE AND LET YOU DO YOUR JOBS, BUT TODAY, WHEN I HEARD THAT, UH, LETICIA WAS RETIRING, I WANTED TO COME DOWN AND JUST PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU AND OFFER THIS TOKEN OF MY APPRECIATION AND CONGRATULATIONS, RESPECT, BECAUSE, UM, YOU GUYS MAKE US LOOK GOOD IN AUSTIN AND IN THE, IN THE STATE AND THE NATION.
AND SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR IN THIS INDULGENCE AND LATICIA, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
[Consent Agenda]
OUR BUSINESS AGENDA FOR THE DAY.UH, WE WILL BEGIN BY, UM, ASKING MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, THERE ARE NONE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ITEM 26 POLLED.
ANY OTHERS? 26 AND 29 ARE POLLED.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON CONSENT.
IF THERE ARE OTHER, OTHER ITEMS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 26 AND 29.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE'S ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.
WELL, MR. MAYOR, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, AND TODAY I'M GONNA OFFER A RARE COMPLIMENT AND TRIBUTE TO OUR CITY CLERK, LETICIA VASIC.
I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS RETIRING.
UM, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ANYONE HEARING OUR VOICES TODAY THOUGH, THAT IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF A CITY DOCUMENT OR A PASSPORT, YOU CAN EXPECT A ONE FIRST CLASS SERVICE FROM OUR CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.
AND I'D SAY MUCH OF THAT IS DUE TO LETICIA'S LEADERSHIP.
EVEN IF YOU'RE A GADFLY LIKE JACK FINGER, YOU CAN EXPECT THAT KIND OF SERVICE.
AND SO, AS WITH HEARTFELT, UH, THANKS THAT I, I OFFER OUR APPRECIATION TO MS. SEK.
I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY SHE'S RETIRING AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 39.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE'S GOT A LONG WAY TO GO THERE.
SO ANYWAY, UM, IT'S MY EX SINCERE THANKS FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT SHE HAS HELPED US OUT.
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END SO ONWARD TO THE, UH, TO THE SCANDALS FOR TODAY.
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LET'S SEE.YES, UH, MR. MAYOR, UM, I NOTICE ON ITEM NUMBER 22, ITEM NUMBER 22, WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH I CALL WELFARE HOUSING.
I MEAN, I'M, AFTER ALL, WHO DOES PICK UP THE SLACK ON THAT, UH, MR. MR. TAXPAYER? YEAH.
UH, BUT ESPECIALLY ON THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
IT, IT SAYS FOR A, WELL, I'LL LET THE AUDIO VISUAL MAN TAKE, LET YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MR. AUDIOVISUAL MAN, SHOW THAT IF YOU WOULD, UH, THE UNDERLYING AREA'S RIGHT THERE.
WHAT DOES IT SAY? UH, $242,000.
AND A LINE BEFORE, LATER THERE IT SAYS, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM IF YOU WOULD.
WELL, A FORGIVABLE LOAN FOR A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I, YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, JACK, YOU DON'T SEEM TO GET ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
NO, MR. MAYOR, I WANNA LET YOU, ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT I CONSIDER ALL OF YOU MY PALS, MY PALS, I, AND WHAT DO PALS DO FOR EACH OTHER? WELL, SHELL OUT A FEW BUCKS EVERY NOW AND THEN IF, IF I NEED ONE.
AND THE WORDS OF, UH, COUNTRY SINGER GEORGE STRAIT.
I HAVE SOME OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY IN ARIZONA I'M TRYING TO DEVELOP AND I NEED A, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DEVELOP IT WITH, I, I PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY BACK ON THAT, BUT WHAT'S A FEW BUCKS BETWEEN FRIENDS HERE? HUH? ANYWAY, YES, THAT WAS, THANK YOU MR. FINGER.
OH, OH, THE TIME IS, THE CLOCK WASN'T WORKING.
ALRIGHT, UM, AT A NOTE FOR THE AUDIENCE, UH, ITEM SIX WAS PULLED, NOT ITEM 29, WHICH IS ON THE, UH, 2:00 PM AGENDA.
I THINK WE HAVE CONCURRENCE, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO AND, AND SANDOVAL OR ANDREW SULLIVAN WHO MADE THE MOTION.
SO THERE IS A MOTION, ACTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THE LITTLE RED LIGHT WAS ON, I PROMISE.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF OF ITEMS. UM, UH, NUMBER ONE IS, UH, WE'RE AWARDING A CONTRACT TO BEGIN PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN NANNY FALCON PARK.
AND, UM, IT'S $132,000 IN, IN PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BEGIN THERE NEXT MONTH.
UH, THIS IS A, A PARK IN DISTRICT SEVEN ON THE, IT'S RIGHT BY MAVERICK LIBRARY, IF ANYONE'S BEEN OUT THERE.
I'M SURE I'VE SEEN SOME OF YOU NORTHSIDERS, UH, THERE BEFORE.
UM, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE NOT ONLY GONNA GET SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE HAVE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO VOLUNTEER TO DO SOME OF THE WORK THEMSELVES.
SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT PARKS, UH, IS DOING, WE WILL HAVE A NEW DISC GOLF COURSE THERE THAT WILL BE THE LARGEST IN THE, IN THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU TO THOSE RESIDENTS AND TO THE PARKS, UH, DEPARTMENT AND T C I FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS.
AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM I I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UH, ITEM 12.
IT'S A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT PROGRAM.
AND, UH, WE OFTEN APPROVE SUBMISSIONS TO GRANT PROGRAMS, BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW IF WE GET THEM OR NOT.
SO WE NEVER REALLY GET THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE THAT WIN.
UM, AND I, I AM JUST GONNA HOPE THAT WE GET IT, BUT I WANNA CELEBRATE NOW AND, AND HIGHLIGHT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OF COURSE, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND WE HEAR ABOUT VIOLENCE AND, AND WE INVEST A HUGE AMOUNT, UH, IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET.
AND MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN TO THE CHIEF AND, UH, AND OFTEN HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO HERE.
WE CAN'T ARREST AWAY A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS. AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT BECAUSE VIOLENCE STARTS LONG BEFORE THE POLICE GET INVOLVED.
AND IN ORDER TO MAKE PROGRESS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S STARTS.
SO STANDUP SA IS WHAT'S CALLED A VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION INITIATIVE.
AND, UH, THE PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE.
UM, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS JUST $131,000, BUT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE, UH, ANY OF OUR OWN FUNDS TO MATCH IT.
AND I, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT.
AND, UH, SO I'M, I WANNA WISH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, GOOD LUCK ON THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO HEARING, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE AWARD.
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OF ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.UM, THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 14, THE ORDINANCE APPROVING ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FOR THE UM, SCOUT ESSAY SURVEY.
WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GOES OUT AND DISCOVERS AND CELEBRATES PEOPLES AND PLACES, AND WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, AS WE GO OUT, WE DISCOVER AND FIND THOSE HISTORIC LOCATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY THAT MAYBE PEOPLE DO NOT, UM, SEE ALL THE TIME.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND POSITIVE IMPACT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AND WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IT IN DISTRICT THREE AS TO PROTECT, TO PRESERVE, TO REVITALIZE, AND TO UTILIZE.
AND THIS IS, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.
AND THEN ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM NUMBER 17, THAT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF JOE DE LA GARZA TO THE SAN ANTONIO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PRE-K FOR SA.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESS SECTOR.
AND THEN, UM, WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND RECOGNIZE THE, UM, ITEM NUMBER 19 ON THE WEST SIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER, THE WET C THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INTEGRAL PARTNER.
AS WE DEVELOP AND AS WE GROW OUR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OUR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, IT DOES IT, IT HAS TO TAKE ALL OF US TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING WORKFORCE AND THE DEMANDS OF OUR WORKFORCE.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND I'M GLAD TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THESE.
COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, COUNCILS MEMBER CAB, HOWEVER DAY, UM, UH, FOR MY THANKS AND RECOGNITION TO THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS OF OUR A C C D, UH, UH, WEST SIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER.
WOULD YOU ALL STAND FOR JUST A MOMENT? UM, THE WET C IS A JEWEL AS AFFECTIONATELY, WE CALL IT THE WET WETS SEA IS A JEWEL DISTRICT SIX, AND REALLY ALL OF THE WEST SIDE REALLY BRINGING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO ALL SOCIOECONOMIC, UM, UM, PARTS OF OUR SOCIETY.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE WETS SEA AND I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HALBERDA THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNICAL, UH, DIFFICULTY ON OUR MACHINES UP HERE.
SO IS EVERYONE, IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE ON THE DICE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE MOTION NOW.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR SIX AND 26.
[6. Ordinance awarding a construction contract including two additive alternates to Alamo City Constructors, Inc. in the amount of $5,611,649.36 of which $2,747,932.90 will be reimbursed by CPS Energy and $198,473.70 will be reimbursed by San Antonio Water System (SAWS) for the Rittiman Road (I-35 to Castle Cross Drive) project, a 2017 Bond funded project, located in Council District 2. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Interim Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements]]
NOW TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEM, STARTING WITH ITEM SIX.ITEM NUMBER SIX IS AN ORDINANCE AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT INCLUDING TWO ADDITIVE ALTERNATES TO ALAMO CITY CONSTRUCTORS, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,611,649 AND 36 CENTS, OF WHICH $2,747,932 AND 90 CENTS WILL BE REIMBURSED BY C P SS ENERGY.
AND $198,473 AND 70 CENTS WILL BE REIMBURSED BY SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS FOR THE RIMAN ROAD.
I 35 TO CASTLE CROSS DRIVE PROJECT, A 2017 BOND FUNDED PROJECT LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, I PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST, UM, DESPAIRED STREETS.
IT HAS BEEN A F STREET FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND TO KNOW THAT WE ARE TRULY PUSHING FORWARD THE BONDS OF 2017 TO TAKE A FURTHER LOOK AT WHEN CAN WE GET 'EM STARTED, HOW SOON CAN WE GET 'EM STARTED BEFORE WE GO INTO ANOTHER BOND PROJECT IS WHAT WE HAVE TASKED RAZZI AND T C I TO DO, UM, ESPECIALLY HERE IN DISTRICT TWO.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS ONE FORWARD BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ASKED QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF DISTRICT TWO IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RUDIMENT.
AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE WATCHING KNOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY DOING THE WORK AND WHAT THE WORK IS GOING TO BE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO THANK YOU RAZZIE AND THANK YOU MAYOR.
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ANDREW SULLIVAN.ARE, ARE WE DOING A PRESENTATION? YES SIR.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PRESENTATION.
THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY 2017.
BOND PROGRAM AS YOU INDICATE IS LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY VOLUME OF THE TRAFFIC RIGHT TURNING TO TO GO I 35 NORTH AND ALSO THERE IS SIGNIFICANT, OUR HEAVY TRAFFIC BUS TRAFFIC AND 18 WHEELERS EXISTING PAYMENT BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC HAS BEEN REALLY IN POOR CONDITION.
AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS THE PROJECT LIMIT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RED ONE IS GOING TO INCLUDE A BASE FAILURE REPAIR AND THE THE OTHER BLUE LIGHT BLUE AND DARK BLUE WILL BE MILL AND OVERLAY OF THE PROJECT LIMIT.
PROJECT SCOPE IS INCLUDE EXTEND RICHMOND ROAD NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE TO I 35 NORTH EXTEND CENTER MEDIAN PAST INDUSTRY PARK BASE REPAIR AND SELECTED LOCATION MILLION OVERLAY AND OF COURSE UPGRADE OF UTILITY.
ALSO PROJECT BENEFIT IS INCLUDE RELIEF TRAFFIC CONJUNCTION TOWARD THE I 35 NORTH ATE PAYMENT FAILURES, IMPROVED ROAD CONDITION.
AND OF COURSE WE ARE ALSO ADDING BUS PADS TO MAKE SURE PAYMENT HAS LONGER LIFE PROJECT IS GOING TO START MARCH OF THIS YEAR 2020 AND WE'LL FINISH MARCH, 2021 ONE YEAR DURATION.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AMOUNT OF 5.6 MILLION TO ANIMOSITY CONTRACTORS AND INC.
WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO PULL THIS IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE 2017 BOND PROJECTS ARE STILL JUST PROJECTS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, PUT FORWARD TO ACTUALLY ANYONE SEEING WISHING OF THEM.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OUR STREETS IN DISTRICT TWO THAT WERE IN, UM, DISREPAIR AND HAD TO, UH, BE WORKED ON FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ROADS THAT WE REALLY ARE THANKFUL THAT THE 2017 BOND WILL COVER.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THE WHOLE RUDIMENT AREA, IT'S THE MOST, UM, TORN PART OF THE ROADS.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
ALSO, TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A TIMEFRAME, UM, THE QUESTION THAT I REALLY HAVE IS AS FAR AS WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO DRAINAGE ISSUES OUT THERE AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW THIS PROJECT WOULD COVER THOSE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
I THINK COUNCILMAN MANY TIME A PAYMENT FAILURE ALSO CREATES SOME DRAINAGE ISSUE POUNDING.
ANOTHER, WHEN WE DO, WE RE-FILE THE ROADWAY AND MAKE SURE THE DRAINAGE IS DRAINING TO THE EXISTING INLET AND OTHER WE ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE DRAINAGE DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION.
REGARDING THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THE BOND IS FIVE YEARS, USUALLY MOST OF THE FIRST TWO YEARS WE ARE HEAVILY UNDER DESIGN.
MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECT IS DESIGNED, GOOD NUMBER OF THEM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SOME ALREADY FINISHED.
AND THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE VERY HEAVY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO T C I THANK YOU FOR CONTINUOUSLY ALLOWING US.
I THINK NOW IN OUR I M P, UH, WE HAVE ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT TWO STREET UNDER, UM, OUR WATCH.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THOSE UP.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO TELL RAZZIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ALSO WITH OUR IDEA SCHOOLS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THREE STUDENTS THAT WERE, UM, HIT BY PEDESTRIAN VEHICLES CROSSING, UM, BECAUSE OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
AND SO WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU, CONTINUE TO PUT FORTH YOUR BEST WORK AS WE CONTINUE TO PUT YOU TO WORK.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX.
[26. Approving the following items relating to the Property Assessed Clean Energy [PACE] Program: [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director, Economic Development]]
ITEM 26.ITEM 26 IS APPROVING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS RELATED TO THE PROPERTY ASSESS CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM PACE.
ITEM 26 A IS THE RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO ESTABLISH A PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY OF
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SAN ANTONIO BOUNDARIES.AND ITEM 26 B IS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO SERVE AS THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR OF PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM CONTINGENT UPON CITY COUNCIL FORMALLY ESTABLISHING THE CITY PACE PROGRAM.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION.
WELL, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL SENDEN AND I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
ON TODAY'S AGENDA PERTAINS TO THE NEWLY PROPOSED CITY PROGRAM CALLED THE PROPERTY ASSESS CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM OR PACE, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, TO SERVE AS THE PROGRAM'S THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE APPROVED THE PACE ACT IN 2013, ESTABLISHING A FINANCING TOOL THAT ALLOWS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, NON-PROFIT AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS ACCESS TO A LOW COST LONG-TERM LOANS TO CONDUCT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE FIXED TO REAL PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, IN ORDER FOR SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY OWNERS TO ACCESS THIS FINANCING TOOL, UH, THE TEXAS PACE ACT REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE AN AREA WITHIN ITS LEGAL JURISDICTION, IN THIS CASE SAN ANTONIO CITY LIMITS WHERE PACE LOANS CAN BE ASSESSED.
ULTIMATELY, THE GOALS AND INTENTIONS OF THE TEXAS PACE ACT WERE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS THROUGH INCREASED ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY, WHILE ALSO BOOSTING SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS THROUGH WATER AND ENERGY CONSERVATION.
SINCE THE PACE ACT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013, OVER 35, TEXAS CITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN OVER 25 PROJECTS BEING COMPLETED AND A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF INVESTMENTS.
THIS NEXT SLIDE DEMONSTRATES HOW AN ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD SECURE A PACE LOAN.
ONCE A PACE PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, FIRST THE ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD IDENTIFY WATER AND ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE FIXED TO REAL PROPERTY AND THEN IDENTIFY A CONTRACTOR AND A LENDER OF THEIR CHOOSING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
ONCE THE IDENTIFIED IMPROVEMENTS MEET ALL OF THE PACE REQUIREMENTS AND ARE VALIDATED BY A MANDATORY INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWER, THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE PACE PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH PLACES A SENIOR LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.
NEXT, THE LENDER WILL SIGN, THE LENDER WILL SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE PACE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR TO FUND THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NEXT PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO BEGIN WORK ON THE BUILDING.
AND THEN LAST OF COURSE, THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL START SENDING THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO THE LENDER UNTIL THE LOAN IS COMPLETE.
NEXT, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE BENEFITS OF ADOPTING A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PACE PROGRAM.
ONE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF ADOPTING A PACE PROGRAM IS THAT THE TOOL IS STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT ENCOURAGES AND INCENTIVIZES PROPERTY OWNERS TO UNDERGO BUILDING RETROFITS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DELAYED DUE TO PREVIOUS FINANCIAL BARRIERS.
THE UPFRONT FUNDING AND LONG-TERM REPAYMENT PERIOD ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMPLETE BUILDING AND RETROFITS THAT ARE CASHFLOW POSITIVE FROM YEAR ONE.
UM, AS THE MONTHLY SAVINGS FROM THEIR SAVINGS FROM THEIR INNER ENERGY AND WATER BILL WILL EXCEED THE COST OF THEIR MONTHLY LOAN.
THIS BENEFIT OF COMPLETING PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CASHFLOW POSITIVE FROM YEAR ONE IS WHAT SETS PACE LOANS APART FROM TRADITIONAL LOANS WHERE IMPROVEMENTS MAY NOT RESULT IN A, UH, POSITIVE OR NEUTRAL CASH FLOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AS STATED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, TO ENSURE THE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS ARE CASH FLOW POSITIVE, THE PROJECTED SAVINGS MUST BE VALIDATED BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWER BEFORE THE LOAN CAN BE COMPLETED AND CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, WHICH FURTHER ENSURES COST SAVINGS PROJECTIONS LAST.
ANY PROPERTY OWNER WHO SECURES A PACE LOAN, WE'LL HAVE A REPAYMENT OBLIGATION AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE NEXT PROPERTY OWNER IF IT IS SOLD.
THE FINANCING DESIGN AND SAFEGUARDS OF THE PACE PROGRAM MAKE THE TOOL PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE TO PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE DELAYED, UH, ENERGY AND WATER CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR PROPERTY.
AND NOT ONLY DO PROPERTY OWNER OWNERS BENEFIT OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE PACE, UH, PROJECT BENEFIT AS WELL, LENDERS AND CONTRACTORS SEE AN INCREASE IN BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY WILL SEE INCREASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, IMPROVED BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND WATER CONSERVATION, AS WELL AS REDUCED PEAK ENERGY DEMAND.
THESE BENEFITS THAT THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY WILL EXPERIENCE IF ADOPTING A PACE PROGRAM ALIGNS WITH RECENTLY ADOPTED CITY PLANS AND MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW SUSTAINABILITY PLAN SUPPORTED A PACE FINANCING PROGRAM, THE SAN ANTONIO CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN CALLS TO ANALYZE FINANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY MECHANISMS SUCH AS PACE AND THE AMERICAN CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE.
M O U LIST PACE IS ONE OF THE EIGHT CHALLENGE STRATEGIES FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
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TO IMPLEMENT A PACE PROGRAM IN SAN ANTONIO, PER THE TEXAS PACE ACT, CITY COUNCIL HAS TO TAKE A FEW ACTIONS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, GATHER FEEDBACK, AND SELECT A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR TO OVERSEE THE PROGRAM.TODAY, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO ESTABLISH A CITY PACE PROGRAM AND CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON THIS PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO THE CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS POSTED A REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE OF THE PACE PROGRAM THAT OUTLINES HOW THE PROGRAM OPERATES, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS CONTRACTS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND LENDERS WOULD SIGN WHEN EXECUTING A PACE LOAN.
TODAY, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE ALMA AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS OR ACOG, TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S PACE ADMINISTRATOR TO FACILITATE MANY OF THE PACE FUNCTIONS THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER IN THIS PRESENTATION, ACOG IS RECOMMENDED AS THE PACE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, AS THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN SERVING AS A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR PACE PROGRAMS, AS THEY HAVE ENTERED INTO MULTIPLE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE VARIOUS CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE REGION THEY SERVE.
AFTER TODAY, IF CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE RESOLUTION OF INTENT AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WE WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 5TH TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE CITY PACE PROGRAM, AND RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A PACE PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
ONCE THOSE ACTIONS ARE COMPLETE, PACE LOANS MAY BEGIN TO BE ADMINISTERED FOR ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIMITS.
BY SERVING AS THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ACOG WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS.
ALL PROJECTS MUST ADHERE TO THE TEXAS PACE ACT.
NO COST OR LIABILITIES WILL BE INCURRED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
FEES TO COMPLETE A CASE LOAN WILL BE PUBLICLY LISTED AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
PROPERTY OWNER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED WITH THE CITY REGARDING THOSE INTERESTED IN PACE LOANS VERSUS THEIR, THOSE ACTUALLY SECURING PACE LOANS TO UNDERSTAND IF ANY DISPARITIES EXIST SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE THE GAPS.
