* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          SUNSET. 
          SUNSET FOR, GIMME A MONDO. 
          DON'T LISTEN TO THE SUN. 
          GO SUNSET FOR EVERY BOX WHEN YOU'LL MEET. 
          GIMME A GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 9:08 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2021. 
          UH, WELCOME TO OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA. 
          MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD BEGIN WITH A ROLE, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PLI. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NORBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE TO GET US STARTED TODAY. 
          UH, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN, COURAGE TO INTRODUCE OUR INDICATOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          CAN YOU HEAR US? LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF LAG WITH JOHN'S CONNECTION HERE. 
          JOHN, CAN YOU HEAR US? ONE SEC. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU WANT TO GO AGAIN? ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CUR, CAN YOU HEAR US? MAY I HAVE THE BIO FOR THE INVO? IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO SURE. 
          SUMMARIZE IT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CUR. 
          SO LEMME INTRODUCE FIRST. 
          UH, 
          [1. 21-1522 Invocation]
LEMME TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MADAM CLERK. 
          UM, PASTOR WILL DAVIS FROM WAYSIDE CHAPEL IN THE STONE OAK CAMPUS. 
          UH, HE IS A GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN COURAGE, UH, WHO I, I DON'T THINK CAN HEAR US AT THIS MOMENT. 
          UH, WE'RE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH JOHN'S CONNECTION. 
          UH, SO WELCOME PASTOR DAVIS, UH, TO INTRODUCE YOU MORE FORMALLY. 
          LET ME TURN IT OVER TO OUR CLERK, UH, SO WE CAN GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOU BEGIN US WITH A PRAYER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, PASTOR DAVIS. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          I DON'T SEEM, I THOUGHT I HAD YOUR, UM, YOUR BIO. 
          I DON'T SEEM TO HAVE IT, BUT GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WELL, THANKS. 
          IF YOU CAN PLEASE GIVE US THE INVOCATION, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. 
          AND FIRST TIMOTHY TWO CALLS US TO PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY. 
          AND WE AT WAYSIDE CHAPEL AND OTHER CHURCHES ACROSS THE CITY, CONSIDER IT A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO, TO PRAY FOR YOU. 
          AND, UH, I WANNA READ A PRAYER AND A, AND A BLESSING OVER YOU AT THIS TIME IN A WORLD SO WIRED AND INTERCONNECTED. 
          OUR ANXIOUS HEARTS ARE PUMMELED BY AN ENDLESS BARRAGE OF TROUBLING NEWS. 
          WE ARE DAILY AWARE OF MORE GRIEF OH LORD, THAN WE CAN RIGHTLY CONSIDER OF MORE SUFFERING AND SCANDAL THAN WE CAN RESPOND TO OF MORE HOSTILITY, HATRED, HORROR, AND INJUSTICE THAN WE CAN ENGAGE WITH COMPASSION. 
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BUT YOU OWE JESUS ARE NOT DISQUIET BY SUCH NEWS OF CRUELTY AND TERROR AND WAR. 
          YOU WERE NEITHER ANXIOUS NOR OVERWHELMED. 
          YOU CARRIED THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE SUFFERING OF A BROKEN WORLD WHEN YOU HUNG UPON THE CROSS, AND YOU CARRY IT STILL. 
          WHEN THE CACOPHONY OF UNIVERSAL DISTRESS UNSETTLES US, REMIND US THAT WE ARE BUT SMALL AND FINITE CREATURES NEVER DESIGNED TO CARRY. 
          THE VAST OBS ABSTRACTIONS OF GREAT BURDENS FOR OUR ARMS ARE TOO SHORT AND OUR STRENGTH IS TOO SMALL. 
          JUSTICE AND MERCY, HEALING AND REDEMPTION ARE YOUR GREAT LABORS. 
          AND YES, IT IS YOUR GOOD PLEASURE TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH WORKS THROUGH YOUR PEOPLE, BUT YOU HAVE NEVER ASKED ANY ONE OF US TO UNDERTAKE MORE THAN YOUR GRACE WILL ENABLE US TO FULFILL. 
          GUARD US THEN FROM SHUTTING DOWN OUR EMPATHY, OUR WALLING OFF OUR HEARTS. 
          YOU HAVE MANY CHILDREN AND MANY PLACES AROUND THIS GLOBE, MOVE EACH OF OUR HEARTS TO COMPASSIONATELY RESPOND TO THOSE NEEDS THAT INTERSECT OUR ACTUAL LIVES. 
          AND IN ALL PLACES, YOUR BODY MIGHT BE ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE PAIN AND BROKENNESS OF THIS WORLD. 
          EACH OF US LIBERATED AND EMPOWERED BY YOUR SPIRIT TO FULFILL THE SMALL PART OF YOUR REDEMPTIVE WORK ASSIGNED TO US. 
          GIVE US DISCERNMENT IN THE FACE OF TROUBLING NEWS REPORTS. 
          GIVE US DISCERNMENT TO KNOW WHEN TO PRAY, WHEN TO SPEAK OUT, WHEN TO ACT, AND WHEN TO SIMPLY SHUT OFF OUR SCREENS AND OUR DEVICES. 
          AND TO SIT QUIETLY IN YOUR PRESENCE, CASTING THE BURDENS OF THIS WORLD UPON THE STRONG SHOULDERS OF THE ONE WHO ALONE IS ABLE TO BEAR THEM UP. 
          AND FATHER, I THANK YOU, UH, FOR EACH MEMBER OF OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, LORD, I DON'T KNOW THE THE BURDENS THEY'RE FACING TODAY, EITHER WITH THIS JOB OR PERSONALLY, BUT LORD, WHATEVER THEY'RE FACING, UH, WOULD YOU BE THEIR STRENGTH? EQUIP THEM FOR THIS CALLING YOU HAVE PLACED UPON THEIR LIVES? AND WOULD THEY SERVE ACCORDING TO COLOSSIANS 3 23, WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND WITH JOY AS TO YOU, OH LORD, THEY ARE SERVING US, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY ARE SERVING AN AUDIENCE OF ONE TO GRANT THEM WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT FOR THE MANY DECISIONS THEY MAKE ON OUR BEHALF. 
          AND LORD BLESS THEIR FAMILIES, FAVOR THEM AND ALL THAT THEY PUT THEIR HANDS TO. 
          AND LORD, WE PRAY FOR HEALING AND COMFORT TO THOSE SUFFERING WITH THE COVID VIRUS. 
          WE DO THANK YOU FOR RESTORING THE HEALTH OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WHO HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING RECENTLY, GIVE STRENGTH TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          AND AS THIS COLD FRONT IS COMING IN, PROTECT THOSE IN OUR CITY WITHOUT A HOME, PROVIDE A WARM SHELTER AND REFUGE FOR THEM IN THE DAYS AHEAD. 
          WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU PASTOR DAVIS, UH, FOR JOINING US AND AND PLEASE EXTEND OUR THANKS, UH, TO YOUR FAMILY, UM, TO YOUR KIDS, JACK, JOSIE, KATE, SAM, MARY, GRACE, UH, WE'RE, WE VALUE OUR TIME WITH YOU TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR BEGINNING US WITH A PRAYER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TAKE CARE. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, IF YOU COULD JOIN US NOW FOR A PLEDGE OF THE, EXCUSE ME, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, FLAG TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PEARL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MUCH, UH, EVERYONE. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET STARTED TODAY WE HAVE, UH, UH, ON OUR AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE 
          [3. 21-1526 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of November 12, 2020, November 16, 2020, and December 2, 2020]
IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12, 16TH AND DECEMBER 2ND. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          MAY I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES? SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THERE'S A MOTION, UH, BY RO GARCIA, SECOND BY SANDOVAL FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, LISTED IN ITEM THREE. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? CLARIFICATIONS? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? I. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR, UH, BUSINESS AGENDA, 
          [Additional Item ]
UM, GOT A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          LET ME START, UH, BY RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA TELL MY COLLEAGUES THAT YOU ALL MADE MY DAY. 
          I AM SO 
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EXCITED BECAUSE ALL OF YOU ALL ARE IN THESE AWESOME T-SHIRTS FOR THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING TODAY. 
          OH, I LOVE, LOOK AT PERRY MODELING HIS SHIRT, SO I LOVE IT. 
          YES, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY AND, AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, DURING MY FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE YOU ALL GOT BEHIND THIS IDEA ABOUT GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT. 
          AND, UM, WE WERE ABOUT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN LAST YEAR. 
          AND I KNEW PERSONALLY AS AN EDUCATOR WHAT IT TAKES, UM, FOR GIRLS TO FEEL EMPOWERED AND TO SEE ROLE MODELS THAT LOOK LIKE THEM IS CRITICAL. 
          AND SO YOU ALL, UM, SAID, YES, LET'S DO THIS. 
          AND WE WERE READY TO GO. 
          AND LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT COVID 19 WAS GOING TO CHANGE ALL OF THAT. 
          AND THE VERY SAME DAY THAT WE HAD WORKED SO HARD AND ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WERE INVOLVED, UM, THAT SAME DAY THAT WE WERE GONNA KICK OFF THE EVENT, WE HAD TO CANCEL IT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SPREAD OF COVID 19. 
          SO THAT WAS BACK MARCH 19TH OF, UM, LAST YEAR. 
          AND SINCE THEN, WE KNOW THAT OUR LIVES HAVE DRASTICALLY CHANGED. 
          UM, AND WE'VE LEARNED TO ADAPT AND WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGING TIMES AHEAD, BUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT THIS YEAR GIVES US, UH, A TIME TO, TO BE ABLE TO REVITALIZE OUR COMMITMENT, UM, TO EMPOWERING YOUNG GIRLS. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED AND GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT ARE MARCH 11TH AND 12TH, WE'LL BE HAVING THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT. 
          AND GIRLS 13 TO 18 CAN NOW REGISTER ONLINE FOR THIS VIRTUAL SUMMIT. 
          IT'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE ONLINE, ON TELEVISION, AND EVEN BY DIAL IN BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO THERE'S EVEN THE DIAL IN OPTION THAT I'M REALLY JAZZED ABOUT. 
          SO, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY SAID YES, THEY HAD COME TO THE TABLE LAST YEAR. 
          UH, I EMPOWER THE, UH, SOCIAL BUTTERFLY GAL, THE BOARDROOM PROJECT, AND OF COURSE, OUR FOLKS FROM METRO HEALTH ARE ALL GONNA BE INVOLVED. 
          UM, OUR DISCUSSIONS ARE GONNA BE LED BY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL FOCUS NOT ONLY ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO ON THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA, SELF-CARE, AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH WE KNOW CAN REALLY BE, UM, HELPFUL FOR GIRLS TO LEARN ABOUT THIS EVENT. 
          UM, WILL ALSO FEATURE SOME PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME OF THE, UH, WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, WE KNOW ARE DOING PHENOMENAL JOBS, INCLUDING HONORABLE JUDGE, UH, MONIQUE DIAZ, C P S ENERGY PRESIDENT, AND C E O PAULA GOLD WILLIAMS. AND VERY DEAR GENERAL, UM, CAROLYN MILLER. 
          AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO FEATURING OUR POET LAUREATE, UM, AND WE, WE HEAR HER, WE'VE HEARD HER BEAUTIFUL SONGS, WE HEAR HER BEAUTIFUL POETRY, AND THAT'S ANDREA VOCAB SANDERSON. 
          AND SO, UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITING IT'S TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, UM, PARTICULARLY DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. 
          AND I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MARIA VIA GOMEZ FOR THE INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT SHE ALLOWED TO WORK ON THIS. 
          UM, INCLUDING TRACY RA FROM G P A, ASHLEY  FROM G H S. 
          UM, NATALIE BULLOCK FROM HR ROSANA FROM MY OFFICE, HAS ALSO BEEN A PART OF THESE MEETINGS, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH THIS, UM, VIRTUAL SUMMIT. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL, UM, UH, PARTICIPATE AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR STAFFS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A PORTION OF IT. 
          THIS WILL BE TELEVISED NOT ONLY ON T V S A CHANNEL 21, UM, BUT ALSO AT AT T 99, GRANDE 20, SPECTRUM 21, AND ON DIGITAL ANTENNA ON 16.1. 
          UM, THE CALLIN NUMBER IS 2 1 0 2 0 7 5 5 5 5. 
          PASSWORD WILL BE 1 1 1 1. 
          YOU ALL CAN FIND THIS INFORMATION ONLINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY STARTED PROMOTING IT. 
          THE CONFERENCE, UM, CAN ALSO, YOU CAN ALSO LEARN MORE BY TEXTING GIRLS SUMMIT TO 5 5 0 0 0. 
          AND AGAIN, THE SUMMIT WILL BE THE 11TH AND THE 12TH. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, FOR WEARING YOUR BEAUTIFUL SHIRTS TODAY. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WELL DONE, UH, ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES AGAIN FOR THE SUMMIT. 
          BUT, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SUCCESSFUL SUMMIT. 
          UH, LEMME UM, NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          MAYOR, MANY OF YOU, UH, ALREADY KNOW THAT I'M A AVID BIRD WATCHER, AND, UH, ONE OF MY HOBBIES IS TO PHOTOGRAPH BIRDS AND, UH, AND MAKE BIRD HOUSES. 
          AND I AM DELIGHTED TO REPORT TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING THAT. 
          UM, THIS WEEK WE WERE DESIGNATED, WE, BEING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WAS DESIGNATED AS ONE OF THREE NEW BIRD CITIES, UH, HERE IN TEXAS. 
          UM, A BIRD 
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CITY IS A VERY IMPORTANT RECOGNITION, UM, THAT WE ARE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, UH, TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE ENACT HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS, ADDRESS THREAT ASSESSMENTS TO THESE BIRDS, AND THAT WE GROW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND ONE OF THE, UH, THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKES US STAND ABOVE HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE OTHER CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO BIRDS, IS THAT, UH, WE INCREASE NATIVE PLANT COVERAGE, UM, IN SAN ANTONIO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BIRDS HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HABITAT THAT THEY NEED. 
          WE REDUCE POPULATION LEVEL THREATS, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE ARE VERY, UH, WE ALWAYS HAVE BIRDS ON THE MIND, UH, WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE, UH, DEVELOP AND WHEN WE BUILD OUT. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF WORK, UH, AS FAR AS PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ON THE BENEFITS OF BIRD AND POLLINATOR, UH, POLLINATOR CONSERVATION. 
          SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS, UH, VERY SPECIAL, SPECIAL FEATURES IN YOUR DISTRICTS, UM, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIRDS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WERE COMPETITIVE AND THAT WE WON THIS AWARD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, COURAGE, ARE YOU CONNECTED? CAN YOU HEAR US? COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THIS IS JOHN. 
          IF YOU HIT STAR SIX ON YOUR PHONE, SIR, THAT SHOULD HELP YOU UNMUTE IF, IF YOU'RE USING YOUR PHONE CONNECTION. 
          STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, SIR. 
          HOPEFULLY THERE, YOU, YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. 
          MAYOR, UH, HAD A FEW PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. 
          I WANTED TO NINE. 
          WE HAVE CONTACT . 
          I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO PASTOR DAVIS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO INTRODUCE HIM, BUT ALSO I WANTED TO THANK HIM. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, HE, HIS, HIS, UH, CONGREGATION AND HIS CHURCH HAS PROVIDED A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY BY MAKING THEIR FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT GOT NOTED. 
          AND OTHER THAN THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY I WON'T BE, UH, UNCOMMUNICATED ANYMORE. 
          , THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          JUST PLANT THE FLAG OVER THERE AND SEE IF IT MOVES. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, WE'LL GET ONTO OUR, UH, AGENDA. 
          NOW TODAY WE HAVE ITEM FOUR FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING. 
          UM, I HAVE NOTED, UM, ITEM 21 AND 22, UM, ARE BEING PULLED FOR, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AS WELL. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? MAYOR, THIS IS VIA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA, CAN WE PULL, CAN WE PULL ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE? OKAY. 
          ITEM NUMBER NINE BY . 
          ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          I HAVE ITEMS 4, 9 21 AND 22 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          A SECOND. 
          I DIDN'T GET WHO, UM, MADAM CLERK. 
          AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP IS GONNA BE, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. SO, UH, UNLESS THERE IS DISCUSSION, UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS THEN. 
          UH, REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 13, UM, THAT'S THE RESOLUTION NOMINATING K C I U SS A AS THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE PROJECT. 
          UH, AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE EMPLOYERS, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF US KNOW, UM, K C I A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THREE M, UH, WHICH WILL INVEST 8.7 MILLION IN ITS SAN ANTONIO FACILITIES. 
          AS AN INDICATION OF, UH, ONE OF THESE GLOBAL'S LEADERS COMMITMENT TO SAN ANTONIO, UH, K C I AND CEL ARE SAN ANTONIO LANDMARKS. 
          WE KNOW THEM WELL FOR THEIR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 
          AND 
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THREE M'S ACQUISITION OF THESE KEY ASSETS DEMONSTRATE OUR CONTINUED STRENGTH IN BIOSCIENCES AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE. 
          UH, THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE AND ZONE NOMINATION SUPPORTS KCIS INVESTMENT IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IT'S OVER 1200 WELL-PAYING JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SO I WANT TO, UH, THANK K C I AND I THINK I JOINED OUR COMMUNITY IN DOING SO FOR MAINTAINING ITS PRESENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, AND CONTINUING TO CONTRIBUTE TO A THRIVING AND GROWING BIOSCIENCES SECTOR. 
          SO, UH, A GOOD NEWS ITEM ON ON 13 FOR OUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 13? ALRIGHT, UH, THERE IS A MOTION. 
          AND SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS FOR 4 9 20. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, MOVE TO ITEM FOUR. 
          MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE ALL THE CAPTIONS READ TOGETHER? UH, ANDY SOME GUIDANCE ON THIS ONE? PROBABLY, PROBABLY. 
          IT'S BETTER MAYOR TO, TO, TO READ THE CAPTION SEPARATELY. 
          CLERK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO TAKE, TAKE, TAKE EACH ONE, ONE AT A TIME, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL JUST START WITH ITEM, UH, 
          [4A. 21-1512 Ordinance ordering the General City Election to be held on Saturday, May 1, 2021 and Run-off Election to be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021, if necessary. [Tina Flores, City Clerk]]
FOR A, UH, MADAM CLERK. 
          ITEM FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE CITY, I'M SORRY, THE GENERAL CITY ELECTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY MAY 1ST, 2021, AND THE RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2021 IF NECESSARY, I'LL PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING, MAYOR. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TODAY WILL OFFICIALLY ORDER THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY MAY 1ST, 2021, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND 10 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR THE, UM, DRAWING FOR THE PLACE ON THE BALLOT WILL BE MONDAY, AND THAT WILL BE HELD BY WEBEX. 
          WE WILL, UH, PROVIDE A, UM, PRESS RELEASE TODAY AND WE WILL NOTIFY ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, HAVE APPLIED SO FAR FOR OFFICE AND ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS AS OF YESTERDAY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR OFFICE, ARE POSTED ON THE OUR WEBSITE, UM, APRIL FOR RESIDENTS TO REGISTER TO VOTE IF THEY CHOOSE TO VOTE IN THE MAY ELECTION. 
          APRIL 19TH IS THE FIRST DAY OF VOTING, EARLY VOTING BY, UH, PERSONAL APPEARANCE. 
          AND, UM, EARLY VOTING SITES AND HOURS MAY VARY. 
          THERE ARE A FEW, UH, DAYS AND THAT FALL WITHIN THE PERIOD TO VOTE, UM, THAT THE COUNTY WILL BE CLOSED. 
          SO WE WILL POST THE CALENDAR ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE. 
          APRIL 20TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR BEXAR COUNTY TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FOR BALLOT TO VOTE BY MAIL. 
          APRIL 27TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE. 
          AND THEN MAY 1ST IS ELECTION DAY. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A COUNTYWIDE POLLING SITE JUST SIMILAR TO THE LAST ELECTION, WHERE ON ELECTION DAY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO, UH, VOTE AT ANY POLLING SITE, NOT JUST IN YOUR PRECINCT. 
          MAY 6TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR RESIDENTS TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION. 
          AND, AND MAY 31ST IS THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. 
          MONDAY, MAY 24TH THROUGH JUNE 1ST IS EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE, UM, FOR THE RUNOFF. 
          AND THEN THE RUNOFF ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5TH. 
          WE CONTRACT WITH BEXAR COUNTY, AS YOU KNOW, THEY DO, UM, PROVIDE ELECTION SERVICES FOR US AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE BEXAR COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          SHOULD THERE BE A RUNOFF? UM, AGAIN, IT IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 5TH AND THE COST OF THE ELECTIONS IS BUDGETED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 MUNICIPAL ELECTION BUDGET. 
          THE GENERAL ELECTION IS ORDERED AND CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, TEXAS ELECTION CODE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CITY CHARTER, AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. 
          THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ORDERING THE GENERAL ELECTION WAS COORDINATED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF THEM. 
          THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING PARTNERS WITH OUR OFFICE AND WE 
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RECOMMEND STAFF RECOMMENDS I RECOMMEND, UM, THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TODAY, CALLING THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THE RUNOFF ELECTION IF NECESSARY. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, QUICK QUESTION, TINA. 
          DO WE KNOW WHERE THE LOCATIONS WILL BE FOR EARLY VOTING? BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME LOCATIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED OR NO LONGER AVAILABLE AS THEY WERE IN NOVEMBER? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          I DID EMAIL JACK CALLANAN YESTERDAY WITH BEAR COUNTY ASKING FOR THE DRAFT, UM, OF THE EARLY VOTING SITES. 
          UM, WE DID HAVE AN ENTITY MEETING WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND IT, SHE DID INDICATE THAT THE MEMORIAL BRANCH LIBRARY AS WELL AS THE, UM, OLD, UM, WONDERLAND MALL, WHICH IS CROSSROADS NOW, UM, CROSSROADS WOULD BE USED FOR, UM, IMMUNIZATIONS ON BOTH FLOORS, WHICH MIGHT INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION. 
          SO WE ARE, UH, LOOKING FOR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND POSSIBLY SEE IF WE CAN USE OTHER, UM, SITES IN THE AREA SUCH AS THE OLD STEINMART. 
          UH, WE DID PROPOSE AND ASK HER IF WE CAN USE THE STEINMAR STEINMART STORE. 
          UM, I'VE NOT RECEIVED AN ANSWER YET FROM HER, BUT WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN USE THE MEMORIAL BRANCH LIBRARY. 
          UM, I AM WORKING WITH, UM, LORI HOUSTON AS WELL AS, UM, THE COUNTY TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, USE THE SITES THAT WE NORMALLY USE FOR ELECTION DAY EARLY VOTING. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE SAME NUMBER OF ELECTION EARLY VOTING SITES WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST ARE STILL THE SAME NUMBER AS WE MOVE FORWARD, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT IS OUR GOAL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          UM, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          UM, THERE IS A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR A COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, TINA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE, OR VOTERS WOULD BE ABLE TO CAST THEIR BALLOT, UH, BASICALLY CITYWIDE THIS TIME. 
          IS THAT THE CASE? YES, COUNCILWOMAN AS WELL AS SIMILAR TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          WILL THERE BE ANY OF THOSE MEGA VOTING SITES THIS TIME AROUND? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT JUST YET. 
          I HAVE ASKED AND I WILL REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS SOON AS I GET THAT CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO C OVID 19 MAY STILL BE A HEALTH CONCERN. 
          UH, I, I MEAN, IT'LL BE IN A, IN A DIFFERENT FORM, RIGHT? BUT I THINK WE MUST TAKE PRECAUTIONS, UH, FOR APRIL AND MAY. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT PRECAUTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AND HOW WE WILL PROTECT THE WORKERS? SURE. 
          YES, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SIMILAR TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, UM, THE COUNTY DID ENSURE, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCING AT ALL VOTING SITES AS WELL AS, UM, FACE MASKS REQUIRED AT CITY FACILITIES. 
          UM, HAND SANITIZER IS ALSO AVAILABLE AND, UM, JACKIE CALLAN AND WITH THE COUNTY WILL TAKE AND HAS TAKEN EVERY PRECAUTION TO KEEP THE WORKERS SAFE, UM, AS WELL AS THE VOTERS THAT VISIT THE POLLING SITES. 
          UM, UH, CITY MASS WILL ONLY BE REQUIRED AT CITY F. 
          SORRY, FACE MASKS WILL ONLY BE REQUIRED AT CITY FACILITIES, NOT AT ANY OF THE OTHER VOTING FACILITIES. 
          WE ASK THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED AT ALL. 
          UM, WE CAN ONLY, UM, STRESS FACE COVERINGS AT CITY FACILITIES. 
          HOWEVER, UH, WE DO HAVE SIGNS POSTED. 
          JACKIE HAS SIGNS POSTED AS WELL AT OTHER FACILITIES THAT WERE NOT CITY FACILITIES, AND THAT WAS FOLLOWED. 
          AND WE WILL DEFINITELY ASK AND ENSURE THAT, UM, FACE COVERINGS ARE REQUIRED AND, UM, AND WARNED WHEN THEY GO TO VOTE. 
          SO JUST TO, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY FOR ME, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE APPROVING RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT WILL BE IN, IN A, IN A SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY? YES, MA'AM. 
          THOSE TERMS? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT CONTRACT TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR A REVIEW, FOR CONSIDERATION? I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION REGARDING THE CONTRACT. 
          I WILL FIND OUT FOR YOU. 
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OKAY. 
          BUT I DO HAVE YOUR, YOUR CONFIRMATION THAT IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AND THAT COUNSEL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT. 
          IT'S, IT'S OVER $50,000, RIGHT? SO, ABSOLUTELY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          COME TO US. 
          OKAY. 
          THE CONTRACT IS OVER $50,000 AND COUNSEL DOES APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF, IF I MAY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, UNDER THIS, UH, THIS, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS ISSUED A, A MANDATE THAT DOES RESTRICT WHAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF ENFORCING PROTOCOLS AT THE POLLING PLACES, AND WHEN THAT CONTRACT COMES UP, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE DETAIL ON THAT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, ANDY, UH, AND THE, IN TERMS OF HIRING THE ELECTION WORKERS THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO FOR THIS, THEY'LL DO THAT AFTER OUR CONTRACT IS APPROVED. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT. 
          WE DO PAY FOR THE, THE WORKERS AT THE POLLING PLACES, PLACES, UH, BEXAR COUNTY DOES HIRE THEM. 
          UM, SHE TYPICALLY HAS A POOL OF INDIVIDUALS THAT SHE USES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT ARE, UM, WELL-VERSED WITH ELECTIONS AND, UM, AS THEY DO GO THROUGH A TRAINING. 
          OKAY. 
           WILL HELP WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR A MAYOR, MAY I ASK, I HAVE CLARIFICATION ON THE CONTRACT. 
          IT WILL COME TO COUNCIL EARLY MARCH. 
          SORRY, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL. 
          ITEM FOUR A, UH, MAYOR, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          I, I FORGOT TO USE MY HAND FUNCTION. 
          UM, I, I DID ALSO, UH, NEED TO MENTION THAT MEMORIAL LINEBERRY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS PART OF THE 2017 BOND. 
          UM, SO THAT IS NOT AN OPTION, BUT, UH, I, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH EDGEWOOD TO FIND AN ALTERNATE SITE, SO I'M SURE THOSE WILL BE DETERMINED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT GETS CLOSER TO THE, UM, VOTING, UH, I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION THAT FOR THOSE THAT, UM, LIKE TO PLAN WAY IN ADVANCE. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR A? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, SIR. 
          THERE'S A RESIDENT SIGNED UP ON FOUR A, SORRY. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, YES, THERE'S ONE RESIDENT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR EIGHT. 
          LET ME CALL UP NETTE KING. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS NETTE KING. 
          I WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO SPEAK TO YOU FOR THE SAS ACT PACK, LARGELY DUE TO COVID. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES TO GET ON THE BALLOT IN MAY, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE LOST ON YOU. 
          BUT THE EXPENSIVE AND UNETHICAL ATTACK BY SAUL'S LAWYERS ON OUR PETITIONERS STRUGGLING TO FINISH THIS DRIVE DURING COVID WAS IN FACT A WASTE AND ABUSE OF RATE PAYER DOLLARS. 
          THE HEART OF THE SAS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IS A SIMPLE INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE VISTA RICH PIPELINE. 
          SOMETHING YOU SHOULD HAVE ORDERED TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE ASKED YOU, SOME OF YOU EVEN SAID YOU WOULD DO THAT, BUT YOU DIDN'T. 
          THAT'S HEIDI FROM THIS. 
          WE HOPE EVERYONE WATCHING THIS MEETING REALIZES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL COULD HAVE PUT OUR MEASURE ON THE BALLOT AND THEY CAN AT ANY TIME PASS THEIR OWN ORDINANCE FOR AN AUDIT OF VISTA RIDGE. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO PRESUME THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT VISTA RIDGE IS BRINGING FAR TOO MUCH WATER, FAR TOO EARLY, AND SAW THIS SCRAMBLING FOR HOW TO HANDLE THE FINANCIAL STRESS ON THE UTILITY MAGNIFIED BY THE PANDEMIC AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT ON 1.8 MILLION RATE PAYERS. 
          STOP HIDING FROM THIS. 
          HERE'S SOMETHING MOST OF THE COUNCIL LIKELY DOESN'T KNOW, THOUGH I BET THE MAYOR DOES. 
          IN THE FEW MONTHS OF OPERATION OF THE 30 YEAR VISTAGE CONTRACT, THE MASSIVE PUMPING IS ALREADY WREAKING HAVOC WITH LANDOWNER WELLS. 
          NO ONE, ESPECIALLY THE HYDROLOGIST HIRED BY THE PRIVATE INTEREST OF VISTAGE KNOW IF OR WHEN THE OFFICER CAN BE IRREPARABLY DAMAGED. 
          STOP HIDING FROM THIS. 
          THE PROJECT HAS ALREADY DAMAGED SAUL'S CREDIBILITY BADLY, AND IT'S ABOUT TO DAMAGE YOURS. 
          WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ON THE BALLOT, SOME OF US HAVE NOT. 
          THE GOOD SENSE TO STOP TELLING THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS CONTINUED NIGHTMARE. 
          WE BELIEVE THE LAST MINUTE SURPRISE CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT UP NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ANOTHER VISTA RIDGE. 
