* 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.
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          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, EVERYONE. 
          TIME IS NINE 13. 
          MME. CLARK, COULD YOU READ THE RULE COUNCIL MEMBER TNO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CODA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MERRY NUREMBERG HERE, MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS 9:13 AM UH, ON THIS THURSDAY, UH, DECEMBER 17TH, 2020. 
          UH, 
          [1. 20-7259 Invocation]
TO GET US STARTED TODAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL TO INTRODUCE OUR INDICATOR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR TO WELCOME PASTOR DOUG DEAL TO BASICALLY SEE US OUT THIS YEAR AT OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          NO PRESSURE PASTOR, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ON THIS AGENDA AND WE COULD USE, UH, WE COULD USE SOME, UH, SOME GOOD BLESSINGS HERE TODAY. 
          PASTOR DOUG DEAL HAS SERVED AS PASTOR OF CROSSROADS BATH BAPTIST CHURCH IN DISTRICT SEVEN FOR NEARLY 28 YEARS. 
          HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE ANGELA FOR 39 YEARS AND HAS TWO SONS, JORDAN, WHO IS A SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER, AND CAMERON WHO WORKS AT U T S A. 
          HE ALSO HAS FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. 
          PASTOR RECEIVED HIS MASTER OF DIVINITY AND DOCTORATE PHILOSOPHY IN NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN FORT WORTH. 
          I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH THE PASTOR AND HIS TEAM AT CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH THIS PAST SUMMER WHEN WE, UH, WHEN THEY HOSTED A SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AND THEY ARE ALWAYS HELPING DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS. 
          PASTOR DOUG DEAL HAS A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE. 
          HE HAD HIS OWN BOUT WITH C OVID 19 IN JUNE, AND SINCE THEN HE HAS DONATED CONVALESCENT PLASMA MULTIPLE TIMES TO HELP OTHERS RECOVER. 
          AND MY PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT IS IF YOU'VE HAD COVID PASTOR DIEHL AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DONATE PLASMA AS WELL. 
          PASTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR THIS INVITATION AND, UH, TO OUR MAYOR NUREMBERG, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU, UH, MOMENTARILY TODAY FOR A FEW MOMENTS. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY TO THE COUNCIL, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN IN LEADERSHIP, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT YEAR. 
          UH, PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO LEAD. 
          I KNOW HOW, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE ANY DECISION WITHOUT BEING, UM, SECOND GUEST AND SHOT AT FROM BOTH SIDES. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LEAD AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE MADE THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UH, I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, UH, IN THE SAME SPIRIT OF CONCERN THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THIS PAST YEAR, TRUSTING THAT 2021 MAYBE WILL BE A LITTLE EASIER. 
          SO THAT'S MY HOPE FOR YOU AND MY HOPE FOR US. 
          LET ME LEAD US 
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IN A WORD OF PRAYER. 
          DEAR HOLY GOD AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU AT THIS SPECIAL, THIS WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR REFLECTING ON YOUR GRACIOUS GIFT AT CHRISTMAS TIME. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE GLAD TO FINALLY MAKE IT TO THIS TIME OF YEAR. 
          IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR, IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR ALL OF US, AND, UH, I'M JUST THANKFUL TO YOU FOR OUR MAYOR AND FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR OUR CITY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR OUR LEADERS. 
          AND I JUST ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER THEM, GIVE THEM ENCOURAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE AND WISDOM AS THEY SEEK TO LEAD OUR CITY. 
          I PRAY THAT OUR COUNCIL WOULD, AND AND FRANKLY ALL POLITICAL LEADERS, WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT ASIDE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS, FATHER, THAT ARE BASED ON WHAT IS BEST FOR THE PEOPLE, WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S HARD FOR ALL OF US TO DO, FATHER. 
          SO I JUST PRAY FOR YOUR HELP IN THAT MATTER. 
          I PRAY THAT IN THIS TIME OF INTENSE POLITICAL DIVISIONS, THAT WE WILL LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER WITH RESPECT AND CONCERN FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND THAT YOU WILL BLESS THIS MEETING TODAY. 
          FATHER, WITH A SENSE OF YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR PEACE. 
          WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY AND ITS PEOPLE WHOM WE KNOW THAT YOU LOVE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND GRACE TOWARD US. 
          HELP US TO LIVE IN LOVE AND GRACE TOWARD ONE ANOTHER. 
          I PRAY THESE THINGS IN JESUS' NAME. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU PASTOR DALE. 
          [2. 20-7260 Pledge of Allegiance]
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR DEAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [3. 20-7261 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of September 9, 2020, September 10, 2020, and September 16, 2020.]
UH, WE HAVE, UM, ON ITEM THREE, THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF SEPTEMBER 9TH, 10TH, AND 16TH. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND, ALL. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, UH, OF SEPTEMBER 9TH, 10TH, AND 16TH IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS OR, UH, CLARIFICATIONS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [4. 20-7262 Councilmember Rebecca Viagran will be sworn-in as Mayor Pro-Tem, serving the term January 7, 2021 through March 18, 2021.]
ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, TERM JANUARY 7TH THROUGH MARCH 18TH. 
          MAD CLERK. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GONE. 
          IF YOU CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. 
          I STATE YOUR NAME. 
          I, REBECCA VRAN. 
          DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PO 10 FROM JANUARY, FROM JANUARY 7TH, 2021 THROUGH MARCH 18TH, 2021 FROM JANUARY 7TH, 2021 TO MARCH 18TH, 2021 OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. 
          THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          SO HELP ME GOD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND OUR CONSENT AGENDA TODAY, UM, WE DO HAVE ONE, UH, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND, UH, LET ME TEE IT UP HERE. 
          UH, A FRIEND TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AND A MEMBER OF THE, UM, UH, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS 
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NEWS, A A FANTASTIC PHOTOJOURNALIST. 
          UH, IT WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, AFTER A STELLAR 38 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO BEFORE I GIVE THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA, TO RECOGNIZE BOB OWEN, I'D LIKE TO READ A OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM INTO THE RECORD FROM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HEREBY EXTENDS ITS OFFICIAL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO BOB OWEN IN HONOR OF YOUR RETIREMENT. 
          AFTER NEARLY 38 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, SINCE 1983, YOU HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THE FIELD OF PHOTOJOURNALISM AND CONSERVATIVE POSITIONS. 
          FROM STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER TO CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER, YOUR OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL SKILLS HAVE EARNED YOU WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION BY THE KENTUCKY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION, THE DALLAS PRESS CLUB ASSOCIATION PRESS, MANAGING EDITORS OF TEXAS AND NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARDS TO DAN, JUST A FEW. 
          YOUR LATEST WORK AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, SPENDING COUNTLESS OF HOURS IN C OVID 19 HOSPITALS AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND ITS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS PROUD TO JOIN YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FELLOW COLLEAGUES IN SALUTING YOU FOR A JOB. 
          WELL DONE. 
          MAY YOUR RETIREMENT OPEN UP NEW VISTAS WITH NEW CHALLENGES, NEW INTEREST, AND ABOVE ALL, CONTINUED SUCCESS AND LIFE WELL LIVED. 
          CONGRATULATIONS PRESENTED THIS 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020. 
          UM, AND BEFORE I HAND IT OFF, UH, BOB, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR VISION. 
          UM, I WILL NEVER FORGET, UH, YOUR PHOTOS OF, OF ME READING TO MY SON, UM, THE RED SOX SCORES ON MY IPHONE, WHICH WE DO EVERY NIGHT, UH, WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND I WAS ON THE HOT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
          UH, THOSE ARE MEMORIES THAT, THAT, UM, WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME, BOB, AND THANK YOU FOR CAPTURING 'EM AND, AND ALL THEIR CANDOR. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE YOUR PHOTOS FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO COME. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND, UH, CONGRATS, BOB. 
          I'M GLAD YOU TUNED IN. 
          I HAD TO, UH, CONVINCE BOB TO TUNE IN, TELLING HIM THAT I WAS GONNA WEAR THIS CRAZY OUTFIT. 
          AND SO, UH, HE'S TUNED IN THIS MORNING. 
          UM, UH, BOB, UH, IT, I'M, I'M JUST, UH, SO EXCITED TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY AND, AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS. 
          UM, AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, BOB OWEN WAS, UH, INTERVIEWED BY SOLEDAD O'BRIEN'S, UH, MATTER OF FACT SHOW. 
          UM, AND HIS, UH, THE, THE FOCUS WAS HIS PERSPECTIVE FROM BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, DOCUMENTING THE STORIES OF OUR LOCAL COVID HEROES ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PIECE. 
          UM, THEY ALSO FEATURED SOME ADDITION OF PHOTOS, UH, FROM, FROM THE, THE GREAT PHOTO JOURNALIST AT, AT THE EXPRESS NEWS. 
          UM, BOB, I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE EVER TOLD YOU THIS, MAINLY BECAUSE I WAS, UH, EMBARRASSED TO COMPETE WITH YOUR SKILLS. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE A MINOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND ALTHOUGH MY CAREER, UM, STARTED WITH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, I LEARNED HOW TO DEVELOP FILM IN THE DARK ROOM, UM, UNDER THE LAKE DONALD VIEWERS AT U I W. 
          AND SO I DIDN'T BUILD MY OWN DARK HOME AT HOME LIKE YOU DID IN YOUR PARENTS' BASEMENT, BUT I DID GET TO SPEND A LOT OF HOURS IN THE DARK ROOM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, SUPER FUN. 
          I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT WAITING FOR THOSE IMAGES TO REVEAL THEMSELVES TO ME WAS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          THE NEGATIVES, THE CONTACT PRINT, THE STOP ASK, EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT PROCESS WAS ALMOST HEALING. 
          UM, BUT THAT IMAGE THAT WAS REVEALED AT THE END OF THE PROCESS WAS ALWAYS JUST SUCH A MARVEL TO ME. 
          YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THAT AND YOU'VE EXPERIENCED A CHANGE IN THE INDUSTRY WHEN THE WORLD WENT TO THE DIGITAL, UH, TECHNOLOGY WORLD. 
          AND I HAVE ENJOYED, AND I'VE LIVED VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOUR WORK. 
          EVERY TIME THAT I SAW YOU AT AN EVENT OR A MEETING, I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY WOULD BE IN THE PAPER THE NEXT DAY THAT YOU HAD CAPTURED WITH YOUR GREAT EYE. 
          AND YOUR PICTURES HAVE TOLD THE STORY OF MANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 
          UM, AND THOSE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS NOW WILL BE A PART OF OUR FAMILY HISTORY WITH YOUR NAME ON THEM. 
          AS I'M SURE, LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED, A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES PROBABLY HAVE A NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS WITH YOUR NAME ON THEM. 
          UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU'VE BEEN A CAPTIVATING, UH, UH, PERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY BY TELLING THE STORIES OF FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE. 
          I THINK YOU'VE DONE THAT BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFULLY, AND I THINK THAT YOUR LEGACY IS GOING TO LIVE BEYOND YOUR TIME AT THE EXPRESS NEWS. 
          SO THANK YOU VAVO, AND FOR NOT ONLY BEING A GREAT VISUAL ARTIST, BUT FOR BEING A PHOTO HISTORIAN OF SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY. 
          I'M MISSING YOU AROUND, BUT CONGRATULATIONS MR. OWEN AND OF THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA. 
          ALRIGHT, WE, UH, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA TODAY AND WE ALSO 
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HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT TO IT AND, UM, WE'LL TRY TO BE EXPEDITIOUS. 
          UM, ON OUR, 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
UH, INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING AGENDA, WE HAVE ITEM FIVE. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE ITEMS, UM, 15 AND 23, UH, THAT I NOTE WERE PULLED BY DISTRICT THREE. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? YES. 
          UH, NUMBER 14. 
          AND DID YOU SAY 24 PULL 24? UM, I HAD NOT YET, BUT I'LL PULL THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          1424. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE? YES, MAYOR UNDER ZONING, UH, Z 20 AND Z 21. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MAYOR, I DO HAVE, I DO HAVE ITEMS, UH, Z ONE, Z TWO, Z THREE Z 1213, P ONE, Z 18, Z 20, AND 21 ALSO PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          MAYOR, UM, V 21 ACTUALLY HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. 
          AH, OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE, UM, ITEMS 14, 23 AND 24 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          I HAVE NO OTHERS, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHERS TO PULL? UH, THERE COUNCIL MEMBER GRO? YEAH, I WAS NEVER PULLING ITEM 23. 
          I WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO PULL ITEM 24 AND I ALSO HAVE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER, UM, 16, COUNCILWOMAN 16? YES, THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, 16 AND NOT 23. 
          OKAY, SO I HAVE 14, 16, 24. 
          YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ITEM 11 WAS SPLIT BY STAFF. 
          IT WILL NOT BE HEARD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND ITEM 11 IS NOT BEING HEARD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GIVE ME ONE MOMENT BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE THE WRONG NUMBERS HERE LISTED. 
          YEAH, I HAVE A, I HAVE, I CAN SEND, YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I HAD A, A, A, UM, OLD AGENDA THAT HAD ONE ITEM ADDITIONAL, SO MY NUMBERS WERE OFF. 
          SO I HAVE YOU DOWN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO ON 16 AND 24. 
          MY NUMBERS WERE OFF BY ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THE ITEMS I HAVE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION NOW ARE ITEMS 14, 16, 24. 
          AND I HAVE THE ZONING ITEMS PREVIOUSLY READ. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON, UH, CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE REMAINING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT TO GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD. 
          UM, AND I WILL CALL ON THEM NOW. 
          YEP. 
          WE'LL, WE'RE READY, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL START WITH, UM, DEBORAH AWA JARMIN, FOLLOWED BY JACK. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS. 
          I MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO IN FEBRUARY OF 2012, AND I WANTED TO TAKE MY GRANDCHILDREN WHO LIVED HERE AT THE TIME TO EXPLORE SAN ANTONIO'S BLACK HISTORY. 
          THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT JUST RAN IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS ABOUT THE CONVERSION OF 
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ELLIS ALLEY WITH VIAS ASSISTANCE, AND THAT WAS ALL I COULD FIND ON SAN ANTONIO'S BLACK HISTORY. 
          SO WE WENT DOWN TO ELLIS ALLEY, READ THE MARKERS, LOOKED AT THE MURALS, BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THERE FOR CONTEXT. 
          EIGHT, EIGHT YEARS LATER, COURTESY OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE VISION OF EVERETT FLY AND GEORGE F FRED FREDRICK SE CAM WAS BORN THE SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM. 
          THE ARCHIVE WAS ORIGINALLY HOUSED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 
          IT HAS NOW PROUDLY BEEN MOVED TO TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO M SAN ANTONIO, AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING. 
          UH, WE'LL, WE WILL UNVEIL THAT IN FEBRUARY OF 2021 IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 
          THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT A AFRICAN-AMERICAN COLLECTION BEING AT A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION IS IT PROVIDES RELEVANCE FOR ALL CHILDREN OF COLOR AND REALLY FOR ALL PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE HAS A STORY AND EVERYONE'S STORY IS SIGNIFICANT IN THE FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS TO AFFIRM THE ORDINANCE TO LEASE THE SPACE AT LATA FOR THE SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM. 
          THIS WILL BE A FIRST FOR OUR CITY. 
          IT WILL BE A FIRST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR AN AMERICAN MUSEUM TO BE IN THE CENTER PART OF DOWNTOWN WITH FREE ADMISSION AND JUST STEPS FROM THE RIVERWALK. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU MS. OMO. 
          UM, JACK SINGER, FOLLOWED BY OSA MCMAN. 
          YES. 
          UH, MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, AND ONE ITEM YOU REALLY NEED TO PULL, ASSUMING YOU KNOW Y'ALL REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS, IS ITEM NUMBER 22. 
          IT USED TO BE ITEMS NUMBER 20 ON EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT IT'S NOW 22. 
          AND THIS IS THE, THE IDEA OF ESTABLISHING NEW POLICIES WITH YOUR CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT THERE. 
          YES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE READ THE BACK DOCUMENTS ON THIS OR EVEN HAVE YOUR STAFF READ IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THIS, THIS THING IS CRAZY. 
          YES. 
          WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN IS THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT WILL AWARD OUR TAX DOLLARS TO ARTS AGENCIES THAT ACTUALLY PROACTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR THE HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE AND AGENDA. 
          YES, FOR REAL. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, YOU, WELL, IN THE PAST, YOU, THE COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT JUST, JUST MERELY TOLERATED, UH, OUR AGENCIES LIKE THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER FOR THEIR, THEIR PROCLIVITIES AND, AND YOU AND EVEN GAVE 'EM SOME OF OUR TAX DOLLARS FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. BUT, BUT THIS NEW POLICY THAT YOU'RE ESTABLISHING TODAY, WELL, THE MORAL ATMOSPHERE HAS DETERIORATED SO MUCH THAT, THAT IT, UH, IF IF THIS HAP IF YOU PASS THIS TODAY, YOU ARE ALLOWING THIS, THE SAME PERVERTED AGENCIES WILL BE AWARDED UP TO 150,000 TAX DOLLARS BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY ARE HOMOSEXUAL IN NATURE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE DOCUMENTS TODAY'S ORDINANCE ADDS THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY AS A QUOTE, QUALIFIED CULTURAL COMMUNITY WORTHY OF CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SUPPORT, UNQUOTE, FROM THE, FROM THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE. 
          IN FACT, SHOULD THIS PASS, SHOULD YOU PASSES TODAY, THE RECIPIENT ARTS AGENCIES WILL ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY MUST I REPEAT, MUST HAVE LEADERSHIP AND A BOARD MAJORITY WHO REPRESENTS THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND YES. 
          AND ENGAGE PARTICIPANTS IN ART AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT REFLECT THE SO-CALLED CULTURAL PRACTICES OF THAT SAME HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY. 
          I MEAN, WHAT'S WHAT'S, WHAT'S NEXT HERE, HUH? I MEAN, ARE, SHALL WE, ONCE THIS HAPPENS, SAYS, SHALL WE EXPECT THOSE SAME AGENCIES TO, TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATIONS? SHOULD THEY ACTUALLY PERFORM LIVE SEX ON STAGE OR SOMETHING AND THEY'RE GOING TO THEATRICAL LOCATIONS THERE? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT IS NEXT? I MEAN, THEY'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO DO IT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT, AT THESE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND, AND THIS AND THE BACKUPS THERE, YOU REALLY NEED TO PULL ITEM 22 AND DISCUSS IT AND, AND, AND ASK THE, UH, THE STAFFERS 
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ABOUT THIS TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE PASSING TODAY. 
          UH, WE COACH MCC COLVIN. 
          ARE YOU WITH US, MS. COLVIN? CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS KMA COLVIN AND I'M THE COACH HERE OF THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE. 
          AND I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 28. 
          FIRST, WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF THAT HAVE HELPED US NEGOTIATE THIS PROCESS AND ARE SUPPORTING OUR DESIRE TO PRESERVE THIS HISTORIC HOME. 
          WHILE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY IS NOT A DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT, AND WE DO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION OF BOTH HOMES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALONG FREDERICKSBURG ROAD THAT ARE HISTORIC LANDMARKS, AS WELL AS A SPATTERING OF RESIDENCES WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES. 
          A POST ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE ELICITED OVER A HUNDRED COMMENTS AS NEIGHBORS THAT LIVED CLOSEST TO THIS HOME. 
          TALKED ABOUT THE FAMILY THAT LIVED THERE SINCE 1967, RAISING TWO GENERATIONS IN THE HOME. 
          THE ORIGINAL OWNERS, THE TASSELS FAMILY, HAD THE HOME BUILD IN 1921 AND OCCUPIED IT UNTIL THE FAMILY PATRIARCH DIED AND THE HOME WAS SOLD TO MR. GUERRERO AND HIS WIFE. 
          THE TESLA POOL OF FAMILY CAME TO AMERICA FROM GREECE IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS, A FAMILY OF RESTAURATEURS. 
          THEY FOUNDED AND OWNED SEVERAL LOCAL RESTAURANTS. 
          CHARLES WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ST. 
          SOPHIA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IN 1924. 
          THE MOST FAMOUS TASSOS FAMILY MEMBER, HOWEVER, IS DAMON TASSOS. 
          DAMON WAS BORN IN THE HOME AND WENT ON TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL CAREER PLAYING LOCALLY FOR JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND IS CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM FOR A AND M. 
          HE ALSO PLAYED FOR THE DETROIT LIONS AND THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. 
          HE WAS KNOWN AS THE GREEK KEEPING WITH FAMILY TRADITION. 
          DAMON OWNED A RESTAURANT ON AUSTIN HIGHWAY CALLED DAMON'S. 
          HE WAS A WELL-LIKED AND RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          HE ALSO SUFFERED FROM A L SS AND HIS DAUGHTER, CYNTHIA. 
          CYNTHIA TASSO PHILLIPS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS A L S GROUP AND DID ADVOCACY FOR A L S IN DC. 
          BEYOND THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT THE TASSELS FAMILY HISTORY LENDS TO THIS HOME, THE HOME ITSELF IS NOTEWORTHY AS ONE OF THE EARLIEST BUILT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ALONG WITH ITS FRATERNAL TWIN NEXT DOOR. 
          THIS AREA OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED AND PROVIDES A WINDOW INTO THE PAST. 
          ALTHOUGH THE HOME IS IN NEED OF REPAIRS, IT IS VALUABLE IN SO MANY WAYS FROM THE BASIC BUILDING MATERIALS USED TO BUILD IT, THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. 
          IT REPRESENTS BOTH OF A TIME IN HISTORY AND A PLACEHOLDER IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND FOR THE HISTORIES THAT WERE BORN AND LIVED WITHIN ITS WALLS, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT US IN OUR QUEST TO PRESERVE THIS HOME AND ITS HISTORY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. COLVIN. 
          BEVERLY WATTS, DAVIS. 
          YES. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND I WISH ALL OF YOU A HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32 TO IMPLEMENT A PLACE-BASED STRATEGY THAT WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF CRIMES AND THE POTENTIAL HARMFUL EFFECTS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE EAST SIDE SAN ANTONIO AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          OUR GOAL WITH THIS PROGRAM IS TO NOT ONLY PREVENT CRIME, BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST BETWEEN POLICE AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I, I WANT TO EXPRESS GREAT THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO CHIEF MCMANUS FOR MAKING FUNDING AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION EFFORTS. 
          AND AGAIN, I WISH ALL OF YOU A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS. 
          OKAY, UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR ZONING AGENDA. 
          UM, 
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WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM ACTUALLY THAT WAS PULLED AND WON'T BE HEARD TODAY, BUT I'LL CALL HIM ANYWAYS. 
          UH, ANDRES VAL, NOT ANDRES CIO, IF YOU'RE HERE, UM, THE ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED AND WON'T BE HEARD TODAY, BUT YOU HAVE TIME IF YOU'D LIKE IT. 
          UM, SINCE YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING, UH, I GUESS WE'RE NOT CONNECTED WITH YOU. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          UH, AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, UM, DATA, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, ON MUTE. 
          WE'RE STILL NOT GETTING AUDIO ON YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SHE'S ASKING FOR US TO COME BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 
          SO WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          IT'S A PARENT HOMESTEAD, UH, PROJECT THAT WE'RE GETTING STARTED WITH. 
          AND, UH, REALLY HAPPY THAT THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT TODAY. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST FARM WORKING FARMHOUSES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS BUILT IN 1875 BY ALFONS PARENT. 
          AND IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE, YOU'VE, UH, UM, NOTICED PERRIN VITAL ROAD. 
          WELL, THAT'S THE PARING COMES FROM THE ORIGINAL PARINGS THAT, UH, BOUGHT THAT FARM. 
          IT WAS ORIGINALLY 540 ACRES, SO HE DID FARMING, UM, SOME DAIRY. 
          UM, IN FACT, I FOUND A, A THING HERE WHERE IN 1874, HE OWNED, UH, THREE HORSES AT $70 AND A MULE FOR $50. 
          THAT WAS LISTED ON HIS, UH, PROPERTY THAT THAT TIME. 
          BUT OVER TIME, HE GREW HIS LIVESTOCK AND HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL FARM THERE. 
          SO WE'RE TAKING THAT ORIGINAL HOUSE AND, UH, RENOVATING IT AND BRINGING IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL, UH, ORIGINAL CONDITION. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA OPEN THAT UP FOR SCHOOL KIDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO COME THROUGH AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW, HOW FOLKS LIVE BACK IN THE 18 HUNDREDS. 
          AND, UH, IT HAS A, IT HAS AN OLD CISTERN THAT WAS HAND DUG, UH, VERY DEEP, VERY WIDE. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN ALL OF THAT UP AND EVENTUALLY CONNECT PARENT HOMESTEAD TO LADYBIRD JOHNSON PARK AND, UH, PROVIDE SOME TRAILWAYS FOR THAT, THAT CONNECTION THERE. 
          SO, JUST HAPPY THAT THIS PROJECT IS GETTING STARTED AND, UH, REALLY THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR SHEPHERDING THIS THROUGH AND, UH, ABOUT READY TO GET STARTED HERE. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO FORMALLY WELCOME CCAM TO DOWNTOWN DISTRICT ONE SA CAMM, UM, IS A 5 0 1 C THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FORM TO COLLECT, MAINTAIN, DISSEMINATE, AND INTERPRET AUTHENTIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIFACTS RELATED TO SAN ANTONIO HISTORY IN A COMMUNITY-BASED DIGITAL ARCHIVE. 
          THEIR GOAL IS TO RECLAIM SAN ANTONIO'S BLACK HISTORY BY EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO CURATE THEIR OWN ARCHIVES AND CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MUSEUM OF DIGITIZED AUDIO VISUAL EXHIBITS AT NO COST TO VISITORS. 
          SAY, CAM WILL PROVIDE LOCAL VISITORS AND TOURISTS, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY EXPERIENCE THROUGH A DISPLAY OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL HISTORIC COLLECTIONS. 
          I CANNOT WAIT TO EXPERIENCE THE RICH HISTORY AND ARTIFACTS THIS ORGANIZATION COMPILED, WHICH WILL CERTAINLY SHOW HOW OUR RICH CULTURAL TAPESTRY IS WOVEN BY MANY DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND EXPERIENCES. 
          SO, WELCOME, SE CAM. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 28, UH, AS YOU HEARD. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK, UH, THE, THE, THE FAMILY, UH, MISS, MISS RABIA. 
          THE, THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, UH, UH, ARE, ARE VERY, VERY OPEN TO, TO THIS PROCESS OF HISTORIC DESIGNATION. 
          UH, MS. RABIA MENTIONED TO ME THAT, UH, HER FATHER WHO, WHO, UH, OR THE FAMILY, THE, THE PURCHASES AND HER FATHER, UM, I IS, UH, IS, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. 
          HE IS AN ARCHITECT FROM MEXICO AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, FINDING A WAY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UH, BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUR OFFICE OF AER PRESERVATION TO MAINTAIN, UH, THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE AND THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I, I THINK THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS AGENDA, UH, BUT I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A THANK YOU, UH, TO DEBBIE TER, UH, FOR ALL OF HER WORK ON THE, UM, THE NEW GUIDELINES. 
          UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE CREATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT AND, UM, THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING SURE GRANT FUNDING GOES TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK, ESPECIALLY DR. 
          ELLEN CLARK, MY APPOINTEE TO THE ARTS COMMISSION FOR HER SERVICE. 
          AND, UH, A SHOUT OUT TO DR. 
          MCINTYRE AT THE BE HOUSE FOR, UH, WEIGHING IN ON THE CHANGES. 
          I ALSO, UH, REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 25, WHICH IS APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH DEAF LINK FOR THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE ALERT SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I WANNA THANK, UH, STAFF FOR PUTTING THE TIME AND ENERGY TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE ER EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS THAT CAN KEEP THEM SAFE. 
          UH, THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE CRITICAL INFORMATION, UH, AND SYSTEMS LIKE DELINK MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, OH, WAIT, THERE'S A COUPLE MORE. 
          SORRY. 
          , I, UH, BEVERLY WATS DAVIS SPOKE, UH, IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 32, AND I ALSO AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO THE FOREFRONT, UM, WORKING ON A CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS WE CAN INTERVENE, UH, IN PEOPLE'S LIVES BEFORE THE POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. 
          AND LASTLY, UH, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRACT WITH CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL, UH, ITEM NUMBER 27 FOR THE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UH, IN THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
          AND WE HEARD ABOUT THAT PREVIOUSLY. 
          ANYWAY, GREAT WORK STAFF, LOTS OF THINGS, UH, COMING TO FOR APPROVAL AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MARY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? AWESOME. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING JOY AND CHEER, UM, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH AN UNCERTAIN TIME AND A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. 
          UM, WE STILL HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE GRIEVING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE WANNA SAY THAT WE'RE HERE WITH YOU AND IN THIS SEASON WHERE WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING WITH FAMILY, WE'LL BE AT A SOCIAL DISTANCE, BUT WE WILL BE DOING IT TOGETHER. 
          UM, MAYOR, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS CLOSING OUT THIS YEAR THAT THE DISTRICT TWO AREA IS SO PROUD OF. 
          WE'RE PROUD TO SEE THAT WHEN WE FIRST CAME ON BOARD, WE QUESTIONED WHY SAY CAMM WAS NOT A PART OF THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR BUDGET. 
          AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT, SAY CAMM WILL FINALLY HAVE A PLACE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHERE THE COMPLETE STORY OF SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING ALL OF US, CAN BE TOLD, WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO STILL HAVE AN INFANT, WOMAN AND CHILDREN'S CLINIC ON RIMAN ROAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR MR. WILLIAMS. THERE WILL BE CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE'LL BE APPOINTING MR. SEYMOUR BATTLE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE THANK MR. UH, WELL, WE THANK ARCHIE WILLIAM MCMANUS FOR REALIZING THAT DISTRICT TWO IS TIRED OF BEING TIRED OF THE VIOLENCE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE. 
          WE ARE TIRED OF HAVING THOSE CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 
          WE ARE TIRED OF HAVING TO HAVE A HASHTAG AND A REST IN PEACE. 
          WE SEE THAT IN YOU USING THOSE ASSET FORFEITURE MONEY TO GO TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS WEST CARE, THAT WE'LL BE STEPPING UP INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, AND WE ARE TIRED OF BEING TIRED, THE VIOLENCE WILL STOP. 
          AND WE, TONIGHT AT SIX 30, IF YOU ARE A PARK OF DISTRICT TWO, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN DISTRICT TWO, WE'LL BE RELIGHTING OUR TREE AT THE M L K PARK. 
          IT WILL BE A LIGHT AND A BEACON TO REMIND THOSE IN DISTRICT TWO THAT WE ARE HERE TO STAY AND WE ARE NOT MOVING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD IN PRIDE AND DIGNITY AND UNITY. 
          THIS IS A SEASON THAT WE, AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL SHINE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE JUST STARTED IN YOUR TRADITION. 
          UH, APPRECIATE THOSE, UH, MOMENTS OF GRATITUDE FROM YOU. 
          UM, LEMME GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER MANNY S THANK 
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YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE, UH, OUR AGENDA INCLUDES ITEM 13, WHICH IS, UM, THE RATIFICATION OF ADVANCED WATER, SORRY, ADVANCED JACKSON LOW WATER CROSSING. 
          UM, THIS, UH, USUALLY I DON'T HIGHLIGHT, UH, INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE, BUT FOR MANY OF YOU, UM, EVERY TIME THAT WE'VE GOT MAJOR FLOODS IN SAN ANTONIO, THIS IS ONE OF THE DEADLY, UM, LOW WATER CROSSINGS, UH, WHERE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, SPEND A LOT OF TIME. 
          THERE ARE NO STRANGERS TO HAVING TO RESCUE PEOPLE, UM, IN VEHICLES TRAPPED, UH, UNDER RUSSIAN WATER IN, UM, IN THIS AREA. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LACK OF, UH, NECESSARY LOW WATER CROSSING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS PART OF DISTRICT EIGHT MAKES SAFETY AND, AND TRAVEL RISKS, UH, OF FLOODING DURING ADVERSE WATER, ALL THE GREATER. 
          SO, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, CONTRACT AWARD, UM, UNDER OUR 2017 BOND PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LOW WATER CROSSING, BECAUSE, WELL, WE NEED IT. 
          AND, UH, AGAIN, OUR, OUR JOB AT THE VERY MINIMUM IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE, UH, WHEN THEY MOVE AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND SO, UM, THESE, THESE IMPROVEMENTS AREN'T JUST GONNA BENEFIT THE NEIGHBORS IN ELM CREEK OR HUNTER'S CREEK, OR HUNTER'S CREEK NORTH OR CASTLEWOOD FOREST. 
          UH, BUT IT'S GONNA BENEFIT EVERYBODY, UH, WHO CROSSES, UH, AND TRAVERSES THROUGH THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS. 
          THE SECOND THING I WANNA POINT OUT, COLLEAGUES, IS THAT ON ITEM 26, UM, WE ARE RENEWING OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR OUR CITY LOBBYING TEAM. 
          UM, AND AS THE CHAIRMAN OF INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO CITY STAFF, UM, AND THE PROVIDERS OF THESE GOVERNMENTS, UM, ADVOCACY SERVICES. 
          AND I, I'LL TELL YOU, THESE FOLKS THAT WE'VE GOT HIRED IN DC, THEY'RE ESSENTIAL. 
          UM, AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE HIRED IN, IN, IN AUSTIN, THEY'RE ESSENTIAL TO TELLING THE SAN ANTONIO STORY, UM, AND TO FIGHTING FOR US. 
          AND OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, OUR CITY'S GONNA BE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO PICK UP THE PIECES, UM, THAT, UH, COVID HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, HAS BROUGHT TO US. 
          AND, UH, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DESTROYED LIVES OUT THERE AND DESTROYED BUSINESSES. 
          AND OUR ABILITY TO SECURE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING AND GRANTS, UM, IS GOING TO BE KEY TO US PUTTING THOSE PIECES BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. 
          UM, AND SO I'LL REMIND FOLKS THAT WHEN WE HIRE LOBBYISTS IN AUSTIN AND DC THOSE LOBBYISTS BRING HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT FOR POLICE AND FIRE. 
          THEY BRING HOME GRANTS FOR, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS, FOR HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS, UH, FOR METRO HEALTH DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND SO, UH, WE NEED THE, THE BRIGHT, THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST ADVOCATES IN SAN, IN AUSTIN AND DC TO TELL THOSE STORIES. 