ACOG WILL BE SUBMITTING SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND ONE LAST THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS ACOG'S HISTORY OF SECURING A PARTNER TO HELP ADMINISTER, UH, THESE TEXAS PACE, UH, PROGRAMS, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS PACE AUTHORITY, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
UM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM IN SAN ANTONIO, ACOG HAS AGREED TO CONDUCT A PUBLICLY COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION TO SELECT A RESPONDENT WHO DEMONSTRATES THE BEST QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND PROPOSED PLAN TO ASSIST IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY'S PACE.
EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON RESPONDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE ENGAGEMENT WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE FEES FOR EACH LOAN THAT ARE COMPLETED TO ENSURE WE ARE REACHING AS MANY PROPERTY OWNERS, CONTRACTORS, LENDERS AS POSSIBLE.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO BE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ACOG TO SPREAD AWARENESS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THIS INCLUDES INCLU INCORPORATING PACE INFORMATION INTO OUR LOCAL SMALL MINORITY WOMEN AND VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS OUTREACH EVENTS SUCH AS THE VENDOR ORIENTATIONS WE HOLD IN THE VARIOUS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS HOSTING TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, CONTRACTORS AND LENDERS, INCORPORATING PACE INFORMATION INTO EXISTING INCENTIVE GUIDES AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS, UM, DURING BUSINESS RELOCATION RETENTION AND EXPANSION VISITS.
NOW, BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH A COUPLE OF PACE PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN TEXAS TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE THE BARFIELD BUILDING IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, THAT IT WAS UNOCCUPIED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE SUPPORT OF PACE FINANCING.
THIS BUILDING IS BEING REACTIVATED AND RENOVATED INTO A BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE WATER AND ELECTRICITY CONSERVATION WITH SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BRING THE BUILDING UP TO CODE.
HOWEVER, THE PACE FINANCING ISN'T ONLY LIMITED TO LARGE PROJECTS AS YOU SEE HERE, WE HAVE A SMALL PAINT AND BODY SHOP IN DALLAS, UH, WITH A, WITH A MUCH SMALLER LOAN THAT WAS USED TO LOWER THEIR ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
AND IT IS OUR INTENTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ACOG THAT WE PROMOTE THE PROGRAM SO THAT SAN ANTONIO CAN SEE BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS BECOME A REALITY.
AS FOR THE FISCAL IMPACT, THE RESOLUTION OF INTENT AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ACOG WILL HAVE NO FISCAL IMPACT ON THE CITY.
THE CITY WILL NOT COLLECT FUNDS FROM ACOG OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND PACE INFORMATION FROM THE CITY'S END WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR EXISTING MARKETING EFFORTS.
AND TO CONCLUDE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO ESTABLISH A CITY PACE PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE A, IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ACOG TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR CONTINGENT UPON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A CITY PACE PROGRAM ON MARCH 5TH.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, UM, MICHAEL, FOR THE VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION, AND I WANNA THANK YOU, ALEX, CARLOS, AND OF COURSE, UH, DOUG AND, UH, ROD FOR WORKING ON THIS FOR SO LONG, AND WE'RE FINALLY, UH, SEEING IT COME TO, TO
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FRUITION.SO I COULDN'T LET THIS ITEM GO WITHOUT, UH, WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT IT AND SHARE IT WITH THE, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING IF YOU'RE A BIT OF A, A NERD WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS.
UM, I SEE THAT OUR PARTNERS FROM C P S ARE HERE.
SO THANKS FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS IF YOU COULD HELP ME.
UM, YOU MENTIONED AMARILLO, YOU MENTIONED DALLAS.
SO THIS IS ALREADY IN PLACE IN A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES IN, IN TEXAS.
OVER 35 TEXAS CITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE ADOPTED A TEXAS PACE PROGRAM.
SINCE 2013 WHEN THE, UM, WHEN THE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED.
SO IT'S HIGH TIME I THINK THAT WE IMPLEMENTED HERE.
AND, UH, HAS THE CITY RECEIVED ANY QUESTIONS OR HAS THE PACE AUTHORITY RECEIVED ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IS IT AVAILABLE IN SAN ANTONIO? WHEN CAN WE START USING IT FROM DEVELOPERS? SURE.
SO SINCE WE STARTED BRIEFING THIS TO THE VARIOUS COUNCIL COMMITTEES, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF INTEREST FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO, UM, ATTAIN A PACE LOAN TO START IMPROVEMENTS TO A BUILDING FOR THESE TYPE OF RETROFITS.
AND, UH, I, I PARTICULARLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES, THE FACT THAT THIS PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS, BUT FOR LOCAL LENDERS TOO.
SO OUR LOCAL CREDIT UNIONS, OUR LOCAL BANKS ARE GONNA HAVE A GREATER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS.
AND THERE'S ALSO THE NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY OF BEING THAT THIRD PARTY VERIFIER.
IT'S NOT ONLY SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS, IT'S SMALL BUSINESSES WORKING ON THE RETROFITS.
IT'S THE SMALL LENDERS ENGAGING IN THE LOANS.
BUT AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, ANY LOAN CAN BE EXECUTED.
AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEWER HAS TO COME IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ASSESSMENTS, THE ENERGY REDUCTIONS, THE WATER REDUCTIONS IN THOSE SAVINGS ARE VERIFIED, INDEPENDENT SO THAT THOSE LOANS ONCE EXECUTED IN THE RETROFITS ARE DONE, UM, ARE CASHFLOW POSITIVE FROM YEAR ONE.
AND THAT'S A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT I'VE, I HADN'T HEARD OF BEFORE OR I HADN'T SEEN AROUND HERE BEFORE.
SO WHAT KIND OF OF COMPANY WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, I BELIEVE, UH, ACOG'S HERE TO HELP ME OUT WITH THIS ONE
BUT I BELIEVE, UH, ANOTHER TYPE OF CONTRACT, AN ENGINEER, RIGHT? AN ENGINEER WOULD COME IN AND VALIDATE THAT.
SO AGAIN, UH, JUST ANOTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT'S, UM, I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALAMO PROMISE, I CAN JUST FORESEE LIKE THAT BEING ANOTHER, UM, ANOTHER CAREER TRACK FOR, FOR SOMEONE WHO'S GOING THROUGH, THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
UM, SO, UH, I, I HEARD JOHN CLAMP, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, SAY A FEW WORDS.
SO, UM, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ACOG'S ROLE IN SOME OF THE OUTREACH THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
UH, SO ACOG IS THE ADMINISTRATOR NOW FOR MEDINA COUNTY, MAU COUNTY, UH, CITY OF HONDO, SEVERAL OTHER CITIES.
UH, CASTLE HILLS IS ON TRACK, GUADALUPE COUNTY IS ON TRACK.
SO WE ARE THE MARKETING AND OUTREACH, UH, ARM OF, UH, PACE.
SO WE GO OUT TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES AND WORK WITH THEM TO, UH, NUMBER ONE, EDUCATE THEM AND THEN FIGURE OUT A, A GOOD MARKETING PLAN.
UH, THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG JUST PASSED IT, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.
UM, WE'RE GOING BACK UP THERE TO SPECIFICALLY TALK TO THEIR LOCAL BANKERS ABOUT PACE, BECAUSE IT IS A NEW PRODUCT AND IT DOES TAKE A SENIOR LIEN.
SO THERE'S SOME EDUCATION INVOLVED, BUT IT IS A MARKET NICHE FOR LOCAL LENDERS.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE GOING UP, UH, TO, FOR THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG, UH, TO DO THAT.
WE WILL DO THE SAME FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE'LL GET, UH, SOME LOCAL BANKERS, UM, INVOLVED.
WE WILL GO TO THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THE HOTEL ASSOCIATION, ALL THE BUSINESS LEADERS HERE IN TOWN FOR COMMERCIAL, UH, TYPE BUILDINGS, CONTRACTORS, SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTORS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORD IS GETTING OUT.
AND, UH, THEY ALL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
I'M REALLY EXCITED, UH, ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOWED US THE PICTURE OF THE DALLAS AUTOBODY SHOP, RIGHT? RIGHT.
HOW CAN YOU HELP US GET TO THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES? UH, WE, IT IS JUST WORD OF MOUTH, ACTUALLY.
AND, UM, WITH OUTREACH AT OUR, OUR, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, EVENTS, WE WILL HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE'LL CROSS, UM, DO INFORMATION WITH YOUR WEBSITE, THE TEXAS PACE AUTHORITY WEBSITE, IF WE NEED TO, OR KEEPING PACE IN TEXAS, UH, WE'LL JUST REACH IT.
THERE IS A KIND OF A, UM, UH, AN ECONOMIES OF SCALE KIND OF, OF SCENARIO.
SO IT, IT NEEDS TO REALLY SAVE MONEY FOR THAT BUSINESS AND MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE, BECAUSE THEY WILL WORK WITH THEIR LOCAL LENDER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND GO THROUGH THE UNDERWRITING AS WELL AS PACE.
BUT, UH, THE GREAT THING ABOUT PACE IS, IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FINANCING AND ALL THE FEES AND THINGS CAN GO INTO THAT ONE LOAN.
SO IF WE COULD DO IT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE CERTAINLY CAN DO IT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK MICHAEL WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.
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AHEAD.SO THIS IS VERY MUCH A PARTNERSHIP WITH ACOG, SO THAT WE WILL BE USING A LOT OF THE MARKETING MECHANISMS WE HAVE IN IN HOUSE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR LOCAL SMALL MINORITY WOMEN AND VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES TO PROMOTE THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
UM, I JUST, UH, I WANNA, AGAIN, THANK THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU, UH, TO ACOG FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS, UM, AND THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THIS, THIS ITEM TODAY.
I DO HOPE THAT, UM, THAT YOU WILL APPROVE IT.
I, UM, I HAVE SOME OTHER REMARKS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP FOR THESE
UM, I THINK THAT IMPLEMENTING THE PACE PROGRAM IS GOING TO ALIGN WITH MANY STRATEGIES THAT OUR CITY HAS AMONG THEM IS ESSAY TOMORROW, OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, OF COURSE, OUR CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN, UH, THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE, UH, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT'S NOT HERE IS THAT IT'S ALSO GOING TO ALIGN WITH PROMOTING, UH, SMALL MINORITY, UH, WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THEM A FINANCIAL TOOL TO BE MORE, UM, TO HAVE MORE REVENUE AND LESS, UH, LESS EXPENSES.
UM, IT IS ALSO GOING TO HELP US WITH AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING, UH, PROVIDED THAT THE APARTMENT, UH, LANDLORDS PARTICIPATE IN THIS, BUT, UH, AFFORDABILITY OF, OF HOUSING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT UTILITIES CAN PLAY SUCH A, UH, CAN MAKE OR BREAK SOMEONE'S, UH, SOMEONE'S BUDGET.
SO I REALLY HOPE THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, UH, PARTICIPATES IN THIS.
UM, SO AGAIN, UH, I WANNA, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, AND I, UH, I HOPE MY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL, UH, WILL CONSIDER APPROVING THIS.
SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AND, AND, UM, WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
IT'S A WAY TO ALIGN OUR ASPIRATIONAL, UH, GOALS ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH THE REALITIES OF SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, SO I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE IT.
I WILL FOREVER SCRATCH MY HEAD THOUGH ABOUT WHY IT TOOK US SO DARN LONG TO GET THIS DONE.
UH, THIS WAS INNOVATIVE BACK IN 2013.
NOW IT'S JUST A NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS.
WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US DO, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE, THE, THE, THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE, AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF US MOVING QUICKLY ON INNOVATION, IS THAT WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THESE THINGS THROUGH QUICKER.
I DON'T WANT 'EM TO GET 'EM CAUGHT UP IN, IN, YOU KNOW, THE MORASS OF MULTIPLE BUREAUCRACIES.
THIS IS A DAY WORTH CELEBRATING.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT WE GOTTA MOVE FASTER ON THESE THINGS WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO.
SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS THROUGH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND LET'S, UH, KEEP THE PEDAL TO THE MEDAL.
ALRIGHT, UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 26.
OKAY, THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR MORNING AGENDA.
[27. City Manager's Report]
UH, IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR.UM, THE, UH, BUDGET STAFF WILL BE DISTRIBUTING, UH, INFORMATION TO YOU IN A BINDER, BUT IT'S THE, OUR THREE PLUS NINE FINANCIAL UPDATE.
UH, THE BINDER YOU'LL BE DISTRIBUTED, UH, HAS, UH, OUR THREE PLUS NINE, UH, PRESENTATION, THE FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, AN UPDATE ON OUR BUDGET INITIATIVES IN THIS YEAR'S, UH, BUDGET, OUR FIRST QUARTER, UH, MEASURES, AS WELL AS A PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, CALENDAR.
AND LET ME WALK THROUGH KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT, AND THEN SHARE WITH YOU THE, UH, RECOMMENDED BUDGET CALENDAR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO, UH, JUST A REMINDER, THE F Y 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET IS $2.9 BILLION.
UH, THE FIRST COMPONENT ARE OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS AT $938 MILLION.
AND JUST A REMINDER, THE RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE GOVERNED BY EITHER FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL.
UH, THEY INCLUDE OPERATIONS SUCH AS THE AIRPORT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX, STORM WATER, AND SOLID WASTE.
UH, THE NEXT COMPONENT OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2020 BUDGET IS OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AT $715 MILLION.
AND THIS, UH, FUND PROVIDES, UH, FOR OUR MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, UH, LIKE THE 2017 BOND PROJECTS AND THE RIMAN PROJECT THAT WE HAD ON THE AGENDA EARLIER, AS WELL AS, UH, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE GENERAL FUND, OUR LARGEST OPERATING DEPARTMENT FUND AT 1.27 BILLION, WHICH PROVIDES, UH, FOR OUR, UH, CITY'S COURT SERVICES AND FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE WATCHING, UM, THE GENERAL FUND OF $1.27 BILLION.
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UH, BUDGET IS PRIMARILY FUNDED WITH, UH, THREE MAIN REVENUE SOURCES.UH, PROPERTY TAX IS OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE AT ABOUT $381 MILLION THIS YEAR.
UH, C P S ENERGY, UH, GENERATES APPROXIMATELY $354 MILLION IN REVENUE.
AND AS A REMINDER, THE CITY RECEIVES UP TO 14% OF ALL C P S GAS AND ELECTRIC GROSS REVENUE AS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, AS THE OWNERS OF C P S, UM, SALES TAX GENERATES, UH, APPROXIMATELY $313 MILLION.
AND THEN THAT FINAL COMPONENT OF REVENUE IS MADE UP OF, UM, UH, RESOURCES SUCH AS E M S, TRANSPORT, USER FEES, SALE OF PROPERTY, AND SO FORTH.
OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, REVENUES, UH, FROM THE FIRST QUARTER, UM, WE ARE AHEAD BY $5.3 MILLION.
UM, AND LET ME WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE LINES.
UM, THIS IS JUST FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
UM, UH, AND WE ARE PROJECTING, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BEING SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF BY FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S STILL THE FIRST QUARTER, UH, IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAX, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, REVENUE IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE, UH, INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND THERE'S BEEN LITTLE DEVIATION IN THAT REVENUE.
UH, SALES TAX FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, UH, WAS UP BY $600,000, AND WE ARE PROJECTING TO BE AHEAD BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, THIS DOES INCLUDE, UM, THE CHECK WE RECEIVED IN JANUARY, WHICH IS NOT, WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE FIRST QUARTER.
AND THAT INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WAS ABOUT 4.3% FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, C P S REVENUE, WE ARE PROJECTING THROUGH THE QUARTER, ACTUAL QUARTER $1.7 MILLION, UM, IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
UH, BUT JUST LIKE, UH, I MENTIONED A SECOND AGO WITH, UH, C P S, UM, THE, I'M SORRY, WITH SALES TAX, UH, THE JANUARY C P S WAS, UM, OFF BY ABOUT $4.9 MILLION.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE ON A MONTHLY BASIS, UH, AS A TEAM, UH, WE WILL UPDATE THESE FOR THE SIX PLUS SIX.
WE ARE PROJECTING THAT FOR THE YEAR, UH, WE WILL BE AT BUDGET FOR C P S.
AND THEN OTHER REVENUES, UH, ARE GENERALLY ONE TIME IN NATURE.
UH, WE HAD, UH, THE PAYOFF OF A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOAN, THE, UH, VESTA AS IT SOLD, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
UM, THERE WAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOAN THAT THE COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THAT LOAN NEEDED TO BE PAYOFF WITH THE, UH, SALE OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND, UH, THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THAT OTHER CATEGORY.
SO AS WE DO THESE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL, WE, I'M LOOKING AT A MONTHLY, WE PROVIDE THE COUNCIL THE QUARTERLY UPDATES, AND THEN WE, UH, BASED ON THIS FIRST QUARTER REPORT, WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THE YEAR END.
SO THESE ARE PRELIMINARY, UH, NUMBERS, AND THAT WILL, WE WILL UPDATE WHEN WE DO THE MIDYEAR BUDGET AND THE SIX PLUS SIX PRESENTATION.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE, UH, ANTICIPATING FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AT THE END OF 2020.
THIS CAN CHANGE, AND WE WILL UPDATE YOU AT THE SIX PLUS SIX.
AND WE ARE ESTIMATING, UH, A LITTLE OVER $700,000 IN LESS EXPENSE, WHICH IS, UM, UH, LESS THAN ONE 10TH OF 1% OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
UM, IF YOU'LL RECALL, IN DECEMBER, I SHARED A MEMO WITH THE COUNCIL ON WHERE WE WERE AT PRELIMINARILY WITH THE YEAR END OF 50 OF F Y 19.
UM, THE PRELIMINARY, WE AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, THE GENERAL FUND ENDING IS ABOUT 1.2% OF OUR GENERAL FUND OF F Y 19 WITH $15 MILLION.
UM, THE PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, WE RECEIVED IN DECEMBER OF 2019.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THAT AUDIT RIGHT NOW.
UM, OVERALL, WE SAW AN ADDITIONAL THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND LESS EXPENSES SLIGHTLY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
IF YOU'LL ALSO RECALL IN THE COMMUNICATION OF THE COUNCIL IN, UH, DECEMBER, THAT $15 MILLION, UH, INCLUDED THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE RESERVE THAT FOR THE IMPACT OF THE FIRE ARBITRATION AWARD, WHICH I SHARED WITH YOU, UM, LAST WEEK.
UM, ADJUSTMENTS WILL NEED TO BE MADE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, AND WE'LL DO THAT IN THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, UM, ORDINANCE IN APRIL.
UM, IN F Y 20, BASED ON THIS ESTIMATE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT $5.2 MILLION, UH, I WOULD EXPECT TO, UH, MOVE SLIGHTLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE SPRING.
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AND WE WILL UPDATE THAT FOR THE SIX PLUS SIX, UH, PRESENTATION AS PART OF OUR FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST.UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE VOLATILITY OF SOME OF THESE THINGS, UM, UM, WITH ONLY THREE MONTHS OF ACTUAL NUMBERS, UM, AT SIX PLUS SIX, WE SHOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
IN TERMS OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, JUST HIGH LEVEL ON A COUPLE OF OUR MAJOR FUNDS, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, WHICH IS A 16.75% TOTAL, UH, UH, LEVY ON EACH, UH, EVERY HOTEL ROOM NIGHT, THE CITY RECEIVES 9% OF, I'M SORRY, YEAH, A 9% TOTAL.
7% IS FOR THE CONVENTION OF SPORTS FACILITIES.
OUR CONTRACT WITH V S A ARTS AND CULTURAL AND HISTORY AND PRESERVATION, AND 2% OF THAT 16.75% IS RESTRICTED REVENUE THAT IS UTILIZED TO PAY OFF THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THE H O T TAX GENERATES, UH, ALMOST $75 MILLION, UH, A YEAR, UH, AS BUDGETED THIS YEAR, UH, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
WE ARE AT BUDGET AND WE'RE PROJECTED TO BE AT BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS, BOTH HOTEL ROOMS, UH, RENTED, AND THE DAILY ROOM RATES ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR AND IN LINE WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS.
AND THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS FUNDED BY THIS TAX, UH, ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW, UH, BUDGET RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE PROJECTING THEM AT BUDGET.
OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ENTERPRISE FUND, UH, IS A $38 MILLION FUND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY FEES, PAID BY, UH, PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS.
AS RESULT AS IT'S RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, FEE REV DEVELOPMENT FEE REVENUES, UH, ARE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF, UH, BUDGET.
AND THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, UH, WE HAVE SEEN, UH, STRONG GROWTH IN NEW RESIDENTIAL PERMITS, UH, 43% INCREASE IN HIGHER RESIDENTIAL PERMITS AS COMPARED TO THE BUDGET, AND 44% HIGHER AS COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE SEEING STRONG, UH, UH, ACTIVITY IN THIS SECTOR, WHICH, UM, UM, UH, WILL BE GOOD, CERTAINLY FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND FOR, UH, OVERALL SAN ANTONIO.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING THAT COMMERCIAL PERMITS AT THIS TIME ARE IN LINE WITH OUR, UH, BUDGET PROJECTIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT IS SPENDING, UH, SLIGHTLY ABOVE THEIR BUDGET, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
SOME OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, SOME SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS WE'VE DONE AT THE BUILDING, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, MIKE SHANNON'S, UM, UM, RUNNING OF THE OPERATION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR TIMELINES AND OUR TURNAROUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED AS, AS REQUIREMENT, UH, WITH THE HIGHER, UH, RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY, OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE FUND HAS AN OPERATING BUDGET OF, UH, A LITTLE OVER $131 MILLION.