          IT WILL OPEN THE DOOR 
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FOR MORE PROFITEERING BY PRIVATE INTERESTS IN OUR POOR CITY. 
          IT WILL ALSO, IF PASSED, STOP ANY NEW PETITIONS FROM REACHING THE BALLOT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          WHAT YOU DO TODAY AND HOW YOU DO IT WILL HELP US MAKE SOME DECISIONS NEXT WEEK ON OUR NEXT STEPS. 
          LET ME END WITH THIS. 
          YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US BY ENDING A TEXT ON CITIZEN PETITIONS AND ORDERING AN ORDER RESIST TO RICH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MS. KING. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM FOUR A HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 
          [4B. 21-1544 Ordinance ordering an election for May 1, 2021 to amend the City Charter to allow the City to issue bonds for permanent public improvements or any other public purpose including affordable housing projects. [Andy Segovia, City Attorney]]
FOUR B. 
          ITEM FOUR B IS AN ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE ORDERING THE ELECTION FOR MAY 1ST, 2021 TO AMEND THE CITY CHARTER TO ALLOW THE CITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR PERMANENT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          I HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE SO WE COULD PUT THE FIRST SLIDE UP. 
          UH, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE PRESENTATION. 
          AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE ASKING, UH, THE COUNCIL TO DO IS TO PLACE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE, UH, UH, MAY ELECTION, A CHANGE TO THE CITY CHARTER. 
          THAT IT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE, ESSENTIALLY. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW, UNDER TEXAS LAW, CITIES ARE GIVEN A PRETTY BROAD ARRAY OF BROAD MENU OF DIFFERENT, UH, ITEMS AND CATEGORIES FROM WHICH THEY CAN SELECT, UH, AND DEVELOP THEIR BOND PROJECTS. 
          UH, SO WHAT, UH, WHAT ULTIMATELY THOUGH COMES TO THE TABLE IS STILL DETERMINED BY THE COMMUNITY CITY COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY HAS TO BE APPROVED, UH, BY THE VOTERS. 
          SO REALLY ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL MENU OF POTENTIAL BOND PROJECTS THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER TEXAS LAW. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, WE'RE FULLY COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS CHANGE IN THE CITY CHARTER, UH, OUTSIDE THE REGULAR CYCLE OF WHAT HAPPENS FOR CHANGES TO THE CITY CHARTER. 
          UH, BUT WE'LL GET TO THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS VERY, UH, UNIQUE AND SURGICAL CHANGE TO THE CITY CHARTER, UH, LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, BUT JUST TO GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED ON HOW IT NORMALLY WORKS, UH, THERE'S A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION THAT'S USUALLY CHARGED BY THE MAYOR, UH, THAT SETS OUT THE SCOPE AND DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT THE, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WANT THAT GROUP TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE CITY CHARTER. 
          IT'S USUALLY A A MANY MONTH LONG PROCESS. 
          UH, THERE'S COUNCIL, UH, INPUT, STAFF INPUT. 
          UH, THEY REACH OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS, THEY REACH OUT TO EXPERTS, LIKE EXPERTS AND MUNICIPAL LAW, UH, ET CETERA. 
          AND THERE'S A, A, AS I SAID, A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS, A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          UH, AND FROM THAT, THE C R C MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL CONSIDERS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SOMETIMES THEY ACCEPT THEM, UH, ALL OR SOMETIMES THERE'S MODIFICATIONS TO THEM. 
          BUT THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY VOTES ON, UH, PUTTING RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE CITY CHARTER, UH, ON A BALLOT FOR VOTERS TO APPROVE. 
          UH, SO THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT'S NORMALLY FOLLOWED AGAIN, UH, EMPHASIZING THAT THE COMMUNITY ULTIMATELY VOTES ON CHANGES TO THE CITY CHARTER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE ACTUAL SECTION OF THE CHARTER THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, CHANGES TO, UM, AND THAT'S, UH, UH, SECTION, UH, 98 THAT TALKS ABOUT, UH, GIVES THE, UH, CITY THE ABILITY AND, AND ESTABLISHES THE PARAMETERS UNDER WHICH THE CITY CAN, UH, PUT, UH, BOND PROJECTS ON THE BALLOT. 
          IN MAY OF 1997, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION THAT LOOKED AT SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE CITY CHARTER. 
          UH, THERE WAS A CHANGE TO SECTION 98, UH, THAT LIMITED THE ABILITY OR LIMITED THE PARAMETERS UNDER WHICH THE CITY COULD PUT AND DEVELOP BOND PROJECTS TO ONLY PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THERE THAT IT DID LIMIT IT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, THE ABILITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE. 
          UH, SO THAT WAS A CONSCIOUS CHANGE BACK IN 1997 BASED ON SUBSEQUENT, UH, BOND PROPOSALS THAT CAME OUT SINCE THEN, UH, AND DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THAT CHANGE. 
          THE, THE CHANGE TO LIMIT THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WAS UNDULY CONSTRAINING OUR ABILITY TO DEVELOP BOND PROJECTS THAT WOULD ADDRESS OTHER KEY NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, IN THE 2016, UH, 2017, UH, TIMEFRAME IN 2018, UH, THERE WAS A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UH, THAT WAS CHARGED BY THE MAYOR TO LOOK AT ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN THE CITY CHARTER. 
          THEY DID LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION, UH, SECTION 98, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, 
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UH, CHANGES TO THAT SECTION THAT WOULD, AGAIN, BROADEN THE ABILITY, BROADEN THE SCOPE, UH, OF THAT SECTION TO ALLOW THE FULL RANGE OF BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW. 
          UM, THAT, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UH, THEIR WORK ENDED, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS, UH, AGAIN, CHANGES ALREADY GONNA BE ON THE BALLOT WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY CHARTER. 
          UH, BUT THEY DID GET AS FAR AS, UH, REVIEWING, UH, AND DEVELOPING SOME LANGUAGE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THAT LIMITING LANGUAGE IN, IN, UH, SECTION 98. 
          SO THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE'LL SHOW YOU TODAY THAT WE'RE, UH, RECOMMENDING, UH, TOOK THAT INPUT. 
          WE, UH, LOOKED AT, UH, WHAT OTHER, UH, MAJOR CITIES AND TEXAS HAVE FOR THEIR, UH, LANGUAGE THAT SETS THE PARAMETERS FOR BOND. 
          UH, SO WE WANTED TO ALIGN OURSELVES AS BEST WE COULD WITH THOSE CITIES. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANTED TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE STATE LAW THAT GIVES, UH, HOME RULE CITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO THE ABILITY TO ISSUE BONDS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF, OF, OF, OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE GIVEN UNDER STATE LAW. 
          AND SO THAT'S HOW WE DEVELOPED THE LANGUAGE. 
          THAT'S BEFORE YOU. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AGAIN. 
          UH, THIS, UH, SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR CURRENT CITY CHARTER LANGUAGE AND WHAT'S ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW FOR HOME RULE CITIES. 
          SO ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE WHAT'S UNDER CURRENTLY OUR SECTION 98 OF THE CITY CHARTER, WHERE IT LIMITS, UH, OUR ABILITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND DEBT TO ONLY PUBLIC WORKS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. 
          UH, AGAIN, THAT PUBLIC WORKS LANGUAGE IS THE KEY LANGUAGE IS LIMITING THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO, UM, ENTER INTO BOND PROJECTS, UH, THAT FALL OUTSIDE THAT CATEGORY. 
          LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE LANGUAGE ON THE RIGHT, UH, IS VERY KEY. 
          THAT'S THE LANGUAGE UNDER WHICH STATE LAW GIVES HOME RULE CITIES. 
          THAT'S THE SCOPE THAT IS GIVEN UNDER, UH, TEXAS LAW TO HOME RULE CITIES TO ISSUE BONDS. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE, IT SAYS, UH, THAT HOME RULE CITIES HAVE THE ABILITY, UH, TO MAKE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS OR FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE. 
          SO AGAIN, THE KEY PARAMETER, UH, THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW IS THAT AS LONG AS CITIES CAN ESTABLISH THAT THEIR BOND PROJECTS, UH, FIT A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE, THEY HAVE AN ABILITY TO ISSUE BONDS IN ALL SORTS OF CATEGORIES. 
          AND OUR, OUR, OUR AIM IS TO HAVE OUR CHARTER LANGUAGE, UH, ALIGN ITSELF WITH WHAT'S GIVEN UNDER STATE LAW. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A, UH, UM, HOUSING, UH, PART OF OUR BOND PROJECT. 
          UH, BUT WE HAD TO DO THAT IN A VERY FRANKLY, INNOVATIVE WAY. 
          UH, WE HAD TO USE THE URBAN RENEWAL ACT OF FEDERAL LAW TO DO THAT. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS AS THE COUNCIL IS WELL AWARE OF BECAUSE THEY COME UP THROUGH THE, UH, AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          UH, AND FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS, I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRAINTS AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO UNDER THAT URBAN RENEWAL, UH, BOND PROJECT THAT WE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 
          WHAT I'VE DONE HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS HIGHLIGHTED AGAIN, SOME OF THE KEY CONSTRAINTS, WHICH IS WE HAVE TO HAVE AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN. 
          UH, WE USUALLY HAVE TO SELECT PROPERTIES THAT ARE OF HIGH VALUE. 
          YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WILLING BUYER. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE ARE LIMITED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH A M I. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A ABILITY TO ADJUST THAT BASED ON THE DIFFERENT ON A PROJECT. 
          UH, WE HAVE ALSO A, UH, COVENANT THAT RUNS WITH A LAND THAT REALLY LIMITS OUR ABILITY, UH, TO HAVE PROJECTS FOR, UH, SINGLE FAMILY OWNERSHIP. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE ISSUES IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS OUR COST UNTIL, UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVES SOMETHING. 
          SO WE, UH, DOING THE BEST WE CAN UNDER WHAT WAS APPROVED. 
          UH, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY IF WE CAN GET FULL FLEXIBILITY, UH, WE CAN HAVE A BROADER ARRAY AND, AND MUCH MORE ABILITY TO, UH, DEAL WITH SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, THAT WOULD MORE, UH, IMMEDIATELY LEAD TO, UH, SOME, SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING, UH, FOR, IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED ACTUAL CHANGE, UH, WE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL FROM OUR B SESSION THAT, UH, ONE OF THE PRIOR, OR THE KEY PRIORITY IN TERMS OF WHY WE WANNA MAKE THIS CHANGE NOW IS BECAUSE WE DO WANT A ROBUST, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT TO OUR NEXT BOND PACKAGE. 
          UH, AND SO WE HAVE, UH, EDITED THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED TO INCLUDE THE FACT THAT, UH, WE STILL ARE GONNA HAVE THE PUBLIC PURPOSE, BUT IT HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT WE WANNA, UH, FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PACKAGE WILL BE DETERMINED, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE. 
          UH, 
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SO AGAIN, IT EMPHASIZED THAT A COUP A COUPLE THINGS IS THAT WHAT THE, THE KEY DRIVER FOR MAKING THIS CHANGE NOW IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, AND THAT IT IS A COUNCIL THAT'LL DETERMINE ULTIMATELY WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE. 
          THAT'LL BE PUT FORTH FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR APPROVAL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE ENTIRE, UH, SLIDE HERE, BUT AGAIN, THIS JUST EMPHASIZES THAT, UH, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE, UH, WANNA ALIGN OURSELVES WITH OTHER MAJOR CITIES. 
          UH, THERE ARE OTHER, OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR LANGUAGE. 
          UH, THE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT YOU'LL SEE, UH, IN ALL OF THESE CITIES, UH, THEY DO POINT TO PUBLIC PURPOSE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT IS, AGAIN, TRYING TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THE FULL, UH, BANDWIDTH OF, UH, THAT CITIES ARE PROVIDED UNDER STATE LAW. 
          AND SO THEY ALL HAVE IN THEIR CITY CHARTER, UH, THE LANGUAGE ON PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHICH AFFORDS THEM THAT FULL ARRAY OF POSSIBILITIES FOR BOND PROJECTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I KNOW THIS IS A BUSY SLIDE, UH, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE CITIES, UH, BOTH IN TEXAS, UH, AND OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE, UH, USED THAT BROAD BO UH, BOND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS TO DEVELOP PROJECTS THAT ARE PRETTY UNIQUE, THAT ADDRESS, UH, REAL COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          UH, DALLAS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEIR SPENDING ON BOND PROJECTS HAVE COME UP WITH, UH, PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT, UH, HOUSING FOR CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, UH, RAPID HOUSING FOR ELDERLY, UH, DISABLED, UH, FAMILIES, UH, WITH CHILDREN, UH, AND DAY CENTERS WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, DEVELOP PROJECTS THAT ADDRESSED ALL THAT. 
          UH, HOUSTON HAS FOCUSED ON LAND BANKING, UH, FOR, UH, PARTICULARLY IN, IN AREAS THAT HAVE, UH, BLIGHTED AREAS, UH, TO TRY TO REDEVELOP THOSE AREAS, UH, USING, UH, BOND FUNDS. 
          SO, AGAIN, OTHER CITIES HAVE, UH, TAKEN THAT ABILITY, THAT FLEXIBILITY AND COME UP WITH SOME PRETTY INNOVATIVE BOND PROPOSALS, BOND PROJECTS TO TRY TO ADDRESS REAL NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES THAT IF WE DO BROADEN THE LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE, HOW THAT, UH, WOULD INCREASE THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX TO TRY TO ADDRESS, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER HOUSING, UH, ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH AS A COMMUNITY. 
          UH, ONE I HAD ALREADY MENTIONED, WHICH IS LAND ACQUISITION. 
          UH, WE WOULD THEN ALSO BE ALLOWED FOR GAP FINANCING FOR BOTH HOME INDIVIDUAL HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE TEXAS DISPLACEMENT TOOLKIT, UH, WHICH IS A VERY, UH, GOOD RESOURCE FOR LOOKING AT IDEAS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH HOUSING ISSUES. 
          UH, THAT CAME OUT OF THE, A GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 
          UM, WE ALSO CAN PRESERVE EXISTING HOUSING STOCKS, UH, BOTH IN RENTAL, UH, AND IN, UH, PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR HOMES. 
          CURRENTLY. 
          IN TERMS OF REPAIR AND REHAB, UH, WE CAN BETTER TARGET OUR A M I PARAMETERS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T DO AGAIN, WE'RE LIMITED TO THE 80%. 
          UH, AND ALSO WE CAN FOCUS ON LOCATIONS, UH, AND LEVERAGE LOCATIONS THAT NOT ONLY WOULD PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WOULD BE EASIER FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GET TO WORK TO GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED, UH, FROM THE CITY OR FROM, UH, OR THE STATE OR ANY OTHER, UH, SERVICES THAT THEY REQUIRE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          NOW, ALTHOUGH THE CHANGE IS DRIVEN BY, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED, UH, WE, WE DO EMPHASIZE THAT WE DO WANNA ALIGN OURSELVES WITH OTHER TEXAS CITIES AND PROVIDE OURSELVES THE FLEXIBILITY TO DEAL WITH OTHER ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, SOME PERHAPS THAT WE DON'T FORESEE TODAY. 
          UH, SO WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO GET THE FULL BANDWIDTH OF POTENTIAL TO DEAL WITH, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          ONE OF THOSE BEING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, AGAIN, I DO STRESS ANYTHING, UH, THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE APPROVED HAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. 
          UH, BUT IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IF WE WANT TO, UH, TRY TO USE, UH, THE, THE BOND PROPOSAL, UH, TO TRY TO REDEVELOP AND REENERGIZE A PARTICULAR AREA IN THE CITY, UH, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH GRANTS, IMPROVEMENTS ON BUILDINGS, AND ALLOW, UH, PERMISSIBLE PRIVATE USERS. 
          UH, ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE LIMITATION HAS ALREADY EFFECT THIS WAS THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, TO REDEVELOP THE FRIEDRICH BUILDING. 
          UH, WE WENT TO THE AG TRYING TO GET A PROJECT TO GET THAT, UH, REVITALIZED AND REDEVELOPED, UH, THAT WAS NOT APPROVED. 
          AND THE REASON IT WAS NOT APPROVED WAS, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAD THE LIMITATION OF PUBLIC WORKS IN OUR, UH, IN OUR CITY CHARTER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THERE, AS WE, UH, DISCUSSED THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, CHANGES OF THE CITY CHARTER, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WOULD CAME UP, UH, IN FACT, UH, A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, ASKED THIS WHEN 
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WE PRESENTED THIS TO THEM YESTERDAY, WAS, TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE LIMITED, UH, IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH, UH, SAHA AND OTHERS? UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE TWO LIMITATIONS CURRENTLY ON OUR ABILITY TO WORK WITH, UH, SAHA. 
          ONE OF 'EM IS, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, LANGUAGE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN OUR CITY CHARTER. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME LANGUAGE IN SECTION THREE OF THE CITY CHARTER WHERE WE TALK ABOUT URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE KEY LANGUAGE THERE THAT, UH, IF WE, UH, TRANSFER PROPERTY, IT HAS TO GO WITH A COVENANT THAT PREVENTS, UH, SUCH LAND FROM, UH, SOLD OR BEING USED BY A PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY. 
          UM, SO THE QUESTION REALLY IS, I MEAN, DOES THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, DOES THAT ALLOW US TO DO WORK WITH SAHA? UH, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, WHAT IT DOES IS AT, AT LEAST IT ELIMINATES ONE OF THE HURDLES, UH, IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH SAHA ON PROJECTS. 
          THIS PART OF THE, UH, CITY CHARTER WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. 
          UH, HOWEVER, UH, HAVING TO REMOVE THAT FIRST OBSTACLE AT LEAST GIVES US THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING WITH SAHA POTENTIALLY ON PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE NOT TRANSFERRING PROPERTY, UH, AND THAT, UH, OUR PROPERTY'S NOT BEING USED FOR, UH, UH, PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY. 
          SO AT LEAST IT OPENS THE POSSIBILITY. 
          UH, IT DOESN'T OPEN THE ROAD COMPLETELY, UH, BUT IT, AT LEAST IT GIVES US A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM ON PROJECTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO NOW WE GET TO WHY NOW, UM, WE, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE CITY CHARTER EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          THE LAST TIME WE CHANGED THE CITY CHARTER WAS THROUGH THE PETITIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION, UH, WHICH CHANGED THE CITY CHARTER. 
          SO THIS MAY IS THE, UH, FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE SINCE THAT PREVIOUS CHANGE TO CHANGE THE CITY CHARTER, AND IF WE'RE TO HAVE ANY HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE A ROBUST, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT TO OUR BOND PACKAGE, TO OUR BOND PROPOSAL. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMING, WE ALREADY IN THE MIDST OF DEVELOPING BOND PROJECTS, UM, WE START THIS YEAR, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA HIRE, UH, A CONSULTANT. 
          UH, WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO SCOPE SOME PROJECTS, UH, THE PUBLIC INPUT WE'LL GET, UH, OFF IN EARNEST THROUGH THE COMMITTEES. 
          UH, THIS SUMMER AND EARLY FALL. 
          UM, WE WILL HAVE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS IN THE FALL. 
          WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMU, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT, UH, AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL WILL CALL THE ELECTION, UH, FOR THE BOND PROPOSAL EARLY IN 2022, UH, FOR A MAY, UH, CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMUNITY OF THE BOND PROPOSAL. 
          SO AGAIN, IF WE'RE TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF HAVING A ROBUST, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CITY CHARTER NOW SO THAT IT COULD ALIGN WITH THE SCHEDULE YOU SEE HERE BEFORE YOU, IF WE WAIT, UH, WE PROBABLY WILL MISS THIS BOND PROPOSAL IN TERMS OF HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT THAT, UH, MEETS THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE WOULD LIKE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A TIMELINE. 
          UH, CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING THIS CHANGE TODAY, FEBRUARY 11TH. 
          UH, AND WE WILL HAVE IF APPROVED, UH, THAT LANGUAGE BEFORE THE, UH, VOTERS THIS COMING MAY. 
          AND AGAIN, IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO THEN REALLY, UH, UH, HAVE A, THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL DEVELOP SOME REAL INTERESTING HOUSING PROPOSALS AND HOUSING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS FOR UPCOMING BOND. 
          LAST, WE, WE RECOMMENDING, AGAIN, THAT THE COUNCIL MAKE THIS CHANGE TO ALLOW THE CITY, UH, TO ISSUE, UH, BONDS FOR ANY CATEGORY THAT FALLS INTO PUBLIC PURPOSE, RECOGNIZING THAT THE CURRENT PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL, UH, IS TO HAVE, UH, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT FOR OUR NEXT PROPOSAL. 
          BUT WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF YET IN TERMS OF, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, ACCESS TO, UH, INTERNET, UH, OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD COME UP, OR THAT, UH, ARISE BE FOR THE, NOT THE NEXT ONE, BUT THE, THE NEXT SERIES OF BOND PROPOSALS, WE WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE AGAIN. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE, UH, ALIGN OURSELVES WITH OTHER TEXAS CITIES AND GIVE OURSELVES THE FULL FLEXIBILITY THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW. 
          AND WITH THAT MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ANDY, LET ME TURN IT FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, THOROUGH PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I HAD ASKED THIS TO COME TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR PLANNING OF FUTURE BOND PROJECTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FUTURE BOND PROJECTS SINCE THE LAST BOND PROJECT. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NOT NEVER GOT TO ADDRESS WAS THE ISSUE OF HOUSING, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE REQUESTED SOME 
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FUNDING FOR SOME SMALL BUSINESS, I'M SORRY, SOME SMALL PLANNING IN MY DISTRICT SO THAT WE COULD REALLY COORDINATE THIS BOND PROGRAM FOR, UH, THE NEXT TIME, UH, 2022. 
          AND, UM, OF COURSE, WHAT IS AT THE HEART OF ALL OF THAT IS HOUSING. 
          UM, SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT WE COULD NOT USE THIS FOR SAHA BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN MY COMMUNITY IS GONNA INVOLVE A SAHA PROPERTY, GIVEN THAT I HAVE SOME VERY LARGE ONES HERE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          UH, BUT WE CAN USE IT FOR REHAB THEN OF, UM, SINGLE FAMILY, UM, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA BE REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE STABILIZATION OF HOUSING, UH, IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT CAN BE USED FOR, UM, FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES AND, AND OWNER PROPERTIES. 
          UM, ANDY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMAN. 
          IT COULD, IT COULD BE USED FOR BOTH. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S VERY EXCITING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY THAT MOST OF THE STRUCTURES, UH, IN MY DISTRICT ARE VERY OLD. 
          UH, SO WE KNOW WE CAN USE IT FOR THAT. 
          UM, MY COLLEAGUES KNOW I ALSO HAVE A SHOTGUN HOUSING, UM, UH, PILOT THAT WE'RE WORKING THAT HOPEFULLY CAN BE EXPANDED, UH, AND, AND TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THOSE, UM, THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE SO IMPORTANT FOR SOME OF OUR OLDER COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY NEED A LOT OF REHAB. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FLEXIBILITY AS WELL, BECAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP THE LAST TIME AROUND, UH, WAS THAT A PROJECT WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF, UM, CONTAMINATION. 
          SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AS WELL IN THIS, UM, ANDY SOME, UM, GREEN, UH, RATHER, UM, THAT BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          COUNCIL, WE CAN USE IT ON BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT, AS LONG AS IT'S TIED TO A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE, YES, WE CAN. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, I, AND SO IN, IN RELATION TO, UM, UH, SOME, UM, OF THE, UH, LIKE EXISTING, SO FOR, AND I'M, I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO GIVE EXAMPLES OF WHY I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BROAD. 
          SO LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON TRACK. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN DISTRICT FIVE, LOTS OF OLDER APARTMENTS THAT ARE LIKE COMPLETELY SECTION EIGHT. 
          WE DID ONE, UM, KIND OF IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA, AND I'M SUDDENLY BLANKING ON THE NAME OF IT, BUT THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE HOUSING TRUST WILL REMEMBER. 
          UM, SO COULD IT BE USED FOR SECTION, UH, SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER HOLDERS IF THERE ARE PRIVATE, IF IT'S A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT TO REHAB? YES. 
          UH, CONCEPTUALLY, YES. 
          WHAT, AND WHAT I MEAN BY CONCEPTUALLY COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT FORCED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ANOTHER ISSUE, UH, BY CHANGING THE CITY CHARTER, ALL WE'RE REALLY DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ON TYING OUR OWN HANDS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH BOND PROJECTS. 
          THERE MAY BE STILL OTHER STATE LAWS, UM, OR FEDERAL LAWS THAT GOVERN WHAT WE CAN DO ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS. 
          BUT WHAT THIS CHANGE DOES IS IT, IT, IT, IT UNTIES OUR OWN HANDS SO THAT ALL WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, RIGHT, WOULD BE, UH, WHAT OTHER LAWS MAY IMPACT A PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          BUT YES, CONCEPTUALLY WE CAN USE IT FOR WHAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I JUST, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, BUT I DO THINK HAVING BROAD LANGUAGE IS BEST. 
          UM, IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE BOND PROJECTS ARE ALWAYS FULLY VETTED BY, UM, OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES. 
          WELL, THEY'RE, WELL, THEY'RE REALLY FULLY VETTED BY THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE VOTER APPROVED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL PRESENTED AS A PACKAGE, AND IT'S A PRETTY THOROUGH PROCESS. 
          UM, IF THOSE OF US HAVEN'T ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED A BOND, UM, UH, CYCLE, UM, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SAT ON A BOND, UH, COMMITTEE AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, AND WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PROJECTS GET THAT, UM, THOROUGHLY VETTED, UH, BEFORE THEY GO TO COUNCIL. 
          SO THIS GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADD HOUSING TO THAT COMPONENT. 
          I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TRYING TO PLAN, UH, I TRIED TO GET PARKS AND STREETS AND LIBRARIES AND HOUSING SORT OF ALL TOGETHER SO THAT WHEN WE GO FORWARD WITH THE BOND PACKAGE, UH, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS TO THE VOTERS. 
          I HOPE THAT, UM, UH, IT, IT, I THINK IT'S BEST WHEN, WHEN WE TRY TO EXPLAIN IT AS, AS ALL ENCOMPASSING. 
          SO WE'VE TALKED OVER THE YEARS ABOUT REALLY WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR, UH, OF OUR, OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, ESPECIALLY IN THE CHARTER WITH SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND OF COURSE, HOUSING IS NOW WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS A BASIC CITY SERVICE. 
          SO IT 
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JUST MAKES SENSE THAT WE WOULD ADD THIS TO THE CHARTER. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND, AND, UH, TO THE MAYOR FOR REALLY, UH, BEING SUCH A CHAMPION, UM, FOR HOUSING. 
          UH, I THINK THAT WE, WE UNDERSTAND IT AS, AS, UM, AS A REALLY A PRIORITY. 
          AND SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. 
          AND THE NAME OF THOSE APARTMENTS WERE THE PAN-AMERICAN APARTMENTS, UM, UH, ON, IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA THAT WE, UH, DID A, A, A REHAB OF A, UM, A OLD APARTMENT BUILDING THERE IN THE HOUSING TRUST. 
          SO JUST ONE EXAMPLE FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ON THE HOUSING TRUST THAT WILL REMEMBER, UH, HOW WE CAN USE THIS BOND TO HOPEFULLY, UH, ADDRESS SOME, SOME OF OUR OLDER HOUSING, UM, STOCK IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT AND ALLOWING FOR THEM TO CITY TO VOTE ON IT AND SEE WHAT, UM, WHAT PROJECTS COME FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THERE IS A MOTION, UH, BY GONZALEZ. 
          UH, AND A SECOND, MY SCREEN DIDN'T SHOW WHO IT WAS, UH,  FOR THE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. 
          UH, I, I THINK I'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT I ALSO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING, PARTICULARLY FOR THE INCOME LEVELS WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED. 
          UH, SO IN, FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT IS, UH, THAT AS WELL AS PROTECTING THE CURRENT STOCK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, ANDY, I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT, AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU SO MUCH AS THE STAFF WHO MANAGES OUR BOND CYCLE TIMING. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, LIKE WHY THIS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, SAY, IN NOVEMBER, UH, AND HOW THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE BOND CYCLE? COUNCILMAN? I'LL, UH, UM, I'LL, JOHN, DO YOU WANNA PULL UP THAT, PULL UP THAT SLIDE THAT ANDY HAD? UM, AND WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION COMING TO COUNCIL ON MARCH 18TH, B SESSION, BUT, BUT REALLY BY THE, UM, IDEALLY, AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL CAN, CAN DECIDE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS, BUT BY, WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF SUMMER, THE COUNCIL WILL BE, UM, UH, SELECTING INDIVIDUALS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, COM COMMITTEES, UM, THAT ACCORDING TO OUR CALENDAR, UM, HAS THAT OCCURRING BETWEEN THE OCTOBER AND DECEMBER TIMEFRAME SO THAT IT CAN COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN TIME FOR THE CALLING OF THE ELECTION AND THE FINAL APPROVAL BY THE FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND SO IF, IF, IF, UH, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, THEN UH, I THINK I WOULD, MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TO, WE STICK, WE HAVE TO, WE, WE NEED TO STICK TO THIS SCHEDULE. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER FACETS OF THE BOND PROGRAM TO INCLUDE FACILITIES AND STREETS AND, AND, UH, UH, DRAINAGE AND PARKS. 
          UM, I JUST, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALISTIC TO, TO, TO, UM, THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO SET ASIDE A CHUNK OF MONEY OR DESIGNATE AMOUNT, AMOUNT OF AN AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AN ELECTION. 
          UH, LATER ON AT THAT POINT, AT THAT, BY THE TIME WE HIT THE FALL, UH, WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF THE ROUGH SIZE OF THE PLAN OF THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND BY THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL WILL HAD, HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED AND DECIDED ON THE APPRO ON THE APPROPRIATE SPLIT IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHY WHEN, WHEN ANDY GAVE HIS PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW FROM, FROM A BOND PROGRAM STANDPOINT, UM, IT, IT FITS INTO THAT TIMELINE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, IT'S POSSIBLE TO WORK ON THAT WITH THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE ADOPTED IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S STILL A RISK THAT IT MIGHT NOT, IF WE WAIT UNTIL, UH, NOVEMBER TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, THERE'S A RISK THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER AND THAT THAT WORK WILL BE FOR NAUGHT. 
