* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 2:04 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2021. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SECTION AGENDA. WE HAVE TWO, TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. UM, AND TURN IT OVER TO, UH, CITY MANAGER WOLF. OH, I'M SORRY, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU CAN READ THE ROLE, THEN WE'LL GET STARTED. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAZA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR BERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. GREAT. WELCOME EVERYBODY. UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. UH, ERIC, GO AHEAD. TAKE US AWAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND [1. 20-7400 Pre-Solicitation Briefing for Hemisfair Civic Park (2017 Bond Project) [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]] COUNCIL. UH, FOR THE FIRST ITEM TODAY, UH, RAZZI AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL PRESENT AN UPCOMING, UM, SOLICITATION ON HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARK IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE, UH, 2017, UH, PARK BOND, UH, PROGRAM. UH, WE ARE ESTIMATING, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, THE VALUE OF $28 MILLION, UH, AND A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. AND, UH, THIS SOLICITATION HAS BEEN DEEMED AS A A SELECT HIGH PROFILE. UM, THE PROJECT IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEMISPHERE PARK, UH, CIVIC PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS YOU'LL SEE FROM RA'S PRESENTATION, UH, COULD INCLUDE URBAN PLAZAS, WATER FEATURES, PROMENADES, UH, OPEN GREEN SPACES AND COURTYARDS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO, UH, RAZZI AND THEN COME BACK AND INTRO OUR, OUR SECOND ITEM, RAZZI. THANK YOU, ERIC. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JOHN, CAN YOU PULL UP THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? I AM RAZZI HUSSEI, DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. JOHN HEMISPHERE PARK AREA DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, OR COMMONLY KNOWING EACH PARK ESTABLISHED IN 2009 AS A NON-PROFIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT COOPERATION, LONGEST STANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. EACH PARK PLANS DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINS PROJECT WITHIN HEMISPHERE PARK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. COSSA H PARK AND DESIGN CONSULTANTS FACILITATED THE GATHERING OF THE PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS. PUBLIC'S INPUT, ONLINE SURVEYING DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 2012 BOND PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT INCLUDE $30 MILLION FOR THIS AREA. YANA GUANA GARDEN WAS DONE IN 2015. RENOVATION OF A HISTORIC HOME WAS DONE 2016 AND HEMISPHERE AREA STREET, PHASE ONE WAS DONE ALSO 2016. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 2017 BOND PROGRAM INCLUDES 26 MILLION HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK, AND OF COURSE THE HEMISPHERE STREET, PHASE TWO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JOHN PARK, FACING PLAN, AS I MENTIONED, YONA GUANA GARDEN WAS COMPLETED IN 2015. CIVIC PARK WILL BE DONE IN TWO PHASES, AND TAVR AMERICA IS FOR FUTURE PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. CIVIC PARK PLAN, PHASE ONE, WHICH IS FUNDED WITH 2017 POUND PROGRAM INCLUDE GARDENS, GREAT LANDS, ATE, AND SHALL SHALLOWS. OF COURSE, PHASE TWO WILL BE FUNDED BY FUTURE FUNDING WHEN FUTURE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES GREAT LAWN, THE SHALLOWS, RUMINATE, AND GARDENS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. EVENTS LEADING TO TODAY, FEBRUARY, 2012. MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER, 2014. IS SCHEMATIC DESIGN COMPLETED 2017 EARLY WORKS. PACKAGE WAS ISSUED LATE LAST FALL. THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED AND WE ARE ASKING NOW ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING TO ISSUE REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL OR R F C S P FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PARK IMPROVEMENT RELATED TO HEMI PACIFIC PARK, [00:05:02] A 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND CERTIFICATE APPLICATION FUNDED PROJECT. IT IS LOCATED AT TWO 10 SOUTH ALAMO STREET, ADJACENT TO HENRY B. GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER. PARK IMPROVEMENT WILL INCLUDE URBAN PLAZA WEATHER FEATURE TATES OPEN GREEN SPACE, A COURTYARD AND RESTROOMS. CITATION IS R F C S P. ESTIMATED VALUE FOR THIS CONTRACT, S C T MANAGER MEN MENTIONED 28 MILLION. WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED IN APRIL, 2023. AND OF COURSE IT'S A BRAND NEW CONTRACT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. N I G CODE FOR THIS PROJECT IS IDENTIFIED TO MARBLE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, SEWER, AND STORM DRAIN CONCRETE, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, LANDSCAPING CENTRAL VENDOR REGISTER 2,457. WE WILL BE ADVERTISING THIS PROJECT ON C CT, S H AND L 21 COOPING OPPORTUNITY WEBSITE, THE HEARTBEAT, TEXAS ELECTRONIC ESTATE BUSINESS DAILY EVALUATION AND VOTING MEMBER INCLUDE LAURIE HISTON, STAN CITY MANAGER. MYSELF, DIRECTOR CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. JEFF KNAPP, CAPITAL PROGRAM MANAGER FOR PUBLIC WORK. SANDY JENKINS FROM PARK AND RECREATION. OMAR GONZALEZ FROM H PARK AND A KARA DEDA FROM GALAXY BUILDER AND HEMISPHERE BOARD OF TREASURER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. EVALUATION CRITERIA INCLUDE EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATION OF THE PRIME FIRM, KEY PERSONNEL AND KEY SUBCONTRACTORS, 30 POINT UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT AND PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN, 25 POINT EXPERIENCE IN SAN ANTONIO REGION AND PAST EXPERIENCE, 20 POINT PRICE PROPOSAL, 15 POINT AVIDA PROGRAM, 10 POINT, WHICH INCLUDE FIVE POINT M W B E AND ANOTHER FIVE POINT FOR SS P E E CRITICAL WILL INCLUDE LOW IMPACT SUSTAINABLE GREEN BUILDING INITIATED RELATED QUESTION. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR THIS CONTRACT, AVIDA SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENT 21.4 M W B E SUBCONTRACTING AND 3% FOR A A B E SUBCONTRACTING. LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAMS, NOT APPLICABLE. VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCES. PROGRAMS, ALSO NOT APPLICABLE. AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT, NOT REQUIRED. GOAL SETTING COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS A SOCHI NKA FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. LOUIS MALTO FROM PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. NORBERT DUKE FROM FINANCE DEPARTMENT. NICK ROMA FROM PARK AND RECREATION AND LINDA LOPEZ. GEORGE UT HEALTH, SAN ANTONIO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SOLICITATION TIMELINE GOAL SETTING WAS DONE JANUARY 4TH, 2021. OF COURSE THE B SESSION FOR COUNCIL FEBRUARY 10TH, 2021, WHICH IS TODAY. WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO RELEASE THIS ONE AND NEXT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, PRE-SUBMIT. OUR CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 9TH, 2021. DEADLINE FOR QUESTION WILL BE MARCH 19TH, 2021. DUE DATE FOR SUBMITTAL WILL BE APRIL 16TH, 2021. WE ARE GIVING TWO MONTHS FOR THE CONTRACTOR INTEREST ON THIS PROJECT. SUBMIT EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO BE DONE IN JUNE, 2001, 8 21. CONTRACT NEGOTIATION JUNE AND JULY THIS SUMMER. CITY COUNCIL B SESSION, POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING WILL BE AUGUST, 2021. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION WILL BE IN AUGUST, 2021. AND OF COURSE THE CONTRACT STARTED SEPTEMBER AND 2021. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OMAR GONZALEZ FROM H PARK TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATE ON P THREE PROGRAM. OMAR, HI RAZZY. THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMAN MAYOR. MY NAME IS OMAR GONZALEZ WITH HEMISPHERE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE AND UM, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT TO GET CIVIC PARK KICKED OFF AND IN UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE P THREE THAT WE HAVE WITH ZACHARY HOSPITALITY. UH, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT UH, ALL PARTIES REMAIN COMMITTED THAT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO, UH, ADVANCE TOWARDS A VIABLE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WILL DELIVER A MIX OF USES. THOSE USES WILL INCLUDE COMPONENT OF HOUSING, INCLUDING WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, GROUND FLOOR ACTIVATION SUCH AS FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES, A HOTEL AND POSSIBLY SOME DOWNTOWN OFFICE USES. OBVIOUSLY LIKE MANY OTHER [00:10:01] HOSPITALITY FOCUSED DEVELOPMENTS, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING REVISED FINANCIAL SOURCES AND A PLAN TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS WE DO ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATED PLAN FOR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION. MAY COUNSEL OMAR AND MYSELF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, RAZZI FOR THE PRESENTATION AND CHECK IN ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, UM, A FRONT YARD TO OUR CITY. UH, LEMME GO AHEAD AND GET THE DISCUSSION STARTED. WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I I WASN'T ON COUNCIL WHEN THIS BEGAN, BUT I REMEMBER THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY ABOUT IT AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE EIGHT YEARS NOW FROM THE BEGINNING, UH, OF THE PLAN. AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DONE OVER THAT EIGHT YEARS NOW. I THINK ALL OF US CAN SAY THE PAST YEAR IS KIND OF A, A LOST YEAR TO A CERTAIN EXTENT FOR A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UH, I'M JUST DISCOURAGED THAT SO LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE IN SUCH A A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND I'M WONDERING FROM WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING NOW, HOW MUCH DEVIATION FROM THE ACTUAL MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DRAWN UP IN 2012 IS THERE IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GONNA ASK TO BE DONE, UH, THROUGH THIS $28 MILLION EXPENDITURE. RAJA, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, WELL, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR, UH, FOR YOUR QUESTION. I, I DO WANNA, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE, THAT WE DID, UM, OPEN UP YANA GARDEN AND SINCE THEN WE RECEIVE ABOUT 650,000 VISITORS PER YEAR. AND THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO THE PROGRAMMING EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE HERE. WE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE SECOND BUSIEST URBAN PARK IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, AND NEXT TO YANA GUANA GARDEN, UH, WE, WE WORKED ON ANOTHER P THREE DEVELOPMENT THAT OPENED LAST JULY, THAT'S CALLED THE 68 APARTMENTS, WHERE WE HAVE 151 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS. UH, AND ON THE GROUND FLOOR WE HAVE OVER 7,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL. WE'VE ALSO OPENED, UH, FIVE LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES, SO RANGING FROM PAIA SAN ANTONIO TO COMMONWEALTH COFFEE HOUSE TO DO PIZZERIA AND, UH, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT WAS, UH, INVESTED IN PLANNING. AND SO WE TOOK A BRIEF, UH, TIMEOUT, IF YOU WILL, TO HOST THE 2018 NCAA A MEN'S FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT. UH, AND THAT RECEIVED OVER 25,000 VISITORS PER DAY OVER ITS THREE DAY EXCURSION. AND SO WHAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN DOING IS USING YANA GUANA GARDEN AS OUR LABORATORY TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW TO BEST IMPLEMENT THE NEXT PART, WHICH IS CIVIC PARK. UH, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, WE DID LOSE SOME TIME IN GETTING STARTED, BUT I THINK IT'S ONLY BEEN TO OUR BENEFIT. OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, OPENING A PARK IN IN 2020 PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE BEST, BUT WE THINK BY, UH, BY THE TIME WE CAN GET THIS PLAN UNDERWAY AND DEVELOPED BY OPENING IN 2023, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC AND BE ABLE TO HOST LARGE EVENTS. AND IT IS 100% IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN, SO WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER ON THAT MASTER PLAN. UM, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE, THE TIMING HAS BEEN DELAYED, BUT UH, IT REMAINS THE SAME QUALITY, THE SAME FOCUS ON COMMUNITY, UH, IN THE SAME DUTY THAT WE PRESENTED, UH, SUCH AS THE GUANA GARDEN. SO, UH, ARE YOU AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS CONFIDENT THAT ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE IN INTEGRAL PARK OF THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT ARE GONNA GET BUILT? YOU KNOW, YOU SHOWED US A, AN ARTIST CONCEPTION A FEW SLIDES AGO AND IT SHOWS MANY MAJOR BUILDINGS THAT WERE GONNA BE BUILT ALL AROUND COMMERCE AND, AND ALAMO, WHICH, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN BUILT. UH, AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE THEY GONNA BE BUILT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND HAVE TO TEAR UP SOME OF THE PARK THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN NOW IN ORDER TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO? UH, AND YOU KNOW, I I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME AND WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SHOW