UH, AS A REMINDER, WE'VE MADE A $2, UH, IN DECREASE IN OUR F Y 2020 FEES FOR OUR SMALL CAN, UM, UH, WHICH IS AT $14 AND 76 CENTS.
UM, THE, UH, FIRST QUARTER WE HAVE, UM, NOT SEEN.
UM, AND, AND WE WERE AT A DISTRICT TWO, UM, BREAKFAST, UH, THE OTHER DAY.
AND, AND DAVID SHARED WITH THE GROUP THAT WE NEED TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPTION FOR THE SMALLER BROWN CAN AND SAVE, UH, UP TO $144 A YEAR.
AND, UH, BUT WE ARE, UH, WE, WE EXPECTED TO BE AT A 79%, UH, MARK FOR CUSTOMERS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE SMALLER CAN.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MARKET THAT.
AND, UH, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AT, UH, MEETINGS THAT YOU MAY HAVE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS OR ORGANIZATIONS, WE CERTAINLY WANNA BE PART OF THAT.
THE GOAL IS TO, UM, UH, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF, UM, WASTE WE'RE TAKING TO THE LANDFILL AND PROVIDE, UH, FOLKS PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH RECYCLING AND OUR GREEN CARTS.
OUR FIRST QUARTER, WE HAVE REALIZED A LITTLE LESS IN TERMS OF EXPENSES THERE AT SOLID WASTE AND ARE PROJECTING, UH, TO, UH, BE A LITTLE BIT UNDER BUDGET, UH, $1.6 MILLION OUTTA THAT $131 MILLION SO FAR, BASED ON THE FIRST QUARTER, OUR FY 2021 RECOMMENDED BUDGET CALENDAR.
YES, IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE NEXT
WE HANDED OUT A COUPLE OF MAJOR MILESTONE POINTS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
APRIL 15TH WOULD BE OUR SIX PLUS SIX REPORT.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION OF OUR FIVE-YEAR
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FINANCIAL FORECAST.WE WOULD, UH, UH, PROPOSE AND INCLUDE ON THE AGENDA THE ACTUAL MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT ORDINANCE.
UH, WE HAVE TENTATIVELY RESERVED ON YOUR CALENDARS MAY 28TH FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, BUDGET GOAL SETTING SESSION.
UH, AUGUST 6TH WOULD BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR F Y 2021, UH, WORK SESSIONS IN THE, UH, ENSUING PERIOD, UH, FOR SIX WEEKS, UH, WITH, UH, BUDGET ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBER 17TH.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR INPUT, UM, OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL BE F UH, SET FINALIZING THE CALENDAR, UH, THE WEEK OF, UH, MARCH 4TH.
SO ANY INPUT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW, OR JUSTINA OR MARIA.
AND, UM, AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS SET.
AS YOU LOOK AT THIS BINDER, IT'S ORGANIZED IN, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
AS I MENTIONED, IT'S THE THREE PLUS NINE, THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS, UH, THE BUDGET INITIATIVES, UPDATE, THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE A DETAILED PRESENTATION, WE WILL GET ON YOUR CALENDAR, UM, AND, UH, KINDA WALK THROUGH, UH, THE BINDER, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
MAYOR, THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEM WE HAD ON THE AGENDA FOR BUDGET FOR, UH, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT TODAY.
UH, THIS COVERS THE FIRST QUARTER, SO THROUGH JANUARY, BASICALLY, IS THAT CORRECT? THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER, THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.
SO THIS WILL NOT INCLUDE, UH, OUR, UH, SETTLEMENT WITH THE FIRE, UH, UNION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES, SIR.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COST TO THE CITY WAS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT $8 MILLION THIS YEAR IN THAT SETTLEMENT.
AND SO I PRESUME THAT IF WE ENDED UP WITH A SOMEWHAT OF A SURPLUS OF NEAR $15 MILLION AT THE END OF THE LAST BUDGET YEAR, UH, MUCH OF THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED TO OFFSET THE, THAT 8 MILLION THAT WE'LL BE, UH, PAYING INTO THE FIRE UNION FUND.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN AS I LAID IT OUT TO THE COUNCIL IN THE, UH, IN THE DECEMBER MEMO AND LAST WEEK'S MEMO.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT JUST $15 MILLION LAYING AROUND, AND MORE THAN HALF OF THAT IS GONNA HAVE TO GO TO HELP RESOLVE OUR, OUR FINAL SETTLEMENT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UH, WOULD YOU, WHO WOULD WE BE LOOKING AT? WOULD IT BE YOU FOR BUDGET INITIATIVES? I'M JUST WONDERING IF I CAN GET AN OVERALL ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE.
DO YOU GUYS PRESENT THAT IN GENERAL, OR ARE YOU GUYS GONNA SEND ANOTHER DOCUMENT? DO I SCHEDULE SOMETHING DIRECTLY WITH YOU? WE CAN SCHEDULE SOMETHING DIRECTLY WITH YOU.
UM, AGAIN, PLEASE, UH, PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
WE'LL FINALIZE THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WITH THAT, WE ARE, OUR MORNING AGENDA IS ADJOURNED.
WE'LL BE BACK AT 2:00 PM OKAY.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING AGENDA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
THE TIME IS 2:10 PM WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CONVENE OUR ZONING AGENDA.
UH, MAY I HAVE OUR AV STAFF ROLL THE TRANSLATION VIDEO? AL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GET STARTED TODAY.
UM, A NOTE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNED UP, WE'RE, WE HAVE A, I HAVE A BRIEF POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I'M GONNA WELCOME, UM, SOME FOLKS HERE TODAY.
UH, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FOR ITEMS P EIGHT AND Z 27, THAT ITEM WILL BE POSTPONED.
SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR P EIGHT AND Z 27, UH, THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
UM, AT THIS TIME, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR CITY, TO OUR CITY, AND TO MY COUNCIL
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COLLEAGUES, A DISTINGUISHED TRADE MISSION LED BY THE COUNCIL OF INDUSTRIAL CHAMBERS OF HELICO, FEATURING THE PARTICIPATION BY 26 CHAMBER AND BUSINESS LEADERS REPRESENTING VARIOUS CHAMBERS, INDUSTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE WESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAMBER, THE NATIONAL CHAMBER OF GRAPHIC ARTS, THE NATIONAL CHAMBER OF, OF THE RESTAURANT AND SPICE FOOD INDUSTRY, THE CHAMBER OF WOOD INDUSTRY OF HELICO, THE JEWELRY CHAMBER OF HELICO, THE CHAMBER OF FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY, THE WESTERN CLOTHING CHAMBER, THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY CHAMBER, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA.AND YOU THOUGHT WE HAD A LOT OF CHAMBERS
THIS DISTINGUISHED DELEGATION HAS A RATHER PACKED SCHEDULE DURING THEIR TIME IN SAN ANTONIO AS THEY CONNECT WITH LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS, MEET MULTIPLE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, AND OF COURSE, VISIT PORT SAN ANTONIO.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR CITY, AND INVITE YOU TO ENJOY OUR TIME IN SAN ANTONIO.
WHILE EXPERIENCING FIRSTHAND THE CONNECTION OUR RESIDENTS AND COMPANIES CHERISH WITH MEXICO AND THE STATE OF JALISCO, WE'RE ESPECIALLY PLEASED TO WELCOME TO THIS PARTICULAR DELEGATION AS GUADALAJARA, THE CAPITAL.
JALISCO IS ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S OLDEST SISTER CITIES.
OUR OFFICIAL SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH GUADALAJARA BEGAN IN 1974.
ALTHOUGH WE ENJOYED STRONG HISTORIC, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC TIES TO THE STATE OF HELICO DURING DATING BACK, LONG BEFORE SAN ANTONIO'S FIRST TRADE IN TOURISM OFFICE IN MEXICO, WAS OPENED IN GUADALAJARA ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO.
AND THERE'S BEEN A STRONG FOCUS ON FOSTERING AND CREATING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS.
TWO YEARS AGO, WE VISITED GUADALAJARA FOR THE FIRST MEXICO, US SISTER CITIES MAYOR'S SUMMIT, AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE KIND OF HOSPITALITY BY THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF, OF THE COUNCIL FOR INDUSTRIAL CHAMBERS OF JALISCO.
AND A WONDERFUL VISIT, UH, THAT WAS, WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME IN SAN ANTONIO AS MUCH AS WE DID IN GUADALAJARA.
THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS WARM, RECEPTIVE, AND READY TO DO BUSINESS.
WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND AGAIN, I'M SO PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU TO SAN ANTONIO AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ONLY LIMITED BY OUR IMAGINATION ON HOW WE CAN FURTHER DEVELOP OUR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN JALISCO AND SAN ANTONIO.
THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GONZALEZ.
AT THIS TIME, UM, OH, COUNCILMAN BLI.
I, I, I'M SORRY FOR JUMPING IN AND SLOWING DOWN THE TRAIN.
MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT SOME OF THE BEST CHOCOLATES ON THE PLANET ARE FROM JALISCO, AND SOME OF THE BEST TEQUILA ON THE PLANET IS FROM JALISCO.
UH, AND, UH, I, I PERSONALLY WILL BE DOING A CULTURAL INVESTIGATION TONIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND CELEBRATING, UH, MY JALI FRIENDS, UH, HERE, UH, WELCOME IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, MAYOR, I, I WILL TELL YOU THE SOMETHING CURIOUS ABOUT JALISCO, UH, THAT I'D FOUND OUT RECENTLY IS THAT IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO SAN ANTONIO AS FAR AS ITS ECONOMY IN, UH, YOU KNOW, TOURISM AND RESTAURANTS.
UM, AND THEY REALLY WOULD GIVE US A RUN FOR OUR MONEY.
UH, AND SO, UH, IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE VISITING US.
AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SPENDING A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH YOU GUYS WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD HOSTS.
ALSO HOME TO THE, UH, GONZALES FAMILY FARM, WHICH IS THE BEST TEQUILA IN THE WORLD.
ALRIGHT, WELCOME, BIENVENIDOS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JADA ANDREWS SULLIVAN.
I WANTED TO TAKE, UH, TIME TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS HERE IN DISTRICT TWO, WHICH ARE THE ROSEVILLE APARTMENTS, WHICH ARE FOUNDED BY, FOUNDED, FOUNDED BY THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHAS.
UM, THE AKAS HAVE A STRONG HERITAGE OF GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SENIORS ARE SERVICED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD ASK IF THEY ARE HERE TODAY, IF THEY WOULD STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND I HAVE MY FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, SHE KEPT US IN LINE AT SAM HOUSTON AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU, MRS. LEWIS.
THANK YOU TO THE AKAS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DOING YOUR WORK AND YOUR SUPPORT.
ROSEVILLE APARTMENTS IS LOCATED RIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE, RIGHT OFF OF EAST HOUSTON.
AND TO KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE EXPANDING A INDUSTRY THAT IS KIND OF FORGOTTEN AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE SERVICE THAT YOU'LL BE PROVIDING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE ENDEAVORS THAT YOU'LL BE PROVIDING TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
NOT JUST THE LIVING QUARTERS AND GIVING
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A COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO AGE IN PLACE, BUT CONTINUING TO SERVICE THEIR CONTINUED NEEDS AS THEY DO SO.SO, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU AND TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY STILL DO THE WORK BECAUSE YOU ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
I, IT'S RARE WHEN WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CHIME IN BEFORE ZONING, BUT WHAT THE HECK, LET'S, UH, LET'S DO IT.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY UNIDOS AND WELCOME TO, UH, THE MANY, UH, CHAMBER PARTICIPANTS FROM KALIKO.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER, UH, TONIGHT OVER DINNER.
AND I WAS JUST REMINDED THAT TEQUILA CAN ONLY BE MADE IN ALI SCHOOL AND CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
SO IT, IT CERTAINLY IS A, HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR CULTURE.
AND WANNA SAY UNIDOS, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO YOU HAVING A, A WONDERFUL STAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, AND WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR GUESTS TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING GOOD QUALITY TIME WITH YOU.
AND, UM, NO BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN FOR YOU.
SIT HERE THROUGH OUR ZONING AGENDA.
SO, UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START NOW, UH, WITH OUR ZONING AGENDA.
[Zoning Consent Agenda]
I'LL MENTION THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR INDIVIDUAL, UH, CONSIDERATION, AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM WHICH THE ZONING OR MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.NOW, THE ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ARE Z ONE, Z TWO, P ONE, AND Z THREE, P TWO, AND Z SIX, Z NINE, Z 14, Z 15, Z 18, P SIX, AND Z 20, Z 25, Z 28, AND Z 29.
AND ALSO TO NOTE, P EIGHT AND Z 27 WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM WHICH MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR THOSE I JUST MENTIONED.
UM, THERE ARE CITIZENS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.
I'LL CALL YOU NOW IN THE ORDER WHICH YOU SIGNED UP.
I'LL CALL THE FIRST NAME IN THE LIST.
IF YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM.
WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA TODAY, SO JUST BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD.
WE'LL START WITH JACK FINGER AND MR. FINGER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER PEREZ.
MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER.
A FEW ITEMS WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
UH, A LOT OF, UH, INTERESTING RED FLAGS HERE TODAY.
LET'S SEE, WHICH ONE SHALL WE START WITH? WELL, HARD TO SAY.
UM, THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT NOW.
IN MS. SHIRLEY GONZALEZ DISTRICT.
YES, MS. GONZALEZ, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS ON Z 20 P SIX AND Z 20.
THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE COMMISSION, THEY RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
THE, THE ZONING STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
WHAT IS ALL THE HUBBUB ABOUT? WELL, WELL, OH, OH, MORE THAN THAT.
EIGHT CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION.
THAT'S ALMOST, THAT'S AROUND 40%, RIGHT? WAS IT 20%? 40%.
YOU'RE DOING BAD IF YOU HAVE ONLY FIVE OR 10%.
THIS IS, THIS IS EXCEPTIONAL HERE.
I GUESS THEY DON'T LIKE THE ADDITION OF ALCOHOL BEING ADDED TO THE, UH, TO THE ZONING, UH, CLASSIFICATION AT, AT, UH, WHERE IS Z 20? YEAH, IT'S OVER ON, UH, ON ALITA STREET THERE.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? UH, MS UH, MS. SULLIVAN IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU HAVE A, A FEW RED FLAGS OF YOUR OWN THERE.
THE, UH, OVER IN Z NINE, THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED NILE.
AND, UH, WHY? WELL, I GUESS SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE USED CAR LOT BEING ESTABLISHED OVER THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE ONE TOO MANY FOR, FOR YOUR SIDE OF TOWN.
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY FOR, I MEAN, TALK ABOUT SAN ANTONIO BEING, BEING JUST PLASTERED WITH USED CAR LOTS.
WE, WE GET A LITTLE TIRED OF THAT THERE, YOU KNOW.
SO THE, UH, ALSO IN YOUR DISTRICT, MS. SULLIVAN, THE, THE FACT THAT, UH, UH, IN Z SIX, Z P TWO AND Z SIX, UH, THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
THE ZONING STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
WHY? WELL, IT'S ABOUT THE PROPOSAL FROM A LOW DENSITY TO
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NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.THE PROPOSED REZONING OF APPEARS TO CONFLICT WITH GOVERNMENT HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
AND THEY WILL HAVE A ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORING LANDS.
MADAM, MAYBE YOU'D WANNA SAY NO TO THAT ONE.
SPEAKING OF COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENTS ALL, ALL AROUND THE PLACE.
UH, UM, LET'S SEE, WELL, ONCE AGAIN, THIS TIME IN, IN, UH, WHERE, WHERE WHERE'D SHE GO? I MEAN, MISS, UH, AND DISTRICT THREE? YES.
WHY? BECAUSE IT, IT ALSO INTRODUCES A COMMERCIAL PATTERN IN THIS ENTIRELY SINGLE FAMILY AREA.
UM, AND MR. TREVINO, YOU'VE GOT THE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT.
IT'S ABOUT TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY EVELYN GEORGI.
HI, MY NAME IS ALEXANDER PEREZ.
I LIVE AT 7 2 4 NOLAN STREET, WHICH IS WITHIN THE 200 RADIUS OF THIS PROPERTY, 7 0 7 DAWSON STREET.
UM, IT'S IN REGARDS TO TURNING THIS MULTI-FAMILY, UH, PROPERTY INTO A PARTY HOUSE, UM, WITH 10 PARKING SPACES FOR 250 PEOPLE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ATTEMPT TO DO THAT.
UM, I DUNNO HOW YOU'D FEEL ABOUT IT.
250 PEOPLE WERE IN YOUR BACKYARD, SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE NOT DO THIS TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVELYN GEORGI, MS. GEORGI BE FOLLOWED BY DANIEL POTTER.
UM, I AM HERE AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR DANIEL VALDIVIA.
HE IS OWNER OF 1 29 DOLORES AVENUE, AND HE JUST WANTS TO SEE IF HE COULD GET HIS HOME, HIS HOME ZONED AS A DUPLEX.
WE NEED TO, THIS IS THE SECOND HEARING, I BELIEVE, AND, UM, AS LONG WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A SECOND METER SO HE COULD RENT OUT THE BACK HOUSE.
THANK YOU, MS. GEORGIE, DANIEL POTTER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING AN APPLICANT IN, UH, DISTRICT SIX.
I JUST THINK WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A SMALL BUSINESS TO TAKE AN ABANDONED PROPERTY AND PROMOTE, UH, THEIR STATE FARM BUSINESS.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.
AND THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR Z ONE, Z TWO, P ONE Z THREE P TWO Z SIX Z NINE Z 14 Z 15 Z 18 P SIX, AND Z 20 Z 25 Z 28, AND Z 29.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS. SAY FOR THOSE I JUST MENTIONED, PLEASE VOTE.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THE INDIVIDUAL
[Z-1. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700187 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-3NA HS RIO-4 NCD-1 AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Historic Significant River Improvement Overlay South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District, "RM-4 NCD-1 AHOD” Residential Mixed South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District and “IDZ RIO-4 NCD-1 AHOD” Infill Development Zone River Improvement Overlay South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "C-2 NA" Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales District and "MF-25" Multi Family District to "IDZ-3 HL RIO-4 NCD-1 AHOD" High Intensity Infill Development Zone Historic Landmark River Improvement Overlay South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “C-2” Commercial District, uses permitted for multi-family with up to 39 dwelling units, and a Hotel and "IDZ-3 NCD-1 AHOD" High Intensity Infill Development Zone South Presa Street/South Saint Mary's Streets Neighborhood Conservation Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “C-2” Commercial District, uses permitted for multi-family with up to 39 dwelling units, and a Hotel (all overlays remain the same) on Lot 9, the west 42.8 feet of the south 22 feet of Lot 10 , the north 125 feet of Lot 10 and the east 46.2 feet of the south 22 feet of Lot 10, NCB 2979, located at 141 Jacobs, 143 Jacobs, 1714 South Saint Mary’s Street and 1722 South Saint Mary’s Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from January 16, 2020)]
ZONING ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH Z ONE Z ONE FROM C THREE NA, RMM FOUR AND I D Z WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO NA AND MF 25 TO I D Z THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO USES, PERMITTED FOR MULTI-FAMILY WITH UP TO 39 DWELLING UNITS AND HOTEL LOCATED AT 1 41 AND 1 43 JACOBS 1714 AND 1722 SOUTH ST.STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
38 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, EIGHT OPPOSED LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION.
THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%.
AND THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR REQUEST AND IS PRESENT TO SUBMIT THEIR AMENDMENT.
OKAY, WE HAVE THREE I, UH, THREE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z ONE.
EGRIN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE DOUCETTE.
I'M CHERISE RA EGRIN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE SA TOMORROW PLAN INVOLVED TWO YEARS OF DISCUSSION IN COMPROMISE THAT INCLUDED DEVELOPERS, INVESTORS, CITY PLANNERS, AND RESIDENTS.
IN THAT PLAN, THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR WAS
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DETERMINED TO BE BEST SUITED TO A DENSITY OF 40 UNITS PER ACRE FOR THIS SITE, THAT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF 20 UNITS.THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT THAT INCREASES DENSITY IN A WAY THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT IN TAXPAYER FUNDS WENT INTO DEVELOPING THE SA TOMORROW PLAN.
THIS CALIFORNIA COMPANY IS ASKING YOU TO TOSS ASIDE TWO YEARS OF WORK TO DISREGARD THE COMPROMISES ALREADY MADE BY THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S NEARLY DOUBLE THE RECOMMENDED DENSITY.
THE ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTS HAVE MET WITH THE COMPANY'S LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
THEY AGREED TO MOVE THE REMOVE THE HOTEL REQUEST, WHICH WE APPRECIATE, BUT THEY INTEND TO MAXIMIZE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ALLOWANCE.
SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST PROVIDING MORE HOUSING THAT'S NEEDED IN THE AREA.
H D R C ASKED THEM TO REMOVE THE FOURTH FLOOR.
THIS WASN'T A REQUEST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM H D R C.