          UH, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM, WELL, UH, OUR LUNCH IS GONNA GET EATEN BY OTHER CITIES WHO DO, UH, COMPETE FOR THOSE SAME FUNDS. 
          AND SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, FOR PASSING THIS. 
          AND THEN I, I CAN'T LET PASS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE DEBBIE ROCKERY FOR, UH, VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER ARTS FUNDING PROGRAM. 
          UH, I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, MAYOR, UM, THAT WE POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ARTS FUNDING SPEAKS TO, UH, OUR COMMITMENT TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT GREAT CITIES DO. 
          WE FUND ART, UM, AND WE FUND ART FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, WHO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE. 
          IT IS PART OF THE DIALOGUE OF A GREAT CITY AND WHO YOU LOVE IS NOT A DISQUALIFIER TO CONTRIBUTING TO THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UM, AND WE HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS, MR. FINGER, UH, LAMBAST US FOR, YOU KNOW, DARING TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS OUT THERE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE L G B T Q COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UM, I'M PROUD THAT, UH, WE'RE, UH, INCLUDING THEM IN THIS CONVERSATION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HE NEVER FAILS TO FIND AN UGLY WAY OF TALKING ABOUT THEM. 
          BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT MR. FINGER SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE ONE PERSON IN SAN ANTONIO WHO THINKS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE AND GAY SEX MORE THAN GAY PEOPLE, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DO THEMSELVES. 
          AND HE THINKS THE LADY DEATH PROTESTS TOO MUCH. 
          AND SO, MAYOR, UH, I DO CONGRATULATE ALL OF COUNCIL FOR PASSING THAT ITEM AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, AND LET ALSO THANK YOU, DEBBIE, FOR VERY AND VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS, UH, COMING TO FRUITION WITH, AND, AND IT NEVER WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ECHO WHAT, UH, SUE HALE OR CONTINUES TO SAY, WHICH IS THAT ART IS NOT ADDED VALUE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR LIVES. 
          IT'S THE VALUE. 
          AND SO I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE REFLECTING THAT, UH, AS A CITY. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO JUST, UM, COPY JADA FOR A MINUTE, UH, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY WELL STATED AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME HERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, OUR FINAL COUNCIL MEETING OF 2020, WHICH HAS BEEN A MOST EXTRAORDINARY YEAR IN JUST ABOUT EVERY WAY. 
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AND THANK ALL OF YOU, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AS WELL AS OUR STAFF COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, WE'VE DONE JUST AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UH, OF EXEMPLIFYING THE KIND OF COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT WE KNOW ABOUT SAN ANTONIO COMING TOGETHER IN, UH, THE, THE HEART OF A, A CRISIS, UH, LIKE NONE OTHER. 
          UH, I THINK OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE WATCHING, UH, THE WAY WE HAVE PERFORMED ACROSS GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES, ACROSS, UH, OFFICE SILOS, UH, ACROSS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS IN A WAY THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO RESPOND TO OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, UH, IMMEDIATELY WITH URGENCY AND THE WAY A PANDEMIC REQUIRES. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAS PLAYED AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING THAT WE CAN GET BACK ON OUR FEET AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE HERE AT THE END OF THIS. 
          AND, AND I'M GLAD, UM, IT'S GRATIFYING TO KNOW THAT OTHERS ARE TAKING NOTICE, UH, FROM MAIN STREET TO WALL STREET, UM, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN ABOUT THE RESPONSE THAT, UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS HAD TO THIS CRISIS. 
          UH, BUT IT IS THE REAL WORK THAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE DONE THEIR PART AS WELL, UH, WITH THE SIMPLE ACT OF WEARING A MASK WHEN THEY WALK OUTSIDE OR ENSURING THAT THEY DON'T GO SOMEWHERE THAT THEY PROBABLY WANT TO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FEELING SO WELL. 
          UH, EVERYONE HAS PLAYED A, A PART IN SAVING, UH, THE LIVES OF OUR, OUR LOVED ONES AND OUR NEIGHBORS AND, AND ENSURING THAT THIS CRISIS WASN'T FAR WORSE THAN IT ALREADY HAS BEEN. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, MY HEART IS FULL OF GRATITUDE AS WELL, UM, JADA, UH, AND I'M SURE YOURS IS AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THAT HERE IN THE FINAL SESSION OF THE YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WITH THAT, THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UM, DID WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT YET? YES, WE DID NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, LET ME GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A, UH, A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 14 16 24, AND THE ZONING ITEMS Z ONE, Z TWO, Z THREE, Z 12, Z 13, P1 Z 18 AND Z 20. 
          AND AS NOTED, Z 21 WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. 
          AND ALSO, ITEM FIVE, MAYOR, UM, OH, AND ITEM FIVE YES. 
          WHICH IS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. 
          COUNCIL COURAGE. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION BY COURAGE. 
          DID I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          [5. 20-7293 Briefings on the City's COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Plan and Emergency Response: [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; Ana Bradshaw, COVID-19 Financial and Performance Liaison]
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WE'RE NOT ITEM FIVE. 
          ITEM FIVE A IS AN UPDATE ON C OVID 19 AND THE CITY'S HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          ITEM FIVE B IS A BRIEFING ON THE NOVEMBER FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE C OVID 19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, CITY'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND ITEM FIVE C IS AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING EMERGENCY CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES RELATED TO THE CITY'S COVID 19 RESPONSE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPAND ALL CARES ACT CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND FUNDING AS NECESSARY TO MEET ALL REQUIRED GUIDELINES AND CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          ALRIGHT, LET ME, UM, UH, THERE'S A PRETTY LENGTHY PRESENTATION, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          UH, SO WE'LL START WITH COLLEEN, UH, AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION TO ANA FOR OUR LATEST UPDATE ON THE, UH, C R F FUNDS TO THE CARES ACT. 
          AND THEN WE WILL END WITH, UH, JEFF, UH, COYLE, GIVING THE COUNCIL A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT THE LATEST IS FROM WASHINGTON DC AND DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, AT, UH, UP, UP AT, UH, UP IN, UH, CONGRESS. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COLLEEN TO KICK US OFF. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A FAIRLY LONG PRESENTATION. 
          I WILL TRY TO GO PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          UM, THIS ONE SLIDE CONSOLIDATES WHAT I TYPICALLY COVER IN THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION. 
          JUST A REMINDER, UM, THAT WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY, UM, HEADED QUICKLY TO THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND CASES MARK. 
          UM, OUR SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE, UM, WHEN I PUT THE SLIDES TOGETHER FOR TWO DAYS AGO WAS 943. 
          IT'S NOW SURPASSED 1000. 
          THE POSITIVITY RATE IS 12.5%, UM, TOTAL DEATHS 
          [00:50:01]
1,435. 
          WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE'RE CURRENTLY 11,000 INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, WITH ACTIVE CASES OF C OVID 19, AND THAT THERE ARE 82,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID 19. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THIS IS OUR EPIC CURVE, UM, THAT SHOWS THE, UM, THE CASES IN BEXAR COUNTY, UM, STARTING WITH THE FIRST SPIKE THAT WE SAW IN THE SUMMER, UM, AND CONTINUING THROUGH THIS WEEK. 
          AND, UM, A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANNA MAKE IS THAT 24% OF THE TOTAL CASES, UM, IN BEXAR COUNTY ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT 20% OF ALL OF THE CASES THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE MARCH HAVE HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I GET THIS QUESTION A LOT. 
          SO I, UM, WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. 
          UM, ON THE LEFT IS THE EPIC CURVE YOU JUST SAW THAT'S PUT TOGETHER BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE AND DOWNLOAD AND USE. 
          UM, ON THE RIGHT IS THE EPIC CURVE THAT IS PUT TOGETHER BY THE EXPRESS NEWS. 
          UM, THE REASON I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE THE EXPRESS NEWS, UM, POPULATES THEIR EPIC CURVE USING THE DATE OF REPORT OF THESE CASES RATHER THAN WHAT METRO HEALTH USES, WHICH IS THE, UM, SYMPTOM ONSET DATE OR DATE OF TESTS. 
          UM, SO THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, THE TWO, UH, SURGES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, THE ONE IN THE SUMMER AND THE ONE NOW, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT METRO HEALTH AT B CURVE, YOU GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING TODAY COMPARED TO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SUMMER, WHICH IS WE ARE NOT SEEING AS MANY CASES NOW EVERY DAY AS WE SAW BACK IN JULY. 
          UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, CURVE ON THE RIGHT, HOWEVER, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE THE SAME LEVEL. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, SYMPTOM ONSET, WHICH IS REALLY A MORE ACCURATE WAY OF LOOKING AT THESE CASES, RATHER THAN WHEN METRO HEALTH REPORTS OUT THE CASE, UM, THAT'S MORE ACCURATE. 
          SO, UM, JUST CHECK OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, HAPPENING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, UM, CUMULATIVE INFORMATION, AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, SO FROM A CUMULATIVE PERSPECTIVE, THIS REFLECTS, UM, FROM MARCH THROUGH LAST WEEK, OUR, UH, CASE RATE PER HUNDRED THOUSAND BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE, UM, HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST COVID 19 CASE RATE IN DISTRICTS NINE AND 10 HAVE HAD THE LOWEST, UM, CASE RATES PRETTY CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE HAVE SEEN COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY CONTINUING TO EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST BURDEN OF C OVID 19 INFECTION PER POPULATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO HERE IS THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT IT IS JUST FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. 
          UM, AGAIN, DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST COVID 19 CASE RATE. 
          UM, OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS TO NOTE IS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS A WHOLE SAW OVER A 200% INCREASE IN NOVEMBER, UM, COMPARED TO OCTOBER. 
          SO AGAIN, WE ARE VERY DEFINITELY IN, IN A SURGE, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT SURGE IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS WHAT WE HAD IN THE SUMMER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THIS IS A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF, UM, NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES OF CASES. 
          SO ON THE LEFT IS THE CUMULATIVE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, AGAIN, DISTRICT THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, UM, HAVE THE HIGHEST CASES AND THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE. 
          UM, BUT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CASES IN NOVEMBER, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THREE AND FOUR STILL HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES, BUT THE REST 
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OF THE DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY 6, 7, 8, 9, AND 10, UM, HAVE INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT THEY NOW REPRESENT A HIGHER PERCENT OF CASES IN THE CITY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT SOME OF THIS IS DUE TO, UM, THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN DOING IN THOSE HARDEST HIT AREAS, UM, TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, THE PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING TESTED, UM, QUICKLY IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF THE THE VIRUS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, THIS MAP REPRESENTS ACTIVE CASES OF C OVID 19 IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE ABOUT 11,000 ACTIVE CASES, AND DARK BLUE ON THIS MAP IS WHERE THE RATE OF ACTIVE CASES IS THE HIGHEST. 
          UM, THIS IS WHERE WE DEPLOY OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO GET OUT AND, UM, HELP COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF MASKING, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCING, WASHING YOUR HANDS, GETTING TESTED, AND STAYING HOME IF YOU'RE SICK. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THIS IS ANOTHER SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON, THIS TIME OF HOSPITALIZATIONS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THE HIGHEST PERCENT OF HOSPITALIZATIONS CUMULATIVELY, UM, HAVE BEEN IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT NOVEMBER, UM, THAT MOVES TO, IN NOVEMBER, THE HIGHEST PERCENT OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UM, AGAIN, HOWEVER, DISTRICT EIGHT, NINE, AND 10 ARE INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THIS MAP REPRESENTS THE CASE FATALITY RATE PER 100 C OVID 19 CASES. 
          UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC COUNCIL, DISTRICTS THREE AND FIVE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST CASE FATALITY RATE, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THEY ALSO EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST HOSPITALIZATION. 
          UM, AND THEIR, THEIR RATES, UM, AT TIMES HAVE EXCEEDED OVER THE TWO DEATHS PER 100 CASE, UM, AVERAGE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          UM, ONE BIT OF PERHAPS GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE SEEING A LOWER CASE FATALITY RATE IN NOVEMBER, UM, THAN WE HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY IN THIS PANDEMIC. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE NEED TO WAIT ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE WE CAN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT COULD JUST BE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A DELAY. 
          UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT IS LOOKING BETTER. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE, UM, DISTRICT LEVEL INFORMATION, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER AND THE PERCENT OF DEATHS ASSOCIATED, UM, WITH C OVID 19 BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST CUMULATIVE, WE NEED TO WAIT A COUPLE OF MORE WEEKS BEFORE WE CAN SPOT THE INFORMATION FOR NOVEMBER. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UM, A QUESTION THAT WE GET A LOT AT METRO HEALTH THAT WE ARE, UM, FINE TUNING OUR ANSWERS TO IS, UM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH COVID, UM, WHERE DO THEY TELL OUR CASE INVESTIGATORS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN? UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS PLACES THAT CASES HAVE BEEN. 
          IT ISN'T NECESSARILY SAYING THIS IS WHERE A PARTICULAR CASE GOT THEIR, UM, INFECTION, BUT THERE, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, SOME LOGICAL CORRELATION THERE THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO PARSE OUT. 
          UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR CASES INDICATE THAT, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN TO SCHOOL, UM, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE GROCERY STORE, UM, AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OTHER PLACES. 
          SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO, UM, TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THIS INFORMATION AND, AND UNDERSTAND IT SO THAT IT WILL HELP US COMMUNICATE, UH, RISK LEVEL. 
          UM, 
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BUT I DID WANNA SHOW THIS INFORMATION AS WE ARE BEGINNING TO, UM, ANALYZE IT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH, UM, OUR COSA EMPLOYEE. 
          SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE HAD 942 EMPLOYEES TEST POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19. 
          UH, 146 OF THEM ARE STILL RECOVERING, AND LIKE A LOT OF FAMILIES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THE COSA FAMILY HAS ALSO LOST MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY TO COVID 19. 
          UM, SINCE MARCH WE HAVE LOST FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS TO COVID. 
          WE REMEMBER THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR WARMTH, THEIR HUMOR, THEIR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THEIR CITY, THEIR FAMILY, AND THEIR FRIENDS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IF YOU CAN HIT PLAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE FLAG YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS VIDEO WAS FLOWN OVER THE TEXAS CAPITOL AND SENT TO THE STAFF AT METRO HEALTH BY SENATOR CAMPBELL AND GOVERNOR ABBOTT IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR DEDICATION AND UNWAVERING SERVICE PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS OF TEXAS. 
          DURING THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC IN MARCH, PUBLIC HEALTH RALLIED TOGETHER TO RESPOND TO A NOVEL CORONAVIRUS NOT KNOWING THAT THEY WERE BEING THRUST INTO THE MOST DEADLY POLITICALLY CONTROVERSIAL AND COMPLICATED PANDEMIC. 
          IN OVER 100 YEARS, THIS WORK WAS GRUELING WITH DAYS STARTING BEFORE DAWN AND ENDING AFTER MOST PEOPLE WERE ASLEEP. 
          AND NINE MONTHS LATER IT ISN'T OVER. 
          PUBLIC HEALTH IS SIMULTANEOUSLY RESPONDING TO ANOTHER MAJOR SURGE IN CASES WHILE PLANNING ONE OF THE LARGEST VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. 
          AS SEEN IN THIS VIDEO, THIS FLAG WAS ALSO FLOWN OVER OUR OWN MUNICIPAL PLAZA BUILDING AND WILL BE DISPLAYED WITH PRIDE AS A REMINDER TO METRO HEALTH OF A GRATEFUL STATE AND A GRATEFUL CITY. 
          I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO ANNA. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          UH, TODAY I'LL PRESENT THE LATEST FINANCIAL REPORT COVERING REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR THROUGH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          UH, THIS REPORT IS GONNA FOCUS ON OUR USE OF THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, UM, SINCE WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH OF THAT FUNDING WITH, UH, THE DEADLINE FOR EXPENSES BEING DECEMBER 30TH. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO KICK OFF WITH JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NOVEMBER FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          SO THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH, WE'VE SPENT $322.4 MILLION OF A TOTAL, UH, 562.5 MILLION, UH, BUDGETED FOR, FOR THOSE THREE PROGRAMS. UM, THROUGH THE END OF THE OF NOVEMBER, WE'VE ALSO REACHED OVER 90% OF OUR USE OF C R S. 
          UH, WE'RE RIGHT AT 92.9% OF 270 MILLION WE RECEIVED IN THE FEDERAL FUNDING, AND I AM GLAD TO REPORT TODAY THAT WE WILL SPEND 100% OF C R F BY THE END OF DECEMBER. 
          OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR C R F FUNDED INITIATIVES IN THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN AS WE WRAP UP THE MICRO BUSINESS AND NON-PROFIT GRANTS. 
          UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS PILLAR, WE HAVE AWARDED 28.1 MILLION IN GRANTS. 
          THUS FAR OF THAT AMOUNT, 25.8 MILLION WAS AWARDED TO OVER 1100 MICRO BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AMONG THOSE RECIPIENTS INCLUDE 204 FOOD AND BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS. 
          THIS AMOUNTS TO A LITTLE OVER $8.8 MILLION. 
          THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $1.3 MILLION IN FUNDING LEFT TO BE AWARDED TO FOOD AND BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH AMOUNTS TO 25 TO, I'M SORRY, 15 TO 20 MORE GRAND. 
          WE EXPECT THE FUNDING TO BE AWARDED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 
          THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR CONTINUES TO BE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE LATEST STATS AS OF YESTERDAY. 
          IN TOTAL, 64.8 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROVED. 
          THIS INCLUDES 35 MILLION IN C R F RESOURCES. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE REMAINING FUNDING UNDER THE THIRD, UH, THIRD PHASE OF EAP STARTING IN MID-JANUARY, THE CITY WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3.6 MILLION IN C D B G FUNDS FROM THE STATE AS PART OF THE TEXAS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE STATE'S C D B G FUNDS, SAN ANTONIO WAS AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL 10.2 MILLION IN C D B G FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARES ACT STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING UTILIZING 4.6 MILLION OF 
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THIS FUNDING FOR ONGOING EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          OTHER RECOMMENDED OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE FUNDING FOR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB FOR EIGHT HOMES OLDER THAN 1960, AND MINOR HOME REPAIR FOR 17 HOMES. 
          A FULL RECOMMENDATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE IN JANUARY. 
          NOW JUMPING INTO THE FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU'LL SEE OUR LATEST STEPS ON, ON USE OF EACH FUND BY BY SOURCE. 
          THIS INCLUDES THE EXPENSES OF 251.4 MILLION IN C R S THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER. 
          UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT FUNDING OR EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND CONTINUE TO BE BELOW PLANNED AMOUNT. 
          AGAIN, WE ARE PRIORITIZING AND HAVE BEEN IN PRIORITIZING THE USE OF C R F FUNDING. 
          UM, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL LOOK TO REEVALUATE PLANS AND, AND CONTINUE TO, TO BALANCE OUR PLANS WITH THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FUNDING IS SPENT IN A TIMELY MANNER AS WELL ASSOCIATED WITH OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY INITIATIVE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS SLIDE, UH, SHOWS OUR EXPENSES BY, UH, BY EXPENDITURE GROUP. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE WE CONTINUE TO SPEND AT A HIGHER RATE IN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          UM, AGAIN, A NEGATIVE NUMBER'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING HERE. 
          WE'VE, UH, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY C R F. 
          AND SO AS WE'VE PRIORITIZED USE OF THOSE FUNDS, WE HAVE, UM, BEEN ABLE TO SPEND THOSE AT A FASTER RATE. 
          UH, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS IN THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, DUE TO THE STATE COVERING COSTS OF SOME OF OUR TESTING, AND THAT IS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, THOSE EXPENSES CONTINUE TO BE SLIGHTLY BELOW OUR PLANNED AMOUNT AS WE HAVE PRIORITIZED, UM, SPENDING OF THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I DID WANNA BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS WE'VE MADE TO OUR FACILITIES FUNDED BY C R S. 
          IN TOTAL, WE'VE, WE'VE INVESTED $11.6 MILLION IN ITEMS SUCH AS TOUCHLESS TECHNOLOGY FOR DOORS AND RESTROOMS, PLEXIGLASS PARTITIONS FOR THOSE, UM, INCLUDING THOSE THAT WERE RETROFITTED INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          UM, AND, UM, THE XANAX ROBOTS THAT ARE BEING USED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AS WELL AS PROVIDING CLEANING AT SOME OF OUR POLICE FACILITIES. 
          THIS AMOUNT ALSO INCLUDES OVER FIVE POINTS, UH, $5 MILLION INVESTED IN P P E FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
          THESE ENHANCEMENTS, ALONG WITH ENHANCED CLEANING PROTOCOLS, PROVIDE AN ADDED DEGREE OF SAFETY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO REPORT TO, TO A CITY WORK SITE DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          IT ALSO PROVIDES AN ADDED LAYER OF OR PROTECTION FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE VISITING OUR FACILITY. 
          SPEAKING OF CITY EMPLOYEES, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONTINGENT OF EMPLOYEES WHO CONTINUE TO WORK REMOTELY, BUT YOU'LL SEE WE'RE DOWN TO AROUND 1200 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING FULL-TIME REMOTE. 
          UM, THIS IS DOWN FROM A HIGH OF AROUND 2,600 IN MARCH. 
          THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO WORK A COMBINATION OF ONSITE AND REMOTELY DEPARTMENTS. 
          WERE TASKED WITH DEVELOPING PLANS TO EVENTUALLY BRING BACK REMOTE EMPLOYEES BASED ON OPERATIONAL NEEDS. 
          THE KEY WORD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PLANS, IT'S FLEXIBLE SO THAT WE CAN ADJUST BASED ON ANY GIVEN SITUATION, INCLUDING THE CURRENT SURGE IN CASES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN ADDITION, HR IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE. 
          THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING MASKS AND OTHER P P E TEMPERATURE SCREENINGS AND ENSURING SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES ARE IN PLACE. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, DEPARTMENTS WERE RELEASED RECENTLY PROVIDED WITH A THREE MONTH SUPPLY OF MASKS FOR EMPLOYEES, AND WE HAVE RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT EMPLOYEES ARE PROVIDED WITH MASKS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. 
          MOVING ON TO TODAY'S COUNCIL ACTION BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE RATIFICATION OF $21.1 MILLION IN EMERGENCY CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES RELATED TO THE ONGOING C OVID 19 RESPONSE. 
          THIS INCLUDES FOUR POINT, UH, $4.9 MILLION CONTRACTS FOR ADDITIONAL COVID TESTING ABOVE WHAT IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE STATE. 
          THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR CASE INVESTIGATIONS AND CONTRACT CONTACT TRACING SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE TOUCH TOUCHLESS TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. 
          THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD RATIFICATION OF PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS SINCE THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC WITH A TOTAL OF 13.1 MILLION PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AS PART OF THE MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IN JUNE AND THE CLOSING ORDINANCE IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE STATUS OF ANY FED FEDERAL LEGISLATION, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JEFF COYLE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT. 
          SURE, HONOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MY APOLOGIES TO THE MAYOR AND I G R COMMITTEE WHO HAVE HEARD THESE, UH, 
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UPDATES MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST TAKE 60 SECONDS HERE. 
          THE, THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS. 
          THE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT CONGRESS APPEARS VERY LIKELY TO PASS A ROUGHLY $900 BILLION, UH, RELIEF PACKAGE, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, HERE. 
          UH, AND IT INCLUDES SOME VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. 
          IT, IT EXTENDS UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, BENEFITS. 
          WE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE DETAILS OF THE BILL, THERE'LL BE, SO A LOT OF THIS IS GATHERED FROM THE INTEL FROM OUR LOBBY TEAM AND N L C AND, AND MEDIA, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL BE A $300 A WEEK UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, CONTINUATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 
          UM, IT, IT, IT INCLUDES A, UM, $300 BILLION FOR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER P P P, UM, UH, ROUND. 
          AND, UH, IT'S BEEN TAILORED TO BENEFIT RESTAURANTS AND OTHER HARD HIT BUSINESSES THAT, THAT, UH, STRUGGLED TO, TO BENEFIT FROM THE FIRST ROUND. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOUSING SIDE OF THIS. 
          IT DOES HAVE 25 BILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          HOW THAT WILL BE DOLED OUT IS NOT YET PUBLIC. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S FUNDING AS WELL AS AN EXTENSION OF THE EVICTION MORATORIUM FOR ANOTHER MONTH THROUGH JANUARY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ABOUT $45 BILLION IN TRANSPORTATION RELIEF TO TRANSIT AGENCIES, LIKE VIA TO AIRPORTS. 
          UH, THERE'S 10 BILLION IN BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT THAT WOULD GO TO STATES. 
          UH, WHAT ISN'T IN THERE. 
          I MENTIONED GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS IS STATE, ADDITIONAL STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING. 
          UH, THE HOUSE HAD BEEN FIGHTING FOR $160 BILLION, WHICH WOULD ROUGHLY, UH, EQUAL WHAT WAS PROVIDED OVER THE SUMMER THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANY TIMES. 
          BUT IT BECAME, UH, AN ITEM THAT WAS, UH, ESSENTIALLY ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK IN A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE OVER LIABILITY, UH, PROTECTIONS FOR BUSINESSES TO PROTECT BUSINESSES FROM BEING SUED IF PEOPLE GET SICK IN THEIR LOCATION. 
          AND SO THAT APPEARS TO HAVE GONE AWAY. 
          AND REPLACING THE 160 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING, UH, REPORTEDLY IS AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF CHECKS TO INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF SIX TO $700. 
          UH, SO THE STATUS HERE IS THAT, UM, THE FEDERAL BUDGET HAS TO BE APPROVED BY TOMORROW, UH, OR EXTENDED, UH, OR ELSE THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN. 
          THIS RELIEF PACKAGE IS LIKELY GONNA BE TIED TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET VOTE. 
          UH, AND THEY MAY DO A SEVERAL DAY EXTENSION HERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO BE ABLE TO TIE UP ALL THE LOOSE ENDS, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEY WILL PASS BOTH A BUDGET FOR F Y 21 AND THIS RELIEF PACKAGE IN THE REMAINING DAYS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA THANK OUR I G R COMMITTEE AND MAYOR FOR THE CONSISTENT AND AGGRESSIVE COMMUNICATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO OUR DELEGATION, UH, AND MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON. 
          THANKS, ANNA. 
          THANKS, JEFF. 
          UM, JUST A FEW OTHER, UM, NEXT STEPS. 
          SO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER QUARTERLY REPORT DUE TO THE, UM, INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT IN, UM, MID-JANUARY, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE OUR EXPENSES THROUGH DECEMBER, SO THROUGH THE END OF, OF THE C R F FUNDING PERIOD AND COMING BACK IN LATER PART OF JANUARY TO PRESENT THE NEXT FINANCIAL REPORT WITH, WITH A, A SPECIFIC UPDATE ON THOSE GENERAL FUND FUNDED INITIATIVES. 
          UM, MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          UM, LOTS OF DEPARTMENT STAFF ON THE LINE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, HONOR, UH, JEFF, COLLEEN, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, VERY COMPREHENSIVE LOOK. 
          WE HAVE ONE SIDE, UH, CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          UH, JACK FINGER Y YES. 
          UH, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS REPORT. 
          YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CRISIS, WE WENT ALONG WITH YOUR RESTRICTIONS THAT YOU IMPOSED UPON US. 
          THIS WAS BACK IN MARCH. 
          REMEMBER NINE MONTHS AGO, WE ONLY HAD TO WEAR MASKS. 
          YOU TOLD US, WELL, MAYBE ALSO STAND ABOUT APART ABOUT SIX FEET, BUT IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE FOR A LITTLE WILD. 
          YOU TOLD US. 
          REMEMBER, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE UNTIL WE COULD COME UP WITH ENOUGH VENTILATORS SO THAT HOSPITALS WOULD NOT BE OVERWHELMED, REMEMBER? OH. 
          AND, UM, AND THEN YOU TOLD US NOT TO GO ANYWHERE. 
          REMEMBER ONLY TO THE STORE AND, AND NOT EVEN TO CHURCH, REMEMBER. 
          AND WE ALL THOUGHT, OKAY, WAIT. 
          WE COULD PUT UP WITH THIS FOR, FOR 
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A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU TOLD US, UH, SORRY. 
          IT'S JUST UNTIL WE FLATTENED THE CURVE, UHHUH . 
          AND SO WE WAITED UNTIL THE CURVE WAS FLATTENED. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENED? CABIN FEVER. 
          BUT THESE RESTRICTIONS STILL WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH. 
          QUOTE, DO NOT MEET IN CROWDS BIGGER THAN 10 PERSONS, UNQUOTE. 
          YOU TOLD US IN THE MEANTIME, YOU ALLOWED ANTIFA AND BLACK LIVES MATTER TO OVERRUN YOUR OWN CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEARLY ALL OF YOU RAISING YOUR FISTS WITH, WITH THEM. 
          AND IN, IN THE MEANTIME, NEWS OF INFLATED FALSE CASES WERE REPORTED, BUT YOU DIDN'T INVESTIGATE THESE REPORTS, MR. MAYOR. 
          AND NOW, NOW YOU WANT US TO KEEP THIS UP. 
          WHEN OUR ECONOMY IS SUFFERING DIRECTLY BASED UPON THESE CRAZY, BASELESS CONTRADICTORY RESTRICTIONS, THE DEATH RATE IS ONLY ABOUT 1% OR LESS IN LINE WITH THE COMMON FLU. 
          WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THIS TRASH. 
          STOP IT. 
          STOP THROWING AWAY OUR RIGHTFUL CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS STARTING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          UM, BEFORE I KICK OFF THE COUNCIL, UH, DISCUSSION, I, I JUST AGAIN, WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS FROM OUR, OUR CITY STAFF AND, AND IN PARTICULAR OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I THINK, IN THE COUNTRY IS, IS UNDER THE GUN. 
          UH, OURS IS NO EXCEPTION. 
          BUT YOU, UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE EX HAVE PERFORMED EXTRAORDINARILY WELL UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, THE, THE SITUATION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE ON A DAILY BASIS, AND YOU'VE KEPT US UP TO SPEED AND, AND INFORMED ON HOW THAT IS. 
          AND NOW THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO A PHASE THAT INCLUDES VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, UM, WRIT LARGE, AND EVERYONE IS GONNA BECOME VERY QUICKLY AN EXPERT ON VACCINE DISTRIBUTION. 
          ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSPARENCY, UH, IN THAT REGARD AS WELL. 
          SO LOOK FORWARD TO THESE UPDATES. 
          UM, AND, AND JUST AGAIN, TO, UH, UNDERSCORE, WHEN THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN MARCH, WE PIVOTED THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY PIVOTED, GOVERNMENT PIVOTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD RESPOND WITH THE URGENCY THAT A PANDEMIC REQUIRES. 
          UH, AND SO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE, UH, WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY IN THEIR COMMITTEES, UH, TO, UH, STEWARD THE PILLARS THAT WE SET UP AT THE VERY START, UH, SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF, HOUSING RELIEF, UH, WORKFORCE, UM, THE HEALTH RESPONSE, UM, THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING. 
          UH, AND KEEP IN MIND, AGAIN, AS WE FIND OURSELVES, UH, REACHING NEW THRESHOLDS AND, AND, UH, MEETING NEW CHALLENGES, IS THROUGH THOSE COMMITTEES THAT WE ARE, ARE LOOKING FOR IMMEDIATE SWIFT ACTION. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT BEING BROUGHT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, QUICKLY, UH, THAT'S ALLOWED US TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE, UM, MOVING TARGETS ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. 
          AND, AND, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLIE, UM, I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM BECAUSE IT IS A MOVING AS WELL. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE DO HAVE GOOD NEWS COMING, UH, BY TOMORROW. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, LET ME TURN IT OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIRA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I DO WANNA THANK ALL OF THE METRO HEALTH TEAM, EVERYONE, ERIC, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK AND, UM, FINDING WHATEVER WE CAN DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND YES, I AGREE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELA, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SOME MORE PHONE CALLS AND DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE GET WHAT WE NEED MOVING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          UM, AND JEFF, THANK YOU FOR THE TEAM AND OUR, OUR LOBBYISTS, OF COURSE, WHO ARE, ARE PUSHING, UH, VERY HARD AND KEEPING US UP TO DATE VERY WELL, TOO, OF ALL THE MOVING PIECES THERE. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I'M GONNA START WITH ANA, IF YOU CAN PLEASE GO, UH, AND JUST CONTINUE, BRING ME SOME CLARITY ON SLIDE NUMBER 21 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, 10.2 MILLION, UH, FROM THE C D B G. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY, UM, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH. 
          IS THIS CORRECT, OR, AND YOU CAN JUST GO OVER THE SLIDE AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, UM, THE ADDITIONAL C D B G FUNDING OR, SO THAT'S SLIDE 20, JOHN. 
          OH, SO THIS IS A, A SECOND ALLOCATION OF C D B G FUNDING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
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CARES ACT. 
          UM, SO THE CITY RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF AWARD, HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT BEEN, HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED THUS FAR. 
          SO, UM, STAFF RIGHT NOW IS RECOMMENDING THAT THAT 4.6 MILLION OF THAT BE USED FOR ONGOING EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          SO COUPLED WITH THE ADDITIONAL C D B G FROM THE STATE, THAT WOULD EXTEND, UM, THAT PROGRAM STAFF ANTICIPATES THROUGH MID-MARCH POTENTIALLY. 
          UM, THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR, FOR, TO START DEVELOPING SOME, SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AND, AND AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING. 
          UM, SO THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS FROM BOTH THE DEMAND AND THE SUPPLY SIDE. 
          IN ADDITION TO FUNDING SOME OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB AND, AND MINOR HOME REPAIR. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, FOR HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. UM, SO IT, IT IS A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, NEXT MONTH. 
          AND TELL ME WHERE, UM, ON OUR EAP, AND I'M TRYING TO, I THINK MY SLIDES ARE OFF A LITTLE BIT FROM YOURS, BUT FOR OUR EAP, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TO HOLD, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS UNTIL RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 31 TO USE CARES FUNDING, BUT HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE THAT ISN'T CONNECTED TO THAT? AND HOW LONG WILL IT LAST FOR OUR RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW UNTIL JANUARY, FEBRUARY, ET CETERA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS LORI, AND I CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING RIGHT NOW AT THE CURRENT LEVEL TO GET US THROUGH, UM, FEBRUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY TO MID-FEBRUARY. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL $3.9 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING THAT WE'RE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE IN JANUARY. 