FOR IT YET. YANA IGUANA GARDENS IS GREAT AND THE WHOLE, AND THE, UH, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WE BUILT OVER THERE, THAT'S GREAT, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT THE, THE BIGGEST PART OF THIS PROJECT WAS THE ECONOMIC GENERATION [00:15:01] THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT OF ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE, THE CIVIC PARK, AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING THERE. AND, UH, I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT'S GONNA COME THERE AND ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY LATER TO FINISH THE REST OF THE PARK WHEN THOSE BUILDINGS DON'T GET BUILT? SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF MY CONCERN. SO YEAH, I, THE I WOULD SAY THAT ABSOLUTELY THE BUILDINGS WILL BE BUILT. UM, WILL THEY BE EXACTLY LIKE THE RENDERINGS WE SHOWED? PROBABLY NOT. UM, BUT I WOULD ADD THAT, UH, THAT THE ECONOMIC, UH, VIABILITY ACTUALLY GETS GREATER SO THE MORE PUBLIC INVESTMENT IS MADE, OBVIOUSLY THE MORE VALUABLE THE SITE BECOMES AND THE MORE LIKELY WE ARE TO ACCELERATE, UM, DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE BEAUTY OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS THAT IT, IT DOES PROVIDE, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, THAT ECONOMIC ENGINE, UH, IN ORDER TO, TO, TO DO MORE. AND SO, UM, SO I I I WOULD SAY, UH, YES, IT WILL HAPPEN. UH, THE BEAUTY OF THE PHASING PROCESS WITH CIVIC PARK IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR PHASE, PHASE ONE OF THE PARK IS, UH, SET BACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE P THREE SITES SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT PHASE ONE CAN BE BUILT AND ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BY THE PUBLIC, EVEN WITHOUT THE BUILDINGS, UM, GOING UP. SO THE TIMING OBVIOUSLY GETS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED. UM, LIKE YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, THE, THE PANDEMIC DEFINITELY, UM, INCREASED THE, THE TIMING OF IT, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO ADJUST TO SIZE. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN HAVING AN EMPTY OFFICE BUILDING NOW, WE MAY, YOU KNOW, ONLY DO, UH, YOU KNOW, 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, FOR INSTANCE. AND SO SIZING AT RIGHTS I THINK IS IMPORTANT. UM, BUT, UH, ABSOLUTELY THE, THIS, THIS ONE PHASE OF DELIVERING CIVIC PARK CAN HAPPEN, UH, EVEN WITHOUT THOSE BUILDINGS. COUNCILMAN ENCOURAGES GO AHEAD, COUNCIL, ENCOURAGE. I DID WANNA ADD THAT WE ARE PHASING THIS, SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO UNDO ANY OF THE WORK WHEN WE START THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE PHASING IT WHEN THE HOTEL STARTS CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TEAR UP ANY OF THE WORK WE'VE ALREADY DONE. THAT IS, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE IT. AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO STRESS THAT WHAT OMAR SAID ABOUT, UM, THE BUILDINGS AND HOW THEY'LL BE, UM, DEVELOPED. UM, THAT IS CORRECT AND WE'LL BE RETURNING TO COUNCIL IN THE SPRING ONCE WE HAVE, UM, THE PLAN AND THE SCHEDULE AND AN AGREEMENT FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. UH, WERE THERE TIMELINES THAT THE DEVELOPERS NEEDED TO MEET THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED NOW? AND WHAT, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THOSE TIMELINES? THERE WERE TIMELINES AND THEY WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED. UM, AS THE PRESENTATION ALLUDED TO, THE PANDEMIC, UM, CHANGED A LOT WITH THIS PROJECT. UM, CHANGES FINANCING STRUCTURE FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, NO ONE WAS GOING TO FINANCE A HOTEL DURING THE PANDEMIC, NOR DID WE WANNA START CONSTRUCTION OF A HOTEL DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE, UM, ARE TAKING A STEP BACK TO LOOK AT THE DEMAND. IS THERE A DEMAND FOR PARKING AS MUCH ANYMORE? IS THERE THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING AND RETAIL? SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE BEING LOOKED AT. WE, WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A 200 ROOM HOTEL. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE MIXED USE RETAIL AND HOUSING, AND THERE WILL BE AN OFFICE COMPONENT. SO THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. THE SIZE OF EACH OF THOSE MIGHT CHANGE AND THE SCHEDULE HAS CHANGED. UM, BUT I'M GLAD THE SCHEDULE HAS CHANGED AND WE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PROJECT AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. THERE WAS JUST ONE OTHER ISSUE AND IT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, THE, UH, LETTING OF THE CONTRACT. I NOTED, UH, RAZZIE THAT YOU SAID WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL RELIABILITY ON THAT, OR WHAT WAS THE WORDING YOU USED? UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO CHECK THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY THAT'S BIDDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHY IS THAT? NO, COUNCILMAN. WE HAVE THE DESIGN, THE SELECTION CRITERIA I REPORT, THEY WILL GET FIVE POINTS ONLY FOR THE PRICE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HIRE A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK. THE EVALUATION CRITERIA INCLUDE EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATION OF PRIME FOR PRIME FIRM AND KEY PERSONAL AND KEY SUBCONTRACTOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT AND PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN, 25 POINT EXPERIENCE IN SAN ANTONIO REGION AND PAST PERFORMANCE 20 POINT PRICE PROPOSAL IS ONLY 15 POINT AND A SMALL PRO PROGRAM IS 10 POINT. ALL OF THOSE ARE GOOD ASPECTS, BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIAL ABILITY. UH, SOMETHING [00:20:01] LIKE THAT WAS NOTED IN THAT PRESENTATION. WHAT WAS THE WORDING IN THAT? AND THEN WHY, WHY AREN'T WE, YOU KNOW, CLOSELY LOOKING AT THAT? WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE FINANCIALLY QUALIFIED, THEY HAVE RESOURCES TO BUILD THE PROJECT. OKAY, BUT YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT ON THIS. COULD YOU BRING THAT UP, JOHN? THAT, THAT SLIDE THAT SAID THAT, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHY BRING UP COUNCILMAN. THIS IS, THIS IS TROY ELLIOTT. I THINK I MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ROZI ANSWER THAT, BUT THERE'S A SLIDE, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE SLIDE 12 HAS THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. AND THERE'S A STATEMENT IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED. RIGHT. SO, AND WE ARE NOT REQUIRING AUDIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BECAUSE IN THE PAST, IN WORKING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE, WE HAVE FOUND THAT SOMETIMES AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A BARRIER TO SMALL , BUT WE DO OTHER DUE DILIGENCE TO DETERMINE THEIR FINANCIAL VIABILITY LOOKING AT THE DUN AND BRADSTREET, UM, LOOKING AT OTHER FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REFERENCES THEY MAY PROVIDE. SO WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, BUT WE MAY NOT REQUIRE AUDITED FINANCIAL. OKAY. I I JUST WAS THINKING BACK OF A BIG WATER PROJECT THAT, UH, ENDED UP HAVING TO CHANGE FROM ONE COMPANY TO ANOTHER BECAUSE THE COMPANY WE GAVE IT TO, UH, DIDN'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO FINISH IT OUT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT SENTENCE KIND OF LEFT ME HANGING. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KUR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. UH, THANKS, MAYOR. FIRST, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE VOTERS FOR APPROVING THIS, UH, PROJECT, WHICH IS SHAPING UP TO BE A WORLD-CLASS PARK THAT FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE CITY AND FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE WILL ENJOY. I ALSO WANNA THANK DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS WHO SERVED ON THE BOND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES, PARKS AND GREEN SPACES ARE THE MOST BASIC SERVICES OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT FROM THEIR TAX DOLLARS. THIS PROJECT IS TRANSFORMATIONAL AND WILL ADD A GEM IN THE HEART OF THE CENTER CITY. UH, I WANT TO ASK JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. UH, OMAR, CAN YOU, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS, UH, WILL, WILL SERVE THE, OUR POPULATION OF FOLKS WHO, WHO MIGHT HAVE MOBILITY OR PHYSICAL ISSUES? OH, ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO WE DESIGN ALL THE HEMISPHERE TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AGES AND ALL ABILITIES, AND WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. SO, UH, THE ENTIRE PART IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH WITH EITHER A STROLLER OR, OR A WHEELCHAIR. UM, WE'VE ADDED THINGS LIKE ADULT CHANGING TABLES. UH, WE, WE, WE ACTUALLY HOST A MONTHLY INCLUSIONARY PROGRAM, UH, THAT'S DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, ABILITY, UH, UM, CONSTRAINTS. AND SO, UH, THAT PLUS, UH, WE'RE LOCATED NEAR MANY DIFFERENT TRANSIT STOPS. WE LIKE THIS IDEA OF BEING A MOBILITY HUB WHERE YOU CAN ARRIVE IN ANY DIFFERENT MODE OF TRANSIT, WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING OR ON BUS OR SCOOTER OR BIKE. UH, WE, WE WELCOME YOU HERE. AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO DO IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY IS, IS WE MAKE SURE FROM A ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE, THAT EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME. UH, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO VALIDATE WITH OUR SURVEYS THAT THE POPULATION THAT COMES TO YA, IGUANA GARDEN IS A PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF SAN ANTONIO, BOTH ECONOMICALLY, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, DIVERSITY THROUGH ETHNICITY AND RACE. AND WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR TENANTS ALLOW FOR PRICE POINTS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE, UH, TO INDIVIDUALS. AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC WAS, UH, WE OFFERED OUR PARKING GARAGE, UH, FREE PARKING. AND SO, UH, REALLY JUST KIND OF ENCOURAGING FOLKS WHO MAYBE HAVE SOME SORT OF, UH, ANXIETY WITH COMING DOWNTOWN, UH, TO ALLEVIATE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS AN AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND CONVENIENT LOCATION. SO, SO YOU ARE ADDRESSING PARKING CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN, IN TERMS OF BEING, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THIS PARK FROM WHEREVER THEY'RE COMING FROM IN THE CITY? EXACTLY RIGHT. YEAH. WE, WE, AS PART OF THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY, THE, THE 68 UH, ARRANGEMENT, WE LEASE BACK 238 SPACES THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. WE ALSO CO-MANAGE WITH THE CITY 111 PARKING LOT, LOT SPACES IN THE NEARBY AREA. AND THEN, LIKE LORI, UH, HOUSTON MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WE WANT SOLVE FOR PARKING AT THE NORTHWEST ZONE AS WELL. AND, AND AGAIN, ALL WITH THE LENS OF, UH, AFFORDABLE, CONVENIENT, AND ACCESSIBLE. AND SO YOU'VE, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH, UH, YANA GARDENS. UM, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PART OF YOUR MODEL IS TO REPEAT THAT SUCCESS AND THAT CONNECTIVITY TO, TO ALL ZIP CODES [00:25:01] OF THE CITY IS, IS, IS, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO, TO CONTINUE THAT, THAT CONNECTIVITY TO ALL ZIP CODES? WE ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED OUR HEAT MAP AND, UH, PROUD TO SAY THAT THE HEAT MAP SHOWS VISITATION FROM ALL 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND IN FACT SOME OF THE HOTTER PLACES THAT VISIT US. SO, SO THE MORE FREQUENT VISITORS COME FROM, UH, PRETTY FAR AWAY PLACES. AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST AN INNER CITY PARK, IT TRULY IS A PARK OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, WE ALSO, UH, LIKE TO MENTIONED, WE LIKE TO SEE YONIC GARDENS. IT'S SORT OF THAT LABORATORY ON, ON HOW WE CAN ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE, UH, FROM A ACTIVE URBAN PARK PERSPECTIVE. AND PACIFIC PARK WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT, BUT AT A MUCH BIGGER SCALE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT, JUST IN TERMS OF SIZE, YA, IGUANA GARDENS IS, IS A LITTLE OVER FOUR ACRES, NINE ACRES, SO MORE THAN TWICE AS BIG. AND THEN IF YOU THINK OF THE SPACE, THE, THE USE OF SPACE IN YANA GARDEN, YOU'RE SORT OF CONSTRAINED IN TERMS OF OPEN SPACE. WE DO HAVE A SMALL LAWN, BUT A LOT OF THE SPACE IS HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SLIDES AND SWINGS AND CLIMBING STRUCTURES AND IT SIT PARK WHO WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UH, A REALLY LARGE CIVIC LAWN. AND ON THAT GREAT LAWN, UH, WE COULD HOST, YOU KNOW, 10,000 PEOPLE AT A, AT A CONCERT. WE THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CURRENT EVENTS THAT HAPPEN HERE LIKE LUMIA AND DIWALI AND DIA DE LOS MARTOS, THAT THEY COULD HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER SPACE IN A BIGGER IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY ONCE CIVIC PARK IS BUILT. UH, WE DO LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, I KNOW THE HONKING WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS CONTINUE WITH THE SAN ANTONIO'S FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT NOW WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A SPACE TO CELEBRATE IT AS WELL. IT AS WELL. THANK YOU, OMAR, YOU ACTUALLY GOT ANSWERED MY MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH WAS AS TO, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK TO THE, THE, UH, AMAZING CULTURAL AND ARTS PROGRAMMING, UH, THAT HAS ALREADY PROVIDED, UH, THERE AT HEMISPHERE AND HOW IT'S GONNA GROW. BUT I, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU'VE, YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT ALREADY. UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, AND ALL THE GREAT FOLKS, UH, THERE AT HEMISPHERE. UH, I, I'VE GOT A, UH, A GREAT, UH, WALKING TOUR BY, BY ANDRESS AND, UH, UH, A FEW WEEKENDS AGO. AND JUST WANNA SAY, UH, I, I CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH, WITH THE WORK. UH, I WAS THERE WHEN, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR, FOR THE BOND, UH, PROJECTS. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE PROCEEDING, UH, UH, METHODICALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY. UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT BEING, UH, AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS AND A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR CITY. UH, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I SEE NO CONTROVERSY WHATSOEVER. UH, THIS IS A LOT OF, A LOT OF GREAT WORK, UH, A LOT OF GREAT WORK BY A, A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE. AND, UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK RAZZIE AND HIS TEAM FOR, FOR PROVIDING THAT AT HELPING SUPPORT. SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD AGAIN TO, TO THE CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. OMAR. HOWDY, LONG TIME. NO SEE, UM, GOOD TO, GOOD TO SEE YOU OUT THERE. UH, RAZZY, I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE OR QUESTIONS. UM, THE TYPE OF CONTRACT THIS COMPETITIVELY SEALED, BASICALLY A LOW BID CONTRACT, RIGHT? NO, SIR. COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL IS COMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF THE LOW BID. LOW BID, OKAY. BASICALLY, AS LONG AS THEY PROVIDE BONDING AND INSURANCE, AS LONG AS THEIR PRICES LOW, YOU SELECT THEM ON THIS ONE, PRICES HAS ONLY 15%. I GOT YOU. 85% IS QUALITY OF THE PRIME AND STOP HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS PROJECT AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. I GOT YOU. GOOD, GOOD. WELL THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. DID, DID Y'ALL EVER, DID Y'ALL CONSIDER DESIGN BUILD AT ALL ON THIS PROJECT? WE DID NOT. THIS PROJECT COUNCILMAN, WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE P THREE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THEIR FOOTPRINT IDENTIFY, AND IT TOOK SOME TIME BECAUSE IT'S BETTER TO DESIGN AND BID AS A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL. STILL WE GET BETTER QUALITY PROJECT DOING THAT, BUT WE HAVE GOOD EXPERIENCE DOING COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL ON NUMBER OF DOLLAR PROJECTS. OKAY. WELL THIS, THIS TYPE OF, UH, CONTRACT, OBVIOUSLY, UH, UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT Y'ALL ADDED SOME EXTRA TIME FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO PUT THEIR BIDS TOGETHER AND GET GOOD BIDS FROM SUBCONTRACTORS OUT THERE. SO, UH, VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT, THAT Y'ALL ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME ON THAT, ON THE TIMELINE FOR THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, UM, LOOKING AT THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST PHASE ONE AND JUST, UH, A RECAP OF WHAT, WHAT ACTUALLY IS PHASE TWO, IS IT, [00:30:01] UH, UH, DOES THAT INCLUDE THIS HOTEL COMPLEX? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, LORI? UM, ACTUALLY PHASE TWO OF THE CIVIC PARK WILL INCLUDE THE AREAS AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, IT PHASE, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CIVIC PARK PHASING. SO PHASE ONE IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. PHASE TWO WILL INCLUDE THOSE SPACES THAT ARE AROUND THE, THE DEVELOPMENT. AND I BELIEVE IT'LL ALSO INCLUDE THE, UM, PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE PARK ON THE CORNER OF MARKET IN ALAMO. THE ACTUAL, ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT PART OF THIS, THIS PROJECT. OKAY. OKAY. SO PHASE ONE IS JUST TO GET THIS, UH, UH, I, I THINK IT WAS FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IS A CONTINUATION OF DEVELOPING THE, THE CIVIC PARK. THEN WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING SECURED FOR PHASE TWO. WE, WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS, 26 OR $28 MILLION? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR PHASE TWO? UM, YES, OVERALL, UH, THOUSAND 17 BOND IS 26,000,005 MILLION FOR PHASE 2, 3 20 1 MILLION FOR PARKS COURSE. WE HAVE, THE REMAINING 7 MILLION IS COMING FROM CEOS, PHASE TWO OF CIVIC PARTIES DESIGN, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION YET. AND COUNCIL COUNCILMAN PERRY? I WOULD SAY FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD BE A, A LIKELY A MIX OF PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS IN ORDER TO, UM, IMPLEMENT PHASE TWO. BUT IT, IT'S FULLY DESIGNED OH, FA SO IF WE GOT A FULL DESIGN ON IT, WE GOT, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATES ON THAT. WHAT, WHAT'S THE TOTAL ESTIMATE ON IT, UH, FOR PHASE TWO? IS THE SLIDE 20 MILLION COUNCILMAN OR 20 MILLION? I, I'M, I'M, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU RAZZY, WHAT WAS THAT? SLIGHTLY OVER 20 MILLION. 20 MILLION. SO WE HAVE 26 MILLION FOR PHASE ONE AND ANOTHER 20 MILLION FOR PHASE TWO, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, UM, CERTAINLY HOPING THAT WE CAN GET, UM, A HIGHER MIX, IF YOU WILL, OF PUBLIC, UM, OR PRIVATE FUNDS ON, ON PHASE TWO. THAT'S ANOTHER HUGE BIG CHUNK OF MONEY, UH, FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT OF HEMISPHERE PARK. I LOVE THE PARK, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE THIS FA PHASE ONE LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER GOOD ADDITION. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, UH, WHEN ARE WE GONNA SEE THE END OF THIS, UH, UH, HEMISPHERE PARK DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE? I'M, I'M JUST, UH, CONCERNED THAT WE'RE SPENDING AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY IN, AGAIN, ONE LOCATION. YES, IT'S DOWNTOWN, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER PARKS AROUND THIS CITY THAT ARE VERY WORTHY AND, AND, AND NEEDING A LOT OF INVESTMENT TO BRING 'EM UP TO CODE STANDARDS. WE GOT SOME PARKS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE WATER FOUNTAINS IN IT, THAT KIND OF THING. SO, UM, I, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET HERE AND WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT WHEN, UH, IT COMES UP TO THIS NEXT BOND, WHICH IS GONNA COME UP, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, NEXT YEAR. SO, UM, ON, ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TREATING ALL OF OUR PARKS. UM, I, AND I'LL SAY IT UP TO THE SAME STANDARD THAT WE'RE TREATING HEMISPHERE PARK. NOT EVERYBODY CAN GO DOWNTOWN TO VISIT THIS PARK, AND, UH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PARKS DISTRIBUTED AROUND THIS CITY, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE INVESTMENT IN, IN THOSE PARKS AS WELL. SO, JUST, JUST MY COMMENTS ON THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY ON THIS, THIS PART THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC, WHO KNOWS WHEN THIS IS ALL GONNA BE OVER WITH, WHO KNOWS IF WE'RE EVEN GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THIS FOR LARGE PUBLIC PUBLIC GATHERINGS IN, IN THE FUTURE, IN THIS GREAT LAWN, LAWN AREA. SO, UH, I, I'VE JUST GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH A SINGLE PARK HERE DOWNTOWN. SO, UM, OTHERWISE, THANKS, THANKS FOR ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL TIME TO THE, UH, CONTRACTING METHOD, UH, CONTRACTING TIMELINE FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT. I APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMAN PERRY, IF I, IF I CAN JUST ADD TWO THINGS I, [00:35:01] I, I APPRECIATE AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UM, I DO THINK ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HEMISPHERE AND OTHER PARKS IS OUR ABILITY TO MAKE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND SO THE, UH, THAT NATURE OF US BEING ABLE TO ENTER, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN PRESENTED, IT WAS, UH, A WAY TO ENTER INTO PUBLIC PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT PRODUCE ECONOMIC VALUE. SO NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF LEASE VALUE, BUT IN TERMS OF TAX REVENUE AND TAX PRODUCTION AS WELL. AND SO THAT, UH, THAT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN MOST OTHER PARTS. AND, AND OVER TIME, WE BECOME FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE, SO WE EVENTUALLY BECOME A PART THAT IS NO LONGER RELYING ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS. OBVIOUSLY WE NEED IT FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND WE NEED IT IN THE STARTUP PERIOD, BUT OVER TIME, UH, IT BECOMES, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT A BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS. SO THAT, THAT PIECE IS, I, WE THINK IS A, IS A MODEL THAT CAN BE USED NATIONALLY. AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE I WOULD ADD IS, IS THAT, UM, WHEN STUDYING THOSE HEAT MAPS, THE HIGHEST USE OF, UH, DISTRICTS FOR YANA GUANA GARDEN ARE THREE, TWO, AND 10. AND THE BIGGEST INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR WAS FROM DISTRICT NINE. SO KIND OF A GREAT WAY OF SHOWING THAT, UH, WE, WE INDEED HAVE THOSE AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE CITY, UH, ARE WILLING TO TRAVEL THAT MUCH. HEY, HEY, OMAR, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I, I LOVE THAT ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENT, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS ONE, ONE PARK, UH, IT IS GONNA TAKE MANY, MANY DECADES TO, UH, HELP PAY OFF THIS BILL, IF YOU WILL. SO, JUST, JUST MY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CAN YOU, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YEAH. OKAY, AWESOME. THANKS. I DIDN'T DO MY MIC CHECK. UH, UH, THANK YOU ZY AND, UH, OMAR FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, QUICK QUESTIONS. I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF THIS. UH, R F P AND I, I DO BELIEVE OUR, THAT MANY OF OUR HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE MORE DIFFICULT ONES SHOULD BE ISSUED VIA, UM, C FS P UH, SORRY. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. RAZZI. UM, THE PRESENTATION SAYS THE SCOPE IS THE CIVIC PARK, UM, AND, BUT THE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR IT IS THE FULL 26 MILLION. SO ARE THE STREETS NOT INCLUDED, THE 5 MILLION SET ASIDE IN THE BOND FOR THE STREETS, IS THAT NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE FOR THIS, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS? THAT, THAT'S CORRECT. WE ARE, WE ARE, THAT'S BEING DESIGNED BY DIFFERENT FIRM, AND WE ARE GOING TO ADVERTISE THAT FROM DIFFERENT PROJECT BY ITSELF. SO I, I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS ASKING ABOUT THIS, BUT I, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR. I UNDERSTOOD. SO THERE IS 21 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR THIS, THIS, UH, BID THEN NO COUNCIL BOND, 2017 BOND HAS 21 MILLION FOR PARKS, THIS PACIFIC PARK, AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM COS ALTOGETHER CONTRACT FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE 28, 21 IS COMING FROM BOND. THE, THE REST IS COMING FROM COS AND WE HAVE 5 MILLION FOR PHASE TWO HEMISPHERE STREETS. OH, I SEE. AND SO THE, THE DECISION FOR THE CFOS, WHEN WAS THAT BUDGETING DECISION MADE? WAS THAT PART OF THIS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, OR WHEN YOU LAID OUT THE, THE MASTER PLAN AT SOME POINT? THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. COUNCILWOMAN, I CAN'T GET YOU EXACTLY THE DATE, BUT IT WASN'T THIS YEAR. OKAY. I JUST, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE PROCESS WAS FOR, FOR THAT. LAURA. LAURA, DO YOU HAVE THE BACKGROUND ON, ON WHEN THOSE CFOS WERE, WERE WERE ALLOCATED OR ASSIGNED OR BUDGETED? I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION. UM, ERIC, I DON'T RECALL THE YEAR, BUT WE ISSUED AN ADDITIONAL, I BELIEVE IT WAS 18 MILLION IN DEBT, UM, THAT IS BEING SERVICED, EXCUSE ME, 2016. IN 2016, WE ISSUED AN ADDITIONAL $18 MILLION IN DEBT TO HELP WITH SETTING THE UTILITIES IN THE, IN THE FLAT WORK IN THE AREA TO SUPPORT THE PARK. OKAY. IS THERE A PLACE ONLINE? I, I KNOW IT WASN'T PART OF OUR PACKET TODAY WHERE WE CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, EXPECTED EXPENSES AND THE DIFFERENT, UH, SOURCES THAT, THAT MONEY WILL BE COMING FROM JUST TO GET OUR HEAD AROUND THE PARK. IT'S VERY EXCITING. IT'S A VERY BIG PROJECT AND, UH, AND I JUST WANNA FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON IT. UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GIVE ME ONE LITTLE PIECE AT A TIME, WELL, 21 MILLION [00:40:01] ISN'T A LITTLE PIECE. UH, THEY ALL SOUND GREAT. I JUST WANNA, UH, BE ABLE TO KEEP IT IN CONTEXT. SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. COUNCILMAN, WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, THAT'S, THAT SHOULD BE DIRECTLY OUT OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL PULL THAT AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT SOURCES, UH, FOR THE PROJECT. MM-HMM. . WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. UM, OMAR, UH, I WAS ON THE H PARK WEBSITE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO READ THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. IT WAS DEVELOPED IN 2012, THOUGH. SO, UH, A A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IS IF SOMETHING HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A STREET CAR AS A PROJECT ANYMORE. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS, UH, SORT OF ONE OF THE ANGLES, UH, THAT WAS, UM, WAS BEING EXPLORED FOR SUSTAINABILITY. AND THE OTHER THING, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS IN THERE, AND SOME OF THEM, I, I BELIEVE, CAN BE RELATED TO HOW THIS PROJECT IS EXECUTED WHEN THE CON, WHEN THE CONTRACTOR EVENTUALLY COMES ON BOARD, UH, IN TERMS OF WATER RETENTION, WHAT YOU DO WITH THE SOILS. SO CAN YOU TELL ME, OR CAN YOU OR ROZY EXPLAIN TO ME HOW SOME OF THOSE, UH, GOALS IN THAT SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THIS R F P PROCESS? COUNCILWOMAN, LET ME START, AND OMAR CAN ADD A MORE DURING THE DESIGN, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE USING RECYCLED WATER FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM. THAT'S ONE THING. SECONDLY, THERE IS A SHALLOW GROUNDWATER TODAY IS PUMPED TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. WE ARE CAPTURING THAT ONE AND USING AS A IRRIGATION SYSTEM. ALSO, IN ADDITION, WE ARE USING L E D LIGHTS. WE HAVE REMOVED SOME OF THE EXISTING FOUNDATION TO CREATE MORE IMPERIAL SOIL FOR WHEN IT'S RAINING, IT CAN WATER CAN PENETRATE THE GROUND. I THINK OMAR CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE ON THAT ONE, OMAR. YEAH, THOSE ARE GREAT RAZZI. WE, WE WE'RE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT WATER, AND IN FACT, UH, CIVIC PARK TELLS THE WATER STORY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND SO THERE'S, UM, THE SHALLOWS, WHICH IS A WATER FEATURE DOWN AT THE SOUTHERN END THAT MIMICS THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT WE FACE HERE IN SOUTH TEXAS AND EDUCATES FOLKS. UM, WE CELEBRATE THE ASEC, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL HAS BOTH A HISTORIC AND A CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND THEN, UH, WE ARE, WE WORK WITH, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY ON LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT, SO ALL THE STREETS FEATURE SORT OF THAT, THAT L I D IF YOU WILL, UH, WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, STORM WATER CAPTURE, CLEANLINESS, AND THEN THE RETURN OF IT TO OUR, OUR WATER SOURCES LIKE THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE LOOK TO DO, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABLE WHERE WE CAN, UM, SOLAR IS A, IS A BIG FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN GET DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, UH, BE PART OF THE GRID. UM, AND, AND, AND THE DESIGNERS WERE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT INCLUDING SUSTAINABILITY IN IT. SO YES. GREAT, GREAT QUESTIONS AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN METHODS TO DISCOVER MORE WAYS TO DO THINGS IN THE GREEN FASHION. UM, SO, SO THE, THE PLAN YOU HAVE ONLINE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S, I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S TREMENDOUS. IT'S EXTREMELY THOROUGH, AND I'M GLAD THAT THAT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, OF ALL OF THIS CONCEPT CON CONCEPTUALIZING AND, AND PLANNING. UH, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO UPDATE THAT? WE WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL DO IT ON A BLOCK BY BLOCK WAY. SO RIGHT NOW, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT KIND OF FORMED THE BASIS ON, ON A MASTER PLAN ISSUE. AND THEN THAT'S USED TO INFORM, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN OF CIVIC PARK. AND THEN BLOCK BY BLOCK AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, WITH TOWER PARK AND WITH THE P THREES, WE WILL, WE'D LOOK TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL A REPORT. OH, OKAY. BUT THERE'S NO PLANS TO UPDATE THE A REPORT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL NEED TO, UM, BUT YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL STUDY IT AGAIN AND SEE IF WE NEED TO, BUT WE, WE LIKE IT MORE USING IT AS AN IMPLEMENTATION BASIS, UH, BLOCK BY BLOCK. SURE. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THAT, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT UNBUNDLING PARKING, WHICH I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT. I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS, UH, PUT THAT IN THERE. UH, BUT YOU DID, YOU DID MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING 10,000 PEOPLE AT AN EVENT, WHICH IS A VERY EXCITING EVENT. UH, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR 10,000 PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS DOWNTOWN. SO I'M, I'M WONDERING WHAT ELSE CONCURRENTLY, WHAT OTHER MEASURES ARE GOING ON TO TRY TO, UM, THAT I GUESS, ACCOMMODATE THAT CROWD WITH OR WITHOUT ALL THEIR VEHICLES? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I KNOW SAN ANTONIO IS STILL VERY AUTOMOBILE RELIANT. UM, THERE [00:45:01] ARE 26,000 PARKING SPACES DOWNTOWN. UM, WE INTEND TO BUILD MORE PARKING, UM, AGAIN, DOING IT WITH A SUSTAINABLE LENS SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST A GARAGE, BUT IT'S A GARAGE THAT'S WRAPPED WITH OTHER USES. AND THEN WE ENCOURAGE ALL OTHER TYPES OF MOBILITY. SO WE'VE GOT SCOOTER STATIONS, UH, WE HAVE THREE BCYCLE STATIONS. WE HAVE, UH, NUMEROUS PLACES FOR FOLKS TO, TO HAVE A, A BIKE RACK WE JUST IMPLEMENTED. IT MAY BE SOME OF THE FIRST, BUT, UH, THEIR 15 MINUTE LOADING ZONE. AND THEY'RE REALLY DESIGNED FOR FOLKS TO TAKE, UM, UH, TNCS, THE, YOU KNOW, UBER, LYFT, UH, PICK UP, DROP OFF FOLKS, AS WELL AS IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOOD, UH, THE, THE, THE FOOD DELIVERY VEHICLES CAN USE THOSE AS WELL. UM, AND THEN IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT WALKING AREA. AND SO, UH, I THINK PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE NICE WEATHER THAT WE'VE HAD RECENTLY, YOU JUST GET A TON OF PEOPLE, UH, WALKING DO, AND, AND THE WEATHER'S NICE. YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN WALK FOR 20, 25 MINUTES AND, YOU KNOW, COVER A MILE AND A HALF AND NOT EVEN SWEAT. AND SO WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO GET OUTTA THEIR CAR AND, AND, AND, AND DO SOME HEALTHY ACTIVITIES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS FOR THE BREAKDOWN ON WHERE OUR, THE USERS OF THE PARK ARE COMING FROM. THAT'S, UH, IN INSIGHTFUL. COULD YOU, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE HOW MANY OF THE VISITORS ARE NOT FROM SAN ANTONIO? ABOUT 15%. SO 85% ARE FROM A 7 8 2 AREA, UH, ZIP CODE SEVEN, EIGHT, THE ZIP CODE THAT STARTS WITH 7, 8 2, SORRY, . ALRIGHT, SO PRETTY CLOSE. PRETTY CLOSE. SAN ANTONIO, ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN THE GREATER AREA. YOU'RE WELCOME. MM-HMM. . THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, OMAR. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. UM, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN TO THE PARK AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS HOW MUCH I HAVE LOVED IT, UH, OVER THE YEARS. UM, BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS GOING ON WITH, UM, ADDITIONS TO, UH, SOME RESTAURANTS AND THEN ADDITION TO GREEN SPACE. AND SO, UM, I, I GUESS THIS IS THE, THE CIVIC PARK THAT'S BEHIND. I GUESS, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PART, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR BEHIND ARE YOU OR ARE YOU SO FAR OFF SCHEDULE? WELL, WE, UH, SO IT WAS ALWAYS DESIGNED WHEN THE, UH, CONVENTION CENTER, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WEST END WAS DEMOLISHED. IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE A PLACE TO HOST THE N C A FINAL FOUR. AND SO THAT HAPPENED IN 2018. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, AT THE END OF 2018 IS WHEN WE CELEBRATED THE TRICENTENNIAL, UH, CELEBRATIONS. AND SO, UH, SO IT WAS PURPOSEFUL THAT WE WOULDN'T, UH, REALLY GET CONSTRUCTION STARTED UNTIL 2019. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 18 MONTHS DELAYED FROM WHEN WE ANTICIPATED STARTING. UM, SO 18 MONTHS DELAYED. AND, AND I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT SO FAR OFF FROM CITY HALL, UM, WHICH WE HAD HOPED TO GET INTO, UH, A YEAR AGO, UM, BUT I, I GUESS I JUST, UM, I, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED WHEN WE HAVE REALLY, UM, VERY LARGE VISIONS FOR PROJECTS. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S OFTEN WHEN THEY GET DELAYED. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE PHASED IN APPROACH, UH, SEEMS TO BE THE, UM, SORT OF THE BEST WAY, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT SO FAR OFF TRACK. AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M, I I THINK SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED, AS, YOU KNOW, AS I UNDERSTAND. I THINK I TRIED TO GO TO ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS CLOSED. BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S STILL REALLY WORTH THE INVESTMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS TAKING LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, BUT WHO COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED SOMETHING LIKE COVID? UH, SO I, I, I THINK WE'RE DOING IT JUST, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST FINE, UH, GIVEN THE BIG PRICE TAG, THE BIG VISION. UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DEAL WITH A PANDEMIC. SO KEEP, KEEP ON, UM, KEEP ON TRACK AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT ALL PRESENTED, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT, UM, I, I, I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN THESE KIND OF PROJECTS FOR OUR CITY. I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN WE USED TO GO ALL THE TIME, WE ALWAYS SAW PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER. AND SO HAVING THAT CIVIC PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY WHEN WE CAN HAVE BIG EVENTS AND BIG CONCERTS. AND, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE, UM, VIA THE WEST COAST CELEBRATION THERE, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC. SO WE LOOK [00:50:01] FORWARD TO DOING THOSE. AND, UH, SO JUST, JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. UM, I KNOW TAMPERING OUR OWN EXPECTATIONS, UM, IS ALSO PART OF IT. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UH, I REALLY WANNA JUST, UH, THANK, UM, OMAR AND, AND ALL THE, UH, TEAM OVER THERE. UM, EVERY TIME THAT I, UH, VISIT YOU ALL, Y'ALL ARE, ARE, ARE WONDERFUL. UM, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ADULT CHA, UH, CHANGING, UH, DIAPER CHANGING STATIONS. I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, UM, BEFORE. UM, I JUST WANNA ALSO JUST, UH, LET YOU ALL KNOW, UM, I HAVE HEARD FROM, FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND YOU MENTIONED, UM, AFFORDABILITY AS, AS FAR AS VENDORS, BUT I HAVE HEARD SOME CONCERNS AND, UM, ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY OF, OF SOME OF THE, UM, UH, THE VENDORS, THE RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA. SO, UM, MAYBE OFFLINE WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY CONCEPT, BUT I JUST, UH, NEEDED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT I, UH, I, I LET YOU ALL KNOW TODAY, BUT YOU WILL HAVE MY SUPPORT. I THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. I LOVE THE ART INSTALLATIONS. I LOVE THAT KIDS ARE ALWAYS HAPPY, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL AT THE PARK. UM, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE THE PARENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. AND SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND, AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. HI, OMAR, GREAT TO SEE YOU. UH, I'M GLAD WE ARE AT THIS POINT. AND YES, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CIVIC PARK AND WITH ALL OF THIS THAT WE'RE DOING, IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME COMING. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I DO WANT TO CONCUR WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER V GARCIA WITH, UM, THE COST OF, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT THERE, UM, AND THE AFFORDABILITY OF IT, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY BIGGEST, TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, ONE OF MY BIGGEST CRITICISMS THAT I ALWAYS HAD WITH HEMISPHERE WAS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITY WAS, UM, PAYING HEMISPHERE THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. AND THAT HAS STOPPED NOW, I BELIEVE IT'S TWO BUDGET CYCLES NOW. YOU ALL ARE NO LONGER, UM, BEING FUNDED BY THE CITY, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT. AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE MET THAT. AND SO NOW WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT IS THE OCCUPANCY RATE AT THE 68? DO YOU KNOW, OMAR? I DO. UH, IT IS JUST OVER 80% AND ALL OF THE, UM, ALL OF THE UNITS THAT ARE DESIGNED AS A WORKFORCE HOUSING, THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN OCCUPIED. SO IT'S JUST THE REMAINING, UH, MARKET RATE HOUSING THAT, UH, THAT IS AVAILABLE. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW. UM, THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. I, I'M JUST SAYING YES, YES. LET'S, UH, MOVE FORWARD. WE, WE'VE BEEN NEEDING THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, UH, AND I, I SHARE MY COLLEAGUES' OPTIMISM, AND, AND OMAR ABOUT THE PROJECT. UM, THIS CAME, UH, THROUGH A LOT OF VISION, A LOT OF WORK. WE KNOW, UH, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, HOW MANY MOUNTAINS HAD TO MOVE TO MAKE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF HEMISPHERE A REALITY, UH, AT LEAST ON PAPER. UH, AND AS WE GET CLOSER, THE FACT THAT IT WILL SURVIVE A PANDEMIC AND MULTIPLE ECONOMIC, UM, INFLECTION POINTS, UH, SHOULD COME AS, AS NO SURPRISE, UH, THIS PROJECT IS, IS MUCH TOO IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UM, UH, TO NOT SEE THROUGH TO FRUITION. SO THANK YOU, ROSIE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING THE PROGRESS AS IT COMES TO COUNCIL. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, OMAR, FOR BEING HERE. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ERIC, BACK TO YOU FOR ITEM TWO. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE SECOND ITEM [2. 21-1546 Pre-Solicitation Briefing for Management of Towing Services for the City of San Antonio. [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; William McManus, Chief of Police, Police Department]] IS ANOTHER PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING ON THE MANAGEMENT OF TOWING SERVICES. THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES, UH, POLICE DIRECTED TOWING FOR VEHICLES OF, OF ARRESTED DRIVERS, VEHICLES DAMAGED IN ACCIDENTS, UM, OR VEHICLES INVOLVED IN EVIDENCE, UM, UM, AND, UH, UH, POTENTIAL CRIMES. SO THE CURRENT, UH, TOWING SERVICES CONTRACT BEGAN IN 2015. IT EXPIRES, UH, AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. LATER ON THIS YEAR, VEHICLES ARE TOWED, UH, TO OUR VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITY, THE, THE GR AND IMPOUND LOT THAT, UH, UH, WE HAVE A, A SEPARATE, UH, CONTRACT CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE GR AND IMPOUND LOT. UM, AND, AND JUST TO DISTINGUISH, AND, UH, RICK [00:55:01] WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THAT AGREEMENT, UH, UM, WITH THAT CONTRACTOR PROVIDES FOR THE INTAKE STORAGE RELEASE AND, AND AUCTIONING OF IMPOUNDED, UH, VEHICLES. UH, AS I MENTIONED, THAT'S A SEPARATE CONTRACT, AND THAT CONTRACT EXPIRES IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. AND SO, WHILE THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS, ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION, AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OVER THE, OVER, OVER THE YEARS, THERE IS A RELATED ISSUE, UH, REGARDING, UM, JB SSA'S INTEREST IN ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY WHERE THE VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITY IS LOCATED. SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE TOWING SERVICES CONTRACT, UH, WHICH WILL SERVE AS A PRECURSOR TO THE RELEASE OF, UH, OF A POTENTIAL R F P LATER ON THIS YEAR. UH, CHIEF MCMANUS IS GONNA INTRO THIS ITEM ITEM, AND THEN, UH, RICK RILEY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, WILL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. CHIEF. THANK YOU, ERIC. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING PRES SOLICITATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TOWING SERVICES AND WILL SERVE AS A FIRST STEP, UH, TO THE RELEASE OF AN R F P. SO, I'LL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF BACKGROUND OF SAP'S TOW MANAGEMENT SERVICES. UH, COULD YOU BRING THE, COULD YOU BRING THE, UH, FIREPOINT UP PLEASE? CAN YOU HEAR THAT? THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO OUR CURRENT CONTRACT IS WITH UNITED ROAD VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, OR, OR AS I'LL CALL IT, UNITED ROAD TOWING FOR, FOR SHORT. IT'S A FOUR, UH, FOUR YEAR TERM WITH ONE ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR TERM, AND IT BEGAN IN DECEMBER OF 2015 AND EXPIRES IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. SO THERE ARE, UH, A NUMBER OF TOW CON TO, UH, UH, WRECKER OPERATORS THAT CON SUBCONTRACT WITH, UH, UNITED ROAD TOWING. AND THEY'RE LISTED, UH, ON THE SLIDE HERE. AND THEN ON THE VERY BOTTOM, LAST DOT POINT, UH, THERE IS THE DISPATCH COMPANY THAT, UH, WE ALSO CONTRACT WITH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SCOPE OF SERVICES PROVIDED IN OUR CURRENT CONTRACT. SO THERE'S THREE OCCASIONS OR A COMBINATION OF ANY ONE OF THOSE THREE THAT WILL GET YOUR CAR TOWED BY, UH, UNITED ROAD TOWING. SO THAT IS, UH, IF YOU ARE ARRESTED AS A DRIVER, UH, YOUR VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE BEHIND THE WHEEL, UH, A VEHICLE THAT'S THAT'S DAMAGED IN AN ACCIDENT TO THE POINT WHERE IT CANNOT BE DRIVEN. UH, THEY'RE ALSO TOWED AWAY AND VEHICLES THAT ARE SEIZED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS EVIDENCE, AND AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED IN HIS OPENING REMARKS, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR TOWING MANAGEMENT AND IMPOUND SERVICES. SO ONCE THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN TO THE STORAGE FACILITY, THAT SECOND CONTRACT KICKS IN AND IT'S WITH E'S WRECKER SERVICE. AND ONCE IT ARRI, ONCE THE CAR ARRIVES ON THE, ON THE SCENE OF THE FACILITY, THEY TAKE CARE OF INTAKE STORAGE AND THE RELEASE OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES. THEY HANDLE THE WEEKLY AUCTIONS FOR ABANDONED VEHICLES, AND THEN THEY HANDLE MAINTENANCE ON THE PROPERTY. UH, RICK, UH, YOU'RE UP. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF, UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. AS ERIC MENTIONED, MY NAME'S RICK RILEY, AND I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR S A P D. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS, UH, BOTH THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF JUST MENTIONED, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR THE TOWING AND THEN ONE FOR THE IMPOUNDING OF VEHICLES THAT THE CITY HAS. INTERESTINGLY, THOUGH, THOSE TWO CONTRACTS ARE INTERRELATED BECAUSE TOWED VEHICLES, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, ARE TOWED TO THE GROUND AND IMPOUND FACILITY. UH, RECENTLY J B S A HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN ACQUIRING THE GRODEN PROPERTY. AND IN RESPONSE TO THIS INTEREST, THE CITY IS CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY, UH, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S POSSIBLE TO RELOCATE THE IMPOUND FACILITY. THAT STUDY SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, AND NEITHER, UH, A LOCATION, UH, HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED FOR THAT NEW FACILITY AS OF YET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, TODAY I'M GONNA OUTLINE THE PRES SOLICITATION FOR THE SELECTION OF A TOW MANAGER THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUBCONTRACTING WITH LICENSED TOW COMPANIES TO PROVIDE WRECKER SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND TO ENSURE A RESPONSE TIME OF 20 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAYS AND 25 MINUTES ON SURFACE STREETS. AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, FROM THE SLIDE, THE, [01:00:01] THE CAPABILITIES THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR IN THIS CONTRACT INCLUDE DISPATCH RECORDS AND REPORTS. THOSE INCLUDE MONTHLY REPORTS, UH, BY CURRENTLY BY U R V M S, WHO'S THE CURRENT TOW MANAGER, UH, THAT SPELLS OUT THE NUMBER OF TOES, THE AMOUNT OF FEES, UH, KEEPS TRACK OF THE BADGING OF ITS DRIVERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE LICENSED. UH, TOW TRUCK DRIVERS AUDITS. UH, U R V M S PERFORMS QUARTERLY AUDITS, AND THEN THE CITY PERFORMS A YEARLY AUDIT, UH, TO DETERMINE THE PERFORMANCE RATING OF U R V M S, UH, ALSO, UH, TO KEEP TRACK TO ENSURE THAT THE, THAT THE SUBCONTRACTED TOW TRUCK DRIVERS ARE STATE LICENSED TOW DRIVERS. AND THEN, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE TOW MANAGEMENT COMPANY CAN, UH, KEEP UP ESTABLISHED RESPONSE TIMES, WHICH ENSURE THAT ROADWAYS ARE CLEAR AND, UH, CITIZEN AND OFFICER SAFETY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE, UH, OVERVIEW. IT'S GONNA BE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. UH, THE ESTIMATED VALUE IS JUST OVER $45 MILLION GROSS RECEIPTS TO THE CONTRACTOR. THE CITY REVENUE WOULD BE 1.7. THE CITY RECEIVES $7 ON EVERY TOW. UH, CURRENTLY THE PROPOSAL IS TO DO A SIMILAR TERM AS TO THE, UH, EXISTING CONTRACT. SO ONE FOUR YEAR TERM WITH A TWO YEAR RENEWAL OPTION. AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, THE CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRES IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SOME OF THE KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TOW MANAGER ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS SLIDE. UH, THEY INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT OF TRAFFIC, INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND HAZMAT CLEANUP. SO THAT'S THE ONSITE AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH, UH, D P S IN THEIR TRAFFIC, UH, INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO ENSURE THAT TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO FLOW. CURRENTLY, UH, THE MANAGEMENT OF FIVE LOCAL SUBCONTRACTORS, THOSE ARE THE FOUR CONTRACT COMPANIES, TOWING CONTRACT COMPANIES, THE CHIEF MENTIONED, PLUS THE DISPATCH COMPANY, THE BIANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE TO TOW TRUCKS AND THE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT THAT ARE USED BY THE TOW TRUCKS AND HEAVY DUTY TOWS. UH, THOSE INSPECTIONS TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY AND JULY EVERY YEAR. AND THEN THE, UH, LAST ONE IS TO MAINTAIN THE, UH, COST AT UNDER THE CITY ORDINANCE MAXIMUM, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS $177 PER TOW. CURRENTLY, UH, POLICE DIRECTED TOWS ARE $175 PER TOW FOR LIGHT DUTY, AND THAT INCREASE OCCURRED IN 2018 AND HASN'T BEEN INCREASED SINCE THAT TIME. UH, CHIEF THE NEXT SLIDE IS YOURS, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, RICK. UM, SO SS A P D HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR RESPONSE TIMES OF THE TOW COMPANIES, AND, UH, UH, MR. RILEY MENTIONED IT'S FOR THE SAFETY OF THE OFFICER, GET THEM BACK INTO SERVICE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND, UH, SAFETY OF THE, UH, PERSON WHOSE CAR IS BROKEN DOWN. SO THE, THE, UM, FOR HIGHWAY TOWS, THE REQUIRED ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL IS 20 MINUTES FOR CITY TOWS IS 25 MINUTES, AND THEN FOR HEAVY DUTY TOWS, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT BESIDES THE RECORD THAT HAS TO, UH, BE TAKEN TO THE SCENE, THAT'S ABOUT 45 MINUTES. AND THE, THE COMPANY HAS, UM, UH, COME IN WELL BELOW THOSE REQUIRED, UH, ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL, UH, WITH 14 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY, 12 MINUTES ON THE CITY STREETS, AND 29 MINUTES FOR HEAVY DUTY TOES. UH, RICK, THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, COUNSEL AND, AND MAYOR, I, I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS SLIDE HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM THE SLIDE DECK THAT YOU WERE GIVEN ON MONDAY, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO THE NUMBER OF VENDORS TO BE NOTIFIED. AND, AND I'LL COVER THAT AS PART OF THE OUTREACH, UH, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE BEST RESPONSIBLE, THE, THE BEST POSSIBLE RESPONSES TO THE R F P. UH, THE CITY HAS LISTED ITS N I G P CODES THERE OF TOWING SERVICES, FLEET MANAGEMENT, AND DISPATCHING. AS I MENTIONED, THE NUMBER OF VENDORS HAS CHANGED. THE CENTRAL VENDOR REGISTRY, WHICH REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF VENDORS REGISTERED IN THE CITY THAT CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES SPELLED OUT IN THE N I G P CODES IS 53. THE VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS, UH, POOL IS 123, AND THAT IS NOT LIMITED GEOGRAPHICALLY. SO WE CAN GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND THE STATE. AND THEN TARGETED VENDOR OUTREACH IS THREE. UH, THOSE REFLECT, UH, EITHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BID ON THE TOW MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST WITH CITY PURCHASING, UH, TO PURSUE THAT CONTRACT ADVERTISING OVER THE AIRWAYS VIA CHANNEL 21 ON THE COASTAL WEBSITE, AND THEN EXPRESS NEWS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A WIDE AND VARIED EVALUATION TEAM, INCLUDING MEMBERS FROM THE CITY. AND, UH, [01:05:01] THE LAST MEMBER THERE YOU'LL SEE IS FROM TDOT. UH, HE IS AN OUTSIDE PRESENCE THAT IS THE OPERATIONAL MANAGER FOR, UH, THE TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM IN THE SOUTH TEXAS REGION. SO WE FELT IT IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE HIM, UH, AS AN EXTRA SET OF EYES TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE RESPONDENTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS SLIDE SPELLS OUT THE SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS. UH, YOU'LL SEE THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THERE. UH, EXPERIENCE BACKGROUND, PROPOSED PLAN, ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH VETERANS, UH, SMALL OWNED BUSINESS, THE VETA REQUIREMENTS. UH, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE VETA REQUIREMENTS, UH, CURRENTLY 79.7% OF THE REVENUE GOES TO SMALL BUSINESSES, 7% TO THE CITY, AND THEN U R V M S TAKES THE OTHER 12.3%. SO OUR GOAL IS TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT TYPE OF SPLIT AS WE LOOK AT, UH, MEETING SUB BETA REQUIREMENTS GOING FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS SLIDE SPELLS OUT THE PROJECT TIMELINE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE WILL BE THE R F P RELEASE IN EARLY MARCH. AND THEN, UH, POST SOLICITATION BRIEF IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE WITH, UH, FULL CONSIDERATION TO THE COUNCIL, UH, IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN SUMMARY, UH, THE CITY IS SEEKING A RESPONDENT TO PROVIDE THE MANAGEMENT OF POLICE DIRECTED TOWING SERVICES, INCLUDING DISPATCH RECORDS AND REPORTS, AUDITS, UTILIZATION OF LOCAL TOLL COMPANIES, AND MAINTAINING OF THE RESPONSE TIMES THAT WE CURRENTLY SEE. THIS CONCLUDES MY BRIEF PENDING YOUR