IN FACT, THAT COMPROMISE WITH H D R C FURTHER COMPROMISE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT REMOVED AN ADDITIONAL SIX PARKING SPACES, BRINGING IT DOWN TO LESS THAN 50% OF PARKING ON AN ALREADY CROWDED STREET.
WHILE THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN WOULD CALL FOR 20 UNITS AT THIS PROPERTY, THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO COMPROMISE FOR AS MANY AS 35 UNITS.
THAT'S 15 MORE THAN IS RECOMMENDED BY THE SA TOMORROW PLAN, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT IF THIS PROPERTY STAYS IN A I D Z TWO ZONING.
SO 35 WOULD BE THE MAX WITH IDZ TWO AND THE RESIDENTS ARE WILLING TO MAKE THAT COMPROMISE.
THE COMPANY UNFORTUNATELY, HAS BEEN NOT WOULD BEEN WILLING TO NEGOTIATE.
AGAIN, THE LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS INCREASED HOUSING PROVIDED IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SA TOMORROW PLAN.
NOW YOU WERE GONNA HEAR THIS CASE ABOUT A MONTH AGO BEFORE IT GOT POOLED.
ON THAT SAME DAY I WAS, UM, IN THE T P R OFFICE, UH, ON THE SOURCE SAY TOMORROW PLAN WITH DAVID MARTIN DAVIES.
AND AT THE END HE ASKED ME, UH, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE CITY LEADERSHIP IS LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS? I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR HIM THAT DAY, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CALL HIM BACK AND SAY, YES.
THE CITY LEADERSHIP IS LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS OF LAVACCA AND OF THE CITY OVER THAT OF A COMPANY FROM CALIFORNIA.
THE LEVO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ASKS YOU TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR I D Z THREE TWO OR I D Z THREE.
WE WOULD CONSIDER A DISCUSSION ABOUT I D Z TWO SHOULD THE APPLICANT BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT.
ALLEG GREENY, CATHERINE DOUCETTE.
MS. DOUCETTE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MARK DOUCETTE.
MY NAME IS CATHERINE DOUCETTE.
I LIVE AT ONE 20 JACOBS STREET.
JUST ACROSS FROM THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE DOWN THE DENSITY OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IF THE DENSITY OF THE STREET IS MORE THAN DOUBLED PER THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, IT WILL IMPACT ALL OF US FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
IDZ THREE IS A DENSITY DESIGNATION THAT IS FAR BEYOND WHAT IS REASONABLE FOR THIS LITTLE STREET, EVEN IF IT LIES ON THE MAIN CORRIDOR OF ST.
BECAUSE INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THIS PROPERTY WILL BE ONTO JACOBS STREET, THERE ISN'T NEARLY ENOUGH PARKING IN THE PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF UNITS OR THEIR GUESTS, WHICH MEANS THAT OVERFLOW, UM, WILL COME ONTO JACOBS STREET AND THE SURROUNDING, UH, STREETS.
EVEN THOUGH JACOBS IS IN NO PARKING STREET, IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT BECAUSE OUR STREET IS ONLY 19 FEET WIDE.
SO IF PEOPLE PARK THERE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAFELY PASS.
H D R C DENIED THE APPLICANT'S FOUR STORY BUILDING.
SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE HIGH DENSITY THAT THE, THE DENSITY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING, THE APPLICANT CHANGED ITS ORIGINAL PLAN TO INCLUDE A SIX UNIT BUILDING IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH TOOK AWAY VALUABLE PARKING SPACES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ACCOUNTED FOR.
IF THIS SIX UNIT BUILDING IS ALLOWED, IT WILL INCREASE DENSITY TOWARD THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES RATHER THAN TOWARD THE MAIN CORRIDOR.
THE NEIGHBORS ARE OPPOSED TO THE HIGH DENSITY DESIGNATION OF I DZ THREE AS EVIDENCED IN THE LETTER SIGNED BY 20 NEIGHBORS AND SENT TO YOU ALL PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
PLEASE LIMIT THE ZONING TO I DZ TWO WITH NOT MORE THAN 35 UNITS.
A SUBSTANTIAL COMPROMISE BY US FROM 20 UNITS PER THE SA TOMORROW PLAN.
PLEASE ELIMINATE THE SIX UNIT BUILDING IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY SO THAT THE DENSITY IS PUSHED TOWARD THE MAIN CORRIDOR, WHICH WILL ALLOW MORE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
LASTLY, PLEASE HELP US MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LOVE.
MY NAME'S MARK DOUCETTE, LIKE MY WIFE.
MY BIG ISSUE WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DENSITY, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SAID.
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ASPECT.I WANT TO ECHO A LOT OF THEIR OPINIONS.
UM, WE ARE AGAINST THE IDZ THREE ASPECT.
THE BIGGER ASPECTS FOR THE BUILDING IN THE BACK THAT THEY ADDED AFTER THE H C R C JUST DENIED THEM ON A FOUR STORY.
UM, THAT'S A REALLY BIG CONCERN OF OURS.
TEXAS IS A CAR STATE NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, AND TO TAKE AWAY PARKING SPACES DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD ON A STREET THAT HAS NO PARKING.
UM, EVERYBODY ON THE STREET THAT I'VE TALKED TO IS AGAINST US.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SIGNATURES TO SHOW IT.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT YOU WOULD VOTE WITH US AND NOT AGAINST US BECAUSE WE LIVE ON THE STREET.
AND I THINK, UH, OWNER REPRESENTATIVE HAS A FEW THINGS HE'S GONNA READ INTO THE RECORD.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST.
UH, IN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE AGREED TO REDUCE IT TO 36 DWELLING UNITS.
WE'RE ADDING A NO ALCOHOL DESIGNATION TO THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AT THE REQUEST OF THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT'S IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THIS PROJECT.
SHE ASKED FOR US TO HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY AND DID I MENTION DOWN TO 36 UNITS? AND THAT'S, THANK YOU, PATRICK.
MELISSA, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UM, THAT MAY HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS.
UH, OF THE NEIGHBORS, DOES THE REQUESTED ZONING ALIGN WITH THE LAND USE PLANNED? AND IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SOUTH ST.
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS AND NUMBER OF UNITS THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED IF APPROVED AS, AS PRESENTED FOR IDZ THREE, IT'S UNLIMITED, BUT WITH THE N C D IT LIMITED TO FOUR STORIES.
AND BECAUSE OF THE ALCOHOL AND HOTEL USES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE REQUEST, WHAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO LATER ADD THESE? EVEN IF THE PROPERTY IS SOLD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REZONE GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AGAIN.
UM, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR, FOR APPROVAL BY STAFF, THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION.
UH, I AM PLEASED THAT THE APPLICANT WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MEET VARIOUS REQUESTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS CONFIRMED BY STAFF REGARDING HEIGHT, UNIT REDUCTION, AND REMOVING CONFLICTING CONFLICTING USES.
I ALSO COMMEND THE EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS CONSERVATION OF TWO HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED A WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH DISTRICT ONE AND T C I TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONCERNS, THE MEDIAN AT THE UNUSUAL INTERSECTION WITH A POTENTIAL MEDIAN EXPANSION AND ON STREET PARKING AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.
DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THE 1 41 JACOBS PROJECTS HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE, BUT I BELIEVE 36 UNITS WITH THE REMOVAL OF ANY ALCOHOL AND HOTEL USES IS A COMPROMISE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND PLEASANT DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL.
I WELCOME THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT AND APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY AND APPLICANT TO COME TO THIS POINT.
I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH APP WITH PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL, UH, WITH AMENDMENTS ON ITEM Z ONE.
UH, MELISSA, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, RENDERINGS OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE? UM, LET ME SEE.
THE EXHIBIT I HAVE IS WRITTEN ON.
PATRICK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S UNWRITTEN ON? THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN THAT IS, UH, REQUIRED WHEN THEY'RE SUBMITTING FOR, UM, PERMITTED USES.
OH, IT'S, SOME OF THE TEXT IS VERY SMALL, SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SEVERAL BUILDINGS IDENTIFIED ON HERE.
UM, THERE'S NO ELEVATIONS? NO, NO VISUALS.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
I THOUGHT IT, UM, IT HELPS THE PROJECT COME TO, TO LIFE.
LIFE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA SEE.
SO I, I HAD JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM, FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, MS. EGINE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS WAS, UH, NOT IN LINE WITH THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN.
AND I KNOW THE COUNCILMAN ASKED YOU IF IT WAS IN LINE, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE, WHERE IS THAT CONFUSION? WHY? SO I THINK WHAT, WHAT SHE'S REFERENCING, I BELIEVE SHE MENTIONED 20
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UNITS MAX, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS USED AS A GUIDE.
THE UNDERLYING ZONING THAT, UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING IS THE I D Z THREE.
SO THE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR DENSITY WOULD BE WITH THAT.
AND IN THIS CASE, THEY ORIGINALLY CAME IN, I WANNA SAY AT 41 UNITS.
UM, AND THEY HAVE REDUCED IT TO 39 THROUGH AT THE ZONING PROCESS.
UM, AND NOW TODAY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY AMENDING THAT FURTHER DOWN TO THE 36 UNITS, PATRICK, IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
UH, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
SORRY, BUT I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THE PLAN PART.
SO HOW IS THAT SECTION, UH, DESIGNATED IN THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN? SO AGAIN, THAT IS USED AS A GUIDE.
AND SO ESSAY TOMORROW THEY, THERE'S AN ADOPTED PLAN FOR THIS AREA, THE LAVACCA PLAN.
THAT ONE IS, UM, WHAT WE ARE UTILIZING FOR THIS.
AND SO BASED OFF OF THAT, THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE, WITH THAT BASED PLAN.
SO THERE'S NO PLAN AMENDMENT REQUIRED TO, NOT TODAY, NO, MA'AM.
TO, BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TODAY, WHAT PATRICK IS REQUESTING, THERE'S NOT A PLAN AMENDMENT REQUIRED.
IF, IF IT WAS INCONSISTENT, THEN THERE WOULD BE A PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT, UM, IT WAS JUST A GUIDE.
SO ARE WE IN LINE WITH THAT GUIDE? YES, WE ARE.
UH, MY OTHER QUESTION, UM, CAN YOU, UH, SO NOT TOO LONG AGO WE CHANGED FROM JUST HAVING I D Z BLANKET IDZ THAT'S CORRECT.
TO I D Z WITH CATEGORIES? YES.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US ONCE AGAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IDZ TWO AND I DZ THREE? SO FOR THE I DZ TWO, THERE WOULD BE, UH, AS AT LEAST FOR THE STORIES, THERE WOULD BE, UH, LIMITED TO FOUR STORIES.
AND IN THIS CASE, THEY WOULDN'T BE LIMITED AT ALL FOR HEIGHT.
AND THEN THE, UH, DENSITY, THEY WOULD BE 50 UNITS PER ACRE.
THAT'S, AND THAT'S ON THREE, THAT'S ON TWO FOR THREE.
THAT'S WHERE THE C TWO USES COME IN.
AND THEN THEY ARE, THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THE LIMIT FOR USES UNITS.
UNITS? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? WHAT FOR Z TWO IS, SO ID, ID Z TWO IS ALLOWS UP TO 50 UNITS PER ACRE.
SO THEN THE APPLICANT COMES IN AND REQUESTS, UM, THE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS.
SO THERE AGAIN, THEY STARTED OFF AT 40, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE AT ZONING COMMISSION.
THEY REDUCED IT TO 39, UM, WITH THIS REQUEST.
AND NOW THEY'RE AT 36 HERE TODAY.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THE CITIZENS WERE REFERENCING A 35 MAX IS WHAT WOULD MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE 36 UNITS.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WAS AMENDED TODAY.
UM, SO I, I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, THE, THE ONE UNIT IS, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO STAY AT.
AND THEN, UM, I HAD A QUESTION.
UH, SOMEONE MENTIONED THERE'S NO PARKING ON THAT STREET.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THERE'S NO PARKING ON THAT STREET? WELL, THE EXISTING, THE EXISTING STREETS OUT THERE ARE BUILT TO STANDARDS BACK FROM THE ORIGINAL 36 SQUARE MILES.
AND SO I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO, NO PARKING SIGNS ALONG SOME OF THE STREETS OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY MAY BE REFERENCING.
AND, AND ARE THOSE NO PARKING SIGNS REQUIRED FOR SAFETY REASON OR ARE THEY SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTED A WHILE BACK? 'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT A LOT.
WHERE I ANTICIPATE FROM THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THESE NARROW STREETS, IT'S BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACCESS THROUGH THERE.
AND THEY MAY HAVE RESTRICTED PARKING ON ONE SIDE, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO REFERENCE WHAT, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTED, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD DID REQUEST IT.
SO IS IT A SAFETY RE I KNOW YOU, YOU, YOU SAID I ANTICIPATE, BUT IT COULD BE BOTH.
I, SO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE PROBABLY CONCERNED.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ASK THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON HOW THEY REQUESTED THAT.
AND I BELIEVE T C I JUST LEFT.
SO, I MEAN, IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, OF COURSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT.
BUT IF IT'S, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD REQUEST, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE NEGOTIATED.
AND, UH, SO, AND THERE COULD BE PARKING ON THAT STREET, IF TYPICALLY ON OUR PUBLIC STREET PARKING, YOU CAN PARK ON EITHER SIDE.
BUT IF THERE'S A NARROW STREET, WHAT YOU SEE THE CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED WITH IS THE PARKING THAT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE OR BLOCKING THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
BUT WE CAN HAVE LIKE PARKING ON ONE SIDE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S, AND THIS STREET HAS PARKING ON NEITHER ON NO SIDES.
AND THERE'S, UM, SO A CAR CAN'T GO THROUGH IF, SORRY, EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN'T GO THROUGH.
IF THERE'S A CAR PARKED ON ONE SIDE, IF THERE'S PARKING ON BOTH SIDES, TYPICALLY IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH THERE.
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LIMITED ON ONE SIDE, THEY MOST LIKELY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THERE.I'M, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T GONE AND DRIVEN WITH THE FIRETRUCK TO GO SEE WHAT THAT MEASUREMENT IS.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST IS THEY'LL PUT THE NO PARKING SIGNS UP ON ONE SIDE, AND THEN THERE LEAVES THE OTHER SIDE FREE FOR, UM, THE TRAFFIC TO FLOW.
AND THEN, UM, ONE, UH, I, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE, FOR THE DEVELOPER.
I FOUND THIS VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
SO NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE WERE HERE APPROVING A PROJECT AT THE, A SESSION, AND I WAS MAKING A BIG STINK BECAUSE IT INCLUDED PARKING AND EACH PARKING SPACE WAS GONNA COST SOMETHING LIKE 30,000, 20 TO $30,000 TO BUILD.
AND THE DEVELOPER SAID, UM, WELL, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN BUILD THIS WITHOUT PARKING, 'CAUSE WE WON'T GET THE FINANCING.
AND I, UH, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, FINE.
AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE ABLE TO BUILD WITHOUT DESIGNATING PARKING SPACES.
UH, WELL, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE SPACE PER UNIT.
UM, A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN.
THERE'S ALWAYS THE ANTICIPATION THAT, UH, THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO DOWNTOWN AND PEOPLE WHO WORK DOWNTOWN, THEY CAN RIDE THEIR BIKE.
THEY CAN RIDE THE BUS, THERE'S A BUS STOP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE LENDER, HONESTLY, ABOUT WHETHER THEY WILL AND WHO'S, WHO'S THE LENDER.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, I APOLOGIZE.
GOOD TO, FOR, I'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU.
SO, UM, I, I GUESS THAT IS ONE THING THAT I FIND, UH, VERY INTERESTING IS THAT, UH, SO THE, THE UNITS WILL BE SOLD, OR WILL THEY BE RENTED? RENTED, IS THAT IF YOU ARE, UH, LOOKING TO LIVE THERE, YOU, UH, THAT COST OF BUILDING THE ADDITIONAL PARKING IS HOPEFULLY GONNA BE NOT FOLDED INTO THAT PERSON'S RENT.
AND THAT PRICE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NORMALLY PARKING, GARAGE PARKING, UM MM-HMM.
USUALLY I STAY QUIET DURING ZONING WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER PEOPLE'S CASES, BUT IN THIS CASE, TREVINO, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO, I'M GONNA HELP YOU OUT.
UH, I, I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN HOW HARD YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE WORKED, UM, ON MAKING SURE THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DON'T LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED.
UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AS FAR AS MEETING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND, UH, GETTING A TON OF INPUT.
I KNOW THAT JUSTIN, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UH, HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL IN THAT.
AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S WORKED HIS FINGER OUT FINGERS TO THE BONE.
UM, AND I GOT TO MEET WITH ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, HE SAID, UH, AND SO HE SAID THAT YOU WERE VERY WISE,
AND SO IN THIS INSTANCE, WHEN I HEAR FROM ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS TELLING ME THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'VE BEEN VERY FLEXIBLE AND OPEN TO LISTENING TO THEM, I'LL, I'LL SUPPORT IT EVERY TIME.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THE NUMBER OF UNITS RIGHT NOW IS SET FOR 36.
ARE THERE 36 PARKING SPACES ALSO? I BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS, AND THE REQUIREMENT IS FOR 30 PARKING SPACES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE, UM, ON THEIR RECORD.
SO IF THERE ARE 36 PEOPLE LIVING THERE, WE'RE PRESUMING THAT SIX OF 'EM WON'T BE ABLE TO PARK ANYWHERE NEAR THERE.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING ON THE STREET AND NO PARKING ON THE PROPERTY.
I BELIEVE THE NO PARKING SIGNS ARE ON, UM, ONE OF THE BLOCKS.
UM, THERE MAY BE OTHERS A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY, MAYBE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL AND VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH.
UH, THAT MAY MEAN PEOPLE AROUND THE CORNER IN ANOTHER BLOCK CAN HAVE SIX OR SEVEN CARS ON THAT STREET, POSSIBLY.
UH, WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE UNITS BEING USED AS SHORT TERM RENTALS? I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I THINK THE APPLICANT WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR REGULATIONS.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY AND SUBMIT PERMITS.
COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL? SURE.
THEY WOULD NEED TO COME IN AND APPLY FOR ONE OF OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERMITS.
UM, DEPENDING IF THEY EXCEED THE DENSITY FOR THAT BLOCK FACE, THEY POTENTIALLY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR, AND THIS ONE IS FOR THE, THE DENSITY THAT THEY HAVE IN HERE, THE 36 DWELLING UNITS.
SO WE WOULD CALCULATE THAT FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DENSITY IS.
SO THAT WOULD BE FOR, IF THEY GO OVER THE 12.5%, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
AND WHAT, AND ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 36 UNITS? 12.5% OF 36 UNITS? YES.
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'CAUSE THAT COULD BE FOUR, FIVE, UH, WELL, 12.5 TIMES THREE ANYWAY.SO THERE'S AT LEAST THREE THEY COULD HAVE IN THERE, BUT NO MORE THAN THREE BASED ON THAT DENSITY, UNLESS THEY ASK FOR, UH, A WAIVER.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IF THEY WANTED MORE THAN THAT.
I HAVE, UH, AND I'VE, I'VE HAD ALL ALONG REAL PROBLEM WITH, UH, DEVELOPING MORE AND MORE WHAT I CALL MANY HOTELS IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER MAY HAVE IN MIND.
UH, AND I PERSONALLY OBJECT TO THAT.
SO, UH, I REALLY DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.
UM, I GUESS I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, IT JUST SEEMS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ONE UNIT IS THE CAUSE OF THE CONFLICT.
UM, IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN THAT.
IT'S ABOUT THE I D Z BASED ZONING AS I INTERPRET IT.
UH, IF THE, THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR I D Z TWO, BUT IS AGREED ESSENTIALLY TO THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS AS THE, AS THE APPLICANT AT THIS POINT, IT'S ABOUT THE BASE ZONING.
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THAT IS AN ISSUE? YOU WANT ME TO CHIME IN? I DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO I D Z TWO IS A CATEGORY THAT IS LIMITED TO A CERTAIN DENSITY AND CERTAIN INTENSITY.
ONCE YOU PASS THAT DENSITY, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT CATEGORY.
I D Z TWO IS A MAXIMUM OF MF 50 50 UNITS PER ACRE.
SO THAT WOULD LIMIT HIM TO A MAXIMUM DENSITY FOR THAT PROJECT FOR HIS ABOUT 0.5 ACRE OF A, OF A PROJECT TO 2025 UNITS TOTAL.
IN ORDER TO GET THE 36, HE HAS TO REQUEST I D Z THREE BECAUSE AGAIN, HIS MAXIMUM DENSITY IS 50 UNITS PER ACRE FOR AN ASK IN IDZ TWO.
SO THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO REMAIN IDZ THREE.
BUT HE CAN REQUEST THE, HE CAN MAXIMIZE, HE CAN RESTRICT THE DENSITY TO 36.
SO BASICALLY IF 35, 36 UNITS WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
UH, BUT IF THE, IF THE APPLICANT WERE TO REMAIN AT IDZ TWO WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DEVELOP AT THE, AT THE LEVEL OF DENSITY THAT'S BEEN AGREED TO.
ARE THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE BASE ZONING, HAVING THAT BASE ZONING NEXT DOOR? BECAUSE I AGREE LAVACCA HAS BEEN UNDER ASSAULT WITH KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND THE NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT HAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN POPPED UP THERE.
UM, MOST OF WHICH DON'T EVEN COME THROUGH THIS DAIS, BY THE WAY.
