* 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. [00:00:09] GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SESSION. WE ARE RECONVENING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED NOW WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'LL ASK OUR CLERK TO READ THE CAPTION. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF A 62 POINT 57 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO NORTHWEST OF INTERSECTION OF WEST MILITARY DRIVE, AND WEST LOOP 1604 IN BEXAR COUNTY. ALRIGHT, UH, EACH CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ANNEXATION PROGRAM. UH, WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WE HAVE FIVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP. I WILL BEGIN WITH MARK PEREZ. ALRIGHT, MANUEL PORTILLO. OKAY. OKAY. YOU'RE SURRENDERING YOUR MINUTES TO MARK PEREZ. YES, SIR. OKAY, MARK, YOU'RE UP. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ANNEXATION AND WHAT IT DOES ANNEXATION GONNA BRING, UH, TO THE CITY. IT'S GONNA PULL OUR SERVICES VERY THIN. AS YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT THE CHECKLIST WHEN IT COMES TO ANNEXATION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN KIND OF QUESTIONING THE MANY PROPERTIES THAT WE DO HAVE THAT ARE EXISTENCE TODAY THAT NEVER HAD COMPLIED WITH THE REGISTRATION WHEN THE CITY ANNEXED MANY OF THE PROPERTIES, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR ANNEXATION AND, AND A LOT OF, UH, CITIZENS ARE DON'T WANT IT. THEY'D RATHER BE WITH THE COUNTY. BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY. AND AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE PLANNING AND, AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT I'VE BEEN BRINGING TO THE CITY AND I'VE BEEN, BEEN BEING IGNORED AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT ANYWAY, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE, HAVE, HAVE CENTERED AROUND ANNEXATION. AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT THESE BUSINESSES, WHAT THIS LAST ONE IN DISTRICT THREE OVER 60 YEARS TO COME IN, IN ANNEXATION, AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEIR PLANS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S BEEN, WE WHAT, FIVE YEARS FOR THEIR PLANS ALSO. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE GROWTH, UH, ALSO COMES, UH, CONTRACTING CITY SERVICES OUT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT T C I, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MUCH, UH, THAT PROGRAM PAYS THE DIRECTOR, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND, AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE, AND THE FAILINGS THAT I CAN PROVE THAT THEIR DIRECTION IS FAILING. AND THAT'S JUST A T C I. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM OF PEOPLE GETTING RUN OVER HERE IN CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY FOLKS ARE ON WHEELCHAIRS AND, AND THEN THERE'S MANY ACCIDENTS HAPPENING AT OUR LIGHTS OF TODAY. BUT ANYWAY, UH, LIKE I SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MASTER PLAN OF THE CITY, WHAT DOES THE CITY WANNA DO? AND WHEN IT COMES TO ANNEXATION, AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALSO PLAYS A ROLE. UH, DO WE, ARE THE CITY GONNA TAKE MORE FACILITIES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DEAL WITH, WITH HAZARD THAT HAVE HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS, FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE BUSINESSES, UH, IN QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN BRINGING TO THE CITY DIDN'T REGISTER THEIR HAZMAT. AND WHEN I CONTACTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE DIRECTOR, I MEAN, THE FIRE CHIEF HAD A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND HE STILL DOES. AND, AND ALL I'VE DONE WAS JUST GIVEN, UH, UH, ADDRESSES OF DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. BUT LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER GENTLEMAN. I THINK HE COLLECTS A PAYCHECK HERE WITH THE CITY, UH, REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO AND, AND AUSTIN. WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT GENTLEMAN, AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BACK THINGS THAT HE, THE BACKDOOR DEALINGS HE'S BEEN DOING WITH, WITH JUST THE FIRE RELATED ISSUES, IT, IT, IT GOES WAY BACK. AND Y'ALL CONTINUE TO GIVE THIS GENTLEMAN A PAT ON THE BACK, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THIS STORM COMING, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LOOKING AND SAYS, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE IS A DIAPHRAGM OF, OF WHAT, WHERE, WHAT AREA IS GONNA BE SAFE AROUND THESE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IMPACT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, UH, WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ANNEXATION COMES REVENUE AND THE REVENUE HAS NOT BEEN THERE EVER SINCE THE 1950 TWOS WHEN THEY ANNEXED THE SOUTH SIDE ON THE PROPERTY WHERE THAT [00:05:01] REFINERY IS OUT CITY NEVER COLLECTED A DIME. AND THE PLANNERS AND THE ZONING COMMISSION AND ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT PROPERTY A BLIND EYE. YES, A BLIND EYE. BUT ANYWAY, MORE GEOGRAPHIC. THAT MEANS MORE, UH, REVENUE TO THE CONTRACTORS. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PHASE WHERE WE'RE GONNA START TAKING A LOOK AT THESE CONTRACTORS, JUST LOOK AT THE BACKDOOR DEALINGS, YOU KNOW, UH, AS YOU KNOW, MORE TRAINING FOR OUR INSPECTORS, CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTORS, WHICH CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, THAT CONTRACTOR THAT THAT, THAT I RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION FROM. HE'S BEEN DOING A VERY POOR JOB, OR HE DID A VERY POOR JOB. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, AND HE'LL HAVE TO START PAYING SOME MORE MONEY BACK. BUT ANYWAY, LIKE I SAID, UH, MAYBE WHO, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR ANNEXATION THAT KNOWS ABOUT THE ANNEXATION? MAYBE THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE A DESCRIPTION ON, ON WHEN OF THESE FOLKS HAVE TO PAY THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE ANNEXED FROM THE CITY. YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT'S THEIR, UH, TIMEFRAME? I KNOW IT'S WHAT, FIVE, FIVE MONTHS NOW, YOU KNOW? AND LIKE I SAID, AT FIRST IT WAS A YEAR, AND THEN IT WAS 50 YEARS TO REGISTER YOUR CITY SERVICES FOR ANNEXATION. AND I KNOW MANY OF Y'ALL BEEN SITTING IN THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND DISCUSSING, AND BRIDGET, BRIDGET WHITE, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU, HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THERE HERE AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? ARE THEY STEALING A PAYCHECK? I THINK SO. THEY'RE STEALING A VERY BIG PAYCHECK FRAUD GOING ON. AND IF YOU LOOK AT BEN GARZA, HOW MUCH MONEY IS HE'S ANTICIPATING ON, ON, ON, ON GETTING REVENUE. WHAT IS THIS PROJECTIONS? AND NOT ONLY THAT, I'VE BEEN ASKING HIS OFFICE FOR THE PROJECTIONS OF THE LOSS THAT WHERE THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVEN'T HAD NOT BEEN PAYING THE CITY SERVICES AND NOW THEY WANNA REGISTER. THEY'RE, THEY'RE NONCONFORMING USE AND ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF, YOU KNOW. BUT LIKE I SAID, ANNEXATION IS, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, VERY DEPLORABLE WHEN Y'ALL WANNA, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FOLKS IN THE SOUTH SIDE, Y'ALL TOLD 'EM THEY'RE LIMITED TO THREE CHICKENS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHICKENS, Y'ALL DIDN'T TELL THE REFINERY THEY WERE LIMITED TO, TO ONE TANK. Y'ALL TOLD 'EM THEY COULD PUT A A TANK FARM OUT THERE. YEAH, A TANK FARM IN THE CITY. A TANK FARM IN THE CITY. ENVIRONMENTAL, A HAZARD. YES. BUT LIKE I SAID, I WAS TALKING TO THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL TODAY AND SHE SAYS, OH, I SAID, WHAT, WHAT GEN UH, GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS PERSUADE THE CITY OFFICIALS TO VOTE ON KIND OF STUFF. HMM. WHO DOES BIG MONEY? ENTERPRISES, MAYBE? YEAH. VINNO ENTERPRISES OR, OR MR. ELLAS WITH SAUCE, YOU KNOW, ? YES. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. NAZARITE RUEN FLORES PEREZ. UH, YES, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, MY NAME IS ZA FLORE PEREZ. AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW TOO, THAT RAM OF HEAVEN AND THE LAW LAND THE LIBERTY LAWS. UH, SORRY, I WAS, UH, I JUST MEDITATING. UM, OH, YES. YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS, UH, WHAT, UH, THE WAY I THINK ABOUT, UH, ANNEXATION, IT'S ONLY RIGHT PEOPLE, COMPANIES OR PERSONS, YOU KNOW, RANCHES AND SO ON THAT ARE AROUND US TO HAVE OUR PROTECTION AND THEY SHOULD JOIN US TO, SO WE CAN GO FORWARD. BUT LIKE, LIKE THIS OTHER FRIEND HERE, PEREZ, UH, MARK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CONVINCE HIM THAT WE GOT THE BEST WATER AROUND AND SO ON. AND THIS FLOOR RIDE MESSES A LOT OF THINGS TOO. WE, WE JUST START CLEANING OUR WATER IN THE PROPER MANNER. AND, UH, ALL THAT WAS FOR BUSINESS. THEY GET BOTTLED WATER AND SO ON. UH, I, I, I IZE MY WATER. LEMME PUT IT LIKE THAT. I'M, I'M NOT KIDDING, BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT IT'S CONTAMINATED. THE FLUORIDE IS HARMFUL IF YOU DON'T USE IT IN A PROPER MANNER. FLUORIDE THE GOOD, FLUORIDE FINE. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOW GRADE AND IT COMES FROM ROCKS AND SO ON. AND THE, THE, THERE IS A RIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU PUT MORE INTO IT AND SO ON, IN FACT, THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS NOW, WOULD YOU BELIEVE THEY STARTED WATCHING USING FLUORIDE IN THEIR, UH, FOR TWO SPACE AND SO ON? I STILL USE IT, BUT I SPIT IT OUT. I RINS AND, YOU KNOW, AND THIS AND THAT AND SO ON. AFTER GO THROUGH THE EMOTIONS AND I'M OVER 75 YEARS AND I'M, I'M FINE. YOU KNOW, UH, YOU BE, YOU GOTTA BE CONVINCING. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS. WATER. AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS TOO ABOUT EMERGENCIES AND SO ON, THAT WE GOTTA CONVINCE THAT THEY JOIN US AND, AND THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE. THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY AND BE CONVINCING. THANK YOU. [00:10:01] THANK YOU. MR. PEREZ. ANTONIO DIAZ. GOOD EVENING. UH, I'M AGAINST THE ANNEXATIONS. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THINLY STRETCHED, UH, SERVICES THAT WE, WE HAVE ALREADY FOR OUR INNER SERVICE, FOR OUR, FOR OUR INNER CITY, AND TO CONTINUE TO ANNEX MORE AREAS IS NOT TO ME A SOUND DECISION. UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO STAY WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE PUTTING FORWARD AND WHAT WAS BEING PUT FORWARD TWO YEARS AGO. AND IT DOESN'T, LIKE I SAID, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A SOUND DECISION BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE JUST FOR THE INNER CITY NEEDS SO MUCH WORK AND TO THEN TAKE ON MORE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AGAINST THAT. THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. RHETT SMITH. THANK YOU MAYOR NIERENBERG. I SUPPORT THE ANNEX. I THANK YOU MR. SMITH. THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING ON ANNEXATION. THE HEARING IS HEREBY CLOSED. WE MOVE NOW TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. UH, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH JOHN BACHMAN. * 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.