          NOW, WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL $4.8 MILLION OUT OF THE C D G ALLOCATION, AND THAT'LL GET US TO MOST LIKELY EARLY MARCH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND JEFF, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN, UH, THE CURRENT STIMULUS BILL IS JUST UNTIL JANUARY TO, UM, EXTEND EVICTIONS OR TO PROHIBIT EVICTION EVICTIONS. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, IT EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          THIS WOULD EXTEND THAT ONE MORE MONTH. 
          THERE ARE HOUSING GROUPS, UH, WHO ARE PUSHING ONCE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS IS SWORN IN TO EXTEND THAT FURTHER. 
          BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY. 
          FOR, FOR NOW. 
          IT'LL, IT'LL EXTEND IT THROUGH JANUARY. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO, UM, ON SLIDE NUMBER ON, ON WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, IT'S SLIDE NUMBER 26. 
          IT'S TALKING ABOUT TODAY'S COUNCIL ACTION. 
          UM, AND IT IS TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER IN ORDER TO, UH, CONTINUE TO, UM, USE THIS, THESE DOLLARS, THE 21.1 MILLION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN, IT IS A, A RATIFICATION OF PURCHASES. 
          SO THESE ARE OUR PURCHASES ARE CONTRACTS THAT THE, THAT, THAT THE CITY HAVE HAS ALREADY MADE. 
          HOWEVER, WE'RE JUST GOING BACK TO, TO RATIFY THESE PURCHASES, UM, FOR TRANSPARENCY, UH, REASONS. 
          SO, UM, THESE ARE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY UNDERTAKEN. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I, I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE BEGINNING OF THE SLIDES AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. 
          IT'S REALLY, UM, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO SEE AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGHEST PERCENT OF HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF IT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST COUPLE OF, UM, SLIDES. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT IN DISTRICT, WELL, IN TALKING TO COLLEAGUES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CASES IN DISTRICT THREE, IN DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FIVE, THE FATALITY RATE, AND KNOWING THAT ALSO IN DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAVE A REALLY HIGH HOSPITALIZATION RATE, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR WHAT IS THAT MEDICAL BILL GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR OUR FAMILIES? WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES? AND ARE THEY GOING TO BE EVEN FURTHER BEHIND FINANCIALLY IF THEY'RE HAVING TO GO INTO HOSPITALIZATIONS? UM, I ALSO WANNA CON TO GET THE INFORMATION OF THAT, UM, SLIDE OR THE MAP, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER OF WHERE ARE THE MOST CASES WITH AN OVERLAY OF WHERE THE MOST FATALITIES AND THEN WHERE ARE THE FREE TESTS OR THE COVID TEST, AND THEN WHERE ARE THE VACCINES GOING TO BE FIRST? AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          I KNOW IN DISTRICT THREE, WE HAVE A LOT OF MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS, AND A LOT IN THOSE MULTI-GENERATIONAL GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS ARE ALSO OUR ESSENTIAL 
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WORKERS AND, UM, WHO HAVE TO PUT THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOL OR WHO HAVE TO SHOW UP BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THE, UM, LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO WORK FROM HOME, UM, ON A DIGITAL, ON A INTERNET PLATFORM. 
          SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUT AND BE A UNITED VOICE MAYOR COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES THAT THESE VACCINES, ONCE WE GET OUT OF THE PHASE ONE AND THE PHASE TWO, OR EVEN IN THE PHASE TWO, WHEN THE STATE IS CONTINUING TO MAKE THE DECISIONS, THAT WE PUT A PRIORITIZATION ON THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ON THESE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HARD HIT WITH THE HEALTH DISPARITIES FOR GENERATIONS AND THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING THROUGH THE NUMBER OF CASES. 
          BUT THEN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, UM, I'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR TWO HOSPITALS ON THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, BEING A PART OF CREATIVE WAYS TO GET, UM, OUR RESIDENTS OUT THERE AND CONNECTED. 
          I WANNA THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE, UM, E W D C COMMITTEE WHO'VE BEEN VERY CREATIVE AND VOICING WHAT IT IS WE NEED TO DO WITH WITHIN OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR GRANTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET HELP TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO. 
          AND OF COURSE, UM, CHAIR OF CHECK COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, ABSOLUTELY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          I'M REALLY, UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND I WANNA MOVE, UH, TO APPROVAL FOR THIS RATIFICATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND SECOND'S. 
          SECOND BY SANDOVAL. 
          UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          SO, UH, AND FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, I GUESS LET ME JUST START WITH DR. 
          BRIDGER, 'CAUSE OF COURSE IT'S ON THE TOP OF MY MIND WHEN WE SHOW THE FATALITIES, UM, IN THE DISTRICT, AND, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS AND OUR KIDS NEEDING TO GO TO SCHOOL, UM, ARE, ARE THE PEOPLE DYING BECAUSE PRIMARILY UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS, IS THAT WHAT LEADS TO MORE FATALITIES THAN IN OTHER PLACES? WE, THERE IS DEFINITELY AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE. 
          UM, WHICH DISTRICT FIVE DOES HAVE A LOT OF, UM, AND THE RISK OF DEATH DUE TO COVID 19. 
          SO I, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I FELT LIKE WE SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLY ON AND HAVEN'T HAD, UM, A WHOLE LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AROUND AND, AND TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS REPORTED THAT, UM, THE OH SEVENS ZIP CODE WHERE I LIVE, LIKE HAD THE HIGHEST CENSUS TRACK OF DIABETES PATIENTS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THESE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT I THINK, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS, UM, AT SOME POINT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT A RECOVERY, I DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW, I I'VE BEEN VERY LUCK, RELUCTANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT A RECOVERY BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH BANDWIDTH WE CAN HANDLE. 
          UM, AND I, I FEEL LIKE LOOKING TOO MUCH TOWARDS A RECOVERY TAKES THE ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE REALITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW, WHICH IS STILL, UM, A LOT OF FATALITIES AND, UM, UH, A LOT OF, UM, OF STILL, UH, IN, UM, UH, RATES OF, OF INFECTION. 
          SO COULD YOU ALSO EXPLAIN, UM, I, I GUESS DR. 
          BRIDGE, I, I KNOW I JUST, I HAVEN'T QUITE UNDERSTOOD, UH, MAYBE YOU COULD GO TO THE, TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS WHAT METRO HEALTH REPORTS AND THEN WHAT THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS, AND YOU KIND OF EXPLAINED TO WHY THAT MATTERS, BUT I DON'T, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER? SO, THE WAY METRO HEALTH REPORTS, THE CASES IN OUR EPI CURVE IS BASED, BASED ON EITHER DATE OF SYMPTOM ONSET, OR DATE OF TESTS. 
          UM, THE WAY THAT THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS, IT IS BASED ON, 
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UM, THE CASES THAT ARE REPORTED EVERY DAY, EVEN THOUGH THOSE CASES COULD REPRESENT 14 DAYS AGO. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHAT YOU GET IS A DISTORTED VIEW OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WATCH THE EPI CURVE ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. 
          BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT REFLECTS WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          . 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE PEAK ON THE, UM, THE ONE, THE NEWSPAPER ONE, SO CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE? IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO PEAKS OF THE, UM, THE CHART IN ORANGE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE AS HIGH TODAY AS WE WERE AT THE PEAK OF THE, OF THE SPIKE IN JULY. 
          DO YOU SEE THAT? THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND A THOUSAND, BOTH IN BOTH PEAKS. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE DATA FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IT SHOWS CLEARLY THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, THAT WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW IS LESS SEVERE THAN WHAT WE EXPERIENCED IN THE SUMMER. 
          IT'S LESS STEEP AND IT'S LESS HIGH. 
          AND SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WON'T MAYBE GET THERE. 
          UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE VERY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, 'CAUSE I THINK MOST PEOPLE DO READ THE PAPER AND ARE GETTING THEIR INFORMATION FROM THAT SOURCE. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, I, I, I JUST, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE AT LEAST THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATION I GET FROM, UH, MY CONSTITUENTS HERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT I COULD, UM, THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR THAT, UH, CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, COULD WE GO TO THE, TO THE FINANCIAL SLIDE? UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, AND I, I FINALLY SEE THAT, UM, UM, HOW YOU'VE, UM, SHOWED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. 
          UM, SO I FEEL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE PERHAPS THIS SLIDE JUST MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE TO ME THAN OTHER SLIDES WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, UH, ABOUT, UM, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE, UM, ARE CONTRIBUTING TO, UM, STABILIZING OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE COVID RELIEF TO GENERAL FUND, UM, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING. 
          UM, IS THERE A, A, UM, UH, SORRY, CAN YOU, HOW ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PIECE? ALL THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN REFERENCE TO HOUSING. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE ACTUAL RECOVERY? I MEAN THE, LIKE METRO HEALTH SIDE AND, UH, THAT, UM, HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING THERE? COUNCIL UHHUH, THE COUNCILMAN, THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWS IT BY FUNDING SOURCE. 
          SO, UM, ONE OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN WAS BRAIDED FUNDING. 
          SO THAT'S JUST SHOWING YOU HERE ARE ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES, UM, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ALLOCATE THEM IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE TO, TO, UM, FUND THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS. SO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, WHEREAS THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A COMBINATION OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, UM, GENERAL FUND, AND SOME OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS, UH, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, THE RECOVERY RESILIENCY PROGRAM, UH, PLAN IS ALSO A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE FUNDING SOURCES, A GENERAL FUND, C R F, AND, UM, AND OTHER GRANTS. 
          SO, UM, IT, IT'S A BIT OF A, OF A, OF A, IT IS A BRAID. 
          I MEAN, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THEM ALL TOGETHER, AND WE JUST WANNA PROVIDE BOTH VIEWS. 
          UM, AGAIN, ONE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES WAS LET'S, LET'S MAKE BEST UTILIZATION OF THAT C R F. 
          AND SO WE'VE PRIORITIZED THAT. 
          UM, BUT THEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER GRANT RESOURCES ARE WHAT'S GOING TO SUSTAIN THE ONGOING, ONGOING PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND THE RECOVERY RESILIENCY EFFORT. 
          AND THAT'S LARGELY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO, UM, BOTH VIEWS TOGETHER KINDA GIVE YOU HOW, HOW THE LAY OF THE LAND IS AS OF THE END OF NOVEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHEN IT COMES TO SORT OF THE VACCINES, UM, AND THAT THERE'S NOTHING SO FAR, NO FUNDING SO FAR ALLOCATED TO THAT. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SMALL GRANTS, UM, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS THE VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, UM, AS COUNCIL  MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD THEN, UM, TARGET THE AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST FATALITIES WHEN IT COMES TO, 
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UM, THE VACCINES. 
          WE DID HAVE A VERY, UH, THOROUGH PRESENTATION A FEW DAYS AGO. 
          AND, AND, UM, THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEE ABOUT THE VACCINE I THOUGHT WAS VERY THOROUGH. 
          UM, AND, UH, UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, UM, I'M GETTING STOPPED ALL THE TIME. 
          PEOPLE SAYING, WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN ARE, WHEN IS THE COMMON, WHEN IS EVERYBODY GONNA GET THE VACCINE? UM, AND I I, I HAVEN'T HEARD, UH, ANYBODY NOT AGREEING WITH THE WHAT'S CURRENTLY PRESENTED THAT WOULD GO TO HE COWORKERS AND THEN, UM, UH, PEOPLE IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, BUT THEN OF COURSE, IMMEDIATELY TO AREAS WHERE WE'VE BEEN HARDEST HIT. 
          SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S NOT JUST THE, UM, UH, AND THAT PERHAPS THINGS ARE EVOLVING ALL THE TIME THAT WE HAVE, UM, MORE VACCINE, BUT DO WE HAVE THE, THE, UM, LOGISTICAL PART READY TO DISTRIBUTE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S MORE AVAILABLE? UM, AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THAT COVERED. 
          AM AM I RIGHT, DR. 
          BRIDGES? YEAH, WE'VE GOT THAT COVERED. 
          SO IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF GETTING IT OUT TO THE PEOPLE AND THEN LETTING THEM KNOW, UM, WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE. 
          SO THANK YOU, UH, EVERYBODY FOR YOUR WORK, UH, IN THIS MATTER. 
          I MAY HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS THAT I'LL CHIME IN IN, IN A BIT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER AND, UH, TO ALL THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING. 
          UM, AND, AND ANNA FOR THE, THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I WANTED TO START OFF, AND, AND, AND JUST ECHOING WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAS SAID, OF COURSE, UM, DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE HAVE SUFFERED, UH, THE MOST, UH, FROM, FROM THE PANDEMIC AS FAR AS DEATHS. 
          AND WE HAVE LOST 1,435 OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO COVID. 
          AND, UM, TO ME, ONE DEATH WOULD'VE BEEN TOO MANY ALREADY. 
          SO IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WE COULD, UM, DO TO CONTINUE TO PREVENT THAT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ENTIRELY, UH, FOCUS ON THAT. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE VACCINE, UM, CONVERSATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION. 
          I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO THANK THREE OF THE HOSPITALS CEOS WHO STEPPED UP, UH, LAST WEEK AND, AND, AND COMMITTED TO US WHEN, UM, COUNCILMAN GAN AND I, UH, UH, UH, WROTE, UM, UH, A SMALL PIECE ASKING, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE VACCINES. 
          AND THEY WERE OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC TO BE, UM, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON, ON THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDES AND, AND WEST SIDE, WHICH HAVE BEEN, BEEN HIT SO HARD. 
          UM, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS LOGISTICAL ISSUES WITH THE, THE VACCINE FOR OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND THAT SOME OF OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN THE SOUTH SIDE MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT AT THE SAME TIME AS SOME OF THE LARGER HOSPITALS. 
          UM, GEORGE HERNANDEZ AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, AND, UH, DR. 
          HENRIK AT UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, UH, AND DEAN ALEXANDER OVER AT CHRISTA SANTA ROSA COMMITTED TO HELPING, UH, OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES AT, AT, AT SOUTHWESTERN. 
          I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR SHARING, UM, YOUR, UH, COMMITMENT TO TAKING CARE OF THE GREATER, UH, SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, I, I, I WANTED TO START OFF BY, BY BY SAYING THANK YOU, UM, FOR STEPPING UP TO THAT CHALLENGE, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL, UH, WILL, UM, ALSO, UH, CONSIDER, UH, BEING SUPPORTIVE OF, OF, OF THE PLAN FOR VACCINATION. 
          I, I HAVEN'T SEEN, BUT I, I KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S IN GOOD HANDS. 
          SO DR. 
          BRIDGER AND, AND HER TEAM, I ALSO, UM, WANTED TO, UM, ASK, THERE IS A SLIDE PRESENTATION, UH, OR, SO THERE'S A SLIDE, DR. 
          BRIDGER, THAT YOU SHOWED, AND CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER? IT IS THE ONE WHERE IT'S, UM, CASE EXPOSURE, LOCATION TYPES. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER A, UM, A LARGE EMPLOYER? I, I, I'LL SEND YOU THE EXACT DEFINITION, COUNSEL. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGET. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WITH THE SCHOOLS AND, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE CHECK IN, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE TESTING, UM, THEIR STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS, OR THEIR STAFF, OR, OR NOT NECESSARILY ON A DAILY BASIS OR ON A WEEKLY BASIS? DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL THAT MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE? I'LL ASK STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER A REPORT. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, IT, IT VARIES. 
          SO WE'VE HAD SOME WHO ARE DOING, UM, KIND OF RANDOM TESTING. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME THAT ARE DOING SYMPTOMATIC TESTING. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME THAT ARE DOING UNIVERSAL TESTING. 
          SO WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A REPORT OF WHAT WE KNOW AND, UM, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL. 
          I HAD A CONVERSATION, AS, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO CHECK IN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND IN MY DISTRICT, UH, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. 
          AND, UM, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THEM ON SATURDAY, AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT, UH, IT'S REALLY WORKING FOR THEM. 
          AND SO IT, IT, IT'S KEEPING THEIR, THEIR CASES, 
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UM, DOWN AND IN THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND SO HE WAS AFRAID THAT THE FUNDING WAS GONNA RUN OUT, OR THEY HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THE FUNDING WAS GONNA RUN OUT, FOR INSTANCE, FOR COMMUNITY LABS. 
          AND THE STATE STEPPED IN I, I GUESS, FRIDAY AND FUNDED AN ADDITIONAL BATCH. 
          SO, UM, HE WAS HAPPY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SECURE THAT. 
          UM, BUT I, I, I THINK THAT THAT TESTING HAS, UH, ALSO GIVEN SOME CONFIDENCE. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          AND I, I SEE THAT CHART THAT, THAT YOU SHARED. 
          AND SO I NOTICED THAT THE CASE EXPOSURE LOCATION TYPE IS HUGE IN THE SCHOOLS. 
          SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO. 
          UM, YESTERDAY ALSO, I, I DO HAVE TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO YOUR, YOUR METRO HEALTH TEAM AND, UH, UH, SOME OF THE E M S FOLKS WHO HELPED WITH THE, UM, COVID WATCH APP THAT, UH, WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY. 
          UM, IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, THAT PUTS EVERYTHING IN, IN, IN ONE LOCATION, AND SO HOPEFULLY, UH, PEOPLE WILL START USING IT AND START TRACKING THEIR TIMES. 
          UM, SO, SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND I WANNA ASK ALSO, ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCILMAN  ASKED ABOUT FREE TESTING SITES. 
          AND SO, UM, SHE, SHE MENTIONED MAYBE A MAP WITH THE FREE TESTING SITES. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY, UM, HELPFUL, UH, WITH, WITH THE, THE FREE TESTING SITES. 
          UM, HAVE WE NOTICED, I ASKED THIS LAST WEEK, IT WAS JUST IN GENERAL, I MEAN, THERE WASN'T A CHANGE IN TIME OF RESULTS. 
          HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN, UM, DEMAND FOR THE VACCINES? IS THERE AN INCREASE IN, IN THE, UH, THE, I GUESS THE, UH, UH, RESULTS THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF YET LATE LAST WEEK? WELL, FIRST I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE, UM, MAP OF THE PRETESTING SITE IS ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          IT DOES CHANGE REGULARLY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          UM, WE JUST ADDED A NEW SITE, UM, AND DISTRICT ONE YESTERDAY. 
          SO, UM, PEOPLE SHOULD CHECK THAT WEBSITE FREQUENTLY TO SEE WHERE THOSE SITES ARE. 
          UM, AND THEN TWO LAST WEEK, UM, WE HAD NOTICED FROM CURATIVE THAT THEY WERE NOTICING THEIR RESULTS WERE SLOWING DOWN, UM, AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE THE WEEKEND TO IMPLEMENT SOME UPGRADES. 
          THEY IMPLEMENTED THOSE UPGRADES, AND THEIR RESPONSE, THEIR TURNAROUND TIME IS NOW BACK TO WHAT IT WAS PRE SURGE. 
          SO, UM, THEY'RE BEING VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          AND THEN I ALSO, UM, WAS, UH, WONDERING ON THE EMPLOYEE DATA, DO WE HAVE THAT, AND, AND MAYBE I MISSED THIS IN, IN THE PRESENTATION, OR MAYBE YOU SAID IT AND I DIDN'T HEAR, IS THAT BROKEN DOWN BY FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL? WE, WHEN WE SEND OUT THE EMAIL, IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY FIRST RESPONDERS, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE OPTED INTO THE VACCINE, AND ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE ONES THAT OPTED IN BY THE END OF THE WEEK? COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S, I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN. 
          THE CHIEF HOOD AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING ON THAT. 
          UH, THE, THE PRIMARY TARGET ARE THE PARAMEDICS, UM, AND, UH, THAT, THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UH, HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO, PLANS WILL BE FINALIZED AND, AND, UH, THE EXECUTION OF VACCINATIONS WILL BEGIN. 
          I, I DO WANNA CLARIFY THAT WILL NOT BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE RECEIVED A LITTLE UNDER 30,000 DOSES. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 120,000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS, WHICH INCLUDES OUR E M SS FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          UM, SO WE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SHIPMENTS, AND AS WE RECEIVE THEM, THEY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS, FIRST RESPONDERS UNTIL THEY ALL, ALL OF THOSE, THEM WHO WANT THEM WILL HAVE THEM. 
          THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT GROUP. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          RICHARD. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU ERIC FOR UMING THAT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO, UM, JUST GIVE A, A QUICK, UH, SHOUT OUT TO, UM, THE TEAM AT G P A, UH, WHO WORKED WITH THE, UM, THE ARTIST AND, AND I'M SURE THAT, UH, DEBBIE ER WAS PROBABLY ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          UM, BUT THE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WITH THE, UM, THE SINGERS, UH, THE ARTISTS WHO ARE PERFORMING, UM, AND WHO THEY'RE SHOW BEING SHOWN ON COMMERCIALS, UM, IS I THINK, HAVING AN IMPACT. 
          I HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          I, UH, WAS, UH, UH, TOLD BY MY PARENTS YESTERDAY THAT THERE'S A SONG. 
          AND SO, UM, THEY GOT THE MESSAGE ACROSS. 
          SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT, UM, IT, IT, IT, IT WAS WORKING. 
          SO I JUST, UH, WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, I, UH, I I WOULD STILL MAYBE LIKE TO, UM, LEARN A A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, THE PLAN FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          UM, AND I, I, I THINK, WELL, I TALKED TO MARIA EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND SO I THINK THAT SHE'S, UM, WORKING ON IT FOR ME. 
          I JUST, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, MAYBE A TIMELINE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AS MANY AS AS POSSIBLE ARE GETTING IT, BUT, UH, GETTING VACCINE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL 
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MEMBER RO GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THANK YOU ANNA, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          UM, AND, UH, JEFF AND, AND SO MANY THAT HAVE BEEN PUTTING ALL OF THEIR WORK BEHIND MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND THE SAFETY. 
          UM, WE, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE CAMPAIGN AND THE RESPONSE TO HOW WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE COMMUNICATION THROUGH DIGITAL ACCESS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE AND, AND HOW IT'S GOING OUT. 
          UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO, UH, HOW THIS HAS BEEN AND WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE DISTRIBUTION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? SO, WE GOT OUR FIRST DOSES THIS WEEK. 
          UM, THEY WENT TO, UH, 11 DIFFERENT HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, THE HOSPITAL CEOS OF ALL OF THE SYSTEMS ALL COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT EVEN IF A PARTICULAR HOSPITAL WASN'T IN RECEIPT OF VACCINE, THAT THEIR WORKERS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE VACCINATED, UM, AT ONE OF THOSE 11 HOSPITALS. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS HAPPENING NOW. 
          THEY'RE DOING IT FAIRLY SLOWLY, FAIRLY METHODICALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY NEW. 
          UM, AND THEY, THEY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING IT RIGHT. 
          SO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE VACCINATED IS STILL FAIRLY SMALL, UM, AS MORE VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE EXPECT THE, UM, SHIPMENTS OF THE, OF THE PFIZER VACCINE TO CONTINUE EVERY WEEK. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL GET THE MODERNA VACCINE STARTING, UM, NEXT WEEK WAS THE LATEST ESTIMATE I HEARD. 
          UM, AND WE'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP VACCINATING THAT 120,000 POPULATION FIRST, UM, AND THEN GRADUALLY EXPANDED OUT PER THE FEDERAL AND STATE DESIGNATED PRIORITY POPULATION. 
          UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WITH THE ORIGINAL C R F FUNDING WE RECEIVED, WE DID PURCHASE SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL VANS SO THAT WE COULD TAKE COVID VACCINATION MOBILE AND GO DEEP INTO THE HEART OF PLACES THAT NEED IT. 
          UM, SO THAT WE, WE ARE PREPARING FOR THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE DO NOT EXPECT VACCINE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR WIDE DISTRIBUTION UNTIL PROBABLY MAY OR JUNE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AS WE SPEAK TO THAT, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS STILL SOME FEAR AND SOME HESITANCY ABOUT TAKING THE VACCINE. 
          HAVE WE ALREADY STARTED CORRELATING A, A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO SPEAK TO THOSE CONCERNS? WE, WE HAVE, THE STATE HAS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON THIS, WHAT WE'RE CALLING VACCINE HESITANCY, UM, TO REALLY GET IN FRONT OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YES, THE, THE VACCINE FOR C OVID 19 WAS DEVELOPED QUICKLY, BUT IT IS BASED ON SCIENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR DECADES. 
          UM, AND SO GETTING, GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT ABOUT, YES, IT WENT QUICKLY, ISN'T THAT GREAT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS RESEARCH FOR DECADES AND ARE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING AND PRODUCTION OF A VACCINE. 
          AND COLLEEN, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT FOR THE COUNCILWOMAN, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING CONVERSATIONS WITH VERY VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A SECOND PHASE OF THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT COUNCILWOMAN RICHARD GARCIA MENTIONED THAT WILL BE VACCINE FOCUSED IN THE COMING YEARS. 
          SO MORE ON THAT TO COME. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND, AND JUST TO, TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT AWAY FROM MY QUESTIONS, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I WANT TO JUST THANK OUR, OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, DR. 
          ROCHA GARCIA AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, UM, AND JEFF AND OUR, AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. 
          YOU GUYS ROCK. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT APP INTO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HAVING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE TO GET TESTED, THIS WILL TRULY HELP SAVE LIVES. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. 
          UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, BACK TO LOOKING AT THE COVID NUMBERS AND WE'RE MONITORING, UM, THOSE NUMBERS. 
          ARE WE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT POSITIVE CASES, UM, THAT ARE HAPPENING ON A DAILY, OR ARE WE STILL BACKTRACKING, UM, SOME OF THE BACKLOGS OF THOSE POSITIVE CASES? OR ARE ALL THESE UP TO DATE? THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES ARE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OLD, 
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LIKE 97%. 
          UM, WE DO OCCASIONALLY GET NOTICE FROM THE STATE THAT THEY'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SYSTEM THAT HAS RESULTED IN A FEW BACKLOG. 
          I THINK LAST WEEK'S BACKLOG NUMBER THOUGH WAS 50. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE REPORTING ON A DAILY BASIS ARE LESS THAN TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UH, JEFF, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE RELIEF PACKAGE AND LOOKING AT THE 25 BILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE, DO WE KNOW IF ANY OF THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TOWARDS, UM, VOUCHERS, HOUSING VOUCHERS, OR WILL IT BE ABLE TO GO TOWARDS HOUSING VOUCHERS TO HELP WITH THOSE THAT ARE STILL ON A WAITING LIST? WE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW. 
          THERE'S, THERE ARE REALLY NO SPECIFICS OUT ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. 
          WE, WE BELIEVE, WE THINK THAT IT WILL BE DOLLED OUT IN A SIM SIMILAR FORMULA AS C D B G FUNDING, AND THAT COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT A AS NEEDED. 
          IT IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE MONEY, BUT THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING IS EXACTLY WHAT I'VE ASKED OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS TO DO, WHICH IS TO BE VERY CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THAT, UNDERSTANDING HOW IT'S GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED AND WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR SO THAT WE CAN TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK ONE OF OUR, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          UM, I CAN THANK HER FOR, UH, HAVING ME DRESSED IN SUCH A FESTIVE WAY THIS MORNING. 
          SHE IS A NOVELTY SELLER AND SHE NORMALLY SELLS HER NOVELTIES ON THE RIVERWALK AT CASAS RIO. 
          UM, SHE WAS GIVEN A PERMIT TO SELL, UM, BASED ON ONE OF OUR ORDINANCES AND IS STRUGGLING WITH A HUSBAND THAT IS DISABLED. 
          UM, SHE IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE HER FAMILY AND HER INCOME AS WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH COVID. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE THIS TIME AND THANK MS. ROSE LOPEZ FOR ALWAYS STEPPING UP TO HAVE DISTRICT TWO, UM, REPRESENTED ON THE RIVER WALK. 
          BUT THEN THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION, AND THIS IS FOR ANNA. 
          ANNA, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, HOW ARE WE SPEAKING TO THE INEQUITIES THAT WE ARE FINDING AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES? SO, UH, COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE ALEX LOPEZ IS ON THE LINE, AND, AND I'M GONNA HAND THAT ONE OFF TO HER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          YES, IT IS. 
          UM, WE'RE STARTING TO STILL SEE SOME OF THE INEQUITIES OF FUNDING DISTRIBUTION. 
          WE FEEL LIKE A, A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES FEEL LIKE THEY ARE COMPLETELY IGNORED WHEN THEY SUBMIT THESE APPLICATIONS. 
          SO HOW ARE WE GONNA SPEAK TO HELPING THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE FEELING THIS WAY? I THINK, UM, WHAT WE DID VERY INTENTIONALLY THROUGH OUR PROGRAM WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE DID FOCUS BOTH FROM A SIZE PERSPECTIVE ON THESE MICRO BUSINESSES, AND THEN ALSO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HADN'T ACCESS TO OTHER RESOURCES. 
          I THINK THAT'S ALL WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND WHAT YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS REALLY LOOK, UM, TO SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL TYPE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WE CAN MAKE SURE IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY THESE BUSINESSES IN A VERY, UM, TACTICAL, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THE RESOURCES THAT BECOME AVAILABLE, KIND OF INCLUDING SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT JEFF TALKED ABOUT, WE, WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN ACCESS THEM. 
          SO IF P ANOTHER ROUND OF P P P BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR BUSINESSES ARE MICRO BUSINESSES, IN PARTICULAR, OUR RESTAURANTS, AND THOSE THAT, THAT ARE REALLY IMPACTED HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO QUICKLY APPLY AND KNOW HOW TO LEVERAGE, LEVERAGE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          I THINK OUR PART IS GONNA BE TO HELP THEM CONNECT TO THOSE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          AND THEN, ALEX, AS WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, WILL WE BE STARTING WITH THOSE SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OF THE FUNDING FIRST AND THEN GO TO THE ONES THAT HAVE, OR HOW WILL THAT LOOK? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO IN, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD JUST GENERAL DISTRIBUTION LISTS NOW, UM, BECAUSE OF THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WE HAD, UM, UH, YOU, YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THE GRANTS, ALL OF THE BUSINESSES THAT APPLIED FOR OUR GRANT PROGRAM. 
          SO WE, WE HAVE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THOSE THAT WERE FUNDED, BUT, BUT COULD PROBABLY STILL USE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. 
          SO WE'VE GOT VERY MEANINGFUL DATA NOW THAT WE CAN USE TO, TO REALLY TARGET OUTREACH. 
          WE ALSO KNOW, 
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UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, THE BUSINESSES IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES THAT RESPOND IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME, WE GOT MORE APPLICATIONS FROM CERTAIN DISTRICTS THAN OTHERS, SO WE KNOW WE NEED TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE WITH BUSINESSES IN CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACCESSING THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THE DATA IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO LEARN HOW WE CAN BETTER HELP OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I WAS MOVED BY THE VIDEO OF OUR FLAG WAVING OUR OVER OUR MUNICIPAL PLAZA AND ALSO EXPRESS MY GRATEFULNESS FOR THE HARD WORK METRO HEALTH, AND INDEED, ALL CITY EMPLOYEES ARE CONTINUING TO UNDERTAKE THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC. 
          WITH THAT, DO WE, UM, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY BUDGET AMENDMENT ACTIONS FOR, FOR WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2021? COUNCILWOMAN? HI, THIS IS MARIA GOMEZ. 
          UH, WE MAY COUNCILWOMAN AS WE WRAP UP THE CALENDAR YEAR, AND WE, UM, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL USE THE ENTIRE C R F AMOUNT. 
          IF, IF WE, UH, NEED TO MAKE SOME BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY, WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK TO COUNCIL IF, AS WE DO THE CLOSEOUT OF THE PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ARE WE PLANNING ON HAVING ARAC UPDATE SOON? IF NOT, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO SEE ARAC UPDATE IF WE CAN PLAN ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN, DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA DO THAT? ARE YOU ASKING TO DO THAT AS THE FULL COUNCIL OR YOU WANT THAT AT YOUR COMMITTEE? UM, WE COULD DO IT AT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD TAKE THAT, BUT MAYBE OFFER UP A SUGGESTION FOR A, A B SESSION. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE COUNCIL MANDER, SULLIVAN'S QUESTION REGARDING HESITANCY TO GET THE VACCINE. 
          I HAVE TO ADMIT, I FELT A SMIDGE OF HESITANT, BUT I THINK I'VE JUST SEEN ONE TOO MANY ZOMBIE MOVIES. 
          SO I APPLAUD ANY EFFORTS TO HELP MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE VACCINE WHEN IT'S TIME TO, UH, STOP, HELP STOP THE SPREAD. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS, UM, AND ECHO COUNCILWOMAN HORAS POINTS, UH, ABOUT, UH, THE GRATITUDE FOR, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING HARD TO, TO TRY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY IN, IN SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME. 
          UM, AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR WAY THROUGH, THROUGH ALL THIS, UM, I THINK WE CAN ALL ADMIT THAT WHENEVER WE START SOMETHING OR, OR BEGIN SOMETHING ANEW, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM IT AND WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER AND WE'RE LEARNING A LOT ABOUT, UH, WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK, WHAT, WHAT IS GONNA IMPACT US AS A, AS A CITY THE MOST, WHAT ACTUALLY REFLECTS OUR PRIORITIES. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FIRST, UH, COMMENT IS REALLY AROUND, UM, THE IDEA THAT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS WE CAN, AS, AS REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I HEARD THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR 15 TO 20 MORE GRANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, I CAN, I CAN SAY BASED ON, ON WHAT, WHAT I KNOW AND BASED ON THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, THAT SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH. 
          UM, I DO, I, I AM GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS DONE. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL ADMIT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT OUT OF THIS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO, TO HELP, UM, GET TO, TO, UM, THE END OF THIS CRISIS. 
          UH, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, THAT'S USUALLY WHEN, WHEN MOST PEOPLE FAIL, THAT'S WHEN MOST PEOPLE GIVE UP. 
          THAT'S WHEN MOST PEOPLE, UH, SUFFER THE MOST. 
          AND, AND THAT IS THE, THE PREMISE BY WHICH I'M, I'M, I'M, UH, IMPLORING, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT STAFF REALLY TAKE A CLOSE HARD LOOK AT SOME OF THIS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SOME OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT I THINK DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          I TALK A LOT ABOUT EVICTIONS. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT, UH, EVICTIONS CAN BE DEVASTATING, LIFE ALTERING EVENTS, AND THE UPEND FAMILIES HAVE LONG LASTING NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON CREDIT HOUSING PROSPECTS AND EMPLOYMENT, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY LEAD TO HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. 