          IS THAT REALLY THE, THE, THE ISSUE? NO, THE, THE, THE WORK IS, THE WORK IS HAPPENING NOW, AND I, UH, I I THINK THAT BY THE TIME WE GO INTO THE SUMMER, UH, OR COME OUT OF THE SUMMER, WE'LL HAVE, UH, WE'LL WANT TO HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE, UH, TARGETING FOR THE BOND PROGRAM AND THE RELATIVE SPLIT BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPOSITIONS, STREETS, DRAINAGE, PARKS, HOUSING, OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND 
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IF I MAY, ERIC, UH, PART OF THAT PROCESS, COUNCILWOMAN IS THE, AGAIN, THE PRIORITIZATION, UH, BY THE COUNCIL OF NOT ONLY THE CATEGORIES, BUT THEN THE COMMITTEES LOOK AT PRIORITIZING PROJECTS WITHIN THE CATEGORY. 
          SO IF WE ARE TO PRIORITIZE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT CATEGORIES ARE, WILL BE ELIGIBLE, UH, FOR, UH, THE BOND PROPOSAL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY, UH, OTHER QUESTION HAS TO GO WITH UH, SO THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT IS FOR THE USE OF BONDS ON, UH, THESE IMPROVEMENTS OR THESE PUBLIC, SORRY, NOT PUBLIC WORKS, PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, SO CAN YOU TELL ME RIGHT NOW, ARE THERE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE COULD USE LEGALLY FOR, FOR THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THERE'S, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S REVENUE SOURCES FOR, FRANKLY ALL THE CATEGORIES, UH, THAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR BOND PROPOSAL, PARKS, STREETS, UM, ET CETERA. 
          UH, SO WE, WE WE DO HAVE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES AGAIN, NO, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE, THE REASON WE'RE MAKING THE CHANGE TO THE CHARTER AMENDMENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, WE DO, WE DO HAVE, AND, AND LORI'S ON, AND, AND, AND VERO IS ON TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GIVES US ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX IN TERMS OF, OF BOND REVENUES TO, TO FUND, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          I HEARD A PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT HOW THIS WILL HELP US WITH BROWNFIELD. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE CAN ALREADY DO THAT WITH OUR BONDS. 
          UM, I MEAN, THAT WAS PART OF THE, AS, AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO IT RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS BOND PROJECT. 
          WE, WE CAN GET SITE READINESS COUNCILWOMAN UNDER THAT. 
          UM, SO, UH, YES, WE COULD GET SITE READINESS TO, TO THE EXTENT WE NEED TO. 
          UH, THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP TO DO THAT. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE, IT'S OTHER CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE UNDER THAT, UH, URBAN, URBAN RENEWAL ACT THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER THAT THAT'S REALLY, UH, LIMITING US IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          THE, THE ONLY THING IT, IT RESTRICTS US FROM DOING IS ACTUALLY BUILDING THE HOUSING. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'LL LAST BERO TO CHIME IN ON THIS ONE. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH,  NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. 
          SO, UM, THE THINGS WE CAN DO NOW ARE SITE READINESS. 
          UM, SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO DO MORE GAP IN ORDER TO GET DEEPER AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TARGET DEEPER AFFORDABILITY IF ALL WE HAVE TO DO ARE THE HORIZONTAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO LET'S SAY THERE'S A PROJECT THAT IS $10 MILLION, AND SITE READINESS IS ONLY 1 MILLION. 
          ALL WE COULD DO CURRENTLY IS THE 1 MILLION, BUT TO MAKE THAT 10 MILLION DEVELOPMENT HAVE THE AFFORDABILITY AND THE SUBSIDY NEEDED TO KEEP THOSE UNITS AT 30% A M I FOR A LONG TIME, WE MIGHT NEED ONE OR TWO MORE MILLION. 
          SO WE COULD, RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE SITE READINESS LIMITATION, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE KNOW THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY, THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, THE CURRENT LANGUAGE DOES NOT ALLOW US TO DO THAT. 
          SO WE DID NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YESTERDAY, UH, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT ANOTHER BOND PROJECT AND HOW IT WAS FUNDED IN PART BY BONDS, BUT IN PART ALSO BY CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. 
          UM, THAT'S ALSO A FUNDING, UM, STRATEGY WE COULD LOOK AT GOING FORWARD, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S ALSO POSSIBLE FOR HOUSING. 
          IT IS COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, BUT, UH, AGAIN, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW IN THE, IN THE LEGISLATURE. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO TRY TO LIMIT WHAT CITIES CAN DO AS CFOS. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, THE, THE, CAN I, CAN I CHIME IN HERE REAL QUICK? COUNCILMAN, THIS IS BEN. 
          UH, LET ME JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THE CFOS. 
          WE ARE RESTRICTED UNDER STATE LAW IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD DO. 
          SO FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITIONS, THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE VOTED. 
          CFOS ARE TYPICALLY GONNA BE INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE PROJECTS OR FACILITIES. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE CFOS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          OKAY. 
          INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT THE, THAT THE RENEWAL AGENCY ACT DOES RESTRICT US TO IS SPENDING THAT MONEY ON HOUSING THAT'S GONNA BE 80% A M I OR LESS. 
          AND I, THAT'S A RESTRICTION I LIKE. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PURSUE THAT IN, IN THE FUTURE, UH, WHENEVER, WHATEVER WE END UP DOING WITH OUR, WITH OUR BOND, UH, PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN I'D, I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM STAFF, IF YOU HAVE A CONCEPT OF CONCEPT, WHAT WILL THE INPUT PROCESS BE, UH, FOR THE HOUSING PORTION OF THIS, OF THE NEXT BOND? WOULD IT BE SIMILAR 
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TO THE OTHER PROPOSITIONS LIKE DRAINAGE PARKS? AND, AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH AN INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY SET UP FOR INPUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE REPORT, WE HAVE A HOUSING COMMISSION, WE HAVE SAHA. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I ASK COUNCILWOMAN. 
          I THINK THE, AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE A B SESSION ON MAY 18TH OR MARCH 18TH COMING, IS TO HELP SET UP AND FRAME, UH, THE GENERAL PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF TYPE OF PROPOSITIONS AND, UH, WHETHER IT BE STREETS OR PARKS OR, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF THE COUNCIL PLACES THIS ON THE BALLOT FOR, UH, THE VOTERS TO CONSIDER IN MAY, THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL WILL INCLUDE HOUSING AS ONE OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS, AND THAT WE TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFF, IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT A M I, UM, THAT'S WHEN THAT SHOULD BE FLUSHED OUT WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO GIVE SOME FRAMEWORK TO THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER. 
          OKAY. 
          IN CONSIDERATION WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          LAST, LAST QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          UM, SO WE'LL SAVE THAT DISCUSSION FOR THEN, BUT, BUT MY LAST QUESTION IS, ANDY, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THIS MOTIVATION IS TO UNTIE OUR HANDS AS, AS YOU SAY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT TIE STILL HAPPENING WITH THAT PUBLIC AGENCY RESTRICTION. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, WHY WE WOULDN'T GO AHEAD AND UNTIE THAT NOW. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE, UM, AGAIN, OUT OF CYCLE IN TERMS OF THE NORMAL PROCESS FOR CITY, UH, CHARTER CHANGES, WE WANTED TO, UH, LIMIT IT REALLY AS MUCH AS WE COULD. 
          UM, AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS, UH, CONSIDERED BY THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. 
          AND ALTHOUGH THEY, A RECOMMENDATION DIDN'T COME OUT FROM THE DISCUSSION OF THAT, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, THEY DID FAVOR BROADENING THE LANGUAGE, OR AT LEAST THE SENSE WE GOT WAS THEY WERE STRONGLY CONSIDERING LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BROADEN IT, MUCH LIKE WE'RE RECOMMENDING TODAY. 
          UH, THE SECOND ITEM ON, ON THE PROHIBITION THAT YOU SEE UNDER THE URBAN RENEWAL SECTION OF THE CITY CHARTER, THAT WASN'T AS FULLY FLESHED OUT. 
          UH, AND FRANKLY, WE DIDN'T GET THE SENSE THAT THAT CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WAS GONNA RECOMMEND A CHANGE TO THAT PROVISION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          I'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK CARLOS AS WELL. 
          YESTERDAY WHEN WE MET, UM, WHEN WE SAT DOWN AND REALLY FLESHED OUT WHAT WOULD THIS LANGUAGE DO, UM, AND IT'S GIVE OUR VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT TWO AND YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE VACANT BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE IN DISTRICT TWO, KNOWING THAT THIS BOND CAN TRULY REVITALIZE, UPLIFT, AND LEVERAGE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING OUR VOTERS FOR. 
          UM, SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE, BECAUSE IT GIVES, OF COURSE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THE POWER TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS CONVERSATION. 
          UM, AND ANDY, AS WE WERE GOING FORWARD, UM, LISTENING TO THIS ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK, IN LEVERAGING HOW WE AS A CITY ARE REALLY STEPPING INTO MAKING SURE WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE GROUND, UM, AND MAKING THIS AMENDMENT CHANGE, WOULD THIS THEN GIVE US, AS A CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE LAND BANKING TO DEVELOP THE TINY HOME COMMUNITIES OR THE CONTAINER COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY SPEAK TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE, WHO ARE OUT THERE NEEDING SHELTER AT THIS TIME? YES. 
          COUNCILMAN, IT WOULD GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          COUNCIL, WANT ME TO GIVE, BECAUSE I, GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          NO, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          NO, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO BRING YOU INTO THE CONVERSATION ANYWAY. 
          UM, WHEN WE FIRST CAME INTO, UH, CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ASKING WAS IF WE HAD LAND THAT WE AS A CITY COULD USE TO BUILD TINY HOMES. 
          AND WE WERE LOCKED IN, UM, THE AMENDMENT THAT DIDN'T ALLOW US TO DO SO. 
          AND WHAT THIS WILL DO IS REALLY GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THAT. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO HOUSE SOME OF THE MOST SEVERE, UM, CASES OF HARDSHIP. 
          AND SO I REALLY THINK THAT WHEN WE DO THIS AMENDMENT, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING TO HELP OTHERS IS REALLY A SERVICE TO HOW WE MAKE THIS AMENDMENT HAPPEN. 
          SO, UM, THANK 
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YOU SO MUCH, ANDY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND ERIC, I KNOW YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, ERIC, WE'LL TALK OFFLINE, APPRECIATE IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS AMENDMENT DID GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO I, I'VE, I'VE ALSO BEEN APPROACHED, UH, WITH CONCERNS THAT, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS UNDER THIS CHARTER CHANGE, UH, CROWD OUT THE INTENDED GOAL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREATION AND RETENTION. 
          WE'VE HEARD THAT SPORTS STADIUMS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS COULD BE ON THE TABLE IF THIS CHANGE IS MADE. 
          ANDY, IN THE OTHER TEXAS CITIES, THAT THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR HOUSING WERE ANY SUCCESSFUL IN CREATING CHARTER LANGUAGE THAT RESTRICTS OR LIMITS THAT THE TYPES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT COULD BE, UH, PROPOSED WITHOUT RUNNING AFOUL OF STATE LAW OR WITHOUT HAMSTRINGING THE CITY'S ABILITY TO CREATE AND PROTECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, NO. 
          THE, THE OTHER, UH, CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THE, THE, UH, BROADER LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, AND IT HA IT HASN'T IMPACTED THEIR ABILITY TO, UH, AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT THEY AS A COUNSELOR, AS A COMMUNITY FEEL, UH, THEY NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, OR ANY OTHER, UH, PROJECTS THAT, THAT THEY FEEL ARE, ARE APPROPRIATE FOR A, FOR A BRA PROPOSAL. 
          SO BASICALLY, I, I GUESS WHAT I WAS ASKING IS THAT, UH, DID ANYBODY TRY TO, TO, UH, ADJUST THAT WITHOUT IT, UH, CREATING POTENTIAL, UH, PROBLEMS WITH THE LANGUAGE ITSELF? I SEE. 
          NO, NO. 
          WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY CITY THAT TRIED TO LIMIT THEMSELVES TO ONLY, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TERMS OF EXPAND. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY UNIQUE. 
          COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING, I THINK THE ISSUE WE'RE UNIQUE IN THAT WE WE'RE, UH, FRANKLY THE ONLY LARGE TEXAS CITY THAT I KNOW OF THAT HAS LIMITED ITSELF TO PUBLIC WORKS. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF IN A UNIQUE POSITION RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS BONDS DID NOT ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING BY THE CITY. 
          SO, SO IT DOES RELY ON PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT SECTOR TO DO THAT. 
          UM, WOULD THIS CHARTER CHANGE ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING BY THE CITY? AGAIN, UH, COUNCILMAN CONCEPTUALLY? UH, YES. 
          THERE MAY BE OTHER, DEPENDING ON WHAT THIS ACTUAL PROJECT IS, OR MAYBE OTHER, UH, UH, CONSTRAINTS, EITHER, YOU KNOW, BY ORDINANCE, CITY CHARTER STATE LAW, BUT AGAIN, CONCEPTUALLY, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, DALLAS AND RALLY VOTERS APPROVED GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCLUDING HOMELESS ASSISTANCE FACILITIES. 
          WHAT KINDS OF HOMELESS ASSISTANCE FACILITIES, SHELTERS, TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITIES, UH, WOULD THESE BE ALLOWABLE WITH THIS CHANGE? AGAIN, CONCEPTUALLY? YES. 
          COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, I'M ASKED VETO TO GIVE MAYBE MORE SPECIFICS THAT BECAUSE HER TEAM, WAS THAT WHAT LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE? YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          UM, CONCEPTUALLY WE COULD DO A LOT MORE. 
          UM, AND SERVICE RICH HOUSING IS PART OF WHAT WE COULD DO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO, UH, TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AROUND HOUSING FIRST. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I WAS, I, I, I USED THE TERM PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND I REALLY WANT US TO INVESTIGATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, I, I DO UNDERSTAND THE HESITANCY, HESITANCY, UH, ABOUT PLACING THIS ITEM ON THE BALLOT. 
          BUT SHOULD THIS CHANGE BE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL STILL HAVE THE DUTY TO DRAFT THE BOND LANGUAGE. 
          I, I, I ALSO HAVE FAITH THAT THE PUBLIC WILL ELECT LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DRAFTING FUTURE BOND LANGUAGE, BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT ADDRESSES THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION LEADING UP TO THE VOTE IN MAY, AS IT WILL HELP GUIDE FUTURE HOUSING POLICY, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME AT THE BALLOT BOX MAY BE. 
          I WANNA THANK, UH, THE LEGAL TEAM, ANDY, UH, CITY STAFF, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, THE WORK OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AS WELL, AND LOOK FORWARD TO A, A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          AH, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE GOT SOME BIG PROBLEMS WITH THIS, UH, UM, PROPOSAL TO PUT THIS ON THE, UH, UH, CHARTER AMENDMENTS. 
          AND, UH, I, I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE ULTIMATELY UP TO THE VOTERS AND I, THIS COUNCIL IS GONNA PASS THIS 
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ON TO, UH, UH, GET THIS ON, ON THE BALLOT LANGUAGE. 
          UM, BUT JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, UH, THERE'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND I WANNA DRAW EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THIS, AND I'M GONNA CERTAINLY, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORD GETS OUT, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND MAY ON WHAT THOSE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ARE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, LINING THE DEVELOPER'S POCKETS, YOU KNOW, ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIDE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          UM, UH, JUST NOT, NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF, UH, WHAT WE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AS FAR AS OUR CORE REQUIREMENTS HERE IN THE CITY. 
          UM, I LOOK AT THIS AS A, IT'S GONNA SIPHON MONEY AWAY, AND ERIC ALLUDED TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          SIPHON MONEY AWAY FROM THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE, WE SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND LEMME JUST GO OVER SOME EXAMPLES FOR YOU AND LISTEN TO THE NUMBERS AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'VE GOT OVER 400 MILES. 
          THINK OF THAT. 
          400 MILES OF F STREETS. 
          THAT MEANS FAILED STREETS WITH A TICKET OF OVER $800 MILLION TO FIX D STREETS THAT ARE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING F STREETS, $284 MILLION THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          LISTEN TO THIS. 
          OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING FLOODING. 
          $2 BILLION WORTH OF REQUIREMENTS OUT THERE. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO SIDEWALKS, YOU TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME, OVER $500 MILLION WORTH OF SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND THEN MAINTENANCE TO OUR FACILITIES ARE CITY FACILITIES ACROSS THE CITY, OVER $72 MILLION. 
          I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET OUR PARKS REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALL OF THAT TOTALED UP IS 3.6 BILLION. 
          THAT'S WHAT A B BILLION AND WHAT OUR BOND FUTURE BONDS GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          THIS LAST TIME WE HAD OVER $850 MILLION IN OUR BOND. 
          UM, OVER HALF OF THAT WAS FOR THE STREETS, 400 MILLION. 
          AND LOOK AT WHERE THAT GOT US. 
          IT DIDN'T GET US VERY FAR DOWN THE ROAD. 
          AND THIS NEXT BOND, ERIC, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE 50 MILLION, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AROUND 650 MILLION. 
          NOW, THAT MAY CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND WHENEVER THE BOND COMES UP, BUT STILL, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE THE SIZE OF THIS LAST BOND PACKAGE. 
          OUR YEARLY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, OUR I M P, WE WILL NEVER CATCH UP. 
          IN FACT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FURTHER BEHIND OF THESE REQUIREMENTS. 
          OUR STREETS DON'T GET BETTER OVER, DON'T GET BETTER OVER TIME. 
          THEY GET WORSE. 
          AND THERE'S NO OTHER ENTITY OUT THERE TO FUND THESE REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN OUR BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND REMEMBER, THESE ARE OUR CORE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LISTED OUT IN THE CHARTER THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, UH, HOW HOUSING, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          BUT LOOK, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE STATE IS FUNDING A VERY HEALTHY PROGRAM FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, JOHN, CAN YOU PUT UP THAT SLIDE THAT, UH, GOT SOME DATA HERE FROM, UH, VERO SHOWING WHAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND JUST WANTED TO, CAN YOU BLOW THAT UP? THAT'S REALLY SMALL. 
          YEAH. 
          LOOK AT, LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS. 
          IF YOU CAN SCROLL ON DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE, THE EAST SIDE, THAT'S SOME BIG NUMBERS THAT WERE ALREADY BEING FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND WE'RE ADDING TO THAT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND ALREADY. 
          UH, THAT ADDS TO THOSE NUMBERS. 
          SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL BIG PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ALREADY FUNDING. 
          UH, THIS WAS 17 THROUGH 19. 
          OUR, OUR, UH, 21 PROGRAM IS OVER $22 MILLION FOR 21. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. 
          BUT THEN TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT, WELL, WHERE ELSE CAN WE FIND MONEY TO PUT AGAINST THIS? AND EVERY OTHER REQUIREMENT TO PULL AWAY FROM OUR CORE REQUIREMENTS IS OUR BOND PROGRAM. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THE BIG BUCKS THIS TIME THAT WE DID LAST TIME BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND WHO 
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KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING IN OUR BOND PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA SIPHON MONEY AWAY FROM THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS. I JUST WANNA REPEAT THAT AGAIN. 
          $3.6 BILLION OF REQUIREMENTS OUT THERE. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T RE, THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE OUR PARKS, UH, WHICH I HOPE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS HERE SOON AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, I JUST THINK THAT THIS LANGUAGE IS TOO BROAD. 
          UM, I, I HAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE ON WHAT OUR BOND MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO. 
          AND OUR I M P AND OUR GENERAL FUND MONEY IS TOWARDS OUR CRITICAL CORE REQUIREMENTS HERE FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, WHENEVER WE GET THE GOVERNMENT INVOLVED, FOR EXAMPLE, A HOUSING PROGRAM, NORMALLY THINGS DON'T GO THE WAY WE PLAN. 
          I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE OUR BOND PROGRAM. 
          THIS LAST BOND PROGRAM, WE SET ASIDE $20 MILLION FOR THE HOUSING PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT'S BEING DONE AS VERO EXPLAINED BEFORE ON HOW WE, UH, PURCHASE AND GET PROPERTY AVAILABLE AND READY FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND TAKE OVER. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
          UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY FAILURES. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO I SEE NO REASON IN THE WORLD TO EXPAND, UH, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T FUND OUT OF OUR BOND DOLLARS THAT PEOPLE EXPECT, YOU KNOW? GOOD. 
          AGAIN, GOOD STREETS, GOOD DRAINAGE, UH, NICE PARKS, LIBRARIES, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE STATIONS OUT THERE, THEY NEED TO BE, THEY NEED TO BE REDONE AS WELL AS FIRE STATIONS. 
          UM, AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF OTHER FACILITIES THAT NEED SOME MAJOR WORK ON 'EM. 
          UM, LET, LEMME GO BACK, ANDY. 
          WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? I MEAN, I, I SAW THE SLIDE. 
          UM, UM, SLIDE NUMBER TWO, I THINK IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT, JOHN. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, THIS WHOLE CHANGE PROCESS. 
          I LOOKED AT THIS AND I LOOKED AT THE DATES WHEN, UH, THIS WENT THROUGH THE CHARTER, UM, COMMISSION, REVIEW COMMISSION, AND THAT WAS BACK IN 2017. 
          WHY DID THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN POP UP WITHIN TWO WEEKS TO HURRY THIS THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND PUT IT ON FOR THIS, THIS, UH, ELECTION IN MAY? THAT'S NOT THE WAY THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT STEPS, IT SAYS A ROBUST PROCESS WHERE, WHERE WAS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH? WHERE WAS, WHERE WERE ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO GET INPUT, UM, SPENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO OUT TO DISTRICT 10. 
          I MEAN, I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 
          WHERE'S ALL THESE STEPS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE? WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, GET THEIR INPUT AND RUN THIS THROUGH THE SYSTEM? THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIX MONTHS, AT LEAST SIX MONTHS IN THE MAKING TO PUT THIS, UH, ON THE BALLOT. 
          BUT NO, THIS IS ALL OF A SUDDEN THROWN OUT THERE JUST TO PUT IT ON THIS MAY'S BALLOT JUST TO GET IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 
          I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, AND I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT, THAT, THAT THIS COUNCIL IS READY TO DO SOMETHING IN A KNEE JERK REACTION. 
          YES, THIS WAS LOOKED AT SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY THE, UH, COMMISSION, BUT MY GOODNESS, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESURRECTED AND RUN THROUGH THE PROCESS, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY TO GET INPUT, JUST LIKE WE, JUST LIKE WHAT THAT SLIDE SAID. 
          AND WE DID NOT DO ANY OF THAT. 
          SO I, I'M, I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST POPS UP ON THE RADAR SCREEN TO THROW IT ONTO THIS NEXT, NEXT BALLOT, UM, TO GET APPROVED. 
          AND YES, IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS, BUT, UH, THIS CITY HAS BEEN VERY KIND TOWARDS, UM, CHARTER REVISIONS, UM, UM, BIG TICKET ITEMS, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO I'M, I'M, I JUST DON'T THINK THIS ONE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE. 
          AND, AND, UM, I, I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE, UM, PRECEPTS OF THIS WHOLE CONCEPT TO BEGIN WITH. 
          UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW, SIR. 
          I MIGHT CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I THINK A CONCERN A LOT OF US HAVE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING A BOND PROJECT, UH, EXPANDING WHAT IT CAN ENCOMPASSES, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THIS GONNA MEAN TO THE TAXPAYER? AND I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMMUNITY DECIDES IT WANTS TO SPEND ANOTHER $50 MILLION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND INCLUDES THAT IN A, A FUTURE BOND PROJECT, UH, HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THE TAXPAYER COUNCILMAN? UM, ASSUMING THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE, UM, AND IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO THAT, THAT WE DEVELOP OUR BOND PROGRAM PROJECTIONS, THAT THEY BE WITHIN OUR EXISTING TAX RATE. 
          UM, I CAN SEE POTENTIALLY, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY SELECT, UH, TO PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS, UM, COULD HAVE AN OPERATING COST, UM, FOR US OR OTHER AGENCIES. 
          UM, BUT, BUT OVERALL, I MEAN, MY, MY, MY PROPOSED, UH, APPROACH WOULD BE TO UTILIZE THOSE SAME ASSUMPTIONS WE DO FOR THE ENTIRE BOND PROGRAM AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INCORPORATED WITHIN WHAT WE CAN AFFORD UNDER OUR EXISTING, UH, UH, TAX RATE. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING IT, IT WOULD BE TAX NEUTRAL, SO TO SPEAK? WELL, WITHIN WITH NEUTRAL IN THE SENSE THAT IT, IT'LL BE WITHIN OUR TAX RATE, SO WE INDIVIDUAL'S VALUES GO UP. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE OVER THE SHORT TIMEFRAME ON THIS, AND I DO TOO, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS TO OFFER THE VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE, DO THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE, UH, THE WORDING THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO INCLUDE OTHER THINGS IN FUTURE BOND ISSUES? AND I, I THINK THAT'S A RELEVANT QUESTION TO ASK AT THIS TIME. 
          AND TO PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS, UH, UNLIKE MAYBE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, I, I TRUST THE VOTERS, AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME IN OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE VOTERS IN OUR, IN OUR CITY VOTE. 
          AND THAT PORTION IS USUALLY THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY EDUCATE THEMSELVES WELL ABOUT THESE ISSUES. 
          I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD VOTE, AND I WISH THEY WOULD ALL EDUCATE THEMSELVES BETTER ABOUT THE ISSUES. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA VOTE ON THIS ISSUE IN MAY, WHO WILL, WHO WILL VOTE WITHOUT AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR. 
          ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR BOND PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S NOT THE COUNCIL THAT'S GONNA DECIDE WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE. 
          WE MAY SUGGEST CATEGORIES, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE INDIVIDUALS IN EACH OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT ARE GONNA MEET AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN THEIR DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE FOR PROJECTS I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT NINE, OR I'M SURE IN EVERY OTHER DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM, BUT THAT ARE VALUE TO EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. 
          AND SO I REALLY TRUST THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING TO SERVE ON THIS BOND COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH SOME GOOD AND WISE DECISIONS FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. 
          ALL THE DISTRICTS BRING IN THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND ALL OF THAT IS THEN DISCUSSED OVER BY THE, UH, OVERALL CITY BOND COMMISSION TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN FIT WITHIN WHATEVER THE FINANCIAL PARAMETERS ARE. 
          AND THEN IT GOES BEFORE THE VOTERS FOR THEIR APPROVAL. 
          AND THEY DON'T JUST VOTE ONE VOTE FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO SEGMENTS, AND THEY CAN IMPROVE, UH, THEY CAN APPROVE SOME SEGMENTS, OR THEY CAN DISAPPROVE SOME SEGMENTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND FOR PEOPLE WHO, UH, EDUCATE THEMSELVES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE VOTING FOR, AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE THIS MAY, UH, AND TO VOTE AGAIN, UH, WHEN IT COMES UP, UH, IN MAY OF 2022 AS A BOND PROPOSAL. 
          AND THERE'S SO MUCH TIME TO DISCUSS THE, THE REASONABLENESS OF ALL OF THESE THINGS, SO TO SAY TODAY, NO, IT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          WE NEED TO WAIT. 
          SIMPLY DELAYS OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPORTANT PROJECTS FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS OR LONGER. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE KICKING A CAN DOWN THE ROAD, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT 
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THERE'S, UH, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING OR HOUSING THAT THEY CAN REALLY NOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE LIVING IN BECAUSE OF THE RISE IN COSTS OF HOUSING, INCLUDING APARTMENTS. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A CRITICAL AREA FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND DETERMINE IF IT'S A VALUE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT COLLECTIVELY AND TO PUT THAT BEFORE THE VOTERS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. 
          UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ASKING VOTERS TO VOTE ON EXPANDING THEIR TAXES. 
          IF ANYTHING, I WANNA SEE MORE OF REDUCTION, UH, TO HOMEOWNERS, UH, THROUGH RAISING THE HOMEOWNER, UH, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WE PUT IN PLACE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
          UH, SO I'M ENCOURAGED BY THAT ASPECT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY REMARKS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROGAR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, AND, AND JOHN, IF YOU CAN BRING UP THE MAP THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY, UM, REFERENCED EARLIER, I HADN'T SEEN IT LAID OUT IN, IN, IN MAP FORMAT, AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE SEEN THE INFORMATION IN, IN SUCH A DRASTIC, UH, PICTURE. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO, UH, WELL, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS UP. 
          UM, I, I JUST, UH, WANT TO SHOW AGAIN, UM, THAT I THINK THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME, AND MAYBE YOU COULD SCOOT UP SO THAT WE COULD SEE, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, UM, YEAH. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT, UM, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, UH, $6.8 MILLION IN FUNDING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS TO DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, I'M NOT LIE, THIS WAS DISHEARTENING. 
          SO I WENT FROM BEING REALLY EXCITED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING TO, OH MY GOD. 
          UM, AND SO WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, UM, IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE PANDEMIC, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN DISTRICT FOUR IS APPROXIMATELY 7.5%, THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE CITY AFTER DISTRICT TWO, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE OF 6.1%, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE DESPERATE NEED. 
          SO THIS ACTUALLY JUST, UM, FOR ME, EMPHASIZES THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS, UM, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, PROPOSAL, UM, TODAY. 
          AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR, FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY SAW THAT MAP AGAIN AND REALIZE THAT DISTRICT FOUR IS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. 
          UM, AND I MEAN, I'M, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S OTHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT WE REALLY NEED SOME HELP. 
          SO, UM, BERO, UH, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT, SCHEDULE SOMETHING WITH YOUR OFFICE ASAP, UM, BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST VERY DRAMATIC FOR ME. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR, UM, BRINGING THIS UP. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          UM, THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THIS CONVERSATION REMINDS ME OF, UH, UH, WELL, I, I, I, THERE'S A FEW PARENTS ON, UH, ON, ON THIS DAIS AND, UH, IT IT REMINDS ME OF, UH, OF AN EXPERIENCE THAT WE WOULD HAVE WITH MY KIDS. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE, AND THAT IS AT A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, KIDS REACH A CERTAIN AGE WHERE THEY INSIST THAT THEY START BEING ALLOWED TO ORDER WHATEVER THEY WANT FROM THE MENU WHEN WE GO OUT TO RESTAURANTS. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD DO WITH MY KIDS IS, I WOULD SAY, NO PROBLEM. 
          YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT SO LONG AS IT'S FROM HERE TO HERE, TO HERE TO HERE, BUT NOTHING ELSE. 
          AND FEEL FREE TO CHOOSE. 
          AND ALL MY KIDS WERE DELIGHTED 'CAUSE THEY GOT TO CHOOSE FROM FOUR OPTIONS AND FOUR OPTIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BUT AS MY, AS MY KIDS GET BIGGER, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE OPTIONS, ALL THE OPTIONS ARE WHAT THEY EXPECT. 
          UM, AND THIS ARGUMENT ABOUT NOT EXPANDING CHOICE FOR OUR VOTERS, RE YOU KNOW, MAKES ME FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING PATERNALISTIC AND TREATING VOTERS LIKE CHILDREN. 
          UM, WE ARE NOT THEIR PARENTS. 
          WE ARE, UH, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. 
          AND IF YOU ASK ANY VOTER IN SAN ANTONIO, WOULD YOU LIKE MORE CHOICES OR LESS? I'D BE SHOCKED IF ANY OF THEM SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          PLEASE LIMIT MY CHOICES. 
          UH, AND SO THIS IS, UM, ALL WE'RE DOING WITH THIS VOTE IS GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SAYING, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MORE CHOICES AND SOME FLEXIBILITY? I TRUST THE SAN ANTONIO VOTER. 
          UH, I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE SAN ANTONIO VOTER. 
          IN FACT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE HOURS AGO, UH, WE ALL VOTED, UM, TO LET THEM VOTE FOR US. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN OUR UPCOMING ELECTION, WE TRUST THEM ENOUGH. 
          AND IN FACT, WE CELEBRATE THEIR INFALLIBILITY WHEN THEY ELECT US. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AFRAID OF THEM WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING THE LIST OF THINGS FROM WHICH THEY CAN CHOOSE. 
          I, I, I'M NOT SURE THOSE TWO THINGS JIVE. 
          UM, 
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AND I, UH, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I I THINK THAT, UH, COUNCIL HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE, UH, OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, OUR VOTERS AS AS MANY CHOICES AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND, AND I HEAR IT, RIGHT? LIKE, OH, BUT WHAT IF THEY CHOOSE INCORRECTLY? AND WHAT IF AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT'S EXPENSIVE, THEY DON'T COST THE TAXPAYERS MORE, UH, HELLO? THE VOTERS ARE THE TAXPAYERS. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE, AND SO, UM, ANY ANTONIO, AND I'LL BE ITEM COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER P, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU ANDY AND ERIC FOR YOUR ANSWERS TO MY, TO MY QUESTIONS. 
          AGAIN, I'M, I WANT TO SEE US INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND REMOVE THE BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, ONE OF THEM THAT, THAT I SEE IS THAT, THAT OTHER PART OF THE CHARTER THAT, UH, THAT YOU ARE CHOOSING NOT TO ADDRESS, UH, RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN, UH, DISCUSS THAT LATER. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT I WANNA BE, UH, ACTUALLY, I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. 
          UM, AM I PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS THAT WE TOOK TO GET TO TODAY? NO, I'M NOT. 
          AM I SUPPORTIVE OF INVESTING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YES, I AM. 
          SO I WILL BE, UH, SUPPORTING AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I, I, I DO LAMENT THAT, UH, WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK THROUGH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND THROUGH, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS, THE FULL GAMUT OF, OF WHAT THIS LANGUAGE, UH, ENTAILS. 
          I DO APPRECIATE, UH, THE MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU MADE TO THE LANGUAGE, ANDY. 
          IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE MEANING OF THE LANGUAGE , BUT YOU DID, UH, YOU DID PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO THE INTENT, UH, PERHAPS WILL BE THERE. 
          UM, AND JUST, UH, A REMINDER, WE ARE UNIQUE. 
          WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR TERMS IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT WE MAY NOT BE AROUND, UH, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT BE HERE IN JUNE. 
          WE MAY NOT BE HERE TO PUT THE ITEMS, UH, ON THE BALLOT, UH, NEXT YEAR. 
          SO, SO I DO THINK VERY CAREFULLY ABOUT WHAT WE CRAFT BEFORE WE PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS. 
          I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT THEY RELY ON US TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF VETTING BEFORE WE PUT THINGS ON, ON THE BALLOT. 
          UM, AND WITH MORE FREEDOM COMES MORE RESPONSIBILITY. 
          SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE MEAN, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO BE MORE CAREFUL AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND, AND LAST COMMENT. 
          I, I DO THINK THAT HOUSING IS, UH, PART OF OUR CORE FUNCTIONS. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STREETS THAT NEED A LOT OF REPAIR, BUT, UH, I'D, I'D RATHER HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DIRT ROAD, BUT SOMEONE IN A HOUSE THAN HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREETS IN THE WORLD AND, AND NOT HAVE PEOPLE HAVE, HAVE A HOME. 
          UM, UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, AND I'LL WRAP UP JUST BY, UH, THANKING, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, BOTH HERE ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR STAFF FOR GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          UM, THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN WAITING TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED. 
          I THINK THE FIRST DISCUSSIONS AS OF LATE STARTED IN 2016. 
          UH, AND, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN WAITING FOR COMMUNICATION SINCE 2017. 
          WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, UH, FOUR YEARS LATER, I KNOW THAT THE SAN ANTONIO VOTERS WILL AGREE THAT A MORE FLEXIBLE BOND IS A PRUDENT STEP FORWARD, ESPECIALLY AS WE PLAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S LONG-TERM RECOVERY FROM CO CVID 19 PANDEMIC. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, HOUSING COMMISSION TAKING THE TIME TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2022 BOND DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH REALLY KICKS OFF, UH, ON, UH, MARCH 18TH ON OUR B SESSION AS WE FINALIZE OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TARGETS. 
          OUR GOALS SHOULD BE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THE NUMBERS, THEY'RE STARK. 
          UH, AND THAT REALLY WAS THE FORAY INTO OUR HOUSING FRAMEWORK THAT WAS RATIFIED IN SEPTEMBER OF 18. 
          I THINK MOST WOULD AGREE THAT HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE IS NO LESS ESSENTIAL, UH, THAN ENERGY, WATER, OR TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR THE MAP. 
          I THINK, UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT MAP AND, AND, UH, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA MENTIONED TWO 
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HOUSING, UH, EXCUSE ME, TWO SAN ANTONIO CHARTER COMMISSIONS AND ALL OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITIES AGREE THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE AFFORDED SOME FLEXIBILITY IN OUR BOND PACKAGES. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE FOR SMART, RESPONSIBLE, FLEXIBLE GROWTH AS OUR POPULATION CONTINUES TO RISE. 
          SO I FULLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, INFORMING VOTERS ABOUT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 
          UH, COME MAY. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR B, UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, ALL THOSE, UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          ANY OPPOSED, NAYYY? OKAY. 
          UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, ARE YOU HEARING US? UH, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RECORD A, A VOTE FOR YOU? YES, I VOTED. 
          AYE I VOTED. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          YOUR IYE. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          WE, YOUR CAMERA'S OFF, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE RECORD YOUR VOTE PROPERLY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UH, THE IS TEN ONE, UH, IN SUPPORTIVE OF ITEM FOUR B. 
          LET'S MOVE NOW TO ITEM FOUR 
          [4C. 21-1612 Certification of the sufficiency of the signatures of the petition submitted regarding the repeal of the adoption of Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 174 that provides for Collective Bargaining for San Antonio Police Officers, and ordering a special election on May 1, 2021 for the registered voters of the City of San Antonio to consider the matter. [Tina J. Flores, City Clerk]]
C. 
          ITEM FOUR C IS CERTIFICATION OF THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE SIGNATURES OF THE PETITION SUBMITTED REGARDING THE REPEAL OF THE ADOPTION OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 1 74, THAT PROVIDES FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS, AND ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON MAY 1ST, 2021 FOR THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO CONSIDER THE MATTER. 
          AND I DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION. 
          MAYOR. 
          MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, GO AHEAD, TINA. 
          YOU HAVE A COURT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 8TH, I RECEIVED A PETITION FROM, UM, THE, UH, SIX S A P D GROUP AND THE VERBIAGE ON THE PETITION TO REPEAL CHAPTER 1 74 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING APPLICABLE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S POLICE OFFICERS. 
          PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 1 7 4 0.053 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE PETITION REQUESTS THAT CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL TO CON CONDUCT AN ELECTION OF REGISTERED VOTERS TO DETERMINE RATHER, CHAPTER 1 74 SHALL BE REPEALED IN ITS ENTIRETY. 
          MY OFFICE, UH, WORKED WITH, UH, BEAR COUNTY AND JACKIE CALLAN IN, IN HER GROUP. 
          SHE ALLOWED US, UH, 10 COMPUTERS TO, UM, ENTER, UH, THE PETITIONS, THE, THE INFORMATION ON THE PETITIONS. 
          WE USED THE, UM, VO-TECH ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEM. 
          AND THIS, THIS SYSTEM WAS PROGRAMMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 2 77 OF THE ELECTION CODE. 
          AND IT ALLOWED US TO SEARCH AND VERIFY BY S AND THAT'S THE VOTER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, THE NAME, ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH, AS WELL AS PULL UP THE VOTER REGISTRATION CARD TO VERIFY SIGNATURES THAT ARE ON THE PETITION. 
          THERE WERE A TOTAL, UM, OF, UM, 6,916, UM, PAGES THAT WERE SUBMITTED. 
          OF THOSE, WE DID COUNT 20,282 SIGNATURES THAT WERE VALID. 
          WE DID HAVE TO GET TO 20,000 SIGNATURES. 
          WE DID GO A LITTLE BIT OVER OF THOSE, UM, PAGES, 1,541 INDIVIDUALS WERE NOT REGISTERED. 
          UM, 428 WERE DUPLICATES. 
          THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE CANCELED. 
          UM, ONE SIGNATURE THAT WAS QUESTIONABLE. 
          UM, SOME SIGNED PRIOR TO THE VOTER REGISTRATION DATE. 
          UM, THERE WERE SOME DATES THAT WERE INVALID THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE PARAMETERS. 
          SOME, UH, 2,922 DISTRICTS WERE INVALID. 
          THAT MEANS THEY WERE NOT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          UM, WE DID NOT CHECK 2,744 LINES AS THAT WAS NOT NEEDED BECAUSE WE DID REACH THE 20,000 THRESHOLD. 
          THERE WERE 386 SIGNATURES THAT WERE REJECTED FOR ADDRESSES, UH, REJECTED. 
          THERE WERE 10 NO CIRCULATOR PAGES, AND THERE WAS ONE THAT NEITHER HAD ABU A VOTER IDENTIFICATION OR A DATE OF BIRTH. 
          AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE WAS ADDITIONAL CIRCULATOR PAGES THAT, UM, 
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ADDITIONAL PAGES THAT DID NOT HAVE A CIRCULATOR SIGNATURE. 
          HOWEVER, DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, WE SCRUBBED ALL OF THOSE OUT AND THOSE ENDED UP BEING PAGES 6,001 THROUGH 69 16. 
          UM, THOSE PAGES WERE NOT NEEDED TO REACH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND THEN PAGES 6 7 1 7 THROUGH 6 9 1 6, UM, THOSE DID NOT HAVE THE CIRCULATOR STATEMENTS, AND WE SAVED THOSE FOR THE END. 
          SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND, UM, ENTER THOSE PAGES TO REALIZE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CIRCULATOR SIGNATURE. 
          NEXT PAGE, NEXT SLIDE. 
          PER SECTION 37 OF THE CITY CHARTER AND SECTION 9.004 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, I HAVE DETERMINED THAT EACH OF THE VERIFIED PAGES OF THE PETITION HAD A PROPER STATEMENT OF THE CIRCULATOR AND HAD BEEN SIGNED BY A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF QUALIFIED VOTERS. 
          I HEREBY CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF MY EXAMINATION OF THE PETITIONS SUBMITTED AS VALID. 
          AND CERTIFICATION IS HEREBY DECLARED AND ACTION IS REQUIRED. 
          UM, SO COUNSEL MUST NOW ORDER THE ELECTION ON THE MATTER. 
          AND I WOULD NOTE THAT TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO CALL THE ELECTION. 
          NEXT PAGE NOTICE OF THE SUFFICIENCY TO FIX SS A P D WAS, UM, PROVIDED. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE MAY 1ST, 2021 BALLOT. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. 
          UM, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION, LEMME TURN IT, UH, OVER TO ANDY, UM, ON THE, UH, ON WHAT THIS ACTION IS ABOUT. 
          GO AHEAD, ANDY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND COUNSEL. 
          AND AS THE, UH, CLERK NOTED, UH, NOW THAT SHE HAS CERTIFIED THE, UH, REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES UNDER STATE LAW, THAT COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO PUT THIS MATTER ON THE BALLOT. 
          UH, IT'S A MINI MINISTERIAL ACT IN WHICH THERE'S NO DISCRETION. 
          AND NOW THAT IT'S ON THE BALLOT, UH, AGAIN, A REMINDER THAT WE'RE NOT TO USE CITY TIME OR RESOURCES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THIS MEETING IS, UH, FOR EITHER ADVOCACY FOR OR AGAINST. 
          AND, UH, SO, UH, I WOULD ASK, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS NOT TO, NOT TO GET INTO THE MERITS OF, UH, THE PETITION AT ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          UH, LET'S, UH, START DISCUSSION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD WARNING, ANDY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND I WILL NOT GET, UH, MY POSITION ON THE MERITS IS ALREADY OUT THERE, BUT WHAT I WILL GET INTO IS CONGRATULATING, UH, THE FOLKS WHO WENT AND COLLECTED ALL THESE SIGNATURES. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I, UH, I, I, ONE OF THE, I I READ SOMEWHERE A LONG TIME AGO THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE TESTS OF LEADERSHIP IS TOO CELEBRATE, UH, WHEN OTHER PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE GOOD IDEAS OR ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS. 
          UH, IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LARGE GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO WENT OUT AND ENGAGED. 
          UM, I MAY DISAGREE WITH THE MERITS, BUT I, I TOTALLY ENCOURAGE CITIZENS WHEN THEY GO OUT AND PETITION, AND THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY COLLECT THE, THE, THE, THE CORRECT NUMBER OF SIGNATURES. 
          UM, THEY ARE WORTHY OF A BIG HIGH FIVE. 
          UM, AND, UH, TODAY WE'RE EXPERIENCING A TRUST CRISIS, UH, A MANUFACTURED TRUST CRISIS IN, UH, OUR ELECTIONS AND, UH, IN THE INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT. 
          AND, UH, I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO ALWAYS IDENTIFY WHEN THE SYSTEM WORKS AND THE SYSTEM IS WORKING. 
          UM, WHEN YOU, UM, WHEN YOU SUBMIT PETITIONS AND YOUR CITY COUNCIL VOTES, WHETHER THEY AGREE WITH THE MERITS OR NOT, UM, AND THEY PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. 
          UM, AND I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT SAN ANTONIO GETS TO SHOW NOT JUST ITS LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUT AMERICA, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HONOR OUR OBLIGATIONS AND, UH, WE DON'T PLAY GAMES WHEN IT COMES TO, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, ELECTIONS. 
          HEY, JEFF QUAYLE, I'VE GOT A QUESTION. 
          UM, I, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, CHAPTER 1 43 IN THE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE GOING ON PARALLEL PATHS. 
          ANDY, IS THAT AN OKAY CONVERSATION TO HAVE RIGHT NOW? I WOULD PREFER NOT COUNCILMAN TO GET INTO THAT 'CAUSE THAT THAT WOULD THEN, UH, AT LEAST COULD BE CONSTRUED ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE MERITS. 
          SO WE COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION EITHER LATER OR OFFLINE. 
          OKAY. 
          JEFF, JEFF PREPARED ALL NIGHT. 
          HE'S GOT A WHOLE WHITE PAPER TO PRESENT THIS, AND SO, SORRY, JEFF. 
          UH, BUT ANYWAY, I, I, I DO, UH, I, I DO THINK THAT TODAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND SOME PEOPLE WILL MISINTERPRET THIS VOTE AS, UM, SOME OF US, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT THERE 
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AND FULL-HEARTEDLY SUPPORTING THE MERITS. 
          A A AGAIN, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT THIS IS, THIS IS MINISTERIAL IN NATURE AND WE ARE OBLIGATED, UH, TO JUST DO SIMPLE MATHEMATICS. 
          IF YOU CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT YOU NEEDED, THEN YOU GET ON THE BALLOT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UH, THANKS MAYOR. 
          UH, I TOO, I, I WANT TO THANK TINA AND THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR HANDLING THIS EXTREME CARE WITH EXTREME CARE AND EFFICIENCY. 
          AND, AND ALSO IRRESPECTIVE OF, OF YOUR POSITION ON THIS ISSUE. 
          THOSE WHO WENT OUT AND COLLECTED SIGNATURES MUST BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, EVEN IN A PANDEMIC YEAR. 
          MY ONLY QUESTION REVOLVES AROUND THE BALLOT LANGUAGE. 
          HOW DOES THIS PROPOSED BALLOT LANGUAGE DIFFER FROM THE LANGUAGE VOTERS INITIALLY APPROVED IN 1974? ANDY, ANYONE? UH, UH, I'M, I'M TRYING TO, I YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE TO, UM, EXCEPT, UH, 1 73 BACK IN 1974. 
          COUNCILMAN? YES. 
          WELL, THE, UH, UNDER, UH, BOTH STATS, WELL UNDER 1 74, IT HAS PROVISIONS BOTH IN TERMS OF HOW THE COMMUNITY, UH, ADOPTS IT, UH, AND ALSO HOW THE COMMUNITY REPEALS IT. 
          AND SO THE PETITIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED WERE PURSUANT TO THAT PRO PROVISION UNDER, UH, 1 73 THAT ALLOWS FOR A COMMUNITY TO REPEAL AFTER IT IS ADOPTED. 
          1 73. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ANNIE. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UH, I ALSO JUST WANNA THANK, THANK, UH, STAFF FOR AGREEING TO, TO LIVESTREAM THE NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH, WHICH THE FIRST MEETING, I BELIEVE IS TOMORROW. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE OUTCOME, WE SHOULD ALL SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, GROW, AND HEAL. 
          I KNOW I WILL. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THERE IS NO, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM. 
          I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, TO PLACE THE QUESTION BEFORE A VOTE. 
          UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, APPROVE SECOND ON THE BALLOT. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION BY VERAN, A SECOND BY SANDOVAL, UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THAT'S, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL OF OUR ITEMS UNDER, UH, UNDER FOUR. 
          UH, SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE OTHER ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          WE'LL START WITH ITEM NINE. 
          [9. 21-1049 Ordinance approving: 1) the acquisition of .95 acres of land located at 419 San Pedro Avenue and 425 San Pedro Avenue, by the City of San Antonio, by and through the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of San Antonio, doing business as the Office of Urban Redevelopment San Antonio (OUR SA), from Mireles Properties LLC and Marquee Investments LLC for an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00; 2) authorizing the sale of said .95 acres of land to Franklin Development Properties, Ltd. by the City of San Antonio, by and through the OUR SA for a sales price of $500,000.00 payable to the City as program income for the 2017-2022 Neighborhood Improvements Bond Program; and 3) authorizing the City to reimburse eligible expenses to Franklin Development Properties, Ltd in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan in an amount not-to-exceed $2,650,000.00 which includes a $350,000.00 contingency for additional authorize expenses; a Neighborhood Improvement Bond Program Project funded by the 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond, located in Council District 1. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Veronica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood & Housing Services]]
ITEM NINE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING ONE, THE ACQUISITION OF 0.95 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 4 1 9 SAN PEDRO AVENUE AND 4 2 5 SAN PEDRO AVENUE BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BY AND THROUGH THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DOING BUSINESS AS THE OFFICE OF URBAN REDEVELOPMENT, SAN ANTONIO, R S A FROM MID PROPERTY L L C, AND MARQUE INVESTMENT L L C L L C FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2 MILLION TO AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SAID 0.95 ACRES OF LAND FROM FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, L T D BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BY AND THROUGH R S A FOR A SALE PRICE OF $500,000 PAYABLE TO THE CITY AS PROGRAM INCOME FROM THE 2017 THROUGH 2022 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND THREE, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO REIMBURSE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES TO FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES L T D IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,650,000, WHICH INCLUDES A $350,000 CONTINGENCY FOR ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED EXPENSES, A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND PROGRAM PROJECT FUNDED BY THE 2017 THROUGH 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND TO STAY ON OUR THEME OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THIS ITEM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF PLEASE DO A PRESENTATION. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          VERONICA SOTO WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. 
          YES. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          UM, AGAIN, IKA SOTO WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. 
          THIS ITEM IS PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND PROGRAM, THE, THE HOUSING BOND. 
          AND JUST FOR BACKGROUND, SO Y'ALL ARE AWARE, WE HAVE HAD THREE PROJECTS ALREADY GO FORWARD TO COUNCIL AND GET APPROVAL. 
          UM, 
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THE BOND ITSELF IS FOR $20 MILLION. 
          WE DO UTILIZE OUR CITY'S URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY TO HELP US IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM WE HAVE IN THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, 12 AREAS IN WHICH WE CAN OPERATE. 
          AND WITH THE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE ARE GOING TO PRODUCE, UM, 512 UNITS, ALL FAMILY SITES. 
          AND THIS REPRESENTS, UM, THE THREE PROJECTS, 13.5 MILLION ENCUMBERED OF THE 20 MILLION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, HERE'S SOME, UH, FACTS ABOUT THE SITE. 
          THIS IS WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO I S D, WITHIN THE FIVE POINTS NEAR WEST IMPROVEMENT AREA, ONE OF THE 12 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREAS. 
          THIS IS A SITE THAT IS JUST UNDER ONE ACRE. 
          IT HAS TWO ADJOINING PROPERTIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SEPARATE OWNERS AT FOUR 19 AND 4 25 SAN PEDRO AVENUE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE ASKING PRICE FOR EACH PROPERTY IS BY EACH PROPERTY OWNER FOR A TOTAL PRICE OF $2 MILLION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WITH REGARDS TO OUR TIMELINE, UM, THE R F P SOLICITATION FOR THIS WAS RELEASED BACK IN OCTOBER WITH RESPONSES DUE IN NOVEMBER. 
          WE SCORED THE, THE, UM, R F P BACK IN DECEMBER, AND THE SELECTED DEVELOPER IS FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY, L T D. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU SEE A MAP OF THE SITE AND HAVE CLOSED THIS SITE IS TO DOWNTOWN. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT HAS BEEN SCORED AND SELECTED, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DELIVER FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH THE HOUSING BOND IS A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HAVE 80 FAMILY SIZE UNITS. 
          ALL UNITS WILL BE TO HOUSE FAMILIES WHO EARN AT OR BELOW 60% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME. 
          ALL OF THEM WILL BE FAMILY SIZE, BUT I, WHAT I MEAN BY FAMILY SIZE IS THAT ALL THE UNITS WILL EITHER BE TWO BEDROOMS OR THREE BEDROOMS. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ONE BEDROOM OR STUDIO, UH, UNITS. 
          AT THIS SITE, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE UNITS AND THE APPROXIMATE SQUARE FEET. 
          THE, THE SITE ITSELF IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE SOME RESIDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ON SITE. 
          UH, WE ARE PROPOSING PODIUM PARKING AS WELL. 
          AND LIKE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS, UM, A COMMUNITY CENTER BUSINESS OFFICE AS WELL. 
          UM, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF A DOG PARK, UH, ADJACENT AS WELL IN THIS AREA. 
          AND SO THESE ARE PART OF THE AMENITIES THAT ARE PROPOSED. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE REQUESTED ACTION FROM COUNCIL IS TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO ONE, ACQUIRE THE SITE. 
          WE HAVE A CONTRACT, BUT WE NEED TO ACQUIRE THE SITE FOR THE $2 MILLION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT OF EVENTUAL SALES TO FRANKLY, LAND DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, AND THE, THE SALE PRICE TO THEM WOULD BE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          ALL OF THAT IS PAYABLE TO, UH, THE CITY AS PROGRAM INCOME TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. 
          AND THEN TO ALLOW THE HOUSING BOND TO PAY FOR SITE READINESS, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE THAT ARE NOT TO EXCEED 2.65 MILLION, INCLUDING A, A CONTINGENCY. 
          SO THIS IS ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HOUSING BOND, UM, GUIDELINES AND LIMITATIONS. 
          SO I WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE FISCAL IMPACT. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS TO, UM, HAVE ACQUISITION OF THE SITE THROUGH OUR URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, WHICH IS R S A, AND HAVE R S A AFTER IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER BE THE ONE, UM, TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AND TURN IT OVER EVENTUALLY TO FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT AND TO GET THIS, UM, AGREEMENT IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN REIMBURSE FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE SITE READINESS COSTS. 
          SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PROCESS AND BRIEFINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO FORMAL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES. 
          SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE WE DID GO TO A PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING, THIS IS A HIGH PROFILE ITEM. 
          UM, BACK IN OCTOBER LAST MONTH, JANUARY 19TH, WE DID THE FULL SOLICITATION BRIEFING TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEES. 
          IN ADDITION, UM, WE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, A PRESENTATION OF THE OVERALL HOUSING BOND PROGRAM WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS. 
          THAT WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER. 
          AND IN NOVEMBER WE PRESENTED THAT. 
          THIS SIDE WAS UNDER R F P AS WELL, AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF THE SCORING. 
          UM, OUR IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER IS THE URBAN RENEWAL, 
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UM, AGENCY CALLED R S A. 
          SO THE OFFICE OF URBAN RENEWAL APPROVED THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PARTNER AND SELECTED, UM, DEVELOPER BACK IN JANUARY, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD, UM, GOTTEN BRIEFINGS AND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, AND AS WE WERE CONSIDERING ACQUISITION OF THE SITE, CONSIDERING GETTING INTO A CONTRACT FOR ACQUIRE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PRESENTED THIS, UM, JUST TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT THIS WEEK AS PART OF THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO ON YOUR AGENDA AS THE PROJECT IS SEEKING A 9% TAX CREDIT AS WELL. 
          AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE HAS THE  RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. 
          UM, IT IS IN LINE WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN OUR HOUSING BOND PROGRAM. 
          IT IS HOW WE HAVE DONE THE, UH, OTHER THREE PROJECTS FOR THE HOUSING BOND THAT ARE GONNA YIELD 512 UNITS. 
          AND IF THIS GETS APPROVED, UM, IT WILL YIELD ALMOST 600 UNITS IN TOTAL WITH A 20 MILLION HOUSING BOND PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, UH, VERONICA FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR LAYING ALL THAT OUT. 
          I DID HAVE SOME, UH, QUESTIONS, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, SO THANK YOU FOR ALSO SHOWING THE PICTURES BECAUSE IT ALSO REMINDED ME WHERE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST. 
          UM, ARE THERE, IS THIS GOING TO, BECAUSE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD A PART OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AND OUR BOND HAS COME BACK TO COUNCIL A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, IS THIS GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL ON ANY OTHER ITEM? DOES IT HAVE THE ZONING, ET CETERA? UM, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION ON THE, SO I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE TO COME BACK ON ON THAT. 
          UM, IT IS ON THIS WEEK'S AGENDA AS A LX DEVELOPMENT AS WELL FOR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. 
          SO YOU, YOU'LL SEE IT THAT WAY. 
          UM, IF YOU SIT ON THE SAN ANTONIO HEALTH TRUST BODY, YOU'LL SEE IT THERE AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEKING A PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE ITEMS FOR SURE WHERE YOU'LL SEE OVERLAP. 
          UM, I DON'T REMEMBER. 
          THERE'S ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AS A BODY, UH, BUT FOR SURE THOSE ITEMS, THE  AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HEALTH TRUST. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK, THINK I WANTED TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST TO SHARE 'CAUSE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST THAT WE DO SEE THESE PROJECTS MORE THAN ONCE NORMALLY. 
          SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO GIVE INPUT AND INSIGHT, UM, ON THESE. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ASK QUESTIONS. 
          AND I'M GOING TO, UH, PASS IT ON TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE AREA SO THEY CAN DO THE MO HE CAN DO THE MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MAYOR, IF YOU'RE TALKING, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, UM, I, THERE IS ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE. 
          NOT SURE THEY'RE STILL CONNECTED. 
          UM, BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL RYAN WILSON. 
          UH, YEAH, MAYOR, I'M STILL ON. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS RYAN WILSON. 
          YES. 
          YES, GO AHEAD MR. WILSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 
          I WILL NOT SPEND, UH, TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BUT, UM, MY NAME IS RYAN WILSON AND I'M A SENIOR PARTNER OF FRANKLIN COMPANIES. 
          UH, WE ARE A DEVELOPER CONTRACTOR, A MANAGEMENT COMPANY BASED RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE BEEN, UH, AN ACTIVE PROVIDER OF THIS TYPE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO THANK YOU MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HELPING TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS WE ARE FACING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, WITH THE CREATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS BOND PROGRAM AS, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          UH, AND, UH, VERONICA ALLUDED TO EARLIER YOUR RECENT SUCCESSES WITH THE PARK AT 38 30 AND THE MEDICAL CENTER AND, UH, GREENLINE NORTH NEAR BROOKS, WHICH ARE NOW, BY THE WAY, BOTH UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, THIS COUNCIL HAS DEFINITELY LAID THE FOUNDATION AND PROVIDED LEADERSHIP FOR A PROGRAM THAT IS SUSTAINABLE, IMPACTFUL, AND DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. 
          AND, UH, AS, UH, AS COUNCIL VIA GRON JUST MENTIONED, WHILE WE HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED YET, WE CERTAINLY HAVE APPROACHED THE HOUSING TRUST FOR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, JUST LIKE WITH GREEN LINE IN, IN PARKDALE. 
          AND WHAT STARTED, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO WITH IDEAS FROM THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE IS NOW SEEING THE, THE ON GROUND RESULTS, WHICH IS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THIS COUNCIL. 
