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WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL HEARING AND CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
WE ARE RECONVENING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA PROCEED NOW FIRST WITH OUR ANNEXATION PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE CAPTION.
THE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 62.57 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO, NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF WEST MILITARY DRIVE AND WEST LOOP 1604 IN BEXAR COUNTY.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, THREE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THE ANNEXATION PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL BEGIN NOW WITH MARK PEREZ.
AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME, REACHING OUT IN REGARDS TO THE SHORT CITY SERVICES THAT WE DO HAVE.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO ANNEXATION, UH, I'M STILL DEALING WITH OTHER BUSINESSES THAT NEVER HAD COMPLIED WITH CITY ANNEXATION TODAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE CLAIM THAT THEY'RE IN CONTROL AND THAT THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GONNA GENERATE.
WHO ARE THEY GONNA TARGET WHEN THEY, WHEN ANNEXATION DOES OCCUR? I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THIS REFINERY OUT HERE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OVER 50 YEARS TO REGISTER FOR NONCONFORMING NEWS.
BEEN YOU THINK RENE CONTRERAS IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB? NAH, IT'S INVOLVES A LOT OF MONEY.
NO, BUT I TELL YOU, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, JUST REALIZE THE DIRECTION OF FIRE CHIEF HOOD.
I'VE ALREADY BROUGHT OVER 18 ILLEGAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE STORING HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND WERE NEVER PAYING WHEN THEY WERE ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IT GIVES ME A DISGRACE.
SO Y'ALL SIT DOWN AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, THE, UH, CONTRACTORS, THE CITY HIRES TO DO THEIR STUDIES WHEN WE GOT A LOT OF THESE GENTLEMEN MAKING VERY GOOD MONEY, NOT NO $8 AN HOUR.
AND THEN PETER ZONI, IT'S ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
YOU THINK HE'S GIVING ME A CALL? HOW MANY ILLEGAL BUSINESSES YOU THINK ARE, ARE IN THIS ANNEXATION, MR. ZONI? YEAH, HE COULD SMILE, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT HE'S BEING USED FOR IS FOR HIS SIGNATURE, THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THERE'S MANY BEHIND THE DOORS, BUT PETER ZONI, IT'S OKAY, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS TO SEE WHAT BUSINESSES HE'S GONNA TARGET ONCE THE ANNEXATION COMES IN.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE, AND, AND IN ALL ASPECTS OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING HERE IN OUR CITY AND THE RIGHT THING.
AND AS YOU KNOW, TODAY, WE'VE HAD SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN IGNORING THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
AND THEN Y'ALL WANNA PROSECUTE THAT GENTLEMAN AT THE, AT THE, IT'S NOT ONLY HIM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED.
FIRE PREVENTION, RANDY JENKINS.
THERE'S A LOT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY GOING ON.
AND IT, IT'S ALSO ABOUT REVENUE.
UH, BEN GARZA, YOU THINK HE'S DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
WHAT WAS THE FORECAST? HOW MUCH MONEY HE WAS GONNA MAKE ON THE REFINERY WHEN THEY ANNEXED THAT PROPERTY? HE'D BE LIKE, RON, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
HA, YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING WITH, UH, THE MOTHER INDIVIDUALS NAMED MR. TREVINO.
A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS CONTRACTING COMPANIES ARE YOUR CRONIES.
AND LIKE I SAID, I TOLD, UH, WHAT'S HIS NAME? NEED TO STEP DOWN.
WE'RE CALLING FORT PETER ZONI TO QUIT THE CITY, STOP GAMING THE SYSTEM.
HE'S GETTING A VERY GOOD PAYCHECK.
BUT I TELL YOU, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
HE THINKS I'S DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
NO, HE AIN'T DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
I'M HERE TO SAY, UH, NO TO THE ANNEXATION, BASICALLY JUST BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES, THE CITIZENS AND THE AREA ALREADY ARE STRETCHED OUT AS FAR AS IT CAN GO.
AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE A CONSIDERATION WHEN, WHEN YOU ANNEX OR CONTINUE TO ANNEX MORE AREAS, IT REALLY HAS TO BE ONE OF YOUR DEEPEST CONCERNS.
UH, TRANSPORTATION, TALKING ABOUT 1604, UH,
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HOW MUCH, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, MASS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CAN YOU OFFER TO THOSE AREAS THROUGH VIA, UH, THE INNER CITY AREA'S ALREADY REQUESTING MORE SERVICE? AND I KNOW THERE'S, UH, CORRIDORS BEING DESIGNED FOR RAPID TRANSIT, AND SO THAT KIND OF TAKES AWAY FROM THE REGULAR, UH, USE AND NEED AGAIN FROM THE INNER CITY.SO THIS IS JUST, AND THIS IS A NOT, IT IS VITAL BECAUSE IT GETS YOU TO AND FROM YOUR HOME AND TO WORK, BUT THEN WE TALK, START TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, BE IT FIRE OR BE IT, UH, POLICE THO THOSE SERVICES ARE ALREADY VERY THIN ALSO.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEED TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND MORE FIREFIGHTERS.
AND SO THE BUDGET'S ALREADY ALSO STRETCHED OUT, AS I SAW AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO CONSIDER THOSE FACTS BEFORE VOTING TO ANNEX MORE PEOPLE AND HAVE TO SUPPLY MORE SERVICES TO THOSE PEOPLE.
AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, MY NAME IS AZAR FLORE PERES.
AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW TOO, THAT I'M ANOTHER LAW IN KINDNESS, LAW, HEAVEN AND ALLAH, LIBERTY LAWS.
I KIND OF DISAPPOINTED WITH YOU FELLOWS NOT HELPING, UH, THE CITY EMPLOYEE LIKE IT SHOULD IN RETURN.
I WOULD GET SOME HELP TO THROUGH THE STATE, BUT EVEN SO, I, I I'M JUST GOING BY THE PROPHECY, THE, THE LAWS OF JA SAYS DIFFERENT.
UH, WELL, I BELIEVE IN ANNEXATION.
THE THING ABOUT BEING TIED UP AND SO ON, YOU KNOW, A BIG CITY AND BIG BUILDING AND SO ON, IT'S NO GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN BABYLON WHEN JAH CONFUSED THE LANGUAGES FOR A REASON.
FOR THAT REASON, THEY WERE SO ORGANIZING AND GETTING SO MANY POINTS OUT OF ALL THAT, THAT REALLY, HE BROUGHT THEM DOWNHILL FROM ONE LANGUAGE.
SHE CONFUSING THEM TO 70 LANGUAGES PLUS RIGHT NOW, THOUSANDS NOW.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE IN ANNEXATION AND WE NEED IT.
THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE THINGS WE GOT AROUND HERE AND SO ON.
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE AND SO ON.
AND IN RETURN, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA GET PAID MORE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'LL, UH, SEND THEIR LAND AND MULTIPLY MONEY WISE AND SO ON.
AND TO THE POINT AND THE PROPHECY, IT WORKS THAT WAY.
NOW, I'M VERY CONFUSED THAT I GOT A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, VERY CONFUSING, VERY CONFUSING.
UM, I, I, FOR, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, IT SEEMS LIKE I'M GONNA BE GOING LIBERTARIAN BECAUSE, UH, I'M VERY CONFUSED.
AND, AND THEN NOT GETTING HELP IN CITY EMPLOYEES AROUND HERE.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE WANNA WIN NEXT.
IT, IT DOESN'T JIVE YOU SEE, IF THEY WOULD BE WEALTH IN THE SENSE THAT THEY GOT GOING TO SPEND, MAKE THE MONEY CIRCULATE, WE WOULD BE TEACHING THE NX AND PEOPLE THAT WE WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, UH, CIRCULATE WITH US.
THAT IS ALL OF THE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ANNEXATION ITEM.
UH, WE ARE, WE DO HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, UM, COMING UP RIGHT AFTER.
BUT AT THIS POINT, UM, THAT IS ALL THE CITIZENS SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HEREBY CLOSED.