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Deputy Director Ian Benavides of the city’s Neighborhood Housing Services Department outlined the proposal, saying the development would create 232 units with a mix of units set at 60 percent AMI, 80 percent AMI and market rate levels and one- and two-bedroom layouts. Benavides said revenues from the PFC transaction would be used in line with Opportunity Home’s development policy — including creating units below 50 percent AMI, preserving public housing, funding services for low-income residents, and funding reserves for Opportunity Home.

Committee members debated affordability depth and location. Councilman Courage said he was “very skeptical” that the mix — with only about 10 units at 60 percent AMI — constituted a meaningful affordable-housing benefit and said he would vote against the measure. Committee members and staff clarified the PFC’s limited incentive (a tax exemption only) and noted that deeper affordability typically requires additional gap funding or use of housing bonds. Councilwoman Villageran and Councilwoman Castillo said they were comfortable moving the item forward to the full council but asked staff to provide details on where PFC proceeds would be directed, including whether funds would help preserve and upgrade existing Opportunity Home public housing sites and support permanent supportive housing projects.

The committee voted to advance the PFC request to the City Council. The motion carried by a 3–2 tally (three in favor, two opposed), with the committee approving the request to allow the SAHFC–Athena Domain partnership to proceed to full council consideration with staff follow-up on the use of proceeds.

The committee’s approval does not itself confer the tax exemption; it forwards the item to the full City Council for final action. Staff said they will coordinate with Opportunity Home to provide a breakdown of the anticipated uses of the PFC proceeds, including preservation and supportive-services commitments, before the full council takes up the item.

What happened next: Staff committed to supply the council with details about which Opportunity Home developments the PFC proceeds would support and how revenue would be applied to preservation and supportive housing efforts. The project’s tax-exempt status would not be final until the City Council votes, and any additional financial incentives or gap funding would require separate approvals.

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The REACH steering group—convened by Close to Home and including both housing authorities (Opportunity Home and the Bexar County Housing Authority), property‑management representatives, HUD, nonprofit housing advocates and city staff—winnowed a larger set of ideas into nine prioritized recommendations. Two immediate changes have already been implemented: the multiple‑listing service (MLS) used by local realtors now requires property managers to indicate whether they accept vouchers, and Opportunity Home adjusted its payment process so it can issue payments by unit rather than sending commingled payments that complicated landlord accounting.

Other recommendations under development include: creation or expansion of landlord incentive funds and tenant‑readiness grants (including the city‑administered PLACE program and potential state grant opportunities), improved inspection turnaround and pre‑inspection options, a centralized database for unit availability and owner support, tenant advisory groups and improved communications to address landlord perceptions of voucher-holders. Steering‑committee members reported that inspection turnaround times have improved substantially in the past year and that the city will continue to refine tools that show units with real‑time availability.

Speakers representing veterans’ groups and housing advocates emphasized the disproportionate difficulty some veterans face in using vouchers and asked the city to pursue state legislation that would allow municipalities to adopt source‑of‑income protections for veterans. Staff and stakeholders said they are tracking several state bills, including a proposal to create a TDHCA tenant‑readiness and landlord‑incentive program (HB 714) and other bills that would change the municipal authority to adopt source‑of‑income protections. As an informational briefing, the committee did not take a vote and will continue quarterly meetings of the steering committee to track implementation and legislative opportunities.

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City staff and task force members described the principal code changes: a requirement that most violations be corrected within two business days or face citation; the ability to use civil administrative citations (in addition to municipal criminal citations) for faster adjudication; a reduction of the ‘three‑strike’ licensing threshold to three citations within a 12‑month rolling period (down from 18 months) allowing license suspension or revocation; an explicit authority for the director to require temporary cessation of operations while enforcement is underway; and a new requirement that each facility submit a fire‑prevention plan as a licensing condition so the Fire Department can pre‑plan responses and require third‑party reviews after significant incidents.

Zoning and facility standards were among the most contested items. The proposed rules add a 1,000‑foot separation requirement for any new MRE or UAPR, to reduce clustering in certain neighborhoods, but allow the City Council to consider variances through the normal rezoning process. The draft also allows some nonconforming UAPRs the ability to expand within their existing lot lines similar to metal recyclers, and it defines acceptable fencing materials, paint/finish requirements to reduce reflectivity and heat, more frequent pest/vector control (monthly or quarterly depending on requirements), lower maximum pile heights for ASR/fluff versus metal stockpiles, and clarified hazardous‑material manifest and disposal documentation requirements.

Industry representatives at the meeting — including leaders from Monterey Metal Recycling Solutions and other family‑owned recyclers — testified that many operations already comply with state and federal regulations and asked for clarity in technical definitions. Community task force members pushed for stricter pile‑height limits for the fine “fluff” material and stronger enforcement. Task-force and community representatives repeatedly requested clearer, enforceable definitions for “metal shredder residue” and “fluff” (auto shredder residue, ASR); staff included a working definition in the draft but the committee asked for refinement and additional training for code officers so inspectors can distinguish waste streams consistently.