          AND, UH, AND AS WE WE'VE HEARD EARLIER, THE CITY IS HOPEFUL TO EXPAND THIS BOND PROGRAM TO HELP SUPPORT AND REVITALIZE ALL HOUSING, UH, 
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LIKE REHAB AND HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, AS I THINK YOU ALSO HEARD THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE WE'RE HOPEFUL TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE 9% TAX CREDIT ROUND, WHICH IS ALWAYS COMPETITIVE. 
          BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT FRANKLIN IS EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN PROVIDING THIS HIGH, HIGH QUALITY WORKFORCE HOUSING IN DISTRICT ONE NEAR TRANSIT SCHOOLS AND JOB CENTERS. 
          AND JUST, UH, TO DOVETAIL ON WHAT, UH, VERONICA, UH, PRESENTED THERE, I WANNA MENTION THAT OUR PROJECT IS PRESENTING, UH, 16 UNITS AT 30% A M I, WHICH IS DOUBLE THAT WE NORMALLY, NORMALLY, UH, ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE, USUALLY WE PROVIDE ABOUT 10%, AND THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PROVIDING 20%, UH, WHICH IS A HUGE DEAL. 
          AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE FEW MOMENTS I HAVE ON THE FLOOR HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY STAFF, UH, INCLUDING VERONICA, UH, DEBRA BELL, JAMIE DAMRON, UH, IAN BEING, UH, BENAVIDEZ, AND OF COURSE, UH, THE LEADERSHIP OF LAURIE HOUSTON. 
          THESE GUYS WORK TIRELESSLY IN CHAMPIONING AND EXECUTING THE CITY'S BOND PROGRAM. 
          UH, THERE'S LOTS OF MOVING PARTS, UM, LOTS OF LATE NIGHTS, AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK. 
          SO, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE, UM, AND SUPPORT. 
          AND WE ARE HERE, OBVIOUSLY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO TO, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          AND, AND THANKS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN FOR, FOR PULLING THIS ASIDE. 
          I'M A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, GOOD WORK HAPPENING, UH, IN AND AROUND OUR CITY, SPECIFICALLY DISTRICT ONE. 
          UH, AND, AND TO ANSWER, UH, THE QUESTION ABOUT WILL THIS COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, IT IS GONNA REQUIRE A ZONING CHANGE. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER LAYER, UH, THAT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL AND, AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD OF ALL THE EFFORTS THAT, THAT, UH, WE, WE DO, UH, TO CARRY, UH, DISTRICT ONE, UH, OR MOVE DISTRICT ONE FORWARD WITH REGARDS TO THE ZONING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, TACKLING THE NEEDS OF TODAY. 
          UH, I ALSO WANNA EXPRESS, UH, MY THANKS, UH, TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO REVITALIZE IMPORTANT BUT LIGHTED AREAS, UH, WITH NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER AMENITIES BY APPROVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND IN 2017. 
          I APPRECIATE, UH, FRANKLIN, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR STEPPING UP AND SUBMITTING THE ONLY PROPOSAL, UH, WITH THIS PROXIMITY TO VIA HEADQUARTERS, DOWNTOWN, AND HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDOR. 
          THIS PROJECT MEETS OUR HOUSING GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE VOTERS. 
          NEARBY RESIDENTS, UH, HAVE REQUESTED MORE BE DONE WITH THE SAN PEDRO CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLDER, NON OCCUPIED BUILDINGS. 
          FIVE POINTS TAKES PRIDE IN BEING AN ECLECTIC AND CULTURALLY RICH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY RECOGNIZE THAT MORE HOUSING OPTIONS ARE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE DIVERSITY THEY VALUE. 
          MY ONLY ASK IS THAT STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER KEEP FIVE POINTS AND TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE LOOP CONSTANTLY. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU TO, TO STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE AS STATED SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NINE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A, A PROJECT THIS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AND, UH, AND ALSO ON ONE OF THE MAJOR VIA CORRIDORS, UH, WITH SOME OF THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE. 
          UM, GIVEN THAT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, FOR STAFF OR, OR THE DEVELOPER, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PARKING WITH THIS? SO HOW MANY PARKING SPACES PER UNIT WILL WE BE SEEING COUNCILWOMAN? SO THIS RYAN WILSON, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? MM-HMM. 
          , I, RYAN PROBABLY CAN SPEAK MORE. 
          IT'S JUST PODIUM PARKING. 
          BUT RYAN, IF YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT, PLEASE. 
          Y YES. 
          UM, WE ARE, AS VERO THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR PARKING SITUATION BECAUSE, UM, UH, IT IS GONNA BE, HAVE TO BE PODIUM. 
          THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR SURFACE PARKING. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, WE ARE SHOWING, UH, JUST OVER, UH, ONE UNIT PER SPACE. 
          I BELIEVE I'M, I'M TRYING TO COUNT HERE AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE TALKING, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED, UM, A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED PARKING SPACES THAT ARE, ARE DESIGNED WITHIN THE PODIUM STYLE, UM, WHICH IS JUST OVER ONE PER UNIT. 
          WE HAVE 80 UNITS TOTAL, BUT THEY ARE FAMILY UNITS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AS MUCH PARKING ONSITE AS WE CAN. 
          HOWEVER, I, I JUST WANNA TAKE ONE MOMENT AND HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALSO BEING EXTREMELY RESPECTFUL TO THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE FACT THAT WE'RE ON THE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR HERE, AND AS PART OF OUR SUBMISSION, UM, TO YOU ALL IN OUR PACKAGE, WE, WE ARE CONTEMPLATING A VIA BUS STOP WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT 
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ITSELF. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, THE WALKABILITY, UM, NOT ONLY THE DOWNTOWN, BUT THE USE OF VIA, UM, THIS, THE SAME SORT OF CONCEPT, UH, WAS, WAS THANK YOU ENACTED ON GREEN LINE AS WELL AS PARKDALE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS AND I HAVE LIMITED TIME TO GET THROUGH THEM, SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M GONNA MOVE ON WITH THE QUESTIONS. 
          SO ALL THE UNITS ARE FAMILY UNITS. 
          THERE ARE NO ONE BEDROOMS OR STUDIOS? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THIS IS ALL TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS. 
          UH, WE SHOWED THE MIX, BUT THEY'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS. 
          OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF FOR SOME REASON A FAMILY SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T HAVE A CAR, WE'RE GONNA DO IT ALL TRANSIT. 
          UM, WILL THEY STILL HAVE TO, WILL, WILL THE PARKING STILL BE INCLUDED WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR LEASE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE LEASE TERMS ARE DETERMINED, BUT, UM, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON HOW THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO THOSE LEASE TERMS. OKAY. 
          UH, GREAT. 
          SO THERE'S A, LIKE A REC I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT , IT DOESN'T GET INCLUDED OR THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RENT THAT OUT IF THEY WISH, UH, SO THAT THEY DON'T TAKE ON THAT COST IF THEY DON'T NEED TO. 
          PODIUM PARKING IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. 
          MY, MY GUESS IS YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA END UP PAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER SPACE AND THAT THAT WILL HAVE TO BE PAID OFF. 
          BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS WITH HOWEVER YOU GET YOUR FUNDING. 
          UH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S, I'VE HEARD THAT THAT'S WHAT THE LENDERS PREFER, BUT HEY, IF WE'RE GONNA ISSUE BONDS  FOR HOUSING, MAYBE THEN IN THE FUTURE WE, UM, WILL BE ABLE TO GUIDE THAT DISCUSSION A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          UM, MY MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WILL THE RENT, UH, BE FIXED BASED ON INCOME? OR FOR INSTANCE, IF IN 2, 4, 6 YEARS THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME GOES UP, WILL THE RENT GO UP WITH THAT, EVEN IF PERHAPS THE FAMILY'S INCOME HAS NOT INCREASED? ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, SO THE FINANCING THAT IS BEING TAUGHT IS THE LOW INCOME HEALTH IMPACT CREDIT. 
          UM, THAT HAS A LIMITATION ON HOW MUCH CAN BE CHARGED. 
          IT HAS A FURTHER LIMITATION THAT ONCE A FAMILY THEN WHO MAKES THE INCOME THRESHOLD THAT, UM, BASED ON THEIR INCOME, THEY GET CHARGED FOR MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME. 
          SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS. 
          UM, IF THE AREA MEETING INCOME DOES CHANGE, THE, THE DEVELOPER IS ALLOWED BY T D H C A TO INCREASE THE RENT. 
          UM, AND ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE FINANCING AGREEMENT WITH T D H C A. 
          AND SO IT WOULD BE T D H C A WHO, UM, ALLOWS THEM TO RAISE THE RENT, UM, AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH THAT CAN HAPPEN. 
          BUT THERE ARE THE LIMITATIONS THAT FAMILIES HAVE TO BE AT 60% A M I AND ONCE THE FAMILY IS QUALIFIED, NO MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME IS A CALCULATION FOR THEIR ACTUAL RENT. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT, IT'S UP TO, SO WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE OF THE FINAL TERM OF THE, WHAT THE FINAL TERMS, UM, ARE NOT, UM, IN PLACE YET SINCE THEY HAVE NOT SECURED THE 9% YET FROM T V A C A, BUT, BUT I IMAGINE THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF MODEL BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION OF RECEIVING THE 9% TAX CREDIT. 
          AND THE MODEL RIGHT NOW DOES ALLOW FOR THE RENTS TO GO UP IF AMMI DO GO UP. 
          SO EVEN IF THE FAM IT, IT ALLOWS FOR THAT, OR VERONICA SOTO, IF IT ALLOWS FOR IT TO GO UP, BUT THE FAMILY CANNOT SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON THE RENT, SO THE RENT COULD GO UP. 
          BUT IF THE FAMILY'S INCOME IS AT 30%, IF 30% OF THEIR INCOME ONLY ALLOWS FOR THEM TO PAY SO MUCH, THAT'S THE RENT THEY PAY THAT. 
          SO THAT'LL PROTECTED. 
          THEY WON'T BE BURDENED THEN. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO IF 30% OF THEIR INCOME IS HIGHER AND THEN IT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE FULL RENT, THAT'S GREAT. 
          BUT IT'S PROTECTED AT THAT 30% OF THEIR INCOME. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, WELL, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE REGARDING THE PARKING SITUATION WHEN WE COME BACK FOR THAT ZONING, UH, CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, WELL, UH, I, I, I WAS TRYING TO TAKE MY HAND DOWN, BUT LET, LET ME JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING. 
          UM, THAT'LL, CAN YOU GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AGAIN? WAS, DID YOU MENTION THE WEST 
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END PROJECT IN YOUR PRESENTATION? I, UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AND IT ONLY SHOWS THE SAN PEDRO PROJECT. 
          DID I SEE, MA'AM? YOU DID? UH, SLIDE TWO, THIS HAS, THE BACKGROUND DOES HAVE THE WEST END. 
          UM, IT'S PART OF THE 512 UNITS. 
          I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT ALL THREE PROJECTS, BUT WEST END VIDEO IS IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND SO IT'S A 24 UNIT MULTI-PLEX AS WELL. 
          SO WE DO HAVE PROJECTS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AS WELL. 
          UM, I DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT ALL THREE OF THE ONES THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE, UM, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UH, THAT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, AND I JUST, YOU MENTIONED IT HERE, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE NECESSARILY VOTING ON ANYTHING ON THAT PROJECT. 
          YOU'RE JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE. 
          IT'S JUST BACKGROUND TO SHOW WHAT PROJECTS, UH, WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          WELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING REALLY CRITICAL IN THERE. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I, I, I DO THINK IT, YOU KNOW, SHOWS THE, UM, HIGH HIGHLIGHTS, SORT OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF THESE PROJECTS, UH, AND WHY IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE, UM, A LOT OF VETTING. 
          I THINK THIS PROJECT WAS VETTED MANY TIMES, UH, THROUGH A, A VARIETY OF, OF COMMITTEES. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, WE ARE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR MORE 30%. 
          SO, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS, I THINK THIS DIDN'T QUITE HIT THAT MARK, BUT, BUT THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY, UH, ANGLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU THAT, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAHAM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BACK IN AND SAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SANDOVAL, THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          WE'LL BE SURE TO ALSO, UM, DISCUSS THEM DURING THE P F C WHEN WE DO SEE THIS AT THAT TIME AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          OKAY, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S, UH, THE DURATION OF OUR DISCUSSION HERE. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM NINE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          LET'S MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 21. 
          [21. 20-7467 Ordinance approving an agreement with TXC Texas Creative, Ltd. to develop and implement the SA Climate Ready Public Engagement & Communications Initiative with an initial term of one year with the option to extend for two additional one-year terms at a cost of $195,000.00 per term for a total not to exceed $585,000.00. Twenty percent, or $39,000 will be made available year-one, with the option to increase to 40% in subsequent years, through sub-contracts to grassroots organizations for equity-based engagement with vulnerable populations most impacted by climate change. Funding is available in the Office of Sustainability FY21 Budget. [David McCary, Assistant City Manager; Douglas Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer]]
ITEM 21 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH T X C TEXAS CREATIVE L T D TO DEVELOP SAN ANTONIO CLIMATE ACT CLIMATE READY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE WITH AN, WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS AT A COST OF $190,000 PER TERM FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $585,000. 
          20% OR 39,000 WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE YEAR ONE WITH AN OPTION TO INCREASE TO 40% IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS THROUGH SUBCONTRACTS TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS FOR EQUITY BASE ENGAGEMENT WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET. 
          GOOD, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          DOUG MELNICK WILL DO THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. 
          SO GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, AND IF JOHN, YOU COULD BRING UP A PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          SO, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, I'M DOUG MELMAN, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, UH, FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL FROM THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 28TH. 
          IF YOU CAN GO BACK, UH, TO THE FIRST SLIDE, JOHN, UM, I'M PLEASED, PRESENT TO YOU, UH, A RECOMMENDED CONTRACT WITH TEXAS CREATIVE FOR THE SA CLIMATE READY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE. 
          UH, JOINING US THIS MORNING FROM TEXAS CREATIVE ARE ASHLEY LANDERS AND MARCY TREVINO RIPPER, WHO ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER YOUR YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SAN ANTONIO BECAME A CLIMATE LEADER, BEGINNING IN OCTOBER, 2017 WITH CITY COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT THAT WAS FOLLOWED TWO YEARS LATER BY THE ADOPTION OF THE ASSAY CLIMATE READY PLAN. 
          THESE STEPS ACKNOWLEDGED THE NEED FOR CLIMATE ACTION AND COMMITTED US TO TAKING EQUITABLE ACTION TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS AND ADAPT TO CURRENTS AND FUTURE CLIMATE IMPACTS BECAUSE OF THESE ACTIONS, SAN ANTONIO'S WELL POSITIONED TO BENEFIT FROM POTENTIAL FEDERAL CLIMATE POLICY AND FUNDING STEMMING FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, BRINGING THE US BACK INTO THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, WHICH BECOMES EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2021. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR WORK IS BEING RECOGNIZED AND SUPPORTED BY ENTITIES ARE EAGER TO SEE SAN ANTONIO SUCCEED. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ONE OF 25 CITIES TO BE SELECTED AS AN AMERICAN CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE, CITY RECEIVING SUPPORT VALUED AT MORE THAN $2 MILLION. 
          AND SAN ANTONIO HAS BENEFITED, BENEFITED FROM AN ADDITIONAL $250,000 
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FROM OTHER LOCAL AND NATIONAL FUNDERS. 
          WHILE WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT SA CLIMATE READY AND ENGAGE WITH FUNDERS AND NATIONAL EXPERTS, WE ALSO NEED TO BE CERTAIN THAT WE KEEP OUR CONSTITUENTS CENTERED IN OUR WORK AND DECISION MAKING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, WHY ARE WE TAKING ACTION BASED ON CURRENT SCIENCE, CLIMATE SCIENCE? WE KNOW THAT OUR CLIMATE HAS CHANGED. 
          KNOW THAT OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING AND ACCELERATING DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY, AND THAT THE CAUSES ARE, UH, LOCAL AS WELL AS THE EFFECTS. 
          CLIMATE PROJECTIONS SHOW HOTTER DAYS, LONGER HEAT WAVES, LESS PRECIPITATION, AND MORE EXTREME WEATHER. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE EXPERIENCING MANY OF THESE IMPACTS ALREADY. 
          THESE CHANGES HAVE DIRECT SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          BUT HOW DO WE DISCUSS THE BIG ISSUES WITH OUR COMMUNITY? ONE OF THE MAIN PILLARS OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN IS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER, STARTING WITH CLIMATE EQUITY AS THE FOUNDATION AND CENTERING THE NEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, CLEAN AIR, PUBLIC HEALTH, WATER QUALITY AND SECURITY, GOOD JOBS, AND A STRONG ECONOMY, MOBILITY CHOICES, CLEAN AND SECURE ENERGY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          AND WHILE THE STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN WILL HELP US MEET OUR CLIMATE OBJECTIVES, THEY ALSO ADDRESS THESE PRIORITIES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE WORLD IS CHANGING, AND AS MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGIES MOVE TOWARDS MORE CLIMATE FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN DISCUSSION ON THIS TRANSITION. 
          THE CURRENT EXAMPLE OF THIS TRANSITION IS GENERAL MOTORS RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WILL BE COMPLETELY, UH, PHASING OUT VEHICLES USING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES BY 2035. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AS WE IMPLEMENT THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE ESSAY, CLIMATE READY, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE, WORKING WITH OUR SELECTIVE CONSULTANT, TEXAS CREATIVE AND THE SA CLIMATE READY ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          THIS INITIATIVE WILL WILL ALLOW FOR A TWO-WAY DIALOGUE ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE PROPOSED PLAN INCLUDES CREATING A DEDICATED BRAND AND MESSAGING THAT UTILIZES VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS, INCLUDING SOCIAL AND EARNED MEDIA. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES SPANISH TRANSLATION FOR ALL MATERIALS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE INITIATIVE WILL INCLUDE A TARGETED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS A SPECIFIC EQUITY FOCUS PROGRAM. 
          FINALLY, THE INITIATIVE WILL UTILIZE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO TRACK PROGRESS AND ALLOW FOR US TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED. 
          NEXT SLIDE, TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT AND HEAR FROM OUR TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED AND MOST CLIMATE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. 
          THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A 20% FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR SUBCONTRACTS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH A TRACK RECORD OF ENGAGEMENT AND A WILLINGNESS TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY. 
          THIS 20% WILL BE EVALUATED AFTER YEAR ONE AND COULD RISE AS HIGH AS 40% IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. 
          OSS WILL WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND THE CLIMATE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY COMMUNITIES AND IN COORDINATION WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND CITY COUNCIL OFFICES IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL SUBCONTRACTORS WITH OSS HAVING FINAL SUBCONTRACTOR APPROVAL. 
          EQUITY PROGRAM DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH INPUT FROM THE CLIMATE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          THE OVERALL CAMPAIGN WILL REINFORCE THE CURRENT COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES OF ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM, PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 
          IT WILL ALSO HELP ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED $1.7 TRILLION PLAN TO DECARBONIZE OUR NATION'S ENERGY BUILDING AND TRANSPORTATION SECTORS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR, TEXAS CREATIVE IS A LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS SINCE 1985. 
          HAVE WORKED WITH, WITH DIVERSE CLIENTS TO CREATE A PROJECT PORTFOLIO BASED ON MOTIVATING BEHAVIOR CHANGE. 
          PAST CLIENTS INCLUDE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, GOODWILL SAN ANTONIO, AND THE T C E Q. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS AGREEMENT IS $195,000 WITH AN OPTION OF TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AT A COST OF $195,000 PER YEAR. 
          AGAIN, 25, 20%, OR $39,000 PER YEAR WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH SUBCONTRACTS TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS FOR EQUITY FOCUSED OUTREACH. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT 20% WILL BE REEVALUATED, REEVALUATED AFTER NEW YEAR ONE THAT CAN RISE TO AS HIGH AS 40% FUNDING IS APPROVED IN SUPPORT OF THE CLIMATE PLAN AS PART OF OUR F Y 21 BUDGET, AND THE FUNDING SOURCE IS THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          FINALLY, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT WITH T X C TEXAS CREATIVE LIMITED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE. 
          AND WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS DAVID MCCAREY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT DOUG HAS PRESENTED TO YOU HERE. 
          WE HAVE TEXAS CREATIVE, 
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A WOMAN OWNED COMPANY. 
          NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR BACK IN AUGUST. 
          AS WE REVIEWED THIS. 
          WE NOW HAVE NOT ONLY THAT EQUITY LENS COMPONENT TO IT, BUT WE HAVE A SUBCONTRACTOR AS WELL THAT WE'LL BE ADDING. 
          COULD BE ONE, IT COULD BE MULTIPLE. 
          THE KEY COMPONENT HERE IS NOT ONLY IS TEXAS CREATIVE A PART OF THIS, BUT NOW WE HAVE OUR GRASSROOTS SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WILL ALSO HELP US GET THE GROUND. 
          ALSO HELP US WITH OUR ENGAGEMENT. 
          A PART OF THE PROCESS IN ADDITION TO THIS, IS ALSO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          NOW, MANY OF YOU RECEIVED A LETTER. 
          IN THAT LETTER, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS LOOKED UPON AS IF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE A PART OF THE R F P PROCESS. 
          THEY ARE NOT A PART OF THE R F P PROCESS, NOR WAS IT EVER THE INTENT FOR THEM TO BE A PART OF THE R F P PROCESS. 
          BUT THEY ARE A PART OF OUR DESIGN TO INTERACTION WITH A TWO-WAY DIALOGUE BETWEEN TEXAS CREATIVE, THE SELECTING COMPANY AND OUR ADVISORY GROUP. 
          KEEPING ADVISED THAT THEY'RE BOTH TECHNICAL AND EQUITY. 
          THESE ARE SO TALENTED INDIVIDUALS, THEY'RE VERY INDEPENDENT IN THEIR THOUGHTS, AND I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO AN AMAZING JOB AS WE STRATEGIZE BOTH OUR DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE TO SEE HOW WE GO TO THE NEXT STEPS. 
          WE ALWAYS WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY NOT UTILIZING OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER OUR SOLID WASTE FUND IS ALSO A PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. 
          AND WE'D RATHER USE THOSE SERVICES, THOSE FUNDS THAN OPPOSED TO GENERAL FUND. 
          ALSO, SUSTAINABILITY IS ALSO FUNDED THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND. 
          SO I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT ADDED TIDBIT, BUT, UH, WE'RE EXCITED. 
          WE KNOW THIS IS GOOD. 
          I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY, IF I WERE TO WALK UP TO ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS AND SAY, HEY, TELL ME ABOUT SA CLIMATE READY. 
          TELL ME ABOUT THE CAP PLAN. 
          HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL US. 
          THIS IS THE COMPONENT WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME. 
          THIS IS ALSO A PART OF WHAT YOU'VE DIRECTED US TO DO. 
          WHEN YOU APPROVE THE CAP PLAN BACK IN 2019, WE'RE MARCHING FORWARD, BUT WE'RE DOING IT VERY STRATEGICALLY. 
          WE'RE DOING IT WITH EACH OF YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          WE'RE GONNA STAY ENGAGED. 
          WE'RE GONNA STAY ENGAGED WITHOUT ONLY YOUR OFFICES, BUT THE PUBLIC. 
          AND WITH THE ADVISORY GROUP THAT IS IN PLAY NOW, IT'S GONNA BE SOME AMAZING ENGAGEMENT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE EDUCATIONAL. 
          I'VE ALWAYS SAID, AS A A LEADER IN CITY GOVERNMENT, IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT FOR ME OVER THE LAST FOUR CITIES THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF, NOT ONLY TO BE INNOVATIVE TO SAVE DOLLARS, BUT WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME WAS THAT NOT ONE EMPLOYEE EVER LOST THEIR JOB DUE TO INNOVATION. 
          I THINK THOSE SAME PRINCIPLES APPLY TO OUR CAP PLAN. 
          NOT ONE BUSINESS SHOULD EVER LOSE THEIR COMPANY AS A RESULT OF THIS INNOVATION AND US MOVING FORWARD TO BE A SUSTAINABLE CITY. 
          IT'S TRICKY TO DO, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT ALL THE RIGHT PERSONS AND PROFESSIONALS AND COMPANIES IN PLACE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          WE TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, UH, DOUG AND, AND DAVID, WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE TO COME FORWARD. 
          SO, UH, LEMME TURN IT OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, TINA, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO, ON THE NEXT ITEM ON 22, MA'AM? NOT ON 21. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OH, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, DOUG MELNICK, MR. DAVID MCCAREY, AS WELL AS JULIA MURPHY FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK ON, ON THIS PROCESS. 
          UH, SINCE LAST JUNE WHEN THIS ITEM WAS FIRST SCHEDULED TO COME TO COUNCIL, DOUG AND HIS TEAM HAVE SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS FINE TUNING THIS PROPOSAL AND ITS ARRANGEMENTS. 
          AND YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON ALL SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SOLID PRODUCT COMING FORWARD. 
          THIS INCLUDES, UH, MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY, LIKE, UH, THE SIERRA CLUB MEMBERS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, AND THE GREATER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          THE CONTRACT WAS ALSO PRESENTED AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST MONTH AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AFTER A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION 
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ON THE CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS. 
          AND I THINK WHAT YOU ONLY GAVE US HALF OF HALF OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, SO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND GET SOME MORE ON THAT. 
          UM, I THINK MR. MCCARRY AND DOUG, YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB ALREADY EXPLAINING THE BENEFITS OF WHAT THIS CONTRACT WILL DO. 
          SO I WILL NOT HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, ANY FURTHER. 
          BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT LETTER THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD POSTPONE THE CONTRACT BECAUSE OF, OF COVID. 
          AND WE DID, UH, WE DID POSTPONE IT LAST JUNE. 
          AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. 
          I WANNA THANK THE, THE BITTER, UH, TEXAS CREATIVE FOR THEIR PATIENTS WITH US WHILE WE MOVED FORWARD. 
          UM, BUT ONE THING THAT DIDN'T WAIT BECAUSE OF COVID WAS OUR, OUR CLIMATE CRISIS. 
          IT IS STILL MOVING. 
          IT DID NOT TAKE A BREAK. 
          AND WE ARE, WE ARE BEHIND, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          UM, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THIS CONTRACT, AND THAT COULD, IT COULD BETTER BE SPENT ON COVID RELIEF. 
          MR. MCCAREY, YOU'VE EXPLAINED WHERE THE, WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, AND LET'S NOT FORGET THAT WE HAVE, UM, DEDICATED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO, TO THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF EFFORTS HERE IN, IN THE CITY. 
          UM, THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANNA THANK THOSE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT TOOK THE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR, UH, MR. ADAM HAMILTON FROM, UH, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
          CHRISTINA ALDI FROM THE NORTH CHAMBER. 
          AND, UH, MS. MARY ROSE BROWN WHO SPOKE WITH ME THIS MORNING. 
          UH, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION SECOND S. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, UH, BY SANDOVAL SECOND BY ELIAS FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 21. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU MR. MCCAREY AND THANK YOU DOUG. 
          UM, TO KNOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO PUT DOLLARS BACK INTO OUR CITY AND BACK INTO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT HERE DOING THE WORK. 
          UM, CONTINUOUSLY IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS WE'RE TAKING THE VOTE ON THIS, UM, ON THIS, UH, AMENDMENT OR THIS PROCESS TODAY. 
          UM, TEXAS CREATIVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WILLING TO WORK WITH SUBCONTRACTORS WITHIN OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY GET THIS INFORMATION OUT HERE. 
          WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE EDUCATION IS KEY, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS THE RIGHT, UM, RESOURCES AND THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO PROPERLY ADVOCATE AND TO SEE THE CHANGES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN THEIR CITY IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          SO, UM, TO KNOW THAT WE ARE JUST DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN AND TO TRULY SPEAK TO THOSE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN WORK IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 
          SO, ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE, UM, FOR THOSE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS COMING, UH, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIONI. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU DOUG. 
          AND THANK YOU MS. MCC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, DOUG, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY DELAYED THIS ITEM LAST YEAR, RIGHT? UH, YES, SIR. 
          WE HAD, UM, HAD IT SCHEDULED FOR LAST AUGUST. 
          THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP, UH, AROUND THE GRASSROOTS, UM, APPROACH. 
          AND WE BASICALLY TOOK IT OFF AND WORKED WITH, UH, KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND CAME BACK TO YOU WITH THIS NEW APPROACH. 
          ALRIGHT? AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT THIS CONTRACT TODAY DOES NOT INCREASE OR DECREASE, UH, THE CAP PLANS INITIATIVES, RIGHT? IN ANY WAY. 
          UH, NO, SIR. 
          IT'S, IT'S JUST A, UM, A MECHANISM TO HELP US HAVE THAT TWO-WAY DIALOGUE. 
          UH, WE WANT TO EDUCATE AND HEAR BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          STATED ANOTHER WAY, THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY MATERIAL CHANGES WHATSOEVER TO THE CPLAN. 
          NO, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, AND TO REMIND FOLKS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE DOING THIS IS SIMPLY TO BUILD AWARENESS AROUND THE EXISTING ACHIEVEMENTS AND, AND TO FOSTER, UM, MORE ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS REALLY ISN'T MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          IT'S, IT'S MAKING SURE, AND THAT'S, AGAIN, IT'S THE PILLAR OF THE PLAN. 
          BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS, IS EDUCATED, AND THAT WE HEAR WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES ARE BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GIVES ME CONFIDENCE THAT, THAT WE ARRIVED AT THE RIGHT CAP PLAN IS, UM, THAT WE HAD THE PARTICIPATION 
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OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS HERE. 
          WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, RIGHT? AND SO WE'VE GOT THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE INVOLVED. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, MY CONSTITUENTS AT NEUSTAR AND AT VALERO INVOLVED. 
          UM, I, I FEEL THAT ALL THE RIGHT PLAYERS ARE AT THE TABLE ALONG WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATES, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM FROM VALERO AND NEWSTAR, UM, AND THE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING TOGETHER AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND TRYING TO REACH CONSENSUS. 
          THAT WAS THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THIS THING. 
          AND SO, UM, IT, I I'M WONDERING IF, UH, THE COMMITTEE HAS THE, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS CAN WE WALK AND CHEW GUM, UH, AND DO THIS WHILE WE'RE RESPONDING TO CAP? AND I, ERIC, UM, I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          UH, ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT YOU GUYS CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM ON THIS ONE? YES, SIR. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AND I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, YES, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. 