          I HAVE A FAMILY THAT, THAT, THAT THEY COME HERE, UH, EVERY DAY. 
          THERE'S A VAN LITERALLY JUST BEHIND ME, BEHIND THESE WINDOWS AT, AT 
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WESTFALL LIBRARY. 
          UM, UH, I THINK IT'S 11 KIDS THAT SIT IN THE VAN TO ACCESS THE, THE WIFI FOR THE LIBRARY. 
          UM, AND, AND SO, UH, MY, MY CONCERN IS, IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MISSING, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL VERY VULNERABLE, THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE GONNA BE FACING A LOT OF THESE EVICTIONS. 
          UH, AGAIN, UH, I'VE SAID BEFORE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN THAT ARE IMPACTED BECAUSE OF, OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR ALONE, DESPITE ALL THE PROTECTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE TRIED TO DO AND SOME THINGS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO, UH, WE STILL HAD, UH, 8,400, I BELIEVE, UM, EVICTION FILINGS. 
          THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME AND, UM, I'M SORRY, 8,500 EVICTION FILINGS. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS TO ME, UH, AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, TO DO IS RESPOND TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE FACING THAT EMERGENCY TODAY. 
          UM, EARLY ON WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS, ON THE PILLARS, THE, IT WAS MENTIONED TO ALL COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD, WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE THINGS AROUND SHOULD THE, SHOULD THE EMERGENCY, UH, REQUIRE IT. 
          AND, UM, BUT WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT DOING THAT, IT'S MET WITH A LOT OF RESISTANCE, AND I'M RESENTFUL FOR THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, MY ASK IS A REAL SIMPLE ONE. 
          IT'S A SIMPLE ASK ABOUT, UH, MAYBE WE COULD TAKE DOLLARS THAT THAT MAY BE SEEN AS AN INVESTMENT FOR TOMORROW, FOR AN EMERGENCY OF TODAY. 
          AND, UM, AND I THINK THERE, THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD SUPPORT WHAT I JUST SAID. 
          UM, THE, THE UNFORTUNATE PART OF ALL THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE LEARNING AS WE'RE GOING. 
          WE'RE WE'RE HAVING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. 
          AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT A TIME TO BE, UH, ARGUING OVER INFORMATION OR TRYING TO, TO GIVE MORE, UH, DATA THAT, THAT SOMEHOW IS, IS, IS NOT GOTTEN TO US. 
          UH, PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE GIVEN US, UH, GIVEN TO US AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          UM, MANY OF US HAVE SAID, HAVE SAID THIS, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE DATA'S THERE AND MAYBE THE, MAYBE THE PRESENTATION'S NOT FULLY COMPLETE, BUT, BUT THE, BUT, BUT THE INFORMATION, THE DATA CAN BE SHARED AND WE CAN WORK MORE AS A TEAM. 
          UM, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE, ARE EXPECTING THAT. 
          PEOPLE ARE, ARE HOPEFUL OF THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, MY MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, A SMALL EXAMPLE OF THAT IS HOW, UM, HOW WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE, THE DOLLARS THAT, THAT WE PUT IN THERE, YES, YOU KNOW, I, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE PUTTING MORE DOLLARS INTO EAP, BUT THEY'RE NOT. 
          WE NEED MORE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN DICTATE, UH, THE, THE, THE WAY IT IS DISTRIBUTED SO THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE IN THE WAY THEY NEED THE HELP, RIGHT? SO AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GONNA DO, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT, THAT THERE'RE GONNA BE STRINGS ATTACHED TO THIS. 
          AND, AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO MORE. 
          WE HAVE THE POWER TO, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE CLOSEST TO THEM. 
          AND SO, UM, IT, THAT SPIRIT THAT I, THAT I ASK THAT, UM, THAT WE LOOK INTO WAYS TO, TO FUND THOSE EMERGENCIES OF TODAY, UH, WHETHER WE LEVERAGE DOLLARS THAT MAYBE, MAYBE THEY'RE AS, AS I'M ALREADY TOLD, THEY'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED FUNDS, OKAY. 
          LEVERAGE, CAN WE LEVERAGE THAT? CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE BORROW AGAINST IT? CAN WE FIND OTHER UNSPENT DOLLARS TO HELP, UH, WITH, WITH THESE VERY EMERGENCIES THAT, THAT WE ALL SEE? WHAT I, WHAT I'VE NOT SEEN IN A LOT OF THESE PRESENTATIONS IS PRESENTATIONS, UM, IS IS THE SORT OF THE, THE TIMELINE. 
          AND, AND I, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT IT'S, IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE THING TO TRY TO TRY TO PREDICT. 
          AND I, AND, AND JEFF COYLE, I MEAN, YOU, YOU, YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND YOU REALLY, YOU, ESPECIALLY WITH A SUBJECT WHERE YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FROM ONE HOUR TO THE NEXT, BUT WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT AND HOW TO PREDICT THAT FUTURE. 
          AND IN THE MEANTIME, THAT TIMELINE SETS US BACK. 
          THAT 
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TIMELINE IS, IS, IS WHAT EVERYBODY'S DEPENDENT ON. 
          AND SO WE'RE HANGING ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GONNA DO, WHAT THE STATE IS GONNA DO. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I THINK WE, WE COULD LOOK AT THINGS IN A WAY THAT SAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TODAY? UM, THAT'S, THAT'S MY HOPE. 
          UM, THAT'S THE, THE ARGUMENT I WOULD MAKE. 
          I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF TODAY'S ITEM, BUT, UH, RELUCTANTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO US, AND THAT IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND QUITE A BIT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING TODAY ARE, ARE ABLE TO GRASP, UH, THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE IMPACT IT'S HAVING ON, ON ALL OF US. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON ALL THE REPORTS. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          THERE WAS SOMETHING THOUGH THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE REPORTS TODAY, AND THAT I'VE, I'VE SEEN IN ANOTHER TABLE. 
          I GOT, UH, I THINK YESTERDAY, UM, IN, IN ONE OF THE, THE GRAPHICS WE SAW A LITTLE WHILE AGO, IT SHOWED HOW A LOT OF THE EARLY INFECTION RATES AND THE GREATEST NUMBERS WERE IN, UH, SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY AREA, INCLUDING DISTRICTS FOUR AND SIX AND THREE, I BELIEVE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I LOOKED AT THE LATEST, MOST RECENT, UH, GRAPHIC THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON LATELY. 
          AND I SAW IN A COUPLE OF THE CHARTS WHERE MY DISTRICT DISTRICT NINE AND DISTRICT 10 WE'RE SEEING SOME PRETTY DRAMATIC INCREASES IN THE NUMBERS OF INFECTIONS. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, I TRIED TO PENCIL IT OUT, AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IN, IN DISTRICT NINE, THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF TOWN, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A 37% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS, UH, OVER THE LAST MONTH TO SIX WEEKS. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS INCREASE. 
          THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE 3,500, UH, INFECTIONS BEFORE NOVEMBER. 
          NOW THERE'S OVER 4,800 INFECTIONS INTO EARLY DECEMBER. 
          UH, WAS THERE ANYTHING, COLLEEN, THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY THAT MIGHT HAVE CREATED THAT DRAMATIC INCREASE OVER TIME IN, IN DISTRICT NINE, I BELIEVE OVER INTO DISTRICT 10 AS WELL? I, I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE WHY QUESTION. 
          UM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN IN THE PRESENTATION, IT CLEARLY SHOWS DISTRICT NINE HAVING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF CASES IN THE CITY. 
          UM, SO WHAT THAT MEANS THOUGH IS THAT WE WILL DEPLOY MORE TESTING AND MORE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO YOUR DISTRICT, UM, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO, UM, KIND OF SHARE THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND TESTING. 
          WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING THAT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE YOU TO WORK WITH OUR OFFICE TO HELP US DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THAT WORD OUT TO, UH, ALL OF OUR CONTACTS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS THAT ARE GONNA COME FORWARD. 
          AND, UH, I ALWAYS TRY TO INDICATE TO PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT TO FOLLOW THESE HEALTH GUIDELINES. 
          I THINK THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN ABATE THIS SOMEWHERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP, AND, AND MAYBE JEFF OR MAYBE COLLEEN CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS. 
          I WAS READING TODAY THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS WITHHELD $2 BILLION WORTH OF CARESS RELIEF FUNDS THAT HE HASN'T DISSEMINATED ACROSS THE STATE $2. 
          NOW, I DON'T KNOW, JEFF, IF, IF THAT WAS AN ACCURATE REPORTING, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH ALL OF THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS WE HAVE PUT IN TO A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT SOME OF THAT FEDERAL MONEY THAT THE GOVERNOR'S BEEN HOLDING COULD HAVE OFFSET QUITE A BIT OF OUR GENERAL FUND APPLICATIONS, UH, FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT MONEY THAT HE'S HOLDING BACK CAN BE USED FOR? AND MAYOR, HAVE WE REACHED OUT? HAS HAVE YOU AND THE JUDGE REACHED OUT ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO RELEASE MORE MONEY TO OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS? WHY DON'T I START WITH THAT COUNCILMAN? UM, IF YOU RECALL THE, THE CARESS ACT SENT DIRECT FUNDING TO CITIES OF 500,000 
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OR LARGER. 
          SO WE GOT OUR MONEY DIRECTLY. 
          UH, THE REMAINDER OF IT WENT TO STATES TO BE DISTRIBUTED, AND IT WAS INTENDED TO BE FOR SMALLER COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, I THINK THAT NUMBER IS, IS CORRECT THAT THERE, THAT THERE IS AMOUNT THAT HASN'T BEEN DISTRIBUTED. 
          UH, THE MAYOR AND I AND CARLOS WERE ON A CALL WITH, UH, ALL THE OTHER MAJOR CITY MAYORS ACROSS TEXAS JUST THIS MORNING. 
          AND THE FORT WORTH MAYOR REPORTED THAT SHE HAD TALKED TO THE GOVERNOR RECENTLY, AND HE HAD EXPLANATIONS FOR EXPLANATIONS FOR ALL OF IT, THAT A LOT OF IT WAS GOING TO EL PASO. 
          UH, AND, AND SOME OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          I THINK YOUR POINT IS RIGHT, WITH WITHOUT STATE AND FUNDING, LOCAL FUNDING BEING IN THIS NEW PROPOSAL, THE CITIES ARE NOW SORT OF PIVOTING THE MESSAGE TO SAY, WELL THEN GIVE US MORE TIME AND GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED. 
          OF COURSE, WE'VE FOLLOWED THE RULES AND SPENT OURS ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE HERE AT THE CITY, BUT THERE IS STILL STATE MONEY THAT WITH MORE TIME AND DISTRIBUTION COULD BE PUT TO WORK, YOU KNOW, AS ONE OF THE TOP CITIES IN, IN THE STATE, YOU KNOW, EVEN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF 2 BILLION WOULD MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE TO US. 
          EVEN 50 MILLION WOULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE COUNCIL MEMBER TO US AS A CITY. 
          UH, AND SO I I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE STRONGLY. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER S IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT WHAT JEFF SAID, UM, UH, A CREDIT TO, TO ERIC WALSH AND BEN GO, THEY SAW THIS COMING MONTHS AGO, AND SO WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING FUNDS PERIODICALLY FROM, UM, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TESTING, UH, SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF HOUSING ON A REGULAR BASIS BASIS, UH, FROM THE GOVERNOR ANTICIPATING THAT THEY WEREN'T SPENDING AT A RATE THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SPIN IT DOWN. 
          UM, NO, ERIC, IF YOU WANNA ADD ANY, ANYTHING TO THAT, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          BUT WE, WE HAVE BEEN AWARE AND WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING THOSE FUNDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          MAYOR, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST ECHO. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE, WE, WE KIND OF ANTICIPATED BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER LARGE CITIES THAT, UM, CITIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT SET US APART WAS THAT THE COUNCIL WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO, TO IDENTIFY THE FOUR PILLARS AND APPROVE A PROGRAM, UH, AT THE END OF MAY. 
          AND, AND WE HAD A GAME PLAN. 
          AND, UH, WHAT WE WERE SEEING WAS THAT OTHERS WERE STRUGGLING WITH THAT. 
          AND SO THE MAYOR'S RIGHT, UH, WE HAD, WE DID REACH OUT SEVERAL TIMES. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE STATE, UM, CONTINUED, UM, UM, UM, TO PAY FOR TESTING HERE LOCALLY BECAUSE THEY HAD THE FUNDS, UH, AVAILABLE AND WE WERE THE BENEFICIARY OF THAT. 
          SO, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THE STATE AND, AND ADVOCATE FOR SERVICES THAT, THAT WE KNOW THE CITIZENS NEED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WELL, THAT'S GOOD. 
          I GUESS I JUST FEEL IT WOULD BE OUTRAGEOUS IF THE GOVERNOR WERE TO SEND BACK, UH, A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS OR SOMETHING THAT HE CAN'T MANAGE TO GIVE TO THE CITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY SPENT IT AND CAN HELP REIMBURSE US FOR THOSE EXPENSES SO THAT WE CAN SERVE THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE OTHER WAYS WE NEED TO SERVE THEM. 
          SO I WAS JUST FRUSTRATED AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING ALL THE ACTIONS WE CAN, UH, TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          I, I WOULD SAY FOR A STATE THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY TURNED DOWN MEDICAID EXPANSION, IT WOULDN'T BE UNHEARD OF, HOWEVER, TO SEE THAT. 
          SO, UH, LEMME TURN OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER S THANKS, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THIS IS THE SAME GOVERNOR WHO MOVED LIGHTNING FAST TO FUND PROGRAMS TO COMBAT JADE HELM. 
          UH, THAT NEVER HAPPENED, AND HE SURE MOVED FAST TO SAVE US FROM NON-EXISTENT CONSPIRACY SERIES. 
          BUT, UM, LET'S, LET'S HOPE THAT WITH THE SAME ZEAL, HE MOVES FAST TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS. 
          UM, I'M NOT GONNA HOLD MY BREATH THOUGH, UH, COLLEEN AND, AND JEFF, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT HOW WE CAN DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO FOLKS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE VACCINE, WHERE TO GET IT, WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT, UM, AND HELP FIGHT OFF A LOT OF MISINFORMATION, WHICH YOU KNOW, IS ALREADY OUT THERE, AND MORE OF WHICH IS COMING. 
          UM, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO MAKE A LIVING FROM CONVINCING FOLKS OF LIES, UM, ABOUT VACCINES. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE NEWSPAPER. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. 
          THEY DON'T. 
          UM, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS HAS A CIRCULATION OF ABOUT 135,000 PEOPLE A DAY. 
          UM, AND IT'S NOT GETTING, IT'S NOT INCREASING. 
          IN FACT, THEIR PUBLISHER, WHEN HE WAS HIRED EARLIER THIS YEAR, SAID THAT IT'S DECREASING. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN JUST COUNT 
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ON THE NEWSPAPER. 
          AND, UH, TO THE, TO THAT EXTENT, JEFF, I'LL JUST THROW OUT SOME SUGGESTIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TRUST THEIR KIDS', SCHOOL TEACHERS, UM, AND IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GET THE SCHOOL TEACHERS TO TALK TO PARENTS, UM, AND TO TALK TO KIDS ABOUT IT, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          PEOPLE TRUST THEIR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THEIR CHURCHES, UM, THEIR DOCTORS. 
          UM, I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO RECRUIT LIKE THE BEXAR COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY AND ALL THEIR MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, AFFIRMATIVELY, UH, SPREAD THE ACCURATE INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT. 
          PEOPLE TRUST THE SPURS SHOULD BE NICE TO GET THE SPURS TO CARRY OUR MESSAGE OF, YOU KNOW, VACCINE GOOD, NO VACCINE BAD. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME ACCURATE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE CAN SEEK THAT, UM, THAT HELP, UM, PEOPLE GET THEIR CCP. 
          MANY PEOPLE STILL GET THEIR C P SS BILL AND THEIR SAWS BILL AND PAPER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, INSERTS IN THEIR BILLS WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          UM, H E B, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN SAN ANTONIO DOES GO TO H E B, AND SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THEM DO SOMETHING AT THEIR CASHIERS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THE ARCHBISHOP DID WHAT THE ARCHBISHOP DID THIS WEEK, WHICH WAS ENCOURAGED FOLKS TO, TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          UM, OURS PROGRAM, THATS PROGRAM IS GENIUS. 
          AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, THEY NEED TO BE ARMED WITH INFORMATION AND, UH, BE GIVEN THE MISSION TO GO OUT AND SPREAD THAT GOOD INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, GOOGLE ADS AND FACEBOOK ADS. 
          UM, AND THEY TRUST MOST OF THEIR LAWYERS, UH, AND MAYBE ANDY SEGOVIA AND ME. 
          AND SO WE CAN, UH, WE CAN, UH, GET, UH, THE BAR ASSOCIATION TO SPREAD WORD RIGHT, UM, ABOUT IT AND OUR JUDGES AND ALL THAT. 
          BUT ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT VIA, UM, HAS SOME VERY VALUABLE ADVERTISING SPACE, UH, AND THEY, UM, SELL IT TO PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, LIKE NOW WOULD SEEM THE TIME TO COMMANDEER THAT FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE TO MAKE SURE EVERY V OF BUS IS WRAPPED WITH, YOU KNOW, ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT LIFE SAVING STUFF. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LATER THEY CAN GET BACK TO ADVERTISING, PERSONAL INJURY LAW. 
          UM, AND I'LL REMIND FOLKS THAT THESE ARE THE SAME LAWYERS THAT SUE VIA, WHICH IS, IT'S JUST MIND BOGGLING, UH, HOW VIA SELLS ADVERTISING TO THE LAWYERS THAT SUE VIA. 
          BUT, UM, INCLUDING MY SISTER, SHE'S GONNA BE, SHE'S GONNA HATE IT THAT I MENTIONED THIS TODAY, UH, WHICH IS WHY I'VE GOT THE GRINCH OVER MY SHOULDER. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF OUR RESOURCES, OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES THAT ADVERTISING SPACE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO BE ABLE TO USE IT, ESPECIALLY IN A TIME OF CRISIS LIKE THIS. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF FERNANDO REYES IS LISTENING, UH, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS ONE OF HIS INITIATIVES, AND I'LL BE CALLING AND TALKING TO HIM, UH, LATER TODAY ABOUT IT. 
          BUT, UM, JEFF, THOSE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS. 
          PLEASE RUN WITHIN WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE. 
          LY NOTE COUNCILMAN, WE, UH, WE'RE, WE ARE, AS I MENTIONED, PUTTING TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE PHASE TWO OF THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN. 
          WE DID USE VIA BUS SHELTERS WITH THE LAST ONE. 
          THE BUSES THEMSELVES WERE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          UM, WE, WE DID USE INSERTS, UH, WITH SAWS, BILLS AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT, BUT I HEAR YOUR POINT ALSO, WHICH IS A PLEA TO VIA, TO FREE UP SOME OF THAT SPACE, UH, NOT, NOT AS PAID ADVERTISING WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY NEED. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING NOTES HERE. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER AL, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE MUTED, MA'AM. 
          ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. 
          AND THOSE WERE NOT ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          I HAVE PLENTY MORE TO TODAY. 
          MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK THE TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          JUST A, OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, GREAT. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK , THE TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M SORRY, MY TIME IS NOW, UH, FOR THE  FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UH, I, UH, ALEX AND, UH, AND ANNA, UH, BUT ESPECIALLY, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, UH, I, I REALIZE THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS LISTENING TO N P R THIS MORNING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM AND HOW YOU CONSTANTLY SEE TRAUMA, BUT THEY'RE NOT USED TO SEEING THIS LEVEL OF TRAUMA AND THIS LEVEL OF FATALITY, UH, HAPPENING. 
          AND THAT CAN, AND THAT CAN, UH, REALLY, UH, AFFECT THEM. 
          SO, UH, I CAN IMAGINE YOU'RE, YOU'VE SPENT YOUR LIFE HELPING PEOPLE AND MAKING BIG POLICY DEVELOPING PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE GET BETTER. 
          AND WATCHING THIS HAPPEN CAN'T BE CAN'T BE EASY. 
          AND IT IS NOT EASY ON YOUR TEAM OR, OR ON ANY OF US. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR SPEAKING AROUND WITH US. 
          UM, SO I, UH, I ECHO SOME OF A COUNCILWOMAN VI'S QUESTIONS ABOUT SHE, SHE ASKED FOR THIS OVER OVERLAY MAP. 
          AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, MATT, I 
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BELIEVE MAPS CAN TELL STORIES AND CAN ALSO INSPIRE US TO COME UP WITH, WITH NEW IDEAS. 
          SO, UM, BASED ON EVERYTHING WE HAVE ON OUR PLATE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T WANNA SAY THIS IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT IF THE DATA PEOPLE, UH, ARE, ARE AVAILABLE TO DO IT, I, I DO THINK IT'D BE COOL TO HAVE, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF OVERLAYING SOME OF THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE DO HAVE. 
          AND, UH, WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN, CAN PLAY WITH THAT. 
          UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, STUDENTS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS UNFOLD COULD ALSO LEARN FROM THAT AND LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES, UH, OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, AND Y YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING IN ONE PLACE AND, AND NOT IN ANOTHER. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I I WANTED TO, TO POINT OUT IS COUNCIL WOMEN GONZALEZ IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS MAKE, UH, SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS, SOME OF OUR POPULATIONS JUST SO, SO VULNERABLE, SOME OF THE WORST IMPACTS OF, OF COVID. 
          AND WE MADE A SMALL STRIDE TOWARD, TOWARD WORKING ON THAT BY INCREASING THE BUDGET OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR. 
          AND WE, INCLUDING THE, THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM, RIGHT, WHICH RELIES ON COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND, UH, ATTEMPTS TO, TO ERADICATE CHRONIC DISEASES IN OUR POPULATIONS WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE THE HIGHEST. 
          THAT WAS A SMALL STRIDE. 
          AND I HOPE, UH, TO COUNT ON THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN WE DESIGN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND SEE HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN, UH, WE CAN GROW THAT. 
          UH, OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT STRUGGLE. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF PARTNER AGENCIES THAT WE NEED TO WORK WITH, BUT I, I THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THAT. 
          UH, LASTLY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYONE, UH, LOOKING TO THE VACCINE TO, TO HELP US GET TO A BETTER STAGE WITH, WITH THE PANDEMIC, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE OVER, UH, QUITE WHEN IT COMES OUT. 
          BUT, UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE? AND WE GOT THE, A GREAT PRESENTATION FROM DR. 
          KIAN, UH, AT, AT COMMITTEE, AND WE ASKED HER TO COME BACK WITH, UH, KIND OF A TIMELINE OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, PROFESSIONALS THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO GET IT AND WHEN THOSE DOSES WOULD, WOULD BE COMING OUT. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING, SOME INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE ENTIRELY RESERVED FOR CHECK OR, OR JUST FOR COUNSEL. 
          THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, AGAIN, IF WE HAVE THE, THE BANDWIDTH TO DO IT, TO HAVE A, SOME SORT OF DASHBOARD OR, OR COUNTDOWN ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          WHEN MIGHT YOU BE IN LINE TO GET A, UH, TO GET A VACCINE. 
          UH, JUST SO, UM, LIKE THE COUNCILWOMAN HAS SAID, SO IT IS A PLACE TO, TO DIRECT PEOPLE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON, ON ANY OF THOSE, UH, SUGGESTIONS, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER? YEAH. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR LACK OF A LOCAL, UM, COUNTDOWN, WE HAVE LINKED THE NEW YORK TIMES. 
          OH, I SAW THAT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID. 
          UHHUH . 
          SO, UM, PEOPLE CAN, CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE IN LINE AND, AND FOR MOST PEOPLE, THERE ARE A MILLION PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THEM. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO GET OUT. 
          AND, UM, BUT YES, THERE IS A, A NATIONAL DATABASE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS TURNING INTO A DASHBOARD, UM, THAT WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT SHOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, AND WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN MAP IT SO THAT WE CAN SEND OUR VANS INTO THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE THE LOWER VACCINATION UPDATE. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          AND, UH, JUST, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, OF COMMENTS ON THE, UM, ON THE MAPS, WHICH I CAN'T HELP MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN PLENTY OF G I S CLASSES, BUT I, I PROBABLY COULDN'T MAKE ONE OF THESE TO, TO SAVE MY LIFE. 
          BUT, UH, I JUST WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE MY, MY COLLEAGUES TO GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU'VE BROKEN THEM OUT INTO, INTO QUINTILES SO THAT WE SEE, YOU KNOW, TWO DISTRICTS AT A TIME. 
          UM, BUT THE COLORS DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THAT'S A HARD CUTOFF, REALLY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF US IN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRICTS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, AND THERE MAY BE A LOT OF DISTRICTS, UH, AT THE TOP. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT DRAWING, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS FROM THAT. 
          UH, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE HEALTH RESPONSE. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING UPDATES AT, AT COMMITTEE. 
          THE, UM, UH, ACTUALLY, SORRY, ONE MORE THING. 
          UH, YOU TALKED TO US ABOUT, UH, WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF DATA ON WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE CASE HAVE BEEN. 
          AND, UH, I ALSO WANT 
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TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT DRAWING CONCLUSIONS FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY WERE AT A LARGE EMPLOYER, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT BIGGEST BAR IS SCHOOLS. 
          AND I, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET SCARED ABOUT GOING, UH, TO SCHOOLS, BUT COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON WHY THAT BAR MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST? I THINK IT IS BECAUSE, UM, 20 TO 25% OF OUR CASES ARE AMONG SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN WE ASK THEM WHERE THEY'VE BEEN, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THAT, THAT THEY MENTION EITHER FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION OR FOR SPORTS EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. 
          BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THAT CHART IS NOT A, UH, A CORRELATION CHART. 
          IT IS NOT SAYING THAT, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE WORST PLACE WHERE COVID IS SPREADING IS THE SCHOOLS. 
          THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT'S SAYING. 
          THAT'S SAYING OF THE CASES FOR WHOM WE HAVE INFORMATION, THEY LIST SCHOOLS AS ONE OF THE PLACES THEY'VE BEEN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND THEN I, I DID WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLAN. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION IS FOR, UH, FOR VERONICA, LAURIE OR, OR ANNA, UH, BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING IN THE EAP TO GET US THROUGH, UH, FEBRUARY, I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN, WE DO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO GET US THROUGH MID-FEBRUARY WITH THE ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING THAT WE WERE PROVIDED NOW WITH THE PROPOSAL TO ADD ADDITIONAL 4.8 MILLION FROM NET C D B G FUNDING THAT WE SHOWED ON THAT SLIDE, THAT'LL GET US TO EARLY TO MID-MARCH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IS THAT ASSUMING THE SAME APPLICATION RATE, THE SAME ACCEPTANCE, UH, APPROVAL RATING AS WE HAVE NOW? CURRENTLY IT IS. 
          WE NOW WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE EITHER ALREADY APPLIED FOR THREE MONTHS AND THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE, OR THEY'RE GETTING THAT THIRD MONTH AND THE $500 CASH STIPEND, AND THEN WE'RE REFERRING THEM TO OTHER SERVICES. 
          SO THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF AWARD SHOULD BE GOING DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I JUST WANNA BE A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS ABOUT, UM, NOT ACCOUNTING FOR A POTENTIAL INCREASE. 
          I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD JUST, UH, CALCULATE THAT. 
          SO TO GIVE US A LITTLE BUFFER MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, HOW CLOSE, MAYBE IT DOES GET US TO MARCH, MAYBE IT GETS US TO MM-HMM. 
          , I JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL OF THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION HERE, BUT, UH, GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INFORMATION. 
          LET'S GO TO SLIDE 13. 
          YOU'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT ALREADY. 
          COUNCIL, CAN YOU TELL ME THE SLIDE NUMBER AGAIN? SORRY, I THINK IT'S 13 WHERE IT HAS THE BARS, THE BAR CHART SHOWING THE, UH, PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN. 
          NO, YEAH, THERE IT IS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, DR. 
          BRIDGER, I GUESS I HAVE TO REALLY SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THIS CHART BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID. 
          AND I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT Y'ALL ASKED QUESTIONS OF WHO'S BEEN INFECTED AND MORE YOU'VE BEEN, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS LIKE, TO KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN INFECTED, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T JUST GO TO SCHOOL, THEY GO ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTS TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING, THEY GO TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, THEY GO TO A LOT OF OTHER PLACES. 
          BUT WHO MAKES THAT DETERMINATION THAT IT WAS THE SCHOOL THAT THEY GOT THE, THE, UM, VIRUS FROM? AND, AND I, I, I REALLY NEED TO INTERJECT HERE AND SAY THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS SLIDE SAYS. 
          WHAT THIS SLIDE SAYS IS, WHERE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH COVID BEEN, IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT THE VIRUS, IT'S JUST TO SAY THAT THESE ARE PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE PLACE, ONE PERSON COULD LIST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ITEMS ON THIS SLIDE. 
          WELL, THE IMPRESSION IS I'M LOOKING AT THIS SAYING, I NEED TO KEEP MY KIDS HOME FROM SCHOOL OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER LOCATIONS LIKE THE GROCERY STORE. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, WHEN THE PUBLIC SEES THIS, THE, THE BELLS AND WHISTLES ARE GONNA BE GOING OFF SAYING, WOW, THESE 
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ARE THE PLACES THAT YOU CAN REALLY, YOU CAN REALLY GET EXPOSED AND GET, GET THE VIRUS FROM. 
          SO I DON'T SEE THAT'S NOT EXPLAINED ON THIS CHART. 
          AND ANYBODY LOOKING AT THAT WOULD HAVE THAT IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS THE RANKING OF WHERE I CAN GET EXPOSED TO. 
          NOT THAT THIS IS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS CHART IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELAYING. 
          SO EITHER WE NEED TO ADD TO THIS SLIDE ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS SAYING, OR PULL THIS SLIDE AND NOT BE PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BECAUSE I THINK THIS, THIS GIVES A FALSE NARRATIVE ON WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SAY HERE. 
          SO I, I, I JUST GOT A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT SLIDE. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN WE'LL ADJUST THAT SLIDE, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, COLLEEN, AS SHE WENT THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION, EXPLAINED WHAT THAT WAS AND WHAT IT WASN'T. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE ALL INTUITIVELY KNOW THAT, UM, AS WE, AS WE GO TO LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSEHOLD, WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL. 
          UM, BUT THAT SLIDE IS NOT MEANT TO REPRESENT WHAT YOU, UH, ARE INTENDING TO, OR WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT, IT, IT, IT WAS TRYING TO CONVEY. 
          WELL, IF I THOUGHT THAT, I WOULD SAY THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, WHEN THEY SEE IT, THEY'RE GONNA THINK THE SAME THING WITHOUT FURTHER EX EXPLANATION. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY HEARTBURN WITH THIS SLIDE. 
          UM, ON THE, UM, THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT RATIFICATIONS. 
          CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? YEAH. 
          THE RATIFICATION OF THE 21.1 MILLION. 
          UM, WHEN WERE THESE ACTUALLY EX EXECUTED? AND I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE ON OTHER, OTHER RATIFICATIONS, WHEN WAS IT IDENTIFIED AND WHEN WAS IT, UM, EXECUTED AND WHAT WAS THE TIMELINE BETWEEN WHEN IT WAS EXECUTED AND WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNSEL? IF I COULD GET THAT ON, ON THESE LINE ITEMS, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO COUNCILMAN IN, IN GENERAL, THESE ARE PURCHASES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN OCTOBER 1ST, UM, AND LAST WEEK WHEN, WHEN THE ITEM WAS POSTED. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY RATIFIED PURCHASES, UM, IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE CLOSING ORDINANCE AND INITIALLY IN JUNE WITH, WITH THE MID-YEAR ORDINANCE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, ANDY, I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT RAT RATIFICATIONS IN THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH AND, UM, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT, COUNCILMAN, AND, AND ONCE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, WE'LL GET IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF RATIFICATIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU. 
          BUT I DO WANNA, AS EMPHASIZE AS I DID YESTERDAY, THERE'S, UH, IN TERMS OF, OF LEGALITY, THERE'S, UH, IT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE, UH, PRACTICE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE IN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          BUT YES, WE'LL BRIEF YOU ON THE SPECIFICS. 
          YEP. 
          I THINK I'VE ASKED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS OF RATIFICATIONS. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS, UH, BEN G YES, WE ARE PREPARING THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU, AND I'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU. 
          BUT JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RATIFICATIONS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, NON COVID RATIFICATIONS IN F Y 20, IT WAS ABOUT $1.1 MILLION. 
          THAT WAS OUT OF ABOUT $640 MILLION WORTH OF PURCHASES OR BIDS THAT WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. 
          SO OUTSIDE OF THE CO COVID ENVIRONMENT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DO VERY MUCH OF. 
          UH, AND WE'LL DETAIL THAT IN THE REPORT. 
          WE'LL ALSO BREAK DOWN FOR YOU, YOU CAN SEE, UH, A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY PURCHASED AND RATIFIED AS IT RELATES TO COVID. 
          UH, MUCH OF IT IS P P E OR THINGS THAT WE HAD TO MOVE ON VERY QUICKLY AS PART OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT REPORT TO YOU. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          THANKS, BEN. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, JUST A LITTLE COMMENT FROM COUNCILMAN P PIUS ABOUT VIA, UH, HELPING TO ADVERTISE, GEEZ, I, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY COULD DO SOMETHING FOR US SINCE WE ARE GIVING THEM $10 MILLION A YEAR OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, TO MAYBE HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT. 
          FREE GRAB US. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          I WON'T TAKE LONG. 
          JUST VERY QUICKLY, UH, MY TEAM REMINDED ME, WE DO GET DISCOUNTED RATES FROM VIA, WE DON'T PAY MARKET RATE, AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL GIVE US A LITTLE EXTRA TIME ON THE BOARDS, BUT WE DO PAY FOR THEM BACK TO YOU. 
          YEAH, WELL, EXACTLY MY POINT. 
          SINCE WE'RE ALREADY GIVING 
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'EM $10 MILLION A YEAR, SO, UM, MAYBE THEY CAN SHARPEN THE PENCILS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ACCORDINGLY. 