UM, BUT ARE THERE OTHER POSSIBLE FUTURE OUTCOMES OF A I D Z THREE THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT INTEND TO DO THAT ARE CAUSING CONFLICT THAT SHOULDN'T BE HERE? SO BECAUSE IDZ TWO HAS A SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT, THE SITE PLAN IS PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT TIES HIM TO THOSE USES THAT HE STATES THAT HE REQUESTS.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE C TWO USES, SO HE'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO DO, USES PERMITTED IN C TWO.
HE'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THAT 36 UNITS PER ACRE.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, 36 UNITS TOTAL.
AND HE, WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS, HE'S NOT GONNA GET THE OTHER USES THAT, UH, WERE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED.
SO ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS IN A, HIS HISTORIC RIO AND HISTORIC DISTRICT, IT'S GONNA HAVE THE ADDED LAYER OF THE H D R C REVIEW, WHICH CAN FURTHER RESTRICT, UM, HOW HIGH IT GOES.
SO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IN IDZ TWO IS FOUR STORIES, BUT THROUGH THE HISTORIC PROCESS, THEY HAVE LIMITED THAT EVEN FURTHER DOWN TO THREE STORIES.
AND THEN OF COURSE THEY LOOK AT WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS ARE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE POINTS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BROUGHT UP.
'CAUSE H D R C IS RECOMMENDING A A, A BUILDING IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
SO AGAIN, THE ORDINANCE IN THE SITE PLAN IS TIED TOGETHER AND IT'S IN PERPETUITY UNTIL REZONED AGAIN.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I TAKE, I'M, I'M READING THE SITUATION HERE AND I'M SEEING A DEVELOPER IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BOTH HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS AND BOTH HAVE COME REALLY CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT, BUT THE ISSUE IS THE BASE ZONING, BUT ALSO WHAT THAT BASE ZONING MIGHT MEAN IN THE FUTURE IF THAT DEVELOPER IS NO LONGER PRESENT ON THE SITE TO KEEP UP WITH THE PROMISES MADE ON TO, TO US HERE TODAY.
ARE YOU TELLING ME THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENSURE THAT WHAT IS BEING AGREED TO TODAY AND THE AMENDMENTS WILL REMAIN AND THAT ANYTHING, ANY VARIANCE OF THAT WILL HAVE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABLE TO COME HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THEIR INTERESTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WE'RE PROMISING? YES, SIR.
SO THE, THE 36 MAX IS WHAT IS REFERENCED HERE TODAY AS THEY AMENDED.
SO IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND REVISE THEIR SITE PLAN, WHICH MEANS IF THERE'S A MAJOR CHANGE TO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS.
ANY ADDITION TO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS.
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, A RESTRICTION, UM, FROM, ORIGINALLY THEIR APPLICATION CAME IN FROM FOUR STORIES ON SOME OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
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THREE STRUCTURES AND, UH, THREE STORIES, EXCUSE ME, AND TWO STORIES FOR SOME OF THE NEW STRUCTURES.SO THERE, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE PARKING, UM, THE 30, UH, PARKING SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED, THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT.
UM, AND I, I COULD ASK, UH, MR. CHRISTENSEN TO COME, COME UP HERE AND AGREE TO ALL THAT.
THE PROBLEM IS, THE CONCERN IS IF MR. CHRISTENSEN IS NO LONGER HERE WHEN THOSE CHANGES ARE REQUESTED.
UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE IT DOUBLY SURE THAT WE WERE READING INTO THE RECORD EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING PROMISED AND THAT THIS BODY, WHICH MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS MAY CHANGE RIGHT.
IS GOING TO DELIVER ON THIS PROMISE FOR LAVACCA.
THEY'VE GOTTEN VERY CLOSE TO WHAT IS AN ACCEPTABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES.
ONCE THIS IS APPROVED TODAY, OR ASSUMING IT GETS APPROVED TODAY, THEN THIS IS A PART OF THE RECORD, IT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
ANY CHANGES TO THIS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS TO GET CHANGES MADE.
I WAS JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, MIKE, JUST TO, UH, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN WE REDID THE I D Z ORDINANCE, THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT THAT'S HERE TODAY IS THE ITEM THAT, THAT LOCKS 'EM IN.
SO ANY CHANGES TO THAT SITE PLAN WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE RE REZONING WITH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A MINOR CHANGE.
UM, BUT REALLY ANY CHANGE IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE PROJECT AT ALL OR ANYTHING HAS TO COME THROUGH US.
SO THAT WAS PART OF THE I D Z CHANGE, WHICH WE BROUGHT TO YOU ALL A YEAR OR SO AGO.
AND THEN I WILL JUST MENTION, THIS IS NOT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL ITEM.
THIS PROJECT, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PROJECT HAS TO MEET THE 12.5% RENTAL.
SO THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT, THAT WOULD WAIVE THAT.
SO HERE I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR US, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO DIRECT IT TO, ROD, MAYBE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA SEE HUNDREDS OF THESE THINGS COME FORWARD TO US AS THE DENSITY GOALS OF THE CITY ARE, ARE BEING PRODUCED AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, ARE REALLY COMPROMISING WITH OUR ASPIRATIONAL GOALS OF A, OF A DENSER, MORE WALKABLE CITY.
UM, WE NEED TO POUR OVER STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE.
BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO DO IS IN 10 YEARS FROM NOW, READ ABOUT HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS AL ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME SIX STORIES AND IT'S NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO TODAY, SIMPLY BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS ABLE TO GET IT THROUGH ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE TODAY.
WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS 10 YEARS FROM NOW AND WE WILL, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO, TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SINCE THE WE'RE IN THE 2020, UH, U D C PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE OTHER WAYS TO PROTECT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK ON THIS CASE THOUGH, AS MIKE AND MELISSA STATED, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PROTECTIONS ARE THERE, UH, TO GO BEYOND WHAT WE'VE AGREED UPON.
WHAT COUNSEL IS GOING TO APPROVE TODAY WOULD REQUIRE A BRAND NEW ZONING CASE AND WOULD REQUIRE THAT THEY GO THROUGH THIS SAME PROCEDURE THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, TODAY.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD PRODUCTION.
BUT YEAH, BUT I, AS A NEIGHBOR, IT'S NOT ENOUGH, UH, TO SETTLE MY CONCERNS.
UM, BUT, BUT I UNDERSTAND AND, AND I'LL SAY THAT THE COMPROMISE THAT'S BEEN REACHED TODAY IS, IS AN ADMIRABLE ONE.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PLY IS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HAS, HAS GOT THE HARDEST ZONING CASES IN THE CITY.
UH, AND IT IS AMAZING THAT, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN COMPROMISES LIKE THIS.
UH, BUT I ALSO WANT US TO SEE, UH, I WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN SAFEGUARD THE PROMISES THAT WE'RE MAKING SO THEY DON'T GET UNDONE LATER ON.
UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z ONE.
[Z-2. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700284 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-3NA RIO-2 AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District and "I-1 RIO-2 AHOD" General Industrial River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ-3 RIO-2 AHOD" High Intensity Infill Development Zone River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in “C-2” Commercial District, Bar/Tavern without cover charge 3 or more days per week, Nightclub with cover charge 3 or more days per week, Microbrewery, Winery with bottling, Extended stay hotel/motel, Timeshares or corporate apartment, hotel, massage-parlor, Medical hospital or sanitarium, Studio-sound and recording, Club-private, Office warehouse (flex space) and multi-family dwelling units not to exceed 325 units on Lot 7, Lot 8, Lot 9, Lot 19, Lot 20, Lot 21, Lot 28, Lot 29, north 15 feet of Lot 30, south 15 feet of Lot 31, Lot 32, Lot 33, Lot 34, Lot 35, Lot 36, Lot 40, Lot 41, and Lot 42, Block 4, NCB 6792, located at 813 East Myrtle Street, 818 East Locust Street, 1212, and 1216-1218 E. Euclid Avenue. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.]
ITEM Z TWO Z TWO FROM C THREE NA AND I ONE TO I D Z THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO AND BARD TAVERN WITHOUT COVERAGE AND OTHER USES.LOCATED AT EIGHT 13 EAST MYRTLE STREET AND EIGHT 18 EAST LOCUST STREET.
1218 EAST EUCLID STREET AVENUE.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
47 NOTICES MAILED 12 IN FAVOR.
SIX OPPOSED, ONE SUPPORT AND ONE OPPOSED OUTSIDE.
AND THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT, AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE ALSO TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO? YES.
UH, CAN WE HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP AND MAKE THE AMENDMENTS? WE HAVE A, I APOLOGIZE.
WE DO HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
UH, WE'LL START WITH RICHARD MOORE AND THEN, UH, MS. HAUSMAN, YOU'RE NEXT
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LUSTER MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.I'M RICHARD MOORE, PRESIDENT OF, OF THE OLDEST AND LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'VE RECITED IN TOBIN HILL 53 YEARS AND PRACTICED ARCHITECTURE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
I ALSO SERVED FIVE YEARS ON THE RIVER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT BROUGHT OUR BEAUTIFUL RIVER FROM LEXINGTON TO THE PEARL BREWERY.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, TOKEN HILL HAS EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENT AS AN ARCHITECT, I'VE SEEN SOME GOOD DEVELOPMENT AND BAD DEVELOPMENT.
I AM VERY PROUD TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND SUPPORT THIS FIRST CLASS DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS THE FIRST ONE TO START WITH.
PRESTIGE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OUTTA SAN FRANCISCO.
THAT'S BRINGING US A FINE PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE AT TOBIN HILL.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, TOBIN HILL HAS GOT A BUNCH OF TICKY TACKY LITTLE DI HIGH DENSITY STICK CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY MORE TO COME TO TOBIN HILL.
SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS HIGH CLASS, WELL DESIGNED GOOD PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE TO COME TO TOBIN HILL.
I'M MICHELLE HOUSEMAN, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT ON Z TWO.
AND WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY STAFF AND DETERMINED THERE WERE FOUR USES THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE AMENDED OUR ZONING SITE PLAN AND WE ARE DELETING NIGHTCLUB WITH COVER CHARGE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK, EXTENDED STAY, HOTEL MOTEL, MASSAGE PARLOR, MEDICAL HOSPITAL, OR SANITARIUM.
THOSE ARE NO LONGER NEEDED, SO THEY ARE DELETED FROM OUR REQUEST AND THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO READ THEIR SUPPORT LETTER.
THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR A COUNCIL APPROVAL IS IN TOBIN HILL.
AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT OUTLINING THE CHANGES PROPOSED AND REVIEWED BY THE T H C A ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, T H C A RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE.
WE FOUND THAT THE REQUEST FOR THE CHANGE IN RELATION TO THE MIDTOWN REGIONAL PLAN AS WELL AS THE TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS APPROPRIATE.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO WORKED COLLABORATE TO THE, SORRY, COLLABORATIVELY WITH T H C A AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY ON DEVELOPING THE PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY.
THEY HAVE MADE CHANGES BASED ON COMMUNITY SUGGESTIONS.
T H C A GLADLY SUPPORTS THE PROJECT AND ENCOURAGES CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED CHANGE WITHOUT OR RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE DEVELOPER AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS, AS YOU HEARD, UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AREA OF OUR CITY.
I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THE GREAT WORK.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK RICHARD MOORE IF HE'S STILL HERE.
UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE WHO HAPPENS TO BE AN ARCHITECT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH GIVEN AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z TWO AS AMENDED.
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P ONE AND Z THREE P ONE AND Z THREE AMENDING THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VICINITY LAND USE PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FROM R FIVE TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 14 RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED AT 1 4 1 1 EAST SANDALWOOD LANE.STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
41 NOTICES MAIL MAILED FIVE IN FAVOR AND SEVEN OPPOSED.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
THIS PROJECT WAS REQUESTED BY, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TOTAL UNITS FROM 18 TO 14.
AFTER ACCEPTING THIS CHANGE, THE PROJECT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AT MEDIUM DENSITY INFILL AND COULD TECHNICALLY EVEN FIT THE LOW DENSITY INFILL CATEGORY.
I SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR NEW RESIDENTS JOINING BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DISTRICT I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM P ONE AND Z THREE.
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PLEASE VOTE.[Items P-2 & Z-6]
P TWO AND Z SIX P TWO AND Z SIX AMENDING THE GOVERNMENT HAIL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FROM R SIX TO NC LOCATED AT 25 51 NORTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY PLANNING COMMISSION.RECOMMEND APPROVAL STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION.
RECOMMEND DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
22 NOTICES MAILED 10 IN FAVOR FOR OPPOSED GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCES IN SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN ACT.
ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M SORRY, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, ON THESE ITEMS. UH, I'LL CALL AGAIN THE FIRST IN LINE AND THEN I'LL CALL THE NEXT PERSON IF YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD.
IS, IS MR. LOZANO HERE? HE'S ANSWERING CALL.
OKAY, I'LL CALL HIM AND THEN HE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HIS TIME TO YOU.
UM, MR. BATTERS, I CAN CALL YOU, UH, UH, MOMENTARILY AT THIS POINT.
YOU ONLY HAVE SIX MINUTES TO SPEAK.
DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TILL MORE OF YOUR FOLKS ARRIVE OR DO YOU WANNA TAKE SIX MINUTES? WE'LL TAKE SIX MINUTES.
MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS CASE HAS COME BEFORE YOU.
AT OUR LAST INSTANCE, THERE WAS A CALL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL FOR UNITY.
UH, THE BACKGROUND OF THIS CASE WE'LL GO THROUGH IN A MINUTE.
AS THE HANDOUT IS BEING CIRCULATED, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME EFFORT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COERCE SOME NEIGHBORS TO CHANGE THEIR VOTES IN SUPPORT AND WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THAT SHORTLY.
UH, THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE I HAVE THE HONOR TO REPRESENT FERNANDO LOZANO.
HE'S ENGAGED IN TWO LINES OF BUSINESS.
ONE IS RESTORING HISTORIC HOMES IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE OTHER ONE IS A BASIC REAL ESTATE OFFICE.
UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED AS A BLIGHTED PROPERTY, UH, IN A REDEVELOPING HISTORICAL AREA.
AND BY THE WAY, IT IS NOT IN THE GOVERNMENT HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
IT IS IN THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOWEVER, UH, THIS PROJECT ENDED UP BEING A LOT MORE THAN WAS ANTICIPATED.
NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS SEEN THROUGH TO THE FINISH LINE BEHIND TAB ONE IN YOUR MATERIALS IS A COMPARISON OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER, AS WELL AS SOME MAPS.
PUTTING IT IN CONTEXT, IT'S ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.
IT'S AT THE ONLY OVERPASS INTERSECTION OF 35 IN OUR CITY THAT DOES NOT HAVE COMMERCIAL AT ALL FOUR INTERSECTIONS.
MY CLIENT SEEKS A CHANGE IN ZONING THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH A DESIRED CHANGE IN USE.
IN THIS CASE, STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED CONDITIONAL USE.
THERE ARE SOME REASONS THAT THIS, THAT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR OUR PURPOSES THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH IN A MINUTE.
OUR REQUEST IS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
UH, YOU HEARD EARLIER ZONING REC RECOMMENDED DENIAL PLANNING.
HOWEVER UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THIS AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
ZONING DID NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF RECEIVING ANY OF THE INFORMATION YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THAT PLANNING ALSO HAD IN FRONT OF THEM, AND ONCE THEY GOT TO HEAR THE WHOLE STORY, YOU CAN SEE THE RESULT THEY RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR.
UH, WE'VE WORKED TOTALLY COOPERATIVELY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THIS AND IN FACT, WE WERE CLOSE TO CONSIDERING JUST PULLING THE APPLICATION.
BUT IT WAS THE NEIGHBORS THEMSELVES THAT ASKED US TO SEE THIS THROUGH.
UH, THEY ARE GRATEFUL TO MY CLIENT AGAIN BECAUSE HE'S BROUGHT GOOD CHANGE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE'S CLEANED UP A PROPERTY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS A HUGE EYESORE, A SAFETY HAZARD, AND A CONSTANT TARGET FOR POLICE AND GANG ACTIVITY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES GETTING IN OUR APPROVALS.
SO TAB TWO IN YOUR MATERIALS SHOWS THE MAP OF THE APPROVALS AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND THEIR REASONING.
TAB THREE IS THE LETTER FROM THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND I KNOW ROSE HILL IS HERE TO SPEAK.
THEY HAVE A PROCESS THAT REQUIRES YOU TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE THE NIGHT WE PRESENTED AND WE EARNED THEIR SUPPORT BY WORKING WITH THEM.
YOU MAY ALSO HEAR SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
MY CLIENT FOLLOWS THE RULES SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT FROM ME.
TAB FOUR IS ALL THE HISTORY ON THE PERMITS, THE APPROVALS, AND THE INSPECTIONS, AND
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THE ENGINEERING REPORT.WE'VE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FEET ABOUT CONCERNS FOR PARKING.
WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT WITH THE LAST ITEM BEHIND TAB ONE.
YOU CAN USE THE BACKYARD TO PUT PLENTY OF SPACES, UH, PROVIDED THAT PERMITTING OFFICE APPROVES THIS PLAN.
IT EVEN ALLOWS ENOUGH SPACE FOR HANDICAP AS WELL AS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING LANDSCAPING.
UH, I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT SOME OF THEM CAME.
SO CAN I ASK IF YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING, BUT YOU'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, EITHER AS A NEIGHBOR OR AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBOR, COULD YOU STAND UP JUST TO LET THE CITY COUNCIL KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, JUST TO LET CITY COUNCIL KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WOW.
UM, IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH DESPITE THE WEATHER, DESPITE MIDDLE OF THE BUSINESS DAY ON THURSDAY FOR THESE FOLKS TO COME DOWN.
AND I WANTED TO READ A LETTER SHORT ENOUGH THAT WAS SENT DOWN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS FROM AMPARO AND RAYMOND PEREZ AT SIX 15 EDGAR STREET.
I'M FOR THE REZONE FOR FERNANDO IN THE WAY HE WANTS IT TO NC HE HAS BEEN A GREAT NEIGHBOR AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP HIM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M THANKFUL THAT HE HAS HELPED US AND WE WANT HIS SUPPORT.
WE DO NOT APPRECIATE BEING ASKED TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM HERE.
RAYMOND PEREZ, SIX 15 EDGAR STREET.
ALSO GOT ONE MORE LETTER OF SUPPORT, BUT I THINK YOU GET THE POINT.
I ALSO WANNA DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE OF SOMETHING THAT'S NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AS RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING, WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD FACING I 35, 22 27, NORTH 35, ZONE C TWO.
IT'S IN THE CONTEXT OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
ALL OF THESE ARE 2207 NORTH I 35 IS ZONED C 2 21 19 NORTH 35 IS ZONE C 1, 19 43 I 35 I D Z 1711 DOWN TO 1703 I 35 C 2 9 0 1 MASON STREET.
OH 2 19 26 WALTERS, C 2 2 0 6.
JIM STREET IS C 2 2 0 3 JIM STREET AND 2010 NORTH WALTERS ARE ALL C TWO I D Z.
UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'RE AT THE NEIGHBORS ARE ASKING YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS, NOT FROM CD, BUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND I'LL YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME FOR QUESTIONS OR OTHER ITEMS. THANK YOU.
UH, FERNANDO LOZANO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE YOUR TIME NOW OR DID YOU WANT TO YIELD IT TO ME? I WANT TO YIELD IT.
WELL, YOU GOT YOUR TIME, SO MR. LOZANO, DO YOU WANNA TAKE YOUR THREE MINUTES OR, OR DO YOU WANT JUST SEAT IT? YES.
AND MR. LOZANO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ROSE HILL? YES.
UH, THE REASON THAT IT, WE DID NOT WANTED TO DO, UH, SEAT, UM, CONDITION USE.
IT'S BECAUSE AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER, UH, WE'RE NOT AT THE OFFICE ALL THE TIME, BUT WE DO WORK ALL THE TIME.
UH, MOST OF THE TIME WE'LL COME IN FOR AN HOUR, SOMETIMES IN THE EVENINGS, SOMETIMES ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND THAT'S WHY CONDITIONAL USE CANNOT BE, UH, IT'S NOT SUITABLE FOR US.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY REASON.
THANK YOU MR. LOZANO ROSE HILL.
MS. HILL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DORA PEREZ.
UH, MR. MAYOR, UM, SHAUNA CAPARELLI, UH, WANTED TO SEE IF I, HE'S, HE'S GONNA GIMME, HE'S HERE.
COULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, MR. CAPARELLI? OH, OKAY.
YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES MS. HILL.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE.
I'D LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL PROPER PROTOCOL PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED BY, BY THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE ZONING DEPARTMENT NORMALLY SENDS THESE, UH, DEVELOPERS TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT HILL.
UH, THEREFORE THE BOARD LOOKS AT THE PROJECTS.
WE, THE BOARD, DO NOT TAKE ANY ACTION OR TAKE A VOTE.
THE APPLICANT THEN IS REQUESTED REQUIRED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO COME TO MEETINGS TO PRESENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO GET Q AND A ANSWERS, INPUT, AND QUESTIONS TO THEM.
THEN FINALLY, AFTER THEY'VE DONE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCEDURE, A VOTE IS TAKEN AND FULLY DOCUMENTED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT FOR OUR RECORDS.