          UM, I GUESS THIS FOR MR. MCCARRY, UM, WHERE, WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM? AGAIN, FOR THIS PROJECT? IT'S ALSO A PART OF THE SOLID WASTE FUND, WHICH IS ALSO A PART OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. 
          UH, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PART, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, COUNCILMAN PERRY, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF SOLID WASTE, EVEN WHEN THEY WERE A PART OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. 
          AND THAT CONTINUES, UH, EVEN TODAY, BUT THEY'RE THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, SO IT'S NOT THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT WASN'T AFFECTED BY THE GENERAL FUND AT ALL, BUT IT'S A PART OF THEIR, ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, WHAT ELSE DO YOU FUND WITH THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FEE? WHAT, WHAT EL WHAT ARE SOME OTHER EXAMPLES? THERE'S MANY EXAMPLES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. 
          YOU HAVE PART OF YOUR DEAD ANIMAL COLLECTION. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR DROP OFF CENTERS, YOU HAVE YOUR, UH, RECYCLE FACILITIES FOR CONTAMINATED PAINT OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THEY CALL 'EM THEIR HOUSEHOLD WASTE, UH, FACILITIES. 
          THOSE ARE JUST SOME TO NAME A FEW. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND, UM, I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW, HOW WE'RE, OR WHY WE'RE FUNDING IT OUT OF THE, UH, THE ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH, UH, PEOPLE, PEOPLE PAY INTO THE ENTERPRISE FUND BASED ON THEIR COLLECTIONS OF, UH, SOLID WASTE AND OTHER SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE, AND THAT THOSE COLLECTIONS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING TO YOUR ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT EXTRA MONEY TO, UH, SPEND HERE. 
          HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE IN THE BANK RIGHT NOW? HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE, UM, SITTING IN THE BANK OVERALL IN, UH, IN SOLID WASTE? SO, COUNSEL, LET ME, LET ME JUMP IN THERE, DAVE, JUST REAL QUICK. 
          AND WE, AND WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE FUND BALANCE AND PULL UP FROM THE BUDGET DOCUMENT AND SEND THAT TO YOU. 
          BUT THE, THE POLICY DECISION THAT WAS DECIDED WHEN WE CREATED THE, INITIALLY WAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OFFICE. 
          AND NOW THIS, UH, OFFICES, THE SUSTAINABILITY WAS THAT IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE FUND, UM, AND THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE FOR THE LAST, UM, 10, NINE YEARS SINCE THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, OFFICE HAS BEEN IN PLACE. 
          UM, IT IS, IT IS, UH, A FUNCTION OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FEE THAT ALL OF US PAY ON A MONTHLY BASIS THAT GOES TOWARDS, UH, THOSE, THOSE FUNCTIONS THAT DAVID DESCRIBED. 
          UM, AND, AND HAS NEVER BEEN A, UH, AN ITEM PER SE UNDER OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT, UH, UH, ADVOCATING FOR, YOU KNOW, MOVING THINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF, OF THE CUSTOMER OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE PAYING INTO THIS, UH, ENTERPRISE FUND FOR COLLECTION OF THEIR, UH, SOLID WASTE AND OTHER SERVICES THAT, YOU KNOW, BRUSH COLLECTION, THAT KIND OF THING, UH, THAT THEY PROVIDE ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION AS TO WHY WE'RE PAYING FOR A STUDY, WELL, NOT A STUDY, BUT BASICALLY AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT I DON'T SEE, UH, AS A, AS A RATE PAYER MYSELF. 
          WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR AN ADVERTISING CONTRACT JUST TO GET OUT AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE CAP? AND WHY, WHY SHOULD I BE FUNDING THAT OUT OF THIS ENTERPRISE FUND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN OUR SOLID WASTE  OUT THERE? I I, 
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I, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH US TAKING MONEY, A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUND FOR AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. 
          I MEAN, WE JUST, JUST RECENTLY SPENT OR AUTHORIZED OR APPROVED OR CLOSE TO $2 MILLION FOR THIS NEWFANGLED COMPUTER SYSTEM TO DO EXACTLY THIS. 
          SO WHY ARE WE HAVING TO GO OUT AND DO ANOTHER ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN, UM, FOR, FOR THE CAP WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMPUTER PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ALMOST $2 MILLION FOR THAT. 
          NOW WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER CONTRACT. 
          I MEAN, WE JUST APPROVED, UH, UM, UH, A MAJOR CHANGE TO OUR CHARTER WITHOUT GOING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO GET INPUT FROM 'EM. 
          AND HERE WE'RE SPENDING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS JUST TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS CAP IS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S A WASTE OF MONEY AND WE SHOULD BE CONCENTRATING ON OTHER THINGS I E THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          I GOT AN IDEA, WHY DON'T WE USE THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND REDUCE THE FEES THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING IN TO SOLID WASTE IF WE GOT THAT MUCH MONEY. 
          DAVID, YOU DON'T HAVE JUST A, UH, A ROUND FIGURE WHAT YOU HAVE SITTING IN YOUR FUND RIGHT NOW. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT SOLID WASTE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS AS WELL. 
          I, I, I, DAVID, I GET THAT. 
          I GET THAT. 
          BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT IN MY GIMME A ROUND FIGURE. 
          I, I CAN'T, SIR. 
          I'D RATHER BE ACTIVE. 
          COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE'LL, COUNCILMAN, WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE A REPORT TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL ON THAT, UH, THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I DON'T, WELL, I DON'T WANNA GIVE YOU A ROUND NUMBER AND THEN WE WE'RE OFF. 
          I IF OKAY. 
          HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION AND I WANNA GIVE YOU A VERY SPECIFIC ANSWER. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I, I, I GOT YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AGAIN, MY, MY DEAL IS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT SPENDING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IS A WISE DECISION RIGHT NOW DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT WE COULD, IF WE GOT THAT KIND OF MONEY LAYING AROUND, WE COULD OFFER THAT BACK TO OUR CUSTOMERS AS A REBATE TO HELP THEM PAY THEIR, THEIR NORMAL BILLS, WHETHER IT'S UTILITIES OR GARBAGE PICKUP, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          I, THIS, THIS TO ME, UH, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS, UH, AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOR THE CAP. 
          YES, I UNDERSTAND. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE APPROVED ALL THAT. 
          I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THESE THINGS, BUT, UH, THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED. 
          OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. 
          BUT DO WE HAVE TO SPEND A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS JUST TO GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS PLAN? I DON'T THINK SO. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE'VE, WE JUST, WE'RE SPENDING THIS ALMOST $2 MILLION ON THIS, UH, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK COMPUTER PROGRAM TO DO EXACTLY THAT. 
          SO LET'S NOT, LET'S DON'T KEEP THROWING MONEY AT SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DON'T NEED AT THIS POINT. 
          I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE IN THIS PANDEMIC. 
          PEOPLE NEED HELP OUT THERE ON PAYING THEIR DAY-TO-DAY BILLS. 
          UH, WE GOT A LETTER FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BASICALLY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY? UH, YEAH, IT'S SITTING IN THE BANK. 
          OKAY, GREAT, BUT LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING, THOSE THAT ARE HAVING A HARD TIME PAYING THEIR MONTHLY BILLS. 
          LET'S, LET'S HELP THEM OUT. 
          LET'S GIVE 'EM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET A REBATE OR SOMETHING TO HELP THEM PAY THEIR BILLS. 
          MY GOODNESS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF OUR MOUTH. 
          OH, MAN, WE, WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          WE, WE GOT PEOPLE STRUGGLING. 
          WE'VE GOT PEOPLE OUTTA WORK. 
          WE'VE GOT PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR HOMES. 
          THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON AN  CAMPAIGN. 
          THIS, THIS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. 
          MAYBE IT DOES TO THE REST OF Y'ALL ON COUNCIL, BUT, UM, I, I THINK THIS IS A POOR, POOR WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING THAT WE, WE SHOULD BE HELPING FOLKS AND NOT LOOKING AT WAYS TO SPEND MONEY OUT THERE. 
          UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE CAP. 
          THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO EMERGENCY THERE. 
          YEAH, WE'VE DELAYED IT BEFORE. 
          I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T DELAY IT AGAIN FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. 
          THERE'S NO EMERGENCY THAT NOTHING IS GONNA CHANGE OVERNIGHT. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA FIX OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM, UH, OVERNIGHT BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T GET DONE RIGHT AWAY. 
          SO, 
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AGAIN, I, I DON'T SUPPORT THIS. 
          I THINK THIS IS A, UH, AGAIN, A WASTE OF MONEY RIGHT NOW DURING THIS PANDEMIC, AND LET'S HELP OUR FOLKS OUT THERE THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TIME. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU MR. MCCARRY, AND THANK YOU DOUG. 
          UM, AND, AND JULIA, YOU ALL, UM, I THINK ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, UM, ALREADY, BUT I, I, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF EXTRA QUESTIONS. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT? IT LOOKS LIKE 20% OF THE CONTRACT GOES TOWARDS GRASSROOTS, UM, UH, EFFORTS. 
          AND, AND, UM, I I'M ASSUMING THOSE WILL BE DONE THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT CURRENTLY PARTICIPATE ON THE COMMITTEE, WILL THEY NOT BE ABLE TO THEN BENEFIT FROM THAT, IS IT, OR, UH, CAN YOU MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WILL WORK? WILL THEY HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES? POSSIBLY, UH, MAYBE AT, AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER? YES, MA'AM. 
          UH, WE, WE HAD ASKED, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO THAT, THAT VERY QUESTION. 
          SO THE, THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT IS THAT THEY, THAT THEY WOULD BE, UM, ELIGIBLE AS THEY ARE NOT PART OF SORT OF THE, AN OFFICIAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 
          UH, IT'S A JUST A, YOU'RE SERVING ON AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THESE WOULD BE SUBCONTRACTS, UM, UH, THAT WILL BE, UM, UH, OVERSEEN BY TEXAS CREATIVE. 
          BUT WHAT I, I HAD REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF STAKEHOLDERS YESTERDAY SAYING, I WANNA CIRCLE BACK WITH THE, THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE JUST TO CONFIRM ONCE AGAIN, WHAT THE, UM, IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT IN TERMS OF RECRUIT RECUSAL. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY TO DETERMINE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          I, I HADN'T ASKED THAT QUESTION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND FOR CONTINUING TO, TO WORK, UM, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          AND THEN CAN YOU TELL ME, SO APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH A MONTH IS THE AGENCY THEN BILLING US? BECAUSE IF WE JUST DIVIDE, UM, UH, OUTRIGHT, UH, UH, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH WOULD THE AGENCY RECEIVE VERSUS HOW MUCH IS INVESTED IN ACTUAL MEDIA BUYS, ET CETERA? DO YOU HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN? , DR. 
          TU GARCIA, DOUG, THE, WHAT WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WAS PART OF THIS, THE, THE PLAN DEPENDS ON THE ACTIONS THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO IN THAT CREATIVE COMPONENT OF THAT. 
          SO THERE'S REALLY NO MONTHLY, UH, THAT 20%, WHICH IS ABOUT $39,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR WHEN WE GET TO YEAR TWO AND THREE, THAT CAN BE AS, AS MUCH AS 78,000. 
          THAT CAN GO BACK TO THE GRASSROOTS, TO THOSE SMALL COMPANIES THAT COULD USE THE MONEY, UH, NOW. 
          BUT THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO REALLY CAL CALCULATE WHAT THAT MONTHLY, UH, AMOUNT WOULD BE. 
          I KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THE ENTIRE AMOUNT COULD GO, A THIRD COULD ACTUALLY GO TO GRASSROOTS AT THE VERY END. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT FAIR TO JUST DIVIDE IT BY 36 MONTHS AND SAY, SO, OKAY. 
          NO. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE CLARIFICATION THAT, THAT I WANTED TO, UM, TO MAKE. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, WITH, WITH MEDIA BUYS, UH, ET CETERA, UM, THAT IT, IT'LL BE DIFFERENT. 
          IT'LL ALSO JUST, JUST, UM, IT, IT IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN THE SUSTAINING OF IT. 
          I TOTALLY GET IT. 
          I HAVE A PHD IN ADVERTISING, SO I ACTUALLY DO BELIEVE IN MESSAGING, UH, AND I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS, UM, IS GOING TO BE KEY, UH, AND THAT OUR FOLKS NEED TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN LOOKING AT THE METRICS. 
          UM, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE MESSAGES IN PLACE, THE DIFFERENT MEDIA VEHICLES THAT, THAT WE USE, ET CETERA, WILL BE CRITICAL. 
          UM, AND THEN REMIND ME ONE MORE TIME, THIS COMES SPECIFICALLY FROM, UM, ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          IT'S PART OF THE SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, SO THERE'S, WHAT COULD WE USE, THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC USES FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THOSE ARE IN SOLID WASTE SPECIFICALLY? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT LIKE, ENVIRONMENTAL FEES, SOLID WASTE FUNDS, IT'S ALWAYS RELATED TO THE, THE ENVIRONMENT COMPONENT. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, YOU LOOK AT DEAD ANIMAL COLLECTIONS, YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DROP-OFFS IN EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY, ALL OF THE ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE WORK TOWARD THAT, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO WE LOOK AT THAT, YOU LOOK AT 
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SUSTAINABLE ENDEAVORS LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO IT HAS TO BE, IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY WELL DEFINED AS TO WHAT THEY COULD BE USED FOR. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS GET YOU THAT LIST FOR DETAILS. 
          YES, PLEASE, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP SETTLE, UM, SOME, SOME, SOME, UM, UH, QUESTIONS FROM, FROM SOME FOLKS THAT I TOO HAVE RECEIVED, RIGHT? AND SO I JUST, UH, WANNA REMIND, UH, FOLKS OF WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH THESE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A LIST. 
          I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT THE EQUITY THEMES AS DEFINED BY AS A, UM, UH, CLIMATE READY. 
          I, UM, ALSO, UH, LOVE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS AND ACCESSIBILITY, AFFORDABILITY, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, UM, HEALTH SAFETY AND SECURITY, ALL OF THAT, I THINK, UH, SOMETIMES, UH, NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL MESSAGING, AND THAT'S WHY I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF TODAY'S CONTRACT. 
          SO, UM, MR. MCCAREY, THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR DOING THE, UM, THE HOMEWORK ON THIS. 
          I REALIZED THAT SOME OF THE OTHER CLIENTS THAT TEXAS CREATIVE SERVES ARE THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GOODWILL, AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS AS OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, CONTINUE TO MEET, PARTICULARLY IN, IN SOME OF THE COMMITTEES, AND THAT WE'RE READY AND PREPARED TO LEVERAGE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THE CLIENT, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT BEING DIRECTED, UM, BY, BY THE AGENCY PER SE, BUT THAT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, USE ALL OF OUR EXPERTISE ON THOSE COMMITTEES TO REALLY HELP THEM. 
          UM, ALTHOUGH THEY DO HAVE SOME GOOD BACKGROUND IT LOOKS LIKE IN THIS SUBJECT. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, NEXT STEPS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MON SANDAL FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS ITEM. 
          UH, THE COUNCILMAN HAS, HAS HAD A FOCUS ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CLIMATE ISSUES DURING HER TENURE, AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE TODAY. 
          WHERE I SEE A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE IS LEARNING HOW TO BETTER ENGAGE OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THROUGH GRASSROOT ORG, GRASSROOT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, MAYBE THIS STRATEGY WILL INFORM OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILIES WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY AND OR SOCIALLY MARGINALIZED. 
          UH, SO MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT, THAT WE, WE, AS WE WITH OUR PARTNERS, WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ASSISTANCE AND OTHER PROGRAMS MARGINALIZED FAMILIES, UH, COULD ALSO BENEFIT. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTING THOSE. 
          AND, AND COUNCILMAN PERRY, I HEAR YOU. 
          I, I WILL, I DEFINITELY, UH, AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT BUCKETS OF DOLLARS TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN ON, ON THESE EMERGENCY ISSUES. 
          UH, AND THIS SHOWS THAT, THAT, THAT WE CAN FIND, FIND DOLLARS. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S KEEP LOOKING ON THAT. 
          LET'S KEEP WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE. 
          BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM 'CAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING. 
          UH, THANK YOU, UH, MR. MCCAREY. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MR. MELNICK, UH, AND, AND ALL YOUR TEAM, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL FOR, FOR LEADING ON THIS. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA CLOSE OUT THE DISCUSSION AND, AND, UH, THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND, AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DID COMMIT WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS PLAN. 
          IT WASN'T, UH, IT WASN'T AN EASY ADOPTION PROCESS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL SUPPORTED IT, AND IT IS JOB STAFF TO ENSURE THAT IT GETS IMPLEMENTED NOW. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          YEAH, JUST, JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION. 
          UH, MR. MCCAREY, IF, IF, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE, DO, IS THERE ANY GOALS OR METRICS OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTRACT? I MEAN, I, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING TO THAT. 
          I JUST SAW THAT THEY'RE GONNA GO AND ADVERTISE WHAT'S THE GOALS AND METRICS? HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THIS? YEAH, WE DO HAVE A WAY OF DOING THAT. 
          DOUG, WILL YOU SHARE THAT, PLEASE? YEAH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YEP. 
          SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, I, I THINK THE, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS, UM, ONCE YOU KNOW, IF, IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE, UH, WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UM, AND, UH, WITH OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY AND GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND DEFINE THOSE. 
          BUT SOME EXAMPLES ARE GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE EN, EN ENGAGED RECEIVING MESSAGES. 
          UM, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T JUST A COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN. 
          IT'S ALSO ABOUT 
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GETTING FEEDBACK, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PROVIDING INPUT IN, UM, POLICY DISCUSSIONS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW, UM, NUMBER OF PEOPLE ENGAGED, UM, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY BY ZIP CODE, BY DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, WE WANT TO KNOW NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKING ACTION BASED UPON THE CAMPAIGN. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CRAFT VERY SPECIFIC INDICATORS AND TRACK THEM AND, UM, OKAY. 
          IF WE'RE NOT MEETING THOSE TARGETS, WE'RE GONNA ADJUST. 
          OKAY? I, I, SO I'M GATHERING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SET DOWN YET, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE'RE AWARDING A CONTRACT THAT HAS NO GOALS, HAS NO METRICS TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING. 
          YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT AFTER, AFTER THIS COUNCIL APPROVES THIS. 
          SO, UM, UM, THE PROPOSAL, THE, THE PROPOSAL, THE PROPOSAL FROM TEXAS CREATIVE DOES OUTLINE POTENTIAL, UM, METRICS. 
          BUT UNTIL WE SIT DOWN AND START PUTTING MEAT AROUND WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC TARGETS ARE,  NO, YOU KNOW, DOUG, I, I, I DISAGREE WITH THAT PROCESS. 
          NORMALLY WE ESTABLISH AS A CUSTOMER WHAT THOSE GOALS AND METRICS ARE GONNA BE, AND THAT WE DON'T LAY, WE DON'T THINK THAT UP TO THE CONTRACTOR TO TELL US HOW, WHAT METRICS ARE GONNA MEASURE AND HOW, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA CONSIDER IS SUCCESS AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          WE SHOULD BE DICTATING THAT TO THEM, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 
          AND YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD, GOOD COMMENT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE. 
          WAS THE COMMITTEE EVER LOOPED INTO THIS, THIS PROCESS? COUNCILMAN, I'LL, I'LL, JILL, I'LL, LET ME SHARE, DOUG, WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THIS ADVISORY GROUP, BOTH TECHNICAL AND AT ADEQUATE POOR EQUITY, ONE OF THE REASONS THOSE COME TOGETHER IS THERE'S STILL THE TWO-WAY DIALOGUE THAT HAS TO TAKE SHAPE WITH NOT ONLY TEXAS CREATIVE, BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT WITH THE ADVISORY GROUP, THEN WE CAN PUT TOGETHER EXACTLY. 
          IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC, BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD NEED THE ADVISORY GROUP IF IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC, WELL, I, I, I DON'T THINK THE ADVISORY GROUP HAS MET AT ALL ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT. 
          THERE HAS BEEN NO DIALOGUE, NO DISCUSSION AT ALL WITH THE COMMITTEE. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IT, IT WAS . 
          AGAIN, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARDING A CONTRACT AND LET THE CONTRACTOR TELL US WHAT THOSE METRICS ARE. 
          UH, WE SHOULD BE DICTATING THAT AND HAVING THAT AS PART OF THE R F P AND PART OF THE PROPOSAL. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DOUG, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, UH, HOLD ON. 
          HOLD ON. 
          HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          LET, LET ME GO BACK TO DOUG. 
          DOUG'S BEEN TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING IN RESPONSE, SO, DOUG, PLEASE. 
          YES. 
          THANK, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UH, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          I JUST WANNA CONFIRM IN TERMS OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, IN NOVEMBER, UH, AT OUR KICKOFF ORIENTATION WITH, UH, BOTH COMMITTEES, THEY WERE BRIEFED, UM, UH, ON THIS, THIS PROJECT THAT IT WAS COMING. 
          UH, WE SHARED THE SCOPE OF WORK WITH THEM IN DECEMBER. 
          WE SHARED THE SCOPE OF WORK WITH THEM IN JANUARY LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK. 
          SO THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, MADE AWARE AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE HIGH LEVEL SCOPE AS WE GO FORWARD AND WHEN WE MEET WITH THEM. 
          AGAIN, IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS IN MARCH 2ND AND THIRD, UH, THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE WILL BE SITTING DOWN WITH US IN TEXAS CREATIVE TO START OUTLINING THE PATH FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, LET, LEMME JUST RESPOND. 
          I, I'M GETTING COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, I'M GONNA MAINTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN HAS BEFORE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS MY TIME. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMENTS. 
          UH, THANK YOU DOUG AND DAVID FOR PRESENTING THE FACTS OF WHAT HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN HAPPENING. 
          THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL FOR, UM, BEING, UH, VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT THIS RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHY WE ALSO DELAYED IT WHEN WE DID. 
          AND I THINK AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE A BETTER PRODUCT. 
          I WILL SAY EVEN, UM, BACK THEN WHEN WE DID POSTPONE IT OR DELAY IT, I DIDN'T WANT TO, I WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT THEN, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN WHAT WE NEEDED TO OUT OF THIS, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS COMING FROM A PARTICULAR FUND THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS SINCE THE BEGINNING. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. 
          I THINK, UM, THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH AND THAT EVERYBODY, UH, CAME TOGETHER ON. 
          UH, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON, 
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UM, ERIC, UH, DAVID OR DOUG, MAYBE IN THAT ORDER, UH, WAS THERE ANYTHING LEFT FOR US TO DISCUSS? BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF YOUR ANSWERS WERE BEING INTERRUPTED. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          NO, NO SIR. 
          I DON'T THINK SO. 
          I THINK WE'VE ANSWERED ALL THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. 
          UH, DAVID, DOUG, ANYTHING TO ADD TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS? NO, ONLY THING THAT I WANTED AND TO POINT OUT, DOUG, UH, DID IT WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WELL I DO LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HEARING MORE ABOUT THE METRICS, UH, AND THE EVALUATION PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UH, AND I DO UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT THE CITY IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE MORE DIALOGUE ON THAT. 
          WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FORWARD FROM CHECK. 
          UM, AND GLAD THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS TODAY. 
          SO WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 21, HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY? OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 22. 
          [22. 21-1245 Resolutions of Support for the following multifamily rental housing development projects seeking 2021 Competitive 9% Housing Tax Credits from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs: [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
ITEM 22 IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING, MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SEEKING 2021 COMPETITIVE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. 
          ITEM 22, A POLITAN APARTMENTS AT 3 1 1 WEST LAUREL AND COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE ITEM 22 B 4 25 SAN PEDRO AT FOUR 19 SAN PEDRO AND 4 25 SAN PEDRO AND COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE ITEM 22 C DENVER HEIGHTS SENIOR VILLAGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AND ROBERTSON AVENUE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO ITEM 22 D VILLAGE AT BOYER AT 1510 HOFF AVENUE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO ITEM 22 E ADA STREET APARTMENTS AT 36 18 SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS AND COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE ITEM 22 F FISH POND AT PROSPECT HILL AT 1601 BUENA VISTA STREET AND 1615 BUENA VISTA STREET AND COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE ITEM 22 G VILLAGE AT MEDICAL SENIOR APARTMENTS AT 53 18 MEDICAL DRIVE AND 53 26 MEDICAL DRIVE AND COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN ITEM 22 H SNOWDEN APARTMENTS AT 7 2 2 3 SNOWDEN ROAD AND COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN ITEM 22 I FIESTA TRAIL AND 1 2 4 8 5 WEST INTERSTATE 10. 
          AND COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT, ITEM 22 J VISTA MED AT 4 9 3 2. 
          RESEARCH AND COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT AND ITEM 22 K VILLAGE AT PAR BIAL AT 26 11 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10. 
          AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. 
          THERE, THERE IS A PRESENTATION IF IT'S NEEDED. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          SO BEFORE WE GET INTO DISCUSSION, LET ME CALL UP OUR, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE SIGNED UP, UH, IN ORDER, UH, WE'LL START WITH RYAN WILSON. 
          UH, MR. WILSON, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SEAN MOORE. 
          UH, HI MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          MR. WILSON, IS THAT YOU? Y YES. 
          SORRY, THIS TECHNOLOGY THING, I'M STILL 20 YEARS BEHIND. 
          UM, THANKS MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL BEFORE AHEAD. 
          MAYOR COUNCIL, AGAIN, THIS IS RYAN WILSON WITH, WITH WITH FRANKLIN COMPANIES. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND REITERATE JUST A COUPLE OF THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF OUR PROJECT THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT EARLIER FOR 25 SAN PEDRO THAT WE FEEL, UH, WARRANTS SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF THIS COUNCIL. 
          FIRST, UM, AS I'VE MENTIONED QUICKLY, THIS PROJECT LIES DIRECTLY ON THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND IS INCORPORATING A VIA BUS STOP WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF TO PROMOTE MAXIMUM USE OF EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          THAT'S A PRETTY UNIQUE FEATURE. 
          UM, AS YOU ALSO HEARD, THIS IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR FAMILIES. 
          SO IT HAS AMENITIES AND UNITS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO FAMILIES. 
          UM, SECONDLY, UH, I ALLUDED TO EARLIER AS WELL, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PROVIDING A FULL 20% OF ITS UNIT THAT'S 30% OF A M I NORMALLY, THIS IS ONLY ABOUT 10%, AND THAT 16 UNITS OF 30% A M I HOUSING FOR A SINGLE PROJECT, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW, IS NOT ONLY THE HARDEST TO GET DONE, BUT IS IN THE MOST NEED FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          UM, THIRD, UH, JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, 4 25 WAS SUPPORTED, UH, UNDER THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD BOND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, WHICH SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE IMPORTANCE THIS COUNCIL HAS PLACED ON THIS SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND FOR THESE REASONS, UM, WE PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THE 4 25 SAN PEDRO IS MOST, IS CONTRIBUTING MOST OUT OF ANY DEVELOPMENT BEING CONSIDERED TODAY. 
          AND COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER AWARDING THE C R P POINTS TO ONLY OUR DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE OUR 
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DEVELOPMENT REMAINS COMPETITIVE IN THE 9% ROUND. 
          AND I THINK ONE OTHER, UM, VERY IMPORTANT POINT I THINK COUNCIL SHOULD AT LEAST CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE DELIBERATING TODAY, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT ONE, I, I THINK IT'S A SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED COUNSEL TO KNOW, UM, GIVEN THAT, THAT THE CURRENT CENSUS TRACK SCORING CRITERIA, IF OTHER DEALS IN DISTRICT ONE WERE TO GET AWARDED 9% CREDITS, THIS WOULD EFFECTIVELY PROHIBIT SAN PEDRO FROM BEING COMPETITIVE IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION. 
          IN SHORT, UH, THE SAN PEDRO DEAL WOULD NO LONGER BE FEASIBLE, AND SO CERTAINLY BE DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST. 
          IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN CONSIDERING COUNCIL SUPPORT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOND PROGRAM, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR, FOR COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT. 
          AND I THINK GIVEN THE SUCCESS AND IMPORTANCE THIS COUNCIL HAS GIVEN TO THE HOUSING BOND PROGRAM, I WOULD HOPE 4 25 WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE TOP PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BE AWARDED THE ONLY C R P POINTS FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS SINCERELY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT AND, UH, WE'RE STANDING BY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. WILSON. 
          SEAN MOORE, FOLLOWED BY MITCH MEYER. 
          MR. MOORE, I THINK YOU'VE HUNG UP. 
          UM, NOT CONNECTED. 
          SO LET ME GO NOW TO MITCH MEYER, FOLLOWED BY BRAD MCMURRAY. 
          OKAY, MR. MEYER, WE SHOW YOU CONNECTED TO US. 
          MR. MEYER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO BRAD MCMURRAY, FOLLOWED. 
          YOU HEAR ME BY NICHOLAS WALSH? YES. 
          IS THAT YOU, MR. MCMURRAY? UH, R SIX. 
          UH, COULD YOU, UH, COULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF PLEASE? THIS IS BRAD MCMURRAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, MR. MAYOR? I HEAR TWO OF YOU SPEAKING. 
          THAT'S, UM, MR. MEYER, IS THAT YOU? YES. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. MCMURRAY, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY NICHOLAS WALSH. 
          YES. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME, MAYOR? YES. 
          IS THAT YOU? MR. MCMURRAY? MAYOR, THIS IS BRAD MCMURRAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY NICHOLAS WALSH. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR CROP FOR PROSPER. 
          MAYOR MITCH MEYER IS ON THE LINE. 
          OKAY, SIR, IF YOU WANNA LET MR. MITCH MEYER, GO AHEAD. 
          THAT'S FINE WITH ME, MR. MCMURRAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          KEEP GOING. 
          MR. MCMURRAY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          OKAY. 
          IN ANY CASE, WE'RE WITH PROSPERA AND WE ARE 5 0 1 C THREE, UH, NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE OWN OR MANAGE OVER 2000 UNITS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT WE'RE HERE TODAY AS A HOUSING CONSULTANT FOR ALT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVICES THAT IS REQUESTING RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THE VILLAGE OF PAR AND VITAL AND DISTRICT 10 IN THE VILLAGE AT MEDICAL AND, AND DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          AND ALT IS ALSO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER THAT'S BEEN SERVING SAN ANTONIO SINCE 1993 WITH 400 UNITS. 