          UM, I, I WANNA, I WANNA ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO SAID ABOUT HAVING THE HELP NOW VERSUS IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE, WE'VE GOT, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, WE'VE GOT A TON OF SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN THAT HAVE GONE UNDER, UM, THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING TODAY, NOT IN THE FUTURE. 
          IN FACT, UM, JUST GOT A FEW STATISTICS HERE FOR YOU. 
          UM, THE NUMBER OF LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES OPENED DECREASED BY 72% COMPARED TO JANUARY, 2020. 
          AND AS OF NOVEMBER, 2020, UM, OUR TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS REVENUE HAS DECREASED BY 58%. 
          AND AS OF SEPTEMBER, WE HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESS FAILURES IN THE ENTIRE STATE, OVER 34%. 
          THEY NEED TO HELP NOW, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON MOVING FUNDS AROUND TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE. 
          AND I, I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT FUNDS ARE COMMITTED, BUT ARE THEY ACTUALLY SPENT AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS ACTUALLY SITTING THERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN COMMITTED, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY SPENT. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS TO SEE, DO WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE MONEY AROUND TO HELP ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN, TO KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES ON THE JOB AND MAKING MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN AFFORD FOR THEIR RENT AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, I I, I DON'T LIKE BEING SINGLED OUT IN THE STATE AS HAVING THE HIGHEST SMALL BUSINESS FAILURES WITHIN THE STATE. 
          THAT'S NOT A NUMBER THAT I'M PROUD OF. 
          AND I JUST GOTTA REAL QUICKLY SAY THAT, UM, UH, I, I AGREE WITH, AND I'VE SAID THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, GETTING THESE REPORTS EITHER RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETINGS OR THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETINGS, IS NOT GIVING US ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW AND STAFF THESE PRIOR TO SITTING HERE TRYING TO MAKE COMMENTS AND, AND, UH, DIRECTION AND POLICY CHANGES IN SUCH A SHORT, SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          SO I'M PLEADING AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE IF WE DO NEED TO DO A C C R TO GET MORE TIME BEFORE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, B SESSIONS, A SESSIONS SO THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW THESE THINGS. 
          AND ONE LAST THING, I I, I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE THE COMMENTS AGAINST THE GOVERNOR. 
          I THINK THE GOVERNOR FULLY KNOWS WHAT ITS LIMITATIONS ARE ON THE MONEY THAT HE HAS LEFT AND WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. 
          AND I, I, I, I THINK THAT'S, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WRITE THE GOVERNOR, CALL HIM UP. 
          DON'T JUST MAKE COMMENTS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT DOING THE RESEARCH ON THAT. 
          THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR AND IT'S UNCALLED FOR. 
          SO THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST QUICKLY, I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          UH, FIRST I DID WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD THESE UPDATES ON RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY THAT ANNA HAS BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, WE HAVE BEEN MOVING FUNDS, WE HAVE MADE RECOGNITION OF WHERE WE NEED TO, WHERE THE NEED IS, AND WE HAVE MOVED THOSE FUNDS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR PRIORITIZATIONS. 
          SO I THANK YOU, UM, FOR THAT. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          I KNOW IN THE NEW YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WE'VE MADE IT OUT ON THE DS, BUT WE'VE ALSO MADE IT IN COMMITTEES, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND ALSO TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE MENTIONED IT, THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE, THIS ENTIRE TEAM IS WORKING HARD AND HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, UM, REPLYING TO PHONE CALLS, REPLYING TO EMAILS, UM, MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WHERE WE NEED AND ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND I WILL SAY I DO APPRECIATE, 'CAUSE I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE, UM, POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS AND SOME SUMMARIES EARLIER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          NOT RIGHT BEFORE THE PRESENTATION IS GIVEN, BUT YOU ALL HAVE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT, AND I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND, BUT SOMETIMES FOR MYSELF, JUST LIKE TODAY, UM, WHEN JOHN SENDS IT, IT GOES, IT GETS, UM, HIT TO THE BOTTOM OF MY EMAIL LIST AND WE GOTTA FIND IT AGAIN. 
          SO IT IS 
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A, A, A SEARCHING MATTER THAT I HAVE DONE AND I'VE HAD TO, TO LOOK AT IN, IN THE PAST AND TO GET INFORMED. 
          AND THEN, UH, WITH THE NEXT STEPS OF CONTINUING TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO REACH OUT AND TO WORK WITH US WHEN IT COMES TO NEXT STEPS AND ADJUSTMENTS WHERE WE NEED TO GO. 
          AND THEN, UM, TO, AND SPEAKING OF NEXT STEPS, DR. 
          BRIDGER, I HAVE, AND ERIC, I HAVE GONE ON TO THE WEBSITE AND I HAVE SEEN WHERE OUR CITY, UM, FREE TESTING SITES ARE IN, IN DISTRICT THREE, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE. 
          AND THAT ONE FREE TESTING SITE JUST CAME UP NOT TOO LONG AGO AT U I W. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD OTHER WALK-IN SITES IN THE PAST, EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE SUCH HIGH NUMBER OF CASES, WE NEED TO CREATE THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT DOES FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS, TAKE A BUS RIDE OR SOMETHING TO GET TO THE ARM CENTER TO GET SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR FREE TESTING SITES IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF MY REQUESTS MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND I JUST, UH, I HAD TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY POWERFUL AND MOVING TO ME. 
          AND WHEN WE SAW THE VACCINES GETTING TAKEN AND DR. 
          ATA FU BEING, UH, THE FIRST GETTING THAT VACCINE, I THINK IT, IT WAS, IT WAS POWERFUL. 
          AND IT SPEAKS TO, UM, THE HOPE THAT IS BEING DELIVERED. 
          UH, BUT STILL STAY VIGILANT AND KEEP YOUR DISTANCE AND WEAR YOUR MASK. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, ERIC, IF YOU WANNA JUMP IN, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION FROM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          NO OFFENSE TO, UH, JOHN TER, BUT I'LL, I'LL START SENDING THOSE EMAILS MY MYSELF, DIRECTLY WITH THE PRESENTATIONS AND THAT WAY MAYBE THEY'RE, MAYBE I'M A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP ON THE LIST THAN MR. TERRICK, THAT, THAT MAY, THAT MAY SOLVE SOME OF THIS. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LIA. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          I, I'M WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY ON THIS ONE. 
          I NEED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE DISCOUNTS ARE, UM, THAT VIA IS OFFERING. 
          AND, AND MAYOR, UM, NOT JOKING WHEN I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE EVER HAVE TO ISSUE ANOTHER EMERGENCY, UH, ORDER ON THIS ONE TO COME INTO THE SIDE OF THOSE BUSES, UM, I, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE DISCOUNT, BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY'S CHARGING US MONEY, UM, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT COVID. 
          I THINK THAT'S OBSCENE. 
          UM, AND I MADE A MISTAKE, YOU KNOW, AND I CRITICIZE THE GOVERNOR FOR SENDING DOWN POLICE OFFICERS TO MONITOR, UH, THE JADE HELM. 
          IT WAS STATE, NATIONAL GUARD, UH, PEOPLE. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR'S, UM, INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST AND IMMORAL PERSON, UH, AND I DON'T WORK FOR HIM AND I DON'T KNOW HIM. 
          AN APOLOGY. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SINCE THIS IS THE POINT IN THE DISCUSSION WHERE WE GET TO, UM, SORT OF, UH, PROVIDE A COUNTERPOINT TO OTHER COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER. 
          I WILL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN 2004 VIA, UH, WORKED WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT CALLED THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. 
          THEY USED THEIR TAXING AUTHORITY TO GIVE US MONEY, WHICH WE STILL RECEIVE TO THIS DAY, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF, I BELIEVE IT'S MAYBE $17 MILLION A YEAR. 
          SO IF WE WANNA FIGHT ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, $40 OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT COST TO ADVERTISE, I'M JUST NOT SURE IT'S REALLY WORTH IT. 
          BUT I DO ACTUALLY BELIEVE MAYBE IT'S WORTH HAVING A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH VIA FOR THESE TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED, LIKE, LIKE THE COUNCILMAN SAID, WHENEVER WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THIS, UH, SQUABBLE EVERY TIME AS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UH, YOU STILL ARE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE GUY THAT WRAPS THE BUS 'CAUSE THOSE BUSES DON'T WRAP THEMSELVES. 
          IF, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. 
          UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, UH, REGARDING MOVING MONEY BETWEEN PILLARS. 
          THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT ERIC, UH, YOU AND I HAD AT LENGTH, UH, THE NIGHT BEFORE. 
          WE ADOPTED THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO, IF THERE WERE SIX MEMBERS, UH, WHO, WHO WANTED TO, THAT, THAT COULD HAPPEN, RIGHT? EVEN IF THE MONEY HAD BEEN, UH, IN A, IN A CONTRACT, BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE ALL BEEN DISPERSED. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN THAT THE, THE FOUR PILLARS AS IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, 
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UH, AS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO AROUND HERE, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SO, UH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          JUST WANTING TO, TO CLARIFY. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL JUST, UH, WRAP UP BEFORE WE CALL THE QUESTION HERE. 
          UM, UH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          RIGHT ON THAT LAST POINT, AND, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND'S POINT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          I, I WILL, I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE SOMETHING THAT ALEX, UH, LOPEZ SAID, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S GOOD CONFIDENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE ARE GONNA SEE SOME FUNDS IN THE NEXT STIMULUS THAT WILL GO TO SMALL BUSINESS. 
          UH, ALEX, WE, WE CONTINUE TO SEE MESSAGING, UH, OR WE CONTINUE TO SEE REPORTS, UM, OF HOW THE P P P HAS FAILED, UH, MANY BUSINESSES, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIMPLY DOES NOT KNOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES THE WAY LOCAL COMMUNITIES DO. 
          AND SO, JUST TODAY I SAW AN EXPRESS NEWS REPORT THAT, UH, THREE QUARTERS OF P P P IN OUR COMMUNITY WENT TO BIG BUSINESSES, UH, IN ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. 
          UM, I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          UH, AS WE ANTICIPATE MORE FUNDS FOR BUSINESS THAT WE TRY TO WORK WITH, UM, LAUNCH SA, UM, OUR, UH, W D C, UH, SAGE, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, HOWEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, HAVE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GET IN THE P P P PIPELINE EARLY, UH, THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE POTENTIALLY THE, THE, UM, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATIONS PROPERLY, I THINK THE BURDEN IS GONNA BE ON US TO ASSIST WHERE ON, ON THE EQUITY SIDE OF THE EQUATION WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIMPLY IS NOT. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU NEED FROM US TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS, BUT I, I KNOW THERE ARE, ARE CHAMBERS AND, AND, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROBABLY TUNED IN RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO, TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, WE JUST NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, ALEX IS, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NO, SIR. 
          I THINK THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE, WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO MOVE STARTING IN JANUARY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, THE E W D C, UH, COMMITTEE WILL NEED TO OVERSEE AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, EFFECTIVELY. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF, OF ITEM FIVE, UH, AND THE SUB ITEMS, UM, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, LET'S MOVE NOW TO 
          [14. 20-6957 Approving the following items related to the City Tower Renovation Project: [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]]
ITEM 14. 
          ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          A IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING, REVISING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CITY'S TOWER RENOVATION PROJECT. 
          ITEM 14 B IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGN BUILD SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SKANSKA NUNLEY, A JOINT VENTURE INCREASING THE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $15,589,891 TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,089,891 IN AUTHORIZING PAYMENT. 
          AND ITEM 14 C IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH UNICOM GOVERNMENT INC. 
          AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,400,000 TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF BROADCAST AND PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY TOWER CONFERENCE CENTER, WHICH WILL BE TE WHICH WILL HAVE TELEVISION BROADCAST CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT PUBLIC MEETINGS, APPROVING FUNDING FROM THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS PEG FUND AMENDING APPROPRIATIONS, AND PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, DID YOU WANT A PRESENTATION OR, YES, IT, I, I THINK, UH, THEY HAVE SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          UM, AND STAFF, WE'RE READY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          JOHN BATTER, IF YOU COULD PUT THE PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          ITEM 14 INCLUDES THREE ITEMS RELATED TO THE CITY TOWER RENOVATION PROJECT. 
          FIRST IS TO AMEND AN APPROPRIATE FUND, THE CITY TOWER RENOVATION PROJECT. 
          SECOND IS TO AMEND THE SCANS AND NUNLEY CONTRACT FROM THE 59 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AMOUNT TO $75 MILLION. 
          AND LASTLY, APPROPRIATING $1.4 MILLION IN PEG FUNDING TO OUTFIT TWO CONFERENCE ROOMS IN THE NEW TOWER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS A REMINDER, THE CITY PURCHASED THE FROST TOWER IN 2015 TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TOWER IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS TO CONSOLIDATE THE CITY'S OFFICES INTO ONE LOCATION. 
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THE CITY CURRENTLY, UM, OFFICES IN SEVEN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE RENOVATED TOWER WILL NOW OFFICE 24 DEPARTMENTS AND 1400 EMPLOYEES. 
          WE CURRENTLY SPEND ABOUT $3.8 MILLION IN LEASE PAYMENTS TO, UH, OFFICE SPACE. 
          THIS MONEY WILL HELP US SERVICE THE DEBT NECESSARY TO FUND THIS PROJECT. 
          THE CITY WILL OCCUPY 10 FLOORS IN THE NEW TOWER, AND THE REMAINING SEVEN WILL BE LEASED TO THIRD PARTY TENANTS ALONG WITH SOME RETAIL SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND RESTAURANT SPACE ON THE TOP FLOOR. 
          THE NEW TOWER WILL ALLOW US TO STREAMLINE OUR SERVICES AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY TO HELP US BETTER SERVE OUR RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT IN ADDITION TO BETTER SERVING OUR RESIDENTS, IT'LL ALLOW US TO CONVERT THE MUNICIPAL PLAZA BUILDING TO HOUSING. 
          IT'LL ADD ADDITIONAL 265 NEW HOUSING UNITS IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS PROJECT HELPED FACILITATE THE FIRST NEW OFFICE POWER IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO SINCE 1978, WHICH IS THE NEW FROST POWER ON HOUSTON AND FLO. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          FROM THE BEGINNING, STAFF HAS STATED THAT THE PROJECT BUDGET WILL BE COST NEUTRAL FIVE YEARS LATER. 
          THE PROJECT REMAINS COST NEUTRAL AND THE NET SAVINGS HAS INCREASED THE PERFORMER THAT HAS BEEN MODELED PROJECTS THAT THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES OVER 30 YEARS WILL RESULT IN A NET SAVINGS OF 3.2 MILLION. 
          BUT THE PROJECT PERFORMANCE INCLUDES REVENUES LIKE LEASE PAYMENTS FROM THIRD PARTY TENANTS, LAND SALE PROCEEDS, LEASE SAVINGS, PARKING REVENUES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY. 
          AND THE EXPENSES INCLUDE THE DEBT SERVICE, MAINTENANCE, INSURANCE, PARKING STIPENDS. 
          THESE REVENUES AND EXPENSES HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME AS WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSER TO THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION START. 
          AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND WE CAN BETTER DEFINE THESE NUMBERS. 
          WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          NOW, AS I MENTIONED, THE PROJECT BUDGET REMAINS COST NEUTRAL AND THE BUDGET HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          IN 2015, WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE BUILDING ACQUISITION OF $51 MILLION AND THE RENOVATION BUDGET BUDGET AT THE TIME WAS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 41 AND A HALF MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 92 POINT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SCANS SCAN LY CONTRACT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET WAS $128 MILLION. 
          NOW THIS WAS DUE TO US ADDING THE I T S D, UM, DIVISION INTO THE BUILDING. 
          SO THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT SCOPE. 
          WE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL PROJECT AMENITIES TO THE BUILDING, LIKE A WELLNESS CENTER, A CAFETERIA, AND THE GYM. 
          SO THAT INCREASED ON THE PROJECT BUDGET AS WELL. 
          BOTH SCOPE INCREASES FROM THE PREVIOUS ESTIMATE IN 2015, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME COST ESCALATION AND THAT WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018. 
          IN FISCAL YEAR 20, WE, UM, PRESENTED THE BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE BUDGET INCREASED TO ABOUT $133 MILLION. 
          AND THAT WAS A RESULT OF US, AGAIN, INCREASING THE SCOPE BY ADDING STORM WATER TO THE TOWER. 
          THEY CURRENTLY LEASE OVER AT FOUR 10 AND I 10. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL THOSE LEASES AND THEY WILL, UM, RELOCATE TO THE TOWER AND THE SERVICE STAFF WILL GO TO THE SERVICE CENTERS. 
          AND SO THAT WAS THE LARGE, UM, REASON FOR THAT INCREASE. 
          AND THEN THE CURRENT PROJECT BUDGET IS $140 MILLION. 
          UM, THIS IS DUE TO SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS AND OUR RETURN TO WORK GUIDELINES AND SOME OTHER CHANGES. 
          AND THESE WERE ALL OUTLINED IN THE COUNCIL MEMO AND AN ATTACHMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED. 
          YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          NOW, THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS $140 MILLION. 
          UM, THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL BUDGET. 
          SO, AND WE DID APPROPRIATE FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 20, IN FISCAL YEAR 21. 
          UM, THE $140 MILLION, UM, THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDING INCLUDE DEBT ISSUANCE PROJECT, UM, PROPERTY TAX, SUPPORTIVE TAX NOTES, THE SALES OF SEVERAL CITY PROPERTIES, THE CITY TOWER AND GARAGE FUNDS, UM, REVENUES FROM THERE, AND THEN OTHER CASH, CASH CONSERVATION SUCH AS PEG FUNDING, THE SOLID WASTE FUND, AND THEN A WELLNESS CHALLENGE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          NOW, ITEM B AMENDS THE CONTRACT SCOPE. 
          IT GOES FROM THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF, UM, 59 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO $75 MILLION FOR TOTAL 15.5 MILLION. 
          AND THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO THE ENHANCED SECURITY THAT WE HAVE PUT IN THE BUILDING. 
          ALL LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THIS PROJECT WAS ADOPTED IN 2015. 
          UM, WE DID A BUILD OUT OF A LOWER LEVEL CONFERENCE CENTER. 
          UM, WE ADDED SOLID WASTE, THAT'S $2.38 MILLION. 
          UM, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL FURNITURE. 
          UM, WE ADDED, UM, MONEY FOR MOVING SERVICES AND DISPOSITION. 
          WE INCREASED THE PROJECT CONTINGENCY. 
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UM, AND THEN THE RETURN TO WORK DESIGN, WE MADE SOME CHANGES SPECIFIC TO, UM, THE, UM, MOTION, THE TOUCHLESS DOOR, SO YOU CAN WAVE YOUR HAND AND THE DOORS WILL OPEN. 
          ALSO MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE ELEVATOR SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH A BUTTON, YOU CAN USE A KICK PLATE AT THE BOTTOM. 
          AND THEN PROVIDING SOME MORE, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE, UM, CUBICLE SPACES. 
          SO INITIALLY IT WAS AN EIGHT PACK OF CUBICLES. 
          WE CHANGED THAT TO A SIX PACK TO PROVIDE THAT SAFE, SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR OUR STAFF. 
          AND THEN WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT M E P ITEMS THAT WERE CHANGED THAT WERE EITHER NOT IDENTIFIED OR APPROPRIATELY PRICED DURING THE INITIAL DUE DILIGENCE. 
          UM, SO THAT MAKES UP THE $15.5 MILLION, THE TOTAL OF $140 MILLION. 
          SO YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW, UM, SLIDE C IS THE ADDITION OF THE $1.4 MILLION IN PEG FUNDING. 
          SO WE ADDED, UM, $770,000 EARLIER ON IN THE PROJECT FOR A CONFERENCE ROOM. 
          BUT WE'RE ADDING TWO MORE CONFERENCE ROOMS THAT'LL ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE BROADCASTING AND INCREASE OUR TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE CAN HAVE OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN THOSE SPACES AND THE ASSIGNMENT THROUGH THE PEG. 
          UM, AND WE WILL APPROVE A CONTRACT UNICOM GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO OUTFIT THESE TWO CONFERENCE ROOMS. UM, SLIDE EIGHT GOES OVER THE SCHEDULE. 
          SO IF APPROVED TODAY, WE WILL APPROVE THE G M P, WHICH IS THE GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE. 
          UM, AND I WANNA STRESS THAT THE G M P IS THE FINAL PRICE WE'LL BE GETTING FROM SKANSKA. 
          WE'LL NOT BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS IS PART OF THE DESIGN BUILD PROCESS. 
          SO WE HIRED SCANS LEY AS PART OF THE DESIGN BUILD, UM, PROCESS. 
          THEY DESIGNED THE PROJECT, THEY CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT, AND DURING THAT TIME WE GET A G M P. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. 
          SO THE TOTAL $75 MILLION IS THE G M P. 
          WE KNOW THAT'S WHAT THE ESTIMATE IS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR. 
          UM, WE WILL START MOVING IN IN JULY OF 21, AND THAT PROCESS WILL BE PHASED INTO FEBRUARY OF 2022 WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN FEBRUARY OF 2022. 
          AND THEY'LL BE DOING SOME FORCE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENTS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022. 
          SO THAT IS THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          MYSELF, BEN GZE, TROY, ELLIOT SIMI, ROD SANCHEZ, AND JOHN STEVEN AND CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, LAURIE. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND THESE, SOME REALLY GOOD SLIDES THAT DOES A GOOD WRAP UP ON WHERE WE STARTED WITH THIS PROJECT AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY BECAUSE SOME OF, SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE. 
          AND THIS IS A BIG, BIG, ANOTHER BIG INCREASE ON THIS PROJECT. 
          AND IF, IF I CAN REMIND YOU, I VOTED AGAINST THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I, I THOUGHT WE COULD DO SOME OTHER THINGS MORE WISELY WITH THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE WERE PUTTING INTO NOT ONLY THIS BUILDING, BUT THE, UH, CITY HALL AND SOME OTHER, OTHER FACILITIES. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VOTED ON TO APPROVE THIS THING. 
          UH, WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE AS OF THIS POINT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SET WITH THE PRICE. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY ESCALATED THIS PROJECT, $50 MILLION, ALMOST $50 MILLION, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WAY ABOVE WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED INITIALLY AND WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. 
          I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT? YEAH, I DIDN'T, I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE MATH, BUT $50 MILLION, ALMOST $50 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY, UH, TO ADD TO THIS PROJECT. 
          AND I, I, I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR SOME, I ASSURANCES HERE, OR AT LEAST SOME, UH, WORDS TO THE EFFECT THAT, YEP, THIS IS IT. 
          WE, WE GOT IT IDENTIFIED. 
          WE GOT ALL THE MAJOR WORK IDENTIFIED ON THIS THING, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING ANY MORE SURPRISES OR RATIFICATIONS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A RATIFICATION INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT ALSO. 
          UM, THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE END OF THE, THE MONEY TRAIN. 
          ANYBODY TALK COUNCIL THAT NO, NO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          UM, WE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES. 
          A LOT OF 'EM HAS TO DO WITH THE SCOPE CHANGES. 
          SO WE HAVE INCREASED THE SCOPE AND THAT WASN'T PART OF THE INITIAL SCOPE, BUT THIS IS THE G M P, THIS IS THE FINAL ESTIMATE, AND WE PUT AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCY TO COVER FOR ANY ADDITIONAL UNKNOWNS. 
          AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON SCHEDULE AND WITHIN THIS BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          UM, THAT'S COMFORTING NEWS. 
          I HOPE, I HOPE WE CAN FINISH THIS PROJECT WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND, UH, MOVE IN AND 
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SAVE US THAT MONEY OVER 30 YEARS. 
          I, I THINK YOU SAID $3.2 MILLION, THAT, THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY INCREASED, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. 
          USED TO BE AROUND 2 MILLION. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WAS DRIVING? BECAUSE THIS, THIS SEEMS LIKE A LARGE AMOUNT INCREASE TO THEN SHOW MORE SAVINGS WITHIN THE 30 YEARS. 
          WHERE, WHAT, WHAT'S THE TRADE OFF THERE AND HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING THAT? I'M GONNA ASK, UM, BEN ZEL TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          COUNCILMAN, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE RUNNING A 30 YEAR PRO FORMA ON THIS PROJECT, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO THAT PRO FORMA. 
          EVERYTHING FROM THE EXPECTED, UH, PURCHASE PRICES OR SALES PROCEEDS THAT WE'LL GET FROM THE SALE OF CITY PROPERTY. 
          UH, WE INTEND TO, UH, PROVIDE THE, UH, PARKING IN OUR PARKING GARAGE ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS WHERE WE'RE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PARKING REVENUE OF THIS PROJECT CAN GENERATE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, TENANT LEASED REVENUES. 
          WE IMPLANT, WE, AS LAURA MENTIONED, WE INTEND TO LEASE SEVEN OF THE FLOORS. 
          SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING WITHIN THE PROFORMA AS WE UP UPDATE, UPDATE THAT GET BETTER INFORMATION OR REFINE OUR ASSUMPTIONS. 
          A COUPLE OF BIGGER ONES THAT CHANGED HERE THAT ALLOW ALLOWED US TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. 
          AS WE WENT THROUGH THE COVID, UH, PROJECT REDESIGN, UH, WE FREED UP AN ADDITIONAL FLOOR TO BE ABLE TO LEASE TO A THIRD PARTY TENANT. 
          SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT BEFORE WE HAD ALL THE COSTS OF HAVING ACQUIRED THE BUILDING AND RENOVATING THE BUILDING AND HAVING TO WORK WITH THE SAVINGS THAT WE HAD WITHIN OUR BUDGET, THIS NOW ALLOWED US TO HAVE ANOTHER FLOOR THAT WE COULD LEASE AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL LEASE REVENUE. 
          THE OTHER BIG CHANGE THAT YOU WOULD SEE IF YOU WERE LOOKED AT THE PROFORMA FROM BEFORE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, IS THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, OUR ASSUMPTION ON INTEREST RATES WAS MUCH HIGHER. 
          UH, OUR INTEREST, THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN ISSUE BONDS FOR IS LOWER. 
          SO THAT ALLOWED US TO, UH, BUILD IN SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR THE PROJECT. 
          OUR DEBT SERVICE COSTS OVERALL FROM BEFORE TO NOW ARE UP. 
          BUT, UM, IT ALLOWED US TO CREATE SOME ROOM WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER CHANGES THAT I MENTIONED THAT ARE ALLOWING US TO ACCOMPLISH IT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, REMEMBER THE $3.2 MILLION THAT LORI REFERENCED, THAT'S A CUMULATIVE NUMBER OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD. 
          OUR OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN TO AT LEAST TRY TO MAINTAIN A COST NEUTRAL POSITION TO OUR BUDGET. 
          UH, SO FAR AS WE'VE UPDATED, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, SO THAT THOSE WERE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WENT INTO, UH, THE UPDATED PROFORMA. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANKS BEN. 
          AND, UH, JUST A COUPLE OTHER POINTS. 
          UM, AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION ABOUT THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION. 
          HAVE THEY BEEN INVOLVED IN MOVING THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE BUILDING AND ARE WE REALIZING ANY SAVINGS, LIKE AN ADMINISTRATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN ADD TO THAT SAVINGS? 'CAUSE I REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY WORDS OR ANYTHING IN THERE THAT THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION WHOSE ORIGINAL CHARTER WAS TO LOOK AT STREAMLINING, STREAMLINING EFFORTS IN THIS CITY TO SAVE MONEY. 
          UH, SO HAS THAT BEEN FIGURED INTO THIS, THIS OVERALL PLAN? AND ARE WE GETTING ANY SAVINGS FROM THAT? COUNCILMAN? I'LL START AND I'LL ASK TROY, UH, TO CHIME IN AS WELL. 
          UH, IF, IF I DON'T CAPTURE IT ALL, BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY WERE INVOLVED EARLY ON AS WE WERE PROGRAMMING THE BUILDING AND STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          SO WE HAVE MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS AROUND EFFICIENCIES THAT WE WILL GAIN AS WE MOVE INTO THE BUILDING. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE COLLATE CO-LOCATE DEPARTMENTS THAT TODAY, UH, MAYBE IN SEPARATE BUILDINGS, THERE'S GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PROBABLY IMPLEMENT SOME EFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF HOW WE, UH, HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF, UH, IN PLACE. 
          AND OF COURSE WE WOULD DO THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT PRIMARILY VACANCIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          BUT WE INTEND TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND, UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO MOVING INTO THE BUILDING. 
          UH, THE PROGRAMMING IS FINALIZED, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON, UH, HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL SAVINGS THERE AS WELL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          WELL, I, I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT IF THEY WERE IN EARLY ON, THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED BETWEEN WHAT WE PLANNED FOR EARLY ON AND WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. 
          SO, UH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET THEM INVOLVED NOW TO START, START THAT PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THOSE, UM, INNOVATIONS AND COST SAVING MEASURES THAT WE CAN, WE CAN APPLY TO THIS, THIS PROJECT. 
          AND THEN THE LAST LITTLE THING, IT MIGHT SEEM SMALL, BUT I'VE, UM, ASKED THE, UM, UH, CITY CLERK TINA TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO PULL OUT SOME OF OUR ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE IN STORAGE. 
          WE HAVE SOME GREAT HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, LETTERS FROM SANTA ANA MAPS, SO ON AND SO FORTH THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, PROTECTED OR MEDICALLY SEALED AND ARE JUST SITTING IN, IN, UH, DRAWERS 
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OVER THERE. 
          WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GET THOSE OUT INTO THE PUBLIC, AND THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, NOT ONLY IN CITY HALL, BUT IN, IN, IN THE TOWER TO DISPLAY SOME OF THIS STUFF AND ROTATE THINGS AROUND IN THE PUBLIC AREAS BECAUSE WE, WE NEED TO GET THAT STUFF OUT AND SHOW PEOPLE THE THINGS THAT WE DO POSSESS HERE IN THE CITY. 
          UH, THAT GOES BACK TO 1836 AND, UH, UH, WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS DISPLAYED. 
          HOWEVER THAT WORKS INTO THE, TO THE PROJECT, WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, SEE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO IF Y'ALL CAN WORK WITH TINA TO COME UP WITH A PLAN I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT ON HOW WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE PROJECT. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION. 
          UH, SIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS, UH, PORTION. 
          AND COUNSEL, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE OTHER POINT ON YOUR, UH, DEFICIENCIES. 
          WE, WE WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH INNOVATION ON THAT. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INNOVATION OR EFFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THE PROFORMA TODAY, WE'RE PRIMARILY TALKING ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, POSITIONS WE WOULDN'T FILL, UH, GOING FORWARD. 
          THE THING THAT WE HAVE NOT FACTORED INTO THIS PRO FORMA THAT YOU'LL HEAR MANY PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE CONSOLIDATING INTO A CAMPUS IS WE ARE ALSO EXPECTING A LOT OF PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COLLABORATION SPACE, THE CO-LOCATION OF DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK ON VERY SIMILAR FUNCTIONS BEING ON THE SAME FLOOR. 
          WE EXPECT TO SEE OF THAT AS WELL. 
          WE DID NOT TRY TO QUANTIFY THAT FOR PURPOSES OF CALCULATING AN IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET. 
          KIND OF DIFFICULT TO DO, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE BUILT IN, BUT IS SOMETHING WE, WE CERTAINLY EXPECT TO SEE AS WE GET, UM, FUNCTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR, UH, CO-LOCATED A LOT OF COLLABORATION SPACE. 
          WE THINK, UH, THOSE WILL BE SOME, UH, GREAT BENEFITS FROM BEING LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING AS WELL. 
          JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM, UH, 14. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS TO US. 
          UH, LORI, UM, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE AND, AND I GUESS THIS IS FOR BEN AS WELL. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO MOVING THOSE DEPARTMENTS INTO THE TOWER, DO WE KNOW THE COST SAVINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE SPECIFICALLY FOR MOVING THOSE DEPARTMENTS OUT OF WHERE THEY ARE INTO THE TOWER COUNSEL? AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UM, WE HAVE FUNDED THE PROJECT AND THEN WE'RE RUNNING THIS 30 YEAR PRO FORMA THAT LOOKS AT HOW THESE CHANGES IMPACT OUR EXISTING BUDGET. 
          AND THAT'S THAT $3.2 MILLION, UH, UH, CUMULATIVE SAVINGS NUMBER THAT WE WOULD GENERATE OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR HOW MUCH WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE CITY FROM US NOT HAVING THOSE DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER LOCATIONS. 
          WE DO. 
          SO WE DO THAT IS ACTUALLY BUILT INTO THAT PROFORMA. 
          UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE LEASE COSTS THAT WE INCUR TODAY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN RIVERVIEW TOWERS, UM, THAT IS BUILT INTO THE PROFORMA. 
          SO THEY MOVE INTO CITY TOWER AND WE CANCEL THOSE LEASES. 
          THAT'S SAVINGS UNDER OUR EXISTING BUDGET, BUT THEN WE'RE TURNING AROUND AND WE'RE USING THAT SAVINGS TO HELP US PAY FOR THE RENOVATIONS OF THE BUILDING. 
          AND SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S IN THAT PROFORMA. 
          THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE TRY, WE'RE LOOKING AT IF WE HAD DONE NOTHING AND STAYED IN THE FACILITIES THAT WE WERE IN, WE WERE IN IN 2015 AND 16 AND CONTINUE TO LEASE ALL OF THAT SPACE VERSUS ACQUIRING THE OLD FROST BUILDING, RENOVATING IT, HOW DO THOSE TWO COMPARE UNDER OUR BUDGET? AND THAT IS THAT $3.2 MILLION, UH, RIGHT NOW PROJECTED SAVINGS ON THAT 30 YEAR LOOK. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PERFORMA BIN, UM, IS THERE A WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THIS PERFORMANCE AND WHAT DOES IT AND HOW IT BREAKS DOWN? UM, THAT IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT PEOPLE ASK WHEN IT COMES TO SEEING HOW WE'RE GETTING TO THIS COST SAVINGS, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE PINPOINTS OF HOW IT'S GOING, WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR TRANSPARENCY OF WHERE THESE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM, HOW WE'RE REUSING THEM, UM, AND PUTTING THEM BACK INTO THE PROJECT. 
          SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR MY QUESTIONING. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD BEN. 
          I, I WAS JUST GONNA NOTE THAT ON, ON THE PROFORMA. 
          UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRIED TO DO WITH THIS ITEM, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND IT, WAS WE INCLUDED AT ATTACH A COUPLE OF ATTACHMENTS TO THE BRIEFING MEMO THAT'S POSTED WITH THE AGENDA ITEM ONLINE. 
          AND WE TRIED 
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TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE INFORMATION. 
          UM, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT THERE, BUT WE TRIED TO SUMMARIZE THAT AND A COUPLE OF ATTACHMENTS. 
          ONE SUMMARIZES THE CHANGE IN THE PROJECT BUDGET FROM SEPTEMBER OF 18 TO NOW. 
          ONE SUMMARIZES ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE SCOPE, UH, OF THE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT THAT IS PART OF ITEM, UH, B TODAY. 
          AND THEN THERE IS A, AN ATTACHMENT ALSO ON THE PROFORMA, AND IT ACTUALLY DESCRIBES ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROFORMA IN A NARRATIVE FORMAT. 
          IT SHOWS THE PROJECT BOAT BUDGET, BOTH IN TERMS OF REVENUES WE EXPECT TO COLLECT, AND THEN OUR EXPENDITURES OF THE 140.9 MILLION, UH, THAT WE WOULD, UH, HAVE USED TOWARDS ACQUIRING AND RENOVATING THE BUILDING. 
          AND THEN IT DOES AN AGGREGATE 30 YEAR LOOK OF ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS IN THE PERFORMANCE TO SHOW THAT NET $3.2 MILLION, UH, IMPACT. 
          SO WE TRIED TO SUMMARIZE ALL OF THAT AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. 
          JUST WANTED TO, TO, TO MENTION THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I THINK THAT IS THE PART THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR THAT IT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN SO WHEN THEY SEE IT, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS THE PROCESS OF THE SALES OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS, WILL THAT COME BACK TO COUNCIL OR WILL WE GET AN UPDATE? YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, WE WILL BE PROVIDING REGULAR UPDATES ON THIS PROJECT, AND SO THIS WILL BE NOT, THIS WILL, EVEN THOUGH I PROMISED THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE BRING THE BUDGET BACK TO 'EM, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH REGULAR UPDATES ON THE PROJECT AND HOPE TO GIVE YOU ALL TOURS VERY SOON. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          THANK YOU BEN. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE OTHER DAY WITH STAFF AND KIND OF REVIEW THIS. 
          UH, BUT I'VE, I'VE FELT APPREHENSION ABOUT THIS PROJECT GOING, GOING THROUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          LET ME JUST, UH, REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I HEARD. 
          WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, I HAD TO SIT, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAD A QUESTION WITH HER ABOUT, OH, ALL THESE COST OVERRUNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND WHAT SHE SAID TO ME AT THE TIME WAS, COUNCILMAN COURAGE IN THIS CITY. 
          WE ARE ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET NOW. 
          THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          UH, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS TOWER BUILDING AND I LOOK AT CITY HALL, I, I KIND OF WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BELIEF AND, AND THAT PUSHED BY OUR CITY TO RAIN ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET. 
          AND, UH, I'VE HEARD WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN MENTIONED TODAY, AND I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, I'M SKEPTICAL. 
          UH, I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA COME OUT WITH A $3 MILLION SAVINGS OVER THE LIFE OF THIS. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, HOW ARE WE GONNA GO AHEAD AND RENT NINE FLOORS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE VACANCY RATE FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WITH SO MANY BUSINESSES, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE GUN. 
          BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I AM SKEPTICAL OF IT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A 50% INCREASE. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO THE MATH, BUT I DID OVER 50% INCREASE FROM THE 92 MILLION ORIGINAL PROJECTION. 
          OF COURSE, THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          THINGS DO GO UP IN PRICE. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THOUGH, WAS THERE AN ORIGINAL COMPARISON TO BUILDING OUR OWN NEW BUILDING AS OPPOSED TO BUYING THE FROST BANK BUILDING. 
          WHAT DID THAT TELL US? UH, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DID DO THAT EXERCISE AND AT THE TIME, USING THE, WHAT WE FELT THE SCOPE WAS, IT CAME OUT AT ABOUT $220 MILLION. 
          AND SO WHEN WE WERE DECIDING HOW WE NEEDED TO PROCEED ON THIS PROJECT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT, WOULD IT BE BETTER TO JUST BUILD BRAND NEW? AND WE DID THAT ANALYSIS AND IT CAME OUT AT 220 MILLION. 
          WELL, IT WAS SURPRISINGLY SMART CHOICE NOW TO GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THAT 92 MILLION, OBVIOUSLY. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT WAS DONE. 
          WAS IT A SIMILAR SIZE AND STYLE AND SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BUILDING? YES. 
          WE LOOKED AT WHAT STAFF NEEDED AND THE SCOPE THAT WE NEEDED, AND WE HAD JUST COME OFF THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS PROJECT, AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT COMPARABLE ESTIMATES FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT, UH, AND SHARING MORE OF THAT INFORMATION ALONG THE WAY. 
          MIGHT'VE BEEN A LITTLE MORE HELPFUL TO US ALSO, BUT I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE IT'S A DONE DEAL. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, AND 
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IT MAY TURN OUT TO BE A, A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THE CITY LONG RUN, BUT THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS I THINK ARE VERY VARIABLE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I HOPE WE'RE AS SUCCESSFUL AS YOU PLAN ON US TO BE IN THIS NEW BUILDING. 
          SO I WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT OF IT, BUT I'LL BE WATCHING ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS, INCLUDING CITY HALL AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON SUCH LARGE EXPENDITURES. 
          THANK YOU, ERICA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, ERIC. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UM, APPRECIATED THE STORY ABOUT THE, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER ALSO PRIORITIZES, UM, UH, ON BUDGET AND ON TIME AND, UH, WE ALL DEAL WITH, WITH, UH, THINGS THAT ARE UNEXPECTED, UM, AND WE ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. 
          UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THAT, UM, FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT, UH, I MEET WITH RAZZIE, UH, MONTHLY ON OUR PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE CHALLENGES ON SOME OF OUR PROJECTS. 
          UH, BUT WE, WE MANAGE THROUGH THEM. 
          UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS ARE ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET. 
          AND IF THEY'RE NOT ON BUDGET, THEN WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO BECOME WITHIN BUDGET. 
          IT'S PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND A LOT OF IT IS DUE TO THE CITY. 
          UM, IF THE COUNCIL, UH, LOOKS BACK AT THE LAST, UM, PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS WORTH OF COUNCIL AGENDAS, YOU HAVE APPROVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IT IS ON THE TOP OF MY MIND, AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO REINFORCE THAT AND LET YOU KNOW. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST TO, IN, IN DEFENSE OF, OF STAFF, UH, I THINK WE CAN ONLY MAKE THE DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AT THE TIME, AND YOU STRIVE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WITH THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, THINGS, THINGS CHANGE AND, UH, WE HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT IF WE CAN COME UP WITH ONE, I'D LOVE TO LOVE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. 
          UM, BUT WE DO HAVE TO STRIVE TO GET THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE CAN, UH, AT THE TIME. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TOO. 
          UM, LORI, I THINK IT WOULD BE EASIER IF YOU CAME TO US AND SAID, I'D LIKE TO SAVE YOU 20 MILLION MORE DOLLARS AND LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SLIP IN THE PART ABOUT, AND THE COST PRO IS ALSO GOING TO INCREASE, BUT, UH, I HEAR YOU SAY THAT WE'RE REVENUE NEUTRAL. 
          UH, THAT THAT LANGUAGE DOESN'T ROLL OFF MY TONGUE, SO I ALWAYS HAVE TO STOP AND THINK, OKAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UH, SO EVEN THOUGH THE SCOPE INCREASES, UH, AND YOU'RE, YOU HAVE TO ADD BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE INCREASE, YOU ARE GONNA SAVE THAT, THAT LEASE MONEY IN, IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND I'M PROBABLY STATING THE OBVIOUS FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND IT, UH, BETTER. 
          UM, ONE THING I, UH, I WANTED TO, TO ASK ABOUT AND, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING ME THAT, THAT PRO FORMA TO, TO MY EMAIL IS THE, HOW, HOW MANY TOTAL EMPLOYEES ARE WE BASED ON THIS ESTIMATE? DO WE, DO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ONCE, UH, ONCE WE BEGIN OPERATION, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DOWN IN THE BUILDING, WE ARE GONNA BE RELOCATING 1400 EMPLOYEES TO THE BUILDING. 
          NOW, ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT A LOT HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS, AND SO IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT ALL 1400 EMPLOYEES WILL BE IN THE BUILDING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND SO WORKING WITH THE 24 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MOVING INTO THE FROST TOWER, EACH OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A FLEXIBLE, UM, WORK FROM HOME OR REMOTE WORKING OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU MAY HAVE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHO'S GOING TO HAVE DIVISIONS ALTERNATE BY WEEK. 
          MAYBE THE SMALL BUSINESS DIVISION WILL REMOTE WORK ONE WEEK AND THEY'LL BE IN THE OFFICE THE NEXT WEEK. 
          BUT EACH DEPARTMENT IS DOING IT DIFFERENTLY, AND WE WILL NOT HAVE ALL 1400 EMPLOYEES IN THE BUILDING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, BECAUSE, BECAUSE, UM, WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, WHEN IN, IN APRIL AND MAY WHEN WE WERE, WE HAD A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE OUT REMOTE. 
          UM, SKANSKA WAS GOING THROUGH DESIGN, UM, AND WE, WE HALTED EVERYTHING AND, AND RE-LOOKED AT WHAT THE INITIAL DESIGNS WERE. 
          UH, IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THAT, KNOWING THAT, UM, AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, AND I I, I'VE HEARD IT FROM A LOT OF EMPLOYEES TOO, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO, UM, A, A NORMAL 40 HOUR WORK WEEK FOR EVERYBODY, UM, IS IS PROBABLY UNLIKELY IN THE NEAR TERM FUTURE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT BECAUSE 
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THE REMOTE WORK OPPORTUNITIES HAVE GIVEN, UM, DEPARTMENTS AND SOME EMPLOYEES A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND, AND PRE COVID. 
          UM, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE RE WE WERE REDEVELOPING OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE FOR REMOTE WORK BECAUSE WE HAD EMPLOYEES THAT WANTED TO, WANTED TO TRY IT. 
          WE WERE GONNA KICK OFF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR 200 EMPLOYEES BACK IN MARCH. 
          UM, AND SO WE, WE BUILT THAT IN THERE, SPREAD EMPLOYEES OUT, UH, AS LORI MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, AND GAVE SOME THOUGHT TO THE TOUCHLESS FEATURES THAT WE SHOULD BE BUILDING INTO IT, UH, KNOWING THAT THAT, UM, UH, WE WERE GONNA NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS FROM A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE, NOT JUST DURING COVID MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, GREAT. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD, OR A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IS, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT, WELL, WHEN EVERYONE'S IN THE SAME BUILDING, HOW ARE THEY GONNA PARK? UH, DO THEY, DO WE REALLY WANT EVERY SINGLE PERSON BRINGING THEIR OWN CAR, UH, DOWNTOWN? HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR MM-HMM. 
           OUR GOALS TO, TO BE CLIMATE NEUTRAL IN THE LONG RUN? AND SO I'M LOOKING AT THE PRO FORMA, AND ONE OF THE PROJECTED EXPENSES IS PARKING STIPENDS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS, THAT LOOKS, IT COMES IN AT $44 MILLION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UH, SO CAN YOU TELL ME A A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? WE'RE ASSUMING THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO NEED A PARKING SPACE AND WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT AT DOWNTOWN RATES OR FORGO REVENUE FROM A PARKING SPACE. 
          WE COULD HAVE LEAK OUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, UM, THAT NUMBER IS VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE. 
          UM, THAT ASSUMED THAT THERE WERE A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES GETTING PARKING, PARKING STIPENDS. 
          SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CHANGE AS WE NOW KNOW WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING IN THE TOWER AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LOCATE AND WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON THE REMOTE, UM, WORK PLAN. 
          WE ARE GOING TO ADJUST THAT NUMBER, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THE MODEL. 
          SO WHAT THAT SAYS IS THERE MIGHT BE MORE NET SAVINGS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE ADJUSTING THAT NUMBER. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO LOOK AT THE PARKING STIPEND AS A TRANSPORTATION STIPEND, NOT A PARKING STIPEND. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO USE THAT MONEY AS, UM, TO TAKE THE BUS OR TO, OR JUST TO, UM, FOR ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION MODE, THEY CAN, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS ON WHAT THAT TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS, AND THE PARKING STIPEND IN THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE ADJUSTED THROUGH FLESS PLANS, BUT IT WILL GO DOWN. 
          BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE DID OUR HOMEWORK AND WORK WITH EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS ON THEIR PLAN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, OKAY. 
          UM, WELL, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT DOES SAY PARKING STIPEND. 
          SO LET'S , LET'S BE CAREFUL WITH OUR LANGUAGE AND MM-HMM. 
          , I, I, I DO THINK WE NEED TO, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE'RE INCENTIVIZING AS, UH, FOR, FOR THE EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, BUT SECONDLY, I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY IT IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE MM-HMM. 
          , BECAUSE, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, IT MAY BE A YEAR OR MORE AGO NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME DOWNTOWN AND SPEAK, UH, WHEN WE HAVE AN AGENDA, WHEN THEY HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT. 
          AND I'VE HEARD STORY AFTER STORY ABOUT, WELL, BY THE TIME MY ITEM COMES UP, I HAVE TO GO PUT MONEY IN MY METER AND I MISSED MY, I MISSED MY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, OR I HAVE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, A HIGHER RATE BECAUSE I GO INTO A GARAGE, OR SOMETIMES I END UP WITH A TICKET. 
          AND THESE ARE ALL BARRIERS TO INVITING PEOPLE MM-HMM. 
           TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR, UH, IN OUR PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          OF COURSE, I DO WISH THEY TOOK THE BUS, RIGHT. 
          BUT MM-HMM. 
          , BUT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T, UM, I HAD ASKED, CAN WE OFFER, UH, SOME SORT OF VOUCHER OR GIVE THEM FREE PARKING MM-HMM. 
          , AND WHAT I HEARD FROM STAFF WAS, WELL, NO, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY IS GONNA COME IN FROM, FROM REVENUE. 
          SO IT, I'M WONDERING, IS THIS OUR OPPORTUNITY  TO GO AHEAD AND BUDGET FOR THAT GOING FORWARD? THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE COUNCILWOMAN, AND, UM, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. 
          UM, AND I THINK YOU, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE END OF THE F Y 20 BUDGET AS WELL, AND SO MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK COVID AND REMOTE WORK AND ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES SOLVED OUR SPACING ISSUE IN THE PARKING LOT, UM, UH, FOR US WITHOUT US HAVING TO, TO FIGURE OUT THAT CHALLENGE. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, WE WILL FOLLOW UP TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE, UH, PARKING 
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FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS OR, UH, THE PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC'S ATTENDANCE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING MM-HMM. 
           ACROSS THE STREET, INTO THE, INTO THE FACILITY AS WE, AS WE DO THEIR WORK. 
          THAT'S A GOOD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          THANKS A LOT, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, LAURIE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER S THANKS. 
          JUST, UH, LORI, VERY SHORT. 
          UH, I, I WILL TELL YOU, I DO NOT ENVY YOU. 
          UM, AND WHEN THIS IS ALL FINISHED, UH, I THINK YOU, YOU, YOU'VE EARNED YOURSELF AT LEAST ONE AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO MARGARITAS. 
          UH, THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT MUST, THAT YOU GUYS MUST BE PUTTING INTO THIS IS, IS ASTONISHING. 
          AND I, I'M VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT AND  AND BACK THEN, UH, WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN Y'ALL EMBARKED UPON THIS PROJECT. 
          AND, UM, AND LET'S NOT FORGET, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REALLY OLD BUILDING, AND IT'S AN OLD BID BUILDING THAT'S BEEN RIDDEN REALLY HARD, RIGHT? UM, AND I IMAGINE EVERY TIME YOU TAKE A WALL OUT OF THERE JUST TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S BEHIND IT, YOU'RE FINDING NEW, NEW THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T EXPECT. 
          AND THE SAME GOES TRUE FOR ANY OLD BUILDING THAT YOU'RE EVER GONNA REHAB. 
          UM, JUST ASK ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO'S REBA REHABBING HOMES AND DIG WITTY OR, UH, YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT TWO OR IN, UH, KING WILLIAMS, I MEAN, THESE, THESE HOMES ARE LIKE LITTLE JENGA PUZZLES, UH, AND THESE OLD BUILDINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PUZZLES AND EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY, YOU KNOW, CONTAINS A SURPRISE. 
          I REMEMBER JOHN PAT, YOU GIVING US A TOUR OF, UH, CITY HALL AS WE WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A A AS CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED, AND YOU KNOW, YOU TELLING US ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT SECRET THINGS BEHIND ALL THE PLASTER, RIGHT? UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVING TO BE FLEXIBLE AND OUR TEAM HAVING TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH, UM, EVERY STEP THAT WE TOOK, BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW, EACH BUILDING HAS A UNIQUE SET OF INEFFICIENCIES, RIGHT? AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT WENT INTO AND BUILT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BUILDING STANDARDS THAT WENT INTO PUTTING THIS THING TOGETHER WAY BACK THEN, UM, VERSUS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TODAY. 
          AND SO, UM, I GET, I GET IT, AND IT'S PAINFUL. 
          UM, AND I'M, UM, I THINK IT'D BE NAIVE OF US TO THINK THAT WE WERE EVER GONNA, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT BE SURPRISED, UH, HOW LONG THE WAY. 
          AND, UH, I THINK, LORI, YOU'RE HANDLING THIS, UM, THE, THE WAY, UH, WE WOULD WANT YOU TO HANDLE IT. 
          AND SO KEEP, KEEP GOING. 
          UM, I WISH THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO STUMBLE ACROSS ANYMORE INEFFICIENCIES AND ANY MORE SURPRISES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WISHING IS NOT A STRATEGY. 
          I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE READY FOR IT. 
          SO, THANKS, UH, FOR THE HARD WORK TEAM. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER K. 
          ACTION. 
          WE HAVE, UH, THE MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM, UH, 14, UH, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 
          [16. 20-6059 Ordinance approving the acquisition through negotiation or condemnation of interests in land sufficient for project purposes of privately-owned real property located along Southcross Boulevard between Pleasanton Road and Mission Road in New City Blocks 7702, 7704, 7707, 7710, 7711, 7809, 7810 and 7813 in Council District 3 for the Southcross Boulevard (I-37 to I-35) Project, a 2017 Bond project; declaring it to be a public use project and a public necessity for the acquisition. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]]
16. 
          ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTEREST IN LAND, SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSES OF PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY, LOCATED ALONG SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD BETWEEN PLEASANTON ROAD AND MISSION ROAD, AND NEW CITY BLOCK 7 7 0 2 7 7 0 4 7 7 0 7 7 7 1 0 7 7 11, 7 8 0 9 7 8 10, AND 7 8 1 3. 
          AND COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE FOR THE SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD I 37 TO I 35 PROJECT, A 2017 BOND PROJECT, DECLARING IT TO BE A PUBLIC USE PROJECT AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS FOR A 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS ACQUISITIONS OF OUR SLIVERS OF PROPERTY FROM THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY TO WIDEN THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS. 
          ACQUISITION OF 20 PARCELS OF LAND OUT OF 150 IS NECESSARY FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. 
          SO THEREFORE, I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THE SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD SIDEWALKS PROJECT BY ACQUIRING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16. 
          MAYOR, I, I MUST READ THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES FOR PERMANENT INTEREST LOCATED IN SAN ANTONIO, BE COUNTY, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE ALONG, LOCATED ALONG SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD AND SOUTH FLORA STREET, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, 1 5 0 EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD, 1 7 2 EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD, 2 3 8 EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD, 2 5 0 EAST SOUTH 
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CROSS BOULEVARD, 3 1 4 EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD, 8 2 3 3 4 6 3 5 4. 
          ALL SOUTHCO BOULEVARD, 5 6 3 6 SOUTH FLORES, 5 7 0 0 SOUTH FLORES, AND 3 4 2 4 4 6 3 5 1, 4, 3, 1, 5, 5, 1, 6, 0, 6 2 1 9, 3 3, 4 3, AND 3 4 7 EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD. 
          THE PROPERTIES ARE DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT DRAWING MAP IN EXHIBIT A ONE, AND THE MEETS AND BOUNDS SURVEY DESCRIPTIONS IN EXHIBIT A, TWO OF THE ORDINANCE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AS SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16 AS STATED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO 
          [24. 20-7286 Resolution creating a Council appointed 9-member San Antonio Ready to Work Advisory Board that will provide input to the Mayor and City Council on in-demand occupations, workforce training alignment and training targets, and wraparound support. This advisory board will include two Council Liaisons to be appointed by the Mayor. [Carlos Contreras; Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director, Economic Development]]
ITEM 24. 
          ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A RESOLUTION CREATING A COUNCIL APPOINTED NINE MEMBER SAN ANTONIO READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD THAT WILL PROVIDE INPUT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ON IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS, WORKFORCE TRAINING, ALIGNMENT AND TRAINING TARGETS AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT. 
          THIS ADVISORY BOARD WILL INCLUDE TWO COUNCIL LIAISONS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, I, I BELIEVE THERE IS A PRESENTATION IF YOU'D LIKE IT. 
          UH, YOU HAVE A FLOOR? YES, THE PRESENTATION PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS ALEX LOPEZ. 
          TODAY'S ITEM, LIKE THE CLERK MENTIONED, IS REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION, CREATING AN ADVISORY BOARD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ESSAY READY TO WORK INITIATIVE. 
          SO, BEGINNING WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND, IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, MAYOR NUREMBERG APPOINTED THE EDUCATION OR THE WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION LEADERSHIP TASK FORCE, WHOSE FEEDBACK HELPED INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT HAS BECOME THE ESSAY READY TO WORK INITIATIVE. 
          THIS TASK FORCE INCLUDED REPRESENTATION FROM DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, INCLUDING CORPORATE AND PHILANTHROPY EXECUTIVES AND COMMUNITY AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THEN IN AUGUST, CITY COUNCIL ORDERED THE ELECTION OF THE ONE 8 CENTS SALES AND USE TAX, UM, TO SUPPORT THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE. 
          AND WITHIN THE PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THAT TIME, CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTED AND PRIORITIZED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSION IN THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE INITIATIVE. 
          AND THEN LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION DURING COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS ON THE PROPOSED INITIATIVE, THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED THE SUPPORT FOR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUDING THE CREATION OF AN ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH AS I MENTIONED IS THE ACTION RECOMMENDED TODAY. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE TIMELINE THAT WAS SHARED DURING THE B SESSION BRIEFING TWO WEEKS AGO, WHICH ACTUALLY SHOWS 13 MAJOR MILESTONES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE. 
          EIGHT OF THESE MILESTONES ARE BRIEFINGS OR ACTIONS BY CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING POLICY BRIEFINGS AND, UM, ADOPTIONS, UH, THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH. 
          WE'VE GOT PRES, A PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT R F P, UH, DRAFT BUDGET BRIEFINGS AND BUDGET ADOPTION. 
          AND THEN AWARDING OF CONTRACTS TO OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS NOT LISTED ON THIS CHART ARE UPDATES TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IN ADVANCE OF OUR COUNCIL BRIEFINGS. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY OF THESE ACTIONS ACTUALLY BUILD ON EACH OTHER. 
          UM, AND WE'LL BE ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE ON THE AS AS WE'LL BE ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE ON THE POLICY BEFORE WE ISSUE THE R F P OR BEFORE WE DEVELOP A BUDGET. 
          SO TO STAY ON TRACK FOR THE PROGRAM LAUNCH IN FALL, IN THE FALL, WE'VE BUILT OUR WAY BACKWARDS, LEADING US BACK TO TODAY, TO TODAY, AND THE REQUEST TO CREATE AN ADVISORY BOARD SO THAT RECRUITMENT CAN BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ORIENT THIS BOARD AND INCORPORATE THEIR FEEDBACK INTO THE PROGRAM POLICIES RECOMMENDED TO CITY COUNCIL IN THE COMING MONTHS. 
          SO ON THIS SLIDE YOU SEE THE RECOMMENDED BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE VALIDATING IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS AND FOSTERING ALIGNMENT WITH IN-DEMAND SKILLSET AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. THESE TWO ITEMS ARE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE, AS A KEY OUTCOME IS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO SECURE JOBS UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR TRAINING OR DEGREE. 
          THIS BOARD WILL ALSO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ALLOTMENT 
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OF CERTIFICATES VERSUS DEGREES, UM, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BASED ON THE SKILL SETS NECESSARY TO SECURE AVAILABLE WHILE PAYING JOBS. 
          AND THEY'LL ALSO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT PROVIDED THROUGH THE PROGRAM, MAKING SURE IT'S EFFECTIVE AND, AND IT'S EFFECTIVELY DESIGNED TO HELP MEET PARTICIPANTS WHERE THEY'RE AT. 
          AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, BOARD MEMBERS WILL SERVE AS AMBASSADORS FOR THE PROGRAM, HELPING TO PROMOTE ENROLLMENT AND HIRING OF PARTICIPANTS UPON COM COMPLETION. 
          THE RECOMMENDED COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD IS THAT IT INCLUDE NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED AT LARGE. 
          UM, AFTER APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED FROM INTERESTED RESIDENTS AND INTERVIEWED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE RECOMMEND THE BOARD INCLUDE FOUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS WITH OCCUPATIONS CURRENTLY AND DEMAND AS THEY HA AS THEY CAN PROVIDE DIRECT AND MOST RECENT INPUT ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SKILL SETS NEEDED TO SECURE THOSE JOBS. 
          WE ALSO RECOMMEND TWO CURRENT OR PREVIOUS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS SERVE ON THIS BOARD. 
          AND WHILE WE DON'T HAVE READY TO WORK PARTICIPANTS YET, WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS ENROLLED IN THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE VALUABLE FEEDBACK AND PERSPECTIVE. 
          WE ALSO RECOMMEND REPRESENTATION FROM A TRADE OR LABOR ORGANIZATION, UM, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND A TRAINING PROVIDER AS THEY ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND WILL PROMOTE A DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES. 
          AND THE FURTHER RECOMMENDATION IS THAT NO APPOINTED MEMBER HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ENTITY THAT CONTRACTS WITH, WITH THE CITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE. 
          THIS IS RECOMMENDED TO PREVENT BOTH PERCEIVED AND ACTUAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 
          AND SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT CAN AND SHOULD ALSO BE ENGAGED. 
          SO OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE OR, OR ALSO CONVENE AD HOC WORKING GROUPS FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS, UM, WHENEVER THE NEED ARISES. 
          WE ALSO PLAN TO ENGAGE OTHER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, SUCH AS THE, UH, DISABILITY ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPOINTED AND PROVIDES INPUT ON SPECIFIC ISSUES IMPACTING THAT POPULATION. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE RECOMMEND THE MAYOR APPOINT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE AS LIAISONS TO THIS ADVISORY BOARD, HEARING THE PERSPECTIVE FROM BOARD MEMBERS FIRSTHAND AND PROVIDING THIS PERSPECTIVE TO THEIR COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL. 
          SO SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY, I'VE REFERENCED IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES AND CONTEXT, STARTING WITH CLARIFYING THAT THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT TUITION FOR RESIDENTS PURSUING WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES OR TWO OR FOUR YEAR DEGREES. 
          DURING THE LAST B SESSION, THERE WAS REFERENCE TO RESIDENTS, UM, GETTING MASTER'S DEGREES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO I WANNA CLARIFY, TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE INFORMATION SHARED WITH THE, WITH THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, NOR WILL IT BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM. 
          POLICIES PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN THE SPRING. 
          ALL ALONG WE'VE EXPLAINED THE TUITION ASSISTANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORKFORCE CERTIFICATES AND TWO AND FOUR YEAR DEGREES FOR OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE IN DEMAND. 
          SO WHAT DO WE MEAN BY IN DEMAND? SOME EXAMPLES OF OF AN IN-DEMAND OCCUPATION A PERSON COULD ACCESS THROUGH, UH, COMPLETING WORKFORCE TRAINING. 
          CERTIFICATES ARE, UM, AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIAN, AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, ELECTRICIANS, WELDERS, AND WEB DEVELOPERS. 
          UM, AND WHILE SOME OF THESE, UM, HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY MALE DOMINATED OCCUPATIONS, THIS INITIATIVE ACTUALLY PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CONNECT MORE WOMEN WITH THE SKILLSET NEEDED TO ACCESS THESE CAREERS IN THESE FIELDS. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES. 
          I, I, I WANTED TO, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO ACTUALLY ILLUSTRATE, UM, SOME OF THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SO IN THE, IN THE CATEGORY OF TWO AND FOUR YEAR DEGREES, THEY'VE GOT ACCOUNTANTS AND NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGERS, UH, DRAFTING REGISTERED NURSES AND TEACHERS AT ALL LEVELS ARE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, GOING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER ON THIS, UM, ON IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD 356 UNIQUE JOB POSTINGS FOR AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, WHICH HAVE AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $55,000. 
          WE'VE HAD OVER 2,200 JOB POSTINGS FOR ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS, WHICH HAVE AN ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGE OF $77,000. 
          AND WE'VE HAD OVER 2000 JOB POSTINGS FOR COMPUTER USER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, WHICH HAVE AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $49,000. 
          AND OUR SHORTAGE OF REGISTERED NURSES CONTINUES, UM, AS WE'VE SEEN OVER 10,000 JOB POSTINGS FOR THIS OCCUPATION, WHICH COMMANDS AN AVERAGE SALARY OF $72,000. 
          SO ALL THE INFORMATION I'VE, UM, INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE 
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IS GONNA BE, IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF A, A REPORT THAT THE, UM, ESSAY WORKS AND THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION WILL BE RELEASING VERY SHORTLY. 
          UM, AND IT PROVIDES A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF THE RESEARCH ON JOBS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AND THE SKILL SETS THAT ARE NEEDED TO ACCESS THEM. 
          BUT AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES. 
          THIS IS NOT A NON-INCLUSIVE LIST OF WHAT TYPES OF TRAININGS PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCESS THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND SO GETTING BACK TO THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHEN WE REFERENCE AN IN-DEMAND EMPLOYER, SOME OF THE FIELDS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN CONSIDER ARE, ARE SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU'VE HEARD OF TODAY, AVIATION ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, UM, IN GENERAL, IT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, UM, AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS CAN INCLUDE BOTH LARGE AND SMALL EMPLOYERS. 
          UM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS ALIGNMENT WITH OCCUPATIONS THAT COMMAND FAMILY SUSTAINING WAGES THAT PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO JUST A FEW LOGISTICAL ITEMS ABOUT THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          THE MEMBERS TERM OF SERVICE WILL BE FOR TWO YEARS, AND, UH, WHILE EVENTUALLY THEY'LL MOVE TO A QUARTERLY MEETING SCHEDULE SCHEDULE INITIALLY, THEY WILL, UM, LIKELY MEET MUCH MORE OFTEN, UM, TO IMMEDIATELY PLUG INTO THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THIS BOARD WILL SUNSET WHEN THE SALES TAX COLLECTION ENDS, WHICH WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER OR DECEMBER OF 2025. 
          SO OUR NEXT STEPS UPON COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION ARE TO POST THE APPLICATION ON THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSION'S WEBSITE. 
          SO INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED CAN APPLY TO SERVE, UM, COUNCIL COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS COULD TAKE PLACE IN FEBRUARY WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL LATER THAT MONTH. 
          AND IN CLOSING, STAFF RECOMMENDS YOUR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO CREATE THIS ADVISORY BOARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX. 
          AND, AND BEFORE I HAND IT BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, , LET ME JUST, UM, UM, UH, PUT SOME MORE, UH, DETAIL INTO THE PROCESS. 
          UM, THE SELECTION OF THE BOARD CANDIDATES, THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE POSTED, UH, AND THE APPLICANT'S, UH, WILL BE, UH, ENTERED WITH THE FINALISTS, WILL BE SELECTED BY A SUBCOMMITTEE OF COUNSEL FORWARDED TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION OF A SLATE FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD GOING TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          SO THAT'S THE PROCESS. 
          IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, FOR INSTANCE. 
          UH, SO THERE WILL BE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF COUNCIL FORMED, UH, TO GO THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF, UH, FINAL SELECTION. 
          SO, UM, AND THEN AGAIN, TO EMPHASIZE, COUNCIL WILL THEN, UM, APPROVE THE FINAL SLATE OF THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          LET ME TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          GRA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I KNOW YOU AND THE TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENT, UH, DILIGENTLY ON THIS AND JUST, AND TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING THE ESSAY READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD. 
          AND THIS IS, THIS IS A CREATION OF IT, WHICH IS A COUNCIL APPOINTED. 
          AND, UM, THIS ADVISORY BOARD WILL GIVE US THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL THE INPUT THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE FRAMEWORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND ALSO GIVE US THE EXPERTISE AND THE INPUT WHEN IT COMES TO IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS, WORKFORCE TRAINING, ALIGNMENT AND TRAINING TARGETS, AND THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE PULL UP ITEM, UM, SLIDE NUMBER THREE, AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT CLARIFICATION OF THE PROCESS OF HOW WE WILL GO THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. 
          SO THANK YOU, UH, ALEX, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS AND SHARING THE MILESTONES THAT WE STILL NEED TO MEET. 
          THIS IS A FIRST AND CRITICAL STEP FOR US AS WE CONTINUE ON THIS PROCESS, UH, AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING THE APPOINTEES OR THE SELECTIONS FOR APPOINTEES UP IN, IN FEBRUARY, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND THE STARTUP OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, WHEN WILL ALEX, WHEN WILL THE ADVISORY BOARD BEGIN GIVING THE INPUT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL? SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT AS SOON AS IT'S CONSTITUTED, UM, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH A QUICK ORIENTATION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE PROGRAM, EVERYTHING THAT WAS ASSOCIATED. 
          AND EVERYTHING IS KIND OF TAKEN PLACE UP TILL NOW, UM, BECAUSE THE 
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PLAN IS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH, UM, RECOMMENDED POLICY PRIORITIES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE PROGRAM, UH, AS NO LATER THAN MARCH. 