LET ME INFORM THE COUNCIL THAT WHEN THESE VOTES ARE TAKEN, WE NORMALLY HAVE A DI DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FULL TRANSPARENCY AND THAT ALL VOTES ARE TAKEN PROPERLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR BYLAWS.
UH, SECOND OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO ALSO, UM, INDICATE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE SMALL BU SMALL BUSINESSES IS WHAT WE ARE, UM, LOOKING AT COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WORK WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES IN GOVERNMENT HILL AND WE SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE I, WITHOUT THESE SMALL BUSINESSES, WE NEED
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THEM AS WELL AS THEY NEED US, AND WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.UM, THE GOVERNMENT HILL MASTER PLAN, IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT, IT ALL TALKS ABOUT LOW DENSITY AND HIGH DENSITY AND MEDIUM DENSITY.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS DONE ALL THAT.
HE HAS REQUESTED IN JANUARY, HE CAME, UM, AND I BELIEVE, UH, IT WAS PULLED IN FEBRUARY.
HE CAME AND THERE WERE REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING.
SO THEREFORE HE WENT BACK AND THEY ADDRESSED THAT.
I, I CONSIDERED THAT A COMPROMISE.
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING.
SO HE DID GO BACK AND ADDRESS THAT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION THAT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME THAT WE LOVE TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD STAY THE SAME WAY IT IS.
AND, UM, BUT SOMETIMES CHANGE IS COMING AND WE HAVE TO JUST BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, IN ORDER TO FIND A SOLUTION, TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMING OUR WAY.
AND, UM, I WAS LISTENING TO SOMETHING THE MAYOR WAS SAYING TODAY HERE IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF LOCK IN.
WELL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT SAME THING TOO, BECAUSE IT'S PUT, A LOT OF TIMES THAT BURDEN OF DEVELOPMENT COMES ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS YOU TODAY MAKE THE, THAT THOSE HARD DECISIONS ON THESE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT, LET ME TELL YOU, CITY COUNCIL, THAT FALLS ON OUR SHOULDERS.
WE'RE NOT PAID FOR, BUT WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT.
AND WE TAKE, WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE COMPASSION WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I SAY THAT WE'RE ALMOST
SO WE TRY OUR BEST TO TRY TO LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES.
AND WE TRY TO GO THROUGH DEMOCRATIC PROCESS OF TRYING TO DO THE THING THAT WE KNOW BEST.
SO THAT NOT, WE CAN'T HELP, WE CAN'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT WE TRY OUR BEST AS PRESIDENTS.
UH, WE ARE ELECTED BY OUR COMMUNITIES TO TRY TO DO THE BEST THING WE CAN.
IT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE THE BEST.
IT MIGHT NOT BE, IT MIGHT NOT BE WRONG SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE RIGHT.
BUT WE TRY TO LIST STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN.
AND IF WE VOTE AND WE TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY, WE MAY HAVE THAT, THAT AREA OR OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH US, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER WAY TO DO IT THAN TO DO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
SO I ASK YOU TODAY, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT HIM.
THIS, UH, PROJECT, UH, IS GOING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THIS APPLICANT HAS DONE EVERYTHING HE HA UH, HAS AT THIS POINT TO TRY TO DO, MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS BY, BY THE ZONING, UH, BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND, AND ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I COMMEND HIM FOR DOING, AND WE ASKED HIM, UH, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR THAT YOU TALK TO EVERY APPLICANT OR OR EVERY NEIGHBOR THERE.
LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
GOVERNMENT IS NOW REQUIRING MAKING SURE THAT EVERY DEVELOPER GOES TO EVERY SINGLE HOUSE, THAT YOU TALK TO THEM, THAT YOU HAVE THAT FACE ON FACE, ONE-ON-ONE CONTACT.
YOU LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND IF THEY'RE HAPPY WITH IT, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN AND AND SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING OF THEM.
SO THEREFORE, AT THIS POINT, THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE, BASED ON ALL THE PROPER PROTOCOL THAT WE FEEL THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, WE HAVE FOLLOWED.
UH, AND, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR THEM FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT TODAY.
THANK YOU, MS. HILL, DORA PEREZ.
MS. PEREZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY STACY SCHWAN.
MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE AT 7 25 SAN MEYERS IN A MULTI-GENERATION NEIGHBORHOOD.
INHERITED MY CHILDHOOD HOME IN 2018.
I GREW UP IN HAVING, I GREW UP, I GREW UP HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 40 YEARS.
A FEW OF THE FIRST HOMES IN THE AREA EXISTED.
THE MAJORITY OF THE HOME PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILIES FOR 30, 40, 50, AND 60 PLUS YEARS.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND LIKE OTHER FAMILIES, MY ELDERLY NEIGHBOR MRS. ALLEN, WHO WANTS ME TO SHARE HER STORY.
IN 1988, MRS. ALLEN, HER MOTHER AND MRS. PITTS WERE LIVING IN SUDDEN HOMES, WHICH SHE CALLED THE PROJECTS.
HER AND HER MOTHER WERE BOTH OFFERED TO MOVE FROM THE PROJECTS TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY MR. GORDON HART HARTMAN.
BOTH BOTH HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP OF TWO BRAND NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES.
SHE SAID MR. HARTMAN WAS SENT BY GOD AFTER 32 YEARS.
SHE STILL OWNS HER HOME AND LOVES HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE WANT, WE WANT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT LESS.
WE FEEL WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FROM WHAT WE SEE AS A COMMERCIAL THREAT TO OUR FAMILIES AND HOMES.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A MIX OF LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE AFFORDABLE
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NEIGHBORHOOD? IF, IF WE ALLOW MR. LAZANO TO CHANGE THE ZONE ZONING OF HIS HOME TO COMMERCIAL, THIS WILL DESTROY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.THIS FIGHT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN SO HARD FOR ME.
MY FAMILY AND MANY OF THE HISPANIC NEIGHBORS.
PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE TO SPEAK BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE OFF FROM WORK.
AND SOME WHO FEEL WE WON'T BE HEARD, WE EXIST.
SO WE EXIST SO LONG WITH UNFAIRNESS.
I AM ASKING YOU PLEASE HEAR US WHEN WE SAY WE DO NOT WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BECOME COMMERCIAL OR THAT OUR OUR OR THAT OUR HOMES BACK UP TO A STRIP MALL BECAUSE THE FACES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE REZONING OF THE RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, PLEASE SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MS. SCHWAN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CINDY TOWER.
FOLKS, I'M GONNA CALL THE NEXT NAME IN THE LIST, UH, SO YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD.
WE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS TO GET THROUGH, SO, UH, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY FORWARD, UH, IF YOU'RE NEXT ON THE LIST.
I LIVE AT 2 0 3 RADIANCE IN DISTRICT TWO.
I'M READING FOR ROXANNE RODRIGUEZ WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
SO MY NAME IS ROXANNE RODRIGUEZ.
MY HUSBAND AND I OWN OUR HOME AT SEVEN 14 SANDMEYER, WHERE WE LIVE WITH OUR TWO CHILDREN.
AND MY PARENTS LIVE WITH US AS WELL.
THIS HOME HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR 26 YEARS.
WE ARE IN THE 200 FOOT ZONE FROM THE HOUSE.
MR. LAZANO WANTS TO CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL AND WE ARE VERY OPPOSED TO THIS AS OUR YARD AND PROPERTY.
BACK UP TO THE FRONTAGE PROPERTIES.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY CHANGES THAT WOULD MAKE OUR HOUSE MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LESS RESIDENTIAL.
OUR CHILDREN GO TO PERSHING ELEMENTARY, JUST DOWN THE STREET.
WE'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME AND OUR COUSIN'S HOUSE IS ON THE CORNER AT 7 0 2 SANDMEYER.
THIS IS A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, BUT NEITHER MY HUSBAND OR I COULD BE THERE TODAY TO SPEAK 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ADVANCED NOTICE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TIME OFF FROM OUR PHARMACY JOBS.
ADDITIONALLY, MY FATHER IS STILL RECOVERING FROM MAJOR SURGERY AND WE'RE JUGGLING HIS CARE.
WE AGREE WITH THE CONDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION OF MR. LANA'S PROPERTY AS AN OFFICE, BUT WE DO NOT WANT FULL COMMERCIAL TO TAKE OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THREATENING OUR HOMES AND NEIGHBOR'S HOMES.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WANT IT TO STAY AS IT IS.
CINDY TOWER, FOLLOWED BY ETTE COLE.
HELLO, THIS IS CINDY TOWER, SIX 14 EAST CARSON STREET.
UM, I'M A MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT HILL UNITED AND I WORK WITH GOVERNMENT, UM, HILL NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP COPS, METRO, AND I'M A MEMBER OF ST.
I MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO IN 2014 AND I HAVE THREE BEAGLES AND I WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBOR WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY, WHO ALSO LIVES ON CARSON STREET.
UH, SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE ACTIVE MILITARY, UM, DUTY AT FORT BLISS.
AND THIS IS FROM JASMINE BURGESS.
HER AND HER HUSBAND, UM, ARMANDO ARE OPPOSED TO THE PERMANENT REZONING OF A RESIDENTIAL LOT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMERCIAL FOR USE BY A COMPANY.
UM, AN UPZONING OF THIS NATURE WOULD LEAD WAY TO MORE UPZONING IN OUR AREA AND CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LOVE.
IF A COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE OPTIONS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE REZONING OR DISRUPT HARDWORKING HOMEOWNERS PEACE LIVELIHOOD, INCLUDING ONE THAT ALLOWS 'EM TO DO BUSINESS WITHOUT REZONING THE LOT.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE VACANT LOTS AND LOTS WITH BUILDINGS ALREADY ZONED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THE LOTS AND BUILDINGS ARE NOT BEING USED.
AN UPZONING OF THIS NATURE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
PLEASE CONSIDER OUR VOICE WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISION.
WE AS HOMEOWNERS LOCKED INTO A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE WITH OUR DREAM HOME TO RETIRE IN.
DO NOT HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS AS A COMPANY.
IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BECOME LESS LIKE THE HOME WE CHOOSE AND LOVE.
WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU, OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO BE A VOICE FOR US.
I, UM, I ALSO WANT SAN ANTONIO NOT TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF AUSTIN.
I MOVED HERE FROM NEW YORK, UH, LIVING THERE FOR 30 YEARS BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST, UH, CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY AND RACIALLY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT'S WORTH PROTECTING GOVERNMENT HILL.
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OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.I LIVE AT SIX 14 CARSON WITHIN A 200 BLOCK RADIUS OF MY HOME.
I AM A A SELF-SUPPORTING ARTIST WHO SELLS OUT OF MY HOUSE.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A CONCRETE GUY, WE HAVE A, A USED CAR GUY.
WE HAVE A GRANDMOTHER THAT OPERATES A DAYCARE CENTER OUT OF HER HOUSE.
AND WE HAVE A MOTHER NEXT DOOR HOMESCHOOLING FIVE CHILDREN.
AND NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ASKING YOU TO REZONE THEIR HOUSES.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE A LITTLE MOMENT FOR GRATITUDE 'CAUSE I NEVER GET TO BE HERE A DAY OFF.
I WANNA THANK JOHN COURAGE FOR HIS FEBRUARY 10TH, UH, UH, COMMENT THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES AND GROUPS SHOULD BE LISTENED TO.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK MY COUNCILWOMAN JADA SULLIVAN FOR VOTING FOR, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE AGAINST QUICKTRIP.
MS. COLE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY GREG SMITH.
HI, MY NAME IS DIA COLE, MY HUSBAND STEVE VERTE, AND I LIVE AT 1 0 5 RENO STREET IN THE VERY BACK PART OF GOVERNMENT HILL BY THE WALTER STREET FORT SAM ENTRANCE.
FIVE YEARS AGO, I PURCHASED MY HOME IN A SMALL, QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLOOKING THE CITY.
TODAY WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT THE UPZONING OF EXISTING HOUSING STOCK TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR HOMES AND LIVES.
IF APPROVED, MR. LENO'S PUSH FOR REZONING OF HIS PROPERTY WILL BE THE FIRST TOE IN THE WATER OF HIS PURSUIT TO COUPLE SEVERAL PROPERTIES TOGETHER TO OFFER UP FOR, FOR COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT.
TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY, OURS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE IN THE ORIGINAL SIX SQUARE MILE DESIGNATION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DEFINED IN THE MID 18 HUNDREDS.
IT WAS A WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE EDGE OF TOWN WITH THE TRAIN TRACKS GOING THROUGH IT TO SUPPLY FORT SAM.
IN THE EARLY 1960S, SEVERAL BLOCKS WITH HOMES WERE ELIMINATED ON WHAT WAS THEN OLD SEGUIN HIGHWAY TO CREATE I 35.
AND THOUGH A LARGE SWAT SWATH WAS CUT THROUGH, WE WERE STILL A NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2010.
AFTER THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY IN FORT SAM, THE WALTER STREET CORRIDOR WAS CREATED TAKING OUT OF THE O, TAKING OUT THE OLD RAILROAD TRACKS, SIGNIFICANTLY WIDENING THE ROAD FROM TWO TO SIX LANE WITH MEDIAN AND MAKING IT THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE BASE.
AND WE WERE STILL A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE APPLICANT, HIS PROPONENTS AND DISAPPOINTINGLY THE G H A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAVE PORTRAYED OUR AREA, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS RUN DOWN, UNSAFE, AND EVEN DERELICT.
WE SAY WE HAVE GOLD STANDARD PEOPLE LIVING IN WELL LOVED HOMES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 40 PLUS YEARS.
WE ARE A REGENERATING NEIGHBORHOOD WITH YOUNGER FAMILIES.
MOVING INTO WHAT WAS GRANDMA'S HOUSE, WE HAVE YOUNG COUPLES BUYING THEIR STARTER HOMES BECAUSE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHORED AROUND PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE HAVE SECURITY SYSTEMS THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY WITH NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE OUR BACKS, HAVE THEIR EYES ON OUR PROPERTIES AND HOMES 24 7.
FRANCINE ROMERO RECENTLY SAID, QUOTE, WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE R SIX IS A FUN FUNCTIONING, ORGANIC, HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE US THE MODEL FOR WHAT NOT TO DO TO AN OLD SCHOOL URBAN SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD BY AWARDING ZONING REQUESTS THAT CHANGE OUR SIX TO COMMERCIAL THREATENING TO DEPLETE ESSENTIAL HOUSING STOCK AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WE WANT AND NEED MORE HOUSING OPTIONS, NOT LESS.
AND TO BORROW A TERM FROM YOU MAYOR, CULTURAL PRESERVATION IS WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE IN OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THIS CITY.
WE ASK TO PLEA COUNSEL TO PLEASE NOT ALLOW FOR THE CHIPPING AWAY OF THE CHARACTER AND THE HEALTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY COMMERCIALIZING IT FOR QUICK FLIPS AND PROPERTY INVESTORS LOOKING TO BUY CHEAP UP ZONE AND SELL OUT TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
GREG SMITH, I GIVE MY MINUTES TO VEST
YOU, UH, I SEE MY MINUTES TO
YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY YOLANDA DELFIN.
UM, WELL, UH, WE'RE HERE TODAY AGAIN BECAUSE, UM, OUR COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN ASKED THAT THIS BE CONTINUED LAST MONTH FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UH, THAT DISCUSSION COMPLETELY STOPPED TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THE FOLLOWING EMAIL WAS SENT FROM MR. BATTER SAYING WE'RE INCLINED TO PULL THE REZONING APPLICATION.
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MY CLIENT ALSO INTENDS TO LIST HIS PROPERTY FOR SALE AS A RESIDENCE LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER IS THE IDEAL TIME TO LIST AND SELL.I EXPECT YOU'LL SEE A SALE SIGN IN THE YARD AT 2 5 5 1 BY THE WEEKEND.
UH, WELL, WE SAW IT THE NEXT WEEK AND IT WAS ONLINE FOR SALE.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN REMOVED THIS WEEK, BUT, UH, IT, IT ALL MADE US THINK THAT, UH, HE HAD FINALLY SEEN IT OUR WAY AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY HE HASN'T.
UM, SO, UH, I TALKED TO MS. LAZANO LAST WEEKEND, UH, NOT KNOWING THAT HE WAS PROCEEDING.
UM, HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY IT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
HE TOLD ME HE HAD, HE, HE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON IT AND I SHOULD JUST RESPECT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HIS TIME AND THAT HE WAS DONE WITH IT.
UM, THIS IS NOT A TRANSPARENT EFFORT TO WORK THINGS OUT WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, WHY ARE THEY STILL PUSHING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL? UM, WELL, HE, UH, HE JUST TOLD US, UM, IT'S THE HOURS, UM, CONDITIONAL USE, UH, IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THE, IT SAYS IN THE U D C DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRAINTS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT SHALL APPLY TO THE OPERATION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL CONDITIONAL USES PERMITTED WITH ANY RE WITHIN ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU ARE THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU CAN APPROVE WHATEVER HOURS HE NEEDS.
IF HE WANTS 2:00 AM TO 4:00 AM YOU CAN APPROVE THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A NON-ISSUE.
UH, HE CAN HAVE HIS BUSINESS WITH CONDITIONAL USE.
UM, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE THAT, UH, FROM THE D S D AND IF I'M WRONG, THEY CAN TELL US.
UM, UH, ANOTHER REASON THAT WAS STATED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN MR. PECK ANSWERED, WELL, WHAT WERE NOT AN ISSUE? W WHY WOULD YOU STILL NEED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL? WHY WOULD WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE PLANNING AMENDMENT? AND MR. BATTER SAID, WELL, BECAUSE WE PROMISED THE NEIGHBORS, WE'D GIVE HIM, UH, RELIEF ON THE, UH, APP APPRAISALS.
UH, WELL, I GOT THIS EMAIL FROM, UM, FROM B A C D, WHICH, UH, SAID, SO, UH, THIS PROPERTY'S IN GOVERNMENT HILL AND IS OUTSIDE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT I'M ABLE TO SEE.
AND SO PROBABLY NOW, AND FOR SOME TIME THERE HAS BEEN A VARIETY OF TRANSITIONAL USE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE ALONG THERE, WHETHER IT WAS PERMISSIBLE OR NOT.
AND HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE YOUR NEIGHBOR RENOVATES OR EXPANDS HIS HOUSE REALLY HAS NO EFFECT ON YOURS.
UM, THE CITY PROCESSES TO SEND NOTICES TO WITHIN 200 FEET TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND ISDS.
UM, UH, THE COMMENTS OF MR. COURAGE WERE MENTIONED EARLIER.
HE ALSO SAID LAST WEEK THAT THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATED REGISTRATION PROCESS WAS FOR COMMUNICATION ONLY, WHICH MANY PEOPLE HAVE STATED THAT'S WHY IT WAS SET UP.
THERE WAS NO AUTHORITY BESTOWED ON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO SPEAK FOR NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S A PROCESS COMPLETELY CREATED BY THEMSELVES AND DEVELOPERS AND OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE? I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY.
MAYOR, YOU WERE ON A PANEL LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS SAID THAT THE WEST SIDE, MAYBE THEY LIKE IT HOW IT IS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANT.
POINT IS EQUITY DOES NOT COME FROM WHAT OTHERS SEE AS EQUAL.
MR. LOZANO WANTS THE EQUALITY TO DO WHATEVER THEY DO IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT NINE.
WE WANT TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THE WAY IT IS.
UH, CONDITIONAL USE IS EQUITY.
UH, HE CAN GET WHATEVER HE NEEDS WITH CONDITIONAL USE IF HE JUST FOLLOWS THE PROCESS.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WOULD ALLOW ANY POSSIBLE BUSINESS, UM, BARBERSHOP, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO COMPLETELY OVERHAUL THE PROPERTY AND MAKE IT START TO LOOK LIKE THAT STRIP MALL THAT DORA JUST MENTIONED.
UH, UM, SO I, I JUST DON'T SEE WHY THE ZONING COMMISSION WHO SHOULD KNOW MORE THAN ANY OF US ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T SEE WHY THEIR RECOMMENDATION ISN'T PROPER.
UM, SO, UH, DON'T APPROVE THIS TODAY, PLEASE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN, IF, IF THERE WAS ANY THOUGHT THAT IT SHOULD BE APPROVED.
OBVIOUSLY THERE HASN'T BEEN COMMUNICATION IN WORKING THIS OUT WITH THE APPLICANT, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE CAN GET WHAT HE WANT.
UH, THE ZONING CHANGE SHOULD BE DENIED.
HE SHOULD APPLY FOR CONDITIONAL USE.
PLEASE OFFER THIS NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY.
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UM, TO WHO NOW? MYSELF.OKAY, MR. ORTIZ, UH, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES, COUNSEL.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M ACTUALLY THE NEIGHBOR TO MR. LOZANO.
AS THEY PRESENTED EARLIER, THEY SENT, UH, I GUESS THEY SENT OR SHOWED YOU AN ACTUAL SLIDE WITH A LOT OF GREEN XS.
UM, IF YOU MAY, THAT'S THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY THERE.
UM, THOSE ARE MY NEIGHBORS THERE.
UM, ALL THE PAPERWORK WAS ACTUALLY TURNED IN, UH, TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UM, WHERE IT SAYS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
I TURNED IN THESE ACTUALLY THIS MORNING.