Committee members also discussed system‑level issues: whether the city should pursue emergency‑services cost‑recovery for industrial incidents and how air‑monitoring should be coordinated with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), which is the state authority for air enforcement. Staff recommended consultation with TCEQ on potential monitoring strategies rather than a unilateral city program.

The committee voted to forward the updated Chapter 16 language to the full council for final adoption. Members commended the extensive task-force process and asked staff to refine definitions, provide additional guidance on pile heights and shredder residue, and continue coordination with TCEQ and fire officials.

(Reporting note: Quotations and attributions are taken from the committee meeting transcript and statements by task‑force participants.)","The committee approved updates to the city code regulating metal recycling entities (MRE) and used auto parts recyclers (UAPR), including a faster timeline for correcting violations, new enforcement options, a 1,000‑foot separation requirement for new facilities, mandated fire-prevention plans, and a new definition for metal shredder residue.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6582341,"Committee Forwards Digital Media and Arts Pilot to Council After Intense Public Comment; Amendments Sought to Exclude Historic King William",3596,640000,4236000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3113371-28634bd068a599460edf105560f2a6f1&start=640&end=4236","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3113371-28634bd068a599460edf105560f2a6f1/thumbnail_640000.jpg","/articles/6582341/San-Antonio/Bexar-County/Texas/Committee-Forwards-Digital-Media-and-Arts-Pilot-to-Council-After-Intense-Public-Comment-Amendments-Sought-to-Exclude-Historic-King-William","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6582341-e99ef59ee40dc5ffd018631130e7f2e1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770400519&Signature=mQsAKttHobQOkMdZf~VVoNTTX~59HJ7AC0AYkqlKeXV1GkYH6JQ6FoBryG1vHhJtBThgZLEfFmp7FCG~2XYzl5S-Ap9w13tyUhh06NLavzhWM9-hw2G8m1CJ5vTKctWa0zaq~q6sEQUF2vQw~npI6vYvqonCem1ibP2scjqrT43PWVAlTOikCWq598OSM7PVoSpFKm7iaAPjfbWJlkkLr7Njn6WF1AXCgyC9-ByxFQhrFHzHEPbRBpAnVC5EdOnu5OtKVk5SDAoZPerUAOaui3-TJ2BBznTepUcJzoluPq9PQlDlHUE5mF3kk9e9ncqmqQMEXqn1zmblaEbpO~RFVg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Planning and Community Development Committee voted to advance a proposed digital media and arts pilot program that would allow a limited number of large-format digital displays on existing building facades and in designated districts, with revenue-share and public-art requirements, to the full City Council for final consideration.

Staff presented a draft pilot that would permit up to 10 digital displays citywide for a two-year period, include a mandatory public-art contribution tied to each permit (staff suggested an upfront art contribution in the range of $75,000–$100,000), reserve a portion of display time for city public-service messages, and require a share of advertising revenue be paid to the city. Staff offered three program options for committee feedback on variables such as revenue split and city timeshare; Option A — which envisions an upfront art contribution and a lower initial revenue-share threshold — was the version committee members moved forward.

The item drew sustained public comment, with multiple arts groups and individual artists urging that revenues be earmarked for the Department of Arts and Culture and that any public‑art commissions include funding for long‑term maintenance. Conservation and preservation advocates opposed the pilot in or near historic districts and the Riverwalk, warning that new digital signage could generate visual clutter and advertising that would change the character of downtown. Speakers also raised concerns about potential ecological impacts (including bird collisions) and questioned whether the program would meaningfully boost safety or economic returns compared with alternatives such as additional street lighting.

Committee members said they heard both the public’s objections and staff’s potential benefits, including activation of underlit streets and dedicated city messaging. Councilmember Villageran moved to advance Option A to city council and requested staff remove the King William Historic District from the map of potential pilot locations and to provide a more detailed map of the Pearl area for council consideration; the motion was seconded and passed. Councilmembers indicated they want the City Council to consider tighter advertising content controls (for example, excluding vaping ads) and to confirm how city time-share for public messaging would be enforced. Several members also asked staff to provide an estimate of how much city departments currently spend on external display advertising to understand the potential savings or value of in-kind city messaging on the new displays.

The committee vote was 4–0 in favor with one abstention (Councilman Courage). Staff said the pilot would be taken to full City Council with the requested amendments, and that vendor procurement would proceed via an RFP process to be shaped by the committee’s direction.

(Reporting note: Quotes and attributions in this article derive from speakers who addressed the committee during the public-comment period and the staff presentation; all named speakers appear in the meeting transcript.)","After extensive public comment both for and against, the committee voted to send a two‑year pilot for digital media/display installations to the full City Council with direction to remove the King William historic area from eligible locations and to refine Pearl-area mapping.","actionData","errors"]

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