          SO IN FEBRUARY, AS SOON AS THEY GET CONSTITUTED, THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY PLUG INTO THIS WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE IN FRONT OF UPDATES TO THE E W G C COMMITTEE AS WELL AS B SESSION TO GIVE US THE INPUT. 
          AND I THINK ERIC AND ALEX RIGHT NOW, I THINK I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ONE I KNOW IN E W C WE'LL PROBABLY GET AN UPDATE, UM, EVERY MONTH AS WE CONTINUE TO GO, BUT ALSO A REGULAR UPDATE AT THE SESSION ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS PROGRAM AND, AND PUTTING IT FORWARD AS WE DESIGN IT MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND GIVING THE CLARIFICATION ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEES. 
          I THINK THOSE ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE THAT INPUT IN AD HOC. 
          AND I THINK THE COUNCIL COULD GIVE DIRECT TO INPUT, UH, OR GIVE DIRECTION ON WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE SHOULD LOOK LIKE, IF IT'S FOR EVEN MORE COMMUNITY OR, UM, FORMER PARTICIPANTS OR COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAMS. IF IT'S MORE EMPLOYERS OR IF IT'S MORE LABOR, OR EVEN IF IT'S TALKING ABOUT WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          IF WE NEED MORE EMPHASIS IN CHILDCARE OR TRANSPORTATION, I THINK WE CAN HAVE THOSE, WE CAN HAVE THE CREATION OF THOSE SPECIFIC AD HOCS IN ORDER TO GIVE CLARITY TO THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          UM, IF THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY ON THE MARK, UH, AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, WE, WE'VE ALL HAD DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND EXPECTATIONS OF HOW THIS WILL BE EXECUTED, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT AND YOUR CONCERNS, BUT I BELIEVE WE NEED TO STEP FULL STEP UP AND MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. 
          UM, THE ESSAY READY TO WORK WAS APPROVED BY 76% A MANDATE, AND THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY. 
          UM, THIS IS JUST ONE STEP OUT OF A, AN ENTIRE PROCESS FAR FROM COMPLETE. 
          AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN SAN ANTONIO AND I'VE SHARED IS THAT SAN ANTONIOS KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT. 
          WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          I THINK ONE GREAT EXAMPLE THAT WE JUST SAW THIS WEEK IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE BILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST MCKENZIE SCOTT, TO THE ORGAN, TO GIVING THOSE DOLLARS TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT LEAD AND, AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GATHER AND TO GET SOMETHING DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          MOVING THIS FORWARD TODAY WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE WITH THAT SENSE OF URGENCY TO HELP THE MOST IN NEED. 
          I BELIEVE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE MOST IN NEED OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          THE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IN EVERY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TO THE SINGLE MOM, THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE BRINK OF EVICTION, THE FORMER COWORKER WHO WAS LAID OFF AND STILL ON UNEMPLOYMENT, THE HOTEL WORKERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY. 
          UH, WE CAN, THIS PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE THE PATH FORWARD WITH COLLABORATION OF EMPLOYERS, PARTICIPANTS, THE COMMUNITY, LABOR, AND OTHERS. 
          WE WILL RALLY AND REBUILD TOGETHER, REBUILD OUR HOPES AND BELIEVE THAT BEAUTY CAN COME FROM ASHES. 
          IT'S OUR DUTY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          AND THIS IS ONE STEP FOR ACCESS, OPPORTUNITY, TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY. 
          WE HAVE SO MUCH INPUT WE CAN STILL GIVE INTO THIS PROCESS, BUT DELAYING THIS CAN MAKE IT VERY, UM, COMPLICATED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I ALWAYS HAVE THIS THING IN THE BACKGROUND OF MY, OF MY, UH, HERE AT THE HOUSE IS C ANTONIO. 
          AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE C ANTONIO AND I, AND THAT'S, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THIS PROCESS, AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN DELAY. 
          THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION HERE BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH AFTER THE CREATION OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD. 
          SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, CREATING A COUNCIL APPOINTED NINE MEMBERS, SAN ANTONIO READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD, RIGHT? THERE'S A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 24 AND A SECOND. 
          UM, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH CONVER UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GRAND FOR, FOR SHEPHERDING THIS THROUGH. 
          I THINK YOUR WORDS REALLY RING TRUE. 
          AT FIRST, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE, THE TIMELINE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAD JUST GOTTEN BRIEFED, UH, ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS, AND I WAS, UH, SURPRISED TO SEE THIS AGENDA SO QUICKLY AFTER THAT. 
          UH, BUT AFTER DISCUSSION WITH ALEX AND CARLOS, AND HEARING FROM YOU, I FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE TIMELINE. 
          SO I AM READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, TODAY. 
          UH, I ALSO, UM, JUST A COUPLE TECHNICAL ISSUES IS I BELIEVE THE LANGUAGE SAYS QUARTERLY MEETINGS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS. 
          SO, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A, A GOOD STANDARD FOR THIS. 
          I, I KNOW THEY'LL MEET MORE FREQUENTLY AT FIRST, BUT I WOULD CONSIDER, UH, STANDARDIZING A MORE FREQUENT, UH, MEETING. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A SECOND TO ANSWER. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. 
          SO PLEASE, THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          SURE. 
          AND I THINK WE, WE DO REALIZE THAT ORIGINALLY THE, THE GROUP IS GONNA HAVE TO MEET MUCH MORE OFTEN. 
          UM, AND, AND PERHAPS EVEN THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR AS WE'RE REACHING DIFFERENT MILESTONES, A LOT OF THE ONES THAT YOU SAW THAT GROUP WILL, WILL CONTINUOUSLY BE ENGAGED. 
          UM, ANY PIVOTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. 
          AND THEN AS WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE SECOND YEAR, SO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE, THE NEED FOR THE FREQUENCY OF THE MEETINGS IS, IS VERY WELL TAKEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY DID DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THIS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND I ACTUALLY DID GO BACK TO THE PLANNING DOCUMENT AS WELL TO GET SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT WERE THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WERE THINKING OF WHEN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY MENTIONED BACK IN AUGUST. 
          AND IT WAS REALLY, THE IDEA IS, UH, THAT THEY, THEY BE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, INCLUDE RESIDENTS, UM, INCLUDE THEIR PERSPECTIVE, INCLUDE THAT, THAT ARE REALLY, ARE ORGANIC IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, NOT NECESSARILY JUST SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          SO I THINK THAT IT, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IT BE A NONPROFIT, UM, AND THAT IT'D BE LOCAL, SOMETHING THAT, THAT HAS, THAT HAS A LOCAL BASE OR A LOCAL CHAPTER. 
          OKAY. 
          I, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD BE, UH, ACTUALLY DEFINE THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HAS RESIDENTS, THAT'S A NONPROFIT COULD ALSO BE ONE OF OUR, UM, INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? LIKE, UH, EVEN EVEN A COMMERCIAL IN LIKE, ONE OF OUR CHAMBERS IS A NONPROFIT AND THEY HAVE LOCAL CHAPTERS. 
          SO I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO BE HERE IN, IN TWO YEARS. 
          WELL, HOPEFULLY I WILL BE HERE , BUT NOT EVERYONE WILL BE HERE IN TWO YEARS WITH EVERYONE'S SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I'M NOT BREAKING ANY ETHICS LAWS THERE, SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, ALEX, UH, I WANNA, UH, ASK, WILL IT BE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, LIKE POSSIBLY THE CHAIR THAT WILL BE GIVING THE INPUT DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL? WILL WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THEM? OR WILL THIS BE SOMETHING THAT LIKE OUR MANY OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS STAFF TALKS TO THEM AND THEN WE GET, UH, SORT OF A SYNTHESIS? I, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR THE, THE BOARD TO INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY B SESSIONS PLANNED, YOU SAW ON THAT SCHEDULE. 
          , THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND THE LIAISONS, UM, THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD PROBABLY ALSO PROVIDE SOME REALLY GOOD PERSPECTIVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL NEEDS TO HEAR. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE COULD KIND OF WORK THROUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AND HEAR DIRECTLY, UH, FROM SOME OF THE MEMBERS. 
          SO, UM, THE OTHER POINT I WANNA BRING UP IS SOMETHING THAT YOU, CARLOS AND I TALKED ABOUT, AND I, I THINK THE COMPOSITION, THE TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD ARE FANTASTIC. 
          I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IDENTIFYING WHO THE CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS ARE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PROVIDERS BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA DO THE WORK. 
          UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE EMPLOYERS BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE JOBS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PARTICIPANTS OR THE WORKERS, THE INTENDED, UH, TARGET OF THIS. 
          BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS FOR THEM. 
          THIS DOESN'T WORK IF WE, IF THEY DON'T SUCCEED. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, AN AMPLE VOICE AT THE TABLE AND THAT THEY DON'T FEEL, UM, INTIMIDATED BY, UH, OTHER POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS. 
          YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW IN THE EQUITY IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE HAVE A MINIMUM 30%, UH, 
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30% REPRESENTATION OF A GIVEN GROUP. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, THEY WERE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT ETHNIC GROUPS, BUT SO THAT, THAT GROUP FEELS COMFORTABLE OR WOMEN, RIGHT? SO THAT THAT GROUP FEELS LIKE THEY'RE REALLY PART OF THAT BODY. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A POSSIBILITY. 
          SO, SO FOR ME, I, I WOULD FEEL, AGAIN, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE TYPES OF PARTICIPANTS THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED. 
          I WOULD FEEL LIKE THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM COULD POSSIBLY BE GREATER FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IF WE HAD MORE PARTICIPANTS, UH, REPRESENTED ON HERE. 
          SO WE HAVE FOUR EMPLOYERS, BUT WE ONLY HAVE TWO, UM, PRESENT OR FORMER PARTICIPANTS. 
          I BELIEVE THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD BE MORE BALANCED. 
          AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR INVESTMENT IS IN THESE PARTICIPANTS, AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM, IT'S NOT, UH, THEN THE PROGRAM DOESN'T WORK. 
          SO I, I KNOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AD HOC COMMITTEES, UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT, THAT YOU COULD GET ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT WAY. 
          UH, I DON'T WANNA STOP YOU FROM DOING THAT, BUT I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD RELEGATE THE PARTICIPANTS TO AN AD HOC. 
          I REALLY THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE COULD DO THE SAME WITH THE EMPLOYERS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYERS. 
          UM, SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, UM, MAKE ME FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT THIS. 
          THE TRUTH IS, PARTICIPANTS ARE GOING TO COME FROM, IF WE DO A GOOD JOB IN RECRUITMENT, ARE GONNA COME FROM OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICTS THAT MAYBE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING THE MORE, THE MOST FROM COVID. 
          AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I THINK, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES WHOM WE WANT TO SUCCEED. 
          SO THEY'VE GOT TWO SEATS. 
          I KNOW THAT'S MORE THAN ONE SEAT , SO THAT'S, THAT'S BETTER. 
          UM, ALSO, I DO BELIEVE THAT DURING THE INITIAL, UH, FORMATION OF THE LEADERSHIP GROUP, UH, THAT THEY WERE VASTLY UNDERREPRESENTED. 
          UH, IN FACT, I I I'M NOT AWARE THAT THERE WERE ANY, UH, FORMER PARTICIPANTS, UH, ON THERE. 
          I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UH, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE COMMUNITY GROUP. 
          SO I THINK THINK FOR ME, THIS IS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE OUR EQUITY VALUES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE TREAT THEM THE SAME AS OTHER VERY IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THIS PROCESS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER PARING. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, ALEX, WE HAD A DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY, AND I, I STILL FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, UH, UH, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DISTRICT REPRESENTATION, AND I'LL POINT TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, AND THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY HERE THAT WE DO HAVE PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND THERE'S, FOR EACH DISTRICT, THERE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF PERSON TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PERSON, OTHER THINGS CAN BE WORKED AROUND. 
          BUT, UM, I FEEL THAT EACH DISTRICT, SINCE EVERY EVERY DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY PAYING INTO THIS FUND WITH THIS SALES TAX, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EACH DISTRICT TO HAVE A VOICE ON THIS, ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          AND I, I WOULD RATHER SEE THAT, AND I HOPE THAT WE COULD GET A DISCUSSION GOING FOR THAT AND TRY TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF THAT. 
          I, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S INDUSTRIES OUT THERE THAT ARE, UH, VERY INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT I, I GUARANTEE YOU, I HAVE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT LIVE IN MY DISTRICT. 
          SO I COULD COVER BOTH OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FROM MY DISTRICT. 
          AND I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, SITTING IN THIS ROOM TODAY HAVE THE SAME, WHATEVER REQUIREMENT IS GIVEN TO THEM. 
          THEY HAVE THOSE PEOPLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          I JUST THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, REPRESENT THE CITY ACROSS THIS, UM, COMMITTEE MAKEUP AND NOT JUST CERTAIN SEGMENTS, UH, OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S BUSINESS OR OTHERWISE, UH, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S EVERYBODY'S TAXES THAT ARE GOING INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES AGREE WITH THAT OR NOT, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DELAY THIS TO JANUARY 14TH AND WORK THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE THAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION. 
          SO I MAKE THAT MOTION. 
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SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DELAY. 
          ITEM 24 TO JANUARY 14TH. 
          UH, WE WILL, UH, PAUSE, UM, UH, OR WE WILL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. 
          UM, ANDY, I SAW YOU NOD, SO I THINK I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          AND THE MOTION, SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, IS FOR THE DELAY. 
          SO IF THERE'S, IF THERE IS A DISCUSSION ON DELAY, PLEASE QUEUE IN NOW. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK, I THINK COUNCILMAN PERRY IS, IS CORRECT HERE, UH, IN, IN ASKING FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT REPRESENTATION, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT REPRESENTATION IS, IS AT THE CORE OF, OF HOW WE'RE ASSEMBLED AS COUNCIL, AS A COUNCIL. 
          UH, AND THERE'S EXAMPLES, UH, FOR, UH, IN THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD WHERE YOU CAN HAVE CRITERIA AND HAVE, UH, THE, THE, THE APPOINTEE FROM THAT DISTRICT. 
          SO I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T GET THAT WORKED OUT AND, AND HAVE IT SET UP SO THAT, SO THAT EVERY DISTRICT CAN, CAN PULL FROM THE SET OF CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHILE MAINTAINING, UM, UH, THAT, UH, SINGLE MEMBER, UH, DISTRICT REPRESENTATION. 
          UH, SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED THIS. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH. 
          UH, YEARS AGO WE TRIED TO, TO, TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ANOTHER COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S AT LARGE AND MOST OF THOSE MEMBERS WERE ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          AND IT, IT, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU TEND TO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE A, A A, AN EVENLY DISTRIBUTED, UH, A GROUP OF, OF FOLKS ON, ON THESE COMMITTEES. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT APPROACH. 
          SO I DO SUPPORT THIS, UH, MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TIO, COUNCIL MEMBER GON, UM, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT GONNA DEBATE THE, THE MERITS OF THE PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, BUT LET ME JUST, SO, UM, IN THE B SESSION A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A VERY LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK. 
          AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL RECOGNIZED, UH, AND, AND SORT OF ADMITTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE OTHERS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          UM, AND THAT THERE WERE SOME VERY CRITICAL PIECES THAT WERE MISSING, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION, INCLUDING WHAT I BELIEVE, UH, COULD BE BETTER METRICS. 
          UM, WHAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE SORT OF THE CORE OF THE REASON FOR, UH, THE, UM, THE, THE PROGRAM. 
          AND WHAT IT ALSO SAID, UH, IN THERE WAS THAT WE WOULD FORM THIS COMMITTEE. 
          SO IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON ALL THE FEEDBACK, THAT WE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE WAS STILL SO MUCH, OR THIS ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH, SO MUCH DISCUSSION TO BE HAD. 
          AND SO I WAS REVIEWING, UH, ALEX'S, UM, MEMO THE OTHER DAY, UM, ABOUT THE, THIS ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ESSAY READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD. 
          AND ONE ALTERNATIVE IS THE CITY COUNCIL COULD RECOMMEND NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE CREATION OF THIS ESSAY, READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD AND MAINTAIN THESE FUNCTIONS DIRECTLY. 
          AND SO GIVEN, UM, THAT COUNCILWOMAN VI AND I ARE TERM LIMITED, AND THERE IS A LOT OF REASON, I BELIEVE TO GET THIS PROJECT RIGHT SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED, UM, IMPLEMENTATION, UM, WITH SOME SORT OF, OF, OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS, WE COULD ELIMINATE THE ADVISORY BOARD ALTOGETHER AND WE COULD JUST WORK AS A COUNCIL TO GET IT RIGHT. 
          WE ARE THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE ONE THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION AND ALTERNATIVE PRESENTED BY THE STAFF. 
          SO, ALEX, AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? WE DON'T REALLY NEED AN ADVISORY BOARD, THAT THAT IS AN OPTION THAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE THAT THE COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO TAKE. 
          SO THANK AND IF I MAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          IF, IF, IF I MAY COUNCILMAN RIGHT NOW THE DEBATE IS WHETHER TO DELAY OR NOT, NOT ON THE MAKEUP OF IT. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT, ANDY, WHAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS THAT AS WE ARE DE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT WHAT THIS BOARD LOOKS LIKE, WE MAY DECIDE THAT WE DON'T NEED AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND THAT COULD BE THE REASON FOR THE DELAY. 
          I HOPE THAT'S STILL APPROPRIATE IN MY COMMENTS, ANDY. 
          YES, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL TIME, UM, AT, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THE 18TH OR A COMMITTEE MEETING, OR COULD WE PERHAPS HAVE A MEETING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S NECESSARY? UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU, ANDY, BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE, UH, I MEAN, IF WE DON'T COME BACK WITH AN ALTERNATIVE, 
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THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON FOR A DELAY? RIGHT? I MEAN, WE, UH, THE, THE, THE STANDARD REQUIREMENT FOR A MOTION TO DELAY COUNCILMAN IS SIMPLY TO SAY THAT WE WANNA DELAY IT TO A DATE CERTAIN, AND AGAIN, GIVEN WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COUN WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL, NOW IT'S BEST TO HAVE THAT DATE ON A DATE THAT THE COUNCIL REGULARLY MEETS ON AN A SESSION. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. 
          YEP. 
          COUNCILMAN MAY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          THE JAN JANUARY 14TH IS OUR, WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IS. 
          JANUARY 14TH IS OUR FIRST A SESSION IN 2021. 
          SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, THEN, THEN THE, THE 14TH MAY NEED TO SLIDE BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          I THINK THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION. 
          WELL, IT IS. 
          AND SO IF MY QUESTION IS DO WE NEED AN ADVISORY BOARD? AND, YOU KNOW, MY VISION IS, UM, THAT WE COULD GO, UM, WE COULD HAVE, UH, AND IN FACT, BECAUSE THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MAKEUP OF IT, BUT WE FREQUENTLY GET, UM, UH, BRIEFINGS BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. 
          THE JOB REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN THUS FAR ARE THE SAME ONES WE'VE BEEN SEEING FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE I EVER GOT ON THE COUNCIL. 
          IT WAS ALWAYS IT, HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTION TRADES, THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          NO MYSTERY THERE ABOUT WHAT JOBS NEED TO BE FILLED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER, UM, REALLY HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUES OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD ADDRESSED THE ISSUES OF, UM, INEQUITY. 
          WE NEVER HAVE REALLY ADDRESSED WHAT ARE ACTUALLY THE OUTCOMES WE ANTICIPATE FROM THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE NEVER GOT TO THAT. 
          WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, STAFF PRESENTED SOME, WE GAVE FEEDBACK, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DISCUSS THAT, IN MY OPINION. 
          WE DON'T NEED AN ADVISORY BOARD. 
          WE ARE THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          WE CAN GET REGULAR UPDATES, UM, FROM PROFESSIONALS. 
          WE COULD GET AN UPDATE FROM THE TRADES ROUTE OR AN UPDATE FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEN MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE EXPEDIENT WAY TO HANDLE IT. 
          UM, AND I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE NEED AN ADVISORY BOARD AT ALL. 
          SO THAT WAS AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. 
          UM, UH, THERE WAS A MOTION TO DELAY, AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DECIDE WHETHER WE NEED THIS BOARD OR NOT. 
          IT WOULD BE FASTER. 
          AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN AND I CAN ACTUALLY HAVE VERY DIRECT DECISIONS ON HOW WE WANT THIS TO GO. 
          SHE'S THE CHAIR. 
          AND, UM, I'M AFRAID THAT TOO MANY ADVISORIES AND AD HOCS, UM, WILL JUST MAKE IT GO TOO LONG. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WON'T HAVE A PRODUCT THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, HOW, UM, WOW. 
          SUPPORT EMOTIONS OF DELAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROTO GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I, I, I THINK THAT AS IT IS, UM, WE MOVE TOO SLOW. 
          UH, THIS IS A, A VERY, UM, WELL, I MEAN, THE BUREAUCRACY OF EVERYTHING, WHICH IS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. 
          AND, AND SO YOU ADD THE WINTER HOLIDAY INTO THE MIX, WE'RE GONNA LOSE A GOOD TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE HAVE WORKED HARD THE ENTIRE YEAR AND THEY DESERVE A BREAK. 
          AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WILL BE, UH, MUCH WORK DONE, UH, OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. 
          BUT IF WE CAN APPROVE THIS TODAY, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CURRENT PLAN. 
          THERE'S A REPLACE, WE COULD START RECRUITING, UM, IMMEDIATELY, AND WE CAN HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO POSSIBLY APPOINT, UM, THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS EARLY AS JANUARY, THEN WE DON'T LOSE A MONTH OF TIME. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IN, IN THE PROCESS WHERE I, I, I FEEL THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE ANY TIME, BUT I AM VERY, UM, UH, VERY SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT THIS BOARD IS GOING TO BE, UH, AN, AN ADVISORY BOARD, RIGHT? AND SO, YES, WE NEED TO HAVE THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, UM, AND, AND REALLY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO KNOW ABOUT IN DEMAND JOBS AND THE CHANGES IN, IN THE REAL WORLD, IF YOU WILL. 
          RIGHT? AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CHANGES ARE COMING YET. 
          SO I, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE, UH, BEING, UH, BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AS WELL. 
          I WOULD, UH, LOVE TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE INCLUDED IN, IN AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK AT AT, AT WHAT IS WORKING, AND MAYBE THEY COULD LEAD THEIR PEERS AS WELL, RIGHT? SO I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FOCUS GROUPS WE COULD RECOMMEND FOR THEM TO DO WITH THEIR PEERS, AND THEN MAYBE HAVE THEM REPORT BACK EVEN DIRECTLY TO A W D C OR, OR, OR SOME OF US. 
          SO I, I DO THINK THAT WE, UM, REPRESENT OUR, OUR, I I I FEEL THAT I REPRESENT, UM, MY COMMITTEE. 
          I, I I GET INPUT. 
          UH, I HAD INPUT EVEN AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING, 
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UH, FROM A LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBER TO, TO SEE HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          AND, AND I HAVE, UH, RECEIVED GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT LOSE SO MUCH TIME, AND THAT I THINK IS THE REASON THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          THE, IN THE PLAN AND THE TIMELINE THAT ALEX SHOWED, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULD, UM, NOT ONLY RECRUIT THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO TRY TO POST, UM, A JOB POSTING FOR THE PERSON THAT WE NEED TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT PERSON NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED ASAP BECAUSE I WANT THAT PERSON TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE INPUT. 
          UM, WELL, EVEN ON THE HIRING OF, OF WHO IT IS THAT'S GOING TO GET HIRED ON THE BUDGET ON THE R F P PREP, AND I DON'T WANNA LOSE AN ENTIRE MONTH IF THERE'S ALREADY A SOLID PLAN IN PLACE. 
          I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL, UM, SOME, SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE, UH, WITH, UM, THE SWIFTNESS OF, OF THE COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, WORKING PERHAPS. 
          BUT I, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING A, A DELAY TODAY. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF THAT WAS PRESENTED ABOUT HAVING THE COUNCIL TAKE IT ON AS, AS OUR SOLE ROLE. 
          UH, I DO NOT SUPPORT DELAY. 
          I THINK THAT BRINGING PROFESSIONALS FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATIVES, UH, FROM THE WORKING COMMUNITY, FROM THE UNIONS, UH, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER EXPERTS TOGETHER CAN GIVE US THE KIND OF ADVICE THAT WE, WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR IF WE WERE OUT THERE ON OUR OWN AS A COUNCIL INDIVIDUALLY SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ON THE POLICY AND THE DIRECTION WE WANT THIS PROGRAM TO GO IN. 
          SO RATHER THAN HAVE 11 OF US GO OUT ON OUR OWN TO TRY AND FIGURE THIS OUT, I THINK IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE TO HAVE THIS POLICY, UH, ADVISOR OR THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE DIRECTION AND THE POLICIES THAT WE MAY WANNA PUT IN PLACE. 
          UH, OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS WILL COME UNDER A DIRECTOR AND A PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND I THINK THAT, UH, NEXT, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, MANY OF US ARE GONNA BE MORE INTERESTED OR AS INTERESTED IN A LOT OF THINGS AROUND OUR OWN REELECTIONS. 
          AND I DON'T WANT POLITICS, UH, ON AN ISSUE LIKE THIS TO BECOME AN ELECTION ISSUE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY DOING IT PROFESSIONALLY AND, AND USING COMPETENT PEOPLE TO GIVE US ADVICE ON THIS. 
          SO I AM AGAINST POSTPONING THIS MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL MAYOR, I HAVE COMMENTS ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION. 
          ARE, ARE WE GONNA TAKE THIS ONE FIRST AND THEN GO BACK TO DISCUSSION? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL GO BACK TO, UM, THE MAIN MOTION, UM, AFTER THE DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALEX. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN . 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS ADVISORY BOARD, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          WE ARE THE VOICE FOR OUR DISTRICT, UM, GOING FORWARD WITH MAKING SURE THAT THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS DOING WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO WAIT AND POSTPONE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ELECTED TO DO, REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND I SUPPORT HAVING PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO IN, IN THIS PROCESS, WE AS THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE ARE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          WE HAVE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE. 
          WHEN WE PUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER AT THE TABLE, THAT'S HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          YES, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, WE MOVE ENTIRELY TOO SLOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ASKING FOR WORK AND STRUGGLING. 
          THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL STEP UP AND DO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ELECTED TO DO. 
          AND THAT'S NOT CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES WAIT WHEN WE'RE THE VOICES OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED TO SPEAK. 
          SO I MOVE THAT WE, WE ARE WORKING TO MOVE FORWARD AND I MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND SO WITH THIS PROCESS BEING PUT IN PLACE, THAT'S HOW WE DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, ALEX, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS QUESTION, BUT REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE I DO COULD YOU PUT THE TIMELINE BACK ON, UM, THE SLIDE WITH THE TIMELINE? BECAUSE I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE, UM, KNOW THAT THE ACCIDENT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONTEMPLATING TODAY INCLUSIVE OF A, OF A POTENTIAL 
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DELAY. 
          HERE. 
          DELAY IS THE FORMATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD. 
          UM, EACH OF THESE STEPS IS GONNA INVOLVE, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION, UH, TWEAKING AS WE MOVE ALONG. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS IS ONE, ONE STEP, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING AMONG MANY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          SO, UH, BUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO DELAY THIS FIRST STEP UNTIL JO, JANUARY 14TH. 
          UM, WE'VE HEARD DISCUSSION NOW. 
          SO A VOTE, UH, FOR IS TO DELAY THE ACTION UNTIL JANUARY 14TH. 
          I'M GONNA ASK THE CLERK TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, UH, SINCE IT, UH, APPEARS THAT WE WILL HAVE A SPLIT VOTE ON THIS. 
          SO, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU, UM, LEAD US IN A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HARVA. 
          NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AYE. 
          AND MAYOR BERG NAY. 
          MAY ITEM PASSES. 
          MAYOR, UH, I'M SORRY. 
          FAILED ITEM FAILED. 
          SIX. 
          UM, SIX NAYS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO THE MAIN DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 24. 
          SO, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO HAD THE FLOOR AT THE TIME. 
          UH, WE'VE MOVED ON FROM THAT. 
          SO LET ME GO BACK NOW TO THE QUEUE. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, SANDOVAL. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THE MORE I, I TALKED ABOUT IT, THE, THE MORE I, I WAS CONVINCED THAT I DID WANNA SEE EQUITY BETWEEN THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE, THE BUSINESSES. 
          SO, ALEX, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW COME WE HAVE FOUR BUSINESSES ON AND ONLY TWO PARTICIPANTS? UM, THE, THE MAIN REASON IS SIMPLY TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE AS MUCH, UM, FEEDBACK PARTICIPATION BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY GONNA BE THE ONES HIRING OUR PARTICIPANTS. 
          THAT, THAT WAS STRICTLY THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, THE FOCUS ON, ON, ON THE JOBS, UM, AND, AND PEOPLE GETTING THOSE JOBS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PROGRAM ALIGNS AROUND FACILITATING THAT, UM, STAYS IN PLACE. 
          SO, COUNCIL, THIS IS CAPITAL. 
          SO, UH, , WE ALSO ALWAYS, UM, BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF DOING FOCUS GROUPS WITH DISCIPLINES. 
          WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE IN TRAINING. 
          WE KNOW THAT THOSE THAT ARE COMPLETED WOULD LIKE TO BE IN NEW, NEW OCCUPATIONS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TOO MUCH FROM PARTICIPANTS AS WELL. 
          SO WE DO WANNA DO FOCUS GROUPS WITH THEM, AND WE WANT TO USE THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE THERE TO BE PART OF THAT FOCUS GROUP. 
          WELL, I, I THINK WE CAN LET THE PARTICIPANTS TELL US IF THAT'S ASKING TO MY, EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID ABOUT ULTIMATELY WANTING INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THE JOB. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT FROM THE PARTICIPANTS. 
          AND ULTIMATELY I WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO, UM, AT, I JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S MORE EQUITABLE. 
          I THINK THE WAY IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS WILL CALL THE SHOTS, AND I THINK OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM NEED TO HAVE AN EQUAL VOICE AT THE TABLE. 
          UH, SO AT THE RISK OF POSSIBLY NOT HAVING A SECOND, I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE ADD TWO MORE POSITIONS FOR FORMER AND PAST PARTICIPANTS TO BRING THE TOTAL TWO 11 MEMBERS. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AMENDING. 
          ANDY, HELP ME OUT HERE. 
          UM, HOW, HOW DO WE, UH, PHRASE THIS? SO, I, I THINK THERE'S A  WELL, THE, UH, THE DISCUSSION SHOULD NOW BE ON THE AMENDMENT MAYOR, UH, ON WHETHER WE SHOULD AMEND OR NOT. 
          AND THEN THERE HAS TO BE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. 
          AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'S THE MAIN MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THE MOTION IS TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION. 
          AM I CORRECT THERE? CORRECT. 
          OKAY, I GOT IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO WE WILL NOW HAVE DISCUSSION ON, UH, THE AMENDMENT, WHICH IS TO ADD TWO SLOTS OF, UH, FOR, UH, COMMUNITY ONTO THE BOARD AS WRITTEN. 
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UM, SO WE'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? CAN I SEE A HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT AMENDMENT? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT. 
          UM, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE ANOTHER ROLL CALL. 
          VOTE AGAIN. 
          A VOTE FOR IS TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION TO ADD ADDITIONAL SLOTS TO THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
          A VOTE AGAINST IS TO STICK WITH THE SAME, UH, MAIN MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, OR EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. 
          SO, UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU LEAD US IN A ROLE AGAINST AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDY SULLIVAN. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ NAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CURRY NAYYY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AYE. 
          AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          NAY. 
          ITEM FAILS, MAYOR. 
          OKAY, NOW WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO BACK AGAIN. 
          UM, AND I'LL NEED TO REQUE, UM, ON THE MAIN MOTION, UM, ACTUALLY COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK MOTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, YOUR HAND WENT UP AND WENT DOWN. 
          UM, DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT THE FLOOR? SO I WAS ON THE MAIN MOTION, UH, MAYOR THAT, UM, I WANTED TO COMMENT. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I MEAN, I, I THINK I'M, I MADE MYSELF CLEAR EARLY ABOUT NOT WANTING TO SUPPORT, UM, UH, THIS COMMITTEE. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT. 
          UH, UM, BUT THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE, AND I I I FEEL, UM, THAT VERY STRONGLY THAT I'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS COMMENT IS THAT WHEN WE HAD THE PRESENTATION, WE WERE ASSURED THAT WE WERE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES. 
          AND YET I SEE US GOING EXACTLY THE WAY THE STAFF PRESENTED IT THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND SO I GET VERY CONCERNED WHEN THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND THEN THE VERY FIRST SESSION WE TAKE, THERE'S NO ADJUSTMENTS. 
          UH, AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE DIDN'T NEED AN, UH, UH, PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE SKIPPED THE WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING, UH, A COMMITTEE ALTOGETHER IF WE JUST HAD REGULAR BRIEFINGS AND MEETINGS, UM, ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WOULD COME, UH, BEFORE US AS WE'RE EVOLVING. 
          AND SO, UM, I, I'M STATING PUBLICLY FOR THE RECORD, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE CHANGES. 
          UM, THE STAFF HAS NEVER DONE DIRECT SERVICES FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT'S WHY THE SECOND CATEGORY THAT SAYS PREVIOUS AND CURRENT PARTICIPANTS IS INVALID. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY. 
          THERE ARE NO CURRENT PARTICIPANTS. 
          WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THERE IS SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY ALL PARTIES THAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS SO MUCH NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT, UM, IN THIS, UH, THIS ITEM BEFORE, UH, WE IMPLEMENT IT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. 
          UM, AND SO HAVING AN ADVISORY BOARD AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND AD HOC COMMITTEES, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOING TO, UM, I BELIEVE DILUTE, UH, THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THIS AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, IS A HEAVY STRAP, STAFF DRIVEN PRODUCT. 
          UM, AND, AND STAFF HAS NEVER DONE, UM, THIS TYPE OF WORK BEFORE. 
          AND SO FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO, UM, THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, UH, PERHAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, UH, SHOULD RELY SO HEAVILY WE'VE GOTTA CHANGE, UM, THE WAY AND, AND REALLY, UM, ASSERT OURSELVES IN CREATING SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE WHOLE CITY. 
          UH, I SEE A LOT OF FLAWS IN WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, UH, TO US SO FAR. 