SO THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL EXES, THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY AND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, ON ANOTHER, UH, I GUESS POINT FROM THE LAST MEETING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD HERE, UM, MY NEIGHBOR CLAIMS THAT HE'S IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT HE ACTUALLY DOES EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK.
SHORTLY AFTER THE LAST MEETING, HE WAS ACTUALLY RED TAGGED THE CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR CREATED A NEW SPECIAL TASK FORCE FOR PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY DO WORK WITHOUT ACTUAL PERMITS.
SO IF HE ACTUALLY HAD ALL HIS GREEN TAGS, PROOF'S IN THE PUDDING THERE, HE DID NOT MEET THE COMPLIANCE.
AND THAT'S WHY HE'S ACTUALLY UNDER, UH, MY GIFTS.
THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE THAT WAS CREATED BY THE ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR.
I ACTUALLY SPENT A LITTLE TIME YESTERDAY, IT'S AN ACTUAL TIMESTAMPED WHERE I ACTUALLY SPENT TWO HOURS GOING DOWN TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND I SPOKE TO AN INDIVIDUAL THERE AND THEY VERIFIED THAT HE STILL ACTUALLY IS UNDER THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE AND THAT THEY'RE STILL ACTUALLY WORKING WITH HIM TO ACTUALLY BRING IT UP TO PAR.
SO ONCE AGAIN, HE'S NOT ACTUALLY STATING THE FACTS, UM, THAT ARE TRUE.
THAT'S WHAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, WHAT HE HAS ACTUALLY.
AND YOU CAN GO TO ACTUAL TEXAS DEVELOP, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THAT'S WHAT'S, WHAT'S ACTUALLY OPEN RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A STOP WORK ORDER ON THAT BOTTOM SIDE.
IF YOU LOOK, THERE'S AN ACTUAL, IT SAYS OPEN GENERAL AND ELECTRIC.
IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN GRANTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS ELECTRICIAN HAS NOT MET WITH THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE.
THIS IS MINE HERE, WHICH I'M NOT THE ACTUAL NEIGHBOR.
I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON MY ACTUAL HOME FOR A YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
LOOK AT ALL THOSE OPEN AND LOOK AT ALL THE PERMITS.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, I BELIEVE THERE'S AN ACTUAL, UH, CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
MR. LOZANO IS AN ACTUAL, UH, BROKER FOR HIS REAL ESTATE COMPANY.
HE ALSO LISTED ALL THE GREEN NS TO THE RIGHT.
HE'S THE ACTUAL LISTING BROKER TO THE ACTUAL PROPERTY.
SO ALL THE GREEN XS, HE'S ACTUALLY LISTED, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY, UH, SOMEHOW IT WAS DELISTED.
BUT IF YOU GO TO HIS WEBSITE THAT IS ACTUALLY ON HIS WEBSITE, WHICH HE HAS THAT LISTED FOR 1.85.
SO THOSE GREEN XS ARE ACTUALLY FROM THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY THAT HE'S TRYING TO SELL.
AND THEN THAT'S HIS, WHERE HE ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY LISTED IT AS WELL AS A HOMEOWNER BEING NEXT TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY BEING TRUTHFUL TO THE CITY AND TO THE MAYOR.
I REALLY DON'T WANT HIM AS MY NEIGHBOR AS BEING AS, AS A COMMERCIAL.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER OUTCOME WILL ACTUALLY BE IN PLACE.
TRUTH IS IN THE, THE PAPERWORK THAT I'VE ACTUALLY SHOWED YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, BUT PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT COMMERCIAL.
OKAY, SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED BY MR. ORTIZ, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT INFORMATION AT ALL.
RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE THE PERMITS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN STOPPED ACCORDING TO, UM, WHAT THAT WAS THE, THEY HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE AND SO AS WE HAVE SEEN, WE HAVE PUT A STOP WORK ORDER.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HE PROVIDED, THERE'S A STOP WORK ORDER OUT THERE.
TYPICALLY, IF THERE IS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THAT IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THEIR ZONING, WE WILL PUT A STOP TO THAT CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE PROPER ZONING IS IN PLACE.
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WITH THE RED XS, I, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT EITHER.THE RED, THE, THAT ONE IS HIS.
SO THE, DO WE HAVE OURS? WE CAN PUT OUR, OUR DOCUMENT UP THERE.
DID YOU GIVE IT BACK TO HIM? CAN'T SEE IF HE HAS OUR DOCUMENT.
WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT HERE.
SO I WAS PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT A MECHANICAL PERMIT APPLICATION.
UM, DATE ISSUED WAS 2 3 20 20.
UM, IS THAT PERMIT THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN STOPPED OR IS THAT THE ONE THAT IS NOW IN PLACE? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO THE PERMITS THAT WE JUST SHOW SHOWED ONLINE ARE THE CURRENT PERMITS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THE PERMITS.
UH, SO, UH, AFTER THAT MEETING I SENT OUR STRIKE TEAM, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT'S THE NEW TASK FORCE OR THE NEW TEAM WE HAVE THAT INVESTIGATES ANY WORK WITHOUT PERMITS OR IF THEY'VE GONE BEYOND THE SCOPE.
SO THE APPLICANT HAD PULLED WHAT WE CALL A GENERAL REPAIR PERMIT PERMIT, WHICH IS MINOR REMODEL.
UH, HE ACTUALLY WENT BEYOND, UH, THE SCOPE OF THAT PERMIT.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION NOW IS, UH, MEANING THOSE GENERAL REPAIR PERMITS AND THOSE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PERMITS ARE WHAT HE'S TRYING TO GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CODES.
ALL OF THOSE WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLIED WITH, UH, IF HE DOES BECOME AN OFFICE, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THIS NC PROCESS OR ANOTHER.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.
UH, BUT WE DID HAVE TO STOP THE WORK BECAUSE IT DID GO BEYOND THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF HIS FIRST PERMITS.
UM, I, I'VE LOOKED AT THE PICTURES OF THE BEFORE HOME AND THE AFTER HOME, UM, AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT.
AND I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS A CITY ARE ATTEMPTING TO REHAB AND BRING UP TO CODE A LOT OF THE HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT AND DILAPIDATED IN THE DISTRICT TWO AREA.
WITH THAT BEING A PILOT AREA, UM, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IN REFERENCE TO THIS TAX QUESTION, AND I DO HAVE THE EMAILS FROM, UM, MR. VERSI AS WELL AS A LETTER FROM MR. BATTER SAYING THAT, UM, THE PROPERTY TAX AND THE TAX ROLL AND THE LIFTING OF THIS PROPERTY COMPARED TO THE OTHER PROPERTIES WON'T HAVE, UH, A IMPACT.
AND SO I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT STATEMENTS HERE AND I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION ON WHICH ONE IS THE PROPER STATEMENT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, THERE'S NOT A CLEAR DIRECT IMPACT FOR LAND USE WITH, UM, WITH TAX REQUIREMENTS.
SO ZONING DOES NOT HAVE, DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON TAX INCREASES.
SO IT REALLY RELATES TO WHAT IS BEING DONE ON THE PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.
SO IF IT IS FOR COMMERCIAL USE, THEN MOST LIKELY THEY WILL BE ASSESSED AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR THAT PROPERTY.
SO THE EXISTING PROPERTIES AROUND IT, IF THEY ARE USED AS RESIDENTIAL, THEY WILL BE ASSESSED AS RESIDENTIAL.
SO WHATEVER RESIDENTIAL ISSUES HAPPEN, THEN IF WE KEEP IT AT THE RESIDENTIAL WITH CONDITIONAL USE AND HE DOES CONTINUOUS UPKEEP.
WOULD THAT AFFECT THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY? IT WOULD ONLY AFFECT HIS PROPERTY IF HE, HE'S DOING R SIX CD.
HE WILL, HE WILL BE ASSESSED AS A RESIDENTIAL R SIX CD FOR SMALL OFFICE.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THESE GREEN CHECKS AND RED CHECKS AND WHO CHECKED WHAT, WE HAVE THE MAP HERE FOR YOU.
COUNCILWOMAN, IF WE CAN PUT THE SCREEN ON.
SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY NOTICE IN RED, AND THE XS ARE THE ONES WITHIN THE BOUNDARY THAT HAVE OPPOSED.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE CHECK MARKS THAT ARE, HAVE SUPPORTED THIS CASE.
THEN OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY, THERE'S AN X THAT IS OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
AND WE RECEIVE NOTICE ON THESE CASES FOR THIS INFORMATION UP TO FOUR O'CLOCK THE DAY BEFORE.
SO TODAY'S THURSDAY WE WOULD RECEIVED NOTICE, UH, BY FOUR O'CLOCK YESTERDAY.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE STOP COUNTING.
WE, BECAUSE STAFF HAS TO PREPARE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER.
NOW, IF THEY BRING THEM HERE, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE STATEMENTS AS, AS I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN DID.
SO I DO HAVE A, A FEW QUESTIONS FOR MR. MR. BATTERS IN REFERENCE TO, UM, WHY R SIX? WHAT CONDITIONS DON'T WORK AND WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL? SURE.UH, CAN I START BY RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUES? YES.
I REPRESENT OVER 300 PROPERTY OWNERS EVERY YEAR AT THE BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
UH, MOST OF THEM WE SETTLE INFORMALLY.
ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF THEM HAVE TO GO TO THE FORMAL APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD, AND VERY FEW OF THOSE END UP IN LITIGATION.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE WEIRD THINGS LIKE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
THEY ALMOST ALWAYS GET THE ANSWER RIGHT AT THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD OR AT THE INFORMAL HEARING PROCESS.
THE BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WHEN THEY'RE ASSESSING WHICH PROPERTIES TO COMPARE IT TO, WILL LOOK FOR ONES THAT ARE THE MOST COMMON IN ALL OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS, SIZE, AGE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT THE VALUE.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A PROPERTY, EVEN ONE RIGHT NEXT DOOR THAT IS COMMERCIAL, IT DOESN'T GET PICKED UP IN WHAT THEY REFER TO AS THEIR GRID.
THEY'LL USUALLY PULL FIVE TO 10 COMPARABLE PROPERTIES IN THEIR GRID.
THEIR GRID MATRIX TO COMPARE IT TO IT AUTOMATICALLY IS EXCLUDED FROM THE GRID MATRIX FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES WHEN, WHEN IT'S NOT A RESIDENCE, R SIX WITH CONDITIONAL USE STILL GETS 'EM IN THE DOOR TO COMPARE IT.
AND THAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT A COUPLE OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS GOT WHEN THEY WENT DOWN TO PROTEST THEIR TAXES THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE FACING AN INCREASE AND ALL OF THEM HAD 25 51 NORTH PAN AND EXPRESSWAY SWEPT UP INTO THEIR, THE BARE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS GRID COMPARISON.
I MEAN, SOME OF 'EM ARE ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM HOUSES, BUT THEY'RE STILL, IT'S RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THIS NICE RESIDENTIAL TO JUSTIFY AN INCREASE.
YOU'LL NOTICE A COUPLE ON MY MAP, I DID AN OUTLINE OF SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON.
THERE'S A HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION THAT APPLIES FOR PROPERTY THAT YOU USES YOUR HOMESTEAD, SO THAT THAT HELPS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
BUT TWO OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OWN MULTIPLE PROPERTIES SO THAT ONLY THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION APPLIES TO ONE PARCEL.
THE OTHER PARCEL DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE CAP ON IT.
IT CAN GO UP IN AN UNLIMITED WAY, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT UNDERSCORES THEIR BELIEF.
WE ALSO HEARD SOME TALK ABOUT LISTING THE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
AS I MENTIONED, MY CLIENT WAS ABOUT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, FORGET ABOUT IT AND NEVERMIND.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S DOING THIS FOR MS. MARTINEZ, MS. PEREZ, UH, AND THE ARYAS WHO ASKED HIM, NO, YOU'VE, YOU'VE PAID, YOU'VE COME THIS FAR.
I MEAN, GO DOWN THERE, WE, WE, WE WANT THIS FROM YOU.
UM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TAX ISSUE.
AND I FORGOT THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
WHY IS THE RESIDENTIAL, WHAT CONDITIONS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE BUSINESS? OH, SURE.
WELL, AS MY CLIENT TESTIFIED, THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THIS BUSINESS.
AGAIN, THERE IS THE RESTORATION PART, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE HAVE A HARD TIME WITH STATED HOURS.
MOST OF HIS CUSTOMERS ARE WORKING PROFESSIONALS WITH DUAL INCOME.
THEY WANT TO COME BY AND HE BRINGS THEM BY THIS HOUSE AS A SHOWCASE, WHICH INSPIRED THE IDEA FROM THE GET GO AS A LIVING SHOWROOM FOR WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH LONGLEAF PINE FLOORS.
WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TEAR DOWN SO MANY OF THE NICE IMPROVEMENTS IN SAN ANTONIO.
YOU CAN BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE AND HE SHOWS IT TO THEM, BUT THEY'RE WORKING PEOPLE.
HE'S GOTTA ACCOMMODATE THEIR SCHEDULES.
HE'S GOTTA COME AND GO AT THEIR, AT THEIR CONVENIENCE.
SOMETIMES THAT'S THE WEEKEND, SOMETIMES THAT'S 8:00 PM AT NIGHT.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S NOT A RESTAURANT THAT HAS STATED HOURS WITH THE BIG CROWD COMING AND GOING.
IT'S, IT'S BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, AT LEAST ON THE HOME REMODELING AND RESTORATION SIDE.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMENT BROUGHT UP ABOUT HOMES THAT ARE, UM, BEING SOLD OR PUT TOGETHER FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SALE.
OKAY, THE GREEN CHECK IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS ONE PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY, UH, MRS. SARAH MARTINEZ.
AND, UM, FOLLOWING THE CALL FOR UNITY AT THE LAST TIME, UH, FERNANDO WENT AROUND TO HIS NEIGHBORS AGAIN AND SAID, WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON BOARD? AND MS. MARTINEZ SAID, NOT ONLY AM I ON BOARD, BUT YOU SELL REAL ESTATE, RIGHT? CAN YOU BE MY AGENT? SURE.
IT'S, IT'S FOR SALE AS ONE PARCEL, BUT IT HAS SIX RESIDENCES ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT A BUYER WANTS TO DO WITH THAT, BUT IT'S FOR SALE AS A RESIDENCE.
AND THAT WAS THE PROPOSED QUICKTRIP LOCATION AREA.
AND, AND NO ONE IS SHEDDING TEARS THAT QUICKTRIP CHANGED THEIR MIND.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL THERE'S A SPECTRUM BETWEEN UNFETTERED DEVELOPMENT, LIKE PUTTING A GAS STATION NEXT TO HOMES AND THEN THERE'S ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, NOT IN MY BACKYARD.
UM, WE HEARD FROM MR. FINGER AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER THIS MORNING, SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T PLEASE SOME OF THE PEOPLE ANY OF THE TIME.
BUT THERE IS A, A MIDDLE GROUND, A REASONABLENESS.
AND IF WE WANT SAN ANTONIO TO BE A MODERN PROGRESSIVE CITY THAT SAYS WE ARE GONNA RESPECT OUR RESIDENTS AND RESPECT OUR HISTORY AND RESPECT OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT GONNA OPPOSE EVOLVING ADAPTATIONS.
THE MIDDLE GROUND IS A RE ZONE IN THIS MICROCOSM
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OF A CASE TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CONDITIONAL USE IS KIND OF OVER HERE STILL.SOMETHING LIKE C TWO OR C THREE THAT'S A LITTLE TOO FAR OVER HERE.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS WHAT STRIKES THAT RIGHT BALANCE.
AND AGAIN, I I'VE SAID IT IN SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL SESSIONS, WE'RE NOT HERE TO PUT ANYTHING UP OR TEAR ANYTHING DOWN.
THE MONEY'S BEEN SPENT ON THIS PROPERTY.
UH, WE'LL HAVE TO PUT UP A FENCE IF THE REZONE GOES THROUGH 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS.
ANYWAY, THIS IS, THIS IS THAT BALANCE FOR US.
SO I KNOW THE LAST THING THAT I'VE ASKED IS FOR, UM, THERE TO BE A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN, UM, MR. LOZANO AND THE GOVERNMENT HILL, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.
BECAUSE ONE THING THAT WE NEED ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO DO THE RIGHT BUSINESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT GIVING US SOMETHING.
NOW AS YOU STAND HERE AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK UP TWO MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, IT'S SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I LOOK FOR A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR OPINIONS.
THE MAIN PART OF THIS PROCESS IS MAKING SURE THOSE THAT LIVE WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS HAVE THE SUPPORT.
SO I MOTION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, APPROVAL OF ITEM ITEMS P TWO AND Z SIX.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL REQUEST.
UH, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO A LONG TIME AND I PARTICULARLY REMEMBER A STREET I LIVED ON AND I REMEMBER THE STREET RIGHT ACROSS FROM ME OR THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND I WATCHED OVER THE YEARS AS LITTLE BY LITTLE IT BECAME MORE AND MORE COMMERCIAL AND MORE AND MORE MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET ENDED UP MOVING OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE BACKED UP TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
AND MORE AND MORE THOSE PEOPLE STARTED SELLING THEIR HOMES AND THEY BECAME COMMERCIAL AND IT CHANGED THE WHOLE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I USED TO LIVE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT AGAINST IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS USED TO BE A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE BUILT A HIGHWAY.
OF COURSE WE NEEDED A HIGHWAY THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
UH, BUT I CAN'T SEE STARTING A TREND WHEN ALL OF THE ZONING AROUND THERE IS RESIDENTIAL AND ALLOWING, UH, SOMEBODY TO PUT THEIR TOE IN THE WATER FOR COMMERCIAL.
YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA RUN A BUSINESS OUT OF THERE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
AND I THINK SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE SURE, I KNOW PEOPLE MAY WANT TO COME AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND LOOK AT, UH, RENDERINGS OR DRAWINGS OR THINGS THEY WANNA PUT IN THEIR HOME.
PEOPLE WALK IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOMES AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT OR NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT OR GO SOMEWHERE AND COME HOME AND DRIVE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AT EIGHT OR NINE AT NIGHT OR WHATEVER, OR EVEN AT, UH, SIX IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO WORK.
NONE OF THE IDEA THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIT INTO THIS BUILDING IN THIS LOCATION UNLESS IT BECOMES SOME KIND OF A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, I THINK IS, IS WARRANTED.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE QUOTED ME SAYING, YEAH, I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF GUY AND I BELIEVE EVERYBODY SHOULD BE HEARD.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AREN'T IMPORTANT AND THEY DO CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THERE CAN BE DISAGREEMENTS AND THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR STREET AND THEIR CORNER AND THEIR BACKYARD AND HOMES AROUND THEM SHOULDN'T BE HEARD.
AND I THINK THEY'RE BEING HEARD TODAY AND I HEAR 'EM LOUD AND CLEAR.
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS WHO, WHO CAME UP AND SHOWED A DIFFERENT MAP OF XS, I THINK THERE'S A CONFLICT HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT MORE INFORMATION MORE RECENTLY THAN WE HAD RECEIVED, BUT IT SEEMED THAT IT INDICATED THAT THERE WERE MORE NEIGHBORS RIGHT AROUND THAT PROCESS WHO WERE AGAINST IT THAN WHO FOR.
AND WE CERTAINLY HAD MORE PEOPLE COMING AND TALKING ABOUT BEING AGAINST IT THAN ARE FOR IT.
AND UH, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S NOT THE BEST DECISION TO MAKE TO GO AHEAD AND START CHANGING THIS AREA TO EVEN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF 35.
HAVE THEM DO THINGS ON THE NORTH SIDE IF THEY WANT TO ADD COMMERCIAL BUT DON'T START TAKING HOUSES AND THEN IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE NEXT ONE TO BECOME NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND THEN THE NEXT ONE TO BECOME NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND THE NEXT ONE TO BECOME C TWO.
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TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEYOND WHAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN SUPPORTING.COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS OR COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
UH, MAYOR, IT'S A GOOD THING WE HAD A SHORT COUNT AND A SHORT AND EASY COUNCIL MEETING THIS MORNING 'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE GOOD STUFF IS.
WE MIGHT BE HERE A WHILE,
UM, SO JUST, UH, SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS PLEASE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THIS WENT TO THE ZONING COMMISSION, THEY UH, REJECTED THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL BUT INSTEAD RECOMMENDED AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL.
AND THAT WAS AN R SIX CD, SO WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE? THAT'S CORRECT, YES MA'AM.
AND DOES THAT CONDITIONAL USE ALLOW, UH, APPOINTMENTS TO HAPPEN AT 8:00 PM AT NIGHT? YES.
SO THAT, WITH THAT CONDITIONAL USE, UM, THERE WAS ESTABLISHED CONDITIONS, UM, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I COULD READ THAT PLEASE.
IT'S A LITTLE, SO THE BUSINESS HOURS OP OPERATIONS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED BEFORE 7:00 AM OR 6:00 PM UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME FOR EXTERIOR DISPLAY OF SIGNS.
I CAN READ THAT THOROUGHLY IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO, SO NOT BEFORE 7:00 AM AND AFTER 6:00 PM THERE'S NO CONSTRUCTION FEATURE SHALL BE PERMITTED, WHICH, UH, WOULD PLACE A STRUCTURE OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THEIR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN THERE SHALL BE NO EXTERIOR DISPLAY OR SIGNS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NAME PLATES NOT EXCEEDING THE THREE SQUARE FEET IN AREA.
