* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:35] GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER THE FIFTH, 2017. COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SALDANA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS IS ATTENDING A FUNERAL SERVICE IN DALLAS COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY IS ATTENDING THE T M L CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON. AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SESSION. THE TIME NOW IS 9:12 AM WE'RE GONNA GO GET STARTED WITH OUR INVOCATION. UM, LET ME SEE A GUEST OF COUNCILMAN CRUZ SHAW. COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, IT'S MY HONOR, MY PRIVILEGE TO CALL UP REVEREND JAMES EMERSON, WHO WAS A PASTOR AT ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, THE OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN CONGREGATION IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. REVEREND EMERSON IS ALL HAS SERVED UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN POINT COMFORT, LOLITA AUSTIN, CORPUS CHRISTI, SAN ANTONIO, AND ATLANTA, GEORGIA. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN MARKETING AND SOCIOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA. REVEREND JAMERSON AMERSON RECEIVED HIS CALLING TO MINISTRY IN 1986. IN ACADEMIC PREPARATION FOR THE MINISTRY, HE EARNED A MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE FOR THE CAYMAN THEOLOGY SEMINARY IN THE RENOWNED INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGY CENTER IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. IN ADDITION TO SERVING HIS CONGREGATION, PASTOR FULFILLS HIS PASSION FOR MINISTRY BY WORKING ON CIVIC AND DENOMINATIONAL PROJECTS. HIS IMPACT HAS BEEN SPIRITUAL FORMATION WITH EMIS, KREIS AND BERRY OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE BAND AT CAMP OF INNER CITY AT RISK YOUTH. HE SERVES IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP CAPACITIES ON THE CONFERENCE BOARDS OF ORDAINED MINISTRY, RESIDENTS OF MINISTRY, BLACK METHODIST FOR CHURCH REVIVAL, AND STRENGTHENING THE BLACK CHURCH FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. HE'S A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 13 IN THE MASTER'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF GREATER SAN ANTONIO. PAST SERVICE INCLUDES THE CALHOUN COUNTY UNITED WAY, CALHOUN COUNTY MINISTER ALLIANCE, SOUTH TEXAS, COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. ALONG WITH OTHER BOARD AND COMMISSION, HE SERVES AS A MENTOR, ADVISOR, AND SPIRITUAL LEADER. REVEREND AMERSON IS A, HAS A PROFOUND LOVE FOR COMMUNITY, GIVES HIM AN ENTHUSIASM FOR SEEING INDIVIDUALS MATURE IN THEIR FAITH, IN THE LOVE OF GOD. HIS PASTOR'S HEART HELPS HIM TO MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE THOSE AROUND HIM. HE ENJOYS TRAVELING TO OBSERVE AND EXPERIENCE THE HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF PEOPLE. HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE BEST FRATERNITIES IN THE IN THE WORLD. ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED. SO PLEASE WELCOME REVEREND AMERSON. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SHAW. TO THE COUNCIL. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AS A NATIVE, AS SAN ANTONIO. IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE AT, UH, THE COUNCIL MEETING AS WE, UH, PREPARE FOR THE 300TH, UH, ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CITY. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING BACK IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE HUNDRED 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CHURCH ST. PAUL'S. SO I AM IN THE PARTY MOOD WITH EVERYONE ELSE. SO AS WE STAND TODAY, WE ARE REMINDED OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK. AND I ASKED IF YOU WOULD BE IN A, A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY AS WE REMEMBER THOSE LIVES AND THAT TRAGIC LOSS. WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME? GOD KNOWN BY MANY NAMES AND BEYOND ALL NAMES, WE GIVE YOU THANKS TODAY FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE, LOVE, AND COMMUNITY. BLESS OUR CITY, THE ELECTED OFFICERS AND STAFF WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADMINISTER TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. WE PRAY FOR WISDOM TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS AND ISSUES OF OUR TIME. GUIDE THE WORK OF THE DAY THROUGH THIS AGENDA AND TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF ALL THAT YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED TO THEM. GIVE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL THE COUN, THE CONFIDENCE AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND INSPIRING. WHEN THEY WAIVER AND ERROR. LET THEIR HEIR AND VACILLATION DO OUR COMPASSION FOR OTHERS AND ON THE SIDE OF CARING, BLESS THEM WITH A SPIRIT AND MIND. TO WORK TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE, TO WORK FOR EQUITY [00:05:01] AND THE HIGH IDEALS WHICH LEAD TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY. AND FINALLY, WE PRAY FOR A CITY WHICH REFLECTS THE RICHNESS OF DIVERSITY, OF CULTURE, AND THOUGHT OF ALL AGES AND GENERATIONS. A PLACE WHERE ALL PERSONS OF VALUE, RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED. HEAR THESE WORDS AND THE THOUGHTS OF OUR HEARTS AND YOUR POWER AND YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE PUBLIC OVER WHICH STANDS ONE NATION WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE. THANK YOU REVEREND. WE DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST ITEM [3. Approval of Minutes for the City Council Special Sessions of August 22 - 23, 2017] ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 22ND TO 20 SEC 23RD. SO MOVED SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 2, 22 AND 23 MINUTES. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WELL GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AND BEFORE WE START WITH OUR BUSINESS FOR THE DAY, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. UM, EARLIER, UH, LAST MONTH, IN FACT, ON EARLY IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE A LONGSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVANT NAMED ROBERTO ANGUIANO. UH, IN SEPTEMBER, THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED HIM IN UNANIMITY FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. UH, AND WE WERE UNFORTUNATELY GREETED WITH THE NEWS THAT HE PASSED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD. UM, I'D LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE COUNCILWOMAN VILLA GRAND, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO TAKE THIS TIME. AT THIS VERY MOMENT, HIS FAMILY IS LAYING HIM TO REST, UM, AT HIS, UH, MASS OF THE RESURRECTION AT MISSION SAN JOSE CHURCH, WHICH WAS HIS PARISH. AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE THOSE RECOGNITIONS OF HIM HERE WHILE HE WAS ALIVE IN FRONT OF HIS FAMILY. OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE, HE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE OF SAN ANTONIO. AND IN LIFE, I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY BECAUSE IT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS EARLIER THAN THAT THAT THEY DID RECOGNIZE MR. ANGUIANO AT THE CELL, AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY FOR HIS WORK AS A FRIEND OF THE MISSION LIBRARY AND HIS ACHIEVEMENT. AND IN, HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MISSION LIBRARY UNTIL HIS PASSING. AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, HERE AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND THEN THE FRIDAY, JUST ONE A WEEK BEFORE HE PASSED, HE WAS ABLE TO BE THERE AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE HARVEY NAUM Y M C A, RIGHT NEXT TO HIS BELOVED MISSION LIBRARY. AND HE AND I WORKED SO HARD TO GET THAT Y M C A CHERYL. SO I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND FOR ALL OF THE VOTERS, BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT FRUIT OF SO MUCH OF HIS LABOR AND TAKE A TOUR. SO IT IS WITH THAT, THAT WE KNOW THAT EVEN THE MORNING BEFORE HE PASSED, HE WAS STILL GIVING DIRECTIONS ON WHAT STILL NEEDED TO HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A GOOD ADVOCATE AN ACTIVIST DOES. SO, UM, WITH THAT MAYOR AND I TO HIS FAMILY, WE ASK THAT MR. ROBERTO, THAT MR. ANGUIANO BE AT PEACE AND KNOW THAT HIS WORK WILL CARRY ON. AND IF YOU COULD ALL JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GRO. UM, COUNCILMAN TRAVINO NOW IS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE AGENDA TODAY. WE'LL KEEP ON CONSENT. UH, UH, WE HAVE A NEW ZONING, COMMISSIONER SOPHIA LOPEZ, AND SHE'S IN THE CROWD. THERE. SHE IS. UH, WE WERE PROUD TO HAVE HER. SHE WORKS FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR LATINO COMMUNITY ASSET BUILDERS. UH, SHE WAS A FORMER CITY PLANNER AND, UH, WE WERE GLAD TO HAVE HER ON BOARD. SHE'S GONNA DO A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US. UH, WE ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, SNET, UH, SANCHEZ DIAZ, WHO, UH, IS, UH, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, UH, AS OUR ZONING COMMISSIONER, AND NOW LOOK [00:10:01] FORWARD TO THE GREAT JOB THAT SOPHIA WILL DO. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SOPHIA LOPEZ, UH, WELCOME ON BOARD. UH, THE SECOND ITEM I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS, UH, THE, UH, THE APPROVAL, UH, THIS MORNING, UH, THROUGH THE TS FUNDS, UH, THE KING WILLIAM ASSOCIATION HAD HAD ASKED TO ADD A PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING TO THE UPCOMING SOUTH ALAMO STREET PROJECT. UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL CORRIDOR ARE A FOCAL POINT FOR SAN ANTONIO'S AND VISITORS ALIKE. AND THIS INVESTMENT WILL IMPROVE BOTH AESTHETICS AND SAFETY FOR ALL WHO ENJOYED THE CORRIDOR. THANK YOU TO CHERISE BELL AND CHRIS PRICE FROM THE KING WILLIAMS ASSOCIATION FOR THE COLLABORATION IN REALIZING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU GUYS, AND THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TREVINO. ALRIGHT, BEFORE [4. An Ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of 48 professional services contracts for Civil Engineering Services, 14 professional services contracts for Architecture services and 45 professional services contracts for Landscape Architecture services, in an aggregate amount not-to-exceed $58,000,000.00; the negotiation and execution of agreements with utility companies to accept reimbursement for utility work from respective utilities included in the contracts; and payment subject to the availability of funds in connection with the 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond Program and the 2018-2023 Capital Budget. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Mike Frisbie, Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements]] WE MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING. UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE MASS SELECTION OF ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICE COMP COMPANIES THAT WILL UNDERTAKE THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM. SO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF 48 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES. 14 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CONTRACTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, AND 45 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SERVICES, AND AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $58 BILLION. THAT NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENTS WITH UTILITY COMPANIES TO ACCEPT REIMBURSEMENT PER UTILITY WORK FROM RESPECTIVE UTILITIES INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2017 THROUGH 22, UH, 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM AND THE 2018 THROUGH 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, THIS ACTION TODAY, UH, I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, BUT THIS ACTION IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR MILESTONE, UH, IN THE PROGRESS OF THE 2017 BONG PROGRAM. AND IT IS AWARDING, UH, DESIGNS FOR 105 PROJECTS. SO, UH, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY PROCESS THAT WE STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO IS WHEN WE STARTED THAT PROCESS. UH, THAT CULMINATED WITH, UH, RECOMMENDED PROJECTS TO CITY COUNCIL. IN JANUARY, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SLATE TO GO TO THE VOTERS IN, UH, MAY, ON MAY 6TH. AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE VOTERS FOR A, UH, BIG MARGIN OF SUPPORT FOR ALL SIX PROPOSITIONS OF THE BOND PROGRAM, RANGING FROM 68% TO 79% APPROVAL OF THE BOND. SO WE APPRECIATE THE VOTERS OUT THERE. UM, AND THEN WE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, WE ISSUED THREE REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS, ONE FOR STREETS AND DRAINAGE, ANOTHER ONE FOR BUILDINGS AND THE OTHER FOR PARKS PROJECTS. THAT PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS WAS UNPRECEDENTED, HOW ROBUST IT WAS. UH, WE HAD 160, UH, COUNCIL AND MAYOR APPOINTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE WANT TO THANK THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SOME OF THOSE ARE HERE TODAY. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE, UH, TRI CHAIR GROUP THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, VERY MUCH SO. KERRY BAKER, DARRELL BIRD, AND EDDIE EL DOTE WERE THE TRI CHAIRS. UM, WE HAD 30 MEETINGS INCLUDING FIELD TRIPS WITH THE FIVE COMMITTEES. 1400 RESIDENTS SHOWED UP, AND 350 OF THEM SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OF COURSE, THE BOND PROGRAM, SIX PROPOSITIONS WERE APPROVED. 180 PROJECTS. YOU CAN SEE THE CATEGORIES AND THE NUMBERS. 70% OF THE BOND PROGRAM WAS FOR STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY? EVERY PROJECT HAS A SCHEDULE. UH, WE'RE MEASURED. OUR SUCCESS IS MEASURED AGAINST THAT INITIAL SCHEDULE. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THE SCHEDULE FOR DESIGN, UH, FIRST THAT'S UNDERWAY, AND THEN ROLLING INTO CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. AND OUR COMMITMENT IS TO BE COMPLETE, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE WITHIN THE ENTIRE BOND PROGRAM WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD. I WANNA TALK ABOUT FOUR PILLARS TO SUCCESS FOR THE BOND PROGRAM, PARTNERSHIPS, PLANNING, INNOVATION, AND TRANSPARENCY. AND IT'S A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FOR US AS A CITY, AS OF DEPARTMENT OF T C I, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, ALWAYS STRIVING TO GET BETTER. SO, FIRST OF ALL, PARTNERSHIPS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE PARTNER VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL THE UTILITY AGENCIES TO DO JOINT DESIGN WORK, JOINT CONSTRUCTION WORK, SO THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE DONE ONCE THAT MAKES 'EM A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. BUT, UH, WHEN THEY'RE DONE, THEY'RE DONE FOR DECADES TO COME. UH, VERY IMPORTANT. ALSO, THE COLLABORATION, OBVIOUSLY WITH OTHER AGENCIES. UH, EVERY PROJECT HAS A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PIECE AS WELL. I WANNA MENTION A COUPLE OF, UH, KEY KEY PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL. AS, YOU KNOW, U T SS A HAS A PREP PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. UH, THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SCIENCE, MATH AS MIDDLE [00:15:01] SCHOOLERS. THEN THE NEXT STEP IS IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO A ACE MENTOR PROGRAM. IT'S, UH, ACE STANDS FOR ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING. SO AS PROFESSIONALS, UH, IN THE INDUSTRY ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, UH, ENGINEERS THAT COME AROUND, UH, THESE STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND TEACH THEM ABOUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS. WE'RE IN 12 HIGH SCHOOLS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, OVER 150 STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED. AND, AND LEMME TELL YOU THIS, THE DATA THAT'S COMING OUT AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO, YOU'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ACE MENTOR PROGRAM. UH, THE DATA THAT'S COMING OUT IS ACE HAS DOUBLED THE PERCENTAGE OF FEMALES THAT GO FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO THESE DEGREE PATHS. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, DOUBLED THE PERCENTAGES. IT'S ALSO DOUBLED THE PERCENTAGES OF MINORITY STUDENTS GOING INTO THOSE DEGREE PATHS. SO, TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT ROLLING, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. NOW, ANOTHER BIG PARTNERSHIP AND A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT HERE IS COLLEGE INTERNS. SO AS THESE STUDENTS GO INTO COLLEGE IN THESE PROFESSIONS, UH, THE CITY HIRES THEM AS INTERNS, BUT ALSO THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN A VERY BIG WAY, HIRES THESE STUDENTS AS INTERNS. SO THAT'S A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AT ITS FINEST. UH, PLANNING. ANOTHER BIG ELEMENT HERE, UH, THE DESIGN GUIDANCE MANUAL IS A, A ROBUST, UH, TOOL THAT THE CONSULTANTS USE TO DESIGN THESE PROJECTS. ALSO, UH, EVEN MORE RECENTLY, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT NTO. SO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS, NTO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, UH, WITH VISION ZERO AND THE, THE, AND THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, ADOPTING NATO AS ANOTHER DESIGN TOOL, WHICH WE ARE NOW EMBRACING FOR THOSE CONCEPTS THAT REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO CITY STREETS, UH, PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES, UH, SO FORTH. BICYCLISTS, MAKE SURE THAT ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ARE TAKEN CARE OF. SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL, UH, SE UH, CON CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN. UH, WE'VE TALKED WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THAT. THAT'S GONNA BE AN EARLY STEP, ESPECIALLY IN THE STREETS PROJECTS. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST START THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE WANT TO HAVE AN EARLY STEP WITH OUR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT OF THE STREET. ARE WE IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD? IS IT MORE SUBURBIA? UH, WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THIS STREET? UM, LOOK AT ON STREET PARKING. LOOK AT ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, COLORS, TEXTURES, AND SO FORTH TO MAKE EACH STREET HAVE A UNIQUE DESIGN INNOVATION. ANOTHER PILLAR HERE, UH, WE HAVE OUR COSA PRIME LINK SYSTEM. THIS IS A WEB-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UH, WHERE WE HAVE 1500 PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS THAT, THAT ENTER THAT SYSTEM FOR EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PLANS, UH, CONTRACTS, UH, AND ALL OF OUR INVOICING THROUGH THAT SYSTEM. PROMPT PAYMENT IS A KEY PART OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN PAYING QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN OUR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS DO A GOOD JOB, THEY INVOICE, WE WANT TO PAY THEM QUICKLY, AND ON AVERAGE, WE PAY WITHIN 10 DAYS MONEY IN THE BANK, DIRECT DEPOSIT, 10 DAYS. SO NOTHING LIKE MONEY TO KEEP THINGS MOVING WITH PRIMES AND SUB UH, CON SUB CONSULTANTS. UH, SPEAKING OF INNOVATION, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH JOSE DE LA CRUZ WITH THE INNOVATION OFFICE. UH, WE'RE GONNA MEET REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE BOND AND TALK ABOUT MORE AND MORE WAYS, UH, TO INTRODUCE INNOVATION INTO THE PROGRAM. THE, UH, THE FOURTH PILLAR IS TRANSPARENCY. UH, THAT STARTS WITH A C O C A CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. RECENTLY, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED US MOVE FORWARD WITH A C BOX. SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ON, UH, TO, TO GET SOME RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO FULL COUNSEL, UH, LATER THIS YEAR AND START A C B O C HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE CITIZENS. NOW, WE WILL, WE CAN DRAW FROM THE COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEES. THAT'S 160 FOLKS THAT WERE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE BOND. UM, AND SO WE WILL COME TO YOU IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UM, TO DISCUSS THAT. SO, PARTNERSHIP PLANNING, INNOVATION, AND, UH, TRANSPARENCY. THE LAST PIECE IS THE DASHBOARD, AS WE CALL IT FOR THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM IS LIVE. IT'S ACCESSIBLE. IT ALLOWS, UH, ANYBODY WITH INTERNET ACCESS TO GO IN AND, UH, SEARCH BY PROPOSITION, SEARCH BY PROJECT DRILL DOWN. WE'VE GOT A BRAND NEW DASHBOARD NOW FOR THE 17 BOND. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE, ALL THE INFORMATION THERE IN FULL TRANSPARENCY AS WE PRESENTED, UH, THROUGH THE SUMMER. WE'RE DELIVERING THE 180 PROJECTS IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE WAYS. SOME ARE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION, OTHERS ARE ALREADY IN DESIGN. TODAY, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE MASS SELECTION OF THE DESIGN. SO LET'S, LET'S GET INTO THAT. THE, THE, UH, ESTIMATED AMOUNT FOR THE DESIGN IS 51 MILLION OF THE 850 MILLION. UH, WE'RE ALSO ALLOWING, UH, 7 MILLION IN [00:20:01] THERE FOR UTILITIES BECAUSE THEY, THE UTILITIES PAY FOR THEIR DESIGN. THEY PAY FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION. WE FRONT THAT, AND THEN THEY REIMBURSE US, UH, COLLECTIVELY. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE, THE 58 MILLION TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE PROGRAM. SO WHY MASS SELECTION? WHY, WHY DO IT IN SUCH A, A BIG WAY ALL AT ONCE? WELL, IT IS, IT'S DEFINITELY A QUICK START TO THE BOND PROGRAM. WHEN THE VOTERS APPROVE A SLATE OF PROJECTS, WE WANNA DELIVER THEM AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH QUALITY AND WITHIN BUDGET. SO, UH, THAT MASS SELECTION'S THE WAY TO DO THAT. IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY. AND WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT CITY TIME. YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAME TO YOU WITH A COUNCIL ITEM FOR EVERY PROJECT, IT WOULD TAKE FOREVER TO GET THROUGH 180 PROJECTS. UH, MASS SELECTION ALLOWS THE DESIGN CONSULTANTS TO COME ONE TIME. YOU KNOW, IT COSTS A DESIGN CONSULTANT ABOUT $20,000 TO SUBMIT FOR A PROJECT, ROUGHLY, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PROJECT. UM, IF, YOU KNOW, THEY ONLY HAVE TO DO THAT ONE TIME, AND THEN WE SELECT FROM THERE, UH, IT DE IT DEFINITELY CREATES LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL DESIGNERS, SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL. AND I'M GONNA GO INTO THAT IN DETAIL. SO THE, THE, THE THREE RF QS I MENTIONED, UM, WE ASKED FOR A LOT OF INPUT. THIS IS ANOTHER STEP OF INNOVATION. COUNCILMAN TRAVINO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR SOLICITATION PROCESSES. UM, WHAT DO WE PUT IN THERE THAT'S INNOVATIVE? WELL, WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE CONSULTANTS ON WHAT PROJECTS WERE THEY MOST INTERESTED IN, BECAUSE THEIR FIRM WOULD MATCH THAT TYPE OF PROJECT. SO WE HAD THAT IN THERE. ALSO, THE SIZE OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN. ON MAY 24TH, WE HAD A PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE FOR THE INDUSTRY. WE HAD OVER 400 ATTENDEES AT THAT CONFERENCE. LOTS OF INTEREST IN THE BOND PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY. AND, UH, CITY MANAGER SCULLY SPOKE AT THAT, UH, BIG EVENT TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THIS BIG PROGRAM AND, AND WHAT WE EXPECT AS A CITY. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, CHERYL, THAT LEADERSHIP. THE, UH, THE FIRM'S SELECTION FOR THE PROJECTS, UH, THERE WAS A STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS THAT WAS ISSUED, A SCORING CRITERIA. UM, AND WE ALSO, UH, WANNA THANK, UH, THE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE PART OF THE TEAMS THAT SCORED THOSE SUBMITTALS. SO WE HAD T C I, PARKS LIBRARY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. OF COURSE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SCORED THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPONENT. SO SPECIAL THANKS TO RENEE DOMINGUEZ, MICHAEL SENDEN, AND SH NEGAL. UM, AS PART OF THAT TEAM, SAS AND C P S WERE PART OF IT BECAUSE THIS IS JOINT DESIGN WORK. AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE, UH, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, A I A ON THE TEAMS AS WELL. SO, LOTS OF TEAMS, UH, SCORING THESE PROPOSALS. ONE OF THE GOALS WHEN IT CAME TO THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM WAS TO HAVE MORE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL BUS BUSINESSES THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN SUB CONSULTANTS MOVE INTO THE PRIME CONSULTANT ROLE. AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY THAT THAT'S HAPPENED IN A BIG WAY. PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE INCENTIVE HERE OUT OF A HUNDRED POINT SCALE, WE HAD 12 POINTS DESIGNATED FOR SMALL BUSINESS. UM, AND SO, AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE GOALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM FOR, UH, SUB CONSULTANTS, SMALLS, UH, WOMEN, MINORITY FIRMS, AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED FIRMS AS WELL. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR FIVE YEAR DIVERSITY ACTION PLAN, AS THIS VERY MUCH HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT. IT WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO THAT WE STARTED THAT PLAN, AND IT WAS REALLY TO SEE HOW DO WE GET MORE SMALL BUSINESSES INVOLVED. SMALL, SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES INVOLVED IN THE CITY WORK. THERE WAS A, A FOCUS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED FIRMS, BECAUSE FIVE YEARS AGO WE HAD VERY LITTLE PARTICIPATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED FIRMS IN THE CITY WORK. UM, SO THAT HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. I WANNA THANK, UH, NAACP, UH, C E O. MR. OLIVER HILL IS HERE. HILL IS HERE TODAY. OLIVER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, WE MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, TO, UH, WITH A GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARTNERSHIP IS STRONG. OBVIOUSLY, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, ROMERO CSOS HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED. AND NOW WE HAVE A FOCUS GROUP BECAUSE WE'RE FIVE YEAR INTO FIVE YEARS INTO THIS PROGRAM. AND NOW WE NEED TO UPDATE THE PLAN AND CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRESS. SO WE HAVE THE, HIS HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, I MENTIONED THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, ALAMO, BLACK CITY CHAMBER, NAACP, ASIAN CHAMBER, BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, AND OTHERS THAT ARE PART OF THIS FOCUS GROUP AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO, UH, A COUPLE OF STATS HERE IN THE, UH, 2012 BOND WHEN IT COMES TO AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED FIRMS, WE HAD SOME PARTICIPATION AT THE SUB-CONSULTANT LEVEL. NOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING THERE WAS TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRMS THAT SUBMITTED AS FOR PRIME WORK. UH, AND THEY'RE BOTH BEING AWARDED [00:25:01] PROJECTS AS PART OF THIS MASS SELECTION. AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FIRMS THAT ARE, UH, SUBMITTED FOR SUB-CONSULTANT WORK, AND THEY'LL BE AWARDED NOW. SO THE DOLLAR VALUE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED COMPANIES THAT DO DESIGN WORK FOR 2012 BOND, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE OVER 700,000 FOR THIS BOND, IT'S 2.3 MILLION. SO A BIG DIFFERENCE NOW, SCALING UP. AND, UH, SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROCESS SO FAR, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK IT. THE, UH, DESIGN CONSULTANTS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, 97% OF THE PRIMES ARE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. 97%. THERE'S TWO FIRMS THAT, THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR PARK PROJECTS. UH, TWO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FIRMS, ONE'S OUT OF HOUSTON AND ONE'S OUT OF OUT OF AUSTIN. UH, BOTH OF THEM HAVE LOCAL SUBS THAT ARE PART OF THEIR TEAM. UH, BUT THE REST OF THEM ARE ALL SAN ANTONIO AREA FIRMS. LET'S FOCUS JUST ON THE PRIME CONSULTANTS FIRST. SO EACH PRIME CONSULTANT HAS A SLATE OF SUBS THAT THEY WORK WITH. UH, WE HAVE 79 PRIME CONSULTANTS AT A VALUE OF ABOUT $29 MILLION THAT'LL GO TO THE PRIME, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, PRIME COMPANIES. SO 62% OF THOSE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, 62%, THAT'S BIG NUMBER 49 OUT OF THE 79 ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. OF THOSE 49 SMALL BUSINESSES, 29, 28 OF 'EM ARE EMERGING SMALL. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT'S, THAT'S THE QUARTER OF THE SIZE OF A SMALL CRITERIA. SO THEY'RE VERY SMALL FIRMS WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN OF A PROJECT. YOU REALLY NEED A CORE, CORE GROUP OF EXPERTS, 3, 4, 5 PEOPLE. YOU DON'T NEED A HUGE ORGANIZATION. AND THEN THEY DRAW ON THE TEAM FOR OTHER EXPERTISE ALONG THE WAY TO GET IT DONE. SO IT'S IDEAL FOR EMERGING SMALLS. SO WE HAVE, UH, 28 OF THOSE FIRMS INVOLVED, AND THEN 38 MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS, UH, BEING RECOMMENDED AS, AS PRIMES. AND THEN THE TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED FIRMS THAT SUBMITTED TO PRIME, UH, ARE RECOMMENDED FOR WORK. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DOLLAR VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UH, ON THE SUB CONSULTS, UH, 247 SUB CONSULTANTS AT ABOUT $22 MILLION, UH, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. UH, 159 OF THOSE SUB CONSULTANTS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN FROM THERE. 18 AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES. UH, SO 64% OF ALL THE SUB CONSULTANTS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. SO THOSE ARE BIG NUMBERS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE PERCENTAGES. SO HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE 2012 BOND PROGRAM? OF COURSE, WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER PROGRAM NOW, 850 MILLION VERSUS A $596 MILLION, UH, PROGRAM. UH, WE HAVE, UH, 65% OF THE DESIGN WORK GOING TO SMALL BUSINESSES. SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE GOALS THAT, THAT CITIES HAVE OF, OF 30%, 40%, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE DOING 65% SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE BOND PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CONTINUED BREAKDOWN. 50% OF THE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO MINORITY WOMEN OWNED FIRMS, 4% AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED, AND 31%, UH, THAT $16.1 MILLION TO EMERGING SMALL BUSINESSES. SO REALLY HELPING THOSE STARTUPS, THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, GO BACK ONE YEAR. OH, OKAY. SO JUST A, A REMINDER OF THE PROCESS. OF COURSE, WE WENT THROUGH THE, THE HIGH PROFILE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN THE SPRING, UH, PRESENTATIONS THROUGH THE SUMMER, WENT BACK TO HIGH PROFILE, UH, LAST MONTH, AND NOW WE'RE READY FOR APPROVAL HERE. AND LEMME JUST CAPTURE A COUPLE OF, UH, CLOSING ITEMS HERE. OBVIOUSLY, SIGNIFICANT LOCAL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION OF, OF THE PRIMES AND THE SUBS, ALL THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS HERE. THERE'S 195 DIFFERENT COMPANIES INVOLVED IN DESIGNING THE BOND. A HUNDRED NINETY FIVE, NINETY 2% OF THEM ARE IN THE SAN, THEY'RE EITHER IN SAN ANTONIO PROPER OR RIGHT IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. AND AGAIN, UH, 65% OF ALL THE DESIGNERS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. AND 2.3 MILLION IS ALLOCATED TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES, WHICH IS A, A BIG INCREASE FROM, UH, PREVIOUS PROGRAMS. I DO WANT TO ONE FINAL POINT ON THE BOND. AND WHEN THE VOTERS APPROVE A BOND PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, 90% OF THAT MONEY GOES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR DESIGN WORK, PRIVATE SECTOR CONSTRUCTION WORK, 90% OF THE DOLLARS GO BACK INTO THOSE BUSINESSES, WHICH IS GREAT. SO, A COUPLE THINGS, UH, HERE REAL QUICK. JUST A, A SPECIAL THANKS. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OF STARS IN THE FRONT ROW HERE. UH, WE'VE GOT ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, RAZZI HUSSEI, AND CHRISTY CHAPMAN, WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL [00:30:01] IN THIS PROCESS. UH, SAM HUTCHINS, UH, KEEPS ALL OF THE DATA STRAIGHT. SAM, RAISE YOUR HAND. HE IS OUR EXPERT. IF YOUR DATA'S BAD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TROUBLE. HE MAKES SURE EVERYTHING IS ACCURATE, HAS DONE THAT FOR THE LAST THREE BOND PROGRAMS. AND, UH, OUR, OUR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR, KELSEY YOUNG, WHO RUNS ALL THE CONTRACT CONTRACTING PROCESSES HERE. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MIKE. UH, WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEM NOW. WE'LL START WITH TONY AZZI. MORNING MAYOR NUREMBERG, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER SCULLY, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. MY NAME IS TONY PAZI, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO AND OUR PRESIDENT AND C E O PAT DEGIOVANNI TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT OF TCIS RECOMMENDED CONSULTANT SELECTIONS FOR THE 2017 TO 22 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM, AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS WITH THE FIRM'S IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE MASS SELECTION PROCESS. WE APPLAUD MIKE AND HIS TEAM AT T C I AND THE OTHER PARTICIPATING CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ENTITIES FOR USING THE MASS SELECTION PROCESS TO IDENTIFY AND SELECT THESE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS. T C I USED THE SAME PROCESS FOR THE 2007 AND 12 BOND PROGRAMS WITH GREAT EFFECT SAVING TIME AND MONEY. AND AS YOU HEARD FROM MIKE, CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL FIRMS TO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN BRINGING THESE PROJECTS TO LIFE. AS WE LEARN THROUGH OUR OWN CATALYTIC BOND COMMITTEE AND THE HARD WORK OF THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEES, GREAT PROCESS YIELD GREAT RESULTS. AND WE THINK THAT'S THE CASE HERE. T C'S COMMITMENT TO A CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN APPROACH, AND ITS FOCUS ON MATCHING FIRMS WITH APPROPRIATE PROJECTS WILL DELIVER STRONG OUTCOMES. A CASE IN POINT IS THE MATCHING OF MORE IO AND GOLDSMAN OR MIG AS THEY'RE REFERRED TO WITH BOND PROJECTS AND ZONA CULTURAL. ONE OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS THAT ARC CATALYTIC BOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED. MIG DID A GREAT JOB IN CREATING A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR SEVERAL STREETS WITHIN ZONA AND THEIR PREVIOUS WORK IN THE AREA. AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISION FOR THIS CULTURAL DISTRICT WILL BE OF GREAT VALUE AS THE FINAL DESIGN PROCESS UNFOLDS. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ENTERING INTO THIS PHASE OF THE BOND WORK AND PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON THE DOWNTOWN PROJECTS. THESE PROJECTS ARE TRANSFORMATIONAL, AND IT STARTS WITH A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY DESIGN. AND WE BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE MAKING THIS COMMITMENT THROUGH THE SELECTIONS YOU'VE MADE. THERE ARE PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS PROCESS AND THE TALENTED FIRMS THAT ARE BEING SELECTED. YOUR POSITIVE ACTION TODAY SETS IN MOTION THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THESE FIRMS WILL DO TO BRING ABOUT CRITICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN YOUR DISTRICTS, AND IN SOME AREAS, INCLUDING DOWNTOWN, THAT WILL HAVE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE AND MAKE A TREMENDOUS SUSTAINED COMMUNITY-WIDE IMPACT. CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO ENCOURAGES YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. AZZI. FERNANDO CAMARILLO. GOOD MORNING HERE. AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, MY NAME'S FERNANDO CAMARILLO. I, UH, I'M A BUSINESS OWNER, LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER HERE, CIVIL ENGINEERING COMPANY THAT HAS A FAMILY BUSINESS FOR OVER 35 YEARS. AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY. I AM ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS, UH, FOR A, A COMMITTEE, UH, THAT'S MADE UP OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND PRIVATE PRACTICE, AND A C E C, WHICH IS AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERS COMPANIES. UH, WE REPRESENT OVER A HUNDRED ENGINEERING COMPANIES IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. AND WE'RE HERE TO ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED SLATE OF SELECTION OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS FOR THE 2017 BOMB PROGRAM, UH, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MIKE FRISBEE AND HIS STAFF. WE, UM, T C I S COORDINATE WITH THE CONSULTING, UH, ENGINEERING CONSULTANT COMMUNITY MEETING QUARTERLY THROUGHOUT THE BOND PROGRAM. AND NOT JUST AT THIS TIME WHEN THE SELECTION PROCESS IS GOING ON, BUT THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, UH, AND COLLABORATIVELY LOOK AT WAYS TO IMPROVE EACH PROGRAM EVERY TIME. UM, THEY ALSO PUT TOGETHER A GOOD EFFORT TO INFORM THE ENGINEER COMMUNITY NOTIFYING ABOUT THE MASS SELECTION PROCESS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THIS, THEY, UH, THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN FOCUSING ON SMALL MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESSES, UH, TO BE SUBS AND PRIMES, AND ALSO TO LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT THE WORK GETS DONE HERE LOCALLY IN, IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. AND I THINK THE NUMBERS THAT MIKE HAS SHOWN HAS PROVEN THAT THE PROCESS, UH, WORKED. UH, THE NUMBERS PROVE IT, UH, WITH THE SELECTION. AND, UM, WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS ORDINANCE. [00:35:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CAMARILLO. LYNN BOBBIT. GOOD MORNING. I'M LYNN BOBBIT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. AND I, TOO AM HERE TODAY TO ENDORSE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE 2017 BOND. THE, THE PROJECTS IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK THAT THE BOND WILL FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND THE RESTORATION OF SOME OF THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL. AND I THANK THE MAYOR PREVIOUSLY, CITY COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN TREVINO, COUNCILWOMAN GRO, COUNCILMAN SALANA, AND COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ FOR WORKING WITH US DURING THIS BOND PROCESS. THIS IS THE LARGEST BOND AMOUNT DEDICATED TO THE PARK, AND I THANK THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL. UH, IT'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BRACKRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY TO LEVERAGE THE PUBLIC MONIES AND WORK WITH YOU ALL TO NOT ONLY CREATE PROJECTS, BUT GREAT PROJECTS IN THE PARK. AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING BRACKENRIDGE PARK TO BE A COMPLIMENT TO THE WHITTIE MUSEUM, TO THE ZOO, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE TENANTS OF THE PARK. AND NOT TO BE A, A TIRED LOOKING OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THOSE, BUT TO BE COMPLIMENTS FOR THIS 21ST CENTURY PARK. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK XAVIER OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND, UH, MIKE FRISBEE. T C I, I'M TOLD I NEED TO BE PATIENT, THAT NOW IT WILL STILL TAKE TIME BEFORE THESE PROJECTS GET UNDERWAY. AND I AM DOING TOURS OF THE PARK. WOULD LOVE TO SHOW ALL OF YOU THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CHALLENGES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MS. BOB, JACK M FINGER. WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. I WISH TO COMMENT, UH, MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ON WHAT'S BEFORE YOU AT THIS TIME. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE VOTES UPON, UH, WHAT IS IT, $58 MILLION FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS, ARCHITECTURAL, UH, ENGINEERING, LANDSCAPING, AND SO FORTH FOR THAT, THE, FOR PROJECTS THAT THE VOTERS VOTED UPON A FEW MONTHS AGO. WELL, HOW DID THAT COME TO PASS? WELL, THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE A BOND PROGRAM IS, IT WAS THE BIGGEST BOND PROGRAM WE'VE EVER HAD. I MEAN, CLOSE, HOW MANY CLOSE TO HOW MANY B BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS IT THERE? MY GOODNESS. UM, THE, IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC PROCESS. AND WE LAED OURSELVES ON, ON JUST HOW, HOW MUCH WE INVOLVED THE PUBLIC ON THIS. WELL, MY QUESTION IS THIS, YOU KNOW, I, I REMEMBER THE, SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS, AND I REMEMBER HALF OF THEM, THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE WAS JUST TRYING TO GET FORMED. THE OTHER HALF OF 'EM, MAYBE TO JUST A FEW OF THEM. WE, WE, THE, WE, THE, THE, UH, THE CITIZENS FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON IT, IS WHAT ONE WAG CALLED A REAL DOG AND PONY SHOW HERE. YES. ANYWAY, BUT ANOTHER THING I NOTICE ABOUT THIS THING IS THAT RIGHT HERE IT SAYS 97% OF THE PRI PRI PRIMARY CONTRACTORS ARE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, BUT IT HAS A MAP GOING ALL THE WAY TO BANDERA COUNTY, TO THE NORTH AND, AND WILSON COUNTY TO THE SOUTH IN KAMAL AND ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES. THAT'S THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, I TAKE IT. HMM. ANYWAY, YES, THE, UH, BUT ALSO, ONE THING I I NOTICED IS THAT IN ORDER FOR THIS TO GET ONTO THE BALLOT, ONTO THE BALLOT, YOU GUYS HAD TO VOTE FOR IT. AND, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL VOTED FOR, FOR BASICALLY FOR THE, UH, THE MERITS, THE MERITS OF THE PROJECTS THAT, THAT, THAT WERE SUBJECTED TO YOU. NOW, OF COURSE, IT CERTAINLY WASN'T BECAUSE OF ALL THE, UH, UH, THE PROJECTS WHOSE CONTRACTORS WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT, AND WHO JUST HAPPEN TO GIVE YOU SOME CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. I HAPPEN TO SEE THOSE. AND I JUST HAPPENED TO, JUST IN MY HOT, HOT LITTLE HANDS JUST HAPPENED TO HAPPEN TO TOTAL OF THEM HERE. MY GOODNESS. MAYOR NURNBERG, YOU GOT $17,000 FROM THE VARIOUS, UH, CONTRACTORS OF WHOM ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS. AND MY GOODNESS, MS. VILLA GRANDE, YOU LOOKS LIKE YOU EVEN GOT EVEN MORE THAN THE MAYOR 19,000. YEAH. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GOT, EXCEPT FOR TWO OR THREE OF YOU, MAN, MR. BROCK HOUSE. YOU DIDN'T GET A DARN THING. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS THERE. YEAH. AND, UH, MS. SANCHEZ DIDN'T GET A DARN THING EITHER. AND AND NEITHER DID MR. COURAGE. MY GOODNESS. I, UH, DON'T WORRY. GIVE 'EM TIME. IT'LL [00:40:01] HAPPEN. THEY'LL GET A FEW BUCKS, UH, DUR DURING THEIR TERMS HERE. YES. TR TRULY THE I WHAT I CALL THE BEST CITY COUNCIL MONEY CAN BUY. BUT TRULY, I I, BUT NO, NO. Y'ALL DIDN'T DO THIS. THAT, THANK YOU MR. FINGER. TRULY THE MERITS OF THE PROJECTS IS WHAT Y'ALL VOTED ON. COUNCILMAN GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I FIRST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE VOTERS WHO VOTED TO APPROVE OUR, UH, OUR BOND THAT WE MOVED FORWARD WITH HERE. IT WA AND THANKS TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE PART OF IT, MANY OF MY, EVEN MY NEW COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WERE PART OF THAT, UH, COMMITTEE, THOSE COMMITTEES, AND REALLY PUTTING IN ALL OF THE TIME AND THE EFFORT FOR THIS PROCESS. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR PRIMES AND ALL OF OUR SUB, OUR SUBS TOO. UM, SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE ON THIS 'CAUSE THIS IS THE EXPECTATION OF OUR, OUR VOTERS. THEY HAVE VOTED, THEY HAVE TRUSTED US WITH IT. SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. MY FIRST QUESTION, THOUGH, IS ON SLIDE 22, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PRIME AND THE PRIME CONSULTANTS AND THE 79 PRIMES THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED HERE, LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, IT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN THAN 79 THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THERE. SO YOU'RE, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THESE 49, 28, 38, SO THEY CAN OVERLAP. IS THAT CORRECT? SO SOMEBODY COULD BE UNDER THE 41 OF THE 49 SBE, BUT THEN ALSO BE COVERED UNDER THE OTHER ONES. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE BROKEN DOWN? SO IT STARTS, IT STARTS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES. SO WE HAVE 49 OF THE 79 PRIMES ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S CATEGORIES WITHIN SMALL BUSINESS. SO THE, UH, 38 OF THE 49 ARE MINORITY WOMEN OWNED. OKAY. AND THEN 28 OF THE 49 ARE EMERGING SMALL BUSINESSES. OKAY. SO THAT'S HOW IT'S BROKEN UP THERE. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUBS AND ONCE WE START THE PROCESS HERE, IS, UM, THE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AND MAKING SURE THAT EVEN THE, THE PRIMES AND THE SUBS ARE RESPONSIBLE IN THEIR TAKE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, NOT, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE QUALIFIED, BUT ALSO ALL OF THE SAFETY REGULATIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING INTO PLACE, THAT ALL OF THAT IS, IS FOLLOWED THROUGH. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, AFTER WE START THE GROUNDBREAKINGS, EVERYTHING? SURE. WHAT IS, I KNOW EVERY PROJECT HAS A PROJECT MANAGER, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INSPECTION AND SAFETY, WHAT IS THAT? HOW, HOW DO WE AS T C I STILL HAVE A, A PART IN THAT? SURE. SO, T C I, WE MANAGE THE PROJECTS FROM START TO FINISH ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO THIS, THIS WILL KICK OFF LOTS OF DESIGN. NOW THE DESIGN WORK WITH ALL OF THESE FIRMS, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO TO CONSTRUCTION, UH, AT THE END OF DESIGN. AND EACH CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT COMES TO, WE DON'T DO A MASS SELECTION FOR CONSTRUCTION. EVERY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, UH, ONE BY ONE AS THEY'RE READY TO GO. MM-HMM. . UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT HAPPEN. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR DESIGN TEAMS, UH, WITH TCIS OVERSIGHT TO DESIGN A PROJECT WITH SAFETY IN MIND. MM-HMM. . UM, PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, LOOKING AT THE NDO, UH, DESIGN GUIDE GUIDELINES. WE, WE DON'T NEED TO DESIGN TRAVEL LANES LIKE HIGHWAYS MM-HMM. , RIGHT? THIS IS A CITY WE WANT PEOPLE TO DRIVE REASONABLY, REASONABLY SAFE SPEEDS AND, AND HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ALL USERS. SO THE DESIGN'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE DO HAVE THAT CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT. MM-HMM. THAT A CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR QUALITY CONTROL, BUT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY ASSURANCE, UH, THROUGH OUR INSPECTIONS AND OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM. SO WE HAVE CONTINUITY THROUGH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, TO SEEING WHAT THE DESIGNS ARE GOING TO BE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WHAT THE DESIGNS WILL BE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, WITH THE C B O C MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOICES, AND I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE ALREADY AT HARLANDALE PARK, WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DESIGNERS AND THE RESIDENTS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE. UM, SO THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS AT, WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIVE, THEY'RE LIVING THERE IN THE AREA. UM, AND I WILL BE INTERESTED IN HAVING THE CONVERSATION LATER ON WHEN WE DO GET THE DESIGNS COMING BACK AND THE COSTS OF MATERIALS AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S CHANGING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT. BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING WHAT THE RESIDENTS, GIVING THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING HIGH QUALITY PROJECTS, AND THAT NOT, WE'RE [00:45:01] NOT GOING TO BE, UM, VALUE ENGINEERING IF THAT'S IT. ALL OF THESE THINGS OUT OF IT TOO. THAT WE HAVE THAT CON, THAT WE HAVE THAT BALANCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET. UM, SO WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION AS SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR. WE DO HAVE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE COMMENTS STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS, MIKE. UM, NICE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, YOU ESPECIALLY, UM, COMPLEX DUTY, UH, HAVING TO HAVE, PROVIDE THE OVERSIGHT FOR THE 2017 BOND. BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY. UM, SO I WANTED TO JUST THANK YOU FOR APPLYING THE, UH, UH, THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, LIKE THE CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN STRATEGY. I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS, IS GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THESE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO, TO HAVE, UH, HAVE A GOAL, UH, MOVING FORWARD TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE CITY'S LOOKING FOR. AND SO I CHALLENGE THEM TO, TO CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH, UH, INNOVATION AND THE, THE CONTEXT SENSITIVITY THAT THIS CITY, UH, DEMANDS. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, YOU MENTIONED THAT 31% OF THE, UH, THESE CONTRACTS WILL GO TO EMERGING, EMERGING SMALL BUSINESS. UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. A LOT OF DESIGN FIRMS ARE NOT VERY BIG. I MEAN, THEY, THEY GENERALLY FIT IN THE EMERGING SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG PIECE AND IMPORTANT A LOT WITH, EXTENSIVELY WITH RENE DOMINGUEZ ON THAT VERY THING. UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A NEW CATEGORY FOR NEW CLASSIFICATION. FAIRLY NEW, I SHOULD SAY. BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES, UH, SEPARATE, UH, SOME OF THESE MUCH LARGER COMPANIES THAT ARE STILL CLASSIFIED AS SMALL BUSINESSES TO THE, TO TRULY REALLY SMALL BUSINESSES, CATEGORIZE IT UNDER EMERGING SMALL BUSINESSES. SO THAT IS A BIG PLUS. I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP A LOT OF, A LOT OF COMPANIES, AND IT CERTAINLY HELP, UH, GET SOME OF THE WORK OUT TO, TO MANY DIFFERENT OFFICES. UH, I ALSO, UH, APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO WITH ACE. UH, THIS IS, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. AND, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT IT'S AT 12 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS. UM, YOU DO A GREAT JOB OF, OF MENTORING THESE KIDS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE CAN'T DO ENOUGH OF. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS, THIS IMPACTS A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN THIS CITY. AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT YOU IN, IN, IN THOSE ENDEAVORS BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE HERE, A GREAT, UH, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM ARE, ARE, HAVE MANY CHOICES. AND, UH, THEY CAN EITHER ATTEND SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS, UH, OR GO OFF TO, TO OTHER SCHOOLS AS THEY MOVE ON. BUT THESE ARE THE VERY KIDS THAT WE HOPE THAT SOMEDAY THEY'LL BE ON THIS VERY LIST, UH, FOR, FOR RECEIVING SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS. AND, UH, IT'LL BE GREAT TO TO TO KNOW THAT SOMEDAY, UM, SOME OF THESE, UH, WILL HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY, BY YOUR WORK. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN, LET ME JUST MENTION THAT, THAT ACE MENTOR PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 12 YEARS. SO WE DO HAVE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NOW THAT HAVE GRADUATED. THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS. THEY'RE WORKING FOR COMPANIES THAT ARE DESIGNING THESE PROJECTS AND BUILDING OUR PROJECTS. SO IT'S COME FULL CIRCLE. WOW. OKAY. WELL, THERE YOU GO. SO, UH, BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH. SO THAT'S GREAT. THANKS, MIKE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD HOPED FOR, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST MET WITH, UH, LAUNCH SE ANOTHER GREAT PARTNER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME, SOME GREAT, GREAT, UH, WORK TO INSPIRE SOME ENTREPRENEURSHIP. UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE, HOW WE PLANT THOSE SEEDS, AND WE, WE BROUGHT UP THE ACE PROGRAM AND, AND TALKED ABOUT HOW, HOW THERE'S SO MANY GREAT AVENUES, UH, THAT THIS CITY CAN HELP PROVIDE FOR, FOR OPPORTUNITY, FOR, FOR PEOPLE WISHING TO, TO REMAIN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND CONTRIBUTE BACK TO THIS GREAT CITY. UH, THIS BOND IS GONNA BE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR SO MANY. I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THE DESIGN, UH, PORTION OF THIS. THIS IS, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE HIRING PROFESSIONALS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. AS THE OLD ADAGE GOES, IF YOU THINK IT'S EXPENSIVE TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL, UH, TRY NOT HIRING A PROFESSIONAL. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND, AND THESE FIRMS AS THEY BEGIN THESE PROJECTS. UH, SOME OF, SOME OF THE THINGS. I GUESS THE ONLY REAL QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, AS THESE, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS DO REQUIRE, UH, SOME LEVEL OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND, AND AS YOU [00:50:01] MENTIONED WITH THE CONTEXT SENSITIVITY, HOW DO WE, UM, UH, HOW ARE WE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT FORM OF INPUT? YEAH, IT'S GREAT QUESTION. SO EVERY PROJECT HAS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT. WE NEED THAT INPUT. THOSE FOLKS LIVE THERE, WORK THERE, AND SO FORTH. SO, UH, THAT, THAT STARTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE COORDINATE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATES AND TIMES WORK, AND THEN WE START DEVELOPING THOSE CONTACT, UH, LISTS FOR THE COMMUNITY, EMAILS AND, AND SO FORTH FOR EACH PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED ALONG THE WAY AND HAVE THE PERIODIC MEETINGS TO GET THEIR, GET THEIR INPUT FACTOR THAT INTO DESIGN, COME BACK AND SHOW THEM AGAIN, DISTRICT OFFICES. YES, WE WILL. OKAY, FANTASTIC. I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS MANY FOLKS KNOW ABOUT, UH, THESE UPCOMING SCHEDULES, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON A TIMELINE IN THE SCHEDULE. SO YES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THESE BECAUSE WE, WE, WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THE MOMENTUM. UH, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF. AND WHEN YOU WERE ANNOUNCING THE FRONT LINE, I, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA LOWER THE LIGHTS AND MAYBE THROW SOME SMOKE OUT THERE, . BUT CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS. IT IS GREAT TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MIKE, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, LET, LET ME JUST START WITH SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, AGAIN, THE SMALL BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT, UM, BECAUSE I'M AFRAID I MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, GIVING THE WRONG INFORMATION TO THE CONSTITUENTS REGARDING THE PERCENTAGES THAT GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THEN THE PERCENTAGES THAT GO TO SMALL BUSINESS. SO YOU, YOU HAVE, UM, SOME PRETTY IN DEPTH CHARTS, UH, CHARTS HERE, BUT YOU SAID THAT 90% OF THE WORK WILL GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, NOT 97%. 'CAUSE I, IT SEEMS LIKE I'VE HEARD IT MORE LIKE 97%. SURE. SO, UH, YEAH, 90% OF THE ENTIRE BOND PROGRAM, 850 MILLION WILL GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WORK. OF COURSE, DESIGN IS ONE ELEMENT. CONSTRUCTION IS EVEN BIGGER DOLLARS, UH, THAT WILL BE COMING. BUT YEAH, ABOUT 90%. SO, UH, THAT 10%, UM, IS FOR REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION. YOU KNOW, THE 10% THAT DOESN'T GO IS REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION. IT'S OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, OUR TEAM CHARGES, UH, TO THE PROJECTS FOR THAT AS WELL. BUT IT IS THE 90% THAT GOES OUT TO THE, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE PART, THE PERCENTAGE THAT GOES TO SMALL BUSINESSES, WOMEN OWNED. I KNOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED AFRICAN AMERICAN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAD THE BIGGEST INCREASE, BUT WHAT ABOUT, UM, SEEMS LIKE IN OTHER PRESENTATIONS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 50% OF THAT 90% GOING TO SMALL BUSINESS, RIGHT? IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH. IF WE COULD PULL UP, UH, SLIDE 24. UH, 24 HAS, UH, THERE WE GO. SO SEE THAT 50% NUMBER, UM, FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED, UH, COMPANIES, THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO OF THE 50 MILLION ROUGHLY FOR DESIGN, 25 MILLION IS GONNA GO TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED FIRMS. UM, 33 MILLION IS THE, THE BIGGER NUMBER FOR ALL SMALL BUSINESSES. SO 65% OF THE DESIGN DOLLARS ARE GOING TO SMALL BUSINESSES. AND, AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY, 65% GOES TO SMALL BUSINESSES. OF THOSE 65%, 50% ARE WOMEN OWNED MINORITY, UH, IS, SO IS IT 25? IS THIS A TOTAL OR IS THIS THAT'S THE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE DOLLARS. SO, SO 25 MILLION OF THE 33 MILLION? NO, UH, SO THE TOTAL DESIGN VALUE IS 50 MILLION, 51 MILLION, UH, TOTAL DESIGN VALUE. SO 25.5 MILLION, 50% OF THE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. I KNOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW. AND THEN WE WERE GIVEN A LIST HERE OF, UM, THE, I IMAGINE THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING. UH, I MAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LIST HERE OF ALL THE, THERE'S COUPLE HUNDRED OR MAYBE A HUNDRED OR SO, RIGHT? SO THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE IS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE, UH, COUNCIL ACTION ITEM THAT IS FOR THE 105, UH, CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING AWARDED TODAY. UH, SO THAT IS BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE DESIGN FIRM MATCHED UP TO WHICH PROJECT THEY'RE BEING AWARDED. SO ARE, OR THIS IS WHAT WE'LL APPROVE TODAY, THIS IS WHAT THE AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS. SO IS THERE STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR, UH, OTHER MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE? WELL, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT 195, UH, BUSINESSES ALREADY PART OF IT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERYBODY [00:55:01] THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR WORK IN THIS AREA. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT A PRIME CONSULTANT COULD NOT PICK UP ANOTHER SUB CONSULTANT THAT STILL CAN HAPPEN. THEY SUBMITTED THEIR UTILIZATION PLAN TO SHOW THEIR TEAM, BUT THAT TEAM, IT CAN CHANGE IF, IF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO DO THAT. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE'S A VERY ROBUST SLATE OF 195 FIRMS INVOLVED, AND THEY CAN, IS THERE, IF THEY NEEDED TO SWITCH SOME OF THEIR SUBS, COULD THEY DO THAT? OR IS THIS YES. WHEN WE'RE APPROVING IT TODAY, WE'RE APPROVING THE CONTRACTS THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED. WHAT IF, UM, RIGHT, THERE'S A FALLING OUT OR SOMETHING? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO TODAY YOU'RE APPROVING THE, UH, CONTRACTS WITH THE PRIME CONSULTANTS. UH, WE, WHAT THEIR COMMITMENT IS THAT UTILIZATION PLAN THAT THEY PROVIDED. NOW IN THE COURSE OF WORK, IF THEY NEED TO, UH, REPLACE A SUB-CONSULTANT FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, UH, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, THEN THERE'S A FORMAL PROCESS THAT THEY SUBMIT. UH, AND THERE'S TWO SIGNATURES THAT HAVE TO APPROVE THAT MYSELF AS THE CITY ENGINEER AND RENEE DOMINGUEZ AS THE HEAD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE OF SUB CONSULTANTS BEFORE IT WOULD BE ALLOWED. BUT SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN AND THEY NEED TO CHANGE A SUBCONSULTANT FOR SOME REASON. SO THERE IS AN, THERE IS AN AVENUE TO DO THAT. AND BECAUSE SINCE RENEE HAS TO SIGN IT, DOES THAT IMPLY THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF MINORITY RIGHT. BUSINESS, UH, RIGHT. THEY'VE, THEY'VE MADE A COMMITMENT. AND SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT FROM A SMALL BUSINESS STANDPOINT AND FROM ALSO THE STRENGTH OF THE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM WELL STILL WITH THE CHANGE, AND THEY'RE GONNA STILL, UH, MEET THE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE GET UPDATED ON OR YOU HAVE YOUR SIGNATURES THAT DOESN'T COME BACK TO US AS THAT'S, THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE STEP? UM, THAT'S DONE WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL. TYPICALLY. IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY RARE ACTUALLY THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT IT IS A, A USUALLY A SMALL ISSUE. OKAY. UH, JUST A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. UM, SO I, I'VE, I, REGARDING PARKS DESIGN AND FOR EXAMPLE, LIBRARY DESIGN AND EVEN THE NATURAL GUIDELINES, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT PARK USAGE AND A DESIRE TO GO BACK TO MORE NATURAL MATERIALS AND NATURAL SURFACES. I KNOW, UM, I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN THIS JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE STAGE OF MY LIFE RIGHT NOW THAT I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, AND WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN OUR PARKS. AND I RECENTLY STARTED, UH, SENDING MY SON TO THE NATURE SCHOOL AT THE ZOO, AND IT IS A COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION OF HIS PHYSICAL SELF BECAUSE THEY SPEND OVER 50% OF THEIR TIME OUTDOORS. AND SINCE WE DO HAVE SUCH A LARGE PARKS PACKAGE, AND WE KNOW THAT PARKS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, HOW ARE WE TEACHING THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE'S, THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT DESIGN FOR PARKS BECAUSE, UH, IT'S NOT COMMON IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE SPACE OF HAVING YOUNG CHILDREN IN YOUR LIFE, UM, THAT THE PARKS ARE. AND I KNOW THAT FOREVER, WE WANTED BIG STRUCTURES IN OUR PARKS AND WE WANTED, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SWIMMING POOLS IN OUR PARKS. UH, AND WE WANTED CERTAIN HARD SURFACES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE IDEAL PARK LOOKED LIKE. UH, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE ANYMORE, THAT CHILDREN THRIVE BETTER IF THEY HAVE MORE TEXTILES AND THERE'S MORE NATURAL, UH, LIKE SAND AND WATER FEATURES AND, UM, GRAVEL AND ROCKS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO HOW ARE WE INFORMING THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT CHANGES IT MAY BE? IT'S ALSO TRUE OF OUR LIBRARIES ARE DIFFERENT NOW, WHERE THEY'RE MUCH MORE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT JUST A PLACE TO GO SIT QUIETLY. AND, UM, WE DO MANY, MANY THINGS OUT OF OUR LIBRARIES NOW. AND THE SAME WITH THE NATTO GUIDELINES. UH, SO MANY OF THE NATTO GUIDELINES ARE WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR SUSTAINABILITY. I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE, IN THE, UH, WHAT WE HAD YESTERDAY, OUR B SESSION ABOUT AIR QUALITY. UH, ALL OF THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT HOW ARE WE TEACHING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT? WELL, IT IS A, IT'S A TEAM, UH, ENVIRONMENT THAT INCLUDES THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF EXPERTISE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. UM, BUT IT, IT STARTS WITH THIS STEP, AND THAT IS HIRING THAT PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERT IN WHATEVER THE DESIGN IS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, PARKS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLATE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FIRMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR PARKS, THEY ARE EXPERTS IN PARK DESIGN AND THE LATEST ELEMENTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO, UH, THEY'RE UP TO SPEED ON EVERYTHING THAT'S STATE OF THE ART, EVERYTHING THAT'S ENVIR, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, STIMULATING FOR ALL AGES. UM, SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE UP TO SPEED ON THAT. SO THEY BRING THOSE IDEAS TO US. OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH XAVIER RUTI AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT IS ALSO VERY MUCH UP TO SPEED ON THOSE ELEMENTS WORKING TOGETHER. WE GO TO THE COMMUNITY, [01:00:01] WE HEAR THEIR IDEAS, AND COLLECTIVELY IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GREAT EXCHANGE OF IDEAS THAT CULMINATE INTO AN EXCELLENT DESIGN. SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PROCESS. AND SO WE BRING IT LIKE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO, IN LIKE, TO, BECAUSE I, TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS IS THE NEWEST, WELL, WE BRING THESE CONSULTANTS, SO THESE CONSULTANTS, WE, WE ARE GONNA BRING BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT EXPERTISE TEAMED WITH, UH, WITH THE CITY STAFF TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, SHARE THOSE IDEAS, HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND START INCORPORATING THOSE DESIGNS. OKAY. I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH, UM, I KNOW THAT. SO HOW MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS DO WE TYPICALLY HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY BEFORE WE GO TO IMPLEMENTATION? UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE PROJECT SOMEWHAT AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE TWO TO THREE MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION IS GENERALLY THE CASE. AND, AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET THEIR INPUT EARLY, THEN SHOW THEM THE PROGRESS OF THE DESIGN AND GET MORE INPUT. AND THAT'S QUITE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. AND THEN WE START CONSTRUCTION AND A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S SOME, UH, A MEETING AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AS WELL. A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY. WITH THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE USUAL, WE'RE GONNA START YOUR PROJECT WITHIN THE NEXT RIGHT. THREE DAYS. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FROM WHEN YOU, IF IT'S A STREET PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE TO DO OUT HERE, HERE WE COME. RIGHT. HOW, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? WELL, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS ONCE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THAT CONTRACTOR, THEN WE SCHEDULE THE COMMUNITY MEETING SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN MEET THE CONTRACTOR. SO THAT'S WITHIN ABOUT A TWO MONTH, ONE TO TWO MONTH WINDOW OF CONSTRUCTION STARTING. SO WE CAN, UH, TALK ABOUT ANY, ANY POTENTIAL DETOURS, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND, UH, HEAR FROM THEM, UH, SO THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY INFORMED AND WE CAN MODIFY THINGS AS NEEDED BEFORE WE START. AND AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UM, IS THERE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, DO WE DO STREETS FIRST OR PARKS FIRST, OR, UH, IS IT JUST, UH, BASED ON WHOMEVER'S AVAILABLE OR SEE THE, THE, THE GREAT THING IS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SLATE OF, OF ALL OF THESE FIRMS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO STAGGER ANY PROJECTS. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION LIKE LAMAR STREET IN DISTRICT TWO. IT'S A BOND PROJECT ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY DESIGNED BY OTHER FUNDING. UH, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS ALREADY, AND THEN WE HAVE THESE THAT ARE GONNA GET STARTED ON THE DESIGN PROCESS. SO ALL PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD. UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FUNDING AGREEMENTS, A LOT OF FUNDING AGREEMENTS, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE, ARE CITY FUNDING MATCHING. ANOTHER PARTY'S FUNDING THAT WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY MANAGING THE PROJECT. SO THEY HAVE THEIR TIMEFRAME AS WELL, AND THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH THEIR DOLLAR MATCH AS WELL. BUT THERE'S NOTHING NECESSARILY THAT'S HOLDING BACK ANY PROJECT. WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT, UH, THIS PARK PROJECT IS A YEAR THREE PROJECT. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THEY'RE ALL MOVING AHEAD. OKAY. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. COUNCILMAN SHAW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MIKE, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ON FOR TWO REASONS. NUMBER ONE, UH, KEEPING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED IN, IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. SURE. UH, I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS ON OTHER, ON OTHER PROJECTS REGARDING PARKS, AND IT WAS A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND GROWTH OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS WOMEN, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. AND THANK YOU. 'CAUSE I SEE THE NUMBERS INCREASING. UH, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT, UH, WE, AS I BELIEVE, AND I THINK MANY OF THE OTHERS BELIEVE THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HELP DEVELOP GREAT COMMUNITIES. SO AS LONG AS WE PUSH OUR SMALL BUSINESS WOMEN, MINORITY OWNED COMMUNITIES TO, UH, GAIN THESE PROJECTS, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HIRE FOLKS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE CAN START DEVELOPING OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SHAW. COUNCILMAN COURAGE, OR I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, DID YOU CALL ME COUNCILWOMAN SANCHEZ? COUNCILMAN, OKAY. NO, I'M EXCUSE. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANKS TO STAFF AND TO ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT DID SO MUCH WORK, THIS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING EXTREMELY COMPLICATED. SO I'M GLAD YOU GUYS HAVE FIGURED IT OUT. UM, I, UH, I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION YOU GAVE, UH, AND HOW YOU, HOW YOU BROKE DOWN THE, THE SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. UM, YOU SEEM TO HAVE ANTICIPATED ALMOST EVERY QUESTION I HAD. UM, AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. UH, WE HAVE SOME GREAT PERCENTAGES, UH, UP THERE TO SHOW. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THAT. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE CLARITY ON THE LOCAL BUSINESSES VERSUS THE AREA BUSINESSES. SURE, THANKS. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, [01:05:01] THE CITY HAS A LOCAL DEFINITION. MM-HMM. , UH, AND THE WAY IT'S SET UP, IT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, BUT THAT LOCAL DEFINITION IS, HAS TO DO WITH THAT SAMHSA AREA, UH, WHICH WAS SHOWN ON A MAP ON SLIDE 21, IF WE CAN GO TO 21. SO TO BE A SMALL BUSINESS QUALIFIED FIRM, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THAT, UH, SAMHSA AREA, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE. SO IT'S NOT JUST CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT IT'S AN AREA AROUND IT. SO WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS, OKAY, OF ALL OF THESE FIRMS, ALL OF THESE PRIME CONSULTANTS, HOW MANY OF 'EM ARE IN THAT AREA THAT, THAT WE USE AS A CITY TO DEFINE A SMALL BUSINESS, TO QUALIFY A SMALL BUSINESS? 97% OF THE FIRMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS PRIME CONSULTANTS FIT WITHIN THAT AREA. I MENTIONED TWO THAT AREN'T. ONE FROM HOUSTON, ONE FROM AUSTIN, THAT, UH, EACH ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ONE, UM, UH, PARK DESIGN PROJECT, AND, UH, MUCH BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERTISE, BUT ALSO THE LOCAL TEAM THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER UNDER THEM AS WELL. MM-HMM. . SO HOW MANY ARE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? HOW MANY ARE IN THE CITY PROPER? UM, DO WE HAVE THAT NUMBER? OH, 70, UH, 71% ARE IN THE CITY PROPER. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I'M ALSO REALLY GLAD TO SEE, UH, THAT NADO IS, IS PART OF YOUR EVALUATION PROCESS. AND I WANNA THANK THAT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND PUSHING SO HARD ON IT. SO, UM, SO HOW DID YOU VERIFY THAT THE FIRMS ARE, UH, ARE VERSED IN THIS, IN THE NATO GUIDELINES? SO THE, THE APPROACH WE TOOK IS SIMILAR TO A, A SINGLE PROJECT SOLICITATION, AND IT'S ONE THAT WE TOOK THROUGH THE, UH, HIGH PROFILE COMMITTEE. AND IT'S A BREAKDOWN OF A HUNDRED POINT SCALE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY LOOKING AT THEIR EXPERTISE, THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SAN ANTONIO ISSUES LIKE SOIL CONDITIONS AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND SO FORTH. UM, THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN, IN THIS CASE, LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS. AND THEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSAL THAT OUTLINES FOR, FOR THE PRIME AND THEIR TEAM, ALL THE DIFFERENT EXPERTISE THEY BRING AND EXPERIENCE THAT THEY BRING THAT MEETS THOSE CRITERIA. SO IS THERE A SPECIAL CERTIFICATION FOR NATO? UH, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A CERTIFICATION YET FOR NATO. THERE'S A MEMBERSHIP, OF COURSE, THE CITY IS A MEMBER OF NATO, BUT THOSE DESIGN CONCEPTS, UM, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY BRAND NEW TO THE INDUSTRY. MM-HMM. NATO'S KIND OF BROUGHT 'EM TOGETHER TO SAY, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE CURRENT BEST PRACTICES. AND, UH, BUT DEFINITELY OUR CONSULTANT TEAMS, UH, ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE NTO UH, CONCEPTS. SO I KNOW THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN C C R HAD RECOMMENDED THAT WE IMPLEMENT SOME TRAINING FOR THE CONSULTANTS OR FOR OUR CONTRACTORS. RIGHT. SO HOW WILL THAT TAKE PLACE? YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR MEMBERSHIP OF, OF NATO, UH, THERE ARE SOME TRAINING THAT'S AVAILABLE. SO NATO IS ACTUALLY GONNA COME TO OUR CITY. WE'RE GONNA SET UP THESE TRAINING WORKSHOPS WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND WITH OUR STAFF TEAM, UM, AND OTHERS CAN BE INVITED TO THAT AS WELL, TO SIT IN AND HEAR FROM THOSE EXPERTS AND TALK ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. ALRIGHT, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS GOING FORWARD. I THINK THIS WILL BE SO TRANSFORMATIVE, SO FOR MANY PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. UH, THANK YOU. UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THE BACKGROUND WORK YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE TO EDUCATE ME AND MY STAFF ABOUT ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE BOND PROGRAM. IT REALLY HELPS US COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. UH, AND I'M PLEASED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GONNA ESTABLISH, UH, ANOTHER CITIZEN'S BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. UH, YOU KNOW, THIS BOND PROGRAM IS THE BIGGEST ONE WE'VE HAD, AND PUBLIC OVERSIGHT IS DEFINITELY CRITICAL TO IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM ALSO, UH, THROUGH OUR AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PROJECT IS REALLY GONNA BE EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. AND, UH, I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE REALLY ANXIOUS TO JOIN WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING THE SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER. WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN DISTRICT NINE, THE FIRST ONE WE'RE EVER GONNA HAVE THERE, AND OUR NEW CLASSING STEUBEN PARK. SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. SO, I, I COMMEND, UH, EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, AND I TOO WILL SUPPORT, UH, UH, THE PASSAGE OF, OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COURAGE. AND, AND I'LL JUST SECOND THE, THE COMMENTS BY [01:10:01] MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOND PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS HAVE BEEN ONE OF OUR KEY SUCCESS POINTS, UH, FOR THE CITY. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE LOOK TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR CITY AND, AND THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE ALONG THE WAY ARE PART OF THAT SUCCESS. SO MIKE, THANK YOU TO YOUR, YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR VETTING THESE PROJECTS, UM, AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALSO, UH, MAKING SURE THERE'S PROPER OVERSIGHT IN THAT, IN THAT PART OF IT AS WELL. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT. AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE [Consent Agenda] NOW TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UH, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY ITEMS THEY WOULD WISH TO PULL FROM CONSENT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I DO HAVE ITEM NUMBER 15 PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? ITEM NUMBER 13, I ALSO HAVE ITEM NUMBER 18 AND NUMBER 20. NUMBER NINE. OKAY. I HAVE ITEMS NUMBER 9, 13, 15, 18, AND 20 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. WE WILL TAKE UP NOW, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SAVE FOR ITEMS 9, 13, 15, 18, AND 20. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE, BALANCE OF THE AGENDA. AND WE DO HAVE A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS STILL ON CONSENT. UH, SO WE WILL TAKE THOSE NOW. WE'LL START WITH YOLANDA GARCIA. YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I'M, I'M CONNIE, I'M HERE MAINLY TO SPEAK FOR THE A C S. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. CURB OUR, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL. BUT I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR OVER FIVE YEARS FOR OUR STRAY DOGS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FIVE YEARS. AND ALL I GET FROM THE, FROM THE 3 1 1 OPERATOR, THEY WANT ADDRESSES. THEY WANT NAMES. WHERE THESE DOGS ARE AT, THESE ARE STRAY DOGS THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T MEAN JUST TWO OR THREE DOGS. IF YOU GO, I LIVE OFF OF WEST AVENUE AND VASTLY, AND WE ARE BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS. PEOPLE WILL COME AND DUMP DOGS THERE. IF THEY GO THROUGH THE THREE BLOCK AREA FROM VENICE, LA, AMANDA, SAN ANGELO, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THEY WILL PICK UP 25 TO 30 STRAY DOGS. MY ISSUE IS IF WE CALL 3 1 1 AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON, WHY DO WE HAVE TO GIVE OUT THE ADDRESSES FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL DOG? I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE EVERY ADDRESS FOR THREE BLOCKS. IT'S, I MEAN, THIS IS AN ONGOING THING. I HAVE LIVED AT THIS RESIDENCE FOR 12 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN CALLING OFF AND ON. IF I WOULD HAVE EVERY, EVERY CALL, EVERY CASE NUMBER THAT I HAVE CALLED, I WOULD HAVE A BOOK AS BIG AS A DIRECTORY HERE. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES TIME, BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. MY ISSUES RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT ONE GERMAN SHEPHERD THAT HAS BEEN OUT, I HAVE CALLED CHANNEL 12. I HAVE SPOKEN TO TIM GERBER. HE DID GET A C S OUT THERE, BUT THE DOGS ARE STILL THERE. I SAW THE DOG POUND CAR OUT THERE. NOTHING GETS DONE. NOW, A LITTLE WHILE AGO, I GOT TO TALK TO MR. SIMS, AND I'M HOPING THAT IF I GET TO TALK TO HIM IN PERSON AND GET TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND GIVE HIM ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE THAT SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO CALL. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN THERE. A C S HAVE BEEN THERE. I'M AT MY IN SWITZER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. MY CURRENT ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR. THEY'VE GOT, THEY HAVE THREE DOGS OF THEIR OWN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WHO THEY COME AND THEY DROP OFF FOUR HUGE DOGS. AND I MEAN, THESE ARE DOGS OVER 65 POUNDS. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY BARKING. THEY JUMP THE FENCES THIS MONTH ALONE. I HAVE HAD THE POLICE OUT THERE THREE TIMES, TWO TIMES THE POLICE OFFICERS GRABBED THEM WITH A POLE, BROUGHT 'EM BACK INTO THE HOUSE, CLOSED THE GATE, THEY WENT AND SPOKE. TRIED TO OPEN THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR FOR THE RESIDENTS TO COME AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR. THEY DO NOT [01:15:01] ANSWER. AS SOON AS THE OP UH, THE OFFICER LEAVES 10, 15 MINUTES, THE PEOPLE WILL GO OUT THERE AND PUT THE DOGS UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. THESE DOGS BARK ALL NIGHT LONG. THEY ARE BREEDING THE DOGS. THE DOGS ARE GETTING OUT. WE'VE GOT KIDS IN THIS BLOCK. THANK YOU MS. G. WHAT CAN WE DO? ALRIGHT, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT CITIZENS, BUT FIRST I'D ASK TO, UM, COUNCILMAN SHAW TO AMEND HIS MOTION, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUTTING ITEM NUMBER NINE, BACK ON CONSENT. MAYOR, I JUST LIKE, LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO ADD ITEM NUMBER NINE. BACK TO THE CONSENT. OKAY. UH, WE JUST HAD A, A MOTION. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR HAS BEEN AMENDED TO INCLUDE ITEM NUMBER NINE ON CONSENT. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE REST OF OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. UH, RITA BRODER AGAIN. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MS. SCULLY. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS, UM, NUMBER 14. MY NAME IS RITA BRAUM AND I AM THE DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND THE CHAIR OF THE ANIMAL CARE ADVISORY BOARD. IN ADDITION TO MY WORK ON THE BOARD, I AM CO-FOUNDER OF ALAMO RESCUE FRIENDS. IT'S A 5 0 1 C THREE, AND AN A C S RESCUE PARTNER. I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT ARF HAS TRANSPORTED OVER 2000 DOGS FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO OUR PARTNERS IN NEW ENGLAND. AS A RESCUER, I FULLY SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A RESCUE GROUP CONTRACT LICENSE THAT WILL HELP PROMOTE THE SAFE CARE OF ALL ANIMALS THAT ARE IN, UM, RESCUE GROUP CARE. AND IT WILL SEPARATE US FROM THE BACKYARD BREEDERS. I SERVED ON THE A C S BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE, ALONG WITH THREE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT WAS ORGANIZED EIGHT MONTHS AGO TO EVALUATE AND PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHAPTER FIVE. I CAN ATTEST TO THE MANY MEETINGS WE HELD TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY. THE PROPOSED CHAPTER FIVE REVISIONS ALSO COMBINED THE FEEDBACK OF EIGHT MONTHS OF MEETINGS AND AT TIMES INTENSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDERS. AS THE CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION THAT WAS SOUGHT AFTER THE BEATINGS HAD BOARD REPRESENTATION AT ALL OF THEM. SO WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WE WERE HEARING FROM THE CITIZENS AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE. AND, UH, DISCUSSION AT BOARD MEETINGS, TWO COMPREHENSIVE SURVEYS WERE ISSUED WITH OVER 5,000 RESPONDENTS. THE RESULTS OF THESE SURVEYS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN MANY OF THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE. ANIMAL CARE SERVICES CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARDS A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE AND PETS, AS WELL AS PROMOTING U HUMANE PET OWNERSHIP. A KEY PIECE TO ACCOMPLISHING THIS GOALS IS ESTABLISHING PROGRESSIVE POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND LAWS. I BELIEVE THAT THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES CREATE A BALANCE BETWEEN IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL PETS. THE ANIMAL CARE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO APPROVE THE PRO PROPOSED CHANGES PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY, AND I ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MS. BROGAN. SUSAN BELDEN. I'LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT ITEM 14. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SUSAN BELDEN AND I AM THE APPOINTED DISTRICT NINE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE A C S ADVISORY BOARD. I WAS ALSO RECENTLY APPOINTED TO SERVE AS THE ADVISORY BOARD'S VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THESE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO OUR CHAPTER FIVE ANIMAL ORDINANCE. I WANNA ECHO THOSE COMMENTS ALREADY EXPRESSED REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH PROCESS THAT ALLOWED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE RECOMMENDED REVISIONS TO CHAPTER FIVE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IN-DEPTH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PROCESSES THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF, AND I THINK THE RECOMMENDED REVISIONS TO CHAPTER FIVE REFLECT WHAT SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE IN ANIMAL LAWS. WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THESE ORDINANCE REVISIONS, WHICH WILL HELP MAKE SAN ANTONIO A SAFER AND MORE HUMANE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BELDEN. KATHY DAVIS. GOOD MORNING MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MANAGER SCULLY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF, UH, IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 14. [01:20:01] MY NAME IS KATHY DAVIS. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX AND COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE'S RECENT APPOINTMENT TO THE THE A C S ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THE APPOINTMENT, COUNCILMAN. I ALSO SERVE AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR TEXAS HUMANE LEGISLATION NETWORK. T H L N IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR STRONG AND ENFORCEABLE HUMANE LAWS THAT PROHIBIT CRUEL ACTS AGAINST ANIMALS AND GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS THE TOOLS NEEDED TO BRING JUSTICE IN THE COURTROOM. T H L N APPLAUDS THESE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO CHAPTER FIVE AS A POSITIVE AND PROGRESSIVE STEP FORWARD. THEY ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FURTHER SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGES CONTAINED IN THE REVISIONS INVOLVES PROHIBITING THE USE OF CHAINS AS TETHERING DEVICES. WE THANK YOU DEEPLY FOR CONSIDERING THIS CHANGE TO OUTLAW THEIR USE. WE BELIEVE ALL THESE COMPASSIONATE CHANGES BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL BECOME A MODEL FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO ARE ALSO STRIVING TO IMPROVE THE PLIGHT OF OUR PETS AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM. T H L N URGES YOUR FAVORABLE SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. FINALLY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AS A LIFELONG PET LOVER AND SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT A CONSIDERABLE, CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF HER LIFE JOYFULLY SERVING OUR PETS. I WOULD ALSO PERSONALLY URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THESE REVISIONS. THEY'RE GOOD FOR OUR PETS, GOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE, AND GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I, ALONG WITH T H L N, URGE YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. DAVIS. DENISE, STOCK UP. DO YOU HAVE DENISE STOCK UP? YES. SO MA'AM, SO WE DID PULL ITEM NUMBER 15. WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW OR WE CAN HEAR YOU WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ITEM, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW OR, OR WAIT UNTIL THE ITEM NOW. OKAY, NOW, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE. I'M HERE TO TALK, UH, JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 15, WHICH WILL GIVE GREATER PROTECTION TO HISTORIC HOMES IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, USUALLY WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE WITH THE CITY, I'M LIKE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE GENERALLY ARE, I THINK, PRETTY ROUGH ON YOU, . AND SO I WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW GLAD I AM TO SEE THIS AMENDMENT BEING CONSIDERED TODAY. AND OF COURSE, I, I AM FOR IT. AND THE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO WANT TO PROTECT THE ECONOMIC DIVERSITY AND THE CHARACTER OF OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FOR IT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS LIKELY TO PASS. SO I ALSO WANTED, I FELT AN OBLIGATION SINCE I'M USUALLY RATHER CRITICAL OF THE CITY'S PROTECTION OF OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. IF THIS PASSES, IT WILL MEAN A LOT TO US. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LESLIE PROVINCE. MS. LESLIE PROVINCE IS NEXT. THANK YOU, MS. TONKO. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS LESLIE PROVINCE AND I'M HERE AS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO. OUR VISION IS HEALTHY, FRESH, AFFORDABLE FOOD, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL IN A VIBRANT LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY. WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR HEARING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHICKEN AND LIVESTOCK OWNERS IN THIS PROCESS. WE SUPPORT THE INCREASE IN THE ALLOWED NUMBER OF CHICKENS FROM THREE TO EIGHT, AND WE ALSO SUPPORT THEIR RECOGNIZING A GOOD RATIO OF HENS TO ROOSTERS AS A REASONABLE WAY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A BACKYARD FLOCK AND A C**K FIGHTING OPERATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM ON IMPLEMENTATION AND FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY, AFFORDABLE LOCAL FOOD IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. PROVINCE. UH, WE HAVE MR. RETT SMITH. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PROTO TIAL. UH, AND THANKS TO ALL OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR GOVERNANCE. OF COURSE, MY ITEM IS 17 THAT I CHOSE, AND, UH, THAT RELATES I BELIEVE TO SAFER TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS, WHICH, UM, CERTAINLY IMPORTANT, [01:25:01] UH, IN US, IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, I NOTICED, UH, EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE, UH, HIGH MORTALITY RATE THAT'S POSTED WITH THE TEXAS, UH, HIGHWAYS, UH, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE NINE PEOPLE EVERY DAY PARISH ON OUR TEXAS, UH, TEXAS HIGHWAYS. SO, UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND OUR FREEDOMS, UH, IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT. MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I TALK ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS AND HOW IMPORTANT, UH, THEY ARE AND HOW CONCERNED I AM WHEN SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE, UH, SEEMS TO DENIGRATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS OF OTHER OF OUR CITIZENS. AND HOW SHAMEFUL, UH, I WAS SO PROUD OF, UH, YOU, OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR THAT DECIDED TO, UH, UH, TAKE A LAWSUIT, UH, TO, UH, PROTEST THE ACTIONS OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IN REGARD TO SSB FOUR. BUT IT'S, IT GOES BACK TO OUR FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS, THE INCREDIBLE, UM, UH, PRINCIPLE THAT WE HAVE AS AMERICANS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE CANNOT, DENIGRATE, CANNOT EXPECT, UH, US TO PAY RESPECT TO HIM WHEN HE SHOWS NO RESPECT TO OTHERS. AND SO, UH, I HOPE THAT YOU ALSO WILL BE SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS TO, UH, AMEND THE FREE SPEECH ORDINANCE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO HAVE FREE SPEECH IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. RED SMITH. MR. JACK FINGER. WELL, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK AND FINGER. YES. A COUPLE ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 19, LAWSUIT. Y'ALL GOING TO SETTLE TODAY, SIMPLY SAYS, AUTHOR SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION STYLE, THOMAS MATTHEW VERSUS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WHAT IS, WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? WELL, ACCORDING TO THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS IS ABOUT A DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT. YEAH. UH, SOMEHOW MR. MATTHEW WAS DISCRIMINATED BY SOME EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WAS IT A POLICE OFFICER? WE DON'T KNOW. WAS IT A, SOME EMPLOYEE FROM THE CITY DEPARTMENT? WE STILL DON'T KNOW. ALL IT KNOWS THAT, UH, ALL, ALL IT TELLS US IS THAT, UH, IN ORDER TO AVOID COURT COSTS AND, AND THE, UH, POSSIBLE 15 POSSIBLE JUJU JURY DECISION AGAINST US, WE NEED TO SHELL OUT $250,000. YEP. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. 250. NO, NO. $225,000 FOR HIS, HIS MEDICAL EXPENSES. APPARENTLY THE PERSON GOT INJURED SOMEHOW. DISCRIMINATION INJURY. I DON'T KNOW. AVERAGE CITIZENS DON'T KNOW, BUT INQUIRING MINDS WOULD SURE LIKE TO FIND OUT. WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT? THE BIG QUESTION IS THE PERSON WHO DID THE DISCRIMINATING OR THE CAUSING THE INJURY FROM THE CITY, WAS THAT PERSON, WAS THAT PERSON EVER REPRIMANDED? WAS THAT CITY EMPLOYEE EVER PUNISHED FOR CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS? HERE? WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. THE CITIZENS CERTAINLY WOULD. I MEAN, AFTER ALL, WE'RE SELLING IT OUT. IN FACT, WHY DOESN'T THAT PERSON, WHOEVER IT WAS WHO CAUSED THE DISCRIMINATION, WHY DON'T THEY SHELL OUT THE $225,000, HUH. ELSEWHERE ON THIS, A PORTION OF THE AGENDA, YOUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES. YOU'RE GOING TO GO ASK OUR, OUR TAX PAID LOBBYISTS TO LOBBY OUR LEGISLATORS BOTH HERE AND IN WASHINGTON ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES THAT, UH, SUPPOSEDLY WE THE CITY SAN ANTONIO CARE ABOUT. I NOTICED THAT ONE OF 'EM HAPPENS TO BE RAIL. YES. COULD THAT BE THE LIGHT RAIL ISSUE THAT MANY OF US HAVE RAILED AGAINST, PUN INTENDED, YEARS AGO. ALSO, THE, UH, UH, THE NA THE NAFTA FREE TRADE THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, MANY OF US STILL DON'T, ARE SUFFERING WITH THE, ALL THOSE TRUCKERS GOING DOWN OUR, OUR, OUR HIGHWAYS THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. AND THEN FINALLY THE, THE, THE DREAMERS ACT. YEAH. DACA. D A C A. YES. YOU KNOW, WE KEEP WONDERING YOU, THE CITY OF CA, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, YOU ARE TELLING OUR LEGISLATORS, KEEP THE DR. DACA ACT, DREAMERS ACT. WE DON'T, WE WANT THE IT TO STAY THERE. WELL, WE AS CITIZENS DON'T LIKE THAT. WE SEE ILLEGAL ALIENS, EVEN IF THEY WERE CHILDREN, WE'RE SORRY. WE CAN'T HELP IT IF THEY'RE PARENTS. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT. [01:30:01] COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. IS THIS FOR, THIS IS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, A C S STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK ON THE, UH, ON THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER FIVE. I KNOW YOU, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THEM IN OUR MAILBOXES. WE'VE SEEN YOU OUT THERE. UH, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. I KNOW IT'S VERY HARD TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN OUR ANIMAL LOVERS AND THEN THE, THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF, OF ANIMALS. AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE A, A GREAT JOB, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST BRIEFING THAT YOU GAVE US, UM, THESE ARE SMART, SOME OF THESE RULES ARE REALLY INNOVATIVE, AND I THINK THEY'RE SMART. WE'RE NOT JUST, UH, BEING MORE PUNITIVE, BUT BEING SMARTER ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THINKING THAT THROUGH. AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO TO MENTION THAT LAST NIGHT WE WERE HERE FOR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, AND WE HAD HALF A DOZEN POSTAL WORKERS, UH, COME AND TALK ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH, WITH DOG BITES. AND IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EASY PLACE FOR THEM TO, TO BE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE WANNA DO WHAT WE CAN TO, TO PROTECT THEM. SO THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH. AND THIS BRINGS US CLOSER TO, TO OUR GOAL OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OF BEING A NO KILL CITY. I THINK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE [13. An Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of $166,400.00 in grant funds awarded and administered by the Texas Department of Transportation under the Texas Traffic Safety Grant Program for training and education to bring awareness about traffic safety and Vision Zero, specifically focused on reducing intersection related crashes. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Mike Frisbie, Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements]] NOW TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND JUST AS A NOTE, ITEM NUMBER NINE WAS ADDED BACK TO CONSENT. SO THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 13. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF $166,400 IN GRANT FUNDS AWARDED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEPART UNDER THE TEXAS TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO BRING AWARENESS ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY AND VISION ZERO, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON REDUCING INTERSECTION RELATED CRASHES. COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK KAREN SPEARS, MY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES BOARD FOR BEING HERE TODAY, UM, FOR ALL THE WORK SHE DOES ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE ANIMALS, UH, IN, IN THE CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KAREN. UM, SO REGARDING, UH, ITEM NUMBER 13, UM, I JUST, I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. UH, ART. SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE. UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, OR MAYBE YOU COULD CLARIFY HOW MUCH MONEY WAS AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS FROM TXDOT FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS? UM, THIS SPECIFIC ONE WAS, UH, APPROXIMATELY $200,000 FOR THIS SPECIFIC GRANT. YOU KNOW, TXDOT DOES HAVE A STATEWIDE GRANT PROGRAM FOR MANY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. UH, AND THIS ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE, THE EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, UH, COMPONENT AT INTERSECTIONS. AND DO WE, UH, I, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS LIKE 400,000 TOTAL GRANTS AVAILABLE FROM TXDOT. UH, I, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS ON THE OVERALL PACKAGE, BUT I CAN FOLLOW BACK WITH YOU. OKAY. AND, UM, THIS ONE IS FOR SAFETY AT INTERSECTIONS. WHAT, WHAT MIGHT WE DO TO IMPROVE THE, I I DO HAVE A BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION ON THIS. OH, YEAH, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YEAH. GREAT. SO THIS ITEM WOULD BE ACCEPTING, UH, APPROXIMATELY $166,000, UH, FROM TXDOT AS PART OF A GRANT SAFETY PROGRAM. AND IT, IT'S REALLY FOCUSING ON, AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH VISION ZERO, WE FOCUS ON THE FIVE E'S. SO THAT'S EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, ENFORCEMENT, AND EVALUATION. AND THIS IS REALLY TOUCHING ON, UH, PARTS OF ALL OF THOSE, UH, SPECIFICALLY EDUCATION ENFORCEMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH, WITH THIS PROGRAM IS PARTNERING WITH S A P D, UH, DOING SOME TRAINING WITH, WITH THEIR OFFICERS, DISCUSSING VISION ZERO, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, ALSO GOING OVER THE CRASH REPORTS. SO EVERY TIME THERE'S A CRASH THAT'S REPORTED TO SS A P D, THERE'S A DETAILED CRASH REPORT THAT'S FILLED OUT. AND THEN WE AS ENGINEERS USE THAT INFORMATION TO EVALUATE, UH, WHAT HAPPENED. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, DETAILED INFORMATION GETS PUT ON THOSE FORMS AND WE CAN USE THAT. UH, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF THOSE AND, UH, INCREASE SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PUT ON THOSE CRASH REPORTS. AND THEN ALSO DOING SOME SELECT ENFORCEMENT AT INTERSECTIONS, LOOKING AT, UH, BEHAVIORS LIKE SPEEDING, FAILURE TO YIELD, UH, BLOCKING THE INTERSECTION AND USING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AS THEY'RE BEING ENFORCED TO PROVIDE EDUCATION MATERIAL, UH, TO THE, TO THE PERSON THAT'S EITHER GETTING A WARNING OR, OR CITATION. UH, SO THAT'S PART OF IT IS DEVELOPING THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, PARTNERING WITH POLICE TO HAND OUT THOSE BROCHURES OR WHATEVER MATERIAL GETS DEVELOPED. UH, SECONDLY, WE, WE LOOK AT PARTNERING WITH U T S A ON CRASH EVALUATION ANALYSIS. SO WE KNOW WHERE THE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING ALL OVER. WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION, BUT THEN THE NEXT LEVEL IS TO ANALYZE WHAT WERE THE CAUSES, AND THEN TRY TO SEE IF, [01:35:01] UH, WE'RE GETTING STATISTICS ON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CRASHES THAT OCCUR WHEN IT'S WET OR AT THIS TIME OF DAY. SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH U T S A AND SOME OF THEIR STATISTICS FOLKS TO TAKE ALL THAT DATA AND THEN GO THROUGH THAT. SO THAT'S PART OF THIS, UH, GRANT AS WELL. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT, DEVELOPING THE EDUCATION, UH, MATERIALS THAT WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING WITH POLICE TO HAND OUT AT THOSE LOCATIONS. SO THE OVERALL GRANT IS, UH, $208,000. THERE'S A 20% LOCAL MATCH. SO WE'LL BE FUNDING THAT THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 18 VISION ZERO PROGRAM, UH, AND THEN RECEIVING THE $166,000 FROM TXDOT. UH, SO WE, UH, WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT BACK IN DECEMBER. UH, WE WERE NOTIFIED LATE AUGUST THAT WE AWARDED IT. SO WE'RE HERE AT COUNCIL TO, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION. AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 18 ON THIS PROGRAM. UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU ART, UH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND SO REGARDING THE STUDENTS FROM U T S A, WHAT DEPARTMENT? UH, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK ON THE ACTUAL, THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT IT'S THE FOLKS THAT, UH, WORK ON STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. OKAY. I GUESS THAT WAS JUST MY QUESTION. IS IT LIKE THE ENGINEERING SCHOOL OR IS IT MORE LIKE A MATHEMATICAL? UH, I CAN, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE SPECIALTY WOULD BE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO ENOUGH CONFERENCES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT MODELING THAT IS USED TO DETERMINE HOW TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CRASHES. SO, UM, I, I JUST THINK THAT'S INTERESTING INFORMATION TO KNOW. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN DATA-DRIVEN METRICS, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW. AND, AND SO WHEN WILL THEY EVENTUALLY GIVE BACK TO US OR, UM, SO WE HAVE THE GRANT TO FUND A STUDY, AND THEN OUR PARTNERS WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WAS DETERMINED. YEAH. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM AND, AND DEVELOP A REPORT KIND OF SUMMARIZING THE FINDINGS OF, OF THE, THE CRASH ANALYSIS AND THE DETAILS, UH, AND SOME, THE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. OKAY. AND HOW LONG, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR ON THE, ON THE DATA. SO, UH, HE ABOUT A YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT. OF DATA. OKAY. OKAY. THANK, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UM, OF COURSE, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE, UM, COLLISIONS AND REDUCE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES IS, UH, I KNOW A PRIORITY FOR ME AND MANY OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION TO APPROVE. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 13. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER 15. [15. An Ordinance amending Article 4, Procedures, of the Unified Development Code (UDC) relating to penalties for demolition without a permit and protection of properties determined to be eligible for historic designation. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Shanon Miller, Director, Office of Historic Preservation]] ITEM 15 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR, PROCEDURES OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE U D C RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR DEMOLITION WITHOUT A PERMIT AND PROTECTION OF PROPERTIES DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN TINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND WE PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS, UH, LAST NOVEMBER. WE, WE, UH, SUBMITTED A C C R REGARDING, UH, THIS VERY ITEM. UH, SHANNON, WOULD YOU, DO YOU HAVE A, A MINUTE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS? I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL. UM, AND AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO STEADILY MOVE INTO THE, THE URBAN CORE, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PRESSURES IN, IN, IN, IN THESE AREAS. UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BAD ACTORS THAT HAVE SOUGHT TO KIND OF GO AROUND THE RULES, MAYBE EVEN JUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TEETH. AND, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 'CAUSE WE, WE CERTAINLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE CARE ABOUT THE HERITAGE AND HISTORY. UM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO BE, UH, PROVIDING A, UH, A SOME LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND A REASONABLE, UH, AMOUNT OF, OF REDEVELOPMENT AND, AND VULNER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. SO WOULD YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DID DISCUSS REGARDING THE U D C CHANGES AND, AND, UH, SOME OF THE PENALTIES THAT, THAT WE, WE THINK ARE GONNA BE, UH, MORE SUITABLE FOR, FOR, FOR THESE NEIGHBORHOODS? SURE, ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE A BRIEF, BRIEF PRESENTATION I CAN WALK THROUGH IF YOU'D LIKE. SURE. OKAY. SO TO, SO TO SUMMARIZE, UM, THE C C R REQUESTED THAT WE, UM, THAT WE LOOK AT THE PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL DEMOLITIONS. UM, SO THIS IS DEMOLITIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITHOUT A PROPER PERMIT OR A PROPER APPROVAL BY THE H D R C IF, IF APPLICABLE. AND THEN, UM, AND THEN HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN BETTER PROTECT THESE PROPERTIES FROM HASTY DEMOLITION. UM, SO OF COURSE, THE, THE GOALS ARE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DISINCENTIVES FOR ILLEGAL WORK AND TO ENCOURAGE PROPER REVIEW SO THAT, UM, THE, THE PUBLIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CAN HAVE A VOICE IN THAT PROCESS. UM, SO CURRENTLY WHEN A DEMOLITION APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED, UM, THEY [01:40:01] ALL COME TO THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR REVIEW. AND IF THEY'RE DESIGNATED HISTORIC, THEN THAT DOES REQUIRE REVIEW BY THE H D R C. UM, IF THEY'RE NOT DESIGNATED HISTORIC, BUT THEY'RE IN AN N C D, THEN WE, UM, PULL THOSE PROPERTIES AUTOMATICALLY FOR REVIEW, AND WE NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. UM, AND THEN WE MAKE A DETERMINATION WITHIN 30 DAYS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPERTY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION. IF IT'S NOT, THEN A PERMIT IS ISSUED AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD. IF IT IS, THEN IT CAN BE REFERRED TO H D R C AND TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES, UM, WHERE OWNERS C I MEAN, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD BE REQUIRED TO RECONSTRUCT THE STRUCTURE. UM, ALSO THERE IS A, THE ABILITY TO DENY FUTURE BUILDING PERMITS ON THE SITE FOR FIVE YEARS, AND THE REVOCATION OF THE CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE FOR FIVE YEARS. AND IT'S ALSO PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO $2,000 PER DAY PER VIOLATION. UM, FOR NON HISTORIC PROPERTIES, THE, THE PENALTY, UM, WITHOUT FOR, FOR DEMOLITION, WITHOUT A PERMIT IS DOUBLE PERMIT FEES. AND ONCE THE THOSE PERMIT FEES ARE PAID, THEN THE, THE WORK CAN CONTINUE WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL PENALTY. UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THE, THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY, AND IF THE PENALTIES AREN'T SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH, THEN PEOPLE MAY JUST DECIDE THAT IT'S WORTH THE COST TO, TO PAY THAT PENALTY. UM, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE OF A PROPERTY THAT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE MANKEY PARK VICINITY. AND, UM, THIS PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS HAVING POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT IT, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER BEGAN TO DISMANTLE THE PROPERTY WHILE IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS. AND SO THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF CIRCUMVENT THE REVIEW PROCESS. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE PROCESS WHENEVER WE, WE ARE REVIEWING A DEMOLITION APPLICATION, AND DETERMINANT HAS HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE, UM, INTERIM CONTROLS, WHICH MEANS REQUIREMENT TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS, GO, GO INTO PLACE AFTER THE H D R C TAKES ACTION ON A FINDING OF, OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. WE'RE PROPOSING TO SHIFT THOSE INTERIM CONTROLS TO THE, TO BEGIN, ONCE STAFF NOTIFIES THE APPLICANT IN WRITING, THAT THE PROCESS IS BEGINNING SO THAT THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CIRCUMVENT THE REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE H D R C HAS TIME TO ACT. SO, UM, TO SUMMARIZE OUR PROPOSED, UH, AMENDMENTS, WE WOULD MAXIMIZE THE PENALTIES ALLOWED BY STATE LAW FOR HISTORIC DEMOLITIONS. UM, WE ALREADY HAVE FAIRLY STRONG PENALTIES, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE FOR, UM, THE COST THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BEAR IF THEY PERFORM AN ILLEGAL DEMOLITION. AND THEN, UM, FOR CITYWIDE NON HISTORIC DEMOLITIONS, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THE DOUBLE PERMANENT FEES, BUT IN ADDITION, WE WOULD MORE PROACTIVELY ENFORCE CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH IS A, WHICH COULD BE A VIOLATION, UM, OF $500 PER, UH, PER OFFENSE, PER DAY. UM, WE WOULD ALSO CLOSE LOOPHOLES, AS I MENTIONED, FOR ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES SO THAT THOSE INTERIM CONTROLS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT EARLIER. IT DOES NOT LENGTHEN THE TIME THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE INTERIM CONTROLS. THEY JUST WOULD BEGIN EARLIER IN THE PROCESS. AND THEN AS A NEXT STEP, THIS IS NOT PART OF THE ACTION TODAY, BUT AS A NEXT STEP, UM, WE WILL BEGIN THE DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO DEVELOP A DISMANTLING OR SALVAGE ORDINANCE SO THAT WHEN PROPERTIES THAT ARE OVER A CERTAIN AGE ARE DEMOLISHED, THAT THERE'S A REQUIREMENT TO SALVAGE THOSE IMPORTANT MATERIALS. UM, UM, SO WE DO, OF COURSE, RECOMMEND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE U D C, JUST TO, UM, STRENGTHEN THE PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL DEMOLITION, AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO DEVELOP THE DISMANTLING ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, SHANNON. AND, AND, AND JUST TO TOUCH ON THE DISMANTLING, I THINK THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, MATERIALS IN, IN SOME OF THESE HISTORIC HOMES THAT ARE NOT FOUND ANYMORE. AND IN MANY TIMES, UM, THAT IS TYPICALLY THE ONLY SOURCE. SO IT, IT WILL HELP, UH, IN MANY WAYS, UH, KIND OF BE A, A TRANSPLANT TO, TO HELP OTHER HISTORIC PROPERTIES. UH, SO I, I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A, A GREAT TOOL AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT SOON. UM, THIS PART OF THE REASON WE, WE BROUGHT THIS C C R WAS ALSO TO, TO ALSO HELP IN NCDS. UH, NCDS ARE FEELING A LOT OF PRESSURE. THEY, THEY, THEY FEEL THAT, UH, THEY TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE AS MANY PROTECTIONS AS HISTORIC DESIGNATED, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, TELL US HOW THIS IS GONNA HELP NCDS. WELL, SO, SO ONE OF THE, UM, THE POLICY CHANGES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED RELATED TO THIS IS, UM, WHENEVER [01:45:01] THERE'S A DEMOLITION REQUEST IN NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, WE AUTOMATICALLY PULL IT FOR REVIEW, AND WE, WE NOTIFY THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SO THAT, UM, IF THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT DEMOLITION, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE DEVELOPER, OR, UM, POTENTIALLY WE WORK WITH THEM ON, UM, POSSIBLE HISTORIC DESIGNATION. AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE OVERALL, UH, THAT THAT'S IN, IN LINE WITH, UH, WHAT WE DID WITH MIKE SHANNON AND, UH, THE OVERALL, UH, NOTIFICATION OF ANY KIND OF BUILDING PLAN REVIEW TOO, CORRECT. SO, COUPLE THAT TOGETHER, IT, IT SHOULD HELP GIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, SOME SENSE FOR, FOR SOME OF THE EFFORTS GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO CLOSE A LOT OF THE LOOPHOLES. UH, WE DO SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE JUST SIMPLY, UH, CALCULATING THE, THE PENALTIES AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT COSTS. AND, AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. UH, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE TEETH TO, TO, UH, SOME OF THESE BAD ACTORS, UH, OR TO THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM SOME OF THESE BAD ACTORS. AND, UH, AND OF COURSE, UH, WE WANNA LAYER ON AS MUCH AS MANY PROTECTIONS TO HELP KEEP THE IDENTITY OF, OF, OF THESE IMPORTANT AND DISTINCT NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WITH THAT, I I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 15 SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 15. COUNCILMAN SHAW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN VINNO FOR, UH, PROMOTING THE C C R. UM, AND THANK YOU, SHANNON, TO YOU AND FOR, TO YOUR FANTASTIC STAFF. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS REGARDING, UH, O H P AND, UH, HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND HOW IT CAN BETTER BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITIES. UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY, WE HAVE TWO VERY STRONG VOCAL AND STRONG NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN MANKEY PARK AND THE, UM, DIGNITY WITTY, AND BOTH ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TOO, BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND I, I SEE THIS TCR IS BENEFITING OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SHAW. COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SO SHANNON, WHAT, WHAT IS N C R IN? UM, N C D NIG NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT, AND HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM A HISTORIC DISTRICT? WELL, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS, UM, SOME SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS LIKE HISTORIC, HISTORIC DISTRICTS. ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES IS THAT OFTEN REQUIRES REVIEW BY THE HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION, WHEREAS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT, THE STANDARDS ARE ADMINISTERED, UM, BY STAFF. SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOT THE REQUIRED, UM, PUBLIC DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS LIKE THERE IS IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE ALSO JUST DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. UM, NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT STANDARDS TEND TO BE, UM, MORE GENERAL, UM, THERE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES LIKE SETBACKS AND, AND HEIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WHEREAS HISTORIC DESIGNATION ALSO ADDRESSES, UM, INDIVIDUAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS AND CHANGES IN MATERIALS. AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S JUST, UM, A MORE EXTENSIVE REVIEW ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A, UH, THEN SEAT, A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT? YES. UM, WELL, SO, SO A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS, IS SIMILAR TO A HISTORIC DISTRICT IN THAT IT IS ALSO A ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT. SO IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIMILAR PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE, UM, THE CITY STAFF WOULD WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WAS INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING BECOMING AN N C D AND THEN GO THROUGH THAT, THAT ZONING PROCESS. ULTIMATELY, UM, THE STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ALSO WORKS WITH THEM TO CREATE WHAT THE DISTRICT STANDARDS WOULD BE. SO EACH N C D HAS A SEPARATE ORDINANCE, AND SO THEY WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO, UM, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT KIND OF REQUIREMENTS THEY WANT IN THEIR OVERLAY. I SEE. SO IT, IT COULD, IT'S COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT. EACH N C D COULD LOOK DIFFERENT. CORRECT. OKAY. UM, OKAY. THAT'S COULD BE VERY COMPLICATED. I MEAN, SO YOU COULD HAVE, IN, IN THE CITY WE COULD HAVE 50 DIFFERENT NCDS. UM, I SUPPOSE IN THEORY WE COULD. I THINK WE HAVE, UM, LESS THAN AROUND 10 NOW, I WOULD SAY. OKAY. AND JUST REGARDING THE DEMOLITION, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, OFTEN THE ISSUE OF DANGEROUS PREMISES COMES UP. SO WHAT IS THE, HOW IS THIS PROCESS GOING TO, WOULD IT MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO DEMOLISH IN THE EVENT OF DANGEROUS PREMISES? UM, NO, THIS PARTICULAR, PARTICULAR ACTION TODAY IS RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, DEMOLITIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITHOUT PERMITS. [01:50:01] SO SOMEBODY LIKE A PRIVATE DEMOLITION THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE PROPER APPROVAL, UM, EITHER FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICE OR FROM THE HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION, IF, IF HISTORIC EVERY DEMOLITION HAD TO GO THROUGH IT DOES. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS, IS TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EVEN, UM, FOLLOWING THE RULES AND, AND ACQUIRING PERMITS. I SEE. SO THIS IS, IM IMPLYING THAT THEY DIDN'T GET A PERMIT AT ALL. EXACTLY. NOT THAT. UM, UH, AND SO IF THEY DO IT SORT OF PIECE BY PIECE, THEN IT, UM, SEEMS LIKE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A DEMOLITION PERMIT. IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE AND, AND THAT RELATED TO THE INTERIM CONTROLS? THAT IS THE ISSUE THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES IS THAT, UM, WE WOULD NOT ALLOW SOMEBODY TO KIND OF PIECEMEAL DEMOLISH A PROPERTY IN ORDER TO AVOID, UM, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE SALVAGED. OKAY. AND WHEN A PERSON IS GOING TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT, ARE THEY NOTIFIED? UM, IT IS PART OF THE ZONING. SO, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER A PROPERTY IS, IS PURCHASED AND, AND IT IS REFLECTED IN THE, IN THE PROPERTY'S ZONING INFORMATION. OKAY. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. SURE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL [18. An Ordinance authorizing a one-year agreement with the San Antonio Humane Society for an alternative housing program for stray animals with the option to renew for two consecutive one-year terms. [María Villagómez, Assistant City Manager; Heber Lefgren, Director, Animal Care Services]] MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 18. AND THIS IS FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES. OKAY. AND WHO'S GONNA MAKE, OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 18. ITEM NUMBER 18 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HUMANE SOCIETY FOR AN ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PROGRAM FOR STRAY ANIMALS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE ONE YEAR TERMS. COUNCILWOMAN VIRON. MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND JUST FOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ANDY, UH, THE, THE ITEM WAS PULLED FOR CUSAL PURPOSES. COUNCILMAN SALANA SITS ON THE E D C BOARD, UM, AS, AS A RESULT OF HIS POSITION ON THIS COUNCIL. UM, I'M SORRY. RIGHT. YES. MAYOR, ITEM NUMBER 18, WE'RE LOOKING AT 18 FIRST. YES. GOT IT. OKAY. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON ITEM 18. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM 18. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER [20. An Ordinance approving the annual budget for Fiscal Year 2018 for the San Antonio Economic Development Corporation. [Carlos J. Contreras, III, Assistant City Manager; Rene Dominguez, Director, Economic Development]] 20. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. OKAY. WE, WE CLARIFIED THE RECUSAL ISSUE. COUNCILMAN SALANA IS NOT REQUIRED TO, UH, RECUSE HIMSELF. NEITHER ARE, UH, MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN GRO BECAUSE WE'RE ON THOSE POSITIONS BY VIRTUE OF BEING ON THIS BODY. COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT, ANDY? ABSOLUTELY. MARY, IN FACT, UH, I PROBABLY CAN'T SAY IT AS ELOQUENTLY AS HE JUST DID, BUT, UH, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THE E D C IS IN ARM OF THE, OF THE CITY CREATED UNDER STATE STATUTE, UH, AND THE BYLAWS DO SAY THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SERVE ON THE BOARD ARE THERE BY VIRTUE OF THEIR POSITIONS ON THE COUNCIL. AND AS HEAD OF COMMITTEES, UH, THERE IS NO CONFLICT THAT WOULD, UH, REQUIRE RECUSAL. RECUSAL. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANDY. UM, COUNCILWOMAN VERAN, DO WE NEED IT READ? UH, SO FIRST THE ITEM, WE NEED A PARLIAMENTARY, I'M BOLD, I ALREADY READ IT. ITEM NUMBER 20. YEAH, I THOUGHT I HAD READ IT. OKAY. THIS IS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. COUNCILWOMAN GRO. I. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 20. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. DO [25. City Manager's Report] WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, MAYOR, JUST ONE ITEM THIS MORNING, UH, THIS WEEK WE CONCLUDED OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN, AND EVERY YEAR WE PARTNER WITH THE UNITED WAY TO GIVE EMPLOYEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLEDGE, UH, A PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DOING WORK WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT FOR THE SIXTH STRAIGHT YEAR, THE CITY [01:55:01] ORGANIZATION HAS SURPASSED THE $1 MILLION MARK IN EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE GIVING. THIS COMPARES TO 300,000 RAISED ANNUALLY JUST 10 YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT AND NOW EXCEEDING $1 MILLION ANNUALLY IN THE GIVING BY OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. WE'RE STILL COUNTING THE PROCEEDS FROM SOME OF OUR FINAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS THIS WEEK, BUT WE CAN ALREADY REPORT THAT WE'VE RAISED NEARLY $1.2 MILLION SURPASSING LAST YEAR'S CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN GOAL. THAT FIGURE PUTS US IN A LEAGUE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF MAJOR PUBLIC AND OR PRIVATE EMPLOYERS, AND OUR CAMPAIGN REMAINS THE ONLY $1 MILLION PLUS CAMPAIGN FOR A PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCY. THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN KICKED OFF IN AUGUST WITH AN EMPLOYEE PEP RALLY ON, UH, MAINE PLAZA. AND AT THAT EVENT, AND IN JUST A HALF HOUR, WE COLLECTED OVER 2000 POUNDS OF NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK AS PART OF THAT KICKOFF. THE CAMPAIGN CON CONCLUDED THIS PAST SUNDAY AT WOLF STADIUM WITH THE SOFTBALL DOUBLE HEADER AND, UH, THE SOLID WASTE RECYCLERS DEFENDED THEIR RECORD AGAINST THE T C I BUILDERS. AND, UH, IN THE SECOND GAME, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOOK THE PUBLIC SAFETY TITLE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO TWO, UH, SOFTBALL GAMES THIS PAST SUNDAY. UM, ALL IN FUN AND FUNDRAISING FOR A CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE MANY CREATIVE TEAM BUILDING FUNDRAISER RAISERS THAT THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS DO ACROSS OUR CITY ORGANIZATION. THE SUCCESS OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WAS THE WORK OF MANY, MANY STAFF THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE EMPLOYEES THAT PLEDGE A PORTION OF THEIR PAYCHECK TO OUR ANNUAL CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN. THEY ARE THE HEART OF THE EFFORT, COMPRISING A MAJORITY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE STAFF WHO SHOULDER A LITTLE EXTRA WORK IN COORDINATING THEIR DEPARTMENT'S, GIVING EFFORTS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN CHAIR FOR THE ORGANIZATION, OUR SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR, DAVID MCCAREY. NEXT WEEK, UNITED WAY HOSTS A PACESETTER ORGANIZATIONAL LUNCHEON FOR THE COMMUNITY WIDE GIVING CAMPAIGN, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS, UH, GOING TO BE PROUDLY REPRESENTED THERE ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE ON THE UNITED WAY BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST DECADE. UH, THIS IS A HUGE COMMUNITY EFFORT AND WE'RE JUST PLEASED THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLAYS SUCH A PROMINENT ROLE IN THE FUNDRAISING FOR THE NECESSARY AND NEEDED SERVICES THAT OUR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES PROVIDE FOR RESIDENTS IN NEED. SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, THAT'S ALL TO REPORT THIS MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU, CHERYL. UM, DO YOU HAVE COUNCILMAN VIRON, VERON , UH, MAYOR, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, NOT NECESSARILY ON ON THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS MONTH IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. SO WE, UH, TO, AND AT THE TOWER WE DID LIGHT THE TOWER PINK SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, UM, OUR BATTLE ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. AND I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND GIVE, UM, ACCOLADES TO THE VERY TALENTED ROSEANNE GARCIA WHO, UM, PRODUCED AND EDITED THAT GRIDIRON VIDEO THAT MADE US ALL LOOK LIKE REALLY GOOD DANCERS. SO CONGRATULATIONS, ROSEANNE, A LOT OF EDITING. CONGRATULATIONS, ROSEANNE. UM, ALRIGHT. WE WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXEC, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, THE COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE AT TWO O'CLOCK FOR OUR ZONING AGENDA, AND BEFORE THAT, WE WILL HAVE A BIRTHDAY TO CELEBRATE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF US TO RECOGNIZE, UH, LETICIA VASIC, WHO WILL BE TURNING YEARS OLD ON OCTOBER 7TH. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. DEAR LETICIA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO . CONGRATULATIONS, LETICIA. THE TIME NOW IS 11:09 AM ON THIS FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER. PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE V T C S, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RESUME THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY, THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOY EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, AND ANY RELATED ILLEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENTS CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO A SETTLEMENT OFFER IN [02:00:01] NEGOTI IN LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY BY MILTON AND GLEASON PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY, HE SAID, WAS GONNA DO IT FOR YOU, MAYOR, NO NEED. GOT IT COVERED YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL GOOD [Zoning Consent Agenda] AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WE ARE RECONVENING, UM, COMING BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. UH, WE'LL BEGIN OUR ZONING AGENDA NOW. UM, THE TIME IS TWO 15. ITEM Z 14 HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT AND WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED. WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, UH, FROM THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA. UM, THOSE ARE P ONE AND Z ONE, Z SIX AND P THREE AND Z 18. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY, HEARING NONE, UM, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH YEAH, LET ME, UH, LEMME GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. UM, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THEN I'LL GET TO OUR CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AGAIN, THIS IS SAVED FOR ITEMS P ONE AND Z ONE, Z SIX AND P THREE AND Z 18 AND Z 14. YOU'RE DID I HEAR THAT? OH, THAT'S BEEN POSTPONED. YEAH. MOVE. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, ON CONSENT. START WITH JACK M FINGER. WELL, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK AM FINGER. A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, P ONE Z ONE IS IN MR. TREVINO'S DISTRICT. MR. TREVINO, THIS ITEM REFERS TO A PROPOSED CAR WASH. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. BUT, UH, THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE, SIR, WITH SOME, A LITTLE, A COUPLE OF RED FLAGS AS, AS MANY AS, UH, 10% OF ALL THESE SURROUNDING PEOPLE'S RESIDENTS SURROUNDING THAT PROPOSED AREA. UH, THEY DON'T WANT IT, SIR. AND WHEN YOU GET ANYTHING OVER FIVE OR 10%, THAT'S A BIG RED FLAG IN ITSELF. APPARENTLY THE ZONING COMMISSION THOUGHT, UH, SO MUCH OF THAT OPPOSITION THAT IT SAID NO TO IT AS WELL. THAT'S ANOTHER BIG RED FLAG. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A, UH, I GUESS MAYBE THEY JUST REALLY DON'T WANT THE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY SEE STARTING HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD SAY. UH, PLEASE DON'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOMETHING WHEN YOU HAVE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLES MORE, MORE THAN ONE OR TWO PEOPLE TO SPEAK OVER AT THE ZONING COMMISSION THERE. THE, UM, THIS IS OVER ON FRESNO ROAD NOW, ALSO ELSEWHERE ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND IT RIGHT HERE. Z SIX. YEAH, THERE WE GO. Z 16. THAT, THAT, QUITE A FEW OF THEM HERE. ALMOST 20 OF THEM. YEAH. Z 16. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S [02:05:01] N A LOT OF PAGES HERE FOLKS. YEAH. MS. SAND DEVAL IN YOUR DISTRICT. YES. ON WBA ROAD, RIGHT NEAR EVERS. A CAR LOT USED CAR LOT WANTS TO EXPAND IT. PLEASE TELL ME, MS. SANDOVAL, DON'T WE HAVE ENOUGH USED CAR LOTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND FOR THAT MATTER JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE, UH, WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO THIS ONE SINCE IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT ADJACENT. IT'S GONNA BE PUT RIGHT ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING CAR LOT RIGHT THERE NEAR WURZBACH AND EVERS. UH, DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER ONE? THEY REALLY GET TACKY AFTER A WHILE. YOU KNOW, I'D SAY, PLEASE, UH, PULL ITEM Z 16 AND ADD THAT TO IT AS WELL. AND FINALLY, UH, UH, MR. MR. CLAYTON PERRY IS NOT HERE TODAY. I, I PRESUME SOMEONE WILL BE TAKING, TAKE CARE OF HIS, HIS ITEMS OF P THREE AND Z 18 PROPOSED SOCCER FIELD. I GUESS THAT'S, MAYBE THIS WILL BE DELAYED. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO KNOW THAT AS MUCH AS 20% OF THE PEOPLE SAID NO TO THIS ONE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. FINGER. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, WE'LL [P-1. PLAN AMENDMENT CASE # 17068 (Council District 1): An Ordinance amending the Near Northwest Community Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the future land use from "Urban Low Density Residential" to "Community Commercial" on Lot 5, Block 34, NCB 8471, located at 2310 Fresno Street. Staff and Planning Commission recommend Approval. (Associated Zoning Case Z2017231 CD) Z-1. ZONING CASE # Z2017231 CD (Council District 1): An Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “R-4 AHOD” Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to “C-1 CD AHOD" Light Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Car Wash on Lot 5, Block 34, NCB 8471, located at 2310 Fresno Street. Staff recommends Approval with Conditions, pending Plan Amendment. Zoning Commission recommends Denial. (Associated Plan Amendment 17068)] MOVE NOW TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. P ONE AND Z 1 17 0 6 8 Z 20 17, 2 31 AMENDING THE NEAR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN FROM URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL FROM R FOUR TO C I C ONE CD WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 2310 FRESNO STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ZONING. COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 36 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, 10 OPPOSED. LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS P ONE AND Z ONE. WE'LL START WITH DANIEL CARILLO. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR FOR YOUR TIME. UH, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO COME TO THIS LEVEL FOR THIS ISSUE. UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE SAID THAT THIS CAR WASH IS INTRUSIVE INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. UH, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM THIS EXISTING CAR WASH TRAFFIC COMING THE WRONG WAY OUT OF THAT PROPERTY AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK. THERE'S UNDESIRABLES, HOMELESS PEOPLE HANGING OUT IN THIS PROPERTY. THE INITIAL VOTE THAT WAS DONE BY THE HOMEOWNER, UH, I'M SORRY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, OUT OF 5,000 RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES, ONLY 12 PEOPLE WERE AT THIS MEETING. OF THOSE 12 PEOPLE, TWO WERE ACTUALLY RESIDENTS THAT LIVED DIRECTLY NEAR THIS CAR WASH. MR. VINNO, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST THIS CAR WASH BECAUSE OF THE REASONS I JUST MENTIONED. I DON'T WANNA WAKE UP EVERY MORNING FROM EIGHT TO EIGHT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK LISTENING TO CAR WASH, VACUUM CLEANERS. YOU KNOW, ONE VACUUM CLEANER'S LOUD. CAN YOU IMAGINE MULTIPLE VACUUM CLEANERS, THE UNDESIRABLES AT NIGHT, THE CAR WASH OWNER NEVER SHOWS UP TO THE MEETINGS. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HANG OUT ON THAT PROPERTY, EXISTING PROPERTY AT NIGHT THAT HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE. ALTHOUGH HE HAS CAMERAS, HE DON'T, HE DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT. HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. I'M THE ONE THAT HAS TO CALL THE POLICE EVERY TIME. I'M THE ONE THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS. I'M THE ONE THAT HAS TO SEE THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, EIGHT TO EIGHT. THIS CAR WASH IS NO GOOD WHERE IT'S AT COMING INTO OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS. AND LIKE I SAID, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WE DEAL WITH. AFTER HOURS, HE GOES HOME, HE GOES OVER TO LEON SPRINGS, NICE QUARTER, MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE. PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. I GOTTA DEAL WITH THIS PROPERTY. SO I HOPE THAT Y'ALL SEE MY POSITION ON THIS. UM, IT TOOK ME A LOT OF WALKING TO GET THESE SIGNATURES FROM THESE PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. UM, ONLY BECAUSE I'M, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS. MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HARDWORKING PEOPLE IN THIS AREA. THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS LIKE I DID. SO I'M BASICALLY SPEAKING FOR THESE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE WRITTEN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. [02:10:03] THANK YOU MR. CARRILLO. VERONICA EVANS. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS VERONICA EVANS AND I'M A RESIDENT AT 2306 FRESNO. UM, I AM THE CHILD OF, UH, FELIPE DOMINGUEZ, WHO ACTUALLY APPROVED THIS, UH, WAS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY APPROVES THIS, UM, MEASURE. UH, SHE BELIEVES THAT IT WILL HELP TO KEEP HER SAFE AS SHE IS ELDERLY. UM, BUT AS I AM THE DAUGHTER AND I ALSO HAVE A BROTHER AND A SISTER, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUE OF WHAT WILL BE OUR HOUSE ONCE MY MOTHER PASSES ON. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE INTRUSION OR THE FURTHER ENCROACHMENT OF THE CAR WASH POSES A POTENTIAL DEVALUATION NOT ONLY TO OUR HOUSE, BUT ALSO ALL THE OTHER RESIDENTS WITHIN THIS 200, UM, 200 FOOT RADIUS. I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER NO ONE'S GOING TO WANT TO BUY A HOUSE NEXT TO A CAR WASH. NO ONE'S GOING TO WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A CAR WASH. I ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE TODAY, IF YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO LIVE NEXT TO A CAR WASH OR BUY A PROPERTY NEXT TO A CAR WASH TO LIVE IN YOURSELF. IT'S INCESSANT NOISE ALREADY FROM 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE A YARD BLOWER TWICE A DAY, 15, 20 MINUTES SESSIONS. THE OTHER THING I WANT, THE OTHER POINT I WANNA BRING UP IS WE HAVE TWO FAMILY OWNED LOCAL CAR WASHES, THE WASH TUB, AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE WASH TUB AND, UH, THE BUBBLE BATH. NEITHER OF THOSE BUSINESSES, THEY'RE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE RESIDENTS IN WHICH THEY OPERATE. NEITHER OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE FACILITIES THAT ENCROACH UP INTO ONE, TWO LOTS UP INTO A STREET. WHAT MR. HAGUE FOR SENIOR SUDS CAR WASH PROPOSES IS UNPRECEDENTED. I'M A TAXI CAB DRIVER. I DRIVE ALL OVER THE CITY. I GET TO SEE MANY, UH, LOTS AND BUSINESSES. IF YOU GO DOWN FROM HILDEBRAND TO VANCE JACKSON, YOU WILL FIND THAT THERE ARE REZONINGS, UH, COMMERCIAL REZONINGS THAT JUT UP INTO THE STREETS, BUT WITHOUT, UM, WITHOUT BAR, ALL OF THOSE INTRUSIONS ARE EITHER RELEGATED TO PARKING LOTS OR ENCLOSED STRUCTURES. WHAT MR. HAGUE PROPOSES IS A, IS A ONGOING NOISE MACHINE, WHICH IS UNFAIR TO MYSELF AND THE OTHER RESIDENTS. IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE DOWN WEST AVENUE AGAIN, YOU WOULD SEE THERE'S COMMERCIAL REZONING, ENCROACHMENT, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS LIMITED TO PARKING LOTS. IS THAT IT? INTERESTING. OKAY. THAT IS LIMITED TO EITHER PARKING LOTS OR ENCLOSED STRUCTURES. NEITHER WEST AVENUE OR, UM, THE RESIDENTS FROM VANCE JACKSON TO HILDEBRAND. NEITHER, NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE NOISE ISSUE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. THANK YOU, MS. EVANS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. COUNCILMAN TIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS, THIS CASE, UH, AS YOU HEARD, HAS, UM, HAS, HAS, UH, BEEN THROUGH, UH, DIFFERENT ITERATIONS. AND I WANNA CALL, UH, PATRICK CHRISTENSEN UP HERE TO, TO SPEAK ON SOME OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. PATRICK CHRISTENSEN. THREE 10 SOUTH SIX MARY SUITE 2,700. SO CAN YOU SPEAK ON, ON SOME OF THE, THE CONCERNS THAT, UH, THESE FOLKS HAVE AND SOME OF THE CONCESSIONS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, THE, UH, CLIENT IS, IS, UH, WILLING TO, TO ADDRESS? YES, COUNCILMAN, UH, THIS ALL BEGAN, THE, A CAR WASH HAS BEEN AT THIS LOCATION FOR DECADES, UH, ON FREDERICKSBURG ROAD. WHAT HAPPENED WAS A, A THREEPLEX BEHIND THE CAR WASH BURNED DOWN. MY CLIENT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, CAN WE REZONE THIS FOR A CAR WASH? AND I SAID, LOOK, WE GOTTA TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON BOARD. UM, WE MET WITH THEM TWICE BEFORE WE EVEN FILED THE CASE AND MADE SURE WE GOT THEIR SUPPORT AND THEY GAVE US SOME CONDITIONS OF THE, UH, FOR THAT SUPPORT. UM, STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THE ZONING COMMISSION. IT CAME UP THAT THIS IS GOING A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY TWO PLATTED LOTS. SO AT THAT POINT, UH, WE AMENDED OUR CASE TO REMOVE THE LOT THAT'S [02:15:01] CLOSEST TO THE LADY THAT THAT SPOKE. THE ABOUT THE HOUSE DEVALUATION, THAT WILL REMAIN R FOUR. WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE ZONING THERE. WE'RE GONNA BUILD ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE THERE. UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE ENCROACHMENT, WE'RE JUST GOING ONE, ONE LOT FURTHER. AND WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO LIST ALL THOSE CONDITIONS OR, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE ZONING COMMISSION GOT TO HEAR THESE THINGS. SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL YOU POINT OUT, UH, OR, UH, SPECIFY SOME OF THESE, THESE, THESE NEW, NEW CONDITIONS. AND THERE'S BASICALLY TWO SETS OF CONDITIONS, ONE'S THAT THE CITY WILL ENFORCE, AND ONE'S THAT WE'RE, WE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBOR ON THAT THE CITY WILL NOT ENFORCE. UH, THE CITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NO TEMPORARY SIGNS, NO PENANT FLAGS, NO FEATHER FLAGS, AN EIGHT FOOT TALL SOUND WALL BETWEEN US AND THE RESIDENTIAL DOWNWARD LIGHTING. BASICALLY MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY DISTRICT QUALIFYING LIGHTS THAT WILL NOT CAUSE LIGHT POLLUTION NEXT DOOR. AND THE TYPE B LANDSCAPE BUFFER ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL USES AND ALONG THE STREET FRONTAGE. NOW THEN WHEN WE NEGOTIATED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS WERE, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON ANY LOUD MUSIC. UH, WE PUT UP ONE WAY LEFT TURN ONLY SIGNS, UH, ON THE EXIT OUT ONTO FRESNO, FRESNO'S A ONE WAY STREET, UH, GATES OR BARS BE PLACED ON THE, ON THE DRIVEWAYS OF THE PROPERTY WHEN WE'RE NOT IN OPERATION SO THAT NOBODY CAN COME PARK THERE AND HANG OUT. UM, MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, THE TRASH DUMPSTER HAS A LOCKING LID AND WE'RE RE-ENGINEERING THE DRIVEWAY TO FRESNO TO FURTHER ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO THE CORRECT DIRECTION. AND THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS WE'VE AGREED TO. THANK YOU, PATRICK. UH, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT, UH, WE, WE HIGHLIGHT THOSE BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT WAS NOT HEARD AT THE ZONING COMMISSION. THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. I SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, MR. RICHARD ACOSTA HERE. UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN, IN, UH, REPRESENTING, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND, UH, AND AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE STARTED THIS FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION WAS THAT MR. CARILLO AND MR. VERONICA, THE ONLY COMPLAINTS THAT THEY HAD WAS, UH, NOISE. AND MR. CARILLO WAS AFRAID TO BACK UP INTO THE HEAVILY TRAFFICKED STREET. BUT IF YOU LIVE IN FRESNO, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE FROM FRESNO ALL THE WAY TO, UH, SAN PEDRO, THE MAJORITY HAVE TO BACK UP. SO WITH THIS IN MIND, I, I DON'T SEE NO REASON WHY HE WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT BACKING UP, YOU KNOW, WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO DO IT, UNLESS YOU'RE PARKING ON THE SIDE, THAT CAN GO EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. SO, UM, ANYWAY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND, UH, AND MR. CARILLO HAD JUST JOINED US, AN ASSOCIATION MEMBER. AND, UM, UH, MR. VERONICA WAS SUPPOSED TO JOIN AND SHE NEVER DID. AND, UH, ALL SHE DID WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS JUST COMPLAINING AND, UH, SHE WAS JUST MAD AT THE WHOLE WORLD, I GUESS I WOULD SAY. BUT ANYWAY, WE HEARD THEIR CASE. WE HAD SEVERAL VOTES FOR HER, FOR HER BENEFIT TO SEE IF WE COULD HELP HER. SHE DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETINGS. AND THE ONLY TIME THAT SHE ATTENDED THAT MEETING, SHE WAS TOTALLY UPSET THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO TELL HER TO QUIET DOWN. 'CAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS, AS MR. TINO KNOWS, WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS IN THERE AND WE DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH NO, UM, POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM GETTING UPSET OR GETTING A, A HEART ATTACK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW. SO WE DECIDED THAT WE'D GO AHEAD AND ALLOW, UH, MS, UH, VERONICA TO SEE WHAT SHE WANTED TO PRESENT. SO THEY SENT HER MOTHER INSTEAD. AND THEN WE TOOK IT FROM THERE. ONE, THE MOTHER CAME IN ONE DAY, AND THEN THE, THE DAUGHTER COMES IN THE OTHER DAY WITH DIFFERENT STORIES. BUT ANYWAY, ON THE CAR WASH ITSELF, IF YOU GO UP THERE, THIS IS A MODERNIZED CAR WASH. IT'S NOT THE OLD FANCY ONE WITH THE LOUD DRYERS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GOT THE ONES THAT HAVE THAT VACUUM INTO THE GROUND. YOU STICK IT IN THERE AND IT'S QUIET AND, UH, YOU CAN GO ACROSS THE STREET AND YOU DON'T EVEN HEAR THE SOUND. AND THEN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT THEY'RE TALKING, TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, COMES ONE WAY. WE WERE THERE YESTERDAY, MR. UM, MR. YOUNG AND MYSELF, WE WERE THERE WATCHING THE CARS. THE MAJORITY OF THESE CARS COME FROM FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, AND THEY FAIL TO SEE THE ONE WAY SIDE. SO THEY COME IN, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GOING INTO A ONE-WAY STREET. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT JOIN, UM, WE CANNOT BLAME THE CAR WASH FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ONE-WAY SIGN. SO WE NOTICED THREE CARS COMING IN THAT WAY. OF COURSE, I DO REALIZE THAT THE [02:20:01] BUSES DO COME IN TOO FAST. THE TRAFFIC IS A FAST MOVING TRAFFIC GOING TO THE LIGHT ON FREDERICKSBURG ROAD. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU KNOW, WE DID DECIDE THAT WE WANTED, YOU KNOW, TO BE A PARTNER. AND MR. YOUNG IS THE ONE, IS THE OTHER PERSON THAT HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THE, THE SITUATION THERE. HE JUST DID NOT WANT. AND MR. YOUNG IS ONE OF MY OLDEST MEMBERS THERE, HE'S BEEN WITH ME FOR NINE YEARS. HE SAID, I'LL STAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN PASS THIS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT WE'LL NOT ALLOW THE CARWASH TO BRING THEIR ADDRESS INTO THE RESIDENCE. SO THEY, THE TWO COMPLAINANTS, YOU KNOW, THEY AGREED TO THAT IT WOULD NOT CHANGE. IT WOULD BE 23 TO, UH, WELL, WHATEVER THE ADDRESS IS ON FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, IT WOULD BE, FREDERICKSBURG WOULD JUST BE THAT. AND THE REST WOULD BE 23 10, 23 14 FRESNO. THAT WAS IN ORDER TO NOT ALLOW THE CAR WASH TO GO ANY FURTHER BACK THAN WHAT IT WAS ALREADY. SO WE BENT BACKWARDS, YOU KNOW, TO ALLOW AND GIVE HIM THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SEE WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. BUT, UH, UH, MR. BRYANT IS THE ONE THAT CAME UP AND HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND SOMEBODY BURNED IT. IT WAS A NICE SORT TO BEGIN WITH. SO MR. BRYANT, WHAT HE DID, HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE OF PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING, AND HE WAS WINNING. WELL, HE HAD A DREAM TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, BRING IT UP. INSTEAD OF HAVING A VACANT LOT, WE WERE GONNA HAVE AN EXTENSION OF THE CAR WASH, WHICH WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BETTER DEAL FOR THE AREA. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT BILL MILLER, YOU GOT THE PAWN SHOPS, YOU GOT SEVERAL BUSINESSES THERE, THEY EXTEND TO THE BACK OF, UH, THE FREDERICKSBURG ROAD AREA, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOTHING NEW. AND, UH, THEY GOT THE LIST OF, UH, THE 200 RESIDENTS, AND I DON'T THINK THEY HAD A, A LIST. I THINK THEY ONLY HAD ONE PERSON THAT WENT AGAINST IT, AND THAT WAS A NORMAL STREET. SO, UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU KNOW, I I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, WE STILL, AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE BUSINESS. WE'RE STRIVING FOR THE BUSINESS, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN, SO WE WANNA KEEP, KEEP THE ONES THAT WE'VE GOT, AND IF SOMEBODY'S WILLING TO PUT MONEY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MORE POWER TO 'EM, BRING 'EM TO US AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER. AND VITALIZE THE LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE, FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ACOSTA. UM, OKAY, SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THERE'S BEEN, UH, SOME, SOME NEW, UH, CONDITIONS AND I WILL READ THEM FOR THE RECORD AGAIN. ONE, UH, WE ARE GONNA, I AM GONNA MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. UH, ONE AN EIGHT FOOT SOUND WALL ALONG PROPERTY LINES ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. TWO, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE STREAMERS OR BANNERS. THREE, DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING FOUR TYPE B LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG PROPERTY LINE FACING FRESNO STREET. FIVE GATING TO BE INSTALLED ALONG THE EGRESS POINTS OF THE PROPERTY AND SECURED WHEN CLOSED. SIX, ONE-WAY AND LEFT TURN ONLY SIGNS TO BE INSTALLED AT THE EGRESS POINT ALONG FRESNO. AND THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS. UH, SO I MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. AND AGAIN, I HOPE, UH, MR. CHRISTENSEN WILL, UH, WILL BE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS TO ALSO POINT OUT SOME OF THESE NEW CONDITIONS AND HOW IT WILL BENEFIT, UH, THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. SECOND. OKAY. UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z ONE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ RED, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE NOW TO [Z-6. ZONING CASE # Z2017220 (Council District 3): An Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "RM-4 AHOD" Residential Mixed Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lots 4 and 58, Block 46, NCB 11076, located at 650 and 654 West Petaluma Boulevard. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] ITEM Z SIX Z 2017 TO TWO ZERO FROM R FOUR A H O D TO R M FOUR A O T LOCATED AT SIX 50 AND 6 54 WEST PETALUMA BOULEVARD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 17. NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR. FIVE OPPOSED? THAT'S IT. . UM, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN GRA, I'M SORRY. OKAY, WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP. I APOLOGIZE. WE'LL START WITH [02:25:01] ERNESTINA TORRES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND SPEAK BEFORE YOU. UM, I'M ERNESTINA TORRES. I'M THE OWNER OF 1534 LOCKWOOD, WHICH IS THE CORNER ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION. UH, I'M HERE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION AND, UH, AND, UM, WE HAVE SO MANY RENTAL, UM, UNITS AROUND OUR AREA. UH, I CAN, I LISTED IN MY FORM SIX, SIX PROPERTIES. AND SOME OF THESE, FOUR OF THESE ARE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS. THESE, UH, RENTAL UNITS ARE, UH, HAVE A VERY FAST TURNAROUND OF TENANTS. AND EVERY TIME THESE TENANTS MOVE OUT, THEY LEAVE BEHIND PETS THAT ROAM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, ARE STARVING TO DEATH. THEY LEAVE BEHIND THEIR BELONGINGS, WHICH WIND UP ON THE CURB, AND THEN PEOPLE START RUMMAGING THROUGH THEM AND THE TRASH WINDS UP ON THE STREET AND THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT THESE UNITS ATTRACT, OR PEOPLE THAT VANDALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE HAD A BROKEN PICTURE WINDOW IN MY HOME. I'VE HAD BROKEN WINDOWS IN MY AUTOMOBILES, AND THEY HAVE SIPHONED GAS OUT OF OUR CARS. UM, YOU'RE EVEN AFRAID TO LOOK OVER THERE. WE HAVE SO MANY, UM, GUNSHOTS IN THE AREA WE'RE CALLING THEM IN ALL THE TIME. I FEAR FOR MY LIFE. THERE'S JUST THE PEOPLE, THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT MOVING TO THESE UNITS ARE JUST, UM, PROBLEMATIC CITIZENS. AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO PUT UP WITH FOUR MORE FAMILIES LIKE THIS. THERE'S TWO STRUCTURES EXISTING ON THOSE PROPERTIES ALREADY, AND I FEEL LIKE I CAN DEAL WITH IF HE WOULD IMPROVE THOSE STRUCTURES AND RENT THEM OUT TO FAMILIES BETTER THAN FOUR OR MORE. UM, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN THESE AREAS DON'T EVEN MAINTAIN THEIR, THEIR YARDS. UH, THEY'RE TRASHY. UH, THERE'S WEEDS, THERE'S MOSQUITOES. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S BAD ENOUGH ALREADY. WE HAVE A DEAD END AT THE WEST SIDE OF, UH, LONGWOOD ON PETALUMA. AND EVER SINCE IT BECAME A DEAD END, WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE DUMPING THEIR TRASH IN THE AREA. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IT, IT'S EVALUATING ALL THESE THINGS ARE DEVALUATING, THE, THE PROPERTIES IN, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I JUST WOULD NOT BE VERY HAPPY IF, IF THIS, UH, REZONING WERE APPROVED AND WE GOT MORE PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR AREA. YOU KNOW, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MS. TORRES. YOLANDA MEDINA. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN. I'M YOLANDA MEDINA. I LIVE ON 1526 LOCKWOOD, AND I'VE BEEN RESIDENT FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS THERE. AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO HAVE ANY APARTMENTS AROUND THAT AREA ANYMORE BECAUSE, UH, I'M AFRAID THAT PEOPLE WILL COME AND FROM DIFFERENT KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN. SO I WILL APPRECIATE IF THEY WOULD NOT CONSIDER THAT MAKING MORE APPOINTMENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE OKAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S LIKE MS. TOLE SAID, YEAH, WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE SHOOTING ON THE CORNER, BUT WE ALWAYS CALLING ON THE COPS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON AFTER THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO CONSIDER NOT TO DO ANY APARTMENTS ANYMORE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I, ANYWAY, I CONSIDER THAT IT'S A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE THERE. WE ALL SENIOR CITIZENS AND I THINK IT'S OKAY LIKE THAT WITH NO APARTMENTS AROUND IT BECAUSE IT'S VERY ENOUGH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. MEDINA. JOE TORRES. JOE TORRES. HE HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. HE PROBABLY DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU MS. TORRES. COUNCILWOMAN VERON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, THE MEMBERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHO CAME OUT HERE AND THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT HERE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TODAY. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AS I MYSELF STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE, AND ALSO SOME DETAILS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT AS WELL. UM, AND I KNOW THE RESIDENTS [02:30:01] HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT DUMPING AND CODE VIOLATIONS IN THE AREA AS WELL AS THE, THE EXISTING NEARBY MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES THAT EXIST IN THE AREA ALREADY. AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE, SOME OF THESE ITEMS WITH OUR COMMERCIAL AVENUE CODE ENFORCEMENT SWEEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS DOES WARRANT SOME MORE CONVERSATION AND MORE QUESTIONS THAT I MYSELF HAVE FOR THE APPLICANT. SO WITH THAT MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS CASE UNTIL DECEMBER 7TH, RIGHT THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z SIX UNTIL DECEMBER 7TH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEMS [P-3. PLAN AMENDMENT CASE # 17061 (Council District 10): An Ordinance amending the San Antonio International Airport Vicinity Land Use Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the future land use of 10.35 acres of out of NCB 15678, located at the 12119 Wetmore Road, from “Medium Density Residential” to “Community Commercial." Staff and Planning Commission recommend Approval. (Associated Zoning Case Z2017203 S) Z-18. 17-5285 ZONING CASE # Z2017203 CD (Council District 10): An Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “R-6 AHOD” Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to “NC CD AHOD” Neighborhood Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with Conditional Use for Outdoor Athletic Fields on 10.35 acres out of NCB 15678, located at 12119 Wetmore Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval with Conditions, pending Plan Amendment. (Associated Plan Amendment 17061)] P THREE AND Z 18 17 6 1 Z 20 17 2 0 3 AMENDING THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LAND USE PLAN FROM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL FROM R SIX H O D TO NC C D H O D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN OUTDOOR ATHLETIC FIELD LOCATED AT 12 1 1 9 WETMORE ROAD. STAFF PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 81. NOTICES MAILED SIX IN FAVOR. 18 OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEM FIRST. DAVID KEEL. DAVID KALE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, UH, MR. PERRY COULD NOT BE HERE. MR. BROCK HOUSE SAID HE IS GONNA ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT PAT CHRISTENSEN, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE LANDOWNER HERE, AS HAS DELAYED THIS BEFORE. AS FOR A CONTINUANCE IN THE ZONING COMMISSION. THE PROPERTY IS DEADLOCKED, IT HAS A PRIVATE ROAD AND 50 FOOT ACCESS WILL NOT BEAR A COMMERCIAL ZONING. I'D JUST LIKE Y'ALL TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU CONTINUE IT. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. MR. KALE. COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN PERRY. I MOTION TO CONTINUE P THREE AND Z 18 TO NOVEMBER 2ND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS P THREE AND Z 18 TO DECEMBER 2ND, NOVEMBER 2ND, NOVEMBER 2ND, NOVEMBER 2ND. I'M SORRY. UM, THERE IS A MOTION TO SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF, OF ITEMS P THREE AND Z 18 FOR NOVEMBER 2ND. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, THAT IS THE REMAINDER OF OUR ZONING AGENDA. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.