          I STATED THEM BEFORE, AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I DON'T SUPPORT THIS ACTION TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU. 
          ALEX. 
          CAN YOU, UH, JUST, JUST TO HELP ME AGAIN, AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, PARTICIPANTS THAT WE WOULD BE INVOLVING IN STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE PARTICIPANTS OF SIMILAR PROGRAM PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 
          AND, AND OVER THE SUMMER WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE THE CURRENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE FUNDING THE, UM, THE, THE WORKFORCE, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE, THE NAME YOU ALL GAVE IT, RIGHT? BUT THE ONE THAT THEY THANK AS TRAINED FOR TRAIN FOR JOBS WAS GONNA SAY TRANSFER 
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JOBS IN SA. 
          THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM. 
          SO WE CAN NOW HAVE POSSIBLY, UM, PARTICIPANTS FROM THAT GROUP BE IN OUR FOCUS GROUPS. 
          BUT INITIALLY IN THE, IN THE SUMMER, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT, UH, WE DID REACH OUT, UM, TO FOLKS THAT REPRESENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PROJECT QUEST, UH, AND RESTORE EDUCATION AND CHRYSALIS MINISTRIES AND ALL THESE OTHER WORKFORCE PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THIS. 
          AND THEY GAVE US FEEDBACK. 
          UM, DID IT, AM I CORRECT IN THAT? WE, WE, WE DID NOT HAVE YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, WE DID NOT HAVE ENROLLMENT YET IN THE SUMMER. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE THOSE PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED NOW. 
          UM, AND, AND YES, WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, UM, WE CAN'T, WE CONTINUOUSLY GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, A LOT OF THE ONES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IN THE, IN, IN THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW FROM WORKING AT A PARTNER ORGANIZATION, UM, I KNOW THAT THAT PARTNER ORGANIZATION IN PARTICULAR CONDUCTED THEIR OWN FOCUS GROUPS. 
          AND SO, UM, I, I KNOW THAT THEY GET STEADY FEEDBACK, CONSTANT FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME IN OUR, UM, REPORTS IN OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS OR, OR MAYBE EVEN IN YOUR ANNUAL REPORTS, DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT ASKS OUR PARTNERS TO TRACK, UM, MAYBE EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR STUDENTS AND FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM? I DON'T RECALL THAT WE ACTUALLY BUILT THAT INTO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AS WELL. 
          UM, I, I, I THINK PREVIOUSLY I HAD MENTIONED FOCUS GROUPS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ALREADY GET THE FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS. 
          WE ALREADY COMPLETED THOSE IN, IN NOVEMBER, AND WE'RE ALREADY INCORPORATING SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK. 
          OUR NEXT ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE AN ACTUAL SURVEY THAT WE'RE GONNA, A SURVEY TOOL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE USING WITH PARTICIPANTS. 
          AND YES, PARTNERS, PARTNERS DO THIS ON THEIR OWN AS WELL, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GET SOME OF THIS DATA DIRECTLY AS WELL. 
          AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I THINK SOME OF OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE. 
          AND SO I THINK AN EXIT INTERVIEW IS CRITICAL. 
          UM, I, I MEAN, YOU'VE, PEOPLE DO EXIT INTERVIEWS WHEN PEOPLE MOVE ON FROM JOBS, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A WAY, UM, TO LEARN. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT STRATEGY IN PLACE BEYOND FOCUS GROUPS. 
          WE, WE HAVE THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, AS YOU'VE SEEN, HAS KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH JUST IN, IN TRYING TO NEGOTIATE HOW, HOW THIS BOARD COULD LOOK AND IT'S, AND, AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING, UM, AT, AT A COUNCIL MEETING LIKE THIS. 
          IT ONLY SHOWS YOU THAT, THAT YOU JUST REALLY NEED MORE TIME TO REALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS. 
          AND I JUST, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THAT AGAIN, IT'S, AND IT'S LIKE WHAT I SAID EARLIER, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ONE THING, YOU'RE TOLD ONE THING, UM, AND, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE JUST, WE TRY TO MAKE A MOTION TO, TO ADD SOME WORKERS TO, TO, TO THE GROUP. 
          WE, UH, ASK FOR A SMALL DELAY TO CONSIDER THAT, UH, SINGLE MEMBER OF DISTRICT REPRESENTATION, UH, WOULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED. 
          UH, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW MOST OF OUR, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE SET UP. 
          AND, AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW, JUST YESTERDAY, UH, I MET WITH COPS METRO AND, AND, AND THEY HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS AND SIMPLY ASKED FOR SOME MORE TIME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YES. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES THE CITY CAN MOVE SLOW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MOVE, UH, PURPOSELY. 
          AND, UM, I AGREE THIS WAS A A A A A A REFERENDUM VOTE AND, AND THE PEOPLE WANT THIS. 
          SO, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I SUPPORT IS, IS, IS TRYING TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT, UM, REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY THE BEST. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THESE, THESE COUPLE EMOTIONS JUST EXEMP, UH, EXEMPLIFY THAT. 
          UM, IN TALKING WITH, WITH COPS METRO, I THINK THAT THEY, THEY'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS THAT THEY'VE LAID OUT THAT, THAT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. 
          AND, UM, I JUST, I JUST WANT US TO HAVE TIME TO, TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING SO FAST THAT WE LEAVE, UH, SOME OF THE VOICES OUT. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS A, A VERY, VERY SMALL DELAY FOR A, FOR A BIG IMPACT. 
          SO I JUST, I HAVE TROUBLE SUPPORTING THIS THE WAY IT IS. 
          UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, UH, WHAT 
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A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE REQUESTED AND, AND, AND LOOKED FOR. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M SURE LIKE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY DOOR'S ALWAYS OPEN AND I WOULD ALWAYS, UH, WELCOME ANY KIND OF INPUT FROM ANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT HONESTLY, UH, THEY HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO ME ON THIS ISSUE. 
          AND SO I, I TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE VOTERS DECIDED. 
          AND, UH, A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF VOTERS SAID THEY WANT THIS PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF US IN GOOD FAITH RECOGNIZE THAT AND, AND ARE SUPPORTED OF THAT CONCEPTUALLY. 
          BUT YES, WE MAY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT VISIONS OF HOW MAYBE IT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, THOUGH, ALEX, YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THIS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER. 
          WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE FIRST CLASS WOULD, WOULD BEGIN FOR THIS PROGRAM UNDER THE FINANCING AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT? SO ALL THE, THAT, ALL THE TIMELINE THAT YOU SAW EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION, ALL OF THOSE MILESTONES ARE ALIGNING US TOWARDS LAUNCHING THE PROGRAM IN THE FALL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO RIGHT AROUND SEPTEMBER IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN WE'VE GOT ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS RIGHT NOW TO GO AHEAD AND, AND PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A BASIS TO LOOK AT, TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          THE PROGRAM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR IN CONCEPT. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOT TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE AND WHAT WE'RE ALREADY FUNDING, UH, TO LOOK FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS. 
          WE'RE ALSO, I THINK, BRINGING IN PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS CONCEPTUALLY, PEOPLE FROM THE INDUSTRIES WHO ARE GONNA BE HIRING PEOPLE. 
          AND WE NEED THAT COMMITMENT FROM THOSE INDUSTRY LEADERS THAT THOSE JOBS ARE GONNA BE THERE. 
          AND SO I, I THINK THAT WE CAN ACT ON THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYBODY WHO WANTS A GOOD JOB, AND ON THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYBODY WHO'S GONNA BE PROVIDING THOSE JOBS BY MOVING FORWARD NOW BY LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND, UH, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT OUR INTENTION IS THROUGH THIS, UH, THIS COMMITTEE, THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          AND WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS, I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM. 
          BUT EVEN AFTER IT STARTED, THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          I THINK ALL OF US AGREE WITH THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S LEAVING ANYBODY OUT. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MOVE ON THIS NOW SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED EIGHT MONTHS FROM NOW. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, YOU MAYOR? YES. 
          I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT I, I HAD SPOKEN WITH, UH, SOME, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          I SPOKE WITH COPS METRO THIS MORNING AT ABOUT 8:55 AM TO CONFIRM, BECAUSE I HAD HEARD ANOTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, UM, CONFUSED. 
          AND SO I JUST FLAT OUT ASKED THE QUESTION, WERE YOU ALL OKAY WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ANY, UM, QUESTIONS EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN I MET WITH YOU. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I MEET WITH THEM ALMOST, UH, EVERY, PROBABLY WEEKLY IN THE LAST MONTH. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, CLARIFY THAT I GOT CONFIRMATION, UH, EARLIER. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THIS IS PERFECT. 
          THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHERE, UM, MAYBE WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO ENGAGE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED, I HAD TO GO ON THE RECORD REFLECTING THAT I HAD ALSO TALKED, TALKED TO COS I DON'T KNOW WHEN MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAD TALKED TO COZ METRO, BUT I CONNECTED WITH THEM AGAIN, ACTUALLY IT WAS 8 55 THIS MORNING, RIGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO CHIME BACK IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE, THE SAME THING I DID. 
          I ALSO SPOKE WITH THAT ORGANIZATION THIS MORNING AND THEY DID NOT SHARE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE THIS ITEM, UH, AGENDA ITEM TODAY. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO, I THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR INPUT AND THEIR, UH, PERSPECTIVES AND, UH, ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          WE HAVE, AGAIN, THIS IS A ONE STEP AND A VERY, UM, URGENT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BECAUSE, UH, THE, ONE OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT TAKING IT SERIOUSLY, OF MAKING SURE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS ARE THE ONES THAT DIRECTLY COME AND DISCUSS AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR COUNCIL 
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IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, ERIC, UH, CARLOS, ALEX, THAT THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES INTERFACING WITH THE COUNCIL BECAUSE AS WE ALREADY KNOW, WE HAVE THEM ON THERE BECAUSE THE, OF THE EXPERTISE AND OF, UH, THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR INDUSTRIES AND WITH THE PARTICIPANTS TO TALK DIRECTLY TO US AS WELL. 
          I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, MAYOR, THIS IS IN ALL IN RESPECT TO EVERYONE AND YOU MOVING FORWARD HERE. 
          UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, BUT THIS IS NOT JUST ONE OF OURS. 
          THIS IS THIS PROGRAM, THE READY TO WORK. 
          SAN ANTONIO BELONGS TO ALL OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY WERE THE ONES THAT VOTED AND ARE PUTTING THEIR TAX, TAX DOLLARS FRONT THIS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. 
          THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. 
          THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY OF US. 
          IT BELONGS TO THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AND WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND HAVE THIS BOARD MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN, UH, SEE WHAT'S BEST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, AND I BELIEVE THE MOTION IS STILL ON THE FLOOR. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE'RE NOW AT THE TIME TO TAKE UP THE MAIN MOTION. 
          UH, SO LEMME JUST WRAP UP WITH A, WITH A FEW COMMENTS. 
          I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES', UH, ACTIVE INPUT HERE. 
          UM, AND, AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN EXPECT MOVING FORWARD. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD WANT MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, AS WAS, UM, DEMONSTRATED BY ALEX AND HER PRESENTATION, AND I, I ASKED TO SHOW THE SLIDE. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ONE STEP OF MANY, MANY STEPS THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE. 
          AND IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THIS RIGHT, WE DO NEED SOME TIME, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE DELIBERATE STEPS. 
          AND AS WE'VE SEEN HERE, UM, IT DOES TAKE ACTIVE, UH, EFFORT TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE, THE GEARS OF BUREAUCRACY ON OCCASION WHEN WE NEED TO MOVE, UH, WITH DELIBERATION AND WITH, UH, RELATIVE SPEED. 
          BUT I WILL EMPHASIZE THIS IS, UM, THE STRUCTURE OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WELL BALANCED WITH INPUT FROM ALL OF US, UH, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND I SHOULD STATE THAT AS WE HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UM, APPLICATION REVIEW, AND WE GO TO THE INTERVIEWS OF THE GOVERNANCE AND THEN WE FINALLY FORWARD IT TO THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT, UH, HOW THAT'S COMING TOGETHER. 
          AND IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO BE MADE AT THAT TIME, WE COULD CONSIDER THOSE, UH, AS WE CAN AT ANY POINT. 
          BUT WE DO NEED TO GET STARTED. 
          UH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM, AGAIN, UH, THIS IS NOT FULLY BAKED AND WE HAVE TO DO THE BAKING PROCESS NOW, UH, WITH ALL OF OUR EFFORTS OF OUR, OUR INDUSTRY, OUR COMMUNITY, THE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 
          LAST THING I'LL SAY, UH, AS WE'VE STATED BEFORE, THE OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT SUPPLANTED BY AN ADVISORY BOARD. 
          UM, THE APPROVAL OF BUDGET AND SPENDING ON THIS PROGRAM IS NOT SUPPLANTED, UH, BY THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT STILL BELONGS, UH, AND WILL ALWAYS BELONG TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, FINALLY, UM, WHAT I VIEW AS THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, CRITICAL PART IN CHARGE OF THIS COMMITTEE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE JOB TRAINING SLOTS, THE TRAINING TRACKS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO THE 10,000 PARTICIPANTS PER YEAR ARE ALIGNED TO THE REAL WORLD ECONOMY. 
          THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE THE JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THAT WE CAN ALIGN THEM TO THE JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THAT ARE HIGH QUALITY, HIGH WAGE JOBS THAT CAN PROVIDE ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND, AND FIGHT POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INPUT, UM, FROM THIS BOARD, UH, FROM THIS COUNCIL AND, AND FROM COUNCILS MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE DELIBERATION. 
          UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE MOTION NOW. 
          UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 24. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK, DID YOU GET THAT? I COUNTED TREVINO GONZALEZ. 
          AND WHO WAS THE THIRD? PERRY? THANK YOU ALL. 
          OTHERS ARE NAY, I MEAN, YAY. 
          I GOT IT, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          UM, WE'LL NOW GO 
          [Z-1. 20-7211 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700122 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-6 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "RM-4 AHOD" Residential Mixed Airport Hazard Overlay District on the East 12.5 feet of Lot 11, Lot 12 and Lot 13, Block 2, NCB 6481, located at 1526 West Mistletoe Avenue. Staff recommends Denial, with Alternate Recommendation. Zoning Commission recommends Denial. (Continued from December 3, 2020)]
TO OUR, UH, ZONING AGENDA, WHICH I THINK, UH, WE'LL START WITH. 
          ITEM Z ONE A ONE IS REZONING FROM R SIX TO ARM FOUR, LOCATED AT 1526 WEST MISSILE TOE AVENUE. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. 
          ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 
          25 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED JEFFERSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. 
          AND THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO 
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APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 21ST. 
          ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YES, THE, THE NEIGHBORS, UH, WITH THE CONCERNS WERE UNABLE TO MEET WITH MR. RILEY DUE TO THE BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          SO I MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM, EXCUSE ME, TO JANUARY 21ST, 2021. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, DELAY OF ITEM Z ONE TO JANUARY 21ST. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z ONE JACK FINGER. 
          MR. FINGER, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR DELAY OF ITEM Z ONE TO JANUARY 21ST. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 
          [Z-2. 20-7249 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700216 S (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "FBZD T4-1 AHOD" Form Base Zone Transect 4 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "FBZD T4-1 S AHOD" Form Base Zone Transect 4 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Specific Use Authorization for a Non-Commercial Parking Lot on Lot 7, Block 9, NCB 838, located at 723 Camden Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Denial.]
Z TWO. 
          Z TWO IS ZONING FROM F B C D T FOUR ONE TO F B C D T FOUR ONE S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT. 
          LOCATED AT 7 23 CAMDEN STREET. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 
          22 NOTICES MAILED NINE IN FAVOR. 
          ZERO OPPOSED BACK TO YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THIS PROJECT RECEIVED DENIAL RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF AND ZONING LARGELY BECAUSE THE AREA PLAN DOES NOT CALL FOR STANDALONE PARKING LOTS. 
          HOWEVER, THE SITUATION IS DIRE AND DEMANDS AN IMMEDIATE SOLUTION. 
          THIS PARKING LOT WILL SERVE THE SAN ANTONIO EYE CENTER, WHICH SEES HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS EVERY DAY. 
          THE AVERAGE PATIENT IS 82 YEARS OLD AND MUST CURRENTLY FACE TRAFFIC ON EXTREMELY BUSY STREETS WHEN CROSSING TO GET TO THE CENTER. 
          THIS CAUSES UNDUE ANXIETY AND STRESS FOR OUR SENIORS AND HAS, UH, HAS UNFORTUNATELY RESULTED IN INJURY AND EVEN DEATH. 
          THE CENTER HAS DOCUMENTED MULTIPLE CASES OF SENIORS BEING STRUCK BY VEHICLES AND INJURED. 
          AND ONE INSTANCE WHERE A LONGTIME PATIENT WAS KILLED BY ONE COMING TRA OH ONE BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 
          MY OFFICE SPOKE TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UH, ELDERLY AFFAIRS, UH, FROM OUR ELDERLY AFFAIRS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS, UH, GOT HER, UH, HER FEEDBACK ON THIS ITEM. 
          SHE ALSO INSISTED WE SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OUR SENIORS BY APPROVING THE ITEM. 
          I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR MS. ROSALINE OREO, A LONGTIME DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT, AND A PATIENT AT THE SAN ANTONIO EYE CENTER WHO LOST HER LIFE CROSSING IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS ON BEHALF OF HER, ON BEHALF OF HER FAMILY AND OUR SENIORS. 
          MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. 
          SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z TWO. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z TWO. 
          UH, AND IF MR. ALBERT CASTILLO IS CONNECTED, MR. CASTILLO, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN, UH, GETTING THIS APPROVED. 
          THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SAN ANTONIO ISEN HAS BEEN IN, UH, THIS AREA IN DISTRICT ONE FOR 45 YEARS, FOUNDED BY DR. 
          HARRIS WITH OUR FIRST LOCATION BEING AT 800 MCCULLOUGH. 
          UM, DR. 
          HARRIS HAD A GOAL OF TAKING CARE OF SENIORS AND PATIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO NEEDED THE CARE, BUT NECESSARILY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS, THE RESOURCES OF THE INSURANCE COVERAGE TO TAKE CARE OF IT. 
          OUR PATIENTS ARE MEDICARE PATIENTS, THEY'RE MEDICAID PATIENTS, THEY'RE PATIENTS WHO MAYBE DON'T EVEN HAVE INSURANCE AT ALL, AND WE FIND WAYS TO PROVIDE CARE TO THEM. 
          WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT A BUSINESS WHO'S ASKING FOR THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON THAT UNNECESSARY PARKING LOT. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR PATIENTS AND SAFE FOR OUR PATIENTS TO GET THE EYE CARE THAT THEY NEED. 
          I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT PRESERVING AND DOING WHAT'S RIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WELL BEFORE RIVER NORTH AND THE PEARL BREWERY DEVELOPMENT IN OUR DISTRICT, SAN ANTONIO EYE CENTER BEGAN PURCHASING PROPERTIES AND TURNING THEM INTO CLINICS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EYE CARE, WHETHER IT BE RETINA OR GLAUCOMA. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, FIVE 11 DALLAS WAS PURCHASED. 
          IT WAS RESTORED, IT WAS, UH, WE OBTAINED A HISTORIC DESIGNATION AND WE TURNED THAT INTO A GLAUCOMA CLINIC, WHICH WAS A, A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS NOT BEING SERVED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          WE THEN BUILT A LOOKALIKE HISTORIC HOME AT FIVE $23 WE 
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PROVIDED, UH, WHERE WE PROVIDE PEDIATRIC EYE CARE. 
          WE THEN WENT ON AND, AND BOUGHT 8 0 1 BROOKLYN, WHICH USED TO BE AN AUTOMOTIVE PARTS STORE, AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP BACK IN THE 1930S. 
          AND WE TURNED THAT INTO A RETINA CLINIC. 
          SO WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO UNNECESSARILY CHANGE THE ZONING AND WE'RE NOT ASKING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS. 
          SO WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE PARKING, UH, ADEQUATE PARKING TO OUR PATIENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. CASTILLO. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z TWO. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 
          [Z-3. 20-7250 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700217 S (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "FBZD T5-1 AHOD" Form Base Zone Transect 5 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "FBZD T5-1 S AHOD" Form Base Zone Transect 5 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Specific Use Authorization for a Non-Commercial Parking on Lot 4, Block 19, NCB 815, located at 415 Dallas Street. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Denial for lack of a motion.]
Z THREE C THREE IS REZONING FROM F B C D T FIVE ONE TO F B Z D T FIVE ONE S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT LOCATED AT FOUR 15 DALLAS STREET. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL FOR LACK OF A MOTION. 
          25. 
          NOTICES MAILED SEVEN IN FAVOR. 
          TWO OPPOSED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VIN. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THIS CASE ALSO FEATURES ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE SAN ANTONIO I CENTER COMMUNITY. 
          AS I UNDERSTAND GRANTING THIS PARKING WILL ALLOW STAFF FROM THE CENTER ON CAMDEN, AS WELL AS SIX OTHER AFFILIATED MEDICAL OFFICES TO HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE PARKING LOCATION. 
          I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AND I'M CONFIDENT THE NEW PARKING LOT WILL ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR ESSENTIAL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND STAFF. 
          SECOND, I SAYS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z THREE. 
          UH, MR. ALBERT CASTILLO HAS ALSO SIGNED UP FOR Z THREE. 
          UH, MR. CASTILLO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE REMARKS, UH, YOU'LL HAVE A FLOOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD HERE IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING PARKING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, 75 EMPLOYEES NOW THAT ARE DOWNTOWN. 
          WE HAVE 85 PARKING SPACES. 
          WE HAVE LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO LEASE PARKING LOTS, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE ACTUALLY ARE LEASING A PARKING LOT AT THE PRESENT TIME. 
          WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE OWNER OF THAT PARKING LOT THAT IT WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST BECAUSE, UM, THEY ARE GONNA ACTUALLY SELL THE LAND FOR REDEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, SO THIS WILL LEAVE US WITH A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES WITH NO PARKING. 
          I CAN'T LET OUR EMPLOYEES PARK IN OUR PARKING LOTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, OUR SPACES THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD THEN NOT LEAVE ANY ROOM FOR OUR PATIENTS TO PARK. 
          UM, SO THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND SAFE PARKING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO PRESERVE THE PARKING LOT FOR OUR PATIENTS. 
          THAT GO AHEAD MARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. CASTILLO. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z THREE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE TO ITEM 
          [Z-12. 20-7256 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700260 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "IDZ-2 H AHOD" Medium Intensity Infill Development Zone Brooks School of Aerospace Medicine Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "C-2" Commercial District and residential uses up to 19.77 units per acre to "IDZ-2 AHOD" Medium Intensity Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted in "C-2" Commercial District and residential uses up to 19.77 units per acre on 2.565 acres out of NCB 10879, generally located in the 2500 block of Sidney Brooks. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.]
Z 12. 
          E 12 IS TO REZONE TO REMOVE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION ONLY GENERAL, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 2,500 BLOCK OF SYDNEY BROOKS. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          THERE WERE SIX NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR. 
          ZERO OPPOSED? THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED THEIR REQUEST FROM 2.565 ACRES TO 1.492 ACRES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF, UH, D F D O H P AND THE BROOKS STAFF FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS ITEM TO COME TO A, AN AGREEMENT THAT STILL MAINTAINS A PORTION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BUT THEN ALLOWS FOR MORE OF FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I MOVE TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 12 AS AMENDED. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 
          [Z-13. 20-7251 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700208 CD (Council District 5): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 MLOD-2 MLR-1 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-2 CD MLOD-2 MLR-1 AHOD" Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Home Improvement Center on the West 91.43 feet of Lot 165 and Lot 166, Block 3, NCB 8124, located at 928 South San Augustine Avenue. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.]
Z 13 C 13 IS REZONING FROM R FOUR TO C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER LOCATED AT 9 28 SOUTH SAN AUGUSTINE AVENUE. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          28. 
          NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR? ONE OPPOSED? AND THIS ITEM IS UP FOR A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 21ST. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          MOTION TO CONTINUE UNTIL JANUARY 21ST. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 13 TO JANUARY 21ST. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
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ITEM 
          [Items P-1. & Z-18.]
P ONE AND Z 18. 
          THE UT S A AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM REGIONAL MIXED USE TO URBAN MIXED USE AND REZONING FROM C TWO TO NC THREE TO MF 25. 
          GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 5,800 BLOCK OF U T SS A BOULEVARD. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING. 
          COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          13. 
          NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. 
          ZERO OPPOSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK STAFF AND, UM, DR. 
          ROMERO WHO, UH, WAS VERY HELPFUL, BUT PARTICULARLY, UH, I WANNA POINT OUT, UM, ASHLEY FAIRMONT ON THIS CASE FOR WORKING VERY CLEAR, UH, CAREFULLY WITH US AND, UH, FOR HELPING OUR CLIENT UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT WE NEEDED LOWER DENSITY. 
          UM, AND THEY WERE VERY ACCOMMODATING. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, I, I WILL MENTION THERE ARE NO HOAS, UH, IN THE VICINITY. 
          UM, AND THE, UH, WHAT WE ENDED UP GETTING THIS URBAN MIXED USE IS LESS DENSE THAN THE REGIONAL MIXED USE THAT, UM, WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. 
          AND SO I'M HAPPY WITH THE PROJECT ASK THAT MY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORTED AND THAT'S WHY I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          IT IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z 18. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAME OUT WITH A GREAT SOLUTION, BUT DID YOU SAY MIXED USE OR ARE WE ZONING TO MULTIFAMILY? UM, LEMME SEE. 
          URBAN MIXED USE IS, IS WHAT WE'RE THAT'S THE LAND USE. 
          AND THEN THE ZONING IS MF 25, CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT, CORRECT. 
          MF 25. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          SO CAN THEY STILL HAVE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN THERE? SOME, YES MA'AM. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z 18. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM Z 
          [Z-20. 20-7156 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700015 CD (Council District 9): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-2 MLOD-1 MLR-2 AHOD" Commercial Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District, "C-2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District, and "C-3 MLOD-1 MLR-2 AHOD" General Commercial Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-3 CD MLOD-1 MLR-2 AHOD" General Commercial Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Warehousing on 54.564 acres out of NCB 12059, located in the 12000 block of West Avenue. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.]
20 ZONING FROM C TWO AND C THREE TO C THREE CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR WAREHOUSING LOCATED IN THE 12,000 BLOCK OF WEST AVENUE STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION. 
          RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          39. 
          NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED? AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 21ST. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          YES, I MOVE FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 21ST. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, EXCUSE ME, CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS E 20 TO JANUARY 21ST. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, AND, UH, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO ERIC 
          [35. 20-7276 City Manager's Report]
FIRST FOR CITY MANAGER REPORT. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO, UH, JUST, UM, A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS. UM, UH, I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE, AND, AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS LAST WEEK, UH, WHERE, UH, SAN ANTONIO WAS ONCE AGAIN AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL, UH, UH, FOR PASSING POLICIES THAT IMPROVED THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE OF, OF THE CITY. 
          UH, THE RECOGNITION COMES FROM CITY HEALTH. 
          UH, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. 
          UM, CITY HEALTH IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT REPORTS ON URBAN POLICYMAKING. 
          UM, AND SAN ANTONIO IS, UH, ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF CITIES IN THE, IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, THAT HAS RECEIVED THIS AWARD, UH, TWO YEARS IN A ROW. 
          UH, IT EVALUATES US OVER NINE DIFFERENT POLICY AREAS, UM, AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, UM, AREAS SUCH AS, UH, UH, TOBACCO 21, UH, OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OUR OUTREACH, COMPLETE STREETS, UH, PROGRAMMING AT PARKS AND SO FORTH. 
          SO, UM, IN A YEAR WHEN WE HAVE, UH, SPENT SO MUCH OF A FOCUS ON METRO HEALTH IN TERMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE PANDEMIC, UM, IT WAS, UH, A NICE RECOGNITION TO GET FROM CITY HEALTH TO, UH, VALIDATE ALL THE WONDERFUL PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES WE'VE IMPLEMENTED HERE, UH, LOCALLY. 
          UH, SECONDLY, UH, AND STAYING WITH THE, THE, UH, OUR TREND WITH HERE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND METRO HEALTH. 
          UH, BUT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE DEIDRA MURPHY, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR IN METRO HEALTH. 
          UH, DEIDRA ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE SHE'S BEEN DOING THIS YEAR, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR, UH, FOR THE SAN ANTONIO SPORTS. 
          UM, AND ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT DEIDRE DID, UM, SHE CONTINUES TO, UH, VOLUNTEER HER TIME. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE MANAGED IT, BUT, UH, DEIDRE, CONGRATULATIONS FOR, UH, EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE INSIDE THE ORGANIZATION, BUT 
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THE, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE, UH, DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY AND AGENCY SUCH AS, UH, SAN ANTONIO SPORTS, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK. 
          UH, FINALLY, MAYOR, WE DO NOT HAVE A, WE AS, AS WAS CUSTOM FOR THE LAST, UH, NINE OR 10 MONTHS, A, A SHORT VIDEO CLIP. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO RESUME THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT AS WE COME CLOSE TO THE CLOSE OF THE END OF 2020, I WANTED TO, TO LOOK BACK, UH, AT WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED TOGETHER AS A CITY ORGANIZATION, AS AN EMPLOYER, UH, WITH EACH OTHER, WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, 10 MONTHS AGO, UH, WE SAID WE WERE GONNA FOCUS ON THREE THINGS, UH, THE RESPONSE RECOVERY AND, AND BASIC OPERATIONS. 
          AND, AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT I THINK THAT FOCUSED EFFORT THAT WE ALL UNDER UNDERTOOK WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GUIDING US THROUGH THE PREPARATION, THE DELIBERATION, THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE TIMELINESS, AND THE OVERALL FOCUS. 
          AND I THINK IT'S, IT HAS SET US APART FROM MANY ORGANIZATIONS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IT. 
          UM, IT'S, UH, IT, IT, IT HAS BEEN UNIQUE, UH, THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S BEEN EXHIBITED BY THIS COUNCIL OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS, UH, UH, EXHIBITED BY THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, OUR CITY EXECUTIVES BY METRO HEALTH AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND, AND EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE HAS CARRIED US, UM, AND, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY US INTO 2021. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, THAT WE HAVE ALL WORKED AS A TEAM. 
          UM, ALEX AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VETO AND IN, IN HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, MEL AND HUMAN SERVICES, LORI IN HUMAN SERVICES, TROY AND FINANCE, PATRICIA AND DEBBIE IN OUR HOTEL TAX FUNDED DEPARTMENTS, JESUS IN THE AIRPORT. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD TO REFOCUS AND REPRIORITIZE OUR WORK AND MANAGE OUR RESPECTIVE LINES OF BUSINESS, UM, AND SUPPORT EMPLOYEES. 
          AND, AND THIS HAS NOT BEEN A TYPICAL YEAR, AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT OUR CORE VALUES OF TEAMWORK, INNOVATION, INTEGRITY, UH, AND PROFESSIONALISM HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT. 
          AND PART OF OUR DAILY WORK, UH, WE DID NOT DO EMPLOYEE, OUR, OUR ANNUAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION EVENT. 
          UM, RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT ARE CELEBRATING THEIR ANNIVERSARIES WITH THE CITY AND THOSE MAJOR FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 YEARS WITH THE CITY. 
          UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WE DID HAVE AN, UH, A VIRTUAL EVENT EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          UM, AND IT WAS, UH, EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH OVER 350 EMPLOYEES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. 
          I AM PERSONALLY, UH, DELIVERING A GIFT AND SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CELEBRATING 35 40. 
          AND WE HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE WHO'S CELEBRATING 45 YEARS. 
          UM, AND IT'S GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO, NUMBER ONE, GET OUT OF THE OFFICE, NUMBER TWO, UH, TO, UH, HEAR ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INSPIRING SO FAR. 
          I STILL HAVE MORE TO DO. 
          UM, AND, AND THOSE EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN LEADERS, UH, WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION, UM, BASED ON THAT TENURE. 
          SO, UM, MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN ESSENTIAL AND IT'S BEEN A, A HUGE INGREDIENT OF OUR SUCCESS TO DATE. 
          UM, THANK YOU MARIA. 
          UH, BEN, COLLEEN, LORI, CARLOS, DAVID, ROD, ANDY, LIZ, JEFF, LAURA, EMILY AND ANA. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO DR. 
          ION, DR. 
          WU, UH, JENNIFER AND MARIO. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF HOOD. 
          UH, AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE. 
          UM, IT'S NOT OVER. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP IT ROLLING, UH, INTO 2021 WITH THE SAME DRIVE AND FOCUS. 
          AND, UH, I WANT THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO KNOW THE STAFF IS COMMITTED AND READY TO, UH, CONTINUE MOVING, UH, FORWARD, UH, VERY QUICKLY, UH, AND DELIBERATELY. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UM, WELL SAID GREAT TEAM, UH, ONWARD TO 2021 AND, UH, CONGRATS TO DEIDRE AS WELL FROM ALL OF US. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSHI GARCIA, AND THANK YOU ERIC. 
          AND YES, THANK YOU TO CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO 2021. 
          I WANTED TO, UM, ALSO CONGRATULATE ONE OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES REALIZED THIS, BUT COUNCILMAN JADA, ANDREW SULLIVAN RECEIVED HER ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE THIS WEEKEND FROM ST. 
          PHILLIPS COLLEGE WITH HER DAUGHTER LAKIA HUNT. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE, UM, AS BEST WE CAN IN TWO DIMENSIONS. 
          ALRIGHT? 
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WE DO HAVE, UM, YEAH, GO AHEAD ERIC. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          ONE OTHER THING I FORGOT TO POINT OUT. 
          UM, UH, BENZEL CELEBRATED HIS 30 YEARS WITH THE CITY. 
          ALRIGHT, WE SHOULD RENEW THAT MORTGAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          CONGRATULATIONS BEN. 
          UM, WE'LL MAKE IT FIXED RATE NEXT TIME ALSO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE'LL 
          [Executive Session]
GO TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW. 
          WE, WE DO HAVE A BIG ONE, SO LET'S, UH, TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE AND GET INTO OUR EXEC LINK. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 12:12 PM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, EXCUSE ME. 
          DECEMBER 17TH, 2020. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT POSTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF JENNIFER DECEMBER 16TH, 2020, BUT NOT REACHED THAT WERE POSTED AND NOT REACHED. 
          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND COVID 19 PREPAREDNESS DECEMBER 17TH, 2020. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY.
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