QUESTIONS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, RICK AND, UH, CHIEF, UH, WE'LL GET INTO DISCUSSION NOW. WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, I I I WANNA JUST LAY DOWN AS A PREDICATE TO MY, UH, MY, MY COMMENTS THAT I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THESE TWO CONTRACTS COME UP, UM, THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS, UM, A LOT OF JOCKEYING FOR POSITION BY LOCAL COMPANIES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS GONNA GET LOBBIED. AND, UM, AND, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INPUT. MY, MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN, UM, IS THAT I, I, I'M LESS ENTHUSED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SUB BETA SUBCONTRACTING. I'M MORE LOOKING FOR, UM, LOCAL AND MINORITY OWNED, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS TEAMING, UM, FOR THE PRIME, UH, UH, CONTRACTOR IN THIS, IN, IN, IN THIS CON, YOU KNOW, IN THIS R F P, THE WAY WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE POINTS INCLUDE, OR EVEN A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY TEAM WITH A LOCAL COMPANY. I MEAN, THERE'S LOCAL WOMEN-OWNED DISPATCH COMPANIES HERE, PROBABLY DO THE WORK THAT WE WANNA FARM OUT TO SOMEBODY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. AND SO, CAN I HEAR FROM, FROM, UH, FROM YOU CHIEF FOR, OR YOU, RICK, AS FAR AS YOUR REACTION TO THAT PROPOSAL THAT WE, THAT WE MAKE TEAMING, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH A LOCAL, UH, BUSINESS A REQUIREMENT? CAN WE DO THAT, ANDY? I DON'T KNOW. I CAN ANSWER THAT CHIEF. SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, IS YES, SIR. UH, IN FACT, UH, THE DISPATCH COMPANY RIGHT NOW, CARS IS A WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, A LOCAL ONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT APPROACH TO TEAMING WITH THE PRIME CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE THAT CAPABILITY, IF YOU WILL. NOW, IS IT SUBBED OR ARE THEY A PARTICIPATORY, I MEAN, ARE THEY, ARE THEY A SIGNATORY TO THE CONTRACT? THEY ARE SUBBED TO THE PRIME, SIR. YEAH, SO I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THEM TEAMING WITH THE PRIME AS OPPOSED TO SOUTHERN. RIGHT. OKAY. I, I FEEL, I, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TOWING CONTRACTS THAT WE DON'T ACT LIKE IT. AND I, AND WHEN I FIRST SAW THE, THE PROPOSAL, I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT FEELS REALLY ALMOST CONDESCENDING, RIGHT? LIKE, WE HAVE TO BRING IN A NATIONAL TO MANAGE OUR FIVE LOCALS. UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T TRUST THE FIVE LOCALS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT THEMSELVES. WHEN WE KNOW THAT WHAT THESE NATIONALS DO IS THEY JUST SUB IT OUT ENTIRELY TO THE LOCAL, RIGHT? AND SO I DON'T, I MEAN, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, UM, THAT THE, THE NATIONALS DON'T ADD VALUE, BUT I MEAN, WE DID IT WITH THE AIRPORT, WE'VE DONE IT WITH THE BARGES, WE'VE DONE IT WITH SOME OTHER CONTRACTS WHERE TEAMING AS OPPOSED TO JUST SUBBING IS ENCOURAGED, RIGHT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ANDY, DO YOU WANNA TO THAT, BECAUSE I, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M HITTING MY TARGET HERE. I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT NO, NO, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. I JUST WANTED TO PIPE YES. THERE'S NO LEGAL PROHIBITION TO DOING THAT, COUNCILMAN, AS LONG AS WE MAKE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS CLEAR UPFRONT. YEAH. AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COLLEAGUES TO, YOU KNOW, UM, [01:10:02] I, I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR A REACTION TO THAT, WHICH IS, I THINK WE'RE GROWNUP CITY, AND I THINK THE LOCAL COMPANIES ARE GROWN UP COMPANIES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TREATING THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE PAST, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE IN CORPUS CHRISTI OR LAREDO, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED, RIGHT? BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE BIG BOYS AND BIG GIRLS HERE, UM, AND OUR LOCAL COMPANIES CAN STEP UP AND WE CAN PUT THEM IN POSITIONS. SO WHERE ONE DAY THEY'LL BE IN NATIONAL COMPANY, RIGHT? BUT IF JUST, IF WE JUST KEEP THEM AS SUBS, THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN. UM, THEY'LL JUST BE LOCAL COMPANIES, RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S LOCAL COMPANIES HERE WHO ASPIRE TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG PLAYERS SO THAT THEY CAN BID ON THESE, YOU KNOW, MEGA CONTRACTS IN OTHER CITIES. AND I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT THEM IN POSITIONS TO, TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. ANYWAY, THOSE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. LET ME, LET ME ADD A LITTLE BIT, UH, MAYOR, EXCUSE ME. UM, TO, YOU KNOW, THIS, THESE CONTRACTS, TO YOUR POINT, HAVE, UH, EVOLVED OVER TIME, SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS SERVICE. AND, AND, AND WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE, UM, SOLICITING FOR SOMEONE TO MANAGE THE TOWING SERVICES. WE'VE GONE FROM A MONOPOLY WITH ONE COMPANY TO DIVIDING THE CITY UP INTO, INTO QUADRANTS AND HIRING AND, AND CON AND CONTRACTING WITH FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS. AND WE'VE EVOLVED TO THIS MANAGEMENT THEORY. AND, AND AS WE WENT THROUGH THE LAST SOLICITATION, THERE WERE LOCAL, UM, UM, UH, PROPOSALS. AND SO I'M, I'M HOPING THAT, THAT, UH, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN, WE MAY SEE SOME, SOME DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROPOSALS WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY THEY, THEY, THEY SEE THAT, THAT, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A NICHE HERE TO BE ABLE TO DIRECT AND MANAGE OTHER SUBS, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, TO THEIR BENEFIT AS WELL AS OURS. YEAH. AND, AND, AND I THINK, SO I THINK YOU'RE PICKING UP WHAT I'M LAYING DOWN, ERIC, AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT I, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? I GUARANTEE YOU THESE, ALL THESE TOWING COMPANIES ARE WATCHING US AS WE SPEAK. THIS THING IS GETTING BLASTED OUT BY FACEBOOK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WAY AHEAD OF TIME MY VOTE. YOU KNOW, I'M, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR TEAMING, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN JUST SUBBING. SUBBING IS EASY. TEAMING IS LEADERSHIP, RIGHT? UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TEAM WITH A LOCAL MINORITY OWNED COMPANY OR WOMEN OWNED COMPANY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE OFFERING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND TO, YOU KNOW, BECOME ALMOST AN APPRENTICE TO ONE OF THESE BIGGER SHOPS SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN TO, YOU KNOW, BE ON A DIFFERENT COMPETITIVE LEVEL. SUBBING DOESN'T ACCOMPLISH THAT. SUBBING JUST GIVES THEM A CONTRACT OR A TASK TO WORK ON. I'M LOOKING FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE, UH, WITH THESE BIG CONTRACTS THAT WE DO. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO PUSH SOME OF THESE BIG NATIONALS TO ACCEPT THAT AS A CONDITION, RIGHT? OF, OF DOING BUSINESS. UH, YOU KNOW, IN SAN ANTONIO, I'LL TELL YOU THIS, TEAMING STUFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. CITIES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES DO TEAMING AS A, AS A CONDITION, YOU KNOW, EVEN PRIVATE COMPANIES. UH, TOYOTA, BY THE WAY, ONE OF THEIR, ONE OF THEIR, UH, CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING OUR INCENTIVES WAS THAT THEY HAD TO FIND MINORITY OWNED SUPPLIERS TO TEAM WITH THEIR INTERNATIONAL LEVEL SUPPLIERS, SO THAT EVENTUALLY THE FERNANDO REYES AND ALBERTO GURES AND ALL THAT COULD THEN, YOU KNOW, GROW UP TO BE THE KINDS OF COMPANIES THAT CAN BID ON THESE MEGA CONTRACTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND IT SUCCEEDED. IT WORKED. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT SOME, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND ON, UH, YOU KNOW, ON A CONTRACT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. SO ANYWAY, I'M BEATING A DEAD HORSE. I THINK YOU GUYS GOT IT. THANK YOU GUYS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLI, UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UM, TO COUNCILMAN ELIAS'S POINT, I THINK THAT WE HAVE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, MAYBE, UM, REENVISION, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS CONTRACT EXPIRES IN, IN THIS, UH, THIS YEAR. I KNOW THAT THE OTHER CONTRACT, UM, WITH EXPIRES IN 2023. AND COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I HAVE BEEN, UM, TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND IN FACT, UM, I HAD REQUESTED A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO BE CONDUCTED OVER THE SUMMER, AND THAT'S, UH, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON. AND, AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON IN, IN, IN THE SUMMER. THE REASON THAT I ASK THAT IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A COMMITMENT AND, AND WE HAVE, UM, ALWAYS BEEN GREAT PARTNERS WITH OUR, OUR MILITARY. AND SO JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, WE'VE COMMITTED TO THEM THAT WE WILL, UM, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND GROW OUR MILITARY MISSIONS. AND SO, UM, THE REASON THAT I ASKED FOR THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE CRITICAL THAT WE CONSIDER A RELOCATION OF THE, UM, VEHICLE IMPOUND FACILITY AND THE PUBLIC WORK STORAGE, UH, FACILITY THAT WE HAVE ON GR AND ROAD IN DISTRICT FOUR. UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT IS, UH, IN, [01:15:01] UM, IT'S, IT'S A CO IT'S, IT'S SHOWING, UM, WHAT WE MEAN, RIGHT BY OUR COMMITMENT TO THEM. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, UM, WITH ACOG AND, UM, THE SA TOMORROW PLAN, ET CETERA. UM, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO REALLY STEP BACK AND, AND, AND RECONSIDER AND, AND SEE HOW IT IS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE MAYBE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT EXISTS, MAYBE MELDING THE TWO CONTRACTS. AND I, I'M SURE COUNCILMAN PERRY WILL WEIGH IN HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M SURE HE WILL, BUT I WANTED TO JUST REMIND, UM, MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN AYA SAID, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT, AT, AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, MAYBE THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE. UM, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR, UM, FROM YOU ALL SPECIFICALLY, UM, WHAT, UH, WHAT IDEAS YOU ALL HAVE TO DO THAT TODAY. AND SO I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING, I WON'T STEAL HIS THUNDER. SO, UM, HE WILL SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE, THE, UM, IDEA. BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD ASKED ABOUT IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ALSO CONTRIBUTE, FOR INSTANCE, INTO THE GOALS IN THE, UH, CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT ARE RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE STORAGE OF THE VEHICLES IN THIS ALREADY VULNERABLE AREA. AND SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ALSO THAT, UM, THIS IS VERY NEAR LEON CREEK. UM, WE NEED TO CONSIDER FUTURE USE, UM, FOR THAT AREA, EXPANSION OF OUR TRAILS, ET CETERA. AND SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND ON COUNCILMAN PALIS, UM, RECOMMENDATION AND, AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE A MERGER OF, OF, OF SOME SORT OF THE CONTRACTS, ET CETERA. UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. UH, MAYOR, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS JUST YET. I'LL CHIME BACK IN IF I DO, BUT IT, IT WAS MORE OF A COMMENTARY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEFING. UH, AS WE LOOK AT THE, THE EFFECTS OF THIS PANDEMIC, UH, ONE TRUTH IS CLEAR. YOU KNOW, MANY FAMILIES ARE LIVING ON A RAZOR'S EDGE, MEANING SOMETHING LIKE A TOWING FEE COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING RENT AND EATING. NOT HAVING THEIR VEHICLE CAN MEAN NOT HAVING ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, TO COMMUTE TO A JOB THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE. UH, GIVEN THAT, UH, WHAT CONSIDERATIONS ARE WE GIVING LOW INCOME AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS WHO MAY HAVE THE MISFORTUNE OF HAVING THEIR CAR TOWED OR IMPOUNDED? ARE THEY REDUCED OR ARE, ARE THERE REDUCED OR NO FEE PROGRAMS FOR GROUPS LIKE LOW INCOME, SINGLE PARENTS, SENIORS, VETERANS, DISABLED FOLKS? RICK, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MUTED, SIR. I DUNNO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TALK. I GOT, I GOT IT. THANKS, JOHN. UH, COUNCILMAN, THERE ARE, ARE NO WRITTEN POLICIES, UH, TO YOUR DIRECT QUESTION AS TO, UH, THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAY NEED HELP. UH, HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY AT THE POUND TO CONSIDER, UH, CASE-BY-CASE BASISES, AND TAKE THOSE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU MENTIONED INTO ACCOUNT IN DECIDING TO EITHER REDUCE OR WAIVE FEES. OKAY. WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO EXAMINE HOW WE CAN BE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE A, A TOWING OR IMPOUND FEE DOESN'T UPEND A FAMILY. AS WE PROCEED WITH, WITH THIS PROCUREMENT, UH, CAN COUNCIL ALSO GET MORE, UH, DETAILED LINE ITEM BREAKDOWN OF HOW CONTRACT FUNDS ARE EXPENDED EXPECTED TO BE SPENT? YES, SIR. OKAY. UH, AND LASTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK I CAN, I CAN GO ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN ELIA'S, UH, POINT ABOUT TEAMING. I THINK THAT IS A, A GREAT SUGGESTION. AND WOULD, UH, AGAIN, REALLY, UH, THE WHOLE POINT OF, OF, OF THESE CONTRACTS, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENTS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL LIKE US, UH, IS TO, TO SEE WHERE WE CAN, UH, INCLUDE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, THAT ARE LOOKING TO GROW. AND, UH, I, I COULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANKS AGAIN. UH, THANKS, COUNCILMAN VIN. UH, COUNCILMAN KERRY. NEXT, SIR. HEY, THANKS, JOHN. UM, YES, UH, THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING A LOOK AT FOR A WHILE NOW. AND, UM, I, I HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA ABOUT, UM, WHAT COULD WE DO TO HELP THE MILITARY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE, WE WERE, UH, TALKING WITH ERIC AND AND MARIA ABOUT, WAS POSSIBLY, UH, EXTENDING THIS CONTRACT AND LINING IT UP WITH THE IMPOUND LOCK CONTRACT SO [01:20:01] THAT WE COULD, UH, COMBINE THOSE TWO CONTRACTS. I MEAN, IT'S ONLY TWO YEARS FROM NOW, UH, COMBINE THOSE TWO CONTRACTS AND, UH, ACTUALLY SAVE THE CITY MONEY BY COMBINING THEM INTO ONE CONTRACT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE, WE DO THE TEAMING, AND WHETHER THERE'S EXPERTISE OUT THERE, THAT KIND OF THING, TO TEAM WITH A PRIME CONTRACTOR, THAT THAT COULD BE DETERMINED DURING THE, THE PROPOSAL PROCESS AND, UH, THE, THE, UM, UM, EVALUATION PROCESS. ALSO, WHETHER THOSE CAPABILITIES EXIST OUT THERE AS COUNCIL. BUT, UH, THE OVERALL CONTRACT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS THAT WE ACTUALLY DELAY THIS CONTRACT SO THAT IT LINES UP WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, IMPOUND LOT CONTRACT ALSO, AND THAT WE GO OUT WITH ONE CONTRACT ONE TIME FOR BOTH OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND, UM, I, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WOULD ACTUALLY BE SAVING MONEY HERE AT THE CITY. AND, UH, WE COULD ALSO, UM, UH, EITHER OFFER SOME DIFFERENT SITES FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO GET SET UP AND MOVE THEM OUT OF THE GROUND AND GATE AREA SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE MILITARY ABOUT, UH, TRANSFERRING THAT, THAT LAND OVER TO J B SS A, UM, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT. WE HAVE A HUGE BIG AIR NATIONAL GUARD, UH, OPERATION THERE, AND PART OF THEIR JOB IS TO, UH, DROP MUNITIONS FROM THEIR F SIXTEENS. THEY CAN'T STORE MUNITIONS THERE AT J B S A, THEY HAVE TO FLY TO ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, UPLOAD THE, UH, TRAINING MUNITIONS AND THEN GO DROP 'EM SOMEWHERE AND THEN, THEN RETURN BACK HOME, WHICH, UH, EXTENDS THEIR TRAINING TIMES. IT EXTENDS THEIR, IT COSTS THEM MORE MONEY, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND IF THEY HAD THE MUNITIONS HERE, IT WOULD MAKE THEIR JOBS EASIER AND MAKE THAT, UH, MISSION A LOT EASIER TO ACCOMPLISH AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY HERE. IT'S A, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A HUGE OPERATION. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, I SUGGEST YOU GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR, UH, INTERNATIONAL GUARD OPERATION AND THE, ALL THE F SIXTEENS THAT THEY HAVE AND, AND THE OPERATIONS THAT THEY DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. BUT THIS WOULD BE ONE WAY THAT WE COULD HELP THEM. UM, 'CAUSE LET'S FACE IT, PUTTING A PROPOSAL TOGETHER COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. THESE CONTRACTORS GO THROUGH A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF EFFORT IN PUTTING A PROPOSAL TOGETHER. AND FOR IT, IF WE COMBINE THESE TWO, IT'S ONLY TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO SPEND THE CITY RESOURCES AND THE CONTRACTORS' RESOURCES FOR LESS THAN TWO YEARS OF A, OF A CONTRACT. SO I'M SAYING, LET'S EXTEND THIS CURRENT CONTRACT AND LINE IT UP WITH THE IMPOUND LOT, UH, CONTRACT. LET'S COMBINE THE TWO AND GO OUT WITH ONE R F P, UH, GET THEM OUT OF THE GRODEN GATE LOCATION WHERE WE CAN WORK WITH THE MILITARY TO, UH, GET THAT LAND TRANSFERRED OVER TO THEM TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS OVER THERE. UM, ERIC, UH, HAVE Y'ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE EVEN WILLING TO DO THAT KIND OF THING, OR MARIA COUNCILMAN? I, I HAVE, UH, WELL, GO AHEAD, MARIA. UH, YOU'RE ON MUTE. UH, COUNCILMAN. OKAY. SO, UH, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, WITH THE CONTRACTOR. UM, BUT I'M, UH, I THINK THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PROBABLY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM. UM, I, I DO, LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, THAT, UM, UH, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION OF THAT, UM, WE DO NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM J B S A, UM, BECAUSE THE OVERRIDING ISSUE, AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, IS THE MOVING OF THE FENCE LINE AT LACKLAND. AND, AND GENERAL AYALA IS ON THE CALL TOO. UM, I, IF, IF, UM, UM, IF WE MOVE THE FENCE LINE OR IF WE, IF WE MOVE THE IMPOUND LOT, THEN, THEN, UH, WE, WE NEED TO GET THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA REQUESTED LAST, UH, FALL DONE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SUMMERTIME, THERE WILL BE AN, OBVIOUSLY AN EXPENSE TO MOVE, UH, THE GROUND AND POUND. UM, I, I SUSPECT THAT AS OUR ONLY FACILITY, UM, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE, NO MATTER WHERE [01:25:01] THE TOW TRUCKS ARE, ARE PICKING UP THE VEHICLES, THEY'RE ALL HAVING TO DRIVE BACK DOWN TO THE LA RIGHT OUTSIDE OF LACKLAND TO, TO UTILIZE THAT, THAT, THAT POUND. SO WE WOULD NEED TO PROBABLY FURTHER OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH J B S A, SO WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR REQUEST IS. UM, UH, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, OR COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA'S POINT IS, UM, WOULD BE, WOULD BE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT, THAT, UM, I WOULD NEED SOME POLICY DIRECTION ON SO THAT WE COULD, UH, MAINTAIN THAT, THAT MILITARY OR ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE MILITARY MISSION OR MAINTAINING THAT MISSION. HEY, ERIC, THIS, THIS CHIEF, UM, THEY ARE WILLING TO EXTEND, SO THE, THE CURRENTLY, UH, TOWING CONTRACT IS WILLING TO EXTEND THE CURRENT, UH, FOR ANOTHER COUPLE YEARS TILL WE GET THIS OTHER R THIS OTHER OUR, UM, REQUIREMENT UNDER OUR BELT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU, CHIEF, UM, GENERAL YAK, CAN YOU, CAN YOU ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT I TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS AND TRY TO, UH, MAKE THAT TRANSFER? SURE. THIS IS A LONG, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL? YEP. SURE. THIS IS A LONG TERM, UH, UH, PROJECT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS, AND, UH, IT'S, UH, MORE THAN THE ONE 49TH FIGHTER WING. IT'S, UH, CALLED THE KELLY FIELD EXPANSION PLAN. AND THE AIR FORCE HAS BEEN TRYING TO, UH, LIKE ERIC WAS SAYING, TO EXPAND THEIR FENCE LINES FOR A COUPLE REASONS. ONE IS BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING NEW UNITS. YOU KNOW, WE GET A, A NEW, UH, SPECIAL OPERATIONS WING WITH ABOUT 350 FOLKS ABOUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SOMETHING THAT WE ADVOCATED FOR STRONGLY. SO IT'S GOING TO, TO FIT SOME OF THEIR, UH, OPERATIONS THEN, UH, AND IT'S ALSO TO CONSOLIDATE SOME AGING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLATFORMS. AND SO THEY NEED THAT, UH, UH, THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT. THEY DON'T WANNA MOVE OUTTA SAN ANTONIO, UH, EXPANDING THE MUNITION, UH, SUPPORT AREA, WHICH WOULD, UH, WHICH IS FOR THE ONE 49TH. UH, THEY NEED THAT PROPERTY, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, FOR SAFETY REASONS, THEY HAVE SPECIAL ARC OR, UH, DISTANCED ARCS, UH, THAT THEY CAN HAVE AMMUNITION IN THAT, THAT HAS TO BE, UH, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FEET, UH, FROM ANY CIVILIAN STRUCTURE. SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S PART OF IT. UH, THE OTHER PIECE I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER, UH, FOR THE MILITARY IS THAT, UH, WE JUST, THE, THE NATIONAL GUARD JUST SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO, TO BE A, UH, A PARTNER WITH THE COUNTRY OF EGYPT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET SOME ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT. THEY HAVE F SIXTEENS TOO, AMERICAN SIXTEENS, UH, AND WE WANT TO BE PREPARED, UH, FOR FUTURE MISSIONS. WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS, UH, TO GET ALL S SIXTEENS SIXTEENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, ONE OF THE AIR FORCE BASES IN UTAH CLOSED DOWN. WE TRIED REALLY HARD FOR A COUPLE YEARS TO GET THOSE AIRCRAFT HERE, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. AND FUTURE MISSIONS, I MEAN, WE REALLY WANT THIS TO GROW, UH, AND, AND, AND NOT TO LEAVE SAN ANTONIO, SO THAT, THAT'S ALL THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EXPANSION, UH, OF THEIR CURRENT FOOTPRINT, CURRENT INSTALLATIONS, AGAIN, SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO FLY TO ARIZONA, WHICH IS WHERE THEY FLY RIGHT NOW, UH, FOR THE EMISSIONS. TAKING A STRATEGIC LOOK AT THIS, UH, REAL QUICKLY, AND, AND I'LL END WITH THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD INSIGHT INTO WHAT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LOOKS AT WHEN THEY LOOK AT A MISSION OR TO A REBASE, OR WE GIVE A COMMUNITY A, A NEW MISSION OR A NEW BASE DURING THE SPACE COMMAND, UH, DRILL THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH. AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT WAS HUGE. AND, UH, SO THIS IS, THIS IS PART OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL MISSIONS HERE. SO I THINK IT'D BE A, A GREAT SIGNAL IN THE PARTNER OF DEFENSE OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT ONLY WILLING, UH, TO ACCEPT EMISSIONS, NOT JUST A BUMPER STICKERS, WE SUPPORT THE MILITARY, BUT WE'RE TAKING TANGIBLE ACTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THAT, UH, THAT THAT TAKES PLACE. UH, I WANNA PLAN TO HAVE THE, THE ONE 49TH, ACTUALLY, THAT SAN ANTONIO BRIEFED THIS KELLY EXPANSION PLAN, AND OUR NEXT, UH, MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE, M T T F, UH, GIVE THE COMMUNITY A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, SO IN CLOSING, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR IS WILLING TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT TO LINE THOSE TWO UP. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS PERFORMANCE METRICS, WE SAW A SLIDE OF THE PERFORMANCE METRICS BEEN WELL, UH, WITHIN THE CRITERIA, DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR US. AND, UM, I, I'D REALLY, REALLY ASK FOR EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT FOR, UM, UH, THE MILITARY AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND SEE [01:30:01] ABOUT LINING THESE TWO CONTRACTS UP, SAVE THEM THE CITY, SOME MONEY IN THE LONG RUN, AND, UH, UM, GET THESE TWO CONTRACTS UNDER 1, 1, 1 BID HERE. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET EVERYBODY'S, UH, CONCURRENCE ON THAT OR, UH, DIRECTION FOR THE CITY STAFF TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND, UH, THANKS TO MY TWO COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THAT PROPOSAL FORWARD AND FOR COUNCILMAN BIZ'S, UH, UH, DIRECTION ON THIS. UH, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S KIND OF AN URGENT DECISION BEFORE WE START WEIGHING IN ON, ON HOW THE, HOW THE REST OF THE R F P BID PROCESS GOES. SO, ERIC, COULD YOU GIVE ME A, COULD YOU PROVIDE A SENSE OF WHEN WOULD THAT DECISION BE MADE? UH, WHAT, WHEN WOULD WE RECONVENE TO DISCUSS THAT? WELL, I, I THINK BASED ON THE COMMENTS SO FAR, I, UM, THE, THE STAFF, UM, AT POLICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, GENERAL ALA, UM, WE WOULD NEED TO GATHER UP, UM, AND KIND OF DEVELOP, UM, SOME PROPOSED OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL IF WE MOVE FORWARD, AS I, AS I SAID A SECOND AGO, IF, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, AND COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA REFERRING TO, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT. WE HAVE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO MOVE THAT PROPERTY, UH, MOVE POUND, MOVE THE POUND, UH, WE WILL NEED TO BUDGET FOR IT AND, AND FIND PROPERTY. UM, WE CAN'T DO THIS AND, AND KEEP GROUNDING AT THE SAME PLACE. UM, THAT'S THE, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE BIG ISSUE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DETERMINE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'D NEED TO, WE'D BE MAKING THAT COMMITMENT TO THE MILITARY. UH, AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE'RE PURSUING THIS, UH, CONTRACTUAL OPTION. UM, SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME, SOME TIME IN SHORT ORDER. YOU SAW THE SCHEDULE THAT, THAT RICK PRESENTED, THE CONTRACT ENDS AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ISSUING, UH, THE R F P, I THINK WE ON MARCH 1ST. UM, SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO THAT HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL. OKAY. AND, AND, SORRY, COULD YOU ALSO QUICKLY REMIND ME, UH, THE LANIS CONTRACT? I MEAN, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT PO THE TOWING CONTRACT FOR TWO YEARS BECAUSE THE GRIN CONTRACT IS, UH, I GUESS IT HAS TWO MORE YEARS ON IT. UM, YEAH, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S NEGOTIABLE TOO, LIKE IS IT, GO AHEAD. WELL, I, THERE, UM, WOULD, WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS DESCRIBING OR PROPOSING WAS US LOOKING AT ACTUALLY JUST HAVING ONE CONTRACT FOR, I THINK, MANAGEMENT OF TOWING SERVICES, AND THEN THE OPERATION. I THINK THAT'S ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT THE STAFF WOULD NEED TO, WOULD NEED TO DO TO GIVE YOU, UH, THE COUNCIL SOME, THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT. UM, BUT WHETHER OR NOT, UM, UH, WE, WE LINE THEM UP, EVEN IF, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T DO THEM IN ONE CONTRACT, THE, THE BUSINESS CASE, THE BUSINESS PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET FROM TOW COMPANIES, UM, IS GONNA BE IMPACTED DEPENDING ON WHERE THE LOT IS AT. IF THEY'RE HAVING TO DRIVE, UM, ALL FROM, FROM WHEREVER IN THE CITY TO ONE LOCATION, THEN, THEN I WOULD GUESS IF I WAS A TOW COMPANY, I WOULD BUILD IN THAT EXPENSE INTO MY PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY SET THE RATES. UM, THE IDEA IN THE RA IN THE, IN THE, IN THIS R F P FOR TOWING SERVICES, TO COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S POINT, THE IDEA IS THAT WE WANT THAT RATE CHARGED TO PEOPLE TO BE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. WE DON'T WANT IT HIGH. UM, THE, THE WAY THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS SET, THE, THE CITY GETS $7, AND THE BALANCE OF THAT IS FOR THE, THE CONTRACTOR. SO WE WOULD NEED TO KIND OF LOOK AND SEE WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT. I WILL SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF TOWING CONTRACTS. UM, WE WANT, WE WANT COMPETITION, AND WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE MONOPOLIES. UH, I, I THINK THE CITY'S LIVED THROUGH THAT, SO WE WOULD NEED TO WAIT THROUGH THAT. UM, RICK, ARE THERE, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE ESE CONTRACT IN 2023, SEPTEMBER OF 2023, AND THERE ARE NO EXTENSIONS. IT ENDS AT THAT POINT. THERE'S ONE EXTENSION, UH, OPTION RENEWAL FOR TWO YEARS, SIR, JUST LIKE, UH, ON THE TOWING CONTRACT. OKAY. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU ERIC. UH, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, WHICHEVER WAY THIS R F P ENDS UP GOING, [01:35:01] UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR PD TO PROVIDE A, A SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED AND NEED TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLES TOWED ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS? UH, AND NUMBER TWO, THE TXDOT, AND WE HELPED FUND THIS RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM CALLED HIGHWAY EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATOR. HOW WILL THAT AFFECT OUR TOWING OPERATIONS? OKAY. AND THEN IN, IN TERMS OF THE ARREST AND, AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO, WHO CAN'T DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES HOME, I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE IS, UH, JUST MAKING IT A POLICY THAT WE ALLOW THOSE FOLKS TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE COME AND PICK UP THAT CAR FOR THEM. UH, WE KNOW WE'RE HAVING THIS WHOLE, WELL, OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL, THERE'S A WHOLE CONVERSATION ON CASH BAIL AND, UH, AND THE, THE SPIRAL THAT THAT MIGHT CREATE FOR, FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. SO, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT AT A LATER POINT. AND THEN, UM, LASTLY TO THAT'S THE OFFICER, THEY MAY HAVE TO BE THERE. I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST A MISTAKE. I GOT IT, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. OH, OKAY. NO PROBLEM. AND TO COUNCILMAN ELIA'S POINT, UM, YEAH, I, I HONESTLY THINK EVERY, EVERY CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UH, I KNOW THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. WE'RE ABOUT TO CONSIDER SOME CHARTER, A AMENDS LANGUAGE THAT ADDRESSES THAT WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS TAX PROPOSAL APPROVED BY, BY THE VOTERS THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY LOCALLY. UH, BUT ALSO AS AN AGENCY THAT ISSUES SOME OF AWARDS, SOME OF THE BIGGEST CONTRACTS IN, IN THE CITY. UH, I THINK WE'D BE REMISS IF WE ALSO DIDN'T THINK ABOUT HOW THOSE SERVE OUR, NOT JUST HOW THOSE SERVE OUR POPULATION AND OUR TAXPAYERS, BUT HOW THOSE ALSO SERVE OUR ECONOMY. SO I WOULD BE, UH, CURIOUS TO KNOW IF, IF SOMEONE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, HOW MUCH OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE TOWING, UH, LEAD, HOW MUCH MONEY, IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY STAYS IN SAN ANTONIO OR IS EARNED BY SAN ANTONIOS VERSUS HOW MUCH MONEY LEADS, UH, SAN ANTONIO OR GOES TO, I GUESS THE, THE NATIONAL COMPANY? AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED LOCALLY BY THIS CONTRACT? WOULD YOU KNOW OFFHAND? CHIEF MA'AM? I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, UH, EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANIES. BUT ONE, ONE, UH, ANSWER TO YOUR ONE, ONE OF YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS IS IF SOMEONE IS ARRESTED AND THAT CAR IS NOT NEEDED AS EVIDENCE, THEN A LICENSED DRIVER CAN TAKE THAT CAR FOR THAT PERSON. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US HOW MANY, WE HAVE 40 PLUS DRIVERS. WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN. WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION AS WE DO THE, THE, THE FOLLOW-UP ANALYSIS. AWESOME. OKAY. AND SO, UM, YEAH, IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED LOCALLY, I'D, I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO KNOW SORT OF THE WHAT TYPES OF JOBS, THOSE, THOSE ARE. UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE, OF COURSE, HARD WORKERS AND HAVE TO PAY RENT AND, AND, UH, PUT FOOD ON ON THE TABLE FOR, FOR THEIR FAMILY, AND HOPEFULLY CAN ONE DAY GO TO H PARK AND BUY A , UM, AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW SORT OF WHAT, WHAT INCOME LEVEL THAT FALLS IN. SO, THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M, I'M OPEN TO, TO THE IDEA OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, SO THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, CHIEF, YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR HAND UP. DID YOU WANNA RESPOND TO ANYTHING? YEAH, I'M SORRY. UH, MAYOR, THAT WAS FOR, THAT WAS FOR THE, UH, RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S QUESTION ABOUT, UH, IF YOU'RE ARRESTED, CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE TAKE YOUR CAR? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PALS, THANK YOU. JUST JUMPING IN FOR, FOR TWO MORE THINGS. UM, ONE, I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO POINT OUT THAT HAD THIS BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD DURING 2018 OR 2019, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT. UH, IN FACT, I'D PROBABLY JUST SAY, YEAH, WHATEVER. LET'S JUST DO THE TWO YEAR EXTENSION AND FIGURE IT OUT DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S, FOR ME, THE URGENCY IS, UH, INFORMED BY THIS PANDEMIC, RIGHT? AND SO FOR MOST PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT REALLY DOESN'T IMPACT OUR DAILY LIVES, BUT THESE TOW TRUCK COMPANIES, UM, THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN SO GOOD FOR THEM EITHER, RIGHT? THEY, NOBODY DRIVES. THAT MEANS NOBODY GETS TOWED. UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, DO LAYOFFS [01:40:01] AND FURLOUGHS AND ALL THAT. SO, A AGAIN, FOR ME, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A LENS THAT I'M WEARING, AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH, AND, AND THAT LENS IS COVID. THE SECOND THING I NEED TO DO, AND, UH, IS BECAUSE, UM, I MENTIONED CORPUS CHRISTI AND SHIRLEY, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAYING CONGRESS, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN SLAMS, CORPUS CHRISTI, UH, AND YOU KNOW HOW PETER ZONI GETS, AND SO WE LOVE CORPUS CHRISTI. I THINK THEY'RE AWESOME. CORPUS CHRISTI HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG. AND THEN I FIND OUT THAT ONE OF MY FORMER AIDES, ANDREW SOLANO, IS FROM CORPUS CHRISTI, AND HE'S ALL WORKED UP. AND SO WE LOVE CORPUS CHRISTI, UH, LAREDO. IT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO BE TALKED ABOUT AT A LATER DATE. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN EZ. ACTUALLY, I ASKED, UH, UM, UH, I WAS IN A MEETING WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY ON SATURDAY, WHO WAS, UH, WORKING ON SATURDAY TO MAKE UP FOR MISSED TIME. AND I HAD THE SAME ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WASN'T, UM, PEOPLE DRIVING SO THAT THERE WAS LESS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OR LESS PEOPLE GETTING TOWED. AND, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY QUICKLY REMINDED ME THAT HE'S ON THE M P O AND THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE ALSO, SO THOSE NUMBERS, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNDER THAT IMPRESSION. SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME GET ACCESS TO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO, TO CONSIDER AS WELL. UM, BUT ERIC, SO COULD WE DELAY THE R F P? HOW REALISTICALLY, I MEAN, IF YOU ALL WERE THINKING OF GOING OUT, UM, MARCH THE FIRST, I, WHAT WOULD THAT DO? OR JUST TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, HOW LONG COULD WE DELAY IT? WELL, I NEED TO SIT DOWN, UH, UM, WITH MARIA AND THE, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M GATHERING FROM THE CONVERSATION HERE THAT WE NEED TO, UM, KINDA REVISIT SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DOING, WHY WE DO PRES SOLICITATION CONVERSATIONS. UM, BUT I WOULD, UH, TRY TO GET THAT DONE AND BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I THINK, UH, I CAN'T SEE RICK, RICK AND THE CHIEF RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK, AND MARIA, UH, BUT I THINK, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS WOULD NOT, UM, THROW US ENTIRELY OFF. IS THAT CORRECT, RICK? GO MORE? I WOULDN'T GO MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, ERIC'S, BUT I THINK TWO WEEKS IS ACCEPTABLE. PUSH IT THAT WAY. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, ERIC. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. GRA, SEE, LEMME, LEMME, UM, RESPOND, UM, FAVORABLY TO, UH, SOME OF THE COMMENTS I HEARD, UH, PARTICULARLY COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS ON THE ISSUE OF, OF TEAMING. UM, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I THINK THIS OUGHT TO BE ONE OF THE GOALS OF OUR CONTRACTING PERIOD. UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE ARE A HIGH PERFORMER WITH REGARD TO VEDA AND EVEN AGENCIES LOCALLY, UM, JURISDICTIONS LOCALLY IN SAN ANTONIO OUTLAWED OUR VEDA PROGRAM FOR HOW IT'S BEEN ABLE TO LIFT UP MINORITY AND SMALL OWNED, SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL, UM, AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. UM, AND HOW WE'RE, WE'RE REACHING OUR, OUR GOALS OF ATTAINMENT. UM, WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGE CONTRACTS, I MEAN, I THINK IT SHOULD BE AN EXPLICIT GOAL THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS THAT THROUGH THE CAPITAL, UH, STRENGTH OF THE CITY, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP LOCAL PEOPLE EMPLOYED. UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, AND THAT, UH, BY, UM, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING MENTORSHIP, BUT IN, IN OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAKE SENSE, REQUIRING TEAMWORK, UH, THAT'S ONE WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT. SO I, I THINK IT'S A, IT, IT'S A HIGH LEVEL GOAL. UM, MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE IN EVERY SITUATION, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN IN, IN CASES WHERE WE HAVE LARGE CAPITAL, UM, EXPENSES OF THE CITY, BEING ABLE TO LIFT UP SMALL BUSINESSES AND SEEING, UH, THEM THRIVE, UH, SHOULD BE A POSITIVE CONSEQUENCE OF US, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING CONTRACTED SERVICES IN THE CITY. SO I, I, I DO LIKE THAT APPROACH AND, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, HOW THE, THE, UH, R F P HAS RESPONDED TO, UH, IF THAT WERE MORE OF AN EXPLICIT PART OF THE, THE PROPOSAL. UM, THAT'S ALL. I THINK, UH, THAT'S ALL FOR OUR DISCUSSION AS WELL. SO, UH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATES. UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TOMORROW. UH, BE, UH, ALSO A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE A 5:00 PM CITIZENS BUREAU PUBLIC HEARING. UM, SO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING TOMORROW CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE TIME IS NOW 3:49 PM AND TODAY'S MAYOR. YEAH, LET, CAN, CAN I JUST, I'M SORRY TO DO THIS TO YOU. UM, OKAY, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE, THE COUNCIL'S CLEAR. WE ARE NOT GONNA BE PROCEEDING ON THAT RELEASE OF MARCH 1ST, R F P, [01:45:01] AND WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS CONTRACT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR. AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. YOU'LL REPORT BACK EITHER BY MEMO OR BY MEETING, UH, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 3:49 PM AND TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS. UH, SEE EVERYBODY BACK AT FIVE O'CLOCK. THANKS EVERYBODY. 5:01 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2021. UM, WE HAVE TESTED OUT THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE MADE SURE EVERYONE CAN CONNECT. UH, BUT THIS EVENING WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP SPEAK AT OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD PUBLIC SESSION. SO, UM, ENJOY YOUR EVENING. WE'RE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU TOMORROW, EVERYBODY. * 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.