          WE PROVIDE THEM ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND RESIDENT SERVICES FOR BOTH PROPERTIES AND THE SCORING FOR THE APPLICATIONS ON THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND C R P MOST IMPORTANT POINTS. 
          UH, SIGNIFICANT POINTS WAS BASED ON THE CITY'S HOUSING TAX CREDIT POLICY, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL AFTER PUBLIC VETTING AND, AND THE INPUT PROCESS. 
          AND WE THINK THE CITY GOT IT RIGHT IN ITS TAX CREDIT POLICY BECAUSE BASED ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY, VILLAGE AT PERRIN VITAL AND VILLAGE AT MEDICAL SENIORS, WHICH BOTH SCORED THE HIGHEST 96 OUT OF 100 POINTS IN THE CITY PROCESS, ARE ALSO RANKED NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION FOR THE STATE PROCESS. 
          WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL POINTS IN TIE BREAKERS AND THE REASON PARABA WINS THE TIEBREAKERS, BECAUSE IT IS THE CENSUS TRACK THAT HAS THE HIGHEST RENT BURDEN OF ANY CENSUS TRACKING BEXAR COUNTY. 
          NOW THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PROJECT. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TYPICALLY TOTALLY OPPOSED TO MULTIFAMILY AND DISTRICT 10, BUT AFTER WORKING WITH THEM AND INCORPORATING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, THE VILLAGE NORTH TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE PROJECT. 
          THE VILLAGE OF PARBAT WILL BE LOCATED ON 6.2 ACRES. 
          THAT'S RIGHT, 6.2 IN ITS ALREADY ZONE MULTIFAMILY. 
          IT'LL HAVE LESS THAN 15 UNITS PER ACRE AND TWO FULL PARKING SPOTS PER UNIT. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE 80 AFFORDABLE UNITS AND 12 MARKET UNITS. 
          SO IT'S TRULY AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. 
          ALL THE AFFORDABLE UNITS WILL BE SERVING 60% A M I OR BELOW WITH EIGHT UNITS SERVING 30% A A M I OR BELOW. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE 20 AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE FULL SIZE, 1200 SQUARE FOOT, THREE BEDROOMS FOR LARGER FAMILIES. 
          AND OUR LARGE SITES PROVIDE PROVIDES FOR A PLAYGROUND, A SWIMMING POOL, A BUSINESS CENTER, FITNESS CENTER, AND COMMUNITY ROOM OF MORE THAN 3,600 SQUARE FEET. 
          WE ARE RIGHT ON A BUS STOP AS WELL WITH SEVEN DAY A WEEK SERVICE, AND WITHIN MILWAUKEE DISTANCE TO NUMEROUS INTEREST LEVEL, 
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ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS WHEN COVID PANDEMIC SUBSIDES SUBSIDES. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SERNA ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. 
          OUR AWARD-WINNING RESIDENT SERVICES AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WILL ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND THEIR AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING WHEN STUDENTS RETURN, AND WE'LL HAVE AN ACCESS GATE FROM OUR PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO SERNA FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAFETY. 
          CERNA IS ALSO A CITY SPARK PARK YEAR ROUND AND A CITY RECREATION PROGRAM CENTER DURING THE SUMMER. 
          SO BECAUSE OF OUR EXCEPTIONAL SCORES AND INSTEAD OF LOSING THE SITE, ALT MADE THE DECISION TO LET THE PURCHASE CONTRACT GO HARD, WHICH MEANS NO TURNING BACK ON THE PURCHASE. 
          IT HAS GOTTA CLOSE NEXT MONTH. 
          SO NOT FOLLOWING STASH RECOMMENDATION COULD FINANCIALLY CRIPPLE A LOCAL NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER. 
          I WISH I HAD TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT MEDICAL SENIORS, BUT WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE SOLUTION SUPPORT AND ALL THE C R P. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ARY. 
          NICHOLAS WALSH, MR. WALSH, UH, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LORRAINE ROBLES. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS NICK WALSH ON BEHALF OF THE N R P GROUP. 
          UH, I SPEAK TODAY IN SUPPORT OF TWO OF THE PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, FIESTA TRAILS AND ADA STREET APARTMENTS. 
          UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE 9% TAX CREDIT PROGRAM IS A VERY COMPLEX AND COMPETITIVE PROCESS. 
          UH, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORK AND PROFESSIONALISM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'VE DONE AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE JOB OF MANAGING THIS DIFFICULT APPLICATION PROCESS IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER IN LINE WITH THE HOUSING POLICY THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO THEY'VE BROUGHT YOU SOME REALLY WELL VETTED RECOMMENDATIONS HERE TODAY. 
          UH, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF MANY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER'S. 
          TIME TO GET IN AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THE OVERALL AT THE END, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          UM, MR. WALSH, I'M SORRY YOU'VE BEEN INTERRUPTED. 
          HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          LET ME PAUSE YOUR TIME. 
          MR. MEYER, UM, I CALLED YOUR NAME AND YOU DID NOT RESPOND. 
          I'LL CALL YOU ONE MORE TIME AT THE END, UH, BUT WE GOTTA LET THE OTHER FOLKS SPEAK FIRST. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU CAN KEEP YOURSELF MUTED UNTIL I CALL YOU. 
          UH, MR. WALSH, UH, GO AHEAD. 
          I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          LIKE I WAS SAYING, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A LONG PROCESS. 
          UH, THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME YOU WILL SEE THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AFTER ENGAGING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, FOR ZONING AND VARIOUS OTHER APPROVALS. 
          UH, THE OVERALL GOAL HERE OF THE 9% PROGRAM IS TO ADD TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK IN SAN ANTONIO, ADDING MORE UNITS AND SPECIFICALLY ADDING THOSE CRITICAL, DEEPER TARGETED UNITS THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE USING THE 9% PROGRAM. 
          SO, I'D JUST LIKE TO WRAP UP BY SAYING THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S ADOPTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WALSH. 
          UM, LORRAINE ROBLES. 
          UM, MS. ROBLES, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MITCH MEYER. 
          MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          IS THAT YOU MS. MS. ROBLES? YES, IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          AND I'M ROBLES, THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          AND I AM COMING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE SNOWDEN APARTMENTS, UH, LOCATED AT 72 23 SNOWDEN ROAD AND COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          UH, THE AGENCY BELIEVES THAT THE, IT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT ONLY TO THE MEDICAL CENTER WHERE IT'S MUCH NEEDED, BUT ALSO TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING THAT OUR 6.9 ACRE TRACK OF LAND, UH, BE DEVELOPED INTO 135 UNIT, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR SENIOR 62 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER. 
          UH, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS, UH, COMPLETE WITH THE APPROPRIATE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE AMENITIES. 
          UH, THE PIECE OF, OF LAND THAT WE'LL BE BUILDING ON HAS, UH, A BEAUTIFUL AREA IN THE BACK THAT WILL BE RESERVED FOR, UH, FOR GREEN SPACE, AS WELL AS AREAS TO, UH, FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY. 
          WE'LL HAVE WALKING TRAILS IN A SWIMMING POOL. 
          THE INTERIOR OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT WALLS INCLUDE A, A WORKOUT ROOM AND BUSINESS CENTER, AS WELL AS THE KITCHEN, DINING AREA AND LIVING AREA, AGAIN, FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO COME TOGETHER WHEN IT'S SAFE TO DO SO. 
          UH, THE AREA IS IDEAL IN THAT IT SITS ON SNOWDEN, UH, WHICH IS BOARDED BY BABCOCK ROAD. 
          AND IMMEDIATELY, I BELIEVE A BLOCK OR TWO TO THE SOUTH IS WBA ROAD. 
          SO, UH, A GREAT AREA, UH, 
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THAT HAS A LOT OF AVAILABILITY, UH, OR, OR ACCESSIBILITY RATHER, TO TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, AS WELL AS MANY, MANY SERVICES TO INCLUDE, UH, THE MEDICAL FACILITIES, HEALTH AND WELLNESS FACILITIES, UH, EATERIES, RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL, UH, AS WELL AT THE SITE, UH, WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS WITH, UH, ONSITE RESIDENT SERVICES TO CARE FOR THEM. 
          THE, OF THE 135 UNITS, A HUNDRED PERCENT WILL BE AFFORDABLE AT 60% OF AREA MEET AND INCOME OR BELOW. 
          UH, SAHA HAS THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TARGET THOSE EVEN DEEPER AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 30%. 
          AND BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE RESIDENTS, THERE WILL BE A, A FURTHER SAFEGUARD AGAINST ANY KIND OF RENT BURDEN TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION IN SUPPORT OF, OF OUR PROJECT, UH, THIS AFTERNOON. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ROBLES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MITCH MEYER. 
          MITCH, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF NOW, UH, YOU'LL HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE HEAR YOU NOW. 
          MR. MEYER. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          NOT MEAN TO BE RUDE. 
          I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY PHONE. 
          I HIT THE STAR SIX BEFORE I WAS SUPPOSED TO. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UM, CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST, I'M, I'M PANICKED BECAUSE I OF THE, THE, UH, PROBLEM BEFORE, UH, I'M WATCHING THIS ON MY COMPUTER AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY HI TO SOME LONG TIME FRIENDS, ROD AND ERIC, AND ANDY AND LORI. 
          IT'S, IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU, AND I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A FELLOW BIRD WATCHER ON THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE, THE CONGRESSMAN AND, AND WOM, UH, COUNCILMAN AND WOMEN THAT REACHED OUT DURING THE WEEK. 
          I'VE BEEN VERY HARD ON Y'ALL AND, AND BUG YOU TO DEATH. 
          BUT THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILMAN PEZ, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, AND COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS BEFORE I SPOKE TODAY. 
          UM, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION BEFORE I START, UM, SEAN MOORE WAS WANTING TO SEED HIS THREE MINUTES TO ME. 
          UH, HE GOT DISCONNECTED. 
          UM, IF I DON'T THINK IF, IF I, IF I NEED THE TIME, UH, ONE THING I WANNA POINT OUT THAT I HOPE GETS A FEW POLITICAL POINTS IS I TOOK A BULLET FOR THE CITY TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE HAY STREET BRIDGE, WITH THE BRIDGE APARTMENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. 
          IT WASN'T A GOOD FINANCIAL DECISION. 
          BUT, UH, IF THEN COUNCILMAN ART HALL ASKED ME OUT FOR DINNER AND SAID, LOOK, THE CITY WANTS THIS LAND, WOULD, WOULD, CAN WE THINK OF A WAY TO GIVE IT BACK? AND I TOLD THE COUNSELOR, I SAID, IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING I WANT TO DO, UH, BUT I'LL DO IT FOR YOU. 
          HE ASKED ME, WILL YOU DO IT FOR ME? AND I SAID, YES. 
          I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WORTH SOME POLITICAL POINTS WITH Y'ALL. 
          NOW, LET ME GET ON WITH, WITH MY PROJECT. 
          UH, I OWN THE AURORA APARTMENTS. 
          IT IS A 90 YEAR OLD BUILDING, UM, WHERE EVERYONE IS BEATING THEIR CHEST BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, 16 OR 20%, UM, BELOW THE, THE 30% A M I I HAVE 105 UNITS, 100% OF THEM ARE BELOW THE 30% A M I, MY AVERAGE TENANT PAYS $250 A MONTH. 
          AND THAT'S ALL BILLS PAID. 
          THAT'S UNDENIABLE. 
          AND NO OTHER PROJECT CAN COME CLOSE TO THOSE NUMBERS. 
          UM, ANOTHER, SOME OF MY, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THEM, MY COMPETITORS. 
          I REALLY WANT TO GET INTO HOW THIS ALL GOT STARTED. 
          THE, THE, IF THE AURORA IS GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE TO MANAGE AND, UH, WITH THE MANDATE FROM THE CITY TO PUT A SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN, UH, IT'S GOTTEN TO BE ALMOST PROHIBITIVE. 
          IT'S JUST, I'M NOT GETTING RICH AT ALL DOING THIS. 
          I'M NOT, I'M PRETTY MUCH WORKING FOR A MANAGEMENT FEE. 
          SO THERE IS A REASON, THIS IS HOW THIS ALL GOT STARTED, WAS THE, WAS SPRINKLER MANDATE. 
          SO I WENT, HUD IS, UH, I HAVE A LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH HUD. 
          I HAVE NINE YEARS LEFT ON MY CONTRACT, BUT THEY'RE, THEY DON'T PAY A LOT. 
          AND SO I STARTED THINKING, WHAT CAN I DO? IS THERE A WAY POSSIBLE TO GET A BUILDING BUILT, A NEW BUILDING FOR MY RESIDENTS? AND WHILE WE'RE BUILDING IT, WELL, WE CAN GET IT UPGRADED LOCAL, UH, TO THE CURRENT CODE. 
          WE CAN PUT A FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN AS A WAY TO DO IT. 
          9% TAX CREDIT. 
          UH, THIS IS CIRCUMSTANCE. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MEYER. 
          UM, ANDY, DID YOU WANT TO JUMP IN? YES. 
          UH, UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, UM, I, I THINK THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE ITEMS AND THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, ITEMS ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL MERITS. 
          AND, UH, SO I WANTED TO CLEAR UP ANY SUGGESTION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON IN A QUID PRO QUO OR FAVOR FOR FAVOR TYPE NOTION. 
          UH, SO, UH, ALL THE, UH, VOTING WILL BE STRICTLY ON THE MERITS. 
          THANK YOU, 
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ANDY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, PULLED THIS ITEM. 
          SO, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I'LL START WITH MY MOTION. 
          I MOVE TO DELAY ITEM 22 H TO FEBRUARY 18TH, 2021. 
          AND I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 22 A THROUGH 22 K, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 22 A. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          UM, I'M GONNA NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER PERMITTED TO PUT TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME? AND DO WE NEED SOMEBODY ELSE TO MAKE THAT SECOND MOTION? UM, I WAS ON MUTE. 
          UH, IT, IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE, YES, MAYOR, IF SOMEBODY MADE THE, THE SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE THE REST OF THE ITEMS. AND, UH, AS USUAL, WE'LL TAKE THE DELAY MOTION FIRST, THOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WELL, LET, LET ME , BUT LEMME CLARIFY. 
          I MEAN, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL CAN MAKE THE SECOND MOTION, MAYOR, I'M JUST SAYING WE SHOULD TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, OH. 
          SO LET ME KNOW, LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY. 
          UH, SO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL MADE A MOTION TO DELAY 22 H, CORRECT. 
          BUT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OTHER, UH, ITEMS, UH, ARE BOTH OF THOSE ON THE FLOOR? NO, NO, NO ONE IS ON THE FLOOR, UH, THE MOTION TO DELAY. 
          AND WE, AND THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER THAT ITEM FIRST. 
          UM, AND THEN ONCE THAT IS, UH, VOTED ON, THEN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE REST OF THE ITEMS. OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WELL, LET ME TAKE UP, SO I WOULD NEED TO TAKE UP, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY FIRST. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, I HAVE THREE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THERE IS A MOTION, UH, ON THE FLOOR. 
          UH, WAS THERE A SECOND FOR DELAY OF 22 H? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND BY VERAN. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW THE DISCUSSION IS ON THE DELAY FOR 22 H. 
          UM, SO, UM, LET, I'LL CALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR MOTION, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION WILL BE ABOUT. 
          SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, GRA NOT ON THIS ITEM, NOT ON THE DELAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THE OTHER ONE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, I GUESS I KNOW THAT THESE ITEMS ARE ALL TIMELY. 
          SO IS IS, DOES THIS DISQUALIFY THIS PROJECT? IF THERE'S DELAY, THAT'S PROBABLY TO LAURIE OR, YES. 
          THE DELAYS FOR ONE WEEK COUNCILWOMAN? YEAH. 
          UH, THE, THE MOTION WAS TO DELAY TO FEBRUARY 18TH. 
          THE QUESTION WAS, UH, DOES THAT, UH, DISQUALIFY, UM, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT? THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. 
          UH, MAYOR, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, SO THERE IS A TIGHT TIMELINE FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          THE FULL APPLICATION BY DEVELOPERS IS DUE MARCH ONE. 
          UM, STAFF WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE ITEMS GO FORWARD, DATE, SO IT DOES GIVE APPLICANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL, UM, THE APPLICATION BY THAT DATE. 
          BUT JUST ONE WEEK, UM, WE'LL DELAY THIS ONE PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          UM, IF IT WAS TWO WEEKS, IT'D BE TOO MUCH BECAUSE OF THAT STATE DEADLINE. 
          UH, SO WHILE STAFF DOES PREFER TO HAVE ITEMS GO FORWARD TODAY, ONE WEEK WOULD ONLY, UM, IMPACT THIS ONE. 
          DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN? YES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, RA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, IS THAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, UH, I WASN'T EXPECTING DIALOGUE ON THIS, BUT, UH, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND CLARIFY, UH, LORRAINE, IF YOU'RE STILL CONNECTED, AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S FINE. 
          I KNOW THIS WHOLE CALL IN THING ISN'T THAT EASY. 
          UH, WE HAVE SPOKEN EXTENSIVELY TO SAHA AND DISCUSSED THE POSTPONEMENT. 
          THEY ARE, UH, IN AGREEMENT WITH US. 
          UH, THEY DID NOT, UH, SEEK TO DO A SUFFICIENT, UH, ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, WAS A PART OF OUR CURRENT GUIDELINES THAT I PROPOSED AND YOU ALL ADOPTED. 
          SO, WE ARE TAKING THIS WEEK TO ENSURE WE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT CAME UP LAST TIME THIS PROJECT WAS PROPOSED. 
          MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED. 
          AND IT IS MY AIM TO GET THAT DONE IN THIS, IN THIS WEEK. 
          I DO BELIEVE IT IS A GREAT PROJECT, BUT AS YOU KNOW, I'M COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE, UH, BEFORE THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE. 
          SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, THERE IS A MOTION 
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AND A SECOND, DOESN'T, UH, APPEAR TO BE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DELAY OF 22 H TO FEBRUARY 18TH, ONE WEEK. 
          UM, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I, YOU'LL NEED TO RE-ARTICULATE YOUR MOTION, EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE. 
          THAT'S THE COMMENT THAT I DO HAVE, AND I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 22 A THROUGH 22 K, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 22 H. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE WAS A MOTION BY SANDOVAL SECOND FOR, UH, BY VERAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          UH, NO COMMENT. 
          JUST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, S YES, I, I HAD SOME, UH, SOME CONCERNS, UM, AFTER HEARING SOME OF MR. MYERS COMMENTS. 
          UM, AND I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT, WHAT HE'S, WHAT HE'S SAYING AND WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR, BECAUSE, UM, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE EVICTED IF, IF THIS PROJECT ISN'T TAKEN CARE OF, AND THAT, THAT'S ALARMING. 
          SO IS MR. MR. MYERS STILL AROUND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? YES. 
          YES. 
          I'M STILL AROUND. 
          MR. MEYER, UM, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOUR PROPERTY IS RIGHT NOW, UM, AND WHAT, WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE ASKING COUNSEL TO DO? WHAT, WHAT I'M, UH, RIGHT NOW IS, IS CALLED A H A HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT. 
          IT IS TO ADMINISTER THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH HUD. 
          AND, UH, I'VE BEEN PROVIDING THIS SERVICE FOR, FOR 14 YEARS. 
          THE, UM, ALL THE RESIDENTS PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OR BELOW THE 30% A M I I HAVE NINE YEARS LEFT ON MY CONTRACT, WHICH, UH, SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME. 
          BUT WITH THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, UM, BEING MAN, UH, MANDATORY BY 2024, 50% OF IT, UM, I HAVE TO START DOING THINGS NOW. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HUD FOR THE LAST OVER A YEAR, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW ME TO TAKE THIS CONTRACT AND MOVE IT TO A NEW BUILDING. 
          AND IF I DO THAT, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GIMME ANOTHER 20 YEARS IN ADDITION. 
          SO THAT'D BE ANOTHER 29 YEARS OF RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND I'VE HEARD TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HEARD THE WORD, UH, HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING RETENTION. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY THE BUCKET THAT THIS FALLS INTO. 
          UM, OKAY, IF, SO, MY ASK IS, AND I, IF I CAN EXPLAIN THE SCORING DYNAMICS REALLY QUICKLY, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, LOOKS LIKE FOUR APPLICANTS DROPPED OUT. 
          BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, T D HC, UH, SCORING SHEET. 
          THERE'S 11 PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING. 
          THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S ONLY SEVEN OF US THAT, OR EIGHT OF US THAT ARE, THAT CAN QUALIFY FOR, UH, WHAT'S CON WHAT'S CALLED CONTRIBUTING TO A REVITALIZATION PLAN. 
          OUT OF THOSE EIGHT, ONLY ONE OF US IS GONNA GET IT. 
          THE OTHER TWO TAX CREDIT AWARDS ARE GONNA GO TO HIGHER SCORING THINGS. 
          SO FOUR OF US ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING TO GET IT. 
          AND THERE, UH, ANOTHER THREE WILL QUAL OR BUY FOR IT. 
          SO, ONLY ONE PERSON'S GONNA GET THIS. 
          MY ASK IS TO HAVE SOMEONE MAKE A RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF THIS EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE THAT I BE THE ONLY ONE THAT GETS THE, UH, SUPPORT FOR CONTRIBUTING TO A REVITALIZATION PLAN. 
          I CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR BE BECAUSE OF JUST THE HOLDING COST. 
          I OWN THIS LAND. 
          I HAD IT ENTITLED, UM, I HAVE SAS, UM, SAS WAIVERS, UM, THAT WILL EXPIRE. 
          I, MY, MY PLANS ARE IN PERMITTING THAT WILL EXPIRE. 
          IT IS, UH, SOMETHING I CANNOT WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, THINK OF IT THIS WAY, THE OTHER SIX, UH, SEVEN APPLICANTS FOR THIS ENDORSEMENT, SIX OF US ARE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR ANYWAY. 
          SO I'M NOT REALLY ASKING FOR THAT MUCH. 
          SO MY ASK IS TO BE THE ONLY ONE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO A REVITALIZATION PLAN, CONSIDERING THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, ANDY, CAN I MAKE THAT MOTION, COUNCILMAN? YES. 
          YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, UH, LIMIT APPROVAL TO, OF THE ITEMS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO ONLY, UM, ITEM, LET ME SEE, WHAT IS, WHAT ITEM? 22. 
          22 A. 
          SO MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE IS A MOTION, UM, BY TO LIMIT, UM, THE, THE, UH, LETTER TO 20 A. 
          WAS IT A, 
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OKAY. 
          UM, WAS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          A SECOND BY PERRY. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL NEED TO, UM, LIMIT DISCUSSION TO THAT MOTION. 
          UH, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO LET ME JUST START BY SAYING I'M, I'M VERY SURPRISED TO HEAR THIS MOTION SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HEARING, UH, THIS AT THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, THIS PROJECT, THIS WAS VETTED THROUGH TWO COMMITTEES, AND, UH, WE WERE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN HAD A CONCERN OF ONE OF HER PROJECTS THAT GOT TAKEN OFF, BUT, UM, IT'S ALSO VERY UNUSUAL FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SUPPORT AND MOVE FOR A PROJECT, NOT IN HIS DISTRICT. 
          UH, BUT THE OTHER REASON I, I, I WANNA CAUTION MY COLLEAGUES, UM, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I TRIED TO ADVANCE AAN, UH, AS A NUMBER OF PRIORITY. 
          AT FIRST, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO THE MAYOR ABOUT WHY THAT PROJECT WAS SO IMPORTANT. 
          UH, IT WAS TO START THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ANA APACHE. 
          UH, THEY WERE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND STILL THE OLDEST PUBLIC HOUSING, UH, PROJECT IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, AND THERE HAD BEEN NO DEVELOPMENT IN THAT COMMUNITY, UH, FOR MANY DECADES. 
          AND I KNEW THAT THE PROJECT WAS, UM, GOING TO BE SEVERELY DISADVANTAGED BECAUSE OF THE POVERTY AND BECAUSE OF THE POOR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A LOT TO OVERCOME, UM, WITH THAT PROJECT. 
          AND THE PURPOSE OF, OF ASKING FOR ONE PROJECT TO BE PRIORITIZED, UM, IS SO THEN WE COULD BUILD ONE PROJECT AND START MOVING PEOPLE FROM ALLAN A TO THESE NEWER APARTMENTS, UM, SO THAT THERE WOULD BE, UH, MORE MIXED INCOME. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE, UH, PLACES TO RELOCATE PEOPLE. 
          UM, IN THE EVENT, UM, THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH ALICE ON, UH, REDEVELOPMENT, UH, KNOWING THAT IT WOULD BE MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING, UH, EVEN UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, IT WOULD'VE TAKEN 10 YEARS TO REDEVELOP ACE. 
          AND HERE WE ARE TWO YEARS LATER, AND THAT PROJECT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
          AND IN THE MEANWHILE, ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS WERE COMPROMISED. 
          ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THE MAYOR WILLINGLY SACRIFICED PROJECTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS, UM, SO THAT WE COULD PRIORITIZE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE POOREST COMMUNITY IN THE CITY. 
          AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. 
          SO, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT. 
          THERE WERE SEVEN OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED HERE. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, IT WAS THOROUGHLY VETTED. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE NOW BEING EIGHT YEARS ON THIS COUNCIL, THAT TRYING TO PRIORITIZE LIKE THIS IS A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE. 
          UM, AND COULD, UH, JEOPARDIZE PROJECTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT'S IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT, WHICH THEN MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, UM, FROM A PURELY, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD AGREE TO POTENTIALLY KILL A PROJECT IN HIS OWN DISTRICT FOR ANOTHER ONE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, UM, I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH. 
          AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ONE OF THE PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT IS A SENIOR HOUSING. 
          I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER SENIOR HOUSING PROJECTS, UH, IN THE DISTRICT. 
          SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT AND URGE MY COLLEAGUES NOT TO SUPPORT THE MOTION. 
          UM, AND JUST TO GO BACK WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. 
          UM, THANKS MAYOR. 
          AND I, I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ FOR HER COMMENTS. 
          UM, I DO REMEMBER THAT, UH, PARTICULAR VOTE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE REASONS THAT SHE WAS DESCRIBING, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SUPPORT THEM. 
          UH, HERE'S MY QUESTION TO, TO, TO VERO. 
          WOULD STAFF RECOMMEND THAT ONLY ONE OR A FEW PROJECTS BE PROVIDED WITH A CONTRIBUTING TO A COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION DESIGNATION? WHY OR WHY NOT? THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, NO STAFF WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT. 
          UM, HERE'S SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. 
          UM, FIRST YOU HAVE A CITY 
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COUNCIL ADOPTED POLICY THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT HAS SCORED EMBEDDED ALL THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT GOT THESE PROJECTS AS THEY ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          AND SO IT, THE MOTION YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO, TO DO THAT. 
          BUT YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT GUIDES THE PROCESS, CREATING AN EVENT, PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          IF YOU CHOOSE TO SELECT ONE ABOVE OTHERS, THERE ARE IMPACTS FOR WHAT THE CITY AS A WHOLE MAY GET FOR HOUSING TAX CREDIT. 
          WE ARE NOT THE ONLY CITY IN OUR REGION THAT COMPETES FOR HOUSING TAX, CREDIT DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE POLICIES DESIGNED IN A WAY TO GET PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL WANTS, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT OUR PROJECTS THAT DO MEET THAT CRITERIA ARE COMPETITIVE. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT IN ANOTHER CITY IN OUR REGION THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE BUMPED UP. 
          SO THAT MEANS OF THE 5.6 MILLION FOR THE REGION, INSTEAD OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO GETTING THREE PROJECTS, WE COULD ONLY GET TWO PROJECTS. 
          AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          UM, YES, YOU GET THIS ONE PERHAPS, UM, BUT YOU MAY GET OVERALL LESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING THIS ROUND. 
          AND I SAY PERHAPS BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY TRICKY TO TRY AND GAIN WHAT THE SCORING SYSTEM IS GONNA BE AT P B HCA A. 
          YOU HAVE HEARD HOW COMPETITIVE IT IS, UM, ALREADY FROM FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU HAVE HEARD. 
          AND SO T B H C A IS THE ONE THAT ULTIMATELY AWARDS THE STATE AGENCY, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. 
          AND THEY TAKE THEIR TIME IN A VERY LONG PROCESS. 
          APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH ONE, BUT IT IS NOT UNTIL JULY THAT THE AWARD. 
          AND IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE STATE CONSIDERS, AND A LOT OF, UM, TIEBREAKER POINTS, A LOT OF, UM, CHALLENGES THAT ARE MADE THAT COULD HAVE ANY PROJECT DROP OUT. 
          AND THE C R P POINTS ARE VERY TRICKY. 
          UM, THE STATE HAS TO ACCEPT THOSE C R P POINTS. 
          WHAT IF YOU DO THIS AND THE SAFETY DECIDE THAT THE REVITALIZATION PLAN THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS PUTTING FORWARD IS NOT ELIGIBLE, THEN THAT PROJECT DOESN'T GET FUNDED EITHER. 
          AND AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU TOOK THIS ACTION, THE CITY AS A WHOLE MAY HAVE ONLY TWO PROJECTS LEFT IF THE OTHER CITY GETS THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, I WOULD URGE YOU TO FOLLOW THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT FOLLOWS YOUR ADOPTED POLICY. 
          IT WILL BE TIME TO REVIEW THAT POLICY LATER THIS YEAR AROUND OCTOBER TIMEFRAME. 
          BUT IT HAVE THAT POLICY FOR A REASON FOR THAT EVEN PLAYING FIELD, UM, FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          AND AGAIN, THE BIGGEST WORRY FROM US IS THAT PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS WOULD BE THE ONES AWARDED INSTEAD OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, VERO. 
          UM, VERY WELL, UH, STATED, AND I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT, UH, PERFECTLY. 
          UM, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HAVE, WE'VE ADOPTED AND WE'VE GOT TO REMAIN CONSISTENT. 
          THAT CONSISTENCY BENEFITS ALL OF US, EVERY EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS. 
          UH, I DO THINK THAT MITCH MEYER HAS A, HAS A GREAT PROJECT, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO, UH, ADHERE TO THAT ADOPTED PROCESS, UH, SO THAT, SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE LOOKING TO, UH, BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, SO I WILL, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING, UM, UH, THIS MO THIS PARTICULAR MOTION AND BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK WITH VETO AND HER TEAM AND THIS ADOPTED PROCESS AND CONTINUE TO, UH, FIND WAYS TO FURTHER IMPROVE THAT. 
          I'LL ALSO SAY THAT FOR ANYBODY THAT IS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE PUSHED FOR A LOT OF EVICTION PROTECTION. 
          SO ANYBODY WHO'S FACING POTENTIAL EVICTION, I'LL ASK MEADOWS TEAM, UH, TO PLEASE, UH, UH, GET ON THE HORN WITH, WITH, WITH THESE FOLKS THAT IF THAT IS, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS POTENTIALLY HAPPENING, THAT WE APPLY ALL OUR RESOURCES TO, UH, TO PROTECT THESE FOLKS FROM POTENTIAL EVICTION, WE DO NOT WANT THAT. 
          UH, THAT'S NOT PART OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS, AS, UH, AS A COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          WELL, HERE WE ARE, ANOTHER BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS, UH, AND IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD 
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PERRY SECOND THIS MOTION, IT'S GONNA AFFECT HIM THE MOST. 
          I GOT THE NUMBER ONE RATED PROJECT, UH, THERE ON, UM, IT'S RIGHT OFF FOUR 10 AND, AND, UM, PAR VITAL, UM, GREAT PROJECT. 
          THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS IT, UM, UH, GREAT LOCATION RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL. 
          EVERY, EVERYTHING FITS. 
          UM, I, I WANTED TO HEAR SOME OTHER, OTHER, UM, DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM ON WHERE FOLKS ARE ARE LEANING. 
          AND, AND IF YOU KNOW ME, I'M A, I'M A PROCESS TYPE OF GUY. 
          UH, I'M ONE THAT FOLLOWS THE PROCESS. 
          UH, HERE WE'RE CONFRONTED WITH A SITUATION WHERE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN SAYING, HEY, HERE, HERE'S SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          I'M A SMALL, SMALL OPERATOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, UM, BEEN A PART OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, DOING GOOD THINGS, THAT KIND OF THING, AND ASKING FOR SOME HELP HERE. 
          UH, AND I'M, I'M WILLING TO LISTEN AND, AND, UH, GIVE A FAIR SHAKE TO 'EM. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, UM, AGAIN, I'M A PROCESS GUY LISTENING TO VERO AND THE, AND THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH ON, ON EVALUATING AND, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THESE, THESE PROPOSALS. 
          UM, IF I WERE, IF I WERE ONE OF THE OTHER DEVELOPERS LOOKING AT IT, SAYING, WOW, UH, SAN ANTONIO CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT OUTSIDE THE LANE AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO, UH, REGARDING WHAT THE PROCESS SHOWS. 
          UM, I, I, I'M, YOU KNOW, ON I'M, I'M ON THE FENCE TO THIS BECAUSE I, I, I, I HAVE, UH, UM, BEEN WAITING FOR, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT HERE IN DISTRICT 10. 
          WE DON'T GET TOO MUCH UP IN THIS PART OF TOWN. 
          MOST OF IT, IF YOU REMEMBER SEEING THE, THE SLIDE FROM A WHILE AGO IS DOWN ON THE, UH, SOUTH AND EAST, PARTICULARLY THE EAST SIDE AND, AND WEST SIDE ALSO. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THI THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE. 
          UM, I'M, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT A FEW OTHER PEOPLE JUMP IN AND GIVE US, GIVE US YOUR OPINION AND YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S GONNA AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COULD, COULD IMPACT THE, THE PROCESS AS WELL AS WHAT WE GET, GET IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO I'M, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO MR. MYERS. 
          I'M ALSO, UM, LOOKING AT THE, THE EFFORTS THAT WE PUT INTO THIS, THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM UP TO THIS POINT. 
          AND, UM, AND I, I LISTENED TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER PROJECT. 
          AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I SUPPORTED THAT AT THAT POINT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME, THERE WERE SOME KNOCK-ON EFFECTS FROM THAT. 
          AND, AND SHE EXPLAINED IT VERY, VERY WELL. 
          SO, UM, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE A FEW OTHER COMMENTS OUT THERE ON, UH, WHAT YOUR VIEWS ARE ON THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND, AND WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          AND, UH, I, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I'M SITTING HERE WITH, WITH A CONFLICTED SPIRIT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE'RE LISTENING TO, UM, MR. MEYER WHO SAYS THAT THIS WILL CAUSE A PROCESS OF EVICTIONS, AND IT TAKES MY HEART BACK TO THE TWO AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE DISPLACING FAMILIES RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AND THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, IS FOR, UH, MS. SOTO, UM, AND, AND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF ROD IS ON THE LINE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, UM, THAT MR. MEYER WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, AND THAT BEING ONE OF THE MAIN, UM, CONTENTIONS OF, OF HIS DEVELOPMENT OR THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD, UM, I REALLY JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT OTHER RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE SO THAT WE ARE NOT DISPLACING, UM, FAMILIES AS WE ARE PROCESSING, UM, THIS, THIS DECISION. 
          UM, I, I JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE DISPLACING ANY MORE ADDITIONAL FAMILIES. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT THESE TWO PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT WERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS UNDER HUD, AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE STILL RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDST OF WHERE WE ARE SEEKING SHELTER. 
          SO I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, AND I REALLY WANNA KNOW WHAT OTHER RESOURCES CAN WE 
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OFFER TO THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, UM, THAT WE CAN HELP THEM KEEP THE FACILITIES TO WHERE WE HAVE THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING GROUND AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UM, OVERLOOKING AS WE'RE DOING THIS PROCESS. 
          OH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, BESIDES THE 9% VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR HOUSING TAX CREDIT, A DEVELOPER CAN APPLY FOR THE 4% TAX CREDIT PROCESS THAT IS, UH, ANOTHER FINANCING TOOL THAT MANY DEVELOPERS WHO DO NOT GET A 9% AWARDED PEAK, AND THEY MAKE THOSE DEALS WORK. 
          MANY OF THE HOUSING TAX CREDITS, UM, STILL NEED SOME OTHER SUBSIDY OR SUPPORT. 
          AND SO THEY SEEK ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS OR ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIES. 
          SO MANY OF THEM END UP COMING TO GET, UM, HUD ENTITLEMENT GRANT MONEY FROM THE HOME, OR C B D G PROGRAM. 
          THAT IS ANOTHER, UH, SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY TO REHAB, PRESERVE, OR BUILD NEW. 
          SO WE HAVE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE. 
          AND THEN IN ADDITION, THE PARTNERSHIP, THE, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, UM, ALSO WORKS ON THIS SPACE. 
          AND THEY ALSO OFFER SUPPORT TO HAVE, UH, DEALS AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS GET TO, UH, COMPLETION. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES, UM, BUT THE 9% IS, IS ONE OF THE BETTER AND, AND RICHEST SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE. 
          SO THAT IS WHY IT'S SO COMPETITIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO IF, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UM, MS. SOTO AND, UM, WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, AND, AND MY QUESTION IS TO MR. MEYER, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME, UM, IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT EVICTIONS, UM, AND, AND, AND HOW DO WE KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING? UM, IS MY CONCERN. 
          I JUST DON'T WANT US TO SEE ANY MORE FAMILIES, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA FIND THIS KIND OF AFFORDABILITY, UM, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE TRULY, UM, PRESERVING THESE FAMILIES SAFETY, UM, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD. 
          AND, AND THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW, UM, LISTENING TO THIS CONVERSATION. 
          I CAN, UM, WE HAVE NINE YEARS LEFT ON OUR CONTRACT, AND I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT THE, THE COST OF, OF MAINTAINING THIS 90 YEAR OLD BUILDING IS GETTING MORE AND MORE, AND IT COMES, IT BECOMES A MONEY LOSING SITUATION. 
          THE ADDING A SPRINKLER SYSTEM DEFINITELY MAKES IT A MONEY LOSING SITUATION. 
          BUT I THINK IF I CAN EXPLAIN THE SCORING, THERE'S SEVEN, SEVEN PEOPLE THAT WANT THIS ENDORSEMENT FOR REVITALIZATION PLAN, ONLY ONE OF US IS GONNA GET IT. 
          SO SIX PEOPLE HAVE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR. 
          ANYWAY, ALL I'M ASKING IS TO SAY, LET ME HAVE IT THIS YEAR, AND, AND THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME BACK NEXT YEAR ANYWAY, IF, IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT THAT WAY. 
          I DON'T, I THINK IT'S EASY TO, IT'S, I'M REALLY NOT ASKING FOR THAT MUCH. 
          MY, I AM IN PERMITTING. 
          I HAVE SPENT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS ACQUIRING THE LAND, GETTING IT ENTITLED, GETTING ARCHITECTURE, UH, DRAWN. 
          IT WILL TAKE US ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO GET OUR FINANCING, AND OUR PARTNERS AND I HAVE TO PARTNER WITH A, WITH A, UH, UH, A NONPROFIT AND SUCH THAT TAKES A WHILE. 
          BUT WE, WE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR, UH, PROBABLY EARLY NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THIS, THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN FAST. 
          UM, MY TENANTS AND RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE, THEY'RE REAL PEOPLE WITH SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. 
          THEY'RE NOT IMAGINARY PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HOPING TO ATTRACT THE, THIS IS A REAL LIVE HUMAN, UM, CONDITION THAT CANNOT WAIT ANOTHER YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY PLEA. 
          THAT'S WHY IT, UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO, TO PULL THIS ONE OUTTA LINE, LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN TREO TALKING ABOUT, BUT EVERY PROCESS HAS, UH, AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE. 
          THERE'S ALWAYS, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AND PERMITTING, WE HAVE VARIANCES, UH, CONSIDER THIS A VARIANCE TO A PERMIT. 
          IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE CRAZY THINGS. 
          I WON'T BE BACK NEXT YEAR. 
          I DON'T DO THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          THIS IS NOT MY STOCK AND TRADE. 
          SO I, I CONSIDER THIS A SPECIAL CASE THAT DESERVES SPECIAL ATTENTION. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          AND SO MY LAST QUESTION, ANDY, IS THIS, EVEN WITH THIS REQUEST, IS THIS WITHIN OUR PREVIEW TO EVEN DO, IS THIS LEGAL BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE PROCESS, UM, LAID OUT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO, IS, IS FORM SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GONNA BE WITHIN OUR LEGAL, UM, OBLIGATION OR OUR PREVIEW TO ACTUALLY DO WITHIN THIS, THIS CONVERSATION. 
          SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, THE, THE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN PLY. 
          YES, IT 
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IS, IT IS LEGAL AS YOU AS YOU ASKED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, UM, EVERYBODY. 
          AND SINCE COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED FOR MY OPINION, I'LL, I'LL GIVE IT. 
          AND, UH, UH, I THINK THAT FOR A LONG TIME WE HAVE HEARD, ANYTIME SOMEONE USES THE, THE WORD SPECIAL FAVOR, SPECIAL TREATMENT, SPECIAL REQUEST, UM, IT JUST BY PERCEPTION ALONE LOOKS UNFAVORABLE. 
          SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AFTER TODAY'S, UM, CONVERSATION. 
          UM, I, I HEARD ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES EARLIER MENTION THIS, UM, BUT THEY SAID THAT WE, UH, CAN'T GIVE DEVELOPERS SWEETHEART DEALS OR SOMETHING OF THE LIKE, AND I WOULD BE REALLY AFRAID THE PERCEPTION WOULD BE THAT BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD ACCESS TO CALL TODAY THAT IT INFLUENCED, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, OPINION TODAY. 
          SO THANK YOU ANDY SEGOVIA FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. 
          UM, I WOULDN'T WANT TO, UM, BE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AS, AS GIVING AN ANYONE AN UPPER LEG, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE OTHER FOLKS, UM, FROM THE OTHER SIX. 
          I I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS CONNECTED WITH THEM AND, AND HEARD WHAT THEY THOUGHT AS WELL. 
          UM, BECAUSE I, I WOULD PROBABLY BE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THEM BEFORE I JUST MADE A DECISION. 
          BUT, UM, PROCESS, I HEARD A COUPLE OF MY PRO, UH, OF MY, UH, FELLOW COLLEAGUES BEFORE TALK ABOUT PROCESS. 
          AND I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN WE FOLLOW PROCESS. 
          AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF US DO THAT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO COMMIT TO THE FOLLOW PROCESS OR NOT FOLLOW PROCESS. 
          AND, UM, I, I'M JUST REALLY, I, I'M JUST WORRIED, RIGHT, THAT IF WE MAKE A, A DECISION ON THE SPOT ON SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MIGHT AFFECT OTHER THINGS DOWN THE LINE. 
          AND SO I, I, UM, I'M VERY CONFLICTED TODAY, I GUESS IS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND, AND, AND I HEARD FROM MR. MEYER AND HIS COMMENTS, AND I APPRECIATE, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, UM, MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A MONEY LOSING SITUATION, HOWEVER, THERE'S BEEN FOLKS IN MONEY LOSING SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HELP INDIVIDUALLY AND IN DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS ACCESS TO WHO AND WHO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO WHO, BUT I WOULD CAUTION US, CAUTION US ON THAT SPECIFIC, UM, MEASURE PER SE. 
          UM, AND THEN I WANNA HEAR FROM ROD SANCHEZ BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND THE WHOLE, UM, PERMITTING PROCESSING AND, AND HOW, UM, THIS, YOU KNOW, IS, IS RELEVANT. 
          SO MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF ROD IS ON THE LINE. 
          HI, COUNCILMAN, IT'S ROD. 
          I'M JUST, I'M JUST LOGGING ON. 
          I I MISSED THE, UH, I MISSED THE QUESTION. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YEAH, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PERMITTING PROCESS THAT, THAT WAS REFERENCED AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT MAYBE, UM, MR. MYERS ECONOMICALLY. 
          UM, I, I WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. 
          HE'S MENTIONED A MONEY LOSING SITUATION WITH SPRINKLER SYSTEM, AND I'M, I'M TRYING TO, TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I, I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT, OBVIOUSLY. 
          I MEAN, I, I, I WOULD NEED TO LOOK DEEPER INTO IT, BUT, UM, I COULD TELL YOU, UH, THE, THE, THE CODES DICTATE WHEN, WHEN SPRINKLERS ARE REQUIRED AND, AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED. 
          AND, AND IT'S USUALLY UP TO, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMPLETE THEIR DEVELOPMENT OR RENOVATE THEIR DEVELOPMENT WHILE MEETING ALL OF OUR, OUR BUILDING CODES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THEN I, I, I, SO THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, SO I, I STILL DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
          I, UM, ALSO, UM, I EVER SINCE I GOT ON COUNCIL, I, I'VE, I'VE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW WE USE WORDS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WORDS MATTER. 
          AND SO I RECOMMENDED AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE CHANGE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT, FOR INSTANCE. 
          AND SO, UM, THE WORDS THAT WE USE IN TODAY, I HEARD, UH, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE RESIDENTS HAS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. 
          A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS DON'T. 
          AND SO WE, WE OPEN UP A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER KIND OF WORDS WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE WORDS THAT WE USE. 
          SO JUST, UM, A, A REMINDER TO, TO, TO FOLKS AS WELL AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE THOROUGH AND EQUITABLE, AND WE CONSIDER AS WELL THE WORDS THAT WE USE. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          I'M GONNA CONTINUE LIKE COUNCILMAN PERRY LISTENING TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY AND THEN MAKE MY DECISION AT THAT POINT. 
          BUT AT, AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT THINK I WILL BE, UH, SUPPORTING THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND TO ANSWER COUNCILMAN, UH, GARCIA'S QUESTION ABOUT SPRINKLERS, UH, I'LL ASK ERIC WALSH. 
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I THINK HE CAN MAYBE EXPLAIN SOME OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS EARLY IN MY TENURE, I, I RECALL GETTING A PHONE CALL VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, UH, ABOUT THE WEDGEWOOD FIRE. 
          AND SO THIS SPRINKLER, UH, HAS A HISTORY AND IT HAS TO DO WITH A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. 
          BUT I'LL LET ERIC WALSH MAYBE EXPLAIN THAT. 
          YEAH, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR CHEWING THAT UP, COUNCILMAN. 
          I WAS GONNA JUMP IN. 
          SO, UH, THE, UH, AND IT WAS A VERY WET, COLD MORNING, ACTUALLY, COUNCILMAN, I REMEMBER, UH, IN DECEMBER, UH, BUT AFTER THE WEDGEWOOD FIRE, THE, THE, THE WEDGEWOOD FACILITY THERE AT, UH, BLANCO AND, UH, FOUR 10 IN B'S HEIGHTS, UM, BUT HAD BEEN RESPONDED TO BY THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, UH, AFTER THAT, THERE WAS A, A LOT OF DISCUSSION, UH, BOTH AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THE ENSUING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL AS WE DEVELOPED OUR CODES AND, AND WE SURVEYED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND D S D SURVEYED, UM, HOUSING BUILDINGS, UH, MULTI-STORY HOUSING BUILDINGS, AND, AND THEN MULTI-STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS TO DETERMINE WHO HAD SPRINKLERS AND WHO DIDN'T. 
          BECAUSE THE CODE HAD CHANGED. 
          AND I'M NOT REMEMBERING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AT WHAT POINT IT CHANGED. 
          AND THERE WERE A LOT OF OLDER BUILDINGS THAT DID NOT HAVE, UH, SPRINKLERS. 
          UH, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACILITIES THAT, UH, UH, WERE OWNED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY PUSHED UP IN TERMS OF PRIORITY. 
          AND THEN AS THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE CODE, THERE WAS A LONG LEAD TIME FOR OWNERS OF THE BUILDINGS TO, UM, RETROFIT FIT THOSE, UH, THOSE FACILITIES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE, THE AURORA APARTMENTS THAT, THAT BUILDING THAT MITCH IS TALKING ABOUT, UM, IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY, AND WE CAN, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT YEAR ALSO HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION. 
          AND THEN, UM, ULTIMATELY IT WAS ADOPTED WITHIN, WITHIN OUR CITY CODE LATER ON THAT YEAR, LATER ON THAT FALL. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO, UH, APPROVE, UM, ONLY, UH, ITEM 22 A. 
          UM, ANDY, I, I'LL, I'LL UNDERSTAND THAT THAT ONE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN UP FIRST, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          AND IF THAT FAILS AND WE TAKE THE MAIN MOTION THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND IN ESSENCE, THE, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN ELIAS IS ASKING THAT WE LIMIT ITEM 22 TO ONLY, UH, ITEM 22 A. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO WE'LL TAKE THAT MOTION. 
          UH, THERE IS A MOTION A SECOND, UH, FOR LIMITING ITEM 22, UM, TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM 22 A. 
          UM, SO, UH, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NAY. 
          AYE. 
          NAY A. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MOTION FAILS. 
          WE'LL TAKE UP NOW, UH, THE MAIN MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UM, WE'LL HEAR DISCUSSION ON THAT FIRST. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PLUS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'VE GOT TWO PROJECTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          UM, ONE OF THEM IN PARTICULAR IS, IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          IT'S CALLED, UH, THE FIESTA TRAILS. 
          WE ARE, I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORS. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, A, UH, N R P WHO'S WORKING ON THIS ONE. 
          UM, USUALLY THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT, UH, THE MORE NORTH YOU GET. 
          UH, BUT IN THIS ONE, UM, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE HEAVY LIFTING. 
          AND I WANNA THANK THEM FOR, UH, WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY MANAGED EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY OPEN TO COMMENT. 
          SO, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, ITEMS, UH, 22 A THROUGH K, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 22 H, WHICH WAS DELAYED, UH, BY A PREVIOUS, UH, UH, ACTION. 
          UH, HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIE, DID MY COLLEAGUE JUST MAKE ANOTHER MOTION? YEAH, I, I THINK THAT WAS IN AN ERROR. 
          THERE WAS ALREADY THE SAME MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          THAT, THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL TO APPROVE, UH, ALL ITEMS, UH, EXCEPT 22 H. 
          OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T ANOTHER MOTION THAT WAS BEING RAISED. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S FINE. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          [04:05:01]
OKAY. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, THAT'S THE DURATION OF OUR, UH, AGENDA TODAY. 
          UH, IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. 
          ERIC, I THINK YOUR, UH, CONNECTION IS LAGGING. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, IN THE MEANTIME, UH, WHILE ERIC GETS RECONNECTED, I DO WANNA, UH, REAL QUICK, WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE, UM, AND THAT IS OUR VERY GOOD COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT EIGHT IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY TOMORROW. 
          SO LET'S SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MANNY. 
          UH, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MICS. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          BIRTHDAY. 
          YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY AND MANNY MOORE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MANNY. 
          UM, AND, AND FOR THE RECORD, THIS WAS MAYBE THE FIRST HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UH, THAT WE'VE GIVEN, UH, DURING A MEETING. 
          UH, WE'VE USUALLY HAD ADJOURNED BEFORE THAT, SO THIS ONE WILL BE, UH, RECORDED FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, 
          [23. 21-1567 City Manager's Report]
ERIC, IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, LITTLE, UH, DISCONNECTED PROBLEMS, BUT, UH, JUST A, A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. 
          UM, AND, AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO, I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED, UM, THAT, UH, YOU'VE SEEN HER NAME ON THE, ON THE WEBEX SCREEN, BUT I DID WANNA, I DID WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, TINA, UM, HAS HIRED AURORA PERKINS, UH, TO BE OUR NEW DEPUTY CITY CLERK. 
          UM, AND I KNOW, UM, UM, I'M EXCITED FOR AURORA. 
          UH, SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB AS, UH, OUR PARKING ADMINISTRATOR AND, UH, I THINK HER TALENTS WILL CERTAINLY BE AN ASSET TO, TO TINA AND THE CITY CLERK TEAM. 
          SO I WANTED TO JUST RECOGNIZE HER. 
          UM, UH, SECONDLY, UH, AND I THINK, UM, UH, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED IT EARLIER TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSION WITH, UH, S A P O A TOMORROW, AND WE WILL KEEP YOU APPRISED OF, OF, OF HOW THAT GOES. 
          AND THEN, UH, JUST QUICKLY, UH, A VIDEO TO END. 
          UH, IT IS, UH, VALENTINE'S DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AND I'VE SEEN YOU, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND UM, UH, EMAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING OUT, BUT A C S HAS, UM, WORKING ON A, UH, A ROLLOUT, UH, OF, UH, AN ADOPTION PROGRAM. 
          AND THIS IS A QUICK VIDEO THAT HIGHLIGHTS, UH, TWO OF OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES, ROLANDO AND CAITLIN, AND THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO AT A C SS. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S ROLL THAT VIDEO, PLEASE. 
          MY JOB IS TO CARE FOR THE ANIMALS. 
          UH, WE DO, WE CLEAN THEIR KENNELS EVERY DAY, UH, AND CONTINUE TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
          WE SOCIALIZE WITH THE ANIMALS, UH, WE GIVE 'EM TREATS, AND WE TRY AND GET THEM ADOPTED OUT TO OUR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMING IN EVERY DAY. 
          GOOD BOY, COME ON. 
          MY BIGGEST JOB SATISFACTION IS THAT I GET TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THESE PET'S LIVES. 
          UM, I HAD A DOG THAT LEFT TODAY THAT WENT TO RESCUE, AND HE LEFT TODAY ALL HAPPY WAGGING HIS TAIL HOPPING AROUND. 
          SO, UM, JUST, THAT'S REALLY THE BEST THING IS I GET TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN DOG'S LIVES. 
          GET YOUR NICE HOME. 
          WHAT WE DO IS A LOT OF, UH, OUTREACH. 
          UH, OF COURSE WE DO THE MICROCHIPPING, UH, WE PROMOTE THAT AS WELL AS THE SPAIN NEUTER SERVICES, AS WELL AS GETTING THE, UH, ANIMALS VACCINATED AS WELL. 
          DID YOU KNOW VALENTINE'S DAY'S COMING UP? ARE YOU GONNA BE SOMEONE'S VALENTINE? I THINK SO. 
          SPAY AND NEUTER IS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, BECAUSE IT CAN HELP REDUCE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. UM, IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY TO SHOW YOUR PET YOU LOVE THEM. 
          COME ON, CLERK. 
          IT'S VERY REWARDING. 
          UH, WORKING WITH ANIMALS THAT COME IN SCARED. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH THEM EVERY DAY AS AS WE CAN, AND HAVING THEM SLOWLY OPEN UP TO YOU AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT GETS 'EM OUT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, ADOPTABLE, WE CAN SHOW OUR LOVE FOR OUR ANIMALS. 
          UM, ONE OF MY FAVORITE WAYS IS TO PROVIDE THEM ENRICHMENT. 
          GET THEM SOME FUN TOYS, WORK THEIR BRAIN AND, AND SHOW THEM YOU LOVE THEM BY JUST GETTING THEM SOME STUFF TO HELP THEM, UM, BE BETTER DOGS. 
          SO, UM, PUZZLE TOYS, PUZZLE FEEDERS ARE REALLY GREAT FOR DOGS. 
          IT WORKS IN THEIR BRAIN AND IT MAKES THEM HAPPY. 
          [04:10:04]
THANKS, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HAVE A COMMENT. 
          FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS, AURORA, I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FANTASTIC. 
          AND NUMBER TWO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          ANIMAL CARE SERVICES FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO, ALL OF THE TEAM MEMBERS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          INCREDIBLE WORK. 
          I'M STILL SAD YOU DIDN'T BRING US A PET FOR US TO HOLD DURING THIS TIME, BUT ALSO A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY, IT IS COLD, IT IS WET OUT THERE. 
          YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR PETS IN OR MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SECURED AND WARM OUTDOORS IN, IN A, IN A NICE SHELTER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, WILL THE NEGOTIATIONS BE PUBLICIZED ON T V S A, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW? THEY WILL, UH, BRIA, DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT TO COVER THAT? SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, YES. 
          UH, THANK YOU ERIC AND GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THE, THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE LIVESTREAM ON THE CD'S WEBSITE AND ALSO ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          THEY WON'T BE ON T D S A BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING GOING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO WE HAD A CONFLICT FOR THAT REASON. 
          BUT AGAIN, THERE'S, UH, ON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PAGE, THERE'S A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SECTION. 
          THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, UH, AVAILABLE IN LIVESTREAM AND COUNCILMAN. 
          WE WILL, WE WILL UPDATE THAT WEBSITE TO ALSO INCLUDE, UH, PROPOSALS THAT, UH, THAT WE GIVE THE, THE UNION AS WE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE DOCUMENTS, THE DOCUMENTS WE GET FROM THE UNION. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, ANDY, YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN? YES, MAYOR, I HATE TO PLAY THE ROLE OF VICE PRINCIPAL AGAIN, BUT BECAUSE THE, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY WAS NOT ON THE, UH, CITY AGENDA, UH, COUNCILMAN PAL IS NO LONGER LEGALLY ALLOWED TO HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          . 
          HEY, UH, CAN, CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE ASK ANDY TO TURN OFF HIS CAT FILTER? WE'LL, WE'LL ADJOURN AND WE'LL WISH YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN. 
          MANNY, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, ERIC, YESTERDAY YOU PUT OUT A MEMO ON, UH, THE INCLEMENT WEATHER AND OUR HOMELESS, UH, UNSHELTERED POPULATION. 
          CAN YOU MAYBE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? AS, AS WE KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY BAD OUT THERE, AND I JUST DID GET A, A WORD ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING, UH, AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          UH, THERE WAS AN EVACUATION. 
          CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR UNSHELTERED POPULATION? YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT WHEN COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VIRON WAS, UM, WAS, UH, TALKING ABOUT PETS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, AS WE SAW THE WEATHER, UH, STARTING TO BREW UP FOR THIS WEEK, UH, HUMAN SERVICES AND OUR, UH, PARTNERS AT HAVEN FOR HOPE AND OTHERS, UM, HAVE, UM, GONE TO MAKE, UM, UM, OUTREACH AT, UH, THE ENCAMPMENTS. 
          WE HAVE, UH, SET ASIDE ADDITIONAL, UM, HOTEL ROOM SPACE FOR THOSE TO GET OUT OF THE INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT'S BEING OFFERED. 
          UH, IN FACT, THE REPORT I GOT THIS MORNING WAS THAT THEY'VE GOT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, SO THEY'RE GONNA EXPAND THE, THAT HOTEL SPACE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS TO GET OUT OF THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. 
          UM, HAVEN FOR HOPE HAS ALSO MADE A, UH, UH, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SPACE AVAILABLE AND ARE KIND OF, UH, PUTTING A TIME OUT ON SEVERAL OF THEIR, UH, POLICIES TO ENTER, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES ARE, ARE SOMETIMES, UH, POTENTIALLY SEEN AS BARRIERS FOR THOSE THAT NEED THE HELP. 
          SO, SO THEY'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN THEIR OPERATIONS. 
          UM, AND SO THAT WORK IS CONTIN STARTED YESTERDAY AND IT'S CONTINUING TODAY. 
          UH, AND I'VE GOT A, I GOT AN EMAIL, UH, UH, HERE SHORTLY AGO, JUST GETTING AN UPDATE. 
          UH, THERE IS A, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER AT HAVEN FOR HOPE RIGHT NOW IS UNRELATED TO THE WEATHER. 
          UH, THERE, UH, IS A, WAS A POTENTIAL DEVICE OR THAT THEY THINK MAY BE AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE OR A BOMB THREAT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE OVER THERE. 
          SO ONE OF THOSE BILLINGS IS EVACUATED RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, AND I HOPE TO GET THAT CLEARED HERE PRETTY SOON. 
          MARIA, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? PUT THE LATEST THIS POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO COUNSEL, UH, ON THAT. 
          UM, BUT THAT, THAT, UH, STARTED OCCURRING HERE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, UH, OVER AT HERE FOR HOPE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, PLEASE KEEP US IN THE LOOP. 
          [04:15:01]
THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UM, ANYONE ELSE ON, ON THIS, UH, TODAY'S AGENDA? UH, IF THERE ARE NONE, UH, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NOW WE'RE ALL FEEL, UH, ALL FREE TO WISH MANNY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MANNY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS Y'ALL.
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