SO THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE COMMISSION, THE ZONING COMMISSION? YES MA'AM.
UM, BUT IF, UH, IF THE COUNCILWOMAN WANTED TO, SHE COULD, UH, OR AND IF SHE AND THE APPLICANT CAME TO AN AGREEMENT, THEY COULD SAY NOT BEFORE 7:00 AM OR AFTER 10:00 PM THAT'S CORRECT.
SO SHE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT? YES.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS THERE'S NOT A SITE PLAN SUBMITTED TODAY.
IF THE APPLICANT HAS A SITE PLAN, THEN THAT COULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION AND SUBMITTED TODAY, BECAUSE I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS A SITE PLAN, THE R SIX CD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED TODAY.
THERE WOULD MOST LIKELY NEED TO BE A CONTINUANCE FOR THE APPLICANT TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT.
I'M JUST GONNA GO DOWN THE THEORETICAL.
UM, IF, UH, IF THE COUNCILWOMAN WANTED CONDITIONAL USE OF, UH, SIGNS, MAYBE SHE DID, MAYBE SHE'S OKAY WITH THE SIGNS GOING UP, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE COULD STILL DO AND STILL KEEP R SIX CD? SURE.
NOW, UH, LET'S GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UH, CATEGORY.
UH, WHAT OTHER USES ARE ALLOWED? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SMALL RETAIL, SMALL OFFICE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT LIMITING THE BUILDING SIZE AT 3000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WE'RE TALKING LIKE A BOOKSTORE OR A PET STORE.
UM, A MUSIC FACILITY, UH, MUSIC STORE.
AND, UM, WITHOUT THE CONDITIONAL USE, IF THE APPLICANT BUYS THE PROPERTY, YOU OPERATE THERE, UM, A FEW YEARS, BUT FOR SOME REASON YOU LEAVE, UM, AND YOU YOU GO TO ANOTHER CITY OR SOMETHING AND YOU SELL IT, SOMEONE ELSE COMES AND BUYS IT, THEY CAN OPEN THE PET STORE, THEY CAN OPEN THE ANTIQUE STORE, THE FITNESS HEALTH CLUB DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO ZONING, THAT'S CORRECT FOR THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, THOSE, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY USE FOR THE PROPERTY IS THAT IS ADDING THE CONDITIONAL USE R SIX CD.
IS THE ADDING THE CONDITIONAL USE DESIGNATION.
OTHERWISE, UM, WHATEVER YOUR BEST INTENTIONS ARE, THIS CAN BE PURCHASED AND BECOME, UH, BECOME SOMETHING ELSE.
WHATEVER IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE N C WITHIN THAT.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, MELISSA.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, I, I THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS.
UM, WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN IT WENT TO, UH, ZONING, A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SIT ON THE ZONING COMMISSION.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK FOR US.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE NOW HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CONSIDERED AND CALLED THE WORST THINGS THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD CAN BE CONSIDERED.
IT WAS CALLED A PLACE THAT WAS UNSAFE TO GO INTO.
IT WAS CALLED A PLACE THAT IF IT WAS EVEN BROUGHT UP TO SOMETHING THAT LOOKED DECENT, SOMEBODY WOULD NOT HAVE THE WILL TO GO INTO IT.
SO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT A BUSINESS THAT IS LOOKING TO CHANGE HOW A PERSON THAT REPRESENTS US AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TRULY FEELS ABOUT THIS EXACT NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOT ONCE HAVE WE RECEIVED AN APOLOGY, NOT ONCE HAS THIS COMMUNITY BEEN ADDRESSED TO SAY THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AS I SIT HERE TODAY, I LOOK AT MR. LOZANO AND I SEE SOMEONE WHO DID
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NOT HAVE THAT FEAR TO GO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, I WANNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ALONG 35.WE HAVE MANY AND MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE THRIVING.
EVEN WHEN THE GATES OF FORT SAM CLOSED ON NEW BRAUNFELS, THEY CONTINUE TO THRIVE.
MR. LOZANO IS LOOKING TO MAKE A MARK IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT LOOKING TO CHANGE THE IDENTITY, BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
WE'RE HAVING THE MOST HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE TRULY CALL DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SMART DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ADD ANOTHER GAS STATION, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ADD ANOTHER GUN SHOP.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ADD ANOTHER SOURCE THAT IS GONNA TAKE AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
I GUARANTEE THAT AS I SIT HERE TODAY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS TRULY LOOKING FOR, FOR ITS REAL IDENTITY, AND NOT TO BE DECLARED AN UNSAFE AND UNLIVABLE PLACE THAT OTHERS FEEL BECAUSE OF THEIR AREA BEING UPKEPT BY HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MAKES OUR AREA THE MOST UNSAFE PLACE TO GO.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ACTUALLY HAVING THIS BUSINESS AS A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND MY MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE, UH, NEIGHBOR COMMERCIAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, AND I I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THAT WASN'T ALREADY ASKED IT.
IT IS, UM, IT'S A CONCERN WHEN THERE SEEMS TO BE AGREEMENT ON WHAT FUNCTIONALLY IS TAKING PLACE ON THE GROUND.
AND THE CONCERN IS WHAT FUTURE USE MIGHT BE ALLOWED BY THE BASE ZONING THAT REMAINS THE ISSUE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US ADDRESS THAT.
BUT, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z SIX AND P TWO.
[Z-9. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700297 CD (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-2 CD AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Motor Vehicle Sales (Full Service) on 0.567 acres out of NCB 16918, located in the 8100 block of Melbury Forest. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommends Denial.]
Z NINE Z NINE FROM C TWO C D, UM, EXCUSE ME, FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.FULL SERVICE LOCATED AT 8,100 BLOCK OF MULBERRY FOREST.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL.
NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
ALL RIGHT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM Z NINE.
[Z-14. ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700020 HL (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-3NA MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-3NA HL MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Historic Landmark Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 1, Block 1, NCB 6230, located at 4007 South Flores Street. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommendation pending the February 18, 2020 hearing.]
Z 14 Z 14 FROM R FOUR TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN R FOUR AND FOUR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 360 4 BETTY JEAN STREET.STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
16 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD.
I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR WORKING WITH BOTH THE HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND MY OFFICE ON ADDRESSING OUR QUESTIONS WITH THIS CASE.
ONE OF THE THINGS FOR CLARIFICATION, THANK YOU, UH, JAMES FOR BEING HERE.
UM, YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
UH, THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT WILL THE MAX HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED SIGN ON THIS PROPERTY? B? UH, YES.
THE MAX HEIGHT WILL BE 35 FEET OF THE SIGN.
AND THEN THIS PRO, THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE, WILL, WILL THERE BE ANY PROPOSED SIGNAGE FACING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES? NO.
ALL THE SIGNAGE WILL FACE THE HIGHWAY.
AND THEN WILL THE SIGN INCLUDE ANY L E D OR FLASHING COMPONENTS? IT WILL NOT.
AND HOW MANY SIGNS WILL BE PLACED ON THIS PROPERTY? JUST ONE SIGN.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE AS PER ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM.
[Z-15. ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700020 HL (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-3NA MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-3NA HL MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Historic Landmark Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 1, Block 1, NCB 6230, located at 4007 South Flores Street. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommendation pending the February 18, 2020 hearing.]
Z 15 FROM C THREE NA TO C THREE NA H L LOCATED AT 4 0 0 7 SOUTH FLORIDA STREET.STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
35 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.
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OPPOSED? THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE AS THE OWNER IS OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING MISSION.SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z 15 VIRGINIA VAN CLEVE.
MS. VAN CLEVE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA FAYYAD.
UH, MAYOR RON NURNBERG AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY CONCURS WITH A FINDING OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE FOR 4,007 SOUTH FLORIDA.
THE BUILDING RETAINS ITS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES DESPITE BEING OBSCURED BY PAINT AND SIGNAGE.
THE BUILDING REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN SAN ANTONIO HISTORY AS IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY AC TO DEUCE WHO HAD A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
ARCHITECTURALLY THE BUILDING UTILIZED CAST, CONCRETE AND BRICK TO CREATE A SPANISH ECLECTIC VARIATION ON THE PREVALENT COMMERCIAL STYLE.
THE SECOND FLOOR ORIGINALLY HOSTED THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO PRODUCE HALL AND ITS LOCATION AT FLORES IN PLEASANTON IS AN ESTABLISHED AND FAMILIAR FEATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE CONCUR WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT THE BUILDING MEETS FOUR OF THE CRITERIA FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO.
GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
I AM A LIFETIME CITIZEN OF SAN ANTONIO AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DISTRICT THREE.
MY MOM AND DAD USED TO SHOP AT THE TWO DES BUILDING.
UM, WHILE I AM FOR DEVELOPMENT IN MY COMMUNITY AND MY SOUTH SIDE RESIDENT, UM, WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE IS ANOTHER CAR WASH AT THIS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY.
WE HAVE A NUMEROUS CAR WASHES IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE VIABLE BUSINESS IN THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.
I BELIEVE THAT BUILDING HAS MUCH POTENTIAL FOR OTHERS THAN A CAR WASH.
I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL IDEAS.
COULD BE LOFTS UPSTAIRS AND RETAIL AND A FINE RESTAURANT DOWNSTAIRS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOES, THAT AREA DOESN'T HAVE AND IT WOULD BE MUCH WELCOMED BY THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO I DO HAVE A CONNECTION TO THAT BUILDING.
LIKE I MENTIONED, MY MOM AND DAD USED TO SHOP THERE.
UM, MR. DU WAS A MARINE IN THE 1940S AND MY DAD WAS ALSO A FELLOW MARINE.
SO IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO HAVE THIS BUILDING PRESERVED AND TO MAKE IT INTO A VIABLE BUSINESS.
UM, SO I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO, UM, DE DESIGN MAKE ZONE IN AS A DESIGNATION FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, THE H D R C, OUR ZONING COMMISSION FOR REVIEWING THIS CASE VERY CAREFULLY.
IN ADDITION TO THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY AND THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS PART OF THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION THAT IS IN SUPPORT, MY STAFF HAS, UH, PASSED OUT TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM RESIDENTS AND FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE HIS, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
SPEAKING IN, UH, ON BEHALF OF THIS IMPORTANT ITEM, BOTH THE H D R C AND THE CITY STAFF HAVE FOUND THAT THE TO-DO'S BUILDING MEETS FOR THE CRITERIA NECESSARY TO ATTAIN THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
AND THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY'S VACANT BUILDING PROGRAM.
AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS ALSO CLOSE TO ONE OF OUR NEW, UM, CO CONCEPTION CREEK.
IT'S ALSO ADJACENT TO OUR WORLD HERITAGE AREA BUFFER ZONE.
IT IS DOWN THE STREET FROM OUR LEGACY BUSINESSES, UM, IN, IN THE AREA.
THIS CASE IS ABOUT PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, AND REUTILIZATION OF THESE GREAT VA OF THESE VACANT PROPERTIES IN AND AROUND OUR LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MERIT TO HAVE THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
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IN, IF YOU SAW THE, THE MAP, IT IS AT A GATEWAY RIGHT THERE INTO THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE PLEASANTON ROAD AND SOUTH FLORES MEET.WE HEARD THIS MORNING ABOUT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE PACE PROGRAM.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE HISTORIC TAX CREDITS AND WE'VE SEEN EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THIS BUILDING WAS ALREADY HISTORIC SINCE IT'S BEEN A SITE THAT PROVIDED GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS SERVING AS A MARKETPLACE BALLROOM COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND MOST RECENTLY AS A FURNITURE STORE LIKE TRICIA, MYSELF, MY FAMILY, UM, WE, MY FAMILY WOULD AND FAMILIES WOULD GO AND WALK IN THAT AREA.
THAT WAS A PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY MET AND IT HAS SIGNIFICANCE THERE AND TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AT THE ZONE.
TO BE CLEAR, MY OFFICE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN TO DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE OPEN AND WILLING TO COOPERATIVELY WORK TOGETHER ON PROJECTS THAT ARE RESPECTFUL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IN FACT, MY STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN RECENTLY WORKING WITH ANOTHER SOUTH SIDE SMALL BUSINESS ON PLEASANTON ROAD AND FACILITATING MEETINGS WITH CITY STAFF IN AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY TRUE COMPROMISE IN REGARDING HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THIS HAS BEEN, UM, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I DO APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR ATTENTION TO THIS DETAIL.
AND THERE IS A TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOU IN THE, IN THE PAST THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I DO MOTION TO APPROVE AS PER STAFF H D R C AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 15.
I CALLED EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WHO WAS LISTED ON MY SHEET.
I'M SORRY YOU WEREN'T LISTED, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO OF PAPER, A YELLOW PAPER THAT CAN I CLARIFY THAT? OKAY.
IF YOU WEREN'T SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, I'M SORRY YOU CAN'T TAKE THE FLOOR.
THERE WAS A LONG LINE, SHE HAD THE FORMAL PRINTED SHEETS SIGN IN AND SHE GOES, CAN YOU FILL OUT THIS ONE INSTEAD? SHE HAD THIS YELLOW, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? IAN COMAN.
YOU SPEAK FOR THE REST OF 'EM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA VOTE.
I'M DEDICATING MY TIME TO DO IT WITH THE PROPERTY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE THREE MINUTES? I'LL BE OVER.
YOU'RE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, SIR? YES.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MARK EZ.
THIS IS AN ENDEMIC OF HOW THIS HAS HAPPENED.
HISTORIC HAS DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN AGAINST THE RULES TO TRY AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
COMMISSIONER COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND MADE A PUBLIC STATEMENT.
MY RESIDENTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR.
WE HAVE SEEN IN AREAS, IN OTHER AREAS OF DISTRICT THREE HOW SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LY OPPOSED AT 24 HOUR CAR WASHES.
SHE'S SAYING THAT OTHER AREAS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE AREA AROUND IT.
THERE WERE NO SUPPORT FOR THIS AT ZONING.
SO NOW WE'RE SAYING THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN TELL THE RESIDENTS WHAT TO DO.
THERE'S ONE USE WE CAN DO WITH THIS.
WE CAN MAKE AN OVERNIGHT TRANSITORY HOTEL WITH NO PARKING.
I HAVE 11 SPACES THAT BECOME TWO SPACES.
UH, IF WE DEVELOP THE PROPERTY, WE WILL HAVE TWO SPACES.
WE CAN'T COMPLY WITH ANY ORDINANCES.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS OVERNIGHT TRANSITORY HOUSING.
WE ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO TEAR IT DOWN SUBJECT TO ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.
THE VACANT BUILDING ONLY REQUIRES ME TO SECURE THE BUILDING.
SHANNON MILLER SAID I HAVE, I CAN'T BOARD IT UP AND I HAVE TO MAKE IT READILY AVAILABLE.
THE ORDINANCE THAT'S DONE LIKE THAT, I CAN BOARD IT UP AND THERE SAYS NOTHING ABOUT MAKING IT READILY AVAILABLE OR DOING THE INTERIOR.
WHAT YOU SEE NOW IS WHAT YOU WILL GET TO THE END OF TIME.
OKAY? THERE'S A DEEDED RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY THAT SAYS IF IT'S EVER DEEMED HISTORIC, IT CANNOT BE OCCUPIED.
STAFF DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO RUN A TITLE CHECK WHERE THEY WOULD'VE SEEN THAT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU CAN'T DO OFF-PREMISE PARKING 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY ALLOWED IN 600 FEET.
THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES IN 600 FEET.
THERE'S A DEEDED RESTRICTION ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY THAT SAYS IT CANNOT
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BE USED FOR CROSS PARKING.ONCE AGAIN, STAFF DOESN'T DO THEIR HOMEWORK.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET TILL THE END OF TIME.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I CAN CLAIM ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, WHICH ONCE YOU TRIGGER THE POISON PILL, WHICH MAKES IT UNUSABLE HISTORIC THROUGH THE UH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS TO GIMME A DEMO PERMIT.
IT MEETS NONE OF THE CRITERIA.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CLAIMING IS BECAUSE THE BUILDING HASN'T MOVED IN 99 YEARS.
THIS TOWN HAS MOVED IN 99 YEARS.
ALL HE DID WAS PROVE HE COULDN'T ADAPT AND SUCCEED IN A CHANGING RETAIL ENVIRONMENT.
MARTIN NEVILLE IS AN A I A HE HAS SAID IT IS NOT FANTASY ECLECTIC.
ECLECTIC STAFF CAN'T PRESENT ANYTHING THAT SHOWS ITS FANCY, ECLECTIC.
AND THE LAST ONE IS, UH, SIGNIFICANT.
IT WAS A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR 13 YEARS.
THE MALTHOUSE IN DISTRICT FIVE WAS THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMUNITY FOR 70 YEARS.
SO HOW CAN WE SAY THAT SOMETHING WAS HISTORICALLY INSIGNIFICANT IN A COMMUNITY FOR 70 YEARS, WE CAN TEAR DOWN AND SOMETHING THAT HAD A A TOWN HALL IN FOR 13 YEARS IS HISTORIC AND CAN'T BE TURNED DOWN.
I DO ASK FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SUPPORT IN THIS MOVE AS WAS STATED BY SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND THAT, UM, WHEN IT'S COME CULTURAL HERITAGE AND UM, INTANGIBLE, UH, HERITAGE TO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES.
AND ALSO FOR CLARIFICATION AT THE ZONING COMMISSION HEARING, UM, IT WAS, IT'S ALSO TO BE NOTED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER CURRENTLY, HE HAS SELF-IMPOSED THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE PARCEL JUST SOUTH OF THIS TRACT IN REGARDS TO THE COOPERATING PARKING ALTERNATIVES AS WELL.
THAT'S FOR POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.
AND ARE, ARE YOU, YOU ALL MADE YOUR CASE? NO.
WELL, YOU, YOU GOT THE TIME ALLOTTED IF YOU SIGNED UP SO I PROVIDED YOU THE TIME.
UH, WHAT? OKAY, I I NEED TO HEAR FROM THE ATTORNEY ON THIS STAND.
YOU ARE ALLOTTING THEM THEIR TIME TO SPEAK AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE INDICATING THEY'RE COMPLETE WITH WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
MR. GRANNIS INDICATED HE WAS FINISHED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER TWO SPEAKERS WANNA SPEAK.
OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 15, PLEASE VOTE.
[Z-18. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700314 CD (Council District 5): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 CD MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Noncommercial Parking Lot to "C-2 CD MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Motor Vehicle Sales on Lots 43-50, Block 7, NCB 8258, located at 202 North General McMullen. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval with Conditions.]
Z 18 Z 18 FROM R FOUR CD TO C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES LOCATED AT 2 0 2 NORTH GENERAL MCMULLEN.STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, BANNERS, PENANCE FLAGS OR WIND WAIVERS.
ZERO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE WHAT THE CONDITIONS IS READ.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 18.
MOTION CARRIES ITEMS P SIX AND Z 20
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P SIX AND Z 20.AMENDING THE NO GTOS SOUTH ZUMO COMMUNITY PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL FROM C THREE R TO C THREE LOCATED AT 34 0 1, 34 0 3, 34 0 5 AND 34 0 7 NOLI STAFF AND PLANNING AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL ZONING.
COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ZERO OPPOSED PALM HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P SIX AND Z 20 PLEASE VOTE.
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MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z[Z-25. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700225 (Council District 7): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-5 MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "RM-5 MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" Residential Mixed Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 19, Block 4, NCB 13450, located at 5403 San Benito Drive. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval.]
Z 25 Z 25 FROM R FIVE TO RMM FIVE LOCATED AT 54 0 3 SAN BETO DRIVE.STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO AMEND HIS REQUEST TO R FIVE CD WITH THREE UNITS AND PROVIDE A SITE PLAN.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND FOR MY TEAM TO, FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS CASE.
UM, WE'VE REACHED A, UH, AN AGREEMENT ON THIS SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF Z 25 AS AMENDED.
MOTION CARRIES ITEMS. P EIGHT OH, EXCUSE ME.
[Z-28. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700146 (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “I-1 AHOD” General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District to “L AHOD” Light Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 14, Block 4, NCB 12574, located at 9010 Tesoro Drive. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommends Denial for lack of a motion. (Continued from January 16, 2020)]
YES SIR.UH, THIS ONE IS Z 28 FROM I ONE TO L LOCATED AT 90 10 TO SURREL DRIVE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL FOR LACK OF A MOTION.
EIGHT NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.
FOUR OPPOSED, ONE OPPOSED IS OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EX EXCEEDING 20% AND I BELIEVE THERE, THERE'S A CONTINUANCE ON THIS CASE TO MARCH 5TH.
ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL MARCH 5TH.
WAS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 28 TO MARCH FIVE, PLEASE VOTE.
[Z-29. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700292 (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "I-1 IH-1 AHOD" General Industrial Northeast Gateway Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-3 IH-1 AHOD" General Commercial Northeast Gateway Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 4, Block 2, NCB 14952, located at 11407 Wayland Way. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from January 16, 2020)]
Z 29 FROM I ONE TO C THREE I H I WITH LOCATED AT 11 4 0 7 WAYLAND WAY.STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A CONTINUANCE ON THIS CASE AS WELL.
YES, ONCE AGAIN ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL APRIL 2ND.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCES.
ITEM Z 29 TO APRIL 2ND PLEASE VOTE.
THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA.