* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT'S 9:14 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 4TH, 2021. UH, CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE. ITS A SESSION AGENDA. UH, MADAM CLERK. UH, ACTUALLY, UH, JOHN, GO AHEAD AND ROLL THE SUNSET. SUNSET THE SUNSET. UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU READ THE ROLE? YES, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. HERE AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER . HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, TO START OFF, OFF, TODAY, [1. 21-1883 Invocation] I'M GONNA ASK COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO TO INTRODUCE OUR VINDICATOR. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT ONE AND THE CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME REVEREND GUY, A BLAIR TO THE VIRTUAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. REVEREND GUY HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF THE PRIEST OF THE SACRED HEART FOR 48 YEARS. HE IS PRESENTLY CHAPLAIN FOR THE CATHOLIC DEAF COMMUNITY AND A CHAPLAIN AT THE RETIREMENT VILLAGE OF THE INCARNATE WORD. HE PROVIDES AN OUTREACH MINISTRY TO THE HOMELESS WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE SAN FRANCESCO DE PAOLA CHURCH AND SERVES AS A CHAPLAIN AT THE STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL. THE REVEREND EMBODIES THE COMPASSION SPIRIT SAN ANTONIO IS KNOWN FOR AND, AND SHOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. REVEREND, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD MORNING. I'M FATHER BLA, AND I THANK YOU FOR EXTENDING THIS INVITATION FOR ME TO EXTEND TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES THE BLESSINGS OF PRAYER AND TO SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR COMMON GOOD AS SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN THE FAMILY OF HUMANKIND, THE PANDEMIC HAS REALLY BEEN WEARYING US. AND THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES LAST WEEK ONLY ADDED TO THE EXHAUSTION THAT WE'RE ALL FEELING, BUT AT LEAST WE DID NOT HAVE TO SLEEP UNDERNEATH A HIGHWAY PASS OR IN A DOORWAY OR AN ALLEYWAY OR IN A TENT CITY. ARE WE NOT SHOCKED BY THE GROWING NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY? I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT HOMELESS IS NOT A THING. HOMELESS IS A PERSON, AND THAT PERSON'S SUFFERING AND TEARS ARE AS REAL AS MINE. LAST WEEK DURING THE COLD, CONTINUING TO BRING FOOD AND CLOTHING TO HOMELESS PEOPLE, UH, FROM SAN FSCO DE PAOLA PARISH, I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO DEAL WITH DEPRIVATION AND SIMPLIFY THEIR LIVES TO BASIC NEEDS IN WAYS THAT NONE [00:05:01] OF US WOULD WANT TO EXPERIENCE. I DON'T ENVY THEM, BUT HAVING BEEN FORCED TO DEPEND ON THE HAND OF GOD THROUGH THE GOODWILL OF OTHERS, I WONDER WHAT LESSONS THEY ARE SO PAINFULLY LEARNING THAT PERHAPS WE MIGHT HAVE TO LEARN IN THE FUTURE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THEIR POVERTY AND OUR ABUNDANCE IS A SIMPLER LIFESTYLE AND THE ADMISSION THAT WE NEED ONE ANOTHER IN A WORLD THAT SOMETIMES CAN BE VERY HARSH. SO FREQUENTLY ON THE NEWS, I AM HEARING THIS BROAD, IGNORANT GENERALIZATION ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE. THAT THEY ARE, UM, PROSTITUTES AND DRUG ADDICTS AND THEIR HANDLERS. THEY'RE BEING DEMONIZED IN THE SAME WAY THAT POLITICIANS RECENTLY DEMONIZED ONE ANOTHER. AND NO DOUBT SOME PEOPLE HEARING THIS ON NEWS AND THEN, UH, SEEING THE ENCAMPMENTS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE BEING, UH, CRUSHED AND JUST SWEPT AWAY. THEY'RE CONVINCED THAT THE HOMELESS ARE IRRELEVANT, THAT THEY'RE BAD PEOPLE, AND THEY DESERVE TO BE TREATED AS SUCH. PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR CAPACITY FOR GOOD, YOUR POWER TO REACH OUT AND BRING RELIEF TO THOSE ON THE STREETS WHO ARE ALIENATED AND WHO ARE AFRAID THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE AS HUMAN BEINGS TO OTHER PEOPLE, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BRING HOPE. THIS IS THE WAY THAT GOD REACHES OUT THROUGH OUR HANDS AND OUR HEARTS. LET US PRAY. GOD, OUR FATHER AND MOTHER BE WITH US THIS SEASON. IT'S BEEN A LONG WAY ALREADY. SICKNESS, WORRY, ISOLATION, FEAR WAITING. OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY. OUR SOULS ARE WEARY. OUR BODIES ARE HURTING. OUR HOPE IS WANING. YET YOU ARE WITH US. BE WITH US THIS SEASON. SHOW US YOUR GRACE IN PRAYERS OFFERED IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY THE KINDNESS OF A STRANGER, THE LISTENING OF A FRIEND, THE CARE OF NEIGHBORS. YOU ARE WITH US. BE WITH US THIS SEASON. SETTLE OUR HEARTS, REVIVE OUR SPIRITS, INCREASE OUR FAITH. SPREAD OUR LOVE. SHOW US THE WAY FORWARD. BE WITH US THIS SEASON. KEEP OUR EYES FIXED ON YOU AND YOUR LOVE, CARING FOR OTHERS, REACHING OUT TO THE HOMELESS, TRANSFORMING DEATH INTO LIFE. BE WITH US THIS 19TH SEASON. AMEN. BLESSINGS OF PEACE AND GOOD HEALTH TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, REVEREND BLAIR. NOW IF YOU WOULD, UH, [2. 21-1884 Pledge of Allegiance] PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, UM, LET'S GET US STARTED TODAY. UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON [3. 21-1885 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of December 9, 2020, December 10, 2020, and December 16, 2020] OUR AGENDA FOR ACTION IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9TH, 10TH, AND 16TH, 2020. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. I MOVE THE APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT, I DIDN'T GET THE, THE, THE, UH, MOTION. I GOT THE SECOND FROM COURAGE. UH, OKAY. MOTION BY PERRY. UH, SECOND BY COURAGE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM [4. 21-1891 Councilmember John Courage will be sworn-in as Mayor Pro-Tem, serving the term of March 19, 2021 through May 31, 2021 (or until new Mayor Pro-Tem terms are drawn).] IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR MAYOR PRO KIM, UH, TERM TO START ON MARCH 19TH. MADAM CLERK [00:10:04] COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME? I STATE YOUR NAME. I, JOHN COURAGE. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM MA MAYOR PRO TEM FROM MARCH 19TH, 2021 FROM MARCH 19TH, 2021 THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2021 THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2020 1, 4, 2, UNTIL A NEW MAYOR, PRO TEM TERMS ARE DRAWN OR UNTIL NEW MAYOR, PRO TEM TERMS ARE DRAWN OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WE'LL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WE'LL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE. AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU LONG WITH JOHN COURAGE. CONGRATULATIONS JOHN. READY TO SERVE. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALRIGHT. UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR FORMAL AGENDA, I DO HAVE SEVERAL POINTS OF, UH, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. UH, LET, LET ME START, UH, JUST BY THANKING EVERYONE HERE, UH, EVERYONE WATCHING OUR ENTIRE CITY FOR CONTINUING TO BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY REALLY EXEMPLIFIED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A COMPASSIONATE CITY AND DEMONSTRATED HOW MUCH STRONGER OUR EFFORTS ARE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER THE WINTER STORM CHALLENGES IN NEW WAYS. I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS EFFORT AND THE COMMUNITY, WHICH RALLIED TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO NEEDED HELP ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE IT. RECOVERY IS IN FACT ALL ON OUR MINDS AGAIN. AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO GAVE TIME, RESOURCES, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GIVE. IT MADE A DIFFERENCE TO MANY AND WE ARE BETTER FOR IT. I WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME ALSO TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE DONATED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AS THEY BEGAN TO PUT THEIR HOMES AND THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER. NEARLY 400 DONATIONS NOW HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM, C P R FUND, THE COMMUNITY PIPE REPAIR FUND THAT TOTALS OVER $897,636. UH, AND THAT'S ALREADY LED TO IMMEDIATE PIPE REPAIRS AND HOMES, I THINK AROUND 80 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE SINCE, UH, THE FUNDS LAUNCHED LAST WEEK. SAWS HAS OVER 900 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS ALREADY APPROVED, AND WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL OF 'EM. UH, OVER 300 INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, IN ADDITION TO SOME VERY GENEROUS LOCAL FUNDERS HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU TO EACH RESIDENT THAT DONATED. AND TO WELLS FARGO, WHO IS THE FIRST TO SAY YES, SPURS GIVE WHO CATAPULTED THE FUND WITH A SIGNIFICANT DONATION OF $250,000 AND ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT DONATIONS FROM TOYOTA FROST BROADWAY BANK, THE LATINO FUND AT THE AREA FOUNDATION, GREASY FAMILY FOUNDATION, NEUSTAR ENERGY, THE HEARST FOUNDATION, THE SCHULTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION. AND AS OF YESTERDAY, THANKS AGAIN TO THE SPURS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AS WE'VE JUST NOW ACCEPTED AN A DONATION THIS MORNING, UH, FROM THE N B A. WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL TO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION FOR MANAGING THE FUND AND OUR PARTNERS AT SAS WHO, WHOSE DOGGED COMMITMENT TO FIGURING OUT HOW THIS PROGRAM COULD OPEN UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UH, GOT IT UP AND RUNNING WITHIN 48 HOURS. THANK YOU ALL TO THE INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND FUNDERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE GORDON HARTMAN CALL TO ACTION, WHICH RAISED OVER $3 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE FOOD BANK HAVEN FOR HOPE AND SAM MINISTRIES. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CAB HDA AND SANDOVAL, WHOSE FORESIGHT AND ALLEGIANCE GOT THIS, UH, GOOD WORK IN MOTION. UH, SO AGAIN, A GREAT COMMUNITY EFFORT ONCE, ONCE AGAIN IN THE HEART OF A CRISIS CRISIS. AND, UH, MY THANKS TO EVERYONE. UM, LET ME NOW TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ACADEMY FINE ARTS, UM, THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL, MS. PENNANTS, UM, AND THEIR, THE ARTS TEACHER, MISS IBADA, WHO WORKED WITH OUR D TWO TEAM TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF SAN ANTONIO BLACK HISTORY. WE WANNA THANK K A B B, UH, 29 AND THANK ALSO CHANNEL FOUR FOR BROADCASTING THOSE PRODUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF [00:15:01] FEBRUARY. UM, THE STUDENTS WORKED HARD AND THEY PUT FORTH THEIR BEST EFFORT TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS TOMMY CALBERT, UH, SUCH AS, UH, E D UH, GJ SUTTON, UM, ALSO MS. LNE SUTTON. AND SO WE WANNA THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING, UM, EVEN THE PARENTS FOR SETTING UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO BE A PART OF THE PRODUCTION, UM, AND TO BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ACADEMY FOR THEIR WORK, UM, TO THEIR THEATER ARTS TEACHER, TO THEIR PRINCIPAL. AND THANK YOU TO THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SEEN AND A LIGHT THAT IS SO POSITIVE FOR THEM TO SEE THEMSELVES AND TO BE A REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO I KNOW WE ARE IN WOMEN'S HISTORY IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. UH, BUT MANY OF US DID, UH, NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS, AND I'M SURE IT WAS TO, UH, DO A LOT OF GREAT HEALTHY THINGS. AND WE IN DISTRICT THREE WILL BE HOSTING OR HAVING OUR EIGHTH ANNUAL RESOLUTION RUN FIT AND FIT CHALLENGE. UM, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 6TH. WE HAD TO POSTPONE IT BECAUSE OF OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THAT WERE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, STARTING AT 8:00 AM IT IS A VIRTUAL EVENT AND ALL ACTIVITIES, UM, FOR ALL AGES AND ALL FITNESS LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED. YOU CAN RUN BIKE, DO YOGA, JUMP ROPE, AND SO MUCH MORE. WE JUST WANT TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND MOTIVATED AND GET THEIR BODIES MOVING. AND, YOU KNOW, START UP THOSE RESOLUTIONS AGAIN. SO WE WANT TO, WE ARE HAVING A PACKET PICKUP RIGHT NOW. AND THIS, UM, TODAY AND TOMORROW AT OUR FIELD OFFICE. MASKS WILL STILL BE REQUIRED AND THERE WILL BE A FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS WHO WILL RECEIVE MEDALS. NOW WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO IS TAKE PICTURES, UM, OF YOURSELF DOING THESE, UM, OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND DO THESE HASHTAGS OF D THREE RESOLUTION RUN. CHECK ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, CHECK ON OUR SAN ANTONIO.GOV PAGE. AND THIS IS REALLY TO HELP PROMOTE OUR ACTIVE LIFESTYLES AND GET US OUT THERE HEALTHY AND MOTIVATED AND, UM, IN ACTION. SO PLEASE JOIN US THIS WEEKEND OR ALL DAY SATURDAY. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, UM, AS MANY PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I ACTUALLY WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR RETIREMENT THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT. UM, AND IT IS, UH, WITHOUT A LEGENDARY, UH, VOICE ON TELEVISION IS, UH, MR. RANDY BEAMER. AND SO TOMORROW WILL BE HIS LAST DAY ON AIR. AND SO FOR OVER 30 YEARS, HE'S BUILT A CAREER, UM, ON, UH, ONE NEW SEGMENT AT A TIME, REALLY ONE STORY AT A TIME. AND HE'S REALLY GAINED THE TRUST OF A COMMUNITY WHO'S GONNA MISS SEEING HIM DELIVER THE EVENING NEWS AFTER HE OFFICIALLY RETIRES ON MARCH 5TH. I KNOW LAST NIGHT HE DID A, UH, FUN STORY, UM, ON THE MAYOR. AND, UH, IT, IT WAS, UH, JUST, UM, SAD TO KNOW THAT AN INSTITUTION IS, IS REALLY GOING AWAY, RIGHT? SO WHEN I'VE GROWN UP WATCHING, UM, YOU KNOW, IN AND OUT AND DOING SUCH GOOD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, AS SOMEONE WITH A BACKGROUND IN COMMUNICATIONS AND JOURNALISM, I UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT MEDIA PLAYS IN OUR LIVES AND HOW ACCESS TO INFORMATION CAN BE AT TIME, UH, A CRITICAL NEED IN A, IN A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. AND SO THE DEDICATION AND THE HARD WORK OF OUR JOURNALISTS AND REPORTERS, ESPECIALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, ARE INSTRUMENTAL. UM, AND IT KEEPS OUR, OUR CITIZENS INFORMED. UM, AND THEY KEEPS 'EM EMPOWERED TO A SENSE. AND I KNOW THAT MY RESIDENTS WATCH TV, THEY WATCH THEIR NEWS PEOPLE, THEY LOVE THEIR NEWS PEOPLE. AND SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP, UM, AND CELEBRATE THE GOOD WORK THAT FOLKS LIKE MR. BEAMER HAS DONE. I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD THAT MR. BEAMER CHOSE SAN ANTONIO TO PURSUE HIS CAREER AND RAISE HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HE'S TRAVELED ACROSS THE WORLD COVERING DIFFERENT EVENTS. AND SO I READ CUBA, HONDURAS, I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, AND HE'S BEEN EVERYWHERE, BUT HE'S COMMITTED TO THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY AND RETURNING EACH AND EVERY SINGLE TIME. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF MR. BEAMER'S POD PODCAST LAST YEAR. UM, AND HE WAS VERY, UM, UH, VERY JUST REASSURING AND, AND, AND THE FACT THAT LIFE, UH, [00:20:01] LIFE CONTINUES. AND HE WAS VERY RESPECTFUL OF, UM, MY FAMILY AND THE SUFFERING THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. AND I WANNA, UM, THANK HIM ESPECIALLY FOR THAT, FOR BEING SO SENSITIVE AND, AND JUST AGAIN, SO CARING. THANK YOU, MR. BEAMER. HE VISITED ME AT THE D FOUR FIELD OFFICE WHEN HE WAS FASCINATED TO SEE SO MANY RESIDENTS AT THE PARK UTILIZING IT, AND HE COULDN'T RESIST IT. HE TOOK PICTURES BEING THE PHOTOJOURNALIST SATIA OF THE NEW VIEWS AT PEARSALL PARK. SO, THANK YOU, UM, MR. BEAMER FOR BEING A GREAT LEADER, FOR GOING THE EXTRA MILE FOR, UM, ALL OF THE NEW GENERATION OF ANCHORS AND REPORTERS THAT YOU'VE HELPED MENTOR, BUT REALLY JUST, UH, KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE MISSED. UM, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST, UM, UH, WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PUBLICLY THANK, UH, SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HELPED US, UM, DURING, UH, THIS STORM. AND, UM, AS SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER, REALLY JUST NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS, THERE WAS AN OP-ED IN THE PAPER TODAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. AND I THINK WE REALLY SAW THAT COME TOGETHER, UH, DURING THE STORM. AND I, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PUBLICLY THANK, UH, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ASSISTED US. STARTING WITH MY TREMENDOUS STAFF. UM, DR. SAMANTHA HERNANDEZ HELPED US TO COORDINATE 12,000 HOT MEALS TO, UH, OUR DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORS. THIS WAS WITH THE HELP OF THE TEXAS FOOD AND WINE ALLIANCE. THEY CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY IN SUPPORT OF, UM, SOME RESTAURANT SO THAT THEY COULD DELIVER THE HOT MEALS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT HELPED. SO IT WAS YETI, IT WAS LUPO LA LA KO, MEXICAN, LITTLE ELMS, SOUTHERLIES, , FARM TO TABLE, FULL BELLY, THE GOOD KIND, UH, JW BURGERS AND GRUB MEADOW, CHELSEA'S CATERING, SOTO BAR AND KITCHEN, AND HELLO PARADISE. AND I WANNA SAY THAT SO THAT MY CONSTITUENTS, UM, AND ALSO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES HERE, UM, CAN REMEMBER TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE SMALL BUSINESSES AS, UH, AS, UH, AS WE ARE ABLE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS ALSO WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE GOOD SAMARITAN, THE YW MADONNA CENTER, ST. TIMOTHY'S, SAHA KING'S, COMPASSION, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THE B F W POST 83 97, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE ALL DELIVERED HOT MEALS TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO COVER SO MUCH OF THE DISTRICT, UH, WITH THE HELP OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND IN FACT, GOOD SAM TODAY, ALONG WITH OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE GIVING BACK 300 VACCINES TO THE SENIORS IN THE AREA. AND, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH, UM, I MOVED BY THAT, HOW GRATEFUL I AM. I GOT TO GO BY THIS MORNING, UM, AND SEE, UH, EVERYONE AND THEIR, UM, UH, HAPPY FACES, VERY EXCITED, UH, TO FINALLY GET THEIR VACCINE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING THOSE VACCINES AVAILABLE AFTER THE FREEZE. UH, AND, AND WE, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT ON THE STREETS. WE ALSO HAD AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF PLUMBERS THAT COME TO ASSIST DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS. SO THE, UM, PIPER'S PLUMBERS PROGRAM, UH, THAT SAS HAD, UH, WERE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME AROUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FIXED OUR PIPES. WE ALSO HAD A GROUP FROM CALIFORNIA ORGANIZED BY MICRO SA, UH, HERE IN DISTRICT FIVE COMING OUT AND HELPING PEOPLE. UM, AND THAT WAS A, AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, BUT ALSO SUPPORT OF, UM, UH, OF THE CITY. UH, WE ALSO HAD, UM, INDEPENDENT PEOPLE, TIMOTHY BOCANEGRA, 71 YEARS OLD, GOING OUT AND HELPING HIS NEIGHBORS, UM, UH, CHECK ALL, UM, UH, THEIR, THEIR HOUSES. AND OF COURSE, ROSA LINDA ON MY TEAM, DANIEL MESSA, DORA ON THE PHONE, TAKING CALLS, CHECKING ON SENIORS, UH, CONNECTING THEM TO OUR WARMING CENTER, UH, AND, UH, FOOD THAT WAS AVAILABLE. IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY, UH, OF KINDNESS AND SUPPORT THAT WE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND I DO WANNA JUST TAKE A SPECIAL MOMENT TO THANK, UH, VICTOR LAMBDA. HE IS MY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, UM, AND HIS WIFE BECKY, WHO WERE KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE IN A FAMILY OF SIX. UM, MYSELF AND MY THREE CHILDREN, MY HUSBAND AND MY 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER, UM, UH, TOOK US IN AFTER, [00:25:01] UH, AND FED US AND, AND REALLY WAS VERY KIND TO MY CHILDREN. AND I THINK IT'S THAT KIND OF GENEROSITY, UM, THAT WE'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AND, UH, WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM. KATIE LONG, SO A NEIGHBOR WHO TOOK IN MY CHILDREN AND MY MOTHER AFTER THE THIRD DAY. UM, AND SO WE ARE JUST, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS SO INCREDIBLE. AND, UH, I I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ALL THE INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN DISTRICT FIVE. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, ARE MANY, MANY OTHERS UNTOLD STORIES. AND JUST BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE DIDN'T POST ANYTHING ON FACEBOOK, THESE THINGS STILL HAPPENED. AND WE ALL WITNESSED, UH, THIS INCREDIBLE, PASSIONATE CITY, COMPASSIONATE CITY, UH, THAT WE LIVE IN. AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF, OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO REALLY DID AS MUCH AS THEY COULD, ESPECIALLY TO OUR MAYOR FOR LEADING US THROUGH THIS CHALLENGING TIME. UH, AND, UM, I'M JUST SO PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF, OF THIS, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND ALL THE THINGS WE DO FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCI GARCIA, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER, UM, POINT TO MAKE? IT WAS, UH, THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT. MAYOR, SORRY. YES. AND SO A FEW WEEKS AGO, I SHARED WITH YOU ALL THE LAUNCH OF THE REGISTRATION FOR THE, UM, UPCOMING VIRTUAL GIRLS SUMMIT. AND THAT'S GONNA BE HELD MARCH 11TH TO THE 12TH. IT'S FINALLY HERE. IT'S NEXT WEEK, GIRLS AGES 13 TO 18. WE'LL ALSO, UM, BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SUMMIT, UH, BY WAY OF TELEVISION AND DIAL IN. SO IT'S NOT ONLY ONLINE, UM, IT'S GONNA FEATURE DISCUSSIONS BY I AM EMPOWER THE SOCIAL BUTTERFLY GAL, THE BOARDROOM PROJECT, AND METRO HEALTH. AND IT'S GONNA BE LED BY LOCAL, UH, PARTNERS WHO WILL FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, SELF-CARE, AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYBODY THAT THEY HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, ALEX MORGAN, TRACY RA, ASHLEY PASTIN, NATALIE BULLOCK, UM, ANA ON MY TEAM, AND ALL OF THE WOMEN ON THE COUNCIL WHO I KNOW ARE EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE AND HAVE BEEN PUSHING IT TO THEIR GIRLS AND THEIR DISTRICT. I'M REALLY PROUD THAT THIS WOMEN MAJORITY COUNCIL HELPED PROPEL THIS. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING THE MEN FOR THEIR SUPPORT. UM, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR WEARING YOUR GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SHIRTS THAT DAY. WE ANNOUNCED IT. UM, WE HAVE A NICE NUMBER OF CONFIRMATIONS ALREADY MADE, UH, FROM, FROM GIRLS. AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN IF THEY HAVE A CHANCE. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND I HOPE, UH, THIS CONTINUES TO GROW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT. WE'LL NOW, NOW [CONSENT AGENDA] MOVE TO OUR AGENDA TODAY. WE DO HAVE ZONING. UH, I DO HAVE THE ZONING CASES THAT ARE PULLED TODAY. UH, ITEMS, UM, Z ONE, Z FIVE, P ONE, AND Z SIX AND Z EIGHT. UH, WE ALSO HAVE ITEMS 18 AND 24 PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME? ITEM 16, MAYOR, ITEM 16, ITEM 21, MAYOR ITEM 21. ITEM 22, PLEASE. 22. MAYOR. I ALSO HAVE B THREE ON INDIVIDUAL ZONING. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT 23. IS IT TIME FOR THAT? UM, NO. I'LL CALL, UH, FOR DISCUSSION ON CONSENT. UM, ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, IF THERE ARE NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 16, 18, 21, 22, 24 C ONE Z FIVE, Z SIX, AND P ONE, Z EIGHT, AND Z THREE. MAYOR, I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR THE ITEMS YOU'VE NOTED. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. I DO HAVE, LET'S SEE, UM, MAYOR, [00:30:01] CAN I, CAN I PLEASE NOTE THAT ITEM NINE WAS PULLED BY STAFF AND WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED? YES. THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CLERK. UM, YEAH, SO ITEM NINE FOR THE RECORD WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. IT'S BEEN PULLED, UH, OFF OF THE AGENDA. DO YOU HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT? JACK FINGER? YES, SIR. HE'S, HE'S CONNECTED. GIVE ONE SECOND HERE. HELLO? UH, YES, MR. MAYOR, ARE YOU THERE? YES, WE'RE HERE. YOU TOO. GO AHEAD. HELLO. YES. UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. EVERYONE, UM, ON THE ZONING SESSION THAT YOU WERE ABOUT TO TAKE, TAKE PLACE LATER ON, A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT DO NEED, DO, NEED TO BRING TO BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND THAT YOU ARE NOT PULLING FOR CONSIDERATION. YES. UH, THERE A NUMBER OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN, UH, UH, MS. MS. GONZALEZ DISTRICT. UH, THERE, UH, THERE IS A TRAILER HOME, UH, ZONING ISSUE THAT'S GOING UP YOUR, YOUR AREA OF TOWN, AND ALSO IN MS UH, MS, UH, ROCHA GARCIA'S AREA OF TOWN. A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT I, QUITE FRANKLY, I, MY QUESTION IS, DO Y'ALL REALLY WANT TO LEAVE YOUR DISTRICTS WHEN YOU LEAVE THEM? DO YOU WANNA LEAVE 'EM IN, IN WORSE SHAPE THAN, THAN YOU ARRIVED IN? BECAUSE IN, IN DISTRICT FIVE, UM, MS. GONZALEZ, YOU, YOU HAVE Z 13 AS A TRAILER HOME, THAT, THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO BE ESTABLISHED THERE. AND Z 12, THE A NUMBER OF, UH, OF, UH, THERE ARE THESE FOUR UNITS BEING SHOE SHOEHORNED INTO A PARTICULAR LOT THAT YES, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S Z 12. AND, UH, MS. ROCHA GARCIA, THE, THE, THE, THE VALLEY HIGH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSES A, A BIG, UH, PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, UH, A PROPOSED MULTI, UH, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE IN YOUR AREA. AND I THINK YOU KNOW WHICH ONE THAT IS. AND Z 10, THERE, THERE, THERE IS NO BUFFER BETWEEN THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ZONE AND THE RESIDENCE IS THERE. YES, THE, MY GOODNESS. UM, AND, AND MR IN, IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT MR. TREVINO AREA, YOU HAVE A, A Z TWO IS A ANOTHER USED CAR LOT, SIR. DO, DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER USED CAR LOT IN DISTRICT ONE? SIR, I, I THINK ALL YOU, UH, YOU AND YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, YOU DO NEED TO, TO PULL THE Z TWO Z NINE, Z 10, Z 12, AND Z 13. SO, SO THAT AT LEAST SHOULD AT LEAST SHOW US THAT YOU CAN US THE CITIZENS THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ISSUES INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING THEM SLIDE ON THROUGH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VERON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING, UM, ITEM NUMBER 10. AND THAT IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE SATO CREEK HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. UM, VERY EXCITED. THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS NOW. THIS IS GOING TO EXTEND FROM SOUTH SIDE LIONS PARK ALL THE WAY TO SOUTHEAST MILITARY DRIVE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTI-USE TRAIL, 3.1 MILES LONG, 10 FEET WIDE. THE PROJECT'S GOING TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAIL HEAD WITH PERVIOUS PARKING, THREE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, SEVERAL DRAINAGE CULVERTS, A RETAINING WALL WEST NODES. THIS HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE WORKS, THANK YOU TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY WHO'S ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS. AND WE ARE MAKING THAT CONNECTION TO OUR EMERALD NECKLACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED OF, OF THIS COMING FORWARD. AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE THINGS GOING FORWARD WITH OUR SATO CREEK TRAIL AND OUR HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS. ALSO ON THE AGENDA, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A ZONING CASE, UM, P TWO AND V SEVEN. I DO WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT, PRESTON HOLLOW, AS WELL AS BROOKS FOR THEIR OUTREACH AND THEIR WORK ON THIS. WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE AREA, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE HERITAGE OAK PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES. AND NOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, RE REFURBISHING THEM AND CREATING A WHOLE NEW COMMUNITY THERE. UM, BUT [00:35:01] STILL CREATING SPACE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE TO COME AND MOVE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT PHASES AND IT IS AN EXCITING PROJECT. SO I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT. THANKS BROOKS. THANK THE RESIDENTS, AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED OUT IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO AND COUNCIL MEMBER KEEO HDA. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM 23. I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THANKFUL FOR THE DEDICATION OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNCILWOMAN ROSA GARCIA. I EXPRESSED MY GRATITUDE AND ALSO CONGRATULATE THESE 14 MEN AND WOMEN FOR THEIR PATIENCE, COMMITMENT, AND STEADFAST RESOLVE TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE SERVING AS ARBITERS OF JUSTICE, TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO QUALIFIED, CONSISTENT, AND COMPASSIONATE JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA AND I DID NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. WE TOOK OUR TIME, WE INTERVIEWED EVERY CANDIDATE, AND WE'RE ASSURED THAT THEY ARE, THEY'RE QUALIFIED, UH, AND COMPASSIONATE, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO, TO HAVE THEM ON CONTINUE AS OUR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES, EVEN AMID UNPRECEDENTED CIRCUMSTANCES. UH, THANK YOU ALL JUDGES FOR UPHOLDING THE COURT'S MISSION OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE IN A FAIR, EFFICIENT, AND TIMELY MATTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND AGREED, THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR COURT JUDGES. I DO SEE JUDGE ODO THERE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO, UH, HAS WISHED TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE, THE CONSENT AGENDA, THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, AS WELL AS ITEMS ON THE ZONING AGENDA. THAT IS ITEMS Z ONE, Z THREE, Z FIVE, T ONE, AND Z SIX AND Z EIGHT. MOTION, AND A SECOND HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL [16. 21-1823 Ordinance expanding the Ready to Work Advisory Board from 9 members to 11 members, approving amendments to the categories for the Board, and appointing Sonia Garza, Peter Holt, Benjamin Peavy, Rosa Santana and Juan Solis (Local Employer/In-Demand Occupations), Cynthia Teniente-Matson (Training/Higher Education Provided), Daphene Carson (Community Organization), Jerry Graeber and Emily Spurlock (Current/Previous Workforce Participant), Frederick “Doug” McMurry, Jr. and Bobby Olveda (Trade and Labor Organization) for initial terms ending May 31, 2023, and for two-year terms coterminous with council thereafter. [Tina J. Flores, City Clerk]] CONSIDERATION. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 16. ITEM 16 IS AN ORDINANCE EXPANDING THE READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD FROM NINE MEMBERS TO 11 MEMBERS APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE CATEGORIES FOR THE BOARD AND APPOINTING SONYA GARZA, PETER HOLT, BENJAMIN PV, ROSA SANTANA, AND JUAN SOLI, LOCAL EMPLOYER IN DEMAND OCCUPATION. CYNTHIA 10 MADSON TRAINING HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDED. DAPHNE CARSON COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, JERRY GRAVER AND EMILY SPURLOCK. CURRENT, PREVIOUS WORKFORCE PARTICIPANT FREDERICK DOUG MCMURRAY JR. AND BOBBY OVE, VEDA TRADE AND LABOR ORGANIZATION FOR INITIAL TERMS ENDING MAY 31ST, 2023 AND FOUR, TWO YEAR TERMS. COTERMINUS WITH COUNSEL THEREAFTER. COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA. HI, ERIN. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE STAFF PRESENTATION? SURE. WHO'S GOT THAT? UH, IS THAT YOU CARLOS? MAYOR ALEX, UH, IS GONNA TAKE YOU. OH, ALEX. OKAY. THERE YOU GO, ALEX. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TODAY'S ITEM REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS TO THE SA READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD, UM, ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO SEATS TO THIS BOARD AND THE RESPECTIVE APPOINTMENTS FOR THESE SEATS. SO ON DECEMBER 17TH, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION CREATING THE S A READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD. ITS CHARGE IN RELATION TO THE PROGRAM IS VALIDATING AND DEMAND OCCUPATIONS AND FOSTERING ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE NECESSARY SKILL SETS IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM. THEY'RE ALSO GONNA MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ALLOTMENT OF CERTIFICATES VERSUS DEGREES, UM, AND THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT'S GONNA BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE PROGRAM. AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE SERVING AS AMBASSADORS FOR THE PROGRAM, HELPING TO PROMOTE, UH, BOTH ENROLLMENT IN IT AND THEN HIRING OF PARTICIPANTS UPON COMPLETION. SO AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, THE ESSAY READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD CONSISTS OF NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED AT LARGE. THIS INCLUDES FOUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS WITH OCCUPATIONS CURRENTLY IN DEMAND. UM, TWO CURRENT OR PREVIOUS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A TRADE OR LABOR ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, AND A TRAINING PROVIDER. AND THE ADVISORY BOARD ALSO INCLUDES TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, APPOINTED TO SERVE AS LIAISONS, UM, BY THE MAYOR. UM, [00:40:01] RECRUITMENT FOR THIS BOARD BEGAN, BEGAN IN DECEMBER. UM, AND, UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG APPOINTED AN APPLICANT REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE COMPRISED OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, VRAN, ROCHA GARCIA, ANDREW SULLIVAN, AND COURAGE. AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWED 34 APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDED 23 APPLICANTS BE INTERVIEWED BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. DURING THESE MEETINGS ON FEBRUARY 9TH AND 19TH, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE INTERVIEWED A TOTAL OF 20 APPLICANTS. AND BASED ON THE HIGH INTEREST AND THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICANTS, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NINE POSITIONS. AND AS A SEPARATE ACTION RECOMMENDED THE ADDITION OF TWO SEATS TO THIS BOARD, ALONG WITH THE RESPECTIVE APPOINTEES. THE TWO RECOMMENDED SEATS ARE IN THE CATEGORIES OF LOCAL EMPLOYER WITHIN A DEMAND OCCUPATION AND IN THE CATEGORY OF TRADE OR LABOR ORGANIZATION. THE INDIVIDUALS RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES FOR THE LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND IN DEMAND OCCUPATION CATEGORY. THE RECOMMENDED APPOINTEES INCLUDES SONIA GARZA, PETER J. HOLT, BENJAMIN PV, ANDRO, ANA WITH ONE. SO LEASE TO FILL THE RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL SEAT FOR THE CATEGORY OF CURRENT OR FORMER PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, UM, WE RECOMMEND JERRY GRABBER AND EMILY SPURLOCK. DR. CYNTHIA MATSON IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE TRAINING PROVIDER CATEGORY AND DOUG MCMURRAY IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE CATEGORY OF TRADE OR LABOR ORGANIZATION, ALONG WITH BOB VEDA. UM, RECOMMENDED FOR THE ADDITIONAL SEAT IN THIS CATEGORY. AND DR. D CARSON IS RECOMMENDED TO FILL THE SEAT FOR A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. IN SUMMARY, UM, WE RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED BOARD COMPOSITION AND RESPECTIVE APPOINTMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, ALEX, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, I, I DO WANNA HEAR, UH, THE REASON THAT I, UM, PULLED THIS ITEM. I AM A LIAISON TO THE ESSAY READY TO WORK, UM, AND I HEARD FROM AT LEAST FIVE OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, A MISUNDERSTANDING ON HOW WE ADDED THE TWO ADDITIONAL SLOTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS, UM, JUST PROPERLY, UH, PREPARED AND BRIEFED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALEX FOR THAT. UM, I AM ALSO, UH, GOING TO BE MOVING, UH, THAT WE, UM, POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD WITH. WE HAVE GREAT CANDIDATES, BY THE WAY. WE HAVE AWESOME CANDIDATES. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT AS A MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, I GOT TO SEE ALL OF THEM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AND I WAS JUST SO OVERWHELMED AND IMPRESSED, UM, BY THE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP. AND SO, UM, I TAKE MY JOB VERY SERIOUSLY. AND SO, UH, I I, I INCH THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THOSE, UH, RESUMES AND, AND SEE WHO RISES TO, TO THE TOP. AND I APPRECIATE THE PROCESS. UM, WITH THAT, WE, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND, AND COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, UM, WE DID, DID A GREAT JOB, UH, ALONG WITH OUR CHAIR, COUNCILWOMAN PIRAN. UM, WITH THAT, WE, WE MOVED SOME FOLKS FORWARD AS RECOMMENDED, UM, BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE. I KNOW THAT AT THAT POINT, UH, IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION. SO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT OUR RECOMMENDATION. BUT AGAIN, AS A LIAISON TO ESSAY READY TO WORK, I FEEL THAT I REPRESENT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, AND SO I KEEP THEM REGULARLY BRIEFED. UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO TODAY IS, UM, MOVE THAT WE, UH, POSSIBLY TABLE THE DISCUSSION ON THE TWO ADDITIONAL SLOTS. THE REASON THAT I'M MOVING TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE ON DECEMBER 2ND, UM, AND YOU ALL CAN FEEL FREE TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO LINKS 'CAUSE I ALWAYS DO MY TIMESTAMPS, BUT, UM, AT, AT, AT 4 0 1 INTO THE MEETING, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, SHE WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS THAT WAS PROPOSED, ET CETERA. SHE HAD ALSO EXPRESSED THAT THE COMPOSITION OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, UM, SHOULD REPRESENT A RANGE OF CATEGORIES. AND HER, UH, RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WE CONTINUE ON. AND COUNCILMAN PERRY, ANOTHER ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES REQUESTED A, A MODIFICATION, UM, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTATIVES WHO, UM, WERE, UH, IN THE PROPOSED CATEGORIES THAT REPRESENT ALL 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAYBE, UH, WHILE I'M SPEAKING, PULL UP A LIST OF WHERE THESE FOLKS ARE FROM, FROM THE CITY SO THAT WE COULD SEE HOW GREAT OF A SPREAD WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY. AND THESE FOLKS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND WHERE THEY'RE FROM, COUNCILMAN, UH, TREVINO, UH, WHOSE COMMENTS BEGAN AT FOUR 12 REFERENCED HOW, UM, WE, UH, HOW, HOW HE, HE REFERENCED THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AGAIN. SO THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL [00:45:01] HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADD THE TWO ADDITIONAL SLOTS ON THE BOARD. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, WE HAD A, A THOROUGH DISCUSSION AT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. UM, AND THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, THE WAY THAT I SEE IT IS ALSO, UH, JUST A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL. AND THE FULL COUNCIL STILL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE FIRST ITEM THAT COMES UP, UH, AS AN ESSAY READY TO WORK, UM, UH, CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THIS FUNDAMENTALLY IS CHANGING THE ORDINANCE FROM NINE POSITIONS TO 11 POSITIONS. BUT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE ADDITIONAL, UH, ITEMS. AND SO I, FOR ONE, WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE MY INPUT, BUT I HELD IT BACK. SO I HAVE MY IDEAS OF WHAT OTHER INDUSTRIES OR WHAT OTHER SECTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN ADDED. UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TABLE THAT DISCUSSION. AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE A GREAT SLATE OF NINE CANDIDATES THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH TODAY. I UNDERSTAND AS OF THIS MORNING, I DIDN'T KNOW, I WASN'T BRIEF, BUT THE MAYOR MAY BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT MAY BE, UH, STARTING IN, IN THE POSITION SOON. UH, AGAIN, I WASN'T AWARE, SO WE DON'T WANNA HOLD THAT BACK. I THINK THAT THE NINE CANDIDATES ARE EXCEPTIONAL AND IT SHOULD BE MOVED FORWARD. BUT I DO WANNA GIVE THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO LEARN ABOUT WHY THE OTHER TWO, UM, UH, UH, SLOTS WERE CREATED BEFORE WE MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE AMENDMENT. SO, UM, FOR NOW, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. MAYOR AND I, UM, MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE NINE CANDIDATES AS RECOMMENDED, BUT THAT WE TABLE THE DISCUSSION FOR THE OTHER TWO CATEGORIES, REFER BACK TO SUBCOMMITTEE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THROUGH THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. UM, OR I, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY INPUT FROM ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS TO ELIMINATE THE ADDITIONAL, UM, POSITIONS AND GO BACK TO NINE POSITIONS. THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE THE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENT. OBVIOUSLY THE COMMITTEE CAN RE RECONSIDER THAT LATER, BUT THE CLEANEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO MOTION TO ELIMINATE THE TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. OKAY. I, I DON'T WANNA ELIMINATE THE TWO POSITIONS, UM, BUT I DO WANT DISCUSSION ON THE TWO POSITIONS. SO THEN YOU'RE SAYING IT CAN'T BE DONE, SO IT'S LIKE A, AN ALL OR NOTHING? NO, NO. WHAT I'M SAYING, COUNCILWOMAN IS THAT YOUR AMENDMENT IS, THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED IS LIKE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? OH, UM, WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS, THE COMMITTEE CAN ALWAYS DISCUSS IT LATER AND EVERYTHING. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS CLEAN AS I POSSIBLY PLAN FOR WHAT IS RIGHT NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THERE'S 11 POSITIONS BEFORE THE COUNCIL YOU ARE TRYING TO AMENDMENT SO THAT THERE'S ONLY NINE. OBVIOUSLY THE COMMITTEE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND DISCUSS WHETHER THEY WANT TO ADD, UH, IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OR CATEGORIES. BUT, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT THE AMENDMENT BEING ONE THING. AND SO THE ONE THING WOULD BE GOING FROM 11 TO NINE. AND ANDY, LET ME, LET ME JUMP IN. I, I THINK, I THINK I HEAR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. I, I THINK WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN IS DESCRIBING, AND COUNCILMAN YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO VALIDATE THIS, IS, IS AMENDING, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE NINE AND TABLING TWO FOR CONVERSATION EITHER HERE OR AT THE COMMITTEE. IT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN WHAT, WHAT BOTH OF Y'ALL ARE DESCRIBING, RIGHT? AND, AND WHAT I'M SAYING, ERIC, IS THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING FROM 11 TO NINE, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL THING IS MOVING IT TO FURTHER DISCUSSION TO THE COMMITTEE. AND ANDY, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, SO, UM, ON, ON, ON THE RESOLUTION THAT ESTABLISHES THE ORIGINAL NINE MEMBER BOARD, WE HAVE NINE LISTED ON THERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , SO WE HAVE SECTION ONE, UH, THE BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF NINE AT LARGE MEMBERS, BUT TODAY'S PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGES IT TO 11, CORRECT? SO, OKAY, SO IS, SO, SO THEN THE MOTION IS NOT TO CHANGE IT, BUT I DO WANNA, WANNA, WANNA CONSIDER, UM, MAKING ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION. SO, UM, SO I GUESS THEN IF, IF I, UH, MOTION, THEN WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS LONG AS WE DON'T APPROVE IT WITH 11. WHAT I'M SAYING IS BY REDUCING IT FROM 11 TO NINE TODAY, YOU'RE NOT FORECLOSING THE ABILITY TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL IS ALL I'M SAYING. BUT WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THE MOVE FROM NINE TO 11 OFFICIALLY. BUT THE 11 IS WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THAT WAS WHAT WAS POSTED, YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN THE, THE, SO, SO YES, THEN I WOULD, UM, SO THEN THAT I, I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION. YES. THANK YOU, ANDY. YOU'RE WELCOME. SECOND, [00:50:01] OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'M ANDY, I'M, I'M SLIGHTLY CONFUSED. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ARTICULATE WHAT THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR, UH, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DISCUSSION. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO AMEND THE ITEM SO THAT, UH, NINE OF THE POSITIONS ARE APPROVED, UH, AND TWO ARE NOT, OR TWO ARE REMOVED. UM, THAT'S THE LOCAL, THE ADDITIONAL LOCAL EMPLOYER IN DEMAND. AND THE TRADE IN LABOR, THAT'S THE AMENDMENT IS TO, UH, REDUCE THE SLATE OF 11 TO THE NINE. AND AGAIN, WHAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN BY, BY THE COUNCIL VOTING TO DO THAT TODAY, THAT DOESN'T FORECLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER DISCUSS ADDITIONS AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. OKAY. AND IS THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE SLATE, UM, OF THE NINE? WELL, NO, NO, NO. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT EXEC IN TERMS OF THE PROCEDURES. MAYOR, FIRST WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN IS PROPOSING, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY GOING FROM 11 TO NINE. OKAY. ANDY, I THINK SHE WANTS TO APPROVE THE 11 THOUGH, AND JUST NOT FILL THOSE TWO SEATS YET. NO, I, I DON'T THINK SO. SO COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, WE, DO YOU CONCUR WITH THE READING OF THE MOTION BY ANDY? WELL, SO HONESTLY, NOW I'M CONFUSED. SO ALL I WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T STICK TO, UM, TO NINE OR 11, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO STILL HAVE A DISCUSSION. SO I DON'T KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO SAY LIKE, CAN WE TABLE THIS PART OF IT, BUT CONTINUE WITH THE NINE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED? AND AGAIN, AND SO AGAIN, UH, COUNCILMAN YOUR MOTION IS TO AMEND THE ITEM SO THAT IT, IT IS NOW, UM, MOVING FROM 11 TO NINE, RIGHT? UM, AND UM, AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T FORECLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME LATER. OKAY? SO, SO THIS, EVEN THOUGH THIS HASN'T BEEN VOTED ON, THE 11 HASN'T BEEN VOTED ON, THE NINE HAS BEEN VOTED ON BECAUSE IT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO, THE MOTION WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE, UM, BEFORE, UH, UH, THAT WE MOVE TO 11. HOWEVER, AFTER DISCUSSION, IT COULD END UP AT 21 OR SOMETHING IF WE'RE DISCUSSING IT TODAY. I MEAN, NOT THAT IT WOULD, BUT I'M JUST PULLING OUT A NUMBER, I GUESS THEORETICALLY. YES, COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY. I GUESS, AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS EASY AS I CAN RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, WHAT IS POSTED AND WHAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS A SLATE OF 11, AS I UNDERSTAND IT. YOU WANNA AMEND WHAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL AS POSTED TO GO FROM 11 NINE, RIGHT? FOR THE ORIGINAL, YES, CORRECT. TO GO TO THE ORIGINAL, RIGHT? OKAY, SO THEN, YES, SO THEN I, SO AND SO I'LL RESTATE THE MOTION THEN IS THAT I MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE, UH, ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION OF NINE SLOTS TO THE ESSAY READY TO WORK, UM, COMMITTEE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S NOW AN AMENDMENT TO WHAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE TO, UH, MAYOR FIRST DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT. OKAY? ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO THE, UH, THE DISCUSSION NOW BEFORE US IS THE ROLLBACK OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE ORIGINAL NINE FLEET. UM, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STRUCTURE TO THE NINE SEAT. SO, UH, I HAVE THE QUEUE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER . THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, FIRST THING IS I THINK IT WAS AGENDIZED NOT PROPERLY. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, UH, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN FROM GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, THE RECOMMENDING FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE HIGHER ED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT WAS 1, 1, 1, 2, AND FOUR, AND THEN IT SAYS, ADDITIONALLY, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING FOR FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ADVISORY BOARD TO CON INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SLOT IN THE TRADE AND LABOR CATEGORY. SO, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A CLEANER ANDY WAY OF POSTING THIS. UM, SO WE COULD HAVE SEPARATED THAT. AND IT KIND OF SPEAKS TO WHAT ALEX DID PRESENT ON THE, UM, ON THE, THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. WE HAD THE ORIGINAL NINE SLOTS THAT WAS VOTED BY ALL OF US, UM, WELL, NOT WELL VOTED YAY OR NAY BY ALL OF US IN DECEMBER. AND THEN, UM, THIS RESTRUCTURING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. SO [00:55:01] IN MY MOVING FORWARD, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION AND SLATE THAT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CAME OUT OF, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE RESTRUCTURING SEPARATELY AND SEE IF WE ADD THOSE OR HOW WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UM, GROUPS. SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I AM CURIOUS TO, SO I DO THINK THAT THE NINE THAT WE HAD, AND I WILL, DO YOU HAVE A, UM, DO YOU HAVE A SLATE? UH, SLATE. DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE WITH THE ORIGINAL NINE, ALEX? I, I DON'T MA'AM, BUT THE SLIDE THAT LISTS EVERYBODY'S NAMES, IT HAS, IT HAS THE ASTERISK. YES. CAN YOU BRING THAT UP? RIGHT. SO, UM, SO THIS APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATION WITH THE FOUR, THE SONYA GARZA, PETER HOLT, BENJAMIN PV, AND ROSA SANTANA WERE PART OF THE, UM, ORIGINAL CONSTRUCT OF THE ADVISORY GROUP, HOW WE MOVED FORWARD WITH IT IN, IN DECEMBER AS WAS GRABBER, EMILY, DR. MADSON, AND THEN DOUG MCMURRAY, AND THEN DAPHNE CARSON. SO THOSE WERE ALL PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCT OF OUR DECEMBER ACTION THAT WE TOOK. UM, THE REASON WHY, IF WE HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OTHER TWO ADDITIONAL SEATS, I BELIEVE IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT CHANGE. UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE, THE RECOMMENDATION OR ACTUALLY GO UP ONE MORE PLEASE, ALEX? UH, I'M SORRY. ONE, I THINK IT'S SIX. MAYBE SLIDE? NO, FIVE. SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. COUNCILMAN? I'M SORRY, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I APOLOGIZE. I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU NEED, BUT I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT TOO. SO CAN YOU GO UP TO SIDE NUMBER FIVE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YOU CAN, YOU CAN TAKE IT DOWN. SO, UM, ANYHOW, I THINK, UM, I AM IN, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANDING THE STRUCTURE OF THE ADVISORY GROUP, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT LIKE THE EMAIL FROM CITY STAFF SAID IN A FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, AND THAT SHOULD BE DONE SEPARATELY. UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT GOVERNANCE PUT TOGETHER THEIR SLATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY WERE ALL PART OF OUR ORIGINAL SUBCOMMITTEE BEDDINGS THAT WE MOVED FORWARD AND THAT WE INTERVIEWED. AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO STOP THE PROCESS. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT TODAY, AND THEN AT A LATER TIME HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPANDING THE SLOTS IF WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER EDUCATION AT ANOTHER COMMUNITY AT ANOTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR ITEMS THAT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE APPLICANTS WHO PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A CRITICAL AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A CRITICAL, UM, PLACE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ADVISORY GROUP, AND THE REASON WHY I'M ALSO HESITANT WITH ADDING ADDITIONAL SLOTS IS BECAUSE AT THE ONSET OF OUR ADVISORY GROUP CONVERSATION, WE EVEN DISCUSSED SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE WOULD HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES GIVING INSIGHT, AND THAT'S, WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT CONTAINING, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, A GROUP THAT COULD WORK TOGETHER TIGHTLY. AND THEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES AND THEM GIVING INSIGHTS TO, TO THE GROUPS AS WELL. SO, UM, I AM, I AM OF THE OPINION OF GOING FORWARD WITH THOSE NINE AS PART OF THE DECEMBER, UH, CONSTRUCTURE OF OUR ADVISORY GROUP WITH DR. MADSON, DR. BETHANY CARSON, DOUG MC MURRAY, EMILY SPERLOCK, JERRY GRABBER, AND THEN SONYA GARZA, PETER HOLDS, THEN PD ANA, WHICH WAS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL CONSTRUCT THAT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CAME OUT WITH. AND THEN WE CAN AT A LATER TIME, UH, INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SLOTS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL CAN SPEAK FOR HERSELF, BUT AS I REMEMBER, UM, WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN ADVISORY GROUP, SHE, SHE ADDED MORE SLOT TO THAT GROUP. BUT PRIOR TO THAT, SHE ALSO, WE PAUSED AND WE RECRUITED AND LOOKED TO FIND MORE [01:00:01] PEOPLE TO COME. WE DIDN'T DO IT ALL IN ONE S SWOOP, SHE TOOK IT. WE, WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE FIRST GROUP AND THEN WE TRIED TO RECRUIT MORE AND HAVE OTHER CONVERSATIONS, AND THEN SHE TOOK, BROUGHT IT BACK TO COUNCIL, IS WHAT I REMEMBER. BUT IF I'M NOT RIGHT, COUNSEL AND THE SEND OF ALL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKED OUT. BUT ANYHOW, UM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CHER GARCIA FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A THOROUGH CONVERSATION ABOUT IF WE EXPAND THIS ADVISORY GROUP AND WHY WE HAVE TO EXPAND THE ADVISORY GROUP OR RECONSTRUCT IT. SO THANK YOU ALL THOSE . THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER . OKAY, UM, REAL QUICK BEFORE WE START THE DISCUSSION AGAIN, BUT LET ME OFFER A SUGGESTION TO MAKE THIS AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA WANTS TO RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE ORIGINAL SLATE OF NINE, UM, AND WANTS TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ADDING ADDITIONAL SLOTS. I THINK THE EASIEST WAY ANDY, UM, FOR US TO DO THIS IS THAT IF COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA'S, UM, MOTION IS TO SEPARATE THE ORDINANCE, UM, AMENDMENT FROM THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE SO THAT WE VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE FIRST VOTE WOULD BE FOR THE ORIGINAL NINE, THE SECOND VOTE WOULD BE TO ADD TWO SLOTS, AND THOSE TWO PEOPLE DOES THAT. IS THAT, DO YOU CONCUR WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OATS GARCIA? YES, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHEN WE ADD THE, THE TWO FOLKS, WOULD WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES AT THAT POINT, OR WOULD THAT JUST KIND OF HOLD US TO THE TWO THAT, THAT WE, OKAY. SO HOW, HOW I WOULD SEE THIS GOING IS THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE'S FAIRLY BROAD CONSENSUS FOR THE ORIGINAL NINE ORDINANCE AND, AND THE NINE FOLKS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND FROM THAT, FROM THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. THERE'S, THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE OTHER TWO STRUCTURALLY AND, AND POTENTIALLY WHO'S ON THERE. WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NINE IF, IF WE SEPARATE THEM. AND THEN THE ISSUE OF THE ADDITIONAL SEATS COULD BE TAKEN FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION IF PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT. UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN TODAY, IT COULD HAPPEN, UM, OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. BUT, UM, IF, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU. WHAT ANDY, AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU. I THINK THE ORIG, THE, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO HERE ON THE DIETS IS TO SEPARATE THE ORDINANCE. NOW, PROCEDURALLY THAT'S, UH, UH, MAYOR, THAT'S THE SAME. IT GETS US TO THE SAME PLACE THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO, WHICH IS, UH, AGAIN, WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL NOW IS, IS THE 11. SO WE CAN ALSO DO A MOTION TO SEPARATE THE ITEM SO THAT, UH, IT BECOMES TWO ITEMS. ONE, THE FIRST ITEM BEING THE, THE ORIGINAL, UH, NINE, UH, AND THE SECOND ITEM WOULD BE THE TWO, UM, ADDITIONAL SLOTS. OKAY. UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA ALREADY HAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE NINE. I THINK WE CAN LEAVE THAT THERE. CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SEPARATE THE ORDINANCE AND WE'LL TAKE THAT ONE FIRST? WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, WE CAN DO THAT, MAYOR. OKAY. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SEPARATE THE ORIGINAL NINE, UH, THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNSEL IN DECEMBER FROM THE DISCUSSION OF THE ADDITIONAL TWO SEATS OR SECOND, SORRY, WHO, WHO HAD THAT? GONZALEZ. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ SECONDED BY ROJA GARCIA. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THE FLOOR AT THIS MOMENT. IT'S JUST PROCEDURAL. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ALL WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT TOO MUCH IS CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS SEPARATING THE, THE ITEM? ALRIGHT, SO LET'S TAKE, TAKE UP THAT, UH, MOTION FIRST. UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON SEPARATING THE ITEM? OKAY. ITEM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, WAS THERE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM TO SEPARATE IT? OKAY. HEARING NONE, COUNCILMAN MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN HER. GO AHEAD. I, I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF, OF, OF SEPARATION, BUT I, I DO THINK WE, IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD POSITIONS, UM, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHO WE'RE ALSO APPOINTING NOW BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION. I MEAN, THAT'S THE REASON THAT GOVERNANCE CAME OUT ADDING POSITIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE ONCE WE SAW THE APPLICANT POOL, WE, UH, WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACH. AND, [01:05:01] UM, SO I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING FRAGMENTED IF WE, UH, SEPARATE THE TWO ITEMS AND DON'T TAKE THEM TOGETHER. I DO BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE TABLED AND THAT WE SHOULD HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION. UH, I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT DOING IT IN, IN TWO SEPARATE, UH, TWO SEPARATE PARTS IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SEPARATE THE ITEM, UH, FROM THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE TO THE AMENDMENT. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS BEFORE US NOW THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WITH THE SLATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS AS NOTED BY ALEX. AND A SECOND ITEM THAT WE'LL HAVE TO UH, TAKE UP REGARDING ADDING TWO SEATS AND THE TWO FOLKS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. ALRIGHT, LEMME GO BACK NOW TO THE FLOOR. UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD. UH, RIGHT NOW. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL I THINK IS COUNCILWOMAN BRO, GARCIA'S MOTION TO APPROVE THE NINE NOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN SEPARATED. GOT IT. OKAY. OKAY. UH, AND I, I HAVE THE ORIGINAL QUEUE UP NOW, SO, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER FLIES JUST PUT HIS HAND DOWN. SO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, AND THANK YOU, UH, STAFF. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DISCUSS THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR THE STAFF. CAN YOU CLARIFY WHO, WHAT NAMES WERE FORWARDED BY THE, UM, AD HOC OR REVIEW COMMITTEE OF, OF APPLICANTS AND THEN WHICH WERE ADDED FOR CONSIDERATION BY GOVERNANCE THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL LIST, PLEASE. AND AS YOU'RE PULLING THAT UP, I, I'LL, I'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF FILLER HERE. UH, THE DAY THAT GOVERNANCE MET WAS, UH, AS WE WERE RECOVERING FROM THE STORM, AND I THINK WE WERE, UH, WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, BUT WE DID END UP HAVING THE, THE MEETING. SO, UM, AND THERE WERE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL FOLKS THAT WERE CONSIDERED AND I, I REMEMBER THAT MORNING TRYING TO MAKE SURE I HAD ALL THE APPLICATIONS IN PLACE SO I COULD REVIEW THEM, UH, DURING THE, THE MEETING. OKAY. YEAH, I, I'M SORRY. UH, THAT'S, I MEAN, THE ONES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED TO BE INTERVIEWED BY YES MA'AM. BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. SO I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR THAT. UM, I JUST PULLED UP THE NOTES THAT, UM, THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE PROVIDED, UM, WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. IT, IT'S A PRETTY EXPENSIVE LIST LIKE I MENTIONED. UM, BUT I CAN READ THEM OFF IF YOU'D LIKE. WELL, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY, I THINK THE MEMO REFERENCED THE NUMBER OF, THEY RECOMMENDED 24 20 24 TO BE INTERVIEWED. UM, CAN I CHIME BACK IN WHEN YOU GET, UH, ANSWERS TO YES MA'AM. TO THAT MAYOR, MAY I, UM, I THINK THE MAYOR'S HAVING ANOTHER CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. MAYOR, MAY I CHIME BACK IN WHEN THEY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION OR IS ANYBODY ELSE BEHIND ME ON THIS QUEUE? IF NOT, I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. , I I THINK I CAN HELP ANSWER. THE MEMO SAYS THAT, UH, THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWED 34 APPLICATIONS, RECOMMENDED 23 APPLICANTS BE INTERVIEWED BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, UM, INTERVIEWED 20. AND UM, WE CAN, I'M SURE ALEX, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WE CAN PULL THAT TOGETHER, THE ACTUAL NAMES, BUT THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS. AND CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, SO THE DAY THAT WE MET ON GOVERNANCE, THERE WERE NEW CANDIDATES THAT HAD NOT BEEN IN THE ORIGINAL MEMO. HOW MANY WERE THERE? THERE WAS, UM, THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, FOR SOME PARTICULAR CATEGORIES. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE TRADE AND LABOR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE HAD ORIGINALLY RECEIVED ONLY VERY LIMITED APPLICATIONS. SO THEY ASKED US TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH OR SOME MORE, UH, RECRUITMENT AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO APPLY. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT? UM, THERE WAS MORE RESPONSE THERE. AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWED THOSE AND ALSO FORWARDED, UM, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERVIEWS. SO THEY ADDED HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY ADDED. [01:10:09] ALEX, I THINK IT WAS THREE BECAUSE I HAVE 37 ON MY MATRIX. THAT WAS ORIGINAL. AND 34 WERE INTERVIEWED. SO IT WAS THREE, THREE MORE. THEY ADDED THREE MORE. UM, AND THOSE WERE, UM, MR. MCMURRAY, MR. ORTA, WERE ON THE LIST TODAY. UM, OF THE NINE INDIVIDUALS MOVING FORWARD, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY OF THEM RESIDE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? I DON'T HAVE THAT COMPILED LIST COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER AND WE CAN GET IT OUT. SO, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT NEVER HAPPENS THAT WE APPOINT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN APPOINT UP TO, UH, FOR THEIR DISTRICT ABOUT UP TO 27 APPOINTEES FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. TWO OF MINE, UH, HAVE BEEN FROM, FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, CITY LIMITS. UH, BUT I DO THINK THE NUMBER ON THIS, UH, GROUP GOING FORWARD IS A LITTLE BIT HIGH. UH, WE HAVE NINE, UH, MEMBERS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD. THREE OF THEM, OR A FULL 33% DO NOT RESIDE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, I KNOW SOME, UH, SOME MEMBERS, UH, OR SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THINK WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD IT MATTER IF THEY HAVE A BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE THAT 33% OF THIS, UH, TAX THAT WAS APPROVED OF, OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TAX THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, WOULD BE, UH, REPRESENTED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO, WHO MAY HAVE BUSINESSES BUT DO NOT RESIDE HERE. UM, HOW MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THE AGE 25 TO 34 CATEGORY OF THE NINE GOING FORWARD? I AM, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER. I DON'T HAVE THAT. THE AGE BREAKDOWN OF THE APPLICANTS IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW. I WAS ABLE TO FIND THE ADDITIONAL, AND IT WAS THREE ADDITIONAL, UM, APPLICANTS THAT WERE FORWARDED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR INTERVIEW. AND TWO OF 'EM, MR. AVEDA AND MR. GRABBER ARE, ARE BEING RECOMMENDED TODAY FOR APPOINTMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THAT LIST THAT ARE 25 TO 34. UH, IF I'M WRONG, UH, LET ME KNOW. UM, AND THEN, UH, AND, AND THE REASON I I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE, UM, UH, THERE IS A, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO I THINK WAS A REALLY GOOD CANDIDATE THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD PROBABLY MOVE FORWARD, A WOMAN, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT AGE GROUP, UM, WHO DOES LIVE IN THE, IN FACT, SHE LIVES IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHO I, I THINK SHE WOULD MAKE A FANTASTIC ADDITION. AND IF, AND WHEN THIS GOES BACK TO, UH, TO A COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW, I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND THE CONSIDERATION OF MS. AMANDA KIMER, UH, TO THIS, TO THIS COMMITTEE. UM, UH, I WILL, UH, I WILL STOP THERE, UH, AND LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEDRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE ORIGINAL LIST OF THE NAMES THAT WE DID AS A SUBCOMMITTEE. MOVE FORWARD TO YOU ALL AT GOVERNANCE. I HAVE THE MEMO. UM, IT WAS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. WE MOVED FORWARD TO YOU ALL FIVE NAMES. DA CARSON, DANIEL GROVE, ROMAN MATA, BARRA, JEFF, JENNIFER, JENNIFER HICKS, UH, JOHNNY OCK UNDER WORKFORCE PROGRAM, PARTICIPANT EMILY SPURLOCK AND URSULA VALLA, UNDER LOCAL EMPLOYER IN-DEMAND OCCUPATION. WE SENT OVER, I THINK, 10 PEOPLE FOR YOU ALL TO INTERVIEW. UM, AARON ASEL, UM, KAREN BRYANT, DOUGLAS, CARL BERG, SHERIDAN CHAMBERS, SONIA GARZA, PETER J. HOLT, AMANDA ER, BENJAMIN PV, AND ROSA SANTANA UNDER TRADING LABOR ORGANIZATION. WE ORIGINALLY SENT TO YOU, UM, FREDERICK MCMURRAY. AND UNDER TRAINING IN HIGHER ED, WE SENT OVER TO YOU ALL DR. THOMAS EVANS AND LAU, AND DR. CYNTHIA TENTE, MATSON. IN THAT MEMO, WE ALSO REFERRED THAT WE REQUESTED STAFF TO CONDUCT OUTREACH TO TRADE AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. WE DID RECEIVE ADDITIONAL, UM, NAMES AND THE [01:15:01] SUBCOMMITTEE DID REVIEW THEM. AND THOSE THAT WE SENT FORWARD TO YOU ALL TO INTERVIEW. IN ADDITION, WAS MS. STACY GUNDERSON, MR. BOBBY, EVA, AND MR. JERRY GRABBER. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER . ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE ORIGINAL SLATE OF NINE, UH, APPROVING THE ORDINANCE WITH THE ORIGINAL SLATE OF NINE, NOT TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL TWO SEATS, UH, TO BE FILLED BY MR. VEDA. MR. SOLIS, THAT WILL BE A SECOND ITEM. WE WILL TAKE UP RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OKAY. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION? NAY. IS THAT A NAY? OKAY. THAT'S A NAY. NAY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. TEN ONE. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE SECOND ITEM. UM, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO, UH, SEATS TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL LABOR REPRESEN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY GONZALEZ. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY ELA, ANY ON THE AMENDMENT WITH THE TWO ADDITIONAL FEES, UH, REPRESENTED BY A LABOR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, MR. VEDA. AND A SECOND, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR, UM, UH, INDUSTRY. MR. SOLIS. START WITH, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, MAYOR, SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE IS NO AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR. THE MAIN MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE TWO ADDITIONAL SLOTS WITH THE NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. GOT IT. GOT IT. GOT IT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, ARE, ARE YOU, UH, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? MOVE ON. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, PREPARED TO BOTH. YES. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, UM, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT BEING REPRESENTED BY, REPRESENTED BY OUR SPECIFIC DISTRICTS. UH, I THINK WE SHOULD EACH HAVE A POSITION ON THIS, THIS BOARD, THIS CITY IS WIDE AND DIVERSE. EACH DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. AND, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE AND, UH, HAVE THAT INPUT FROM THAT AREA. IF NOT FOR THAT, I, I, I AM AMAZED, UH, ALEX, HOW MANY, HOW MANY SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, ARE REPRESENTED ON THIS COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT? COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, THAT, THAT DEFINITELY DEPENDS ON THE DEFINITION WE'RE USING. UM, I KNOW FOR A FACT AT LEAST ONE OF THE, UH, LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UM, THAT'S BEING ADDED IS CERTIFIED AS A SMALL BUSINESS. UM, SO, SO THERE IS SOME REPRESENTATION. OKAY? THAT'S THE KEY TO ME. SOME, THE LAST DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS CITY, 97% OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE SMALL BUSINESS, BUT YET WE'RE ONLY HAVING THEM REPRESENT SOME ON THIS COMMITTEE. TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S OUTSTANDING THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES MORE ON THIS COMMITTEE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE USING THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE. 97%. AND WE HAVE ONE ON THIS COMMITTEE. I, I, I THINK WE'RE TOTALLY IGNORING OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE. AND I'D, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. MY GOODNESS. THINK OF THAT. NOT, LOOK EVERYBODY HERE, 97% OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE SMALL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO EXPRESS IT, BUT IF I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OUT THERE AND I, AND I WANNA BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND DID WE HAVE SOME BUSINESS, OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WERE PUT FORWARD NAMES FOR THIS COMMITTEE? ALEX? YES, SIR. LIKE, LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, . I KNOW THERE WAS . I KNOW ONE SPECIFICALLY BILL COX, SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION. THEY ARE GONNA BE USING THIS JUST AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER TRADE ORGANIZATION OUT THERE ON HIRING, ACTUALLY HIRING PEOPLE COMING OUTTA THIS PROGRAM. AND YET WE HAVE ONE ON THIS. I, I'M SORRY, I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T GO FOR [01:20:01] THAT. AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, REPRESENTATION FROM EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AND ESPECIALLY MORE REPRESENTED, MORE REPRESENTATION FROM THE SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THIS. NOT, I, I ASK EVERYBODY HERE TO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT. REMEMBER, 97% SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, ONE REPRESENTATIVE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. SO, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I, UH, APPRECIATE THE REMARKS. AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WE ALL HAD REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS, AND I, FOR A, UM, A FACT WAS THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED WITH DR. EVANS FROM U I W. HE HAS A LOT OF WORKFORCE BACKGROUND THAT I WAS NOT AWARE ABOUT. AND SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT IF WE WERE THINKING ABOUT ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, COMMITTEE OR SOME ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT WE COULD CONSIDER ADDING AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION, UH, PERSON, UM, I, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND SOME OF MY OTHER, UM, COLLEAGUES POINTS. ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD POINTS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE AND, AND WE RECOMMENDED A CONSIDERATION, WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE REPRESENTING, UM, FOLKS WITH, UH, DIFFERENT ABILITIES. AND SO SOMEONE THAT IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DISABILITY SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY, SOMEBODY THAT'S A REPRESENTATIVE OF SECOND CHANCES WOULD COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN KEEPS PUSHING. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING THIS, UM, TODAY JUST IF, IF WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL ADD, WELL, AGAIN, WE HAVE GREAT CANDIDATES, BUT IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TWO MORE, CAN WE CONSIDER ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL SLOTS AND I THINK ARE GREATLY, UM, MISSING, UH, FROM REPRESENTATION. RIGHT? SO THAT'S ALL, THAT'S, THAT'S MY FINAL, UH, COMMENT FOR TODAY, MAYOR. I'M FORWARD TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO OFFER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA. THANK YOU. I, ALEX I, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HERE MY, LOOKING AT THIS LIST, IT GIVES ME THE IMPRESSION THAT THE INTENT, UH, BEHIND THIS LIST IS EVIDENCED BY THE NAMES, IS THAT, UM, ALL INDUSTRIES, UH, ARE REPRESENTED AS OPPOSED TO PARTICULAR BUSINESSES. IT AM AM I RIGHT, CARLOS? THERE DEFINITELY IS. YEAH. THERE'S A VARIETY, LET SAY ALL INDUSTRIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAVE NEED FOR EMPLOYERS WITH CERTAIN SKILL LEVELS. SO THERE WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OTHER BUSINESSES, LARGE AND SMALL, THAT NEED TO HIRE THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE AS WELL. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO IS THAT ALL THE NAMES ON THIS LIST CAME OUT OF THE, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, OR RIGHT. THAT THIS WAS ALL FILTERED THROUGH GOVERNANCE. YES, SIR. YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY DID THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE VOTED ALL THE INTERVIEWED, AND THEN VOTED ON THE SLATE. OKAY. UM, AND THEN WHAT THE, THESE TWO ADDITIONAL NAMES REPRESENT THE TRADES, UH, OUR, OUR FRIENDS IN, IN LABOR AND THE UNIONS. UM, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OBJECTION TO, TO THAT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE SOMEHOW IN THIS DEBATE THAT WE'RE HAVING, UM, THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE HERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT, AT LEAST SIGNALING TO THE TRADES THAT WE WANT THEM IN THIS CONVERSATION. WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE FIRST DESIGNED THIS, UM, MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I WERE, UM, ADAMANT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, TRADES WERE INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP AND NOT OVERSEEN, RIGHT? BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM GET THEIR TRAINING, UH, FROM THE, UH, FROM THESE TRADE ORGANIZATIONS. YOU KNOW, THE I B E W HAS A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM WHERE THEY TRAIN UP, UH, ELECTRICIANS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY MAKE VERY GOOD LIVINGS. AND SO, UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT EVEN IF IT WAS AT THE END, WE BAKED INTO THIS, UM, A TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, UM, THAT GIVES ME PAUSE ABOUT THE REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S BEING SUGGESTED. UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS MR. JUAN SOLI, UH, SORRY, FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN JUAN SOLI, I DON'T THINK, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY OR HEARD ANYBODY BRING UP, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS COMPETENCE, [01:25:01] UH, TO SERVE ON THIS COMP, THIS COMMITTEE. IN FACT, THE, THE GENTLEMAN OVER THE YEARS HAS PROVED HIMSELF TO BE SUPERBLY COMPETENT TO TALK ABOUT JOB CREATION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HIS WORK ON WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OR W SS A AND, UH, HIS WORK AT THE PORT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, UM, BEYOND QUESTION AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. UH, LASTLY, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT A REPORT THAT I JUST DOWNLOADED FROM THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION'S 2020 SNAPSHOT OF INDUSTRIES AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FINANCE AND INSURANCE, OR ONE OF THE TOP FIVE, UM, IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, HEALTHCARE, WE'VE GOT RETAIL AND ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET CONSTRUCTION. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE TOP FIVE IS, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, BUT FINANCIAL SERVICES DOES. AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT THROWING OUT AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY HERE, AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY THAT SERVES SMALL BUSINESS, BY THE WAY, RIGHT? YOU DON'T GET A SMALL BUSINESS ON, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU GET FI ACCESS TO FINANCING FROM, FROM THIS, UH, FROM FINANCE, UH, FROM BANKS. UH, SO I, I THINK MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THAT EXPERTISE ON THERE IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THE, THAT FINANCE INDUSTRY IS ALSO A MAJOR JOB CREATOR. UM, AND INSURANCE TOO, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT U S A A, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CHASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROST BANK. AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF, OF ADDING THESE TWO FOLKS ON THERE. UM, I'VE, I HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THAT ADDING FEWER FOLKS, UH, IS A BETTER IDEA THAN ADDING TWO MORE FOLKS WHO ARE GONNA BRING VALUE TO THE TABLE. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND I THINK, UM, COUNCILMAN EZ RAISES SOME POINTS WORTHY OF, OF DISCUSSION. UH, FIRST I WILL GO BACK TO THE COMMENT ON THE CLIMATE COMMITTEES, UH, AND HOW WE, HOW WE DID THAT WORK. UH, IT WAS ALSO THE CREATION OF, UH, BRAND NEW COMMITTEES THAT WOULD BE ADVISORY TO THE CITY. AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO INTERVIEW SO MANY PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME, AND YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT AREAS YOU HAVE REPRESENTING AND, AND WHATEVER YOU DESIGNED BEFORE, IT MAY CHANGE ONCE YOU SEE THE CANDIDATE POOL THAT YOU HAVE. UM, SO WE DID DO THAT WITH THE CLIMATE COMMITTEES. WE DID MAKE MODIFICATIONS, BUT THE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, WHICH WAS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE THAT ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED THE SHAPE OF THAT, OF WHAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES WOULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS SECTOR REPRESENTED OR THAT SECTOR REPRESENTED, THAT'S THE SAME COMMITTEE WE WENT BACK TO AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO MODIFY THIS, AND THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON THERE. SO WE DID IT ALL COMPREHENSIVELY. SO IF I, IF I VOTED NO ON THE LAST MOTION, IT'S BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, DECISION. SO THAT'S, UH, TO FOLLOW IN THE, IN THE PRECEDENT THAT WE, THAT WE SET WITH THE, WITH THE CLIMATE COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MY, UM, VOTE WAS ABOUT. UM, AND AT THE LAST MINUTE, WE DECIDED WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY SPECIFIC SEATS, AND THAT WE NEEDED TO GO OUT AND TARGET, UH, THOSE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES BECAUSE THAT INDUSTRY NEEDED TO BE AT THE TABLE FOR, FOR THE PLAN TO BE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED. UM, SO AS FAR AS WHO WE'RE VOTING ABOUT TODAY, BACK TO COUNCILMAN ELIAS'S POINT, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT TRADE AND, AND LABOR, AND I WANNA BE CLEAR, THOSE ARE, WE'VE PUT THEM IN THE SAME CATEGORY, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT THINGS IN, IN A SENSE, RIGHT? SO, UH, YOU DO HAVE LABOR THAT'S ORGANIZED AROUND TRADES SOMETIMES, BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM HAVING A TRADE REPRESENTATIVE. UM, SO WHAT YOU, WHAT THE COUNCIL JUST APPROVED 10 TO ONE WAS TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE MOVE FORWARD. UM, MR. MCMURRAY, WHO IS WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS, UM, WHO, WHO GAVE A, A VERY GOOD INTERVIEW, UH, BUT HE DOES REPRESENT THE EMPLOYER SIDE OF THINGS. AND, UH, AND WE ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOUR EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT IN THE SECTORS. THE PERSON WHO DID NOT MOVE FORWARD, WHO I AM, UM, WHO I ACTUALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE MOVE FORWARD IS MR. BOBBY EVA, WHO REPRESENTS LABOR, THE WORKER SIDE OF THINGS. SO, UH, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM ALSO WORKS FOR WORKERS, [01:30:01] SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE AT THE TABLE AS WELL. SO, I, I WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT MOVING MR. VEDA FORWARD TODAY. UM, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, UM, THE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES. I, I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME ON THESE FOUR INDUSTRIES THAT WERE NAMED AS, UH, WERE IDENTIFIED AS FAST GROWING INDUSTRIES, THE ONES WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT MORE, UM, MORE PEOPLE AT WORK. SO, UH, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR, FOR NOW. THAT'S WHAT I, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT, LET'S BE CAREFUL. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADE AND LABOR, AND LABOR DOES NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER . THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THAT WAS A GREAT, UM, POINT THAT YOU SHARED. UM, AND TO MY OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUE WHO, UH, COUNCIL , WHO MENTIONED WE WANT TRADES, UH, OR HE SAID WE WANT TRADES A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND LABOR. UM, I, I WANT LABOR AND TRADES A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. I WANT EVERYBODY A PART OF THE CONVERSATION IF WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING THIS, UM, THE, THE, UH, SECTORS, BECAUSE NOW I FEEL LIKE WE ARE TARGETING CATEGORIES WHERE IN DECEMBER, WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT CATEGORIES IN PARTICULAR, UM, OR CATEGORIES WITHIN THE LOCAL EMPLOYER IN DEMAND, OCCUPATION. UM, SO IF WE CHOOSE TO EXPAND WITH INDUSTRIES, ANOTHER INDUSTRY, THEN YOU MENTIONED CHASE FROST BANK, U S A A, WELL THEN LET'S REACH OUT AND RECRUIT AND ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE ANYBODY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THIS, UM, THIS CONVERSATION, IF WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND IT. AND, UM, I DID, ALEX, WHAT WAS THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE VOTE FOR? THE EXPANSION OF THE ADDITIONAL TWO? YES, MA'AM. AND I, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ASK THE CLERK IF SHE, TINA MIGHT HAVE THAT WITHDRAW AND REFER TO THE NOTES FROM THE MEETING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, YOU WOULD LIKE THE VOTE ON THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MOVING OUT THE SLATE. UM, SO THEY HAD A VOTE, UH, TO STRUCTURE WHEN THEY ADDED FINANCE, UH, SLOT FOR JUAN LEASE. THERE WAS A VOTE FOR TRADE WHEN BOBBY VELA WAS SUGGESTED TO THE ADDED, AND THAT PASSED AS WELL AS ONCE ELISE PASSED, AND THERE WAS A VOTE FOR, UM, THE MEMBERS JERRY GRABBER. UM, I HAVE SPURLOCK MCMURRAY. WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE VOTE? WAS IT UNANIMOUS VOTE? YES, MA'AM. FOR ALL OF IT. UM, EXCEPT THERE WAS NAYS ON TWO NAYS ON THE STRUCTURE, WHICH WAS D FOUR AND D SEVEN WERE NAY, BUT THE OTHER TWO VOTES WERE UNANIMOUS. OKAY, SO FOR THE, WHICH STRUCTURE CHANGE TO ADD , THAT WAS THE TWO NAMES. OKAY. SO THAT STRUCTURE CHANGE FOR ANOTHER INSTITUTION IN THE LOCAL IN DEMAND WAS PAST THREE TO TWO? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER . COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS AND, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO SHOULD FILL THESE ADDITIONAL SLOTS AND HOW MANY SLOTS THERE SHOULD BE. I, I WANNA OFFER AN AMENDMENT HERE TO MOVE THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE ON THE ADDITIONAL SLOTS, UM, THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY. UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY. THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO DELAY, NOT AN AMENDMENT. OKAY, GOOD. A MOTION TO DELAY. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. WAS THAT THE GROUND WITH THE SECOND, UH, TO, UM, TABLE, UH, DELAY THE, UH, AND, AND MAYOR, USUALLY WE NEED A, A, A DATE SPECIFIC FOR DELAY. THAT COULD EITHER BE THE MARCH 18TH MEETING OR THE FOLLOWING MEETING. I WOULD IMAGINE YOU, UH, WANT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. THERE SHOULD BE A DATE AFTERWARD. WHAT'S THE DATE? 18TH OF MARCH, TO GIVE THE BOTH, UH, COMMITTEES TO HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT ON THE, THEIR AGENDAS. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. HOW [01:35:01] FOR COUNCILMAN IS TO FIND A DATE THAT GIVES THE COMMITTEES A, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND RECOMMEND A COUNCIL, UH, MARCH 17TH. COUNCIL MEMBER, PERRY, WHY, WHY DON'T, UH, WHY DON'T YOU, UM, MAKE YOUR MOTION TO SEND THE ITEM BACK TO COMMITTEES AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY A DATE SPECIFICALLY AT THIS POINT. OKAY, SO THAT WOULD WORK TOO. SO MOVED TO SEND BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. UH, CONCUR. CONCUR. OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW IS TO SEND THE ADDITIONAL TWO SLOTS AND THE STRUCTURE CHANGE BACK TO COMMITTEE. UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? UH, MAYOR, WHICH COMMITTEE? WHICH COMMITTEE? UH, IT WOULD GO BACK TO GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, COUNCILMAN BAR GARCIA. JUST WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN PERRY, BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO AT THE BEGINNING SO WE WOULDN'T LOSE AN HOUR AND A HALF CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY, I APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SEND THE AMENDED STRUCTURE BACK TO GOVERNANCE, UM, ALONG WITH THE TWO RECOMMENDED NOMINEES FOR THOSE POSITIONS. UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. LET'S, LET'S DO A ROLL ON THIS ONE. UM, SORRY GUYS. UH, TINA, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THE ROLL VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RJA GARCIA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ NAYYY. COUNCIL MEMBER VEO. HAVE THAT NAYYY. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER S NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. NAYYY. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AYE. AND MARY NUREMBERG. NAY? UH, IT IS APPROVED MAYOR SIX FIVE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, IF, IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN, UH, THE, THE SECOND, UH, THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR FOR THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS MOVED. ANDY, IS THAT RIGHT? NO, THAT WE'RE APPROVED OR APPROVE, MAYOR. OH, SO WE CAN STILL DO THAT. OKAY. WAIT, SAY THAT AGAIN ANDY. SO, UH, GOING BACK TO RECAP, THE, THE, THE ITEM 16 WAS SEPARATED INTO TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM WAS THE ORIGINAL SLATE OF NINE THAT WAS CONSIDERED AND APPROVED BY COUNSEL. SO THE SECOND ITEM WAS THE ADDITIONAL TWO, AND THERE WAS A MOTION APPROVED TO SEND THAT BACK TO COMMITTEE. ALRIGHT, DO WE NEED TO TAKE UP COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ'S MOTION TO APPROVE THE TWO TODAY? NO, BECAUSE THE, UH, MOTION TO DELAY SUPERSEDE THIS. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. OKAY, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DONE WITH ITEM 16. ALRIGHT. AND, AND I WILL IZE, UH, THIS ITEM, UH, JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE DON'T HAVE A, A DATE IN FRONT OF US YET, BUT WE'LL DO THAT. UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON. UH, ITEM [18. 21-1741 Ordinance approving a portion of the downtown area to be designated as a Clean Zone to regulate certain commercial activity on public property in connection with the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, beginning on March 16, 2021 through April 4, 2021; designating the geographical boundaries for the Clean Zone in the downtown area; providing for special Clean Zone license permits; and establishing criminal penalties to be imposed for violation of this Ordinance with a fine not to exceed $2,000.00. Revenue generated from Clean Zone license permits will be deposited in the General Fund. [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Patricia M. Cantor, Executive Director, Convention and Sports Facilities]] 18. ITEM NUMBER 18 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PORTION OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO BE DESIGNATED AS A CLEAN ZONE TO REGULATE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2021 N C A A DIVISION ONE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, BEGINNING ON MARCH 16TH, 2021 THROUGH MARCH, I'M SORRY, THROUGH APRIL 4TH, 2021, DESIGNATING THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES FOR THE CLEAN ZONE AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA, PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL CLEAN ZONE LICENSE PERMITS AND ESTABLISHING CRIMINAL PENALTIES TO BE IMPOSED FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. WITH A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 REVENUE GENERATED FROM CLEAN ZONE LICENSE PERMITS WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND. ALRIGHT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO BE SURE TO PULL THIS ITEM FORWARD BECAUSE, UM, ONE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THE N C A A WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR IS GOING TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I AL ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXTREME LENGTHS [01:40:01] THAT OUR SAN ANTONIO SPORTS, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE M C A A HAVE GONE TOWARDS TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND HEALTHY DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME. BUT I ALSO, UM, WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW THE GOVERNOR'S, UM, ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE MADE MIGHT IMPACT THAT. SO IF STAFF COULD PLEASE GIVE US THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S BECAUSE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. COUNCILMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE THE PRESENTATION? DO YOU WANT, SAY, ANSWER THAT QUESTION? NO, NO. I WANTED THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE. OKAY, JOHN. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. UM, UH, PATRICIA MUS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. UM, NEXT SLIDE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AS FAR AS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY, UH, PROTOCOLS, UM, UH, DR. BRIDGER HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN WEEKLY CALLS WITH THE N C A HEALTH OFFICIAL, UH, TO HELP FORMALIZE THE, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR, UH, THE TOURNAMENT. THE CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITY STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH NCAA ON ALL OF THE OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS. SOME OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WILL BE IN PLACE AT BOTH THE ALAMO DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, INCLUDE SOME OF THE SAME HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE FOR PAST EVENTS. AND SOME OF THESE ITEMS INCLUDE, UH, SYMPTOM AND TEMPERATURE SCREENING OF GUESTS UPON ENTRY, SOCIALLY DISTANT SEATING CONFIGURATIONS HERE IN MEET IN, IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND MEETING ROOMS, AS WELL AS IN THE STADIUM. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SIGNAGE PROMOTING HYGIENE PRACTICES, AS WELL AS REQUIRING A FACE MAX. UH, AND SOCIAL DISTANCING, UH, WILL HAVE HAND SANITIZING, UH, STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND INCREASED CLEANING OF HIGH, UH, TOUCHPOINT, UH, AREAS. AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED CONTACTLESS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITIES, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC ENTRY DOORS TO THE CENTER AT TICKET SCANNER, KIOSK AT THE ALAMO DOME, AND ALSO TOUCHLESS FAUCETS AND FLUSH VALVES IN BOTH, UH, FACILITIES. NEXT SLIDE. AS FAR AS THE NCAA, THEY HAVE ALSO, THEY'RE ALSO ON THEIR PART IMPLEMENTING, UM, SEVERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ATHLETES AND THE TRAVEL PARTY WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE C OVID, UH, 19 TESTED, UH, PRIOR TO ARRIVAL TO SAN ANTONIO. IN ADDITION, UH, DAILY C OVID 19 TESTING FOR ATHLETES AND THE TRAVEL PARTY, UM, WILL HAPPEN WHILE THEY'RE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, THE NCAA WILL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTING, UH, C OVID 19 TESTED ZONES, WHICH PROHIBIT INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THESE TESTED ZONES TO COME INTO, UH, THOSE AREAS. UM, ATHLETES, COACHES AND STAFF WILL ALSO WEAR PROXIMITY SENSORS THAT WILL ALARM WHENEVER THEY GET WITHIN SIX FEET OF EACH OTHER AND ALL ACCREDITED, UM, OR ALL INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT WILL BE ON SITE MUST WEAR A FACE MASK AND PHYSICALLY DISTANCE ON SITE. SO AGAIN, BASED ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR, UM, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO, NO CHANGES. UM, AS FAR, UM, AS THAT, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE, UH, TO REQUIRE FACE MASKS TO, UM, HAVE A SOCIALLY DISTANCED SEATING CONFIGURATION, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ASK AND REMIND PEOPLE TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE. THANK YOU, PATRICIA. SO YOU MENTIONED, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, THE CLEAN ZONE. SO ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER, ALAMO DOME AREA? AND IN BETWEEN THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED AS A CLEAN ZONE? THERE'S, THERE'S A BOUNDARY AREA THAT, UM, JOHN, CAN YOU PULL UP, PULL UP THE MAP OF THE CLEAN ZONE, AND THAT BASICALLY ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THE HOTELS WHERE THE TEAMS WILL BE PLAYING, AS WELL AS THE VENUES HERE AT DOWNTOWN. I THINK THEY BE, UM, BETTER IF YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE CLEAN ZONE IS AND WHAT IT DOES DOESN'T. ? YES, PLEASE. SO, SO, UH, THE CLEAN ZONE, BASICALLY IR REGULATES COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THIS ATED AREA. UM, AND, UM, ALSO PROHIBITS AMBUSH MARKETING. SO, UM, BASICALLY YEAH, IN ORDER, UM, VENDORS HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS IF THEY DO WANNA INVENT GOODS AND SERVICES IN THIS DESIGNATED AREA DURING [01:45:01] THE TOURNAMENT, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHATEVER SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WE ARE ALSO EN ENFORCING. YES, MA'AM. GREAT. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU PATRICIA. I KNOW YOU AND YOUR CREW HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, VERY, VERY HARD THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, JENNY CARNES WITH SA SPORTS AND THAT ENTIRE CREW WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, LIVING, BREATHING, EATING N C A A FINAL FOUR FOR THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS. SO I WANNA, UH, THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS AND THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE EVEN WITH WHATEVER, UH, WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'M MORE MAYOR, I MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 18. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I HAD ALSO HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS, UH, FOR, FOR THIS EVENT. I AM GLAD TO HEAR WHAT YOU DESCRIBED, UH, PATRICIA. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY QUESTION HAS TO DO ABOUT OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF WHERE THE EVENT IS ACTUALLY BEING HOSTED, BUT DOWNTOWN WE SAW THAT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THIS QUESTION IS IS FOR PATRICIA, BUT MAYBE FOR ERIC, WE SAW THAT EVEN WHEN THERE WEREN'T, UM, SORRY, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE NCAA HERE, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE RIVERWALK AND THAT IT WAS CROWDED, AND I RECEIVED NUMEROUS, UH, COMMENTS FREQUENTLY SAYING THAT PEOPLE FELT UNSAFE. UH, AS YOU KNOW, IT IS OUTDOORS, SO IT DOES, UH, IT DOES ALLOW FOR, FOR SOME AIRFLOW, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOREFOOT, UH, PATHWAYS, RIGHT? WHERE PEOPLE, UH, STOP AND CONGREGATE. UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE MUSICIANS STOPPING TO PERFORM AND PEOPLE WATCHING THEM. SO, UH, I'M WONDERING IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING, UM, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ALONG THE RIVER COUNCIL. THE, UM, UM, MY TEAM HAS BEEN, UM, GATHERED UP TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UM, SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, BY THE GOVERNOR ON WEDNESDAY ABOUT NEXT WEDNESDAY'S ORDER AND HOW WE DEAL WITH CITY PROPERTY. UM, AND, UH, I THINK WE'LL HAVE, UH, I'M I'LL, I'LL GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM LATER ON. I MEAN, I, I THINK ALL OF YOU SAW THE EMAIL I SENT TO EMPLOYEES YESTERDAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO STILL REQUIRE THOSE SAME PROTOCOLS GOING FORWARD FOR ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES, AS WELL AS THE RULES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS IN OUR BUILDINGS. UM, THE, THE, UM, THE OUTDOOR, UH, OUTDOOR POSES A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE, UM, IN THE SENSE THAT, UM, THE RIVERWALK THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, THE FOREFOOT PATHWAY VERSUS A BASKETBALL COURT VERSUS THE LATA OPEN, UH, AREA, PLAZA AREA, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UM, DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES? UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. I, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT, UM, AND, AND, UH, TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER TO, UH, WE, WE ARE NOT, WE, WE ARE NOT, UH, WE WILL NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE WITH A CITATION. THE QUESTION IS, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO IN TERMS OF REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, THAT SPACE? SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. EVEN, I THINK EVEN SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO ON CITY PROPERTY, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ENFORCE IT, I THINK THAT GOES, UH, ONE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UH, I ALSO THINK WE MUST CONSIDER WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF NOT JUST OUR VISITORS, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES WHO DO WORK ON, ON THE RIVER, WHO HAVE BEEN BASICALLY ABANDONED BY THIS, UH, THIS ORDER BY, BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THEY'VE BEEN LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. SO, UH, ERIC, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR US ON THIS? PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AL, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. THANK YOU. DID, UH, I GUESS THIS IS ALSO FOR ERICA. DOES, DOES THIS CLEAN ZONE DESIGNATION ALTER ANY OF THE PROTOCOLS WITH REGARDS TO OUR HOMELESS AND ENCAMPMENTS? UM, PATRICIA, I, UM, OR CARLOS, I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S JUST THE ON STREET MARKETING OR SALES OF, OF MATERIAL THAT MAY BE T-SHIRT RELATED OR HATS. THAT'S CORRECT, ERIC. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND SO WERE, UH, SOME OF THOSE VENDORS, UH, UH, CONSULTED [01:50:01] WITH, OR, OR ADVISED OF THIS BEFOREHAND, EXI THE EXISTING VENDORS, CORRECT. UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, SS A P D WHO ENFORCES, UM, THIS, UM, ALSO, UM, THEY'RE GIVEN THE ORDINANCE, THEY'RE TOLD, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THE PARAMETERS OF IT, UM, AND AS THEY LOG WILL BE ADDRESSING THIS, THAT IT HAS NO IMPLICATIONS ON THE HOMELESS POPULATION. AND, UM, VENDORS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT IS IN PLACE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE DO THIS A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AND OTHER MEMBERS, UM, FOR EVERY FINAL FOUR ACTIVITY WE HAD, WE DID IN 2018, THEY WERE AWARE OF IT. UH, AND OF COURSE WE'RE DOING IT NOW. OKAY. AND, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, I THINK, UH, IF, IF WE HAVE AN EXISTING VENDOR DOWNTOWN THAT SELLS, I DON'T KNOW, YOU NAME IT, UH, THE, THE CLEAN ZONE IS DIRECTED TOWARDS ONLY THOSE THAT ARE SELLING UNLICENSED MATERIAL OR MERCHANDISE FROM THE NCAA. SO IF WE'VE GOT AN EXISTING VENDOR THAT THAT'S OPERATING DOWNTOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY PERMITTING IT, THIS CLEAN ZONE ORDINANCE DOES NOT IMPACT THAT INDIVIDUAL AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT SELLING UNLICENSED NCAA MATERIAL. YEAH. THANKS ERIC. I WAS GONNA SUMMARIZE IT, PROBABLY OVERSIMPLIFIED BY SIMPLY SAYING, YEAH, THE CLEAN ZONE, ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE ONLY OFFICIALLY LICENSED PRODUCT IS SOLD IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE VENUES. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 18 DURING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM [21. 21-1863 Resolution initiating historic landmark designation for 6439 De Zavala and waiving application fees totaling $5,957.20. Funding for the application fees is available in the Office of Historic Preservation General Fund FY 2021 Adopted Budget. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Shanon Shea Miller, Director, Office of Historic Preservation].] 21. ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 9 2 9 0 LESLIE ROAD AND WAIVING THE APPLICATION FEES TOTALLING $5,957 AND 20 CENTS. FUNDING FOR THE APPLICATION FEE IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GENERAL FUND, FISCAL YEAR 2021. ADOPTED BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE APRIL 1ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 21 TO THE APRIL 1ST CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [22. 20-5971 Ordinance reappointing Melanie A. Castillo, Clarissa L. Chavarria, Lisa M. Gonzales, Daniel Guerrero, Linda H. Lewis, James Daniel Kassahn, Michael Ramos, Margarita S. Pol, and Peter Andrew Zamora as Full-Time Municipal Court Judges and reappointing Kenneth Bell, Lauren M. Lefton, Frank D. Sandoval, Alfredo Macias Tavera, and Aida Ann Zaragoza as Part-Time Municipal Court Judges for the remainder of a two-year term expiring April 30, 2022. [Carla Obledo, Presiding Municipal Court Judge]] 22. ITEM 22 IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 6 4 3 9 VALLA AND WAIVING APPLICATION FEES TOTALING $5,957 AND 20 CENTS. FUNDING FOR THE APPLICATION FEES IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GENERAL FUND, FISCAL YEAR 2021. ADOPTED BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER WAS, UM, I'M SO SORRY. UH, C CAN WE REPEAT THAT, TINA? I BUT YOU CUT OUT. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN. THIS IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION AT 6 4 3 9 DAYS OF ALLAH AND WAIVING THE APPLICATION FEES FOR TOTALING $5,957 AND 20 CENTS. YEAH, MOVE TO DENIED. THANK YOU. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM 22. ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 24. [24. 21-1893 Approving the following two items relating to agreements with Centro San Antonio for construction relief grants: [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development & Operations]] ITEM 24 IS A ORDINANCE APPROVING THE NAMING OF THE MILITARY DRIVE TRAILHEAD TO DORA JORDAN TRAILHEAD, LOCATED AT 8 6 8 8 0 2 WEST MILITARY DRIVE. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EO HDE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. WRONG NUMBER IN MY NOTES. SORRY, MELISSA. COUNCIL MEMBER? NO, UH, NO PROBLEM. MAYOR, MAY I HAVE THE PRESENTATION [01:55:01] PLEASE? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS HOMER, UH, DIRECTOR OF PARKS FOR RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THERE IS NOT A STAFF PRESENTATION, HOWEVER. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE PARTICULARS OF THIS COMMUNITY REQUEST. SO, MS. DORA JORDAN, UH, SERVED THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES. UM, SHE, DURING HER TIME WITH US, WORKED ON SOME HIGH PROFILE EVENTS, UH, DIRECTLY SUPPORTING, UH, EVENTS SUCH AS NEW YEAR'S EVE EVENT AND WORKING WITH THE PARKS FOUNDATION AND, UH, FORMER MAYOR RO AS WELL AS, UH, JAZZ ALIVE. UH, DURING HER TIME WITH PARKS, UH, SHE ALSO DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A TRANSLATOR FOR DIGNITARIES FROM LATIN AMERICA. AND, UM, HER, HER LEGACY CERTAINLY HAS LEFT AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY TO THE EXTENT THAT WHILE, UH, MS. JORDAN DID PASS AWAY LAST SUMMER, UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT CAME FORWARD, UH, TO REMEMBER HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, UM, IT IS SPECIAL FOR PARKS. IT'S ONE OF OUR OWN, UH, BUT THAT'S THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, HOMER. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE THE NAMING OF THE MILITARY DRIVE TRAILHEAD AFTER MS. DORA JORDAN, WHO COMMITTED 32 YEARS IN SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. LIKE YOU, LIKE YOU NOTED, MS. JORDAN BEGAN HER CAREER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION AS A CLERK AND ADVANCED TO A SPECIAL ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR, WHILE MENTORING AND ENCOURAGING OTHER WOMEN OF COLOR TO PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. MS. JORDAN ORGANIZED MANY NOTABLE EVENTS, AS YOU MENTIONED, INCLUDING THE CITY'S NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS, JAZZ, LIVE FESTIVALS, PARK, DEDICATION, AND DIGNITARY EVENTS, INCLUDING THE 1987 VISIT BY POPE JOHN PAUL, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR TO DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT FOUR DISTRICT. I HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HER VERY BRIEFLY. I WORKED FOR, UM, THE PARKS FOUNDATION UNDER MAYOR , UH, AND WE OF COURSE HELPED COORDINATE THE, THE JAZZ LIFE FESTIVALS. AT THAT TIME, IN JULY OF 2020, MS. JORDAN TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 75 WHEN C 19, SINCE HER PASSING, MS. JORDAN'S FAMILY, SOME OF WHOM LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX AND NEAR THIS TRAILHEAD, HER FRIENDS AND FORMER COLLEAGUES HAVE MET WITH MY STAFF AND I TO EXPRESS THE IMPACT OF THIS ENERGETIC, PASSIONATE, AND VERY BELOVED DAUGHTER OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR ASSISTING ME IN FINDING A WAY TO HONOR THIS INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVANT. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT MY TIME ON COUNCIL WILL MAKE A FRACTION OF THE IMPACT MS. JORDAN DID, AND I'M VERY HUMBLED TO PLAY A SMALL ROLE IN FURTHERING THE MEMORY OF DORA JORDAN IN DISTRICT SIX, AND IN FACT, OUR ENTIRE CITY. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CAB. AND I THINK WE ALL, UM, STAYING WITH YOU IN THOSE COMMENTS, UH, WE'VE LOST A GREAT PUBLIC SERVANT TO SAN ANTONIO. UH, SO, UH, APPRECIATE THIS, THIS ITEM AND OUR SMALL WAY OF HONORING, UH, A VERY GIANT LIFE FOR OUR CITY. OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 24. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE DO NOW HAVE JUST A FEW ITEMS, UH, REMAINING, UH, FROM OUR ZONING AGENDA. SO LET'S GET ON WITH THAT. I THINK WE START WITH [Z-1. 21-1802 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700122 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-6 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "RM-4 AHOD" Residential Mixed Airport Hazard Overlay District on the East 12.5 feet of Lot 11, Lot 12 and Lot 13, Block 2, NCB 6481, located at 1526 West Mistletoe Avenue. Staff recommends Denial, with Alternate Recommendation. Zoning Commission recommends Denial. (Continued from February 18, 2021)] ITEM Z ONE. THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR ITEM Z ONE FROM R SIX TO RMM FOUR, LOCATED AT 1526 WEST MISSILE TOE AVENUE STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R SIX CD FOR TWO UNITS. ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 25 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, 10 OPPOSED JEFFERSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%. THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN AMENDMENT TO R SIX CD FOR TWO UNITS, ALONG WITH AN AMENDED SITE PLAN. OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, SIGNED UP TO STATE ON ITEM Z ONE. GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM NOW. WE'LL START WITH CHARLES RILEY, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINE RILEY. CHARLES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. GO AHEAD, MR. RILEY, ARE YOU WITH US? GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OR MORNING? YES, WE DO. YOU. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRESENT THIS, UH, MARRIED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY WIFE [02:00:01] CHRISTINE, AND I, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND HIS STAFF, INCLUDING DEL BROOKS HAVE, HAVE DONE TO HELP US, UH, BRING THIS INFILL DEVELOPMENT DUPLEX PROJECT TO YOU TO HERE TODAY. UH, INITIALLY THIS WAS, UM, FILED AS A FOURPLEX. WE WANTED TO MAXIMIZE INFILL DEVELOPMENT. THE LOT USED TO HAVE, UH, THREE UNITS ON IT, A DUPLEX AND A GARAGE APARTMENT. BUT CITY STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BIT TOO MUCH. THE ZONING COMMISSION AGREED, THE NEIGHBORS WERE CONCERNED THAT IT WAS JUST GONNA BE TOO MUCH DENSITY FOR A, WITH A FAIRLY NARROW RESIDENTIAL STREET. SO, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE, WE ARE AMENDING OUR APPLICATION HERE TODAY. AND, UH, SIMPLY ASKING FOR R SIX ZONING WITH ADDITIONAL USE FOR TWO UNITS, UH, THAT WAS THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY CITY STAFF. UM, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS SINCE THEN, AND REFINED OUR PLANS FOR THE DUPLEX MANY, MANY TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY ADDITIONAL CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED EVERY, EVERY CONCERN. UH, WE PUT IN FIVE OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, WHICH ENSURE THAT OUR TENANTS ON THIS TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH DUPLEX, UM, WILL HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING OFF STREETS, NOT GONNA ADD TO ANY CONGESTION. UH, WE'VE GOT REAR ENTRANCES SO THAT THE TENANTS CAN HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE HOMES, UH, FROM THAT REAR PARKING, UM, PUT IN, UH, WE'VE GOT A BIG GREEN SPACE AND, UH, OUS COVER THROUGHOUT THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKING AREA TO MAKE SURE THE DRAINAGE IS NOT AN ISSUE. UH, WE'VE LIMITED THE BUILDING TO JUST ONE STORY. UM, SO THAT TOOK CARE OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT IT BEING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN OTHER BUILDINGS ALONG THE, UH, HOMES ALONG THE STREET. AND THEN A TREVINO SUGGESTED THE LAST MEETING. WE REDUCED THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROPOSED DUPLEX TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S AN OFFICE IN THE BACK THAT, UM, THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WERE CONCERNED TO BE CONVERTED INTO A BEDROOM. WELL, NOW THE FOOTPRINT IS SMALLER. IT'S NOT AT ALL, UH, BIG ENOUGH TO BE A BEDROOM, SO IT'S FOR SURE JUST A TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH DUPLEX, WHICH, WHICH IS GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, LESS DENSITY REALLY THAN A, THAN A LARGE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOME, MOST LIKELY. SO THROUGHOUT THE ZONING PROCESS, WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS. WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DEAL WITH CONCERNS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WERE DIRECTED AT THAT ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE FOURPLEX. NOW THAT WE'VE, UM, DOWNSIZED IT TO A DUPLEX AND ADDRESSED ALL THESE CONCERNS, WE'RE REALLY, UH, GRATEFUL THAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO IS, HAS AGREED TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDED PLAN. AND, YOU KNOW, FINALLY, I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT, UM, REALLY FITS WITHIN NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FOR THE AREA, BUT ALSO THESE LARGER CITYWIDE GOALS OF, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT TO DEAL WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SPRAWL ISSUES THAT WE ALL KNOW SAN ANTONIO, UH, IS FACING. SO, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE'RE COMMITTED TO RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, AND, UH, WE THINK THIS IS A RESPONSIBLE PLAN TO CONVERT A VACANT LOCK IN THE HEART OF THE CITY INTO A AFFORD HOUSING. AND WE WOULD ASK YOUR RESPECTFULLY, ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. UH, CHRISTINE RILEY. UH, CHRISTINE, WE FORGOT THAT OUR, OUR DAUGHTER WAS, UM, IN SPRING BREAK, SO SHE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO JOIN US. SHE JUST ASKED THAT I WOULD, UH, CONVEY HER APPRECIATION FOR EVERYONE'S TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. THANK, YES. HELLO, UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS, THIS IS MR. JACK FINGER? YES, SIR. ITEM Z ONE. THIS IS ABOUT THE IDEA OF, UH, REPLACING A FOURPLEX INTO THE AREA ON, ON, ON MISSILE WEST MISSILE TOE. WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS ABOUT THE, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HERE. YOU HAVE NOT ONLY DID THE STAFF RECOMMEND ZONING, STAFF RECOMMEND DENIAL YOU THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL FOR IT. UH, THERE ARE 25 NOTICES SET OUT, AND 11 OF THEM CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION TO THAT, THAT THAT'S NEARLY, THAT'S NEARLY 50% WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU, YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO, TO HAVE ANYTHING LIKE, LIKE FIVE OR 10% IN OPPOSITION. AND, AND YOU HAD AS MANY AS 27 PEOPLE OPPOSE IT FROM OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT, UH, BOUNDARIES THERE. THE, UH, THE, THE STAFF, THE ZONING STAFF SAID THAT THIS, THIS WHOLE THING WAS A BAD IDEA BECAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. IT'S GONNA CAUSE EXCESSIVE DENSITY. YES, MR. CHAO, UH, THIS IS A BAD IDEA AND YOU, YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T BE VOTING FOR IT. IN FACT, YOU SHOULD, SHOULD BE OFFERING A MOTION FOR DENIAL TO IT. A FOURPLEX. IT'S, IT'S JUST TOO, TOO WAY, TOO DENSE FOR, FOR THIS, THIS PARTICULAR AREA. SO, SO PLEASE, I, I, I, I, I, I REQUESTED THAT YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE SAY, SAY NO TO [02:05:01] THIS THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER TNO. THANK YOU. UH, THIS CASE WAS FILED IN JULY OF 2020 AND HAS MADE A NUMBER OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION. THE FORMER PROJECT REQUESTED FOUR TWO STORY UNITS WITH ROOFTOP AMENITIES AND ACCESS. THIS IMMEDIATELY DREW THE OPPOSITION OF THE 200 FOOT 200 FEET, UH, RESIDENCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WE HAD COUNTLESS MEETINGS WITH THE APPLICANT DEVELOPER AND 200, UH, FEET NEIGHBORS TO DISCUSS MAJOR CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSAL. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CHANGES NECESSARY WERE A REDUCTION OF THE DENSITY AND HEIGHT, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PARKING AND REAR GREEN SPACE ACCESS. THE FINAL PROJECT, WHICH FEATURES A TRADITIONAL ONE STORY DUPLEX AS A RESULT OF MONTHS OF NEGOTIATION AND HAS TRULY BEEN A COMMUNITY EFFORT. UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE THESE EFFORTS, SIX OF THE 11 OPPOSITION LETTERS WITHIN 200 FEET ARE ON FILE IN REFERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT, WHICH WE ALL AGREED WAS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AS AMENDED. AND AGAIN, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED AND ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT WE CREATED A A A A, A NEW TOOL THAT WE BELIEVE IS, IS GONNA BE USEFUL WITH REGARDS TO, UH, ZONING AND DENSITY, UH, THAT CAN BE APPLIED ON, ON FUTURE, UH, ZONING ISSUES THAT NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO DENSITY. AND HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT ANY TIME. A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, THE AMENDED SITE PLAN FOR TWO UNITS. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z ONE AS AMENDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [Z-3. 21-1804 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700277 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 MLOD-3 MLR-2 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Martindale Army Airfield Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ-1 MLOD-3 MLR-2 AHOD" Limited Intensity Infill Development Zone Martindale Army Airfield Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted for six (6) dwelling units on the south 53 feet of Lots 8-10 and the north 53 feet of Lots 8-10, NCB 1339, located at 815 Saint James Street and 819 Saint James Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from February 18, 2021)] D Z THREE. ITEM Z THREE IS A REZONING FROM R FORD ID Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS, LOCATED AT EIGHT 15 ST. JAMES STREET IN EIGHT 19 ST. JAMES STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 42 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT A MOTION TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR FAMILY DWELLING UNITS INSTEAD OF THE SIX SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z THREE AS AMENDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [Z-5. 21-1806 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700220 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "FR" Farm and Ranch District and "FR AHOD" Farm and Ranch Airport Hazard Overlay District to "R-4" Residential Single-Family District and "R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot TR-11, Block 11, CB 4069B, located at 4345 Mickey Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from February 18, 2021)] Z FIVE. ITEM Z FIVE IS A REZONING FROM FR TO R FOUR, LOCATED AT 43 45 MICKEY ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 11. NOTICES MAILED. ZERO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. UM, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z FIVE. JACK GER? YES. UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS JACK M GER. YES. TODAY WAS, IS THIS? YES. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. HELLO. HI, MR. WE HEAR YOU. HELLO. OKAY. YES. UH, Z FIVE. THIS, THIS ONE ALSO, THIS PROPOSAL IS ALSO A BAD IDEA BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVE TO LIVE AROUND IT. WELL, THEY DON'T WANT IT. THEY DON'T WANT WHY? WELL, I, IT'S, IT IS A FARM, FARM AND RANCH DISTRICT ORIGINALLY HERE, AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING, TRYING TO MAKE IT INTO A RESIDENTIAL. APPARENTLY A BIG SUBDIVISION THERE. THEY'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING THEM MANY, MANY HOUSES THERE. AND YOU HAD AS MANY AS, UH, UH, WELL, THE, THE SOUTH TURN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OPPOSED THE THING. THEY PUT THAT ON RECORD THERE. YOU HAVE FIVE PEOPLE SPEAKING AGAINST THIS AT THE, AT THE ZONING SESSION WHEN YOU, YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO HAVE JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ANYTHING THERE. YES. UM, AND THERE'S THREE PEOPLE, THREE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY CAME AT, TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO COME OUT AND SPEAK AGAINST IT AGAIN. APPARENTLY THESE ARE, [02:10:01] THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO THE BIG SUBDIVISION. YOU'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING THERE. AND, WELL, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, WHY, WHY NOT ABIDE BY THEIR WISHES INSTEAD OF THE WISHES OF SOMEBODY WHO, WHO'S PLANNING ON JUST PRO PROFITING FROM IT HERE? YES. I'M, I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY JUST TO SAY NO TO THIS ONE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE NEWLY FORMED, UH, SOUTHTON COMMUNITY ORGAN, UH, ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST. UM, MY OFFICE HAS HOSTED MEETINGS AS WELL AS A RECENT WEBEX MEETING, WEBEX MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR, UM, ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT THE, UM, THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD AND HAD ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. I DO WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO THANK ALL OF THE CITY STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE ALSO THERE. UM, SOME ON THIS CALL, SOME, UH, FROM OUR DRAINAGE AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE, IT IS A GROWING COMMUNITY AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON OUT THERE, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE, CURBS, SIDEWALKS, AS WELL AS DRAINAGE ISSUES. BUT AS A RESULT, THE APPLICANT HAS PRODUCED A SET OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS ARE REQUESTING SOME MORE TIME FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW. SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THESE RE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH THEM WITH PLENTY OF TIME. I MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS TO MARCH 18TH. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS THE FIVE TO MARCH 18TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS [Items P-1 & Z-6] P1 AND Z SIX. MAYOR P1 AND Z SIX IS AMENDING THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN FROM AG BUSINESS TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER FROM FR TO M H C LOCATED AT 21 1 93 LAMB ROAD STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THREE NOTICES, UH, WERE MAILED. ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED THAT'S A STATE ON ITEMS P ONE AND Z SIX. YEAH. FINGER? YES. UH, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS JACK M FINGER, P ONE, AND Z SIX. ONCE AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED AT AN EARLIER CASE, THIS IS ANOTHER TRAILER HOME PARK BEING PROPOSED. YES. THIS ONE. AND, AND NOT, AND THIS ONE IS NOT JUST THE ONLY ONE BESIDES ONE. WE SAW EARLIER THAT THERE'S ONE IN, UH, ITEM NUMBER Z EIGHT AS WELL. UH, NOW, MRS. VILLA GRAND, I QUITE FRANKLY DID. IT'S ADMITTEDLY, TRAILER HOME PARKS ARE JUST, ARE NOT THE KIND OF OF PROPOSAL THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. IN FACT, THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS E SIX. I BELIEVE THIS ONE WAS NEAR THE, THE SANDY OAKS, UH, TO TEXAS AREA. HAS ANYBODY TOLD THE SANDY OAKS PEOPLE THAT WHAT, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NEXT PRACTICALLY IN THEIR BACKYARD HERE? NO. I'M, I, I, I DON'T THINK SO. MS. VIAGRA GRAND, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU, YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO INFORM QUITE A FEW PEOPLE OF THIS BE BEFORE THEY GET A RUDE AWAKENING THE DAY THAT THEY, THEY SEE THIS BEING ESTABLISHED THERE. NO, I'M, I'M SORRY, MS. VIAGRA. GRAND. YOU NEED TO SAY NO TO THIS ONE. AND, AND, AND FOR THAT MATTER FOR Z EIGHT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR MEETING WITH ME AND WORKING WITH MY OFFICE, ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I PREVIOUSLY HAD AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I ALSO HAD HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD A SET OF SIGNED DEEDED RESTRICTIONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THAT ADDRESSES LANDSCAPING AND UTILITY MAINTENANCE AROUND THE AREA. SO, UM, WE'VE ALREADY SENT HIM TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND TO CITY STAFF. SO, UM, SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION FOR [02:15:01] C OR SECOND, SIX SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HVAR. ANY DISCUSSIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OCEAN CARRIES. ITEM C EIGHT, [Z-8. 21-1812 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700286 CD (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "RD" Rural Development District to "C-2 CD" Commercial District with a Conditional Use for Manufactured Home Sales and Storage on Lot P-297, NCB 16626, generally located in the 14000 block of South Interstate Highway 37. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from February 18, 2021)] ITEM Z EIGHT IS FROM RD TO C TWO C D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME SALES AND STORAGE, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 14,000 BLOCK OF SOUTH HIGHWAY 37. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. FIVE. NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. ANY FREESTANDING POLL SIGNAGE ON SITE SHALL NOT EXCEED 40 FEET. OVERALL HEIGHT, NO L E D OR FLASHING SIGNAGE, BANNERS, PENANCE OR PROMOTIONAL FLAG FLYERS, NO ONSITE HOME PAINTING PERMITTED OUTDOORS OR INDOORS. DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING ONLY. NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND OR SPEAKERS PERMITTED. AND A SOLID SCREEN FENCING ALONG THE SIDE AND REAR PROPERTY LINES WILL BE REQUIRED. COUNCIL MEMBER . THANK YOU MAYOR VERY MUCH. UH, THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING, UM, BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT HERE. AND AS, AS YOU ALL, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS OFF OF HIGHWAY, UM, INTERSTATE 37, SOUTH STEVEN, SOUTH OF FOUR 10. SO I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR MEETING WITH ME. THIS IS ACTUALLY WITH ME. THIS IS ACTUALLY A BUSINESS MAINLY ONLINE. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BASED OUTTA GEEKDOM AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THEIR STANDUP AREA HERE IN, IN THE, UM, IN DISTRICT THREE. SO THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT FOR BEING, UH, SO AMENABLE TO THE CONDITIONS THAT WE WE PUT FORWARD, AS WELL AS ADDING A NO ALCOHOL RESTRICTION ON THIS CASE, SO, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TODAY. SO, A MOTION TO APPROVE AS C TWO NA CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE AND CONDITIONS AS ALREADY STATED FOR THE RECORD. SECOND, ROCHA GARCIA ALL, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND OF APPROVAL FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z EIGHT AS READ. UM, SECOND BY MEMBER ROCIA GARCIA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT'S THE DURATION OF OUR CITY COUNCIL. A SESSIONS, UM, NOTE, WE DO HAVE A ONE O'CLOCK, UH, SPECIAL SESSIONS. UH, ERIC, DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S [25. 21-1894 City Manager's Report] REPORT? YES, SIR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS. UM, ITEMS WANTED TO GIVE A COUNCIL THE UP AN UPDATE ON OUR EMERGENCY RES, UH, RESOURCE CALL CENTER THAT WAS STOOD UP LAST WEEK. UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND WENT THROUGH THE NECESSARY TRAINING. UM, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING CALLS FROM 3 1 1, UM, FROM RESIDENTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE. UM, AND AS OF, UH, THE END OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY, HAD, UM, UM, ALMOST, UM, ALMOST 2000 CALLS THAT WE'D RECEIVED TO THE CALL CENTER. UM, A VARIETY OF PLACES WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE LOOKING FOR HELP. UM, WE'RE CONNECTING 'EM TO SAS, THE, THE PROGRAM THAT SAS IS ADMINISTERING TO FEMA TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, UM, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, WATER DISTRIBUTION REQUESTS. SO, UH, I WA I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE NUMBERS WITH YOU. UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT, UM, UH, WEEK OR TWO TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT OUTLET FOR, FOR CUSTOMERS. UM, THAT NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE CONTACTING, UH, SAWS, UM, DIRECTLY AND, AND, UH, FOR A FINAL REPORT, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PULL IN ALL THOSE STATS. UH, ALSO WANTED TO SHOW THE COUNCIL THAT, OR WATER DISTRIBUTION SITES TODAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY OF OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION SITES. UH, WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO MAKE DELIVERIES TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. UM, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE, UH, DISTRIBUTED A HALF A MILLION CASES OF WATER, UH, OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. UM, SO A HUGE THANKS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, D H S AND, AND, AND, AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN MAKING DELIVERIES TO, UM, EITHER SENIORS THAT ARE HOME OR, OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE, UH, CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH, UH, UH, WITH WATER. UM, I WANTED TO ALSO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL, ALTHOUGH IT'S PRELIMINARY. PRELIMINARY, AND WE'RE, UM, GOING BACK THROUGH THOSE NUM THROUGH THE NUMBERS, UH, WE DID HAVE, UM, ABOUT $11.1 MILLION IN EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM. UM, ALMOST 5 MILLION OF IT WAS, UH, DIRECTLY TIED TO [02:20:01] BOTH PERSONNEL, UM, AND, AND MATERIAL. UM, AND, UH, $6.1 MILLION IN ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO CITY FACILITIES. WE HAD PROBABLY 216 OR SO, 215 FACILITIES THAT, UH, HAD SOME SORT OF DAMAGE. UM, JORGE, UM, AND OUR BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, SURVEYED ALL OUR FACILITIES RIGHT AFTER THE STORM. UM, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT. ALL THAT, UH, IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT. UM, I WANTED TO ALSO IN, YOU KNOW, THE SAME SPIRIT THAT, UH, MANY OF YOU TALK BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. UH, TODAY'S VIDEO REALLY KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DID, UH, DURING THE STORM. UM, AND SO AFTER WE SHOW THE VIDEO, I DID WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO ANDY TO GIVE, UH, THE COUNCIL KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE GO GOVERNOR'S ORDER, UM, A STIPULATED, UM, AND LAY THAT OUT FOR YOU IN A PUBLIC SETTING SO THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF IT AS WELL. SO, JOHN, LET'S RUN THE VIDEO, THEN WE'LL GO TO ANDY. TRACKING THE WEATHER, UH, THE TEMPERATURE IS GONNA KEEP GOING, TO CONTINUE TO DROP, AND IT, IT, IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD GOING FORWARD. IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HAD MORE CLIENTS FOR SURE, THIS STAYING IN THE WARMING STATION THAN WE EVER HAD. BUT THE HIGHEST WE'LL HAVE IN ONE TIME IS MAYBE LIKE 50 PEOPLE, WHICH IS, OH MAN, FIVE TIMES WHAT WE'VE EVER HAD. SO I ENJOY DOING IT, AND I'M SURE IT'S TIRING, BUT THESE PEOPLE DESERVE IT. SO WE FACED TONS OF DIFFERENT, UNIQUE CHALLENGES. ONE OF THE KEY ONES WAS SUPPORTING OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM. UM, WORKING WITH STRAC AND THE R O AND PUBLIC WORKS AND SOME OF OUR MILITARY PARTNERS. WE DID TWO SEPARATE TYPES OF OPERATIONS. ONE OF THEM WAS ASSISTING A HOSPITAL WITH PATIENT EVACUATION AND RELOCATION TO THEIR SISTER FACILITIES BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES WITH POWER AND WITH WATER. MAINLY FIVE SEPARATE HOSPITALS WE NEEDED TO PARTNER WITH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND WITH THE MILITARY TO PROVIDE THE WATER FOR THEIR BOILER SYSTEMS SO THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE HEAT IN THEIR, IN THEIR BUILDINGS. I WAS FREE. THERE'S NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNINGS TEMPERATURES BY THE 30 29. WE HIT THE BRIDGE. WE WERE SLIDING. AND JOHN COLES, JUST A CAR IN THE, IN THE CREEK. I CALLED S A P D AND LET THEM KNOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE ACCIDENTS THAT WERE GOING ON. IT'LL BE ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO SOMEBODY COME OUT THERE. THEY TOLD ME THAT WE CAN SAFELY GET HER OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO TRY TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S WHEN I TOLD MY GUYS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S AN OLDER LADY, 85 YEARS OLD, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY TRY TO PULL HER OUT OF THIS VEHICLE, WHICH WE DID. SHE WAS AN INJURY. WE JUST KEPT ASKING HER LIKE, UH, ARE YOU OKAY? IT'S GONNA BE OKAY. IT'S GOING TRY TO COMFORT AS MUCH AS WE COULD. SO WE WEREN'T THERE. THERE'S NO TELLING HOW THE VIDEO WOULD SURVIVE. IT WAS THURSDAY NIGHT, ABOUT 30 ISH DEGREES. IT IS RIGHT WHEN WE STILL HAD ALL THE SNOW ON THE GROUND. MY DISPATCHER TOLD ME, HEY, WE'VE GOT A CALL FOR A DOG ON A ROOF AT, AT SAC. SO WE GO UP THERE, EVALUATE THE SITUATION. SURE ENOUGH, THERE'S A THREE STORES, FIVE FLIGHTS, AND AT THE VERY TOP OF THE FLIGHT BEFORE HITTING UP TO THE ROOF, THERE'S A DOG AND A BLANKET, A LITTLE SHEPHERD MIX. UM, SO SHE DID PUT UP A LITTLE BIT OF A FIGHT. AGAIN, THAT FIGHT OR FLIGHT CAME INTO PLAY. UM, I USED THE BLANKET, I USED THE TOOLS I HAD NECESSARY TO KIND OF CONTAIN HER. AND REALLY, WITH THE HELP OF THE S OR THE THE SAC OFFICERS, WE WERE ABLE TO WALK HER DOWN. UM, LITTLE BY LITTLE, JUST STEP AT A TIME UNTIL WE GOT HER TO, TO MY TRUCK BACK ON THE, THE, THE BOTTOM FLOOR. WE REALIZED THERE WERE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS WITH, UH, WATER AND POWER SUPPLY. WITHIN A 14 HOUR PERIOD. WE WERE HAVING TRUCKS COMING IN AS OF 10, 11 AT NIGHT. EVERYBODY FROM CITY MANAGEMENT STAFF ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO REACH OUT TO THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAS WORKING. AND BY 6:00 AM WHEN OUR WATER POT SITES OPENED AT 8:00 AM ALL OF THEM WERE STOCKED WITH WATER TO HAND OUT WATER TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, SOMEBODY FROM THE FOOD BANK WHO SAID THEY WERE GONNA MAKE, UH, 500 PACKAGES THAT WE CAN DELIVER. SO, UM, SAFETY UNITS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. WE ALL MET AT THE FOOD BANK, PACKED OUR CARS AS MUCH AS WE COULD. THEN WE LET OUT THE MESSAGE, LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW TO CALL AND WHO, WHO NEEDED IT, AND WE'LL DISPATCH FROM THERE, THE BOXES. THEY, THEY COULD BE HEAVY. SO, UM, A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY TELL ME TO, TO LEAVE IT THERE AT THE DOOR AND I'LL ASK, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HEAVY MY STRUGGLE TO GET IT INSIDE. CAN I TAKE IT TO THE TABLE FOR YOU? AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YES, PLEASE, YOU GO AND TAKE IT TO THEM. AND THEY'RE VERY THANKFUL. IT WAS VERY FULFILLING. UH, POLICE WORK TO THE CORE IS TREATING PEOPLE LIKE FAMILY. IF YOU, UM, SEE SOMEBODY IN NEED, YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP. WE DID, UH, OUR ICE CONTROL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. WELL, WE JUST WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM. WE TREATED THE OVERPASSES. EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTH. NOBODY GOT HURT, , YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT WAS MY [02:25:01] MAIN GOAL. YOU KNOW, SAFETY FOR THE GUYS, SAFETY FOR THE EQUIPMENT. AND OF COURSE THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE. THERE WAS NO ONE DEPARTMENT THAT STOOD OUT MORE. THERE WAS NO EMPLOYEE THAT STOOD OUT MORE THAN THE REST. EVERYBODY FROM THE CITY MANAGEMENT STAFF ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PERSON DRIVING THE FORKLIFT GAVE THEIR ALL AND CAME TOGETHER FOR THE RESIDENCE OF SAN ANTONIO. AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD AND THANKFUL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE DURING THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAD. MAYOR, UH, BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO ANDY, I JUST WANT JUST, I, I SAID THIS LAST WEEK, BUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, THAT ARE IN THE VIDEO AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DID, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I AM, UH, CERTAINLY PROUD OF, UM, THE ORGANIZATION AND, UH, TO BE THE CITY MANAGER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ERIC. UM, IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF, OF WORK AND, AND COMPASSION DEMONSTRATED BY EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THE FRONT LINES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CRISIS. SO OUR THANKS TO 'EM, UM, COUNTLESS MEALS AND, AND WATER DELIVERED BY FOLKS, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WOULD COME IN TO HELP. SO, UH, GREAT DISPLAYS OF WHAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU, ERIC FOR THAT. UH, I THINK YOU WERE TURNING IT OVER TO ANDY NOW. YEAH. REPEAT THAT, ANDY. YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, TALK ABOUT HARD ACTS TO FOLLOW. UH, AND SO I'LL GO QUICKLY TO, SO I DON'T LIMIT PEOPLE'S LUNCH CHOICES BETWEEN NOW AND ONE O'CLOCK. UH, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED TO THIS WEEK. IT'S EFFECTIVE NEXT WEEK, MARCH 10TH, AND EFFECTIVELY OPENS UP, UH, AND REMOVES ALL THE RESTRICTIONS UNDER HIS PREVIOUS ORDER. UM, AND SO BUSINESSES CAN OPEN UP A HUNDRED PERCENT. UH, HOWEVER, IT WAS VERY CLEAR. IN FACT, IT'S A SPECIFIC PROVISION IN THE ORDER THAT SAYS BUSINESSES AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS, UM, CAN STILL IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN C OVID 19 MITIGATION MEASURES, INCLUDING LIMITING THEIR OWN CAPACITY AND REQUIRING THEIR EMPLOYEES AND OR CUSTOMERS TO WEAR FACE MASKS. AND IT, UH, AS PART OF THAT, IT, IT ALSO STILL, AS A CITY, WE STILL RETAIN THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR, AND MAINTAIN OUR OWN HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR BOTH OUR EMPLOYEES AND ANYONE VISITING OUR FACILITY. SO THAT WAS VERY CLEAR UNDER THE ORDER THAT WHILE ALL THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED, UH, ESTABLISHMENTS, EMPLOYERS, UH, ET CETERA, STILL MAINTAIN THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THEIR OWN. NEXT SLIDE, JOHN. THE, UH, GOVERNOR'S ORDER CLEARLY RESCINDED THE FACE MASK ORDER. UH, THEY STILL HIGHLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WEAR FACE MASKS WHERE YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. UH, ALL THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS, AGAIN, LIKE OUTSOURCE OUTSIDE GATHERINGS, THE RESTRICTIONS ON SPORTING EVENTS, MUSEUMS, THOSE WERE ALSO LIFTED. UM, AND IT ALSO, UH, RESCINDED, UH, GOVERNOR'S ORDER 31 THAT, UH, LIMITED HOSPITALS IN TERMS OF, UH, ELECTED SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES. NEXT SLIDE, JOHN. NOW THERE WAS ONE, UH, UH, CAVEAT THOUGH IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, WHICH GAVE, UH, THE, GIVES THE COUNTY JUDGE, AND, AND I, I NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT IT WAS CLEARLY, UH, CLEARLY INTENDED TO, UH, LEAVE OUT MAYORS. THE ONLY, AS I TALKED ABOUT, COUNTY JUDGES HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT RESTRICTIONS IF THE HOSPITAL, I'M SORRY, IF THE, UH, THE HOSPITAL RATE, UH, IS AT, IS ABOVE 15% FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS. UH, BUT EVEN IF THE COUNTY JUDGE IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS, HE CAN'T IMPOSE A MAN MASK MANDATE. HE CANNOT IMPOSE A MASK MANDATE, AND HE CANNOT HAVE, UH, CAPACITY AT BELOW 50%. SO AGAIN, THE TRIGGER IS, UH, THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE HAS TO BE AT, UH, OVER 15 FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THAT GIVES THE COUNTY JUDGE SOME AUTHORITY, BUT HE CAN'T ISSUE A MASS MANDATE, AND HE CANNOT, UH, IMPOSE CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS OF LESS THAN 50, I'M SORRY, UH, UH, OF, UH, OF LESS THAN 50. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? UM, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE OUR, UH, UM, CODE, UH, OFFICERS OUT THERE ISSUING CITATIONS FOR PEOPLE NOT WEARING MASKS, ET CETERA. THAT ESSENTIALLY GOES AWAY, UH, IF A EMPLOYER OR IF A STORE OR ANY ESTABLISHMENT HAS THEIR OWN PROTOCOLS, UM, AND THEY COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC. AND IF SOMEBODY SHOWS UP EITHER WITHOUT A MASK OR COMES IN WITH A MASK AND TAKES IT OFF, UH, THEN THE, UH, AVENUE OF ENFORCEMENT IS ESSENTIALLY CRIMINAL TRESPASS. WELL, THEY'LL EITHER CALL SS A P D OR THE, UH, LOCAL, UH, POLICE OR THE COUNTY SHERIFF, [02:30:01] UH, AND ASK PEOPLE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES. UH, SO THOSE, THAT'S THE, UH, THE ENFORCEMENT TOO ENFORCEMENT TOOL THAT'S LEFT FOR US. UH, DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THERE IS STILL THE C D C REQUIREMENT AT, UH, INTERSTATE, UH, TRAVEL HUBS. UH, THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE MASK MANDATE. AND SO THAT'S STILL IN PLACE THERE AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, UH, THAT PEOPLE WITHIN THE AIRPORT STILL NEED TO WEAR MASKS. SO THAT'S A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, REACHING OUT TO OTHER CITIES, UH, TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THERE THAT GIVES US SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY. UH, SO FAR WE'VE, UH, DIDN'T HAVE NOT SEEN ANY SORT OF LEEWAY OR, OR, OR HIDDEN GEMS, MUCH LIKE THE LAST ORDER, UH, THAT WE CAN HANG OUR HAT ON IN TERMS OF IMPOSING ADDITIONAL LOCAL RESTRICTIONS. UH, BUT THAT'S AN OVERVIEW AND UH, IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THEM. THANK YOU, ANDY. UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO LEMME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIAGRA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE MASK MANDATE AND, UM, LIMITING OF OCCUPANCY RATES AT ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. UM, QUICK QUESTION. I HAVE, ANDY, DID ANYWHERE IN THE, IN THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT, GOVERNOR'S ORDER SAY ANYTHING ABOUT OUR, UM, GATHERING OUR VEHICLE, VIRTUAL MEETINGS, ET CETERA? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THAT'S A SEPARATE, UM, FLEXIBILITY THAT'S GIVEN BY THE, UH, TEXAS AG. THEY HAVE BEEN EXTENDING THAT, UM, FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS SINCE THE PANDEMIC, SINCE THEY INITIALLY GAVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY. IRONICALLY, THE DAY THAT THEY NEED TO EXTEND IT IS TODAY, UH, 'CAUSE THE, UH, CURRENT PERIOD ENDS TODAY, WE FULLY EXPECT THEM TO, UH, EXTEND IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE, UH, CITIES AND OTHER LOCALITIES A HEADS UP AS TO WHEN THEY WOULD CHANGE THE RULES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE POSTING, UH, AND OTHER NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. SO OUR EXPECTATION IS, UH, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE EX EXTENDED, OBVIOUSLY, IF IT ISN'T, WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW. UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, WHEN WE GO BACK TO MEETING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON, UH, IN PERSON, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO LIMIT, I JUST ANSWERED IT. WE CAN LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN COME INTO THE CHAMBERS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES. OKAY. AND OR MATT. OKAY. AND THEN SECOND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT, UM, WE'LL SEE A, A LOT MORE, UM, DISTURBANCES, MEANING CONFRONTATIONS IN, UH, IN GATHERING PLACES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WHEN PEOPLE GO TO THE H E B AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE ARE WEARING, SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT, SOME PEOPLE ARE TOO CLOSE, UM, THOSE BUSINESSES, NOT JUST H E B, BUT OTHERS, IF THERE ARE CONFRONTATIONS AND FIGHTS, IT WILL BE THE EITHER THEIR LOCAL SECURITY OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO WOULD GO AND BREAK UP THE FIGHTS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANNA, AGAIN, UM, I THINK THE, THE ACTION TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME IS DANGEROUS AND WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO MANY INDIVIDUALS HERE IN THE STATE, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH. I THINK IT'LL BE, UM, VERY DANGEROUS. SO THAT'S THAT. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, ERIC, THANK YOU FOR THAT VIDEO. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, SEEING ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND OUR CITY TEAM, THE HEART THAT WE HAVE AS THIS ORGANIZATION, AND IT'S WHAT WE DO. SAN ANTONIO TAKE CARE OF SAN ANTONIOS, AND WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACKS. SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THAT AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND REACHING OUT. IT WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL DISPLAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA, COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, UH, ANDY AND ERIC. AND, AND YES, THANKS TO EMPLOYEES, I SAW EVERYBODY WORKING, UM, EXTRA, EXTRA HARD EYES. SO, UH, APPRECIATE IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND MY RESIDENTS BENEFITED FROM YOUR HARD WORK. UM, SO ANDY, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, SPECIFICALLY, AND, AND, WELL ACTUALLY NO, THIS IS PROBABLY ERIC. UM, AND SO DR. UM, WU, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, UM, HAS A, A REALLY NICE, UM, PIECE IN, IN THE EXPRESS NEWS THAT THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT SPRING BREAK COMING UP, I WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT, UM, WITH, WITH, WITH SPRING BREAK AND, AND FOLKS COMING IN, ET CETERA. SO, UM, CAN YOU MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT? HOW MAYBE WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE, THE HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION, THE TOURIST [02:35:01] INDUSTRY, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WHO OR HOW ARE WE PREPARING FOR WAVE THREE? OR I GUESS IT MIGHT BE WAVE FOUR AT THIS POINT? YEAH, SORRY. WELL, COUNCILWOMAN, NOTHING'S CHANGING BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEDNESDAY. AND I THINK THAT THAT, UM, MUCH LIKE, UM, US, UM, AND WE'VE ALL SEEN, UM, BUSINESSES, UH, STATE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO OR HOW THEY'RE GONNA OPERATE AFTER WEDNESDAY. UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I, UH, USUALLY HAVE A CALL ON TUESDAY AFTERNOONS WITH A LOT OF THE LARGER HOTELS, UH, WEEKLY. UH, I DID NOT HAVE IT THIS PAST WEEK. I, I'LL LIKELY CONNECT WITH THEM. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGING IS, IS IMPORTANT AND, AND I THINK I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WAS ASKING EARLIER IN THE MEETING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA PLACE AFTER, AFTER WEDNESDAY, UH, NEXT WEEK. AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT SOME BUSINESSES, UH, HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT PLACING BI PLACING SIGNAGE AND, UH, THE RIGHT TYPE OF MESSAGING. UM, AND OTHERS HAVEN'T. AND, AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE WILL, THE, OUR, OUR OWN COMMUNICATIONS AS A CITY WILL PROBABLY BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AS WE GO INTO THAT NEXT ROUND OF, OF MESSAGING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED HERE TWO WEEKS AGO. RICK, I GUESS MY, MY MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT WE, UM, HAVE EVERY VARIANT IN HOUSTON, AND HOUSTON'S JUST UP THE ROAD AND, AND IN HER COMMENTARY, UM, DR. WU MENTIONED THAT VACCINATIONS ARE LESS, AGAIN, LESS EFFECTIVE AGAINST SOME OF THOSE VARIANTS. AND SO MY CONCERN IS FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO WORK, UM, AT THESE RESTAURANTS, AT THESE HOTELS, AND I'LL BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU, UM, I, I'VE HAD, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS REALLY CONCERNED, MY STUDENTS CONCERNED AT WORK AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO TELL 'EM, EXPLAIN KIND OF HOW, HOW THINGS WORK, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE FOR, UH, MAYBE TESTING SITES. SO ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL TESTING, UM, TESTING AVAILABLE IN, IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS AFTER THIS? UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, UH, PROJECTED SPIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WOULD BE A PROJECTED SPIKE, BUT I JUST WANNA BE READY, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT I ALWAYS JUST WANNA BE READY. THE NUMBER OF, THE NUMBER OF TESTING SITES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, THAT NONE OF THAT IS CHANGING. OKAY. UM, AND, AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, UN UNFORTUNATELY, UH, UH, WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS. I THINK THE ENTIRE STATE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD GIVEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, AND, AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. UM, WE'LL TRY TO BE PREPARED FOR AS WELL AS ANYBODY ELSE. UM, AND, AND I, AND I, I GUESS I'LL LET GO THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS, UH, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, UH, AS INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND, AND DECISIONS THAT THAT INDIVIDUALS MAKE, UM, WILL BE KEY AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU, ERIC. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER, I, UH, I WANNA THANK, UM, STAFF AND COLLEEN BRIDGER AND, UM, ERIC AND EVERYBODY AT, AT, UH, METRO HEALTH FOR BEING SO STEADFAST IN CONTINUING TO TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SCIENCE, UM, AND ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, KNOWING HOW THIS VIRUS IS TRANSMITTED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. UM, AND IT ESPECIALLY, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR CONTINUING TO DO THAT IN THE FACE OF REALLY MISGUIDED POLITICS. AND, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE OVERNIGHT VIROLOGISTS 'CAUSE THEY READ SOMETHING ON A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH WHICH THEY AGREE. UM, THANK, THANK YOU GUYS. I MEAN, THE CONVENIENT THING WOULD'VE JUST TO NOT SAID ANYTHING, UH, BUT YOU GUYS, UM, DIDN'T DO WHAT'S CONVENIENT. YOU GUYS DID WHAT'S RIGHT. UM, WE ALL HAVE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE GOVERNOR DID. UH, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, ONE PARTICULAR ENTITY IN MY DISTRICT. UM, IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE BAR, NEIGHBORHOOD BAR CALLED, UH, HILLS AND DALES AND, UH, HILLS AND DALES WAS AHEAD OF THE CURVE, UH, BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE WAS. THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT. I, I'M SO IMPRESSED, UH, WITH HOW CONSCIENTIOUSLY THEY APPROACHED, UM, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO STAY OPEN. UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR PATRONS WERE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAPPY, SAFE, UH, AND THEY WILL, AND I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH 'EM, AND THEY'RE BEING VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT CONTINUING TO KEEP THEIR PATRONS SAFE. AND, UM, I'M JUST ASKING EVERYBODY TO, TO BE, UH, AND BY EVERYBODY, I MEAN BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS, UM, AND TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS AND, AND THE EMPLOYEES OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. AND SO [02:40:01] I HAVE A FEELING THAT SOME FOLKS WILL JUST RUSH TO OPEN THE DOORS AND, YOU KNOW, THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND. UM, BUT I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT'S IN THE WIND THAT THIS VIRUS LIVES AND IT'S TRANSMITTED , UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE AIR FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER WITHOUT MUCH DIFFICULTY. AND SO, MASK WEARING MAKES PERFECT SENSE. ANDY, IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL JUST TO ASK PEOPLE, UH, TO DO THE RIGHT THING? I THINK, UH, EVEN UNDER, UH, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1 0 1, UH, YOU CAN ANSWER THAT AS A NO, IT'S NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO ASK SOMEBODY TO WEAR A MASK. THANK YOU, ANDY. CAN SOMEBODY GIMME SOME CLARITY, PLEASE, ON THE H E B POLICY? AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, H E B'S A PRIVATE ENTITY, BUT, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF THE MONOPOLY HERE IN TOWN. EVERYBODY GOES TO H E B. UM, I, I SAW AN ANNOUNCEMENT THEY MADE YESTERDAY. I, I'M GENUINELY CONFUSED AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT WHO ARE CONFUSED. THEY'RE MANDATING, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE MA THE WEARING OF MASKS, UM, AND OTHER PRECAUTIONS FOR THEIR PARTNERS AND VENDORS, BUT THEY'RE QUOTE UNQUOTE, AND I'M DOING THIS IN MY FINGERS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, UM, URGING PEOPLE, UH, TO WEAR MASKS. BUT NOWHERE HAVE THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT MANDATING AND URGING URGINGS A REALLY VAGUE WORD. AND IT SOUNDED, UH, AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY'RE, UM, DELIBERATELY BEING VAGUE WITH THAT WORD. UH, AND I REALLY LIKE SOME MORE CONCRETE ANSWERS FOR THE SAKE OF MY CONSTITUENTS. UM, WE'RE GOING THERE. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN SAN ANTONIO WE'RE H E B CUSTOMERS. AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY OWE US AN ANSWER AS FAR AS, UM, JUST GIMME SOME CLARITY. UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN UNREASONABLE A, YOU KNOW, ASK WHAT DOES URGING MEAN? UM, AND IS THERE AN EXPECTATION THAT PEOPLE WEAR A MASK AS THEY WALK INTO THE STORE? UM, AND, UH, APOLOGIES TO MY FRIENDS AT H E B WHO I'M CATCHING BY SURPRISE WITH THIS QUESTION, BUT, UM, I JUST SAW THEIR STATEMENT AND I'M SURPRISED AT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW VAGUE IT IS. UM, AND I'M BEING POLITE BY USING THE WORD VAGUE. SO, UM, IF, IF, UH, ERIC, SOMEBODY CAN JUST REACH OUT TO 'EM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT THAT THE DOORS OF H E B. THANKS. WE'LL, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. YOU KNOW, MANNY, YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH AS YOU, UH, COMPLETED YOUR REMARKS ABOUT H E B, AND THAT'S, THAT WAS THE COMMENT I WAS GOING TO MAKE. YOU KNOW, I, I'VE WRITTEN TO BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND TO H E B, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE CONTINUING DANGER THAT WE REMAIN IN BECAUSE OF, UH, COVID AND THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ON RESPECTING THE HEALTHCARE OF EVERYBODY IN THE STATE, AND EVERYBODY WHO USES H E B. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MANNY, I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU YOUR WORDS A STEP FURTHER. I'M CALLING THEM OUT. I'D LIKE THEM TO UPHOLD THE, UH, THE RULES THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OF US WHO USED THAT FACILITY. UH, AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UM, AS I PREVIOUSLY NOTED, UH, WE DO HAVE A 1:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. GO AHEAD. YES. APOLOGIES. I'M, UH, CONFUSED WITH THE, WITH THE HAND SIGNAL HERE. UH, ERIC, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYONE FROM THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON, ON THE TEAM, BUT I DO THINK PART OF OUR, OF OUR GUIDANCE, UH, SHOULD BE WHAT SORT OF P P E IS NOW GOING TO BE REQUIRED IF AN EMPLOYEE OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS IN A SPACE WHERE OTHERS AROUND THEM MAY NOT BE WEARING MASKS. UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN CAMPAIGNS THAT SAY, YOUR MASK PROTECTS ME, MY MASK PROTECTS YOU. UH, WHICH, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, RIGHT? TO, TO REDUCE THE, THE RISK TO COVID. UM, AND OUR, OUR LOCAL MANDATES ALLOWED US TO DO THAT WITH THOSE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US. I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT SORT OF PROTECTION THEY NEED, NOT, NOT JUST TO PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE, BUT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE WEARING A MASK. UH, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS N 90 FIVES, IF THAT MEANS A CLOTH MASK PLUS FACE SHIELD, UH, BUT WE SHOULD, UH, GET SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, COUNCILMAN. NOBODY FROM HEALTH IS ON HERE, BUT I'LL, I'LL ASK JEFF TO FOLLOW UP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO MESSAGING THAT, UH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. WE'LL DO THAT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION PERSONALLY. [02:45:01] AND, AND ERIC, I'LL ADD WE'RE, UH, WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION, ALSO ABOUT MESSAGING AROUND THIS WHOLE ISSUE IN LIGHT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S, UH, GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AND IF I, IF I COULD JUST ADD ON REAL QUICK AND, AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE PURCHASING THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, UH, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES UNDER WHAT SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT BE, UH, RECOMMENDED. UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ELECTIONS COMING UP SOON. UH, MASKS ARE NOT REQUIRED THERE. ARE WE GONNA PURCHASE P P E FOR, FOR THE ELECTION WORKERS, ET CETERA. SO, THANK YOU. SOUNDS FOR BEING RON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE, ONE THING THAT THIS BROUGHT TO MIND, UM, ANDY, YOU DIDN'T MENTION IT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, WELL, THIS IS A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TOO. UM, THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NEW ORDER FOR VACCINES FOR EDUCATORS. UM, I DON'T KNOW, ERIC, IF YOU CAN ASK, UM, THERE'LL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THE ALAMO DOME. I KNOW STARTING TOMORROW FRIDAY, WELLMED WILL TAKE APPOINTMENTS THAT WILL INCLUDE THE EDUCATOR, STAFF, AND CHILDCARE WORKERS. SO CAN YOU TALK TO ME, ERIC, ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I'VE ASKED, UM, DR. BRIDGER AND, UM, SARAH AT PRE-K PRESS SE AND MELODY AND HR TO WORK ON A MESSAGING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT QUALIFY FOR THAT, AND HOW WE CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE, UM, WE, WE DON'T, UM, SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE CURRENT EFFORT RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. OKAY. WE HAVE A ONE O'CLOCK SPECIAL MEETING, UH, OF THE STATE COUNCIL TO GO OVER THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PLAN. UH, SO WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT PRIOR TO, UH, THAT I DO, I DO WANNA MAKE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, MARCH 6TH IS A VERY IMPORTANT DATE IN TEXAS AND AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THAT IS WHEN WE CELEBRATE, UH, ANDY SEVE'S BIRTHDAY, . LET OFF SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANDY. UH, ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MANY MORE. ALL 12 1:00 PM WE'RE ADJOURNED. YOU BACK AT ONE O'CLOCK. * 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.